"Forged in the Blood of my Enemies"
Feb 17, 2019 19:28:08 GMT -5
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Post by James Wolf on Feb 17, 2019 19:28:08 GMT -5
RAMPAGE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
1995
James Wolf then under the stage name Morbid Wolf has just won the Rampage Wrestling Association Hardcore Championship for the first time.
We catch up with him backstage afterward. Their medical staff is trying to patch him up but he refuses as he cradles the RWA Hardcore Championship in his arms. As the medical personnel finally exit the his locker room the hidden camera zooms in to catch his thoughts. In this rare never before seen footage we can finally see the glimmer of greatness that was to come.
For those people who think “wrestling” is not real I have to tell them personally that they are completely full of shit! When you step through those ropes, and you have somebody who is hitting you in the face as hard as they can it completely changes your focus, and your way of thinking. For some people their adrenaline kicks in, and its what I call the “Ultimate Adrenaline Rush” you do whatever is necessary is to survive, and when you come out of that battle you are not only better off but you're unique. You've all ready set yourself apart from everybody else. It takes a special person to step in the ring, and put their livelihood on the line all for the reputation of being the Greatest Hardcore Champion alive. This belt currently says that's what I am, and I will challenge anybody for that title and I will win because I'm a goddamn kamikaze and will do whatever it takes to keep that reputation!
This footage was now archived, and lost to history and in those days where it mattered that was a great accomplishment. Two years later “Morbid” Wolf would go on to win their World Title two times. At the closing of RWA “Morbid” Wolf had held the World Title twice, the Hardcore Title six times, and their tag belts four times. In terms of being a grand slam champion he was doing it, and forging history long before it was the popular thing to do. RWA officially closed in 1999. James Wolf was nineteen around that time.
Present Day
James Wolf could be seen in a U-Haul moving truck, and for the purposes of time we see him pulling into the drive way of his new residence. Following the instructions of his wife he would live the U-Haul truck there, and the movers they hired would stop by later on, and move their belongings into the new house. It wasn't that they didn't like the area around Memphis. It was just that they felt like Florida was their home specifically Tampa Bay, where Morrigan could go to the beach to sun bathe whenever she wanted to. Tampa also hosted an interesting karaoke night called Porneoke where somebody would perform a karaoke track, and behind you they'd play a porno. That would be really interesting to be apart of to say the least. Perks aside this week was very important.
At age 39 James was up against former World Champion Michael X, and Michael X thought he was God's gift to Hardcore wrestling. James was there to burst his bubble. To show him he wasn't anything but a liar! If he cared about the Hardcore Title, and its division so bad then he would not have become a World Champion because as Hardcore Champion you're all ready the champion of the world. You just have the added bonus perks such as you cannot go to jail for the punishment you put on your opponents. James had all ready experienced all of these wars. To be Hardcore Champion again however he would happily go through Michael X. Prove to him he is a liar. Show him what a real pioneer of hardcore wrestling looks like. Pull out every stop there is and even hit this man with the proverbial “kitchen sink” if that's what it took to stop him. James Wolf was a lot of things but one thing that set him apart was he had the experience all ready. Something that not everybody could make the claim too.
James took a look at a picture on the wall. It was him in a bare knuckle fighting arena. It spoke to his character just as to how far he'd actually go for a reputation over a title. But, in this instance it was different. In this instance it was time to show why he was forged in the blood of his enemies! Let people think what they must of that. It was ironic that he came to work in a place that a place that had a slogan entitled “Where Legends are forged” James was all ready a legend, and he had a reputation for being completely ruthless. Stubborn as hell because he was just himself. He wasn't going to change for anybody.
That Scarface movie quote was very accurate. “All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break em for anybody you understand?” The perfect quote for any situation quoted in the movie by Tony Montana. Written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian DePalma with a guest shot from Steven Spielberg. Scarface perhaps the greatest movie of all time! But enough of what inspires us to do great things.
Jay Omega was standing atop of the mountain as the Hardcore Champion, and if it wasn't for James let's be honest for a moment Michael X wouldn't even give a fuck about the Hardcore Championship. It took a renewed interest, and a challenge to champion who was too fucking scared to do what she was suppose to do as champion. So to avoid the inevitable she dropped to Jay Omega. Jay Omega... more on him later. The focus was ultimately on Michael X. What makes Michael X the opponent for James Wolf? After all Michael X didn't give two fucks about James Wolf when he arrived on the scene. He turned down the challenge of James Wolf, and Stephen Singh did too because let's face it when it came to having the balls to accept the challenge both of these men didn't have them. That might be quite insulting to them, and that may put a target directly onto James Wolf, but it didn't matter. James had taken out Jaice Wilds, and Leon Hayze. Leon Hayze being the running buddy of one Michael X. So now there would be no friendly competition with no bad feelings attached. Michael X was seething that James Wolf was in the match, and he was certain that James Wolf didn't have what it took to stand across the ring with him much less beat him to go on to face the champion.
Michael X was rattled. He could not be a double champion, and so he gave up the Hardcore Title to be the World Champion. Let that sink in for just a moment. If you didn't want to be the World Champion why would you go after it? It makes no sense although James could partially understand. He had World Title aspirations too at one time but seeing the Hardcore Title division go to waste it needed to be what it should have been and when you had a traitor like Michael X coming back into the fold well let's just say it wasn't a reason to celebrate!
When you did a deep analysis of Michael X; one might think his confidence was at an all time high. But when you actually took a deep look at what was actually there you saw the truth. The facts beneath the surface. The fact actually was that Michael X was scared. He was scared because he vacated his throne, and he felt guilty. Now that a new ruthless son of a bitch was making waves. Doing what he couldn't. So he begged the WCF brass to be that man to stand in the path of James Wolf. As if James would just allow him to step aside and continue what he was doing before he made the scene, and spark a renewed interest in the WCF Hardcore division. Michael X didn't understand, and the fact was he could never understand the motivations on one James Wolf.
Vol. 2
“Motivation”
Motivation was key. This word motivation meant something different to everybody but apparently and this was completely ironic, and it was something that was no planned. Motivation meant the same thing to James and Michael X, except their motivations were different all together. The motivation for James was to restore the hardcore division for what it was meant to be. No more non title bull shit. You had to defend that belt even when everything in life was against you. You didn't get a break or a decision in the matter. You did what you were contractually required to do. Put everything on the line, and do your fucking best. Prove you worth. Prove that belt's worth. Michael X, well he just wanted things to be the way they always were. He wants to be the belt to be a closet champion. Deny every challenge that comes his way, and why was this because deep down Michael X was scared he didn't have it any more. That he had all ready lost a step. He felt guilty for being World Champion, instead of Hardcore Champion. The fact that he beat Jay Omega meant absolutely nothing because he now wasn't facing Jay Omega. He was facing James Wolf, and he was facing a James Wolf that was completely ruthless. A man who would pull out all of the stops, and would take absolutely nothing for granted.
James was also preparing for this match in a way nobody could predict. In a way one would think was absolutely unnecessary but when you know what's on the line everything is necessary.
WCF ALL ACCESS appears on the screen followed by its theme song “Madhouse” by Anthrax.
After the song fades out we open up in what appears to be a desert waste land. After traveling what appears to be several miles we notice a make shift bare knuckle arena. James takes off his leather coat, and enters the ring. This is a bare knuckle tournament. Anything goes. James was invited to participate because he was a pro wrestler, and his former experience preceded him. Although this was only for boxing, and the winner would get a cool hundred grand. This type of tournament was always held around this time, and as James confidently stepped through the doors we then fade to black.
As we fade in again James is released from the bare knuckle arena, and he is awarded his hundred grand as he walks off into the distance and the further he gets he soon disappears from view.
After he has disappeared from view that's when James decides to finally speak up regarding one Michael X.
Even though, I now have some pocket money for Williamsburg, Virginia let's get down to what really matters shall we?
James now slips on his brown leather jacket as he continues.
