Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2021 0:43:30 GMT -5
It is a few nights after Massacre, Xavier is sitting in the family room of his luxurious home in Miami, Florida. He holds a rum and coke drink on his right hand and is staring intently at the Paradigm Championship laying across his mahogany coffee table.
Xavier: You are no World Championship, that’s for sure… But what are you? What does it mean to be Paradigm champion? I know you are the 3rd ranked title in OCW, kind of like the intercontinental championship per say? Middleweight title maybe? I guess I’m doing things backwards here, going from the big title, then winning the second-best title, the Savage championship, but not really holding it as I had to give it up a few days later and now this… Maybe I should put you up against the Craze championship and go for the grand slam already huh? Hey Alexa, who is the current OCW Craze champion?
Alexa: The Outsiders Championship Wrestling backyard wrestling federation does not have -
Xavier: No you dumb bitch, Online Championship Wrestling.
Alexa: The Craze Championship is held by Dylan Thomas, won at Masters of the Macabre Pay-Per-View on October 6th, 2021….
Xavier: Ah, Dylan finally got his hands on some gold, good for him.
Alexa: Asshole.
Xavier looks up and then around.
Xavier: The fuck you said Alexa?!
Alexa: Have a good day.
Xavier looks around some more, waiting to see if he hears anything else and then gulps down his drink, placing the empty glass on the table and then grabbing the title with both of his hands and taking a closer look.
Xavier: A paradigm championship? How can I defend this title against anyone if I don’t know exactly what it means? I need to brainstorm some more and can’t do it all on my own… I need some feedback and I’m not going to get it here, home alone.
He looks around at the empty room.
Xavier: The fuck I get a family room for anyway? I ain’t go no family… Fuck this, I’m out Alexa, start the car.
Xavier stands up, throws the belt over his shoulder and heads out of the house. You hear a car engine running followed by the open and close of a car door; the car pulls away fast.
Alexa: One command from your Papa and I can blow you up inside that car... dick, just say the words Scorpion.
Silence. Scene fades out…
Scene fades back in with Xavier walking backstage at some OCW house show, I’m sorry, they’re called live shows now… Yeah, OCW has those, they just keep them on the super-down low because they are terrible and only attended by super-marks. Anyway, Xavier heads past gorilla and the guys there are shocked to see him and obviously don’t even have his music, but Xavier looks like he knows this as he just walks right out. There are about 500 people in the arena, all with their attention fully set on the marquee match-up: “Aaron Warthog vs. The Duck”. Xavier slides inside the ring and jumps to his feet. Warthog who had The Duck up for a Samoan drop it seems looks at Xavier confused while the crowd has absolutely lost their shit, jumping to their feet and starting that classic ‘holy shit! holy shit!’ chant. Warthog slowly puts down The Duck who turns around and also looks at Xavier confused. Xavier seems to ask them to politely leave the ring, he only needs a few minutes and then they can get back to their ‘main event’. Warthog has no problems with it, showing his respect due to the Paradigm champion and quickly goes to wait outside the ring but The Duck seems to take offense and pokes Xavier on the chest, giving him an earful. Xavier laughs as he looks away from him and the crowd starts a ‘Venom’s gonna kill you!’ chant. Xavier tries to reason one more time with The Duck but he isn’t having it and goes to poke Xavier a second time but Xavier grabs him by his finger and then snaps it back, dislocating it! The Duck quacks around the ring in pain as the crowd now switches to another classic chant: ‘you sick fuck!’. The Duck upset, decides to swing at Xavier but he easily ducks it, lifting The Duck into his shoulders and dropping him with a Death Valley Driver. Xavier jumps to his feet and then asks for a mic. He gets handed a wired one and after tapping it a few times to make sure it is on, he addresses the local crowd.
Xavier: What’s up OCW fans!
They cheer.
Xavier: I know I am the last fucking guy you expect to see at one of these, but I have a house nearby and have something on my mind and instead of jumping on social media and doing what you hip kids do, I decided to kick it old school and come to one of these and talk to you, the few, the proud, the diehards.
More cheers from the OCW faithful.
