Post by scrawn on Sept 19, 2006 9:52:31 GMT -5
I felt it was one of, if not the best promo I've ever written. I just wanted to hear your guy's advice for it.
Segment: World Cup Woes and Appendix Blows (Credit: MASAKI)
Time can be a terrible thing to interrupt. You’ve just made yourself hated in your new federation just days in, and you’ve won your first match with flying colours. And then what happens? Bang, boom, injury strikes and you’re sidelined for a temporary period. It puts your brief decent run of form on hold, and makes the fans appear to forget about you. But surely, calling out the Macho Man RDK not once, but twice, doesn’t simply make you a forgotten player, does it?
55 thousand in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, the stadium home to VFB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga – that’s the German football league to you – and also a venue at the summer’s football World Cup tournament, sparkles across as the sun begins to set over the roof, shining off the purposely-designed scaffolding is beautiful for these couple of seconds, as they use themselves as nature’s floodlights, before the sun fully fades beyond the stadium. The fans look pretty happy with the show so far, having consumed the nation’s weight in fine lager already, and they’re ready for the show’s next match.
But to their surprise, they hear a piece of music that they may not have heard for a long time. “Silent Revelation” by Galneryus echoes around every part of the stadium, but for the large part, the fans do in fact recognise this music – and they do not sound happy at all. Their reaction is abusive, showing the old German hostility that shook Eastern European nations in the past, as MASAKI appears on top of the makeshift ramp. He smiles through his mask, wearing an all-black suit tonight as he makes his way down the ramp, despite with a bit of a limp, holding his side with his right hand. He cautiously enters the ring, taking a microphone, and prepares himself for his promo.
MASAKI: Hello Germany! I am the Amazing MASAKI and I am here to teach you all about tradition and honour in wrestling!
There’s still a large amount of booing going on, but MASAKI just grins.
MASAKI: Yah, yah, I know you’re still pissed at Grossi and Alessandro DEL PIERO for knocking you out of the World Cup in your HOME NATION…!
Cheap heat, but the arena is as deafening as an equalizer in the last minute of the DFB-Pokal Cup, that was just disallowed due to an offside that never was. To put that into English for all of you, the Germans at this point are blood-thirsty for MASAKI’s head.
MASAKI: I’m sorry Stuttgart, I truly am. I mean you did defeat the almighty San Marino 13-0…
Mild acceptance waving across the stadium.
MASAKI: But I mean, David Hasslehoff I mean what is that guy about? So he had a curly mullet and sang ballads but Meatloaf was nothing special either!
Rule number one in Germany. NEVER question Hoffmania. It’s like the law in Germany. If it wasn’t for the strong security armed with tazers holding back the fans, there’d be a massacre right here in Stuttgart.
MASAKI: Hahaha, you lot are quite funny with your little rituals. But I mean hey, at least I can sympathize with you guys. I mean the Americans did bomb the hell out of our fine country with them big bombs they have. Cursed Americans. But that’s besides the point! I’m not here to talk about the past, let’s talk about tradition! I want BK London and Latino and Flower Power and Chance Emmerson and Hunter and Alicia Kitsune and Rattlesnake to come out here right now, because we got a bit of enlightment to discuss!
Calling out eight of Alpha Championship Wrestling’s competitors is not exactly the wisest thing to perform at this moment in time. Regardless, MASAKI smiles as he waits, the entire crowd fixed at the ramp. There’s a broad hush, and the German fans wait…and wait…and wait. Suddenly music hits – but it’s not “OOOoooOOOoooh YEAH!” or “Oooooooooooooh Latino!” but rather “I Want You” by The Great White. The fans mark out as The Light-Heavyweight Champion Vincent Hall walks onto the grand stage. He has a huge smile brimmed across his face, proud of such a positive reaction, as he walks down the ramp, wearing his belt on his shoulder. He’s in street clothes, a sign which suggests he’s not ready for a fist fight, but rather a war of words as he takes a microphone and enters the ring.
MASAKI: Oh, so I ask for The Macho Man RDK and I get you. Well Mr. Title, I have one question for you.
There’s a silence, and Vince keeps smiling a little.
MASAKI: Who are you? Seriously? Are you like a local wrestler here or something?
