03-01-2024, 10:02 PM
{The screen static jumps and we find ourselves inside a living room somewhere, it is well furnished in woods and metals with all kinds of odds and ends everywhere including a poster of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team, a movie poster for William Shakespeare “Romeo +Juliet” from 1996, and other things before the camera pans over to a flat screen TV where the 2023 remaster of Super Mario Brothers RPG is playing on the TV with the player of the game embroiled in some kind of major boss battle for a few minutes before it ends and the screen switches over to a status screen of sorts at which point the camera then slowly pans over to the camera and the man behind the controller in the form of David Striker. He is wearing a black “Kobra Kai Dojo” t-shirt and gray jean shorts with his signature full sleeve tattoo on full display as he sets the controller aside and sits up a little better, looking over at the camera with a slightly serious look on his face}
David: I know what you all are thinking right now and that is why is David Striker cutting a promo from his couch, playing Super Mario RPG, when he should be out there busting his ass getting ready for his Underground title match against Kimberly F’N Williams at Retribution, right?
The point is that I’ve been preparing for my match, I’m just taking a well deserved break and I figured that I would also take the time to cut this promo while I’m at it because I felt it was the right time to do so, and also because I make the time table around here…it’s my bloody life after all and also people tend to forget something rather important;
I’m not my fucking older brother.
You see, when at the last Breakdown when they told me that I was going to have this match against Kimberly, I was told that that my earlier work was fine and all of that but since this was a major title match on a major pay per view against a major member of SCW’s roster, that they…meaning the powers that be…wanted me to, and I quote, “rather put all of my creativity into my efforts on a more serious promo”, or some shit like that.
Well, as I said and I mean this with all due respect, but I can’t just do that because again, my name is not Jacob Alexander Striker…I mean yes, by twenty six my brother is already a former five time world heavyweight champion, the longest running WrestleWorld Territorial champion, *AND* a freaking pillar of the One Wrestle Movement promotion.
But again that’s *NOT* me.
Nor do I pretend to be my brother, I am *ME* and that’s all I can *BE*.
I’m not a man who takes everything in this sport so seriously that he is constantly re-watching his own matches every time he loses against a specific opponent to see where he goes wrong and gets angry with himself when all of his hard work and effort is torn down because the booker for any particular promotion wants the match to go a different way or something like that.
No.
I am my own man and I have own insane work ethic that has served me good and proper since I first started in this industry and while it may had its up ups and down downs over the past couple of years, it is still *my* work ethic and it has enabled me to have one killer ride all across the world to get me to right here…and the Retribution pay per view.
Now with all of that out of the way, let’s focus on the main thing here and that’s the Underground match at the pay per view. You see, I know that I beat Kimberly Williams a couple of weeks back and in her own chosen domain nonetheless, I bloodied her and beat her…but my preparations for the match at Retribution isn’t me getting ready to *BEAT* her…oh no;
It’s me getting ready to *SURVIVE*!!!
I mean anyone can BEAT anyone, but where it comes to Kimberly Williams and her record breaking FIVE *TIMES* as the SCW Underground champion, one doesn’t simply try to beat her when in fact you have to figure out how to *SURVIVE* her and the pure levels of insanity that she can put a person through in one of those matches and that’s one of the biggest problems that I’ve seen of past Underground matches and to put an spin on an old movie quote;
“You don’t put Kimberly Williams in a corner”.
Thank you Patrick, Saint of Sawyze. Blessed be the Original Roadhouse movie with your brethern Sam Elliot, Terry Funk, and Kelly Lynch.
{David then quickly shakes his head for a second before he sets the controller onto the table in front of him and he picks up a can of G-Fuel, Naranjita this time around, and takes a long pull from the can before setting it back down, his lips curled up in a wolfish grin}
David: Sorry, lost myself for a moment there folks. But you see, just like before, I’m excited to have this match against you, Kimberly, and if you think our last time out was exciting…well, let’s just say that I’ve reviewed the tapes and I’ve come up with a couple of things that should help our next time in your violent playground seem even more fun and exciting!
