Lurker > Strife2

*Strife stirs around backstage with a pipe in his hand, scraping it against the wall*

People like to tell me that waiting can be a good thing. The want and need to have something come to fruition makes the payoff more satisfying they say. Well then why am I so pissed off right now?

How can I be happy, knowing I have scars and seared flesh from my battles with a chaotic mess? Maybe my brain hasn't fully healed yet, but I know what this is. This is all a game. A game to see ME come unglued in the worst way possible. Kora took away my chance in the Rumble match, and then Maniac finished the job.

But I wonder if they stopped and thought about what that meant. What making ME angry does to people. While I wait and stir in this room Kora is twiddling his beard, shining his newly won championship in everyone's faces. And then, to make matters worse, another burly bearded fuck is assigned as his partner.

*Turns from the wall, throws the pipe against it, and lets the sound reverberate while he turns to the camera*

I want the two of you to know something. I have spent years defying whatever odds were put against me. I made people squeal like pigs while stomping their faces into dirt. All because they underestimated just how sick...how FUN I can make their lives for a "match." And you know....I can't wait to pluck out every....single...beard hair on both your smug asses. I don't care what titles you have, what power you hold, and how many bones you intend to break. I will limp my ass down to the ring if I have to. You could saw off my FUCKING legs, and I would still bite you, scratch you, and rend you until I ended up beating you. And that's what I'm going to do.

That's what WE'RE going to do. I have never teamed with Boko before, but he knows full well what I will do in that ring. I know full well that he is not going to stop until you two dirtbags lick dogshit off our boots and LIKE IT! Doesn't that sound like fun? I hope you can't "wait" to have that happen to you in that ring.

I don't know what I'm going to do when I see you next. All I know is that it is going to be painful, remorseless, and the B8 crowd is going to love every single disgusting second. That is what I do, and no one does it better than I do.

*Picks the pipe back up off the floor*

That is, unless I find you before then. *Leaves*

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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
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One day, the power of the beard will fail you, and the title will too.

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Funny enough, I actually failed as an OT, and went back to retail...

FML

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I will win, because I'm growing a goatee, and goatees are better than beards, cause they don't itch.

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Oof. David getting rekt...

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I like this, so no death for me

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I'll take that team.

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I think my head hurts...

*Spits out glass and picks it out of teeth*

Fuck.

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(Yes. Thank you. Unless I completely altered my presentation, there's no goddamn way this character could ever work as a straight face).

It doesn't even have the luxury of "Brock Lesnar is cool, he beats the shit out of people" kinda thing./

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Maniac, let the fate of the unfortunate serve as a reminder what will happen to you. Nothing will save you, no one will come to help you, and when you bleed out, I won't have any pity on you.

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wellfuck

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Oh god. I turned face somehow. I don't know what to do. What do faces do again?

*Realizes there's a HEAL glove in Bray's gimmick too*

Ohhhh so that's what that is.

*stands up and shuffles backstage under own power*

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It's only fitting. The mainstay of Mayhem versus a sociopath

https://statics.sportskeeda.com/editor/2019/04/eb2b2-15565905462945-800.jpg

Perfect fit.

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One of these days, Kora's going to die.

I mean...er....I mean in the figurative sense.

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Kora beat me again...bleh

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Dangit

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I don't know if this would work becaiuse it kinda mixes KotR and MITB, but Lucha Underground's Gift of the Gods thing was pretty cool. A series of matches of all types to obtain contenders, then a final match for said title.

The winner would then choose the day of said title match in advance, like the RVD cash-in.

May not make a full PPV concept, but something to add to the pile. The benefit is it can pull double duty as a show build or just a multi-week storyline hook.
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Nice. I needed a win.
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Ooh. Myself v. Eddv. Been a while.

*Sharpens several things in advance*
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Dang. Stupid Mario
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Adol? SWITCH! WHAT"S BITING TODAY!...yeah.
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Damn.
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Beating Pentagon in a distraction finish squash match? That was certainly different.
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Nominations

Keanu Reeves
Will Smith
Teddie (Persona 4)
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Taybles...friends so dear. Sleek, smooth, yet riddled with steel on its otherside. Kora will fall, because fate decided I was a suitable master. Even long times pass, sins aren't forgotten.

Kora, know that you will be put through a tayble. Whether you're conscious when it happens is another story.
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DQ...lame
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I won't play it, so my feet will be safe.
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I JUST KICKED TODD HOWARD!

*no purge*
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Well fuck. That title would have been nice. Fucking lame-o Koopas being cheating bitches.

I'll get one someday.
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My "little buddy" is off doing photo shoots for a movie, and he actually plays himself in it, unlike a certain someone in this ring...

But forgive me if I'm being facetious. You want to rip him to shreds. He wants to do FAR worse. I have a question for you. Do you know what it feels like to have your joints sliced into bits? The very same armor that houses your sad, irredeemable soul will lie in pieces. Come cry to us after you wail after being rendered immobile.

Fire burns so bright, yet peters out within pale, desperate cries.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
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*getting home from work* I will respond though..."emo sidekick" demands a retort.
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Sure
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*The lights in the arena flicker on and off, and a familiar song plays*



*Strife appears from the crowd as the song stirs, lurching out from the timekeepers area. He slinks into the ring, and grabs his microphone*

HheheheheheheehehehhhhheHh! Its been some time, hasnt it old world? Some time since you were invited into a place of haunted voices and pale death? A vision of the future, tainted in sickly green and black. Oh yes. I invite you ALL, into Strifes Sanctum!

