Post by Speede on Nov 4, 2012 20:46:00 GMT -4
The following is a post on the official blog of Roy Speede.
So I finally made it to the big leagues, and I’m getting to make my debut, and I couldn’t be more excited. What makes it even better, in fact, is that I get to be in a tag team match when I first step into that ring... Oh, how I wish I could say that. I’m not going to follow in anyone’s footsteps or let myself ride to glory in anyone’s shadows, and that’s exactly what’ll happen if I let myself get wrapped up in the tag division again. I’ve been down that road before, and while I’m going to make the first big impact of my career in APW’s tag division, it’s anything but what I really plan on being for the duration here; I’m not the guy who rides the coattails of another’s success. I’m the guy who makes that success a reality, and I’m the guy who steps up to the playing field and accomplishes what I want, and I’m not letting a fault in the booking and decision-making of the Meltdown management stop my debut from being as spectacular as the following I’ve accumulated is expecting it to be. This is the time for THE SILVER LINING to step up and become the phenomenon in the wrestling world that hasn’t been seen before, and nobody will stand in my way. There isn’t going to be anyone who shows me up on Meltdown, and when I get off the rookie show to compete somewhere more worth my time, there will not be a single soul that could stop me there from achieving the greatness that everyone knows is within me.
So what, right? So what? A nineteen year old kid is stepping into the wrestling realm and talking big about himself, expecting that everyone else is going to bow down and worship him as a God. That’s not going to happen, and I know for a fact that it won’t. Everyone sees me as just another rookie who won’t last a month in Action Packed Wrestling because I’m too inexperienced and APW is the home for only the best of the best. They think I’m going to be just another one-hit wonder and that I’ll end up leaving the company when I realize that I just can’t cut it, and that everyone and their brother is a better wrestler than me in Action Packed Wrestling. They think I’m going to just disappear off the face of the earth after my ass is handed to me week after week like Shane Borderland. They think I’m going to find out first-hand just what it’s like to be defeated and sent packing again and again, and that I’m just as piss poor a wrestler as any other guy or girl who walks in here thinking he or she is hot shit and that I’m going to lose in my debut, cry, and run home screaming like a little girl begging for my mother to save me from the big bad guys in tights.
Oh, how that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m not like the others that walk in here; I’m here to stay, and now that I’ve shown my face in the APW, I don’t plan on disappearing any time soon, and while I’m here, I have anticipated a much better performance than any of those guys could even imagine. So while there are guys like Terry Marvin and Kurt Noble here who’ve made themselves famous and put on a good show week after week for this company for longer than I’ve even been a professional wrestler and have shown themselves to be the best this company has to offer week after week, month after month, and match after grueling match, it’s time for there to be a new era in this company, an era that highlights someone who doesn’t just stop in his tracks when staring down an opponent he’s not sure he can find a way to beat. It’s time for an era of wrestling that showcases the one and only Roy Speede, and this company might not be ready to be taken by storm and shown the reality of what can be learned outside the confines of APW and how that can translate to success when that ability is brought inside the company and put to work in a match against the best the company can offer us.
Think about it; it’s time for someone who wasn’t born and raised and trained in the APW to show the company just what it’s like to have true talent that isn’t taught right here. This company’s so used to technical wrestlers it seems, and a high-flyer like me isn’t the typical success around here; that much is about to change, because once I climb into the ring through those ropes, I’m going to show the executives running this company what a real wrestler can accomplish when his mind is set to it. It’s time for someone new to climb the rankings of this company; I mean more than just the North American Title; I mean making it all the way up to the Undisputed Championship on Overdrive or the World Heavyweight Championship on Asylum, and I mean holding the belt, whichever I do pursue, over my head in victory night after night for a long, long time. I plan to blow this company out of the water and blow the roof off the place every time I step into the ring. Right now, I’m just a rookie, and while a few fans might recognize me, not everyone will; I intend to change that and make my name known to everyone who ever watches a single APW show in the future and to make my name recognizable for years to come as not only as the new guy on the scene in the company, but as the guy who will be the face of this company, both as a young guy with charisma and as a talented wrestler who can fight with the best of them.
