Post by King Richius on Feb 17, 2017 22:56:34 GMT -5
WFWF Supreme Gauntlet 17: Night 3 RP
For Whom the Bell Tolls
featuring Frank Lynn
St. Louis, MO : Feb. 2, 2017 : Supreme Gauntlet 17! Night 2
Tonight I beat a former WFWF World Heavyweight Champion. The losing streak is over. I am still alive in the Supreme Gauntlet tournament. I should be celebrating with Daphne and Josh, as soon as he finishes his match with Ante Whitner.
But I’m not celebrating. Instead, Daphne has been exiled to some other backstage area so an irate Lila Sleater could have a “private moment” with me.
What the hell is it with you, Frank? Enough is never enough!
Whaddya’ mean?
Even though you lost at SuperBrawl I got you into the Supreme Gauntlet tournament. I thought a chance at the world heavyweight championship would satisfy you but it didn’t. You had to go out there tonight and shoot your mouth off about Ante and his Golden Opportunity title that you think he stole from you.
I never said Ante stole it. I said LeeRoy Jenkins handed it to him. Get your facts straight.
SHUT UP!
I’m so tired of wrestlers who think they know how to do my job better than me. You had your shot at SuperBrawl and lost. Brandon Bison is the #1 contender. Deal with it!
Lila is reacting pretty much as I expected. When I went out there before my match with Dex and made my challenge to Ante, I did not believe our Supreme Gauntlet match would also be for his Golden Opportunity title. If I thought that was all it took, I would have done something before the match with Brennan to get a shot at his title. I just wanted to get under Ante’s skin before our match. It was all about the mind games and trying to get any advantage I can.
That’s why I’m not being careful with my words as I respond to Lila. I have nothing to gain or lose so honestly, I don’t care what she thinks about my speech. She can huff and puff until she is blue in the face, there is no house for her to blow down.
Your Supreme Gauntlet match against Ante will NOT be for his Golden Opportunity title. That is final!
Lila is interrupted by a frantic staffer who barges into the locker room. A slightly less frantic yet still worried looking Daphne enters seconds behind him.
Miss Sleater! Come quick! Josh Dean is in trouble!
What? Josh in trouble?! Dammit! Instead of standing here getting yelled at by Lila I should have been watching his match on one of the monitors. We’re supposed to be watching each others backs. Am I too late to help now?
Lila stops yelling at me and runs towards the gorilla position with several WFWF staffers following her. I move to join her impromptu entourage.
No Frank! You stay here. Let me and my staff take care of this. I don’t want you going anywhere near Ante Whitner!
Lila signals to two security staff to escort me back to my locker room. I start to resist because I do not want to let Josh down. Daphne steps in to calm me down, assuring me that the staff can handle the situation and helping the security guards to keep me out of the way.
Minutes later, I have to watch as Josh Dean is taken away on a stretcher for that ambulance ride to the hospital that every wrestler fears. As the ambulance speeds away I speak through gritted teeth to no one in particular.
What the f*ck did you do Whitner? You better pray Josh is okay.
Boston, MA : Feb. 8, 2017
Well I’ll be damned. Lila must be really pissed off at Ante Whitner because she did the one thing she told me was absolutely not going to happen. She is forcing Whitner to defend his Golden Opportunity championship in our Supreme Gauntlet match. Ante f*cked up pretty bad and I get to reap the benefits.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
I don’t mind getting a shot at the Golden Opportunity. There was some truth to my tirade on night two in that I do think I deserve a one on one match for the title. I didn’t think it would happen this way. I assumed that after I beat Ante in the gauntlet, I would take my place in line behind Brandon Bison for a title match. But oh how the worm has turned. Now I get the shot first and when I beat Ante, Brandon will be coming after me.
Don’t forget that I haven’t had my gauntlet match with Josh Dean yet so I just got a free point. When I beat Ante, I will have three points and no more matches. If Dex or Ante can beat Brennan then I will be tied for the top of Group B. Who knows how Lila will handle that but it can’t be bad for me.
Yep, everything is coming up roses.
But the price for my sudden good fortune is Josh Dean lying in a hospital bed with his future in doubt. Over the past few months, Josh has become a mentor and friend. I don’t want my success to come at his loss. We were supposed to do this together. Shared effort leading to shared success.
Not going to happen now. I’m on my own again… just like when Mike Jette got injured… just like the night of the murders… always the last man left standing to carry on alone. This time all thanks to Ante Whitner.
That’s why Ante’s comments on WFWF.COM pissed me off so much. How could he be so cavalier about something so serious?
LIES!
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that injuring Josh was exactly what Ante had in mind when he suplexed Josh into the security barrier. After the topé suicida, a competitor just looking to win would have rolled Josh back into the ring, then maybe hit a suplex if it was even necessary before going for a pin. Not Ante. He viciously dropped Josh neck first onto the barrier with the obvious and malicious intention of injuring him.
I’m not surprised that Ante would say what he did. This is a man who plays fast and loose with the truth.
Don’t believe me? Have you heard the story he tells of our first meeting before SuperBrawl? The way he tells it, I walked up to him, grabbed his bottle of Dalmore, and smashed it just to make some infantile point that the rookies were coming for him. Gotta love selective memory!
