Post by victor on May 12, 2008 12:42:46 GMT -4
The scene is simply set, we are looking at a space that has obviously cleared for an interview, two leather chairs leather chairs set at an angle and a table between them. Not quite talk show, this is still in a wrestling arena, but it is the kind of atmosphere. Cindy Shannon is sat in one of the chairs and soon, the door opens and we get our first sight of Victor, the newest signing of APW. He walks over and shakes Cindy's hand, “The name's Victor, pleased to meet you.” He sits down and takes a swig from a bottle of water, the camera takes Victor in, his black shirt has the APW logo on the breast, we could see on the back the poster image, date and the two set title matches for Mayhem at this date. Other than that, he wears faded blue denim jeans and black trainers.
Victor straightens out his shirt and flexes his neck as Cindy brings us in, “Hello APW, this is Cindy Shannon and sat next to me is APW's newest signing, Victor Brander. Victor is fresh onto the wrestling scene and I believe that the APW is his first company.”
“That would be right, Cindy.”
“There would be some who would consider the age of twenty four to be a little late to be starting one's career.”
Victor stretched his shoulders, taking the time to consider his answer, “Going by the current crop of newcomers, yeah. But I ask you Cindy, there are a lot of talented people out there, youngsters who started out as teenagers, but how many of them burn out before they even hit their prime? Or take an injury because they can flip through the air but don't know enough of the sport to be able to introduce other aspects into their matches? Take Jack Evans, he is an athletic kid and a very talented individual, but I have seen the kid take a kick that hit him flush on the cheek and broke it. Another incident, he nearly died because he undershot his move and landed on his neck. Then you get the people who swing weapons when they've tried all of their big moves and yes, that is part of the sport, but it is not a replacement for talent which many people think to be the case. There may be people here younger than me who have achieved however many titles, awards and accolades, but I am someone who has worked hard at my craft. I have trained under the best technicians in England, Canada, America and Japan and I am ready to come in and hit the ground running. I am not going to drop the names of those that have trained me, because they are not going to be in the ring, I am, but believe me, it has been a hard road and I would not be here if I doubted for one second that I was ready.”
“Fair point. I believe you have a fair bit to say about the way you wrestle.”
Victor nodded, “It's simple, Cindy. People come into this business and some have what, three, four or five finishers? And that's just the ones that they actually call their key moves. You find other moves that could be considered as such in their move sets, Tara Jacobs, for example, has the Inverse Cloverleaf, that's a finisher in its own right. Akiko Kawazaka has two of the greatest finishers that there have been, the Figure Four Leglock and the Sharpshooter, in the case of the former, I've not seen her do anything else that impacts upon the legs other than the Sharpshooter. Then you get people with Death Valley Drivers, 450 Splashes and Corkscrew Moonsaults. These are moves that put pressure on a joint, that drop someone on their head, that drive the air out of their body, so why do these moves not finish matches, Cindy?”
Cindy shrugged her shoulders, “At a guess, the opponents haven't been worn down enough for those moves to finish the match.”
“Which is exactly what I am talking about, they don't wear down the opponent enough and they don't wear them down in the right place. You see, I have one main move, the Sharpshooter, it used to be that that move was feared, that when it was locked in, the match was over, and there is a very simple reason for that. Bret Hart's whole move set was about preparing for that one move and when it was locked in, there was no way that you were going to escape it. Now, it's used as a rest point because I don't see what else the wrestler gains from it. Take the Figure Four that I mentioned earlier, what relation does it have to the 630 Splash or the Octopus Stretch? It wears down the legs but in either case, the time that Akiko uses in applying that move would be better spent trying to damage the ribs or the shoulders. Now I am a thinking wrestler, in working out, in training myself to hit key moves with perfection, I have to ask myself, how does this influence the match and how does it set up for the move I want to finish the match with? If I can't answer that, then there is no point in hitting it. The stars in this company are all very good, I know that as I have done my research, and I am not expecting to find life in the APW easy, but one thing that I do have that not very many do is that I have no wasted actions. Everything I do, it works towards one thing and that makes all the difference.” Victor took another swig of that bottle, “What I am saying is this, I don't need high impact move after high impact move, I don't need backup finishers, and I don't need to swing a Singapore Cane because unlike the no less than a dozen wrestlers in the industry today who use my finisher and fail to pull off the victory, when I lock in that baby, it's over.”
“You call yourself the Lone Wolf, do you think you can walk into the APW which two large groups are in a power struggle over, and achieve what they aim to together by yourself?”
“Yes, Cindy, yes I do. This place seems to be rife with gang warfare and I dare to stand alone. I don't need people watching my back, I don't need people dictating my image, I am a professional wrestler, this is professional wrestling, and I am here to show the stars and the fans just what it is to be a thinking professional wrestler. I am going to show that you don't need to be Canadian,” Victor winks at the camera, “to be a great wrestler.”
“So why did you choose the APW over a less stable orientated federation?”
“Look at my shirt, Cindy, and you have your answer. I have done my research, I am proud to be an APW wrestler, the fans, from what I have seen, are something that you won't see in any other federation, I am in the APW because it is the best place to be. I have worked for eight hard years, I have been trained and at the same time, helped to train those beneath me, and where would I want to be other than the very best place to showcase my talent. Now Cindy, it's been a pleasure, but I have to run. So I have one more thing to say, I am Victor Brander and I am going to show you just what professional wrestling is all about.” Victor shakes Cindy's hand once more, smoothly bringing it to his lips for a moment, before he stands, waves at the camera and leaves the room, leaving Cindy to end the segment.
