"Lunar Eclipse" Promo Round-up
Dec 19, 2018 4:25:07 GMT -5
Post by OrochiGeese on Dec 19, 2018 4:25:07 GMT -5
*The camera fades to John Randolph standing in front of a UBL banner.*
[John:] "Hello folks, tonight we'll be airing pre-recorded segments with each of the wrestlers participating in the "Lunar Eclipse of the Heart" event being recorded on December 13, 2018 and airing in January of 2019. Geese Walker and NEXUS Champion Matt Rivers already provided comments about their match against each other. Let's start this round-up with a focus on the new Universal Circuit Title in which Tetsu Gushiken and Kurt Sanders will be competing over.
Tetsu Gushiken
*Tetsu is standing in front of a Matsuki Holdings banner with a pensive look on his face.*
[Tetsu:] "Kazuo told me to 'just be real with dem' when talking to the press and my fans. I have hesitated up until now because not everyone understands my reality. However, it is time I stop holding back.
My fans already know what I am about and how my reality is shaped by my values.
So I want to address my doubters. Ironically, I have more than ever now despite reaching the finals of the Universal Circuit Title Tournament. Some believe my rise over the past two years has been a fluke or the product of stylistic nepotism from the front office. Some consider Kurt Sanders unbeatable due to the way he gets around the rules. And then there are those that hold my reserved nature against me - as if the only way to show competitive passion is on the microphone. You've considered me quiet yet I will silence all of you at Lunar Eclipse with my victory over Kurt.
I watch my opponents more than I chastise them and that is one of my strengths.
Sanders does not intimidate me with what he has done and what he plans on doing. I've trained in pancrase and caught more than a few errant kicks to the groin as a result. I'm not a stranger to that vulnerable region being targeted. Kurt's strategy is to aim low, early and often, and then take advantage of that surprise to hit other high impact moves. But I ask - how can anyone truly be surprised by his actions at this point? What would actually surprise me would be him wrestling without taking shortcuts or breaking rules. I'm ready for his worst but he is not ready for my best.
My critics have also asked how I can stay quiet in the face of recent events related to the UBL NEXUS Title.
I listen more than I talk and that is another one of my strengths. It allows me to absorb the events that have occurred. I find them fascinating and I gain strength from the debate that Matt Rivers has had with Geese Walker. Regardless of who emerges the winner of their Championship match, I have benefited from observing both men.
I am going to follow in Matt Rivers' footsteps and be the first man to win a new Championship, much as he was first to hold the Field Leader Title. I am going to follow in Geese Walker's footsteps and search for my own threshold of aggression to defeat Kurt Sanders while staying true to what I have learned and become. I am going to follow in RYOMA's footsteps because my mentor has shaped my values in and outside of the ring.
Ultimately, I know that my toughest opponent isn't Kurt or the critics, but myself.
Kurt - who are you facing besides me? Is it the Kurt that you strive to be, or the one you can not confront? How can anyone who debases yourself the way you do really expect to bring your best when it matters? Do you even know what your best self is? Because if it is the nihilistic one we have seen, you will betray him by even trying against me. If I'm being real, I don't respect you. But I think you respect yourself even less due to how you ignore your real self."
*Tetsu stares stoically at the screen as the camera fades to black.*
Kurt Sanders
*The cameraman signals Kurt that they are ready but Kurt takes out a cigarette and starts smoking for about twenty seconds. After another signal, Kurt then pulls out a flask of some sort and takes a long drink from it. The cameraman starts clearing his throat and Kurt shrugs and laughs.*
[Kurt:] "Oh you got that? Whatevs. Look UBL, it's kinda shitty that we aren't allowed to see what our opponents are saying in these 'sharing sessions' before we talk. Half my fun comes from mocking them.
But I'll play 'the Amazing Kurteskin' and guess that Tetsu either said the Japanese equivalent of 'I AM HONOR FIGHTER! I ACHIEVE 'STANDING O' FOR RYOMA!" or he just skipped the promo entirely and let RYOMA or bitch boy talk for him. Yeah, you heard me, Saji, you're a little bitch for your crew now. Can't believe I ever ran with you.
