Post by cyborg878 on Feb 8, 2021 22:43:53 GMT -5
When life throws you a curve ball you can either let it hit you...
Or you can catch it.
That's what I do.
That's what I've always done.
I catch that curve ball and I throw it right back.
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The scene opens up in a high end hotel in Hokkaido, Japan. Damon Warrens sits on the bed and folds down his laptop having just gotten off a Skype call with his husband and son back home. Jaime walks out of the bathroom in just a towel. As he watches Damon end the call and close the laptop he can see a fake cheeriness melt away from his face. Without Damon's family watching Jaime sees the Nitemare's mood drop. Jaime joins him on the bed and tries to comfort his partner, putting his arms around the man reassuringly.
Jaime: I know you hate being here and not being able to see them whenever you want.
Damon: It's awful. To take a trip out here for a tour is one thing... but we're here long term. This isn't a tour. This is long term. And having to figure out when I can squeeze in an eleven hour flight to head back and see my family for .. maybe a day or two before heading back here on another eleven hour flight.... it's exhausting. And that's not including having to work around Jubei's "conveniently scheduled" press events to promote APW.
Jaime: I know. You're a man who likes your freedom and... Jubei seems to be limiting it as much as he can.
Damon: Jaime let's be real. This whole move to Japan... ousting Dante... this was all a power play for Jubei... to make sure he had control over everyone he could. That's why he has such an issue with America and myself. We haven't bent to his will.
Jaime nods knowingly. The latest "Power that be" in APW has without directly saying so... made it clear he took issue with Damon and America's stubbornness.
Jaime: I know.... so what do we do?
Damon: We do what we always do. We adapt and we overcome. That's what I've preached so much...the secret to my success Jaime. Never let people like Jubei know they got the jump on you. Never fall in line.... find a way to adapt to the challenge...and then destroy it.
Damon's eyes grow intense. His body tenses up clearly angered by Jubei's power trip.
Jaime: So what does that look like mi amor? How do we adapt and destroy?
Damon pauses for a second to consider Jaime's question. How could they overcome Jubei.
Damon: Well first step is stopping the rise of the Left Hand. They are clearly Jubei's chosen ones to try and take down America and my tag reign. We need to make it clear to him we can't be stopped even by his Left Hand men. After that.. I... I don't know. I'd say just continue dominating APW, but that hasn't seemed to get through to Jubei so far.. not sure it will. Maybe we take more drastic measures...
As Damon contemplates his future actions against Jubei the scene fades out.
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Glorified champions whose reign begins to melt their brains.
That's us I guess.
Damon Warrens.
America Jackson.
World Heavyweight Champion.
North American Champion.
World Tag Team Champions.
Two men who apparently have let the crowns rot their minds.
Two men who have stood as examples of unyielding excellence in this company.
Two men who have made it known that they will not be controlled anymore.
We are men who make our own destinies,
Our own rules,
Our own glory.
We are far removed from the days of bowing to men like Smith Jones or Zaigon Carter. We are no longer subservient to those who think themselves our betters.
We are additionally far removed from the era of bowing down to the power mad. No more Irina. No more Dante. Never Jubei.
But the power mad will always try with all their might to bring their vocal critics under heel.
Jubei has made it clear that is his intention. He tried to overwhelm America with two opponents at once. He tried to send a messiah to smite the Devil.
And yet here we still stand:
Glorified champions whose reign begins to melt their brains.
And so now who knocks at the door to our throne room?
The so called "Master"s Left Hand men.
His newest hand picked mercenaries sent to try and humble the American Devils.
They aim to do something that no one has done since I came back in October...
Leave us defeated and humbled.
Admittedly these men are no slouches. They're the first real challenge to our tag team dominance.
You have Sky Edwards.... who like myself... like America Jackson has been undefeated since his debut in December.
The current Strong Style champion. A man who aims to do what only America and I have thus far done... hold two championships at once.
The Predator.... no not the same kind of Predator as that Wellings guy. . . .no a genuine hungry beast wanting gold and glory.
Arthan Ardelean.... he's also here.
I think that's one of the things that really separates our two teams, you know? There's this question of America or Damon? Who is THE BEST in APW?
