Post by Matt Draven on Feb 10, 2019 23:15:52 GMT -5
WCF.com Exclusive
Myrtle Beach Convention Center
Myrtle Beach, Carolina
February 4th 2019
The scene fades in to see Hank Brown, WCF’s premiere journalist, standing in front of a WCF backdrop that had been erected specifically for backstage interviews. Well, for WCF.com interviews if one wanted to be truly specific. Regardless, Hank stood there patiently as two men walked through the shot without a whole lot of regard of the situation. Those men? The recently victorious John McCarthy and Matt Draven, the resident misfit duo of WCF’s Tag League that had been transpiring over the last couple of weeks.
Hank Brown:
”MATT! JOHN! Do either of you have any comments about your victory tonight?”
Judging from Hank’s tone of voice and how loudly he had to speak it was plain that the two men had walked quite a ways from the setup. However, after a few seconds of Hank waiting with an expectant look on his face, one of the two came walking back into the camera shot: Matt Draven.
Matt Draven:
”Sup Hank! Did ya need somethin’?”
Hank Brown:
”Yes sir! I just wanted to know if you had any thoughts on tonight’s victory over the team of Stephen Singh and Scott Slayer.”
Matt Draven:
”Thoughts huh? Well you could say……”
Hank Brown:
”Yes?”
Matt Draven:
”...THAT I TOLD YOU SO!”
With an overly excited laugh, Matt looked into the camera and stuck out his tongue as if he were a child! Judging from the sour look on Hank’s face it was clear that he too thought that Matt was acting as such. Nonetheless, being the professional that he was, Hank loudly cleared his throat and pressed on.
Hank Brown:
”Right. Well, you certainly did tell people that you and your partner would be victorious here tonight. However, I think people want to know how you think it will effect things moving forward in the Tag League.”
Matt Draven:
”I honestly couldn’t say Hank. I don’t know what’ll happen after SLAM next week, but I can tell ya that Jazzy John and myself ain’t stoppin’! Whether we end up squaring off against Slayer ‘n’ Singh or Richards ’n’ Balfore again or if any of those guys from block B it’ll just end the same.”
Hank Brown:
”End the same? How?”
Matt Draven:
”With the DRAVEN EFFECT! WOOOOO!
With a loud WOO! to finish things off, Matt smiled at the camera before walking out of the camera shot. Which left Hank standing by himself once again while the camera faded to black.
Suicide Watch
Episode One
[font size=”4”Home
Washington, D.C.
February 9th 2019[/font]
The scene fades in to reveal a somber looking Matt sitting on a barstool in front of a whiteboard. Much like in the promo video that had filmed the week prior for the match against Scott Slayer and Stephan Singh, the whiteboard was mostly covered in various ideas that had been written and crossed out. However, there was a large oval in the center of the board that encompassed four words and a series of numbers. Those words were truly something that many people needed. The numbers used thousands of times daily.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-8255
Matt Draven:
”Now before people try to jump down my throat, because I know they’re primed and ready to do just that, I just want to make a couple of things VERY clear. I, in no way, consider suicide to be a topic to be made fun of. It is something that I deal with on the daily myself and so I understand firsthand what it’s like to….”
With a sad and slightly distant look in his eyes as he alluded a bit about his own struggle with thoughts of suicide, Matt looked down at the floor. After a few dreadfully silent seconds he took a deep breath and looked back up at the camera. Only this time he seemed more at ease, though his eyes still bore some sadness within them.
[Matt Draven:
”Well, I understand. It’s with that understanding of mine that makes me feel like I should do what I can to further bring this topic forward to help those that struggle with those thoughts, but also to help those that DON’T get it.”
After falling once more, Matt looked up at the ceiling and just sat there in silence. After a few moments of lingering silence he looked back down and into the camera. This time there wasn’t a somber look on his face nor sadness in his eyes. Instead there was that cocky smirk on his face while his eyes held a charming “fome get me” light within them.
Matt Draven:
”That being said, I’m also going to be using this for my own selfish things. Like talkin’ about whatever I have on my mind, what happened to me during the week, or whatever else! HELL! I might even talk shop or somethin’!”
WIth a genuine chuckle that erased the last bits of the somber air that had been remaining, Matt continued on.