But anyway, Tetsu is like the perfect opponent for me cause he takes this more seriously than anyone else in the tournament. Beating him for the Title is gonna be perfect cause you just know he's got some elaborate tea ceremony planned for accepting the Belt. Me? I'll probably just wipe my ass with it if I even give it that much attention. The fact that I'm gonna win a new Title, one dedicated to 'competition' ... *Kurt makes a gesture with his hand and groin that gets blurred* ... is gonna trigger every bitch in this fed. Ubble spent like a year establishing this new Title and I'll kill it in under 20 minutes at their biggest event of the year. It's gonna be beautiful. What's not gonna be pretty though?
Tetsu - you're gonna need one of Asako's famous 'Matsuki Massages' after what I do to your nuts."
*Kurt laughs and the cameraman wisely shuts it all down.*
Destiny
*Jack Monroe, Jeff Monroe, and Ruby Moreno are standing in front of a Destiny banner. Jack and Jeff are completely silent and expressionless while Ruby has a smirk on her face a smile wide.*
[Ruby:] "What does the cat say when it's about to eat the canary?
The canary knows it's flying too close and yet it still taunts the cat.
Why? It pretends the cat isn't dangerous anymore. It even convinces itself of that same delusion.
It will inevitably blame the cat for baring its claws and teeth to defend itself after all the canary has said and done. Of course, none of that blame will fall on itself or its fellow canaries. It doesn't have the capacity for that level of introspection or awareness despite being endlessly praised for it by everyone else.
But the cat rises above that because it accepts its own nature. It doesn't condemn it and feels no need to justify it at this point. It merely follows it through instinct: a conviction that can not be changed by anything the canary does."
*Ruby looks at her watch and laughs.*
[Ruby:] "Oh - I almost forgot. As for you, El Exilio, you're more like fleas and don't deserve our time. You will just be a footnote in the continued legacy of Destiny. Your threats are not backed up by actions. Yoshirozuna is still too broken inside and Palido has never accomplished a noteworthy victory in that ring on his own. You had a weak bracket on the way to the Finals and you will be exposed then exile yourself once again. It's all so trite when I hear myself say it.
It's a wonder I'm even bothering to show up to Lunar Eclipse at all. What's the point?
I guess...I'm hungry."
*Ruby smiles, baring her teeth, as the camera fades to black.*
"El Exilio"
*Fantasma Pálido and Yoshirozuna are standing in front of a wall defacing the Destiny poster that they found up there.*
[Yoshirozuna:] "Can you believe our good fortune? UBL provided the visual metaphor."
[Fantasma:] "And the reward - the Universal Battalion Championship."
[Yoshirozuna:] "And the targets - Destiny."
[Fantasma:] "But will they also provide the punishment after we forcefully retire those Stepford Brothers."
[Yoshirozuna:] "Nah - they a bunch of hypocrites. They don't punish their Champions. Joachim got away with everything when he was Champion. Matt Rivers is no longer required to defend his Championship at all."
[Fantasma:] "At least he still around, holmes. Darius straight up split yet they still recognize him as Field Leader Champ. And know why he split?"
[Yoshirozuna:] "Cause he was up against me next!"
[Fantasma:] "Si. Base 10 was gonna have a new Field Leader Champ and no one talks how he went M.I.A. before he was gonna face you. I even heard Wingate blamed his absence on vampires so he could ignore you as the reason"
[Yoshirozuna:] "That's okay, they can't deny us gold or credit anymore. We're gonna win our first UBL Championships, together, at Destiny. The once exiled will become the Kings of this fallen land."
[Fantasma:] "And our first act will be executing the criminals known as Destiny."
[Yoshirozuna:] "We're the ones that put them on the run in the first place."
[Fantasma:] "But they won't escape this time. We'll finish the job. UBL will be free of them forever."
[Yoshirozuna:] "You think we'll be thanked?"
[Fantasma:] "No. We'll be feared."
*For the first time in about five years, Yoshirozuna smiles.*
[Yoshirozuna:] "Even better."
