Vertigo (7.9.16)
Jul 10, 2016 7:58:08 GMT -5
Post by FGA Office on Jul 10, 2016 7:58:08 GMT -5
"Nobody Likes Me" by Deuce ft. Ronnie Radke hits the speakers. Bells are heard chiming through the speakers as the music comes in blazing, the lights surveying the arena, but then it stays focused on the top of the ramp with a bright white light. Zero McHannon walks through the curtain with a black zip up with the hood over his head, a leather jacket over the hoodie, and an axe at hand. He turns his back to the audience, holding up a "Z" with both hands to the crowd, then turning around abruptly, and rips the "Z" apart.
Kris Cruise: Making his way to the ring now, former FGA World Champion, Zero McHannon. I bet he has a lot to say after what went down at All Star Showdown.
Stephy Auger: I would too if I were in his shoes. That man has suffered enough without losing the championship. I feel bad for him.
Kris Cruise: Please tell me you’re joking, Stephy. Everything that has happened to Zero has been broughten on himself. No one forces his hand except for him.
Zero holds his arms out for a moment and raises his head to take in the atmosphere from the fans as they shower him in hate, then slowly starts to make his way down the ramp. He walks down the ramp as fans are throwing jeers in his face, but Zero completely ignores them, and keeps his eyes fixated on the ring. McHannon stops at the bottom of the ramp and bounces on the balls of his feet, looking from one side of the arena to the other, then sliding in through the bottom rope, and bouncing right up to his feet.
Zero McHannon climbs the nearest turnbuckle spread his arms and begins to yell towards the crowd as they do their best to cheer over him with jeers. He freezes for a moment, taking in the reaction from the audience, then hops from the corner ropes, and tests the mat under his feet. He's talking to himself as he crosses the ring and stands up on the other turnbuckle, brushing off his shoulder to the crowd, and slapping himself in the chest. McHannon sets down the axe at this turnbuckle and crosses the ring.
McHannon walks into the middle of the ring and pulls off the zip up with one of his hands, tossing it off to the side of the canvas. He falls back into one of the corners, and slumps into the turnbuckle, and then pulls apart from the turnbuckle, staring at the crowd. Zero looks around the ring as the fans fall a bit silent. After seeing that they were all patient to hear what he had to say, he reaches over the top rope to receive the microphone being handed to him from the other side.
Zero McHannon: No words can explain how I feel right now…
Zero falls silent, letting the microphone drop to his side. He reaches up for the FGA World Championship only to notice that it’s not in the comfort zone of his shoulder. The camera shows McHannon bite down on the inner part of his lip as he stares down at the canvas.
Crowd” Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er!
Stephy Auger: That’s not right. These fans need to show our former champion some respect.
Kris Cruise: I mean… they’re not wrong.
He looks around at the arena as the fans are chanting “woman beater” at him, but doesn’t show any emotion. The hand not holding the mic folds up into a fist as he turns around to the opposite side of the crowd.
Zero McHannon: Shut your mouths! You’ve had your fun for the night watching all of these boring matches! It’s my turn to talk and that means you listen to greatness when it’s in your presence! I was your two time FGA World Champion. I was the man who eliminated the most people in last year’s Gold Rush Rumble. I’ve done NOTHING but give you little sh*ts everything I’ve had since I walked into this company and you’re the ones who turned on me, not the other way around. You left my side the moment Cindy Parker became world champ. What kind of loyalty is that?!? About the same kind of loyalty Johnny Cannon had when Tony Carmine took that sickening fall to the outside… Instead of checking on his “buddy”, he tried to pull a smooth roll up pin on me. That’s loyalty. Cheap loyalty. Your kind of loyalty. The type of loyalty that’s almost as sickening as having to watch Cordy and Dan on the same team. Go screw yourselves.
The fans really start to shower Zero in boos now as he paces the ring and lets the crowd chew on that some. He pauses at the nearest turnbuckle and reaches out a hand to it for support, then turns his attention back to the middle of the canvas.
Zero McHannon: But you know what? I’m going to be the bigger man tonight. I’m going to be better than every single one of you. Just like I am in life, compared to yours. Just like I am in the ring, compared to every wrestler in that locker room. I’m always the better man, but at All Star Showdown? I wasn’t anymore…
The fans start to cheer when Zero mentions losing the title at the last pay per view, leaving a sour taste in his mouth. He spits over the top rope, to the outside mat, and slowly nods his head to the audience.
Zero McHannon: Yeah, I bet you guys love that. I’ll admit it, I was out wrestled that night. I put my best foot forward and I failed. The week leading up to that match made me a nervous wreck, because regardless of what anyone says, I love that FGA World Championship more than anything else in my life. I would sacrifice every single one of you.
He points to the crowd.
Zero McHannon: Every single one of them.
McHannon points towards the backstage area.
