001: Road to Recovery: The Anthony Washington Story
Jul 24, 2013 23:42:12 GMT -4
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Post by Anthony "Future" Washington on Jul 24, 2013 23:42:12 GMT -4
DATE: April 6, 2013
TIME: 8:37 A.m
LOCATION: Washington's Apartment
CAMERA: ON/OFF
With a pounding head from the late night and being woken by the annoying alarm clock, the man lying in his bed swung his arm over to smack the alarm clock, however, missing and knocking over a few empty beer bottles and the alarm clock to the ground. With a grunt he decided that this was his sign to get up. He sat up and dangled his feet from the bed rubbing his eyes. As his vision focused he began to realize the same thing he realized every morning, his life was slowly falling apart. His career had taken a sharp downturn, as well as his relationship and just about every venture of his life, he had fallen from the top of the mountain. His failures drove him to nearly drink himself to sleep every night, the night before was no different. As he got up out of his bed his cellphone began to ring. He quickly stood up only to realize what a bad idea that had been as he got light headed and sat back down. He reached over to grab the phone off the nightstand. He read the number to himself.
Anthony Washington: Unidentified Number..
With hopes of some sort of good news to come from the phone call, Washington answered the phone.
Anthony Washington: Hello?
Voice on the Phone: Good morning, may i speak with Mister Anthony C. Washington please?
Anthony Washington: This is him.
Jacob Keller: Hello Mister Washington, this is Jacob Keller calling on behalf of Visa Credit, I'm calling in regards to your bill, and this is a courtesy call to let you know that we have yet to receive your payment due on June twenty fifth."
Washington sighs as he leans back banging his head for this wasn't exactly the good news he was hoping for. Ever since Anthony was suspended from APW for failing multiple drug tests, he’s been in debt with “a lot” of people. He could earn a little money here and there by making small appearances at places where they try to teach kids what not to be, but every time he gets that money, it eithers goes to alcohol or drugs. Frustrated and hung over, he holds his head as he responds.
Anthony Washington: I'm aware, I will have it paid off soon. I just need a little more time."
Jacob Keller: Well I’m sorry Mister Washington, but if you don’t pay out the rest of the payment orders you owe us we’ll be forced to have the police issue out an order for your arrest. The amount due as of today is $40,000.00. Now we can process your paym…..”
Without letting him finish Anthony hung up the phone because he didn't want to continue the conversation for the reason that he had no intention to pay it for the sole reason he didn't have the money to pay it. He was just about broke as he had blown all of his money on having a good time since his divorce. After he finished his very disappointing phone call he stood up and began to walk towards his bedroom door. He stopped at the door as he spotted the bottle of Jack Daniels sitting on the little table beside the door. Although he’s been trying to fight back against his addictions, the urge to drink was just too much.
Anthony Washington: It's five o'clock somewhere"
He mumbled to himself as he picked up the bottle and chugged the whole bottle down without hesitating. He then continued to leave the bedroom shutting the door behind him. He walked down the empty hallway and flopped onto the couch in his apartment living room. Lying on the table in front of him was an unopened bottle of vodka, which he quickly opened and begin drinking. Washington stared at the wall for a while because he’s TV was repossessed. This led to deep thought about his life. He had to come up with eighty grand quick. Someone as drop dead gorgeous as Anthony wouldn’t make it in prison. Anthony decided to call an old friend in hope that she could possibly help him with this problem.
Anthony Washington: Hello, Rachel? Hey girl how’s it been.
Rachel Petterson: Hey umm…Anthony. How’s it going?
Anthony Washington: Nothing just chilling. Look quick question. By any chance you think I can maybe I don’t know borrow forty thousand dollars?
Anthony pulls back the phone from his ear because a loud burst of laughter came from the other side.
Rachel Petterson: You’re kidding me right? You left me stranded in Las Vegas, never call me, and cheated on me with my sister! Now you're asking me for money? GO TO HELL ANTHONY!
Anthony Washington: Look, if I don’t come up with the money I’m going to prison…FEDERAL prison.
