The Rising Son
Apr 14, 2016 19:56:44 GMT -5
Post by Ernie on Apr 14, 2016 19:56:44 GMT -5
♫”I never met someone that I could trust
No matter what
It seems that when I do
I’m always let down.
Time and time again
People are takin’ advantage of me
And what I did for them
Never mattered in the end.
Friends come and go,
But enemies accumulate.
Friends come and go,
But enemies accumulate.”♫
- “Friends Come and Go, But Enemies Accumulate” - Under the Gun
April 28, 2013 was a day that Pat Gordon, Junior will never forget. He learned a vital lesson about trusting other people in this sport, because it was on that day that the Super Friends were destroyed by Bob Pooler sticking the knife in his back to reveal himself as the secret third member of the Murder.
He has never been able to figure out why he didn’t see it, or something like it, coming. A Murder is a gathering of three or more crows, hence the famous meme with two crows sitting on a park bench that reads “Attempted Murder.” But he had trusted Bob Pooler in his war against Malcolm Drake and Dom Harter, despite the warnings from Akrista O’Hare, who had her own checkered past with the secret Murder member, and he had sacrificed his own friendship with Johnny Blaze in order to do so.
Maybe he was just too green, too naive. Life experience can teach us lessons about the world and the people in it, how much faith to put in them and how much responsibility to reserve for ourselves. Times were easier for him before that day, simpler. In the world of pro-wrestling, people step over one another on a daily basis for any reason possible, whether it’s an effort to get ahead, personal drama, or they’re simply having a bad day. Looking at someone the wrong way can land you on the business end of a steel chair in your next match in the world of professional wrestling. This is just the nature of the sport. Before April 28, 2013, however, Pat Gordon, Junior had been able to view the world of professional wrestling, and the FGA in particular, in black and white. He knew who the bad guys were, and he knew where he stood against them. Maybe he just didn’t have the experience necessary to see it coming.
Maybe he felt as if he didn’t have any options. Bodies were dropping left and right in FGA at the hands of the Murder, and the only other person willing to stand against them was Johnny Blaze. It wasn’t that Gordon disapproved of the partying, but Johnny did it far too much, and he always felt that Johnny needed to take things more seriously, especially when dealing with a pair of miscreants like Malcolm Drake and Dom Harter. Even still, Johnny Blaze was a willing ally in the war against the Murder, right up until he had been left hanging out to dry once too often against them. Junior always felt guilty for that. He tried to apologize on several occasions, but it was far too late.
Or maybe he simply wanted to believe, not just in Bob Pooler, but in the goodness of people, that there were people who not only knew right from wrong, but had the goodness in their hearts to stand up for what was right.
No matter the reason, trusting others has carried a huge price tag for Pat Gordon, Junior ever since the first day he stepped inside a wrestling ring. On that day in 2013, the price was a shot at what was then the FGA Heavyweight Championship, the prize he had coveted most and his ultimate goal since he had signed with FGA four years ago. Bob Pooler double crossing him had discombobulated him so much that he had eliminated himself from the first ever Gold Rush Rumble by diving out of the ring onto Malcolm Drake. Pooler turning on him in the tag team match hadn’t just made him feel betrayed, it had made him feel downright stupid, which was even worse. All Junior could see was red, all he wanted in that moment was to inflict bodily harm on any member of the Murder that he could. After Drake had been eliminated, he would be the recipient of that bodily harm. Pat Gordon, Junior was not willing to pay that price again.
Things were much simpler for him back then. Comparing events from back then to today, his entire world has been turned upside down. Bob Pooler, the man who stabbed him in the back three years ago, had offered him words of encouragement saying, “You can do this,” while Kevin Hardaway, one of his most trusted friends at the time who had stood with him against the Murder at All Star Showdown II (or ASS II as they privately joked at the time) and had enlisted his help in the Pro-Wrestling Frontier GFC Invitational Tag Team Tournament later that year, would not even acknowledge the fact that they were both in the same match, let alone speak to him. Hardaway hadn’t answered his calls or replied to his texts in years. Follow PGJR on Twitter? No way. And that had hurt even more than Bob Pooler, who was now wishing him luck, stabbing him in the back three years ago.
