Post by PANTHRO on Nov 15, 2014 23:58:44 GMT -6
WE ALL FALL
The Big L's fallen a lot, both in his personal life and in EXODUS. I mean...that's what keeps me leveled. It's a great reminder sometimes I ain't Superman. It HUMBLES me y'know? The risks me and Wulf have taken, the bruises, the wounds, the scars; I've visited the hospital in San Diego so many times I've lost count. But when the time comes and it has come...PLENTY...of times...we step up. That's who we are, we're TROUBLE and we like doing things the hard way. See, The Big L knows what this match means to Wulf and myself. Three times, this is gonna be three times we've had to go into a match like this. Three times, in-which anything could happen. T.L.C. , one of the most brutal matches in Exodus Pro Wrestling. I've been apart of this match three times for the Tag Team Championships, I know what it feels like to get your ass kicked by something like this, and it ain't pretty. Then The Big L started to think...think about the times me and Wulf have had our backs against the wall. Those times when people use to count us out, when they said a team between us could never work. Then, we turn heads, we face The Turks, we have hellish matches, and when it mattered the most we were champions. We took our lumps, we were beaten most of the time, we almost thought about giving up, but we didn't. WE...DIDN'T. And so now fast forward now, we don't have'em anymore The Miracles do.
We still have that moment inside of us that say we can't keep up with eight other people. We still get that little thump in our chest, our hearts racing, nerves almost on the brink of breaking down; We FEEL that way each and every time we team up. It's a very rough feeling, almost like someone's punching you over and over in the gut, it does not go away!! We fall down, that's what Trouble's mantra's been since we formed almost a year ago. WE FALL DOWN...but when the opportunity rises, when it's all said and done we do our JOB and put in WORK!!! WE...are the people's champions, WE...do this because we love it--and God do I love it and I tell you guys that each and every time I can because I want you to remember me and Wulf as the guys who loved what they did. And this match is going to be a trial by fire....
Ain't nothing PRETTY about this match and The Big L knows this, and Wulf knows this, so we're comfortable, relaxed, ready for everything and anybody to come our way!! Five teams, that's ten bodies coming together for one thing; For ONE GOAL and that is the EXODUS Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championships. We know what it means to go through Hell to get those belts, we've had our ass kicked some many times in the past to get'em we've lost count! We understand that we're going to go through a lot of pain, we understand that these TEAMS aren't hesitant to dish it all out, and The Big L only has this to said to all of ya'll:
We've faced the Dragons, we've faced The Miracles, we've dealt with HATE, and I've had the pleasure of having such a tough match with Jaime a few months back. The Big L and Wulf know that you're gonna give your all, we know some of you might cheat their way to a title, and we know some of you will fight until your last damn breath. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT! But some people don't get that, like HATE. A bunch of fanatics, wantin' to make their lil' cult little Dick-suke Iwakuma proud. The Big L can't stand Gods and Monster, can't stand them one bit, makes The Big L sick. But what The Big L cannot stand more is HATE. Since it's inception, back in RevPro, it's been growin', bigger, stronger, adding MORE into their group. The Big L saw it last show, The Big L saw it on RevPro, and this is where it ENDS: HERE! OVER! DONE WITH! Just like how this empire Gunner made will end, so will this little group of misfits who wanna make a name for themselves!! ALL OF IT ENDS HERE TONIGHT!!! No matter what happens, we will end this all!!!
Because yeah you can hit us with everything, yeah me and Wulf can take a beating, but you cannot break our conviction!! I don't give a damn if you're a DRAGON, A MIRACLE, KINGS, HELL you can be an EMOTION, and Wulf and I will STILL try to beat that ass up and down SAN DIEGO!! THAT IS WHO TROUBLE IS...THAT is what we bring to the table, and believe me there's enough room for all of ya'll to eat these feet that will be placed FIRMLY up your asses!! Trouble knows what's up, Trouble knows what're gonna go down, and Trouble is what you will look at in this T.L.C. match. You could say we're crazy, say that we don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of winning this thing; That just shows how well people really know us.
The Big L could give a DAMN about consequences of this match. He and Wulf have dealt with consequences since we've been a team, and we've come back stronger than ever. San Diego, California, University of California, The Big L and Wulf will give them as much TROUBLE than they can handle. Me and Wulf, win, lose, or draw, everything inside of us, everything that we can give back to these four teams WE WILL GIVE!!! I believe in Wulf and he believes in me, and I say with this much confidence between the two of us...
