Post by Lord Hastings on Jan 16, 2012 20:33:26 GMT -5
The show starts in an unexpected and unfamiliar manner. Rather than the sight of thousands of screaming fans awaiting the start of this years scheduling, we see a few rows chairs filled with what we can only assume are journalists given the fact they hold recorders, notepads, and the more technologically up-their-own-asses possess i-Pads.
They all sit, not looking at a ring, but rather three separate podiums bearing the Unified Global Wrestling Coalition logo set up on a stage a foot above the assembled press.
Then the theme to Synergy is played briefly as all three members of the UGWC Consortium make their way through a curtain and into position behind each podium.
On the far right stands UGWC's Director of Human Resources, Robert Ooley. He grips onto both sides of the podium, his one eye fixed firmly on the man standing behind the podium to the far left.
That man is the UGWC Head of Creative, and it's Cross-Hemisphere Champion Moss Edwards, who stands with his title draped across his right arm, and he looks out at the camera and the press.
In the middle of them both stands the UGWC Sports Entertainment Executive, Dexter Vines, who looks directly into the camera, gives a restrained smile and then begins to speak.
Vines: Ladies and Gentlemen, people of the world, we have an announcement of monumental magnitude. In the last few days certain insights and facts have come to light which have meant the UGWC has been forced to ultimately reconsider it's desired course for beginning of 2012.
Ooley: Can I go on record as stating that Ole' Bob isn't entirely convinced by the reliability of said material, given the source of it.
Ooley hasn't taken his eye off of Moss Edwards since he entered the room, and at this point squints it at the Cross-Hemisphere Champion.
Moss: The information is Solid Robert, what motive could I have to possibly lie to you?
Ooley: What fuckin' motive indeed? Who knows what goes on in that egomaniacal brain of yours.
Vines: Gentlemen, please, we need to let our loyal fans know the truth behind the situation we find ourselves in.
Ooley: Then why in the name of your own mother's crusted over vagina is he here. Truth and honesty isn't exactly his strong suit.
Moss: Why don't you just say what's on your mind Robert?
Ooley: You know exactly what's on my cockatooing mind! You lied to us! You breached our trust, how am I meant to work with someone when I can't be sure they're not planning something that benefits only themselves?
Moss: You don't think you're being a little bit hypocri...
Vines: This really isn't productive, can we focus on what's in hand and ensure that the world knows what the earth shattering announcement we have is, not the problems in your working relationship...
Ooley: Relationship? Relationship? To have such a thing there must be full disclosure of intentions on both sides, what we have here is a working catastrophe.
Vines: Robert, this is really neither the time nor place for this conversation...
Ooley: Really? I've been trying to have the same discussion since the events of Horizons, and no-one seems to be interested in the gross misuse of power and authority that we saw displayed by that cowardly self-promoter. In any other organisation this press conference would be to announce the need for a new head of Creative, instead you're just going to try and ignore the critical damage he has done to this company.
At this point Vines just waits quietly for Ooley to run out of steam and then proceeds to continue, ignoring everything Ole' Bob has said.
Vines: On the morning of Monday the 2nd of January, 2012, we discovered that the Unified Global Wrestling Coalition's World Heavyweight Champion, Tyvola, had disappeared off the map. As you all know Tyvola is not someone who slips away quietly into a crowd, but we did undergo a professional and thorough investigation into this information.
Vines: The result of this investigation was exactly what we had first feared, Tyvola has clearly gone into hiding. We exhausted each and every one of our possible avenues to find him...
Ooley: Although the National Guard refused to offer us any assistance due to the nature of the target, and don't even talk about the Park Rangers.
Vines: The Unified Global Wrestling Coalition always recognised the risk in employing such a volatile and unpredictable character in this company, but it was those exact qualities that made Tyvola the unique and powerful Entertainment Professional he was.
Vines: Despite the obvious risks, and despite the concerns of...some...of the decision makers, it was deemed the potential rewards were in favour of giving Tyvola a pivotal position and heightened exposure within the company.
Vines: Now clearly this, what could be best described as, an experiment, had it's successes, Tyvola was indeed the most dominant champion UGWC has seen in it's short life, and in what would be his final acts for this company he managed to become the first person to defend the most important title at Horizons.
