Post by Odin Balfore on Jul 17, 2011 23:25:37 GMT -5
“ Numbers“
RP3
WCF - Ultimate Showdown
Ultimate Showdown Match
* Odin Balfore sits in a red cushioned chair in a dimly lit room. There’s a table next to him, separating him from Hank Brown; Hank is also sitting a red cushioned chair. Both men have mics pinned to their shirts as the cameras focus in. You can see the Heresy skyline glowing the background from behind the partially drawn curtains. Odin takes a sip from a bottle of water that was just out of camera view by his feet as Hank Brown starts the interview. *
Hank: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As always, Hank Brown here with Odin Balfore and for once- this is his interview. Odin asked me to meet him here at the Hershey Hotel to conduct this sit down interview with him right before The Ultimate Showdown Pay Per View. So Odin, let me start off in asking why you requested this interview.
Odin: I just wanted to make all this official. I want to show everyone what my intent is, that nothing I say is to be misconstrued in the heat of the moment.
Hank: What exactly did you want to make official?
Odin: I have a big announcement that’s going to rock WCF all the way through to its core. I wanted to go on camera with the voice of the WCF to tell them that Monday night will be WCF’s last night.
Hank: I’m not sure what you mean; can you elaborate a little bit more; what do you mean by last night.
Odin: What I mean is what I’ve been saying all along. You can call it Ragnarok, you can call it a shift in power or even the changing of the guard but what ever you wana call it- “it” will be WCF’s last night reveling in its current mindset.
Hank: What mindset?
Odin: The mindset where guys that have been pissing and moaning their entire careers are to be considering hall of fame worthy or that guys that can bearly master a head lock can be world champions. I know there’s fans out there who agree with me an some that don’t but after Monday night, they’ll all agree with me. I’ve already said my peace on Donald Deruty, the “ great” champion and leader of WCF. But everyone else thinks that, well.. Baines said it best:
“ I’m gonna huff and puff and.. And.. And.. Blow your house down.”
and you know what, he’s right. Everyone in WCF is all talk and zero substance. Baines is the only guy who isn’t. We can take a look at Oblivion an I can relate to him but they all take what he’s doing for granted until he comes up and cracks some punk in the face. That’s just it though; he’s waiting for that to happen all the while trying to continue to convince the world that he’s the “ dark one.”
Truth be told, I was on board with that till recently when it just seems like that’s all he’s concerned with. All Oblivion wants is attention an he’ll bark and bark until he gets that little pat on the head. That’s part of the mindset that ends on Monday because like I was talking about before; Tuesday will be the darkest dawn in WCF history. After I crush and mangle D-day or who ever’s left in the ring with me, I’m going to make sure that all the rules change. There will longer be this imposed double standard that Kaylynn James would have you think exists. One minute she wants to be treated like one of the guys and the next we gotta watch out cuz she’s still a chick. Well under my reign, when you step through those ropes and get in that ring- you’re a competitor. This is me telling her an anyone else that wants to think like her that if you wana push, if you wana try me. Then you better be willing to get hurt. She’s trying to challenge me and challenge everyone but lacks the fore thought that she’s an island all to her own. Does she have a plan beyond trying to “ push” us? A plan that’s horrible to start with, not to mention that it wont even work in this type of match. She can’t push anyone if she’s sittin there on the apron. She cant push if she keeps getting knocked down. No one will be sparing any tears in this match for her, especially me.
Hank: You more then anyone seems very “ matter - of - factly “ about this entire thing.
Odin: Oh I know I am because I’m the only one that’s worked through this match over and over in my head. I’m going to grab this company with the look and glimmer in my eye of that of a mad man and watch as it struggles helplessly before I break its neck and disconnect it from its past. Its time to move on with the world an I’m the guy that’s gonna drag the company through the rest of the year.
Hank: You have a lot of competition an there’s been plenty of guys that have said what you’ve just said, many times in the past. How do you think you’ll be any different from them ?