Michael X,
You know something? It's not my fault you decided to leave the WCF Hardcore Division to become the WCF World Champion! That was a very foolish decision on your part. Nobody here wants to her your crocodile tears about how you never lost that belt. What you should be. The simple fact of the matter is you're not. And, when you were its not like you were open to face the challenges that came your way. I think that makes you a scared little bitch in my book! Look at you! You're still a scared little bitch! Running around here like the WCF owes you something when in fact the WCF owes you nothing! Now our paths are ready to collide and you're completely unsure of what you're going to do. Like I would just sit back, and let you have this match. You know I thought I've run into some dumb asses here under the WCF umbrella but damn Michael you've got to be the dumbest. You make Matt Draven look like Stephen A. Hawking when it comes to intelligence. You have no common sense do you? In fact, you have no sense at all! Those wars must have taken their toll on you right? Who talks about what should have happened? Everybody here would take you to task over that, and they should because you abandoned what you really were. I've never abandoned it though. Ever! I made my name as a Hardcore Champion, and while I've won every man's wrestling title you can name you know what my most important one was. The Hardcore Title! Because it sets you apart from everybody else. From everything else. A lot of people myself included have called it “garbage wrestling” and to be fair it has been garbage, and that is why we're doing this little thing right now. I don't make excuses so we don't need any excuses from you either! See Michael, I don't know if you're aware of this but “Morbid” was earned through the hardcore division, and the more I know how much it pisses people off I think I'm going to revisit it. There's nothing I love more than something that gets under somebodies skin to the point where they have to give me power over questioning it. So Michael, you are the first to see the rebirth of “Morbid Wolf” and I'm sure you know what that word means. I want you to completely understand that in this business everything that's old is new. This business revisits a lot of old shit, and now who would I be if I wasn't myself right? If I didn't use what got me here to begin with. Make the cycle complete. Piss off everybody, without giving a fuck what they think about it! You can still call me “James” or you can call me “Morbid” and the thing is I don't give a fuck! I've made my name beating scrubs like you without even breaking a sweat!
We see a dune buggie that James crawls into to navigate his way back into the city, and as such the person in the passenger seat holding the map is done Hank Brown. As James begins the trek back Hank looks over at him suspiciously as he over heard his comments regarding one Michael X, and its at this moment Hank remains silent until the two get back to the city, and its at that point Hank finally speaks up.
Hank Brown: James, you know that Michael X probably won't call you “Morbid” don't you?
Hank, let me be very clear with you since we're all being honest here. I don't give a flying fuck what he calls me just as long as he realizes he isn't getting past me at Monday Night Slam. He can bring the whole roster, hell even the National Guard, and the result will still be the same. I will have my hand raised in victory!
Hank ponders this for a moment and shakes his head as he moves on to his next question. Then James quips up before he can ask the next question.
I know what you must be thinking. There's no way my confidence level could be that way with who I'm facing right? Well while the rest of the world may see Michael X a man who is capable of anything; the only thing I see is a man who makes excuses when he fails. You don't want to be that man and I'm happy I'm not that man. I am the man who is going to go on and win the WCF Hardcore Title from Jay Omega because while Michael X may be focused on Jay Omega, I am focused on Michael X!
Hank nods, and then asks another question although it doesn't necessarily have to do with Michael X.
Hank Brown: Well James, let me ask you about this. What about Alex Richards? The man you beat, and then decided to give a rematch. Do you think he'll try to prevent you from winning this match?
After I beat Alex Richards I'll be honest. We have a clean slate now! All of that previous bull shit we had to go into is now water under the bridge. That win was my closure, and now we can move on and start a new. Of course if Alex Richards thinks he is going to take my generosity for granted well whatever match we have I'll just have to knock some sense back into him. Because let's be honest here. Just between the two of us. Alex can be as stubborn as I am, and that really says a lot now doesn't it?
Hank Brown: Now be honest do you really think you what have it takes to beat Michael X?
Of course I have what it takes! What kind of a loaded question was that? I thought the WCF paid you to be objective not to ask me stupid goddamn questions like that!
Hank smooths his tie down as he is happy is wearing a suit because of the chilly breeze that is coming by. He isn't use to being just outside of the desert. Hank keeps his composure although we can tell he looks nervous because he is under sure what James will do next. He then proposes one final question.
Hank Brown: I'm sure you caught the promo of Michael X, and in there he claims you'll be defeated before you even enter the ring. Your thoughts?
Michael X, is doing what he does best. He is talking out of his ass because he's never faced a man like me. He can say what he wants but that doesn't make it true now does it? If he is going to pull out of all the stops then this match is going to be a stale mate because I'm the exact same way. I'm the greatest Hardcore Champion of this era! The fact that I haven't held a title in the WCF doesn't mean shit. I wasn't where I was comfortable in the TV Title division! I'm in my element here, and I'm telling you right now that whatever Michael X brings I'm going to be even tougher than he realizes. This is the man who makes excuses for his failures. I don't make excuses. I go where the work is! If one door closes another one opens. See Michael X he never wanted to be World Champion. He's still stuck in the past but its a good thing for him that I live in the present. I don't revisit the past. I'm 39 fucking years old, and I'm tougher, and in better shape than Michael X will ever be! He loves to talk to himself. Talk to the whore that's on his arm as if this thing has all ready been decided, but it hasn't been decided. Not by a long shot. I'll give credit where credit is due. Michael X was good once. He stopped doing that once he starting making excuses, and crying like a bitch over a matter that was his own doing! Do you know what it even means to conquer the Hardcore division? Whether is now, or whether it's been in the past. The reason you get confident, stronger, and better than anybody ever envision. It's because your opponent's blood makes you stronger. This is not a foreign concept either. It's what history is founded upon. So I'm going to conquer Michael X in a way the WCF has never seen. His blood is going to propel me right into the Hardcore Championship with Jay Omega. Michael X will have to come to terms with the fact that his time is over, and its now my time! Its quite ironic in this match too. I feel like my words are coming forth from Michael X. Like he is infringing upon my territory because the fact is if I had not challenged Kennedy Matthews and brought the fire storm back into the hardcore division then Michael X would still be seeking a match with Noble Savage trying to reclaim the WCF World Championship. I'm the true person who got the hardcore division started again and just like Michael X the man who is only consumed with himself he is trying to take credit for it. Although history will record that James Wolf restarted the WCF Hardcore Division, and history will record Michael X as they man who was trying to keep up!
Hank Brown gulps as he can see the fierceness, and the seriousness in the cold blue eyes of James Wolf, but he has a job to do after all and he is getting ready for his next question regarding the number one contenders match for the Hardcore Title when he and James get into a rental vehicle. A large truck that we can only presume is heading for Williamsburg, VA. James has his gear in the back seat of the crew cab. Hank seems pretty comfortable inside the truck, and then he once again being the WCF's most respected interviewer is ready to pose another question to James regardless of how he acts.
Hank Brown: Now don't get mad, and slam on the brakes when I ask this next question, or lead into it with an answer as well okay? I know with you there are no promises, and it seems like that you and Michael X are mirroring each other....
James then slams on the brakes as Hank sits there in silence. James then turns glaring at Hank Brown. Hank doesn't know what to say or do as James then clears the air!
There's absolutely no way I mirror that stupid son of bitch! I wish you would have brought me footage Hank because then I could tell that self serving fucker what I really think about him. I have to guess though, and if I have to guess about him it makes me think he's building himself up like he's all ready won. Making plans like he's already won. Let's put it like this. If I were a roulette table he won't have all ready lost everything! That just shows how stupid, and how over confident this bastard truly is. I'm never over confident because I know I have a job to do. I'm the very best at that job. That job is walking into the ring and showing dumb fucks like this the way the world really works, and the world doesn't revolve around them. Let me throw a guess out there Hank. He probably threatened my family. Giving me more motivation to defend them right? He probably thinks he has the advantage and I don't have any advantage against him. You come across this type of trash so far. They need to understand that this is No Disqualification! In a No Disqualification match I can take him to his very limits, and when he realizes the type of monster he is dealing with in that ring then he'll break, and the true Michael X will emerge. The one that wants absolutely nothing to do with the Hardcore division because I'm not going any where Hank. I'm not afraid of Michael X. The truth is he is at a disadvantage because he is unaware of what I'm capable of. That is the real danger of this match. That sums up this match perfectly. Two hardcore legends face each other. One who is old school as hell never taking anything for granted, and the other well the other who thinks people should be afraid of him just because. Doesn't work that way! It may have worked that way when he refused to face real challenges but now he is facing a real challenge that refuses to go away, and he is facing a challenge that will who whatever it takes to get a win over him! There are no excuse in this match either. If I have to out wrestle, out submit, or out cheat him I will do all of those things, and more just to be able to claim I'm better than him and I'll always be better!
