Post by Rated R on May 26, 2011 8:08:42 GMT -5
I’ve been in this business nearly four years now. That’s a long time to be doing one thing, a very long time. Nothing stays the same in four years. Not the people, not the fans, not the style or the owners.
Not even me.
I struggle sometimes. I struggle to remember who I was when I first started out. What my aims were, what my reason for doing this was. I try to remember all the things that have led me here, that have made me the person I am today.
But it’s difficult, sometimes I simply can’t.
It’s all a blur now. The start. It’s all tucked away. Sure, it’s on tape and probably re-run on some terrible television channel but that only shows you the outside, the person I was on camera. It only shows the interviews and the matches, it doesn’t tell me anything. It’s just a fragment of the past captured by a machine. It doesn’t tell me a thing about who I was or whether that person is better than the person I am now.
Sometimes I think about what my life and career would have turned out like if I’d have stayed in a single place, my soul and personality frozen in space and time. Sometimes I dream about whether I’d have handled things differently. If I’d still be the guy who’s in a committed relationship, whose got a kid on the way, who’s happy.
Am I happy? I can never tell. The person I am now should be happy, surely that should be enough?
What if it isn’t though? What if I would have been so much happier being the person I was in any one of those snapshots? What would they have done, what would any of the past Trace Demon’s have done in my situation?
What if I was still that drunk, drugged up psychopath with the slight religious fervour. What if I was still running around ripping people apart with whatever I could get my hands on? What if I thought less and did more?
What if I was still the manipulative heel? The guy who drew heat and didn’t care about it? The guy who got the job done by any means necessary because he could outthink his opponent?
What if I was still the ego driven maniacal dictator of the WFWF? The boss. The man who would use his power to get what he wanted no matter who it hurt? What if I still ran the roost instead of that clearly closeted creep who doesn’t realise what a nice suit looks like unless his secret gay lover is with him?
And by gay lover, I mean EBR.
What if I was any one of these people? Would it make a difference? Would I be somewhere else or would I be exactly where I am right now?
Would I be happy?
Would I be with Alexa or having a child?
Would I be a few days away from kicking Calvin Lee’s ass all over the arena yet again?
These are the questions that get to me, the ones that take over my mind.
Sometimes I think I can hear their voices, past incarnations of my soul, screaming at me, telling me what they would do, what I should do.
Sometimes, they all come at once.
< *** >
I’m not a big fan of interviews. No, really, I know it may be hard to believe. Despite my clear comfort in front of the camera I do not enjoy answering questions posed by some media degree holding intern who has less of a life than Jason Jadoa.
Unless he’s going to one of those Goth bars, I’m sure Jadoa is all over those places.
Why do you talk to yourself so much! We should be out drinking and kicking ass
I talk to myself because this is an interior monologue. Don’t you... I mean I... I mean past me know anything?
You shouldn’t bother listening to that fool. He still thinks the rapture is going to happen.
He got the dates wrong, it’s still coming.
Was I really that crazy?
Very much so. It wasn’t until you gained power that you really knew anything.
I feel insulted
I don’t really know if one part of my inner psyche can really insult the other.
Well he definitely just...
Spotty Intern: You seem rather distracted Mr. Demon, is everything alright?
I’ve been so focused on the crazy nonsensical situation in my head that I failed to notice the spotty intern who’s meant to be interviewing me even come into the room. By his side is another, equally ridiculous looking college student with a sub-par camera. I’m telling you, no matter how much Yukio Blaze wishes otherwise, long hair, beards and flares are never coming back. But sadly that’s what you get when you agree to do some publicity work for the WFWF.
Back when I was in control we had a multi-media stretched publicity scheme that...
Nobody cares.
I’m sure they do.
We don’t.
Hell no.
Trace Demon: Everything’s fine, thanks. Can we just get this thing rolling, I’ve got somewhere important to be.
Spotty Intern: Oh yeah, more important than talking to all your fans?
This guy is a grade A douchebag.
Let’s punch him, it’s the only choice.
No wonder you didn’t get anywhere with that mindset.