Kris Cruise: Jesus, what a hypocrite. Didn’t see him caring too much about that title when he “lost it on purpose” to Cindy Parker when she really deserved what she took.
Stephy Auger: If you can’t see that Zero cares more about that championship than anything else, there’s no explaining it to you. He cared so much that he took it right back off Cindy. I plan to see him do it again.
Zero lowers his arm from the stage area and points to his stomach.
Zero McHannon: Just to have that title back around my waist again. You’ve seen people come and go in this company that claim they love being the FGA World Champion. They say that it means the world to them. They feed you the lies that there’s nothing else in life that matters when you lose that championship. None of them mean it as much as I do. Wrestling is my life. It’s all I know. Without being the top champion in this company, what else is there for me here? A downgrade? I don’t think so.
Zero starts to wag his finger at the thought of downgrading himself away from the FGA World Championship. The crowd starts to grow a little reckless at his words, but he raises the microphone up to his lips and cuts them off from getting too rowdy.
Zero McHannon: You see… when you want to be the best wrestler in any company you perform in, you don’t settle for second best. I’m NOT second best. I might’ve got outmatched one night, but how many others have I put in their place just to get my shot at that championship? Everyone. That’s the f*cking answer. There’s a reason that Tony was holding the Pride Championship while I was making Chandler Scott tap out at Final Frontier after he ruined his shot at beating his idol. There’s a reason that Cannon was chasing after the Pride Championship while I was securing my place as the best of the best in this business… and it’s not because they were at the top, no no.
Zero’s face turns to stone as a sick smile crosses his face, making him turn his attention to where the camera was.
Zero McHannon: It’s because Carmine’s career then is exactly where it is right now… on hold. Stuck in time. Ready for better things that he just isn’t prepared for. And Cannon? Everyone eventually has their night. Just ask Fujiko Mine about that. You can have your one night, but can you have the career of your life, like I’ve been doing for thirteen years? No. Trust me. I’ve watched Cannon long before he had his moment in the sun at All Star Showdown, and it took him thirteen years to even get on this level. A level that I’ve been at my entire life.
The camera quickly skims the crowd, then goes to the announcer’s table.
Stephy Auger: Three time world champ. Almost every accomplishment in the book. Several other titles. Award winner. He backs up what he says. How do you not love this guy?
Kris Cruise: Easy answer. Just listen to him. He thinks he’s the best in the world. He used to be humble, now he’s just arrogant.
The crowd goes into a mixed reaction at Zero’s words once the camera skims the arena again.
Zero McHannon: Cannon might’ve beaten me. He might’ve taken that title off me. He might’ve been the better man on June twenty-fifth… That doesn’t bother me. You don’t win them all and the best always push past their losses. Some of the best wrestlers in the world aren’t even undefeated. People like you a**holes get sick and tired of seeing someone dominate the playing field. The best get the reaction that they do out of you morons. Out of the locker room. Out of the peanut gallery on twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat, whenever you’re passing off nudes of the groupie slut that sent a picture of her meatloaf to you three days ago… Yes. Greatness is bringing out emotions in people that they never thought they had.
McHannon pauses.
Zero McHannon: Just like I brought out the best in Johnny Cannon and the best part of Tony’s career at All Star Showdown. That’s what the f*cking greatest do. Enjoy me while you can, the generation of wrestling after me is screwed.
The crowd goes back into a frenzy as McHannon walks over to one of the turnbuckles and picks up the axe that he laid next to it. He throws the axe over one of his shoulders and walks back to the middle of the ring.
Zero McHannon: Even though all of that doesn’t bother me more than losing my FGA World Championship… there’s something that does. Johnny Cannon said that I didn’t earn my spot to hold the FGA World Championship. That idiot discredited everything I’ve pulled off in the past year and everyone that I beat along the way.
McHannon takes a deep breath and exhales. His eyes are fixated somewhere in the audience as he slowly turns a complete circle, scanning the whole building.
Kris Cruise: Well… can’t say that what he has done so far hasn’t been impressive for his short time of being in FGA so far. I’ll give him that, but he doesn’t need to remind us.
Stephy Auger: With the lack of respect from people like you, I think reminding people what he has done is exactly what’s needed.
The camera comes back to Zero who still has his eyes dead set on the fans.
Zero McHannon: I’m not the New Kings. I don’t have to act like nothing in the world bothers me and I’m invincible. I don’t have to pretend that I don’t have any weaknesses. That…--- That pissed me off. And the fact that all those jackasses backstage ate it up, pisses me off even more. The fact you guys loved watching me get pinned. The fact that you actually think anything that comes out of Cannon’s mouth has anything warranted to back it up… Makes you guys… Retards.
Someone at ringside starts to wave down Zero at saying the word “retards” on national television, but he turns to the man and walks over to that area of the rope.
