White Steel Chair
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:51 pm
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Warfare returned from commercial break, but not at ringside. Not backstage. Warfare returned to what looked like a blank black screen. That was until a solitary spot light flicked on from above. The white beam of light illuminated Tommy End as he sat back, dressed in his signature black suit with a white dress shirt under. His hair was tightly pulled back in a ponytail, his beard trimmed slightly. He sat there in silence as the camera slowly moved towards him, just enough to keep his torso in view.
Tommy End
”No matter what I do.. None of you seem to listen. None of you seem to comprehend what you see before you..”
Tommy took a deep calming breath as he shook his head.
Tommy End
”Week after week, my brothers and I, we destroy your champion, Jimmy Havoc. We leave the man drained of his own blood, clinging to what little bit of life he has left. We hurt him.. Mutilate him…
Yet week after week, this weak minded roster.. This collection of outkasts. You want to come out and you want to stand side by side.. You want to stand up for Jimmy Havoc. You want to stand up against Legion.
But where has that gotten you?”
He raised his eyebrows with a inquisitive look.
Tommy End
”Your careers are stagnant.. You’re going to nowhere.
You put all your faith behind Jimmy Havoc and he has lead you into a war that you will not win. A war that you will not walk away from. Putting all your hopes and dreams on the shoulders of Jimmy Havoc.. They’ve all been lost.
Jimmy Havoc is nothing.. He’s always been nothing.. And he will forever be nothing..
So all you misguided fools that aligned yourselves with him.. You will all fall and fail at the side of nothing. Which means everything you’ve accomplished. Everything you’d built for yourselves.. It’ll all be sacrificed…
For nothing.”
Silence once more as Tommy sat there and took a pause.
Tommy End
”Yet you still stand up against us. You stand up against Legion. You call us out..
After everything that I’ve done.. Everything that we’ve done. After the bloodshed, the pain, the torment.. After all that, there is still some of you out there that want to stand up against yours truly.
First it was Marty Scurll who spoke out and wanted me.. He challenged me. But what happened? He fell. He stood up to me.. He called me out. And he got himself into trouble. He stepped into the ring with me and his career was nearly ended. But still, you didn’t learn. So Marty, I will deal you, but for now..
I have yet another man who has spoke out, wanting Legion.”
A little smirk grew out of the corner of Tommy’s lip.
Tommy End
”Hardcore Holly..
So it would seem like you didn’t like what I said about you a few weeks back. I don’t know why you would have gotten so upset about that? As I always do, I only spoke the truth.
Sure, you’ve managed to move your way around the ring enough to win a few matches.. Even got yourself a number one contender match I see. Are you proud of that? Are you proud to be the number one contender to the EBWF Breakout Championship? A championship that even it’s champion forgot that he was champion.
Now I would think that it was something if you were the number one contender for say the.. Gateway Championship.. Or better yet, I would be really impressed if you were the number one contender for the EBWF World Championship. Think of that..
Hardcore Holly.. Number ONE Contender for the EBWF World Championship.”
Tommy jumped and grabbed at his chest. His eyes were large as though he had just startled himself.
Tommy End
”Whoa, scared myself there..
I mean, that would be a scary world to live in. The “Toughest Man in Wrestling” as the number one contender.. What would that mean for the rest of us? I mean if Hardcore Holly ends up getting the EBWF World Championship.. Who could take it off him? Who could possibly withstand a totally one of a kind.. Never before seen.. Genuinely unique.. Certainly not boring… Hardcore Holly’s own, “Ass Kicking”.
I heard Chuck Norris got his ass kicked by Hardcore Holly..”
He shrugged his shoulders with a grin.
Tommy End
”No, I’m not joking. I know you haven’t come out and said it, but let’s face it. After hearing about the list of men that Hardcore Holly never backed down from, I know Chuck Norris has to be on there somewhere. He’s probably somewhere around Brock Lesnar. Maybe after Brock Lesnar, but before Terminator.”
Tommy shook his head as he looked disgusted.
Tommy End
”Do you hear how ridiculous this sounds? Do you hear how ridiculous you sound?
It doesn’t matter who you stood up to. It doesn’t matter who you didn’t turn and run away from. It means nothing..
