The Kid and The Business

[BoomKing]

Good evening and welcome to my diary. Im a long time admirer of a lot of your work and will be looking to put my own spin on a much travelled road. Apoligies now if anybody is put off by the language or content of some of my submissions. It is not my intention to offend, only to try and keep things as "real" as possible. Also, this diary will be quite text heavy, partly because this is the style I feel suites the story but mostly because I'm not very good at that type of thing! I'll keep things in bitesize chunks and make it as easy to read as possible, but if anybody has any suggestions or comments please feel free to leave them. Our story begins in 1991, the rest will be revealed down the line. Thankyou and happy reading!

[BoomKing]

He burst through the door like a force of nature. “Get me the booking team, last night’s figures and a strong black coffee in that order!” Vince McMahon struck an impressive figure as he power strut his way to his office “That coffee aint making itself kid! Get your thumb out your ass and get busy dammit!”

 

The scent of stale alcohol was unmistakable. Four sore heads sat around trying to look sober. Vince of course was on top form, despite drinking them all under the table until the early hours.

“Royal Rumble gentlemen…. Less than a month away and we aint got **** worth watching.”

 

Everyone sat in silence, afraid to be the first to speak.

 

“I want the belt off Warrior, that freak show is over.”

 

Again nobody spoke. Even the guys who lobbied for the Warrior title run in the first place just nodded and agreed. Vince was getting visibly frustrated by their lack of input.

 

“OK, since nobody is capable of pitching to me, I’m gonna do your job for you. This **** writes itself people for god sake. Warrior is gonna lose the title to Slaughter at the Rumble, Slaughter challenges Hogan and Hogan walks out of Mania the champ, the crowd go home happy with empty wallets.”

 

There are visible groans at the mention of another Hogan title run

 

“Has anybody got a problem with that?”

 

Finally Pat Patterson speaks up.

“Hell no we don’t have a problem Vince its just that, well, gee, don’t you think it would be better to put somebody new on top?”

 

“Finally somebody has the balls to speak up…even if it is a ****ing moron like you! You should all be down on your knee’s kissing Hogan’s feet for putting food on your table! Maybe if you did your jobs for once we’d have somebody who could draw real money and we wouldn’t have to rely on Hogan all the time. So I’ll ask you all again…does anybody have a problem with that?”

Nobody speaks.

 

“Good. Now I want this setting up for this weeks Challenge. Make Slaughter look like a complete bastard, I don’t care how. I want a tag title match and an Intercontinental title match set up for the Rumble too. Oh, and before you go, I need somebody to tell that scumbag Warrior that he’s dropping the strap.”

 

They all begin to argue over why they shouldn’t be the one to do it. Gorilla Monsoon and Chief Jay Strongbow get into a heated discussion and Pat and Blackjack Lanza fling insults across the table. In-between Vince trying to get them all to shut the hell up, a single voice is heard.

“I’ll do it.”

 

“Who the **** are you?” Asks Vince politely.

 

“I’m…”

 

“He’s just the god damned tea boy Vince! Get outta here kid!” said Patterson escaping from a headlock

 

“Wait a minute, let the kid speak,” implored Gorilla, “He makes good coffee!”

 

“So, you want to tell Warrior that he’s dropping the belt? You got a death wish or something?” asked a curious Vince.

“No sir. I just want to help.”

“Come on, nobody just wants to help! What’s in it for you kid?”

 

“Well, I guess I just want to be more involved, I have a few storyline ideas‘…..”

 

“Hey Vince! This guys after our jobs!” laughed Strongbow.

“If his ideas are half as good as his coffee he can have it Chief!” chuckled Gorilla.

 

“I’ll tell you what kid, you tell Warrior and if you aint in a body bag and you can still walk into work the next day, I’ll listen to your ideas. Now get out of here before I fire you.”