Zero McHannon: Don’t tell me what I can and can’t say, I’m the one with the microphone! I’m the guy closing the show! And before anyone thinks about getting in their car to go home, they’re going to listen to what I have to say!
He turns away from the man and struts back towards the center of the canvas.
Zero McHannon: How are you going to say I’m a hell of a wrestler and follow it up with the line, “You didn’t earn it”!?! From All Star Showdown of last year, to All Star Showdown of this year, I LOST TWO MATCHES! TWO! One of them was a handi-cap match. The other was my charity loss to Cindy. My very first match, Gold Rush Rumble. Most eliminations from not stepping a foot in this ring for a year and a half. Half a year later, and I walked away with Feud of the Year and Best Newcomer of the Year. Give me a year’s time and I walked away with the FGA World Championship. TWICE! Every match I put on is a match of the year candidate. Everyone who steps up to me gets a piece of my spotlight. I can see it in their face when they’re standing across the ring from me how much they want… How badly they want to add Zero McHannon to their list, because a win against me actually means something. Is it because I EARNED my number one contendership through a tournament that wasn’t called the Lion’s Cup or Gold Rush Rumble? You’re going to try to take away that I won two matches in one night to get my shot? You’re going to dry hump Chandler Scott’s excuses about a shoulder injury when I’m the one who made him tap out.
McHannon points to the center of the ring.
Zero McHannon: Right here. Right here is where I laid Chandler and Cindy both out to get what I DESERVED! I wrestled one match in Hard Knox by the mid-year and it’s a front runner for match of the year. I beat Jimmy Page. Chandler Scott. Johnny Karma. Fujiko Mine. Annie Dupree. Dom Harter. Noelle Smith. Cindy Parker. Izzy Anders. Dex and Whiskey. All of those people were a doorstep to my title reign. And you’re going to try and say I didn’t earn my shot at the FGA World Championship when I was knocking at the door for the chance… The chance I rightfully took from everyone else who got in my way?
McHannon paces the ring once again, building in anger.
Kris Cruise: Chandler Scott had a more impressive list of names.
Stephy Auger: Yeah, right before Zero added him to his list.
Zero starts to softly laugh to himself. He throws up a hand to his forehead and starts to rub it, clearly getting a headache at the thought.
Zero McHannon: “You were just there”. Yeah, I was there and knocked the damn door down when my time came. You act like these people are the only world champions I’ve ever beaten in my life… Spoiler alert: It’s not. When it comes to the chase of beating the wrestlers who everyone claims are the “best in the business”, I chase it like nothing you’ve ever seen before. I’ve put every single one of those people in their places at one time or another… except Johnny Cannon. And I won’t be able to live with myself until I do. Cannon has my number in the ring, and that number is haunting… Zero. But to say that I didn’t EARN what I got… to say that I was “just there”... GO F*CK YOURSELF! I went out there and wrestled my way to a chance at the world championship, not just come on the scene of the company and talk about the Pride Championship until management felt so sorry for me that they gave me a shot because they probably thought you were riding the short bus to the shows. How many awards did Cannon win in his six months in the company? I’ll let you idiots think about the answer to that one for a moment. I didn’t have to tuck my tail and run my happy ass to MMA or television, because I questioned my ability as a wrestler, just to pad my achievements, because I didn’t have what it took to compete is EXODUS Pro for years. I earned my shot just like everyone else does… I wrestled. I won. I conquered. And I did it again. DON’T EVER TRY TO TAKE AWAY WHAT I’VE DONE AGAIN, OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!
Someone at ringside says something to Zero again to try and calm him down, but this time he completely turns to the man and yells at the top of his lungs.
Zero McHannon: SHUT UP! NOTHING I’VE DONE IS A FLUKE. I WASN’T “JUST THERE”! I EARNED EVERYTHING I’VE EVER GOTTEN IN LIFE, BECAUSE YOU DON’T JUST STEP INTO THIS RING AND HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED BY BEING A PANSY YOUR WHOLE CAREER! I EARNED MY CONTENDERSHIP! I EARNED MY WIN WHEN I WALKED AWAY WITH THE FGA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! I EARNED A DAMN REMATCH AT THE TITLE, TOO! SOMETHING THAT CARMINE DIDN’T DO! You won’t see me say that Cannon didn’t earn it… because he did. But if he beat a sh*tty champion, who did all the things he claimed I did, then what kind of champion does that make him? Trash. Garbage. Don’t EVER… try to take away everything I’ve accomplished again. Because it took you twice as long to pull off a fourth of what I’ve already captured in this company.
Zero rips off his shirt and throws it into the jeering crowd. He falls back into the corner with axe at hand and holds up the microphone one last time.
Zero McHannon: Screw this company. Suck my d*ck. Since when does winning matches mean you haven’t earned your spot.
