Post by Buckson Gooch on Apr 10, 2013 16:33:11 GMT -4
A well dressed man enters the stage. His nice, black suit shows that he’s a man who is a professional and wants to deliver his information in the best way possible. Every hair is in place, even his wrinkles have a distinction that implies wisdom to be shared. He opens his mouth and a beautiful, baritone voice bellows out. Not too deep, but smooth. Like the radio hosts of old, but with charisma that’s just off the charts, he’s ready to draw you in...and you’re ready to be interested.
Tracy Rowlett: I’m Tracy Rowlett and this is my perspective...
Tracy turns his head and the camera changes in lock step.
Tracy Rowlett: Throughout the years, America has been enamored by Professional Wrestling. We can trace back to the late 1800’s where thousands would go to ball parks to see a big match. Competitors would wrestle for hours on end to the enjoyment of the crowd. As time has gone on the action has become more fast paced, electrifying audiences around the world.
Mr. Rowlett turns his head back to the first camera and the production is smooth in transition.
Tracy Rowlett: Last year Action Packed Wrestling was voted the #1 wrestling company in the world. Some of the world’s best wrestlers appear on their weekly programming, monthly pay-per-views, and various other activites and televisions shows throughout the year.
Tracy grabs his chin as the camera zooms in.
Tracy Rowlett: In November of 2012, a native Arkansas joined the ranks of APW. Buckson Gooch, a farmer by trade, from the community of PossomGrape has been competing ever since. His road has been a tough one. He’s still a rookie but has progressed up the card at a much faster than usual pace. Tonight, we will interview Mr. Gooch and chronicle his rise in APW. This will be a 10 week series on our Native Arkansan as we follow him in his career.
Footage airs of Buckson Gooch’s debut with his partner Mac Bane as they were victorious.
The scene turns to Buck sitting in a chair facing Tracy Rowlett. Buck is wearing a clean undershirt, but the same dirty overalls. Rowlett starts with the questions.
Tracy Rowlett: So what do you remember from your first match?
Buckson Gooch: I remember thinking, what have I gotten myself into?
Buckson laughs and continues answering the question.
Buckson Gooch: It had been years since I’d been in a fist fight, but Mac had been training me for a little while. I went in and didn’t try anything unusual, I stuck to my game plan. Every week I learn something new and try to incorporate it into my matches. Something that will help me with faster opponents, slower opponents, bigger opponents, smaller opponents. I was coached by Jimmy Ray Coker in high school. If I think about it, I can still feel like I’m on the sticky practice field. I can almost hear the whistles blowing. It feels like only yesterday, but in my mind and can still practically feel Coker’s hot breath seeping through his facemask yelling at me to fight with passion. “Fight to the end” and “Be better than the man across from you” were two of the slogans that were yelled often during team drills. It was instilled in me and those who Coach Coker taught that you were to beat the man across from you EVERY time or complete your assignments EVERY time. It would be impossible to think that one man could beat the other 11. You had to do your job and do your job well. There was no room for error. To win, you had to do your job. To be successful you had to try your best EVERY play. The team that plays the hardest and makes the fewest mistakes will win the football game. In wrestling the wrestler that fights the hardest and makes the fewest mistakes will win the match.
Tracy Rowlett: Coach Coker was already an Arkansas Coaches and AAPHERD Hall of Famer. His 8 state championships with Division A PossomGrape and his 13 playoff appearances cemented his legacy. Coach Coker tragically passed away late last year from a heart attack on a hunting trip. You were there, right?
Buckson Gooch: I was. Jimmy was. Mac Bane was. Some of our other friends were too. We were having a great weekend, we were about to head back to the lodge when he just sort of keeled over. Mac performed CPR on him. We eventually got a truck there and tried to get him to the hospital, but I believe he was dead before he hit the ground. It was a massive heart attack. Tragic. I still visit his grave. I still find that place in my mind where the memories are and try to ask him what he would do. He is still a force in my life even if he’s not with us anymore.
Tracy Rowlett: Wrestling has opened many doors for you and you’ve been able to meet some celebrities. How has that been?
A parade of pictures of Buckson Gooch talking to celebrities backstage or having a picture taken by APW cameramen.
Buckson Gooch: It’s been neat, but it’s not breathtaking. I don’t get to the arena and wonder who I can meet backstage. I have a job to do and an important one at that. I’ve got to provide for my family, no one is so important that my focus should be taken from the work at hand.
Tracy Rowlett: Not even former Playboy playmates?
Buckson Gooch: I don’t know anything about her career in that field. I stay away from pornography. The only woman I want to be with and see is my beautiful wife. What I do know is that Amy Zing is an amazing in ring competitor. Her high flying skills have gotten her far and she is a lethal APW MegaStar.
Tracy Rowlett: How do you feel about fighting a woman?