Matt Draven:
”Which, as it turns out, is what I”m gonna do for this first episode cause it’s been quite a week heading into the next Slam. I mean, it's not everyday that you have the honor of having ol’ Jamie Woolf comin’ at ya after ya find out that ya got another legit WCF legend to deal with. That’s right! I’m talkin’ about ya girl; the Bonblizzle.
Now, as I mentioned, ol’ Woolfie decided that it would be a good time to come at me over the interwebz. Why he did this? I haven’t a clue. BUT! What I do know is that he got his butt handed to him. AGAIN. Maybe this time he will either shut up or he’ll challenge me. EIther way, and I hate to admit this, he brought up something that often gets brought up a surprisingly amount of times considering that I haven’t been here more than a couple months. What is it you ask? Well, you see, it’s the fact that my career really doesn’t amount to much.”
Throwing his hands up in the air in in mock defeat Matt shook his head and sighed heavily. Thankfully his terrible acting was soon over and his confident smirk returned once more.
Matt Draven:
”It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to target that area when I haven’t been in the WCF long enough to actually have a career. If there is a probationary period in the contract then I’m pretty sure that it’s close to ending if it hasn’t already. Still, even in the short time I have been here in the WCF, ya gotta admit that I’ve done a couple of nifty things.
I made Lord Raab relevant again in WCF just in time for ONE.
I made a meme about a can of beans more over then our current World champ.
I keep Jamie Woolf in the public eye every time he mentions my name or sticks his dirty snout in my bouts.
To top it off I managed to get my paws on the WCF Tag Team straps with the Jazzman!”
As he listed off a couple of his favorite, what some may consider impossible, feats that he had managed to bring forth in order to entertain the WCF galaxy; Matt visibly counted them out to further emphasize his words. Once he was done he held up his hand, that he had counted them on, and wiggled his fingers as if he were taunting every person that dared to say he hadn’t done anything yet.
Matt Draven:
”I gotta admit that’s a pretty impressive line up for a guy that has a career that doesn’t mean jack.”
After a pointed look into the camera to confirm that he had been mocking those people, Matt clapped his hands twice in quick succession.
Matt Draven:
”That being said I want to get down to talkin’ ya girl, ol’ Bonblizzle.
Now Bon, contrary to some opinions I ain’t a complete moron and I know full well that you’re basically the polar opposite of me on a couple things. I’ve only been in the WCF for a couple of months while you have been stompin’ the yard for over a decade. I got trounced by Odin a few weeks ago while you trounced Odin a few weeks before that. Roughly. Despite that I gotta say that I think we have a pretty good interweb buddy thing goin’ on. I mean, you don’t like Jamie anymore then I do. I like memes, you like memes. You’re not a normie, my best friend isn’t a normie. So it seems like we’re fairly cool with each other right? Right!
Now, and I hate to say this, but it seems we gotta duke it out in North Carolina this Monday on SLAM. I already know what you’re gonna say and I don’t like it anymore then you do….actually you may not even care. Regardless, I’m afraid to tell ya that it isn’t going to be an easy W like you think it may be. Why? Well the thing is when I was gettin’ my ass handed to me by Richards and Odin a few weeks ago I felt the spark that I thought lost. That spark ignited the fire of desire within me again. What does it mean, this desire of mine? Well I’ll tell ya that it doesn’t mean anything nice for either of us cause this desire is what’s going to make me take risks that no man should take. Most of the things you’ve seen in your career pale when compared to that devil in me. Whether I get the W or the L doesn’t matter, not this Monday night. I just hope the two manage to walk out of that ring in Durham intact mentally as well as physically.”
At some point the air around Matt became as tense as the look in his eyes. Whether it was the intensity of which he believed his words held or if it was the intensity of which he feared what might happen was unclear. However, what WAS clear was the fact that he had began to lean dangerously forward till he was nearly ready to fall off of the barstool.
After a few seconds he managed to pull himself together and leaned back till he was once again sitting in his original position. Placing the palms of his hand together as if her were praying to something, Matt closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. After exhaling a minute later, Matt lowered his hands and looked into the camera. The intensity gone with the familiar Matt returning to form with the goofy grin.
Matt Draven:
”All that aside I hope one day we can just chill out together sometime. Shoot the bull, trash some peeps, and maybe film it for an episode of Suicide Watch. Ya know, the good things in life. Until then, might I offer you a can?”
Reaching behind him, Matt felt around before bringing out a can of baked beans to be been seen by all. DEM BEANZ! With that goofy image of one half of the WCF Tag Team Champions holding a can of baked beans, the camera faded to black. Thankfully ending everything.