Kris Cruise: What’s he doing?!
Stephy Auger: Showing why he’s one of the best. Just sit back and watch, Cruise. You might learn a thing or two.
He spikes the microphone down on the mat and rolls to the outside of the ring. Zero drops the axe to the floor and walks over to the first set of steel steps before reaching down and turning them over! They scatter across the mat as he makes his way to the next set of steps. He picks those up and throws them onto the rampway. Making his way to the third set, he reaches back and kicks them as hard as he can to watch them splatter against the barrier! Finally, Zero walks to the fourth set of steps, reaches down, pulls them above his head and turns towards the crowd… The fans in the first couple of rows start to run as Zero throws the steps as hard as he can against the barrier, causing them to scoot back across the floor several of feet!
Kris Cruise: The hell!?! Zero has lost his mind! There’s innocent fans in the building. He didn’t pay for this equipment! Where is that new security?
Stephy Auger: Might want to play this smart and get out of his way, Kris. Zero is coming our way…
McHannon reaches down for the axe he brought and starts ripping off the top of the announcer’s table. He pulls back the axe behind his head and brings it down on top of the table as the monitors pop out of place! He does it again… and again… and again…
SNAP![/i]
The table breaks clean in half after the third swipe that causes it to crumble under the pressure of the axe. Zero doesn’t stop that as he keeps hammering at the announcer’s table until it looks like firewood. The fans are yelling at him and going wild, telling him to stop, but he ignores them. He walks to one side of the ring and starts to beat the barrier with the axe at hand, causing several of the fans in the area to flee! Some drinks and food come flying from the audience, but it doesn’t stop McHannon as he starts punching his way through the barrier at ringside, kicking it over into the abandoned stands.
Zero then reaches out and grabs the apron that surrounds the ring, starting to rip it off the canvas. He gets tangled up in it at first, but fights his way through as he manages to tear down every apron on all four sides of the ring. Zero sees one of the monitors from the announcer’s table at his foot before he picks it up and launches it into the crowd like he were throwing a discus in track and field.
He then looks down at the mat that’s placed on the outside of the ring to protect those who fall over the ropes and starts to tear off the tape that keeps it in place, then reaches down to pulls up a piece of the mat, exposing the concrete underneath. Zero struggles with it at first, clearly showing how heavy the mat on the outside was, but eventually gets it unhinged from its roots as he stumbles backwards after pulling it completely off one section off the floor. He picks up the dropped axe and starts lacing into the mat, chunks of the rubber flying up with each blow!
McHannon then rolls into the ring and brings off the cover to the ring in one swoop. Underneath exposes the plywood that they wrestle on as Zero looks around to the audience, most have ran to the steps in the middle of the seats, and some are standing in the hallways to the rest of the arena. Zero tests the plywood under his feet before turning to the crowd once more, a series of flashes from the cameras go off around the building as he slowly spins, surveying the area.
Zero McHannon: ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU WANTED!?! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? IT’S LIKE SEAWORLD! SPLASH ZONE IN THE FIRST FIVE SECTIONS!
The camera flash stops as soon as Zero starts to take the axe to the plywood, also known as the canvas of the ring. Chunks of wood start to fly from the ring and into the stands, around the ring, and small pieces coming from the edge of the axe. He reaches over and snaps the ropes with one clean sweep from the axe, causing them to spring against the turnbuckles like a hairband. He reaches around and cuts the next set of ropes clean as well! Then he turns his attention back to the plywood in the ring before McHannon starts to hammer down on it once again. Finally another…
SNAP!
The canvas of the ring collapses under the weight.
Zero slid into the hole in the middle of the ring briefly, almost shocked himself at how it gave in. He then climbs up on the metal beam of the surrounding ring, or what was left of it, before hopping to the outside, taking a look over his shoulder at all the damage he done. It’s at this time that he looks forward and sees the new elite security that FGA has gotten making their way down the rampway in his direction. McHannon turns his back to them and smiles as he looks at the broken canvas, ropes, steps, barriers, announcer’s table, aprons, and even the padding on the outside that he managed to rip off the cement.
McHannon then turns back to the security that is edging their way closer to out of control talent, causing Zero to spread his arms to the overpowered man force.
Zero McHannon: Come get it.
Without a second notion, the Alliance Security scrambles on the former FGA World Champion, and bringing him to the ground as the camera starts to pull away from the scene. They cover McHannon like a pack of dogs as he is seen lost in the pool of security before the screen transitions to black, followed by the Vertigo logo.
Kris Cruise: Making his way to the ring now, former FGA World Champion, Zero McHannon. I bet he has a lot to say after what went down at All Star Showdown.
Stephy Auger: I would too if I were in his shoes. That man has suffered enough without losing the championship. I feel bad for him.
