Post by Steve Sinclair on Mar 17, 2015 22:27:41 GMT
If at first you don’t succeed…..
We find our favorite redneck where we left him. In his race shop. He thrashed on his car and got the motor swapped, hooked back up and is about to fire it up. He is sitting on the right rear wiping a wrench free of dirt and grease while The Jackman is sitting on is jack. Normally he is rocking his pristine white driver’s suit but today it is a tad dusty.
"What was dat you said Chris?”
Billy glances up searching for the words.
"You won’t hesitate in taking your dreams?”
Billy tosses the wrench on his tool caddy and picks up a water bottle.
"Well if you ain’t hesitating...like you say you don’t. Then when are ya gunna beat Caleb Hart for dat Triple Crown title?”
Billy takes a nice swig of water. You get thirsty wrenching on your race car you know.
"Here I’ll spare ya the migraine and tell ya when dat will happen. How about never! Just look at da facts. Last month you had yer shot at the title, at da man. And you came up short. Now you’re gearin’ up fer another shot at him and we know how dat story will end. We already read dat book. Yeah I know, I betcha some of ya are surprised to hear dat I read but I can’t help myself from readin’ some good exrotica. Yup. I’m a pervert.”
“You need to stop fer a second Chris and take a look at history. The history of da UWL fer da last 3 years. Der are only a handful of guys who have defeated Caleb Hart. A select few! You know how many of em are still around? One? Two? If dat and really Joe Jones hasn’t even gotten back into the ring so I dunno even know if he counts. Da last guy to beat Caleb Hart…..da very last guy. Monster Max. Let me ask ya a question Chris. Where is he now?”
Billy finishes off his water bottle and screws the cap back on it and tosses it away.
"From where I’m sitting. Da way I see it. What your dream really is about is dat you have a death wish. You’re marching down da path towards career suicide. Is dat your dream? To be no longer employed by da UWL? Here. Let’s just say for arguments sake at Honor and Glory, where I will beat the snot out of The Rodent. You overcome the odds and beat both Lt. Bowers and Caleb Hart and pick up the Triple Crown title. Den what? What more do you have to prove after dat? It won’t change how da fans look at you. How dey cheer fer you….which doesn’t happen much fer ya. It changes nothing. You will wake up and still be da same old boring Chris Nichols dat you were before you beat Caleb Hart. If anything you get a few extra boos. Fer da UWL it does nothing for them. You still won’t push anymore T shirts. No one is wanting Chris Nichols belt buckles. Der is no outcry fer Chris Nichols halloween masks. Der will be more interest from da fans waitin’ for Caleb Hart to take back his title. It’ll be just a matter of time you know dat right? He will get his rematch like he did against Monster Max, he’ll get his title back and den where will dat leave you?”
The Jackman slaps his hands together and holds up his index finger. Billy looks at him and he pulls out his Iphone. A couple of swipes later Tom Petty’s Free Falling begins to play. Billy smiles and nods.
"Pretty much! And Ima tellin’ ya cuz I know. The trip back down dat ladder you worked so hard to get to da top of is way easier den it was going towards da top. Da last I checked. Dey don’t hand out titles fer being a two time number one contender. Maybe dey do in your case but I doubt it.”
“Chris I think you should sit up, push yer self away from the buffet table and take a good hard look at what is happening in da UWL. Da UWL is looking to set up it’s future. It is looking to head do da bank and der going to laugh while doing it because everyone including you can’t see it. But I do. Other den Hart versus Eagles, da only other big money draw in the future is Hart versus NASCAR Billy! The fans favorite southern son. The guy who can push t shirts better den anyone else in the League. A guy who bleeds UWL green. A guy who is UWL through and through. Dis is a match the fans really really, i mean really want to see and dey are going to get a taste of it this week when I go up against one of the guys in the big three way fer the Triple Crown at Honor and Glory. All of the chatter on the interwebs is about me coming off even what you say is a big victory.”
Billy picks up another wrench and begins to wipe that one down.
"I did what no one else did. I defeated Sakito. You’re not da only one who beat Ray Harlan and unlike you. I won a match I had to win, a match that had my future in the UWL on the line. I defeated Steve Sinclair to keep my job man. Dat means more den any title da UWL has. Even you have to see dat. I might not have the best record in singles competition but by god when the chips are on da line, I step up when it counts. My job is on da line….I won dat match. I can’t beat Sakito and I defeated him. Now here we are, in what everyone is viewing as a tune up match for ya.”
Billy tosses that wrench on the caddy and picks up another. He shrugs.
"I guess we’ll see what really happens but you know. I have a good feeling about this match this week. Just like how I feel about my future. It’s pretty bright.”
Fade out.
