Storm's Story: The Ugly Truth [1]
May 12, 2016 18:29:41 GMT -5
Post by STORM on May 12, 2016 18:29:41 GMT -5
Storm's Story: The Ugly Truth
CHAPTER ONE
“Deep within, there is something profoundly known, not consciously, but subconsciously. A quiet truth, that is not a version of something, but an original knowing. What this, absolute, truth is may be none of our business…but it is there, guiding us along the path of greater becoming; a true awareness. It is so self-sustaining that our recognition of it is not required. We are offspring’s of such a powerfully divine force – Creator of all things known and unknown.”
12/05/2016
Journal Entry #611
Origins [1]
I never used to be much of a deep thinker. I never used to be much of a thinker, now that I think about it. As a kid, I used to just do what I want, when I want, without a care in the world. Without a thought process. When someone embedded an idea in my mind there was no moment of hesitation, I'd just do. But that was when time's were simpler, as I've grown into a man, you change too, without even realizing. I don't know. It's weird because I never used to believe in change. Not really anywhere. I mean sure, people changed with physical appearance, but the person within, I believed that they stayed. I believed that who you are remains a constant. Something never to be altered. But I learned to my amazement, the hard way, that change is inevitable.. and we can either accept that, or attempt to stop it without prevailing. You can't change what's already happened; who your parents are, who your siblings are, where you come from - but you can decide where you go from there, who you choose to associate with, what your plan is for life.
There was never really a plan B. Heck, becoming a fighter wasn't even a plan A. It was just something that molded over time, a passion that developed each and every day. It was hard enough, growing up with a distant mother who worked three jobs and a father who wasn't really around much. An only child who was desperate for attention, wanting to be loved was a priority, that my naive mind wanted so eagerly. Like the other kids. This feeling of suppression lead me down a road of anger, a road that I couldn't exit, and I couldn't see the end of. This courageous behavior would result in me not having many friends, and because of my ability to switch from zero to one hundred, an obvious target for the bullies.
Who'd taunt and tease, punch and kick.. until one day, I had enough and broke free from their grasp. They couldn't control me anymore. They'd created a monster that I couldn't tame, this "freak" that they preached had become their worst nightmares. Word got around quickly and soon enough, people were beginning to know my name. Street fights is where I started, it's where I honed many of my skills that I incorporate in my wrestling arsenal. The sound of their struggle, the smell of their blood, knowing that they're desperate to escape my grasp, that fact became too much to bare.
There was never really a plan B. Heck, becoming a fighter wasn't even a plan A. It was just something that molded over time, a passion that developed each and every day. It was hard enough, growing up with a distant mother who worked three jobs and a father who wasn't really around much. An only child who was desperate for attention, wanting to be loved was a priority, that my naive mind wanted so eagerly. Like the other kids. This feeling of suppression lead me down a road of anger, a road that I couldn't exit, and I couldn't see the end of. This courageous behavior would result in me not having many friends, and because of my ability to switch from zero to one hundred, an obvious target for the bullies.
Who'd taunt and tease, punch and kick.. until one day, I had enough and broke free from their grasp. They couldn't control me anymore. They'd created a monster that I couldn't tame, this "freak" that they preached had become their worst nightmares. Word got around quickly and soon enough, people were beginning to know my name. Street fights is where I started, it's where I honed many of my skills that I incorporate in my wrestling arsenal. The sound of their struggle, the smell of their blood, knowing that they're desperate to escape my grasp, that fact became too much to bare.
TBC
(recording)
With his back against the camera and his hands on his hips, the camera fades in to an internal scene, to be more specific, in the home gym of Mark Storm in St Louis, Missouri. Storm stood staring at the four sided ring he had installed inside the gym, shirtless with sweat slivering down his bare skin, his shorts moist due to the sweat indicating his workout had been extreme. But that had become a regular occurrence for the former EWC World Heavyweight Champion; who's regiment had been taken up another gear, due to his belief of a faltering career.