Kris Cruise: Please tell me you’re joking, Stephy. Everything that has happened to Zero has been broughten on himself. No one forces his hand except for him.
“Nobody likes me,
No one likes me,
But I don't like them,
Uh uh, I don't, nu uh"
No one likes me,
But I don't like them,
Uh uh, I don't, nu uh"
Zero holds his arms out for a moment and raises his head to take in the atmosphere from the fans as they shower him in hate, then slowly starts to make his way down the ramp. He walks down the ramp as fans are throwing jeers in his face, but Zero completely ignores them, and keeps his eyes fixated on the ring. McHannon stops at the bottom of the ramp and bounces on the balls of his feet, looking from one side of the arena to the other, then sliding in through the bottom rope, and bouncing right up to his feet.
“All this hate you gave me that turned me deranged
Now I'm burning in the flames
All the things you said, they've been stuck in my head
And now I'm at it again, an addict
Welcome to hell, bitch
You can't do nothing about it
Out of my way f*ggot, you heard what I said damn it
I am an automatic ready to fire back at
All the f*ckers laughing
Not gonna lie about it, I'm gonna wreck havoc
Everyone's dying
Don't matter"
Now I'm burning in the flames
All the things you said, they've been stuck in my head
And now I'm at it again, an addict
Welcome to hell, bitch
You can't do nothing about it
Out of my way f*ggot, you heard what I said damn it
I am an automatic ready to fire back at
All the f*ckers laughing
Not gonna lie about it, I'm gonna wreck havoc
Everyone's dying
Don't matter"
Zero McHannon climbs the nearest turnbuckle spread his arms and begins to yell towards the crowd as they do their best to cheer over him with jeers. He freezes for a moment, taking in the reaction from the audience, then hops from the corner ropes, and tests the mat under his feet. He's talking to himself as he crosses the ring and stands up on the other turnbuckle, brushing off his shoulder to the crowd, and slapping himself in the chest. McHannon sets down the axe at this turnbuckle and crosses the ring.
"This is my chance
Maybe my last
And if I leave
There's no way back
This is your fate
When worlds collapse
I took my pain
Now give it backkkkkkk"
Maybe my last
And if I leave
There's no way back
This is your fate
When worlds collapse
I took my pain
Now give it backkkkkkk"
McHannon walks into the middle of the ring and pulls off the zip up with one of his hands, tossing it off to the side of the canvas. He falls back into one of the corners, and slumps into the turnbuckle, and then pulls apart from the turnbuckle, staring at the crowd. Zero looks around the ring as the fans fall a bit silent. After seeing that they were all patient to hear what he had to say, he reaches over the top rope to receive the microphone being handed to him from the other side.
Zero McHannon: No words can explain how I feel right now…
Zero falls silent, letting the microphone drop to his side. He reaches up for the FGA World Championship only to notice that it’s not in the comfort zone of his shoulder. The camera shows McHannon bite down on the inner part of his lip as he stares down at the canvas.
Crowd” Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er! Wo-man Beat-er!
Stephy Auger: That’s not right. These fans need to show our former champion some respect.
Kris Cruise: I mean… they’re not wrong.
He looks around at the arena as the fans are chanting “woman beater” at him, but doesn’t show any emotion. The hand not holding the mic folds up into a fist as he turns around to the opposite side of the crowd.
Zero McHannon: Shut your mouths! You’ve had your fun for the night watching all of these boring matches! It’s my turn to talk and that means you listen to greatness when it’s in your presence! I was your two time FGA World Champion. I was the man who eliminated the most people in last year’s Gold Rush Rumble. I’ve done NOTHING but give you little sh*ts everything I’ve had since I walked into this company and you’re the ones who turned on me, not the other way around. You left my side the moment Cindy Parker became world champ. What kind of loyalty is that?!? About the same kind of loyalty Johnny Cannon had when Tony Carmine took that sickening fall to the outside… Instead of checking on his “buddy”, he tried to pull a smooth roll up pin on me. That’s loyalty. Cheap loyalty. Your kind of loyalty. The type of loyalty that’s almost as sickening as having to watch Cordy and Dan on the same team. Go screw yourselves.
The fans really start to shower Zero in boos now as he paces the ring and lets the crowd chew on that some. He pauses at the nearest turnbuckle and reaches out a hand to it for support, then turns his attention back to the middle of the canvas.
Zero McHannon: But you know what? I’m going to be the bigger man tonight. I’m going to be better than every single one of you. Just like I am in life, compared to yours. Just like I am in the ring, compared to every wrestler in that locker room. I’m always the better man, but at All Star Showdown? I wasn’t anymore…
The fans start to cheer when Zero mentions losing the title at the last pay per view, leaving a sour taste in his mouth. He spits over the top rope, to the outside mat, and slowly nods his head to the audience.
