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Post by REDEFINE Pro on Jul 26, 2015 5:50:56 GMT
Number one contenders match
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Post by Sasha Foote on Jul 26, 2015 15:40:24 GMT
Sasha is in her hotel room as her boyfriend, Keith, is recording her on an iPad as she sets the timer on the microwave for some food.
"Everyone has a time. A moment to relish in the spotlight after the hard work you've put in is finally recognized. Declan Black, before I even go any further I want to thank you. It was you who issued the challenge to me, asking me to forfeit my spot in the television title tournament, for an opportunity to compete against you, the winner becoming the number one contender to Johnny Ajax's championship."
Keith follows Sasha, still recording as she sits down at the dining room table in their room. Her hair, pulled into a ponytail, her make-up less face still full of energy as she talks about the upcoming match.
"So, again, thank you Declan. Now I have to make sure that I come 100% prepared for this match. Again, I feel like it's my time. Look at Redefine 12 if you don't believe me. The first time I wrestled Ajax in 2CW it was ruined by interference from Marisol Hawkes, but the moment I had him with no interference, I did exactly what I said I was going to do and defeated him. You, Declan, also had an impressive victory last night, a match that on any other wrestling show probably would have been a main event. I mean, you guys were the name on the Marquee, right?"
Sasha smirks.
"That was...until the show aired and changed the name to Redefine 12: Ajax vs Foote II. Now, obviously my performance against somebody else doesn't mean I'm going to be able to beat you Declan, but it means that people are finally recognizing the work I put in and are willing to put me in big matches, like the one against you next week.
Want to know why I'm going to win? Because this is the biggest match of my young career. I've never been a world champion and the only way to get there is through you, Declan. I have a ton of respect for you. You yourself were just the 2CW Champion before Ajax so you know what it feels like. I don't. I want this more than you do and I think deep down inside, you realize its my time.
We've seen the era of Black, we're in the era of Ajax, but we've never had the era of Foote.
Hunger and motivation are the driving forces in competition, and I believe you want to be champion again too, but not as bad as I want it. What you did against John Pariah was nothing short of amazing, but to beat me you're going to have to do even more."
The timer on the microwave goes off as Sasha stands up and shuffles over to it.
"Timing...it means everything. You've had yours Declan, now its my time. The respect between us aside, I'm coming to win at Redefine."
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Post by declanblack on Jul 29, 2015 16:36:37 GMT
*The following is a blog posted to DeclanBlack.com on July 28th, 2015.*
You can't know...unless you've been there. A reporter in a warzone just can't tell you about war like a soldier can. And they're there, they see it. But you have to LIVE something to experience it. You have to invest of your very soul into it. You have to have your heart broken by it, and come crawling back because you don't feel real without it anymore. It has to be intertwined indelibly from your perception of yourself as a person.
Sasha, I have so much praise for you. You're a gorgeous girl. Driven. Talented. Ambitious. You deserve to be here more than half this roster. I know that you need this win, and you need that belt, because it's validation to you. It's an answer to the young wrestler's eternal internal question..."Is this really worth it?" You want to validate to your daughter that the reason Mommy's away so many days a week isn't just for the money to buy her cool shit.
If it were anyone else you were up against, Sasha, I'd be blowing up your phone with advice. I'd be in your corner like I've always been. And I wouldn't say that you can't win, because against anyone else, your win would be near certain.
Sasha...you've been here. You've seen it. But I LIVED it. And that's why you're not going to beat me at #REdefine013. I know you want it badly, maybe more badly than you've wanted anything in your life. But you don't know what it is to look in the mirror and be taunted by your own failure. You don't know what it is when you can't lay eyes on a person who used to be one of your best friends because he raped you of your dignity as a competitor.
You don't know what it is to have a title that you gave meaning to on the shoulder of another man. And you don't know what it is...when even you don't really know if you have what it takes to have that title anymore.
But I do. I lived it. I LIVE it.
I'm the guy who can't really enjoy drafting his own football team because all he hears in his head is his dad calling him an unworthy failure. I'm the guy who sees hollowness, and feels hollowness, in his own eyes, even when he looks at his wife and his girlfriend...because being number two in a sport I gladly gave my life to is eating away at my soul. I'm the guy who feels empty inside all the time, and then watches his successor let down the standard he set as champion.
You will be champion someday, Sasha. And a great one, at that. But this isn't your time. I can't go on living the way I have been, and you're my ticket to freedom from that. So I'm sorry.
But at #REdefine, you're gonna LIVE defeat.