Vince’s smile fades into a look of disgust as MASAKI looks towards the crowd.
MASAKI: Seriously, can someone please tell me who this person is? Is this a Fallout Invasion or something?
MASAKI turns back, starring at Hall as he places the microphone to his lips.
Vince: Well, it wasn’t exactly the reception I expected from the fans, so first and foremost I must thank you greatly, you’ve definitely gained my respect.
Small cheer from the crowd.
Vince: But whilst I end up thanking a group of which I wasn’t sure about, I came out here hoping that we could start off on the right track. You’re new, and so am I, and I’m disappointed in the attitude you end up having to take just because you don’t get a “big star” coming out and ripping on you, like RDK happened to do twice to you.
MASAKI doesn’t look best pleased, but he bites his lower lip.
MASAKI: No Mr. Title Man you do not understand what I am talking about. I am coming out here to try and preach to those who look into the starlight, in an attempt to change their ways from fame and stardom to the way wrestling is supposed to be – about honour and respect. I don’t know who the hell you are – hell I don’t even know your name – and therefore you’re useless to me, because I cannot preach to something that is worthless and unknown.
Vince: Sorry MASAKI, but you’re sounding like a bit of an obsessive yourself. Do you get starstruck in the presence of those wrestlers who have fought tooth-and-nail in order to get to the top of this business, therefore earning their right of this so-called “stardom”? Is that maybe why RDK wiped the floor with you verbally in both times you were downright humiliated?
There’s another pop from the fans. MASAKI looks to the floor, smiling but shaking his head at the same time.
MASAKI: Sorry, am I speaking in Japanese? I don’t want to talk to someone who I don’t ask for. Maybe your name was coming up next in my list. But wait, why would your name even be on my list? Who are you? What is your name? Why are you defending the prima donnas of this federation?
Vince looks like he’s had enough. He looks up, in a state of being pissed off, before harshly responding.
Vince: For YOUR information, my name is Vince Hall! I am eighteen years old and I come from Phoenix Arizona! I have idolized the likes of the Macho Man RDK, and although they may not be popular now, the likes of Latino and BK London! And it is idolizing those characters that eventually helped me push hard in life, become a pro-wrester, have the honour of not only being in the same ring as, but being part of a stable with RDK! To me, this is a dream come true, and I don’t care where you’re from, but where I’m from, and where all these people are from, I’m living the dream and I feel that I’m doing a damn good job of it!
The fans cheer loudly for Hall as he does his Su-Fi taunt, throwing his arm high in the air. Of course this just makes MASAKI smile through his mask again.
MASAKI: Oh wow man, wow! So you go around doing this…
MASAKI does a poor impression of the Su-Fi img304.imageshack.us/img304/62/clipboard011ui.gif
and that angers Vince a little.
MASAKI: …and you suddenly expect the fans to cheer for you? Well I respect you to an extent, kid. You come from the city but you have dreams of a typical forest kid. You are living the dream that you had and sure, I respect that. But you idolize these people? You idolize BK London and RDK? That’s like ten times worse than being them? If it weren’t for you kind of people, then I wouldn’t even have this problem! I’ve had enough of people like you, but just for the record, kid, what title do you bear?
Vince: This is the Light-Heavyweight championship.
MASAKI: Making you the best Light-Heavyweight champion in the fed?
Vince: I don’t like to blow my own trumpet, but I believe that is what it symbolizes.
MASAKI: Well you symbolize wrong! You haven’t fought me yet! And I believe I’m well under the accepted limitations for weight. I have your number, and you have mine, kid. We will go one on one when the appendix of the Amazing MASAKI has healed! And that’s because I am the Amazing MASAKI, and you are just another Prima Donna!
MASAKI walks past Vince as “Silent Revelation” hits at the lyrics, dropping his microphone.
Vince: Fine by me.
Vince watches on with a close eye as MASAKI drops to the deck cautiously, holding his side as he rolls under the ropes. He turns around, facing the ring and locking eyes with Vince Hall, who grabs his title, holding it high above his head as MASAKI smirks, making a title gesture around his waist. He’s certainly made another impression on the fans, making it clear that he dislikes 99.9% of the roster. He smirks through his mask as the crowd make it clear what they think of him, and Vince has an unhappy smirk on his face, shaking it from side to side as MASAKI watches him from the top of the ramp.
