Post by Jay Swift on Aug 28, 2013 4:51:26 GMT -4
The scene fades in and we see Jay Swift walking through a dark forest in Northern Arizona. It’s a pitch black forest, and the only light there appears to be is coming from the flashlight that Swift has with him. He hears some rustling in the bushes and trees, but that doesn’t scare him one bit. As a matter of fact, he seems to be embracing the environment. He finds a pathway, not knowing where it leads. He stops on the pathway and begins to speak.
Jay Swift: Recent events are starting to remind me way too much of the NIWF days, but I say that in a respectful and positive light. You see, when I first came into the NIWF, there was plenty of insanity, plenty of anticipation for their big events and plenty of unpredictability. I can proudly say that I’m getting that same feel here in AWR. But what many hardcore Jay Swift fans will also remember is how I began my career in the NIWF on an eleven match unbeaten streak, ten wins, one draw, and I didn’t lose whatsoever until the legendary Julio beat me and hell, during that unbeaten streak, I had beaten him as well. I mention this because here in AWR thus far, it’s been four matches up, four matches down. Now do you see why I am having a bit of a flashback about the old days?
Swift pauses to laugh for a few seconds.
Jay Swift: But as fun as things were in 2007, I know the reality I’m in now. It’s 2013. The NIWF exists only in nostalgia, but that’s not going to stop me. This week, I am heading HOME, to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the AWR pay-per-view spectacular, Thunderstorm! Oh hell yeah, it’s a homecoming that I promise all of my fans that show up that’s going to be just as memorable as my previous times coming home. Six years ago, in Tempe, that was when I achieved my win against Julio. If you guys want a more recent example of my hometown success, let me take you back to THW Summer Slaughter 2011, not too long ago. I defeated Gabbi Sparks for the THW World Championship and ended the longest world title reign in that company’s history! It was my THIRD World Championship and regardless of who wins between Royal and Destiny, I am going to say it here and now, number four isn’t very far away.
But now folks, I am going to create yet another lasting hometown memory as I take on an old colleague of mine from the NIWF and for a brief time, THW, RCH3. It’s been too damn long man and let me tell you something, considering our pedigrees in this business, I am shocked that throughout all these years, we have only faced off against each other one time! But that’s going to change come Thunderstorm. You see RCH3, you’re going to be my toughest opponent by far. There’s no doubting what you’ve accomplished: NIWF World Champion, AWR Crash Champion, just to name a few of your accolades BUT, when it all comes down to it, you just never had what it took to grab that brass ring and I am going to explain why that is before I end this promo, but first, I want you to observe the type of environment that I’m in.
Swift pauses and the scene pans to show nothing but woods, and darkness. The sound of a wolf howling can be heard in the very far distance.
Jay Swift: Before you make your jokes, yes, there ARE forests in Arizona, you just have to go to the north side of the state. Anyway, you can see that I am here, in a dark forest. Why come here, you’re probably wondering. You see, it’s real simple. I’m here to show you straight up that I can hang in your type of environment. I know the kind of person you are, you like to run amok in the forests to ‘flip some wigs’ as you so put it. But unfortunately for you, it’s going to take more than that to scare me. Obviously, I’m doing well so far in surviving in your environment. But, I haven’t gone too deep into this place. So, I’m going to do that right now.
Swift pauses again and begins to walk along the forest path. A couple of minutes later, he comes across an abandoned campsite where the tent is completely torn up and there’s debris all over the place. Some bear tracks are seen nearby.
Jay Swift: Obviously, whoever camped here didn’t make it. A bear can come right out of those woods and meet me in the face.
Almost on cue, he hears a bear growling nearby.
Jay Swift: Maybe it’ll happen, maybe it won’t. But if it does, you can bet your ass I’m not running scared. But what about you RCH3? Are you the kind of guy that runs scared? Maybe that’s why you cover your face with paint. Maybe you lost it in your head when you started your NIWF career with loss after loss. Remember that? I do. I’ll give you credit, you overcame it to become the wrestler that you are today, but compared to people like me RCH3, your career, while a good resume, hasn’t lived up to the standards that many people thought it would. When you were the NIWF World Champion, I believed that you were going to do for NIWF what Marina Valdivia did for HCW, that is, give the company more exposure and become the leader of a NEW generation of young talent that was going to take the company by storm. But that didn’t exactly happen did it? You had your chance to live up to your own hype, and you did when you won that title a few years ago, but ever since you lost that title, you just haven’t been that same wrestler you once were. You’ll have your moments of brilliance, like when you won the CRASH Title, but ultimately, it only proves to be just moments, case in point: losing that title the very next week to Gemini. Let me ask you a question that you’ve probably never given much thought to. Are you REALLY the wrestler that many people in the NIWF while you were the champion thought you’d be? Or was the night you won the title merely a case of you being a one hit wonder? Now do you understand why I say you never exactly grabbed the brass ring?
Swift pauses and laughs, almost as if he’s waiting for an answer.
Jay Swift: Come on RCH3, this is your environment. I wouldn’t be surprised if you came out and confronted me right now! Do it! I want you to answer that question to me face to face. But before I do that, I’d like to introduce to you a little friend of mine.