Presently, he finds himself in the company of Julliet Brooks, a woman who once told him that he wasn’t a “real man” like her boyfriend at the time, C.J. O’Donnell. Not only that, but he is in the U.K. of all places. Pat Gordon, Junior never liked the U.K. It’s why he left Pro-Wrestling Frontier years ago. However, he is there tonight, in the locker room of Boardwalk’s Anarchy in the U.K. He is there to cheer on his recent friend, Julliet Brooks.
His whole world is upside down. He does not have an inkling of a clue as to how point A got to be point B, much less whatever point this is. His worldview, his faith in other people, and even his very notions of right and wrong have been challenged time and time again over the years, and it has become increasingly difficult for him to hang on to them.
This, however, makes him the perfect candidate for the Gold Rush Rumble, and he knows this. He knows that nobody in the match is to be trusted. Any one of them will gladly throw his ass out of the ring if it gets them closer to glory and an FGA World Heavyweight Title shot. None of them are his friends. And in a match like this, you really can’t be afraid to break a few eggs.
Breaking eggs isn’t something he is no longer afraid to do, not when he hasn’t met half of the people in the match, and those he has come across before could serve as the catalyst for his ultimate comeuppance.
Prince Wadjethotep had made him tap out to a choke in New Zealand. Not to sound like Leon Corella, but the referee really had missed Pat Gordon, Junior’s foot on the ropes, and Wadjethotep, now known as TGH, had gloated about it after, claiming that he had Junior in a position from which he couldn’t escape. Gordon would love a second chance to prove that he was better than Wadjethotep, or TGH, or whatever he choses to call himself.
Leanne Evangelista had bested him in 2014 to win the Pro-Wrestling Frontier Open House. He made it all the way to the end, only to be pinned by her. It was like kissing his sister, and so was the fact that she had to drop out of this year’s FGA Gold Rush Rumble. Eliminating her would have been a huge personal victory for him. So much disappointment that he won’t get that chance.
Kevin Hardaway had used him only when it was convenient. When they first met, they butted heads over Pat Gordon, Junior signing with Pro-Wrestling Frontier rather than FGA, leading to the first FGA vs. Frontier supershow. Gordon bested him, not only in that encounter, but also the only other time they had faced one another, at Unsanctioned II. Hardaway went on to use Pat Gordon, Junior as an ally when it seemed profitable, but swiftly chucked him to the side ever since. Gordon would love the opportunity to show Hardaway that he still has his number and look him in the eyes right before flinging him from the ring.
Gordon laughs to himself thinking that Kevin Hardaway probably shit himself a little when he heard that the Boston Bruiser would be in the Gold Rush Rumble. So much for good friends.
There isn’t really anyone else that Pat Gordon, Junior knows on a personal level. The closest that comes is Annie Zellor, but he only ever knew her through Twitter. “Sunshine Scandalous” Tony Carmine and Camellia Magna were both on their way into FGA when he was on his way out. He had seen them around the locker room a few times and watched a few of their matches, but never really talked to them. He doubted it would make or break their day to toss him out, so why in the hell should it ruin his to do it to them?
He might have met Mark Storm once in Japan, but he had hit the sake pretty hard that night and couldn’t really remember. Storm has had a bunch of success in EWC, though, a company that once offered to put Pat Gordon, Junior in their hall of fame after he had one match with them, and Storm has been popping up seemingly everywhere in the world this year. It would be good to eliminate him. It would make Gordon’s stock go through the roof.
That hasn’t been high lately, his stock. His success has been limited since leaving FGA three years ago. That’s why the return. He knows he can’t conquer the world until he accomplishes what he first set out to do, conquering the FGA by becoming the FGA World Heavyweight Champion. He also knows that once he captures the FGA World Heavyweight Championship, there’s no reason for him to go anywhere else. It’s like Sinatra sang about New York. “If I can make it here, I’ll make it anywhere. It’s up to you” FGA, FGA.
Even after he left, Gordon followed FGA enough to know that Jimmy Page was a former FGA World Champion. Page had even won it by doing what Gordon couldn’t do during his time with FGA, by beating Dom Harter. There was something bittersweet about that, and it just made Gordon want to eliminate Page even more. Not just because eliminating a former champ might get people talking about him in the title picture, but because maybe somehow it could serve as a sort of by proxy victory over Harter.
Gordon’s eyes are on the monitor in front of him, but his thoughts are on FGA’s Gold Rush Rumble this Saturday. His thoughts are on making his father proud by winning the rumble and going on to win the FGA World TItle. His thoughts are on making FGA great again. His thoughts are on becoming the Rising Son.
