Post by Marcus Welsh on Jan 6, 2020 23:44:53 GMT -5
: The scene opens up in an office of types. We see various degrees and what looks to be awards, plus pictures of people and some newspaper clippings that have been framed. There is a bookshelf along one of the walls, and upon further inspection, we can see the books seem to be of legal variety. We can safely assume that this is either a lawyers office or someone who likes law way to much. Towards the back of this office, furthest from the door, we see a desk. It has usual desk stuff on it such as a computer, papers, small picture frames, pencil and pen holder, and the like. We see a well dressed man in a business suit, whom we don't recognize, sitting behind the desk going through papers and clicking on the computer's mouse. On the other side of the desk looking at the man, we see someone who we are all very familiar with; Mike fucking Zybala! He is dressed in business casual attire so he doesn't look like a total slob. It seems that he is in the middle of a conversation with the sharp dressed man. Let's eavesdrop on them, because honestly, why else would you be here? :
Zybala: It's bullshit, Keith! I finally get the last word and somehow this fucker pulls the proverbial rug out from under me! I mean, I legally bought the company! Then, he tries to get me arrested or maybe even killed in North Korea, which thankfully backfired. Then when I think that I'm done with him for a while, he manages to get MY company shut down! How does Welsh keep managing to ruin everything!? He was locked up in North Korea for fuck sake!
Keith: Well, from what I gathered, Greg is actually second cousins with Dennis Rodman, who Kim Jung Un is very fond of. So Greg was able to get Rodman to convince Un to free Welsh, who then made his way back States Side.
Zybala: Where he continued his holy crusade of fucking me over to no end!! Somehow, he managed to close down OCW after I purchased it! How did he manage that, Keith?! I bought the company out right from Jimmy Buffet. I had the majority share of the stock, so he couldn't manage to get the board of directors to vote me out. So what form of corporate magic did he sell his soul to for him to ruin everything?!?
Keith: Well, after talking to his lawyer, it seems he had a weird clause in his contract. I don't remember what it said word for word, but to the best of my understanding, it said that if for any reason Welsh was removed from a position of power AND removed from company meetings for more than two weeks, he could initiate a "nuclear option" which closes down the company. Since you became the owner, he felt like his power was being undermined, or "removed." Then when he got detained in North Korea, that gave him enough cause to close down OCW. You're just lucky that Outsider's was never really considered part of the OCW corporate umbrella, or he would have been able to close that.
Zybala: Thank God for small mercies. At least he has no power in GCWA either, or else he would close down my Outsider's source of media. Anything to fuck me over. If he spent as much time actually working to better O.C.W. as he does to screw me over or further his selfish ideas, O.C.W. would be the richest company in the world. So you're telling me that there is nothing I can do to bring back Online Championship Wrestling?
Keith: Not without Welsh. As much as you don't want to hear that. No Welsh, no O.C.W. plain and simple. I'm sorry.
Zybala: That's just perfect! Did you know that he ruined my friendship with Greg, too? Marcus told Greggers that he would have to choose between our friendship and their "relationship"? The poor love struck sap picked Welsh despite him never wanting to put a label on them. That's why I never let Welsh meet my wife. He tries to ruin everything for me.
Keith: Aren't you exaggerating a little? Do you honestly believe that he spends every waking moment thinking solely on how to make you miserable?
Zybala: YES! God, it was like him being an NFL referee and I was any team playing against the Patriots! Zybala has an idea? Fifteen yard penalty. He tries to book a match? Unsportsmanlike conduct, half the distance to the goal! Ninety nine percent of the time he was vetoing my ideas, no matter how big or small. I found a better, CHEAPER coffee for catering and he still said no! He vetoed fucking coffee and still claimed I was the problem!
: Zybala is panting heavily, trying to catch his breath after his little rant. Keith looks on unphased. This isn't the first time someone has lost their cool in his office and he knows it won't be the last. Especially if he keeps Zybala as a client. Zybala reaches down on the floor besides his chair and grabs a water bottle. He takes a deep drink and places the water back down. He looks a bit more composed. :
Zybala: Sorry about that. I just get so mad when it comes to that ambigious androgenius asshole. He has the nerve to criticize me after all of his mistakes. Letting people win the world title before signing them to a contract, not pushing a star like Ed Houston higher than the midcard, allowing himself get called "babe" by Josie Barnes?! He has a worse track record than me. The worst of it is he stole the company from me and killed it totally.
: Zybala notices Keith shifting uncomfortably in his seat after the last sentence. Zybala narrows his eyes and stares hard at his lawyer. :
Zybala: What?
Keith: Nothing. I'm just shifting in my seat. Trying to get comfy. It's hard on the back sitting all day.
