Post by Cid Phoenix 2013 on Feb 16, 2013 13:27:15 GMT -4
Cameras fade in commercial break on an APW House Show Live from Union City, New Jersey - as all of the matches featuring future up and comers have already happened.. The show is just about over and the crowd has begun to finally wind down from tonight's action, when suddenly..
Darkness.
WEST: Uh-Oh, partner!
HARRIS: I have a sneaky suspicion I think I may know who this is!
Suddenly, Aiden's "Die, Die, Die My Darling" echoes hauntingly over the loudspeakers, as the ActionTron springs to life with the shaky animated word, 'Die' flashed across the Tron Screen...
HARRIS: Here comes the man who took out Hano Eiyu just this past week on Meltdown!
WEST: He most certainly did! And in just a few days he faces off against the title-hungry Kevin Dahlia!
As the music hits a thunderous crescendo, Cid Phoenix appears from behind the curtains, dressed in a white t-shirt, blue jeans, cowboys boots and a velvet jacket. He gives a friendly wave, and saunters down the aisle. He doesn't exchanges high fives with fans as usual, preferring to cut out any and all pleasantries, as he climbs up the ring steps to step through the ring ropes to stand in the center of the ring. He walks over and grabs a microphone from a stagehand at ringside. He then paces circles around the ring, giving a brief fist pump as the crowd starts a "CID" chant..
PHOENIX: Hello APW Fans and Faithful! Rumour has it that my opponent this week has certain grievances about having to face me once again. Two weeks ago, Kevin Dahlia handed me a loss, only to find himself falling a bit short of the mark last week in his tag match with the big Scotsman, Evan MacDonald. What's worse, is that he's been running around with some glad-handed stooge named Chase Washington, who's been trying his damn best to make his client out to be some big noise on the Meltdown Roster!
HARRIS: Glad handed stooge?!? That's slander!!!
WEST: Maybe it is slander, but I for one think that he may be right about Chase Washington's character!
PHOENIX: Please don't get me wrong, Kevin. I respect you for what you bring to this very ring week in and week out. You are a talented athlete & I give you much credit where credit's due, but quite frankly my friend...
Phoenix pauses as he looks around the arena, before approaching one of the cameraman, to stare right into the camera's lens.
PHOENIX: ...there is nothing on God's green Earth that is gonna save your ass from the torture that I have planned for you this week! I am completely focused on nothing more than dismantling you and introducing you this week to the all too-familiar agony of defeat. After all, Kevin, you should remember the agony of defeat very well. Because you suffered it last week, when you dropped the ball in your tag match last week!
Phoenix walks around the ring, chuckling to himself as he shakes his head.
PHOENIX: Oh, and Dollyparts - I heard what you had to say about Warren's shot at the North American Championship, and that snide remark about you made about my "cancer no longer being in remission" - and by the way, that's a cute little nickname you got for yourself, "The New Cancer" is it? Well, Mr. New Cancer, allow me to introduce myself. I'm the surgeon that's going to cut you down to size and bring you to the harsh reality that is your defeat. That's right, Dolly - I'm going to work you over like I'm putting in overtime, and there is absolutely nothing that you can do to stop me. Therefore it is best that you get enough rest and have as many sweet dreams as you can, because your nightmare begins this wek on Meltdown!
The crowd now starts a "Dollyparts" chant, as Cid looks up in surprise and laughs at this.
HARRIS: How disrespectful! Kevin Dahlia is a world class athlete!
WEST: Cid seems to be having fun here at our APW House Show on this night!
HARRIS: But does he have to do it at Kevin Dahlia's expense?
PHOENIX: Kevin, I want to take the time to share something I realized last week when I ended Hano Eiyu once and for all! Now this might sound a bit off-kilter from the topic of our match this week on Meltdown, but I feel the need to share and that's what I'm going to do right now. Now, what many of you, and of course yourself, Kevin don't know about me, is that my birthday falls on the seventh of December. Now I know that my birthday is irrelevant - especially since we're in late February, heading into March. However, there is something quite close to history there. You see, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December in 1941, it's said that they underestimated the United States as a great power in the world. The resulting chaos from that fateful attack upon us, would "awaken the sleeping giant" as our country was referred to, after our retaliation of course. Ironically, Kevin, that is exactly what has happened with me. Ironically enough, it was Hano Eiyu - a Japanese wrestler who awakened the sleeping American giant in me. History repeats itself in this case, no matter how small the similarities, and I will prove myself to be a giant when I go on a submission spree and climb my way up to Championship contendership status!.