Myrtle Beach Convention Center
Myrtle Beach, Carolina
February 4th 2019
The scene fades in to see Hank Brown, WCF’s premiere journalist, standing in front of a WCF backdrop that had been erected specifically for backstage interviews. Well, for WCF.com interviews if one wanted to be truly specific. Regardless, Hank stood there patiently as two men walked through the shot without a whole lot of regard of the situation. Those men? The recently victorious John McCarthy and Matt Draven, the resident misfit duo of WCF’s Tag League that had been transpiring over the last couple of weeks.
Hank Brown:
”MATT! JOHN! Do either of you have any comments about your victory tonight?”
Judging from Hank’s tone of voice and how loudly he had to speak it was plain that the two men had walked quite a ways from the setup. However, after a few seconds of Hank waiting with an expectant look on his face, one of the two came walking back into the camera shot: Matt Draven.
Matt Draven:
”Sup Hank! Did ya need somethin’?”
Hank Brown:
”Yes sir! I just wanted to know if you had any thoughts on tonight’s victory over the team of Stephen Singh and Scott Slayer.”
Matt Draven:
”Thoughts huh? Well you could say……”
Hank Brown:
”Yes?”
Matt Draven:
”...THAT I TOLD YOU SO!”
With an overly excited laugh, Matt looked into the camera and stuck out his tongue as if he were a child! Judging from the sour look on Hank’s face it was clear that he too thought that Matt was acting as such. Nonetheless, being the professional that he was, Hank loudly cleared his throat and pressed on.
Hank Brown:
”Right. Well, you certainly did tell people that you and your partner would be victorious here tonight. However, I think people want to know how you think it will effect things moving forward in the Tag League.”
Matt Draven:
”I honestly couldn’t say Hank. I don’t know what’ll happen after SLAM next week, but I can tell ya that Jazzy John and myself ain’t stoppin’! Whether we end up squaring off against Slayer ‘n’ Singh or Richards ’n’ Balfore again or if any of those guys from block B it’ll just end the same.”
Hank Brown:
”End the same? How?”
Matt Draven:
”With the DRAVEN EFFECT! WOOOOO!
With a loud WOO! to finish things off, Matt smiled at the camera before walking out of the camera shot. Which left Hank standing by himself once again while the camera faded to black.
Suicide Watch
Episode One
[font size=”4”Home
Washington, D.C.
February 9th 2019[/font]
The scene fades in to reveal a somber looking Matt sitting on a barstool in front of a whiteboard. Much like in the promo video that had filmed the week prior for the match against Scott Slayer and Stephan Singh, the whiteboard was mostly covered in various ideas that had been written and crossed out. However, there was a large oval in the center of the board that encompassed four words and a series of numbers. Those words were truly something that many people needed. The numbers used thousands of times daily.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-8255
Matt Draven:
”Now before people try to jump down my throat, because I know they’re primed and ready to do just that, I just want to make a couple of things VERY clear. I, in no way, consider suicide to be a topic to be made fun of. It is something that I deal with on the daily myself and so I understand firsthand what it’s like to….”
With a sad and slightly distant look in his eyes as he alluded a bit about his own struggle with thoughts of suicide, Matt looked down at the floor. After a few dreadfully silent seconds he took a deep breath and looked back up at the camera. Only this time he seemed more at ease, though his eyes still bore some sadness within them.
[Matt Draven:
”Well, I understand. It’s with that understanding of mine that makes me feel like I should do what I can to further bring this topic forward to help those that struggle with those thoughts, but also to help those that DON’T get it.”
After falling once more, Matt looked up at the ceiling and just sat there in silence. After a few moments of lingering silence he looked back down and into the camera. This time there wasn’t a somber look on his face nor sadness in his eyes. Instead there was that cocky smirk on his face while his eyes held a charming “fome get me” light within them.
Matt Draven:
”That being said, I’m also going to be using this for my own selfish things. Like talkin’ about whatever I have on my mind, what happened to me during the week, or whatever else! HELL! I might even talk shop or somethin’!”
WIth a genuine chuckle that erased the last bits of the somber air that had been remaining, Matt continued on.
Matt Draven:
”Which, as it turns out, is what I”m gonna do for this first episode cause it’s been quite a week heading into the next Slam. I mean, it's not everyday that you have the honor of having ol’ Jamie Woolf comin’ at ya after ya find out that ya got another legit WCF legend to deal with. That’s right! I’m talkin’ about ya girl; the Bonblizzle.
