Post by Zane on Feb 5, 2015 20:39:19 GMT -5
I've seen it all.
I've seen the out of control egos.
I've seen the violence.
I've seen the petty behavior and childish power plays.
I've watched as one man used three men to become “the” man.
I've also watched that man lose the very thing which conferred that status upon him.
It seems as if the old lessons are never learned by the new talent.
It’s all so absurd.
The illusion of power is enough to inspire the greed and the avarice but never enough to inspire the enlightenment that would keep those very situations from repeating themselves. Unfortunately the record, if you’ll pardon the dated reference, isn't “broken”. It’s merely scratched and no one wishes to replace it.
It’s funny how that works.
I've seen it time and time again.
Some people evolve. Some do not.
Others choose to fight it every step of the way, kicking and screaming like a belligerent child.
I have no time for such mindless bellicosity.
Many of those same lessons were conferred upon me at one point in time. The errors of youth become the wisdom and knowledge of maturity. Having these lessons foisted upon me then allows me to see them in others now. Such knowledge confers an unusual power upon me on the one hand. On the other it conveys upon me the understanding of when and how to use that power responsibly. By no means am I perfect. Far from it in fact. Anyone who tells you differently is either self-deluded, lying or trying to sell you something.
If it’s someone from the UGWC Marketing Department, chances are that “something” is an overpriced t-shirt.
I have no need for such things.
It would be easy to sit here and tell you that everything that has transpired did so according to my inclinations. It would be equally easy to further claim that I possess some precognitive insight that you collectively do not. Chances are that you would accept this at face value based on how history has played out. Most would say that it is to my advantage to foster such a perspective.
Those people see everything in such simplistic terms.
I do not.
The situation is not that I see a need to foster that perspective, in fact it is quite different.
I see no reason to correct it.
If you’re wondering what this has to do with current events, that’s ok.
I assure you that there is a point in all of this.
That which is set to transpire in a few days at “Infinity” is a study in contrast and juxtaposition and you are at the center of it.
On the one hand over the past year we’ve seen one man take the world around him by the throat and bend it to his will. In that time he has recreated himself multiple times. In his original incarnation he was a beer guzzling, door shattering and seemingly supercilious wise cracker. He followed orders without question, resorting to violence in such a way that he convinced all around him that he was capable of no greater action than such.
I saw differently.
I saw that which he wished to keep hidden.
I still see it.
The parallel that one could draw between his path and mine is an interesting one. It’s not completely linear of course as we are not the same person. Still, under all of that seemingly absurd behavior was a mind that possessed a sneaky intelligence. He displayed a unique brilliance that allowed him to parlay his seemingly deficient character into a string of meaningful opportunities.
No man becomes a multiple time champion by accident, after all.
There was no accident to any of what he did.
He’d planned it out, at least to some degree. While he, much like me, could not control and direct every event, the mere fact that those around him thought that he could was enough for him to succeed far above anyone’s expectations. He had learned the lesson that I spoke of earlier and used it to his great advantage.
It is in no way relevant that he beat who he beat for the championships that he held. That argument is, in most instances anyway, a straw man. It is spoken merely to denigrate the accomplishments of another because you feel as if they may somehow overshadow or lessen your own.
There is irony in the fact that I point this out, for while that same man would deny such accusations in reference to himself, he is perfectly willing to not only accept them in reference to another, but to also make full use of them. Such naked hypocrisy has always been rampant in wrestling and there is no reason that such should change now. After all, the industry is merely a reflection of those who exist
within it. Most are willing to say anything in order to get what they feel as if they deserved all along.
Why should this time be any different ?
I don’t say these things to denigrate the man. His list of accomplishments has been rather impressive after all. He has accomplished these things with a rare complicated single-mindedness. I realize that such a phrase sounds odd. How can one be both complicated and single-minded, after all. Most assume that they are mutually exclusive merely because they are taught such in some way. In this case, however, it is most assuredly true.
The overall goal was simple.
The man pursuing it is not.
Take the Sherlock Holmes story “The Dancing Men”, for instance. In it, that which looks to be a simple child’s drawing causes profound terror in one of the protagonists. The husband of this woman enlists the aid of the great detective and his faithful friend and assistant, Doctor Watson because he suspects that there is more going on than she is telling him. It is clear that the drawings mean something to her, and yet she will not say what or why, choosing instead to try and persuade her husband to take a journey far away with her.
