The scene opens inside of Talon’s Penthouse in East Village. The place seems empty as the camera pans…
(HARD STATIC and SINGLE TONE)
The scene comes back into focus in black and white, inside of the ICEBOX training facility in one of the locker rooms. The wall is covered in a black HWA banner with the white nWo logo spray painted over it. The camera focuses in as Talon steps into the shot, alone, wearing a black tank top with the infamous “nWo” logo on the chest. He removes his silver and black Aviators and tosses them off camera as he smirks into the lense of the camera begins to speak…
Talon, “…Hey, Yo…”
He grins confidently as he raises an eyebrow and continues.
Talon, “So we remain the talk of the town, even after breaking out the spray cans on the face of the HWA, in Hans von Richtoven, and on the ‘One Man Tartan Army’ Butch Parker… Do you really think these attacks were not thought out in advance? That we would not calculate into the equation the revenge factor, or the chance of all of these guys teaming up into a big anti-NWO stable to run us off? We have sat down and talked, for hours, about the ramifications of our actions, and we came to the conclusion… that…”
Talon pauses as the camera gets closer and he grins once again.
Talon, “…That the chances of these guys taking us down were SO small that we had no choice but to act in the way we did… We called Hulk, and he was thrilled at the opportunity to come back to HWA, this time in a roll that would leave him cemented in wrestling history in ways even he had never imagined. The HWA is not ready for the New World Order, and is exactly why we had to act. The HWA once again has fallen into that familiar rut. The one were Parker is good, Senester is evil, and everyone else in the HWA pitter patters around trying to stake out a little piece of fame by winning another worthless championship… The one exception, I must say, is the HWA’s World Champion. Hans, you are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, I personally have nothing against you, but it is one of our goals, as the NWO to claim every available piece of gold in the HWA… Ronnie is going to take your title, and I am going to be there to insure that he gets his chance. McNeil is one of the few guys who can take that belt from you Hans, Myself, Eddie, and a select few others… namely Butch, are the others… and while I know Parker wants his title shot and a chance to be a three time champ, it looks like he’s going to need you more than he needs the belt in the coming future…”
Talon pauses as he clears his throat and inhales quickly.
Talon, “Ronnie is the next HWA Champion, whether it be sooner, or later, he will be the man who dethrones you Hans… The HWA won’t give me a fair shake, no matter what they say, whenever my name happens to pop up in your lottery, I can assure you that, and Ed is going to be focusing else were, so we both nod and acknowledge that Ronnie’s time is once again upon us… The NWO’s Franchise, is going to bring the gold home, and it’s going to be one hell of a sight to see that belt spray painted with those three letters…”
Talon grins again as he goes back to his thoughts.
Talon, “So I promised the world more on my thoughts about the Spotlight division, and now it’s time to deliver… So I’m going to bring in someone to do a little interview…”
Talon stops and motions off screen as suddenly a HWA official interviewer comes into the shot.
Talon, “What’s your name kid?”
Interviewer, “My name is Cameron sir… ”
Talon, “Well Cameron, I’m sure you have a few questions, so go ahead, shoot…”
Talon leans back against the wall for a moment, awaiting the first question from the nervous reporter.
Cameron, “Well Talon, what are your thoughts about your loss at Fatality? How does it feel to know the next spotlight championship match is going to Fallen, and not yourself?”
Talon’s lip curls slightly as he reminisces on the first half of the evening…
Talon, “…The night started out so well, Ronnie, Ed, and myself walking down to the ring… laying the ground work for Hollywood to debut later in the evening… but then I had to wrestle in that god awful fatal four way… a match David Willyard obviously had to do in desperation to get some ratings, pitting two guys who haven’t even made a peep outside of the ring in nearly a month, against myself, and Fallen… Fallen, the guy who’s so busy taking desperate phone calls and talking with his little disciple Finn-o-fate that he can’t even acknowledge that I’d be standing in the ring with him in the match… So I stepped out of the back and into the ring with one goal… to dominate, and for the most part, I did just that. I took my lumps, but I dished out more punishment than anyone else in that ring, and when TNT ran down, I made both of them pay too, but then you’ve got Shakir no-selling the ‘Vertigo’ I hit him with, and throwing fire balls at me just seconds after I drove his face into the mat and sent him packing… I know I didn’t get the full effect of the STO on him, but I thought it was enough to stun him and get him out of the ring…. So, if you want to know how the loss feels, IT ####ING SUCKS, but then I think about it in the big picture, and I say… ‘#### it’… it’s the spotlight championship division, I know I am greater than any of these ‘men’ and right now I’m debating on whether or not I’ll even step in the ring against another Spotlight opponent again...”
Cameron, “You don’t think that you would be suspended, fined, or even fired?”
Talon, “Cam, wrestling in the spotlight division is almost as bad as being unemployed, so honestly, a few weeks suspension, or even being deactivated would only sting a little… and that’s the truth. No matter what happens to me, I’ll still be with Ed, Ron, and Hulk running wild on the HWA… this new world order isn’t a joke, we aren’t a gimmick running around beating our chests… You saw Fatality, You saw Hans and Butch laying face down while we stood victorious… You saw the reaction, the fans were torn. Half of them love us, even though we just destroyed their heroes. We literally spray painted them, yet the fans still found a way to chant our names… It’s star power. Not the kind you buy with cheap pops and corny smiles… and not the kind you get from having a belt on your shoulder because of a diluted title picture… it’s the natural ability to sell tickets and put asses in the seats. The HWA needs a makeover, and now we have begun phase one. We are going to systematically remove the heads of the HWA, all champions must be brought down… So watch as Hans falls, watch as that joke Buff Bridges is beaten until he finally cuts a promo, just to say he’s forfeiting the title… and watch as Curt Evers implodes and his title falls whether it be to me, Logan, or God forbid, Fallen… No matter what, the balance of power has shifted and soon it will be infinitely obvious that the crème of the HWA lies in the new world order.”