*Yoshirozuna gears back and plants a palm strike on the poster, knocking it off the wall as well as leaving a large indentation behind it. The two walk away as the camera shuts off.*
[John:] "Hello folks, tonight we'll be airing pre-recorded segments with each of the wrestlers participating in the "Lunar Eclipse of the Heart" event being recorded on December 13, 2018 and airing in January of 2019. Geese Walker and NEXUS Champion Matt Rivers already provided comments about their match against each other. Let's start this round-up with a focus on the new Universal Circuit Title in which Tetsu Gushiken and Kurt Sanders will be competing over.
Tetsu Gushiken
*Tetsu is standing in front of a Matsuki Holdings banner with a pensive look on his face.*
[Tetsu:] "Kazuo told me to 'just be real with dem' when talking to the press and my fans. I have hesitated up until now because not everyone understands my reality. However, it is time I stop holding back.
My fans already know what I am about and how my reality is shaped by my values.
So I want to address my doubters. Ironically, I have more than ever now despite reaching the finals of the Universal Circuit Title Tournament. Some believe my rise over the past two years has been a fluke or the product of stylistic nepotism from the front office. Some consider Kurt Sanders unbeatable due to the way he gets around the rules. And then there are those that hold my reserved nature against me - as if the only way to show competitive passion is on the microphone. You've considered me quiet yet I will silence all of you at Lunar Eclipse with my victory over Kurt.
I watch my opponents more than I chastise them and that is one of my strengths.
Sanders does not intimidate me with what he has done and what he plans on doing. I've trained in pancrase and caught more than a few errant kicks to the groin as a result. I'm not a stranger to that vulnerable region being targeted. Kurt's strategy is to aim low, early and often, and then take advantage of that surprise to hit other high impact moves. But I ask - how can anyone truly be surprised by his actions at this point? What would actually surprise me would be him wrestling without taking shortcuts or breaking rules. I'm ready for his worst but he is not ready for my best.
My critics have also asked how I can stay quiet in the face of recent events related to the UBL NEXUS Title.
I listen more than I talk and that is another one of my strengths. It allows me to absorb the events that have occurred. I find them fascinating and I gain strength from the debate that Matt Rivers has had with Geese Walker. Regardless of who emerges the winner of their Championship match, I have benefited from observing both men.
I am going to follow in Matt Rivers' footsteps and be the first man to win a new Championship, much as he was first to hold the Field Leader Title. I am going to follow in Geese Walker's footsteps and search for my own threshold of aggression to defeat Kurt Sanders while staying true to what I have learned and become. I am going to follow in RYOMA's footsteps because my mentor has shaped my values in and outside of the ring.
Ultimately, I know that my toughest opponent isn't Kurt or the critics, but myself.
Kurt - who are you facing besides me? Is it the Kurt that you strive to be, or the one you can not confront? How can anyone who debases yourself the way you do really expect to bring your best when it matters? Do you even know what your best self is? Because if it is the nihilistic one we have seen, you will betray him by even trying against me. If I'm being real, I don't respect you. But I think you respect yourself even less due to how you ignore your real self."
*Tetsu stares stoically at the screen as the camera fades to black.*
Kurt Sanders
*The cameraman signals Kurt that they are ready but Kurt takes out a cigarette and starts smoking for about twenty seconds. After another signal, Kurt then pulls out a flask of some sort and takes a long drink from it. The cameraman starts clearing his throat and Kurt shrugs and laughs.*
[Kurt:] "Oh you got that? Whatevs. Look UBL, it's kinda shitty that we aren't allowed to see what our opponents are saying in these 'sharing sessions' before we talk. Half my fun comes from mocking them.
But I'll play 'the Amazing Kurteskin' and guess that Tetsu either said the Japanese equivalent of 'I AM HONOR FIGHTER! I ACHIEVE 'STANDING O' FOR RYOMA!" or he just skipped the promo entirely and let RYOMA or bitch boy talk for him. Yeah, you heard me, Saji, you're a little bitch for your crew now. Can't believe I ever ran with you.
