Post by The Soul Of Philly on Dec 22, 2012 13:44:08 GMT -4
Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:47 AM
We open the scene in the living room of “The Soul of Philly” TJ’s house. The lights are out, the only thing illuminating the room is the TV screen in front of TJ. He sit in front of the TV, watching Yarmouth facing William D Williams Jr.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ New guy loves his wrestling, you can see it. If makes it to the end, he’s gonna be tired and that Smoothed Out isn’t going to be as tight as it probably should. I should be able to power out of it.
He turns to the camera.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Hey, just finishing up my scouting of Williams. Really, I only spent time watching him and Keaton, I already know what I’m getting from Jules and Yarmouth. I watched what I could of Keaton the last two days, there was a lot of stuff, but I think I got a grasp of what I’m gonna get. It’s hard, being me, not in a braggadocios way, in the fact that guys like me, there’s not exactly a lot of them around so I don’t get a full understanding of what I’m gonna get thrown until it’s thrown, and I love it. You see, Julius can watch Keaton face off against another submissions expert and expect what’s coming and the same for everyone else, but me, I have to watch Yarmouth and figure I’m getting an advanced format of that gameplan. Speaking of Yarmouth…
TJ reaches for a piece of paper on the coffee table and shows it to the camera, it reads:
LOST
YARMOUTH
Our dear Yarmouth has gone missing sometime after December 9th, we have been unable to find him. If you find him, please bring him to Madison Square Garden by December 23rd.
Thank You, Action Packed Wrestling Management.
TJ throws the paper to the side.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I was sent that about a week ago. I’d like to think that Yarmouth is keeping quiet to focus solely on this match because every time he seems to talk, it’s about something else, about someone else. I find it disrespectful to speak to your opponent about someone else. I take it as disrespect, because you don’t view me as a threat, so I make you pay. I made you pay already Yarmouth, your mouth wrote a check that you got your ass bounced not once, but twice. I’m happy you learned from your mistakes, but come on fella, where’s that fire? Where’s the desire? Huh? Where is it? See, because you need that fire to even survive Julius when you two start the gauntlet. You need that desire to say “no” to giving up. Without it, you’ve tapped out before the match started. And that’s just to start the match, if you somehow find your way past Julius, you’re gonna need that fire, that desire, that passion to make it past Williams, past Keaton, past me. I don’t think you do have it fella.
He turns off the TV and gets up and turns on a light.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ That’s better. I think when it comes to the Tap Out gauntlet match, I think Yarmouth is his own worst enemy. I honestly believe that he may find himself far and away over his head while at the same time in his own head. The whole thing between he and Stefan, it’s gotten to him and he can’t separate that and the chance he has. See, this is my third chance at the Tap Out title, whether some feel I didn’t earn it or not, it’s here and not a damn thing is gonna change that, but I’m not taking it for granted. This may be my last title chance in APW ever, some would love that, but that’s why this is one is just as urgent, just as special as the first one and the second one. Yarmouth, I don’t think he’s getting that. He doesn’t understand that this maybe his only shot at this. Yarmouth has the body that a lot of people want: big and strong, but the guy has the brain everyone doesn’t want. He’s got too many thing floating around in that brain to see what he has in front of him. A shame.
TJ shakes his head.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Yarmouth stands over there, on that side of the spectrum, but on the other side we have William D. Williams Jr., a man who recognizes that this kind of chance doesn’t come around often. Thrown to wolves as soon as he stepped onto Asylum and so far, he’s handling himself well, but he’s about to find himself in front the alpha male of the wolves. See, he wanted to give everyone he’s facing something for Christmas, cute stuff, he was gonna get Yarmouth laid, Julius the trophy wife treatment: cosmetic surgery and new clothes, Saint, well, he got a fatherly talking from The Smooth One. But my favorite gift was mine, a backbone.