[BoomKing]

The taping for Challenge was well under way. The 15,000 fans in attendance had already witnessed a quick victory for Jim Duggan against a local jobber and The Nasty Boys with Jimmy Hart beating The Bushwhackers. Greg Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man started the taped segments by challenging The Hart Foundation to a tag match at The Royal Rumble, which they accepted. Now The Hart Foundation were facing Iron Mike Sharpe and Dave Roulette whilst the kid watched on from behind the curtain. He still hadn’t spoken to Warrior.

 

“Hey Kid! Come here a minute!”

 

It was Mr Perfect. He had always Idolised Perfect; in fact, he was the reason why he wanted to get into the business in the first place. And now here he stood, face to face with his hero. Perfect looked around before pulling a small bottle out of his pocket.

“I need you to take a piss for me.”

 

“What?”

“Piss in this bottle for me and I swear I will make it up to you.” said Perfect anxiously.

 

“I, I’m flattered but I’m really not into…”

 

“Listen up numb nuts!” said Perfect impatiently. “I was told I could have the night off because they didn’t need me for the tapings, so I got a little crazy over the weekend, if you catch my drift. Well now they need me and they’re dishing out drug tests, so I need you to piss into this!”

 

Perfect watched over his shoulder as The Hart Foundation made short work of their opponents and Brother Love made his way out to the ring to hype The Undertakers appearance in The Rumble.

 

“****, I’m up next kid; you gotta do this for me! Look, I promise I’ll help you anyway I can if you just do this one little thing for me.”

 

“OK Mr Perfect, I’ll do it.”

 

“Great! Here take this and fill her up! I’ve gotta beat this chump Tony Roy and issue an open challenge for my title so I’ll meet you back here in five minute. Thanks kid, you saved my life, and Call me Curt will you!” His music hit the tannoy and he was away. Gone was the anxious Curt Hennig and in his place stood the always confident Mr Perfect.

 

“Sure Curt! Have a good match!”

 

After the match Curt came backstage and took the bottle off the Kid. Pat Patterson walked past them both.

 

“Hey great match Curt!”

 

“Did you even watch it Pat?”

“No… but the crowd ate it up, I could hear them all the way back here! Hey kid, you spoken to Warrior yet? He’s on in ten minutes!” Said Patterson with a smug grin before walking off.

 

The kid walked around backstage looking for Warrior. Unsurprisingly, he found him stood next to the mirror.

 

“Ummm, Mr Warrior sir?”

“What kid? Can’t you see I’m busy!” Said Warrior touching up his eyeliner.

 

“Its about your interview segment tonight, there’s been a change to the ending. Slaughter is going to attack you afterwards setting up a match at the Rumble…"

 

“What? I gotta carry that sack of crap through a match? Christ almighty, I hope they find me someone better to beat at Mania.” snarled The Warrior

 

“Yeah…about that. Mr Warrior, there’s no easy way to say this but you’re going to drop the belt to Slaughter…”

“WHAT! Who the **** are you to tell me what to do!? Where’s Vince!?”

 

“Vince asked me to tell you sir.”

“**** this. So Vince can’t tell me to my face now?” Warrior spat out the words with venom as he spoke. “I’ve got a little message for Vince myself kid,” He said menacingly, “maybe you can pass it on for me…”

 

“Hey Warrior, Hold on a minute will ya!”

 

Curt Hennig came face to face with The Warrior.

 

“You got a message for Vince? Why don’t you give it to me and I’ll pass it on for you?” said Hennig whilst chewing gum.

“Get out of my face Hennig, this doesn’t concern you little mid carders, my problems with the Kid not you.”

“Well y’see Warrior, I just made it my problem. In fact, me and the rest of the “midcard” think you should leave the kid alone and do your job.” Hennig was flanked by Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart as well as Davey Boy Smith.

“Your up next Warrior!” Came the call from one of the camera crew.

 

“This isn’t over Kid! You tell Vince that I’ll be talking to him myself after the show. See you around…” Warrior ran out through the curtain to the cheers of the crowd.