Zybala: Bullshit. You know something. What happened? What did Welsh do now??
: Keith lets out a sigh and reaches to open a drawer in his desk. He pulls out a piece of paper and closes the drawer. Keith then hands Zybala the paper. Zybala takes it, looking annoyed. :
Zybala: Let me guess. Welsh gave me a cease and desist order from ever mentioning O.C.W. again? Am I being sued by him for some made up charge? Better yet, he's taking a page out of Barrows' book and had me stricken from all the O.C.W. records?
Keith: Just read the damn paper instead of working yourself up again…
: Zybala lowers his eyes to the page and starts reading. The righteous anger leaves his eyes and it's replaced with bemused confusion. He looks up back at Keith. :
Zybala: Is this for real?
Keith: It looks that way. All legit from what he's lawyer was saying.
Zybala: (let's out a harsh laugh) So after everything that happened, our mutual disdain for one another, him basically destroying the company; he actually wants me to come back for a one off show? Just a friendly invite?
Keith: It's in your hands, in black and white.
Zybala: I don't buy it. Nothing with Marcus Welsh is simple. I'm telling you he's up to something. A random, one of battle royal out of nowhere after he closes the company? How doesn't that trigger everyone's Spidey-Sense?
Keith: I'm not following, Captain Paranoid…
Zybala: Well, it says here that I'm invited to take part in a ten person battle royal, but it doesn't say who the other nine people are. For all I know is that this just be a set up for Welsh to get me jumped by a bunch of people. Or if it's a legitimate venue, he could have the whole ring filled with people I've pissed off over the years. God knows there's a lot of them. Meyhu, Bishop, O'Donnell, BEST, just to name a few. It seems like an ambush to me.
Keith: But wouldn't other people in the match before worried more about, oh I don't know, WINNING, than kicking your ass? You're reading too much into this if you ask me.
Zybala: You don't think that they can focus on the match after making sure I'm barely breathing and a step away from flat-lining? I know I'm good and all, but I don't think that I can take on nine people at once. Plus I've never been good at battle royals. I always am last or second last to be eliminated. Always the groomsman, never the groom, if I can put a male spin on the old phrase.
Keith: So, you're not gonna show up then? Like you said, it's practically suicide.
Zybala: Pfft. Of course I'm going to go!
Keith: (looks stunned and blinks real slow at Zybala) Excuse me?
Zybala: You think I'm going to let Welsh have an easy win by not showing up? He knows that I would assume that he's up to something. Then he would probably think that I would just ignore the invitation to play on the safe side and not get my ass kicked. So either I show up and get my ass handed to me, or I don't show up and play it safe. Either way, Welsh thinks he wins. So I'm gonna show up.
Keith: Isn't that just playing into his plans?
Zybala: Partially. Yes, me showing up puts me in danger. However, that's the only way I can turn it against Marcus and turn his happiness into gloom. If I don't go, there is no way that I would be able to have a chance to win. Showing up at least gives me an opportunity for victory and a chance to make Welsh look foolish again.
Keith: If he is planning on staging an attack against you, he is only going to invite the best of the best.
Zybala: Of that, I have no doubt. He wouldn't risk his plan on people like Vaughn, or Puffer, or Johnny Two-Wins. No disrespect to them, but Welsh never thought highly of them. Shows what he knows. Vaughn and the Detective are making a good go of it in GCWA. No, Markie Mark's funky bunch is gonna be comprised of a little more prestige than that. Names like the people I mentioned earlier, The eMpire, former world champs looking for a quick payday, any big name star really. If there is one thing Welsh has, it's wrestling connections. I hope he gets the best that money can offer. I hope he formulates a plan so perfect, it can't fail. Just so I can break it and rub it in his face.
I don't care about winning this little ambush party disguised as a match. I'll try to win, obviously, because that's the best way to stick it Welsh. If I can't win, the second best option would be for me to take out as many people as possible before I eliminate myself and head for the hills. Either way, I win and get out with all my bones still intact. Just to be on the safe side, I should keep a baseball bat or something under the ring to use as an equalizer…
Keith: No. The safe side would be sitting at home, watching the show from your couch with your wife. Not running head first into what you say is a trap. What would….
: Keith stops his plea for logic and the safe route as he watched Zybala pull out his phone and start typing away. A moment passes before Zybala puts his phone away and looks back at his lawyer. :
Zybala: Sorry. I was texting Welsh, telling him that I would be there. And you act like Cat would actually watch wrestling. She barely watches it when I'm on the show. There's no way she'll watch when I'm not involved. But I got a flight to book tickets for. Don't want to leave it all to the last minute. You have a great holiday, Keith.