Buckson Gooch: I don’t view Amy Zing as a woman when we step between those ropes. She is a competitor and she’s a tough one at that. APW signs the best wrestlers in the world. Not the best men, not the best women, but the best competitors. Amy has been very nice backstage. She’s great to work with on publicity for APW. In the ring is a different story. If she is a big enough competitor to sign her name to the line, she deserves my best.
Buck takes a glass of water from the table and takes a drink.
Buckson Gooch: There is no glass ceiling here in Action Packed Wrestling. The way you rise is by getting better and beating who is in front of you. I want to face the best, if I win, I’ll know I’m improving, if I lose, it means I still have some work to do. I’ll give Amy Zing the same seriousness as I did with A.C. Smith.
Tracy Rowlett: Speaking of A.C. Smith, he seems to continue to run you down even though you aren’t working with him.
Buckson Gooch: His continuing to run his mouth just shows his character. He can claim to be a “good” guy, but the lukewarm response he’s getting from the crowd should be a tell tale sign that even they aren’t buying his act anymore. People like me and Amy Zing are genuine, even people like T-Marv and Evan Envi are genuine. Delikado is definitely genuine. Smith can act like I wasn’t competition, but we beat each other twice a piece. He pinned Michael Lively at Rasslemania, not me. If it had just been he and I, I’d be holding the XTreme title right now, but Smith insisted on dodging me and bringing in Michael Lively for that very purpose...so he could win. That’s the reason that A.C. Smith will enjoy mediocrity, he only wants to face people that he thinks he can beat. That’s why I even got the time of day and shocked him with a victory. The cracks in his persona are obvious. His piss poor attitude is what is relegating himself and the XTreme title to the metaphorical gatekeeper of Overdrive. There’s a reason that the Suicide title over on Asylum has more excitement and more buzz and is higher up the card. Management sees his attitude and realizes where he’s at as a competitor. “Put me in there with someone I can beat.” He’s where he wants to be and he’ll never get any better. That’s all I’ll say about that. It has nothing to do with my match with Amy Zing.
Tracy Rowlett: You really are focussed.
Buckson Gooch: It’s important to set your priorities. Amy Zing is my next match. I respect her. I think a lot of her. But I will try my best to beat her.
Tracy Rowlett: How do you expect to do that?
Buckson Gooch: Do you see these thick fists? These thick wrists? These thick arms? This thick neck?
Tracy Rowlett nods.
Buckson Gooch: I’m never going to win a competitive race. But I will win in contest for feats of strength. I’m one of the strongest guys in APW. I don’t say that to brag, but I say that because I am. TJ is a monster, A.C. Smith is a monster, we’ve got quite a few guys who have what some would consider superhuman strength.
Tracy Rowlett: Didn’t you just run down A.C. Smith?
Buckson Gooch: No, I told the truth. I think he’s where he wants to be. I think he could give Callahan a run for his money...if only he wanted to. I take nothing away from the ability he has now. We can look back on this a year from now and A.C. Smith will still have the ability that he has now. He is a monster. He’s a beast. He’s extremely agile. He’s smart. He’s just complacent.
Tracy Rowlett: Ahh.
Buckson Gooch: My point being, Amy is going to have to try to fly around the ring. She’s going to have to do what she does best. The only problem is, she’s going to have to be accurate 100% of the time. If I get a good shot in, the match is over. I compare her to a mosquito.
Tracy Rowlett: A mosquito?
Buckson Gooch: A mosquito has to pick and choose where it goes. The mosquito wants blood. It has to have blood to survive. A mosquito has to duck, dive, and maneuver their way around to get what they need...but a strong slap will crush a mosquito, not only ending it’s quest...but ruining it’s day. Of course, Amy Zing is much more of a threat than a mosquito. She is an accomplished wrestler. She will be a lot more difficult to swat than a fly, but you get my point. She is going to have to fight with great speed, agility, and style and with a precision she hasn’t fought with before. My big fists aren’t forgiving, nor should they be. I’m a big man. I’m a strong man. All I need is a shot...all she has to do is avoid ‘em.
Tracy turns his head and the camera changes. You can hear whispers and Buck turns his head and looks at the proper camera.
Tracy Rowlett: Buckson Gooch, what would you tell young fans aspiring to reach their goals.
Buckson Gooch: I’d say follow your dreams. Believe in yourself. I believe in myself. I say, “I believe in Buckson Gooch, you should too.” Believe in yourself and be positive, that’s contagious.
Tracy Rowlett: ‘I believe in Tracy Rowlett and you should too.’ That does feel good.
Tracy turns his head again as the camera zooms in on him.
Tracy Rowlett: We’re glad you joined us today on “Tracy Rowlett’s Perspective.” It was my privalege today, and for the new few weeks, to cover the life and career of Buckson Gooch. We see a man that appreciates his opponents, respects them, and tries his hardest.
Tracy stands up and so does Buckson. Tracy and Buck shake hands.
Tracy Rowlett: Good luck to you this week against Amy Zing, Mr. Gooch. We’ll all be pulling for you!
The camera fades out to the ‘Perspective’ logo and then into blackness...