No matter what
It seems that when I do
I’m always let down.
Time and time again
People are takin’ advantage of me
And what I did for them
Never mattered in the end.
Friends come and go,
But enemies accumulate.
Friends come and go,
But enemies accumulate.”♫
- “Friends Come and Go, But Enemies Accumulate” - Under the Gun
April 28, 2013 was a day that Pat Gordon, Junior will never forget. He learned a vital lesson about trusting other people in this sport, because it was on that day that the Super Friends were destroyed by Bob Pooler sticking the knife in his back to reveal himself as the secret third member of the Murder.
He has never been able to figure out why he didn’t see it, or something like it, coming. A Murder is a gathering of three or more crows, hence the famous meme with two crows sitting on a park bench that reads “Attempted Murder.” But he had trusted Bob Pooler in his war against Malcolm Drake and Dom Harter, despite the warnings from Akrista O’Hare, who had her own checkered past with the secret Murder member, and he had sacrificed his own friendship with Johnny Blaze in order to do so.
Maybe he was just too green, too naive. Life experience can teach us lessons about the world and the people in it, how much faith to put in them and how much responsibility to reserve for ourselves. Times were easier for him before that day, simpler. In the world of pro-wrestling, people step over one another on a daily basis for any reason possible, whether it’s an effort to get ahead, personal drama, or they’re simply having a bad day. Looking at someone the wrong way can land you on the business end of a steel chair in your next match in the world of professional wrestling. This is just the nature of the sport. Before April 28, 2013, however, Pat Gordon, Junior had been able to view the world of professional wrestling, and the FGA in particular, in black and white. He knew who the bad guys were, and he knew where he stood against them. Maybe he just didn’t have the experience necessary to see it coming.
Maybe he felt as if he didn’t have any options. Bodies were dropping left and right in FGA at the hands of the Murder, and the only other person willing to stand against them was Johnny Blaze. It wasn’t that Gordon disapproved of the partying, but Johnny did it far too much, and he always felt that Johnny needed to take things more seriously, especially when dealing with a pair of miscreants like Malcolm Drake and Dom Harter. Even still, Johnny Blaze was a willing ally in the war against the Murder, right up until he had been left hanging out to dry once too often against them. Junior always felt guilty for that. He tried to apologize on several occasions, but it was far too late.
Or maybe he simply wanted to believe, not just in Bob Pooler, but in the goodness of people, that there were people who not only knew right from wrong, but had the goodness in their hearts to stand up for what was right.
No matter the reason, trusting others has carried a huge price tag for Pat Gordon, Junior ever since the first day he stepped inside a wrestling ring. On that day in 2013, the price was a shot at what was then the FGA Heavyweight Championship, the prize he had coveted most and his ultimate goal since he had signed with FGA four years ago. Bob Pooler double crossing him had discombobulated him so much that he had eliminated himself from the first ever Gold Rush Rumble by diving out of the ring onto Malcolm Drake. Pooler turning on him in the tag team match hadn’t just made him feel betrayed, it had made him feel downright stupid, which was even worse. All Junior could see was red, all he wanted in that moment was to inflict bodily harm on any member of the Murder that he could. After Drake had been eliminated, he would be the recipient of that bodily harm. Pat Gordon, Junior was not willing to pay that price again.
Things were much simpler for him back then. Comparing events from back then to today, his entire world has been turned upside down. Bob Pooler, the man who stabbed him in the back three years ago, had offered him words of encouragement saying, “You can do this,” while Kevin Hardaway, one of his most trusted friends at the time who had stood with him against the Murder at All Star Showdown II (or ASS II as they privately joked at the time) and had enlisted his help in the Pro-Wrestling Frontier GFC Invitational Tag Team Tournament later that year, would not even acknowledge the fact that they were both in the same match, let alone speak to him. Hardaway hadn’t answered his calls or replied to his texts in years. Follow PGJR on Twitter? No way. And that had hurt even more than Bob Pooler, who was now wishing him luck, stabbing him in the back three years ago.
Presently, he finds himself in the company of Julliet Brooks, a woman who once told him that he wasn’t a “real man” like her boyfriend at the time, C.J. O’Donnell. Not only that, but he is in the U.K. of all places. Pat Gordon, Junior never liked the U.K. It’s why he left Pro-Wrestling Frontier years ago. However, he is there tonight, in the locker room of Boardwalk’s Anarchy in the U.K. He is there to cheer on his recent friend, Julliet Brooks.