Vines: These successes, however, do not change or improve the position UGWC finds itself in today, the day of the first show of 2012. Having put a great deal of, obviously misplaced, faith in the hands of this unstable, criminally insane, individual, we only have ourselves to blame for the position we find ourselves in.
Vines: Given everything we have discovered, and after intense conversation regarding every relevant detail since Tyvola joined the company, also having to bear in mind that this was not the first time Tyvola has left the company in the lurch, the UGWC Consortium came to the unanimous decision to strip Tyvola of the UGWC World Heavyweight Championship.
Vines: We promise to learn from this mistake, as we are more than aware of the implications of the top title in the company being vacant, it is a scenario we had not planned for nor had we ever thought would be possible, but we shall endeavour to ensure such a misadventure never occurs again.
Vines: In that spirit, we do have a second announcement to make. To ensure this position of instability in regards to the company's most valuable title continues for no longer than necessary the decision has been made to hold UGWC's first Pay-Per-View Infinity in just two weeks time on January 30th at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore.
Vines: As ever Infinity will play host to the annual Global Challenge, and in 2012, just as it did in 2008, this one night tournament will be used to crown the NEW World Heavyweight Champion.
Vines: Eight Competitors will battle to replace Tyvola as UGWC's figurehead, and to explain some changes to this years events qualification process I will now pass you over to our Creative Director, Moss Edwards.
Ooley: What changes? Ole' Bob isn't aware of any changes.
Moss: It was discussed at this mornings emergency, impromptu meeting. We noticed you didn't make it but assumed you were making another complaint to your own department regarding my despicable actions.
Moss: Regardless, as any of you with rudimentary mathematical skills will have observed, there will only be two Synergy's, including tonight's edition, before the Infinity Pay-Per-View. Tis shortened cycle means less time to run qualification matches, therefore a number of tonight's matches will become Qualification battles.
Moss: It was also decided that each member of the Consortium could pick one member of the current, active, roster to get an automatic slot in the tournament.
Ooley: Oh and let me take a wild fucking swing in the dark at guessing who you picked, was it Prince Squidward...or are we just Most Rewards now? I'm now even questioning whether you had any involvement in the current AWOL nature of our, now former, Champion...
Moss: If you'd let me finish Robert, I was just about to reveal our picks. I have decided to pick the individual I believe deserves another shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, a competitor who was forced into humiliation before fighting back and redeeming themselves, a competitor who had to deal with mismanagement and misguided advice for much of last year, I chose Gabrielle Montgomery.
Ooley: TITS MAGOO! You just wasted that pick Most, hell Ymir would have been a better option. She's a choker...in more ways than one.
Moss: And Dexter Vines decided after his incredible and show stealing victory at Horizons, and also the virtue of being the reigning Global Challenge winner, Alex Kiseragi will be the second qualifier. We have not had an opportunity to discuss this with Mr Ooley, so I will pass you across to him for his pick.
Ooley: Are you joking, I just found out, Ole' Bob needs time to process this information, I'll make my own decision in due time.
Moss: You know it's not good to withhold information from your peers Robert.
Ooley: Fuck yourself.
The conference is interrupted by the familiar opening of "Ripper" and the present media all turn in their chairs as Donovan Hastings has entered into the back of the room, accompanied by Calypso Desmona and Chris Peterson, each with their half of the Cooperative Championship, as well as Owen Peterson with a boombox on his shoulder, the source of the music. Donovan is glaring directly at the Consortium. He glances back at Owen and motions, and Owen switches the music off.
Hastings: This is a farce. You all should have known better than to hire that capricious caveman to begin with, and now he's won two championships here and effectively vacated them both. That you even bother to hold a tournament to fill the void rather than simply award it to me as you should speaks directly to your continued ineptitude. Furthermore, who do you choose to place into this tournament? A temptress that has never won anything she couldn't transfer through her snatch, and Kiseragi. It's clear to me that you collectively can not be trusted to make good judgement, so your Lord will conclude by making the biggest blockbuster announcement of the day: That I will be using my current purse to purchase an automatic spot in this tournament for myself, and in two weeks at Infinity, after years of having my destiny stolen from me at this event, the inevitable finally comes.