And let me be upfront with you on this, Kimberly, if you are looking for someone to really put you through hell and showcase what you can truly do in an Underground match, then I’m your huckleberry, and then some because where before I was more than a little concerned if I could actually hang with Kimberly in her own little world, I know now that not only can I hang with her i an underground match, but I can most certainly out crazy her perhaps in one as well and trust me when I say…maybe....
{David’s wolfish grin becomes a little bit sly as he motions for the camera to take a gander over his shoulder and when the camera does “peek” over his left shoulder, do we get to see a large mass of…something…underneath a thick sheet that covers up what is under it rather well and due to this, all we see is a large, misshapen mass}
David: You must forgive me for our first match, Kimberly, because I didn’t actually bring anything to contribute to the outrageous brutality of the match…but this time, I plan on bringing somethings that we can really sink our collective teeth into on a creative insanity point…and to show case why my time as your next Underground champion is not going to just be full of plain Jane weapons matches.
Oh no, I’ve been sitting at the feet of one of the most destructive figures of the international deathmatch wars of the past couple of decades, sitting in his shade and learning things that I’m sorry to say that I didn’t know before our last outing, Kimberly, and I promise you that I shall make up to you in bloody spades come Retribution.
And with what I’m bringing with me this time around…
{David turns just enough to glance over at the covered bundle before giving a sideways grin of self-satisfaction to the camera}
David: Well, let’s just say that it may have cost me a lot of money but it’ll be enough for the commentary team at the show to say Impressive…most impressive because not only am I going to bring every parent’s worst nightmare to the pay per view, I’m going to horrendously make that very nightmare even bigger and WORSE because this time, I want the full on experience from you, Kimberly!! I want you to come at me with not only your finest violence, but I want you to show ME what makes you the Queen of the Underground!! I want to experience the madness that’s made you a five time champion in this company and made your very name forever linked to that title..
{The grin then disappears without a trace from David’s face as he turns to face the camera fully, his expression set in stone}
David: You see, like I said before in that anyone can beat Kimberly Williams, the “Woman Scorned”, just like how you can beat anyone else…but when you put Kimberly Williams in a match that she is at home and extremely comfortable with…and then you place her *TITLE* on the line on top of that…then what you’re trying to do isn’t beat her in as much as Surviving a conflict with her on her very own holy ground and at Retribution, that’s what I’m going to do in that I’m going to try and SURVIVE you, Kimberly Williams.
And one way or another, my bearing a heavy crimson mask or not, I will come out the other side of this extremely bloody and violent affair as the NEW Supreme Championship Wrestling Underground champion.
Or if in failing that, I intend on surviving this match to make a solid point that I’m not this fucking joke that fuckers like Kevin Hunter and Enigma that I’m not some joke for them to step on and over.
But I want you to fully understand this at the very least, Kimberly. I’m not using you or this match at Retribution as a stepping stone or any of that kind of bullshit, no…this is something that you and I both need. You’ve been needing the right opponent, someone that is more than happy and willing to go full on and out with you in an Underground match, someone who can handle more than just a touch of the old Ultra Violence and give you the proper place to showcase what you can truly do in this kind of match.
And I’ve been looking for the right opponent, someone to showcase what I can truly do in that ring when fully unleashed and ready to go to war with, to show that no matter the costs to my body to get what the company needs done, to prove to all of my naysayers here in this company that I am more than the person who grew up in the shadow of the “Devil’s favorite Dirty”, because at Retribution Kimberly, I’m going to personally welcome you to the Dope Show properly and show you that it is truly a long hard road out of hell…for the both of us when all is said and done, because if you think that I was more than willing to go all out to war with you on Breakdown, then you have no idea what’s going to happen at the pay per view, Kimberly, because what’s going to happen there will be a fucking *SAGA*, something to instantly be the match of the year for this company in the year twenty twenty four!!
You see, at Retribution, not only am I going to give you a truly ultra violent war that you’ve been wanting to truly sink your teeth in against an opponent that has something that he utterly needs to prove without a shadow of a doubt, who is hungry like the wolf, but I’m also going to give you something else…something that I don’t think that you realized that you needed, Kimberly;
I’m going to give you *VINDICATION*.
