Post by rickrampage on Mar 28, 2024 22:58:54 GMT -6
The dust of Monday Night Brawl had finally settled, and Rick’s opponent at the next edition of Paramount had managed to walk away with the win and the EWC Television Championship still around his waist; and now the match was finally set in stone. Rampage would face off against The Lad for the EWC Television Championship in the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru. This was Rick’s first real chance to make a giant leap forward in the EWC. Winning a title this early into his tenure in the company would definitely send the message that he had fully arrived and was a force to be reckoned with.
That’s all that was on Rick’s mind as he prepared for his upcoming match with The Lad. He was here to make an immediate impact, and Rampage knew that The Lad wasn’t going to make it easy on him, and that meant Rick was going to have to put in the work. With that in mind, Rick had decided that it was best to spend his remaining time in Atlanta at the WWA4 Facility. It had been located in Atlanta for almost three decades and had produced some quality talent that had gone off to some of the biggest companies around the world.
Rick had already been there for a few hours in the weight room with the head trainer, Dante Fox, when a few of his students began to pour into the facility. As they did, Rampage began to put the weights away as Dante begins to make his way towards the ring area and his students. A few seconds later, Rick joined them as everyone finished coming into the training area and Dante began to introduce the massive man,“Alright everyone, we have a special guest that will be joining us for the next few days. This is Rick Rampage for those of you who don’t already know. He is one of the newest wrestlers on the Paramount brand of the EWC and he is also a legend in this business. This man has held six different titles across three different companies and is a fellow wrestling trainer. He is the owner and founder of the prestigious Golden Boy Wrestling in New York City; so, we are lucky to have him this week.”
“You say he’s a legend, but I’ve never heard of this guy.”
“Yeah, he just looks like another big, dumb giant to me.”
Rampage just smirks as he quickly slides into the ring and pops to his feet,“Then get in here with me if that’s what you think; both of you. Make it a little handicap action. Shouldn’t be a problem since I am so big and dumb.”
“Got to be if you’re willing to take the both of us on.”
“I wouldn’t underestimate him guys. I wouldn’t want to hop in there with him with all my experience, let alone get in there when I haven’t even had an official match yet.” Dante spoke, trying to warn his students away from making a drastic mistake; but his warning fell on deaf ears as the two men slid into the ring quickly. Each one went their separate ways to get on either side of Rampage who just stood there before saying,“Ding…Ding.”
The two men quickly charge as Rampage just steps back out of the way, allowing the two men to collide with one another, crashing down to the mat in a heap. Rampage quickly grabs one up and sends them into the ropes before hitting them with his version of The Spear known as The Rampage. As they fall to the mat together, Rampage pops back up as the man rolls out of the ring in agony. Rick then turns his attention to the other man, whom he quickly picks up and lifts onto his shoulders before bringing them down and hitting The Golden Standard. Rampage holds the finish of the move as Dante walks to the apron and begins to count by slamming his hand down from the outside of the ring while staring down his other students.
One!!!!!
Two!!!!!
Three!!!!
Rampage releases the pin and stands to his feet,“Ding….Ding….Ding.” Smirking as he looks out across the rest of the students,“Is there anyone else that thinks I am just another big…dumb…giant?”
There is stunned silence among the students as they stand there in disbelief. It would have been one thing for a veteran of the wrestling world to come into their home turf and easily hand a loss to one of them; but for him to come in and take on two of the best and most confident wrestlers in their class, and quickly hand them a loss was something else entirely.