Trace Demon: My girlfriend’s got an ultrasound, so yeah, kind of important.
Will you... whatever you are just shut up and let me do my job?
Your having a fu****g kid?
Oh god.
Spotty Intern: Okay then, well our recording equipment is all set up, if you’re ready we can get underway?
A kid, what the hell?! We’re meant to be in the ring, beating people to a pulp and your busy having a bloody kid?
That psychopath does have a point; a kid is going to greatly affect your chances at regaining the WFWF ownership. Realistically it’s going to affect your chances to do anything in this business besides flounder in mid card obscurity.
Not at all, we can easily turn this into a winning opportunity. Any guy can see this is a golden chance to work your way back to the top of the card. Nobody says no to a man with a pregnant girlfriend.
If you believe that then maybe you’re the delusional one.
Trace Demon: Yeah, let’s get this underway.
Spotty Intern: Okay then, camera rolling? Good. Welcome to the latest edition of Under The Ring, the show dedicated to the latest events in the world of wrestling. Today we have with us a former WFWF World Champion, Trace Demon, who in a number of days will face off with Calvin Lee at Attack! of the Little Green Men 2. Thank you for joining us today Trace.
They’re really using that Attack! name again? Where’s the excitement, the pizzazz, the hook? Nobody wants to watch a show with a ridiculous name like that.
While you may have a point for once will you please just bury yourselves away again and just let me get on with this?
Not a chance.
I really don’t see that happening.
You have got to be kidding me, right?
Trace Demon: It’s great to be here.
Spotty Intern: Okay, first off I have to ask your feelings on your match with Calvin Lee. Are you confident?
Calvin Lee? That ridiculous no-good...
Yeah, we get it, the guy’s pathetic. Surely we’ve done that joke enough. I mean nobody even hears it, it’s an interior monologue after all.
Trace Demon: Of course I’m confident. I’m confident every time I go and step foot in that ring and this is no exception. Myself and Calvin Lee have a bit of history, both here in the WFWF and over in XWA and the last time we stepped in the ring for an actual match, not for one of his pathetic little ambushes, I beat him and set his ass packing from the company that he called home. I fully intend to do the same thing again at Attack! of the Little Green Men 2 and it’s going to look even better in non-existent 3D.
Your working in the XWA?
Yeah. If your meant to be a part of my inner psyche surely you should know that?
I don’t know how this works, I didn’t make the rules. But do you really think that working for the competition is going to endear you to your boss? Do you really think working for the competition is going to get you the success that we so rightfully deserve? I’d have never done something so obviously counter-productive.
Okay, for one the XWA isn’t the competition anymore, there’s a working agreement which once again you’d know if any of this made any sense. And two, endear myself to King Kraig? I thought you were meant to be the smart one.
No, that’s me.
Oh right. You both seem fairly similar.
King Kraig is a douche.
First time I’ve agreed with any of you in a long time.
Spotty Intern: What about King Kraig, Jason Jadoa and EBR? Aren’t you worried that they’ll get involved in some way?
Trace Demon: EBR is going to be far too busy wetting himself while he waits to get his ass handed to him by DGX and Jason Jadoa’s going to be sitting in some dark corner brooding over the fact that Alex Sean is probably going to kill him with a dog collar, so no, not really. And King Kraig? The guy spends half of his time talking crap and the other half acting crap. If he tries to get involved in any way I won’t hesitate to throw him and his cheap suit out of that ring.
Well now I’ve heard it all. You’re actually supporting Alex Sean and DGX? Don’t you remember how disruptive they were during my ownership?
Your ownership? Your some messed up figment of my mind trying to drive me crazy. My ownership, my disruptions, my decisions, my life.
It’s all about you. Whatever happened to the days when it was all about hitting someone with something really heavy, possibly with barbed wire on it just for that nice affect.
We grew up. This is smart, Alex Sean and DGX are smart allies to have. And then when we get what we want from them we just throw them to the side. Maybe you haven’t lost it after all.
Spotty Intern: I have to ask, you’ve recently been quoted a number of times on how EBR’s turn on Alex Sean and DGX is disrespectful and cowardice. Yet you have quite a heated history with both of those competitors. What made you change your opinions about them?