Rachel Petterson: That really doesn’t help your case babe. See ya layta.
Anthony Washington: Hello?..Hello?....GOT DAMN IT!
After being hanged up on and denied, Anthony drops the phone and goes right back to his bottle of vodka. With all his anger and emotion all bottled up, he again thinks about how his life was compared to what it is now and gets furious. He takes his bottle of vodka and slings it at the wall, shattering it into a bunch of pieces. Small tears begin leaving his eyes as he puts his face into his hands weeping. All of a sudden a phone call comes through on his phone. He looks at the number repeating it to him.
Anthony Washington: Unidentified Number.
He pondered to himself whether to answer it or not. It could be the debt collector again, but then again how many debt collectors switch their numbers just to harass one man. He answered the phone hoping it was the lottery telling him he had won, and to his surprise it was damn near close enough.
Anthony Washington: Hello?"
Michael Durkin: Hey, Anthony? this is Michael Durkin with the APW, I'm calling on behalf of the administrative staff, and well Anthony I just wanted to inform you that we would like you to come up to Stamford and meet with us, would you be interested?
Anthony Washington: Is this a joke, who the hell is this? I swear to god you little pieces of shits if this is you I will--"
Michael Durkin: Mister Washington, I sure you this is a serious matter. We would like it if you joined us once again in the APW organization. We will be willing to replenish your wrestling license and uplift your suspension as long as you attend rehab that we will pay for.
Anthony Washington: oh my god..YES! Anything you want me to do I’ll do it man I swear.
Michael Durkin: Alright, sounds great Mister Washington, we will be getting back in touch with you shortly to finalize travel arrangement and all other necessary information."
Anthony Washington: Alrighty then, I'll be waiting right next to the phone until you do."
As he hung up the phone he could hardly wipe the grin off his face, maybe his luck wasn't all that bad after all. He also made the decision that maybe it was too early to start drinking and maybe it was a good day to hit the gym, but before he could think about anything else a knock began banging on his door as if they we’re trying to break it down.
? ? ?: Anthony I know you’re in there….WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY!
TO BE CONTINUED…..
DATE: July 23, 2013
TIME: 7:32 P.m
LOCATION: Empty Overdrive Arena
CAMERA: ON/OFF
The scene slowly begins to fade up as the APW logo begins to rest on the center of the screen. After a few seconds the logo moves from the center to the bottom right hand corner of the screen as the camera begins to focus. The scene looks to be inside an empty arena with nobody in sight. The camera starts to scan the arena for several minutes finding not a single soul. Once again the camera begins to fade back towards the ring as now a figure looks to be inside the ring. From about twenty feet away nobody can really tell who it is so the camera starts to focus in a little closer. The figure looks to be a APW superstar just sitting in the ring leaning against one of the turnbuckles. With the camera starting to focus even closer finally the camera spots the figure out as Anthony Washington. His head is buried in his hands with his knees up as he continues to stare at the ground while the camera rests about five feet away.
Anthony Washington: You know I've been around the world and I have beaten some of the best wrestlers that have ever entered one of these rings. Believe it or not some people consider me a fucking idol when it comes to wrestling and hell I can't really blame any of them. The fact of the matter is that I have done a lot for wrestling and I have been quite successful no matter where I go. That's exactly why I decided to return to APW because I know in the back of my mind that this is where I belong. I have proved no matter where I wrestle that I am one of the best wrestlers on that roster. I don't plan on having any of that fucking change anytime soon because I know what I want. I know exactly what I want and I know exactly what the I got to do to get it. I've been at the top of the wrestling world before and trust me it's exactly where I want to be again. I deserve to be the man looking down on each and every single superstar from the top. I have proved it over and over again that I can compete with the best. I've proved that I can beat the best and the only thing other guys have been able to prove to me is that none of them belong in the same ring as me. I've beaten guys from Japan all the way to Mexico and even Canada because it's what I do. Continuing to shine is just what I do for a living and I won't be stopping come Thursday Night.