As I recall, I approached him to introduce myself and wish him luck. I asked about the bottle and he waved it around in front me until he dropped it. Then he blamed me and went off on one of his rambling rants that makes no sense and ended with me being an ignorant punk for not knowing who the hell Donnie Kent is. Or was it Lonnie or Ronnie or Clark? Meh, it doesn’t matter. You can count the number of f*cks I give about any and all of those Kents on no hands. In any case, I was saying whatever I thought he wanted to hear just to end the inane conversation before I stuck my foot up his ass.
I admit I may also be the victim of selective memory about the minor details but there is one item that I know for a fact: I did not grab his overpriced bottle of pisswater and smash it. As an aficionado of a good tequila I would never waste another man’s alcohol without provocation. For all his idiocy, Ante didn’t provoke me enough to snap, at least not on that night. If he were to walk past me right now with a bottle of Dalmore or Patrón, he would be getting an alcohol enema.
The second part of his statement was even worse. Reading it pissed me off so much I almost threw my laptop across the room. Thank you Dr. Nichols and your sessions. You saved me from having to buy a new computer.
AS UNFAIR AS IT IS???
How f*cking deluded is this assh*le? He just sent a man to the hospital and possibly ended his career! Even Stevie Wonder could see Ante knew exactly what he was doing. It was a planned attack meant to hurt Josh. The WFWF is the only place a person can commit assault & battery without facing criminal charges. He’s getting off easy just having to defend the Golden Opportunity against me in our Supreme Gauntlet match. I’m sure there would be a line around the block of criminals willing to take a beating from me rather than serve hard time in prison.
It is a sad fact of life in the WFWF that I am getting this title opportunity because Lila played the role of judge and jury, then assigned me the job of executioner. I’m not being rewarded for something I did; Ante is being punished for something he did. Lucky for Lila, I don’t mind kicking his ass and taking the Golden Opportunity away from him. I want to beat the living hell out of Ante. In fact, Ante better hope Daphne is around for this match to keep me from going too far and sending him to the hospital with a broken neck.
I was pissed off at Ante Whitner before just because he told lies about me (there are plenty of true faults to talk about, he didn’t need to make sh*t up) and because he won the Golden Opportunity match at SuperBrawl.
That was nothing compared to how pissed off I am now. You hurt my friend and took him away from me. The last time I lost friends I couldn’t do anything about it. This time I can. I’m coming for you and I’m going to let the whole world know it.
Boston, MA : Feb. 14, 2017
As much as I want to give 110% of my attention to the ass kicking of a lifetime I have planned for Ante Whitner, I do have other obligations. I’ve been putting them off for too long in favor of watching the last five minutes of the Golden Opportunity match and the last five minutes of Whitner vs Dean on Supreme Gauntlet night two. I haven’t had to look very hard for extra motivation to win this match.
Today I have to put my seething anger towards Ante on the back burner for a bit so I can see to the business of Legacy and the upcoming iPPV.
The card is almost complete: eight marquee matches, three titles to be contested, and a top prospects tournament to find the next great LPW star(s). We’ve even narrowed the possible names of the iPPV down to either Armageddon or Apocalypse. Yeah, kinda’ generic but they both have that gravitas we want our fans to feel as this is a huge event for Legacy.
All that remains for me to do is fill the final spot in the top prospects tournament and line up some guests for the pre-show meet and greet. Time to make some phone calls, the first of which will kill two birds with one stone.
Bison Wrestling Academy. How can I help you?
Hi. Is Brandon Bison available? This is Frank Lynn.
One moment please.
I’m a little nervous about this call. I said some unflattering things about Brandon during my tirade in St. Louis. He could very easily be pissed off and not willing to talk to me. Turns out I was worried about nothing.
Hey Frank.
Hello Brandon. How’s life in the Bison dojo?
Can’t complain. I have a class soon, what’s on your mind?
What is it about professional wrestlers that we are all business all the time? No wonder so many of us go off the deep end.
Brick Harrison is, but first I need to apologize. I threw some shade your way back in St. Louis. It wasn’t personal. I hope you understand and aren’t holding a grudge.
I run a wrestling school and teach these kids Trash Talk 101. Don’t sweat it.
Between what I said and how Lila just jumped me to the front of the line for the Golden Opportunity after you earned the number one contender spot, well… I was afraid I may not be your favorite person right now.
Testing the waters. No matter what happens against Ante, a match between Brandon and myself seems inevitable. I might as well get a good gauge on where we stand right now.
I’m not happy that you get a shot at Ante before me but it really doesn’t matter. I’ll still be the number one contender whether you or Ante win. I’ll get my shot and when I do…
…you’ll do your best to win the Golden Opportunity. You’ll need to be at your best because I AM going to beat Ante and you WILL have to face me.
I hope you do beat Ante. After what he did to Josh…
Interesting. I wonder if Joe Bishop has talked to Brandon. He seems like a more logical choice to recruit as a soldier than I ever was.
Yeah, I hear ya. I’m going to pay that bastard back for SuperBrawl and for Josh.
Good luck. I’m short on time though so what do you want to know about Brick?
How’s he doing? Do you think he’s ready for his first match?
Well, he’s still a cocky son of a bitch but I have to give him some credit. He is putting in the work and improving.
If that cockiness can be toned down to confidence while his skills improve from non-existent to at least average then Brick could live up to the potential we at Legacy see in him. I may be paying for Brick to attend Bison’s school out of guilt but the benefits could be worth it. Sometimes you really can turn lemons into lemonade.
