Post by Steve Sinclair on Feb 9, 2014 16:24:41 GMT
Joe picks up the beer bottle as he sits on the old brick wall in front of the First Union Arena . He holds it up the bottle of bud and toasts towards the camera. He takes a big old drink and polishes off the bottle. He takes a deep hard swallow, one that almost makes you choke. He looks at the bottle as he forces down the swallow load of America's tasty beverage. With his right hand he brushes back his long blonde hair. In his ripped blue jeans and white shirt he looks over his left shoulder towards the First Union Arena. He turns away in disgust shaking his head back and forth as he hangs it low.
“So this is where it’s all going to take place. This is where the magic is going to happen! This! Right behind in this shit hole in Philly of all places is where I am going to make my RWF debut. This is where I am suppose to start writing my own history book in the famed R, W, F. Oh we have heard the stories haven’t we. The stories of my family and how they ruled the RWF at one time and they all think I am just going to walk in and pick up where they left off!”
Joe looks up at the camera.
“And maybe......just maybe they are right. While the rest of my family are as tall as the trees back home in Vermont they didn’t have one thing that I do. Besides being younger, better schooled and let’s face it better looking, I am also undeafted as a professional wrestler. In my short and very promising career of wrestling I have never ever been pinned in any ring anywhere's in the United states of in the world for that matter. In fact! I still hold the Hardcore Championship in a promotion out west, one that shall remain nameless. And you would think that would be enough. You would think anyways.”
Joe stands up and starts to walk away from the Arena.
“In my first ever RWF match I will face a man I have never heard of before. A man who name is the same as my sexuality, that being gay. He calls himself Silverwolf. And even though he remains quite this week and I am sure and I am confident that I will not only keep my winning streak alive and well in 2002 but I will also make everyone’s predictions come true in that I, “The superstar” Joe Jones will have his hand raised in victory at Turmoil. I’m quick. I’m fast. I’m smart and I have learned from the best. I’m cunning and can not be outmatched or outdone. For I am “The cunning one” Joe Jones. As you can tell I am no brown fox that jumped over the fence to get away from the old broken down gray wolf but rest assure that I am a man of truth, justice and the American way. Integrity is my middle name! And wrestling in my game. Look into these eyes and you will see a man who tells no lies. I tell it how I see it.
Joe stops walking. The Arena is in the background now. He reaches in his back pocket and pulls out a pair of sunglasses and puts them on.
“And let me tell you about how I see things in the RWF. Joe says with a smile.
“First we have everyone’s beloved RWF making a return to TV after being shut down for how many years? A few of the stars from the past have returned, guys like Sigma who couldn’t hack it in the XWA and was a bum his first time around in the RWF. Then Japhy Ryder shows up and hands the World title over to the biggest prima donna in the world in JC Michaels. When is he going to realize that this is a long ways from the XWA. Then everyone’s favorite punching bag Eternity comes to the RWF then even before he steps into the ring he retires. I think that is great. I hated Eternity anyways. IN fact I pretty much hate anyone from the XWA. I hated the XWA, always holding me back and making me a lousy manager of all things because they couldn’t handle the fact that a guy who is different from everyone else could actually be great in the ring and win a title or two. The XWA was a collective group of close minded bigots. I laughed when money troubles forced the XWA to shut their doors.”
Joe turns around and looks at the arena one last time.
“You want to know what’s going to be super duper Saturday Night? Is that at Turmoil I will be able to do the one thing I wasn’t allowed to do in the XWA and that is show case my talent. I came to the RWF not because everyone in my family used to work for the RWF but because Jusin and the RWF was willing to give me a shot and prove my worth. They looked beyond the facts and saw a man who has great potential to be the one thing my old man couldn’t be. And that is a great champion. And right here in a few days it will all begin. Silverwolf will be the first in a long line of guys who will all tap out to me!”
Joe turns back around and faces the camera.
