Post by Eddie "Shiro" Felt on Feb 29, 2016 1:43:44 GMT -5
OOC Note: The following was co-written by all three members of The Pride
Real Sudoku Hours University Presents... Getting To Know The Pride! Sudoku: Hello World Championship Federation and students of Real Sudoku Hours University, I’m Mr. R. Sudoku Hours and these three gentlemen are my guests tonight. They’ve been making a splash in the globally acclaimed wrestling phenomenon known as the WCF, The Pride! How are you doing fellas?
Griffin: Pretty okay. The lemon-cucumber water here is great as always, Mr. Sudoku.
Eddie: My eyes are burning and my wrists hurt. Spent the last sixteen hours on r/aliens trying to find any information on Adam Cooper from his internet colleagues. All in the name of finding the truth.
Ethan: You know, same old. Same old. Just killing it over on that TWITTER.
Sudoku: That’s great, can you give us a brief introduction into who all of you are as individuals? How do you guys wrestle? What’s your style as the kiddy Sudokians would say?
Griffin: Well, uh, I’m The Amazing Griffin and I am a vigilante who fights in the name of justice. I’ve always wanted to fight crime and I know that sounds kind of nuts, but I really do want to make a difference and that’s the way I know I can. And when I am not fending off evildoers, I’m actually a professional wrestler who recently got signed to the WCF. I’ve been working pretty hard at this for a little while now. I’m not that good at wrestling to be honest, but I’ve innovated a new style called... uh... um... pu-... ki-... pun-punch f... face. Punch-Face Style. I’m the King of Punch-Face Style.
Sudoku: Punch-Face Style? Now what’s that, Mr. Griffin?
Griffin: W-well... I, uh, I’m glad you asked! Cause it’s basically that I get hit in the face pretty hard and just... kinda keep doing that.
Sudoku: Just keep getting hit in the face?
Griffin: ...Yeah. Pretty much. I mean they’re bound to get tired eventually.
Sudoku: Fair enough. That’s certainly innovative and we here at Real Sudoku Hours University thrive on innovative thinking!
Eddie: I'm Eddie Felt, and I'm a crusader for the the truth. I know a lot of people would call me a lot less flattering names than that though but it ain't no sweat off my back. One day the evidence will be too much for them to deny. I think I do this because I want to save the world, but I'm really early on in that. Bit of a work in progress. Now, in the ring I gotta admit; I ain't no technical prodigy. I'm not agile enough to fly through the air and do like fifty twists or shit. I'm kinda on the small side of things for a wrestler, so you know I ain't just manhandling dudes. I got a pretty good right hook though. I guess that's my style. Guy who just kinda throws punches and kicks and shit until the other guy doesn't get up, ya feel?
Ethan: I’m Ethan King, I’m all wrapped up in that college life right now, but I’ve been wanting to wrestle… and have trained for it, for a long, long time. At the moment? I’m just looking to support myself and hopefully inspire and give hope to some little dudes along the way. Along with the rest of The Pride, I want to put on a show, have awe-inspiring performances that get people talking. It’s all apart of The Pride Hype Train that’s going to be taking over the WCF man. In terms of wrestling? I’m a bit of an all-rounder, I was lucky enough to be trained by some great mentors who helped me along the way to develop my technical game, so that’s one of my strong points. But… I also have a bit of that spirited brawling and high-flying shit under my belt. It’s all about entertaining the crowd, man. While proving to the world that some dude’s just can’t hang. I don’t mean to come off like an asshole when I say that, I want to help guys improve and get motivated. But some guys just don’t have it like we do, they don’t have that heart, that fire that’ll carry them up the ladder, you know what I mean? Enough of that though. All I can say is it’s going to be a crazy ride with The Pride.
Sudoku: Now, can you tell us... what exactly is “The Pride”?
Griffin: That’s a bit of a hard question to answer. The Pride is us, would probably be the easy way out of that question, I guess, but if you want me specifically to go into more detail, I’d say that the Pride, at least to me, is simply our group making a statement. We don’t need to be supernatural or insane to make an impact in pro wrestling, we can make our name in the business just being us turnt up. Yeah, we all wrestle in masks and yeah, we act a bit like a gang, but essentially we’re just a stable that’s got each other’s backs, I guess. The other guys could probably offer more insight into it.
