Post by SalTal on Jun 15, 2012 9:12:55 GMT -4
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"Sally Talfourd presents ..."
is written across the screen, fades out, then
"In association with Action Packed Wrestling..."
is next to appear, holds, then fades out for
"Happy Endings T.V."
Which fades away to a shot of a Sally Talfourd, of course. What else would you expect in an episode of Happy Endings? She sits there, all pretty and beautiful as ever she could be, right in front of the US Airways Center in good ol’ Phoenix. Hanging down, at at least 100-feet long (if that’s big? Sally’s not too good with imperial measurements) is a trio of giant banner advertising the return of Asylum to the city. The first one….it’s doesn’t really matter. The second one, yeah, not so important either. But the third one? That’s the bestest one of all. On one side, the funny, the entertaining, the joking Johnny Sykes. Staring down, across from him on the other side is the indomitable, the focused, the intense Sally Talfourd. Sally casts a quick look over her shoulder at this latest gift to the fans of APW, before looking back with a smile.
[Sally] Johnny Sykes. Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. You know, buddy, I just knew this day was coming. I knew it and I couldn’t stop it. Maybe I didn’t want to stop it? Who knows. But whatever the reason we’re facing off, and I can’t be happier.
And given her persistent smile, it seems to be true. And, let’s face it: If you’re an APW fan, you’ve been dying to see this match. Sure, you’d have waited for a pay per view. You’d have even waited for Test for the Best when, invariably, these two of the best Asylum talents would have faced off. But, you’re getting it early and you’re getting it into a few days. Still with the smile, Sally brings us back to attention with her adorable voice.
[Sally] You know, ever since you came here…I have to admit: I felt a little threatened. Not threatened in a bad way, but threatened in a good way. “But what does that mean, Sally? How can you be good threatened?” I can hear you ask. It’s actually quite simple. You see, you’re a favourite. A fan favourite. The fans, they adore you. The love you. They admire you. They admire you the same way they admire me. And sure, I know that they can admire two people at the same time…but…at the end of the day, we all know that they will always like one the most. They will like that one person who is that little bit better. That little bit more entertaining. That little bit more exciting.
And that’s why I’m intimidated, Johnny. Because for every second you’re on Asylum, every second you’re in a match, every second you’re showing the world just how great you are, I have to try and be better. I have to go out and show the world that I’m special, that’ I’m great, that I’m the exception. I can’t be the exception if you’re the exception. And, thus, you intimidate me. You intimidate me because you’re pretty good, and I have to be better. If I want to get back to the top, if I want to get back all that glory I once had here…I have to be better than you.
Intimidated? When has Sally ever said that? She’s been in Rasslemania main events and faced off against some of the legends in this business. There’s absolutely nothing Sally hasn’t at least attempted. Yet here she is – saying she’s intimidated by the likes of Johnny Sykes? And that’s hardly an insult of the guy. It’s a compliment, one heck of a compliment.
[Sally] And that’s no easy task. Because I’ve seen you at work, and boy are you good. You’re so young, so energetic. So darn flashy! You remind me of myself much, much earlier in my career. When I had the tenacity and the strength and the body to do all that. Now? Now I’m much more methodical, more practiced, more refined. I don’t need the flash and awe to win – if I do that, it’s just to be that little bit better. Now I rely on my mat skills, the actual art of wrestling. The more refined, polished, sophoisticated art of wrestling.
You know, back when I was taught, I thought exactly like you do. That to be special, I had to do things no one else could. I had to jump and fly and dazzle all night long. And then…then I found out that I didn’t have to. I realised that only ever made me good. It made me – like it makes you – good. The ability to fly like some wrestling bird makes you good. It makes you good right now, Johnny. You’re good, and you’ll always be good. But to be the best in the business…to be the best in APW…you have to be better than good. You have to be great. You’re good at what you do, Johnny. But I’ve moved on from that. I’m moved on from being good. I’m now great.
[Shane] And what does it take to be great, Sally?
There’s a knowing tone to Shane’s voice. A tone that says he’s, you know, familiar with this question? Sally cocks an eyebrow, then realises where she’s heard the question before. She breaks a smile, then points at Shane and wobbles her finger at him.
[Sally] I know you know the answer to that question. I know you do. You were there when we found out the answer from him.
[Shane] But, for the fans, you know? Care to share?
