It's Time
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:57 pm
A camera turns on somewhere in the back halls of the stadium, where it is is hard to tell, it's a shaky handheld shot and of course it's none other than Mankind. He comes and goes from the frame as he moves and his arm swings back and forth. While the image may be a blur, at least his audio is clear.
“Oh Wade, how very... unoriginal of you. You should realize that everyone I've met in that ring, everyone that I've beaten down in that ring recently, you are all playing the same old tired hand of cards. I'm too old, I'm out of shape, I'm living in the past. Well you know what. I've been proving to everyone that I am not too old, I am showing everyone that I am in shape for this business, and I'm not stuck in the past, I am here and now as a living legend! I've been talking about how much I deserve a real shot here in the EBWF but apparently everything I've been saying and doing just isn't registering. So you know what I have to do this week Wade? I have to beat you down so hard and bloody that there is no possible way that they can ignore me.”
He lets out a high pitched chortling laugh.
“Do you honestly think that I am scared of you, Wade? I have gone up against men better than you could ever hope to be and I've taken them all down. I've proven time and time again that not only am I not afraid of stepping into that ring against anyone, I'm not afraid to do whatever it takes to do what I need to do out there. Why should I be scared of you Wade? Because you think you have some advantage with your age? Please, you're nothing more than a snot nosed kid who could use a good solid kick in the ass. You don't think I'm in your head? You claim not to care about me? Oh really, Wade? You care so little about me that you know all there is to know about me and that's not supposed to be telling us all something?”
Mankind lets out another laugh. He stops in a hallway, lifting the camera up to his face, speaking right into it now.
“Wade Barrett, my beef with the Undertaker has nothing to do with our match tonight. You and everyone else witnessed that I got to him not once but twice. If you think that I am here to relive my glory days then you haven't been paying any attention and it's time to take you to school. The simple truth is that right now I am at my most dangerous. Right now I am the monster that is rolling through this so called competition. Right now I don't give a damn about you or anyone else who thinks they can get in the way of my rise to the top.”
He smirks, his eyes dancing and dazzled with joy.
“It's time for your wake up call, Wade. 2016 isn't going to be the year of Barrett, it's going to be the year of the monster. Mankind is no longer the lovable misunderstood beast of the past. The gloves are off now Wade, they are off and these hands are going to crush you tonight. So you yack on about age all you want like all the others. I'm coming for you with guns blazing and when the dust clears out there you're gonna be on your back just like all those others before you that came at me with the tired old stale talking points, wondering what the hell just happened. And do you know why Wade? Because the time for talk is over, I'm leading the EBWF to new greatness and it will be people like you who are going to be buried in my wake!”
Mankind grins and lets out a laugh before chucking the camera at a wall, smashing it and cutting the feed.
“Oh Wade, how very... unoriginal of you. You should realize that everyone I've met in that ring, everyone that I've beaten down in that ring recently, you are all playing the same old tired hand of cards. I'm too old, I'm out of shape, I'm living in the past. Well you know what. I've been proving to everyone that I am not too old, I am showing everyone that I am in shape for this business, and I'm not stuck in the past, I am here and now as a living legend! I've been talking about how much I deserve a real shot here in the EBWF but apparently everything I've been saying and doing just isn't registering. So you know what I have to do this week Wade? I have to beat you down so hard and bloody that there is no possible way that they can ignore me.”
He lets out a high pitched chortling laugh.
“Do you honestly think that I am scared of you, Wade? I have gone up against men better than you could ever hope to be and I've taken them all down. I've proven time and time again that not only am I not afraid of stepping into that ring against anyone, I'm not afraid to do whatever it takes to do what I need to do out there. Why should I be scared of you Wade? Because you think you have some advantage with your age? Please, you're nothing more than a snot nosed kid who could use a good solid kick in the ass. You don't think I'm in your head? You claim not to care about me? Oh really, Wade? You care so little about me that you know all there is to know about me and that's not supposed to be telling us all something?”
Mankind lets out another laugh. He stops in a hallway, lifting the camera up to his face, speaking right into it now.
“Wade Barrett, my beef with the Undertaker has nothing to do with our match tonight. You and everyone else witnessed that I got to him not once but twice. If you think that I am here to relive my glory days then you haven't been paying any attention and it's time to take you to school. The simple truth is that right now I am at my most dangerous. Right now I am the monster that is rolling through this so called competition. Right now I don't give a damn about you or anyone else who thinks they can get in the way of my rise to the top.”
He smirks, his eyes dancing and dazzled with joy.
“It's time for your wake up call, Wade. 2016 isn't going to be the year of Barrett, it's going to be the year of the monster. Mankind is no longer the lovable misunderstood beast of the past. The gloves are off now Wade, they are off and these hands are going to crush you tonight. So you yack on about age all you want like all the others. I'm coming for you with guns blazing and when the dust clears out there you're gonna be on your back just like all those others before you that came at me with the tired old stale talking points, wondering what the hell just happened. And do you know why Wade? Because the time for talk is over, I'm leading the EBWF to new greatness and it will be people like you who are going to be buried in my wake!”
Mankind grins and lets out a laugh before chucking the camera at a wall, smashing it and cutting the feed.