Post by Brian Hollywood on Aug 23, 2013 21:46:22 GMT -4
Hollywood's Mansion
10:00 PM
The scene opens inside the Mansion of Mr. Executive, Brian Hollywood. We are taken into the entertainment room, where we see Hollywood resting in his luxurious arm chair. He sits with his feet reclined and propped up and a soda in a cup holder on the arm of the chair. Sitting across the room from him on the sofa, is Niles Omega. His eyes are glued to the TV, which is set right in front of Hollywood and Niles. Niles is drinking a cream soda. Hollywood looks over and sees Niles eyes glued to the screen.
"Niles?" Hollywood asks.
Niles doesn't budge. Hollywood asks again.
"Niles?!"
Still nothing. Niles facial expression hasn't changed either as he's sitting with his jaw open and his eyes have remained open the entire time. Hollywood then looks around and finds an empty pop can just laying next to him. He picks it up and chucks it at Niles. Niles reacts quickly as he grabs his chin.
"Ouch! Son of a bitch what was that for?!"
Hollywood smiles and readjusts in his chair.
"Now that I've got your undivided attention.."
Niles looks on with a blank look before just shrugging his shoulders.
"How many cream sodas have you had?" Hollywood questions.
Niles barely shifts his eyes to the ground as Hollywood picks up on it. Hollywood looks down and sees seven empty cream soda cans just laying around Niles. Hollywood looks up and rolls his eyes.
"Jesus Christ! There's no wonder your all screwed up!"
Niles just shrugs his shoulders again.
"Just because I can drink several cans of pop doesn't mean you need to get jealous about it!"
"Yes, cause I'm kind of in shape for wrestling. I need to watch what I eat and drink, you know that."
Niles nods his head as he finishes his eighth cream soda.
"Yes I do, but it's like you expect me to be the same way. I don't wrestle. I don't feel guilty."
"No, I suppose you don't have to. However, I just bought this twenty four pack of cream soda. Had I known you were going to just pound it all I would have picked up another one."
Niles gets up from the sofa and leaves the room.
"So your response is you get another one?" Hollywood asks.
Hollywood shakes his head as he turns his attention back to the TV. His eyes fixate on the tv for awhile as he looks very concentrated. Niles finally comes back in the room with yet another soda. He sits back on the sofa and cracks open the cream soda. Niles then looks back at the TV and a look of disgust comes across his face. He immediately turns to Hollywood, who looks very concentrated on the TV. Niles turns his head in confusion.
"Uh..Brian?" Niles starts to ask.
Hollywood doesn't budge. Niles asks again.
"Brian?!"
Still nothing. Hollywood is breathing very calmly, however, his body barely moves. Niles shakes his head and looks around. He then looks down at the ground and notices all the empty cans of cream soda. Niles smiles as he picks up one of the cans. He chucks it at Hollywood as Hollywood reacts holding his chin.
"God damn it what the hell?!"
Hollywood looks over at Niles who smiles but feels a sense of accomplishment. Hollywood just looks at him and lifts his hands up in question.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"I don't know, maybe so you knew what it felt like to get hit with a pop can maybe?!"
"Seriously Niles!"
"Well I tried to get your attention to change the channel. Then I looked over and alarmingly see that your actually interested in this show! At least you looked pretty convincing."
"What show?"
Niles points to the TV as Hollywood turns and looks. Hollywood sees it and immediately facepalms himself.
"I didn't know you liked ICarly." Niles says laughing his ass off.
Hollywood flips him off and shakes his head.
"Your an asshole. No, actually, I was just in some really deep thought."
"About what?"
"I was just thinking about my match against Chris Madison and Niobe Martin this weekend." Hollywood starts to say.
Niles lifts his head up slightly.
"Ah, I see. What about it?" Niles asks.
"Oh, I don't know. This tag team number one contender match against them with Jace Savage almost reminds me of a time where it all started for me."
Niles starts to lay back on the sofa with a pretty uninterested look on his face.
"Oh God, please, not this story again." Niles says painfully.
Hollywood chucks another empty can of cream soda at him. This time, hitting him square in the forehead.
"Ouch! What did I do this time to deserve that?!"
