Post by Steve Sinclair on Mar 5, 2015 23:13:55 GMT
Well…..
"Sa…..no….yeah? Sack…..really his name is sack?”
Inside of the Redneck Remedy Moonshine making factory, aka Billy’s Uncle Ned second cousin’s farm is NASCAR Billy and he is getting ready to run another batch. He is filling his pot with water has he is standing and looking at his phone.
With him is someone we haven’t seen in a while. Nanook his agent slash manager now that Steve is out of the picture.
Nanook ”It’s not Sack! Now come on. Say it with me.”
Billy "Sac...it….o. Sakito? Ima not sure if I’m sayin’ dat right.”
Nanook ”No you got it. Sakito Ishihara.”
Billy "Is...I...hara?”
Nanook ”Ish…”
Billy "Ish…”
Nanook ”I, hara. Just put it together now.”
Billy "Ish...I….hara. Ishihara?”
Nanook ”There you go! You got it!”
Billy "Really? Because I don’t think Ima sayin’ it right.”
Nanook ”No you got it. See it wasn’t that hard.”
Billy sets his phone down and reaches for the water hose and shuts it off. He looks inside of the pot to check on the contents.
Nanook ”Listen. Don’t get all stressed out about how to properly say his name. Just focus in on the game plan we have talked about.”
Billy sets the cap on his pot and turns and faces Nanook. He crosses his arms.
Billy "Why can’t he just have a normal name you know. I ain’t never heard of Sakito till now you know.”
Nanook ”That is a normal name Billy….”
Billy "Where?”
Nanook ”From where he is from? Listen. Just forget about his name. You need to start thinking about the match itself. We only have a couple of days and before you know it it’ll be Saturday. Sakito is off to a good start and he’s really good Billy. He’s going to be different than Cory last week. It’s more high flying, more finesse than raw power. It’s a different game this week.”
Billy "So what you are sayin’ is that no matter how hard I try dis week, it ain’t gunna happen.”
Nanook ”I wouldn’t say that. You’re just in a slump that’s all. It’s not that you are getting blown out in these matches. You’re just coming up short…”
Billy "Yeah for like 2 months now. I think...I have won 2 matches in da last, I dunno how many weeks now.”
Nanook ”No one said that going solo was going to be easy Billy. You don’t have a partner to bail you out when you get into trouble. It’s all on you. No one just walks down that aisle and climbs into that ring and just wins every match they are in. No one does that. Caleb Hart has lost matches here in the UWL. You just can’t get down on your self. You have to open your eyes and see where your weakness are and work on them and make them your strengths.”
Billy "I dunno. Joe is back, maybe I should team back up with him…”
Nanook ”Well that’s not going to happen.”
Billy "Why not? We were one hell of a team!”
Nanook ”Because if you are going to have any sort of long lasting career you need to figure out how to go at it alone. That is where the money is at. The real money. Do you know how hard it is to find someone who wants to just be in a tag team? For their whole career? It’s hard. Really hard. Why do you think titles like the UWL Triple Crown are as prestigious as they are? It takes hard work to get there. You have to bust your ass, put in the work and have some luck on your side. To get something like that, isn’t just going to be handed to you.”
Billy "But you know it gets frustrating you know. I lost 3 of the 4 matches in Japan. Since then I have only defeated Ray Harlan. I felt like I should have beat Josh Eagles. I felt like I should have beat Cory Chevelle you know. I dunno. Maybe Eagles was right.”
Nanook ”No! Eagles was saying that stuff to get into your head and here we are, a couple of weeks since and he’s still in your head. Forget what Eagles said. He put a earworm in ya and it’s eating away at your brain and leave self doubt behind. I told you months ago when you wanted to make the jump and chase after the TV title it wasn’t going to be easy. You remember that?”
Billy nods. Now he’s looking down at the floor.
Nanook ”I told you it was going to be a rocky road. You were going to take some lumps along the way and you might even hit a rough patch. Well the rough patch is here kid.”
Billy "hmmm and it sucks.”