The successes of last year had now repeated itself thus far and he feared that maybe because he's not training as hard as he could. But in reality, the excessive training in addition to the numerous other promotions he has aligned himself too, has taken a massive toll on his body. Fatigue had become a regularity, he had become accustomed to the morning cramps and the late afternoon tiredness.
I'm a bad guy. I don't vote. I don't give a shit about what's going on politically. I don't care about anyone but myself. I walked away from anyone, and everyone who's ever loved me.
Finally, he turned to face the camera, running his fingers through his slicked back hair.
That's the truth. There's no denying that fact. I'm the bad guy that for some strange reason, everybody seems to love. They love me maybe because I'm not one of your carbon copy, generic piece's of shit that you get nowadays. Maybe they love me because I don't try too hard. I don't get myself out there with numerous publicity, I keep myself to myself and just do what's required. Maybe, people love me because I'm good at what I do. And what I do, is put asses to seats every other night, get inside that four sided ring and I put on a show, that those in attendance, that those watching on their television screens, will never forget. I'm just a guy who loves to wrestle, I'm a guy who lives for the fight and maybe people see that in me, and they admire it, maybe they relate to it. I do my job, that's all I wanna be known for. But I wanna be known as the guy, who's the best at what he does, and I've made that pretty clear, ever since my inception, ever since I walked through those doors in this company, and signed the dotted line, I made it damn clear that I'm here to be the best and nothing less. And to be honest with you, I haven't lived up to the hype, I've barely had any mic time, there was a period where I was booked against the same sort of opponents and now I find myself in a bit of a rut, not knowing what to do, not knowing where to go from here. Aries Reed DRAW, Molly Reid LOST, Molly Reid again and Nero Darling LOST, teaming with Diamond LOST. It just hasn't been going my way.
Shaking his head he paused, running his fingers through his hair once more and sighing.
Everybody's got their own little story's to play but not me, I'm just here - chilling, but I'm getting bored. It's time to mix it up a little. Because the same old, same old - it's dry. The Gold Rush Rumble. That's when you last saw me, delivering suplex's to any son of a bitch who tried to step in front of me. Heck, I didn't even think I could do so many suplex's to so many people in such a short space of time. But that's not the point.. GRR, was supposed to be my turning point. It was supposed to be the first day of the reincarnation of Storm but once again, the day's been delayed.. I just wasn't good enough, I just wasn't hungry enough. And in this game, you've gotta be hungry when you wake up, after you do what you do, and even when you go to sleep. It's a constant that can't be erased.. and I've lost that hunger, somewhere along the road, I've lost a piece of myself that I'm trying to recover. I'm hoping you can help me out with that Johnny Karma. The Frontier Grappling Art's Pride Champion. A two time champion to just exaggerate that fact. You've won the Gold Rush Rumble a record three times, as well as being a two time Frontier Lion's Cup. Johnny Karma's someone who's been around this place longer than most people in the back, and despite peoples view's and opinions on him, his success here in FGA can only be admired - what he's done, has garnered my respect.
Shaking his head he paused, running his fingers through his hair once more and sighing.
Everybody's got their own little story's to play but not me, I'm just here - chilling, but I'm getting bored. It's time to mix it up a little. Because the same old, same old - it's dry. The Gold Rush Rumble. That's when you last saw me, delivering suplex's to any son of a bitch who tried to step in front of me. Heck, I didn't even think I could do so many suplex's to so many people in such a short space of time. But that's not the point.. GRR, was supposed to be my turning point. It was supposed to be the first day of the reincarnation of Storm but once again, the day's been delayed.. I just wasn't good enough, I just wasn't hungry enough. And in this game, you've gotta be hungry when you wake up, after you do what you do, and even when you go to sleep. It's a constant that can't be erased.. and I've lost that hunger, somewhere along the road, I've lost a piece of myself that I'm trying to recover. I'm hoping you can help me out with that Johnny Karma. The Frontier Grappling Art's Pride Champion. A two time champion to just exaggerate that fact. You've won the Gold Rush Rumble a record three times, as well as being a two time Frontier Lion's Cup. Johnny Karma's someone who's been around this place longer than most people in the back, and despite peoples view's and opinions on him, his success here in FGA can only be admired - what he's done, has garnered my respect.