"Try paying attention!" Hollywood says frustrated.
"I've heard this way too many times. Your just in a state of deep thought. You do that when your really serious about advancing big."
Hollywood nods his head.
"Yes, but this time it's different. You got to realize Niles that this is almost like another start for me. I've wrestled all around the world for several years, but no other place really felt right to me."
"You had PWX." Niles states.
"Yes, and I went on to do great things in PWX. I became one of the best the company has ever seen."
Niles shrugs his shoulders looking confused.
"Alright, so why do you feel like it's different?" Niles asks.
"The environment, it's different. There are a whole lot of different diverse superstars here. It's a fresh challenge for me. There are people here I've never faced before. I feel like the competition here is fresh and determined. I haven't had that certain feel for the longest time. In the early days of PWX, I did. It's almost the same atmosphere here."
Niles nods finally starting to understand.
"So you feel like the competition is new and different, but that it reminds you of a lost past time?"
Hollywood smiles and nods his head in agreement.
"Now your getting it Niles! Well think about it man. Do you remember how I started off in PWX?"
Niles thinks for a moment.
"Well that was centuries ago, but yes, I remember. It was in a stable."
Hollywood nods his head.
"Yes, that's exactly what it was. It was Sex and Money."
Niles shrugs his shoulders again.
"I don't see what your getting at here."
Hollywood shakes his head in frustration.
"Niles, Sex and Money was where it started for me. I had a couple singles matches and then was apart of the stable. I then wrestled several tag team matches and then launched myself to success. The point I'm making Niles is that it's the exact same scenario happening all over again. Only this time, I know I've experienced it."
Niles nods his head as he sits back up on the sofa.
"Oh I get it! I see what you mean. Well, what's on your mind?"
Hollywood ponders a bit before taking a drink of his soda.
"Well, I've just been thinking a lot how I am going to plot out my strategy against Chris Madison and Niobe Martin. I've got Jace Savage, who I consider to be practically a brother to me. He's good. He's one of the best tag partners I've had in quite some time. I feel like we can connect really well and you know how rare that is for me with certain people."
Niles nods his head as Hollywood continues.
"Chris and I have already faced off against each other several times since I've been in APW. He has gotten a chance to get to know me pretty well. Niobe, I'm not too worried about right now. I've only faced her once and she doesn't know me that well in the ring."
"Yea, but don't let that fool you." Niles replies.
"Oh I know. I'm just saying that I haven't really faced off against Niobe that much. I like to get to know my opponents well." Hollywood starts to say. "I don't know, this tag match we have could very easily be a breaking point for myself in APW. Perhaps the one I was looking for."
Niles nods his head as he begins to stand up.
"I see. Well, don't think on it too hard. Your match is coming up within the next couple of days and you need to have your mind at ease a little bit. It's getting pretty late, we should probably call it a night. You've not only got your match to think about, but we also have another meeting with Lukas Montana tomorrow as well."
Hollywood sits up in his recliner.
"Yea, don't remind me about him! Alright, well I'm going to go to bed and try to relax my mind. It's just ironic how our pasts have a connection, like a bridge to our futures. We never know when we may have to go back."
Niles nods his head in agreement as he leaves the room. Hollywood follows him.
"I couldn't agree more with you man." Niles says as both men arrive to the front door.
Niles opens the door and turns back around.
"Seriously though man, get some rest. You definitely need it."
Niles walks out the door as it closes behind him. Hollywood just stands there and thinks for a few moments. He walks back into the entertainment room and picks up the remote to the TV. Hollywood switches off the TV as the scene slowly fades to black..
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The Shoot
So here I find myself in a tag team number one contenders match against the Black Hand's, Chris Madison and Niobe Martin. I can't say that I wasn't expecting it to lead to this. Then again, against Niobe at least. Chris, I fully expected our paths to somehow cross involving the tag titles in the picture at some point. It was bound to happen and you know it too. Since we both arrived and the teamed to the moment you turned on me and joined the Black Hand, you knew our days were numbered.