“That was Victor Brander, I am Cindy Shannon and I am saying goodnight.” And on that merry little note, we fade to black.
Victor straightens out his shirt and flexes his neck as Cindy brings us in, “Hello APW, this is Cindy Shannon and sat next to me is APW's newest signing, Victor Brander. Victor is fresh onto the wrestling scene and I believe that the APW is his first company.”
“That would be right, Cindy.”
“There would be some who would consider the age of twenty four to be a little late to be starting one's career.”
Victor stretched his shoulders, taking the time to consider his answer, “Going by the current crop of newcomers, yeah. But I ask you Cindy, there are a lot of talented people out there, youngsters who started out as teenagers, but how many of them burn out before they even hit their prime? Or take an injury because they can flip through the air but don't know enough of the sport to be able to introduce other aspects into their matches? Take Jack Evans, he is an athletic kid and a very talented individual, but I have seen the kid take a kick that hit him flush on the cheek and broke it. Another incident, he nearly died because he undershot his move and landed on his neck. Then you get the people who swing weapons when they've tried all of their big moves and yes, that is part of the sport, but it is not a replacement for talent which many people think to be the case. There may be people here younger than me who have achieved however many titles, awards and accolades, but I am someone who has worked hard at my craft. I have trained under the best technicians in England, Canada, America and Japan and I am ready to come in and hit the ground running. I am not going to drop the names of those that have trained me, because they are not going to be in the ring, I am, but believe me, it has been a hard road and I would not be here if I doubted for one second that I was ready.”
“Fair point. I believe you have a fair bit to say about the way you wrestle.”
Victor nodded, “It's simple, Cindy. People come into this business and some have what, three, four or five finishers? And that's just the ones that they actually call their key moves. You find other moves that could be considered as such in their move sets, Tara Jacobs, for example, has the Inverse Cloverleaf, that's a finisher in its own right. Akiko Kawazaka has two of the greatest finishers that there have been, the Figure Four Leglock and the Sharpshooter, in the case of the former, I've not seen her do anything else that impacts upon the legs other than the Sharpshooter. Then you get people with Death Valley Drivers, 450 Splashes and Corkscrew Moonsaults. These are moves that put pressure on a joint, that drop someone on their head, that drive the air out of their body, so why do these moves not finish matches, Cindy?”
Cindy shrugged her shoulders, “At a guess, the opponents haven't been worn down enough for those moves to finish the match.”
“Which is exactly what I am talking about, they don't wear down the opponent enough and they don't wear them down in the right place. You see, I have one main move, the Sharpshooter, it used to be that that move was feared, that when it was locked in, the match was over, and there is a very simple reason for that. Bret Hart's whole move set was about preparing for that one move and when it was locked in, there was no way that you were going to escape it. Now, it's used as a rest point because I don't see what else the wrestler gains from it. Take the Figure Four that I mentioned earlier, what relation does it have to the 630 Splash or the Octopus Stretch? It wears down the legs but in either case, the time that Akiko uses in applying that move would be better spent trying to damage the ribs or the shoulders. Now I am a thinking wrestler, in working out, in training myself to hit key moves with perfection, I have to ask myself, how does this influence the match and how does it set up for the move I want to finish the match with? If I can't answer that, then there is no point in hitting it. The stars in this company are all very good, I know that as I have done my research, and I am not expecting to find life in the APW easy, but one thing that I do have that not very many do is that I have no wasted actions. Everything I do, it works towards one thing and that makes all the difference.” Victor took another swig of that bottle, “What I am saying is this, I don't need high impact move after high impact move, I don't need backup finishers, and I don't need to swing a Singapore Cane because unlike the no less than a dozen wrestlers in the industry today who use my finisher and fail to pull off the victory, when I lock in that baby, it's over.”
“You call yourself the Lone Wolf, do you think you can walk into the APW which two large groups are in a power struggle over, and achieve what they aim to together by yourself?”
“Yes, Cindy, yes I do. This place seems to be rife with gang warfare and I dare to stand alone. I don't need people watching my back, I don't need people dictating my image, I am a professional wrestler, this is professional wrestling, and I am here to show the stars and the fans just what it is to be a thinking professional wrestler. I am going to show that you don't need to be Canadian,” Victor winks at the camera, “to be a great wrestler.”
“So why did you choose the APW over a less stable orientated federation?”
“Look at my shirt, Cindy, and you have your answer. I have done my research, I am proud to be an APW wrestler, the fans, from what I have seen, are something that you won't see in any other federation, I am in the APW because it is the best place to be. I have worked for eight hard years, I have been trained and at the same time, helped to train those beneath me, and where would I want to be other than the very best place to showcase my talent. Now Cindy, it's been a pleasure, but I have to run. So I have one more thing to say, I am Victor Brander and I am going to show you just what professional wrestling is all about.” Victor shakes Cindy's hand once more, smoothly bringing it to his lips for a moment, before he stands, waves at the camera and leaves the room, leaving Cindy to end the segment.
“That was Victor Brander, I am Cindy Shannon and I am saying goodnight.” And on that merry little note, we fade to black.