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“Welcome to the Micky Mouse show…”
Adam Lucas smirks from behind the camera lens, putting up a single thumb in acknowledgment that the camera is rolling.
“No, in all seriousness, I don’t know if EAW is going to lose that little something it had now that it is owned by Disney and no doubt subjected to some severe censorship. I don’t know if this takeover will be seen as a ‘good thing’ when people look back. None of us can know, not really. It makes very little difference to me, I want to wrestle, ‘We Wrestle’ was always an ambitious ambition, maybe this new deal will be bringing us precisely that, but I’m guessing I’m not the only one who’s cynical. All I can do, as we embark on Season Sixteen, my third full season in this company, is that I won’t be paying much intention to the ‘business’ side of things. Throughout this season I’m going to be focusing on TWO people careers. My fiancées Bethany Blue, and of course mine.”
He holds up his thumb and forefinger, the smallest of gaps between them.
“This close… that’s how close my season was to being a resounding success. Oh, I know full well there are many who will suggest otherwise, but that facts speak for themselves. Yes, of course the win / loss record wasn’t great, I’m not blind. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure put I would have loved the number in the ‘L’ column to be a good few less. Taken at face value, my Season fifteen story ended in a way I never want to repeat, but looking back, I must maintain a certain sense of pride in what I achieved. Whilst at the same time developing a steel determination to make sure that this one is even better.”
With a shrug of the shoulders, he continues.
“Because as far as I’m concerned, the very worst that people could say about me is that I was a nearly man, a bridesmaid that was never able to be the bride. Elimination Chamber, King of Elite, Title match versus TLA, and of course Cash in the Vault, I was always so close, but close just isn’t good enough. It doesn’t bring any prestige having these ‘achievements’ on my bio. Look at my draft announcement… a Cash in the Vault entry, a participation trophy. Thing is, I don’t blame people for what they say, it’s there in the black and white. What I will say though is as the Seasons change, so shall I. No longer a nearly man… in Season Sixteen I’ll because the ‘forever man’, my name remembered… forever. People will choose to forget that I was the man who defeated the new Answers World Champion in my last singles match of the year.
‘But it was via count out Adam’
So what? Do you know how many times I was told over the course of the last season that it was whatever’s in the ‘W’ column, and not the How. The number one guy on Showdown, I didn’t just equal him, I defeated him just seven days prior to the night he won his TENTH world championship. It’s convenient to say it was by count out, yet again, it fails to tell the entire story. A story that virtually guaranteed that the ‘Champ’ couldn’t lose to me, or that I could possibly find a way to win. I found a way, it doesn’t put anything on my name, not really, but what it did show was that I CAN beat the best, when it was undoubtably starting to look like I couldn’t. So, to recap, the last two three big singles match I had, I lost to TLA because a referee couldn’t do his job. I didn’t Amir Yusef who is about to take his new brand by storm, I can almost guarantee it. And then I beat the man who just made history, perhaps one of the most decorated competitors in the world…”
His eyes narrow ever so slightly, flickering with emotion that he is struggling to contain.
“That was the end of my season… and then came the Cash in the Vault. I’ve no issue with Jake Smith winning, I even said in promos prior, he was probably my second choice. He deserved it, no question. It was great to then see him drafted to the Showdown brand, bringing that briefcase with him… I’m sure Impact will be looking over his shoulder. If it hadn’t had been for his opportunism, perhaps the story would have been different. But there it is again… NEARLY getting it done, CLOSE to winning the briefcase. I got to be better, I NEED to be better. No more close calls. No more hard luck stories. I’m going to be better than Jon Kelton… welcome to Showdown by the way bro. I’m going to be better than the Cash in the Vault Holder Jake Smith, even if he does cash in that opportunity sooner rather than later. I’m going to be better than Kassidy Heart, who I believe was the standout of last season. I’m going to be better that the Answers World Champion Impact, and if I am given the opportunity take that Championship from his wrinkly ass figures and claim it, finally, as my own.
‘It’s only words Adam.’
Another comment that people seem to believe I don’t recognize. I know that only actions will quieten those that either aren’t clever enough or can’t be bothered to furnish themselves with the facts. I wish I could guarantee that I’m right, but I can’t. I’m not arrogant enough to give certainties. But mark this down in your calendar. Remember these words. NO ONE will be able to dispute Adam Lucas by the time Pain for Pride rolls around again. EVERYONE will have the answers that they need to make a calculated judgement. Let me say it, loud and clear. I’M GOING TO MAKE THIS BRAND MINE. I’m done playing second fiddle to ANYONE.”