As James then turns his attention back to the truck and he eases up off the brake the truck goes back into motion as the look on the face of Hank Brown shows that may be he needs to be more cautious from here on out. The last thing Hank wanted to go was hitch hike to Virginia.
Hank Brown is trying to think of the next step to his interview. It was very crucial he ask the right questions, and not the wrong ones. The right observations, and not to raise the ire of James Wolf any more than was necessary. He didn't know if James was planning this all along or if this was completely random but for the first time in a long time Hank was nervous. Hank was scared of what may happen next. He didn't have to wait very long though as James began making his own observations.
There are a few things that are sacred to a man. One is his family. That one is always off limits, and I'm sure that Michael X has broken that one! I just have this gut feeling I cannot shake. So for that he's going to be a great price! As the weight of this match weighs on his mind I know what he is thinking. He is thinking why did he have to face me instead of go on to face Jay Omega for the WCF Hardcore Title... well that's the way life works. This match could have easily been a triple threat for the WCF Hardcore Title, but the WCF knew I'd easily take that match! The fact of the matter is it doesn't matter that I'm in a NO DQ singles match with probably the most arrogant man who walked the fact of this Earth! The only thing that matters is me having my hand raised in victory, and while this may in fact be a tough victory I love proving people wrong and through out all of the obstacles I will prove you wrong Michael! The fact that Michael X thought that he was smart enough to beat me but dumb enough to over estimate me. Well it makes me wonder why somebody with such a low IQ level ever made it to the WCF World Championship! It shows me that the WCF had absolutely nothing go on, so Michael X was able to slip through the cracks! But never again. The WCF knew I was the one not only smart enough but capable enough to stop Michael X in his tracks before he ever knew it was coming! Michael X, wow who knew this man could talk out of his ass more than most of the WCF roster! That was saying something because the more I heard about this Michael X the more I thought to myself how much he must have loved to hear himself talk. His home must have been filled with mirrors so he could always keep an eye on himself. That's the type of arrogance I'm dealing with! Arrogance that even in the face of defeat he'll never be able to deal with!
It's at this point where he we see that James crosses the state line of Virginia. Hank breathes a sigh of relief as Willliamsburg is not very far off now. James looks over to Hank, and grins and then returns to the road his serious expression returning to his face. Hank starts to feel more relaxed as he is ready to get back into the mind of James Wolf. Be the reporter the WCF knows him to be!
However before Hank can ask his question James gets a call on his cell phone. Since its on a hands free device in the truck he pushes the button to speak. Its Simara, who now going by “Mara” and James immediately smiles as the two get a moment to talk before this on road interview continues.
Hey baby, how is the University of Memphis?
It's fine dad! I live in a dorm on campus, and I have to thank Grandpa for getting me a deal to be able to one day be a college graduate! Please thank him for me!
I will, baby. How is your therapy going?
It's fine dad! Making real good progress, and I hate to cut this short but I have to go. Good luck with your match!
Mara hangs up, and then Hank looks like he wants to say something but he remains silent for a few moments. Hank then speaks up finally.
Hank Brown: Mr. Wolf, I hate to tell you this but my sources in the WCF have predicted that you're going to leave this match in a body bag. What are you're thoughts personally?
Without even acknowledging Hank on that question Hank immediately knew what that mean. He knew that it mean that source was completely full of shit, and James didn't have to tell Hank what he all ready knew.
The mile marker shows up that Williamsburg is only a few miles away. Soon the truck veers toward the exit, and then its time to gas up the truck. As James is outside pumping the gas, he knows he is only minutes from the Kaplan Arena. Once James got there then he'd be doing some WCF promotional work before WCF Slam took place but he also knew if he came into contract with Michael X before Slam that the number one contender match would happen early. James decided to take a little detour first. It was something very few people knew about him, and today it was going to be revealed.
After paying for the gas James got back inside of the truck as Hank Brown got himself a 20 oz coke, and it was now sitting in the cup holder. It almost fit but not directly still it was the best he had.
Hold on before I drop you off at the Kaplan Arena I have to make a quick stop first. You're welcome to come in here too if you want. This is something very near to my heart, and before I descend into what some may call hell. Before I become the old school “Morbid Wolf” that will piss the entire WCF off first we need to take care of this business.
Hank is kind of taken back by this but agrees because he has no choice but to go along....
Vol. 3
“Heart of Gold”
James pulls up outside of a Children's Hospital in the area. As he parks inside a parking space, he and Hank Brown exit.
As the two go inside Hank is actually surprised there is a side of James like this. However for once there is no tension in the truck. No nastiness regarding the match coming up, and for once Hank is impressed with James. After entering the nursing wave at him, and he waves back. Hank is carrying an extra bag in his right hand filled with WCF promotional and autographed materials.
The doctor directs them to a room where there is a bunch of sick children. These children are from the burn unit, some have cancer, and some have under developed bodies. It's an area where its hard to let your tears flow without any mention of stopping but that's why we had to be brave because charity work was one of the best things you could possibly do in our line of work. Hank immediately breaks down as one of the nurses come in placing a hand over his shoulder. He immediately drops the WCF promo bag as James moves over picking it up and delivering them to the kids.
All of the kids faces light up in surprise and as we get a panoramic view around the room we can see that these kids are big WCF fans. We have our John Rabid loyalists, along with the Bonnie Blue die hard crew. A few of them have on James Wolf shirts, and lastly we have our Noble Savage crew who are all wearing her t-shirt, and they think they're better than the other children which is funny when you stop to think about it.
Seeing the children happy is enough for James to choke back a few tears, and as the children get their favorite gear with their favorite wrestlers as well as some autographed material it's like they won the lottery, and they're all champions in their own right. Hank still has tears streaming down his cheeks, and their puffy red as he makes his way out of the door. Soon James follows thanking the staff for allowing him this opportunity. He also makes a sizable donation to the children's hospital itself to help them with their work to find a cure for these children.
After leaving the children's hospital the mood completely changes into something that was worse than it was before. Hank braces for the ride over to Kaplan arena as the tension is so thick you couldn't even cut it with a knife.
Vol.4
“Return of Morbid Wolf”
James and Hank set out to the Kaplan Arena, and that's when the tension comes flooding back in, and as whatever left of James Wolf is now gone, and the return of his old persona Morbid Wolf has returned. Morbid shoots Hank a look like he is about to drop him off in the middle of no where just for the hell of it, and it's at this point that Hank is thinking fast.
Hank then immediately poses another question in hopes he can keep the focus off of him.
Hank Brown: Since we're nearing the location of Monday Night Slam can you give us your final thoughts regarding Michael X.
Morbid slowly turns facing Hank as an icy stare makes him shiver in the truck, and then as Morbid slowly turns back his attention on the road he opens up completely regarding Michael X.
Michael X, you know should by know that the level of arrogance you have is a cancer. If you're unsure of how this works let me explain it to you. As this cancer grows inside of you it makes it easier for me to beat you down, and leave you for dead because anything that was left of Michael X the former champion is dead! All that remains is Michael X the arrogant former champion who has lost a step. Whose an excuse just waiting to happen. Your WCF career is dead, and you're looking to revive it by beating me! However that's where you made your final error because you seem to think I will falter in my attempt taking you out permanently!
Morbid grins sly, and wicked smile.
Michael X, let's cut the shit shall we? The past is obsolete, and all that remains is this match between you, and I. I will not bemuse you, and play your little game. I'm the man whose better, and has you tripped up looking for things to say because we've never been in the ring together. This is quite the observation anybody could make. Although you never knew what was headed for you once you got there. I, am not the man you toy with, or play games with. I do not play games. Life is not a game. I'll prove this to you when my knuckles leave impressions across your jaw. Welts, and cuts, and enough power to break your jaw leaving you without an option to cut promos! You, and I could never be a like, and we could never get a long either! The reason is because I take this serious, and you do not!