“See kid, you scratch our back and we’ll scratch yours. Stay out of trouble!” said Neidhart in a surprisingly soft voice.

 

The kid watched as Slaughter attacked Warrior from behind with an Iranian flag and couldn’t help but take some glee from it, even if it was all staged. He left before Warrior came backstage and went home before the main event, which saw The Undertaker easily defeat the young Dustin Rhodes. He had to get all of his ideas down on paper before his meeting with Vince in the morning.

[BoomKing]

“Well looky here, it’s the coffee kid! So you actually made it in one piece huh?” said Gorilla jovially as he passed the kid in the hall.

 

“Yeah, I had a little help.”

 

“So I hear. Y’know, you kids have it so easy. In my day, a rookie like you walks into the locker room and gets beat from pillar to post! Hey, but if your alright in The Hitmans book, your alright by me.”

“Thanks Mr Monsoon. I was kinda hoping to ask you a favour.”

“Sure kid, you can ask, doesn’t mean I can help!”

 

“I just don’t want to screw up in front of Vince. Could you maybe take a look at my Idea’s and see if he'll like them?”

 

“The thing you gotta learn about Vince is that he runs hot and cold. Patterson ran fifteen storylines past him this morning and he hated em all, some of em weren’t half bad either. Now Pat could give him the same list tomorrow and get them all commissioned. As long as you stick to your guns and go with you instincts I don’t think you will go far wrong.”

 

Then Gorilla put on his serious face. “The second thing you gotta learn and you gotta learn fast kid, you understand? Around here, ideas are the only currency worth a dime. You get a good one, whether you’re sure about it or not, you keep it to yourself until you speak to Vince. You think Lanza or Strongbow wouldn’t step over you to get in Vince’s good books? Hell, I’d do it if it meant keeping my job.”

 

Gorilla and The Kid walked into the office together to the astonishment of everyone else. It was one thing to have got the better of Warrior, but to actually turn up here in the lions den was a whole new level of gutsy.

“We’ll kid. It seem's our friend Mr Warrior got your message if the bizarre rants on my answering machine are anything to go by! What you got for me?” asked a bemused Vince.

 

“Mr McMahon sir, firstly thank you for this opport…."

“Cut the bull crap kid, I get enough ass kissing from these bozos!”

 

“That’s right Mr McMahon, sir!!” said Patterson.

“OK, well, I think the crowd want to see the Undertaker turn face…”

 

Vince cut him off. “Never gonna happen. Next.”

 

“Ummm. Ok…..I don’t know if you have anyone planned to answer Mr Perfects open challenge but he has a great chemistry with Kerry Von Erich…”

 

“Hate it. Erich’s a bum. Next”

 

The kid frantically searched through his sheets for an idea he thought Vince might like.

 

“How about we bring in Bret’s brother Owen? He’s a great worker, can play heel or face and from all reports he’s a real nice guy…”

 

“How tall is he? How much he weigh?” asked Vince.

 

“He…He’s about 5’ 10’’, about 200lbs.”

“Not another ****ing midget! What else you got?”

 

The Kid went blank

“Well sir, that’s pretty much it…”

 

“You mean to tell me you wasted all of our time to pitch me three measly ideas? For Christ sake! Patterson pitched me ten god awful ideas on the way over here!”

“Actually sir it was fifteen,” chirped Patterson

 

“Shut the **** up Pat! The point is at least he’s pitching me something! You know how much **** we throw at the walls around here? A whole lot. And you know how much of that **** sticks? Jesus this is a creative business kid! All you give me is turning one of our top heels, giving a bum a title match and bringing in a midget. Get out of my sight. Don’t come back until you got something I can use.”

 

The Kid gathered his stuff and headed to the door.

“Stick to making the coffee in future kid.” said Patterson with a knowing grin.

“Tough break kid. Stick with it.” said Gorilla under his breath.