Trace Demon: Who said I’d changed my opinion? I said I respect them, not that I like them. It’s not like the three of us get together for drinks and a game of golf on the weekend. Mainly because they’re not really classy enough to play golf but I concur. I don’t get along with Alex Sean and DGX outside of the ring, but I still have some respect for them. They did what very few people have been able to do – they proved themselves to me inside the ring. That’s how you gain my respect. I don’t have to like somebody to respect them.
Sounds like you’ve gone soft to me. We should be kicking Alex Sean in the nuts, not talking about how you ‘respect him’.
You really wanted to use inverted commas there, didn’t you?
Maybe, but my lack of any real hands made it a slight problem.
You see this? [Shakes head] This is me shaking my head in disgust at you, because I can. And this is me stopping because the camera’s still rolling and it’s gonna look weirder than Calvin Lee’s wardrobe.
Spotty Intern: Can you tell us more about your problems with King Kraig? The entire reason for your match with Calvin Lee is due to your, and I quote, ‘disrespectful attitude towards authority’. Why do you feel the need to fight again Kraig’s regime?
Because it’s stupid.
No, because it clearly represents some timely opportunity to gain the top spot again. Why else would he do anything?
Because he wants to be the boss again.
Trace Demon: There are literally dozens of reasons why somebody would want to fight King Kraig. His appalling dress sense for one. His refusal to admit his feelings for EBR in a society which has no problem with two idiots dating.
I thought that line was going somewhere else.
I get it; he’s kind of overdone it on the ‘King Kraig is gay’ jokes recently.
I think gay jokes are funny.
You would.
Trace Demon: But my real problem with King Kraig is he’s an egomaniacal idiot who just can’t admit that everything he does is for him. He says it’s for ratings or it’s for the company but the truth is everything King Kraig does is for his own benefit. Admittingly I don’t understand the benefit of working with Calvin Lee but I have been assured by the homeless man down the road that there is some. King Kraig is a watered down version of who I used to be, it’s kind of insulting. I’d trademark the gimmick if trade marking something idiotic wasn’t so lame and hadn’t already been done by some other hardcore nut job.
What’s wrong with hardcore?
The whole basis of the style is demeaning and life threatening.
Plus it rips up your face to the point that you look like some drugged up sadomasochistic freak who clearly can’t admit that everyone hates him and who thinks he’s the biggest thing going.
That sounds pretty specific.
Nope, just describing your run of the mill nothing special nut job.
Trace Demon: But not only that. He uses people, and not even good people. People like Calvin Lee. What does that tell you about him? In fact when you compare what he’s doing now with the group I came up with during my ownership and there’s a really terrifying resemblance. He’s got the big shot in EBR. I had the big shot in Thunder. He’s got the talented but tortured guy in Jason Jadoa. I had the talented and tortured guy in Saku. He’s got the nobody in Calvin Lee. I had the nobody in that other guy with the mask. King Kraig has essentially just ripped me off since day one.
Spotty Intern: That’s... actually quite eerie.
Did this kid just use the word eerie? Who says that anymore?
I think it’s coming back.
I think you’re mad just for suggesting that.
At this rate you’re going to drive me mad.
We’re your subconscious, this is all on you.
That sounded oddly smart for a hardcore psycho.
Told you, subconscious.
Spotty Intern: Just a few more questions Mr. Demon.
Thank god, this punk is getting on my nerves it’s a miracle that I haven’t thrown him out of the window.
And you were doing so well at being civilised for a second there.
Spotty Intern: You recently announced that you are to become a father, what does that feel like?
Like a waste of time!
Like a waste of a perfectly good career.
Like he’s got some diabolical plan.
Trace Demon: It feels great. It feels really good to be able to say that I’m actually in a place right now, personally and financially, that I can raise a child. This time last year I couldn’t have said that and I certainly couldn’t have said it before that. It’s taken a lot to get to the point where I’m in a good place, where I’m the man I want to be. I’ve not been able to say that before.
I feel like I should feel insulted.
