Post by Steve Sinclair on Jul 12, 2014 13:13:42 GMT
we find our self inside an arena some where up in the upper level. It’s at a wrestling event in the mid 80’s as people are going crazy cheering and drinking beer. In the middle of this sea of humanity is a person that we know very well. His name would be Green Man. And right now he is in a disguise. Everyone that is around him look like they are Japanese. The arena is smoky and seems to be late at night. As Green Man sits there he looks around wondering where he is and how he got there.
A spot light shines at the one corner of the arena and some music begins to play as everyone goes wild. A ring announcer begins to speak over the PA System but it is in all in Japanese and as to what he is saying we don’t know till he gets to end of his speech.
“ blah blah GREEN MAN!” The announcer announces.
“That’s me?” Green Man says as he see’s a himself step out from the back of the arena who looks much younger. He plays t o the crowd as the younger Green Man walks to the ring.
“This is my match for the All Power Pro Championship.” Green Man says to himself. “I lose this match. Why am I here? How did I get here?” He asks himself.
His opponent walks out after he was announced and he walks to the ring as well. The match begins and lasts at least an hour ending up with Green Man losing. Green Man not only remembers this night because it was his first ever title shot but has held this match in the back of his mind for some time. He should have won this match. Puzzled, Green Man stands up. And as soon as he does the scene changes on us. This time in a smaller arena with a angry germen behind him yelling at him to sit down. Green Man quickly looks around wondering how he got there. The man yells at him again and Green Man sits down so not to make a scene. It’s another wrestling event and he is in the ring again. This time the match is in Germany in a no hold barred title match against the undefeated Professional wrestler from Germany. This guy busted onto the scene two years ago and has never had his shoulders placed on the mat. Green Man was brought in after his time in Japan to beat this monster of a man. Sadly this is when Green Man broke his leg at the hands of t his man.
Green Man watches with his full attention as he relives his leg be broken and the guy spiting on him and taunting him as Green Man lays in pain on the mat.
“What the fuck?” Green Man says to himself. “What is going on?” He says when the gentlemen next to him leans in.
“Reliving your life Ted.” A old man says who is older than Green Man.
Green Man looks at him. “What?”
“Think of it as Christmas from the past except we are watching you lose all the time. Take like no. Jack Sinclair is putting a beating on you right now.”
Green Man looks at the ring. we’re now in the states as his brother in law Jack is putting the hurt on him before his untimely death.
Green Man looks at the old man again. “I don’t understand.” He says.
“Understand what? That this young strapping guy named Rick Flair is beating your sorry ass in the NWA.” The old man says as he munches on some pop corn.
Green Man looks at the ring again and sure enough, we’re in Texas as Flair as Green Man tapping out in a figure four leg lock.
“You see Ted.” The old man says. “You have no one to blame but yourself. I have many more matches I could take you too. We could relive more of your faded glory and throw it back in your face. If you want?”
“What is the purpose of this?” Ted asks.
“I don’t know. Why don’t you ask Hammer and JC.” the old man says as Green Man looks down in the ring and it’s big title match against Eternity and Green Man almost had the match when Hammer and JC comes running in and thus the match ends up being thrown out. His second shot in the XWA ended this way. It was then when Green Man was given more last shot but gave up.
“Why are you doing this?” Green Man asks.
“When are you going to let go?” he says.
“Let go of what?” Green Man asks.
“All of this. These matches from a long time ago, your fame from all over the world, How you made people and broke people and lost every big match you have been in. Just take a few weeks ago against Hammer and Vindicator when you choked. You choked worse than Vindicator does. And you want to become the World Champion. Please. I have never seen a sadder case. To coin a phrase you have no chance in hell of gaining your dreams.” He point blanks tells Green Man.
“How the hell do you know what I can do or not do? You can see the future, You only see my past..” Green Man begins to play as we now find ourselves in a home. A old folks home would be my guess.
“I can see the future.” The old man says as he see a old broken down man in a wheel chair. The man looks like to around 80 years old or so. A nurse walks in as the man is having a problem keeping the blanket around his shoulders.
She walks up to him and adjusts the blanket for him.
“How are we doing Ted?” She says. The old man looks up at her.
“I am good. Do you want to hear a story?” He ask her.
“Is it that story of you wrestling?” She asks.
“How did you know?” he asks.
“You told me yesterday on how you won the Hardcore title from Jack Knight and you were the greatest Hardcore Champion of all time.” She says as she knows the story quite well.
