Post by eagles on May 13, 2007 20:51:07 GMT -6
The scene opens in the familiar parking lot outside the Amistar Casino home of the POW. The sun is shining brightly and for once there is no real crowd lingering about, other then a few reporters who are likely from no named papers hoping to catch a break and get an interview that nobody else did from one of the many Midwest superstars. Time only passes and more and more of these reporters drift away probably only to give up hope and try again another day before the crowds begin to file in.
It was approaching 4pm and only a young male reporter, looking to be fresh out of High School or maybe even still in high school was the only one left in the lot, sitting on the high rails of the steps and kicking his feet back and fourth. The sun was beating down on him and his red hair looked to be ablaze and he had shed his coat and was wearing a faded looking t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. The shirt looks familiar but is all that recognizable.
Out of nowhere the kid jerks his head around as he hears the rev of an engine as a nice teal porshe drives slowly into the parking lot and takes up a space near the front of the stairs. The kid looks at the tinted windows for a moment, but does not really give it all that much thought thinking it just another rich patron, but is shocked and nearly falls backwards off the rail when he sees Josh Eagles emerge from the car, Jeska on the other side.
The pair do not look ready for combat but more dressed for a night out. Josh is wearing a classy silk dark blue suit and Jeska is wearing what can only be describes as a slim fitting and stunning black dress. Jeska walks around and hooks into Josh's arm and they begin to head towad the Casino steps but are stopped by the sight of the shaking teen, bobbing nervously in front of them.
Josh looks at him with an amused look on his face and reaches down to shove the kid out of the way, but the shirt he is wearing seems to catch his eye and he stops, steps back for a second and lets out a little chuckle.
"I should have known! Hey kid, is that the shirt I think it is?"
The red headed kid looks from the shirt to Josh and seems pretty much shocked that Josh was even talking to him, but he still manages to mutter a reply.
"Umm, ye..yes sir, Mrrrrr. Eagles, ummm, sir."
"What are you after some kinda autograph kid, or do you actually believe the media when they say that the TAG TEAM of 2006 is going to be reforming?"
"Umm, no sir... I mean yes sir... I ummm don't know sir!"
"Wow, I am impressed you are such a fluent linguist."
Josh and Jeska both begin to chuckle at the joke and the kid turns a distinct shade of red that almost begins to blend his face in with his hair. But the jab also seems to make him a little bolder and he straightens his back and manages to get control of himself.
"No sir, I am not after an autograph I was hoping to get a few words from you on this weeks three way tag team match?"
Josh stops laughing and looks at the kid with a hint of shock in his eyes. Josh observes him up and down and finally shrugs it off supposing he is nothing but another kid and nothing all that impressive.
"Yeah? What are you some kinda reporter?"
"Well yes sir, I am the head writer for my high school news paper!"
"Wait a sec... you want me to give a few words to a HIGH SCHOOL reporter...? Do you know who I am kid? Obviously you don't, my name is JOSH EAGLES... I am a damn legend in this buissness, I am the Champion of the People, woman love me, men are jealous of me, children envy me... I am everything and anything in the wrestling world and I am simply the best!!!!!!"
"Yes you are sir... I agree! But if you are the Champion of the People then why won't you give them a few words... even if it is only a few of them?"
Josh ponders this question for a second and then he reaches into his pants and pulls out his wallet. He opens it up and pulls out a wad of cash, about $300 American and hands it to the kid.
"You know what, you are right! So what I am going to do is give you this and I am going to give you your little interview. Then you are going to take that interview and you are going to go to every newspaper, radio station, TV station, and freaking school in the state and you are going to give them that interview and then everyone is going to run it and MY name is going to be all over the front page yet again that I am one of the reasons this stank whole can even stay afloat. Plus you will be the one who gets all the credit... deal?"
The kid takes no time to even think about it and he yanks the money out of Josh's hand.
