Post by Dead Eye on May 30, 2024 22:49:36 GMT -5
- "History Repeats Itself"
- May30, 2024
- 3PM PST
- Long Beach, California
Entrer
The scene fades in with Dead Eye at his house in Long Beach, California. He points a Go Pro at himself and looks directly into it.
Dead Eye: "Not gon' lie...I didn't know what to expect last show. While I've always had and always will have the utmost confidence in my ability, there was that small voice in the back of my head questioning everything. Considering my 'last return' to this business that I've loved since I went to my first show with my dad..."
Dead Eye takes a moment to point toward heaven.
Dead Eye: "...that return felt a waste. Yeah, I joined a new company and became its first and only champion. That was the high spot on that return...then, the company folded quickly after as swiftly as it started. Sure, I can put on my resumé that I became that champ...which, I honestly didn't on my application here because...in all honestly...it was so swift, I don't even remember the company's name. That said, while it was nice to be the only champ, it came at a cost. In order to join that failed venture, I gave up a career as a professor of psychology. Anybody that knows my story knows that my 'rise' to fame in the United States was quickly taken from me just in the same way as my last world title run. Yasee, when I finished my training in Mexico and Japan, I decided to return to the United States in a new company NGW. I quickly rose to fame and worked my ass off to become their World Heavyweight Championship...and then, in my first defense, I broke my neck. It wasn't the first time I'd been shelved, but it was the worst. I'd never been put on the injury list as a champion, and it was devastating for me. In NGW, I gained friends...and even a wife and child. However, two years later when I wanted to return to the ring, my wife couldn't handle it, and I lost her. So, it seems every time I have a victory, it results in big losses, too."
Dead Eye wipes a tear from his eye not able to contemplate why he keeps returning to an industry that has caused him both elation and pain simultaneously.
Dead Eye: "Sometimes, I ask myself why I keep putting myself through such trauma. I mean, the highs are like euphoria...shout out Kendrick Lamar...the lows...I've been through two divorces during my time in this game. I've bounced back every time because I'll never fold. I ain't built that way, homey. But sitting home that first time and shifting focus to finish my PhD and get that...something I told my moms I would do no matter what...then, I started a practice while I was in my lowest mental state...it kinda felt ironic trying to help others when I was at my lowest. Hell, that probably saved me. Then, a university vested interest hiring me...and I was content...yeah, I wasn't doing my 'first love'...but helping people, considering the pain I've seen in my younger years growing up in LBC and hanging out in Compton felt like maybe that was my true call."
Dead Eye pauses.
Dead Eye: "But there was always 'the itch'. There was always the thought that 'okay, you've given yourself a few years to completely heal...can you do it again?' I have...but it's always been short-lived...I keep coming back to companies folding. Now, I feel a new leash on life in Florida...this doesn't seem like an overnight company. Everyone here from green to pros seem motivated to building themselves and this company from the ground up. I can't lie...I'd love to be that cornerstone. To earn the first championship in this company via tournament and not just 'given' a World Title shot based on my reputation and history would make this particular return all worth it. That brings me to my opponent on SCION. Slim, I know more about you than you can possibly imagine...that will be revealed in due time, bruh. For now, just know that I know who you are. I'm a wrestling historian. Back in your day, NWF was the hottest thing going...and you were not only a multiple time world champino but a hall of famer...yeah, I know that. Just like me, you've had retirement that was seemingly forced upoon the both of us. Yours was just the company folding and you deciding to hang up the boots to have that time with your family. Not gon' lie, bruh...considering I lost part of my family when I came back from my broken neck, I respect da fuck outta you for that decision...and I probably should have done the same. I wouldn't just have my son with me...I'd have my love, too, if I'd been so bold and manly as you were then."
Dead Eye lets out a sigh.
Dead Eye: "As much as I respect you and could parallel what we both faced last show with a basically two-on-one match that we both came out on top of, I can't let you stand in my way. This company needs to be the opportunity I wasn't afforded last time out. This needs to be the redemption story of Dead Eye. Not just for me but for everything I've lost continuing to come back. I don't say this to garner any pity from anyone. I made my bed and have had to lie in it for YEARS. My main goal is proving to everyone who doubted me, left me, et cetera that I was right. I BELONG here. I belong in this ring, and I think last show proved it...and I'm gonna do everything in my power to defeat a much bigger and stronger and experienced opponent in you, Slim. I'm not YET a Hall of Famer, but I will be...and at SCION, you'll see just why."
Dead Eye turns off the camera.
- Finis