As the one that watches from beyond the fourth wall, it is rather easy for us to sit back and say that something odd is afoot and that she is hiding something. In fact this should seem obvious to all within
the story itself, instead of being a profound mystery.
Consider this.
Just as the “Dancing Men” obviously mean something to the woman but appear to be nothing to those around her, so too did the person I am speaking of seek to hide his true nature behind a façade of sophomoric idiocy. In the end it was revealed by the great detective that the “dancing men” were a moderately elaborate cypher with a very clear message. Once this message was known, the woman’s terror made complete sense. Unfortunately, this knowledge was too later for her and her husband, or for Holmes and Watson for that matter, to avoid the disaster that saw both she and her husband meet unfortunate outcomes at the hands of a violent man from her past. While this man was eventually trapped by the great detective and met justice for his actions, in the end the husband and wife met their respective downfalls, all because they could not be honest with each other and themselves.
It is entirely possible that such an outcome could befall this man as well.
I don’t mean literal death. That would be unnecessary in this situation, but rather a “death” of a different kind.
What happens should he end up failing after all of this build up and success ?
After all of the trash talking that he’s done, how would such a failure settle with him ?
After all of the complaining that he’s been doing about an alleged “injustice” against him that benefited his opponent, how well would such failure square with his internal narrative ?
It is more “unjust” for one man to be anointed with a particular title, only to see his rival jump over him and take the thing that he claims as his by right than it is for a rightful Champion to defend that which was actually his, only to have it unjustly stolen from him by subterfuge and then never be given a fair chance to reclaim it ? Your “injustice” is a matter of perspective. The other injustice is a matter of historical fact. If I recall correctly, you had some hand in bringing that particular fact to fruition.
That narrative looks a little weaker now, does it not ?
Narratives and claims are problematic in that way.
Stop speaking out of both sides of your mouth. It doesn't become you and sounds like nothing more than self-mollifying whining.
It doesn't fit in well with the image that you’ve tried to hard to cultivate.
The one making the claim can claim that he has everything because he is once again wealthy and on the cusp of achieving something great. He can claim that he is going to steamroll his opponent merely because he is great while his opponent is unworthy. I have no doubt that he sincerely believes those assertions. Still, a claim is nothing more than a statement and in this case, nothing more than a statement driven by ego.
Yet there is more to even that alleged “ego” than there appears to be on the surface.
That ego needs this victory.
He himself may not see that.
I can guarantee him that his opponent does.
I know this because I trained him to.
He is the “other hand” that I was eluding to earlier in this communique. He has followed a path much like yours and changed greatly in that time, just as you have. He, like you, is a former holder of the Cross-Hemisphere Championship. He, like you, is often underestimated for his faults while his strengths are overlooked. He, like you, sees that World Heavyweight Championship as the one thing that defines him.
He, like you, will do whatever he has to in order to win.
I caution you to not underestimate him.
Many have done so and suffered greatly for it. Remi Monroe is but the most recent example of this.
I tell you all of this not to frighten you, because I would not seek to insult your intelligence in such a manner. I know that you don’t fear him or anyone else. That is good. What is not good is that you seemingly don’t respect him either. Just because he took what you want in a way that you consider to be unfair does not invalidate the fact that he had the ability to do so. He was presented with an opportunity and he capitalized on it.
Can you do the same ?
Zane will use the weaknesses in you that he once did not see in himself and if he can do so properly, than he will emerge victorious.
If he cannot, then he will suffer a profound humiliation from which he may never recover.
The choice rests with you, Klaus vonKnorre, on which one you will make him experience.
The choice rests with you on whether you wish to let your faults define you, or whether you wish to redefine them.
Your egos will collide this coming Monday. That much is inevitable.
Whether or not you have the ability and the wisdom to stifle yours while antagonizing his is another matter entirely.
If you do not, than you shall not be Champion.
Of all of things in wrestling that are complicated, I assure you that that fact can be described in two words. They were two of Sherlock Holmes favorites.
“Absurdly simple”.
Best of luck on Monday.
Sincerely,
James Spyder
PS: Beware the burden of greatness. Zane failed to heed it once and it nearly destroyed him. The same could end up being said of you if you are not careful.