Well obviously you waste of brain space.
You just really suggested you’re better off now than when you were any of us? The Hardcore psycho I could understand, but me?
Of course I am. Each of you is entirely flawed. I’m not saying I’m perfect but at least I’m not a psychopath who doesn’t understand... well, just about anything.
Hey!
And I’m not some manipulative ass who doesn’t give a damn about anybody in or out of the ring.
Well that’s simply hurtful.
And I’m...
Don’t even think about it.
I’m not some egotistical self obsessed conceited maniac who could only care about staying on top.
You thought about it.
Spotty Intern: Do you not see it as possibly detrimental to your role as a professional wrestler?
Trace Demon: I can see where people would get that idea from, but if I was going to go through life putting this job ahead of living my life or raising a family then I’d be no better than Calvin Lee. Well I would, since I’d have done it by choice and he simply can’t find anybody to love him...
Ouch.
Well that seemed a little harsh.
Trace Demon: But you can’t go through life worrying. You can’t think about the future when the best part of life is what’s going on right in front of you. So what I’m going to do is come Attack! of the Little Green Men 2 I’m going to beat Calvin Lee in every way possible, I’m going to beat him so bad that he’ll go home with his tail between his leg just like he did in the XWA. Then I’m going to do the same thing to Jason Jadoa, and EBR until I get to King Kraig. And while I’m doing all of these glorious things I’m going to live my life outside of the ring with my girlfriend and our future child.
You’d put a bit...
You stop talking now, all of you. You’re the pathetic ones, you’re the ones who I’ve left behind and who can’t accept it.
We’re just what you created.
And that stops now.
Spotty Intern: One final question. You’ve been in this business, and in the WFWF, for just short of four years. Do you have any regrets?
He regrets becoming such a coward.
No.
He regrets giving up the methods that got him here in the first place.
NO!
He regrets giving up his dreams and aspirations.
NO!!!
SILENCE
Trace Demon: I don’t regret anything I’ve done in that ring, in this business or in my own life. Everything I’ve done has made me the person I am today and honestly, I’ve struggled with figuring out who that person is. Am I that guy who can use anything as a weapon, who’s got a screw loose and who just wants to hurt people? Am I that guy who can manipulate everything to my advantage, no matter who gets hurt in the process? Am I that guy who thinks the entire world is about him, who just wants more and more power? Really, the answers obvious.
Simply put, no.
Now, I can still do all of those things, and that’s what makes me so dangerous inside and outside of that ring. I can do all of those things, but I’m not any of those people anymore. Being in this business for four years has taught me a lot – don’t leave a fizzy drink near Shawn Malakai because he will shove it up someone’s nose, that no matter how many times he says it Yukio Blaze is still not a cool dude and that Calvin Lee likes to walk around in a dress on a Saturday night and be called Caroline.
But the most important thing I’ve learnt, the one thing that is going to stick with me no matter how long I stick to this, is that you have to keep your feet firmly in the present. You can’t fixate on the person you were because that’s just going to sidetrack you. In this business you evolve or die, it’s that simple. Throughout my four years I’ve learnt how to out-wrestle people, how to out-fight them, how to out-think them and how to dress better than them, and that’s just for starters. Every time you step in that ring you learn something new, it’s what makes the more experienced of us that much more dangerous.
Me, I use everything I’ve learnt when I step in that ring. I like to think it’s what makes me so versatile and dangerous. And this week, I’m going to test that out on the poor deluded little punk that is Calvin Lee.
Interview over.
< *** >
Silence echoes louder than any noise.
I know who I am now.
I’m Trace Demon, I’m the guy who can break you with whatever is at hand, I’m the guy who can manipulate you to get whatever I want, I’m the guy who knows how to work the system and I’m the guy who can outwrestle even the greatest in this business.
But I’m also Trace Demon, the guy who is happy to have a girlfriend, who is happy to have a baby on the way, who regardless of how bad I hurt someone inside that ring will go home and be just a normal, slightly more awesome than you guy.