Now I have a chance to score the ultimate revenge. However, what if I told you all of this was perfectly orchestrated? I know, you would laugh. I expect nothing else but that from you Chris. Of course you ask, how could all of this possibly be orchestrated? Let's see, maybe to perhaps embarrass you. Maybe to go so for as to just lose to you time and time again that maybe, just maybe, you would actually drop your guard. Well Chris, that's exactly what it looks like you've done. You don't see me as a threat, do you Chris? I would be concerned if you said yes. Sure, I've been on a losing streak. However, that doesn't mean that I haven't been paying attention to all the losses. Did I give it a hundred percent? Well, sure I did. However, how many times have we really had to face off one on one? Or even in a tag team match for that matter? Two on two matches have been scarce. Especially with Jace Savage and I being able to team up. We haven't see much tag action together. Now here we are. A shot at tag team gold. Yet you still think I have something to lose, don't you?
Chris, Savage and I are hungry. We are more than hungry, we are ready to show people just why we deserve a shot at the tag team titles. I'll tell you why. Jace and I, we've stuck by each other since NewGen Rising formed. You had Rubio and Watson, but where exactly have they been lately? Jace and I, we've stuck it out together. To the beatdowns, to the ridicule, to the hardest of times.
Chris, you say that Savage and I are not that strong of a tag team. You say that I call him my brother and trusted tag team partner, but yet I haven't been with him that long. It's because of everything we've been through that I can trust him. He didn't have to stick it out with me. He could have left, but he didn't. That's because he sees potential in the both of us. As do I. I've been down this road. In fact, more times than you think I have.
Believe it or not, I strived in tag team competition. If you truly new me, you'd understand that I have a strong history with the tag team division. A lot of people see it as a hold back from the true competition. A lot of people think that singles titles are more valuable than tag team gold. Some can argue that and some can't. Truth is, it takes a great wrestler to realize that any opportunity at any championship is treated as equal. It is treated with respect and honor. Jace and I have an opportunity to face the tag team champions for their belts. We have a chance to represent the tag team division. We want nothing more than to represent it. Jace and I want to prove why we are one of the most unique tag teams ever. We believe we can do that. It's all about Jace and I now. We know what to expect from the other and we know how badly the other wants it. God damn it Chris, we want it bad!
Niobe, I may have beaten you in singles competition, but this is a whole new ball game. I haven't really seen your best in a tag team match. Your paired with Madison who apparently has his mind more on screwing you than earning a shot at the tag team titles. If I were you, I would stop wasting your time with Chris and actually spend it somewhere you know you can get ahead. It's a dead end no matter which way you look. Chris will escalate things with you very quickly if given the chance. I know Knox doesn't intimidate Chris. So if I were you, I'd have my eyes on Chris cause you never know what may happen when you take them off of him.
Jace and I may have been on a roller coaster streak the past few weeks, but we aren't finished yet. We know we can win. The best part about this? We never know when enough is enough. You can try to keep us down all you want, but the reality is that we'll get back every single time! That is why you can't get rid of us. You think because we know each other so well and after you've beaten us so many times that you think you've got this win in the bag. How wrong you are to think your wasting your time in thinking so. You and Niobe don't even have...chemistry. I'm going to leave that one right there before I go too far out of rant. Let's face it though, you know everyone is thinking the same thing. That really makes me question just how bad you even want this number one contendership. You talk about how I'm holding Jace down and that he should just drop me and move on. If your so concerned about his singles career, why don't you move on then? If your so bent on what's going on in this match, I'm afraid your in the wrong mindset Mr. Madison. This is a chance for an opportunity to fight for tag team gold. This isn't for a shot at singles gold just cause were winning a tag team match. You said it yourself, its a waste of time.
I see the tides changing quickly Mr. Madison and Ms. Martin. Your the Black Hand and your dominant? So what. It will actually be quite interesting to see just how well you two even mesh together. Niobe is confused to what she wants and Chris is just not even in the right mindset. Hell, for all I know you may just be thinking so much that your going to beat us Chris, that you really don't even have a match strategy. Either way, believe it or not, this doesn't look good for either of you. Cause come time for Shockwave, Jace and I will shock everyone and sends waves through APW when we get a shot to challenge for the tag team titles. Something that we both deserve to have a chance to represent. Either way, it's not going to end in your favor. You can bet that as an Executive Promise!