Donovan glances back and nods at Owen, and he switches the music back on as Donovan and the Consortium stare across the room at each other, except for Ooley, his one eye still trained on Moss, as the segment fades out.
They all sit, not looking at a ring, but rather three separate podiums bearing the Unified Global Wrestling Coalition logo set up on a stage a foot above the assembled press.
Then the theme to Synergy is played briefly as all three members of the UGWC Consortium make their way through a curtain and into position behind each podium.
On the far right stands UGWC's Director of Human Resources, Robert Ooley. He grips onto both sides of the podium, his one eye fixed firmly on the man standing behind the podium to the far left.
That man is the UGWC Head of Creative, and it's Cross-Hemisphere Champion Moss Edwards, who stands with his title draped across his right arm, and he looks out at the camera and the press.
In the middle of them both stands the UGWC Sports Entertainment Executive, Dexter Vines, who looks directly into the camera, gives a restrained smile and then begins to speak.
Vines: Ladies and Gentlemen, people of the world, we have an announcement of monumental magnitude. In the last few days certain insights and facts have come to light which have meant the UGWC has been forced to ultimately reconsider it's desired course for beginning of 2012.
Ooley: Can I go on record as stating that Ole' Bob isn't entirely convinced by the reliability of said material, given the source of it.
Ooley hasn't taken his eye off of Moss Edwards since he entered the room, and at this point squints it at the Cross-Hemisphere Champion.
Moss: The information is Solid Robert, what motive could I have to possibly lie to you?
Ooley: What fuckin' motive indeed? Who knows what goes on in that egomaniacal brain of yours.
Vines: Gentlemen, please, we need to let our loyal fans know the truth behind the situation we find ourselves in.
Ooley: Then why in the name of your own mother's crusted over vagina is he here. Truth and honesty isn't exactly his strong suit.
Moss: Why don't you just say what's on your mind Robert?
Ooley: You know exactly what's on my cockatooing mind! You lied to us! You breached our trust, how am I meant to work with someone when I can't be sure they're not planning something that benefits only themselves?
Moss: You don't think you're being a little bit hypocri...
Vines: This really isn't productive, can we focus on what's in hand and ensure that the world knows what the earth shattering announcement we have is, not the problems in your working relationship...
Ooley: Relationship? Relationship? To have such a thing there must be full disclosure of intentions on both sides, what we have here is a working catastrophe.
Vines: Robert, this is really neither the time nor place for this conversation...
Ooley: Really? I've been trying to have the same discussion since the events of Horizons, and no-one seems to be interested in the gross misuse of power and authority that we saw displayed by that cowardly self-promoter. In any other organisation this press conference would be to announce the need for a new head of Creative, instead you're just going to try and ignore the critical damage he has done to this company.
At this point Vines just waits quietly for Ooley to run out of steam and then proceeds to continue, ignoring everything Ole' Bob has said.
Vines: On the morning of Monday the 2nd of January, 2012, we discovered that the Unified Global Wrestling Coalition's World Heavyweight Champion, Tyvola, had disappeared off the map. As you all know Tyvola is not someone who slips away quietly into a crowd, but we did undergo a professional and thorough investigation into this information.
Vines: The result of this investigation was exactly what we had first feared, Tyvola has clearly gone into hiding. We exhausted each and every one of our possible avenues to find him...
Ooley: Although the National Guard refused to offer us any assistance due to the nature of the target, and don't even talk about the Park Rangers.
Vines: The Unified Global Wrestling Coalition always recognised the risk in employing such a volatile and unpredictable character in this company, but it was those exact qualities that made Tyvola the unique and powerful Entertainment Professional he was.
Vines: Despite the obvious risks, and despite the concerns of...some...of the decision makers, it was deemed the potential rewards were in favour of giving Tyvola a pivotal position and heightened exposure within the company.
Vines: Now clearly this, what could be best described as, an experiment, had it's successes, Tyvola was indeed the most dominant champion UGWC has seen in it's short life, and in what would be his final acts for this company he managed to become the first person to defend the most important title at Horizons.
Vines: These successes, however, do not change or improve the position UGWC finds itself in today, the day of the first show of 2012. Having put a great deal of, obviously misplaced, faith in the hands of this unstable, criminally insane, individual, we only have ourselves to blame for the position we find ourselves in.
