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The
Outkast... Returns
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A TV is a
dark room sits alone with nothing but static and noise coming from the
monitor. A single light hanging from the ceiling hangs over the TV
moving just slightly left to right. Then the TV goes black and its
dead silence. After a short moment the monitor comes on and its a
camera pointing from the corner of a room staring down at a man sitting at a
table with his arms in thick chains handcuffed to the table. The man
is wearing a black Jump suit and black gloves, his hair is slightly
wet , probably from sweat. The Camera zooms in from the top corner
into the mans face to try to get a closer look. As it gets closer the
man slowly moves his eyes towards the camera and suddenly jumps at it and
smiles. Reno Destiny sits back in his chair with a small chuckle
as he stares into the one light in the room.
I am not
even the slightest bit worried about Live. I have had a lot of people
coming to me asking me how do I feel about being back in boardwalk wrestling
and after I signed that contract, I can tell you I couldn't have been more
excited. At live , these chains will not be holding me back anymore.
This moment was a long time coming and rest assured that Reno Destiny is
going no where anytime soon. I know the game, they can't treat
me like I am an established superstar, that wouldn't be fair to the
ones already here who had to bust there asses but I will let you in on
something. I do not want special treatment. I am looking
forward to starting from the bottom because I have had to do that everywhere
from day 1 and it feels good when you get to the top of that mountain and
finally smash everything to pieces. Signing that contract meant I was
a rookie again regardless of who I have defeated and I welcome that
challenge. There is nothing more I would want in this world then to
start from the ground floor of the boardwalk wrestling organization and
climb rung by damn rung up the ladder to MY destiny, to become the
Atlantic City champion. I'm not worried about the things someone who
is green behind the ears is worried about. I know how to handle a
microphone, I know my way around the ring as well as any man who has
ever stepped in this business and I know the backstage politics that goes
on. The difference between me and any veteran or Newbie is that
I just simply don't care about the backstage politics or whether someone is
new or a veteran, I don't care what matches they put me in,
Welcome To Boardwalk matches, ladder matches, Hell I have even been in
a CAREER matches. The board of directors are the bosses and they
pay me to do a job. This being my first match back, I applaud them for
doing what has to be done. However Charisma, I now must do what
I do best, and what I signed my contract for and that is to destroy,
dismantle and annihilate anyone who is put on a card against me.
He
clinches his fist , the handcuffs are tight but Reno would never show
his discomfort. he leans up onto the table and grabs the pack of
ciggs that are close to him. There is a set of matches on
the table to as he can barley reach for them. One flick of the match
and the cigarette is lit.
I hope
you aren't scared, I want you to feel good about your so called
destiny to achieve greatness, and I wish you all the luck.
I am not a bad guy at all, My wife would tell you I am some sort of
teddy bear softie. She would also tell you that I do have a dark side.
I have learned with my experience to harness that dark side and focus it
into what I need to focus it into. I am what would be called a
controlled frenzy. This is what you have to account for Charisma.
This is what the board of directors wants to see if you can handle because
only the best can come through a place like this and survive. I can
tell what they may want from me though. Ever since the first
time around when Pettis wanted me to come on board, I got the since that he
saw the same thing in me another man of his caliber saw in me a long time
ago. I don't think however they saw this coming. I don't think
even they are ready for what they signed me up for. I want your
absolute best Charisma no doubt about it because that's what you will need
to defeated me.
Reno
takes a drag of the cigg and taps it onto the table lightly. Reno
tries to extend his arms but is reminded that he is still shackled and can
not move his arms or his feet.
You don't
know what my destiny is Charisma? Destiny isn't something everyone
would know from first glance. Your destiny could be to become Atlantic
City champion , or any champion at all. Your destiny could also be
death by a fallen piano. You could be assaulted by a stranger in an
alley or simply by being defeated by me. There winds of destiny are
always changing young lady but I do not want you to fear me. I want
you to embrace what is inside each and every one of the members of this
roster. Your Daddy can not save you anymore, you are now on your
own in this business. He was right when telling you that you can do
anything you want, dads have a great way of lighting the path in front of
you. It is only the hardened that understand that you have to go into
this with the same ferocity that I now have. You come here to be the
best by working hard and training and doing what's right. I come to
destroy and await the next. I don't want you to fear me ,
and I want you to embrace the demons that are inside you because that is the
only way you are going to become good enough to defeat me. Being a
rookie makes no difference right now because if you were here for 20 years
and you did everything right, I would still try to render you lifeless in
the ring. My experience in the ring means nothing, my empty
soulless heartless frame is what is going to make this match the run of the
mill dog walking that everyone expects this to be.