10:00 PM
The scene opens inside the Mansion of Mr. Executive, Brian Hollywood. We are taken into the entertainment room, where we see Hollywood resting in his luxurious arm chair. He sits with his feet reclined and propped up and a soda in a cup holder on the arm of the chair. Sitting across the room from him on the sofa, is Niles Omega. His eyes are glued to the TV, which is set right in front of Hollywood and Niles. Niles is drinking a cream soda. Hollywood looks over and sees Niles eyes glued to the screen.
"Niles?" Hollywood asks.
Niles doesn't budge. Hollywood asks again.
"Niles?!"
Still nothing. Niles facial expression hasn't changed either as he's sitting with his jaw open and his eyes have remained open the entire time. Hollywood then looks around and finds an empty pop can just laying next to him. He picks it up and chucks it at Niles. Niles reacts quickly as he grabs his chin.
"Ouch! Son of a bitch what was that for?!"
Hollywood smiles and readjusts in his chair.
"Now that I've got your undivided attention.."
Niles looks on with a blank look before just shrugging his shoulders.
"How many cream sodas have you had?" Hollywood questions.
Niles barely shifts his eyes to the ground as Hollywood picks up on it. Hollywood looks down and sees seven empty cream soda cans just laying around Niles. Hollywood looks up and rolls his eyes.
"Jesus Christ! There's no wonder your all screwed up!"
Niles just shrugs his shoulders again.
"Just because I can drink several cans of pop doesn't mean you need to get jealous about it!"
"Yes, cause I'm kind of in shape for wrestling. I need to watch what I eat and drink, you know that."
Niles nods his head as he finishes his eighth cream soda.
"Yes I do, but it's like you expect me to be the same way. I don't wrestle. I don't feel guilty."
"No, I suppose you don't have to. However, I just bought this twenty four pack of cream soda. Had I known you were going to just pound it all I would have picked up another one."
Niles gets up from the sofa and leaves the room.
"So your response is you get another one?" Hollywood asks.
Hollywood shakes his head as he turns his attention back to the TV. His eyes fixate on the tv for awhile as he looks very concentrated. Niles finally comes back in the room with yet another soda. He sits back on the sofa and cracks open the cream soda. Niles then looks back at the TV and a look of disgust comes across his face. He immediately turns to Hollywood, who looks very concentrated on the TV. Niles turns his head in confusion.
"Uh..Brian?" Niles starts to ask.
Hollywood doesn't budge. Niles asks again.
"Brian?!"
Still nothing. Hollywood is breathing very calmly, however, his body barely moves. Niles shakes his head and looks around. He then looks down at the ground and notices all the empty cans of cream soda. Niles smiles as he picks up one of the cans. He chucks it at Hollywood as Hollywood reacts holding his chin.
"God damn it what the hell?!"
Hollywood looks over at Niles who smiles but feels a sense of accomplishment. Hollywood just looks at him and lifts his hands up in question.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"I don't know, maybe so you knew what it felt like to get hit with a pop can maybe?!"
"Seriously Niles!"
"Well I tried to get your attention to change the channel. Then I looked over and alarmingly see that your actually interested in this show! At least you looked pretty convincing."
"What show?"
Niles points to the TV as Hollywood turns and looks. Hollywood sees it and immediately facepalms himself.
"I didn't know you liked ICarly." Niles says laughing his ass off.
Hollywood flips him off and shakes his head.
"Your an asshole. No, actually, I was just in some really deep thought."
"About what?"
"I was just thinking about my match against Chris Madison and Niobe Martin this weekend." Hollywood starts to say.
Niles lifts his head up slightly.
"Ah, I see. What about it?" Niles asks.
"Oh, I don't know. This tag team number one contender match against them with Jace Savage almost reminds me of a time where it all started for me."
Niles starts to lay back on the sofa with a pretty uninterested look on his face.
"Oh God, please, not this story again." Niles says painfully.
Hollywood chucks another empty can of cream soda at him. This time, hitting him square in the forehead.
"Ouch! What did I do this time to deserve that?!"
"Try paying attention!" Hollywood says frustrated.