Keith: You too. Merry Christmas. Please be careful with Welsh.
: Zybala just gives a wink and a smile as he stands up and shakes Keith's hand. Zybala turns and heads towards the door when his phone jingles a few notes. Zybala pauses and pulls it out of his pocket. He has a text message. Zybala looks at it and so do we. It's from Welsh. All it reads is "Great! See you soon!" with a smile emoji. Zybala smiles a sly grin as he slips the phone back in his pocket and leaves the office as the scene fades to black. :
Zybala: It's bullshit, Keith! I finally get the last word and somehow this fucker pulls the proverbial rug out from under me! I mean, I legally bought the company! Then, he tries to get me arrested or maybe even killed in North Korea, which thankfully backfired. Then when I think that I'm done with him for a while, he manages to get MY company shut down! How does Welsh keep managing to ruin everything!? He was locked up in North Korea for fuck sake!
Keith: Well, from what I gathered, Greg is actually second cousins with Dennis Rodman, who Kim Jung Un is very fond of. So Greg was able to get Rodman to convince Un to free Welsh, who then made his way back States Side.
Zybala: Where he continued his holy crusade of fucking me over to no end!! Somehow, he managed to close down OCW after I purchased it! How did he manage that, Keith?! I bought the company out right from Jimmy Buffet. I had the majority share of the stock, so he couldn't manage to get the board of directors to vote me out. So what form of corporate magic did he sell his soul to for him to ruin everything?!?
Keith: Well, after talking to his lawyer, it seems he had a weird clause in his contract. I don't remember what it said word for word, but to the best of my understanding, it said that if for any reason Welsh was removed from a position of power AND removed from company meetings for more than two weeks, he could initiate a "nuclear option" which closes down the company. Since you became the owner, he felt like his power was being undermined, or "removed." Then when he got detained in North Korea, that gave him enough cause to close down OCW. You're just lucky that Outsider's was never really considered part of the OCW corporate umbrella, or he would have been able to close that.
Zybala: Thank God for small mercies. At least he has no power in GCWA either, or else he would close down my Outsider's source of media. Anything to fuck me over. If he spent as much time actually working to better O.C.W. as he does to screw me over or further his selfish ideas, O.C.W. would be the richest company in the world. So you're telling me that there is nothing I can do to bring back Online Championship Wrestling?
Keith: Not without Welsh. As much as you don't want to hear that. No Welsh, no O.C.W. plain and simple. I'm sorry.
Zybala: That's just perfect! Did you know that he ruined my friendship with Greg, too? Marcus told Greggers that he would have to choose between our friendship and their "relationship"? The poor love struck sap picked Welsh despite him never wanting to put a label on them. That's why I never let Welsh meet my wife. He tries to ruin everything for me.
Keith: Aren't you exaggerating a little? Do you honestly believe that he spends every waking moment thinking solely on how to make you miserable?
Zybala: YES! God, it was like him being an NFL referee and I was any team playing against the Patriots! Zybala has an idea? Fifteen yard penalty. He tries to book a match? Unsportsmanlike conduct, half the distance to the goal! Ninety nine percent of the time he was vetoing my ideas, no matter how big or small. I found a better, CHEAPER coffee for catering and he still said no! He vetoed fucking coffee and still claimed I was the problem!
: Zybala is panting heavily, trying to catch his breath after his little rant. Keith looks on unphased. This isn't the first time someone has lost their cool in his office and he knows it won't be the last. Especially if he keeps Zybala as a client. Zybala reaches down on the floor besides his chair and grabs a water bottle. He takes a deep drink and places the water back down. He looks a bit more composed. :
Zybala: Sorry about that. I just get so mad when it comes to that ambigious androgenius asshole. He has the nerve to criticize me after all of his mistakes. Letting people win the world title before signing them to a contract, not pushing a star like Ed Houston higher than the midcard, allowing himself get called "babe" by Josie Barnes?! He has a worse track record than me. The worst of it is he stole the company from me and killed it totally.
: Zybala notices Keith shifting uncomfortably in his seat after the last sentence. Zybala narrows his eyes and stares hard at his lawyer. :
Zybala: What?
Keith: Nothing. I'm just shifting in my seat. Trying to get comfy. It's hard on the back sitting all day.
Zybala: Bullshit. You know something. What happened? What did Welsh do now??
: Keith lets out a sigh and reaches to open a drawer in his desk. He pulls out a piece of paper and closes the drawer. Keith then hands Zybala the paper. Zybala takes it, looking annoyed. :
Zybala: Let me guess. Welsh gave me a cease and desist order from ever mentioning O.C.W. again? Am I being sued by him for some made up charge? Better yet, he's taking a page out of Barrows' book and had me stricken from all the O.C.W. records?