I’m Trace Demon. And at Attack! Of the Little Green Men 2, I truly begin the war against King Kraig when I put Calvin Lee down for the count, once again.
Trace Demon has evolved. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Not even me.
I struggle sometimes. I struggle to remember who I was when I first started out. What my aims were, what my reason for doing this was. I try to remember all the things that have led me here, that have made me the person I am today.
But it’s difficult, sometimes I simply can’t.
It’s all a blur now. The start. It’s all tucked away. Sure, it’s on tape and probably re-run on some terrible television channel but that only shows you the outside, the person I was on camera. It only shows the interviews and the matches, it doesn’t tell me anything. It’s just a fragment of the past captured by a machine. It doesn’t tell me a thing about who I was or whether that person is better than the person I am now.
Sometimes I think about what my life and career would have turned out like if I’d have stayed in a single place, my soul and personality frozen in space and time. Sometimes I dream about whether I’d have handled things differently. If I’d still be the guy who’s in a committed relationship, whose got a kid on the way, who’s happy.
Am I happy? I can never tell. The person I am now should be happy, surely that should be enough?
What if it isn’t though? What if I would have been so much happier being the person I was in any one of those snapshots? What would they have done, what would any of the past Trace Demon’s have done in my situation?
What if I was still that drunk, drugged up psychopath with the slight religious fervour. What if I was still running around ripping people apart with whatever I could get my hands on? What if I thought less and did more?
What if I was still the manipulative heel? The guy who drew heat and didn’t care about it? The guy who got the job done by any means necessary because he could outthink his opponent?
What if I was still the ego driven maniacal dictator of the WFWF? The boss. The man who would use his power to get what he wanted no matter who it hurt? What if I still ran the roost instead of that clearly closeted creep who doesn’t realise what a nice suit looks like unless his secret gay lover is with him?
And by gay lover, I mean EBR.
What if I was any one of these people? Would it make a difference? Would I be somewhere else or would I be exactly where I am right now?
Would I be happy?
Would I be with Alexa or having a child?
Would I be a few days away from kicking Calvin Lee’s ass all over the arena yet again?
These are the questions that get to me, the ones that take over my mind.
Sometimes I think I can hear their voices, past incarnations of my soul, screaming at me, telling me what they would do, what I should do.
Sometimes, they all come at once.
< *** >
I’m not a big fan of interviews. No, really, I know it may be hard to believe. Despite my clear comfort in front of the camera I do not enjoy answering questions posed by some media degree holding intern who has less of a life than Jason Jadoa.
Unless he’s going to one of those Goth bars, I’m sure Jadoa is all over those places.
Why do you talk to yourself so much! We should be out drinking and kicking ass
I talk to myself because this is an interior monologue. Don’t you... I mean I... I mean past me know anything?
You shouldn’t bother listening to that fool. He still thinks the rapture is going to happen.
He got the dates wrong, it’s still coming.
Was I really that crazy?
Very much so. It wasn’t until you gained power that you really knew anything.
I feel insulted
I don’t really know if one part of my inner psyche can really insult the other.
Well he definitely just...
Spotty Intern: You seem rather distracted Mr. Demon, is everything alright?
I’ve been so focused on the crazy nonsensical situation in my head that I failed to notice the spotty intern who’s meant to be interviewing me even come into the room. By his side is another, equally ridiculous looking college student with a sub-par camera. I’m telling you, no matter how much Yukio Blaze wishes otherwise, long hair, beards and flares are never coming back. But sadly that’s what you get when you agree to do some publicity work for the WFWF.
Back when I was in control we had a multi-media stretched publicity scheme that...
Nobody cares.
I’m sure they do.
We don’t.
Hell no.
Trace Demon: Everything’s fine, thanks. Can we just get this thing rolling, I’ve got somewhere important to be.
Spotty Intern: Oh yeah, more important than talking to all your fans?
This guy is a grade A douchebag.
Let’s punch him, it’s the only choice.
No wonder you didn’t get anywhere with that mindset.
Trace Demon: My girlfriend’s got an ultrasound, so yeah, kind of important.
Will you... whatever you are just shut up and let me do my job?