The nurse walks away and on the other side of the room she is meet by another nurse. She leans in to the first nurse.
“I wish that Ted would shut up about his one and only story. It would be different if that guy was good and became a world Champion or something like that. But he was nothing more than a worthless wrestler you know?” She tells the other nurse.
“Oh he told that story three times yesterday.” The other nurse says. The share a laugh and walk out the room.
“Who are they talking about? “ Green Man says.
“They are talking about you. You see Ted. This started when you lost the six pack challenge and you retired again. You would return and fail to win the big one. This would go on for years and people soon lost interest in you and soon you couldn’t get any work and was forced out. You came to grips with that fact that you could never win the big one but when your son became World Champion. You couldn’t take it and snapped and here you are. In the Mental ward.”
“This is how I become? A great like me?” Green Man says.
“That is where you are wrong. You can change all of this if you change your ways. Forget the past and forget how you made this person better and how you saw how this person is of championship material. You have become a push over. A joke. What happened to that drive you had this time last year? It’s time to either grow up and move on and become that Champion you dream of or just hang it up and make way for the newer guys. I show you how you will end up if you don't change. The choice is yours.”
The old man looks at Green Man.
“Take that rage and instead of destroying everything you own, use it to make your dreams come true.”
Green Man is about to answer but it all fades away............
Green Man comes too in his bed in his bedroom of his cabin. He sits up like he was shocked to wake up. he’s breathing hard and has no idea how he got there. He look around and soon calms down as he gets his bearings as to where he is. Green Man stands up out of bed and looks around his bedroom which is nothing but a shrine to his wrestling career really. He walks over to his dresser and looks into the mirror. He has a nasty scabbed over gash on his forehead. On the side of the mirror are old newspapers clippings. Some as old as his wrestling career. He reads a few of em, mostly they are how he failed in past championship matches. He looks down and shakes his head. On the dresser is a the new Pro Wrestling torch magazine and on the cover are mug shots of Xain, Fantomas, Vindicator, Hammer, Bright and himself with the heading that reads “SIX PACK CHALLENGE! WHO WILL SURVIVE?”
Green Man looks up into the mirror and he takes one of the clipping and hold sit in his hands. He crumbles it in his hand.
“I will that’s who.” He says as rage builds in his eyes. He saw the future and didn’t like what he saw and vows to change it at all costs.......................................
finally, fade to black.................
A spot light shines at the one corner of the arena and some music begins to play as everyone goes wild. A ring announcer begins to speak over the PA System but it is in all in Japanese and as to what he is saying we don’t know till he gets to end of his speech.
“ blah blah GREEN MAN!” The announcer announces.
“That’s me?” Green Man says as he see’s a himself step out from the back of the arena who looks much younger. He plays t o the crowd as the younger Green Man walks to the ring.
“This is my match for the All Power Pro Championship.” Green Man says to himself. “I lose this match. Why am I here? How did I get here?” He asks himself.
His opponent walks out after he was announced and he walks to the ring as well. The match begins and lasts at least an hour ending up with Green Man losing. Green Man not only remembers this night because it was his first ever title shot but has held this match in the back of his mind for some time. He should have won this match. Puzzled, Green Man stands up. And as soon as he does the scene changes on us. This time in a smaller arena with a angry germen behind him yelling at him to sit down. Green Man quickly looks around wondering how he got there. The man yells at him again and Green Man sits down so not to make a scene. It’s another wrestling event and he is in the ring again. This time the match is in Germany in a no hold barred title match against the undefeated Professional wrestler from Germany. This guy busted onto the scene two years ago and has never had his shoulders placed on the mat. Green Man was brought in after his time in Japan to beat this monster of a man. Sadly this is when Green Man broke his leg at the hands of t his man.
Green Man watches with his full attention as he relives his leg be broken and the guy spiting on him and taunting him as Green Man lays in pain on the mat.
“What the fuck?” Green Man says to himself. “What is going on?” He says when the gentlemen next to him leans in.
“Reliving your life Ted.” A old man says who is older than Green Man.
Green Man looks at him. “What?”
“Think of it as Christmas from the past except we are watching you lose all the time. Take like no. Jack Sinclair is putting a beating on you right now.”
Green Man looks at the ring. we’re now in the states as his brother in law Jack is putting the hurt on him before his untimely death.