The look across of the face of Morbid Wolf as just as serious as it ever was as he then continued to relegate how he genuinely felt about Michael X.
Michael, clearly you do not understand who it is you're in the ring with. That's okay because when you're facing somebody new its always a guessing game. I'm leaving it where you don't have to guess. Because I'm letting you know exactly what's coming for you. You see all those little fairy tales you levee at me trying to scare me. It does the opposite. It actually makes me more eager to step into the ring with you. You can call yourself the “King of Extreme” all you want. But to me you're nothing! You're no threat, and to be honest why should you be? Let's throw the cards down on the table as they say. You've clearly got everything to lose, and I've got everything to gain! You couldn't stand to lose, and make yourself a liar. But, you've been a liar from the start. You've held the belts. Pat yourself on the back for me. Your mind, and your actions however do not speak of being a champion. Your mind has to be right. Your actions have to speak for themselves. The only actions I've seen out of you are the simple fact that you go through the motions. That's all you are, and all you'll ever be. Mean while through word of mouth I have to hear about this amazing promo you cut. But when I actually get around Hank, and listen to how he tells it. Well then the story changes and I see you for what you actually are!
Morbid Wolf flashes that demented smile once again as he continues on.
You're going to find out all to well that I'm real. I'm not a bad dream, and when I hit you, you're not going to want to get up from the pain. Everything in your being is going to tell you to stand down. But you're still going to be dumb enough to get back up. When you get back up I'm going to put you back down until you stay down. Until the WCF has to cut the feed because I'm showing that a former champion they've crowned is nothing but a goddamn joke! A goddamned nothing. You've always been nothing. Your approach to me shows it too! You accuse me of hyping myself, but Hank here is feeding me highlights of your promo, and I must tell you that you're not the most hardcore anything. I hope you watched the crow because I'm your fucking devil and unlike the villain in that movie you can't fucking kill me. I'm more sadistic than you can ever vision because when it comes to Hardcore Wrestling I fucking live it! When you decide to take another vacation off into the World Title division or where ever the fuck you go I'll still be right here because I don't want to be the WCF World Champion. I want to be the greatest WCF Hardcore Champion that ever existed! See when there are actually challengers from other wrestling promotions coming into your house to challenge you that should make you proud that the WCF name has extended that far. When a man who has held so many Hardcore Titles, and Death Match titles wants to come in, and hold your companies version of the title that should speak volumes. That should tell you that you are not the most hardcore anything because if you were there would be nobody here to challenge you but in fact there is! I've laid waste to every body in this fucking division and although you stand in my way I refused to be stopped. The rest of the WCF roster better be on the edge of their seats because you and I are going to steal the fucking show! But even with that possibility you're still just one more excuse waiting to happen. That's all that you have. Excuses! Shut your fucking mouth and step to me now because we're going to see who is better this week! I all ready know its me. It's easy to look right through you, and see what you truly are. I thought it would be harder but since I'm a crazy bastard it didn't really take long!
Michael do yourself a favor and stop trying to scare me. It simply won't work. I know you can't do things like actually pay attention. But if you had paid attention you'd notice that everything the WCF has tried to do in this division has failed, and I've succeeded. That should worry you. But again you just go through the motions and deliver the company line like I'm just suppose to accept it, and let you have what you want the most. Sorry Michael, but it doesn't work that way. If you want a win over me you are going to have to earn it, and you're going to have to earn it when I provide you the toughest challenge you've had not only in your career but of your life! Again with the scare tactics Michael! You sure are trying to hammer your point across but it just doesn't work with me. I'm a fourteen year veteran of this business! There's no way I'm walking into this match as if it were my first time. Thank you Hank for providing me with that little tid bit.
You know I have to give the WCF credit. Their interviewers can give me the foot notes of your promo. You know the most important parts since you have seem to have skimmed over the point where I give shit! Because I don't. I've exposed you for what you actually are! If you need to me to tell you then obviously you still have no idea!
Morbid Wolf pauses for a moment, and then returns that wicked smile like he knows something the rest of us don't.
Michael you've all ready mentioned that you had previous abandoned your hardcore roots to become the WCF World Champion. What's to say you won't abandon this match between you, and I when it's not going your way. Please tell me some more about Jay Omega since he doesn't factor at all in this match! It's either going to be me or you, and you don't want it to be me because then everything I've said has been nothing but the truth. You, Michael you're doing everything you can not to face the truth. You're telling yourself you still have what it takes when you know that you don't! Michael, do you honestly think I even care about you? You're going on and on to make this statement about yourself, and honestly it's tiring. I don't know if anybody has ever told you this before but you're boring! It's a wonder you don't put yourself to sleep! I bet you really practiced hard in front of the mirror this morning too didn't you? Making yourself sound tough when in reality you're not tough at all. You've just never been challenge until now. So everything else that comes out of your mouth well let me see if I can phrase this in a way that you'll understand. It doesn't fucking matter because we cannot turn back the clock to face each other then! All we have is the here and now, and make no fucking mistake that I'm going to bring it to you at Slam. The reason I'm here is because your boy Leon Hayze couldn't get the job done. I've all ready taken out one former Church member. I've got no issues taking out another one! Cry me a river all ready Michael. I simply don't care about the past, about your past specifically! What do you not understand about living in the goddamn present? Do I really have to hammer this reality into your thick skull? You're giving yourself too much credit Michael. You don't have the balls to send me to the hospital or to the morgue. If you did you would have taken me out when I was working off my ring rust but since you didn't now you're going to come to regret it. You know it, and I know it. So why even argue the point like its even in your favor? You speak about the minor leagues like I was in the minor leagues. You wouldn't have lasted the the era I came from Michael! Its amazing you've lasted this long! You know how you make excuses for a title you never lost when you left to be a World Champion! It's fucking pathetic man! Own up to the fact you didn't want to be Hardcore Champion until there was somebody who was taking your place. Doing what you failed to do. You got jealous knowing you'd no longer be a part of the big show. You gave up your belt so that still makes you a former Hardcore Champion. You'd think you'd be happy with the success you achieved that you wouldn't need the Hardcore Title again but you do need it because like I've mentioned earlier its the ultimate adrenaline rush, and nothing can match that!
Morbid Wolf looks the most serious he has ever looked as its now time to share with Michael something he should have known from the beginning.
You know Michael you should really stop making excuses for yourself, and for my opponents. I'm sure they can speak for themselves. The important part is I beat them, and now I'm here. That's bad for you because after I beat your ass this week you won't be able to find an excuse for why I won. So I'll give you the reasons right now! I'm more talented than you are, and simply but I'm better. While you drone on about some kingdom you own I'm out there breaking necks, and cashing checks something you wouldn't know how to do even if you tried. I know you've tried, and you promptly failed!
Michael you've done nothing but make excuses for your entire promo so what does that say about you? It doesn't tell me you're anything you've claimed to be. You're the ultimate hype man as well. Hyping yourself up to be more than you actually are. Unfortunately for you reality has come knocking on your door, and after this match at Monday Night Slam you're going to look like the fool you actually are. The WCF may not thank me for it but they don't have to because you've all ready embarassed and humiliated yourself. All that's left for me to do is get the 1! 2! 3! And leave you out in the cold, crying yourself a river, and making even more excuses for why you didn't win! Michael, you're the biggest fraud the world has ever seen. I'm sure that's something the WCF can all agree on but do you know what else? When I beat you, and there is no if but when well you might as well go back to the elementary school, and try to terrify those first graders because that's all the value you'll have when your WCF worth plummets at a rapid rate.
Michael, I've all ready had the biggest moments in my career! This is simply another match. Nothing more nothing less but if this is how you prepare for a match well you're doing it wrong, and somebody needs to show you the ring way to do it!
As the rental truck finally pulls up to the Kaplan Arena Hank looks at James who finally looks like he's returned to himself. Any hint of the persona of Morbid Wolf is gone. Hank breathes a sigh of relief as we now fade to black....