Odin: Look me in the eyes and ask me that question again. Look me in the eyes. Do these eyes look like the eyes that are only satisfied with talking? My eyes have seen too much action in their day. They’ve been denied even more and now I have the opportunity to pull the trigger and create history. Let me just throw a few numbers out there at you for the whole WCF to hear.
Hank: Ok, shoot.
Odin: 30,55, 56, 1 and the word, infinity.
Hank: What do those numbers have to do with each other?
Odin: Did you know that I am the thirtieth man to hold the WCF US Title? Did you know that the WCF World title has changed hands fifty-five time? Did you know that this is the FIRST Ultimate Showdown match?
Hank: And the other two ?
Odin: Number one, the first Ultimate Showdown match. I’ll have won it. Fifty- six; I’ll be crowned the fifty-sixth man to win the WCF World Title.
Hank: and the word “ infinity”
Odin: Infinity.. Might as well be history, Hank. It might as well be history. I will be making history by winning the first ever Ultimate Showdown match. I’ll have surpassed that milestone cap by starting the latter side of fifty and with that I will be making history by carrying the title over into the new year.
Hank: January is a long ways away.
Odin: It’s not as far as infinity. January will be here in the blink of an eye an I’ll still be here holding that title and shaping the way everybody in the WCF thinks an operates. Its that history, that infinity that I’ve been pondering. Not how many times I could say I’m going to smash my opponents or how much this means to me or even that its my time to step up because in the weeks leading to this moment- I’ve done all that. It’s everyone else, including Jay Price that’s trying to catch up.
Hank: What do you mean?
Odin: He’s an obsessive compulsive, a hopeless dreamer. This title truly is his one and only goal and you know what they say about goals right ? That’s all they’ll ever be because everyone’s always saying how they’re gonna do this or that… but they never do it. Jay Price is one of those guys an a prime example how not to live your career. it’s a sad fact to say but its going to be in our match that he’s going to figure that out an it’s going to eat at him from the inside out once he gets eliminated and he’s standing there, stricken with grief. How did he let this goal of his slip right threw his fingers? Its because this is the only thing he has. Once he gets it, he’s got nothing else to live for in WCF, nothing to keep him relevant. What made him a star will be gone because no longer will we see the guy forever fighting that enduring uphill struggle against the odds. What happens if he were to get there? What do you think he’d do ? I’ll tell ya what, he’d fade away. Jay Price will be forgotten just like a child actor. You want to see them grow up but once they do.. Nobody cares anymore.
Jay Price will never reach that maturity in WCF, he’ll just grow old. His name will just lose importance and he will become the running joke in WCF. When new guys come around that have so much promise but don’t seem to reach it, everyone in WCF will say:
“ There goes one of Price’s kids”
Price might go down in history in WCF as a hall of famer but he will never go down in infamy, only an acknowledging nod or smile and that’s a fate worse then what I could dish out to him physically but it is one I WILL deliver to him mentally.
Hank: Let me ask you this though. There’s been word going around the back that you fear one of your opponents. Odin, do you fear Roy Speede ?
* Odin chuckles to himself. *
Odin: No, No I don’t but I once heard that Roy Speede walked into a hall of mirrors at the carnival once by himself and got jumped. What does that tell you about my “ fearing “ Roy Speede ? In fact, I got a list here of people that I actually do fear.
* Odin reaches in his pocket and pulls out a worn down, folded piece of paper. He unfolds it and starts reading it. *
1. ) The face on my ID.
2. ) The guys picture that’s framed all around my parents house.
3. ) The picture of the man whose not allowed in Chinese buffets.
4.) The handsome devil that watches me take a shower from the other side of the bathroom mirror.
That’s about all I got right now. I know, I know.. A man my age shouldn’t be afraid of so many people.
Hank: But Odin, they all sound like a description of you.
Odin: They do, don’t they ? What’s that tell you then Hank ?
Hank: That’s a pretty powerful statement.