Dad: ...Are you sure you don't want the training wheels?
Stephen Lenton: I'm not a baby dad!
Dad: Well, I mean, you're havin' a hard time, and I--
Stephen Lenton: I got it watch.
We still have that moment inside of us that say we can't keep up with eight other people. We still get that little thump in our chest, our hearts racing, nerves almost on the brink of breaking down; We FEEL that way each and every time we team up. It's a very rough feeling, almost like someone's punching you over and over in the gut, it does not go away!! We fall down, that's what Trouble's mantra's been since we formed almost a year ago. WE FALL DOWN...but when the opportunity rises, when it's all said and done we do our JOB and put in WORK!!! WE...are the people's champions, WE...do this because we love it--and God do I love it and I tell you guys that each and every time I can because I want you to remember me and Wulf as the guys who loved what they did. And this match is going to be a trial by fire....
Ain't nothing PRETTY about this match and The Big L knows this, and Wulf knows this, so we're comfortable, relaxed, ready for everything and anybody to come our way!! Five teams, that's ten bodies coming together for one thing; For ONE GOAL and that is the EXODUS Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championships. We know what it means to go through Hell to get those belts, we've had our ass kicked some many times in the past to get'em we've lost count! We understand that we're going to go through a lot of pain, we understand that these TEAMS aren't hesitant to dish it all out, and The Big L only has this to said to all of ya'll:
BRING.
IT.
ON!!!
We've faced the Dragons, we've faced The Miracles, we've dealt with HATE, and I've had the pleasure of having such a tough match with Jaime a few months back. The Big L and Wulf know that you're gonna give your all, we know some of you might cheat their way to a title, and we know some of you will fight until your last damn breath. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT! But some people don't get that, like HATE. A bunch of fanatics, wantin' to make their lil' cult little Dick-suke Iwakuma proud. The Big L can't stand Gods and Monster, can't stand them one bit, makes The Big L sick. But what The Big L cannot stand more is HATE. Since it's inception, back in RevPro, it's been growin', bigger, stronger, adding MORE into their group. The Big L saw it last show, The Big L saw it on RevPro, and this is where it ENDS: HERE! OVER! DONE WITH! Just like how this empire Gunner made will end, so will this little group of misfits who wanna make a name for themselves!! ALL OF IT ENDS HERE TONIGHT!!! No matter what happens, we will end this all!!!
Because yeah you can hit us with everything, yeah me and Wulf can take a beating, but you cannot break our conviction!! I don't give a damn if you're a DRAGON, A MIRACLE, KINGS, HELL you can be an EMOTION, and Wulf and I will STILL try to beat that ass up and down SAN DIEGO!! THAT IS WHO TROUBLE IS...THAT is what we bring to the table, and believe me there's enough room for all of ya'll to eat these feet that will be placed FIRMLY up your asses!! Trouble knows what's up, Trouble knows what're gonna go down, and Trouble is what you will look at in this T.L.C. match. You could say we're crazy, say that we don't have a snowball's chance in Hell of winning this thing; That just shows how well people really know us.
The Big L could give a DAMN about consequences of this match. He and Wulf have dealt with consequences since we've been a team, and we've come back stronger than ever. San Diego, California, University of California, The Big L and Wulf will give them as much TROUBLE than they can handle. Me and Wulf, win, lose, or draw, everything inside of us, everything that we can give back to these four teams WE WILL GIVE!!! I believe in Wulf and he believes in me, and I say with this much confidence between the two of us...
We Could Take This Thing.
"OW!!"
....
"DANG."
....
"OUCH!"
Bikes SUCK. Every time I try and keep my balance I keep falling down. Dad says it's "Easy" and he did it when he was five years old. This just looks stupid, I mean when am I ever gonna need to ride a bike? I'm like seven!
Dad: ...Are you sure you don't want the training wheels?
Stephen Lenton: I'm not a baby dad!
Dad: Well, I mean, you're havin' a hard time, and I--
Stephen Lenton: I got it watch.
Peddle, peddle, peddle, CRASH! OW!! Jeez! I get up rubbing my elbow, dad walks up towards me looking me over to make sure I'm okay. He smirks and pats my Spiderman helmet.