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My apologies for going over. I got on a roll with inspiration, and this is what we get.
1995
James Wolf then under the stage name Morbid Wolf has just won the Rampage Wrestling Association Hardcore Championship for the first time.
We catch up with him backstage afterward. Their medical staff is trying to patch him up but he refuses as he cradles the RWA Hardcore Championship in his arms. As the medical personnel finally exit the his locker room the hidden camera zooms in to catch his thoughts. In this rare never before seen footage we can finally see the glimmer of greatness that was to come.
For those people who think “wrestling” is not real I have to tell them personally that they are completely full of shit! When you step through those ropes, and you have somebody who is hitting you in the face as hard as they can it completely changes your focus, and your way of thinking. For some people their adrenaline kicks in, and its what I call the “Ultimate Adrenaline Rush” you do whatever is necessary is to survive, and when you come out of that battle you are not only better off but you're unique. You've all ready set yourself apart from everybody else. It takes a special person to step in the ring, and put their livelihood on the line all for the reputation of being the Greatest Hardcore Champion alive. This belt currently says that's what I am, and I will challenge anybody for that title and I will win because I'm a goddamn kamikaze and will do whatever it takes to keep that reputation!
This footage was now archived, and lost to history and in those days where it mattered that was a great accomplishment. Two years later “Morbid” Wolf would go on to win their World Title two times. At the closing of RWA “Morbid” Wolf had held the World Title twice, the Hardcore Title six times, and their tag belts four times. In terms of being a grand slam champion he was doing it, and forging history long before it was the popular thing to do. RWA officially closed in 1999. James Wolf was nineteen around that time.
Present Day
James Wolf could be seen in a U-Haul moving truck, and for the purposes of time we see him pulling into the drive way of his new residence. Following the instructions of his wife he would live the U-Haul truck there, and the movers they hired would stop by later on, and move their belongings into the new house. It wasn't that they didn't like the area around Memphis. It was just that they felt like Florida was their home specifically Tampa Bay, where Morrigan could go to the beach to sun bathe whenever she wanted to. Tampa also hosted an interesting karaoke night called Porneoke where somebody would perform a karaoke track, and behind you they'd play a porno. That would be really interesting to be apart of to say the least. Perks aside this week was very important.
At age 39 James was up against former World Champion Michael X, and Michael X thought he was God's gift to Hardcore wrestling. James was there to burst his bubble. To show him he wasn't anything but a liar! If he cared about the Hardcore Title, and its division so bad then he would not have become a World Champion because as Hardcore Champion you're all ready the champion of the world. You just have the added bonus perks such as you cannot go to jail for the punishment you put on your opponents. James had all ready experienced all of these wars. To be Hardcore Champion again however he would happily go through Michael X. Prove to him he is a liar. Show him what a real pioneer of hardcore wrestling looks like. Pull out every stop there is and even hit this man with the proverbial “kitchen sink” if that's what it took to stop him. James Wolf was a lot of things but one thing that set him apart was he had the experience all ready. Something that not everybody could make the claim too.
James took a look at a picture on the wall. It was him in a bare knuckle fighting arena. It spoke to his character just as to how far he'd actually go for a reputation over a title. But, in this instance it was different. In this instance it was time to show why he was forged in the blood of his enemies! Let people think what they must of that. It was ironic that he came to work in a place that a place that had a slogan entitled “Where Legends are forged” James was all ready a legend, and he had a reputation for being completely ruthless. Stubborn as hell because he was just himself. He wasn't going to change for anybody.
That Scarface movie quote was very accurate. “All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break em for anybody you understand?” The perfect quote for any situation quoted in the movie by Tony Montana. Written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian DePalma with a guest shot from Steven Spielberg. Scarface perhaps the greatest movie of all time! But enough of what inspires us to do great things.
Jay Omega was standing atop of the mountain as the Hardcore Champion, and if it wasn't for James let's be honest for a moment Michael X wouldn't even give a fuck about the Hardcore Championship. It took a renewed interest, and a challenge to champion who was too fucking scared to do what she was suppose to do as champion. So to avoid the inevitable she dropped to Jay Omega. Jay Omega... more on him later. The focus was ultimately on Michael X. What makes Michael X the opponent for James Wolf? After all Michael X didn't give two fucks about James Wolf when he arrived on the scene. He turned down the challenge of James Wolf, and Stephen Singh did too because let's face it when it came to having the balls to accept the challenge both of these men didn't have them. That might be quite insulting to them, and that may put a target directly onto James Wolf, but it didn't matter. James had taken out Jaice Wilds, and Leon Hayze. Leon Hayze being the running buddy of one Michael X. So now there would be no friendly competition with no bad feelings attached. Michael X was seething that James Wolf was in the match, and he was certain that James Wolf didn't have what it took to stand across the ring with him much less beat him to go on to face the champion.
Michael X was rattled. He could not be a double champion, and so he gave up the Hardcore Title to be the World Champion. Let that sink in for just a moment. If you didn't want to be the World Champion why would you go after it? It makes no sense although James could partially understand. He had World Title aspirations too at one time but seeing the Hardcore Title division go to waste it needed to be what it should have been and when you had a traitor like Michael X coming back into the fold well let's just say it wasn't a reason to celebrate!
When you did a deep analysis of Michael X; one might think his confidence was at an all time high. But when you actually took a deep look at what was actually there you saw the truth. The facts beneath the surface. The fact actually was that Michael X was scared. He was scared because he vacated his throne, and he felt guilty. Now that a new ruthless son of a bitch was making waves. Doing what he couldn't. So he begged the WCF brass to be that man to stand in the path of James Wolf. As if James would just allow him to step aside and continue what he was doing before he made the scene, and spark a renewed interest in the WCF Hardcore division. Michael X didn't understand, and the fact was he could never understand the motivations on one James Wolf.
Vol. 2
“Motivation”
Motivation was key. This word motivation meant something different to everybody but apparently and this was completely ironic, and it was something that was no planned. Motivation meant the same thing to James and Michael X, except their motivations were different all together. The motivation for James was to restore the hardcore division for what it was meant to be. No more non title bull shit. You had to defend that belt even when everything in life was against you. You didn't get a break or a decision in the matter. You did what you were contractually required to do. Put everything on the line, and do your fucking best. Prove you worth. Prove that belt's worth. Michael X, well he just wanted things to be the way they always were. He wants to be the belt to be a closet champion. Deny every challenge that comes his way, and why was this because deep down Michael X was scared he didn't have it any more. That he had all ready lost a step. He felt guilty for being World Champion, instead of Hardcore Champion. The fact that he beat Jay Omega meant absolutely nothing because he now wasn't facing Jay Omega. He was facing James Wolf, and he was facing a James Wolf that was completely ruthless. A man who would pull out all of the stops, and would take absolutely nothing for granted.
James was also preparing for this match in a way nobody could predict. In a way one would think was absolutely unnecessary but when you know what's on the line everything is necessary.
WCF ALL ACCESS appears on the screen followed by its theme song “Madhouse” by Anthrax.
After the song fades out we open up in what appears to be a desert waste land. After traveling what appears to be several miles we notice a make shift bare knuckle arena. James takes off his leather coat, and enters the ring. This is a bare knuckle tournament. Anything goes. James was invited to participate because he was a pro wrestler, and his former experience preceded him. Although this was only for boxing, and the winner would get a cool hundred grand. This type of tournament was always held around this time, and as James confidently stepped through the doors we then fade to black.
As we fade in again James is released from the bare knuckle arena, and he is awarded his hundred grand as he walks off into the distance and the further he gets he soon disappears from view.
After he has disappeared from view that's when James decides to finally speak up regarding one Michael X.
Even though, I now have some pocket money for Williamsburg, Virginia let's get down to what really matters shall we?
James now slips on his brown leather jacket as he continues.