“What’s my name Lance?”
“The cunning one. The sincere one. The superstar.”
“The unbeatable one, Joe “I’ll make you shiver and quiver” Jones. You better remember this name for you will hear it for a long time to come.”
As Joe stands in front of the arena, the camera slowly unfocused itself and the scene fades to black.................
“So this is where it’s all going to take place. This is where the magic is going to happen! This! Right behind in this shit hole in Philly of all places is where I am going to make my RWF debut. This is where I am suppose to start writing my own history book in the famed R, W, F. Oh we have heard the stories haven’t we. The stories of my family and how they ruled the RWF at one time and they all think I am just going to walk in and pick up where they left off!”
Joe looks up at the camera.
“And maybe......just maybe they are right. While the rest of my family are as tall as the trees back home in Vermont they didn’t have one thing that I do. Besides being younger, better schooled and let’s face it better looking, I am also undeafted as a professional wrestler. In my short and very promising career of wrestling I have never ever been pinned in any ring anywhere's in the United states of in the world for that matter. In fact! I still hold the Hardcore Championship in a promotion out west, one that shall remain nameless. And you would think that would be enough. You would think anyways.”
Joe stands up and starts to walk away from the Arena.
“In my first ever RWF match I will face a man I have never heard of before. A man who name is the same as my sexuality, that being gay. He calls himself Silverwolf. And even though he remains quite this week and I am sure and I am confident that I will not only keep my winning streak alive and well in 2002 but I will also make everyone’s predictions come true in that I, “The superstar” Joe Jones will have his hand raised in victory at Turmoil. I’m quick. I’m fast. I’m smart and I have learned from the best. I’m cunning and can not be outmatched or outdone. For I am “The cunning one” Joe Jones. As you can tell I am no brown fox that jumped over the fence to get away from the old broken down gray wolf but rest assure that I am a man of truth, justice and the American way. Integrity is my middle name! And wrestling in my game. Look into these eyes and you will see a man who tells no lies. I tell it how I see it.
Joe stops walking. The Arena is in the background now. He reaches in his back pocket and pulls out a pair of sunglasses and puts them on.
“And let me tell you about how I see things in the RWF. Joe says with a smile.
“First we have everyone’s beloved RWF making a return to TV after being shut down for how many years? A few of the stars from the past have returned, guys like Sigma who couldn’t hack it in the XWA and was a bum his first time around in the RWF. Then Japhy Ryder shows up and hands the World title over to the biggest prima donna in the world in JC Michaels. When is he going to realize that this is a long ways from the XWA. Then everyone’s favorite punching bag Eternity comes to the RWF then even before he steps into the ring he retires. I think that is great. I hated Eternity anyways. IN fact I pretty much hate anyone from the XWA. I hated the XWA, always holding me back and making me a lousy manager of all things because they couldn’t handle the fact that a guy who is different from everyone else could actually be great in the ring and win a title or two. The XWA was a collective group of close minded bigots. I laughed when money troubles forced the XWA to shut their doors.”
Joe turns around and looks at the arena one last time.
“You want to know what’s going to be super duper Saturday Night? Is that at Turmoil I will be able to do the one thing I wasn’t allowed to do in the XWA and that is show case my talent. I came to the RWF not because everyone in my family used to work for the RWF but because Jusin and the RWF was willing to give me a shot and prove my worth. They looked beyond the facts and saw a man who has great potential to be the one thing my old man couldn’t be. And that is a great champion. And right here in a few days it will all begin. Silverwolf will be the first in a long line of guys who will all tap out to me!”
Joe turns back around and faces the camera.
“What’s my name Lance?”
“The cunning one. The sincere one. The superstar.”
“The unbeatable one, Joe “I’ll make you shiver and quiver” Jones. You better remember this name for you will hear it for a long time to come.”
As Joe stands in front of the arena, the camera slowly unfocused itself and the scene fades to black.................