You see one of my closest friends in this entire industry has told me that those wrestlers who dabble in the more…shall we say “Hardcore” aspects…are usually looked down upon and called nothing more than a garbage wrestler because that’s where they belonged…in the garbage.
And while there are some prime examples of this is a certain little cuckoo bird by the name of Rowena Bryne, who loves to go around slamming a ball peen hammer into the heads of her opponents in non-hardcore matches while screaming that she deserves for all to bow at her feet because she is an “Ultraviolent Demi-goddess” like she's screaming something in some low rent, two dollar porno.
She is the kind of scum of the Earth that gives legit Masters of the Old Ultra-Violence like you a horrible name and the undeserved title of Garbage Wrestler.
That is why at Retribution, I am going to give you that vindication that I know somewhere in the back of you head, Wesley has been telling you that you *deserve* and *need* because you are more than just a provider of that spot of the old Ultra…but you are an *actual* *WRESTLER* on top of that…just like me.
So despite me sitting here, enjoying a can of G-Fuel and playing one of my favorite games of all time does not mean that I’m not taking our match at Retribution seriously, Kimberly, because I am taking it very seriously.
*DANGEROUSLY* Seriously.
So Kimberly, this is what I want you to do.
I want you to take a couple of steps back and take a good long look at that championship, I want you to think over everything that it took to you to become a five time holder of that title, and I want you to focus on that…I want you to focus on how achieving that level of bloody excellence felt and how the thrill of true combat made you feel. I want you to hold onto those feelings and let them drive you in your preparations for our meeting at the pay per view, because I truly want your best violence because when I survive you, with the SCW Underground championship firmly in the hands of me and my fellow Animals…I don’t want you to think that you failed in your quest to be the true Queen of the Underground, Kimberly.
I don’t want you second guessing yourself or anything like that.
When I take that Underground championship for my very own, my first singles title *ANYWHERE*...I want to be looking over my shoulder, I want to see you lurking in every fucking shadow waiting for the right time to strike!
So come now, Kimberly Williams, the Woman Scorned...come and step into the astonishing panorama of the end times and see for yourself what is coming for S…C…W…
See you at the pay per view, Kimberly. I’ll be waiting dearie…
{David takes one more pull from his can of Naranjita before tossing the camera a wink as he starts to whistle a familiar tune as the screen static jumps to black}
David: I know what you all are thinking right now and that is why is David Striker cutting a promo from his couch, playing Super Mario RPG, when he should be out there busting his ass getting ready for his Underground title match against Kimberly F’N Williams at Retribution, right?
The point is that I’ve been preparing for my match, I’m just taking a well deserved break and I figured that I would also take the time to cut this promo while I’m at it because I felt it was the right time to do so, and also because I make the time table around here…it’s my bloody life after all and also people tend to forget something rather important;
I’m not my fucking older brother.
You see, when at the last Breakdown when they told me that I was going to have this match against Kimberly, I was told that that my earlier work was fine and all of that but since this was a major title match on a major pay per view against a major member of SCW’s roster, that they…meaning the powers that be…wanted me to, and I quote, “rather put all of my creativity into my efforts on a more serious promo”, or some shit like that.
Well, as I said and I mean this with all due respect, but I can’t just do that because again, my name is not Jacob Alexander Striker…I mean yes, by twenty six my brother is already a former five time world heavyweight champion, the longest running WrestleWorld Territorial champion, *AND* a freaking pillar of the One Wrestle Movement promotion.
But again that’s *NOT* me.
Nor do I pretend to be my brother, I am *ME* and that’s all I can *BE*.
I’m not a man who takes everything in this sport so seriously that he is constantly re-watching his own matches every time he loses against a specific opponent to see where he goes wrong and gets angry with himself when all of his hard work and effort is torn down because the booker for any particular promotion wants the match to go a different way or something like that.
No.
