I am seen pacing back and forth as the scene opens up.
Tamara Marie Rose says: Baby, what’s wrong?
I stop and just look at her for a moment.
The Rocket says: What’s wrong? What’s wrong? You know my history with this company and you know that I have fought like hell to make myself better then I have ever been before and here I am stuck in a fucking handicap match!
She simply looks at and starts thinking for a moment.
Tamara Marie Rose says: Baby, you’ve got those three idiots. It’s really simple what you have to do and if you beat them then the only thing standing between you and that Mainstream Championship is Lucas Prodigy and that’s where you need to be. You can take these three morons out. It’s only Rizwan Ahmed, Randy and Chris Orton; you can beat those three without issue.
I stop for a moment and put my head in my hands as I think about things.
Tamara Marie Rose says: Come on guys, let’s cut this from the promo that’s going to air.
Curtis Thompson says: All right Mrs. Rose we’ll cut this from the full promo.
Tamara Marie Rose says: All right let’s reset and get this done so we can ALL go home.
::-TAKE II-::
The scene opens up on me pacing back and forth. My full attention is nowhere near on the camera.
The Rocket says: I have been going back and forth trying to wrap my head around what is going to take place next Thursday night and I just can’t seem to do it. I did however want to address the majority owner of WGEF before I continue any further. So with that being said I’d like to send out the following message to Kaylee Adams.
I stop pacing back and forth and get right in front of the camera.
The Rocket says: Take a second and get comfortable because what I am about to say to you is going to really hit you where it hurts.
I pause for a moment before I continue.
The Rocket says: Kaylee, I’ve known you for quite awhile and the one thing about you that I’ve learned is that you are without a doubt the biggest, trashiest, whore of a woman that I have ever in my life had the displeasure of working for. Now, why on earthy would I go off and say something like that? Quite simple, go on a journey with me for a moment. We’re going to go back to the MSN days for a moment.
Behind me is a dry erase board with a couple of markers. I take one of the markers and write the letters E-W-F and then I draw a box around those letters and make an arrow with the words MSN Network.
The Rocket says: It was in this company where right here, EWF, where all the problems between you and I truly began. Now of course I know that you aren’t going to remember that company and why should you? You were only the Undisputed Champion who ducked me at any you got. Is it starting to come back to you now? Maybe you remember a tag team by the name of The Dreadful Sickness running wild throughout EWF but you know what? You couldn’t keep me down because I just wouldn’t let you and I eventually got the United States Championship and if I am not mistaken, I was the final United States Champion of that company. That’s beside the point but it’s where this whole thing between you and I started and it kept building and building and building until it overflowed into this company, WGEF.
I turn back around and write the letters W-G-E-F on the board and put a box around them just like I did for the E-W-F letters. Instead of writing MSN with arrow out to the side of it, I write MSN/Aimoo to represent the transition after MSN’s closure.
The Rocket says: I knew exactly how to get underneath your skin. It was one of the things I did better then anyone of the guys numerous guys you opened your damn legs for so what happened when we switched networks? You thought that you and Ryan Payne would get together and plan and plot the way to get me out of your hair for good and you know what? You actually succeeded with the help of Shawn Clarke and some of Ryan’s buddies and once Shawn and Ryan beat the hell out of me and tossed me into a dumpster and left me for dead you thought that was it, it was over and you’d won. Fast Forward two years later and WGEF is trying to get going again and I miss one show.
I turn back around to write on the board. I write the words ‘New Era – 2011: WGEF’ and I then go underneath those words and write ‘Missed 1 show’ and I underline these words numerous times before turning back to the camera and dropping the marker to the floor.
The Rocket says: I missed one show and you start getting preachy about employment and questioning how in the hell I did things in other companies and that you don’t have time to waste on people who aren’t going to show up for you. Check this out little girl, your company isn’t the only one I am an employee of and while we’re at it, you don’t have to employ me if you don’t want to, I’m doing pretty good money wise and this is just an extra cash gig for me. I said all of that to say this, I don’t wrestle for you nor will I ever wrestle for you, I wrestle for the people.
I take a fist and beat it to my chest.