"DEAL! Let's get right to it sir! The question on everyones mind is about the relationship between you and your tag team partner this week... Kid Luck! In 2006 you teamed up with Kid Luck to form a tag team known as D-Generation NeXt and went on to have what was considered the best tag team run of 2006 and actually received multiple awards for being the best tag team of 2006. Now it is a few months since you two teams together and you are here and ready to team up with him again... is D-NeXt back?"
Josh stares at the kid for a moment with a look that can only be described as comical on his face.
"You really were a hardcore D-NeXt fan... only someone that hardcore would be bold enough to wear our t-shirt AND ask a question that stupid. Why the hell would D-NeXt be coming back? Yeah sure we are former tag team champions, sure we were the tag team of 2006, and sure when Kid Luck and I teamed up we whipped ass left right and center... but do you remember how that partnership ended?
Well if you don't let me give you a refresher course... Kid Luck got tired of living under my shadow and he walked out on me... the bastard left after I beat him for his singles title and he ran away like a little whimp because now he was nothing but another student of Josh Eagles. So what happened? I had to find a replacement partner to come in and help me defend my tag titles and he screwed me over two by getting his ass pinned... you may remember him his name is Reck Maverick!
Now you sit here and ask me if I plan on teaming up and reforming D-Generation NeXt... if I plan on shaking Kid Luck's hand putting the past in the past and going out and kicking some major f**king ass this week? Well your answer is both yes and no kid!"
"Yes and no sir? I am afraid I don't get it!"
"Well let me make it simple for you kid... NO I am not reforming D-NeXt because I am still holding a little thing called a grudge and don't for one second think that after I am done dealing with Maverick and Hannibal that I won't be coming to get a little taste of Kid Luck to. But yes you can count that I will be putting the past in the past for this week and going out there like old times to kick some ass.
You see I am not an idiot like a lot of people seem to think, I know that there are going to be 6 men in that ring looking to kick my ass and I know how valuable Kid Luck can be when he is not stabbing you in the back... so if there was anyone I would have in my corner it would be him because he can get it done in that ring when he has to! I don't plan on going into this alone against 6 other people and having to look over my shoulder for Hannibal every 5 seconds. This week I will make sure I have Kid Luck's back, but that dick better have mine... no doubt about it for one night the Tag Team of 2006 will be in full swing!"
"Well then what about your opponents for this week Manos Del Muertes, Final Cut, and the Wrecking Squad! Dozer and Crush aka the Wrecking Squad are accomplished tag team wrestlers, who have teamed together winning multiple tag team titles in the UWC, Del Muertes is another accomplished stable who love to play the numbers game and are not a team to be taken lightly... then there is your biggest threat Final Cut otherwise known as Night and Daye who have been running rampart around POW for a while now, including battling the 4 Horseman and winning on a regular basis?"
Josh stops to pander and take in what the kid just told him and then shrugs.
"I am not really all that worried... I mean outside of the UWC has the Wrecking Squad done anything... NO, if memory serves me they have won and been in ONE match thus far. I don't even think I should worry about a team who as far as I know has not even debuted and have a name I can't nor care to understand and Final Cut are two and two here in the POW! Plus if you consider beating the hell out of Reck Maverick a big accomplishment then just look at last week cause I did just that.Look all three of these teams maybe established and think they are the big shit and all, but they are all just rookies. I have been wrestling tag teams since before they got out of diapers and Kid Luck and I have teamed up to lose exactly and I repeat exactly ONE match in out entire career. Do you know how many tag team wins we have?"
"Nine straight and two after the fact for elven!"
Josh stares at the kid again a little shocked that he came up with the answer so fast and is just beginning to understand how big of a D-NeXt fan this kid was.
"Actually that is dead on kid... 11-1-0, that is Lucky and mine career record. So sorry if these teams do not seem to thrill me all that much. If they want to throw us in a 4-way tag situation, with Reck and Hannibal gunning for me as well, then hell let's go I am all for it cause the fact of the matter is I will win, I always win because it is what I do best overcome the odds. That is why you will hear the people chanting my name, you will see my hand raised in victory and you will see that Josh Eagles is the best damn wrestler in the history of this buissness and I don't care how many of them there are.