Reno
pulls up on his chains letting the bands tug on his wrists but the table
isn't budging since its bolted to the floor and his foot chains are locked
into the concrete floor but he still tries to free them snacking the bands
on his ankles. he gasps a bit and takes another drag of his cigarette
and smashes it out on the table.
When I
say your daddy can't save you now, I mean that his words were true but he
isn't here to reinforce them when you fall flat on your face in front of me.
You can stare fear in the eyes little girl and fear may runaway, but
stare Destiny in the eyes and you will get exactly what is coming to you.
I will never run, I have never ran from anything in my life no matter
how tall the task or how small the order. Your husband can't save you
now either. His training may have benefited you but it will not
benefit you with me. This business is unpredictable, but nothing could
train you for me, no one could train anyone for someone that has no
conscious and no contricon. So you see I do see the bigger
picture, I see the biggest picture that your husband never told you
about. You know the innocent side of the business. You know the
part where everyone's here to give a great show, to give their best
effort and one day become something on good merit and terms. I guess I
come from somewhere where that truth isn't the truth at all. I wasn't
named the Outcast of Black sheep for nothing, I am from a time where
this was kill or be killed, the dog fights I endured to become one of
the most decorated in this business were not for someone that has such a
pure heart as you do. My big picture is night and day to your
big picture and that is why I believe, no I know that this
match will be one sided, I know it will be a clinic, I know it
will be a lesson to the new people that step foot in the ring and face me.
You said that I seem like I am hard on myself and negative. Maybe I
am.
Reno
looks down at his wrists as he notices they are getting red from trying to
pull the chains apart. He seems to be stuck but he doesn't seem to be
worried about it. He smirks at the cuffs whispering under his breath *
they think I can't break these *
I was
baptized in the fire of chaos, combat, and dysfunction. This era
of wrestling seems to be all about hugs and kisses after a match and shaking
hands. When I was green behind the ears you should have seen the
things I saw , been apart of , had to endure to become something.
This business isn't going to love you back, it is going to take you away
from your life, take you away from who you are and it will spit you
back out. If you are green now, what you have to do to get better will
be one of the hardest decisions you have to make. You have to take
your morals and your standards and throw them out because this is the land
of the giants and only the giants survive. Am I a giant?
No. I'm pretty damn close to the thing that goes bump in the night.
I don't want you to fear me, because this is what your future looks
like.
He sits
back in his chair and looks high towards the light and stares right into the
center of the bulb. He starts to smirk again before he sits up in his
chair and plants his feet shoulder width apart on the floor stretching the
chairs out as far as they can go.
My destiny is simple, be the best. Beat the best, and STAY
the best. I do not need championships for that, id gladly win
those title and drop them because to be known as the man is good enough for
me. The one man on the card that COMMANDS main event spots is good
enough for me. To go down in the future BW Hall Of Fame as THE GUY is
good enough for me. My horizons are broader then yours, you see
the championships, I see the legacy. You don't have a legacy yet
charisma and its still to be determined whether you will have one. You
are a bright girl and its a shame you have to be poisoned by this era,
that you wont know a damn thing about being great or achieving greatness.
You will get a first class lesson from me that no matter how good of a show
you put on, no matter what daddy told you, or your husband taught you,
a man with no malice in his heart, a man who is as focused as a camera lense
looking into an ant hill is the most dangerous man you could ever face.
Your wrestling lineage does no matter now, If your father and
your husband were to set foot in Boardwalk wrestling, I would render
your father a crippled man and your husband brain dead from conchairto shots
over and over and over again. I simply do not care about their
lives.
he bangs
his fists on the table after the last sentence and has a real stern look on
his face. Gathers himself and calms down. His composure
returns as he locks his hands together and he gently starts tugging up
on his chains.
