Post by Jack Tillman on Mar 2, 2018 22:11:39 GMT -5
-After a wrestling match.....I’m in a state of nirvana. Win, lose, or draw....as soon as that refs hand hits the mat for the three count my mind goes to a place of complete silence. I don’t hear the fans reaction. The pain that I’ve received just seems to be closed behind a door in my mind and all the worries of life just seems to.......float away. I guess that’s one of the many reasons why I love wrestling so much. I can escape. I can forget about the world. Forget about the deaths from senseless wars or stupid grudges between two people. Forget about this world event and that crises that’s supposed to destroy the world. As soon as I enter that ring.....the outside world doesn’t matter and the only thing that matters to me is the match at hand.
-I’m off my high as I make my way to my locker room. Drenched in sweat and walking on a limp I gingerly make my way over to a table that has a chair next to it. I place my hands on the chair, doing my best to keep my balance. Nothing but a tweaked ankle. I’ll put some ice on it and work my training around it. I’ll be ready for my next match. Speaking of my next match, I see that Chris Constantine, my manager, has set up a camera for me to do a promo for the NGW. Must be on the phone with some of his newer clients. To busy to do the talking for me this week. Joy.
-Looking over at Olivia Newman, my valet, I hold out my hand to motion to her to hand me one of my titles. The first one is that of the GOL Trios Title that I’ve won with Devin Hearst and Mark Storm. Taking the title I show it in front of the camera before tossing it on the table. I reach my hand out again, this time it’s the NGW Tag Team Title that I share with Matt Shields. I hover this one in front of the camera as well before letting it slip on top of the GOL title. My hand extends again. This time it’s the NGW Five Lakes Title. It’s the companies version of a Intercontinental title. And yes, that’s two titles from one company in my possession. Just like the GOL And Tag Title, I let that title fall on top of the other titles. One last time I reach my hand out. This time it’s the CWC Junior Heavyweight Title. Just like the rest.....I let it fall on the table. The presentation would be so much better once I win the NJFC Heavyweight Title, UKWF Tag Team Titles, and the Gulf Coast Wrestling Title. But I just don’t have them yet. I only have a few weeks to go to get those. I just have to wait and be ready.
-I quickly fall onto the steel chair and start to unravel the tape that’s around my wrist. While doing so, I begin to talk. My tone low. All the confidence in the world is in my voice. And I stare into that camera as if I’m speaking to my opponents.
Jack Tillman: “One match for Gulf Coast Wrestling back in the states. One for NJFC in Japan for their Heavyweight Title. Another match for NJFC in France. And then a match for Kamikaze in Japan. That’s my schedule for this coming weekend. A very busy and typical weekend for me. But I don’t mind because it’s only going to make me better as a professional wrestler. The travel, the different audience, and facing off against different styles and techniques. It just shows just how much I love this industry and how if I want to be better I can’t be stuck in on organization such as NGW. Three different countries in three days with competitors ranging from the greatest that there is today to just a throw away match with some scrubs. Thousand of miles traveled. Hours stuck in an airplane being surrounded by mouth breathing humanoids. Being grounded in airports and praying to God that my luggage doesn’t get lost. Pays not the greatest either at these wrestling events. I probably get more money in merch sales than I do the match. Buts at the end of the day I don’t care about the fame, the titles, or the recognition. I need that experience. I want that experience to be considered the best this industry has to offer and that’s the only thing I care about.”
-By now the tape is off my wrist and I’ve tossed it into a nearby trash bin. Slowly scooting the chair toward the camera, I get as close to it as I can so that you can still see my face. I don’t yell. I don’t bark. I don’t raise my voice. I lower it so that I can get the point across and for my opponents to come closer so that they can hear my words and to see the look in my eyes.
Jack Tillman: “Now Kayla Richards and myself beat the crap out of one another two weeks ago over in Germany in the main event of the last NGW show. We didn’t hold back any punches. We didn’t bitch to each other about the match either when we walked through the curtains. We showed each other respect and showed the rest of NGW what they should be doing each and every week in that ring. Give it your all. Hold nothing back. And beat the crap out of one another.
Now I’m not going to lie.....I’d be more interested in this match if it was Shields and I defending the Tag Team Titles in this three way.....but Shields isn’t in the match, the tag team titles aren’t on the line, and it’s the first time Richards and I are in a tag match together. So most people would think that the odds aren’t in our favor because it’s our first time officially teaming up. But Richards is the NGW Champion for a reason. I’m the NGW Five Lakes and one half of the NGW Tag Team Champions. We’re two of the best wrestlers NGW has to offer and saying anything else is just false. So Chaos Love and Sex Appeal can talk all they want about how they’ve done this and that in other companies but in NGW....the Destroyers rule over all.
-As always, I take my right index finger and give the camera lens a few taps before finishing the promo.
Jack Tillman : “May God have mercy on your souls......because we will give you......none.”
-And like that, the video cuts off. Leaving you with nothing.....but.....black.