[Sarcasm]

This backstory really has me intrigued. Can't wait to see what you do with this diary. You've got my attention.

[BoomKing]

Why Thankyou Sarcasm, unless you were being sarcastic, in which case Why thankyou Sarcasm!

[Sarcasm]

Why Thankyou Sarcasm, unless you were being sarcastic, in which case Why thankyou Sarcasm!

 

Unfortunately I wasn't

[pepper2008]

I love it so far. Push Mr. Perfect to the top like he deserves.

[BoomKing]

The taping for Primetime Wrestling a couple days later took place in Phoenix in front of just over 14,000 people. Those who turned up early were treated to a decent match in which Dino Bravo defeated the young Dustin Rhodes and Scott Taylor and Max Moon teaming up to beat Virgil and Terry Gibbs. Then Vince and Alfred Hayes made their way to the announce position.

 

“What a great line up we have tonight folks! Not only will the high flying Rockers be taking on Crush and Smash of Demolition but in tonight’s main event, The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase will go one on one with Hacksaw Jim Duggan!” warbled Vince in his irrepressible style.

 

The Kid was backstage trying as hard as possible to avoid another run in with The Warrior.

“Hey mate!” It was The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith. “Curt told us what you did for him. That’s decent of you.”

“Thanks Mr Bulldog.”

 

“Y’know Vince is such a dickhead sometimes. Always telling us to bulk up anyway we can if we want to get ahead, then suspending us when we get caught using a little medical help.”

 

The kid could see where this was going.

 

“They want me to take a drug test. Sure I said, I’ll take a test, when Hogan and Warrior take one. Like that’s ever gonna happen. So now they say take the test, prove you’re clean, and we’ll give you a run against Perfect for the IC.”

 

The Kid didn’t want to be known as the go-to guy for faking a drugs test but he enjoyed the fact that some of his favourite all time wrestlers were talking to him. Hell, they needed him! Well he needed to get his foot in the door, and one of the quickest ways to the top was to make friends with the roster. Sure, Perfect and Bulldog weren’t the main eveners, but they were pretty damn close.

“I got your back Mr Bulldog. Give me the bottle.”

 

“Thanks kid, you’re one in a million!”

 

Davey Boy gave him the bottle just before his music hit. Davey defeated Paul Roma is quick fashion before answering the challenge of Mr Perfect and an IC title match was set for The Rumble.

 

The nights taping saw a lot more angles and interviews than the previous show. The feeling after Challenge was that the fans expected more drama and less wrestling. Dibiase hired the services of Haku and Earthquake to help him in his quest to win The Rumble. Hogan cut a rambling interview hyping his participation before running into The Undertaker backstage for a head to head. Jake Roberts interviewed Mr Perfect on his thoughts of Bulldog answering his challenge.

 

As the kid watched events unfold he was constantly making mental notes. Not only did he need to know what Vince was thinking but he needed to be one step ahead of him and the bookers. He was determined to get another audience with Vince and this time he would be ready.

 

“Hey Coffee Kid!” shouted Gorilla from his seat. “You might want to watch the monitors! Thank me later!”

 

An unfamiliar voice was heard on the big screen as clips from previous Rumbles and battle royals are shown.

 

 

To compete in the Royal Rumble a wrestler needs to be at the top of his game.

 

He needs strength.

 

Endurance

 

Quick wits

 

To win the Rumble, a wrestler needs all this and….

 

 

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A whole lotta Hart!

 

The kid was beside himself! Did that really just happen?

 

“Congratulations kid!” bellowed Gorilla.

 

“But I thought….How did….Why?”

 

“It was a good idea kid. I stepped up and pushed it for you after you left, showed Vince a few tapes and he finally came on board. It’s only a temporary contract but it’s the best I could get. Now it’s up to Owen to prove himself!”

 

“I don’t know what to say Mr Monsoon. Why would you step up for a kid like me?”

