Nak b/w DC: Sacrifice

[Derek]

Handheld camera footage of a locker room.

Spinning around to reveal the face of Dalton Castle, filling the screen. “Saluntations. I’m Dalton Castle and THIS is my YouTube. And you are indulging in another episode of the Brotherhood of the Travelling Tights, you lucky people. Now, thanks to the King of the Ring and the Tag Team Classic tournaments, your Party Peacock hasn’t been on TV for a few weeks, but he hasn’t forgotten about you. In fact, he’s been bringing the 24 Hour Party Extravaganza directly to your towns. Let’s take a look!”

A quick montage of grainy footage from EBWF house shows showing Dalton’s entrances and snippets of in-ring action before cutting back to the close up. “That’s all you get! The first taste is free, you want more, come buy a ticket. Now let’s get back to the topic at hand, because The Brotherhood of the Travelling Tights isn’t about me. Well, it is, because everything is about me, I’m a BIG DEAL, GUYS! But it’s also about the lives and times of my friends in this business called show. This week, I have a special treat for you little monkeys. International superstar and Tag Team Classic finalist, Shinsuke Nakamura. That’s a hard name to say, it took me several takes, but I’m a PROFESSIONAL broadcaster, and I make those sacrifices. Now roll that beautiful bean footage!”

Cut to a parking lot at night. Dalton stands next to Nakamura, who is currently letting out a steady stream of smoke. Dalton looks at the camera. “So we just finished a house show at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, EM OH, making our way to Kansas City for the Sacrifice pay per view on Sunday. I put a beating on Jay Briscoe that we will not soon forget, and my mysterious ninja friend here has spent this entire loop married to Enzo Amore, how has that been?”

Nakamura grins. “It has been a tough week for him, lucky I kick a little bit…eh…softer on the house shows. He is great talker, you know that is not where I do best, so I let him talk and then I rough him up. Just a bit. He is fun to work with, lots of character.”

Castle nods. “People have said that about us, as well. But we can back it up in the ring, which is the important part. Now my background, I came from amateur wrestling, so my style is a lot of catching, lifting, throwing. You have those strikes, that MMA influence, and I would think that’s hard to incorporate into tag team wrestling.”

Shinsuke takes a long drag of his cigarette. “No, not really. Because I always say that of every martial art I have practiced, wrestling is the greatest art. Everything comes back to wrestling. So okay, for tag team match, maybe I wear them down with strikes but my partner can hold them, or I throw them into him and he tackles them. I use my strengths with his, and it is all wrestling.”

Dalton waves his hand in front of his face to keep from inhaling Shinsuke’s smoke. “Speaking of your partner…what’s his deal? We don’t hear much about him.”

Nakamura stabbing the lit end of the cigarette against the wall to put it out. “He is something else, eh? I did not know what to make of him at first, but it is refreshing to have someone else be the crazy one for once, ha! I do not consider him a friend, or even begin to think that I understand him, but you cannot argue that we do not work well together. He is like a shotgun, and I am more like a sniper rifle, you understand? Big blast versus precision strike, but equally effective.”

The camera turns towards some cheering crowd on the edge of the parking lot, then shakes as Dalton hits the cameraman. “HEY! FOCUS! Show some respect to the King of Strong Style, and even more respect to the King of PAYS YOUR RENT. Now, at Sacrifice you are in the finals of the Tag Team Classic, and one of your opponents is Jimmy Havok. You dropped a belt to him last month, you’re facing him again this month, what is the deal there?”

Shinsuke shakes his head. “There is no deal. You know, I did not know much about Jimmy when we faced before except what I could see from far away. Up close, he impressed me very much, he has a lot of fire, a lot of passion, I was glad to…build him up, I hope he puts that momentum to good use.”

Dalton looks at the camera. “You see, little monkeys, one of the curses of being naturally gifted and charismatic and popular and good-looking and strong and skillful and awesome and effortless like men of our stature is that we have to use those gifts for the greater good and fill in the gaps for people who lack those skills. Brian Kendrick once told me that if you can make another wrestler look good, you will have a job for life, but you may also end up jobbing for life. What do you think comes next for you? No spoilers, obviously, but how about a hint?”

Nakamura grins. “Oh no, no no, I have no hints. I am just like you, I do what I am told, like a good soldier, ha! Jimmy Havok managed to get one over on me before, we will see what else he has to offer, because I have learned about him now. Seth Rollins, his partner, very good athlete that I am looking forward to feeling out, but he does not hit hard. I hit hard. Leo Kruger hits hard. Jimmy and Seth will need to have become best friends and fight as one to have any chance of surviving, that is the story I would tell. How it ends, that remains to be seen.”

Dalton places a hand to his chin. “One last thing, the most important question of all. Do you think I could pull off that cascading hair waterfall look you have going on , and follow-up, who is your leather guy?”

Shinsuke lets out a laugh and pats Dalton on the shoulder. “HA! You may want to stick with your mustache, my friend, swag does not come so easily to everyone. But if you want, I am sure Kruger would love to cut your hair for you.”

Dalton shakes his head nervously. “I think I’ll pass on that. Alright YouTube, you know what to do. LIKE! SUBSCRIBE! COMMENT! Follow us both on Instagram and Twitter. And for the love of ALL that is HOLY, watch Sacrifice on Sunday!”

Shinsuke squints and points at the camera. “Yeaoh.”

[Ashlee]

I love this, so much. Great Shinsuke answers and Dalton is everything. haha