But we already know who is second fiddle in the Left Hand, don't we? Sky Edwards already beat Arthan in the debacle that was Harvey's Holiday Scramble. Sky Edwards already beat Arthan in a fatal four way.
We already know that Arthan is here tagging along. He's the one clinging onto Sky's coattails.
Must be why Arthan stuck to... I guess valeting for Edwards at 2021 Ways to Die while Edwards got all the glory of his championship victory.
Arthan.... I ask are you the pale rider we were warned about in a video many weeks ago? Are you the bringer of death? Or do you call yourself such because you know how much you PALE in comparison to everyone around you. The One must be terribly disappointed in his disciple. You walked into APW proclaiming the Left Hand was to bring about the end of days.... the Apocalypse of The One. You've failed on almost every account. Your one victory since your arrival was against Indie Rebellion and let's be honest with ourselves Arthan.... you and Sky won because the Indie boys weren't really.... present in the match.
You asked APW if we were the leaves... the matches... the wood... the rocks... Were we here to start the flames of the Left Hand? Were we ere to feed those flames? To try and hold them in place? No Arthan I think you'll find that America and I are the water. We are here to extinguish those flames.
Arthan you said that you came to APW not to prove yourself... but because it was your calling. Well thankfully you've lived up to that because you haven't proven yourself. At all. You however have fulfilled your calling... to be a background character.
Arthan you told the world that you could easily beat up myself and America. You could take our titles to fill the treasure chest of The One. I question though...what makes you so sure? What makes you believe that a man with only one win to his name and his partner who carried him to that win... what makes you think you two stand a chance?
Maybe you think Sky Edwards will carry you through again? Sorry... the Predator. The beastly being who in his first week here told the world he was coming for THE ALPHA of APW Damon Warrens. As so many others have proclaimed. Andre Aquarius, John Blade, Jason Ryan, Corey Bull, Jason Ryan again, Brother Zeke....and yes also Jason Ryan. Every one of them claimed to be the one to end my dominance for good.... and yet here I am... one half of APW's resident Belt Collectors.
So many monsters have threatened to devour our world. So many monsters came out from under the bed to try and scare us into submission. No monster lives up to the Devil though. What interests me however... is what if it isn't the monster... the Predator.. who comes knocking at our door. What if it is the plucky young Sky Edwards? What then of his partnership with the Left Hand? See the Predator is all too willing to participate in any level of viciousness... of evil to quench his thirst for conquest, but how does Sky feel? I know you said you'll work with the Left Hand if it means breaking up the monopoly that America and I have on APW... but when it comes time to follow through on those promises Sky are you willing to adapt your morals? Are you willing to become as vicious as the Left Hand demands? Or will you just keep letting the Predator take over?
Can I let you in on a secret Sky? It doesn't really matter which form you take in our match. Demonic Predator... hard working Sky.... neither one measures up to America or myself. We are separately destructive forces who have run without challenge in APW. Together... we are Gods. We aren't hiding behind a gimmick.. we aren't relying on another persona... or a cult to help us dominate. We just do it.
We show up.
We adapt.
We dominate.
We leave.
Now yes the four of us have something in common. As this business would lend itself to we are all just big meaty men slapping meat. A bunch of oiled up Adonis' trying to prove who is the strongest.... the toughest... the best. America and I have proven that we are just that: the best. Time and time again.
Against wicked souls.
Against promising up and comers.
Against monsters in the dark.
We have adapted and dominated.
So we will do just that again.
You may be the Left Hand... but you've never had to face the Right Knee. We are no cult founded on some prophecies of a goat headed man with grainy YouTube promos. No our gospel bases itself around one simple concept. We take our Right Knees.... we bury them deep into the skulls of our challengers... that's really it. There's no pomp or circumstance to it... just caving skulls in.
But despite all of this you both will still maintain that you will end our reign of unstoppable dominance. You out of everyone in APW who has tried to put us down... YOU will be the ones to finally do it. The Predator and his Left Hand... which is the aggressively straight sounding porno NO ONE ASKED FOR by the way. You two will finally dethrone the kings.
Well boys I must tell you something. You HAVE to be the LEFT Hand.... because you certainly aren't fucking RIGHT.
So we will see you in the ring. We will take pleasure in breaking the Left Hand. And then we will walk away and await for whatever nonsense Jubei has planned for us next.