“What can I say? I like good coffee!”

 

Bret Hart and The Anvil were making their way to the curtains to stand on the ramp and scout Honky and Valentine against The Bushwhackers. Bret saw the kid with Gorilla.

“Gorilla tells me you had a lot to do with this kid? That true?”

“I…I guess so Mr Hart.”

 

“Man, I’ve been pushing for my kid brother since the day I got here! Thanks. He won’t let you down.”

 

Hart shook the kids hand and made his way to the entrance ramp.

 

This was the best day of the kid’s life. He felt like things were finally starting to go his way. He watched on as Dibiase beat Duggan thanks to help from his new henchmen Haku and Earthquake, and he even stayed to watch Slaughter attack Warrior one more time. He sat back and listened to Vince’s commentary.

“Oh my! Slaughter is back out here with the flag! He’s got it wrapped around the Warriors neck! It’s only a matter of time before he passes out….What the hell, Warriors fighting back!”

 

Oh Crap. This wasn’t supposed to happen.

 

“Warriors got the flag now! He’s snapped the pole in half!”

 

Oh crap

 

“Warriors attacking Slaughter now! He’s choking out Slaughter and the crowd is going wild!”

 

Oh crap

“Warrior won’t let go! We need officials out here dammit! Get the medics! I mean it! Warrior’s snapped!”

 

Oh crap

[BoomKing]

Thanks for the comments Pepper glad you like it. Also, its great to see somebody named after Al Snow's deceased dog. May he rest in peace.

[BoomKing]

“Send him in straight away” said Vince to his secretary.

 

The kid entered cautiously. Vince was sat on his own. He looked calm.

“Take a seat kid. You want a drink?”

 

“No Thank you sir. It’s a little early for me.”

 

“You mind if I have one?”

 

“No sir”

 

Vince poured himself a large whiskey and took a large sip.

 

“When I was your age I never touched the stuff either. You spend enough time around here, around these people, and you need an outlet. You wanna spend more time around here don’t you?.”

 

“Yes sir, it’s always been….”

 

“Just answer the questions kid. Did you see what Warrior did last night?”

 

“Yes sir, I can explain…”

 

“Shut the hell up! From now on, all I want to hear is yes sir or no sir, understand?”

 

“Yes sir.”

 

“Good. Now, last night Warrior got pissed off and went into business for himself. Do you know how unprofessional that makes me look? Do you see how much that undermines me?”

 

“Yes sir.”

 

“I was so close to firing your ass. If it hadn’t have been for Gorilla, Bulldog, Curt and Bret fighting your corner you would be out of here.”

 

Vince paused for what seemed like minutes but must have only been a few seconds.

 

“With that said, it made for some pretty hot TV. We had more people order the PPV after that little stunt than we’ve ever had. I learned years ago that if you want to make it in this business, you have to understand that you can’t handle everything yourself. Some things are out of your control, like last night. Some times you have to swallow your pride and listen to the people around you. That’s why I went back with Gorilla and took a look at Owen. You saw the video right?”

“Yes sir.”

 

“Turns out you were right. He’s a great wrestler and a great guy. But if he ****s up, it’s yours and Monsoons necks on the line. So here I am, Vince McMahon, saying to you kid, you were right and asking you if you want a permanent position on the booking team?”

 

“Yes sir! There would be no higher….”

“What the **** did I tell you? Don’t piss me off already!”

 

Vince regained his composure and carried on.

“This is the first time in a hell of a long time I’ve backed down over anything Kid. Before I make you a member you gotta prove to me just how much you want it. Did you see Earthquakes run in on Jim Duggan?”

“Yes sir.”

 

“It was a ****ing embarrassment. I’m through pushing him. I gotta little project for you kid. Since Earthquake embarrassed us so much, I want you to embarrass him. I want you to come up with the most god awful gimmick for him possible. I don’t want him to gain any momentum. I don’t care if he quits or rots. Now are you in?”

