Post by Alex Jones on May 26, 2018 8:57:13 GMT -5
“How things have changed eh?. How the world has clicked around. At the start of the year we all had to watch as a group of people took over and held almost all the gold in NGW. The destroyers were a force to be reckoned with. Kayla was the NGW champion. Tillman was the five lakes and one half of the tag champions with Matt. And Coda was the young lions champion. They were a well oiled machine all charging towards the one goal of being a dominant force. But slowly cracks started to show.”
Alex Jones smirks and slowly moved his hands behind his back standing at attention as he stares out the window of the apartment he shares with his wife in New York. His hair was tied back away from his face.
“Coda lost her title and was shunned, Jack and Kayla also lost theirs and Matt and Jack were stripped for unprofessional conduct as they seem to have lost it. They went from having it all to having nothing. And a large part of that was the guy I get to face this week at Victory and Honor. See I earned a title shot by winning the global cup. I went through some of the best this company had to offer. Goldstein, Karloff, Graves. I went through them in hard fought matches one after another and I did it because I needed to prove something to myself. See since I stepped foot in NGW I’ve had the air of expectation. It happens with someone like me. Devlin Scott was a fan and asked me to sign and at the time I really wanted to, little did I know I was going to find a new place to truly call home.”
“But having that expectation around me and that weight on my shoulders has been hard. This isn’t the first time I’ve been struggling with my career direction and trajectory. I’m so used to just going to a company, climbing the ladder to the top and smiling while doing it. A few years ago I had this happen, I seemed to stall at every turn, scraping by with a few accomplishments and good showings. I left IWF the place I did call home, I walked into VWS, a company my ex wife owned. I encountered Avery there, I was the champion and everyone talked shit. So after it closed I made it my mission to have a career resurgence. I went to WWH and Honor, I dominated and won their world titles. In all I have held 4 different world titles in the last 3 years. I put my career back together and now I stand at a crossroads yet again with no championships on my hands and a sinking feeling in my stomach like I’m not living up to that potential. After winning that global cup the feelings has shifted a little. But now I have to line up against Johnny Maverick. The reigning defending NGW champion.”
Alex laughs to himself and nods his head, his hands unclasping as he seems to move around and hold his ribs as if on instinct, slowly the smile fades as he seems to remember the match in late January. He stares away into the distance for a little longer before clearing his throat snapping out of it.
“This isn’t the first time Johnny and I are going to tangle. We did before he won the title. Things were slightly tense as Johnny believed the other members of Rebel Society were going to get involved with the match. I promised him that would not happen and we went to war. We threw everything at one another but Johnny beat the hell out of me that night. He threw me around like a rag doll, he took me down and beat the hell out of me. He showed any naysayers out there that he was and is a threat to anyone. And I will say it now like I did then and every other day in between, I respect Johnny Maverick.”
“But I don’t fear Johnny Maverick. Even after the match we had and the cracked ribs. I’m looking forward to this. Mainly because the one thought I have in my head is just how close are we when we’re both healthy. Not when I’m beaten and bruised, and broken, not when he has been jumped by a pack of cowards. No when Alex Jones and Johnny Maverick are as close to one hundred percent as we can be, just who is the better man?. That’s what we’re going to find out right Johnny?. Now I’m not going to be like so many others and make comments about your lifestyle, your title reign or your personality. Cause none of that matters. What matter is you are a hell of a fighter, a hell of a champion and I am the number one contender. What matters is we are going to step in that ring and clash one on one for the championship that means everything in NGW to so many people. The symbol that say at this time you are the best and yes Johnny that is what the title means.”
“I’ve been through the NGW roster, I won the global cup, I beat Matt Shields my first night here, I took Tillman to his limit, I beat Adrien one on one. I have done everything I can to prepare myself for this match and now it’s coming. The two of us will walk down to that ring we will beat the hell out of each other and one of us will walk out with that title. If I’m able to beat you everything I have done since signing here will be worth it. If I should fail though, I will be the first one there to shake your hand and hand you that title to put back around your waist.Good luck Johnny, may the best man win."