praguepride Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 COURAGE Wrestling Spirit Gameshow of the Gods! The cameras were blinding. I raised my arm to shield my eyes but the producer behind the camera started waving at me to lower them so I put them back down. The seat was uncomfortable and I felt fidgety. You would think after ten years in the wrestling business I would be more comfortable but this wasn't just a gimmick angle where I was playing a character...this was me they were talking to, the real me and I felt naked without my mask. Sure it was hot and itchy but it kept my true emotions hidden, which was vital when you're in the kind of industry that I was in. The kind of industry I barely understood. "So, tell me, Mr. Avatar, how did you first get started with the game show. It is a game show, correct? I mean, let's be honest, we are still trying to figure out how to properly label it." The interviewer chuckled light-heartedly and I felt forced to follow suit. The man may be a tool in a suit but he hit the nail on the head. What the hell had I gotten involved in? "Well Jim... psst. Don't call me that. It's James. James! "Ummm....well to be honest I don't know what the hell it all started back in a seedy bar on the west side of town... http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/blkfade.gif Index TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 <p>The Story of Masked Avatar</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/MaskedAvatar.jpg</span><p> <em>The Masked Avatar</em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Let me start off with a quick bio. I know you're not really hear to listen to me talk about me but I think it's important to get a little context first. You've seen me wrestle, doesn't matter if you're a die hard wrestling fan or just a casual watcher but you've caught a match of mine on television or maybe in person but chances are you would never recognize me. I've been working for almost 20 years now around the globe but nobody recognizes me. This is the curse of wearing a mask. To be honest I can't blame the bookers for sticking my ugly mug underneath some fabric. I'm not even ugly enough to be a monster, I'm just bland on the under side of average. Throw on a colorful piece of fabric though and suddenly I can 'pop' as they say. People stop noticing the face and notice the moves.</p><p> </p><p> Twenty years in the business you pick up a thing or two, and its not all bruises and broken bones. I'm not being arrogant when I say I was good. Not great or spectacular, but I know how to put on a good show. Made a lot of friends too, did my rounds all across the globe but I never made it though. While I could wrestle better then most of the stars splashed on television these days I always was held back and used to make someone else look good. When you first start out you tell yourself you're just paying your dues. Then after five or ten years you tell yourself that you just need to get just a little better and they'll give you the right push to break it to the main event. After fifteen years of being paid to lie on your back, you start to see the truth and by twenty you realize your chance had gone, if it had ever come at all. </p><p> </p><p> Now I'm a gatekeeper, a torch passer, the guy they use to try and train up the next generation of talent. No use investing in me, I'm past my prime, they'd say. January 2013 would be my 20th year and the year I was planning on retiring. I had started passing around through the grapevine that I was looking at doing some backstage work. Road Agent, maybe even a booker. Imagine my surprise when right in my hometown of Chicago I get a message telling me a groundbreaking promotion was opening up right in my backyard.</p><p> </p><p> Chicago hadn't had a decent fed since the 70's and to be honest I was sick of traveling on the road all the time. I may not have a wife anymore but I have friends and family in the area. It would be nice to finally live in the house I was paying mortgage on as well. I jumped at the chance. In hindsight I should have known anything that sounded too good to be true would be a scam. Not that I'm saying CWS is a scam. I am NOT saying CWS is a scam! I just mean that it wasn't what I expected...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 <p>Then I Won The Lottery...</p><p> </p><p> It was late and the bar was emptying out. Happy hour was over and the drunk regulars were shuffling out before the hipster late night crowd started shuffling in once the clock struck midnight. I was sitting alone, in the back just like the email had instructed. I had never had a meeting like this, not in all my time.</p><p> </p><p> I've had meetings in grand SWF offices, in tiny janitor closets that still had the brooms in them, hell I signed a contract on the bleachers next to a pool but never a shady bar in the bad side of town. I'm a decent sized guy with a rough look about him but that didn't mean I belonged in the armpit of the city.</p><p> </p><p> The note had been cryptic as hell and wasn't even delivered in the proper format like email or even letter. It was scribbled on the back of a lottery ticket and slid underneath my door. </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>The Armpit - 7:30pm</em></p><p><em> New Promo in town</em></p><p><em> Groundbreaking</em></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Three lines but I was in between jobs and weirder things have happened. I mean SWF slapped the belt on Enygma, USPW had an audience that didn't all get in on senior citizen discounts. Even the 'master' Tommy Cornell tried to make Genghis Rahn a babyface so really, stranger things had happened and I figured 'what the hell.'</p><p> </p><p> Little did I know that I was going to repeat the phrase so many times over the course of my booking career that it would lose all meaning.</p><p> </p><p> I was right about to leave, 7:30 had came and went when the shadows next to me melted. Someone had been standing there for an hour in a freaking ninja costume, standing barely two feet away and I hadn't seen him. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Goddam I hated when Fumihiro would do that to me...