Cameron, “So what you’re saying is that you’re main goal is to remove the champions of HWA and take over?”
Talon, “Listen to me kid… the HWA is sitting idle right now, the new blood can only do so much, you’ve got talent in the archangels, but outside of that what do we have? Nothing new, nothing fresh… so instead of injected the HWA with new life, new blood… we’ve injected it with something better. It’s not a poison, it’s a catalyst. We are going to turn the HWA on its head, and watch…. The rating will soar, and it’s going to be because of us. You’ll see alliances formed on the other side, and you can thank us for that. Hans and Buff being cozy again… thank us. When you see people start to up their games because they know that the NWO will be targeting anyone we think needs a wake up call… Thank US. It’s going to be an amazing 2011 in the HWA… let’s just hope everyone survives to see 2012 because the NWO is putting the roster on notice… everyone is fair game, no one is off limits, be it Senester or Bryan Deas. We are going to go into Havoc and pick up right where we left off…”
Talon stops and smirks as Cameron asks the next question.
Cameron, “The word around the wrestling world is that there is building tension between yourself and Buff Bridges… is this true? And if so, is it jealousy of him being All Star Champion?”
Talon nearly snarls at the mention of Bridge’s name…
Talon, “Buff Bridges…Buff Bridges… Where do I even begin with Buff Bridges? I am not jealous of him, no… I just think that his treatment and favoritism from the suits or Senester, or whoever does the booking and day to day bullshit here in HWA is appalling.”
Cameron, “Are you saying Buff is not deserving of his current push, or his status in the HWA?”
Talon, “You’re damn right I am! Buff Bridges is living off a legacy that hasn’t done jack-shit in over three years. I’ve been here since the beginning of 2008, and in that time, Buff Bridges has done hardly ANY work outside of the ring, and his in ring work is only worth watching when he gets a token title shot because it’s “appease the has-beens” week or something. .. What gets under my skin… what should piss EVERYONE off, is this. While I am busting my ass week to week, and getting nothing but negative results and punishment from Senester and the rest of the suits in the back who pull their little strings. Buff is crowned All Star Champion. He ‘defeated’ Ronnie for the title, but what was the merit of his title shot? His AMAZING work In his promos? Can’t be, because if you go back and look at the tapes or the HWA Network, you’ll see Buff busted out a whopping, ground shaking, AIRWAVE FLOODING 4 Promos over the last four months of 2010… Meanwhile I’m getting thrown down into the dungeon of the Spotlight division because I ‘didn’t live up to my contract’ and I was ‘not performing’ the way I was supposed to… yet this guy, who without a doubt at one time was a monster here in the HWA, goes for three years of doing less than contractual minimum and what does he have to show for it? A All Star championship belt at the end of the year when he basically no showed for most of the year… Now, call me bitter, but to me that’s a little bit of, whats the word?… BULLSHIT!”
Cameron stays silent, simply holding the mic up for Talon to speak.
Talon, “Buff Bridges in the most undeserving champion in the HWA since… hell, I don’t know the last time someone didn’t deserve a title as badly as Buff… At least I earned the title before I dropped the ball… That’s right, I’ll admit it, my title reign was short and I dropped the ball… and that’s why I didn’t really complain when I was barred from the World title division, and then sent down to the minor leagues to ‘prove I wasn’t a fluke’…but the ONE thing that pushes my buttons is double standards and hypocrisy. The HWA is CHALK fool of it. From my punishment and Buff’s push, to the fact that great wrestlers like Logan Neilson are still trapped by that glass ceiling and not able to advance to the All Star Division. Now Logan and I might be rubbing each other the wrong way as of late, but he’s a damn gifted talent, and he’s deserving of a shot at the next level, but instead they are going to suck him dry in the spotlight division until he gets to that same point guys like Medos got to… when you can’t break through the glass ceiling, you eventually move on to a place where you can get a fair shot… and can I blame him? Not one bit…”
Cameron, “Are you saying you have heard Logan is going to leave the HWA due to frustrations with management?”
Talon, “No… I never said that, I just said that if he did, I wouldn’t blame him one bit… All I’m saying is that the HWA is severely flawed, and like Ed has said, the bottom feeders are at the top for some reason. Buff Bridges, a once legendary name in wrestling, is now a bottom feeder being allowed to eat at the top of the chain, and I am repulsed by it. I would LOVE to go toe to toe with Buff Bridges for ‘his’ All Star Championship, but my current contract in the spotlight division won’t let that happen, unless maybe Buff grows a set of balls, gets on the stick when he’s not at Havoc for a change, and maybe pull some of those strings he’s been using to get himself where he is now, and get me a title match… I’ll even give him the stip for the match. I’ll face Buff Bridges in any match he would like. I don’t even care if it’s for the All Star title really, because I know that will never happen, at least not until I’m free of this Spotlight only burden… So I’ll lay it down like this… be it next week, or come Road to Ruin… I want Buff Bridges in the ring. I want to show him up like I did in my second week in the HWA in 2008. Buff Bridges is NOT an ICON. Buff Bridges is NOT worthy of the All Star Championship. Buff Bridges IS NOT WORTHY OF HIS HWA CONTRACT…. And it is now my main objective and directive… To END Buff Bridges… Not just his title reign… but his career.”
With Talon, Talon pushes the reporter to the side and walks away as the shot cuts to static once more.
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