Your having a fu****g kid?
Oh god.
Spotty Intern: Okay then, well our recording equipment is all set up, if you’re ready we can get underway?
A kid, what the hell?! We’re meant to be in the ring, beating people to a pulp and your busy having a bloody kid?
That psychopath does have a point; a kid is going to greatly affect your chances at regaining the WFWF ownership. Realistically it’s going to affect your chances to do anything in this business besides flounder in mid card obscurity.
Not at all, we can easily turn this into a winning opportunity. Any guy can see this is a golden chance to work your way back to the top of the card. Nobody says no to a man with a pregnant girlfriend.
If you believe that then maybe you’re the delusional one.
Trace Demon: Yeah, let’s get this underway.
Spotty Intern: Okay then, camera rolling? Good. Welcome to the latest edition of Under The Ring, the show dedicated to the latest events in the world of wrestling. Today we have with us a former WFWF World Champion, Trace Demon, who in a number of days will face off with Calvin Lee at Attack! of the Little Green Men 2. Thank you for joining us today Trace.
They’re really using that Attack! name again? Where’s the excitement, the pizzazz, the hook? Nobody wants to watch a show with a ridiculous name like that.
While you may have a point for once will you please just bury yourselves away again and just let me get on with this?
Not a chance.
I really don’t see that happening.
You have got to be kidding me, right?
Trace Demon: It’s great to be here.
Spotty Intern: Okay, first off I have to ask your feelings on your match with Calvin Lee. Are you confident?
Calvin Lee? That ridiculous no-good...
Yeah, we get it, the guy’s pathetic. Surely we’ve done that joke enough. I mean nobody even hears it, it’s an interior monologue after all.
Trace Demon: Of course I’m confident. I’m confident every time I go and step foot in that ring and this is no exception. Myself and Calvin Lee have a bit of history, both here in the WFWF and over in XWA and the last time we stepped in the ring for an actual match, not for one of his pathetic little ambushes, I beat him and set his ass packing from the company that he called home. I fully intend to do the same thing again at Attack! of the Little Green Men 2 and it’s going to look even better in non-existent 3D.
Your working in the XWA?
Yeah. If your meant to be a part of my inner psyche surely you should know that?
I don’t know how this works, I didn’t make the rules. But do you really think that working for the competition is going to endear you to your boss? Do you really think working for the competition is going to get you the success that we so rightfully deserve? I’d have never done something so obviously counter-productive.
Okay, for one the XWA isn’t the competition anymore, there’s a working agreement which once again you’d know if any of this made any sense. And two, endear myself to King Kraig? I thought you were meant to be the smart one.
No, that’s me.
Oh right. You both seem fairly similar.
King Kraig is a douche.
First time I’ve agreed with any of you in a long time.
Spotty Intern: What about King Kraig, Jason Jadoa and EBR? Aren’t you worried that they’ll get involved in some way?
Trace Demon: EBR is going to be far too busy wetting himself while he waits to get his ass handed to him by DGX and Jason Jadoa’s going to be sitting in some dark corner brooding over the fact that Alex Sean is probably going to kill him with a dog collar, so no, not really. And King Kraig? The guy spends half of his time talking crap and the other half acting crap. If he tries to get involved in any way I won’t hesitate to throw him and his cheap suit out of that ring.
Well now I’ve heard it all. You’re actually supporting Alex Sean and DGX? Don’t you remember how disruptive they were during my ownership?
Your ownership? Your some messed up figment of my mind trying to drive me crazy. My ownership, my disruptions, my decisions, my life.
It’s all about you. Whatever happened to the days when it was all about hitting someone with something really heavy, possibly with barbed wire on it just for that nice affect.
We grew up. This is smart, Alex Sean and DGX are smart allies to have. And then when we get what we want from them we just throw them to the side. Maybe you haven’t lost it after all.
Spotty Intern: I have to ask, you’ve recently been quoted a number of times on how EBR’s turn on Alex Sean and DGX is disrespectful and cowardice. Yet you have quite a heated history with both of those competitors. What made you change your opinions about them?