Rampage stayed in the ring as the other student rolled out and joined his fellow students. The massive man move forward, towards the ropes, and then stops as he reaches them and places his hands on the top rope as he leans forward,“Now, while two of you have already received a big lesson today, I believe that its time to really dive into the lesson plan for today. Now, as obviously demonstrated here today, some of you are far away from being able to step foot in the ring with wrestlers like me, and there is nothing that I can do in a few days to help move you forward in that aspect. I have a completely different teaching style that let’s just say, isn’t for the faint of heart.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well, let’s just say I produce a lot of training accidents and leave it at that.” Rick smiled slightly as he looked out across the group that was in front of him. “Now, the lesson for today is something that I can hammer across over the next couple of days and is something you can work on by yourself; and it’s just as important as what you can do in this ring. Today, I am going to be talking about cutting a promo and developing your personality for the camera and the audience; because guess what, it doesn’t matter if you win every match, if the fans could care less about you, then the business will cut you out. It’s important that these fans either love you or hate you; personally, I love it when they hate me.”
“Rick is right, and he is damn well one of the best in the business at doing just that. I have seen this man do some off the wall, crazy stuff to get a reaction from the crowd and his opponents. This man single handedly drove one of his own students crazy to the point that he because an even bigger asshole then…”, Dante stopped before saying something he would regret.
“Aah yes, good ole’ Mason Daniels. That was a good time, turning that good old fashioned American hero into the villain.” Rick seemed gleeful about the whole thing as he spoke. “Now, I’m not here to reminisce about old times though, I am here to demonstrate to you what a master of turning the audience on you looks like. Now who here knows who The Lad is?”
“I do, he’s actually pretty cool and a great wrestler in the EWC. He just defended his title here on Monday.”
“So, you know he was here and defended his title, but you don’t know who I am; some fans you are. You see Dante, this is what I hate about the modern fan, they follow these guys on social media and what not, but they don’t watch the show. I mean, if you had watched the show, you would have seen me come out and you would know that I am the man facing him in Peru this coming Wednesday for his precious little EWC Television Championship.” Rick exclaimed as he continued to look out among them, seeing their offended reactions. “Stop…you see right there, that’s the reaction I wanted. I manipulated you into hating me and making me the bad guy. At that very moment, you wanted to tune in and watch The Lad kick my ass up and down the ring on Paramount in Lima, Peru.”
There were a few nods, but some of the other students seemed unconvinced,“I mean, anyone can just verbally attack the audience. Isn’t a full promo more then just a few jabs?”
“All I know is, everyone here is going to tune on Wednesday hoping to see Laddy Boy win and retain his title. I am going to have to disappoint everyone who tunes in, but they are going to tune in none the less. Some will tune in because of how I handled Adriana last week, and they want to see someone put me in my place. A lot of fans think I don’t deserve this title shot because I just got here; hell, even some of the wrestlers in the back think that too. They think I am just riding high on my own name, and that there are fans from a decade ago that will hear my name and want to tune in because they knew me from back then and that’s why I am getting this shot.
Well, that’s not the case at all. I earned this shot because I impressed the powers that be in my EWC debut. I showed that I am still the same man that I was a decade ago when I left at the peak of my game. People can be mad and jealous all they want, but I am the pinnacle of this business. It didn’t matter whether it is this week or a month from now or a year from now, I was going to get my shot one way or another.
Laddy Boy is going to be in for the fight of his life when he squares up with me this Wednesday Night. It’s just going to be him and me in the ring with the EWC Television Championship on the line and there is going to be nothing and no one that stands in my way of walking out with that title resting safely on my shoulder. I am sure you are all sitting there, thinking it’s not going to be that easy; and you may be right. I am sure Laddy is going to give me one hell of a fight too. Despite having defended that title of his five times now, he has only been champion a little over a month. He’s had a handful of title matches now in his career; but I’ve held more titles than he has had title matches. I’ve defended a title of my own for two hundred and ninety-four days.
All of that means that I have the upper hand in this match. I have been here before, on countless occasions. The Lad is good and he has promise, I will give him that; but at the end of the day, he just isn’t as good as me and he doesn’t have the experience that I have. Laddy is going to step into that ring with me, with a hope and prayer, and he is going to wall out beaten and battered and defeated. He will learn what many have before him…and that is that I am Rick Rampage…I am The Golden Boy…and I set The Golden Standard. Wednesday night, in Lima, Peru, The Era of The Golden Standard will have finally arrived in the EWC; and there is nothing that anyone can do to stop it.”
