Post by ned on Sept 9, 2020 11:25:01 GMT -5
Von Vagabond?
VON VAGABOND?!
That's the hapless drifter who beat up my brother in his debut… then fell off the rails the next two weeks?
Ugh.
Now he's on the chopping block for ol' Apok. That's bad news bears for Vagabond when he hitchhikes to Oklahoma City on Monday. If his last three matches weren't hard enough… then ours will be a massacre. I'm unbeatable here in APW.
Take a look back.
Spartan couldn't beat me.
DJF couldn't beat me.
John Blade couldn't beat me.
Victoria Sabin couldn't beat me.
Elliot Siscoe couldn't beat me.
Okay. Well that last one was a fluke and also nobody saw it on Metal because of a stupid Netflix error. I'm going to pretend like it never happened and move on to the next stop on my Tour of Terror. So many have failed to stop me… and the end result will be Apokalypse as APW World Champion.
America Jackson. Jason Ryan. Andrew Barnes.
One of those three men will be champion following World War Wrestling… and then they'll have me to worry about. For the next month… I'm going to beat everyone senseless and then throw out a challenge to whichever of those jamokes calls themself champion.
Get your butts ready, boys.
Apokalypse is coming.
Von Vagabond, are you even metal enough to make it to Oklahoma City? I'd love nothing more than to beat the bricks off you on Monday. If you're not there… then I guess I'll have to settle with whatever other trashbag wrestler is hanging out in catering. Personally, I'd rather punch you in the mouth for what you did to my brother last month. Pushing the ref into the ropes to drop my brother off the top rope was a cowardly act, Von.
I don't like cowards.
Cowards have no place in the business I was born into. Man up and fight me, Von.
I dare you.
𝖎 𝖉𝖔𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖌 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚
"That wasn't so bad."
"Good thing I did majority of the work."
"Isn't that why people have kids?"
"I wouldn't know."
"You guys ever look into adopting?"
I'm sterile. Fuck off.
"We have, yeah. It's just not the right time. There are so many kids out there who need a home… but we aren't in the right place for one. Josie has a friend who helps place children and she's got one tough job. Josie has been helping with interviews."
This is getting too personal. Let's fast forward to when I've had a few more beers.
⏩
"So there I was… punching that nerd Elliot in the face… and the ref threatened to disqualify me! That was the last straw!"
"You didn't attack the ref again… did ya?"
"No. I promised our… uhh… friend Jasmine that I wouldn't."
More than a friend… but I don't need to get into that with my dad…
"Then what happened?"
"Well… I was inches away from raining down fire and brimstone… when Elliot rolled me up! That son of a bitch pinned me!"
"Yeah… that happens sometimes…"
"Not to me. Not in APW. Thousands of people saw it happen in person… and who knows how many saw it on Netflix. There was a weird error and the nerds at Netflix messed up the footage somehow. I'm mad that I lost. Mad at Elliot. Mad at myself."
"Losing is part of life, son."
"I know. I'm just not good at it. Not like Chris or Ricky… or Sara…"
Our sister Jane isn't a wrestler… but the rest of us are. I'm the only one not raised by our dad. I call me the black sheep. Dad hates it when I do that.
"Before you go there… you're not the black sheep. You're still my son, and you take losses harder than the others. In the grand scheme… losing isn't all that important. Did I ever tell you about the time--"
"--you lost ten matches in a row at Global Wrestling Coalition and then won their World Title on pay per view in a Royal Rumble?"
"Oh… yeah… that…"
"I get it, dad. Losing happens. I just need it to not happen again any time soon."
"Who ya got next week?"
"Von Vagabond. He beat Ricky on Metal a few weeks back… then lost two in a row."
"Never heard of him."
"And if things go my way… nobody else will after Monday. I've got my eyes set on the top prize. I can't let this twerp stop me now."
"So don't. Go out there and get it done. Don't worry about the loss to Ellian or whatever. Thems small potatoes."
Ellian… haha…
"Need another fake beer?"
"Yep."
Dad doesn't drink alcohol.
Coward.
