RP#39

Eastern Tennessee is a buzz this week as NASCAR is in town at Bristol for the night race Saturday night and while they'll get about 140,000 or more fans there, the rest of Eastern Tennessee is getting ready to invade Knoxville for the other big event going on Saturday night. UWL is back in action after last week's Championship Extravaganza. This week the UWL turns the page and starts a new chapter as the Justin Brooks era begins in the UWL. The Tag Champs start their run in the UWL along with Drew Stevenson as the company's new Heritage champion and a New TV Champion will be crowned. It will also mark a new chapter for former champions like Frankie Cocheese, Caleb Hart and Los Cazadors as they look to move forward and regain gold around their waists. It's also a new chapter for some guys who chased the gold and came up short like Double J Joe Jones......

Kip Anderson is standing next to Nanook near a bike path. It's hotter than blue blazes today and both Nanook and Kip Anderson are sweating more than a whore in church. We under stand why Nanook is sweating like a pig, he's 400 pounds in a suit. But Kip? Kip is always cool and calm like he had ice in his veins but the heat must have him on defrost today.

KA "Where is he? I'm not going to stand here all day you know."

Nanook "He assured me he would be here shortly."

KA "In your world Nanook, how long is shortly?"

Nanook "Like soon why?"

KA "It's hot as F*** out here! That's why! Could we at least stand in the shade?"

Nanook "Jesus Kip! Watch your f*cking mouth! Kids could be near by."

KA "Screw you fatso!"

Kip walks away from Nanook and towards the edge of the bike path to stand in the shade. He crosses his arms and waits. Nanook paces and waits and then pulling into the little parking area of the bike path in a BMW 5 series is Double J Joe Jones. Kip is furious as Nanook told him Joe would be riding his bike on the bike path. Joe steps out of his beamer with a McFlurry in hand. Sporting a Broncos hat, a wife beater with a open unbuttoned white shirt on over that and some khaki shorts Joe strolls over to where Kip is standing tapping his foot.

JJ "How's it going Kip?"

KA "I was told you were going to ride your bike along here today and you wanted me to get in on tape to show everyone how hard you are working out!"

Joe walks up to Kip with a spoon full of Oreo McFlurry goodness on a spoon. He slowly sucks it off the spoon. "Yeah that was before it became a 1000 degrees out here. I'm not risking heat stroke. F*** that shit."

KA "So we could have done this inside where there is AC then?"

JJ "I have AC in the car."

KA "I'm not doing a interview in a car! Nanook don't you ever call me and beg me to do a shoot for you ever again!"

Nanook "Sorry! I didn't know!"

KA "Let's just do this and get it over with. I need a shower after this."

Joe takes his spot next to Kip under the tree in the shade. Joe takes that stupid clear top off the cup and tosses it away so he can get to the ice cream better.

KA "Hello UWL fans and with me here today is Double J Joe Jones who will face the number one contender to the UWL World title and Coronation Cup winner Robb Daniels. Joe how are you?"

JJ "I'm feeling pretty good Kip. Ice Cream will always make you feel good on a hot ass day. I can feel it's ice cold goodness slowly making it's way down to my belly, chilling me out from the core."

KA "Okay.....So any thoughts on your match with Daniels this week?"

Joe with another spoonful of ice cream. "I do. I have many thoughts, feelings."

KA "Care to share them with us?"

Joe glances up for a moment. "Care to share? That is such a loaded question. Do I care to share what I am thinking? Not really. I mean I'm not planning on writing a book so I don't have to write down my thoughts and feelings to share with the world some day. I'm not planning on penning my own War Journal like a guy with bad knees and maybe a steroid problem used to do around here. For a big guy who liked to hear himself talk he put pen to paper allot you know."

KA "Well if you don't want to talk about your match Joe I'm out of here."

JJ "Oh I want to talk about my match Kip. Don't get the wrong impression there. But you asked if I cared, and frankly, no I don't. I know there are some guys in the UWL who would kill themselves to even get a mention in the Daniel's Manifesto. For some guys that could be the highlight of their career. I had a match with Daniels and he wrote me down in his book. I'm going to be famous. But Kip, I don't care about none of that. I don't care if Robb puts my name in his little book."

KA "Well then why are we out here then?"

JJ "Because today is a new day. Because today I'm turning over a new leaf. Today Kip, much like Robb and his little book of his, today is a new chapter in the career of Double J Joe Jones in the UWL! We can stand here under the tree next to the pile of dog shit next to your shoes Kip."

Kip looks down and notices that there is dog shit in the grass next to him. Luckily for him he didn't step in it.

JJ "And talk about this match till the sun sets and the fire flies come out. I can talk about how hard I have trained this week. I can tell you of how many guys got in the training ring with me this week and I hurt each and every single one of them. But why? No one cares. No Kip. Even though the other day from his cozy home in his office with all his stuff, between all the shots Robb took at me for losing to Hart 6 times Robb.....not 5, 6 times and spelled out how I have a bright future here in the UWL but this week I won't win this match, the one message good old Robb did deliver was this. Even though last week was a rough one for you, this week starts a new chapter. So Kip, that is what today is all about. The New Chapter. So even though I planned on riding my bike down this path and show off how much sweat I had and how messy my hair was, I ditched it. Everyone knows how much work I put into this sport. We all work hard. We all bust our asses just like the next guy. What separates us is one thing."

KA "What is that?"

JJ "T Shirt sales."

KA "T shirt sales?"

JJ "Yup T shirt sales. All the great ones, they all have awesome T shirt sales and how do they get those sales? With catchy little slogans on them. And how do they get those slogans Kip? By winning matches. For the first 4 months here in the UWL I have been consumed by Hart. All I wanted to do was beat Hart and take his title. It was all I thought of. It's all I wanted. While it made for good TV and got everyone to notice us, it might have hurt me in the long run. I have no sales at the merch table. I don't have any slogans to call my own. That's why this week Kip, it's a new chapter. Robb Daniels go ahead and pen my name in at the top of the ledgers of yours and get ready to fill that page with the tale of how Double J Joe Jones brought the fight to you and beat you. Tell the story of how this week in the UWL was the start of my push forward, up that ladder and towards greatness! I've seen it in visions I had. Not only is Robb Daniels looking to claim the UWL World title as his own, but so am I. It starts this week. The night that Double J, won and moved up one more hung. The night Double J started on the path towards being the future UWL World Champion! And it starts when I defeat the Coronation Cup winner for I am Double J, the Spoiler."

KA "Well thanks for that Joe. Now can we get out of this damn heat?"

Fade from the scene with a picture of what Joe's vision looked like......