The students sat there, speechless as Rampage stands before them, having one last thing to say,“And that’s how you cut a Promo.”
That’s all that was on Rick’s mind as he prepared for his upcoming match with The Lad. He was here to make an immediate impact, and Rampage knew that The Lad wasn’t going to make it easy on him, and that meant Rick was going to have to put in the work. With that in mind, Rick had decided that it was best to spend his remaining time in Atlanta at the WWA4 Facility. It had been located in Atlanta for almost three decades and had produced some quality talent that had gone off to some of the biggest companies around the world.
Rick had already been there for a few hours in the weight room with the head trainer, Dante Fox, when a few of his students began to pour into the facility. As they did, Rampage began to put the weights away as Dante begins to make his way towards the ring area and his students. A few seconds later, Rick joined them as everyone finished coming into the training area and Dante began to introduce the massive man,“Alright everyone, we have a special guest that will be joining us for the next few days. This is Rick Rampage for those of you who don’t already know. He is one of the newest wrestlers on the Paramount brand of the EWC and he is also a legend in this business. This man has held six different titles across three different companies and is a fellow wrestling trainer. He is the owner and founder of the prestigious Golden Boy Wrestling in New York City; so, we are lucky to have him this week.”
“You say he’s a legend, but I’ve never heard of this guy.”
“Yeah, he just looks like another big, dumb giant to me.”
Rampage just smirks as he quickly slides into the ring and pops to his feet,“Then get in here with me if that’s what you think; both of you. Make it a little handicap action. Shouldn’t be a problem since I am so big and dumb.”
“Got to be if you’re willing to take the both of us on.”
“I wouldn’t underestimate him guys. I wouldn’t want to hop in there with him with all my experience, let alone get in there when I haven’t even had an official match yet.” Dante spoke, trying to warn his students away from making a drastic mistake; but his warning fell on deaf ears as the two men slid into the ring quickly. Each one went their separate ways to get on either side of Rampage who just stood there before saying,“Ding…Ding.”
The two men quickly charge as Rampage just steps back out of the way, allowing the two men to collide with one another, crashing down to the mat in a heap. Rampage quickly grabs one up and sends them into the ropes before hitting them with his version of The Spear known as The Rampage. As they fall to the mat together, Rampage pops back up as the man rolls out of the ring in agony. Rick then turns his attention to the other man, whom he quickly picks up and lifts onto his shoulders before bringing them down and hitting The Golden Standard. Rampage holds the finish of the move as Dante walks to the apron and begins to count by slamming his hand down from the outside of the ring while staring down his other students.
One!!!!!
Two!!!!!
Three!!!!
Rampage releases the pin and stands to his feet,“Ding….Ding….Ding.” Smirking as he looks out across the rest of the students,“Is there anyone else that thinks I am just another big…dumb…giant?”
There is stunned silence among the students as they stand there in disbelief. It would have been one thing for a veteran of the wrestling world to come into their home turf and easily hand a loss to one of them; but for him to come in and take on two of the best and most confident wrestlers in their class, and quickly hand them a loss was something else entirely.
Rampage stayed in the ring as the other student rolled out and joined his fellow students. The massive man move forward, towards the ropes, and then stops as he reaches them and places his hands on the top rope as he leans forward,“Now, while two of you have already received a big lesson today, I believe that its time to really dive into the lesson plan for today. Now, as obviously demonstrated here today, some of you are far away from being able to step foot in the ring with wrestlers like me, and there is nothing that I can do in a few days to help move you forward in that aspect. I have a completely different teaching style that let’s just say, isn’t for the faint of heart.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well, let’s just say I produce a lot of training accidents and leave it at that.” Rick smiled slightly as he looked out across the group that was in front of him. “Now, the lesson for today is something that I can hammer across over the next couple of days and is something you can work on by yourself; and it’s just as important as what you can do in this ring. Today, I am going to be talking about cutting a promo and developing your personality for the camera and the audience; because guess what, it doesn’t matter if you win every match, if the fans could care less about you, then the business will cut you out. It’s important that these fans either love you or hate you; personally, I love it when they hate me.”
