Post by Alex Jones on Jun 24, 2018 3:16:45 GMT -5
“Yeah I know” Alex stands in his kitchen, cell phone in hand. The person on the other end talking non stop as Alex stays stone faced looking out his window to the backyard. Childrens toys and a dog house sit there, looking like a typical upper middle class home. Alex’s eyes trail from the outside back into the house as he turns and leans against the window, his left arm curling over his body as his right keeps the phone to his ear. “They won’t see it coming. But it needs to happen. I’m sick of being pushed down and away..we take it by force.”
After a few more moments Alex hangs up the phone, he turns to see Sonja standing with her arms crossed over her chest, her long blond hair away from her face with a grin across her lips. She steps forward and slides her hands up Alex’ arms before kissing his lips softly. “Good phone call?” He laughed and shook his head. “Just business.” She looked in his eyes and smiled again before backing away and out of the room, his smirk faded to a more serious look as he turned towards the camera.
“The world turns. I failed in my attempt to relieve Johnny Maverick of the NGW championship. He was able to beat me again and now he goes on to defend the belt against Adrien Cochrane at Wrestleforce 2. A monumental match. I’ll be watching it. After I face and defeat Matt Shields at the same show earlier in the night. But now here we are the final show before out biggest of the year, and I find myself in need to getting on a roll. I started it by facing and beating Aurora Graves for the second time. But as I said, life rolls on, the business rolls on. And now I’ve been put in the ring with Jazmyn Rain, the current NGW five lakes champion.”
He laughs and shakes his head staring back into the yard, his hair tied back, his arms folding over his chest.
“Here’s a woman who has been damn impressive since coming into NGW. A woman who alongside the rest of the guardians beat the Destroyers at their own game. And anyone who can best Jack Tillman should never be overlooked. And that is something I believe people do with you Jazmyn. See you stand next to Adrien Cochrane a man that I have said is the face of NGW. A man who could be the next champion. And in that place, standing beside him, you’re possibly in his shadow. And it’s not your fault or his, that is just how these things go. You are a great talent, incredible in the ring and a worthy champion.”
“But you’re also almost invisible…”
“See you have to contend with being in a company with people like the Richards siblings, Matt Shields, Adrien, Jack Tillman and even myself. And despite how good you are, despite your championship win and other accomplishments, you’re still the bridesmaid, not the bride. You’re still a vice president, not THE president. And while I’m sure this thought isn’t foreign to you and being the woman you are most of the time it doesn’t get to you. But then, there’s the times where you’re alone. When it’s after the show, and you’re sitting on the end of the bed, the cheers are gone, the adulation, the rush of being in the ring before thousands of people and that….that is when you’re alone with your thoughts…”
“What if you’re always in that shadow?,. What if being friends with them and having such a positive attitude and outlook is a detriment to your career?. Having friends isn’t always bad Jazmyn, but I wonder if you want to be the five lakes champion all your career, always looking at the NGW title and thinking “what if”?. I think you can do it, be the face of NGW. I think you can rise even higher. Even in a company as stacked with talent as this is. I mean my god, there’s the names I mentioned before but also Avery Miles, The Graves’, Jessica Sears, Dean Matthews...we have a stacked roster filled with amazing people Jazmyn...and sometimes we can all feel like we’re drowning as we swim for the surface. Only a select few get to break the surface above...and breathe…”
Alex looks up and smiles as he relaxes and his arms drop to his sides, his hands sliding in the pockets of his black jeans, showing an old black metallica shirt.
“This may not be a concern for you. You might not care and may just love the ride. But I’m not like that Rain. See for the last year of my life being in NGW I have been on a roller coaster. Up and down, up and down never really getting enough momentum to get up to the highest peak. I am a nine time world champion, almost fifty titles in my career around the world, a hall of famer and a man who many believe at one point was the best professional wrestler on this planet. But I lost something…”
“I lost that determination, that killer instinct. Sometimes when I’m in the ring with people I feel it. I have a loaded gun in my hand, aimed for a killshot, I have my opponent dead in my sights and as my finger pulls back...I can’t do it. I can’t pull that trigger and those moments of hesitation Jazmyn, those moments of reluctance to be the man I once was. It’s cost me. It’s stopped me from realising that destiny I have always known. To be the best of the best. Being the best isn’t about being spotless, we all lose. It’s about having the will to do what needs to be done to get to the top….”
“Win or loss I do respect you Jazmyn...let’s dance…”