Zero McHannon: Yeah, I bet you guys love that. I’ll admit it, I was out wrestled that night. I put my best foot forward and I failed. The week leading up to that match made me a nervous wreck, because regardless of what anyone says, I love that FGA World Championship more than anything else in my life. I would sacrifice every single one of you.
He points to the crowd.
Zero McHannon: Every single one of them.
McHannon points towards the backstage area.
Kris Cruise: Jesus, what a hypocrite. Didn’t see him caring too much about that title when he “lost it on purpose” to Cindy Parker when she really deserved what she took.
Stephy Auger: If you can’t see that Zero cares more about that championship than anything else, there’s no explaining it to you. He cared so much that he took it right back off Cindy. I plan to see him do it again.
Zero lowers his arm from the stage area and points to his stomach.
Zero McHannon: Just to have that title back around my waist again. You’ve seen people come and go in this company that claim they love being the FGA World Champion. They say that it means the world to them. They feed you the lies that there’s nothing else in life that matters when you lose that championship. None of them mean it as much as I do. Wrestling is my life. It’s all I know. Without being the top champion in this company, what else is there for me here? A downgrade? I don’t think so.
Zero starts to wag his finger at the thought of downgrading himself away from the FGA World Championship. The crowd starts to grow a little reckless at his words, but he raises the microphone up to his lips and cuts them off from getting too rowdy.
Zero McHannon: You see… when you want to be the best wrestler in any company you perform in, you don’t settle for second best. I’m NOT second best. I might’ve got outmatched one night, but how many others have I put in their place just to get my shot at that championship? Everyone. That’s the f*cking answer. There’s a reason that Tony was holding the Pride Championship while I was making Chandler Scott tap out at Final Frontier after he ruined his shot at beating his idol. There’s a reason that Cannon was chasing after the Pride Championship while I was securing my place as the best of the best in this business… and it’s not because they were at the top, no no.
Zero’s face turns to stone as a sick smile crosses his face, making him turn his attention to where the camera was.
Zero McHannon: It’s because Carmine’s career then is exactly where it is right now… on hold. Stuck in time. Ready for better things that he just isn’t prepared for. And Cannon? Everyone eventually has their night. Just ask Fujiko Mine about that. You can have your one night, but can you have the career of your life, like I’ve been doing for thirteen years? No. Trust me. I’ve watched Cannon long before he had his moment in the sun at All Star Showdown, and it took him thirteen years to even get on this level. A level that I’ve been at my entire life.
The camera quickly skims the crowd, then goes to the announcer’s table.
Stephy Auger: Three time world champ. Almost every accomplishment in the book. Several other titles. Award winner. He backs up what he says. How do you not love this guy?
Kris Cruise: Easy answer. Just listen to him. He thinks he’s the best in the world. He used to be humble, now he’s just arrogant.
The crowd goes into a mixed reaction at Zero’s words once the camera skims the arena again.
Zero McHannon: Cannon might’ve beaten me. He might’ve taken that title off me. He might’ve been the better man on June twenty-fifth… That doesn’t bother me. You don’t win them all and the best always push past their losses. Some of the best wrestlers in the world aren’t even undefeated. People like you a**holes get sick and tired of seeing someone dominate the playing field. The best get the reaction that they do out of you morons. Out of the locker room. Out of the peanut gallery on twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat, whenever you’re passing off nudes of the groupie slut that sent a picture of her meatloaf to you three days ago… Yes. Greatness is bringing out emotions in people that they never thought they had.
McHannon pauses.
Zero McHannon: Just like I brought out the best in Johnny Cannon and the best part of Tony’s career at All Star Showdown. That’s what the f*cking greatest do. Enjoy me while you can, the generation of wrestling after me is screwed.
The crowd goes back into a frenzy as McHannon walks over to one of the turnbuckles and picks up the axe that he laid next to it. He throws the axe over one of his shoulders and walks back to the middle of the ring.
Zero McHannon: Even though all of that doesn’t bother me more than losing my FGA World Championship… there’s something that does. Johnny Cannon said that I didn’t earn my spot to hold the FGA World Championship. That idiot discredited everything I’ve pulled off in the past year and everyone that I beat along the way.
McHannon takes a deep breath and exhales. His eyes are fixated somewhere in the audience as he slowly turns a complete circle, scanning the whole building.
Kris Cruise: Well… can’t say that what he has done so far hasn’t been impressive for his short time of being in FGA so far. I’ll give him that, but he doesn’t need to remind us.
Stephy Auger: With the lack of respect from people like you, I think reminding people what he has done is exactly what’s needed.
The camera comes back to Zero who still has his eyes dead set on the fans.
Zero McHannon: I’m not the New Kings. I don’t have to act like nothing in the world bothers me and I’m invincible. I don’t have to pretend that I don’t have any weaknesses. That…--- That pissed me off. And the fact that all those jackasses backstage ate it up, pisses me off even more. The fact you guys loved watching me get pinned. The fact that you actually think anything that comes out of Cannon’s mouth has anything warranted to back it up… Makes you guys… Retards.