Eddie: Yeah, I get that people might see us jump on Adam Cooper and give him hell all over Twitter and think we're just a group of assholes and bullies but you gotta keep in mind that we're just three dudes jumping right into the deep end so yeah, we got each others' backs. Sure, we might be a tad overzealous and aggressive but that's what you have to be. You can't walk around limpdicked and expect not to get eaten alive. Nah, you gotta walk like your titanium balls got balls of steel that in turn got like brass balls or some shit. You got anything to add Ethan?
Ethan: You summed that shit up in the best way possible. We’re the young dudes looking to bring some change into the federation, whether it be inspiring dudes, revealing the truth, or fighting crime. Yeah, we targeted Adam Riddik Cooper, and people might get the wrong idea about us by looking at that. Did we gang up on him? You’re damn right we did. But guess what? He hit us up first, we don’t back down from challenges like that. One snide remark, and now where’s he at? What’s Cooper up to right about now? We brought that asshole some relevance, we brought him up and tore him down and now he’s more relevant than ever before. All after getting hit by the freight train that IS The Pride. I’m not going to say we’re always the “good guys”, but we aren’t doing this out of spite. We just don’t like the fact this guy went around trying to talk shit, and then try to retract that nonsense as if it never happened. We aren’t about that, and that’s why The Pride hit him up. And now? Now everybody knows what he’s truly about. I’m going to be real with you, maybe we did go a little far with all of that. But we had our reasons behind it. Hopefully he knows now. We’re a little brash, a little young, this is the shit that’s going to be happening on the daily now. It’s a routine at this point. The Pride have each others backs, and we’re gonna help the rest of this federation out.
Sudoku: So, you all are proud students of Real Sudoku Hours University, how has your educational experience with us been thus far?
Griffin: I don’t know where I’d be without the Real Sudoku Hours. They really have helped me grow into the person I am today. I’ve always had a love for crime fighting, but if the Real Sudoku Hours hadn’t given me the tools to solve the proverbial puzzle in question, I don’t think I’d be the man you know me as today, Mr. Sudoku.
Eddie: Real Sudoku Hours is the realest college of all time my dude. Like for real for real, you got all these other colleges which are just fronts for the Illuminati Alien World Order, spreading that misinformation like a wildfire to unsuspecting students. Taking advantage of them, man. Not at Real Sudoku Hours, where real literally is in the name. Best experience of my life.
Ethan: It’s been fucking inspirational, and that would be putting it mildly. If I hadn’t found my way here, I could’ve turned out like Dag Riddik and become an alien or some shit. That ain’t the real way to be living here in LA. You know what I’m saying? Real Sudoku Hours has been the foundation that set up ‘The Pride’, without you guys? Man, we wouldn’t be here killing it like we are right now.
Sudoku: Sorry for the shameless plug guys, but you know us Sudoku Hours, we love giving ourselves credit! Haha! But speaking of Sudoku Hours and you all being great students of ours, how did you guys come to know each other? I hear you’re all childhood friends?
Griffin: Oh yeah, we go way back. Eddie and I met when we were in preschool. He was trying to convince me that my teacher was lying to me about people having walked on the moon. Ethan came into the picture a little bit later than that but ever since then we’ve been great friends. I know we play around a lot and all, but I’d die for these fuckers, man.
Eddie: Ha yeah, I remember telling my boy that the moon landing was faked as a means of scaring the soviets and shit. Well, I don't think I went that in depth back in those days, but like that's the truth right there. But yeah, we've been friends forever man, it's crazy. When Ethan joined up man it was like a revelation or something. Like on our own Griffin and I were killin' it daily but like the killin' it grew exponentially if that makes any sense.
Ethan: Yeah, it’s been one huge fucking ride on a path that’s led me straight here, man. I’ve got no regrets, wouldn’t take this shit back for ANYTHING - and I mean that when I say it. I did meet these guys a little later than I would’ve liked if I had to be real with you, but since we decided to squad up all those years ago? Nothing here in the big city has been able to hold us down.
Sudoku: Awesome. So, with that out of the way, how did you guys get into wrestling in the first place? Chance coincidence? Group decision?
Griffin: Well, as you know, I go out onto the streets dressed up in a mask to fight any man, woman, or child who would dare commit a crime in my presence. But my mask kind of looks like a lucha mask and I kept getting told that by the guys, who are the only people who know my secret identity. Personally, I’ve been a fan all my life and I often use wrestling maneuvers when I lay the smackdown on Los Angeles’ crime rate. They all got into wrestling in their own way, but eventually we convinced each other to squad up, put on some masks, and go out there every night to steal the show.
