Post by Jason Ryan on Jun 29, 2020 21:44:34 GMT -5
Jason sits on the ramp, watching Zaigon celebrate winning the title. The man that has terrorized APW since his debut has been defeated. He slowly stands and limps up the ramp. He stops when he gets on the stage and looks at the camera
I can't do this anymore
Jason heads to the back and heads for his locker room. Everyone gives him a wide berth, letting the former champ pass, no one says a word, just watch him go. Jason heads to his locker room and shuts the door. After making sure it's locked, Jason walks over to the sinks and wets a washcloth. He begins to scrubs the paint off his face until staring back at him is his normal face. Jason stares at his face in the mirror for several moments then hangs his head
Josh what the hell have you become?
Jason walks away from the sink and begins to pack up his things in a gray duffel bag. He sighs and leaves the locker room where he is met by a backstage reporter
Jason, Jason, can I get your thoughts as to what happened?
Jason pauses for a few minutes before speaking
Irina got what she wanted. She has a champion she can control, someone who will fulfill her every desire. I suspect I'll be handed my pink slip any day now. I know for damn sure she's never going to give me a rematch. The Scourge has failed me, everything I worked six years for is over. My life has come to an end as of tonight. I've got nothing left, nor do I have the strength to pick up the pieces. I was sixteen when I started wrestling, when I was eighteen, I made the biggest mistake of my life when I left my pregnant ex. Now here I stand, twenty-four years old, not having anything to show for it. And I know that all that awaits me here is scorn and hatred, I can already hear the others mocking me. I don't really care about that, hell I'm not even that upset I lost. Cause I know why I lost. It was God. It was God telling me to come home and fix what I broke. God gave me six years on the road and in that time I've been rather successful, but now, it's time for me to move on. Everything I've done in my life has been wrong. Before I leave here, I just want to tell the fans and to everyone I've hurt that I'm very very sorry. And that's not coming from Jason Ryan but from Josh Norman. Maybe I'll see you guys again but for now, I need to go find myself again. I need to find my humanity cause somewhere along the way I lost it. In this journey of becoming a professional wrestler, I actually missed out on a lot. My sister actually gave birth to a son last week and I missed it. I hear he's big, nine pounds five ounces, My brother got married the night I won the title in fact, I have missed out on a lot of stuff. And honestly, it took me losing the title to realize that. And honestly, I want to go back to just being Josh Norman. One day I may come back but for now, I am going home.
Jason smacks the backstage interviewer on the shoulder then walks off. He throws his bag in the back and gets in the car. He waits a few moments before driving away
I can't do this anymore
Jason heads to the back and heads for his locker room. Everyone gives him a wide berth, letting the former champ pass, no one says a word, just watch him go. Jason heads to his locker room and shuts the door. After making sure it's locked, Jason walks over to the sinks and wets a washcloth. He begins to scrubs the paint off his face until staring back at him is his normal face. Jason stares at his face in the mirror for several moments then hangs his head
Josh what the hell have you become?
Jason walks away from the sink and begins to pack up his things in a gray duffel bag. He sighs and leaves the locker room where he is met by a backstage reporter
Jason, Jason, can I get your thoughts as to what happened?
Jason pauses for a few minutes before speaking
Irina got what she wanted. She has a champion she can control, someone who will fulfill her every desire. I suspect I'll be handed my pink slip any day now. I know for damn sure she's never going to give me a rematch. The Scourge has failed me, everything I worked six years for is over. My life has come to an end as of tonight. I've got nothing left, nor do I have the strength to pick up the pieces. I was sixteen when I started wrestling, when I was eighteen, I made the biggest mistake of my life when I left my pregnant ex. Now here I stand, twenty-four years old, not having anything to show for it. And I know that all that awaits me here is scorn and hatred, I can already hear the others mocking me. I don't really care about that, hell I'm not even that upset I lost. Cause I know why I lost. It was God. It was God telling me to come home and fix what I broke. God gave me six years on the road and in that time I've been rather successful, but now, it's time for me to move on. Everything I've done in my life has been wrong. Before I leave here, I just want to tell the fans and to everyone I've hurt that I'm very very sorry. And that's not coming from Jason Ryan but from Josh Norman. Maybe I'll see you guys again but for now, I need to go find myself again. I need to find my humanity cause somewhere along the way I lost it. In this journey of becoming a professional wrestler, I actually missed out on a lot. My sister actually gave birth to a son last week and I missed it. I hear he's big, nine pounds five ounces, My brother got married the night I won the title in fact, I have missed out on a lot of stuff. And honestly, it took me losing the title to realize that. And honestly, I want to go back to just being Josh Norman. One day I may come back but for now, I am going home.
Jason smacks the backstage interviewer on the shoulder then walks off. He throws his bag in the back and gets in the car. He waits a few moments before driving away