Michael X,
You know something? It's not my fault you decided to leave the WCF Hardcore Division to become the WCF World Champion! That was a very foolish decision on your part. Nobody here wants to her your crocodile tears about how you never lost that belt. What you should be. The simple fact of the matter is you're not. And, when you were its not like you were open to face the challenges that came your way. I think that makes you a scared little bitch in my book! Look at you! You're still a scared little bitch! Running around here like the WCF owes you something when in fact the WCF owes you nothing! Now our paths are ready to collide and you're completely unsure of what you're going to do. Like I would just sit back, and let you have this match. You know I thought I've run into some dumb asses here under the WCF umbrella but damn Michael you've got to be the dumbest. You make Matt Draven look like Stephen A. Hawking when it comes to intelligence. You have no common sense do you? In fact, you have no sense at all! Those wars must have taken their toll on you right? Who talks about what should have happened? Everybody here would take you to task over that, and they should because you abandoned what you really were. I've never abandoned it though. Ever! I made my name as a Hardcore Champion, and while I've won every man's wrestling title you can name you know what my most important one was. The Hardcore Title! Because it sets you apart from everybody else. From everything else. A lot of people myself included have called it “garbage wrestling” and to be fair it has been garbage, and that is why we're doing this little thing right now. I don't make excuses so we don't need any excuses from you either! See Michael, I don't know if you're aware of this but “Morbid” was earned through the hardcore division, and the more I know how much it pisses people off I think I'm going to revisit it. There's nothing I love more than something that gets under somebodies skin to the point where they have to give me power over questioning it. So Michael, you are the first to see the rebirth of “Morbid Wolf” and I'm sure you know what that word means. I want you to completely understand that in this business everything that's old is new. This business revisits a lot of old shit, and now who would I be if I wasn't myself right? If I didn't use what got me here to begin with. Make the cycle complete. Piss off everybody, without giving a fuck what they think about it! You can still call me “James” or you can call me “Morbid” and the thing is I don't give a fuck! I've made my name beating scrubs like you without even breaking a sweat!
We see a dune buggie that James crawls into to navigate his way back into the city, and as such the person in the passenger seat holding the map is done Hank Brown. As James begins the trek back Hank looks over at him suspiciously as he over heard his comments regarding one Michael X, and its at this moment Hank remains silent until the two get back to the city, and its at that point Hank finally speaks up.
Hank Brown: James, you know that Michael X probably won't call you “Morbid” don't you?
Hank, let me be very clear with you since we're all being honest here. I don't give a flying fuck what he calls me just as long as he realizes he isn't getting past me at Monday Night Slam. He can bring the whole roster, hell even the National Guard, and the result will still be the same. I will have my hand raised in victory!
Hank ponders this for a moment and shakes his head as he moves on to his next question. Then James quips up before he can ask the next question.
I know what you must be thinking. There's no way my confidence level could be that way with who I'm facing right? Well while the rest of the world may see Michael X a man who is capable of anything; the only thing I see is a man who makes excuses when he fails. You don't want to be that man and I'm happy I'm not that man. I am the man who is going to go on and win the WCF Hardcore Title from Jay Omega because while Michael X may be focused on Jay Omega, I am focused on Michael X!
Hank nods, and then asks another question although it doesn't necessarily have to do with Michael X.
Hank Brown: Well James, let me ask you about this. What about Alex Richards? The man you beat, and then decided to give a rematch. Do you think he'll try to prevent you from winning this match?
After I beat Alex Richards I'll be honest. We have a clean slate now! All of that previous bull shit we had to go into is now water under the bridge. That win was my closure, and now we can move on and start a new. Of course if Alex Richards thinks he is going to take my generosity for granted well whatever match we have I'll just have to knock some sense back into him. Because let's be honest here. Just between the two of us. Alex can be as stubborn as I am, and that really says a lot now doesn't it?
Hank Brown: Now be honest do you really think you what have it takes to beat Michael X?
Of course I have what it takes! What kind of a loaded question was that? I thought the WCF paid you to be objective not to ask me stupid goddamn questions like that!
Hank smooths his tie down as he is happy is wearing a suit because of the chilly breeze that is coming by. He isn't use to being just outside of the desert. Hank keeps his composure although we can tell he looks nervous because he is under sure what James will do next. He then proposes one final question.
Hank Brown: I'm sure you caught the promo of Michael X, and in there he claims you'll be defeated before you even enter the ring. Your thoughts?
Michael X, is doing what he does best. He is talking out of his ass because he's never faced a man like me. He can say what he wants but that doesn't make it true now does it? If he is going to pull out of all the stops then this match is going to be a stale mate because I'm the exact same way. I'm the greatest Hardcore Champion of this era! The fact that I haven't held a title in the WCF doesn't mean shit. I wasn't where I was comfortable in the TV Title division! I'm in my element here, and I'm telling you right now that whatever Michael X brings I'm going to be even tougher than he realizes. This is the man who makes excuses for his failures. I don't make excuses. I go where the work is! If one door closes another one opens. See Michael X he never wanted to be World Champion. He's still stuck in the past but its a good thing for him that I live in the present. I don't revisit the past. I'm 39 fucking years old, and I'm tougher, and in better shape than Michael X will ever be! He loves to talk to himself. Talk to the whore that's on his arm as if this thing has all ready been decided, but it hasn't been decided. Not by a long shot. I'll give credit where credit is due. Michael X was good once. He stopped doing that once he starting making excuses, and crying like a bitch over a matter that was his own doing! Do you know what it even means to conquer the Hardcore division? Whether is now, or whether it's been in the past. The reason you get confident, stronger, and better than anybody ever envision. It's because your opponent's blood makes you stronger. This is not a foreign concept either. It's what history is founded upon. So I'm going to conquer Michael X in a way the WCF has never seen. His blood is going to propel me right into the Hardcore Championship with Jay Omega. Michael X will have to come to terms with the fact that his time is over, and its now my time! Its quite ironic in this match too. I feel like my words are coming forth from Michael X. Like he is infringing upon my territory because the fact is if I had not challenged Kennedy Matthews and brought the fire storm back into the hardcore division then Michael X would still be seeking a match with Noble Savage trying to reclaim the WCF World Championship. I'm the true person who got the hardcore division started again and just like Michael X the man who is only consumed with himself he is trying to take credit for it. Although history will record that James Wolf restarted the WCF Hardcore Division, and history will record Michael X as they man who was trying to keep up!
Hank Brown gulps as he can see the fierceness, and the seriousness in the cold blue eyes of James Wolf, but he has a job to do after all and he is getting ready for his next question regarding the number one contenders match for the Hardcore Title when he and James get into a rental vehicle. A large truck that we can only presume is heading for Williamsburg, VA. James has his gear in the back seat of the crew cab. Hank seems pretty comfortable inside the truck, and then he once again being the WCF's most respected interviewer is ready to pose another question to James regardless of how he acts.
Hank Brown: Now don't get mad, and slam on the brakes when I ask this next question, or lead into it with an answer as well okay? I know with you there are no promises, and it seems like that you and Michael X are mirroring each other....
James then slams on the brakes as Hank sits there in silence. James then turns glaring at Hank Brown. Hank doesn't know what to say or do as James then clears the air!
There's absolutely no way I mirror that stupid son of bitch! I wish you would have brought me footage Hank because then I could tell that self serving fucker what I really think about him. I have to guess though, and if I have to guess about him it makes me think he's building himself up like he's all ready won. Making plans like he's already won. Let's put it like this. If I were a roulette table he won't have all ready lost everything! That just shows how stupid, and how over confident this bastard truly is. I'm never over confident because I know I have a job to do. I'm the very best at that job. That job is walking into the ring and showing dumb fucks like this the way the world really works, and the world doesn't revolve around them. Let me throw a guess out there Hank. He probably threatened my family. Giving me more motivation to defend them right? He probably thinks he has the advantage and I don't have any advantage against him. You come across this type of trash so far. They need to understand that this is No Disqualification! In a No Disqualification match I can take him to his very limits, and when he realizes the type of monster he is dealing with in that ring then he'll break, and the true Michael X will emerge. The one that wants absolutely nothing to do with the Hardcore division because I'm not going any where Hank. I'm not afraid of Michael X. The truth is he is at a disadvantage because he is unaware of what I'm capable of. That is the real danger of this match. That sums up this match perfectly. Two hardcore legends face each other. One who is old school as hell never taking anything for granted, and the other well the other who thinks people should be afraid of him just because. Doesn't work that way! It may have worked that way when he refused to face real challenges but now he is facing a real challenge that refuses to go away, and he is facing a challenge that will who whatever it takes to get a win over him! There are no excuse in this match either. If I have to out wrestle, out submit, or out cheat him I will do all of those things, and more just to be able to claim I'm better than him and I'll always be better!
