'The Jew Blazer' Josh Goldstein- Faith. Purpose. Chutzpah.

ARCHIVE FOOTAGE CONTRIBUTED BY J. FITZSIMMONS
2013

"Why are you here?" Johnny says after slamming Josh hard on the mat with a scoop slam. Another student that Josh didn't know named Ron was holding the camera for Mr. Maverick.

"Beca-" Josh starts to respond as he starts getting to his feet.

"Shut up." Johnny says. He had told Joshua it was important he stay after class today because his training had not been going well. He told Josh he had 20 minutes to convince him he belonged here. Then he started beating the hell out of him.

"I'll tell you why you're here. It's apparently to waste my fucking time." Johnny says. Once Josh reaches his feet Johnny quickly grabs him and slams him to the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex. Josh slams into the mat hard and Johnny stands up. While he is on the ground Johnny puts his boot to Josh's face and pokes him with his foot a few times. Josh rolls onto his front and pushes himself up, grabbing onto The waist of Johnny's shorts to start getting himself to a vertical position.

"You're a college boy, right? Got a fancy degree. You should take it and go get a fancy suit and a real job because there is nothing here for you, you skinny bi-" Johnny says, only to be interrupted by a knee to his gut from Josh as Josh finally got to his feet.

Johnny's eye twitches.

He rushes at Josh and takes him to the ground and starts raining punches down on him. Josh was doing his best to keep his hands up but he was taking a hell of a beating. Ron, who was filming, reaches down into the apron of the ring and grabs a white towel. Johnny gets off of Josh and steps away. Ron throws in the towel but Josh sits up and catches it. He uses it to wipe the blood off of his face forming from a cut over his eye. Josh tosses the bloody towel out of the ring and gets to a standing position on wobbly legs. He looks at the clock on the wall then back to Johnny.

"Two more minutes." is all Josh says. He puts up his hands to defend himself.

Johnny almost smiles, but he catches himself.

"Nah. That's alright. Go get yourself patched up and be back here tomorrow. 7 AM. Both of you better show me something tomorrow." Johnny says. Josh looks like he's barely able to stay vertical. He hobbles over to the cameraman who has a water bottle waiting for him.

"Hey...Ronnie, right? Hey man... is there any chance you could give me a ride back to my place?" Josh asks between heavy breaths. The video ends here.
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Meanwhile in the modern day...

Joshua is standing in front of a table, and on that table is a menorah, a dreidel, The Torah, and a yarmulke.

"I'd like to talk to you all about Hannukah." Josh Goldstein says. The cameraman turns around and runs for the door. He opens it only to find Josh somehow waiting for him there.

"Hey! So glad you could join me!" Josh said, leading the confused cameraman back over to the table.

"So. There was this King named Antiochus and he was a bad bad dude. My people had been driven from our holy land and King Antiochus had taken over our Holy Temple the Beit HaMikdash and rededicated it to the Greek God Zeus. He and his Destroyers...Er...SOLDIERS stood victorious. Having claimed everything as theirs and thus all the holy oil save for one jar impure. It was only enough oil for one day." Josh says. He looks at the Menorah.

"My people were in danger of having their entire culture wiped out. It wouldn't be the first time someone tried but I mean... I'm not quite ready to compare the Destroyers to those other guys. Then there were the Maccabees. The Maccabees were a small group of dedicated Guardians who sought to preserve the heritage of their Generation against Antiochus's misguided and foolish act of Redemption in the eyes of Zeus. The Maccabees were few but together they pulled off two miracles. Those few saved the Beit HaMikdash from the entire Roman Army and in secret they kept their holy flame alight for eight whole days using only enough oil for one night." Josh says.

"Though I do not discount the incredible abilities of the Midnight Horsemen or 'Team Rando', I will say that the stakes are highest for the Guardians here. Before I joined up they told the World they were going to put a stop to the Destroyers and at the end of the last show every title was in the hands of a Destroyer. You'd think that would be discouraging but honestly? I can't keep the smile off of my face." Josh says, smiling.

"I mean... a big part of that smile has to do with the fact that I'm stepping in the ring with Jack Tillman once more. I know this is more of a villain quote but I think you and I are destined to do this forever, Jack. I appreciated the handshake. I really did. I appreciated the words that came after it too... but on the other hand you and your buddy Chris keep talking about how my victory over you meant nothing when it was the first singles defeat you ever suffered in this company. I really do get the feeling that no matter how hard we fight each other or how many times a title changes hands or how much blood gets spilled...it's never gonna be 'The End' between us. It'll always just be 'To Be Continued...'" Josh says.

"You see the Destroyers took all of the titles... all of the power and now they're looking to take away our temple and change it to suit the ego of their King...er... well at least the guy who used to think he was a king... but we also have to face off against two other armies. One army of well trained cavalrymen and one created by Avery Miles sticking his head in a locker room and saying 'Hey who isn't busy on the 10th?' We face a challenge similar to the one taken on by the Maccabees all those years ago and my faith... my faith is at an all-time high." Josh says with a smile.

"One of the tenets of Hannukah is mesirut nefesh. Self-sacrifice. It is not a tenet I take lightly. I am walking into this battle willing to throw all of myself into it. Not just to prove myself. Not to show that I can hang... but because it's the right thing to do." Josh says with a nod of his head.

"Mason Moore is a Monster. Avery Miles and Alex Jones are Legends. Daisy Rose is on her way to great things. Kayla Richards is World Champion and her whole team is holding titles. I have held one singles title in my career and the general attitude in the back seems to be that I didn't deserve it but what I DO have? Is faith, purpose, and Chutzpah. Do you know what Chutzpah is? Chutzpah is the audacity to stand when you are told by 'your betters' to stay down. I step into this match making the wager that I have ten times more Chutzpah than any of you have 'fight'. I'm Josh Goldstein. I've had a lot of silly nicknames but one of them applies pretty well in this instance." Josh says. He spins the dreidel before looking back up at the camera.

"The Maccabee Marvel." Josh says.