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxxHexx Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 <p>Fan (fah-n);</p><p> 1. One who admires or enjoys.</p><p> 2. Me.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> This is a a big project to try and take down, making a game show on TEW. I look forward to reading.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEffect Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I must read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 The Man Behind It All http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/FumihiroOta.jpg Without a sound, the ninja slipped into the chair opposite me. He didn't bother to introduce himself but he didn't need to, I recognized him from his work on TCW. Even though he had dropped down to the indy's for the past seven years he was still a big enough name to get around. He also had a reputation for being a little "into" his character. "Honorable Avatar-san it is good for you to accept my invitation." "If it was that important for you, why'd you show up late?" "This one had to ensure you were not followed. This one had to ensure you were not leading this one into an ambush." "An ambush? Followed? What the hell, Fumihiro? Do you have a job or not?" "Yes, this one does have a proposal for you. A blend of Western and Eastern style..." "Like ZEN?" "No, not like ZEN! This one will be original, light hearted with comedy and laughs and masks." "Like ZEN?" "NO NOT LIKE ZEN! It will be a game show format with gaijin challengers competing against our stables of Warriors for a chance at the honorable Warrior Spirit Trophy at the end of each season." "Like ZE...oh wait that's actually new. So kind of like American Gladiators but with wrestling?" "Exactly, wrestler against wrestler in bloody contests. This one is happy to have selected someone so wise." "...right. So what do you need me for?" "I need someone in touch with the wrestling community in a way that I am not. I need you to select Warriors and Challengers, arrange matches..." "Like a booker?" "No not like a booker!! You will not know what the matches will be. Each event will be special in some way. Challengers will spin the honorable Wheel of Challenge to select where and when they compete. They will then earn points that will determine their seed in the final challenge where all challengers must overcome all warriors in grand end spectacular." "Like...ok I'll be honest I don't know what the hell this is like. But maybe this has got potential. Kinda like WEXXV meets ZEN meets American Gladiators meets some messed up Japanese mind...I guess that's already covered in WEXXV. Alirght, I'll do it. Who have you hired so far?" "No staff! You will be first hire!" "Ok, so how much time do I have to get one together because getting a full roster from scratch can take months..." "No time! First show to start this month!" "Well at least I'll finally be pulling in a paycheck after months of..." "NO PAY!" Aww crap, what did I just get myself into... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Behind the Scenes COURAGE Warrior Spirit is a 0/0/100,000 fed 0% Popularity in Great Lakes (because where better to sponsor a show like this then Chicago...all the good territories were taken and I'd like to join the territory system if possible. Product: Warrior Spirit Style: Key Feature: Mainstream, Comedy Heavy: Hardcore, Daredevil Medium: Modern Low: Cult, Risque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 The COURAGE Warrior Spirit Seaon 1 Line-Up[/b] Challengers: http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/GregGauge_zps367c42e6.jpg Greg Gauge - Blue Chipper Babyface http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/RegularJoe_zpsdcfa1cbf.jpg Regular Joe - Fan's Own Babyface http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/JoffyLaine_zpsd1444c4f.jpg Joffy Laine - Blue Collar Babyface http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/Nomad_zps8cfa87bb.jpg Nomad - Loner Babyface http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/RonGreenhorn_zpsa7c9a89e.jpg Ron Greenhorn - Staff Member Babyface NOTE: Ron Greenhorn isn't a true Challenger, instead he operates more like a test subject to illustrate upcoming challenges or showcase Warriors' abilities. Warriors http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/FumihiroOta.jpg Fumihiro Ota - Ninja Heel The Top Warrior, Fumihiro only faces off against the most promising of challengers in the most dangerous of matches. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/MaskedAvatar.jpg Masked Avatar - Old School Heel http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/ThimblebyLangton_zpsb71cf3ff.jpg Timbleby Langton - Lumberjack Heel 1/2 of the Clear Cutters with Wooton. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/WootonFitzpaine_zpsa1363fcd.jpg Wooton Fitzpaine - Lumberjack Heel 1/2 of the Clear Cutters http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/Prometheus_zps953eb5a7.jpg Prometheus - Monster Heel http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/AcidII_zps55d7fa7a.jpg Acid II - Evolution Heel http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/EvilSpirit_zps27acc982.jpg Evil Spirit - Deadman Heel 1/2 of the Nightmares with Phobia http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/Phobia_zps01dea6e4.jpg Phobia - Evil Doer Heel 1/2 of the Nightmares with Evil Spirit http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/VikkiVictoria_zps8bf9acb5.jpg Vikki Victoria - Weirdo Heel Other Personalities: http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/DharmaGregg_zpse5622141.jpg Dharma Gregg (Color Commentator/Show Hostess) http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/DaleKenney_alt_zps78071e2d.jpg Dale Kenney (Referee/ Show Host) http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk191/praguepride/CSW/HaileyBooke_zps3244dd61.jpg Hailey Booke (Manager / Backstage Interviewer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Roguey Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Ron Greenhorn! Looking forward to this PP. So much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 So onboard I'm sleeping underneath the captain's bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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