Cocky but improving… sound like anybody you know?
*laughs* I can think of a few people who fit the bill… some guy named Frank Lynn comes to mind.
*laughs* True, but I’m learning… the hard way thanks to Trace Demon and David Brennan. How ‘bout it? Is Brick ready for a real match?
Yes, I think so.
Good! I have a spot for him in the Legacy Top Prospects tournament.
I’ll let him know. Fax the details later, ‘kay?
I let out a sigh of relief. The iPPV card is complete now. One more request of Brandon and I’m almost done with Legacy business so I can get back to planning my destruction of Ante Whitner.
Sure, I’ll have Sarah take care of that by the end of the day. One more thing. How ‘bout you come up and be his corner man? And you can be part of the pre-show meet and greet with the fans. You’re a popular guy, the LPW fans would love to meet you, get a pic and autograph, all that fun stuff.
Actually, that sounds like a good idea. I can see Brick perform under the bright lights and give him an honest evaluation afterwards. As for the fans, I’d love to.
Great! We’ll of course pay an appearance fee. I’ll make sure Sarah includes details in her fax. Thanks Brandon. Every little bit that helps the Legacy iPPV be a success is greatly appreciated.
No problem Frank. Legacy is a great place for my graduates to go to work. Now if you’ll excuse me, my class is about to start. See you in Dallas.
Take it easy bud.
It’s easy to see why the fans support Brandon. He is a genuinely nice guy. Damn shame I’m going to have to beat him after I beat Ante. The Golden Opportunity means more to me than making friends. If there was room for more than one wrestler at the top then more wrestlers might get along instead of wanting to kill each other all the time. The nature of the business breeds hatred and contempt for men who should be our friends and drinking buddies.
I wonder what Joe Bishop would think about that. Where do respect and friendship fall in his priorities for a WFWF run as a meritocracy? I’d say he would favor keeping all emotions out of the ring but then you see how he reacts to Trace Demon and have to second guess that.
Maybe I’ll ask him. He is the next call on my list. He appeared last year at a LPW show but I sort of screwed that up. I hope he is willing to give it another shot for the iPPV. He is one of if not the biggest name in the business right now and could attract a small crowd all by himself for autographs and pictures.
I cross my fingers and make the call.
Dallas, TX : Feb. 20, 2017
ARE YOU WITH ME?
I remember Ante shouting those words as he held the Golden Opportunity briefcase for everyone to see while I was tied up in the ropes. I remember the SuperBrawl crowd answering back in unison with a thunderous reply:
YES!
Stupid f*cking idiots.
I hate to trash the fans because without them none of us has a job doing what we love but hey, if they want to be stupid f*cking idiots then I have to call them out for it. Maybe after a little explanation the fans will see the light and realize that Ante isn’t the hero of this story. He is the villain.
Let’s go back to before SuperBrawl. Ante had made a statement taking Danté Brooks out with one swift kick to the head to qualify for the Golden Opportunity match at SuperBrawl. Then he opened his mouth and the crap started to flow. He was a new Ante Whitner, the anointed successor to Samael Ahriman who would win the Golden Opportunity championship and use it to not only achieve greatness but be the hero the WFWF desperately needed. He would be a fighting champion everyone could be proud of. And then there was some wacked out sh*t about superheroes, boats, and roses that I still can’t make heads or tails out of but we’ll ignore that. It was probably a bad flashback from his less than heroic days.
I cannot deny it. Ante f*cking Whitner did win at SuperBrawl. I saw it with my own eyes. I had no choice but to watch as I was tied up in the ropes thanks to LeeRoy Jenkins, whose stupidity in taking out just one of the two men on the ladder instead of both men left the door wide open for Ante f*cking Whitner to claim the prize. My own damn fault for not dealing with LeeRoy before but some lessons have to be learned the hard way. Not that Ante will ever admit that he had a little help winning. The first sign that his grasp on reality is slipping.
No amount of b*tching will change the fact that Ante won the Golden Opportunity. But surely, after all his talk before the match about what a great champion he would be we would soon see him in the ring doing his thing. He would be at the End of Year show to defend his title or challenge Brennan or at least come to the ring to celebrate with his adoring fans, right?
Nope. Ante was no where to be found at the End of Year show. Schneider was there to give his endorsement for Whitner. I was there throwing down with Trace Demon. But Ante f*cking Whitner, the newly crowned Golden Opportunity Champion now bearing the seal of approval of two legends? Hanging out at home stuffing his face with turkey, cranberry sauce, and apple pie.
Oh well, taking some time off for the holidays is understandable. Surely the new champ would start off 2017 the right way by coming out for night one of the Supreme Gauntlet. No way would his holiday hangover keep the champ from starting his triumphant reign and march to greatness, right?
Nope. Ante was still no where to be found. I was there trading blows with David f’n Brennan. Ante f*cking Whitner was still hiding out somewhere reading Frankenstein and convincing himself that he is the greatest thing since sliced bread, thus proving my point that he is not and will never be a great champion and hero he would have us believe he is.
Well, Ante had no choice but to show up on night two of the Supreme Gauntlet because he had his first tournament match against Joshua Dean. Surely the great fighting champ would put his title on the line, right?