The American Devils will forever be the river in a dry land.
Or you can catch it.
That's what I do.
That's what I've always done.
I catch that curve ball and I throw it right back.
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The scene opens up in a high end hotel in Hokkaido, Japan. Damon Warrens sits on the bed and folds down his laptop having just gotten off a Skype call with his husband and son back home. Jaime walks out of the bathroom in just a towel. As he watches Damon end the call and close the laptop he can see a fake cheeriness melt away from his face. Without Damon's family watching Jaime sees the Nitemare's mood drop. Jaime joins him on the bed and tries to comfort his partner, putting his arms around the man reassuringly.
Jaime: I know you hate being here and not being able to see them whenever you want.
Damon: It's awful. To take a trip out here for a tour is one thing... but we're here long term. This isn't a tour. This is long term. And having to figure out when I can squeeze in an eleven hour flight to head back and see my family for .. maybe a day or two before heading back here on another eleven hour flight.... it's exhausting. And that's not including having to work around Jubei's "conveniently scheduled" press events to promote APW.
Jaime: I know. You're a man who likes your freedom and... Jubei seems to be limiting it as much as he can.
Damon: Jaime let's be real. This whole move to Japan... ousting Dante... this was all a power play for Jubei... to make sure he had control over everyone he could. That's why he has such an issue with America and myself. We haven't bent to his will.
Jaime nods knowingly. The latest "Power that be" in APW has without directly saying so... made it clear he took issue with Damon and America's stubbornness.
Jaime: I know.... so what do we do?
Damon: We do what we always do. We adapt and we overcome. That's what I've preached so much...the secret to my success Jaime. Never let people like Jubei know they got the jump on you. Never fall in line.... find a way to adapt to the challenge...and then destroy it.
Damon's eyes grow intense. His body tenses up clearly angered by Jubei's power trip.
Jaime: So what does that look like mi amor? How do we adapt and destroy?
Damon pauses for a second to consider Jaime's question. How could they overcome Jubei.
Damon: Well first step is stopping the rise of the Left Hand. They are clearly Jubei's chosen ones to try and take down America and my tag reign. We need to make it clear to him we can't be stopped even by his Left Hand men. After that.. I... I don't know. I'd say just continue dominating APW, but that hasn't seemed to get through to Jubei so far.. not sure it will. Maybe we take more drastic measures...
As Damon contemplates his future actions against Jubei the scene fades out.
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Glorified champions whose reign begins to melt their brains.
That's us I guess.
Damon Warrens.
America Jackson.
World Heavyweight Champion.
North American Champion.
World Tag Team Champions.
Two men who apparently have let the crowns rot their minds.
Two men who have stood as examples of unyielding excellence in this company.
Two men who have made it known that they will not be controlled anymore.
We are men who make our own destinies,
Our own rules,
Our own glory.
We are far removed from the days of bowing to men like Smith Jones or Zaigon Carter. We are no longer subservient to those who think themselves our betters.
We are additionally far removed from the era of bowing down to the power mad. No more Irina. No more Dante. Never Jubei.
But the power mad will always try with all their might to bring their vocal critics under heel.
Jubei has made it clear that is his intention. He tried to overwhelm America with two opponents at once. He tried to send a messiah to smite the Devil.
And yet here we still stand:
Glorified champions whose reign begins to melt their brains.
And so now who knocks at the door to our throne room?
The so called "Master"s Left Hand men.
His newest hand picked mercenaries sent to try and humble the American Devils.
They aim to do something that no one has done since I came back in October...
Leave us defeated and humbled.
Admittedly these men are no slouches. They're the first real challenge to our tag team dominance.
You have Sky Edwards.... who like myself... like America Jackson has been undefeated since his debut in December.
The current Strong Style champion. A man who aims to do what only America and I have thus far done... hold two championships at once.
The Predator.... no not the same kind of Predator as that Wellings guy. . . .no a genuine hungry beast wanting gold and glory.
Arthan Ardelean.... he's also here.
I think that's one of the things that really separates our two teams, you know? There's this question of America or Damon? Who is THE BEST in APW?
But we already know who is second fiddle in the Left Hand, don't we? Sky Edwards already beat Arthan in the debacle that was Harvey's Holiday Scramble. Sky Edwards already beat Arthan in a fatal four way.