Nodding his head in appreciation, he paused and turned his back to the camera yet again and looked at the four sided ring in front of him. Planting both hands on the apron he looked inside and the camera came to a side view of the self proclaimed "reckoning of professional wrestling", and a smile plastered across his mouth.
It's a massive step up for me. It's not every other week you'll get an opportunity to go head to head against one of the biggest juggernauts in the promotion, no, you've gotta earn that right. You've gotta fight for that right, but I don't know, maybe my performance at The Gold Rush Rumble was enough to be taken seriously. Maybe my performance wasn't such a disaster and has led me to a road of enlightenment.. or maybe, this is just a test. To see whether I've got what it takes to be considered for contention, whether I've got what it takes to be leveled up and hang with the big guys and gals. There's a lot riding on this one, an opportunity to be taken seriously, an opportunity to beat the champion, that's what everybody wants. I've been around the world; competed in hundreds and hundreds of matches, but I have never faced someone like Johnny Karma.
But I bet Johnny Karma has never faced someone like me; someone who's a little different, a paranoid schizophrenic who one night can be one of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace the planet but on another night, can be a lifeless zombie treading the ring like an amateur. Which one will Johnny Karma face? With the stakes high and a lot to play for at my end, I can guarantee that I'll give Johnny Karma my all, I'll leave it all inside that ring. I'll push, and pull, and claw, and scratch for that victory. I'll work my ass off to tame the beast that is Johnny Karma, I'll cheat, I'll play dirtier than he plays.. I'll break the rules! There's no limit on how far I will go, no boundaries or lengths! I've been waiting, I've been watching and enough is enough.
Time to take matters into my own hands and take control of my destiny. Karma has created a brand for himself and in this realm its one of the biggest brands of them all. Taking one of the big hitters down, will not only boost me up the rankings but it also sends a warning out to the rest of the roster - that I'm not someone they should doubt. I'm not someone they should neglect, but most importantly, I'm someone they should be paying very close attention too. I've gone through my career playing the role of the underdog, the darkhorse who fades to the background and let's everybody else play their roles.. and out of nowhere, I come out, do my thing, contradict the expectations and leave a crowd of spectators astonished. It's what I've been doing for the last three years. And it's what I'll do Saturday night on Vertigo when Johnny Karma meets Mark Storm inside the four sided ring. The attention right now, is on the Dynamic Duo's tournament that proceeds this Saturday.. but by the end of the night, the only thing people will be talking about is Mark Storm.
Pointing at himself however not diverting his eyes away from the ring. But I bet Johnny Karma has never faced someone like me; someone who's a little different, a paranoid schizophrenic who one night can be one of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace the planet but on another night, can be a lifeless zombie treading the ring like an amateur. Which one will Johnny Karma face? With the stakes high and a lot to play for at my end, I can guarantee that I'll give Johnny Karma my all, I'll leave it all inside that ring. I'll push, and pull, and claw, and scratch for that victory. I'll work my ass off to tame the beast that is Johnny Karma, I'll cheat, I'll play dirtier than he plays.. I'll break the rules! There's no limit on how far I will go, no boundaries or lengths! I've been waiting, I've been watching and enough is enough.
Time to take matters into my own hands and take control of my destiny. Karma has created a brand for himself and in this realm its one of the biggest brands of them all. Taking one of the big hitters down, will not only boost me up the rankings but it also sends a warning out to the rest of the roster - that I'm not someone they should doubt. I'm not someone they should neglect, but most importantly, I'm someone they should be paying very close attention too. I've gone through my career playing the role of the underdog, the darkhorse who fades to the background and let's everybody else play their roles.. and out of nowhere, I come out, do my thing, contradict the expectations and leave a crowd of spectators astonished. It's what I've been doing for the last three years. And it's what I'll do Saturday night on Vertigo when Johnny Karma meets Mark Storm inside the four sided ring. The attention right now, is on the Dynamic Duo's tournament that proceeds this Saturday.. but by the end of the night, the only thing people will be talking about is Mark Storm.