Fade out.
Segment: World Cup Woes and Appendix Blows (Credit: MASAKI)
Time can be a terrible thing to interrupt. You’ve just made yourself hated in your new federation just days in, and you’ve won your first match with flying colours. And then what happens? Bang, boom, injury strikes and you’re sidelined for a temporary period. It puts your brief decent run of form on hold, and makes the fans appear to forget about you. But surely, calling out the Macho Man RDK not once, but twice, doesn’t simply make you a forgotten player, does it?
55 thousand in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, the stadium home to VFB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga – that’s the German football league to you – and also a venue at the summer’s football World Cup tournament, sparkles across as the sun begins to set over the roof, shining off the purposely-designed scaffolding is beautiful for these couple of seconds, as they use themselves as nature’s floodlights, before the sun fully fades beyond the stadium. The fans look pretty happy with the show so far, having consumed the nation’s weight in fine lager already, and they’re ready for the show’s next match.
But to their surprise, they hear a piece of music that they may not have heard for a long time. “Silent Revelation” by Galneryus echoes around every part of the stadium, but for the large part, the fans do in fact recognise this music – and they do not sound happy at all. Their reaction is abusive, showing the old German hostility that shook Eastern European nations in the past, as MASAKI appears on top of the makeshift ramp. He smiles through his mask, wearing an all-black suit tonight as he makes his way down the ramp, despite with a bit of a limp, holding his side with his right hand. He cautiously enters the ring, taking a microphone, and prepares himself for his promo.
MASAKI: Hello Germany! I am the Amazing MASAKI and I am here to teach you all about tradition and honour in wrestling!
There’s still a large amount of booing going on, but MASAKI just grins.
MASAKI: Yah, yah, I know you’re still pissed at Grossi and Alessandro DEL PIERO for knocking you out of the World Cup in your HOME NATION…!
Cheap heat, but the arena is as deafening as an equalizer in the last minute of the DFB-Pokal Cup, that was just disallowed due to an offside that never was. To put that into English for all of you, the Germans at this point are blood-thirsty for MASAKI’s head.
MASAKI: I’m sorry Stuttgart, I truly am. I mean you did defeat the almighty San Marino 13-0…
Mild acceptance waving across the stadium.
MASAKI: But I mean, David Hasslehoff I mean what is that guy about? So he had a curly mullet and sang ballads but Meatloaf was nothing special either!
Rule number one in Germany. NEVER question Hoffmania. It’s like the law in Germany. If it wasn’t for the strong security armed with tazers holding back the fans, there’d be a massacre right here in Stuttgart.
MASAKI: Hahaha, you lot are quite funny with your little rituals. But I mean hey, at least I can sympathize with you guys. I mean the Americans did bomb the hell out of our fine country with them big bombs they have. Cursed Americans. But that’s besides the point! I’m not here to talk about the past, let’s talk about tradition! I want BK London and Latino and Flower Power and Chance Emmerson and Hunter and Alicia Kitsune and Rattlesnake to come out here right now, because we got a bit of enlightment to discuss!
Calling out eight of Alpha Championship Wrestling’s competitors is not exactly the wisest thing to perform at this moment in time. Regardless, MASAKI smiles as he waits, the entire crowd fixed at the ramp. There’s a broad hush, and the German fans wait…and wait…and wait. Suddenly music hits – but it’s not “OOOoooOOOoooh YEAH!” or “Oooooooooooooh Latino!” but rather “I Want You” by The Great White. The fans mark out as The Light-Heavyweight Champion Vincent Hall walks onto the grand stage. He has a huge smile brimmed across his face, proud of such a positive reaction, as he walks down the ramp, wearing his belt on his shoulder. He’s in street clothes, a sign which suggests he’s not ready for a fist fight, but rather a war of words as he takes a microphone and enters the ring.
MASAKI: Oh, so I ask for The Macho Man RDK and I get you. Well Mr. Title, I have one question for you.
There’s a silence, and Vince keeps smiling a little.
MASAKI: Who are you? Seriously? Are you like a local wrestler here or something?
Vince’s smile fades into a look of disgust as MASAKI looks towards the crowd.