Odin: Powerful AND true. Go figure, right ? It’s ok because I’ll be making a lot of true and powerful statements in the coming days. Speedes too busy getting drunk of O’Douls and ginger ale anyway. For god Sakes Hank, the kid spent the day talking to his dog in the park! Only the homeless and short eyes do that.
Hank: You talk to a raccoon.
Odin: I also took one too many hits of acid in my life and spent the better part of the last decade being a slobbering drunk. At least I have a pathetic excuse… where as Roy Speede is JUST a pathetic excuse. Roy Speede comes into the room and he’s like :
“ Hey guys, I’m Roy Speede!”
and we all smile and nod, someone coughs in the back ground to break the awkward silence then you got the asshole like me that’ll shout “ HEY! THERE GOES ONE OF PRICE’S KIDS! “
and we all laugh and laugh and Roy’s too dumb to realize that’s an insult cuz he’s thinking :
“ Wow, Jay Price.. That guys like super important.. He’s like my idol! “
and we all laugh some more then someone sticks a kick me sign right on his back and he walks out the room none the wiser to what just happened. Well Monday night, I’ma kick him and see what happens. I guarantee you that it won’t be anything good that comes from it.
Hank: I don’t think anything good would come from it.
Odin: Except for history, infinity and infamy.. The three words that will forever be synonymous with Odin Balfore.
Hank: And what about WCF, what will be synonymous with them?
Odin: ME. The BIG M-E, The Maverick Elite, The Enforcer, The proving ground, The Bar, The Nordic Tank, The man that will rip WCF dignity away from them. When guys like Tort and Seth and CD look back into the anoles of WCF, its image with be both marred an improved by the man sitting next to you right now.
The thirtieth US Champ
The fifty-sixth World Champion
The first Ultimate Showdown winner
So I have spoken.. So it shall come to pass
Hank: Well thank you Odin.. Truly powerful and memorable stuff..
Odin: Thank you.
* Hank an Odin shake hands as the scene starts to fade. *
~~FINN
RP3
WCF - Ultimate Showdown
Ultimate Showdown Match
* Odin Balfore sits in a red cushioned chair in a dimly lit room. There’s a table next to him, separating him from Hank Brown; Hank is also sitting a red cushioned chair. Both men have mics pinned to their shirts as the cameras focus in. You can see the Heresy skyline glowing the background from behind the partially drawn curtains. Odin takes a sip from a bottle of water that was just out of camera view by his feet as Hank Brown starts the interview. *
Hank: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As always, Hank Brown here with Odin Balfore and for once- this is his interview. Odin asked me to meet him here at the Hershey Hotel to conduct this sit down interview with him right before The Ultimate Showdown Pay Per View. So Odin, let me start off in asking why you requested this interview.
Odin: I just wanted to make all this official. I want to show everyone what my intent is, that nothing I say is to be misconstrued in the heat of the moment.
Hank: What exactly did you want to make official?
Odin: I have a big announcement that’s going to rock WCF all the way through to its core. I wanted to go on camera with the voice of the WCF to tell them that Monday night will be WCF’s last night.
Hank: I’m not sure what you mean; can you elaborate a little bit more; what do you mean by last night.
Odin: What I mean is what I’ve been saying all along. You can call it Ragnarok, you can call it a shift in power or even the changing of the guard but what ever you wana call it- “it” will be WCF’s last night reveling in its current mindset.
Hank: What mindset?
Odin: The mindset where guys that have been pissing and moaning their entire careers are to be considering hall of fame worthy or that guys that can bearly master a head lock can be world champions. I know there’s fans out there who agree with me an some that don’t but after Monday night, they’ll all agree with me. I’ve already said my peace on Donald Deruty, the “ great” champion and leader of WCF. But everyone else thinks that, well.. Baines said it best:
“ I’m gonna huff and puff and.. And.. And.. Blow your house down.”
and you know what, he’s right. Everyone in WCF is all talk and zero substance. Baines is the only guy who isn’t. We can take a look at Oblivion an I can relate to him but they all take what he’s doing for granted until he comes up and cracks some punk in the face. That’s just it though; he’s waiting for that to happen all the while trying to continue to convince the world that he’s the “ dark one.”