"I've heard this way too many times. Your just in a state of deep thought. You do that when your really serious about advancing big."
Hollywood nods his head.
"Yes, but this time it's different. You got to realize Niles that this is almost like another start for me. I've wrestled all around the world for several years, but no other place really felt right to me."
"You had PWX." Niles states.
"Yes, and I went on to do great things in PWX. I became one of the best the company has ever seen."
Niles shrugs his shoulders looking confused.
"Alright, so why do you feel like it's different?" Niles asks.
"The environment, it's different. There are a whole lot of different diverse superstars here. It's a fresh challenge for me. There are people here I've never faced before. I feel like the competition here is fresh and determined. I haven't had that certain feel for the longest time. In the early days of PWX, I did. It's almost the same atmosphere here."
Niles nods finally starting to understand.
"So you feel like the competition is new and different, but that it reminds you of a lost past time?"
Hollywood smiles and nods his head in agreement.
"Now your getting it Niles! Well think about it man. Do you remember how I started off in PWX?"
Niles thinks for a moment.
"Well that was centuries ago, but yes, I remember. It was in a stable."
Hollywood nods his head.
"Yes, that's exactly what it was. It was Sex and Money."
Niles shrugs his shoulders again.
"I don't see what your getting at here."
Hollywood shakes his head in frustration.
"Niles, Sex and Money was where it started for me. I had a couple singles matches and then was apart of the stable. I then wrestled several tag team matches and then launched myself to success. The point I'm making Niles is that it's the exact same scenario happening all over again. Only this time, I know I've experienced it."
Niles nods his head as he sits back up on the sofa.
"Oh I get it! I see what you mean. Well, what's on your mind?"
Hollywood ponders a bit before taking a drink of his soda.
"Well, I've just been thinking a lot how I am going to plot out my strategy against Chris Madison and Niobe Martin. I've got Jace Savage, who I consider to be practically a brother to me. He's good. He's one of the best tag partners I've had in quite some time. I feel like we can connect really well and you know how rare that is for me with certain people."
Niles nods his head as Hollywood continues.
"Chris and I have already faced off against each other several times since I've been in APW. He has gotten a chance to get to know me pretty well. Niobe, I'm not too worried about right now. I've only faced her once and she doesn't know me that well in the ring."
"Yea, but don't let that fool you." Niles replies.
"Oh I know. I'm just saying that I haven't really faced off against Niobe that much. I like to get to know my opponents well." Hollywood starts to say. "I don't know, this tag match we have could very easily be a breaking point for myself in APW. Perhaps the one I was looking for."
Niles nods his head as he begins to stand up.
"I see. Well, don't think on it too hard. Your match is coming up within the next couple of days and you need to have your mind at ease a little bit. It's getting pretty late, we should probably call it a night. You've not only got your match to think about, but we also have another meeting with Lukas Montana tomorrow as well."
Hollywood sits up in his recliner.
"Yea, don't remind me about him! Alright, well I'm going to go to bed and try to relax my mind. It's just ironic how our pasts have a connection, like a bridge to our futures. We never know when we may have to go back."
Niles nods his head in agreement as he leaves the room. Hollywood follows him.
"I couldn't agree more with you man." Niles says as both men arrive to the front door.
Niles opens the door and turns back around.
"Seriously though man, get some rest. You definitely need it."
Niles walks out the door as it closes behind him. Hollywood just stands there and thinks for a few moments. He walks back into the entertainment room and picks up the remote to the TV. Hollywood switches off the TV as the scene slowly fades to black..
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The Shoot
So here I find myself in a tag team number one contenders match against the Black Hand's, Chris Madison and Niobe Martin. I can't say that I wasn't expecting it to lead to this. Then again, against Niobe at least. Chris, I fully expected our paths to somehow cross involving the tag titles in the picture at some point. It was bound to happen and you know it too. Since we both arrived and the teamed to the moment you turned on me and joined the Black Hand, you knew our days were numbered.