MASAKI: Seriously, can someone please tell me who this person is? Is this a Fallout Invasion or something?
MASAKI turns back, starring at Hall as he places the microphone to his lips.
Vince: Well, it wasn’t exactly the reception I expected from the fans, so first and foremost I must thank you greatly, you’ve definitely gained my respect.
Small cheer from the crowd.
Vince: But whilst I end up thanking a group of which I wasn’t sure about, I came out here hoping that we could start off on the right track. You’re new, and so am I, and I’m disappointed in the attitude you end up having to take just because you don’t get a “big star” coming out and ripping on you, like RDK happened to do twice to you.
MASAKI doesn’t look best pleased, but he bites his lower lip.
MASAKI: No Mr. Title Man you do not understand what I am talking about. I am coming out here to try and preach to those who look into the starlight, in an attempt to change their ways from fame and stardom to the way wrestling is supposed to be – about honour and respect. I don’t know who the hell you are – hell I don’t even know your name – and therefore you’re useless to me, because I cannot preach to something that is worthless and unknown.
Vince: Sorry MASAKI, but you’re sounding like a bit of an obsessive yourself. Do you get starstruck in the presence of those wrestlers who have fought tooth-and-nail in order to get to the top of this business, therefore earning their right of this so-called “stardom”? Is that maybe why RDK wiped the floor with you verbally in both times you were downright humiliated?
There’s another pop from the fans. MASAKI looks to the floor, smiling but shaking his head at the same time.
MASAKI: Sorry, am I speaking in Japanese? I don’t want to talk to someone who I don’t ask for. Maybe your name was coming up next in my list. But wait, why would your name even be on my list? Who are you? What is your name? Why are you defending the prima donnas of this federation?
Vince looks like he’s had enough. He looks up, in a state of being pissed off, before harshly responding.
Vince: For YOUR information, my name is Vince Hall! I am eighteen years old and I come from Phoenix Arizona! I have idolized the likes of the Macho Man RDK, and although they may not be popular now, the likes of Latino and BK London! And it is idolizing those characters that eventually helped me push hard in life, become a pro-wrester, have the honour of not only being in the same ring as, but being part of a stable with RDK! To me, this is a dream come true, and I don’t care where you’re from, but where I’m from, and where all these people are from, I’m living the dream and I feel that I’m doing a damn good job of it!
The fans cheer loudly for Hall as he does his Su-Fi taunt, throwing his arm high in the air. Of course this just makes MASAKI smile through his mask again.
MASAKI: Oh wow man, wow! So you go around doing this…
MASAKI does a poor impression of the Su-Fi img304.imageshack.us/img304/62/clipboard011ui.gif
and that angers Vince a little.
MASAKI: …and you suddenly expect the fans to cheer for you? Well I respect you to an extent, kid. You come from the city but you have dreams of a typical forest kid. You are living the dream that you had and sure, I respect that. But you idolize these people? You idolize BK London and RDK? That’s like ten times worse than being them? If it weren’t for you kind of people, then I wouldn’t even have this problem! I’ve had enough of people like you, but just for the record, kid, what title do you bear?
Vince: This is the Light-Heavyweight championship.
MASAKI: Making you the best Light-Heavyweight champion in the fed?
Vince: I don’t like to blow my own trumpet, but I believe that is what it symbolizes.
MASAKI: Well you symbolize wrong! You haven’t fought me yet! And I believe I’m well under the accepted limitations for weight. I have your number, and you have mine, kid. We will go one on one when the appendix of the Amazing MASAKI has healed! And that’s because I am the Amazing MASAKI, and you are just another Prima Donna!
MASAKI walks past Vince as “Silent Revelation” hits at the lyrics, dropping his microphone.
Vince: Fine by me.
Vince watches on with a close eye as MASAKI drops to the deck cautiously, holding his side as he rolls under the ropes. He turns around, facing the ring and locking eyes with Vince Hall, who grabs his title, holding it high above his head as MASAKI smirks, making a title gesture around his waist. He’s certainly made another impression on the fans, making it clear that he dislikes 99.9% of the roster. He smirks through his mask as the crowd make it clear what they think of him, and Vince has an unhappy smirk on his face, shaking it from side to side as MASAKI watches him from the top of the ramp.
Fade out.