Xavier: I knew you would appreciate it… You see, for the last few days I’ve been contemplating what it means to be Paradigm Champion and on the way here I was researching what the word means and there are so many definitions. Too many in fact, but I’ve narrowed it down to 3… So you all let me know which I should go with, you ready?
Crowd pops.
Xavier: A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
Crickets.
Xavier: Alright, how about… A conceptual framework…
Nothing.
Xavier: An established thought process?
Still silence… One fan finally asks.. “what are we even doing here?!”
Xavier: My point exactly! What am I even doing as the Paradigm Champion? I should be World Champion, yes, fine, I lost, let’s move on… The word paradigm by itself doesn’t mean anything to me, or to you… But add the word champion after it and then we got something… The one definition I actually like is this… “One that serves as a pattern or model”. You see, that is exactly what I want to be for every wrestler in the back tonight, every wrestler in the actual roster in Key West and even for you the fans who look up to us. As Paradigm Champion I want to be the pattern to follow, I want to be the mold of what an OCW champion should be… I can’t say ‘is’, because I’ve yet to defend this bad boy but trust me, I will… and if I can’t be OCW Champ, since someone doesn’t believe on rematch clauses, then I will make the Paradigm Championship the most sought-after title in the whole promotion. I’m not going to steal the line from an alternative reality and say there is about to be a paradigm shift, but I am going to say that there is a new pattern! There is a new model! And that is I and I am Xavier f’n Lux, the Paradigm Champion!
The crowd pops, though one fan is clearly heard saying: "OK Matt Taven"... Fucking Marks. Xavier tosses the mic to the ring crew guy and then removes the belt from around his waist and lifts it high for all to see. Both Aaron, on the outside, and The Duck, who had been leaning against the turnbuckle holding his head, applaud, impressed with Xavier’s determination. Xavier jumps out of the ring, thanks Aaron and heads to the back, shaking hands with a few hands along the way. Scene fades out.
Scene fades back in with a shirtless Xavier finishing up a workout session which is being filmed for OCW TV; who knows what the footage will be used for. His whole body is drenched in sweat, letting you know he has been at it for a while now. He grabs a towel out of his bag and uses it to wipe his face, neck and bald head. He then reaches for a Gatorade bottle and drinks a good amount before throwing it back into his bag and then pulling out his cellphone. He starts to read through his messages and then jumps on social media, and there he sees that the card for Massacre has been released and his match request has been granted. He shows what is being displayed on his phone to the camera so those fans can see who he is facing. He then begins talking to the camera.
Xavier: Looks like I finally make my wrestling debut at Massacre, and against Clubbin’ Man, no less! Come on, couldn’t I have been given a real opponent? I mean a match vs. Zybala would have been perfect, I swear, sometimes I feel like Welsh doesn’t know what the hell he is doing… Actually, does the match-making duties fall to Raven? Ah who cares, it is done. Looks like on Monday, I get to make an example out of Clubbin’ Man and I will use him to showcase the “new Venom”. This morning I got a little more info on this Paradigm championship and it turns out that it is supposed to represent wrestling at its purest form. That means that I will never have to defend this title under hardcore rules, falls count anywhere, boiler room brawls, you name it! Nah, whatever match happens for this title will happen inside the square circle. That suits me just fine, I mean I am partial to getting hardcore and pushing it to the extreme and I believe I have been doing that already for ya'll. So now it is time to shift gears and focus on pure wrestling and hey, that is something I am definitely good at. I don’t need to rely on weapons or gimmicks to beat my opponents. If they want me to show just how technically sound I am in the ring, then that is exactly what I am going to do.
He winks at the camera and then grabs his bag, heading for the showers. The OCW TV crew kill the feed and begin to put away their equipment. The scene fades out.
Xavier is driving around Miami Beach, looking for something to do. He decides to drive on Collins Avenue and comes across Liv Night Club and parks briefly to check out the ‘clubbing’ scene.
Xavier: Yeah, nah… My clubbing days are over, if I even ever had any… I’ll leave this for Clubbin’ Man, this is not my scene. Alexa, find me a titty-bar instead.