He starts a low chuckle that ends up being a burst of laughter
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I know I said he had a lot on his plate earlier in the week, but good lord. Clearly, you did some work, but not enough. Let me introduce myself. I’m “The Soul of Philly” TJ. I don’t give up; I never have given up despite countless times when I should have given up. See, you should have saved that back bone for yourself if you got to me. See because now I’m going to break you for countless reasons starting with calling out my city. That’s a no-no especially from a Redskins fan. Sorry, one year being semi-relevant doesn’t give you room too talk. Congrats you guys have RG3! OH MY GOD! Hey, look at Mike Vick because that’s exactly how RG3 is gonna end up, playing too reckless for his own good. See, much like he doesn’t know where to step out of bounds and avoid a painful hit, you don’t know where to step and avoid a beatdown. And true, he gets up, but eventually all those hits gonna add up and he’s gonna give up sooner than he thought, just like you.
He stops, chuckles again and sits down on the couch.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Then there was this insinuation that I would make sure that Keaton made it to me. Uh-uh. Nope, see, I don’t care who makes it to me. See while all four of you are beating the shit out of each other to make it to me, I’ll be watching, resting, preparing to unleash it all on someone who will not be physically ready for it. Would I like it to come down to me and Saint, make sure a pillar has the title? Not really, unless that’s what the fans want. But the fact that you think I would help him out because he a Pillar? Pillars hold their own; they don’t get help from other pillars. If they can’t they break. I trust in Saint and that he can get it done. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna help him get it done and it sure as hell doesn’t mean I’m laying down for him. I don’t lay down for no one. That’s not how I was raised to do it. See, Washington may be filled with a bunch of roll overs. A bunch of people that will let people step all over them as long as the cling like shit on the shoe, but not Philly. If you want to get past me, you gotta go through us. See, I can’t speak for the Eagles, but I’m letting you know that someone from Philly is winning Sunday.
He goes into the kitchen and grabs a Yuengling.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ And then speaking of Saint, my teammate. You know, I know he wants to prove everyone wrong. I know he wants to start fresh and he wants to do what he couldn’t do on Overdrive, finish and make the most of the chances present, but, it’s starting to look like the same Saint from Overdrive came to Asylum, which isn’t exactly bad for Asylum, but for himself, it is. He is capable of taking over Asylum and go on a run of historic proportions, one for the ages, not just in APW but in wrestling history, yet, he doesn’t. I know Keaton is going to show up, he’s a Pillar of Asylum, he and I both know what this match could do for Asylum. On the last show of APW in 2012, we could steal the show, two pillars, duking it out for the fans, for the title, and no venom between us, just pride. That’s what wrestling is about, when you have two guys who just go out there and put on the match of a lifetime not because they hate each other, not because there is money involved, but because they want to, because they love wrestling. Anything else added helps.
He sits back down, looking at the TV.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ We’re Pillars together. I think people keep thinking we’re doing this for ourselves, and I guess the possibility of all the titles on Asylum being held by a Pillar, that probably doesn’t hurt. But I’m doing this for two reasons. The first, I’ve already said, but its for the guys who are in the companies that “don’t matter” doing things that “won’t count” when they get to “the big leagues”. I’ve been wrestling for about eight years, been in a lot of companies, had a lot of success, but according to some, it didn’t matter. So it was thrown to the side and a stigma put on me that I was still working my way up the ranks. I joined Sally, Saint, and Strike as the fourth Pillar because I want to show those guys that are in the same place as I was once, that other people’s opinions don’t mean shit. I want to be the pillar for their showcase so that they can shut the doubters up. The other reason I signed up as a pillar was because I hear the fans and their wishes for Asylum and I agreed and I felt that as a Pillar, I could give the people what they want.
He chugs the beer, finishing most of it.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ And that starts at Christmas Chaos where I end Julius’ title reign. I’ve failed twice, fair or not, to take the title off of him, and this, I see, as my last chance. The fans, for the last six months have asked for someone, ANYONE, to take the title off of him. To beat him and shut him and his Quintessentially English Empire down. I stepped up when no one else would. Since then it’s been a war that channels the eighteenth century. This will be our Battle of Yorktown, at least it will be if he can make it past everyone else. Julius, he’s got the talent to do that, to run the gauntlet to me. I don’t know if he has what it takes to do that and beat me. He thinks he does, but again, he thought he’d get me to say “I quit” and I haven’t.