With the camera still focused on him, Washington lifts his head up and looks into the camera before looking around the empty ring. Anthony then takes his right hand and slams it down onto the ground making an echo go through the empty arena.
Anthony Washington: This ring is a place that I like to call home because I do what I want as I want inside it. I call this my home because there isn't a single superstar on any roster in any company who can tell me I'm wrong. Not a single soul in the wrestling world can tell me I'm wrong when I say that anything I can put my mind to..i'm the best at it. Which means majority of the matches I'm in will be against a bunch of losers. This brings me to Overdrive this Thursday. My triple threat match with Nick Watson and Jerry Mathews. Well first of all I was right a minute ago by saying I'm going to be in the ring with a bunch of losers because at the end of the night that's exactly what they'll be. I don’t know much about these guys. What I do know is that these two have been here for a while and proven to be sturdy competition in the past. None of that matters though. Their history has no affect in our match. People don’t come to see what happened, they come to see what’s going to happen and that’s the future. You see I said it earlier and I'll say it again. I know exactly what I need to do so I am where I believe I deserve to be. That starts on Thursday Night when I am left the last man standing and the world realizes that I'm for real. When everybody finally opens there eyes and begins to realize that this is no dream…this is the FUTURE. People think just because I once did drugs that I don’t have it anymore. The look on the face of everybody when they all realize that I am once again a force to be reckoned with will be priceless. It will be something to remember. Well we'll see how much I still got Thursday when I beat Nick Watson and Jerry Mathews. How will those people feel knowing the same person they tossed aside because of the hell he went through in his life could be the next Overdrive Champion?
Washington begins to look around the empty ring again before once again burying his head into his hands. Once again he begins to look down at the ground before starting to shake his head.
Anthony Washington: You know there is a lot of things that are wrong with wrestling today and one of those things is my upcoming match. Because I'm sure there are enough smart wrestling fans to figure out that Anthony Washington is going to walk out the winner. I mean I'm sure there are enough wrestling nerds who spend their days checking out wrestling photos who know that I'm probably the best wrestler around. When you step into the ring with me you had better bring your game because I bring my game every single time I step through those ropes. I'm not here to make any friends and frankly I only see a few people on this new Overdrive roster that can compete with me. I'm here because APW is the best wrestling company on the planet today. It has the best talent that I have seen in a very long time and I felt like I needed to take my place as their best wrestler. I felt like I needed to show the world just what I’m capable of and that you can absolutely come from nothing to something. On Thursday Night I'll have my first chance to do that when I walk out victorious. Just imagine how many eyes will open up after my match. Believe me, this second time around I'm not here to play any games so I hope my opponents listen and listen up close. I've sat back and watched guys make it to the top for too long. I've not said a word and watched guys who don't even deserve to be champions become champions. Now it's my time to shine and my time to show the world that I'm not fucking around. I deserve to be here again doing what I love. I’m turning over a new leaf, starting all over.
Once again Washington looks up this time he raises his arms and begins to lift himself up to his feet. He looks over the empty arena again before climbing the same turnbuckle he was just leaning up against. He begins to smirk as he stands on the second rope just staring.
Anthony Washington: You know how the old saying goes 'Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life ', well that saying will be so fitting for me after Thursday Night. It will be so fitting because that truly will be the first day of the rest of my career here in APW. My chance to show exactly what I have and trust me what I have is the best that anybody has ever seen. What I have is something that most superstars only dream of. I have the talent that no other professional wrestler has and even if they had it none of them would know what to do with it. I will be the man who will lead the next chapter of this company and believe me it will be a long one. Like it or not in a few short weeks the Anthony Washington chapter will begin and trust me… that's a chapter everybody is going to want to stick around for. I promised you all the future and that’s exactly what you’ll get.
While still standing on the turnbuckle by the second rope Washington points his fingers to the sky as he smirks. He continues to pose for several seconds before leaping off the turnbuckle. He then slowly begins to make his way towards the ropes before exiting the ring. The camera continues to focus on him as he makes his way up the ramp and into the backstage area before the APW logo fades up to the center of the screen. It continues to rest for several seconds before the scene fades out.