I've seen the out of control egos.
I've seen the violence.
I've seen the petty behavior and childish power plays.
I've watched as one man used three men to become “the” man.
I've also watched that man lose the very thing which conferred that status upon him.
It seems as if the old lessons are never learned by the new talent.
It’s all so absurd.
The illusion of power is enough to inspire the greed and the avarice but never enough to inspire the enlightenment that would keep those very situations from repeating themselves. Unfortunately the record, if you’ll pardon the dated reference, isn't “broken”. It’s merely scratched and no one wishes to replace it.
It’s funny how that works.
I've seen it time and time again.
Some people evolve. Some do not.
Others choose to fight it every step of the way, kicking and screaming like a belligerent child.
I have no time for such mindless bellicosity.
Many of those same lessons were conferred upon me at one point in time. The errors of youth become the wisdom and knowledge of maturity. Having these lessons foisted upon me then allows me to see them in others now. Such knowledge confers an unusual power upon me on the one hand. On the other it conveys upon me the understanding of when and how to use that power responsibly. By no means am I perfect. Far from it in fact. Anyone who tells you differently is either self-deluded, lying or trying to sell you something.
If it’s someone from the UGWC Marketing Department, chances are that “something” is an overpriced t-shirt.
I have no need for such things.
It would be easy to sit here and tell you that everything that has transpired did so according to my inclinations. It would be equally easy to further claim that I possess some precognitive insight that you collectively do not. Chances are that you would accept this at face value based on how history has played out. Most would say that it is to my advantage to foster such a perspective.
Those people see everything in such simplistic terms.
I do not.
The situation is not that I see a need to foster that perspective, in fact it is quite different.
I see no reason to correct it.
If you’re wondering what this has to do with current events, that’s ok.
I assure you that there is a point in all of this.
That which is set to transpire in a few days at “Infinity” is a study in contrast and juxtaposition and you are at the center of it.
On the one hand over the past year we’ve seen one man take the world around him by the throat and bend it to his will. In that time he has recreated himself multiple times. In his original incarnation he was a beer guzzling, door shattering and seemingly supercilious wise cracker. He followed orders without question, resorting to violence in such a way that he convinced all around him that he was capable of no greater action than such.
I saw differently.
I saw that which he wished to keep hidden.
I still see it.
The parallel that one could draw between his path and mine is an interesting one. It’s not completely linear of course as we are not the same person. Still, under all of that seemingly absurd behavior was a mind that possessed a sneaky intelligence. He displayed a unique brilliance that allowed him to parlay his seemingly deficient character into a string of meaningful opportunities.
No man becomes a multiple time champion by accident, after all.
There was no accident to any of what he did.
He’d planned it out, at least to some degree. While he, much like me, could not control and direct every event, the mere fact that those around him thought that he could was enough for him to succeed far above anyone’s expectations. He had learned the lesson that I spoke of earlier and used it to his great advantage.
It is in no way relevant that he beat who he beat for the championships that he held. That argument is, in most instances anyway, a straw man. It is spoken merely to denigrate the accomplishments of another because you feel as if they may somehow overshadow or lessen your own.
There is irony in the fact that I point this out, for while that same man would deny such accusations in reference to himself, he is perfectly willing to not only accept them in reference to another, but to also make full use of them. Such naked hypocrisy has always been rampant in wrestling and there is no reason that such should change now. After all, the industry is merely a reflection of those who exist
within it. Most are willing to say anything in order to get what they feel as if they deserved all along.
Why should this time be any different ?
I don’t say these things to denigrate the man. His list of accomplishments has been rather impressive after all. He has accomplished these things with a rare complicated single-mindedness. I realize that such a phrase sounds odd. How can one be both complicated and single-minded, after all. Most assume that they are mutually exclusive merely because they are taught such in some way. In this case, however, it is most assuredly true.
The overall goal was simple.
The man pursuing it is not.
Take the Sherlock Holmes story “The Dancing Men”, for instance. In it, that which looks to be a simple child’s drawing causes profound terror in one of the protagonists. The husband of this woman enlists the aid of the great detective and his faithful friend and assistant, Doctor Watson because he suspects that there is more going on than she is telling him. It is clear that the drawings mean something to her, and yet she will not say what or why, choosing instead to try and persuade her husband to take a journey far away with her.