His whole world is upside down. He does not have an inkling of a clue as to how point A got to be point B, much less whatever point this is. His worldview, his faith in other people, and even his very notions of right and wrong have been challenged time and time again over the years, and it has become increasingly difficult for him to hang on to them.
This, however, makes him the perfect candidate for the Gold Rush Rumble, and he knows this. He knows that nobody in the match is to be trusted. Any one of them will gladly throw his ass out of the ring if it gets them closer to glory and an FGA World Heavyweight Title shot. None of them are his friends. And in a match like this, you really can’t be afraid to break a few eggs.
Breaking eggs isn’t something he is no longer afraid to do, not when he hasn’t met half of the people in the match, and those he has come across before could serve as the catalyst for his ultimate comeuppance.
Prince Wadjethotep had made him tap out to a choke in New Zealand. Not to sound like Leon Corella, but the referee really had missed Pat Gordon, Junior’s foot on the ropes, and Wadjethotep, now known as TGH, had gloated about it after, claiming that he had Junior in a position from which he couldn’t escape. Gordon would love a second chance to prove that he was better than Wadjethotep, or TGH, or whatever he choses to call himself.
Leanne Evangelista had bested him in 2014 to win the Pro-Wrestling Frontier Open House. He made it all the way to the end, only to be pinned by her. It was like kissing his sister, and so was the fact that she had to drop out of this year’s FGA Gold Rush Rumble. Eliminating her would have been a huge personal victory for him. So much disappointment that he won’t get that chance.
Kevin Hardaway had used him only when it was convenient. When they first met, they butted heads over Pat Gordon, Junior signing with Pro-Wrestling Frontier rather than FGA, leading to the first FGA vs. Frontier supershow. Gordon bested him, not only in that encounter, but also the only other time they had faced one another, at Unsanctioned II. Hardaway went on to use Pat Gordon, Junior as an ally when it seemed profitable, but swiftly chucked him to the side ever since. Gordon would love the opportunity to show Hardaway that he still has his number and look him in the eyes right before flinging him from the ring.
Gordon laughs to himself thinking that Kevin Hardaway probably shit himself a little when he heard that the Boston Bruiser would be in the Gold Rush Rumble. So much for good friends.
There isn’t really anyone else that Pat Gordon, Junior knows on a personal level. The closest that comes is Annie Zellor, but he only ever knew her through Twitter. “Sunshine Scandalous” Tony Carmine and Camellia Magna were both on their way into FGA when he was on his way out. He had seen them around the locker room a few times and watched a few of their matches, but never really talked to them. He doubted it would make or break their day to toss him out, so why in the hell should it ruin his to do it to them?
He might have met Mark Storm once in Japan, but he had hit the sake pretty hard that night and couldn’t really remember. Storm has had a bunch of success in EWC, though, a company that once offered to put Pat Gordon, Junior in their hall of fame after he had one match with them, and Storm has been popping up seemingly everywhere in the world this year. It would be good to eliminate him. It would make Gordon’s stock go through the roof.
That hasn’t been high lately, his stock. His success has been limited since leaving FGA three years ago. That’s why the return. He knows he can’t conquer the world until he accomplishes what he first set out to do, conquering the FGA by becoming the FGA World Heavyweight Champion. He also knows that once he captures the FGA World Heavyweight Championship, there’s no reason for him to go anywhere else. It’s like Sinatra sang about New York. “If I can make it here, I’ll make it anywhere. It’s up to you” FGA, FGA.
Even after he left, Gordon followed FGA enough to know that Jimmy Page was a former FGA World Champion. Page had even won it by doing what Gordon couldn’t do during his time with FGA, by beating Dom Harter. There was something bittersweet about that, and it just made Gordon want to eliminate Page even more. Not just because eliminating a former champ might get people talking about him in the title picture, but because maybe somehow it could serve as a sort of by proxy victory over Harter.
Gordon’s eyes are on the monitor in front of him, but his thoughts are on FGA’s Gold Rush Rumble this Saturday. His thoughts are on making his father proud by winning the rumble and going on to win the FGA World TItle. His thoughts are on making FGA great again. His thoughts are on becoming the Rising Son.