Truth be told, I was on board with that till recently when it just seems like that’s all he’s concerned with. All Oblivion wants is attention an he’ll bark and bark until he gets that little pat on the head. That’s part of the mindset that ends on Monday because like I was talking about before; Tuesday will be the darkest dawn in WCF history. After I crush and mangle D-day or who ever’s left in the ring with me, I’m going to make sure that all the rules change. There will longer be this imposed double standard that Kaylynn James would have you think exists. One minute she wants to be treated like one of the guys and the next we gotta watch out cuz she’s still a chick. Well under my reign, when you step through those ropes and get in that ring- you’re a competitor. This is me telling her an anyone else that wants to think like her that if you wana push, if you wana try me. Then you better be willing to get hurt. She’s trying to challenge me and challenge everyone but lacks the fore thought that she’s an island all to her own. Does she have a plan beyond trying to “ push” us? A plan that’s horrible to start with, not to mention that it wont even work in this type of match. She can’t push anyone if she’s sittin there on the apron. She cant push if she keeps getting knocked down. No one will be sparing any tears in this match for her, especially me.
Hank: You more then anyone seems very “ matter - of - factly “ about this entire thing.
Odin: Oh I know I am because I’m the only one that’s worked through this match over and over in my head. I’m going to grab this company with the look and glimmer in my eye of that of a mad man and watch as it struggles helplessly before I break its neck and disconnect it from its past. Its time to move on with the world an I’m the guy that’s gonna drag the company through the rest of the year.
Hank: You have a lot of competition an there’s been plenty of guys that have said what you’ve just said, many times in the past. How do you think you’ll be any different from them ?
Odin: Look me in the eyes and ask me that question again. Look me in the eyes. Do these eyes look like the eyes that are only satisfied with talking? My eyes have seen too much action in their day. They’ve been denied even more and now I have the opportunity to pull the trigger and create history. Let me just throw a few numbers out there at you for the whole WCF to hear.
Hank: Ok, shoot.
Odin: 30,55, 56, 1 and the word, infinity.
Hank: What do those numbers have to do with each other?
Odin: Did you know that I am the thirtieth man to hold the WCF US Title? Did you know that the WCF World title has changed hands fifty-five time? Did you know that this is the FIRST Ultimate Showdown match?
Hank: And the other two ?
Odin: Number one, the first Ultimate Showdown match. I’ll have won it. Fifty- six; I’ll be crowned the fifty-sixth man to win the WCF World Title.
Hank: and the word “ infinity”
Odin: Infinity.. Might as well be history, Hank. It might as well be history. I will be making history by winning the first ever Ultimate Showdown match. I’ll have surpassed that milestone cap by starting the latter side of fifty and with that I will be making history by carrying the title over into the new year.
Hank: January is a long ways away.
Odin: It’s not as far as infinity. January will be here in the blink of an eye an I’ll still be here holding that title and shaping the way everybody in the WCF thinks an operates. Its that history, that infinity that I’ve been pondering. Not how many times I could say I’m going to smash my opponents or how much this means to me or even that its my time to step up because in the weeks leading to this moment- I’ve done all that. It’s everyone else, including Jay Price that’s trying to catch up.
Hank: What do you mean?
