Post by Narumi "Decennium" Tsutsumi on Oct 23, 2024 22:42:32 GMT -6
(The video turns on to “The loneliest island in New York”, Bronx’s Hart Island, where Narumi Tsutsumi is found sitting in the back of one of its abandoned demolished buildings amidst many muscularly bulky mannequins wielding briefcases around the big shambled room. Around the Decennium’s left shoulder is the Hardcore Championship, whilst the Primetime Briefcase is beneath her right hand, and poking slightly out from behind her on the left is an eerily familiar black briefcase. Narumi looks like a cornered animal in the dirty rubble, yet despite the wounded imagery there is a wicked smirk and wild eyes on the Onihime’s face.)
“My dream of finally winning the Rumble after coming so close in 2022 sure does look bleak to you simpletons, doesn’t it? I must admit going into Rumble in the Bronx on a losing streak to compete in two matches has my back against the wall and everyone sees it as this roster has increasingly been counting me out lately, arguably since Parabellum. I waited two years to rebuild myself since Rumble 2022 and had finally become a great eliminator wrestler this season, only to be derailed by the uselessness of half of Team Prime to lead me to this state. But if anyone thinks that’s enough to count me out and think I’m a quitter not coming to win it all, this Rumble’s going to be a shattering revelation to the misinformed! For most, the stakes would be too high with too many odds to overcome in my perilous position, but this Hardcore Champion is an exception to all rules!”
(The Onihime wipes off some of the dust and debris that have fallen on her and two of her possessions in the room as her conviction is unshaken.)
“I’ve been in nasty predicaments before, when I was the last person eliminated from the Rumble in 2022 and ended the season losing my Indy Championship, people said my career was over. Yet I went on to slice through the entire LOTR tournament, and at Stranglemania I was able to not only defeat the monsters of Damage Inc for the Tag Titles, but despite being bruised and battered I continued on to find a way to defeat Mr. Number one Entrant Marcu$, the diabolical Stitches, and the woman Melody Malone herself on the same night! If I could do that after a fiery table match with monsters, you best believe it doesn’t matter what Vin throws at me, my great cunning and discipline are going to find ways to make it through this match too! The way I won the Undisputed Title when people least believed in me is proof that this is when I’m most dangerous! And everyone seems to be forgetting I’m loaded with weapons that can blow the EWC landscape away.“
(Narumi clutches her Hardcore Championship and Primetime Briefcase close to her as they are dear to her in trying times.)
“Regardless of what condition I’m going to be heading into this match, I’m going to scratch and claw for everything I’ve earned as I’ve done my entire career. I heard Cosmo repeat this tired line that I’m only Hardcore Champion because the Indy Championship alludes me. With all due respect, the people of the EWC are hard of hearing and have short term memory. I entered the season making it very clear that my goals were to make a new name for myself in the Cruiserweight Division, chase the Indy and Hardcore Championships, and make this decade mine as a great eliminator! Nothing I do is with a losers mentality! Emotionally, yes the Indy Championship is my baby, my most loved possession, but I act rationally and the rankings of championships are not a debate.”
(The Onihime looks at what she’s got, but knows there is something she wants even more as breathes in calmly and she begins to get on her knees before rising.)
“As codified by Paramount, the top two ranked championships are the Hardcore at 18 and the Undisputed at 20 points. Which means while I have the Primetime Briefcase for an Indy Championship match whenever I want, I choose to focus on being Hardcore Champion instead for the very same reason I compete in the Rumble, because I have an insatiable drive for the top! Every day that I’m asked Deal or No Deal on accepting what I’ve got instead of getting up to aim for more, I say no deal and angle for the best shot I can get!“
(Narumi rises to her feet, hate her or love her this is the oni that constantly rises with blood, sweat, and tears. This is the Decennium walking forward through the Deal or No Deal briefcases around her with the idea that she’s not going to relent until she gets the top prize.)
