Post by James Raven on Dec 2, 2020 23:54:14 GMT -6
The following excerpt was pulled from somewhere on the internet, from the user "JAMES RAVEN". It might have been Live Journal. I don't remember.
A loss can leave you disappointed. It can leave you bitter and angry and vengeful, but there’s a fulfillment that comes with a loss where you can say “at least I had a chance to compete”. It doesn’t soothe the pain in the moment, but it fills a void in the long run.
Ask Betsy.
She was pretty open with all of you earlier. She’s done an incredible job handling her setback at High Stakes and turning it into a learning experience. Do you know what makes it easier for her to do? The fact that she knows she beat the ever loving fuck out of that champion. The fact that she knows everyone saw the champ tap to her, and that moving forward she knows definitively that she has what it takes.
I didn’t lose to Lissie Hope, but there’s a part of me that wonders if a loss wouldn’t have been easier to swallow than all of this.
A loss would have given me answers instead of leaving so many open ended questions. A loss would have given me something to hang my hat on moving forward, and I’d know that with some tweaks and a second opportunity I’m historically unstoppable.
“Awarded”...
There’s no real rage that comes with that word, like there might be after a loss. Why would there be? I’m the World Heavyweight champion because of “awarded”... so rage? No. There is, however, a… oh, I don’t know what you’d call it… a hollowness. Yeah. There’s a hollowness that comes with “awarded” and I’m struggling with it.
I hear the whispers in the locker room.
I see the headlines and trends on social media.
Could I have even beaten Lissie Hope, had the match happened? Was I really deserving of being handed the championship, or should I have been penalized for Lissie’s actions and made to fight through some sort of tournament or rumble the next month? Clearly we’re only where we’re at because of Legacy, right? If it weren’t for Warstein and Hart and Noah and Deanna Barrows, none of this would have happened, right?
Fuck all of you.
The hollowness I feel doesn’t exist because I agree with you, or give credence to any of your stupid hypotheticals. The hollowness exists because I’m realizing slowly that I’m surrounded by fucking morons that allow those hypotheticals to exist in the first place. The hollowness exists because I pity each and every one of you that doesn’t recognize the greatness you’re seeing on a weekly basis.
You’re disappointed that you didn’t get to see IF I COULD BEAT LISSIE HOPE?!
Imagine being at a 90’s Bulls game, and being disappointed that Muggsy Bogues isn’t playing just because you wanted to know if Michael Jordan could dunk on him and dangle his nuts across the tiny mans forehead.
OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE BEATEN HER, and fuck you if you doubt me. I’m sure those same people are really curious this week to see IF Betsy and I can beat the Storm Chaser- errrrrr… Wrath of the Storm.
Lissie Hope was not the savior some of you had hoped (lulz) she would be. She ushered in a new era but was incapable of carrying it, and love me or hate me, I am the right choice to carry this strap. I am the right choice to carry this company.
There is a reason Ace didn’t look to any of you as his representative. Not one of you was deemed up to the task of being his desperation attempt to take this belt off of me. He outsourced the job to a fucking prisoner, for no doubt pennies on the dollar like he’s stamping fucking license plates waiting for rec time. Yeah, his ace (lulz) in the hole literally was pulled from the hole.
I will not apologize for the fact that I’m obviously more talented than Outlaw.
I will not apologize for the fact that Marcus Ka’Derrion had no shot at being considered when he has a losing record against me.
I will not apologize for the fact that Mike Zybala isn’t qualified to hold the championship unless he gets his Make-A-Wish.
Am I making myself clear? I’m not apologizing for any of it. I am your World Heavyweight challenge, and you can get on board or do something about it. I’m done with the whining bull shit though. Righteous Rumble was open to all of you. If you don’t win your shot that night, you have only yourself to blame.
Now, Thunder and Lightning, we’ve done this before. Jackson Hart and I beat you like dirty rugs, just like we did to everyone else in the tag team division… if you don’t think Betsy and I are about to do exactly the same thing, you’re dumber than the makeup implies. I know there’s been a lot of talk about her high profile loss, but don’t expect that to be a trend. It is a launching point, and you two are the catalyst about to rocket her forward.
This is a warning to all the teams in the tag team division; I want my title back. Whether it be with Jackson Hart, my soon to be Project Honor co-champion Shawn Warstein, or Betsy… we will take ALL OF YOU BITCHES FOR YOUR LUNCH MONEY. We will shred through you all just like Jax and I did the first time around.
