Post by Slim on Jul 25, 2024 14:03:58 GMT -5
Slim is seen walking around his trophy room walking along the wall looking at the titles he has won throughout his illustrious career. He makes it to the end where there is a glass case with two Hall of Fame rings from different promotions. He stands in front of that case for a minute before walking back to the beginning of the wall and unhooks the first title hanging on there. He takes a seat on the bench and holds the belt in both hands looking at it.
Slim:
That first title. The one that you seldom ever forget. For me… it was the TPWW Vbulletin title. Damn that is a mouthful but that’s where my career started and there were plenty ups and downs from there but you never forget that first one. You think back to it and sometimes you think fondly of it and then other times you think back to who you were and how you were back then and see where you are now and its not even night and day… its more like… One year to another how vastly different things are. I look at this belt and you know what I remember about it? Nothing. Nothing at all other than I held it for … shoot I don’t even know how long I held it. I just know that at some point won this belt and held it. It holds no real story or value to me. Its just… the beginning of a long tale of success and failures. But this one… this one holds a lot.
He puts the belt back on its hook and goes towards another title further down the line and unhooks it.
Slim:
This one was the real catalyst that got my career in the trajectory that I wound up in. The old WWF Intercontinental title… and no not that Stanford place. This was another WWF… I couldn’t tell you what the initials stood for but this belt represented… where they wanted to keep me. I take a long breath as I take a seat and really look at the belt and reminisce on it. I won this belt and I thought it was my ticket to the top. I held this belt longer than anybody has in that promotion’s history. I elevated this belt to be THE BELT to win. Even more than their world title. I main evented their biggest show with this belt. This belt meant so much to me and I was thinking with the success I had with this belt… I could finally move up to the main event and actually compete for the world title and be in the main event picture but that wasn’t the case. I was told to my face by those at the top… I wasn’t worthy. I was told that nobody would want to see me in the main event. I was told that I would never be a main event player. You want to talk about a glass ceiling? They put that glass ceiling right in my face and told me… I would never be up to their level no matter what. They didn’t want new blood at the top. They wanted to hold me back to this belt. He takes a moment and chuckles to himself. To my belt. This was supposed to be my ceiling. I was never supposed to reach higher than this level. Me…. Haha… me.
He puts the belt down gently on the floor and walks away from it.
Slim:
I left that promotion after I dropped that belt. The writing was on the wall that they didn’t want me so I moved on to bigger and better things. I never went back and you know what happened? World titles. Multi time world champion in multiple promotions. Year long title reigns in multiple promotions. You know how hard it is to hold on to a title for that long? Going against the best that these promotions have to offer and you fight them all off. All of them and stand tall. You know all the hate you get when you stand atop the mountain that long? How many people envy you and wish for your downfall. Wish you would take an off day and let them have a shot. They all did… but I ignored them. Instead I told them all… give me your best and I’ll show you that your best isn’t good enough. That your best isn’t on my level and one by one they all fell. But its easy to live in the past and see what type of monster and champion you were. To see how successful you once were. And then there is the now… well over a decade later… the question was always… can I still do it? Can I still go in that ring? Can I still compete against the best?
Slim stops at an empty hook on his wall at the end right past the Hall of Fame rings case.
Slim:
The answer to all those questions is yes. I’ve proven it week in and week out when I go out in that ring… whether I coast and beat these guys or I give it my all and show these men and women that this guy is more than just talk. More than just an old vet. This man here still has a whole hell of a lot to offer. So Kelsi Ross… You say my odds of winning are slim to none. You know… I like those odds. I’ve lived with those odds ever since I returned. Whether I could even compete. Whether I would stay. Whether I could win. Whether I would once again be a champion. The odds have always been slim to none… but the thing about that is… there is always a chance. Always a chance. And all I need is that sliver of a chance to get in your head. To make you doubt yourself. To make you realize that you’re about to be in over your head. You think you’re stepping into the shallow end of the pool but then you realize… you can’t find the bottom because you were just thrown into the deep end without a life jacket and you better hope you can swim or you’re going to be done for.
And yeah… I’ve watched you compete and there are things you can do in the ring I wish I could do but not even in my younger days could I do. But I don’t need to be able to do everything in the ring. I just need to do what I do… to perfection and that’s how I win. That’s how I overcome. That’s how I have become a champion everywhere I have been. So if I were you… I wouldn’t concern yourself with my daughter. She’s seen me lose before but she isn’t about to see me lose at Prime. She isn’t about to see me lose to Kelsi Ross. Instead she is going to see me get my hand raised and see me one step closer to having a new belt… a new belt from Florida Wrestling Prestige to hang here. He points to the empty hook on his wall. You see Kelsi… its not a matter of if I’ll win a belt… but its a matter of when I’ll win that belt. And you… unfortunately are in my way so the only thing to do about that… is show you that you… are not ready yet. You’re not ready to overcome someone like me. You are not ready… to be that champion here in FWP. But you are ready… to come up short to my greatness. Accept it now… it will make your loss at Prime that much easier to swallow.