Nope. Ante was running his mouth about how he is the only Franchise in the WFWF. Jesus freakin’ Christ, you delusional mother f*cker! That’s a level of ego that even Trace Demon would be jealous of. And yet, the Franchise never even thought about putting his title up in the match with Josh. Seems like Ante’s franchise specializes in chicken.
Still, Ante f*cking Whitner showed his best stuff in St. Louis and beat Joshua Dean. As bitter a pill to swallow as that is, I could accept it. But beating Josh wasn’t enough. Ante went too far. He attacked Josh outside the ring and hurt him, injured him bad enough that Josh is out of the picture now. He shouldn’t have hurt my friend.
To make matters worse and providing even more proof of just how far Ante has lost touch with reality, he had the audacity to make a statement that he is sorry, that he didn’t intend to hurt Josh, that he will pay his penance and continue to strive for greatness. Lies on top of hypocrisy on top of a mountain of sh*t.
Ante Whitner is not a worthy champion. If he was, he wouldn’t have to be forced to defend his title nor would he call it unfair when Lila makes him defend it. We all deserve better.
Ante Whitner is not a hero. If he was, he wouldn’t hide out for months, try to cripple an opponent, and lie about it afterwards. We all deserve better.
Ante f*cking Whitner is a steaming pile of sh*t. His stench pervades the WFWF now and something has to be done about it. I am the perfect man to take care of business.
I will win this match to prove to Ante, myself, and all the fans that he cannot beat me without help. There won’t be any ladders, psychos with barbwire baseball bats, crazy women with chairs, or, most importantly, dumbass rednecks to interfere. It will be two men: one who mistakenly thinks he is greatest man alive and one who knows he is the better man in the ring. Do I really have to specify which of us is which? I am the better man!
I will win this match so I can do to him what he did to Josh. You can call it justice or you can call it vengeance. Both will be mine.
I will win this match so I can shut him up because all that existential bullsh*t he spouts gives me a headache. All he is doing is trying to rationalize his bad behavior as being for some twisted idea of a greater good. Seriously Ante, stop trying to be Socrates or Descartes or Nietzsche. The WFWF isn’t a debate society. It’s a fight club!
I will win this match because that will put me in prime position in the Supreme Gauntlet, ready to move forward should David Brennan stumble in one or both of his matches with Dex and Ante.
I will win this match so I can be the Golden Opportunity champion. I will be the champion Ante promised he would be but has failed to deliver on. I will defend the Golden Opportunity against Brandon Bison and any other top contenders until I choose to cash it in against the International Champion.
Did you notice how winning the Golden Opportunity barely made the top five?
Yes, I want to be a champion but this time around it isn’t even close to being my major motivation. This match isn’t about achieving personal goals. It is about righting the wrongs that Ante f*cking Whitner has done over the past few months. I will show everyone that he is a liar, a hypocrite, and a violent lunatic that only another violent lunatic like Samael Ahriman or Phillip Schneider could support. They’re backing the wrong horse. I’m mother f*cking Secretariat about to run wild on Ante.
The next time Ante asks “Are you with me?” I want the answer to be a deafening silence broken only by a few crickets chirping and some pins dropping. I want to see the look on his face when he realizes the fans are not buying into his bullsh*t anymore and he is all alone in his delusional fantasy world.
I don’t know if Ante intended to make an enemy out of me or if he is just a clueless f*ck. I don’t care. It is now personal between us. Extremely personal! I’m not coming to Dallas for a wrestling match. I’m not even coming for a fight. I’m coming for a war. There is no way Ante leaves that ring a winner, a champion, and a hero. Best case scenario, he leaves under his own power to cry himself to sleep after a devastating defeat. Worst case scenario, he leaves on a stretcher about to become very familiar with the best medical facilities Dallas has to offer.
I’m coming for Ante f*cking Whitner and I’m bringing hell with me.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for Ante Whitner.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
featuring Frank Lynn
St. Louis, MO : Feb. 2, 2017 : Supreme Gauntlet 17! Night 2
Tonight I beat a former WFWF World Heavyweight Champion. The losing streak is over. I am still alive in the Supreme Gauntlet tournament. I should be celebrating with Daphne and Josh, as soon as he finishes his match with Ante Whitner.
But I’m not celebrating. Instead, Daphne has been exiled to some other backstage area so an irate Lila Sleater could have a “private moment” with me.
What the hell is it with you, Frank? Enough is never enough!
Whaddya’ mean?
Even though you lost at SuperBrawl I got you into the Supreme Gauntlet tournament. I thought a chance at the world heavyweight championship would satisfy you but it didn’t. You had to go out there tonight and shoot your mouth off about Ante and his Golden Opportunity title that you think he stole from you.
I never said Ante stole it. I said LeeRoy Jenkins handed it to him. Get your facts straight.
SHUT UP!
I’m so tired of wrestlers who think they know how to do my job better than me. You had your shot at SuperBrawl and lost. Brandon Bison is the #1 contender. Deal with it!
Lila is reacting pretty much as I expected. When I went out there before my match with Dex and made my challenge to Ante, I did not believe our Supreme Gauntlet match would also be for his Golden Opportunity title. If I thought that was all it took, I would have done something before the match with Brennan to get a shot at his title. I just wanted to get under Ante’s skin before our match. It was all about the mind games and trying to get any advantage I can.
That’s why I’m not being careful with my words as I respond to Lila. I have nothing to gain or lose so honestly, I don’t care what she thinks about my speech. She can huff and puff until she is blue in the face, there is no house for her to blow down.