“My climb back to the top and towards this 20 person Rumble has taught me one thing to change me, I don’t care about being popular anymore and I realize the only advocate I can trust to be looking after my single’s division success in that ring is myself! I now realize I need to truly be independent and know the responsibility of properly representing Prime in these matches is mine alone like this lonely island. I have been this season’s greatest eliminator as my advantage in this match. I became so because I knew I had to surpass the fact I had three eliminations tying the most rumble eliminations in 2022! And the one mistake I made at Parabellum is that I believed in the entirety of Team Prime.”
(The Onihime sucks her teeth in disgust of her humiliation of allowing herself to trust Team Prime in being able to assist her in representing her compost heap brand. She shoves over multiple briefcase holding mannequins in her fury.)
“In the Hellevator I had no such limitation as I knew I was Prime’s only reliable figure and outlasted 11 other wrestlers in an elimination match. After Dalilah used me to sneak into the Hardcore title match when we eliminated ZERO from contendership on Prime, I was sure to correct myself by eliminating her and Morgan myself instead of believing she could be useful. But at Parabellum, I allowed the title of ‘Prime Team Captain’ to fool me into thinking I should rely on promising stars to show how good Prime could be as a whole, but Sunny exposed to me she’s not able to translate her NextGen success to being a top player able to handle the main roster spotlight. I can’t count on her being as any more a factor in this match than the likes of Brawl’s Chelsea Skye and Ace Sky, who have had success outside of the EWC, but can’t get it together on the big stage. If that disgrace Sunny dares show her face near me I’m going to eliminate her just as I can those two because I’m the one true star of Prime.“
(The Onihime stomps open one of the briefcases to reveal the words “worthless” inside as she shakes her head.)
“And there’s worse from Prime. Someone more two-faced than the Candy who once left our brand, someone who lets Prime down more than Sunny, and someone who called themselves Primetime without winning this briefcase even before Phoenix did. Jack Severn! He calls himself the heart of Prime, but when has he ever bleed and sacrificed like I have when I’ve tried to captain this brand each time he’s not around to fight the war?! He’s not even come CLOSE to winning the Rumble, The EWC fans and the locker room may believe in Jack, but I don’t! I’d eliminate him with my karate just as I have countless times to win matches! Because I’m the only one this brand can count on, I’m the only Prime star to ever win the main event of Stranglemania, and now I’m going the be the one that brings us the win at the Rumble! “
(Narumi walks forward until she reaches a tall mannequin with a briefcase and kicks it down by the knees and steps on it’s head with a smile at the fact she can stand over something so formerly tall.)
“And then there’s the big boys, ZERO, Mercenary, and Rick Rampage, on paper you’d think they’d be odd on favourites. They’re huge hard to move men, but you rarely see their kind win Rumbles, and that’s because in actual practice they’re the biggest and clumsists targets in the match. Everyone wants them out and will work together to do so if they must. Rick’s ego is almost as big as he is, ZERO constantly is too focused on proving he’s a deranged monster, and Mercenary is so high on his own Fighting Spirit hype you know he’s going to be obsessed with living up to his ‘live hard die scarred’ nonsense he’s going to come out guns blazing trying to throw his weight around. They’re all liable to try reeking havoc and big booting people to get their legs up for no reason and giving us the opportunity to get one of their legs over the top rope and push them out as just one example. While I’m going to be discreet, quick, and disciplined as my advantage in this match as I’m going to be able to get elimination after elimination before anyone can tell what I’m doing. Not that anyone wants to play Tom and Jerry with a tricky star like me, as they don’t want to risk getting eliminated trying to overdo it with a slippery star of my caliber. Between all the times I’ve beaten ZERO and Morgan this season, let alone monsters my entire career, I’m the proven giant killer of the EWC and I’m going to apply that to this Rumble!“
(The Onihime stops to look over at two twin mannequins. One replica is hunched with one hand on a briefcase and the other on it’s back but the twin stands up straight. She walks over to the column behind them and almost pushes it before stopping herself to talk respectfully for a moment between mannequins.)
