Post by tonymiranda on Jun 11, 2016 19:56:24 GMT -5
(The scene opens up inside a forest, its dark, damp, and foggy. The only visible sign of a path is a single dirt road going only two ways, neither way showing the path to the end of the forest. The cameraman takes a left turn, going down the path, and so far was only met with more fog and trees. Eventually, the path makes way to a clearing, a large house in the middle of the clearing sat. The cameraman walked up to the house, and with a single hand, opened the door. The house was well-decorated, filled with furniture, pictures, and a well-kept wooden floor underneath the cameraman's feet. The sounds of a television were heard from nearby. Turning, the cameraman saw a scene play out from the TV. Two men were fighting one another...or perhaps the proper term in their case might even be killing each other. Both men were bloodied, their faces and chests completely drenched in blood, their hands covered in bloody wrappings, with shards of broken glass glued on. Both men were barely recognizable, and only from the commentary could anyone even tell that one of them was Tony Miranda.)
(At the end of it all, Tony's opponent ultimately gets his hand raised as the victor, but still it isn't over. The cameraman watches as his opponent grabs a cord and strangles him with it after the match, finally letting go after he feels that Tony has completely been knocked out. However, the last image before the video ends, is the sight of Tony Miranda rising to his feet, a sick, insane smile spreading across his face. The screen turns to black. Someone stands up from a nearby chair. The cameraman turns to see that it's Tony Miranda.)
Tony Miranda:
"I came to WCF to start anew. When I came here I told myself that I would 'Return to Zero'. What does that mean? It means exactly what it means. I came to start over. To end a bloddy chapter of my life and begin a new chapter. One free from my past, only allowing the memories of my battles to remain. I wanted to go somewhere where the name Tony Miranda didn't fill young up and comers with inspiration, and instill others with fear. Somewhere that if you said my name, someone simply just replied with 'Who?' Its a wonderful feeling, you know. To not have to shoulder as much burden as I did when I was in Texas. To be able to take more than a few steps without having to take a picture and sign an autograph. Don't get me wrong, now. I loved every moment of it. Those moments, they told me that my years in this business, they were all worth it. For someone to come up to me and say 'I remember watching you when I was younger' and 'Your my son's favorite wrestler'. Its a feeling that I will carry with me for the rest of my life."
(Tony sighs, looking at the cameraman.)
Tony Miranda:
"But...if there's anything that I've learned in these few short days. Is that no matter what I do, I can't escape my past. Because somewhere, someone comes along and reminds me of who I was. Who I used to be. Kevin Bishop is a man who believes everything he is saying. He is a man who believes he will use me as a stepping stone on his own path to greatness. I am no one's stepping stone. His words...made me remember someone. Someone like him, someone better than him. Someone who said those same things he did...but had the power to make them come true. And so...I re-watched an old match of mine. A certain...Taipei Death Match."
(Tony paused.)
Tony Miranda:
"That match. That was the match that changed me. That match opened my eyes to a new sensation, a new...feeling. That man who fought me, Scar. He was a monster. He was something unlike anything else I had ever seen before. He didn't come to wrestle, he didn't come to fight. He came to hurt people. He came to destroy everything that GIW stood for. I was the only one brave...no. The only one CRAZY enough to stand in his way. We were torn to bloody bits in that match. But in the end he prevailed, and to add insult to injury, he strangled me. But then, I stood up. I stood up and smiled at him. A simple gesture that said everything that needed to be said. No words, no actions. Just...a simple smile. One that told him 'No. We aren't through.'"
"And you know what? We weren't. The next month we had a Last Man Standing Match and believe me, the two of us both intended to live up to that name. Whoever lost, wouldn't be getting up...ever. But Scar...he took things one step further. Despite the fact that I won the match, the fight wasn't over. Not until one of us was completely finished."
(Tony pauses, rubbing his throat.)
Tony Miranda:
"He put a blade to my throat, with every intention of killing me. But in the end, I was saved by a friend. I survived, when I shouldn't have. That day, I felt something like I've never felt before. Something that I nearly became addicted to. A rush unlike any other. The feeling of imminent death. The quickened heartbeat. The sudden rush of adrenaline, the absolute feeling of fear gripping your heart. Words couldn't describe how I felt. It changed me."
(Tony takes a deep breath.)
Tony Miranda:
"So the question to ask is...why am I telling you this? I mentioned it before last time I spoke in front of this camera. So...why do I need to say it again? The answer to that is I felt that I needed to explain something to Kevin Bishop. Something that I feel he didn't really understand. He continues to think I'm just some guy talking a big game, so...let me reiterate what I was talking about last time. Kevin. You are nothing. Do you understand that? Nothing. That man I fought, that man who tore me to bloody bits, he is the very definition of a monster. Every man and woman that even tries to do the same things he did, can't even hope to come close. Your words? To me, they're nothing but cute little fantasies, of a man who thinks he's going to bring some kind of death and destruction to the WCF. You think I don't know what you are? Oh, believe me. I know EXACTLY what you are. I watched you, I listened to every single word you said...but here's the thing. Even if you aren't bullshitting, even if you can do all the things you're setting out to do? There's one problem. I've gone through it all."
(Tony takes off his shirt, revealing a number of scars on his body, accompanied by the scars across his forehead.)
Tony Miranda:
"These scars, Kevin. I want you to take a good look at these scars. These aren't just signs of battles I've been in. These scars show that through everything I've been through, I've survived. I've survived a man who cared more about hurting me that actually winning the match. I've survived taking a shovel across my head and being buried alive. Every single one of these scars, is a battle I've had to fight. Every scar is a war that I've survived. I don't need to tell you what I've done in my past, these scars all over my body? They tell the story for me. So every time you run your mouth, saying you're going to 'open my eyes to the truth' or 'find my breaking point'?"
(Tony closes his eyes, letting out a loud laughter.)
Tony Miranda:
"I'm already broken! I've been broken for a very, very long time! I say there's not a thing you can do to me, because everything that could happen to me in this life HAS happened to me. I've been beaten, bloodied, scarred, burned, tortured, I've had my spirit broken, my will to fight completely shattered, I've tasted the fear of death and I've been buried. But every time. EVERY. TIME. I've stood up, I've kept fighting even when my body refused to keep going. I've pushed myself beyond my limits and I SURVIVED! The biggest mistake you've made, Kevin...is thinking that I'm just another guy. Just, some guy who says some tough words and thinks he's a bad ass. I'm not just another guy. I'm a tired, broken, beaten, and scarred veteran of a fighter who's too goddamned stubborn to just lay down and die. Everything I say, and everything I do. I make sure to go out and do exactly what I say I'm going to do. When I say I'm the Very Absolute Best? That isn't a gimmick. That is who I am. That is what I fight to be. So Kevin, I'm not just another run-of-the-mill, wannabe tough guy. I'm not just someone who talks a big game. I'm TONY. FUCKING. MIRANDA. So to you I simply say this. Bring the inevitable, Kevin. Bring everything. And I mean EVERYTHING you have. Try and torture me, try and break me. You will find that no matter what you do, I will continue to get back up, I will continue to fight. I will go above and beyond my limits just to beat you. So long there is a breath in my lungs and my heart continues to beat, I will fight. The question to ask yourself is this...how do you kill a man who refuses to die? How do you stop a man who has experienced everything there is to experience? How do you break a man who's already been broken? How do you destroy a man who, despite everything that's happened to him...survived?"
"There's a very simple answer. You don't."