As James then turns his attention back to the truck and he eases up off the brake the truck goes back into motion as the look on the face of Hank Brown shows that may be he needs to be more cautious from here on out. The last thing Hank wanted to go was hitch hike to Virginia.
Hank Brown is trying to think of the next step to his interview. It was very crucial he ask the right questions, and not the wrong ones. The right observations, and not to raise the ire of James Wolf any more than was necessary. He didn't know if James was planning this all along or if this was completely random but for the first time in a long time Hank was nervous. Hank was scared of what may happen next. He didn't have to wait very long though as James began making his own observations.
There are a few things that are sacred to a man. One is his family. That one is always off limits, and I'm sure that Michael X has broken that one! I just have this gut feeling I cannot shake. So for that he's going to be a great price! As the weight of this match weighs on his mind I know what he is thinking. He is thinking why did he have to face me instead of go on to face Jay Omega for the WCF Hardcore Title... well that's the way life works. This match could have easily been a triple threat for the WCF Hardcore Title, but the WCF knew I'd easily take that match! The fact of the matter is it doesn't matter that I'm in a NO DQ singles match with probably the most arrogant man who walked the fact of this Earth! The only thing that matters is me having my hand raised in victory, and while this may in fact be a tough victory I love proving people wrong and through out all of the obstacles I will prove you wrong Michael! The fact that Michael X thought that he was smart enough to beat me but dumb enough to over estimate me. Well it makes me wonder why somebody with such a low IQ level ever made it to the WCF World Championship! It shows me that the WCF had absolutely nothing go on, so Michael X was able to slip through the cracks! But never again. The WCF knew I was the one not only smart enough but capable enough to stop Michael X in his tracks before he ever knew it was coming! Michael X, wow who knew this man could talk out of his ass more than most of the WCF roster! That was saying something because the more I heard about this Michael X the more I thought to myself how much he must have loved to hear himself talk. His home must have been filled with mirrors so he could always keep an eye on himself. That's the type of arrogance I'm dealing with! Arrogance that even in the face of defeat he'll never be able to deal with!
It's at this point where he we see that James crosses the state line of Virginia. Hank breathes a sigh of relief as Willliamsburg is not very far off now. James looks over to Hank, and grins and then returns to the road his serious expression returning to his face. Hank starts to feel more relaxed as he is ready to get back into the mind of James Wolf. Be the reporter the WCF knows him to be!
However before Hank can ask his question James gets a call on his cell phone. Since its on a hands free device in the truck he pushes the button to speak. Its Simara, who now going by “Mara” and James immediately smiles as the two get a moment to talk before this on road interview continues.
Hey baby, how is the University of Memphis?
It's fine dad! I live in a dorm on campus, and I have to thank Grandpa for getting me a deal to be able to one day be a college graduate! Please thank him for me!
I will, baby. How is your therapy going?
It's fine dad! Making real good progress, and I hate to cut this short but I have to go. Good luck with your match!
Mara hangs up, and then Hank looks like he wants to say something but he remains silent for a few moments. Hank then speaks up finally.
Hank Brown: Mr. Wolf, I hate to tell you this but my sources in the WCF have predicted that you're going to leave this match in a body bag. What are you're thoughts personally?
Without even acknowledging Hank on that question Hank immediately knew what that mean. He knew that it mean that source was completely full of shit, and James didn't have to tell Hank what he all ready knew.
The mile marker shows up that Williamsburg is only a few miles away. Soon the truck veers toward the exit, and then its time to gas up the truck. As James is outside pumping the gas, he knows he is only minutes from the Kaplan Arena. Once James got there then he'd be doing some WCF promotional work before WCF Slam took place but he also knew if he came into contract with Michael X before Slam that the number one contender match would happen early. James decided to take a little detour first. It was something very few people knew about him, and today it was going to be revealed.
After paying for the gas James got back inside of the truck as Hank Brown got himself a 20 oz coke, and it was now sitting in the cup holder. It almost fit but not directly still it was the best he had.
Hold on before I drop you off at the Kaplan Arena I have to make a quick stop first. You're welcome to come in here too if you want. This is something very near to my heart, and before I descend into what some may call hell. Before I become the old school “Morbid Wolf” that will piss the entire WCF off first we need to take care of this business.
Hank is kind of taken back by this but agrees because he has no choice but to go along....
Vol. 3
“Heart of Gold”
James pulls up outside of a Children's Hospital in the area. As he parks inside a parking space, he and Hank Brown exit.
As the two go inside Hank is actually surprised there is a side of James like this. However for once there is no tension in the truck. No nastiness regarding the match coming up, and for once Hank is impressed with James. After entering the nursing wave at him, and he waves back. Hank is carrying an extra bag in his right hand filled with WCF promotional and autographed materials.
The doctor directs them to a room where there is a bunch of sick children. These children are from the burn unit, some have cancer, and some have under developed bodies. It's an area where its hard to let your tears flow without any mention of stopping but that's why we had to be brave because charity work was one of the best things you could possibly do in our line of work. Hank immediately breaks down as one of the nurses come in placing a hand over his shoulder. He immediately drops the WCF promo bag as James moves over picking it up and delivering them to the kids.
All of the kids faces light up in surprise and as we get a panoramic view around the room we can see that these kids are big WCF fans. We have our John Rabid loyalists, along with the Bonnie Blue die hard crew. A few of them have on James Wolf shirts, and lastly we have our Noble Savage crew who are all wearing her t-shirt, and they think they're better than the other children which is funny when you stop to think about it.
Seeing the children happy is enough for James to choke back a few tears, and as the children get their favorite gear with their favorite wrestlers as well as some autographed material it's like they won the lottery, and they're all champions in their own right. Hank still has tears streaming down his cheeks, and their puffy red as he makes his way out of the door. Soon James follows thanking the staff for allowing him this opportunity. He also makes a sizable donation to the children's hospital itself to help them with their work to find a cure for these children.
After leaving the children's hospital the mood completely changes into something that was worse than it was before. Hank braces for the ride over to Kaplan arena as the tension is so thick you couldn't even cut it with a knife.
Vol.4
“Return of Morbid Wolf”
James and Hank set out to the Kaplan Arena, and that's when the tension comes flooding back in, and as whatever left of James Wolf is now gone, and the return of his old persona Morbid Wolf has returned. Morbid shoots Hank a look like he is about to drop him off in the middle of no where just for the hell of it, and it's at this point that Hank is thinking fast.
Hank then immediately poses another question in hopes he can keep the focus off of him.
Hank Brown: Since we're nearing the location of Monday Night Slam can you give us your final thoughts regarding Michael X.
Morbid slowly turns facing Hank as an icy stare makes him shiver in the truck, and then as Morbid slowly turns back his attention on the road he opens up completely regarding Michael X.
Michael X, you know should by know that the level of arrogance you have is a cancer. If you're unsure of how this works let me explain it to you. As this cancer grows inside of you it makes it easier for me to beat you down, and leave you for dead because anything that was left of Michael X the former champion is dead! All that remains is Michael X the arrogant former champion who has lost a step. Whose an excuse just waiting to happen. Your WCF career is dead, and you're looking to revive it by beating me! However that's where you made your final error because you seem to think I will falter in my attempt taking you out permanently!
Morbid grins sly, and wicked smile.
Michael X, let's cut the shit shall we? The past is obsolete, and all that remains is this match between you, and I. I will not bemuse you, and play your little game. I'm the man whose better, and has you tripped up looking for things to say because we've never been in the ring together. This is quite the observation anybody could make. Although you never knew what was headed for you once you got there. I, am not the man you toy with, or play games with. I do not play games. Life is not a game. I'll prove this to you when my knuckles leave impressions across your jaw. Welts, and cuts, and enough power to break your jaw leaving you without an option to cut promos! You, and I could never be a like, and we could never get a long either! The reason is because I take this serious, and you do not!