Sally muffles a laugh, then nods very gently before looking away.
[Sally] Being great is more than a way of thinking. Being great is a way of living. Instead of living like everyone else, live like no one else. See the world like no one else. Breath the air like no one else. Move and flow and hold like no one else – then, and only then, will you start to be great. It’s the people who are so unlike anyone else that make greatness.
[Shane] You know, I think I’ve heard something like that before.
[Sally] You know, I think you did. *Sally smiles again – a distant memory from time gone coming to the fore of her mind*[/b] It was true when I was told it, and it’s still true now. When I’m nothing like anyone else, I’m great. And I am like no one else. Even you’ll admit it, Johnny. Who could you name that would prepare you for a match like this? If you could have a practice match against anyone, who in APW could prepare you for me? You’ve probably been studying me like no one else. Have you seen anyone like me before? Someone who moves like no one else…who flows in the ring like no one else…who wrestles like no one else? Of course you haven’t. You haven’t because there’s no one else like me. Not here in APW, not anywhere in the wrestling world.
No other woman here has held the biggest title APW has to offer. No other female has main evented a Rasslemania. And, most importantly to you, no other woman here has ever won Test for the Best. If that doesn’t suggest to you that I’m like nothing else here in APW, then I don’t know what will. It’s not a woman versus man thing. It’s nothing like that. It’s about strength. Inner and physical. I have more than anyone else here if I can get myself to the top in a place like this. Fortunately for me, more than you. Because I know this is going to be a long, gruelling match of ours – one that is going to push both of us to our creative and professional limits. But I know one thing that’s going to save me. One thing that gives me an edge. [/color]
[Shane] And what’s that Ms. Talfourd?
[Sally] It’s Johnny Sykes himself, Shane. I said he was good, and he is. No one can take that away from him. But good means familiar. It means the same. It means not being great. I’m different, Johnny. You’re not. You’re, like, the same as any other high-flyer that I’ve beat. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not going into this thinking you are the last person I beat. But while you are intimidating me to step up my game, you’re not scaring me to mess up. I’ve beat high-flyers before. I’ve beat crazy before. I’ve beat entertaining before. You’re everything I’ve beat before. And while saying that might annoy you, it’s the unfortunately the truth for you. Greatness comes at a price – and one of them was losing friends. Before this, we were tight. You cheered me on, I cheered you on, and we both hated Michael Callahan. It was a good time we were having.
But now? Now I have to win. I have to win because I need to get back to the top. It’s where I chould be. It’s not as if you’re below me. I’m sure you’ll be in the main events sooner or later. But you’re not there yet, and that’s where I’m going. You need to get there in your own time, and on your own way. But me? I’ve mapped out my path. It started last week against Chaz Dillinger. The next step is against you. Eventually, I’ll take myself into Test for the Best, and if it all goes to plan I’ll make a good enough showing there to look into the main event, into the title pictures, and into that spotlight where I was at my best. And if all that means losing you, well…then that’s very unfortunate.
Sally pulls herself up, looks back at the picture, then gestures to it.
[Sally] But you know what? I don’t think you’re that kind of guy. I don’t think you’re the guy who is going to kick and scream and hate if you lose a match here. I think you’ll learn. I think you’ll get something out of it. And I think you’ll appreciated the need to be great, rather than good. And, really, it’s a great thing that you’re pushing me to be great. Because only someone great deserves to represent Asylum at Test for the Best. If you can be great…if you can find what it takes to be better than me and be great yourself, then you deserve to go through. But if you push me just that little bit further, that little bit more to be great myself, then you know that one of the best is going to be carrying that Asylum banner. So I can’t see, at all, how Asylum can lose at all with this match. It’s a win for you and a win for me.
Sally winks to the camera, then starts to walk off. But she stops herself, and turns with a smile.
[Sally] Of course, I’d prefer it that I was the biggest winner.
She turns on her heels and heads off – off to the direction away from the arena. It’s not nearly match day, so there’s no reason to really be going in. But she just had to come have a look at the place herself. The place of one of the biggest matches that Asylum will see this year. It’ll be a fun match. It’ll be an intense match. It’ll be a must-see match. But, at the end of it all, there’s only going to be one winner – like it or leave it. And you know that there’s two competitors in that match who really want it to be them. The shot fades out on Sally to[/i]
Sally Talfourd
is written across the screen, which in turn fades away as the episode comes to a close.