But anyway, Tetsu is like the perfect opponent for me cause he takes this more seriously than anyone else in the tournament. Beating him for the Title is gonna be perfect cause you just know he's got some elaborate tea ceremony planned for accepting the Belt. Me? I'll probably just wipe my ass with it if I even give it that much attention. The fact that I'm gonna win a new Title, one dedicated to 'competition' ... *Kurt makes a gesture with his hand and groin that gets blurred* ... is gonna trigger every bitch in this fed. Ubble spent like a year establishing this new Title and I'll kill it in under 20 minutes at their biggest event of the year. It's gonna be beautiful. What's not gonna be pretty though?
Tetsu - you're gonna need one of Asako's famous 'Matsuki Massages' after what I do to your nuts."
*Kurt laughs and the cameraman wisely shuts it all down.*
Destiny
*Jack Monroe, Jeff Monroe, and Ruby Moreno are standing in front of a Destiny banner. Jack and Jeff are completely silent and expressionless while Ruby has a smirk on her face a smile wide.*
[Ruby:] "What does the cat say when it's about to eat the canary?
The canary knows it's flying too close and yet it still taunts the cat.
Why? It pretends the cat isn't dangerous anymore. It even convinces itself of that same delusion.
It will inevitably blame the cat for baring its claws and teeth to defend itself after all the canary has said and done. Of course, none of that blame will fall on itself or its fellow canaries. It doesn't have the capacity for that level of introspection or awareness despite being endlessly praised for it by everyone else.
But the cat rises above that because it accepts its own nature. It doesn't condemn it and feels no need to justify it at this point. It merely follows it through instinct: a conviction that can not be changed by anything the canary does."
*Ruby looks at her watch and laughs.*
[Ruby:] "Oh - I almost forgot. As for you, El Exilio, you're more like fleas and don't deserve our time. You will just be a footnote in the continued legacy of Destiny. Your threats are not backed up by actions. Yoshirozuna is still too broken inside and Palido has never accomplished a noteworthy victory in that ring on his own. You had a weak bracket on the way to the Finals and you will be exposed then exile yourself once again. It's all so trite when I hear myself say it.
It's a wonder I'm even bothering to show up to Lunar Eclipse at all. What's the point?
I guess...I'm hungry."
*Ruby smiles, baring her teeth, as the camera fades to black.*
"El Exilio"
*Fantasma Pálido and Yoshirozuna are standing in front of a wall defacing the Destiny poster that they found up there.*
[Yoshirozuna:] "Can you believe our good fortune? UBL provided the visual metaphor."
[Fantasma:] "And the reward - the Universal Battalion Championship."
[Yoshirozuna:] "And the targets - Destiny."
[Fantasma:] "But will they also provide the punishment after we forcefully retire those Stepford Brothers."
[Yoshirozuna:] "Nah - they a bunch of hypocrites. They don't punish their Champions. Joachim got away with everything when he was Champion. Matt Rivers is no longer required to defend his Championship at all."
[Fantasma:] "At least he still around, holmes. Darius straight up split yet they still recognize him as Field Leader Champ. And know why he split?"
[Yoshirozuna:] "Cause he was up against me next!"
[Fantasma:] "Si. Base 10 was gonna have a new Field Leader Champ and no one talks how he went M.I.A. before he was gonna face you. I even heard Wingate blamed his absence on vampires so he could ignore you as the reason"
[Yoshirozuna:] "That's okay, they can't deny us gold or credit anymore. We're gonna win our first UBL Championships, together, at Destiny. The once exiled will become the Kings of this fallen land."
[Fantasma:] "And our first act will be executing the criminals known as Destiny."
[Yoshirozuna:] "We're the ones that put them on the run in the first place."
[Fantasma:] "But they won't escape this time. We'll finish the job. UBL will be free of them forever."
[Yoshirozuna:] "You think we'll be thanked?"
[Fantasma:] "No. We'll be feared."
*For the first time in about five years, Yoshirozuna smiles.*
[Yoshirozuna:] "Even better."
*Yoshirozuna gears back and plants a palm strike on the poster, knocking it off the wall as well as leaving a large indentation behind it. The two walk away as the camera shuts off.*