The crowd gives cheer for Phoenix, who ignores it and moves right along.
HARRIS: Submission Spree?
WEST (chuckles): The man has his own play on words!
PHOENIX: Yes, I have been awakened. I have been awakened to see that I, myself am to blame for my run of bad luck in recent years. I alone was the saboteur of my success, and I did not realize it until Hano Eiyu made me see the light. When I pretty much ended his career last week, leaving him stretched out and broken in the ring, it dawned upon me that I was going to move mountains. I began to see that I've become something more than I have ever been! No more do I care about past accomplishments or even past transgressions. I am no longer a former great who has lost his way, Kevin. I am now the future of Meltdown! I am Meltdown's future champion, who will rise above any and all challenges and march on - en route to glory and gold. I am the sharpest blade in the APW, and I will cut a path towards legendary status, leaving a pile of broken bodies in my wake. My materialized with Hano Eiyu, but it begins with you, Dahlia. You will be the first sacrificial lamb that will be slaughtered before an audience of screaming fools!
A chuckle emanates from the man's lips, as we see him start to convulse with laughter. He mimes the act of dancing with a partner, twirling around like some love-sick school boy. The crowd lets him know that they are not amused..
HARRIS: What the heck's up with these people and Cid Phoenix, they love him one minute and hate him the next!
WEST: He certainly knows how to keep them on their toes!
Phoenix rolls his eyes at the crowd and licks his lips in arrogance, before closing his barbed rant with one last message.
PHOENIX: Oh, Kevin.. My poor, dear sacrificial gopher. I hope you realize that you are truly a special, intricate piece to the puzzle that is my future. Therefore, I hold you near and dear to my heart and I promise that I will whisper my thanks to you as you fade off into unconsciousness.
Phoenix tosses the microphone over his shoulder. It falls in the middle of the ring with an audible static sound, as his music starts and Phoenix climbs through the ropes out of the ring. The mixed reaction from the crowd is now one of clear negativity, as he mockingly bows towards the fans on his way up the rampway, before posing with his arms raised in victory. He then shakes his head as he disappears behind the curtains.
WEST: Cid Phoenix is skirting a fine line here in New Jersey with the fans!
HARRIS: Well, I don't blame him, West! This place is a dump!
WEST: That's all the time we have for you tonight, folks! See you on Meltdown!!!
Cameras fade, as a flaming APW Logo looms over footage of the capacity crowd in attendance.
Darkness.
WEST: Uh-Oh, partner!
HARRIS: I have a sneaky suspicion I think I may know who this is!
Suddenly, Aiden's "Die, Die, Die My Darling" echoes hauntingly over the loudspeakers, as the ActionTron springs to life with the shaky animated word, 'Die' flashed across the Tron Screen...
HARRIS: Here comes the man who took out Hano Eiyu just this past week on Meltdown!
WEST: He most certainly did! And in just a few days he faces off against the title-hungry Kevin Dahlia!
As the music hits a thunderous crescendo, Cid Phoenix appears from behind the curtains, dressed in a white t-shirt, blue jeans, cowboys boots and a velvet jacket. He gives a friendly wave, and saunters down the aisle. He doesn't exchanges high fives with fans as usual, preferring to cut out any and all pleasantries, as he climbs up the ring steps to step through the ring ropes to stand in the center of the ring. He walks over and grabs a microphone from a stagehand at ringside. He then paces circles around the ring, giving a brief fist pump as the crowd starts a "CID" chant..
PHOENIX: Hello APW Fans and Faithful! Rumour has it that my opponent this week has certain grievances about having to face me once again. Two weeks ago, Kevin Dahlia handed me a loss, only to find himself falling a bit short of the mark last week in his tag match with the big Scotsman, Evan MacDonald. What's worse, is that he's been running around with some glad-handed stooge named Chase Washington, who's been trying his damn best to make his client out to be some big noise on the Meltdown Roster!
HARRIS: Glad handed stooge?!? That's slander!!!
WEST: Maybe it is slander, but I for one think that he may be right about Chase Washington's character!
PHOENIX: Please don't get me wrong, Kevin. I respect you for what you bring to this very ring week in and week out. You are a talented athlete & I give you much credit where credit's due, but quite frankly my friend...
Phoenix pauses as he looks around the arena, before approaching one of the cameraman, to stare right into the camera's lens.
PHOENIX: ...there is nothing on God's green Earth that is gonna save your ass from the torture that I have planned for you this week! I am completely focused on nothing more than dismantling you and introducing you this week to the all too-familiar agony of defeat. After all, Kevin, you should remember the agony of defeat very well. Because you suffered it last week, when you dropped the ball in your tag match last week!