He finishes what left of the beer he has and puts the bottle on the floo.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ See, he also thinks that he is worthy of a World title shot, which I would agree with but there’s this little part of me that keeps reminding me in consecutive weeks, he lost to former World Heavyweight Champion Jason Kash and the current champ Sally Talfourd. I spoke about making the most of the chances you are given, and Julius, you haven’t. You’ve lost, twice, in a row, to World championship material. You sit there and bitch and moan about unfair treatment, how you’ve had to do this and that and yet you haven’t been rewarded. I remember there was a guy who had to beat you to get a title shot, and he did. That was me. The funny part was a week before someone had to face three other people for a title shot, and he failed. That was you. See, no one is handed anything. You are given that which you have earned. I have been given another chance. You were given a chance to show that you could stand with Sally, Jason Kash and Michael Callahan in the summer, and you failed. You were given a second chance, alone against Sally and you failed. You were then given a third chance and you failed.
He snorts and smiles
So what does that say about you? Well, it says you’re not elite. But you’ve held your title for six months, that’s something elite people do. So all together, what does that say? It says you’re good enough, but not good enough. Seeing how I’ve been the majority of the reason you still have that title, says you’re good enough to escape from me with your title. No more.
He stands up and looks into the camera.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ When that fourth and final bell rings, starting the final part of the gauntlet, I don’t care if you’re Julius, Saint, William, or Yarmouth, I’m making the most of my chance to win. My chance to capture the Tap Out Title after six months of chasing it. It’s my chance to put down the other man. My chance to show what greatness in its truest form looks like. My chance for your nightmares in their physical form to be revealed. My chance to have “THE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLL OF PHILLY” end 2012 as a champion
He pauses.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I mean, the apocalypse couldn’t even stop it from happening, how are you?
TJ walks to the wall and turns off the lights as he makes his way up the stairs. The scene fades as the glow of the TV finally goes away.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ New guy loves his wrestling, you can see it. If makes it to the end, he’s gonna be tired and that Smoothed Out isn’t going to be as tight as it probably should. I should be able to power out of it.
He turns to the camera.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Hey, just finishing up my scouting of Williams. Really, I only spent time watching him and Keaton, I already know what I’m getting from Jules and Yarmouth. I watched what I could of Keaton the last two days, there was a lot of stuff, but I think I got a grasp of what I’m gonna get. It’s hard, being me, not in a braggadocios way, in the fact that guys like me, there’s not exactly a lot of them around so I don’t get a full understanding of what I’m gonna get thrown until it’s thrown, and I love it. You see, Julius can watch Keaton face off against another submissions expert and expect what’s coming and the same for everyone else, but me, I have to watch Yarmouth and figure I’m getting an advanced format of that gameplan. Speaking of Yarmouth…
TJ reaches for a piece of paper on the coffee table and shows it to the camera, it reads:
LOST
YARMOUTH
Our dear Yarmouth has gone missing sometime after December 9th, we have been unable to find him. If you find him, please bring him to Madison Square Garden by December 23rd.
Thank You, Action Packed Wrestling Management.
TJ throws the paper to the side.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I was sent that about a week ago. I’d like to think that Yarmouth is keeping quiet to focus solely on this match because every time he seems to talk, it’s about something else, about someone else. I find it disrespectful to speak to your opponent about someone else. I take it as disrespect, because you don’t view me as a threat, so I make you pay. I made you pay already Yarmouth, your mouth wrote a check that you got your ass bounced not once, but twice. I’m happy you learned from your mistakes, but come on fella, where’s that fire? Where’s the desire? Huh? Where is it? See, because you need that fire to even survive Julius when you two start the gauntlet. You need that desire to say “no” to giving up. Without it, you’ve tapped out before the match started. And that’s just to start the match, if you somehow find your way past Julius, you’re gonna need that fire, that desire, that passion to make it past Williams, past Keaton, past me. I don’t think you do have it fella.