Its so easy to feign ignorance when you show no painor perhaps when you clad yourself in spikes and fire, it hides it all from view. I hold no such delusions. Yes, I was beaten and left for dead, but as mentioned before, what good will that do any of you? Antagonizing me, lecturing me, or worse yet, provoking me? A little pain in my head is expected from me, one drowning in place on a daily basis.

But what of my guest? What kind of pain is he experiencing now? He battled a mechanized futuristic nightmare, several other foes on top, and yet survived. My guest is none other than the Hardcore Champion himself, Bowser!

*Bowser appears in his flying clown copter, holding his title aloft, staring into the crowd and Strife before the latter begins again*

Before I get your opinion, I have some words for you. You carry with you quite a burden. What you faced off on Cyber Monday was but a whimsical fantasy romp compared to the hells that will await you the longer you hold that championship aloft. Why, not only did you suffer grave damage against CPU, you still have yet to face a speed demon, one who can sever you into pieces within seconds, Sonic the Hedgehog. I implore you to feed yourself full of evil, vigor, and disdain, or you wont survive.

Besides, if rumors are true, Darkness will soon stir again. I would be grateful Sonic is the least of your worries. But please. Go ahead and tell us all what it means to carry said burden, said championship. Im dying to know.
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Oh my head
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*An exclusive video plays on B8WL.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJcmf3kYvmA*

Fear...FEAR! ZERO FEAR! Of course it all boils down to it in the end. Fear comes in many forms, and for Pentagon, he was fear's junior member...when that failed, he assumed tutelage under a master of vampirism. ONLY to fight back and clad himself in darkness. Where did that get him? The temple closed its doors through the whims of life's cruelty, and so he came here.

What made him think things would change? Why would I treat him any differently? I swear no loyalty, except to an Eternal King upon high, and to a blackened soul within myself. What good is it to tempt fate by allying with some...pretentious, volatile soul whose only motivation is seeing arms being broken? Do not assume that being alike is some measure of truth and justice. The Darkness I see and serve is what drives me, not something tangible, not something you can taste, not something you can...lick and smother and love.

DARKNESS HATES YOU!

But it also warns you. It warns you fear is creeping ever closer. So I warn Pentagon not to come near. I warn Scare to stay away. Lest you let fear seethe inside and crush you whole. I alone know its pain and pleasure.

That is, unless you want me to share it?
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A
B
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At least I got an elimination. I do well in these Survivor Series things.
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I find it amazing that both aiding a Pilmanizing and whining about stupid officiating and stupid announcers is totally in line with things I'd do in the same show
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Why doesn't this kind of team turmoil happen to the Wild? We have some people worth running out of town and starting over. But it's the coaches who always get fucked instead.
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I am saddened. Saddened to find out a return to the ring, and in a unique setting to boot, was foiled by an outsider. What kind of message does it send when a man cannot do his own handiwork? What does it say when a doofus in a hat helped a man claim victory?

It says he doesn't know who he messed with. It says this hallowed hall needs a re-education on the perils of making me...angry.

You see, many of you here are fond of your special powers, or fancy smansy skills. But do you know why UCA feared and respected me? Do you know why I spent five long years in a corner of the arena, away from view, away from other "people?" It was because I am my own weapon. I am my own worst nightmare, and I spent plenty of time learning ways to hurt people.

Shoes
Taybles
Chairs
Pipes
Chains

Or if I wanted to, I could...wrap these hands around someone's throat and make them cold and lifeless within seconds. I became one of the last UCA Heavyweight champions by doing whatever I needed to, whenever I needed to, usually by taking someone's most precious emotional attachment, and spitting that back in their faces.

I can eat a loss or two. But believe me...when I say this. Whoever faces me next, will NOT go unscathed. A wrestling ring is my playground, my prison, my temple. And you're standing in my way. You're also standing in the way of a man who revels in breaking arms for sport. What kind of future do you have?

Unfortunately for all of you, human, monster, or ephemeral being: I have come to play. And I play dangerous games.
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Hey look. A tankiest of tanks faced the Wild and are close to beating them. Please keep it up. PLEASE!
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Well, I followed Lucha Underground tradition in losing my opening match

But I"M IN! THIS IS MY TEMPLE!
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Wild last night channeling Dory.

"Just keep losing. Just keep losing"
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Wild decided to tank for some reason. Maybe there's time to decide which team they want to be: Fringe first rounder or early draft team...

Probably neither.
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The Raw Tag Division is such a sad joke.
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NFUN posted...

Ys isn't a JRPG

"ZELDA ISN"T AN RPG EITHER DERP" It definitely is a JRPG series, just not a visual novel or turn based style. If .hack or Star Ocean get lumped in, Ys does too.

To answer the poll, Persona 5. This series somehow managed to supplant FF as the go to franchise, which DQ has ALSO done enough to leapfrog. Persona 5 is dripping in style, with great music to boot. DQXI is surprisingly dark storywise, which puts in on par with V. I still like VIII more, but not going to like: XI is enjoyable.
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Fuck. Raw being shit should do the opposite for Smackdown.
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Record low Raw rating. Maybe the Man can help Smackdown beat it this week
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Oh, and former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal got a win over No Way Jose.

Because Jinder had nothing better to do. Way to ruin a guy you invested an entire brand into. At least give him Ziggler's spot last night. A different matchup....I think. Raw is rerun central.

I know Reigns, Strowman, KO, and Sami are out. They have 100+ other guys they can plug in to fill gaps. Thatsaid, nothing can save that "writing staff." They get Drew McIntyre done right, but bungle everything else.
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Solomonster's been down on Raw for months now (more like years), but when the thumbnail is as blatant as this...goddamn.

"My cat, who all she does is lick herself and cough up hairballs, could write a better show than this."
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