And yet, as a Chinese philosopher once said, “even the longest journey begins where you stand.” If you prefer, you could think of it as the phrase, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” They both mean the same thing, and I stand right now looking at my first match in the APW, realizing that the journey to the top isn’t going to be an easy one, nor a quick one, and I think to myself, “self...” and then I pause, take a deep breath, and continue, “now is the time to make that first stand toward creating a legacy in Action Packed Wrestling. Now is the time to take those first precious steps and begin your journey to the top, and it’s time to make your mark. You only get one chance at a first impression, and this is yours. Don’t screw up, Roy; show that you mean business.” It’s those times when I realize that I’ve got to share the spotlight in my debut match and fight in a tag team match. I don’t want to share the spotlight with anybody, so let that be a lesson to anybody reading this that might have a hand in booking; I’m the star of this show now, and I’m not letting someone else get in my way of glory.
Or rather, that’s what I usually tend to think. I might just as well let the guy I’m teaming with take home the glory in this one because, as far as the way things are set up, I’m teaming up with a guy who might just work well together with me; I’m going to let him have as much of a chance to shine as I’m going to take from this match, because while I know I’m on the road to glory, this might be my partner’s only shot. After all, I’m teaming with some guy who calls himself ‘The Smooth One’ so I’ll let him have his chance. If he wants to make a mark on this company, he’s free to do so as well, but the way things are set up, I’m not going to let my partner’s one chance to shine stop me from making a mark of my own. This match is one for both of us to win, so while I might just as well be the guy who watches from the corner and lets my tag team partner get the win, I could very easily tag myself into the match and crown myself the victor in this match without his help. The reality of that, however, is that it’s not going to happen like that; we’re going to work together, and we’re going to dethrone the duo that’s been a team together for some time in the past. William D. Williams knows his role, and I know mine in this match, and we’re going to show something bigger and better than this company has seen from its Meltdown roster in the past.
So while I might be looking to make a big impact in my debut match, I’m just as content to let my tag team partner do the work and get the win in my debut, and then take my turn showing off next week when I hopefully don’t have to actually team up with anybody to try to share time in a match. Nobody can really showcase their abilities in a tag team match because there’ll be tags and breaks to breathe in between stints in the ring if you’re lucky, and while that actually doesn’t sound too bad, it also shows quite a bit of weakness when it comes to heart, because any fool can stand on the apron and watch his partner dominate; it takes real skill to compete when you don’t have someone to watch your back and save your skin when you screw up. It takes a lot more drive and motivation to compete when you know that you’ve got to do everything for yourself, and that’s where I make my impact is when I don’t have to watch out for some other incompetent oaf or worry about my own partner betraying me and screwing up my match for me when I can’t do a thing to save myself. That being said, if William D. Williams wants to do something stupid, he can, but I’m not going to be responsible for losing this match if my hand isn’t the one that ends up being raised in victory.
On to my opponents, the team known as Comikaze, a team consisting of The Red Crow and Snake Boy, I was going to take a few minutes and talk about how those two are an embarrassment to tag team wrestling, but the mere fact that one of them is dubbed ‘Snake Boy’ is embarrassment enough to not only themselves but to the company in its entirety. I feel sorry for the APW management for having ever signed these two, and I’d be more than happy to assist the owners of this company in ousting them from the company as swiftly as they might or might not have made their entrance. It’s almost disappointing to me that these two will be the first to witness the talent that is ‘The Silver Lining’ Roy Speede in the APW, because as far as I’m aware, this company’s got quite a bit more talent that would be worthy of seeing what I bring to the table. If nothing else, they could’ve put me in a singles match or a triple threat in an attempt to feed another rookie to the dogs, and I’d have walked out the winner over Aubrey J. Parker and Germaine Williams with the North American Title around my waist where it soon will be and where it undoubtedly belongs. Instead, I’m dealing with the likes of Comikaze, and I’m putting up with a tag team match in my debut, and I’ll just have to prove that I don’t belong in a division where I’ll be carrying the brunt of the match on my shoulders and letting some other guy ride the coattails of my success.