Trace Demon: Who said I’d changed my opinion? I said I respect them, not that I like them. It’s not like the three of us get together for drinks and a game of golf on the weekend. Mainly because they’re not really classy enough to play golf but I concur. I don’t get along with Alex Sean and DGX outside of the ring, but I still have some respect for them. They did what very few people have been able to do – they proved themselves to me inside the ring. That’s how you gain my respect. I don’t have to like somebody to respect them.
Sounds like you’ve gone soft to me. We should be kicking Alex Sean in the nuts, not talking about how you ‘respect him’.
You really wanted to use inverted commas there, didn’t you?
Maybe, but my lack of any real hands made it a slight problem.
You see this? [Shakes head] This is me shaking my head in disgust at you, because I can. And this is me stopping because the camera’s still rolling and it’s gonna look weirder than Calvin Lee’s wardrobe.
Spotty Intern: Can you tell us more about your problems with King Kraig? The entire reason for your match with Calvin Lee is due to your, and I quote, ‘disrespectful attitude towards authority’. Why do you feel the need to fight again Kraig’s regime?
Because it’s stupid.
No, because it clearly represents some timely opportunity to gain the top spot again. Why else would he do anything?
Because he wants to be the boss again.
Trace Demon: There are literally dozens of reasons why somebody would want to fight King Kraig. His appalling dress sense for one. His refusal to admit his feelings for EBR in a society which has no problem with two idiots dating.
I thought that line was going somewhere else.
I get it; he’s kind of overdone it on the ‘King Kraig is gay’ jokes recently.
I think gay jokes are funny.
You would.
Trace Demon: But my real problem with King Kraig is he’s an egomaniacal idiot who just can’t admit that everything he does is for him. He says it’s for ratings or it’s for the company but the truth is everything King Kraig does is for his own benefit. Admittingly I don’t understand the benefit of working with Calvin Lee but I have been assured by the homeless man down the road that there is some. King Kraig is a watered down version of who I used to be, it’s kind of insulting. I’d trademark the gimmick if trade marking something idiotic wasn’t so lame and hadn’t already been done by some other hardcore nut job.
What’s wrong with hardcore?
The whole basis of the style is demeaning and life threatening.
Plus it rips up your face to the point that you look like some drugged up sadomasochistic freak who clearly can’t admit that everyone hates him and who thinks he’s the biggest thing going.
That sounds pretty specific.
Nope, just describing your run of the mill nothing special nut job.
Trace Demon: But not only that. He uses people, and not even good people. People like Calvin Lee. What does that tell you about him? In fact when you compare what he’s doing now with the group I came up with during my ownership and there’s a really terrifying resemblance. He’s got the big shot in EBR. I had the big shot in Thunder. He’s got the talented but tortured guy in Jason Jadoa. I had the talented and tortured guy in Saku. He’s got the nobody in Calvin Lee. I had the nobody in that other guy with the mask. King Kraig has essentially just ripped me off since day one.
Spotty Intern: That’s... actually quite eerie.
Did this kid just use the word eerie? Who says that anymore?
I think it’s coming back.
I think you’re mad just for suggesting that.
At this rate you’re going to drive me mad.
We’re your subconscious, this is all on you.
That sounded oddly smart for a hardcore psycho.
Told you, subconscious.
Spotty Intern: Just a few more questions Mr. Demon.
Thank god, this punk is getting on my nerves it’s a miracle that I haven’t thrown him out of the window.
And you were doing so well at being civilised for a second there.
Spotty Intern: You recently announced that you are to become a father, what does that feel like?
Like a waste of time!
Like a waste of a perfectly good career.
Like he’s got some diabolical plan.
Trace Demon: It feels great. It feels really good to be able to say that I’m actually in a place right now, personally and financially, that I can raise a child. This time last year I couldn’t have said that and I certainly couldn’t have said it before that. It’s taken a lot to get to the point where I’m in a good place, where I’m the man I want to be. I’ve not been able to say that before.
I feel like I should feel insulted.
Well obviously you waste of brain space.
You just really suggested you’re better off now than when you were any of us? The Hardcore psycho I could understand, but me?
