Post by The Bradley Clan on Jan 25, 2015 19:41:51 GMT -5
Mike Bradley sits in the living room of his house in Camden, Maine, watching the replay of Dead or Alive. He rewinds and replays the moment after he defeated Amanda Cortez to reclaim the GZWA Television Title, when Jaser Cruz stole the belt and attacked him with it. Then he looks down at his phone and goes through the series of messages from Cruz, Chris Matthews, and Casey Cortez all stating they still want Mike's head - and the TV Title.
He shakes his head as he looks at Cruz's Tweets showing photos of him with the belt at the park and in bed, calling the title "bae."
"What a fucking child."
He kicks his feet up on the table and looks at the camera, which has panned around to in front of him.
"From the minute I put pen to paper on my GZWA contract three and a half years ago, I've been a target. It all started when Amanda Cortez tried to recruit me to her stable du jour at the time, The Fallen. I knew that I wasn't about to trust anyone who looked like her, and I wisely told her to blow it out her surgically-enhanced ass. From there, it was Andre Holmes, Damien Sandow, Justice, Randy Orton, and most recently the MisFits who all took turns trying to derail or end my career. Guess what? I fought my way through the swamp, came out a little dirty, but brushed myself off, and now I'm a two-time GZWA Telelvision Champion to build on my record for longest TV Title reign in history!"
He looks around for something, but can't quite find it.
"And yet... I don't have a belt to show for it. That's because this little boy Jaser Cruz STOLE my title, attacked me with it, and now he's POSING as champion while I sit here getting ready for my match with Chris Matthews on Primetime. What a fucking crock."
He sighs, then brings his feet down from the table and stands up.
"So once again, I find myself a target. Not just for Cruz, but for Matthews and Amanda's estranged sister/concubine, Casey Cortez. Look. All three of you. You want my title so bad? You can have your shot at it, but get the fuck in line! Matthews, you gotta wait for Cruz, and Casey, you gotta wait for Matthews! But if you paid attention to my last reign as Television Champion and the way I dispatched of Amanda at Dead or Alive to reclaim the title, you won't have to wait long, because I'm going chew each of you up and spit you out like you're sunflower seeds, and then it'll be on to the next one!"
He holds the camera by the lens and looks deep into it.
"Matthews, you say I'm fake. You say I'm corrupted. You say I'm blind to the realities of the world. You say I'm entering a world of pain on Primetime. You couldn't be more wrong on all four fronts!"
"Number one: I'm as real as it gets! I spit the truth in these videos, on Twitter, and on Primetime - you can poke fun at me all you want for the way I express myself, but I don't deal in taunts and threats, I deal in FACTS AND PROMISES!! You want to talk about fake? What did I just say about Jaser Cruz? He's strutting around with a belt that ISN'T HIS like a goddamn phony! Tell me how that's not the definition of fake!"
"Number two: Corruption? What about Amanda, who's making the grave mistake of accompanying you to the ring for our match? Do you remember how she stole the title from me in the first place? In a glorified 4-on-2 handicap match where her pussy posse attacked me from behind to give her the win! That’s why I said nobody allowed at ringside for our rematch - I wanted to prove that she’s powerless without them, and goddammit, I did just that!”
“Number three: I’m not blind. I know first-hand the harsh realities of human existence. Without getting into politics, I can tell you the nerves I felt when I had to go under the knife at age ten to fix a congenital heart defect that still affects me in the ring to this day! And just recently, my wife Jessica was diagnosed with leukemia, and I took months off from action to be by her side! And I’m not blind to the situation in your hometown, either - I have family in Grand Rapids who work with the underprivileged to give them the hope they deserve!”
“And number four: you want to talk about entering a world of pain? Look, son, I try to be jovial and snarky and all that shit, but when it comes down to it, I can kick your ass six ways to Sunday, and it’s up to you how you want to taste defeat - that is, if you’re not getting choked out first!”
“The next chapter in my career beings this week, and I’ve got one message for all you haters who want to tear my head off: GET ON MY LEVEL!!”
And if you don’t know… now you know!
Mike stares into the camera as it fades to black.