As the one that watches from beyond the fourth wall, it is rather easy for us to sit back and say that something odd is afoot and that she is hiding something. In fact this should seem obvious to all within
the story itself, instead of being a profound mystery.
Consider this.
Just as the “Dancing Men” obviously mean something to the woman but appear to be nothing to those around her, so too did the person I am speaking of seek to hide his true nature behind a façade of sophomoric idiocy. In the end it was revealed by the great detective that the “dancing men” were a moderately elaborate cypher with a very clear message. Once this message was known, the woman’s terror made complete sense. Unfortunately, this knowledge was too later for her and her husband, or for Holmes and Watson for that matter, to avoid the disaster that saw both she and her husband meet unfortunate outcomes at the hands of a violent man from her past. While this man was eventually trapped by the great detective and met justice for his actions, in the end the husband and wife met their respective downfalls, all because they could not be honest with each other and themselves.
It is entirely possible that such an outcome could befall this man as well.
I don’t mean literal death. That would be unnecessary in this situation, but rather a “death” of a different kind.
What happens should he end up failing after all of this build up and success ?
After all of the trash talking that he’s done, how would such a failure settle with him ?
After all of the complaining that he’s been doing about an alleged “injustice” against him that benefited his opponent, how well would such failure square with his internal narrative ?
It is more “unjust” for one man to be anointed with a particular title, only to see his rival jump over him and take the thing that he claims as his by right than it is for a rightful Champion to defend that which was actually his, only to have it unjustly stolen from him by subterfuge and then never be given a fair chance to reclaim it ? Your “injustice” is a matter of perspective. The other injustice is a matter of historical fact. If I recall correctly, you had some hand in bringing that particular fact to fruition.
That narrative looks a little weaker now, does it not ?
Narratives and claims are problematic in that way.
Stop speaking out of both sides of your mouth. It doesn't become you and sounds like nothing more than self-mollifying whining.
It doesn't fit in well with the image that you’ve tried to hard to cultivate.
The one making the claim can claim that he has everything because he is once again wealthy and on the cusp of achieving something great. He can claim that he is going to steamroll his opponent merely because he is great while his opponent is unworthy. I have no doubt that he sincerely believes those assertions. Still, a claim is nothing more than a statement and in this case, nothing more than a statement driven by ego.
Yet there is more to even that alleged “ego” than there appears to be on the surface.
That ego needs this victory.
He himself may not see that.
I can guarantee him that his opponent does.
I know this because I trained him to.
He is the “other hand” that I was eluding to earlier in this communique. He has followed a path much like yours and changed greatly in that time, just as you have. He, like you, is a former holder of the Cross-Hemisphere Championship. He, like you, is often underestimated for his faults while his strengths are overlooked. He, like you, sees that World Heavyweight Championship as the one thing that defines him.
He, like you, will do whatever he has to in order to win.
I caution you to not underestimate him.
Many have done so and suffered greatly for it. Remi Monroe is but the most recent example of this.
I tell you all of this not to frighten you, because I would not seek to insult your intelligence in such a manner. I know that you don’t fear him or anyone else. That is good. What is not good is that you seemingly don’t respect him either. Just because he took what you want in a way that you consider to be unfair does not invalidate the fact that he had the ability to do so. He was presented with an opportunity and he capitalized on it.
Can you do the same ?
Zane will use the weaknesses in you that he once did not see in himself and if he can do so properly, than he will emerge victorious.
If he cannot, then he will suffer a profound humiliation from which he may never recover.
The choice rests with you, Klaus vonKnorre, on which one you will make him experience.
The choice rests with you on whether you wish to let your faults define you, or whether you wish to redefine them.
Your egos will collide this coming Monday. That much is inevitable.
Whether or not you have the ability and the wisdom to stifle yours while antagonizing his is another matter entirely.
If you do not, than you shall not be Champion.
Of all of things in wrestling that are complicated, I assure you that that fact can be described in two words. They were two of Sherlock Holmes favorites.
“Absurdly simple”.
Best of luck on Monday.
Sincerely,
James Spyder
PS: Beware the burden of greatness. Zane failed to heed it once and it nearly destroyed him. The same could end up being said of you if you are not careful.