There are
times in my time here, that people often refer to my arrogance as
being snobby , or immature , or having the massive ego that would dwarf some
of the games elite champions. My arrogance is not arrogance, its
confidence. I have been around this world and back and I have defeated
some of the games best. Did they all amount to title shots, no but
they were statement makers. When I defeated Mike Zybala it was a
mark of a statement being made to him. Without knowing the
history you should really not speak on the subject, but I will give you a
small history lesson. Mike Zybala and I have put on shows all around this
planet from Europe to down under to the great United States. This
wasn't the first place we have fought and it wont be the last TIME we share
a ring together. He understands what I had to do to become who I am
today because he lived it as I did. He is pompous and very humorous
but, Mike Zybala has only beaten me once, and he has fallen to 0-2 in
our last 2 meetings. Regardless of if I got the title shot or not
bragging rights were on the line and I have them. I am however
offended you think I believe I am a top contender. You got all that
from me saying I want the Atlantic City Championship? Baby I just know
where I want to go in Boardwalk, How I get there makes little
difference, I could win the hype title , Casino , internet
I could win them all. If you are here and don't want the Atlantic City
title then you are not supposed to be here. Everyone believes they are
the best, difference between me and everyone else is that I actually believe
it It seems you feel like you are ready for this match but you
pull back so you don't feel like you are being arrogant.
Maybe we are more alike then you realize. I will be Atlantic City
Champion, in due time. Right now all I want to do is go from the
bottom to the top of the roster , and shaking the foundation the Boardwalk
is built on. So your assumptions about my arrogance and what I want in
Boardwalk is wrong.
Reno
stands up out of his chair still with his feet apart. Now he is
standing with his arms extended and the chain of his cuffs being pulled even
more.
Home is
often known as where the heart is, and Detroit Michigan was home to me at
one time. New Jersey to Michigan I used to say, I loved both places
where I lived and both are not places where I would want to raise my child.
We are connected by similar roots charisma, so I know there is that
fire inside you that wants greatness just like I do, only problem is
your eyes are not opened yet. You are right, America is
filled with cities worse off then The Dirty, but its going to be
more then just 2 people from the same town locking horns in that ring come
live. I can see your soul and we are cut from the same cloth,
our souls burn with the fire that is required to make greatness happen.
The difference is that I have a wild fire burning and you have a camp fire
inside of you. It will make for good TV
He looks
closely at his cuffs and he starts to pull with great force and you can hear
the chain beginning to give. Reno's face doesn't even look strained as
he feels the tug of his cuffs get stronger.
At the end of the day, when the sun sets in Atlantic City, and Live comes on
the air and the first match is announced, 1 of 2 things can
happen. Either it will be a main event caliber match where we
trade blows, or I simply come and rip down that wall of green
confidence you have. This was never personal Charisma, we are
after the same things believe it or not. You remind me of the 2006
Reno Destiny, So full of life and promise. That man was destroyed 2
years after that. The man you see now, Chained to this desk is
the product of hatred and anger. Come live , I am providing you with
the keys to success by example. If your husband wants to learn the
lesson as well, he can bring his ass back to boardwalk and I will show him
what true hatred and Anger is. I will show him what I will show you on
live. My methods may not garner me much respect but What I do in the
ring is nothing short of heinous. Every damn seat in the
building will be standing and will be shocked. I have never
disappointed a crowd before and I am not about to start now. Wrestling
is what I love to do, I also love to hurt people. Live
will be a wrestling clinic and it will also be the day you remember who your
first match was with. Remember it in your mind forever, because
when you look back 16 years from now, you will know why you turned to
dark parts of your soul for guidance and strength. That getting what
you want doesn't mean dress in booty shorts and spaghetti straps, the
shiny suits and the glamour. I have lived a lifetimes worth of
experiences and I will show you the way.
Reno
gives out a huge grunt as his chains snap. He hand cuffs snap in
half as pieces fly in different directions. He bends over and
releases his other chains on his ankles.
You want
Destiny, You will have to get through Destiny. The Monster
is home.
He walks
out of the vision of the camera, and it starts to zoom out to a wide angle.
No one is in the room and a door sounds like it just busts open.
An Alarm
sounds as the camera back up from the monitor and the screen goes black and
the static on the TV fills the room with noise.
End.
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Let us pray.
Lord we come to you not
because you can heal our souls but because we NEED you to.
I know I haven't been the best for you but I ask for your forgiveness and
hope that you would contain the demons that are inside me.
I don't know if I have the ability to keep the devil from knocking at my
door
but you hold the keys lord. You are great in your power lord.
Should the devil come knocking please give me the strength lord.
Help me fight these demons lord.
because I don't have the strength to do so on my own....
anymore.
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