Finnegan Wakefield | God Complex [ APEX on TNT 1 ]
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Subject: Finnegan Wakefield | God Complex [ APEX on TNT 1 ] Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:56 pm
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"The Absolute Top Cunt" Finnegan Wakefield
"What does it mean to be at the pinnacle of professional wrestling?
Oxford dictates it to be the highest point of success; the lofty peak of what one can accomplish. But in a sport where competition is so plentiful, with so many rogue elements at play, the idea of a pinnacle becomes blurred along with the line one has to cross in the act of being it. When a newborn promotion markets itself as such, when it makes the ever bold statement of claiming superiority, you start to wonder if it can carry such a heavy expectation of excellence, or if it can be merely chalked up to being a snazzy tagline to garner attention. And to the devil his due; it sure got mine. I was a skeptic, to say the least. Far too often have I seen both people and promotion proclaim themselves paramount among the rest, only to fall on their sword more often than I dare care to recall. I like to think myself as someone with a finger on the pulse of professional wrestling, and when I saw the growing list of names that signed on -- legends, the world-class, top prospects, and the like -- there's no denying that the potential was evident when myself and the wife-to-be signed our own on the dotted line. To preemptively cast aside any question as to why I am here would be to answer my initial question; how does one truly find that highest point? With all due respect and belated congratulations to Liz Karlson in becoming the inaugural world champion of APEX, despite beating a legend of the industry in the process, that reign is far too deep in its infancy to say that is the peak. One day, rest assured that sooner or later, whenever I so deem it fit, my sight will be set on claiming that championship and if she happens to hold it when that time comes, that definition will see a drastic change. My dream, unoriginal it may be, is to be the best wrestler in the world, and what that means has changed every step of the way. Legacy factors association -- from elite, to omega, to apex -- there is no destination; just landmarks with names and canvas' painted in my blood along the way.
To be at the pinnacle is to look back in the wake of all the hardships and find there is no business left unfinished.
Where this all comes full circle is with Arata Asakura. For far too long, I have heard nothing but how he considers himself the pinnacle above all others, that he is the god-chosen savior for Japanese people in western rings, tired praises sung by his fuckwit nonce zealots of The Golden Dawn about he is ascended beyond all others now beneath him. And for months, I have had to both watch and be subjected to him only holding onto a world championship because he needed help both in and outside of our world of possibility in order to keep his fragile ego intact. So you can imagine the grin that was on my face when I got to see that reality come crashing down, when no god could save him from being felled by the likes of Hiroto Kamiya -- a competitor I have a lot of respect for. And I had no intention of sitting back and allowing another promotion to be plagued by the likes of them -- these self-appointed bigot victim hypocrites. Arata, I refuse to allow APEX to be another victim of your dumb cunt god complex. I speak, not only for myself but a wrestling world that has grown tired -- including the people of Japan -- of your second-rate martyrdom. Inception was evidence that alone, the praises of your echo chamber cult don't live up to the hype and that when I inevitably get you alone in that ring, when your choir of worshipping pissants can't help you, I will tare your world a-fucking-sunder.
Patience is a virtue I don't possess but I've waited this long, I can wait a little longer. I know you will be watching, so I advise you to heed the example I am about to make.
An example I am going to make out of Arturo Cabello. What I can always appreciate in the people that find themselves as my opposition, despite how little respect they ultimately deserve, is that they have something to prove. That they have a reason to tempt fate in the act of stepping in the ring with someone of my caliber. And to that, I can appreciate Arturo for keeping his words short, sweet, and -- above all else -- self-damning. See, while I am not going to do you the disservice that you clearly had no problem doing at my expense by painting you in one broad stroke, one of nationality and ideas of gentlemanly respect because it's clear you've done some research on me. You know what you're getting yourself into. And you're pulling the pin on that grande with the only knee-slapping remark anyone has had about me for the past year about "har har, your fiancee is more popular than you are." It's a bold strategy, I'll give you that much -- if you're going to get your shit pushed in on national television you may as well try and do or say something to at least deserve it. Otherwise, it's just cold-hearted cruelty. But even then -- to that coin -- I should probably enlighten you on a big difference between the man you studied tapes on, and the man that is stepping into an APEX ring. I am a purveyor of violence; a catalyst to a brand of wrestling that is unapologetically brutal. And I am not talking about being stabbed and then getting back up, I'm not talking about bleeding buckets of my own blood, hell, the day where I am dead and buried they're going to keep a bell attached to a string because everyone that attends my funeral will be second-guessing if I am staying dead. No; I am talking about a Finnegan Wakefield that encourages deathmatches. A Finnegan Wakefield that doesn't mind the scars and the blood. You're well educated on what I have been through. So what do you possibly believe you can do to me?
Style is a poor substitute for substance.
Because if I found one thing awfully telling in what you had to say, Arturo, is warning me on what my pride is detrimentally leading me towards. That I should be concerning myself that Arata is going to make his presence felt in retaliation to my intervening at Inception. That, with Hiroto Kamiya on commentary, I'm going to need eyes in the back of my head in the event that he took umbrage with me getting involved. That I should be second-guessing myself all throughout the match in crippling dread of what-ifs and will-they's -- but awfully telling you didn't list yourself among them. I'm a very "cross that bridge when we get to it" kind of guy. I appreciate your concern for what my pride is getting me into. I'm going to reciprocate your kind gesture and, don't worry, you won't have to have to be looking over your shoulder at all because you'll see these all coming. I'm going to suplex you onto your head. I'm going to throw strikes at you and, if you don't want to be wondering what row your teeth flew into, you best dodge them. If I put you into a submission hold, if you have any desire to make music again, you'll tap out quickly. And if you're expecting the match to go quickly, when you've had enough of the pain and punishment, I want you to know I may not be paid by the hour but I fucking love my job.
Oh! And "break a leg" is a very poor choice of words."
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Finnegan Wakefield | God Complex [ APEX on TNT 1 ]