“And then you got the real odds on favourites, the people who have been successful since the 2010’s of the EWC. I’m going to start with the two I respect and appreciate still being around. Ibuki Ito and my Shinijoshi brother in arms El Pablo. These two men were legends before their time, they represented Japanese pro wrestling and lucha libre in times EWC was still stuck in the stone ages and did so valiantly successfully. They’re great, but in our one on one matches, Pablo last season for the Undisputed and Ito this season to decide the greatest Japanese wrestler, I’ve conquered them both. Handsome Ito has already won the Rumble and he clearly hasn’t had the same driven passion as he used to have in previous seasons, this is the first time I’ve seen Ito struggle to be a top ten player in the EWC since I’ve arrived. Pablo is a good man, but has never been able to eliminate me while I’ve taken him out of two matches!”
(Narumi pushes the column down as part of the ceiling falls down crushing both the old person caricature mannequins. She spits on the one that used to be hunched over.)
“And then there’s the odd on favourite legends I just can’t stand in my Decennium! You guessed it, Ace King, Candy, Xavier Reid, and Amis Shelton, each of them eyesores in their own rights! Ace is the face of the 2010s that I eliminated in his Parabellum return, to prove the 2020s is my era! Candy is temporarily sitting on my Prime throne because Jordan but the last time I was in the Rumble I outlasted Candy’s traitorous sour ass. Xavier is the biggest hypocrite in the business, always happy to avoid challenges, he himself told the world last season that he was glad Malone and I weren't in the Rumble to outlast him like we did in 2022. This time Xavier won’t be so lucky and bad things have happened to Xavier the last three times we’ve been in the ring together, and I plan to make that continue! And then you got Amis, he wasn’t able to make it on Brawl so he went to Rampage and took the TV Championship from this generation. He may have managed Moxie, but he hasn’t got the talent of the former Rumble winner who should be here to give me a challenge for the Decennium. “
(And then the mistress of briefcases walks over to a mannequin wielding her past 2021 dented Primetime Briefcase, she looks at it and then her own current Primetime Briefcase.)
“Cosmo, Marcu$, and even that scum Jack Severn are here to fight over this decade, but none of them are as proven in the Rumble as I am! The only one who has done better in the Rumble from our decade is Moxie, who cowers away somewhere since he couldn’t become Undisputed. Marcu$ has been spinning his wheels for years unable to surpass the argulable face of Paramount ceiling and I pinned him to become Undisputed. Marcu$ has never had a standout Rumble showing and neither has Severn. Cosmo almost reaches me Rumble wise but still was the first of the final four eliminated from 2023! They’re all going to understand this is my Decennium! I seek to surpass my 2022 performance of three eliminations and being the last thrown over, and I can only do that by winning the whole thing!“
(Narumi walks back to her original position from the start of the video to pick up her black briefcase. She gestures almost opening it to reveal what’s inside, to finally reveal what came from the Hellevator, before smiling to keep her foes on their uncomfortable toes.)
“People don’t grasp the power I wield, but I haven’t used it because I haven’t wanted to be distracted from winning this Rumble and I’m willing to say no deal to make these briefcases invalid just so that I can get the Undisputed at Wrestlefest instead! Me and my briefcases are a symbol that none of you can be comfortable, not for the Rumble or any other time, you think I’m out when I’m actually the most dangerous. I know more about what mysteries I can unleash at Wrestlefest because the entire trajectory of this company depends on this match and my performance alone! I’ve proven to know what it takes to make it so close to winning a Rumble, I’ve outlasted more wrestlers in elimination matches than anyone in this match this season, and I'm one of the Rumble yearly record holders of eliminations, I’m not going to be satisfied with anything else but putting all those skills I’ve developed together to stand alone as victor!“
(Narumi cackles and puts her briefcase down. Then she hits the signature double deuces as the video fades black.)