Fuck around and find out.
- YOUR MOTHER FUCKING CHAMPION
Ask Betsy.
She was pretty open with all of you earlier. She’s done an incredible job handling her setback at High Stakes and turning it into a learning experience. Do you know what makes it easier for her to do? The fact that she knows she beat the ever loving fuck out of that champion. The fact that she knows everyone saw the champ tap to her, and that moving forward she knows definitively that she has what it takes.
I didn’t lose to Lissie Hope, but there’s a part of me that wonders if a loss wouldn’t have been easier to swallow than all of this.
A loss would have given me answers instead of leaving so many open ended questions. A loss would have given me something to hang my hat on moving forward, and I’d know that with some tweaks and a second opportunity I’m historically unstoppable.
“Awarded”...
There’s no real rage that comes with that word, like there might be after a loss. Why would there be? I’m the World Heavyweight champion because of “awarded”... so rage? No. There is, however, a… oh, I don’t know what you’d call it… a hollowness. Yeah. There’s a hollowness that comes with “awarded” and I’m struggling with it.
I hear the whispers in the locker room.
I see the headlines and trends on social media.
Could I have even beaten Lissie Hope, had the match happened? Was I really deserving of being handed the championship, or should I have been penalized for Lissie’s actions and made to fight through some sort of tournament or rumble the next month? Clearly we’re only where we’re at because of Legacy, right? If it weren’t for Warstein and Hart and Noah and Deanna Barrows, none of this would have happened, right?
Fuck all of you.
The hollowness I feel doesn’t exist because I agree with you, or give credence to any of your stupid hypotheticals. The hollowness exists because I’m realizing slowly that I’m surrounded by fucking morons that allow those hypotheticals to exist in the first place. The hollowness exists because I pity each and every one of you that doesn’t recognize the greatness you’re seeing on a weekly basis.
You’re disappointed that you didn’t get to see IF I COULD BEAT LISSIE HOPE?!
Imagine being at a 90’s Bulls game, and being disappointed that Muggsy Bogues isn’t playing just because you wanted to know if Michael Jordan could dunk on him and dangle his nuts across the tiny mans forehead.
OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE BEATEN HER, and fuck you if you doubt me. I’m sure those same people are really curious this week to see IF Betsy and I can beat the Storm Chaser- errrrrr… Wrath of the Storm.
Lissie Hope was not the savior some of you had hoped (lulz) she would be. She ushered in a new era but was incapable of carrying it, and love me or hate me, I am the right choice to carry this strap. I am the right choice to carry this company.
There is a reason Ace didn’t look to any of you as his representative. Not one of you was deemed up to the task of being his desperation attempt to take this belt off of me. He outsourced the job to a fucking prisoner, for no doubt pennies on the dollar like he’s stamping fucking license plates waiting for rec time. Yeah, his ace (lulz) in the hole literally was pulled from the hole.
I will not apologize for the fact that I’m obviously more talented than Outlaw.
I will not apologize for the fact that Marcus Ka’Derrion had no shot at being considered when he has a losing record against me.
I will not apologize for the fact that Mike Zybala isn’t qualified to hold the championship unless he gets his Make-A-Wish.
Am I making myself clear? I’m not apologizing for any of it. I am your World Heavyweight challenge, and you can get on board or do something about it. I’m done with the whining bull shit though. Righteous Rumble was open to all of you. If you don’t win your shot that night, you have only yourself to blame.
Now, Thunder and Lightning, we’ve done this before. Jackson Hart and I beat you like dirty rugs, just like we did to everyone else in the tag team division… if you don’t think Betsy and I are about to do exactly the same thing, you’re dumber than the makeup implies. I know there’s been a lot of talk about her high profile loss, but don’t expect that to be a trend. It is a launching point, and you two are the catalyst about to rocket her forward.
This is a warning to all the teams in the tag team division; I want my title back. Whether it be with Jackson Hart, my soon to be Project Honor co-champion Shawn Warstein, or Betsy… we will take ALL OF YOU BITCHES FOR YOUR LUNCH MONEY. We will shred through you all just like Jax and I did the first time around.
Fuck around and find out.
- YOUR MOTHER FUCKING CHAMPION