He repositions himself, the camera moving with him.
“And that includes you Xander Payne and Jack Ripley.”
A smirk forms on his face.
“Welcome to Showdown guys, and if there were two people that didn’t need any introduction it is without a shadow of a doubt the two of you. Xander, you and I have met on a few times before, Jack I think once, maybe twice we have crossed paths. I’m sure you are coming into this match with a lot of preconceptions of how things are going to be. I mean let’s face it, EVERYONE is going to want to set a marker for the season to come. EVERYONE is going to be busting their balls to ensure that they don’t start their season with a defeat, and I’m certain the two of you don’t feel any different. But the preconception I am talking about most of all is the opinion that the two of you will no doubt have about me, a point I touched on earlier. See, I doubt that either of you will be taking Donovan and I seriously as we head into this confrontation. All Donovan achieved last year, as with me, will probably be of little consequence to you. I’d also bet good money on the fact that you don’t consider either of us a threat and have already started making plans as to what happens AFTER Showdown this Saturday.
I won’t speak for Donovan, I’m sure he’ll cover the same bases, but this isn’t something that’s new to me, I’ve experienced it my entire career. It’s not going to frustrate me or have any bearing on this match what you think. No, all I am interested in is what you can DO. Do the two of you have the ability to be a success here on the Showdown brand and enhance your already excellent reputations? I know, and I’m sure Donovan knows, that the answer to that question is a quite emphatic yes. So, there are going to be no half measures here on my part. I don’t see two people trying to reach out and grab former glories, an allegation I am sure that over the course of this season you will hear many times from the ignorant. What I see is two people that IF they can co-exist, would be a match for ANY tag team, never mind the EAW tag team champions. But that’s not intimidating… far from it in fact. It’s exciting to think that I could open my season with one of the biggest of bangs. A word of warning though guys, if you ARE stepping into the ring with the feeling that you’ve faced me before, and I wasn’t nothing like the wrestler the hype machine portrayed me as, you are already on a hiding to nothing. If you are looking back over the back end of my season and seeing all the ‘L’s’ and not bothering with the actualities, you are putting yourself in a severe disadvantage. Things have changed. I have changed, my attitude, my mentality, tweaked to get the very best of my abilities.
You’ll mock that statement, course you will. I wouldn’t expect any less. You’ll wax lyrical about my failings; it seems to be the standard setting of late. But it doesn’t faze me Impact. It doesn’t hurt me, Jack. Guys, I don’t struggle to sleep at night because people like you worked in the same way as the defaults. All I do is keep chipping away at the inevitable. The golden sky that all my hard work and determination will one day bring forth. I’ve stepped in the ring with the very best that this company has to offer guys. Literally, the likes of Kassidy Heart, Theron Nikolas, TLA and Impact all appeared on my resume last year, all names that ring synonymous with this company in arguably even a bigger way than any of yours. You no one thing that links them all? And no, it’s not the fact that they beat me, or taught me something, or will undoubtably go down as legends though all those things are true. No, the thing is, I KNOW I can beat them all. And yeah, that probably sounds arrogant, but that is the belief that I have in myself. A belief, a knowing that it is quite simply a matter of time, as I started this promo with, we are talking about the narrowest of margins. The slightest difference and I assure you, the ammunition you are going to come at me with would have been like using a peashooter on the US Armed Forces. Someone with that level of ability, and belief can NEVER be discounted, not by anyone.
And yet…
That is exactly what you are likely to do. As predictable as it is ridiculous. Not realizing that one day, like our Answers World Champion, you are going to end up looking like a mug when the ‘inevitable’ happens. It’s the process, we win, we lose… but its what you do with both circumstances that matter. Take me lightly… I dare you.”
Adam nods, his eyes focused only on the match. Nothing else matter.
“But the final word, for now at least, goes to my partner this week Donovan Duke. Bro, let me clear something up right off the bat. What happened with Insurgency doesn’t matter to me. I’m sure you heard Jake and I at Cash in the Vault, we put away those demons and I am certain you and I can do the same… even if it’s only for this match. Our opponents will use it no doubt. But we don’t have to listen, we shouldn’t listen. Even though they are who they are. Big opportunity for us here Donovan, but I’m sure you are aware of that. All we gotta to is take advantage… easier said than done right? But we can, and we will. Why? Because this… this what we do. Screw the future, or our ‘potential’. We are the here and now. And on Showdown, let’s leave the whole of the blue brand in no doubt the way this Season is going to go.”