Phoenix walks around the ring, chuckling to himself as he shakes his head.
PHOENIX: Oh, and Dollyparts - I heard what you had to say about Warren's shot at the North American Championship, and that snide remark about you made about my "cancer no longer being in remission" - and by the way, that's a cute little nickname you got for yourself, "The New Cancer" is it? Well, Mr. New Cancer, allow me to introduce myself. I'm the surgeon that's going to cut you down to size and bring you to the harsh reality that is your defeat. That's right, Dolly - I'm going to work you over like I'm putting in overtime, and there is absolutely nothing that you can do to stop me. Therefore it is best that you get enough rest and have as many sweet dreams as you can, because your nightmare begins this wek on Meltdown!
The crowd now starts a "Dollyparts" chant, as Cid looks up in surprise and laughs at this.
HARRIS: How disrespectful! Kevin Dahlia is a world class athlete!
WEST: Cid seems to be having fun here at our APW House Show on this night!
HARRIS: But does he have to do it at Kevin Dahlia's expense?
PHOENIX: Kevin, I want to take the time to share something I realized last week when I ended Hano Eiyu once and for all! Now this might sound a bit off-kilter from the topic of our match this week on Meltdown, but I feel the need to share and that's what I'm going to do right now. Now, what many of you, and of course yourself, Kevin don't know about me, is that my birthday falls on the seventh of December. Now I know that my birthday is irrelevant - especially since we're in late February, heading into March. However, there is something quite close to history there. You see, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December in 1941, it's said that they underestimated the United States as a great power in the world. The resulting chaos from that fateful attack upon us, would "awaken the sleeping giant" as our country was referred to, after our retaliation of course. Ironically, Kevin, that is exactly what has happened with me. Ironically enough, it was Hano Eiyu - a Japanese wrestler who awakened the sleeping American giant in me. History repeats itself in this case, no matter how small the similarities, and I will prove myself to be a giant when I go on a submission spree and climb my way up to Championship contendership status!.
The crowd gives cheer for Phoenix, who ignores it and moves right along.
HARRIS: Submission Spree?
WEST (chuckles): The man has his own play on words!
PHOENIX: Yes, I have been awakened. I have been awakened to see that I, myself am to blame for my run of bad luck in recent years. I alone was the saboteur of my success, and I did not realize it until Hano Eiyu made me see the light. When I pretty much ended his career last week, leaving him stretched out and broken in the ring, it dawned upon me that I was going to move mountains. I began to see that I've become something more than I have ever been! No more do I care about past accomplishments or even past transgressions. I am no longer a former great who has lost his way, Kevin. I am now the future of Meltdown! I am Meltdown's future champion, who will rise above any and all challenges and march on - en route to glory and gold. I am the sharpest blade in the APW, and I will cut a path towards legendary status, leaving a pile of broken bodies in my wake. My materialized with Hano Eiyu, but it begins with you, Dahlia. You will be the first sacrificial lamb that will be slaughtered before an audience of screaming fools!
A chuckle emanates from the man's lips, as we see him start to convulse with laughter. He mimes the act of dancing with a partner, twirling around like some love-sick school boy. The crowd lets him know that they are not amused..
HARRIS: What the heck's up with these people and Cid Phoenix, they love him one minute and hate him the next!
WEST: He certainly knows how to keep them on their toes!
Phoenix rolls his eyes at the crowd and licks his lips in arrogance, before closing his barbed rant with one last message.
PHOENIX: Oh, Kevin.. My poor, dear sacrificial gopher. I hope you realize that you are truly a special, intricate piece to the puzzle that is my future. Therefore, I hold you near and dear to my heart and I promise that I will whisper my thanks to you as you fade off into unconsciousness.
Phoenix tosses the microphone over his shoulder. It falls in the middle of the ring with an audible static sound, as his music starts and Phoenix climbs through the ropes out of the ring. The mixed reaction from the crowd is now one of clear negativity, as he mockingly bows towards the fans on his way up the rampway, before posing with his arms raised in victory. He then shakes his head as he disappears behind the curtains.
WEST: Cid Phoenix is skirting a fine line here in New Jersey with the fans!
HARRIS: Well, I don't blame him, West! This place is a dump!
WEST: That's all the time we have for you tonight, folks! See you on Meltdown!!!
Cameras fade, as a flaming APW Logo looms over footage of the capacity crowd in attendance.