Swift walks around some more, leaving the abandoned campsite behind. He finds a twig and snaps if off a tree.
Jay Swift: I’d like for you to meet the HATCHET FLIPPER, the one that will put your hatchet to shame! What’s that Hatchet Flipper?
Swift pauses to pretend that the twig is talking to him.
Jay Swift: You say that RCH3 still doesn’t understand why he never grabbed the brass ring? Right.. (laughs) I guess I have to clarify a little bit more for you juggalo. Here’s another example of that, three letters: THW. You didn’t exactly have the most successful career there did you? You had one shot at the world title, a match that you quite clearly lost, and that was the end of that. You couldn’t live up to your own NIWF hype in THW, why? I don’t know. Maybe you kept suffering injuries. Maybe you lost your head….AGAIN….. maybe Wig Flipper possessed you into murdering Kerrie Maddox, or maybe you decided to lurk in the forests to “revive your strength” or something. Whatever the case may be RCH3, when it came to continuing to prove why you deserve the brass ring, you ultimately, as per usual with the exception of the NIWF World Championship, couldn’t deliver when it matters the most.
Suddenly, a raccoon comes crawling down the tree. Swift senses its presence and smacks it in the bead with the twig! The raccoon scurries back up the tree.
Jay Swift: But as you can see, not only am I IN your environment, I’m thriving in it! I think I might just spend the night here and head down to Phoenix tomorrow. But, speaking of environment, I can thrive in yours, but can you survive in mine? It’s my hometown after all! And plus, you’re not going to be in the forest RCH3, you’re going to be in the DESERT! And in Phoenix, it just so happens to be monsoon season right now. The storms and the rain are sweeping the city in a near-consistent basis so when you take an element like Arizona Lightning and you put it in his hometown during the middle of the monsoon season, then shit, you might as well be going face to face with a god damn hurricane! Inside that arena will be a sold out crowd, cheering their ultimate hometown hero and when you put it all together RCH3, the odds are severely stacked against you. Going one on one with the king of mind games is tough enough, and by the way, be glad I chose not to play any mind games, at least not this time, but doing so in PHOENIX? Try surviving that!
Prove me wrong RCH3! Prove to me, win or lose, that you DO have what it takes to grab the brass ring. Prove to me that you DO have what it takes to be one of the best that this business has to offer. Prove to me, RCH3, that you’re not a one hit wonder. But whether you do, or you don’t, remember what you’re going up against. Remember that you’re destined to be struck down, electrified and brutalized by PHOENIX’S OWN, Arizona Lightning, JAY SWIFT!
Swift smirks and then he continues to walk through the dark forest to get more of a feel for how the man known as RCH3 thinks and acts. With that, the scene fades to black.
Jay Swift: Recent events are starting to remind me way too much of the NIWF days, but I say that in a respectful and positive light. You see, when I first came into the NIWF, there was plenty of insanity, plenty of anticipation for their big events and plenty of unpredictability. I can proudly say that I’m getting that same feel here in AWR. But what many hardcore Jay Swift fans will also remember is how I began my career in the NIWF on an eleven match unbeaten streak, ten wins, one draw, and I didn’t lose whatsoever until the legendary Julio beat me and hell, during that unbeaten streak, I had beaten him as well. I mention this because here in AWR thus far, it’s been four matches up, four matches down. Now do you see why I am having a bit of a flashback about the old days?
Swift pauses to laugh for a few seconds.
Jay Swift: But as fun as things were in 2007, I know the reality I’m in now. It’s 2013. The NIWF exists only in nostalgia, but that’s not going to stop me. This week, I am heading HOME, to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the AWR pay-per-view spectacular, Thunderstorm! Oh hell yeah, it’s a homecoming that I promise all of my fans that show up that’s going to be just as memorable as my previous times coming home. Six years ago, in Tempe, that was when I achieved my win against Julio. If you guys want a more recent example of my hometown success, let me take you back to THW Summer Slaughter 2011, not too long ago. I defeated Gabbi Sparks for the THW World Championship and ended the longest world title reign in that company’s history! It was my THIRD World Championship and regardless of who wins between Royal and Destiny, I am going to say it here and now, number four isn’t very far away.
But now folks, I am going to create yet another lasting hometown memory as I take on an old colleague of mine from the NIWF and for a brief time, THW, RCH3. It’s been too damn long man and let me tell you something, considering our pedigrees in this business, I am shocked that throughout all these years, we have only faced off against each other one time! But that’s going to change come Thunderstorm. You see RCH3, you’re going to be my toughest opponent by far. There’s no doubting what you’ve accomplished: NIWF World Champion, AWR Crash Champion, just to name a few of your accolades BUT, when it all comes down to it, you just never had what it took to grab that brass ring and I am going to explain why that is before I end this promo, but first, I want you to observe the type of environment that I’m in.
Swift pauses and the scene pans to show nothing but woods, and darkness. The sound of a wolf howling can be heard in the very far distance.