Green Man looks at the old man again. “I don’t understand.” He says.
“Understand what? That this young strapping guy named Rick Flair is beating your sorry ass in the NWA.” The old man says as he munches on some pop corn.
Green Man looks at the ring again and sure enough, we’re in Texas as Flair as Green Man tapping out in a figure four leg lock.
“You see Ted.” The old man says. “You have no one to blame but yourself. I have many more matches I could take you too. We could relive more of your faded glory and throw it back in your face. If you want?”
“What is the purpose of this?” Ted asks.
“I don’t know. Why don’t you ask Hammer and JC.” the old man says as Green Man looks down in the ring and it’s big title match against Eternity and Green Man almost had the match when Hammer and JC comes running in and thus the match ends up being thrown out. His second shot in the XWA ended this way. It was then when Green Man was given more last shot but gave up.
“Why are you doing this?” Green Man asks.
“When are you going to let go?” he says.
“Let go of what?” Green Man asks.
“All of this. These matches from a long time ago, your fame from all over the world, How you made people and broke people and lost every big match you have been in. Just take a few weeks ago against Hammer and Vindicator when you choked. You choked worse than Vindicator does. And you want to become the World Champion. Please. I have never seen a sadder case. To coin a phrase you have no chance in hell of gaining your dreams.” He point blanks tells Green Man.
“How the hell do you know what I can do or not do? You can see the future, You only see my past..” Green Man begins to play as we now find ourselves in a home. A old folks home would be my guess.
“I can see the future.” The old man says as he see a old broken down man in a wheel chair. The man looks like to around 80 years old or so. A nurse walks in as the man is having a problem keeping the blanket around his shoulders.
She walks up to him and adjusts the blanket for him.
“How are we doing Ted?” She says. The old man looks up at her.
“I am good. Do you want to hear a story?” He ask her.
“Is it that story of you wrestling?” She asks.
“How did you know?” he asks.
“You told me yesterday on how you won the Hardcore title from Jack Knight and you were the greatest Hardcore Champion of all time.” She says as she knows the story quite well.
The nurse walks away and on the other side of the room she is meet by another nurse. She leans in to the first nurse.
“I wish that Ted would shut up about his one and only story. It would be different if that guy was good and became a world Champion or something like that. But he was nothing more than a worthless wrestler you know?” She tells the other nurse.
“Oh he told that story three times yesterday.” The other nurse says. The share a laugh and walk out the room.
“Who are they talking about? “ Green Man says.
“They are talking about you. You see Ted. This started when you lost the six pack challenge and you retired again. You would return and fail to win the big one. This would go on for years and people soon lost interest in you and soon you couldn’t get any work and was forced out. You came to grips with that fact that you could never win the big one but when your son became World Champion. You couldn’t take it and snapped and here you are. In the Mental ward.”
“This is how I become? A great like me?” Green Man says.
“That is where you are wrong. You can change all of this if you change your ways. Forget the past and forget how you made this person better and how you saw how this person is of championship material. You have become a push over. A joke. What happened to that drive you had this time last year? It’s time to either grow up and move on and become that Champion you dream of or just hang it up and make way for the newer guys. I show you how you will end up if you don't change. The choice is yours.”
The old man looks at Green Man.
“Take that rage and instead of destroying everything you own, use it to make your dreams come true.”
Green Man is about to answer but it all fades away............
Green Man comes too in his bed in his bedroom of his cabin. He sits up like he was shocked to wake up. he’s breathing hard and has no idea how he got there. He look around and soon calms down as he gets his bearings as to where he is. Green Man stands up out of bed and looks around his bedroom which is nothing but a shrine to his wrestling career really. He walks over to his dresser and looks into the mirror. He has a nasty scabbed over gash on his forehead. On the side of the mirror are old newspapers clippings. Some as old as his wrestling career. He reads a few of em, mostly they are how he failed in past championship matches. He looks down and shakes his head. On the dresser is a the new Pro Wrestling torch magazine and on the cover are mug shots of Xain, Fantomas, Vindicator, Hammer, Bright and himself with the heading that reads “SIX PACK CHALLENGE! WHO WILL SURVIVE?”
Green Man looks up into the mirror and he takes one of the clipping and hold sit in his hands. He crumbles it in his hand.
“I will that’s who.” He says as rage builds in his eyes. He saw the future and didn’t like what he saw and vows to change it at all costs.......................................
finally, fade to black.................