Vines: Given everything we have discovered, and after intense conversation regarding every relevant detail since Tyvola joined the company, also having to bear in mind that this was not the first time Tyvola has left the company in the lurch, the UGWC Consortium came to the unanimous decision to strip Tyvola of the UGWC World Heavyweight Championship.
Vines: We promise to learn from this mistake, as we are more than aware of the implications of the top title in the company being vacant, it is a scenario we had not planned for nor had we ever thought would be possible, but we shall endeavour to ensure such a misadventure never occurs again.
Vines: In that spirit, we do have a second announcement to make. To ensure this position of instability in regards to the company's most valuable title continues for no longer than necessary the decision has been made to hold UGWC's first Pay-Per-View Infinity in just two weeks time on January 30th at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore.
Vines: As ever Infinity will play host to the annual Global Challenge, and in 2012, just as it did in 2008, this one night tournament will be used to crown the NEW World Heavyweight Champion.
Vines: Eight Competitors will battle to replace Tyvola as UGWC's figurehead, and to explain some changes to this years events qualification process I will now pass you over to our Creative Director, Moss Edwards.
Ooley: What changes? Ole' Bob isn't aware of any changes.
Moss: It was discussed at this mornings emergency, impromptu meeting. We noticed you didn't make it but assumed you were making another complaint to your own department regarding my despicable actions.
Moss: Regardless, as any of you with rudimentary mathematical skills will have observed, there will only be two Synergy's, including tonight's edition, before the Infinity Pay-Per-View. Tis shortened cycle means less time to run qualification matches, therefore a number of tonight's matches will become Qualification battles.
Moss: It was also decided that each member of the Consortium could pick one member of the current, active, roster to get an automatic slot in the tournament.
Ooley: Oh and let me take a wild fucking swing in the dark at guessing who you picked, was it Prince Squidward...or are we just Most Rewards now? I'm now even questioning whether you had any involvement in the current AWOL nature of our, now former, Champion...
Moss: If you'd let me finish Robert, I was just about to reveal our picks. I have decided to pick the individual I believe deserves another shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, a competitor who was forced into humiliation before fighting back and redeeming themselves, a competitor who had to deal with mismanagement and misguided advice for much of last year, I chose Gabrielle Montgomery.
Ooley: TITS MAGOO! You just wasted that pick Most, hell Ymir would have been a better option. She's a choker...in more ways than one.
Moss: And Dexter Vines decided after his incredible and show stealing victory at Horizons, and also the virtue of being the reigning Global Challenge winner, Alex Kiseragi will be the second qualifier. We have not had an opportunity to discuss this with Mr Ooley, so I will pass you across to him for his pick.
Ooley: Are you joking, I just found out, Ole' Bob needs time to process this information, I'll make my own decision in due time.
Moss: You know it's not good to withhold information from your peers Robert.
Ooley: Fuck yourself.
The conference is interrupted by the familiar opening of "Ripper" and the present media all turn in their chairs as Donovan Hastings has entered into the back of the room, accompanied by Calypso Desmona and Chris Peterson, each with their half of the Cooperative Championship, as well as Owen Peterson with a boombox on his shoulder, the source of the music. Donovan is glaring directly at the Consortium. He glances back at Owen and motions, and Owen switches the music off.
Hastings: This is a farce. You all should have known better than to hire that capricious caveman to begin with, and now he's won two championships here and effectively vacated them both. That you even bother to hold a tournament to fill the void rather than simply award it to me as you should speaks directly to your continued ineptitude. Furthermore, who do you choose to place into this tournament? A temptress that has never won anything she couldn't transfer through her snatch, and Kiseragi. It's clear to me that you collectively can not be trusted to make good judgement, so your Lord will conclude by making the biggest blockbuster announcement of the day: That I will be using my current purse to purchase an automatic spot in this tournament for myself, and in two weeks at Infinity, after years of having my destiny stolen from me at this event, the inevitable finally comes.
Donovan glances back and nods at Owen, and he switches the music back on as Donovan and the Consortium stare across the room at each other, except for Ooley, his one eye still trained on Moss, as the segment fades out.