Now I have a chance to score the ultimate revenge. However, what if I told you all of this was perfectly orchestrated? I know, you would laugh. I expect nothing else but that from you Chris. Of course you ask, how could all of this possibly be orchestrated? Let's see, maybe to perhaps embarrass you. Maybe to go so for as to just lose to you time and time again that maybe, just maybe, you would actually drop your guard. Well Chris, that's exactly what it looks like you've done. You don't see me as a threat, do you Chris? I would be concerned if you said yes. Sure, I've been on a losing streak. However, that doesn't mean that I haven't been paying attention to all the losses. Did I give it a hundred percent? Well, sure I did. However, how many times have we really had to face off one on one? Or even in a tag team match for that matter? Two on two matches have been scarce. Especially with Jace Savage and I being able to team up. We haven't see much tag action together. Now here we are. A shot at tag team gold. Yet you still think I have something to lose, don't you?
Chris, Savage and I are hungry. We are more than hungry, we are ready to show people just why we deserve a shot at the tag team titles. I'll tell you why. Jace and I, we've stuck by each other since NewGen Rising formed. You had Rubio and Watson, but where exactly have they been lately? Jace and I, we've stuck it out together. To the beatdowns, to the ridicule, to the hardest of times.
Chris, you say that Savage and I are not that strong of a tag team. You say that I call him my brother and trusted tag team partner, but yet I haven't been with him that long. It's because of everything we've been through that I can trust him. He didn't have to stick it out with me. He could have left, but he didn't. That's because he sees potential in the both of us. As do I. I've been down this road. In fact, more times than you think I have.
Believe it or not, I strived in tag team competition. If you truly new me, you'd understand that I have a strong history with the tag team division. A lot of people see it as a hold back from the true competition. A lot of people think that singles titles are more valuable than tag team gold. Some can argue that and some can't. Truth is, it takes a great wrestler to realize that any opportunity at any championship is treated as equal. It is treated with respect and honor. Jace and I have an opportunity to face the tag team champions for their belts. We have a chance to represent the tag team division. We want nothing more than to represent it. Jace and I want to prove why we are one of the most unique tag teams ever. We believe we can do that. It's all about Jace and I now. We know what to expect from the other and we know how badly the other wants it. God damn it Chris, we want it bad!
Niobe, I may have beaten you in singles competition, but this is a whole new ball game. I haven't really seen your best in a tag team match. Your paired with Madison who apparently has his mind more on screwing you than earning a shot at the tag team titles. If I were you, I would stop wasting your time with Chris and actually spend it somewhere you know you can get ahead. It's a dead end no matter which way you look. Chris will escalate things with you very quickly if given the chance. I know Knox doesn't intimidate Chris. So if I were you, I'd have my eyes on Chris cause you never know what may happen when you take them off of him.
Jace and I may have been on a roller coaster streak the past few weeks, but we aren't finished yet. We know we can win. The best part about this? We never know when enough is enough. You can try to keep us down all you want, but the reality is that we'll get back every single time! That is why you can't get rid of us. You think because we know each other so well and after you've beaten us so many times that you think you've got this win in the bag. How wrong you are to think your wasting your time in thinking so. You and Niobe don't even have...chemistry. I'm going to leave that one right there before I go too far out of rant. Let's face it though, you know everyone is thinking the same thing. That really makes me question just how bad you even want this number one contendership. You talk about how I'm holding Jace down and that he should just drop me and move on. If your so concerned about his singles career, why don't you move on then? If your so bent on what's going on in this match, I'm afraid your in the wrong mindset Mr. Madison. This is a chance for an opportunity to fight for tag team gold. This isn't for a shot at singles gold just cause were winning a tag team match. You said it yourself, its a waste of time.
I see the tides changing quickly Mr. Madison and Ms. Martin. Your the Black Hand and your dominant? So what. It will actually be quite interesting to see just how well you two even mesh together. Niobe is confused to what she wants and Chris is just not even in the right mindset. Hell, for all I know you may just be thinking so much that your going to beat us Chris, that you really don't even have a match strategy. Either way, believe it or not, this doesn't look good for either of you. Cause come time for Shockwave, Jace and I will shock everyone and sends waves through APW when we get a shot to challenge for the tag team titles. Something that we both deserve to have a chance to represent. Either way, it's not going to end in your favor. You can bet that as an Executive Promise!