So for those of you that have read this far, I’m amused that you’re that interested in what I have to say. For those of you that didn’t, I’m sorry that you’re missing this, because this is the part of the blog where I give credit to the fans, because let’s face it, folks; I wouldn’t be wrestling if it weren’t for the fans. I started out right where most of these fans are, and I’d been watching, dreaming of becoming a wrestler long before it ever happened. Now that I’m here, I have to say one thing and one thing only. I can’t thank each and every one of you fans out there supporting the APW, even if you don’t support me, because it’s you guys that keep this company going; it’s not the guy who put together the matches, book the cards, and write the paychecks that keeps this company going. It’s the fans that make this job worth it, because hearing you all chanting “SILVER LINING!” with the clapping, or “LET’S GO, ROY SPEEDE, LET’S GO!” not only warms my heart and encourages me to do my absolute best to perform for this company and for the fans, but it shows me that you all care about what happens in that ring and that you all believe in the cause of quality entertainment that each and every one of us fights week in and week out for. It’s you guys that makes this business worth going into in the first place and it’s you guys that made me want to be a wrestler in the first place.
It’s not the gold, nor the money, nor the women that makes this job worth it; it’s you guys. Making money to do this job is a dream, and winning a championship is just bonus points. Sure, it’s bonus points that I’ll end up getting while I’m here because I’ve got the motivation to get to that point, but you all are the ones that give me that motivation in the first place, and without someone backing me and cheering me on, there wouldn’t be much of a reason to keep wrestling. It’s an amazing feeling to be here right now, knowing that I’ll be debuting not long from now, and silently praying that I’ll live up to the expectations I’m building up for myself by not only signing a contract with the best company in the world but hyping it via a blog post, and it’s all because I signed with one of the biggest and best wrestling companies in the world, and it’s with this company that I’ll be performing in front of the best fans in the world every time I step into that wrestling ring and every time that bell sounds, and that anything less than scoring the pinfall or submission and having my hand raised in victory afterward is unacceptable to me and to so many of my fans. So yeah, this is like a personal shout-out from me to each and every one of you out there with a Roy Speede tee shirt or a Silver Lining fan club wristband, and this is my promise to each and every one of you out there to my best to be the wrestler that you all want me to be, no matter who I may have to face and no matter who gets in my way of greatness.
I’m getting to the point where I’m about ready to wrap this up, but before I do, I’d like to wish my opponents this week, and forever into the future, the best of luck, because it’s what may be required to defeat me is luck; I’m an amazing wrestler, and I’ve determined that in my own mind completely and confidently, and I don’t anticipate anything less than the utmost success in this company, but it’s you guys who’re going to have to put up with me for the tenure of my contract with APW, and if you happen to be lucky enough, or maybe unlucky enough, to have to face me in a match, it may just wind up being a horrible situation for you, because I’m not going to hold back no matter who my competition is, and I’m going to give it everything I’ve got whether I’m facing Terry Marvin or Sally Talfourd or whoever’s the biggest and best in the company at the time, or if I’m facing a pair of lower-tier competitors desperate just to keep their jobs in the company like I am with Comikaze. Each and every one of you is a competitor, and I’ll say right now that I’m someone who likes to speak whatever’s on my mind, and I’ll go to whatever lengths it takes to get you off your high horse and make you unsure of yourself, whether it be in the match itself or in a promo I’m shooting before the match even begins; consider this your warning that I’m going to go as hard as it takes to win any match I’m a part of, and that nothing that happens to you in or out of that ring at my hands is anything more than simply business unless you give me a reason to make it more than just business. I’m dedicated to this company, and I’m not going to get myself fired for injuring my opponents, but I will do whatever it takes to win a match and to keep my pride intact, so if that means hurting you to do so, I will. As for when that’ll happen... Soon. I’m going to accomplish my goals, and soon. until then, just five words remain... CAN... YOU... HEAR... ME... NOW!?!