I shrug and look down, pop looked at me and glanced into my eyes.
Dad: Just a scuff your helmet, nothing to worry about.
Stephen Lenton: Dad, are you sure this is gonna make me better...?
Dad: Yes, of course, why wouldn't it Steve?
Stephen Lenton: Everyone's gonna laugh if I keep falling though...
Dad: That's why you practice, practice, practice, okay?
Stephen Lenton: ...
Dad: Listen, the more you fall, the more you learn about yourself. You can't just give up because it's hard, you gotta try and get better. I mean all of the superheroes in the comics you read son, t-they just don't give up now do they?
Stephen Lenton: No...
Dad: They get back up and save the world, because that's what makes them who they are. I know it must stink to keep on fallin' but lemme tell you something it's making you better. Don't give up so easily son, you can do anything if you believe in yourself. I believe in ya...and I believe that you're gonna be cruisin' down the sidewalk, and the girls are gonna be ALL over you.
Stephen Lenton: Ew...
Dad: Ahaha...! Fine, but your mama'll be proud of you. You wanna make your mom happy right? She'll see you cruising up and down the neighborhood, lookin' like a race car driver! Now...if you wanna take a break a lil' bit we can. I'll put the training wheels on and see if you like those alright? C'mon knot-head.
Mom: How'd he do?
Dad: Just needs a little bit more practice.
Mom: Aw...
Mom: Did you hurt yourself?
Stephen Lenton: No, all this stuff made sure I was okay.
Mom: Good, how about we go inside and I'll make you something to eat okay?
Stephen Lenton: ...
Mom: Stephen, lunch is ready...!
Stephen Lenton: Ew...
Dad: Ahaha...! Fine, but your mama'll be proud of you. You wanna make your mom happy right? She'll see you cruising up and down the neighborhood, lookin' like a race car driver! Now...if you wanna take a break a lil' bit we can. I'll put the training wheels on and see if you like those alright? C'mon knot-head.
Dad put a hand on my shoulder and walked me to the house. Mom looked on at us as she worked in her garden.
Dad: Just needs a little bit more practice.
Mom: Aw...
She got out of her garden of flowers and walked up to me. She looked me over a bit to make sure I didn't get any scrapes or anything like that.
Stephen Lenton: No, all this stuff made sure I was okay.
Mom: Good, how about we go inside and I'll make you something to eat okay?
I nod my head and start taking all of my stuff off in my room. Maybe dad was right. Sometimes it hurt when I fell, but each time I got up I wanted to go again. I just didn't want the other kids to laugh at me because I didn't know how to ride a bike. It's not like I didn't wanna know how...we just never had enough money to get one. My mom and dad saved up a lot to get me this one, and I loved it SO much...! But my dad keeps trying to get me to use the training wheels. What if the other seven year olds laugh at me...? I can't deal with that! Sigh, I'm so weird. I stared at my bike outside...
Stephen Lenton: ...
Mom: Stephen, lunch is ready...!
Heck, what do I gotta lose? Lunch could wait. I walked through the kitchen to the front door, mom and dad didn't notice me. I picked up my bike and tried to balance on it. I fell hard, OW, that hurts more when I have my helmet and elbow pads ON. I go again, I fall, and again, I fall some more. Dad heard a commotion outside and went to check it out. He stood on the porch, looking at me as I tried to peddle around. My mom came through, and my dad just told her to keep quiet. Me? I didn't know they were there. I fell, and my mom went to go pick me up. My dad held her back shaking her head as they watched me try again. I peddle some more, and soon, I realized I wasn't falling anymore. I did it...? I DID IT!! WOW!! I start to wobble a bit, suddenly my dad jogging over and kept me balance.
Dad: Don't stop now, Steve!
Stephen Lenton: I--
Dad: Just keep goin' I got ya!!
Stephen Lenton: Okay...
Dad: Okay, I'm gonna let go of ya...on three...one....two...three, go, go, go!
Dad: Keep goin'! Remember how to brake?!
Stephen Lenton: YEAH! Dad I did it!
Dad: What did I tell ya?! Hahaaaa!!
Stephen Lenton: I--
Dad: Just keep goin' I got ya!!