The look across of the face of Morbid Wolf as just as serious as it ever was as he then continued to relegate how he genuinely felt about Michael X.
Michael, clearly you do not understand who it is you're in the ring with. That's okay because when you're facing somebody new its always a guessing game. I'm leaving it where you don't have to guess. Because I'm letting you know exactly what's coming for you. You see all those little fairy tales you levee at me trying to scare me. It does the opposite. It actually makes me more eager to step into the ring with you. You can call yourself the “King of Extreme” all you want. But to me you're nothing! You're no threat, and to be honest why should you be? Let's throw the cards down on the table as they say. You've clearly got everything to lose, and I've got everything to gain! You couldn't stand to lose, and make yourself a liar. But, you've been a liar from the start. You've held the belts. Pat yourself on the back for me. Your mind, and your actions however do not speak of being a champion. Your mind has to be right. Your actions have to speak for themselves. The only actions I've seen out of you are the simple fact that you go through the motions. That's all you are, and all you'll ever be. Mean while through word of mouth I have to hear about this amazing promo you cut. But when I actually get around Hank, and listen to how he tells it. Well then the story changes and I see you for what you actually are!
Morbid Wolf flashes that demented smile once again as he continues on.
You're going to find out all to well that I'm real. I'm not a bad dream, and when I hit you, you're not going to want to get up from the pain. Everything in your being is going to tell you to stand down. But you're still going to be dumb enough to get back up. When you get back up I'm going to put you back down until you stay down. Until the WCF has to cut the feed because I'm showing that a former champion they've crowned is nothing but a goddamn joke! A goddamned nothing. You've always been nothing. Your approach to me shows it too! You accuse me of hyping myself, but Hank here is feeding me highlights of your promo, and I must tell you that you're not the most hardcore anything. I hope you watched the crow because I'm your fucking devil and unlike the villain in that movie you can't fucking kill me. I'm more sadistic than you can ever vision because when it comes to Hardcore Wrestling I fucking live it! When you decide to take another vacation off into the World Title division or where ever the fuck you go I'll still be right here because I don't want to be the WCF World Champion. I want to be the greatest WCF Hardcore Champion that ever existed! See when there are actually challengers from other wrestling promotions coming into your house to challenge you that should make you proud that the WCF name has extended that far. When a man who has held so many Hardcore Titles, and Death Match titles wants to come in, and hold your companies version of the title that should speak volumes. That should tell you that you are not the most hardcore anything because if you were there would be nobody here to challenge you but in fact there is! I've laid waste to every body in this fucking division and although you stand in my way I refused to be stopped. The rest of the WCF roster better be on the edge of their seats because you and I are going to steal the fucking show! But even with that possibility you're still just one more excuse waiting to happen. That's all that you have. Excuses! Shut your fucking mouth and step to me now because we're going to see who is better this week! I all ready know its me. It's easy to look right through you, and see what you truly are. I thought it would be harder but since I'm a crazy bastard it didn't really take long!
Michael do yourself a favor and stop trying to scare me. It simply won't work. I know you can't do things like actually pay attention. But if you had paid attention you'd notice that everything the WCF has tried to do in this division has failed, and I've succeeded. That should worry you. But again you just go through the motions and deliver the company line like I'm just suppose to accept it, and let you have what you want the most. Sorry Michael, but it doesn't work that way. If you want a win over me you are going to have to earn it, and you're going to have to earn it when I provide you the toughest challenge you've had not only in your career but of your life! Again with the scare tactics Michael! You sure are trying to hammer your point across but it just doesn't work with me. I'm a fourteen year veteran of this business! There's no way I'm walking into this match as if it were my first time. Thank you Hank for providing me with that little tid bit.
You know I have to give the WCF credit. Their interviewers can give me the foot notes of your promo. You know the most important parts since you have seem to have skimmed over the point where I give shit! Because I don't. I've exposed you for what you actually are! If you need to me to tell you then obviously you still have no idea!
Morbid Wolf pauses for a moment, and then returns that wicked smile like he knows something the rest of us don't.
Michael you've all ready mentioned that you had previous abandoned your hardcore roots to become the WCF World Champion. What's to say you won't abandon this match between you, and I when it's not going your way. Please tell me some more about Jay Omega since he doesn't factor at all in this match! It's either going to be me or you, and you don't want it to be me because then everything I've said has been nothing but the truth. You, Michael you're doing everything you can not to face the truth. You're telling yourself you still have what it takes when you know that you don't! Michael, do you honestly think I even care about you? You're going on and on to make this statement about yourself, and honestly it's tiring. I don't know if anybody has ever told you this before but you're boring! It's a wonder you don't put yourself to sleep! I bet you really practiced hard in front of the mirror this morning too didn't you? Making yourself sound tough when in reality you're not tough at all. You've just never been challenge until now. So everything else that comes out of your mouth well let me see if I can phrase this in a way that you'll understand. It doesn't fucking matter because we cannot turn back the clock to face each other then! All we have is the here and now, and make no fucking mistake that I'm going to bring it to you at Slam. The reason I'm here is because your boy Leon Hayze couldn't get the job done. I've all ready taken out one former Church member. I've got no issues taking out another one! Cry me a river all ready Michael. I simply don't care about the past, about your past specifically! What do you not understand about living in the goddamn present? Do I really have to hammer this reality into your thick skull? You're giving yourself too much credit Michael. You don't have the balls to send me to the hospital or to the morgue. If you did you would have taken me out when I was working off my ring rust but since you didn't now you're going to come to regret it. You know it, and I know it. So why even argue the point like its even in your favor? You speak about the minor leagues like I was in the minor leagues. You wouldn't have lasted the the era I came from Michael! Its amazing you've lasted this long! You know how you make excuses for a title you never lost when you left to be a World Champion! It's fucking pathetic man! Own up to the fact you didn't want to be Hardcore Champion until there was somebody who was taking your place. Doing what you failed to do. You got jealous knowing you'd no longer be a part of the big show. You gave up your belt so that still makes you a former Hardcore Champion. You'd think you'd be happy with the success you achieved that you wouldn't need the Hardcore Title again but you do need it because like I've mentioned earlier its the ultimate adrenaline rush, and nothing can match that!
Morbid Wolf looks the most serious he has ever looked as its now time to share with Michael something he should have known from the beginning.
You know Michael you should really stop making excuses for yourself, and for my opponents. I'm sure they can speak for themselves. The important part is I beat them, and now I'm here. That's bad for you because after I beat your ass this week you won't be able to find an excuse for why I won. So I'll give you the reasons right now! I'm more talented than you are, and simply but I'm better. While you drone on about some kingdom you own I'm out there breaking necks, and cashing checks something you wouldn't know how to do even if you tried. I know you've tried, and you promptly failed!
Michael you've done nothing but make excuses for your entire promo so what does that say about you? It doesn't tell me you're anything you've claimed to be. You're the ultimate hype man as well. Hyping yourself up to be more than you actually are. Unfortunately for you reality has come knocking on your door, and after this match at Monday Night Slam you're going to look like the fool you actually are. The WCF may not thank me for it but they don't have to because you've all ready embarassed and humiliated yourself. All that's left for me to do is get the 1! 2! 3! And leave you out in the cold, crying yourself a river, and making even more excuses for why you didn't win! Michael, you're the biggest fraud the world has ever seen. I'm sure that's something the WCF can all agree on but do you know what else? When I beat you, and there is no if but when well you might as well go back to the elementary school, and try to terrify those first graders because that's all the value you'll have when your WCF worth plummets at a rapid rate.
Michael, I've all ready had the biggest moments in my career! This is simply another match. Nothing more nothing less but if this is how you prepare for a match well you're doing it wrong, and somebody needs to show you the ring way to do it!
As the rental truck finally pulls up to the Kaplan Arena Hank looks at James who finally looks like he's returned to himself. Any hint of the persona of Morbid Wolf is gone. Hank breathes a sigh of relief as we now fade to black....
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My apologies for going over. I got on a roll with inspiration, and this is what we get.