Now, as I mentioned, ol’ Woolfie decided that it would be a good time to come at me over the interwebz. Why he did this? I haven’t a clue. BUT! What I do know is that he got his butt handed to him. AGAIN. Maybe this time he will either shut up or he’ll challenge me. EIther way, and I hate to admit this, he brought up something that often gets brought up a surprisingly amount of times considering that I haven’t been here more than a couple months. What is it you ask? Well, you see, it’s the fact that my career really doesn’t amount to much.”
Throwing his hands up in the air in in mock defeat Matt shook his head and sighed heavily. Thankfully his terrible acting was soon over and his confident smirk returned once more.
Matt Draven:
”It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to target that area when I haven’t been in the WCF long enough to actually have a career. If there is a probationary period in the contract then I’m pretty sure that it’s close to ending if it hasn’t already. Still, even in the short time I have been here in the WCF, ya gotta admit that I’ve done a couple of nifty things.
I made Lord Raab relevant again in WCF just in time for ONE.
I made a meme about a can of beans more over then our current World champ.
I keep Jamie Woolf in the public eye every time he mentions my name or sticks his dirty snout in my bouts.
To top it off I managed to get my paws on the WCF Tag Team straps with the Jazzman!”
As he listed off a couple of his favorite, what some may consider impossible, feats that he had managed to bring forth in order to entertain the WCF galaxy; Matt visibly counted them out to further emphasize his words. Once he was done he held up his hand, that he had counted them on, and wiggled his fingers as if he were taunting every person that dared to say he hadn’t done anything yet.
Matt Draven:
”I gotta admit that’s a pretty impressive line up for a guy that has a career that doesn’t mean jack.”
After a pointed look into the camera to confirm that he had been mocking those people, Matt clapped his hands twice in quick succession.
Matt Draven:
”That being said I want to get down to talkin’ ya girl, ol’ Bonblizzle.
Now Bon, contrary to some opinions I ain’t a complete moron and I know full well that you’re basically the polar opposite of me on a couple things. I’ve only been in the WCF for a couple of months while you have been stompin’ the yard for over a decade. I got trounced by Odin a few weeks ago while you trounced Odin a few weeks before that. Roughly. Despite that I gotta say that I think we have a pretty good interweb buddy thing goin’ on. I mean, you don’t like Jamie anymore then I do. I like memes, you like memes. You’re not a normie, my best friend isn’t a normie. So it seems like we’re fairly cool with each other right? Right!
Now, and I hate to say this, but it seems we gotta duke it out in North Carolina this Monday on SLAM. I already know what you’re gonna say and I don’t like it anymore then you do….actually you may not even care. Regardless, I’m afraid to tell ya that it isn’t going to be an easy W like you think it may be. Why? Well the thing is when I was gettin’ my ass handed to me by Richards and Odin a few weeks ago I felt the spark that I thought lost. That spark ignited the fire of desire within me again. What does it mean, this desire of mine? Well I’ll tell ya that it doesn’t mean anything nice for either of us cause this desire is what’s going to make me take risks that no man should take. Most of the things you’ve seen in your career pale when compared to that devil in me. Whether I get the W or the L doesn’t matter, not this Monday night. I just hope the two manage to walk out of that ring in Durham intact mentally as well as physically.”
At some point the air around Matt became as tense as the look in his eyes. Whether it was the intensity of which he believed his words held or if it was the intensity of which he feared what might happen was unclear. However, what WAS clear was the fact that he had began to lean dangerously forward till he was nearly ready to fall off of the barstool.
After a few seconds he managed to pull himself together and leaned back till he was once again sitting in his original position. Placing the palms of his hand together as if her were praying to something, Matt closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. After exhaling a minute later, Matt lowered his hands and looked into the camera. The intensity gone with the familiar Matt returning to form with the goofy grin.
Matt Draven:
”All that aside I hope one day we can just chill out together sometime. Shoot the bull, trash some peeps, and maybe film it for an episode of Suicide Watch. Ya know, the good things in life. Until then, might I offer you a can?”
Reaching behind him, Matt felt around before bringing out a can of baked beans to be been seen by all. DEM BEANZ! With that goofy image of one half of the WCF Tag Team Champions holding a can of baked beans, the camera faded to black. Thankfully ending everything.