Keith: Just read the damn paper instead of working yourself up again…
: Zybala lowers his eyes to the page and starts reading. The righteous anger leaves his eyes and it's replaced with bemused confusion. He looks up back at Keith. :
Zybala: Is this for real?
Keith: It looks that way. All legit from what he's lawyer was saying.
Zybala: (let's out a harsh laugh) So after everything that happened, our mutual disdain for one another, him basically destroying the company; he actually wants me to come back for a one off show? Just a friendly invite?
Keith: It's in your hands, in black and white.
Zybala: I don't buy it. Nothing with Marcus Welsh is simple. I'm telling you he's up to something. A random, one of battle royal out of nowhere after he closes the company? How doesn't that trigger everyone's Spidey-Sense?
Keith: I'm not following, Captain Paranoid…
Zybala: Well, it says here that I'm invited to take part in a ten person battle royal, but it doesn't say who the other nine people are. For all I know is that this just be a set up for Welsh to get me jumped by a bunch of people. Or if it's a legitimate venue, he could have the whole ring filled with people I've pissed off over the years. God knows there's a lot of them. Meyhu, Bishop, O'Donnell, BEST, just to name a few. It seems like an ambush to me.
Keith: But wouldn't other people in the match before worried more about, oh I don't know, WINNING, than kicking your ass? You're reading too much into this if you ask me.
Zybala: You don't think that they can focus on the match after making sure I'm barely breathing and a step away from flat-lining? I know I'm good and all, but I don't think that I can take on nine people at once. Plus I've never been good at battle royals. I always am last or second last to be eliminated. Always the groomsman, never the groom, if I can put a male spin on the old phrase.
Keith: So, you're not gonna show up then? Like you said, it's practically suicide.
Zybala: Pfft. Of course I'm going to go!
Keith: (looks stunned and blinks real slow at Zybala) Excuse me?
Zybala: You think I'm going to let Welsh have an easy win by not showing up? He knows that I would assume that he's up to something. Then he would probably think that I would just ignore the invitation to play on the safe side and not get my ass kicked. So either I show up and get my ass handed to me, or I don't show up and play it safe. Either way, Welsh thinks he wins. So I'm gonna show up.
Keith: Isn't that just playing into his plans?
Zybala: Partially. Yes, me showing up puts me in danger. However, that's the only way I can turn it against Marcus and turn his happiness into gloom. If I don't go, there is no way that I would be able to have a chance to win. Showing up at least gives me an opportunity for victory and a chance to make Welsh look foolish again.
Keith: If he is planning on staging an attack against you, he is only going to invite the best of the best.
Zybala: Of that, I have no doubt. He wouldn't risk his plan on people like Vaughn, or Puffer, or Johnny Two-Wins. No disrespect to them, but Welsh never thought highly of them. Shows what he knows. Vaughn and the Detective are making a good go of it in GCWA. No, Markie Mark's funky bunch is gonna be comprised of a little more prestige than that. Names like the people I mentioned earlier, The eMpire, former world champs looking for a quick payday, any big name star really. If there is one thing Welsh has, it's wrestling connections. I hope he gets the best that money can offer. I hope he formulates a plan so perfect, it can't fail. Just so I can break it and rub it in his face.
I don't care about winning this little ambush party disguised as a match. I'll try to win, obviously, because that's the best way to stick it Welsh. If I can't win, the second best option would be for me to take out as many people as possible before I eliminate myself and head for the hills. Either way, I win and get out with all my bones still intact. Just to be on the safe side, I should keep a baseball bat or something under the ring to use as an equalizer…
Keith: No. The safe side would be sitting at home, watching the show from your couch with your wife. Not running head first into what you say is a trap. What would….
: Keith stops his plea for logic and the safe route as he watched Zybala pull out his phone and start typing away. A moment passes before Zybala puts his phone away and looks back at his lawyer. :
Zybala: Sorry. I was texting Welsh, telling him that I would be there. And you act like Cat would actually watch wrestling. She barely watches it when I'm on the show. There's no way she'll watch when I'm not involved. But I got a flight to book tickets for. Don't want to leave it all to the last minute. You have a great holiday, Keith.
Keith: You too. Merry Christmas. Please be careful with Welsh.
: Zybala just gives a wink and a smile as he stands up and shakes Keith's hand. Zybala turns and heads towards the door when his phone jingles a few notes. Zybala pauses and pulls it out of his pocket. He has a text message. Zybala looks at it and so do we. It's from Welsh. All it reads is "Great! See you soon!" with a smile emoji. Zybala smiles a sly grin as he slips the phone back in his pocket and leaves the office as the scene fades to black. :