Nanook ”Have I ever tell you about when I started out?”
Billy "I don’t think so..”
Nanook ”Well pull up a chair kid. Let Nanook tell you a story of when I got started in the business. You see I was this bright eyed kid who only heard of tales of men battling inside a ring. You see Billy I grew up 4 hours north of Anchorage and we didn’t have cable TV, there wasn’t no satellite back then. The only thing we had was this small 13 inch black and white TV and this second hand VCR that one of my uncles got for us on one of his trips to the lower 48. Every couple of months he would make the trip to the lower 48 and get supplies we needed and every once and while he would pick up these old wrestling tapes. AWA stuff. Georgia Championship Wrestling stuff. NWA stuff. I would watch these really poor quality tapes just devouring what I was seeing on that little black and white TV. I remember when I got this magazine that was all about wrestling. Pictures. Stories. Summaries of some shows, oh man I read that thing 15 times that day. I couldn’t get enough! So when I was older I left home. It was hard to do being the oldest son you know. It was expected of me to help provide for my family but I was 16 and wanted to get trained and get in the ring. I wanted to the next Arn Anderson. The fifth member of the Four Horsemen. I thought I could beat Bob Backlund you know. So on my 16th birthday I made my way to Washington State and managed to find this hole in the wall and started training to be this famous wrestler you know. I was going to make Hulk Hogan money and when every title I could get my hands on. After two years of working in the gym, trading labor for classes I was ready to make a debut. In town was this company that had airtime on local TV and they gave me the opening match. I got in that ring….”
Nanook took a seat on this log Billy has in the barn...err I mean Moonshine factory. He takes a sip of water and says nothing. BIlly is waiting on what the outcome of the match was.
Billy "Well? What happened?”
Nanook ”45 seconds later I was walking towards the back.”
Billy "Really? You won in 45 seconds?”
Nanook ”No. I lost in 45 seconds.”
Billy "Oh…”
Nanook ”In fact my first 25 matches. I lost every single one of them. Most of them in under a minute. They started calling me the One minute wonder! For like a year and half I was getting schooled in that ring. Just beaten up, tossed around and not taken seriously at all. Then one day. It happened. I finally won and it was glorious! Now as it turned out I’m not that good in the ring. I’m not where’s as good as you but that is just how it is. As it turned out I’m really good at stocks and flipping restate and now all of these years latter I have Hulk Hogan money. I still love this sport and while I wasn’t very successful in that ring I still want to be apart of it. I want to feel how it wins matches, championships and I’ll do that through you. I believe in you Billy. I have a eye for talent and I know you can be of the big time star here in the UWL. This is a rough patch like I said and we’ll work through it and make adjustments and get back on the winning side of things. Trust me. This won’t last forever. You don’t stink up the joint like I can!”
Billy chuckles and seems to look better.
Billy "Okay. I trust ya. We can do dis.”
Nanook stands up as does Billy.
Nanook ”We will. So later today I have Jessica….”
Billy "Jess?”
Nanook ”Yes Jessica will be here to interview you. I figured you’d like that.”
Billy "Wait!”
Billy puts his hand on Nanook’s chest.
Billy "Dat rat Bastard Rodent isn’t gunna be here is he? Cuz if he is! He won’t make it to Saturday! You know! I want a match against dat little…”
Nanook ”I’m working on that! Listen. Billy. Forget about The Rodent. He isn’t here. Jessica is safe and sound. Focus on Ishihara for now. We’ll get The Rodent later. Okay?”
Billy "Yeah well I want him! You hear me?”
Nanook ”I hear ya. I got it. Look, go get cleaned up. Jessica will be here later.”
Billy "Yeah yeah! I’ll go get a shower. I bought a new pair of jeans da other day. New shirt. It’s a sweet shirt too. Just wait till you see it.”
Nanook ”Don’t show me, show Jessica.”
Billy "Yeah! Yeah! I’ve gots to go.”
Billy runs off to get cleaned fr Jessica….
TBC….