We already know that Arthan is here tagging along. He's the one clinging onto Sky's coattails.
Must be why Arthan stuck to... I guess valeting for Edwards at 2021 Ways to Die while Edwards got all the glory of his championship victory.
Arthan.... I ask are you the pale rider we were warned about in a video many weeks ago? Are you the bringer of death? Or do you call yourself such because you know how much you PALE in comparison to everyone around you. The One must be terribly disappointed in his disciple. You walked into APW proclaiming the Left Hand was to bring about the end of days.... the Apocalypse of The One. You've failed on almost every account. Your one victory since your arrival was against Indie Rebellion and let's be honest with ourselves Arthan.... you and Sky won because the Indie boys weren't really.... present in the match.
You asked APW if we were the leaves... the matches... the wood... the rocks... Were we here to start the flames of the Left Hand? Were we ere to feed those flames? To try and hold them in place? No Arthan I think you'll find that America and I are the water. We are here to extinguish those flames.
Arthan you said that you came to APW not to prove yourself... but because it was your calling. Well thankfully you've lived up to that because you haven't proven yourself. At all. You however have fulfilled your calling... to be a background character.
Arthan you told the world that you could easily beat up myself and America. You could take our titles to fill the treasure chest of The One. I question though...what makes you so sure? What makes you believe that a man with only one win to his name and his partner who carried him to that win... what makes you think you two stand a chance?
Maybe you think Sky Edwards will carry you through again? Sorry... the Predator. The beastly being who in his first week here told the world he was coming for THE ALPHA of APW Damon Warrens. As so many others have proclaimed. Andre Aquarius, John Blade, Jason Ryan, Corey Bull, Jason Ryan again, Brother Zeke....and yes also Jason Ryan. Every one of them claimed to be the one to end my dominance for good.... and yet here I am... one half of APW's resident Belt Collectors.
So many monsters have threatened to devour our world. So many monsters came out from under the bed to try and scare us into submission. No monster lives up to the Devil though. What interests me however... is what if it isn't the monster... the Predator.. who comes knocking at our door. What if it is the plucky young Sky Edwards? What then of his partnership with the Left Hand? See the Predator is all too willing to participate in any level of viciousness... of evil to quench his thirst for conquest, but how does Sky feel? I know you said you'll work with the Left Hand if it means breaking up the monopoly that America and I have on APW... but when it comes time to follow through on those promises Sky are you willing to adapt your morals? Are you willing to become as vicious as the Left Hand demands? Or will you just keep letting the Predator take over?
Can I let you in on a secret Sky? It doesn't really matter which form you take in our match. Demonic Predator... hard working Sky.... neither one measures up to America or myself. We are separately destructive forces who have run without challenge in APW. Together... we are Gods. We aren't hiding behind a gimmick.. we aren't relying on another persona... or a cult to help us dominate. We just do it.
We show up.
We adapt.
We dominate.
We leave.
Now yes the four of us have something in common. As this business would lend itself to we are all just big meaty men slapping meat. A bunch of oiled up Adonis' trying to prove who is the strongest.... the toughest... the best. America and I have proven that we are just that: the best. Time and time again.
Against wicked souls.
Against promising up and comers.
Against monsters in the dark.
We have adapted and dominated.
So we will do just that again.
You may be the Left Hand... but you've never had to face the Right Knee. We are no cult founded on some prophecies of a goat headed man with grainy YouTube promos. No our gospel bases itself around one simple concept. We take our Right Knees.... we bury them deep into the skulls of our challengers... that's really it. There's no pomp or circumstance to it... just caving skulls in.
But despite all of this you both will still maintain that you will end our reign of unstoppable dominance. You out of everyone in APW who has tried to put us down... YOU will be the ones to finally do it. The Predator and his Left Hand... which is the aggressively straight sounding porno NO ONE ASKED FOR by the way. You two will finally dethrone the kings.
Well boys I must tell you something. You HAVE to be the LEFT Hand.... because you certainly aren't fucking RIGHT.
So we will see you in the ring. We will take pleasure in breaking the Left Hand. And then we will walk away and await for whatever nonsense Jubei has planned for us next.
The American Devils will forever be the river in a dry land.