It means nothing because it’s not about who you stood up to. That’s a joke.. That’s what makes you, and everything you say, a joke. See Hardcore, I could go out to the ring and talk about the people I stood up to, but why? Why should I do that? Tell me where that shows how tough you are?
If strut into the octagon and walk up to Daniel Cormier, that makes me tough? No.. That means I’m going to get myself knocked the fuck out. It means that I was stupid. I shouldn’t have been there. Me just standing up to Daniel Cormier doesn’t make me tough. It makes me a fool.
See, toughness isn’t measured by the man you’re standing up against. Toughness is measured by the man you take down. Now I’m not saying I couldn’t take Daniel Cormier.. If I got a lucky shot in, I could knock him out. But more likely than not, Cormier will knock my teeth out before I could get my foot up.”
He shrugged his shoulders as he continued.
Tommy End
”What I’m trying to say.. Hardcore, I know you like to talk about being tough. I know you like to talk about how you’ve stood up to some of this business’ legends. You drop the name Brock Lesnar more often than most. You think that’s an accomplishment. You’ve built your name on that.
And sure, since you’ve arrived, you’ve beaten some of the.. Top talent.. Here in EBWF. I’m not sure on the list, but I’ll just watch your promo later and I’ll catch it.
But none of that matters.. It doesn’t matter who you stood up to. It doesn’t matter what worthless member of this roster you managed to beat.. None of that matters because the only thing that matters is what you have coming up next. And that’s me..”
The carefree look on Tommy’s face faded.
Tommy End
”I’m not like all the other men you’ve faced before me. As you say.. I’m not Brock Lesnar.. I’m not Big Show..
I’m not Chuck Norris.
No.. I’m Tommy Fuckin’ End.
Do you understand what that means?”
He adjust in his chair as he looked right into the camera.
Tommy End
”It means that you’re in for the fight of your life.
No.. I’m not talking about the type of fight that you’re used to Hardcore. I’m not talking about your long, drawn out slug fest.. I’m not talking about throwing fist. I wouldn’t stop there.
I’m going to throw everything at you. I’m going to hit you with my fist. I’m going to hit you with my foot. I’m going to knock you out in more ways than you thought was possible. I’m going to do this because there’s nothing that you can do to stop me.
You think that you’re a fighter. You think that you’re a tough guy. But after I’m done with you.. I’m going to show you what you really are. After I’m done, I’m going to show you the real truth..”
Tommy brought his hand up and he tugged at his beard.
Tommy End
”I’m going to show you that time has passed you by..
Now I’m not saying that as a knock to your age. For fifty-five, I’m shocked that you’re still going. I’ll give you that.
But no.. What I mean is that wrestling.. Fighting.. It evolved.
Everything.. Everything you see.. Everything around you. It’s all evolved. The way things are now, is far different from how there were back in your day. Back then, it was possible for you to go out to that ring and just best someone with just pure strength alone. But now..
Now it doesn’t matter how tough you are. It has been proven time and time again that the giants of this world can be slain by the smallest of men. And they can do it without breaking a sweat.
Why?
Because it’s not all about the strength anymore.. Speed. Acrobatics. Precision.
All of these play a major role in the different styles of fighting. Without one, it all falls apart.”
He took a second to gather his thoughts.
Tommy End
”We all know that you’re strong, you can hit harder than most men. But do you have the speed to land that hit? Do you have the whereforall to strike from where ever, when ever? Do you have the sights to have your strike hit perfectly in the right spot?
I ask you this Hardcore.. Not because I want to call you out on your faults. Not because i want to make everyone aware of all your weaknesses..
I ask you this because these are the questions that you should ask yourself. You have the strength behind your hits, but do you have the speed? The acrobatics? The precision?
Do you have what it takes to not only stand toe to toe with the next generation? Do you have what it takes to prove Father Time wrong and show that a fifty-five year old can hang with the young guys?
I ask you this Hardcore, not because I want an answer.
No..”
He shook his head in silence as he took a pause. Seconds later he resumed.
Tommy End
”No.. I asked you those questions because I wanted you to realize the aspects of this business that has surpassed you. I want you to realize that each one of those questions I asked you.. I have those traits..
I have those traits because I’m made of new breed of superstar. I have surpassed every generation before me and I now stand at the top of a new generation.