Your Supreme Gauntlet match against Ante will NOT be for his Golden Opportunity title. That is final!
Lila is interrupted by a frantic staffer who barges into the locker room. A slightly less frantic yet still worried looking Daphne enters seconds behind him.
Miss Sleater! Come quick! Josh Dean is in trouble!
What? Josh in trouble?! Dammit! Instead of standing here getting yelled at by Lila I should have been watching his match on one of the monitors. We’re supposed to be watching each others backs. Am I too late to help now?
Lila stops yelling at me and runs towards the gorilla position with several WFWF staffers following her. I move to join her impromptu entourage.
No Frank! You stay here. Let me and my staff take care of this. I don’t want you going anywhere near Ante Whitner!
Lila signals to two security staff to escort me back to my locker room. I start to resist because I do not want to let Josh down. Daphne steps in to calm me down, assuring me that the staff can handle the situation and helping the security guards to keep me out of the way.
Minutes later, I have to watch as Josh Dean is taken away on a stretcher for that ambulance ride to the hospital that every wrestler fears. As the ambulance speeds away I speak through gritted teeth to no one in particular.
What the f*ck did you do Whitner? You better pray Josh is okay.
Boston, MA : Feb. 8, 2017
The Main Event!
Supreme Gauntlet Block B - Golden Opportunity!
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Ante Whitner vs. Frank Lynn
Well, well, well. Be careful what you wish for Mr Lynn. Last show Frank called out Ante Whitner, demanding a shot at his Golden Opportunity, however it is Brandon Bison who earned that right. Bison is still entitled to his shot but the office of Lila Sleater has decided, as penance for his putting Joshua Dean on the shelf, that Ante will be defending his Golden Opportunity within the confines of the Supreme Gauntlet 17! as well. Not only that, but both men have 1 point to their name so far, and with only David Brennan in the running for a second point this go around, a victory here could put either one of them at the top of the Block B. Someone has to go away empty handed though, and you have to wonder has Lynn antagonised the longest reigning National Champion in history with those aforementioned words? It’s going to be damn physical, and there’s a lot on the line for both of these men!
Supreme Gauntlet Block B - Golden Opportunity!
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Ante Whitner vs. Frank Lynn
Well, well, well. Be careful what you wish for Mr Lynn. Last show Frank called out Ante Whitner, demanding a shot at his Golden Opportunity, however it is Brandon Bison who earned that right. Bison is still entitled to his shot but the office of Lila Sleater has decided, as penance for his putting Joshua Dean on the shelf, that Ante will be defending his Golden Opportunity within the confines of the Supreme Gauntlet 17! as well. Not only that, but both men have 1 point to their name so far, and with only David Brennan in the running for a second point this go around, a victory here could put either one of them at the top of the Block B. Someone has to go away empty handed though, and you have to wonder has Lynn antagonised the longest reigning National Champion in history with those aforementioned words? It’s going to be damn physical, and there’s a lot on the line for both of these men!
Well I’ll be damned. Lila must be really pissed off at Ante Whitner because she did the one thing she told me was absolutely not going to happen. She is forcing Whitner to defend his Golden Opportunity championship in our Supreme Gauntlet match. Ante f*cked up pretty bad and I get to reap the benefits.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
I don’t mind getting a shot at the Golden Opportunity. There was some truth to my tirade on night two in that I do think I deserve a one on one match for the title. I didn’t think it would happen this way. I assumed that after I beat Ante in the gauntlet, I would take my place in line behind Brandon Bison for a title match. But oh how the worm has turned. Now I get the shot first and when I beat Ante, Brandon will be coming after me.
Don’t forget that I haven’t had my gauntlet match with Josh Dean yet so I just got a free point. When I beat Ante, I will have three points and no more matches. If Dex or Ante can beat Brennan then I will be tied for the top of Group B. Who knows how Lila will handle that but it can’t be bad for me.
Yep, everything is coming up roses.
But the price for my sudden good fortune is Josh Dean lying in a hospital bed with his future in doubt. Over the past few months, Josh has become a mentor and friend. I don’t want my success to come at his loss. We were supposed to do this together. Shared effort leading to shared success.
Not going to happen now. I’m on my own again… just like when Mike Jette got injured… just like the night of the murders… always the last man left standing to carry on alone. This time all thanks to Ante Whitner.
That’s why Ante’s comments on WFWF.COM pissed me off so much. How could he be so cavalier about something so serious?
Ante Whitner on the injury to Josh Dean:
It’s a shame, it really is. Josh Dean is one of the most prospective and hard-working individuals I've had the chance to go up against. This tournament meant everything to him and to see it all disappear for him in a flash is extremely disappointing. It was never my intention to injure Josh like that and I wish him a quick recovery.
It’s a shame, it really is. Josh Dean is one of the most prospective and hard-working individuals I've had the chance to go up against. This tournament meant everything to him and to see it all disappear for him in a flash is extremely disappointing. It was never my intention to injure Josh like that and I wish him a quick recovery.
LIES!
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that injuring Josh was exactly what Ante had in mind when he suplexed Josh into the security barrier. After the topé suicida, a competitor just looking to win would have rolled Josh back into the ring, then maybe hit a suplex if it was even necessary before going for a pin. Not Ante. He viciously dropped Josh neck first onto the barrier with the obvious and malicious intention of injuring him.