 

The kid thought about it. It went against everything his parents ever distilled into him. It went against everything he wanted to be in this business. It made a mockery of a man who he hadn’t even met and by all accounts was a great guy. He wanted the job badly, but did he want it enough to do this?

“Yes sir”

[pepper2008]

The origin of a stooge, why yes, mr. mcmahon. No, Mr. McMahon.

 

Ouch! poor earthquake, make him wear a chicken suite and call goobledyegooker XL

[BoomKing]

I can see it now...

 

"It took the wardrobe department over 5 weeks to stitch together the turkey suit. 6000 turkeys were killed and plucked leading to the great thanksgiving famine of 1991."

[BoomKing]

The phone in the kids hotel room rang four times before he answered it. Who the hell was calling at 2 in the morning?

 

"Wake up kid! Its Vince Dammit!"

 

The Kid sat upright in bed.

 

"Mr McMahon! What can I do for you?"

"Ive just got back from Canada meeting with Owen! I've never met such a disrespectful punk in all my life! I can't believe I agreed to sign him!"

"But sir...."

"No buts dammit! Owen can kiss my ass!”

“I’m so sorry sir!”

“And as for you....!"

 

The kid could hear laughing in the background.

“As for you Kid……”

 

The laughing got louder and the owners of the laughs more apparent. Who could misplace the grunts of The Anvil and the English accent of The Bulldog.

 

“I can’t keep this up anymore! Relax kid, It’s me, Owen! I told you he’d fall for it guys!”

“Sorry Kid, Owen insisted” he heard Bret say.

 

“Hey, no hard feelings right?” said Owen. “Come down to the bar and I’ll buy you a drink.”

 

“Thanks Mr Hart but I’m not much of a drinker. I gotta be at the arena early tomorrow too.”

 

“Oh man now your making me feel bad. Just come down for five minutes and let me say hi to the kid who got me this job.” said Owen with a real warmth in his voice.

“Ok guys, five minutes.”

[FlameSnoopy]

This is reaaaaaaally interesting. I'll be following.

[Astil]

This is well written. Can't wait to see some shows

[Masked Superstar]

Not much on a real diary reader. Actually Wildfire's NWA is the only one I read on a constant basis, BUT I was bored and your were on top so I took a gander. It has been very amusing and appealing and ya now have a reader. LOVING that it is oldschool. Can't wait for the first card write up. PUSH THE MILLION $ MAN!!! Give him his title run! The dude deserves it! Again good job!

[BoomKing]

Wow thanks a lot for all the positive feedback! It brings a tear to my glass eye to see you guys give a no mark like me the time of day.

 

Flamesnoopy, I imagine that reaaaaaaaaaly is said in a Jim Carey/ Ace Ventura voice, and if so, I approve and welcome you aboard.

 

Astil, to give you a heads up show wise, the plan is to start writing more and more of the shows as The Kid gains more power. (That is of course if he makes it onto the booking team!)

 

That is high praise indeed Masked Superstar. Im so glad you were bored today! Dibiase will certainly be one to watch out for. Man I was doing a little research today and the pop from the crowd when Virgil turned on Dibiase was just immense! (And I refuse to believe that Virgil had much to do with that.)

 

I know everybody who writes a diary says this and it's cliched BUT your feedback makes me all rumbly in my tumbly as Winnie the Pooh's favourite hardcore legend might say. I know that nobody is obliged to even comment here so to have so many positives really is an honour. I'll try and keep updating as regular as I can but may be tied up for much of the weekend so apoligies in advance.

 

Thanks

[GatorBait19]

I really like your diary so far and how you only write about what your guy has power over, also pure gold with the drug test

[Arrows]

I gotta admit, I've been enjoying the backstage bits and personality put into your writing. Every time you update the thread, I pop in to check out what you've got going on.