I am my own man and I have own insane work ethic that has served me good and proper since I first started in this industry and while it may had its up ups and down downs over the past couple of years, it is still *my* work ethic and it has enabled me to have one killer ride all across the world to get me to right here…and the Retribution pay per view.
Now with all of that out of the way, let’s focus on the main thing here and that’s the Underground match at the pay per view. You see, I know that I beat Kimberly Williams a couple of weeks back and in her own chosen domain nonetheless, I bloodied her and beat her…but my preparations for the match at Retribution isn’t me getting ready to *BEAT* her…oh no;
It’s me getting ready to *SURVIVE*!!!
I mean anyone can BEAT anyone, but where it comes to Kimberly Williams and her record breaking FIVE *TIMES* as the SCW Underground champion, one doesn’t simply try to beat her when in fact you have to figure out how to *SURVIVE* her and the pure levels of insanity that she can put a person through in one of those matches and that’s one of the biggest problems that I’ve seen of past Underground matches and to put an spin on an old movie quote;
“You don’t put Kimberly Williams in a corner”.
Thank you Patrick, Saint of Sawyze. Blessed be the Original Roadhouse movie with your brethern Sam Elliot, Terry Funk, and Kelly Lynch.
{David then quickly shakes his head for a second before he sets the controller onto the table in front of him and he picks up a can of G-Fuel, Naranjita this time around, and takes a long pull from the can before setting it back down, his lips curled up in a wolfish grin}
David: Sorry, lost myself for a moment there folks. But you see, just like before, I’m excited to have this match against you, Kimberly, and if you think our last time out was exciting…well, let’s just say that I’ve reviewed the tapes and I’ve come up with a couple of things that should help our next time in your violent playground seem even more fun and exciting!
And let me be upfront with you on this, Kimberly, if you are looking for someone to really put you through hell and showcase what you can truly do in an Underground match, then I’m your huckleberry, and then some because where before I was more than a little concerned if I could actually hang with Kimberly in her own little world, I know now that not only can I hang with her i an underground match, but I can most certainly out crazy her perhaps in one as well and trust me when I say…maybe....
{David’s wolfish grin becomes a little bit sly as he motions for the camera to take a gander over his shoulder and when the camera does “peek” over his left shoulder, do we get to see a large mass of…something…underneath a thick sheet that covers up what is under it rather well and due to this, all we see is a large, misshapen mass}
David: You must forgive me for our first match, Kimberly, because I didn’t actually bring anything to contribute to the outrageous brutality of the match…but this time, I plan on bringing somethings that we can really sink our collective teeth into on a creative insanity point…and to show case why my time as your next Underground champion is not going to just be full of plain Jane weapons matches.
Oh no, I’ve been sitting at the feet of one of the most destructive figures of the international deathmatch wars of the past couple of decades, sitting in his shade and learning things that I’m sorry to say that I didn’t know before our last outing, Kimberly, and I promise you that I shall make up to you in bloody spades come Retribution.
And with what I’m bringing with me this time around…
{David turns just enough to glance over at the covered bundle before giving a sideways grin of self-satisfaction to the camera}
David: Well, let’s just say that it may have cost me a lot of money but it’ll be enough for the commentary team at the show to say Impressive…most impressive because not only am I going to bring every parent’s worst nightmare to the pay per view, I’m going to horrendously make that very nightmare even bigger and WORSE because this time, I want the full on experience from you, Kimberly!! I want you to come at me with not only your finest violence, but I want you to show ME what makes you the Queen of the Underground!! I want to experience the madness that’s made you a five time champion in this company and made your very name forever linked to that title..
{The grin then disappears without a trace from David’s face as he turns to face the camera fully, his expression set in stone}
David: You see, like I said before in that anyone can beat Kimberly Williams, the “Woman Scorned”, just like how you can beat anyone else…but when you put Kimberly Williams in a match that she is at home and extremely comfortable with…and then you place her *TITLE* on the line on top of that…then what you’re trying to do isn’t beat her in as much as Surviving a conflict with her on her very own holy ground and at Retribution, that’s what I’m going to do in that I’m going to try and SURVIVE you, Kimberly Williams.