He turns off the TV and gets up and turns on a light.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ That’s better. I think when it comes to the Tap Out gauntlet match, I think Yarmouth is his own worst enemy. I honestly believe that he may find himself far and away over his head while at the same time in his own head. The whole thing between he and Stefan, it’s gotten to him and he can’t separate that and the chance he has. See, this is my third chance at the Tap Out title, whether some feel I didn’t earn it or not, it’s here and not a damn thing is gonna change that, but I’m not taking it for granted. This may be my last title chance in APW ever, some would love that, but that’s why this is one is just as urgent, just as special as the first one and the second one. Yarmouth, I don’t think he’s getting that. He doesn’t understand that this maybe his only shot at this. Yarmouth has the body that a lot of people want: big and strong, but the guy has the brain everyone doesn’t want. He’s got too many thing floating around in that brain to see what he has in front of him. A shame.
TJ shakes his head.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Yarmouth stands over there, on that side of the spectrum, but on the other side we have William D. Williams Jr., a man who recognizes that this kind of chance doesn’t come around often. Thrown to wolves as soon as he stepped onto Asylum and so far, he’s handling himself well, but he’s about to find himself in front the alpha male of the wolves. See, he wanted to give everyone he’s facing something for Christmas, cute stuff, he was gonna get Yarmouth laid, Julius the trophy wife treatment: cosmetic surgery and new clothes, Saint, well, he got a fatherly talking from The Smooth One. But my favorite gift was mine, a backbone.
He starts a low chuckle that ends up being a burst of laughter
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I know I said he had a lot on his plate earlier in the week, but good lord. Clearly, you did some work, but not enough. Let me introduce myself. I’m “The Soul of Philly” TJ. I don’t give up; I never have given up despite countless times when I should have given up. See, you should have saved that back bone for yourself if you got to me. See because now I’m going to break you for countless reasons starting with calling out my city. That’s a no-no especially from a Redskins fan. Sorry, one year being semi-relevant doesn’t give you room too talk. Congrats you guys have RG3! OH MY GOD! Hey, look at Mike Vick because that’s exactly how RG3 is gonna end up, playing too reckless for his own good. See, much like he doesn’t know where to step out of bounds and avoid a painful hit, you don’t know where to step and avoid a beatdown. And true, he gets up, but eventually all those hits gonna add up and he’s gonna give up sooner than he thought, just like you.
He stops, chuckles again and sits down on the couch.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ Then there was this insinuation that I would make sure that Keaton made it to me. Uh-uh. Nope, see, I don’t care who makes it to me. See while all four of you are beating the shit out of each other to make it to me, I’ll be watching, resting, preparing to unleash it all on someone who will not be physically ready for it. Would I like it to come down to me and Saint, make sure a pillar has the title? Not really, unless that’s what the fans want. But the fact that you think I would help him out because he a Pillar? Pillars hold their own; they don’t get help from other pillars. If they can’t they break. I trust in Saint and that he can get it done. But that doesn’t mean I’m gonna help him get it done and it sure as hell doesn’t mean I’m laying down for him. I don’t lay down for no one. That’s not how I was raised to do it. See, Washington may be filled with a bunch of roll overs. A bunch of people that will let people step all over them as long as the cling like shit on the shoe, but not Philly. If you want to get past me, you gotta go through us. See, I can’t speak for the Eagles, but I’m letting you know that someone from Philly is winning Sunday.