-DB
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Post by Sasha Foote on Jul 30, 2015 2:39:59 GMT
"Sacrifice.
It's the one thing all of us do as wrestlers. Whether its leaving our family at home, our children, our significant others. It's sacrificing our health and putting our bodies on the line every single time we step into the ring. We do it for multiple reasons. We want to entertain the fans, we want to prove our dominance, and some of us are just crazy enough to love what we do.
For me, I'm sacrificing everything for this match. I'm so close to becoming the first ever 2CW Television champion, but I'm throwing away that opportunity, for a bigger one, one that has a much bigger risk involved. No offense to anyone in that tournament, but none of them are Declan Black.
Declan Black is one of the best wrestlers in the world, not just 2CW. Declan Black is someone that is respected and rightfully so. Some people might think I'm rushing things. If I lose this match, not only do I not become the number one contender but I also don't get my place in the Television Title tournament back. But that's the risk I have to take.
This match is going to be one of the most intense matches in 2CW history. Not only are we fighting for a chance to wrestle Ajax again, something we both would love whether a championship was on the line or not, but we're also fighting to prove to ourselves that we belong in a championship match.
Lets compare something. In your last match Declan, you had to pull out everything to defeat Pariah. But there was one thing that had to shock even you. John Pariah kicked out of the DNA. I've been in Pariah's situation, I've kicked out of the strongest moves that Johnny Ajax could throw at me, don't believe me? Rewatch any of our 4 matches, 2 from the Alliance or the 2 from here. I've kicked out of his best stuff and I still fought my heart out, win or lose. If you hit the DNA, that doesn't mean the match is over. But...can you kick out of the Foote Print?
I don't think you can Declan. I appreciate you calling me gorgeous, I appreciate the compliments and all the advice you have given me since joining this company, but in a few days we're both fighting for one prize. Only one of us can walk out the number one contender.
Your argument was that you've lived it, you LIVE it, my argument is you had it and lost it.
If you want it that badly, then you have to go through me. You have to kick out of a Foote Print, you have to be able to put me down long enough to pin me for a 3 count, and trust me, that's easier said than done. I have the biggest heart out of anyone here, and at Redefine, that heart will beat all night long, and I'll beat YOU all...night...long."
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Post by declanblack on Jul 31, 2015 4:26:10 GMT
*The following blog was posted to DeclanBlack.com on July 30th, 2015.*
It's sad, Sasha, you not doing your homework.
I don't doubt that you're athletically ready for me. You're athletically ready to have a go with anybody. I've seen the cardio regimen you do, and it outstrips anyone on the roster by a lot. You lift, you box. You're in perfect physical condition. But wrestling is so much more than that. It's knowing your opponent, Sasha, and I've scouted you thoroughly. You say I should worry about the Foote Print? Nah. I know that move, I've seen that move, I know how to escape that move. I know how you set it up, the sounds you make when you're coming off the top.
I've scouted the Problem Solver. I know that If I give you any space, boom, that's a foot in my face. And I know my strategy has to be to grind you down, not let you stand. You're a better striker than me, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I know if you get a chance to fire off those bombs, it's over for me. But I know I can outwrestle you on the mat, and if I manage that, you haven't a chance of beating me.
But you don't know my best weapons, if you think I'm losing sleep about anybody kicking out of the DNA. Sure, it's a great move, I'm proud of it, I've won matches with it, but it's not even a tertiary finisher. I use a piledriver, too, and that's gotten just as many wins. I use my Painkiller 2.0 armbar, a hold that only I have been taught, that has never been broken, only escaped. And most of all, when I really want to finish a match, I do what I did to John Pariah last week. What I did to Jack Owyns, and Grayson Shaw, and Jake Keeton, and Marisol Hawkes, and hell, if you wanna go back to NAPW, what I did to Anton Petrov, and Chase Jacobson, and Kris Jacobson too. I do what I did to win two world titles in the space of six months, and what I did to go undefeated in singles competition for nearly a year.
I hit the Blackout. The most dangerous move in all of professional wrestling. Never before kicked out of. The one move that fells every last tree in the forest we call "the business". And Sasha, that's what you should be looking out for. That's what you should be scared of. Because the only times I haven't beaten opponents with the Blackout...is when I didn't even need it. Against you, oh yes, I will. My secondary weaponry isn't gonna get the job done against the best wrestler in 2CW...besides me.
But when it comes to the "big guns" Sasha, I implore you to study up, because my Blackout is the biggest of em' all. And at #REdefine, it's gonna make sure your title hopes are blacked...out.
-DB
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