[FlameSnoopy]

Yeah. I ain't reading much Real World diaries either. Some times I check Wildfire's thread, but that's just if I am really bored. I usually check iMac's and read some parts of his shows, but it just more fun to start reading from the beginning. And here is my chance. I just hope that you don't do too long writeups, because then I'm in trouble, as I really don't know too much about these 90's wrestlers. Only started watching in 2005.. Yeah. But enough the bull****, I really don't care if it takes time to update the thread etc. I might just subscribe this one.. Altough I never check the subscribe box.. :DDD

[BoomKing]

The Kid got the the arena at the crack of noon, around three hours late. He swore there and then never to drink again, well, at least until the next time.

"Nice of you to join us," said Gorilla.

"I'm so sorry. I swear I never usually drink like this!"

 

"Relax Kid, we've all been there. Vince aint here yet and I don't think he needs to know. So I take it it was a good night?"

 

"Oh yeah...well...what I can remember of it, which aint much."

 

"Ah, a marker of a truly great bender. Who was out?"

 

"Just Bret and Owen, Jim and Davey."

 

Gorilla chuckled, "Whoa kid what happened to all the misters and sirs? You must be moving up in the world!"

"Yeah sorry Mr Monsoon..."

"Im just yanking your chain kid, Im glad your enjoying yourself. So listen, back to business, Lanza told me about your meeting with Vince...."

 

Suddenly The Kids hangover was the least of his troubles.

 

"I can't believe Vince wants me to do this. Why did I agree to do it?"

"Don't beat yourself up about it. There's worse things he could have asked you to do, believe me!"

"But I aint met anyone yet whose got a bad word to say about Earthquake, I can't help feeling guilty. "

 

"Good. Im glad you feel guilty kid. It means I was right about you and your gonna make a better booker than all of us some day. It's only human to feel regret, and yeah John's a great guy, but in this business it don't always pay to be so nice. Look, we all saw the run in on Duggan, Vince was damn right, it was embarassing. Now you might not always agree with his methods but Vince always gets results. John knows he did wrong and he know's he's gonna get punished somehow. He'll get over it and so will you."

 

"But why give him a bad gimmick? Why not just take him off TV or release him?"

 

"Vince knows a guy like John Tenta could make a big splash somewhere else so he aint gonna release him kid. He keeps him off TV and he's no use to anyone. But he gives him a bad gimmick and a losing streak then he's still useful putting other people over. Here's the thing kid, Ive known John for a good while and there's nobody puts more effort into making a gimmick his own than him. I don't care what you give him he's gonna do his darndest to make it work, so don't worry about him. So what you got in mind?"

"Well....."

[BoomKing]

Thanks for the vote of confidence Gator. When Im playing this mod and after every card somebody else is getting busted for drug use then you need a creative way to get it into the diary!

 

Arrows, again thanks for the compliments, why I do declare you lot make me blush! I've got a feeling your all gonna get sick of the constant backstage analysis soon so im riding the wave until it crashes!

 

Snoopy, dont worry, I don't think its ever gonna get too in depth. I have the attention span of a goldfish so I don't expect anyone to read an essay when I struggle with some of the longer diaries myself. (That is in no way a knock against anybody, there are some incredibly talented people writing in these forums.) Im trying to keep things as short and to the point as possible for when the time comes that I have to write about a few things at once. Im not quite sure I'm accomplishing that as much as I want (he says after waffling on for a paragraph).

 

Oh, and I've got more free time than I predicted tonight so look for another update in the next few hours!

[FlameSnoopy]

This diary is just purely awesome! When I come tomorrow to computer, I hope I will find an update (just about 10 to 12 hours when I come to comp..)

[mad5226]

Wow I am loving this man. I love the prospective you are writing it in, and I can't wait to see how bad you mess up Earthquake's career. I say put the belt on Taker and make him the next Hogan. Let him keep the title for 3 years then drop it for a week only to win it back again =)