The scene slowly fades.
Adam Lucas smirks from behind the camera lens, putting up a single thumb in acknowledgment that the camera is rolling.
“No, in all seriousness, I don’t know if EAW is going to lose that little something it had now that it is owned by Disney and no doubt subjected to some severe censorship. I don’t know if this takeover will be seen as a ‘good thing’ when people look back. None of us can know, not really. It makes very little difference to me, I want to wrestle, ‘We Wrestle’ was always an ambitious ambition, maybe this new deal will be bringing us precisely that, but I’m guessing I’m not the only one who’s cynical. All I can do, as we embark on Season Sixteen, my third full season in this company, is that I won’t be paying much intention to the ‘business’ side of things. Throughout this season I’m going to be focusing on TWO people careers. My fiancées Bethany Blue, and of course mine.”
He holds up his thumb and forefinger, the smallest of gaps between them.
“This close… that’s how close my season was to being a resounding success. Oh, I know full well there are many who will suggest otherwise, but that facts speak for themselves. Yes, of course the win / loss record wasn’t great, I’m not blind. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure put I would have loved the number in the ‘L’ column to be a good few less. Taken at face value, my Season fifteen story ended in a way I never want to repeat, but looking back, I must maintain a certain sense of pride in what I achieved. Whilst at the same time developing a steel determination to make sure that this one is even better.”
With a shrug of the shoulders, he continues.
“Because as far as I’m concerned, the very worst that people could say about me is that I was a nearly man, a bridesmaid that was never able to be the bride. Elimination Chamber, King of Elite, Title match versus TLA, and of course Cash in the Vault, I was always so close, but close just isn’t good enough. It doesn’t bring any prestige having these ‘achievements’ on my bio. Look at my draft announcement… a Cash in the Vault entry, a participation trophy. Thing is, I don’t blame people for what they say, it’s there in the black and white. What I will say though is as the Seasons change, so shall I. No longer a nearly man… in Season Sixteen I’ll because the ‘forever man’, my name remembered… forever. People will choose to forget that I was the man who defeated the new Answers World Champion in my last singles match of the year.
‘But it was via count out Adam’
So what? Do you know how many times I was told over the course of the last season that it was whatever’s in the ‘W’ column, and not the How. The number one guy on Showdown, I didn’t just equal him, I defeated him just seven days prior to the night he won his TENTH world championship. It’s convenient to say it was by count out, yet again, it fails to tell the entire story. A story that virtually guaranteed that the ‘Champ’ couldn’t lose to me, or that I could possibly find a way to win. I found a way, it doesn’t put anything on my name, not really, but what it did show was that I CAN beat the best, when it was undoubtably starting to look like I couldn’t. So, to recap, the last two three big singles match I had, I lost to TLA because a referee couldn’t do his job. I didn’t Amir Yusef who is about to take his new brand by storm, I can almost guarantee it. And then I beat the man who just made history, perhaps one of the most decorated competitors in the world…”
His eyes narrow ever so slightly, flickering with emotion that he is struggling to contain.
“That was the end of my season… and then came the Cash in the Vault. I’ve no issue with Jake Smith winning, I even said in promos prior, he was probably my second choice. He deserved it, no question. It was great to then see him drafted to the Showdown brand, bringing that briefcase with him… I’m sure Impact will be looking over his shoulder. If it hadn’t had been for his opportunism, perhaps the story would have been different. But there it is again… NEARLY getting it done, CLOSE to winning the briefcase. I got to be better, I NEED to be better. No more close calls. No more hard luck stories. I’m going to be better than Jon Kelton… welcome to Showdown by the way bro. I’m going to be better than the Cash in the Vault Holder Jake Smith, even if he does cash in that opportunity sooner rather than later. I’m going to be better than Kassidy Heart, who I believe was the standout of last season. I’m going to be better that the Answers World Champion Impact, and if I am given the opportunity take that Championship from his wrinkly ass figures and claim it, finally, as my own.
‘It’s only words Adam.’
Another comment that people seem to believe I don’t recognize. I know that only actions will quieten those that either aren’t clever enough or can’t be bothered to furnish themselves with the facts. I wish I could guarantee that I’m right, but I can’t. I’m not arrogant enough to give certainties. But mark this down in your calendar. Remember these words. NO ONE will be able to dispute Adam Lucas by the time Pain for Pride rolls around again. EVERYONE will have the answers that they need to make a calculated judgement. Let me say it, loud and clear. I’M GOING TO MAKE THIS BRAND MINE. I’m done playing second fiddle to ANYONE.”