Now kid if ya don't mind my wife and I have an evening planned and we will probably be up all night and day if ya get my drift. So just do me a favor and call off the wrecking squad and cancel the trip to mexico... we are going to get it all done tonight and ain't nothing going to be stopping us!"
It was approaching 4pm and only a young male reporter, looking to be fresh out of High School or maybe even still in high school was the only one left in the lot, sitting on the high rails of the steps and kicking his feet back and fourth. The sun was beating down on him and his red hair looked to be ablaze and he had shed his coat and was wearing a faded looking t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. The shirt looks familiar but is all that recognizable.
Out of nowhere the kid jerks his head around as he hears the rev of an engine as a nice teal porshe drives slowly into the parking lot and takes up a space near the front of the stairs. The kid looks at the tinted windows for a moment, but does not really give it all that much thought thinking it just another rich patron, but is shocked and nearly falls backwards off the rail when he sees Josh Eagles emerge from the car, Jeska on the other side.
The pair do not look ready for combat but more dressed for a night out. Josh is wearing a classy silk dark blue suit and Jeska is wearing what can only be describes as a slim fitting and stunning black dress. Jeska walks around and hooks into Josh's arm and they begin to head towad the Casino steps but are stopped by the sight of the shaking teen, bobbing nervously in front of them.
Josh looks at him with an amused look on his face and reaches down to shove the kid out of the way, but the shirt he is wearing seems to catch his eye and he stops, steps back for a second and lets out a little chuckle.
"I should have known! Hey kid, is that the shirt I think it is?"
The red headed kid looks from the shirt to Josh and seems pretty much shocked that Josh was even talking to him, but he still manages to mutter a reply.
"Umm, ye..yes sir, Mrrrrr. Eagles, ummm, sir."
"What are you after some kinda autograph kid, or do you actually believe the media when they say that the TAG TEAM of 2006 is going to be reforming?"
"Umm, no sir... I mean yes sir... I ummm don't know sir!"
"Wow, I am impressed you are such a fluent linguist."
Josh and Jeska both begin to chuckle at the joke and the kid turns a distinct shade of red that almost begins to blend his face in with his hair. But the jab also seems to make him a little bolder and he straightens his back and manages to get control of himself.
"No sir, I am not after an autograph I was hoping to get a few words from you on this weeks three way tag team match?"
Josh stops laughing and looks at the kid with a hint of shock in his eyes. Josh observes him up and down and finally shrugs it off supposing he is nothing but another kid and nothing all that impressive.
"Yeah? What are you some kinda reporter?"
"Well yes sir, I am the head writer for my high school news paper!"
"Wait a sec... you want me to give a few words to a HIGH SCHOOL reporter...? Do you know who I am kid? Obviously you don't, my name is JOSH EAGLES... I am a damn legend in this buissness, I am the Champion of the People, woman love me, men are jealous of me, children envy me... I am everything and anything in the wrestling world and I am simply the best!!!!!!"
"Yes you are sir... I agree! But if you are the Champion of the People then why won't you give them a few words... even if it is only a few of them?"
Josh ponders this question for a second and then he reaches into his pants and pulls out his wallet. He opens it up and pulls out a wad of cash, about $300 American and hands it to the kid.
"You know what, you are right! So what I am going to do is give you this and I am going to give you your little interview. Then you are going to take that interview and you are going to go to every newspaper, radio station, TV station, and freaking school in the state and you are going to give them that interview and then everyone is going to run it and MY name is going to be all over the front page yet again that I am one of the reasons this stank whole can even stay afloat. Plus you will be the one who gets all the credit... deal?"
The kid takes no time to even think about it and he yanks the money out of Josh's hand.
"DEAL! Let's get right to it sir! The question on everyones mind is about the relationship between you and your tag team partner this week... Kid Luck! In 2006 you teamed up with Kid Luck to form a tag team known as D-Generation NeXt and went on to have what was considered the best tag team run of 2006 and actually received multiple awards for being the best tag team of 2006. Now it is a few months since you two teams together and you are here and ready to team up with him again... is D-NeXt back?"