"Sally Talfourd presents ..."
is written across the screen, fades out, then
"In association with Action Packed Wrestling..."
is next to appear, holds, then fades out for
"Happy Endings T.V."
Which fades away to a shot of a Sally Talfourd, of course. What else would you expect in an episode of Happy Endings? She sits there, all pretty and beautiful as ever she could be, right in front of the US Airways Center in good ol’ Phoenix. Hanging down, at at least 100-feet long (if that’s big? Sally’s not too good with imperial measurements) is a trio of giant banner advertising the return of Asylum to the city. The first one….it’s doesn’t really matter. The second one, yeah, not so important either. But the third one? That’s the bestest one of all. On one side, the funny, the entertaining, the joking Johnny Sykes. Staring down, across from him on the other side is the indomitable, the focused, the intense Sally Talfourd. Sally casts a quick look over her shoulder at this latest gift to the fans of APW, before looking back with a smile.
[Sally] Johnny Sykes. Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. You know, buddy, I just knew this day was coming. I knew it and I couldn’t stop it. Maybe I didn’t want to stop it? Who knows. But whatever the reason we’re facing off, and I can’t be happier.
And given her persistent smile, it seems to be true. And, let’s face it: If you’re an APW fan, you’ve been dying to see this match. Sure, you’d have waited for a pay per view. You’d have even waited for Test for the Best when, invariably, these two of the best Asylum talents would have faced off. But, you’re getting it early and you’re getting it into a few days. Still with the smile, Sally brings us back to attention with her adorable voice.
[Sally] You know, ever since you came here…I have to admit: I felt a little threatened. Not threatened in a bad way, but threatened in a good way. “But what does that mean, Sally? How can you be good threatened?” I can hear you ask. It’s actually quite simple. You see, you’re a favourite. A fan favourite. The fans, they adore you. The love you. They admire you. They admire you the same way they admire me. And sure, I know that they can admire two people at the same time…but…at the end of the day, we all know that they will always like one the most. They will like that one person who is that little bit better. That little bit more entertaining. That little bit more exciting.
And that’s why I’m intimidated, Johnny. Because for every second you’re on Asylum, every second you’re in a match, every second you’re showing the world just how great you are, I have to try and be better. I have to go out and show the world that I’m special, that’ I’m great, that I’m the exception. I can’t be the exception if you’re the exception. And, thus, you intimidate me. You intimidate me because you’re pretty good, and I have to be better. If I want to get back to the top, if I want to get back all that glory I once had here…I have to be better than you.
Intimidated? When has Sally ever said that? She’s been in Rasslemania main events and faced off against some of the legends in this business. There’s absolutely nothing Sally hasn’t at least attempted. Yet here she is – saying she’s intimidated by the likes of Johnny Sykes? And that’s hardly an insult of the guy. It’s a compliment, one heck of a compliment.
[Sally] And that’s no easy task. Because I’ve seen you at work, and boy are you good. You’re so young, so energetic. So darn flashy! You remind me of myself much, much earlier in my career. When I had the tenacity and the strength and the body to do all that. Now? Now I’m much more methodical, more practiced, more refined. I don’t need the flash and awe to win – if I do that, it’s just to be that little bit better. Now I rely on my mat skills, the actual art of wrestling. The more refined, polished, sophoisticated art of wrestling.
You know, back when I was taught, I thought exactly like you do. That to be special, I had to do things no one else could. I had to jump and fly and dazzle all night long. And then…then I found out that I didn’t have to. I realised that only ever made me good. It made me – like it makes you – good. The ability to fly like some wrestling bird makes you good. It makes you good right now, Johnny. You’re good, and you’ll always be good. But to be the best in the business…to be the best in APW…you have to be better than good. You have to be great. You’re good at what you do, Johnny. But I’ve moved on from that. I’m moved on from being good. I’m now great.
[Shane] And what does it take to be great, Sally?
There’s a knowing tone to Shane’s voice. A tone that says he’s, you know, familiar with this question? Sally cocks an eyebrow, then realises where she’s heard the question before. She breaks a smile, then points at Shane and wobbles her finger at him.
[Sally] I know you know the answer to that question. I know you do. You were there when we found out the answer from him.
[Shane] But, for the fans, you know? Care to share?
Sally muffles a laugh, then nods very gently before looking away.