Every aspect of my wrestling style.. No.. My fighting style. It all is molded and modified each and every time I go out there. With each match I fight, I absorb. I adapt. And then I go out there the next night better. Better than any man on this roster. Whether they’re stars of the future, or the flashbacks of the past.
I am better than them.”
A cocky smirk grew on his face as he thought about his next words.
Tommy End
”Don’t believe me? Take a look at what I have done.. Take a look at all the men that I have laid out on my path of wakening. Every man that has stepped up to me, I have knocked down.
My brothers and I have awoken the world from their dream worlds.. We have shown our dominance, not only here, but on a global scale. Legion is not just this small little faction on a high budgeted wrestling show on Lifetime. No.. Not even close. Legion is a movement. A movement that has spread all around the world.
The Sumerian Death Squad, we came here and we conquered the EBWF Tag-Team Division. We rose to the top, became champions, and sent every other team packing. The dominance that we showed in such a short time, proved that no team could stand against us. No team had what it takes to beat us. Dante and I don’t defend our championships because we don’t want to. We don’t defend our championships because there is no team worthy of challenging us.
But even without my brothers.. Without Dante.. I have shown nothing but dominance. In the Royal Rumble, I arrived and I last all the way to the final four. In the King of the Ring Tournament, I went all the way to the finals before I was knocked out.”
Tommy shook his head.
Tommy End
”You Hardcore.. You want to talk about the men you’ve stood up to. The men you’ve beaten in the short time that you’ve been here. Now, until you fail at getting the championship, we’re going to hear about you being the number one contender for a forgotten championship.
But let me enlighten you for a second.
Hardcore..”
He brought his hands up to his chin and clasped them together.
Tommy End
”The fact is, you’ve won a couple of matches because you didn’t have a challenge. You faced against couple of guys who were more worthless than you. You strung together a couple of key victories and you managed to score. You scored a number one contendership. However..
Where was I? In fact, where was any member of Legion?
You won that triple threat match because there wasn’t a member of Legion in that match. Remember that.. Then, when you faced Almas to win the number one contendership.. Remember that there wasn’t a member of Legion in that triple threat match.
Which means, you won this number one contendership when Legion was taking care of some issues. Because I assure you, and I know that everyone would agree.. If Legion were in either of those two triple threat matches.. If we were given the chance.. We would have won. One of us would be the number one contender, no you.
Hardcore, if one of us would have been out there, we would have shown you then that you have been surpassed. We would have shown you then that everything about you.. You styles.. And your moveset.. It’s all outdated.
You wouldn’t last a minute in the ring with Okada. “Hangman”, he would have just straight up beat you. Mikey.. You don’t want to face Mikey. You.. You just don’t. And Dante.. You wouldn’t be able to stop him.
What I’m trying to say is.. So far Hardcore, you’ve been lucky. You’ve been given a good hand and managed to stay so low.. So below Legion’s radar, that we weren’t even sure you stuck around.”
Tommy lowered his arms at his sides.
Tommy End
”But here we are.. You spoke up about something I said.. Something that you took to heart. You spoke up and you challenged me.
I get where you were coming from. I’ve read you tweets. I’ve heard your promos. I understand that to you, it’s all about one simple method. That method is you just coming out and, let me make sure I get this right, “kick my ass”.
That’s what you think is going to put me down.. You think that you can just walk in Warfare and just kick my ass. Are you kidding me? Seriously, I want to know. I really want to know why you think that it’s going to be that easy. Why do you think that I’m going to be a cake walk?
You can’t just come in to Warfare thinking that you’re going to kick my ass. If you want to win this match.. If you really want to prove that you’re tough. You’re going to have to come into Warfare ready. Ready to face someone unlike anything you’ve ever face before. Ready to face someone who’s not going stop until he kicked your head clean off your shoulders.”
There was that evil smirk again as Tommy took another brief pause.
Tommy End
”Now don’t think I forgot about your other promise..”
That smirk left just as quick as it appeared. The camera zoomed out slight and there, in front of Tommy, he held onto a black steel chair. His eyes dropped down to the chair and he stared at it for a few moments. Tommy looked up and shook his head.
Tommy End
”You want to use this..
You want to bash my head in. What was it that you said? No once, not twice, but over and over again? Is that so? Is this what you think is “hardcore”? This this steel chair the whole meaning behind your name? This piece of steel?”