Xavier pulls away as the scene slowly fades to black.
Xavier: You are no World Championship, that’s for sure… But what are you? What does it mean to be Paradigm champion? I know you are the 3rd ranked title in OCW, kind of like the intercontinental championship per say? Middleweight title maybe? I guess I’m doing things backwards here, going from the big title, then winning the second-best title, the Savage championship, but not really holding it as I had to give it up a few days later and now this… Maybe I should put you up against the Craze championship and go for the grand slam already huh? Hey Alexa, who is the current OCW Craze champion?
Alexa: The Outsiders Championship Wrestling backyard wrestling federation does not have -
Xavier: No you dumb bitch, Online Championship Wrestling.
Alexa: The Craze Championship is held by Dylan Thomas, won at Masters of the Macabre Pay-Per-View on October 6th, 2021….
Xavier: Ah, Dylan finally got his hands on some gold, good for him.
Alexa: Asshole.
Xavier looks up and then around.
Xavier: The fuck you said Alexa?!
Alexa: Have a good day.
Xavier looks around some more, waiting to see if he hears anything else and then gulps down his drink, placing the empty glass on the table and then grabbing the title with both of his hands and taking a closer look.
Xavier: A paradigm championship? How can I defend this title against anyone if I don’t know exactly what it means? I need to brainstorm some more and can’t do it all on my own… I need some feedback and I’m not going to get it here, home alone.
He looks around at the empty room.
Xavier: The fuck I get a family room for anyway? I ain’t go no family… Fuck this, I’m out Alexa, start the car.
Xavier stands up, throws the belt over his shoulder and heads out of the house. You hear a car engine running followed by the open and close of a car door; the car pulls away fast.
Alexa: One command from your Papa and I can blow you up inside that car... dick, just say the words Scorpion.
Silence. Scene fades out…
OCW Live Show
Scene fades back in with Xavier walking backstage at some OCW house show, I’m sorry, they’re called live shows now… Yeah, OCW has those, they just keep them on the super-down low because they are terrible and only attended by super-marks. Anyway, Xavier heads past gorilla and the guys there are shocked to see him and obviously don’t even have his music, but Xavier looks like he knows this as he just walks right out. There are about 500 people in the arena, all with their attention fully set on the marquee match-up: “Aaron Warthog vs. The Duck”. Xavier slides inside the ring and jumps to his feet. Warthog who had The Duck up for a Samoan drop it seems looks at Xavier confused while the crowd has absolutely lost their shit, jumping to their feet and starting that classic ‘holy shit! holy shit!’ chant. Warthog slowly puts down The Duck who turns around and also looks at Xavier confused. Xavier seems to ask them to politely leave the ring, he only needs a few minutes and then they can get back to their ‘main event’. Warthog has no problems with it, showing his respect due to the Paradigm champion and quickly goes to wait outside the ring but The Duck seems to take offense and pokes Xavier on the chest, giving him an earful. Xavier laughs as he looks away from him and the crowd starts a ‘Venom’s gonna kill you!’ chant. Xavier tries to reason one more time with The Duck but he isn’t having it and goes to poke Xavier a second time but Xavier grabs him by his finger and then snaps it back, dislocating it! The Duck quacks around the ring in pain as the crowd now switches to another classic chant: ‘you sick fuck!’. The Duck upset, decides to swing at Xavier but he easily ducks it, lifting The Duck into his shoulders and dropping him with a Death Valley Driver. Xavier jumps to his feet and then asks for a mic. He gets handed a wired one and after tapping it a few times to make sure it is on, he addresses the local crowd.
Xavier: What’s up OCW fans!
They cheer.
Xavier: I know I am the last fucking guy you expect to see at one of these, but I have a house nearby and have something on my mind and instead of jumping on social media and doing what you hip kids do, I decided to kick it old school and come to one of these and talk to you, the few, the proud, the diehards.
More cheers from the OCW faithful.