Someone at ringside starts to wave down Zero at saying the word “retards” on national television, but he turns to the man and walks over to that area of the rope.
Zero McHannon: Don’t tell me what I can and can’t say, I’m the one with the microphone! I’m the guy closing the show! And before anyone thinks about getting in their car to go home, they’re going to listen to what I have to say!
He turns away from the man and struts back towards the center of the canvas.
Zero McHannon: How are you going to say I’m a hell of a wrestler and follow it up with the line, “You didn’t earn it”!?! From All Star Showdown of last year, to All Star Showdown of this year, I LOST TWO MATCHES! TWO! One of them was a handi-cap match. The other was my charity loss to Cindy. My very first match, Gold Rush Rumble. Most eliminations from not stepping a foot in this ring for a year and a half. Half a year later, and I walked away with Feud of the Year and Best Newcomer of the Year. Give me a year’s time and I walked away with the FGA World Championship. TWICE! Every match I put on is a match of the year candidate. Everyone who steps up to me gets a piece of my spotlight. I can see it in their face when they’re standing across the ring from me how much they want… How badly they want to add Zero McHannon to their list, because a win against me actually means something. Is it because I EARNED my number one contendership through a tournament that wasn’t called the Lion’s Cup or Gold Rush Rumble? You’re going to try to take away that I won two matches in one night to get my shot? You’re going to dry hump Chandler Scott’s excuses about a shoulder injury when I’m the one who made him tap out.
McHannon points to the center of the ring.
Zero McHannon: Right here. Right here is where I laid Chandler and Cindy both out to get what I DESERVED! I wrestled one match in Hard Knox by the mid-year and it’s a front runner for match of the year. I beat Jimmy Page. Chandler Scott. Johnny Karma. Fujiko Mine. Annie Dupree. Dom Harter. Noelle Smith. Cindy Parker. Izzy Anders. Dex and Whiskey. All of those people were a doorstep to my title reign. And you’re going to try and say I didn’t earn my shot at the FGA World Championship when I was knocking at the door for the chance… The chance I rightfully took from everyone else who got in my way?
McHannon paces the ring once again, building in anger.
Kris Cruise: Chandler Scott had a more impressive list of names.
Stephy Auger: Yeah, right before Zero added him to his list.
Zero starts to softly laugh to himself. He throws up a hand to his forehead and starts to rub it, clearly getting a headache at the thought.
Zero McHannon: “You were just there”. Yeah, I was there and knocked the damn door down when my time came. You act like these people are the only world champions I’ve ever beaten in my life… Spoiler alert: It’s not. When it comes to the chase of beating the wrestlers who everyone claims are the “best in the business”, I chase it like nothing you’ve ever seen before. I’ve put every single one of those people in their places at one time or another… except Johnny Cannon. And I won’t be able to live with myself until I do. Cannon has my number in the ring, and that number is haunting… Zero. But to say that I didn’t EARN what I got… to say that I was “just there”... GO F*CK YOURSELF! I went out there and wrestled my way to a chance at the world championship, not just come on the scene of the company and talk about the Pride Championship until management felt so sorry for me that they gave me a shot because they probably thought you were riding the short bus to the shows. How many awards did Cannon win in his six months in the company? I’ll let you idiots think about the answer to that one for a moment. I didn’t have to tuck my tail and run my happy ass to MMA or television, because I questioned my ability as a wrestler, just to pad my achievements, because I didn’t have what it took to compete is EXODUS Pro for years. I earned my shot just like everyone else does… I wrestled. I won. I conquered. And I did it again. DON’T EVER TRY TO TAKE AWAY WHAT I’VE DONE AGAIN, OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP!
Someone at ringside says something to Zero again to try and calm him down, but this time he completely turns to the man and yells at the top of his lungs.
Zero McHannon: SHUT UP! NOTHING I’VE DONE IS A FLUKE. I WASN’T “JUST THERE”! I EARNED EVERYTHING I’VE EVER GOTTEN IN LIFE, BECAUSE YOU DON’T JUST STEP INTO THIS RING AND HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED BY BEING A PANSY YOUR WHOLE CAREER! I EARNED MY CONTENDERSHIP! I EARNED MY WIN WHEN I WALKED AWAY WITH THE FGA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! I EARNED A DAMN REMATCH AT THE TITLE, TOO! SOMETHING THAT CARMINE DIDN’T DO! You won’t see me say that Cannon didn’t earn it… because he did. But if he beat a sh*tty champion, who did all the things he claimed I did, then what kind of champion does that make him? Trash. Garbage. Don’t EVER… try to take away everything I’ve accomplished again. Because it took you twice as long to pull off a fourth of what I’ve already captured in this company.