He goes into the kitchen and grabs a Yuengling.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ And then speaking of Saint, my teammate. You know, I know he wants to prove everyone wrong. I know he wants to start fresh and he wants to do what he couldn’t do on Overdrive, finish and make the most of the chances present, but, it’s starting to look like the same Saint from Overdrive came to Asylum, which isn’t exactly bad for Asylum, but for himself, it is. He is capable of taking over Asylum and go on a run of historic proportions, one for the ages, not just in APW but in wrestling history, yet, he doesn’t. I know Keaton is going to show up, he’s a Pillar of Asylum, he and I both know what this match could do for Asylum. On the last show of APW in 2012, we could steal the show, two pillars, duking it out for the fans, for the title, and no venom between us, just pride. That’s what wrestling is about, when you have two guys who just go out there and put on the match of a lifetime not because they hate each other, not because there is money involved, but because they want to, because they love wrestling. Anything else added helps.
He sits back down, looking at the TV.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ We’re Pillars together. I think people keep thinking we’re doing this for ourselves, and I guess the possibility of all the titles on Asylum being held by a Pillar, that probably doesn’t hurt. But I’m doing this for two reasons. The first, I’ve already said, but its for the guys who are in the companies that “don’t matter” doing things that “won’t count” when they get to “the big leagues”. I’ve been wrestling for about eight years, been in a lot of companies, had a lot of success, but according to some, it didn’t matter. So it was thrown to the side and a stigma put on me that I was still working my way up the ranks. I joined Sally, Saint, and Strike as the fourth Pillar because I want to show those guys that are in the same place as I was once, that other people’s opinions don’t mean shit. I want to be the pillar for their showcase so that they can shut the doubters up. The other reason I signed up as a pillar was because I hear the fans and their wishes for Asylum and I agreed and I felt that as a Pillar, I could give the people what they want.
He chugs the beer, finishing most of it.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ And that starts at Christmas Chaos where I end Julius’ title reign. I’ve failed twice, fair or not, to take the title off of him, and this, I see, as my last chance. The fans, for the last six months have asked for someone, ANYONE, to take the title off of him. To beat him and shut him and his Quintessentially English Empire down. I stepped up when no one else would. Since then it’s been a war that channels the eighteenth century. This will be our Battle of Yorktown, at least it will be if he can make it past everyone else. Julius, he’s got the talent to do that, to run the gauntlet to me. I don’t know if he has what it takes to do that and beat me. He thinks he does, but again, he thought he’d get me to say “I quit” and I haven’t.
He finishes what left of the beer he has and puts the bottle on the floo.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ See, he also thinks that he is worthy of a World title shot, which I would agree with but there’s this little part of me that keeps reminding me in consecutive weeks, he lost to former World Heavyweight Champion Jason Kash and the current champ Sally Talfourd. I spoke about making the most of the chances you are given, and Julius, you haven’t. You’ve lost, twice, in a row, to World championship material. You sit there and bitch and moan about unfair treatment, how you’ve had to do this and that and yet you haven’t been rewarded. I remember there was a guy who had to beat you to get a title shot, and he did. That was me. The funny part was a week before someone had to face three other people for a title shot, and he failed. That was you. See, no one is handed anything. You are given that which you have earned. I have been given another chance. You were given a chance to show that you could stand with Sally, Jason Kash and Michael Callahan in the summer, and you failed. You were given a second chance, alone against Sally and you failed. You were then given a third chance and you failed.
He snorts and smiles
So what does that say about you? Well, it says you’re not elite. But you’ve held your title for six months, that’s something elite people do. So all together, what does that say? It says you’re good enough, but not good enough. Seeing how I’ve been the majority of the reason you still have that title, says you’re good enough to escape from me with your title. No more.
He stands up and looks into the camera.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ When that fourth and final bell rings, starting the final part of the gauntlet, I don’t care if you’re Julius, Saint, William, or Yarmouth, I’m making the most of my chance to win. My chance to capture the Tap Out Title after six months of chasing it. It’s my chance to put down the other man. My chance to show what greatness in its truest form looks like. My chance for your nightmares in their physical form to be revealed. My chance to have “THE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLL OF PHILLY” end 2012 as a champion
He pauses.
The.Soul.Of.Philly TJ I mean, the apocalypse couldn’t even stop it from happening, how are you?
TJ walks to the wall and turns off the lights as he makes his way up the stairs. The scene fades as the glow of the TV finally goes away.
