Fade up from black to see Nick Spoils standing, arms crossed, in the front of a gym. Behind him, Gehenna can be seen lifting weights nonstop. In the far back, a wrestling ring is set up, in which Yamasaki Nakamura is calmly ripping pieces off the turnbuckle and tossing them into his mouth.
NICK: After facing a loss, it is always time to reflect and consider what it was that caused your loss. In the case of Armageddon, I believe the cause was clear. Someone forgot he was wrestling in a tag team match and tried to take on both Coldsnakes at once. Well, Ragnarok has been suitably...chastised, after a meeting of the minds with Nakamura. He is, shall we say, still in recovery after being brought around to seeing things the right way.
In the meantime, we look ahead to our next challenge. Gehenna takes on Cassidy Cray in the ring. I must say, the team of Alpha Omega is intriguing. Both men are skilled, and such opposites in manner and action. Yet, they team up together well. It is a shame that the darker one is in a recovery of his own at the moment. It would have proved and interesting challenge. Still, Cray is nothing to sneeze at.
And yet, when it comes down to it, Gehenna is coming off a loss. That doesn't sit well with him. It doesn't sit well with me. And when things make us uncomfortable, when things upset us...people get hurt. So let's just make one thing clear. Before you step into that ring with Gehenna at Assault, Cassidy Cray, I want you to make sure your insurance is up to date. We cannot be held responsible for your medical expenses when you join your partner in the hospital.
Nick starts to walk out, then pauses and looks back at the camera.
NICK: But Nick, I hear you say, what do you have to say about Nakamura taking on Tiger Gold?
I hear you, you pitiful fool. But we have already explained ourselves in that matter. Nakamura has a record of futility according to the dirt sheets. Never won a match, they say. Well, as we've said before, when Yamasaki Nakamura steps into the ring, the battle does not take place between the ropes. The battle takes place in his opponent's head. The fear, the terror, the abject and painfully humiliating desire to be somewhere, ANYWHERE else that he can see in his opponent's eyes? That's what really gets Nakamura going. He doesn't care about straps of metal. He doesn't care about the adulation of the fans. What he cares about is subject his own brand of sadism on his opponents. They know that his sickle is there somewhere...and even if it goes away, Nakamura isn't above walking away with a piece of his opponent in his mouth. And when they finally start to rise above that fear, to think they can work through it? That's when Nakamura chooses to end the match. Because if they can't break free of the fear, the next time they meet, it returns in full force.
That is what Tiger Gold has to face at the next Assault. Not someone trying to pin him or cause him to submit. No, someone who is willing to maim, to disfigure, and to destroy his opponents mind. And after the match is over, he'll face doubts. Tremors of fear in every other match he works. Because, if he couldn't get past his fear of Nakamura, could he fall prey to that fear again against someone else?
THAT is what Nakamura brings to the table. Tiger, get a good night's sleep now. You never will again.
Nick walks out of frame, as the camera lingers on Nakamura, who has by now completely dismantled the turnbuckle, and is starting to chew on one of the ring ropes. Camera fades to black.Statistics: Posted by Nick Spoils — Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:34 pm
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