Jay Swift: Before you make your jokes, yes, there ARE forests in Arizona, you just have to go to the north side of the state. Anyway, you can see that I am here, in a dark forest. Why come here, you’re probably wondering. You see, it’s real simple. I’m here to show you straight up that I can hang in your type of environment. I know the kind of person you are, you like to run amok in the forests to ‘flip some wigs’ as you so put it. But unfortunately for you, it’s going to take more than that to scare me. Obviously, I’m doing well so far in surviving in your environment. But, I haven’t gone too deep into this place. So, I’m going to do that right now.
Swift pauses again and begins to walk along the forest path. A couple of minutes later, he comes across an abandoned campsite where the tent is completely torn up and there’s debris all over the place. Some bear tracks are seen nearby.
Jay Swift: Obviously, whoever camped here didn’t make it. A bear can come right out of those woods and meet me in the face.
Almost on cue, he hears a bear growling nearby.
Jay Swift: Maybe it’ll happen, maybe it won’t. But if it does, you can bet your ass I’m not running scared. But what about you RCH3? Are you the kind of guy that runs scared? Maybe that’s why you cover your face with paint. Maybe you lost it in your head when you started your NIWF career with loss after loss. Remember that? I do. I’ll give you credit, you overcame it to become the wrestler that you are today, but compared to people like me RCH3, your career, while a good resume, hasn’t lived up to the standards that many people thought it would. When you were the NIWF World Champion, I believed that you were going to do for NIWF what Marina Valdivia did for HCW, that is, give the company more exposure and become the leader of a NEW generation of young talent that was going to take the company by storm. But that didn’t exactly happen did it? You had your chance to live up to your own hype, and you did when you won that title a few years ago, but ever since you lost that title, you just haven’t been that same wrestler you once were. You’ll have your moments of brilliance, like when you won the CRASH Title, but ultimately, it only proves to be just moments, case in point: losing that title the very next week to Gemini. Let me ask you a question that you’ve probably never given much thought to. Are you REALLY the wrestler that many people in the NIWF while you were the champion thought you’d be? Or was the night you won the title merely a case of you being a one hit wonder? Now do you understand why I say you never exactly grabbed the brass ring?
Swift pauses and laughs, almost as if he’s waiting for an answer.
Jay Swift: Come on RCH3, this is your environment. I wouldn’t be surprised if you came out and confronted me right now! Do it! I want you to answer that question to me face to face. But before I do that, I’d like to introduce to you a little friend of mine.
Swift walks around some more, leaving the abandoned campsite behind. He finds a twig and snaps if off a tree.
Jay Swift: I’d like for you to meet the HATCHET FLIPPER, the one that will put your hatchet to shame! What’s that Hatchet Flipper?
Swift pauses to pretend that the twig is talking to him.
Jay Swift: You say that RCH3 still doesn’t understand why he never grabbed the brass ring? Right.. (laughs) I guess I have to clarify a little bit more for you juggalo. Here’s another example of that, three letters: THW. You didn’t exactly have the most successful career there did you? You had one shot at the world title, a match that you quite clearly lost, and that was the end of that. You couldn’t live up to your own NIWF hype in THW, why? I don’t know. Maybe you kept suffering injuries. Maybe you lost your head….AGAIN….. maybe Wig Flipper possessed you into murdering Kerrie Maddox, or maybe you decided to lurk in the forests to “revive your strength” or something. Whatever the case may be RCH3, when it came to continuing to prove why you deserve the brass ring, you ultimately, as per usual with the exception of the NIWF World Championship, couldn’t deliver when it matters the most.
Suddenly, a raccoon comes crawling down the tree. Swift senses its presence and smacks it in the bead with the twig! The raccoon scurries back up the tree.
Jay Swift: But as you can see, not only am I IN your environment, I’m thriving in it! I think I might just spend the night here and head down to Phoenix tomorrow. But, speaking of environment, I can thrive in yours, but can you survive in mine? It’s my hometown after all! And plus, you’re not going to be in the forest RCH3, you’re going to be in the DESERT! And in Phoenix, it just so happens to be monsoon season right now. The storms and the rain are sweeping the city in a near-consistent basis so when you take an element like Arizona Lightning and you put it in his hometown during the middle of the monsoon season, then shit, you might as well be going face to face with a god damn hurricane! Inside that arena will be a sold out crowd, cheering their ultimate hometown hero and when you put it all together RCH3, the odds are severely stacked against you. Going one on one with the king of mind games is tough enough, and by the way, be glad I chose not to play any mind games, at least not this time, but doing so in PHOENIX? Try surviving that!
Prove me wrong RCH3! Prove to me, win or lose, that you DO have what it takes to grab the brass ring. Prove to me that you DO have what it takes to be one of the best that this business has to offer. Prove to me, RCH3, that you’re not a one hit wonder. But whether you do, or you don’t, remember what you’re going up against. Remember that you’re destined to be struck down, electrified and brutalized by PHOENIX’S OWN, Arizona Lightning, JAY SWIFT!
Swift smirks and then he continues to walk through the dark forest to get more of a feel for how the man known as RCH3 thinks and acts. With that, the scene fades to black.