OOC: Sorry if this is a bit over by the boards WC- Microsoft Word said 3000, so I went with it.
So I finally made it to the big leagues, and I’m getting to make my debut, and I couldn’t be more excited. What makes it even better, in fact, is that I get to be in a tag team match when I first step into that ring... Oh, how I wish I could say that. I’m not going to follow in anyone’s footsteps or let myself ride to glory in anyone’s shadows, and that’s exactly what’ll happen if I let myself get wrapped up in the tag division again. I’ve been down that road before, and while I’m going to make the first big impact of my career in APW’s tag division, it’s anything but what I really plan on being for the duration here; I’m not the guy who rides the coattails of another’s success. I’m the guy who makes that success a reality, and I’m the guy who steps up to the playing field and accomplishes what I want, and I’m not letting a fault in the booking and decision-making of the Meltdown management stop my debut from being as spectacular as the following I’ve accumulated is expecting it to be. This is the time for THE SILVER LINING to step up and become the phenomenon in the wrestling world that hasn’t been seen before, and nobody will stand in my way. There isn’t going to be anyone who shows me up on Meltdown, and when I get off the rookie show to compete somewhere more worth my time, there will not be a single soul that could stop me there from achieving the greatness that everyone knows is within me.
So what, right? So what? A nineteen year old kid is stepping into the wrestling realm and talking big about himself, expecting that everyone else is going to bow down and worship him as a God. That’s not going to happen, and I know for a fact that it won’t. Everyone sees me as just another rookie who won’t last a month in Action Packed Wrestling because I’m too inexperienced and APW is the home for only the best of the best. They think I’m going to be just another one-hit wonder and that I’ll end up leaving the company when I realize that I just can’t cut it, and that everyone and their brother is a better wrestler than me in Action Packed Wrestling. They think I’m going to just disappear off the face of the earth after my ass is handed to me week after week like Shane Borderland. They think I’m going to find out first-hand just what it’s like to be defeated and sent packing again and again, and that I’m just as piss poor a wrestler as any other guy or girl who walks in here thinking he or she is hot shit and that I’m going to lose in my debut, cry, and run home screaming like a little girl begging for my mother to save me from the big bad guys in tights.
Oh, how that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m not like the others that walk in here; I’m here to stay, and now that I’ve shown my face in the APW, I don’t plan on disappearing any time soon, and while I’m here, I have anticipated a much better performance than any of those guys could even imagine. So while there are guys like Terry Marvin and Kurt Noble here who’ve made themselves famous and put on a good show week after week for this company for longer than I’ve even been a professional wrestler and have shown themselves to be the best this company has to offer week after week, month after month, and match after grueling match, it’s time for there to be a new era in this company, an era that highlights someone who doesn’t just stop in his tracks when staring down an opponent he’s not sure he can find a way to beat. It’s time for an era of wrestling that showcases the one and only Roy Speede, and this company might not be ready to be taken by storm and shown the reality of what can be learned outside the confines of APW and how that can translate to success when that ability is brought inside the company and put to work in a match against the best the company can offer us.
Think about it; it’s time for someone who wasn’t born and raised and trained in the APW to show the company just what it’s like to have true talent that isn’t taught right here. This company’s so used to technical wrestlers it seems, and a high-flyer like me isn’t the typical success around here; that much is about to change, because once I climb into the ring through those ropes, I’m going to show the executives running this company what a real wrestler can accomplish when his mind is set to it. It’s time for someone new to climb the rankings of this company; I mean more than just the North American Title; I mean making it all the way up to the Undisputed Championship on Overdrive or the World Heavyweight Championship on Asylum, and I mean holding the belt, whichever I do pursue, over my head in victory night after night for a long, long time. I plan to blow this company out of the water and blow the roof off the place every time I step into the ring. Right now, I’m just a rookie, and while a few fans might recognize me, not everyone will; I intend to change that and make my name known to everyone who ever watches a single APW show in the future and to make my name recognizable for years to come as not only as the new guy on the scene in the company, but as the guy who will be the face of this company, both as a young guy with charisma and as a talented wrestler who can fight with the best of them.