Of course I am. Each of you is entirely flawed. I’m not saying I’m perfect but at least I’m not a psychopath who doesn’t understand... well, just about anything.
Hey!
And I’m not some manipulative ass who doesn’t give a damn about anybody in or out of the ring.
Well that’s simply hurtful.
And I’m...
Don’t even think about it.
I’m not some egotistical self obsessed conceited maniac who could only care about staying on top.
You thought about it.
Spotty Intern: Do you not see it as possibly detrimental to your role as a professional wrestler?
Trace Demon: I can see where people would get that idea from, but if I was going to go through life putting this job ahead of living my life or raising a family then I’d be no better than Calvin Lee. Well I would, since I’d have done it by choice and he simply can’t find anybody to love him...
Ouch.
Well that seemed a little harsh.
Trace Demon: But you can’t go through life worrying. You can’t think about the future when the best part of life is what’s going on right in front of you. So what I’m going to do is come Attack! of the Little Green Men 2 I’m going to beat Calvin Lee in every way possible, I’m going to beat him so bad that he’ll go home with his tail between his leg just like he did in the XWA. Then I’m going to do the same thing to Jason Jadoa, and EBR until I get to King Kraig. And while I’m doing all of these glorious things I’m going to live my life outside of the ring with my girlfriend and our future child.
You’d put a bit...
You stop talking now, all of you. You’re the pathetic ones, you’re the ones who I’ve left behind and who can’t accept it.
We’re just what you created.
And that stops now.
Spotty Intern: One final question. You’ve been in this business, and in the WFWF, for just short of four years. Do you have any regrets?
He regrets becoming such a coward.
No.
He regrets giving up the methods that got him here in the first place.
NO!
He regrets giving up his dreams and aspirations.
NO!!!
SILENCE
Trace Demon: I don’t regret anything I’ve done in that ring, in this business or in my own life. Everything I’ve done has made me the person I am today and honestly, I’ve struggled with figuring out who that person is. Am I that guy who can use anything as a weapon, who’s got a screw loose and who just wants to hurt people? Am I that guy who can manipulate everything to my advantage, no matter who gets hurt in the process? Am I that guy who thinks the entire world is about him, who just wants more and more power? Really, the answers obvious.
Simply put, no.
Now, I can still do all of those things, and that’s what makes me so dangerous inside and outside of that ring. I can do all of those things, but I’m not any of those people anymore. Being in this business for four years has taught me a lot – don’t leave a fizzy drink near Shawn Malakai because he will shove it up someone’s nose, that no matter how many times he says it Yukio Blaze is still not a cool dude and that Calvin Lee likes to walk around in a dress on a Saturday night and be called Caroline.
But the most important thing I’ve learnt, the one thing that is going to stick with me no matter how long I stick to this, is that you have to keep your feet firmly in the present. You can’t fixate on the person you were because that’s just going to sidetrack you. In this business you evolve or die, it’s that simple. Throughout my four years I’ve learnt how to out-wrestle people, how to out-fight them, how to out-think them and how to dress better than them, and that’s just for starters. Every time you step in that ring you learn something new, it’s what makes the more experienced of us that much more dangerous.
Me, I use everything I’ve learnt when I step in that ring. I like to think it’s what makes me so versatile and dangerous. And this week, I’m going to test that out on the poor deluded little punk that is Calvin Lee.
Interview over.
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Silence echoes louder than any noise.
I know who I am now.
I’m Trace Demon, I’m the guy who can break you with whatever is at hand, I’m the guy who can manipulate you to get whatever I want, I’m the guy who knows how to work the system and I’m the guy who can outwrestle even the greatest in this business.
But I’m also Trace Demon, the guy who is happy to have a girlfriend, who is happy to have a baby on the way, who regardless of how bad I hurt someone inside that ring will go home and be just a normal, slightly more awesome than you guy.
I’m Trace Demon. And at Attack! Of the Little Green Men 2, I truly begin the war against King Kraig when I put Calvin Lee down for the count, once again.
Trace Demon has evolved. Be afraid, be very afraid.
