Post by JMav/JGold/RNorth/MKarloff on May 26, 2018 19:56:07 GMT -5
JOHNNY MAVERICK
I Can
I Can
“The question keeps coming up. ‘What’s so revolutionary about Johnny Maverick?’ and ‘Why does that Idiot call himself a psychic?’” Johnny says. It’s been a while since we’ve been in his Mind Palace which as as we all know by now is either A. A physical representation of the inner workings of his mind or B. a ridiculously decorated area of a Washington DC area public access television studio. Johnny sits on his ‘throne’ which is really just a comfortable chair and makes happy little noises as he finds the button for the massage function.
“Alright…I feel like I’m gonna need to lay face down in this thing.” Johnny says quietly before remembering he’s on camera and turning the massage function off and standing up. He unzips his hoodie which has markings denoting his status as the leader of the Hoodie Ninjas to reveal the NGW Championship underneath it.
“In a world where the common cry is ‘Johnny Maverick is the Corporate Favorite’ from people who can’t cut it anymore and have to file lawsuits that completely contradict the image they’ve made for themselves because hey, why doesn’t Matt just have his lawyer wrestle the fucking match for him in his place if he’s so concerned with making himself look like a bitch and what was the point I was making again? Right. I am here to take you all back to a year ago. Well, a little before that. We’re talking about the buildup to the last Wrestleforce. Wrestleforce was supposed to be the big extravaganza show and do you know what Johnny was doing on that show? He was jerking the curtain with Danny Hall in a match that was almost certainly designed to punish me. Why would Johnny be punished? Well previously to this Johnny was engaged in a months-long feud with Devlin Scott that ended with Johnny absolutely brutalizing Devlin and beating him. Does anyone remember what Johnny told Devlin right before that match? March 2, 2017. Ring any bells?” Johnny says, taking a moment to wait as if he is expecting an actual answer.
“I believe I said that ‘a year from now when you’re making all kinds of money off of me and I'm your World Champion? We can look back on all of this and laugh.” Johnny says with a smirk.
“One year and sixteen days later? I won the NGW Championship. I won it in a company run by a man who I belittled and beat within an inch of his life. I won it after wrestling a cage match against someone who wanted me dead and I was thrust into a title match risking permanent injury to myself. There are many paths to greatness. The path I chose involved not asking for any help, casting help aside when it was offered to me, and raising both of my middle fingers to management at every chance I possibly could. I did not abandon or compromise my values even once in the pursuit of this Championship. I never stooped to the tactics of my opposition. I stood in front of a world full of people telling me I couldn’t do something with a defiant fist raised and said ‘Fuck You, I Can.’” Johnny said.
“Psychic Warrior. Wrestling Revolutionary. Really seems to fit now that you think about it doesn’t it?” Johnny asks.
He looks up and the camera pans up as well to reveal he is looking up at a half-hung banner for Wrestleforce 2. Not quite hung up just yet.
“Johnny Maverick facing Alex Jones. One more time. I’ll go ahead and echo the sentiment set forth by Alex. I respect Alex Jones. Last time Alex was hurting and I pulled off the win and this time… well. To be honest it’s still funny to go back and watch the footage of Matthew Shields fucking losing it because he just. Can’t. Get. Me. To. Stay. Down. I’m a little worse for wear right now but really that shouldn’t be a point against me. It’s become an issue of mine that I just… It’s not that I won’t stay down it’s that I can’t. I can’t make myself stay down. It’s just not an instinct I have. I will keep getting up no matter how hard you hit me and no matter how bad for me it will be. If there is breath in my lungs then my fists are up. I’d probably be living a lot longer if I was able to fight that instinct. I dunno if I’m the best at anything but what I do know is that I have more fight in me than I know what to do with. That’s probably more of a curse than anything but it is what it is.” Johnny says with a shrug.
“As I mentioned before, last year at Wrestleforce I was wrestling Danny Hall in a match most of you likely forgot had happened. I made a promise to myself that I would NOT feel like that ever again. I want the world for people like Alex Jones but he’s across the ring from me and I am going to punch my ticket for the main event of Wrestleforce or die trying. You went through hell to get here, Alex. You fought through a tournament against some of the toughest individuals on this roster and you came out on top to make it to this point. I am proud of you… and I am sorry it has to end like this. That’s not cockiness, Alex. That’s confidence. I know I talk a lot about how I’m probably not the best and stuff like that but that doesn’t mean I’m not confident in my capabilities. I know who I am. I know what I am. I know what I can do. I also know what people think about me and frankly? I don’t care.” Johnny says with a shrug. He goes off screen for a moment and returns with a ladder.
He climbs it and starts to adjust the Wrestleforce 2 banner so it was correct.
“Now if you don’t mind I have a party to get ready for. I’ll see you in the ring, Alex. Best of luck to you. Really, man. I’m honestly kinda hoping you’re the one who can keep me down. I really doubt it, though.” Johnny says, we fade out on Johnny as he is partway through getting the banner hung fully.