I’m not surprised that Ante would say what he did. This is a man who plays fast and loose with the truth.
Don’t believe me? Have you heard the story he tells of our first meeting before SuperBrawl? The way he tells it, I walked up to him, grabbed his bottle of Dalmore, and smashed it just to make some infantile point that the rookies were coming for him. Gotta love selective memory!
As I recall, I approached him to introduce myself and wish him luck. I asked about the bottle and he waved it around in front me until he dropped it. Then he blamed me and went off on one of his rambling rants that makes no sense and ended with me being an ignorant punk for not knowing who the hell Donnie Kent is. Or was it Lonnie or Ronnie or Clark? Meh, it doesn’t matter. You can count the number of f*cks I give about any and all of those Kents on no hands. In any case, I was saying whatever I thought he wanted to hear just to end the inane conversation before I stuck my foot up his ass.
I admit I may also be the victim of selective memory about the minor details but there is one item that I know for a fact: I did not grab his overpriced bottle of pisswater and smash it. As an aficionado of a good tequila I would never waste another man’s alcohol without provocation. For all his idiocy, Ante didn’t provoke me enough to snap, at least not on that night. If he were to walk past me right now with a bottle of Dalmore or Patrón, he would be getting an alcohol enema.
The second part of his statement was even worse. Reading it pissed me off so much I almost threw my laptop across the room. Thank you Dr. Nichols and your sessions. You saved me from having to buy a new computer.
Ante Whitner on the punishment announced by Lila Sleater:
As unfair as it is, Lila is doing what's best for the company and if that involves me defending the Golden Opportunity in the Supreme Gauntlet, then so be it. Again, it really was never my intention to deliberately hurt Josh and cause this painful injury. But, given this penance, I will do my best to keep rising up the ranks of Block B and defend my Golden Opportunity.
As unfair as it is, Lila is doing what's best for the company and if that involves me defending the Golden Opportunity in the Supreme Gauntlet, then so be it. Again, it really was never my intention to deliberately hurt Josh and cause this painful injury. But, given this penance, I will do my best to keep rising up the ranks of Block B and defend my Golden Opportunity.
AS UNFAIR AS IT IS???
How f*cking deluded is this assh*le? He just sent a man to the hospital and possibly ended his career! Even Stevie Wonder could see Ante knew exactly what he was doing. It was a planned attack meant to hurt Josh. The WFWF is the only place a person can commit assault & battery without facing criminal charges. He’s getting off easy just having to defend the Golden Opportunity against me in our Supreme Gauntlet match. I’m sure there would be a line around the block of criminals willing to take a beating from me rather than serve hard time in prison.
It is a sad fact of life in the WFWF that I am getting this title opportunity because Lila played the role of judge and jury, then assigned me the job of executioner. I’m not being rewarded for something I did; Ante is being punished for something he did. Lucky for Lila, I don’t mind kicking his ass and taking the Golden Opportunity away from him. I want to beat the living hell out of Ante. In fact, Ante better hope Daphne is around for this match to keep me from going too far and sending him to the hospital with a broken neck.
I was pissed off at Ante Whitner before just because he told lies about me (there are plenty of true faults to talk about, he didn’t need to make sh*t up) and because he won the Golden Opportunity match at SuperBrawl.
That was nothing compared to how pissed off I am now. You hurt my friend and took him away from me. The last time I lost friends I couldn’t do anything about it. This time I can. I’m coming for you and I’m going to let the whole world know it.
Posted on Frank Lynn’s Twitter:
Actions speak louder than words and I find Ante's actions to be deplorable. I'm coming for redemption. I'm coming for revenge. Get ready for a war.
Actions speak louder than words and I find Ante's actions to be deplorable. I'm coming for redemption. I'm coming for revenge. Get ready for a war.
Boston, MA : Feb. 14, 2017
As much as I want to give 110% of my attention to the ass kicking of a lifetime I have planned for Ante Whitner, I do have other obligations. I’ve been putting them off for too long in favor of watching the last five minutes of the Golden Opportunity match and the last five minutes of Whitner vs Dean on Supreme Gauntlet night two. I haven’t had to look very hard for extra motivation to win this match.
Today I have to put my seething anger towards Ante on the back burner for a bit so I can see to the business of Legacy and the upcoming iPPV.
The card is almost complete: eight marquee matches, three titles to be contested, and a top prospects tournament to find the next great LPW star(s). We’ve even narrowed the possible names of the iPPV down to either Armageddon or Apocalypse. Yeah, kinda’ generic but they both have that gravitas we want our fans to feel as this is a huge event for Legacy.
All that remains for me to do is fill the final spot in the top prospects tournament and line up some guests for the pre-show meet and greet. Time to make some phone calls, the first of which will kill two birds with one stone.
Bison Wrestling Academy. How can I help you?
Hi. Is Brandon Bison available? This is Frank Lynn.
One moment please.
I’m a little nervous about this call. I said some unflattering things about Brandon during my tirade in St. Louis. He could very easily be pissed off and not willing to talk to me. Turns out I was worried about nothing.
Hey Frank.
Hello Brandon. How’s life in the Bison dojo?
Can’t complain. I have a class soon, what’s on your mind?
What is it about professional wrestlers that we are all business all the time? No wonder so many of us go off the deep end.