“Rick is right, and he is damn well one of the best in the business at doing just that. I have seen this man do some off the wall, crazy stuff to get a reaction from the crowd and his opponents. This man single handedly drove one of his own students crazy to the point that he because an even bigger asshole then…”, Dante stopped before saying something he would regret.
“Aah yes, good ole’ Mason Daniels. That was a good time, turning that good old fashioned American hero into the villain.” Rick seemed gleeful about the whole thing as he spoke. “Now, I’m not here to reminisce about old times though, I am here to demonstrate to you what a master of turning the audience on you looks like. Now who here knows who The Lad is?”
“I do, he’s actually pretty cool and a great wrestler in the EWC. He just defended his title here on Monday.”
“So, you know he was here and defended his title, but you don’t know who I am; some fans you are. You see Dante, this is what I hate about the modern fan, they follow these guys on social media and what not, but they don’t watch the show. I mean, if you had watched the show, you would have seen me come out and you would know that I am the man facing him in Peru this coming Wednesday for his precious little EWC Television Championship.” Rick exclaimed as he continued to look out among them, seeing their offended reactions. “Stop…you see right there, that’s the reaction I wanted. I manipulated you into hating me and making me the bad guy. At that very moment, you wanted to tune in and watch The Lad kick my ass up and down the ring on Paramount in Lima, Peru.”
There were a few nods, but some of the other students seemed unconvinced,“I mean, anyone can just verbally attack the audience. Isn’t a full promo more then just a few jabs?”
“All I know is, everyone here is going to tune on Wednesday hoping to see Laddy Boy win and retain his title. I am going to have to disappoint everyone who tunes in, but they are going to tune in none the less. Some will tune in because of how I handled Adriana last week, and they want to see someone put me in my place. A lot of fans think I don’t deserve this title shot because I just got here; hell, even some of the wrestlers in the back think that too. They think I am just riding high on my own name, and that there are fans from a decade ago that will hear my name and want to tune in because they knew me from back then and that’s why I am getting this shot.
Well, that’s not the case at all. I earned this shot because I impressed the powers that be in my EWC debut. I showed that I am still the same man that I was a decade ago when I left at the peak of my game. People can be mad and jealous all they want, but I am the pinnacle of this business. It didn’t matter whether it is this week or a month from now or a year from now, I was going to get my shot one way or another.
Laddy Boy is going to be in for the fight of his life when he squares up with me this Wednesday Night. It’s just going to be him and me in the ring with the EWC Television Championship on the line and there is going to be nothing and no one that stands in my way of walking out with that title resting safely on my shoulder. I am sure you are all sitting there, thinking it’s not going to be that easy; and you may be right. I am sure Laddy is going to give me one hell of a fight too. Despite having defended that title of his five times now, he has only been champion a little over a month. He’s had a handful of title matches now in his career; but I’ve held more titles than he has had title matches. I’ve defended a title of my own for two hundred and ninety-four days.
All of that means that I have the upper hand in this match. I have been here before, on countless occasions. The Lad is good and he has promise, I will give him that; but at the end of the day, he just isn’t as good as me and he doesn’t have the experience that I have. Laddy is going to step into that ring with me, with a hope and prayer, and he is going to wall out beaten and battered and defeated. He will learn what many have before him…and that is that I am Rick Rampage…I am The Golden Boy…and I set The Golden Standard. Wednesday night, in Lima, Peru, The Era of The Golden Standard will have finally arrived in the EWC; and there is nothing that anyone can do to stop it.”
The students sat there, speechless as Rampage stands before them, having one last thing to say,“And that’s how you cut a Promo.”