And one way or another, my bearing a heavy crimson mask or not, I will come out the other side of this extremely bloody and violent affair as the NEW Supreme Championship Wrestling Underground champion.
Or if in failing that, I intend on surviving this match to make a solid point that I’m not this fucking joke that fuckers like Kevin Hunter and Enigma that I’m not some joke for them to step on and over.
But I want you to fully understand this at the very least, Kimberly. I’m not using you or this match at Retribution as a stepping stone or any of that kind of bullshit, no…this is something that you and I both need. You’ve been needing the right opponent, someone that is more than happy and willing to go full on and out with you in an Underground match, someone who can handle more than just a touch of the old Ultra Violence and give you the proper place to showcase what you can truly do in this kind of match.
And I’ve been looking for the right opponent, someone to showcase what I can truly do in that ring when fully unleashed and ready to go to war with, to show that no matter the costs to my body to get what the company needs done, to prove to all of my naysayers here in this company that I am more than the person who grew up in the shadow of the “Devil’s favorite Dirty”, because at Retribution Kimberly, I’m going to personally welcome you to the Dope Show properly and show you that it is truly a long hard road out of hell…for the both of us when all is said and done, because if you think that I was more than willing to go all out to war with you on Breakdown, then you have no idea what’s going to happen at the pay per view, Kimberly, because what’s going to happen there will be a fucking *SAGA*, something to instantly be the match of the year for this company in the year twenty twenty four!!
You see, at Retribution, not only am I going to give you a truly ultra violent war that you’ve been wanting to truly sink your teeth in against an opponent that has something that he utterly needs to prove without a shadow of a doubt, who is hungry like the wolf, but I’m also going to give you something else…something that I don’t think that you realized that you needed, Kimberly;
I’m going to give you *VINDICATION*.
You see one of my closest friends in this entire industry has told me that those wrestlers who dabble in the more…shall we say “Hardcore” aspects…are usually looked down upon and called nothing more than a garbage wrestler because that’s where they belonged…in the garbage.
And while there are some prime examples of this is a certain little cuckoo bird by the name of Rowena Bryne, who loves to go around slamming a ball peen hammer into the heads of her opponents in non-hardcore matches while screaming that she deserves for all to bow at her feet because she is an “Ultraviolent Demi-goddess” like she's screaming something in some low rent, two dollar porno.
She is the kind of scum of the Earth that gives legit Masters of the Old Ultra-Violence like you a horrible name and the undeserved title of Garbage Wrestler.
That is why at Retribution, I am going to give you that vindication that I know somewhere in the back of you head, Wesley has been telling you that you *deserve* and *need* because you are more than just a provider of that spot of the old Ultra…but you are an *actual* *WRESTLER* on top of that…just like me.
So despite me sitting here, enjoying a can of G-Fuel and playing one of my favorite games of all time does not mean that I’m not taking our match at Retribution seriously, Kimberly, because I am taking it very seriously.
*DANGEROUSLY* Seriously.
So Kimberly, this is what I want you to do.
I want you to take a couple of steps back and take a good long look at that championship, I want you to think over everything that it took to you to become a five time holder of that title, and I want you to focus on that…I want you to focus on how achieving that level of bloody excellence felt and how the thrill of true combat made you feel. I want you to hold onto those feelings and let them drive you in your preparations for our meeting at the pay per view, because I truly want your best violence because when I survive you, with the SCW Underground championship firmly in the hands of me and my fellow Animals…I don’t want you to think that you failed in your quest to be the true Queen of the Underground, Kimberly.
I don’t want you second guessing yourself or anything like that.
When I take that Underground championship for my very own, my first singles title *ANYWHERE*...I want to be looking over my shoulder, I want to see you lurking in every fucking shadow waiting for the right time to strike!
So come now, Kimberly Williams, the Woman Scorned...come and step into the astonishing panorama of the end times and see for yourself what is coming for S…C…W…
See you at the pay per view, Kimberly. I’ll be waiting dearie…
{David takes one more pull from his can of Naranjita before tossing the camera a wink as he starts to whistle a familiar tune as the screen static jumps to black}