The Rocket says: I wrestle for all of those people that made me exactly who I am today and one of the people that made me who I am today was NOT you. See two years ago I was stupid enough to not see who was really pulling the strings to get me out of the company in the first place but then I went back and looked into it and EVERYTHINGpoints right back in your direction. You set it up and you weren’t going to stop it once the plan was working just the way you wanted it to, now here we are two later and I miss one show and you think that punishment for that is going to be throwing me into a three on one handicap match? Do you NOT realize that I have overcome much bigger, much greater odds then the ones stacked before me at Retribution this week?
I nod my head up and down and grin for a moment.
The Rocket says: Your trying to teach me a lesson with this match at Retribution this week huh? Guess what? When I walk into Seattle, Washington and proceed to kick not one, not two but three Asses then you will truly see that I amNOT the same person I used to be. Check this out though boss! Something that you are going to find out real quick is that no matter how much you stack the deck against The Rocket he’s always and I mean always going come out on top and whenever you finally grow a set of nuts big enough to come up to me and talk to me personally then and only then can you dictate whatever the fuck you want. Until then step off cause I have a job to do and the last thing I need is you telling me how to do it.
I turn around and look at the board for a moment.
The Rocket says: That’s a lot of history on that board. Get this thing out of here; I have the rest of a promo to do.
The production crew comes into the frame and begins taking the board away and as the board is moved out of the way we see three posters. One is of Rizwan Ahmed, one is of Randy Orton and the other is of Chris Orton. Over the Chris Orton banner is a piece of duck tape that says ‘L-O-S-E-R’ down it. After the board is gone I walk back and stand in front of the posters for a moment.
The Rocket says: Now that I have gotten my message to Kaylee or Ms. Adams let me get to the three goofs that I’ll be facing this week at Retribution in a three on one handicap match.
Scoff
The Rocket says: Three on one, like that’s not really a punishment for me. This match is exactly what it’s meant to be and that simply like I already said, it’s a punishment but it’s a punishment with a prize attached to it. You see when I beat the three of you and send you back down to the lower decks of this company; I will be one step closer to becoming the new Mainstream Champion.
I turn around and walk up to the poster of Rizwan Ahmed and stand right in front of it and just stand there looking at it.
The Rocket says: So this is the famous Rizwan Ahmed, the Pakistani Playboy?
I turn around and look over at my wife.
The Rocket says: Let me see that stat sheet.
My wife walks into frame with her iPad and hands it to me and then walks back out of frame. I begin looking over the sheet for a moment before looking back at the camera.
The Rocket says: Pretty impressive stuff here, Riz. Says here that you’re a Co-Founder of New Generation X? Anyone know what the hell that is?
I look back over to the production crew and none of them seems to know.
The Rocket says: I guess moving on then.
I take a moment to look over his accomplishments.
The Rocket says: Got a good set of belts here buddy. Says you’ve been the TV Champ three times, Extreme once, and Intercontinental Champion once. Seems like you know all about holding some gold there. What’s this? The second Pakistani Wrestler to hold a Championship in WGEF, that’s a good one there. You got some history on you and that’s good, it means I’m not walking into this match with an amateur and that’s good but something you’ve never been is the Mainstream Champion or a World Heavyweight Champion. You got the hunger kid? You think you have what it takes to beat a twelve time World Heavyweight Champion? Guess what?
My wife re-enters the frame and takes her iPad and as she is leaving I look at the poster for a moment before ripping it off the wall and tearing it to shreds and throwing what’s left of it to the ground.
The Rocket says: Cause I don’t think you can but you know something else? I also don’t have two other guys to help me out and that puts me in a position that I’m just a little uncomfortable with. I’ll figure it out though don’t you worry about that one bit. Gotta keep my eye on the prize now don’t I?
I nod my head up and down as I walk over to the next poster, which happens to be of none other then Randy Orton. I stop for a moment and just look up at this image and shake my head back and forth in disappointment.
The Rocket says: I don’t need an iPad with a stat sheet to know about the Apex Predator. I’ve kind of had a thing for taking other people’s nicknames and shoving them right back down the throats of the people who came up with them in the first place. Randy, you’re the kind of cat that likes to play games with people and that’s fine because like you I happen to be quite skilled at the mind games but there’s one thing that I’ve learned about those mind games that you haven’t and it’s like that old adage goes, don’t play with your food. I got news for you Mr. Predator! Three on one against The Rocket will make you famous and tonight, the decision maker won’t be about when you can hit the RKO but it’s going to be about working with others to take care of The Rocket but NEWSFLASH!