Josh stares at the kid for a moment with a look that can only be described as comical on his face.
"You really were a hardcore D-NeXt fan... only someone that hardcore would be bold enough to wear our t-shirt AND ask a question that stupid. Why the hell would D-NeXt be coming back? Yeah sure we are former tag team champions, sure we were the tag team of 2006, and sure when Kid Luck and I teamed up we whipped ass left right and center... but do you remember how that partnership ended?
Well if you don't let me give you a refresher course... Kid Luck got tired of living under my shadow and he walked out on me... the bastard left after I beat him for his singles title and he ran away like a little whimp because now he was nothing but another student of Josh Eagles. So what happened? I had to find a replacement partner to come in and help me defend my tag titles and he screwed me over two by getting his ass pinned... you may remember him his name is Reck Maverick!
Now you sit here and ask me if I plan on teaming up and reforming D-Generation NeXt... if I plan on shaking Kid Luck's hand putting the past in the past and going out and kicking some major f**king ass this week? Well your answer is both yes and no kid!"
"Yes and no sir? I am afraid I don't get it!"
"Well let me make it simple for you kid... NO I am not reforming D-NeXt because I am still holding a little thing called a grudge and don't for one second think that after I am done dealing with Maverick and Hannibal that I won't be coming to get a little taste of Kid Luck to. But yes you can count that I will be putting the past in the past for this week and going out there like old times to kick some ass.
You see I am not an idiot like a lot of people seem to think, I know that there are going to be 6 men in that ring looking to kick my ass and I know how valuable Kid Luck can be when he is not stabbing you in the back... so if there was anyone I would have in my corner it would be him because he can get it done in that ring when he has to! I don't plan on going into this alone against 6 other people and having to look over my shoulder for Hannibal every 5 seconds. This week I will make sure I have Kid Luck's back, but that dick better have mine... no doubt about it for one night the Tag Team of 2006 will be in full swing!"
"Well then what about your opponents for this week Manos Del Muertes, Final Cut, and the Wrecking Squad! Dozer and Crush aka the Wrecking Squad are accomplished tag team wrestlers, who have teamed together winning multiple tag team titles in the UWC, Del Muertes is another accomplished stable who love to play the numbers game and are not a team to be taken lightly... then there is your biggest threat Final Cut otherwise known as Night and Daye who have been running rampart around POW for a while now, including battling the 4 Horseman and winning on a regular basis?"
Josh stops to pander and take in what the kid just told him and then shrugs.
"I am not really all that worried... I mean outside of the UWC has the Wrecking Squad done anything... NO, if memory serves me they have won and been in ONE match thus far. I don't even think I should worry about a team who as far as I know has not even debuted and have a name I can't nor care to understand and Final Cut are two and two here in the POW! Plus if you consider beating the hell out of Reck Maverick a big accomplishment then just look at last week cause I did just that.Look all three of these teams maybe established and think they are the big shit and all, but they are all just rookies. I have been wrestling tag teams since before they got out of diapers and Kid Luck and I have teamed up to lose exactly and I repeat exactly ONE match in out entire career. Do you know how many tag team wins we have?"
"Nine straight and two after the fact for elven!"
Josh stares at the kid again a little shocked that he came up with the answer so fast and is just beginning to understand how big of a D-NeXt fan this kid was.
"Actually that is dead on kid... 11-1-0, that is Lucky and mine career record. So sorry if these teams do not seem to thrill me all that much. If they want to throw us in a 4-way tag situation, with Reck and Hannibal gunning for me as well, then hell let's go I am all for it cause the fact of the matter is I will win, I always win because it is what I do best overcome the odds. That is why you will hear the people chanting my name, you will see my hand raised in victory and you will see that Josh Eagles is the best damn wrestler in the history of this buissness and I don't care how many of them there are.
Now kid if ya don't mind my wife and I have an evening planned and we will probably be up all night and day if ya get my drift. So just do me a favor and call off the wrecking squad and cancel the trip to mexico... we are going to get it all done tonight and ain't nothing going to be stopping us!"