Brick Harrison is, but first I need to apologize. I threw some shade your way back in St. Louis. It wasn’t personal. I hope you understand and aren’t holding a grudge.
I run a wrestling school and teach these kids Trash Talk 101. Don’t sweat it.
Between what I said and how Lila just jumped me to the front of the line for the Golden Opportunity after you earned the number one contender spot, well… I was afraid I may not be your favorite person right now.
Testing the waters. No matter what happens against Ante, a match between Brandon and myself seems inevitable. I might as well get a good gauge on where we stand right now.
I’m not happy that you get a shot at Ante before me but it really doesn’t matter. I’ll still be the number one contender whether you or Ante win. I’ll get my shot and when I do…
…you’ll do your best to win the Golden Opportunity. You’ll need to be at your best because I AM going to beat Ante and you WILL have to face me.
I hope you do beat Ante. After what he did to Josh…
Interesting. I wonder if Joe Bishop has talked to Brandon. He seems like a more logical choice to recruit as a soldier than I ever was.
Yeah, I hear ya. I’m going to pay that bastard back for SuperBrawl and for Josh.
Good luck. I’m short on time though so what do you want to know about Brick?
How’s he doing? Do you think he’s ready for his first match?
Well, he’s still a cocky son of a bitch but I have to give him some credit. He is putting in the work and improving.
If that cockiness can be toned down to confidence while his skills improve from non-existent to at least average then Brick could live up to the potential we at Legacy see in him. I may be paying for Brick to attend Bison’s school out of guilt but the benefits could be worth it. Sometimes you really can turn lemons into lemonade.
Cocky but improving… sound like anybody you know?
*laughs* I can think of a few people who fit the bill… some guy named Frank Lynn comes to mind.
*laughs* True, but I’m learning… the hard way thanks to Trace Demon and David Brennan. How ‘bout it? Is Brick ready for a real match?
Yes, I think so.
Good! I have a spot for him in the Legacy Top Prospects tournament.
I’ll let him know. Fax the details later, ‘kay?
I let out a sigh of relief. The iPPV card is complete now. One more request of Brandon and I’m almost done with Legacy business so I can get back to planning my destruction of Ante Whitner.
Sure, I’ll have Sarah take care of that by the end of the day. One more thing. How ‘bout you come up and be his corner man? And you can be part of the pre-show meet and greet with the fans. You’re a popular guy, the LPW fans would love to meet you, get a pic and autograph, all that fun stuff.
Actually, that sounds like a good idea. I can see Brick perform under the bright lights and give him an honest evaluation afterwards. As for the fans, I’d love to.
Great! We’ll of course pay an appearance fee. I’ll make sure Sarah includes details in her fax. Thanks Brandon. Every little bit that helps the Legacy iPPV be a success is greatly appreciated.
No problem Frank. Legacy is a great place for my graduates to go to work. Now if you’ll excuse me, my class is about to start. See you in Dallas.
Take it easy bud.
It’s easy to see why the fans support Brandon. He is a genuinely nice guy. Damn shame I’m going to have to beat him after I beat Ante. The Golden Opportunity means more to me than making friends. If there was room for more than one wrestler at the top then more wrestlers might get along instead of wanting to kill each other all the time. The nature of the business breeds hatred and contempt for men who should be our friends and drinking buddies.
I wonder what Joe Bishop would think about that. Where do respect and friendship fall in his priorities for a WFWF run as a meritocracy? I’d say he would favor keeping all emotions out of the ring but then you see how he reacts to Trace Demon and have to second guess that.
Maybe I’ll ask him. He is the next call on my list. He appeared last year at a LPW show but I sort of screwed that up. I hope he is willing to give it another shot for the iPPV. He is one of if not the biggest name in the business right now and could attract a small crowd all by himself for autographs and pictures.
I cross my fingers and make the call.
Dallas, TX : Feb. 20, 2017
ARE YOU WITH ME?
I remember Ante shouting those words as he held the Golden Opportunity briefcase for everyone to see while I was tied up in the ropes. I remember the SuperBrawl crowd answering back in unison with a thunderous reply:
YES!
Stupid f*cking idiots.
I hate to trash the fans because without them none of us has a job doing what we love but hey, if they want to be stupid f*cking idiots then I have to call them out for it. Maybe after a little explanation the fans will see the light and realize that Ante isn’t the hero of this story. He is the villain.
Let’s go back to before SuperBrawl. Ante had made a statement taking Danté Brooks out with one swift kick to the head to qualify for the Golden Opportunity match at SuperBrawl. Then he opened his mouth and the crap started to flow. He was a new Ante Whitner, the anointed successor to Samael Ahriman who would win the Golden Opportunity championship and use it to not only achieve greatness but be the hero the WFWF desperately needed. He would be a fighting champion everyone could be proud of. And then there was some wacked out sh*t about superheroes, boats, and roses that I still can’t make heads or tails out of but we’ll ignore that. It was probably a bad flashback from his less than heroic days.
I cannot deny it. Ante f*cking Whitner did win at SuperBrawl. I saw it with my own eyes. I had no choice but to watch as I was tied up in the ropes thanks to LeeRoy Jenkins, whose stupidity in taking out just one of the two men on the ladder instead of both men left the door wide open for Ante f*cking Whitner to claim the prize. My own damn fault for not dealing with LeeRoy before but some lessons have to be learned the hard way. Not that Ante will ever admit that he had a little help winning. The first sign that his grasp on reality is slipping.