Odin: He’s an obsessive compulsive, a hopeless dreamer. This title truly is his one and only goal and you know what they say about goals right ? That’s all they’ll ever be because everyone’s always saying how they’re gonna do this or that… but they never do it. Jay Price is one of those guys an a prime example how not to live your career. it’s a sad fact to say but its going to be in our match that he’s going to figure that out an it’s going to eat at him from the inside out once he gets eliminated and he’s standing there, stricken with grief. How did he let this goal of his slip right threw his fingers? Its because this is the only thing he has. Once he gets it, he’s got nothing else to live for in WCF, nothing to keep him relevant. What made him a star will be gone because no longer will we see the guy forever fighting that enduring uphill struggle against the odds. What happens if he were to get there? What do you think he’d do ? I’ll tell ya what, he’d fade away. Jay Price will be forgotten just like a child actor. You want to see them grow up but once they do.. Nobody cares anymore.
Jay Price will never reach that maturity in WCF, he’ll just grow old. His name will just lose importance and he will become the running joke in WCF. When new guys come around that have so much promise but don’t seem to reach it, everyone in WCF will say:
“ There goes one of Price’s kids”
Price might go down in history in WCF as a hall of famer but he will never go down in infamy, only an acknowledging nod or smile and that’s a fate worse then what I could dish out to him physically but it is one I WILL deliver to him mentally.
Hank: Let me ask you this though. There’s been word going around the back that you fear one of your opponents. Odin, do you fear Roy Speede ?
* Odin chuckles to himself. *
Odin: No, No I don’t but I once heard that Roy Speede walked into a hall of mirrors at the carnival once by himself and got jumped. What does that tell you about my “ fearing “ Roy Speede ? In fact, I got a list here of people that I actually do fear.
* Odin reaches in his pocket and pulls out a worn down, folded piece of paper. He unfolds it and starts reading it. *
1. ) The face on my ID.
2. ) The guys picture that’s framed all around my parents house.
3. ) The picture of the man whose not allowed in Chinese buffets.
4.) The handsome devil that watches me take a shower from the other side of the bathroom mirror.
That’s about all I got right now. I know, I know.. A man my age shouldn’t be afraid of so many people.
Hank: But Odin, they all sound like a description of you.
Odin: They do, don’t they ? What’s that tell you then Hank ?
Hank: That’s a pretty powerful statement.
Odin: Powerful AND true. Go figure, right ? It’s ok because I’ll be making a lot of true and powerful statements in the coming days. Speedes too busy getting drunk of O’Douls and ginger ale anyway. For god Sakes Hank, the kid spent the day talking to his dog in the park! Only the homeless and short eyes do that.
Hank: You talk to a raccoon.
Odin: I also took one too many hits of acid in my life and spent the better part of the last decade being a slobbering drunk. At least I have a pathetic excuse… where as Roy Speede is JUST a pathetic excuse. Roy Speede comes into the room and he’s like :
“ Hey guys, I’m Roy Speede!”
and we all smile and nod, someone coughs in the back ground to break the awkward silence then you got the asshole like me that’ll shout “ HEY! THERE GOES ONE OF PRICE’S KIDS! “
and we all laugh and laugh and Roy’s too dumb to realize that’s an insult cuz he’s thinking :
“ Wow, Jay Price.. That guys like super important.. He’s like my idol! “
and we all laugh some more then someone sticks a kick me sign right on his back and he walks out the room none the wiser to what just happened. Well Monday night, I’ma kick him and see what happens. I guarantee you that it won’t be anything good that comes from it.
Hank: I don’t think anything good would come from it.
Odin: Except for history, infinity and infamy.. The three words that will forever be synonymous with Odin Balfore.
Hank: And what about WCF, what will be synonymous with them?
Odin: ME. The BIG M-E, The Maverick Elite, The Enforcer, The proving ground, The Bar, The Nordic Tank, The man that will rip WCF dignity away from them. When guys like Tort and Seth and CD look back into the anoles of WCF, its image with be both marred an improved by the man sitting next to you right now.
The thirtieth US Champ
The fifty-sixth World Champion
The first Ultimate Showdown winner
So I have spoken.. So it shall come to pass
Hank: Well thank you Odin.. Truly powerful and memorable stuff..
Odin: Thank you.
* Hank an Odin shake hands as the scene starts to fade. *
~~FINN