I turn around and tear the poster down off the wall.
The Rocket says: You won’t be able to do what you’re being paid to do. You know, the one that Kaylee has built this match up for. She wants to punish me for missing a single show so she stacks the deck and thinks that all three of you will get the job done and knock me out of the Mainstream Championship tournament. It’s not gonna happen Thursday night and it damn sure happen as long as I am a member of the WGEF roster. Thursday night, I cut the head off the Viper and leave the Pakistani Playboy belly up wishing he had a hand to help him out. But then again, maybe he does?
I look down at the floor to the pieces of the Randy Orton poster on the floor and move on to the third and final guy in this handicap match, Chris Orton or as I like to call him, The Loser.
The Rocket says: So now we come to the big component of this entire team, Chris Orton. Dude, what happened to you? You came acting like you were gonna be this big great savior and within the last two weeks you’ve seem to have really fallen from grace a bit. I took a look at what the backstage crew caught on camera from this last week and it really looks like you’ve fallen on hard times and can’t seem to get the job done these days. Don’t worry though cause the fact that you are on a two match-losing streak works greatly in my favor this Thursday night. I got it figured like this pal, you are going to be so worried about trying to secure your first win in this new era in WGEF that it’s going to negate your other two team members.
I shrug my shoulders and shake my head back and forth.
The Rocket says: Now I could be one hundred percent wrong and you three could be the best of friends but the one thing that seems to stand out to me is that all three of you are just a bunch of LOSERS and that is exactly what you all will be on Thursday night when The Rocket rolls into Seattle, Washington. That Mainstream Championship is coming home to Los Angeles with me and once I got that belt tied up it’s going to be all about moving on to that Global Heavyweight Championship.
I get a little closer to the camera.
The Rocket says: Now, I don’t want everyone watching this to think that I’ve forgotten about Lucas Prodigy because he’s more then likely gonna be the guy that I have to beat to get my hands on that Mainstream Championship belt. I know all about you buddy; you are the guy that I have wanted to beat the hell out of since I got back to this damn company. Let's take a little walk for a second, I have something i'd like you and the rest of the people to take a look at.
I step forward and walk over to a wall with newspaper clippings on it. All of the headlines are about WGEF’s return and on these clippings some items are highlighted.
The Rocket says: You know, I was wrong when I said that PDub was the WGEF ‘Golden Boy’ because at the big grand Press Conference it was real clear that everyone wanted to see you, Lucas, more then they wanted to see any of us that actually bothered to show up and you know what? That really pisses me off! Because who in the hell do you think you are? I mean, I could understand if you were some Hall of Famer like Chris Orton or Phoenix but you aren’t. I want to know who in the hell you think are? Anytime I did a fucking interview all I got asked about was if I’d seen Lucas Prodigy or if he’d be there and I nearly smacked the living hell out of everyone that asked. When you and I finally meet in that ring Lucas, I’m going to do to you exactly what I wanted to do to each and everyone of those people that asked about you. I look forward to when I meet you in that ring and we get to beat the hell out of each other because that is exactly what is going to happen and when I beat you, then you can answer the question that people will be asking you and that question will be: Lucas, how did it feel to get beaten by The Rocket? And you’ll get that lump in your throat and you won’t be able to answer the question because of the fact when I beat you, it’ll be indescribable.
Taking the focus back over I move away from the wall with the clippings on it and we focus in on me.
The Rocket says: But that’s when I finally get to face the famous Lucas Prodigy. This week I deal with three morons who think they’re going to get the best of me and that’s just not going to happen. You three can count on one thing happening and that’s me walking out of this match as the winner. Until then boys, I’ll see you Thursday night in Seattle and I would suggest that Rizwan, Randy and Chris that you three get very familiar with each other because I don’t want any excuses for why you couldn’t get the job that Kaylee is paying to do done. Get the hell out of here and someone get in here and clean this mess up.
With that the camera pans out and the image of me fades to black.