And yet, as a Chinese philosopher once said, “even the longest journey begins where you stand.” If you prefer, you could think of it as the phrase, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” They both mean the same thing, and I stand right now looking at my first match in the APW, realizing that the journey to the top isn’t going to be an easy one, nor a quick one, and I think to myself, “self...” and then I pause, take a deep breath, and continue, “now is the time to make that first stand toward creating a legacy in Action Packed Wrestling. Now is the time to take those first precious steps and begin your journey to the top, and it’s time to make your mark. You only get one chance at a first impression, and this is yours. Don’t screw up, Roy; show that you mean business.” It’s those times when I realize that I’ve got to share the spotlight in my debut match and fight in a tag team match. I don’t want to share the spotlight with anybody, so let that be a lesson to anybody reading this that might have a hand in booking; I’m the star of this show now, and I’m not letting someone else get in my way of glory.
Or rather, that’s what I usually tend to think. I might just as well let the guy I’m teaming with take home the glory in this one because, as far as the way things are set up, I’m teaming up with a guy who might just work well together with me; I’m going to let him have as much of a chance to shine as I’m going to take from this match, because while I know I’m on the road to glory, this might be my partner’s only shot. After all, I’m teaming with some guy who calls himself ‘The Smooth One’ so I’ll let him have his chance. If he wants to make a mark on this company, he’s free to do so as well, but the way things are set up, I’m not going to let my partner’s one chance to shine stop me from making a mark of my own. This match is one for both of us to win, so while I might just as well be the guy who watches from the corner and lets my tag team partner get the win, I could very easily tag myself into the match and crown myself the victor in this match without his help. The reality of that, however, is that it’s not going to happen like that; we’re going to work together, and we’re going to dethrone the duo that’s been a team together for some time in the past. William D. Williams knows his role, and I know mine in this match, and we’re going to show something bigger and better than this company has seen from its Meltdown roster in the past.
So while I might be looking to make a big impact in my debut match, I’m just as content to let my tag team partner do the work and get the win in my debut, and then take my turn showing off next week when I hopefully don’t have to actually team up with anybody to try to share time in a match. Nobody can really showcase their abilities in a tag team match because there’ll be tags and breaks to breathe in between stints in the ring if you’re lucky, and while that actually doesn’t sound too bad, it also shows quite a bit of weakness when it comes to heart, because any fool can stand on the apron and watch his partner dominate; it takes real skill to compete when you don’t have someone to watch your back and save your skin when you screw up. It takes a lot more drive and motivation to compete when you know that you’ve got to do everything for yourself, and that’s where I make my impact is when I don’t have to watch out for some other incompetent oaf or worry about my own partner betraying me and screwing up my match for me when I can’t do a thing to save myself. That being said, if William D. Williams wants to do something stupid, he can, but I’m not going to be responsible for losing this match if my hand isn’t the one that ends up being raised in victory.
On to my opponents, the team known as Comikaze, a team consisting of The Red Crow and Snake Boy, I was going to take a few minutes and talk about how those two are an embarrassment to tag team wrestling, but the mere fact that one of them is dubbed ‘Snake Boy’ is embarrassment enough to not only themselves but to the company in its entirety. I feel sorry for the APW management for having ever signed these two, and I’d be more than happy to assist the owners of this company in ousting them from the company as swiftly as they might or might not have made their entrance. It’s almost disappointing to me that these two will be the first to witness the talent that is ‘The Silver Lining’ Roy Speede in the APW, because as far as I’m aware, this company’s got quite a bit more talent that would be worthy of seeing what I bring to the table. If nothing else, they could’ve put me in a singles match or a triple threat in an attempt to feed another rookie to the dogs, and I’d have walked out the winner over Aubrey J. Parker and Germaine Williams with the North American Title around my waist where it soon will be and where it undoubtedly belongs. Instead, I’m dealing with the likes of Comikaze, and I’m putting up with a tag team match in my debut, and I’ll just have to prove that I don’t belong in a division where I’ll be carrying the brunt of the match on my shoulders and letting some other guy ride the coattails of my success.