Tommy threw the chair off to the side. The clang of it hitting the floor echoed for a moment before Tommy spoke over the noise.
Tommy End
”Do you think that I’m afraid of a steel chair? Do you think I have never taken a chair shot before? Is that what you think? Or is it that you really think that steel chair is a weapon that everyone should fear? Have you not been watching?
Have you not seen the brutality that my brothers and I have been spreading?
Everything that we have done.. Everything that we still have yet to do. That steel chair might as well as been a feather pillow.
A steel chair might have been a serious weapon back in your day Hardcore, but this is 2018. You’re in the era where we have deathmatches that will leave a man scared forever. Ask Havoc. You’re in an era of wrestling where you have the women ripping their arm out of a pair of handcuffs to win.
A steel chair is nothing.. So if you want to bring that thing out to the ring. If you want to hold it and pretend to be a tough guy. I will have no problem kicking that chair out of your hands. Stand in front of you just so you can look into my eyes before I knock you out.
I want you to look into my eyes and I want you to see your future.. I want you to see the future for Jimmy Havoc. For his whole team. I want you to stand there in front me, chairless, and I want you to look into my eyes and see the future that is set for the entire EBWF.
It’s not a future where there’s fake tough guys, who want to keep bring up their glory days because they haven’t done anything of any importance in the last decade. It’s not a future for people who still think that a steel chair is the worst weapon you can threaten someone with. It’s not a future for you Hardcore..
Instead, it’s a future for Legion! It’s a future where there is no hiding who we are. There is no rebellion. A future where everyone has seen the truth and is awoken to all the lies of this current world.
That is the future that you will see when you look into my eyes. That is the future that Legion will forge. That is the future that at Fanniversary, we will destroy Jimmy Havoc and is team of misfits and begin our accent to the top. Where we can shape the world to how we see fit. Where we can make the changes that need to be made so that each and every one of you can me awoken and shown the truth.”
He took a deep breath as he paused. After a few seconds, he continued.
Tommy End
”So Hardcore..
I hope that you know what you’re getting yourself into. I hope that you know what you’ve asked for. If you don’t, go ask Marty Scurll. He asked for the exact same thing that you’ve asked for.
Last week, Marty got what he asked for. He got Legion. He felt the brotherhood and he couldn’t handle it. He thought that he would be able to do something that no man has been able to do. He thought that he could stop Legion. He thought the same thing that you’re thinking right now.
The same thing that you were thinking when you challenged us.
You think that you can beat us. You think that you can be the one that can but that kink in the armor of Legion. The wound that will slowly bleed Legion dry, and then you would be the hero that saved EBWF. That’s what Marty Scurll thought.”
With a smile on his face, Tommy shook his head.
Tommy End
”He was a fool, just like you.
He thought that he could take me on.. Then, as my brothers were slowly attacked throughout the night, that thought grew. He really thought that he was going to be the one that could get the job done. Just like you are right now.
Who am I kidding..
Hardcore, you’re the type of guy, that it doesn’t matter who you’re fighting. You instantly think that you’re going to beat them. You think that you tougher, so that means that you’re bound to win. Bound to become the best.
Now it’s worked for you, I admit to that. You managed to get through your stay here in EBWF with a good bit of wins. Enough to really make your think that you’re better than you really are. Enough wins to make you feel like you can just challenge anyone and eventually beat them. Like here..”
He chuckled a little as he seemed rather calm.
Tommy End
”Like you think you’re going to be able to do against me. You think that you’re going to be able to get the victory just like that. You think that you’re tough and that’s all it’s going to take to beat me. Am I right? Am I right to think that you have little faith in me that you’re already looking past me. You’re already thinking that you’ve won.
I’ve faced many men with that same mindset.. Even a couple here in EBWF.
But that’s alright.
You can all think what you want. When I come out there and I prove you wrong, that’s just going to make it that much more satisfying.
When I come out there to that ring and I fight you Hardcore, and I prove that you’re not as “hardcore” as you think you are. When I prove that you’re just another joke and a fluke. Just like you’ve said about all of your opponents. Once I’ve done all that..
Then I’m going to kick your head off.”
He paused for a moment.