Slim looks back at the empty hook and taps the spot on the wall before walking back where he left the WWF Intercontinental title on the ground. He picks it up and looks at it before hanging it back up and leaving the trophy room.
Slim:
That first title. The one that you seldom ever forget. For me… it was the TPWW Vbulletin title. Damn that is a mouthful but that’s where my career started and there were plenty ups and downs from there but you never forget that first one. You think back to it and sometimes you think fondly of it and then other times you think back to who you were and how you were back then and see where you are now and its not even night and day… its more like… One year to another how vastly different things are. I look at this belt and you know what I remember about it? Nothing. Nothing at all other than I held it for … shoot I don’t even know how long I held it. I just know that at some point won this belt and held it. It holds no real story or value to me. Its just… the beginning of a long tale of success and failures. But this one… this one holds a lot.
He puts the belt back on its hook and goes towards another title further down the line and unhooks it.
Slim:
This one was the real catalyst that got my career in the trajectory that I wound up in. The old WWF Intercontinental title… and no not that Stanford place. This was another WWF… I couldn’t tell you what the initials stood for but this belt represented… where they wanted to keep me. I take a long breath as I take a seat and really look at the belt and reminisce on it. I won this belt and I thought it was my ticket to the top. I held this belt longer than anybody has in that promotion’s history. I elevated this belt to be THE BELT to win. Even more than their world title. I main evented their biggest show with this belt. This belt meant so much to me and I was thinking with the success I had with this belt… I could finally move up to the main event and actually compete for the world title and be in the main event picture but that wasn’t the case. I was told to my face by those at the top… I wasn’t worthy. I was told that nobody would want to see me in the main event. I was told that I would never be a main event player. You want to talk about a glass ceiling? They put that glass ceiling right in my face and told me… I would never be up to their level no matter what. They didn’t want new blood at the top. They wanted to hold me back to this belt. He takes a moment and chuckles to himself. To my belt. This was supposed to be my ceiling. I was never supposed to reach higher than this level. Me…. Haha… me.
He puts the belt down gently on the floor and walks away from it.
Slim:
I left that promotion after I dropped that belt. The writing was on the wall that they didn’t want me so I moved on to bigger and better things. I never went back and you know what happened? World titles. Multi time world champion in multiple promotions. Year long title reigns in multiple promotions. You know how hard it is to hold on to a title for that long? Going against the best that these promotions have to offer and you fight them all off. All of them and stand tall. You know all the hate you get when you stand atop the mountain that long? How many people envy you and wish for your downfall. Wish you would take an off day and let them have a shot. They all did… but I ignored them. Instead I told them all… give me your best and I’ll show you that your best isn’t good enough. That your best isn’t on my level and one by one they all fell. But its easy to live in the past and see what type of monster and champion you were. To see how successful you once were. And then there is the now… well over a decade later… the question was always… can I still do it? Can I still go in that ring? Can I still compete against the best?
Slim stops at an empty hook on his wall at the end right past the Hall of Fame rings case.
Slim:
The answer to all those questions is yes. I’ve proven it week in and week out when I go out in that ring… whether I coast and beat these guys or I give it my all and show these men and women that this guy is more than just talk. More than just an old vet. This man here still has a whole hell of a lot to offer. So Kelsi Ross… You say my odds of winning are slim to none. You know… I like those odds. I’ve lived with those odds ever since I returned. Whether I could even compete. Whether I would stay. Whether I could win. Whether I would once again be a champion. The odds have always been slim to none… but the thing about that is… there is always a chance. Always a chance. And all I need is that sliver of a chance to get in your head. To make you doubt yourself. To make you realize that you’re about to be in over your head. You think you’re stepping into the shallow end of the pool but then you realize… you can’t find the bottom because you were just thrown into the deep end without a life jacket and you better hope you can swim or you’re going to be done for.
And yeah… I’ve watched you compete and there are things you can do in the ring I wish I could do but not even in my younger days could I do. But I don’t need to be able to do everything in the ring. I just need to do what I do… to perfection and that’s how I win. That’s how I overcome. That’s how I have become a champion everywhere I have been. So if I were you… I wouldn’t concern yourself with my daughter. She’s seen me lose before but she isn’t about to see me lose at Prime. She isn’t about to see me lose to Kelsi Ross. Instead she is going to see me get my hand raised and see me one step closer to having a new belt… a new belt from Florida Wrestling Prestige to hang here. He points to the empty hook on his wall. You see Kelsi… its not a matter of if I’ll win a belt… but its a matter of when I’ll win that belt. And you… unfortunately are in my way so the only thing to do about that… is show you that you… are not ready yet. You’re not ready to overcome someone like me. You are not ready… to be that champion here in FWP. But you are ready… to come up short to my greatness. Accept it now… it will make your loss at Prime that much easier to swallow.
Slim looks back at the empty hook and taps the spot on the wall before walking back where he left the WWF Intercontinental title on the ground. He picks it up and looks at it before hanging it back up and leaving the trophy room.