No amount of b*tching will change the fact that Ante won the Golden Opportunity. But surely, after all his talk before the match about what a great champion he would be we would soon see him in the ring doing his thing. He would be at the End of Year show to defend his title or challenge Brennan or at least come to the ring to celebrate with his adoring fans, right?
Nope. Ante was no where to be found at the End of Year show. Schneider was there to give his endorsement for Whitner. I was there throwing down with Trace Demon. But Ante f*cking Whitner, the newly crowned Golden Opportunity Champion now bearing the seal of approval of two legends? Hanging out at home stuffing his face with turkey, cranberry sauce, and apple pie.
Oh well, taking some time off for the holidays is understandable. Surely the new champ would start off 2017 the right way by coming out for night one of the Supreme Gauntlet. No way would his holiday hangover keep the champ from starting his triumphant reign and march to greatness, right?
Nope. Ante was still no where to be found. I was there trading blows with David f’n Brennan. Ante f*cking Whitner was still hiding out somewhere reading Frankenstein and convincing himself that he is the greatest thing since sliced bread, thus proving my point that he is not and will never be a great champion and hero he would have us believe he is.
Well, Ante had no choice but to show up on night two of the Supreme Gauntlet because he had his first tournament match against Joshua Dean. Surely the great fighting champ would put his title on the line, right?
Nope. Ante was running his mouth about how he is the only Franchise in the WFWF. Jesus freakin’ Christ, you delusional mother f*cker! That’s a level of ego that even Trace Demon would be jealous of. And yet, the Franchise never even thought about putting his title up in the match with Josh. Seems like Ante’s franchise specializes in chicken.
Still, Ante f*cking Whitner showed his best stuff in St. Louis and beat Joshua Dean. As bitter a pill to swallow as that is, I could accept it. But beating Josh wasn’t enough. Ante went too far. He attacked Josh outside the ring and hurt him, injured him bad enough that Josh is out of the picture now. He shouldn’t have hurt my friend.
To make matters worse and providing even more proof of just how far Ante has lost touch with reality, he had the audacity to make a statement that he is sorry, that he didn’t intend to hurt Josh, that he will pay his penance and continue to strive for greatness. Lies on top of hypocrisy on top of a mountain of sh*t.
Ante Whitner is not a worthy champion. If he was, he wouldn’t have to be forced to defend his title nor would he call it unfair when Lila makes him defend it. We all deserve better.
Ante Whitner is not a hero. If he was, he wouldn’t hide out for months, try to cripple an opponent, and lie about it afterwards. We all deserve better.
Ante f*cking Whitner is a steaming pile of sh*t. His stench pervades the WFWF now and something has to be done about it. I am the perfect man to take care of business.
I will win this match to prove to Ante, myself, and all the fans that he cannot beat me without help. There won’t be any ladders, psychos with barbwire baseball bats, crazy women with chairs, or, most importantly, dumbass rednecks to interfere. It will be two men: one who mistakenly thinks he is greatest man alive and one who knows he is the better man in the ring. Do I really have to specify which of us is which? I am the better man!
I will win this match so I can do to him what he did to Josh. You can call it justice or you can call it vengeance. Both will be mine.
I will win this match so I can shut him up because all that existential bullsh*t he spouts gives me a headache. All he is doing is trying to rationalize his bad behavior as being for some twisted idea of a greater good. Seriously Ante, stop trying to be Socrates or Descartes or Nietzsche. The WFWF isn’t a debate society. It’s a fight club!
I will win this match because that will put me in prime position in the Supreme Gauntlet, ready to move forward should David Brennan stumble in one or both of his matches with Dex and Ante.
I will win this match so I can be the Golden Opportunity champion. I will be the champion Ante promised he would be but has failed to deliver on. I will defend the Golden Opportunity against Brandon Bison and any other top contenders until I choose to cash it in against the International Champion.
Did you notice how winning the Golden Opportunity barely made the top five?
Yes, I want to be a champion but this time around it isn’t even close to being my major motivation. This match isn’t about achieving personal goals. It is about righting the wrongs that Ante f*cking Whitner has done over the past few months. I will show everyone that he is a liar, a hypocrite, and a violent lunatic that only another violent lunatic like Samael Ahriman or Phillip Schneider could support. They’re backing the wrong horse. I’m mother f*cking Secretariat about to run wild on Ante.
The next time Ante asks “Are you with me?” I want the answer to be a deafening silence broken only by a few crickets chirping and some pins dropping. I want to see the look on his face when he realizes the fans are not buying into his bullsh*t anymore and he is all alone in his delusional fantasy world.
I don’t know if Ante intended to make an enemy out of me or if he is just a clueless f*ck. I don’t care. It is now personal between us. Extremely personal! I’m not coming to Dallas for a wrestling match. I’m not even coming for a fight. I’m coming for a war. There is no way Ante leaves that ring a winner, a champion, and a hero. Best case scenario, he leaves under his own power to cry himself to sleep after a devastating defeat. Worst case scenario, he leaves on a stretcher about to become very familiar with the best medical facilities Dallas has to offer.
I’m coming for Ante f*cking Whitner and I’m bringing hell with me.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for Ante Whitner.
Notes:
Thanks to Sizzle for the use of Brandon Bison.
I dont know good luck 