Tommy End
”Not once.. Not twice.. But over and over again.
Once your teeth are scattered around the ring, your jaw is laying on the mat, and your skull shattered into pieces.. I’m going to do what everyone in the EBWF Universe did a long time ago. I’m going to forget about you Hardcore..
I’m going to forget about all of this because it’s not worth it. You’re not worth it..
After all this is said and done. You’re beaten.. Made into ever more of a poor excuse for a man. After all that, I’m going to move on. I’m going to look forward to Fanniversary and I’m going to get ready to destroy not only Jimmy Havoc, but each and every member of his team. Legion will rid EBWF of all their heros. We will change the landscape of this company. Everything you thought you knew, you will begin to doubt.”
Tommy smirked for a slight second before the stern serious look returned.
Tommy End
”So bring all you got. Bring everything. Bring as many steel chairs you think you’re going to need. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter because nothing you can do is going to change the out come. Nothing you can do will stop me from standing up against you and not backing down. I’m going to get in your face and then I’m going to kick your head off.
I don’t care if you’ve got multiple steel chairs. A couple of lead pipes. Hell, I don’t care if you jump into the 21st century and actually got a weapon that might actually do some real damage. Something that’ll leave a mark.
None of that matter because in the long run.. In the end of it all.. No matter what you brought with you. Not matter how tough you thought you were going to be.. I’m going to be better.
That’s right..
I’m going to come out there Hardcore, and I’m going to leave it all out in that ring. I’m not going to give up. I’m not going to quit. If there’s still an ounce of oxygen left in my lungs. If there’s a drop of blood left in my veins. I will come out on top. I will survive anything and everything and I walk out win.
Why?”
He took another pause, this time he reached up and he gripped his beard.
Tommy End
”Because I won’t lose to Hardcore Holly. I can’t lose to Hardcore Holly..
He may think that beating me will be an accomplishment for him.. But for me, it’s not the same. For me, when I win, it’s going to be expected. I’m not going to get a parade. I’m not going to be showered with praise. No.. It’s just going to be another day at the office.
But if I lose to Hardcore Holly.. If he manages to beat me.. Then I will have to sit back and rethink everything that I have done up to this point..
If I lose to Hardcore Holly, I would be defeated, and I’m not just talking about in the middle of ring. I will be defeated inside.. I will have no idea how it happened. I will have no excuse for it. I will have no..”
He shook his head.
Tommy End
”No.. I don’t have to think about that, because there is no way that I’m going to lose to you Hardcore..
Think of it as confidence.. Think of it as doubting you.. Think of it as me overlooking you.. Think of it however you’d like.. Quite frankly, it could be a mixture of everything. But for the most part, there’s no way that I’m going to lose to you because I will no lose to you. I can not lose to you.
Legion has proven out dominance, and to remain dominate, that means you’re going to have to be destroyed out in that ring. It means that you absolutely have no chance of getting out of this match with a victory. No matter how hard you try. No matter how tough you want to be. None of that is going to matter.
The only thing that is going to matter is me.. Is the fact that Legion will do everything in our power to makes sure that we come away with victory.. That means tonight against you Hardcore. That means tonight when Whiplash takes on Havoc.. It means that Legion will never, and can never lose. We will not let that happen.”
He pointed off towards the chair that he threw.
Tommy End
”Bring your steel chair. Bring it as your weapon..
Use it..
I hope that you try, because the moment you try to use that chair, that’s when I’m going to grab an equalizer..”
Tommy stood up from the chair he sat on. He turned around and folded it up and turned back around to the camera. In his hands was his own steel chair, however instead of the ordinary black steel chair. Tommy held onto a pure white steel chair.
Tommy End
”You got yours. I’ve got mine.
Let’s see who’s going to walk out of this thing..”
Tommy picked the chair up and slammed it against the ground a couple of time. He stopped and looked into the camera one last time.
Tommy End
”But don’t forget, like Marty did..
I am Legion.”
The spotlight grew in size and revealed the rest of the revealed members of Legion. Danted, Okada, Page, Whiplash, and even the raven haired demoness herself, Zahra Schreiber. Each member of Legion held on to their own solid white steel chair.
Legion
”We are Legion!!”
The six members of Legion stood still for a few seconds before the spotlight flicked off and the darkness reemerged.