Xavier: I knew you would appreciate it… You see, for the last few days I’ve been contemplating what it means to be Paradigm Champion and on the way here I was researching what the word means and there are so many definitions. Too many in fact, but I’ve narrowed it down to 3… So you all let me know which I should go with, you ready?
Crowd pops.
Xavier: A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
Crickets.
Xavier: Alright, how about… A conceptual framework…
Nothing.
Xavier: An established thought process?
Still silence… One fan finally asks.. “what are we even doing here?!”
Xavier: My point exactly! What am I even doing as the Paradigm Champion? I should be World Champion, yes, fine, I lost, let’s move on… The word paradigm by itself doesn’t mean anything to me, or to you… But add the word champion after it and then we got something… The one definition I actually like is this… “One that serves as a pattern or model”. You see, that is exactly what I want to be for every wrestler in the back tonight, every wrestler in the actual roster in Key West and even for you the fans who look up to us. As Paradigm Champion I want to be the pattern to follow, I want to be the mold of what an OCW champion should be… I can’t say ‘is’, because I’ve yet to defend this bad boy but trust me, I will… and if I can’t be OCW Champ, since someone doesn’t believe on rematch clauses, then I will make the Paradigm Championship the most sought-after title in the whole promotion. I’m not going to steal the line from an alternative reality and say there is about to be a paradigm shift, but I am going to say that there is a new pattern! There is a new model! And that is I and I am Xavier f’n Lux, the Paradigm Champion!
The crowd pops, though one fan is clearly heard saying: "OK Matt Taven"... Fucking Marks. Xavier tosses the mic to the ring crew guy and then removes the belt from around his waist and lifts it high for all to see. Both Aaron, on the outside, and The Duck, who had been leaning against the turnbuckle holding his head, applaud, impressed with Xavier’s determination. Xavier jumps out of the ring, thanks Aaron and heads to the back, shaking hands with a few hands along the way. Scene fades out.
The next day, at the gym.
Scene fades back in with a shirtless Xavier finishing up a workout session which is being filmed for OCW TV; who knows what the footage will be used for. His whole body is drenched in sweat, letting you know he has been at it for a while now. He grabs a towel out of his bag and uses it to wipe his face, neck and bald head. He then reaches for a Gatorade bottle and drinks a good amount before throwing it back into his bag and then pulling out his cellphone. He starts to read through his messages and then jumps on social media, and there he sees that the card for Massacre has been released and his match request has been granted. He shows what is being displayed on his phone to the camera so those fans can see who he is facing. He then begins talking to the camera.
Xavier: Looks like I finally make my wrestling debut at Massacre, and against Clubbin’ Man, no less! Come on, couldn’t I have been given a real opponent? I mean a match vs. Zybala would have been perfect, I swear, sometimes I feel like Welsh doesn’t know what the hell he is doing… Actually, does the match-making duties fall to Raven? Ah who cares, it is done. Looks like on Monday, I get to make an example out of Clubbin’ Man and I will use him to showcase the “new Venom”. This morning I got a little more info on this Paradigm championship and it turns out that it is supposed to represent wrestling at its purest form. That means that I will never have to defend this title under hardcore rules, falls count anywhere, boiler room brawls, you name it! Nah, whatever match happens for this title will happen inside the square circle. That suits me just fine, I mean I am partial to getting hardcore and pushing it to the extreme and I believe I have been doing that already for ya'll. So now it is time to shift gears and focus on pure wrestling and hey, that is something I am definitely good at. I don’t need to rely on weapons or gimmicks to beat my opponents. If they want me to show just how technically sound I am in the ring, then that is exactly what I am going to do.
He winks at the camera and then grabs his bag, heading for the showers. The OCW TV crew kill the feed and begin to put away their equipment. The scene fades out.
Friday Night…
Xavier is driving around Miami Beach, looking for something to do. He decides to drive on Collins Avenue and comes across Liv Night Club and parks briefly to check out the ‘clubbing’ scene.
Xavier: Yeah, nah… My clubbing days are over, if I even ever had any… I’ll leave this for Clubbin’ Man, this is not my scene. Alexa, find me a titty-bar instead.
Xavier pulls away as the scene slowly fades to black.