He repositions himself, the camera moving with him.
“And that includes you Xander Payne and Jack Ripley.”
A smirk forms on his face.
“Welcome to Showdown guys, and if there were two people that didn’t need any introduction it is without a shadow of a doubt the two of you. Xander, you and I have met on a few times before, Jack I think once, maybe twice we have crossed paths. I’m sure you are coming into this match with a lot of preconceptions of how things are going to be. I mean let’s face it, EVERYONE is going to want to set a marker for the season to come. EVERYONE is going to be busting their balls to ensure that they don’t start their season with a defeat, and I’m certain the two of you don’t feel any different. But the preconception I am talking about most of all is the opinion that the two of you will no doubt have about me, a point I touched on earlier. See, I doubt that either of you will be taking Donovan and I seriously as we head into this confrontation. All Donovan achieved last year, as with me, will probably be of little consequence to you. I’d also bet good money on the fact that you don’t consider either of us a threat and have already started making plans as to what happens AFTER Showdown this Saturday.
I won’t speak for Donovan, I’m sure he’ll cover the same bases, but this isn’t something that’s new to me, I’ve experienced it my entire career. It’s not going to frustrate me or have any bearing on this match what you think. No, all I am interested in is what you can DO. Do the two of you have the ability to be a success here on the Showdown brand and enhance your already excellent reputations? I know, and I’m sure Donovan knows, that the answer to that question is a quite emphatic yes. So, there are going to be no half measures here on my part. I don’t see two people trying to reach out and grab former glories, an allegation I am sure that over the course of this season you will hear many times from the ignorant. What I see is two people that IF they can co-exist, would be a match for ANY tag team, never mind the EAW tag team champions. But that’s not intimidating… far from it in fact. It’s exciting to think that I could open my season with one of the biggest of bangs. A word of warning though guys, if you ARE stepping into the ring with the feeling that you’ve faced me before, and I wasn’t nothing like the wrestler the hype machine portrayed me as, you are already on a hiding to nothing. If you are looking back over the back end of my season and seeing all the ‘L’s’ and not bothering with the actualities, you are putting yourself in a severe disadvantage. Things have changed. I have changed, my attitude, my mentality, tweaked to get the very best of my abilities.
You’ll mock that statement, course you will. I wouldn’t expect any less. You’ll wax lyrical about my failings; it seems to be the standard setting of late. But it doesn’t faze me Impact. It doesn’t hurt me, Jack. Guys, I don’t struggle to sleep at night because people like you worked in the same way as the defaults. All I do is keep chipping away at the inevitable. The golden sky that all my hard work and determination will one day bring forth. I’ve stepped in the ring with the very best that this company has to offer guys. Literally, the likes of Kassidy Heart, Theron Nikolas, TLA and Impact all appeared on my resume last year, all names that ring synonymous with this company in arguably even a bigger way than any of yours. You no one thing that links them all? And no, it’s not the fact that they beat me, or taught me something, or will undoubtably go down as legends though all those things are true. No, the thing is, I KNOW I can beat them all. And yeah, that probably sounds arrogant, but that is the belief that I have in myself. A belief, a knowing that it is quite simply a matter of time, as I started this promo with, we are talking about the narrowest of margins. The slightest difference and I assure you, the ammunition you are going to come at me with would have been like using a peashooter on the US Armed Forces. Someone with that level of ability, and belief can NEVER be discounted, not by anyone.
And yet…
That is exactly what you are likely to do. As predictable as it is ridiculous. Not realizing that one day, like our Answers World Champion, you are going to end up looking like a mug when the ‘inevitable’ happens. It’s the process, we win, we lose… but its what you do with both circumstances that matter. Take me lightly… I dare you.”
Adam nods, his eyes focused only on the match. Nothing else matter.
“But the final word, for now at least, goes to my partner this week Donovan Duke. Bro, let me clear something up right off the bat. What happened with Insurgency doesn’t matter to me. I’m sure you heard Jake and I at Cash in the Vault, we put away those demons and I am certain you and I can do the same… even if it’s only for this match. Our opponents will use it no doubt. But we don’t have to listen, we shouldn’t listen. Even though they are who they are. Big opportunity for us here Donovan, but I’m sure you are aware of that. All we gotta to is take advantage… easier said than done right? But we can, and we will. Why? Because this… this what we do. Screw the future, or our ‘potential’. We are the here and now. And on Showdown, let’s leave the whole of the blue brand in no doubt the way this Season is going to go.”
The scene slowly fades.