Zero rips off his shirt and throws it into the jeering crowd. He falls back into the corner with axe at hand and holds up the microphone one last time.
Zero McHannon: Screw this company. Suck my d*ck. Since when does winning matches mean you haven’t earned your spot.
Kris Cruise: What’s he doing?!
Stephy Auger: Showing why he’s one of the best. Just sit back and watch, Cruise. You might learn a thing or two.
He spikes the microphone down on the mat and rolls to the outside of the ring. Zero drops the axe to the floor and walks over to the first set of steel steps before reaching down and turning them over! They scatter across the mat as he makes his way to the next set of steps. He picks those up and throws them onto the rampway. Making his way to the third set, he reaches back and kicks them as hard as he can to watch them splatter against the barrier! Finally, Zero walks to the fourth set of steps, reaches down, pulls them above his head and turns towards the crowd… The fans in the first couple of rows start to run as Zero throws the steps as hard as he can against the barrier, causing them to scoot back across the floor several of feet!
Kris Cruise: The hell!?! Zero has lost his mind! There’s innocent fans in the building. He didn’t pay for this equipment! Where is that new security?
Stephy Auger: Might want to play this smart and get out of his way, Kris. Zero is coming our way…
McHannon reaches down for the axe he brought and starts ripping off the top of the announcer’s table. He pulls back the axe behind his head and brings it down on top of the table as the monitors pop out of place! He does it again… and again… and again…
SNAP![/i]
The table breaks clean in half after the third swipe that causes it to crumble under the pressure of the axe. Zero doesn’t stop that as he keeps hammering at the announcer’s table until it looks like firewood. The fans are yelling at him and going wild, telling him to stop, but he ignores them. He walks to one side of the ring and starts to beat the barrier with the axe at hand, causing several of the fans in the area to flee! Some drinks and food come flying from the audience, but it doesn’t stop McHannon as he starts punching his way through the barrier at ringside, kicking it over into the abandoned stands.
Zero then reaches out and grabs the apron that surrounds the ring, starting to rip it off the canvas. He gets tangled up in it at first, but fights his way through as he manages to tear down every apron on all four sides of the ring. Zero sees one of the monitors from the announcer’s table at his foot before he picks it up and launches it into the crowd like he were throwing a discus in track and field.
He then looks down at the mat that’s placed on the outside of the ring to protect those who fall over the ropes and starts to tear off the tape that keeps it in place, then reaches down to pulls up a piece of the mat, exposing the concrete underneath. Zero struggles with it at first, clearly showing how heavy the mat on the outside was, but eventually gets it unhinged from its roots as he stumbles backwards after pulling it completely off one section off the floor. He picks up the dropped axe and starts lacing into the mat, chunks of the rubber flying up with each blow!
McHannon then rolls into the ring and brings off the cover to the ring in one swoop. Underneath exposes the plywood that they wrestle on as Zero looks around to the audience, most have ran to the steps in the middle of the seats, and some are standing in the hallways to the rest of the arena. Zero tests the plywood under his feet before turning to the crowd once more, a series of flashes from the cameras go off around the building as he slowly spins, surveying the area.
Zero McHannon: ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU WANTED!?! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? IT’S LIKE SEAWORLD! SPLASH ZONE IN THE FIRST FIVE SECTIONS!
The camera flash stops as soon as Zero starts to take the axe to the plywood, also known as the canvas of the ring. Chunks of wood start to fly from the ring and into the stands, around the ring, and small pieces coming from the edge of the axe. He reaches over and snaps the ropes with one clean sweep from the axe, causing them to spring against the turnbuckles like a hairband. He reaches around and cuts the next set of ropes clean as well! Then he turns his attention back to the plywood in the ring before McHannon starts to hammer down on it once again. Finally another…
SNAP!
The canvas of the ring collapses under the weight.
Zero slid into the hole in the middle of the ring briefly, almost shocked himself at how it gave in. He then climbs up on the metal beam of the surrounding ring, or what was left of it, before hopping to the outside, taking a look over his shoulder at all the damage he done. It’s at this time that he looks forward and sees the new elite security that FGA has gotten making their way down the rampway in his direction. McHannon turns his back to them and smiles as he looks at the broken canvas, ropes, steps, barriers, announcer’s table, aprons, and even the padding on the outside that he managed to rip off the cement.
McHannon then turns back to the security that is edging their way closer to out of control talent, causing Zero to spread his arms to the overpowered man force.
Zero McHannon: Come get it.
Without a second notion, the Alliance Security scrambles on the former FGA World Champion, and bringing him to the ground as the camera starts to pull away from the scene. They cover McHannon like a pack of dogs as he is seen lost in the pool of security before the screen transitions to black, followed by the Vertigo logo.