Eddie: I wasn't as obsessive as these two were about wrestling that's for sure. Don't get me wrong, I was a fan all the same but these two man, you should've seen them back in the day talkin' 'bout wrestling non-stop. They were definitely the driving forces behind this, along with Real Sudoku Hours, of course. So, yeah, I guess you could say it was a group decision of sorts. Definitely not a chance thing no.
Ethan: It’s funny, AGES ago, and by that I mean back when I was like ten, I used to watch wrestling ALL the time. It was like an obsession, something I couldn’t get out of my mind. I was okay in school and loved chilling out with my little clique and shit, but wrestling was always there at the forefront of everything that I wanted to do. Everything that I wanted to be apart of. I knew the other guys were into it to, but I wasn’t sure if we’d ever try and make a run in a huge organization like the WCF to be honest. I began training at sixteen, and yeah… we’d reference it a few times. You know? Like dreaming about it and shit, an old group of friends rolling into a federation and taking it by storm? That type of thing. Real Sudoku Hours really helped us in finding our way, for real. It was one of the big factors in us deciding to take some initiative and sign a contract here.
Sudoku: Great stuff, guys. Great stuff. So I hear that a certain Joey Flash has become an official sponsor of yours as of recently. And hollywood actor of Game of Thrones infamy, Kit Harington, has also expressed interest in managing you guys. How do you guys feel about this sudden interest in your group despite not having a match in the federation yet?
Griffin: I went a bit nuts when Kit Harington noticed us on social media...
Sudoku: I could see that!
Griffin: Yeah, it’s not my proudest moment. But Joey Flash giving us an official sponsorship definitely is one of them. I’m a big fan of his work and I find the One Punch Man to pretty much be an invaluable asset in the war against evildoers everywhere.
Sudoku: So, can you give us any insight into who your next target is? I hear Dag Riddik is basically dead at this point, who else are you turning your sights on?
Griffin: Oh, I don’t know, Mr. Sudoku. Anyone who gets in our way, I guess. Dag Riddik’s situation regarding us is definitely a statement we wanted to make from the get go to let people know that we go hard and we don’t let up. We’re nice guys, we really are, ask our boys Holmes or Dune or Flash about it, but the second any of you step in our way, we’re going to swarm you and take you down like a pack of wild animals.
Eddie: I think Griffin here said it best. Anyone who gets in our way. Though I think after seeing the treatment Adam Cooper got when he stepped to us on Twitter people are gonna think twice before hitting us up on the internet any time soon. In the ring, if someone decides to fuck with us, we'll fuck them up, and keep fucking them up until they learn their lesson. We're not here to set the world on fire and pick fights with the whole roster, but if someone starts the fight, you best believe we're gonna finish it.
Ethan: Dude, I’m amped up right now. It caught me off-guard when we got a reaction like how we did in just our first day here. It mainly came down to us ruining Dag Riddik but I mean… you have to take your shots, am I right? We got that One Punch Man, Trios Champion and WORLD Champion Joey Flash as a supporter? You know shits going down, for real. This ain’t just hype, this is the real deal coming at you. Killing it in twitter is easy, but when we step into the ring? The games are over, we’re going to do what we do best, and that’s put on a show.
Sudoku: And finally, we’re gonna wrap it up here, fellas. What’s next for the Pride?
Griffin: Well, I hear there’s a Trios event coming up in May that the three of us are... particularly interested in, one could say. I don’t know. Guess you’ll have to wait and see.
Eddie: Trios city baby. And also we're probably gonna have a group cry and hug fest once we get our first paychecks because you know, hype and all.
Ethan: We’re just going to be chilling for a little bit, if I had to be honest. Just floating around, seeing what’s popping. That kind of thing. We know all about the Trios Cup and we’re excited for that opportunity, it’s going to be the thing that solidifies us in the federation. Ruining your run of the mill wrestlers on twitter is fun and all, but that’s not the shit that’s going to sustain us forever. It’s all happening in the next few months, and we hope everyone’s around to support us when this all goes down.
Sudoku: That’s awesome. Well, there you have it fellow Sudokians. The Pride is representing us in the big leagues. Thanks so much for coming you guys and thanks for reading.
Griffin: Excelsior.
Eddie: The truth is out there.
Ethan: Later.
you didn't even give me a chance to get to know me and just picked on me straight away. That isn't nice! 
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