Stephen Lenton: Okay...
We started to go faster, my dad looked at me and down the street.
All of a sudden...I was riding my bike. WOW!! THIS IS SO COOL...!! Dad watched me as I started to laugh and smile, I rode circles around him and then sped off down the sidewalk.
Stephen Lenton: YEAH! Dad I did it!
Dad: What did I tell ya?! Hahaaaa!!
Mom cheered me on, and soon I was riding my bike everywhere I went. Kind of funny, I fell so many times, and now that I can ride...I don't worry about it anymore. Guess dad was right, I just had to keep going...
I believe in myself now.
Steve Lenton: I have fallen, countless amounts of times here in EXODUS. I've taken my lumps, I've been knocked down, and I have taken everything in stride. And I've swallowed that bitter pill of defeat, it's hard, it stings, and you can never take it back. It's like someone took your heart out and ate it alive y'know what I mean?
Steve Lenton: The Big L has felt DEFEAT, he knows what it's like to lose. So he isn't afraid of what's gonna come up soon. The headlines read...
Steve Lenton: "Trouble vs Dragons Unleashed vs HATE vs The Fight Kings vs the World Tag Team Champions...The Generation of Miracles." Top tier tag team competition for a top tier belt like the Tag Team Championships. The Big L and Wulf, we know what it's like to claw our way up that ladder, what it's like to FIGHT over that belt. Too many times have we been in this match and have been too close to WIN the damn thing. But we put our heads down, swallowed down that BITTER pill and we came back again. We keep coming back AGAIN, and again, and again because we don't QUIT!!! We give you TROUBLE, because we're tenacious S.O.B's who will not GIVE UP!!! And Wulf, the goddamn himself always reminds me of that when we're alongside each other. And he's the best partner I've ever had, if not one of the best friends I've ever had in this sport. With all this bullshit going on where you can't tell who's friend or foe in this company he has been the rock that keeps me level.
I've let him down plenty of times, where I know he needed me most and I can say I've let him down. Wulf is the hardest working man in EXODUS, if not the most loyal guy I've met. He smiles, he drinks, he FIGHTS, and that's the type of spirit this tag team division needs. HATE? They ain't got spirit, no, no, no just pus around their hearts. Dragons? Tough gals, but they've faced us and know what they're dealing with. Fight Kings?! A tough way of making their comebacks in such a brutal match. And the MIRACLES...? They might think they know what's coming up, but the kids ain't gotta damn clue. Wulf and I have been in this match a lot, we got scars to show you if you think that THIS is light work!! See, The Big L doesn't need to inform you all one by one, no, no, no that's trying too hard!
No he'll talk to your asses in a group. Because you all are being put on notice about something. Wulf and I...we're gonna go hard as HELL. Wulf and I are going to make sure ain't nobody gonna get those belts except for us. And you can try and play tough and say "You're prepared for it." But when we go ALL IN...WULF AND THE BIG L, "TROUBLE" GO ALL IN!!! So you're asking yourselves what in the great blue HELL is this rambling Brown Hulk talkin' about?! Every team we've faced for those belts, The Turks, Ninth Gate, DESTROY ALL HUMANS have known what we're all about. Throw us a bone, we turn that son of a bitch into a STEAK. EVERY opportunity when the big match comes up, we give it our ALL and we've had success in the fact. You all have had amazing careers in your own right, you have faced people I bet I would never wanna meet in my life.
But here in EXODUS....TROUBLE...IS....EXODUS...PRO WRESTLING. We've bled for this placed, stood our ground for this place, we have made it a commitment to stand up for this place even at times when we didn't see eye to eye with the people who sometimes led the charge. We fight for these people, the ones in San Diego, the people in San Francisco, LA, HELL we'd fight for the goddamn WORLD if we wanted to, because we fight for our lives!! Everything that we do, everything that we stand for, was based off of what these people believed in. And those people believed in us. They believed in Wulf and The Big L, and we were crowned as CHAMPIONS. We BELIEVE in ourselves, and as long as we BELIEVE in ourselves, as along as me and him are breathing you're going to need to call down the hand of GOD to keep us down and out!!!
I was pacing back and forth outside of the University of California campus. I was tense, my heart was beating hard, and I could feel every nerve in my body pulse with anticipation. Autumn Effect 2 was happening...and The Big L was ready for anything...