[Sally] Being great is more than a way of thinking. Being great is a way of living. Instead of living like everyone else, live like no one else. See the world like no one else. Breath the air like no one else. Move and flow and hold like no one else – then, and only then, will you start to be great. It’s the people who are so unlike anyone else that make greatness.
[Shane] You know, I think I’ve heard something like that before.
[Sally] You know, I think you did. *Sally smiles again – a distant memory from time gone coming to the fore of her mind*[/b] It was true when I was told it, and it’s still true now. When I’m nothing like anyone else, I’m great. And I am like no one else. Even you’ll admit it, Johnny. Who could you name that would prepare you for a match like this? If you could have a practice match against anyone, who in APW could prepare you for me? You’ve probably been studying me like no one else. Have you seen anyone like me before? Someone who moves like no one else…who flows in the ring like no one else…who wrestles like no one else? Of course you haven’t. You haven’t because there’s no one else like me. Not here in APW, not anywhere in the wrestling world.
No other woman here has held the biggest title APW has to offer. No other female has main evented a Rasslemania. And, most importantly to you, no other woman here has ever won Test for the Best. If that doesn’t suggest to you that I’m like nothing else here in APW, then I don’t know what will. It’s not a woman versus man thing. It’s nothing like that. It’s about strength. Inner and physical. I have more than anyone else here if I can get myself to the top in a place like this. Fortunately for me, more than you. Because I know this is going to be a long, gruelling match of ours – one that is going to push both of us to our creative and professional limits. But I know one thing that’s going to save me. One thing that gives me an edge. [/color]
[Shane] And what’s that Ms. Talfourd?
[Sally] It’s Johnny Sykes himself, Shane. I said he was good, and he is. No one can take that away from him. But good means familiar. It means the same. It means not being great. I’m different, Johnny. You’re not. You’re, like, the same as any other high-flyer that I’ve beat. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not going into this thinking you are the last person I beat. But while you are intimidating me to step up my game, you’re not scaring me to mess up. I’ve beat high-flyers before. I’ve beat crazy before. I’ve beat entertaining before. You’re everything I’ve beat before. And while saying that might annoy you, it’s the unfortunately the truth for you. Greatness comes at a price – and one of them was losing friends. Before this, we were tight. You cheered me on, I cheered you on, and we both hated Michael Callahan. It was a good time we were having.
But now? Now I have to win. I have to win because I need to get back to the top. It’s where I chould be. It’s not as if you’re below me. I’m sure you’ll be in the main events sooner or later. But you’re not there yet, and that’s where I’m going. You need to get there in your own time, and on your own way. But me? I’ve mapped out my path. It started last week against Chaz Dillinger. The next step is against you. Eventually, I’ll take myself into Test for the Best, and if it all goes to plan I’ll make a good enough showing there to look into the main event, into the title pictures, and into that spotlight where I was at my best. And if all that means losing you, well…then that’s very unfortunate.
Sally pulls herself up, looks back at the picture, then gestures to it.
[Sally] But you know what? I don’t think you’re that kind of guy. I don’t think you’re the guy who is going to kick and scream and hate if you lose a match here. I think you’ll learn. I think you’ll get something out of it. And I think you’ll appreciated the need to be great, rather than good. And, really, it’s a great thing that you’re pushing me to be great. Because only someone great deserves to represent Asylum at Test for the Best. If you can be great…if you can find what it takes to be better than me and be great yourself, then you deserve to go through. But if you push me just that little bit further, that little bit more to be great myself, then you know that one of the best is going to be carrying that Asylum banner. So I can’t see, at all, how Asylum can lose at all with this match. It’s a win for you and a win for me.
Sally winks to the camera, then starts to walk off. But she stops herself, and turns with a smile.
[Sally] Of course, I’d prefer it that I was the biggest winner.
She turns on her heels and heads off – off to the direction away from the arena. It’s not nearly match day, so there’s no reason to really be going in. But she just had to come have a look at the place herself. The place of one of the biggest matches that Asylum will see this year. It’ll be a fun match. It’ll be an intense match. It’ll be a must-see match. But, at the end of it all, there’s only going to be one winner – like it or leave it. And you know that there’s two competitors in that match who really want it to be them. The shot fades out on Sally to[/i]
Sally Talfourd
is written across the screen, which in turn fades away as the episode comes to a close.