So for those of you that have read this far, I’m amused that you’re that interested in what I have to say. For those of you that didn’t, I’m sorry that you’re missing this, because this is the part of the blog where I give credit to the fans, because let’s face it, folks; I wouldn’t be wrestling if it weren’t for the fans. I started out right where most of these fans are, and I’d been watching, dreaming of becoming a wrestler long before it ever happened. Now that I’m here, I have to say one thing and one thing only. I can’t thank each and every one of you fans out there supporting the APW, even if you don’t support me, because it’s you guys that keep this company going; it’s not the guy who put together the matches, book the cards, and write the paychecks that keeps this company going. It’s the fans that make this job worth it, because hearing you all chanting “SILVER LINING!” with the clapping, or “LET’S GO, ROY SPEEDE, LET’S GO!” not only warms my heart and encourages me to do my absolute best to perform for this company and for the fans, but it shows me that you all care about what happens in that ring and that you all believe in the cause of quality entertainment that each and every one of us fights week in and week out for. It’s you guys that makes this business worth going into in the first place and it’s you guys that made me want to be a wrestler in the first place.
It’s not the gold, nor the money, nor the women that makes this job worth it; it’s you guys. Making money to do this job is a dream, and winning a championship is just bonus points. Sure, it’s bonus points that I’ll end up getting while I’m here because I’ve got the motivation to get to that point, but you all are the ones that give me that motivation in the first place, and without someone backing me and cheering me on, there wouldn’t be much of a reason to keep wrestling. It’s an amazing feeling to be here right now, knowing that I’ll be debuting not long from now, and silently praying that I’ll live up to the expectations I’m building up for myself by not only signing a contract with the best company in the world but hyping it via a blog post, and it’s all because I signed with one of the biggest and best wrestling companies in the world, and it’s with this company that I’ll be performing in front of the best fans in the world every time I step into that wrestling ring and every time that bell sounds, and that anything less than scoring the pinfall or submission and having my hand raised in victory afterward is unacceptable to me and to so many of my fans. So yeah, this is like a personal shout-out from me to each and every one of you out there with a Roy Speede tee shirt or a Silver Lining fan club wristband, and this is my promise to each and every one of you out there to my best to be the wrestler that you all want me to be, no matter who I may have to face and no matter who gets in my way of greatness.
I’m getting to the point where I’m about ready to wrap this up, but before I do, I’d like to wish my opponents this week, and forever into the future, the best of luck, because it’s what may be required to defeat me is luck; I’m an amazing wrestler, and I’ve determined that in my own mind completely and confidently, and I don’t anticipate anything less than the utmost success in this company, but it’s you guys who’re going to have to put up with me for the tenure of my contract with APW, and if you happen to be lucky enough, or maybe unlucky enough, to have to face me in a match, it may just wind up being a horrible situation for you, because I’m not going to hold back no matter who my competition is, and I’m going to give it everything I’ve got whether I’m facing Terry Marvin or Sally Talfourd or whoever’s the biggest and best in the company at the time, or if I’m facing a pair of lower-tier competitors desperate just to keep their jobs in the company like I am with Comikaze. Each and every one of you is a competitor, and I’ll say right now that I’m someone who likes to speak whatever’s on my mind, and I’ll go to whatever lengths it takes to get you off your high horse and make you unsure of yourself, whether it be in the match itself or in a promo I’m shooting before the match even begins; consider this your warning that I’m going to go as hard as it takes to win any match I’m a part of, and that nothing that happens to you in or out of that ring at my hands is anything more than simply business unless you give me a reason to make it more than just business. I’m dedicated to this company, and I’m not going to get myself fired for injuring my opponents, but I will do whatever it takes to win a match and to keep my pride intact, so if that means hurting you to do so, I will. As for when that’ll happen... Soon. I’m going to accomplish my goals, and soon. until then, just five words remain... CAN... YOU... HEAR... ME... NOW!?!
OOC: Sorry if this is a bit over by the boards WC- Microsoft Word said 3000, so I went with it.