Steve Lenton: The Big L has felt DEFEAT, he knows what it's like to lose. So he isn't afraid of what's gonna come up soon. The headlines read...
The Big L holds his hands up.
Steve Lenton: "Trouble vs Dragons Unleashed vs HATE vs The Fight Kings vs the World Tag Team Champions...The Generation of Miracles." Top tier tag team competition for a top tier belt like the Tag Team Championships. The Big L and Wulf, we know what it's like to claw our way up that ladder, what it's like to FIGHT over that belt. Too many times have we been in this match and have been too close to WIN the damn thing. But we put our heads down, swallowed down that BITTER pill and we came back again. We keep coming back AGAIN, and again, and again because we don't QUIT!!! We give you TROUBLE, because we're tenacious S.O.B's who will not GIVE UP!!! And Wulf, the goddamn himself always reminds me of that when we're alongside each other. And he's the best partner I've ever had, if not one of the best friends I've ever had in this sport. With all this bullshit going on where you can't tell who's friend or foe in this company he has been the rock that keeps me level.
I've let him down plenty of times, where I know he needed me most and I can say I've let him down. Wulf is the hardest working man in EXODUS, if not the most loyal guy I've met. He smiles, he drinks, he FIGHTS, and that's the type of spirit this tag team division needs. HATE? They ain't got spirit, no, no, no just pus around their hearts. Dragons? Tough gals, but they've faced us and know what they're dealing with. Fight Kings?! A tough way of making their comebacks in such a brutal match. And the MIRACLES...? They might think they know what's coming up, but the kids ain't gotta damn clue. Wulf and I have been in this match a lot, we got scars to show you if you think that THIS is light work!! See, The Big L doesn't need to inform you all one by one, no, no, no that's trying too hard!
No he'll talk to your asses in a group. Because you all are being put on notice about something. Wulf and I...we're gonna go hard as HELL. Wulf and I are going to make sure ain't nobody gonna get those belts except for us. And you can try and play tough and say "You're prepared for it." But when we go ALL IN...WULF AND THE BIG L, "TROUBLE" GO ALL IN!!! So you're asking yourselves what in the great blue HELL is this rambling Brown Hulk talkin' about?! Every team we've faced for those belts, The Turks, Ninth Gate, DESTROY ALL HUMANS have known what we're all about. Throw us a bone, we turn that son of a bitch into a STEAK. EVERY opportunity when the big match comes up, we give it our ALL and we've had success in the fact. You all have had amazing careers in your own right, you have faced people I bet I would never wanna meet in my life.
But here in EXODUS....TROUBLE...IS....EXODUS...PRO WRESTLING. We've bled for this placed, stood our ground for this place, we have made it a commitment to stand up for this place even at times when we didn't see eye to eye with the people who sometimes led the charge. We fight for these people, the ones in San Diego, the people in San Francisco, LA, HELL we'd fight for the goddamn WORLD if we wanted to, because we fight for our lives!! Everything that we do, everything that we stand for, was based off of what these people believed in. And those people believed in us. They believed in Wulf and The Big L, and we were crowned as CHAMPIONS. We BELIEVE in ourselves, and as long as we BELIEVE in ourselves, as along as me and him are breathing you're going to need to call down the hand of GOD to keep us down and out!!!
The Big L shakes his head, conviction running through his veins.
Steve Lenton: Ain't nobody, and the BIG L MEANS NOBODY gonna take that from us!! We got enough heart in us to turn Satan into a damn NUN!!! THAT IS WHAT TROUBLE IS!!! And as long as I got that man beside me, and as long as he believes in me I will FIGHT for him!! Wulf deserves that much from me, he deserves a guy who will look into the abyss and fight with him until the end...like a true FRIEND. We fall, we get back up again, and we did it all over. We don't cry over it, we don't mourn over it, we DEAL with it. And we're gonna deal with this T.L.C. match in San Diego, just like we deal with everything else. So TO YOU FOUR TEAMS, I really do hope you "PREPARED" for this, because what we're gonna dish out is gonna be comin' in LARGE PROPORTIONS!!! The gauntlet's been set, SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!!!
The Big L leaves, showing these four teams that if they wanted to win those straps. They would have to go through us...one...last...time.
Fade. Static. End.