Post by: Calvin Harris on February 10, 2017, 11:57:51 PM
SCENE I: Cut It Out
It was one of those days where being able to sit down and relax was the top priority. That was the case for Calvin considering that he was home alone. Well, he wasn’t truly home alone. Alessandra had gone to do some shopping, but VP had stayed behind. She had her tablet in hand with her earbuds in. She sat at one end of the couch and Calvin was sitting at the other end of the couch. He had the remote in his hand while searching through the titles on Netflix. Clearly trying to find something to watch and keep himself occupied. However there was something that managed to catch his attention.
He could hear something that sounded a lot like some thumping. It was a bit faint but it was enough to get his attention. Looking at the end of the couch, he looked over at VP as he saw the small three year old nodding her head in a specific rhythm. That caught him off guard just a little bit considering she didn’t listen to music that was that loud when she did listen to music. Not to mention the music she did listen to was very out there and different for someone her age. That had a lot to do with her mother though. Calvin placed the remote down and started to get up.
CALVIN HARRIS: VP?
He questioned her, but he didn’t get a reaction out of her. Understandably so considering that she had headphones. He started to take a couple of steps over towards her. Peering over at the tablet, Calvin could see that there was a bunch of people jumping around on the screen and doing some weird looking dance. Reaching forward he pulled the headphones off her head which finally got the attention of the little girl.
VP: Daddy?
CALVIN HARRIS: What are you listening to sugar?
VP: JuJu!
CALVIN HARRIS: JuJu? What the heck is that?
VP: Here listen.
She was quick to hand her headphones to him as he slid them over the head. The moment he heard the music or the lack of pumping into his ear, he was quick to pull it off his head.
CALVIN HARRIS: Oh no-no-no!
Shaking his head from side to side. Course VP was looking right back at her father with a little bit of confusion in her eyes, she had next to no idea why this was unacceptable.
CALVIN HARRIS: Where did you find this?
VP: Youtube.
CALVIN HARRIS: Sugar, you know this isn’t music right?
VP: Yeah huh it is!
CALVIN HARRIS: Oh good lord no it isn’t babe. I can’t have you listening to something that’s complete trash. That’s like Daddy having to listen to Xander Bishop cut a promo.
Looking right down into her eyes, VP just looked more and more confused with every word that was coming out of her father’s mouth.
CALVIN HARRIS: What they did there was just put out a bunch of crap and called it music. Then a bunch of stupid, stupid people bought it. Very much like what Xander Bishop started cutting promos and people thought it was worth listening to. The same with him stepping into the ring and calling it wrestling. He managed to convince people that he was good, managed to convince people that he was good and that he was doing what he’s doing is legit. It makes me sick, just like that horrible music should make you sick. Don’t ever support people that crap on your passion. You love music, listen to real music. I love wrestling, and I’m not going to let fake people ruin that for me.
VP continued to look at her dad with that confused look. None of it making any sense to her at all. That’s when Calvin realized what he was doing at that particular moment. Kind of shaking his head a little bit.
CALVIN HARRIS: You know what? Daddy is just ranting right now for no reason. You don’t need to listen to that. How about we go ahead and get some ice cream before Mommy comes home?
VP: Yay! Ice Cream!
The little girl shot up off the couch and made a mad dash towards the kitchen. Calvin chuckled watching that little girl take off starting to follow behind her. Man, this thing with Xander was getting under his skin and it was beginning to consume his personal life. Good thing for him that in a few days he’d be able to take care of it all and put the dude down for good.
SCENE II: Plain Ignorance
Each day that passed by was one day closer to Sin City Wrestling invading Irvine, California on Sunday Night. Climax Control would be taking place live at the Bren Events Center. It was almost a given that the show was going to be one of the better ones of 2017. After all it was common knowledge that Sin City Wrestling was known to outdo their previous shows time and time again on a constant basis. This wouldn’t have been much of a shock at all. With that being said though the scene found itself fading in with the cameras opening up. Right away the scenery didn’t appear to be what one would have expected.
Especially not from a professional wrestling company that made some pretty big bucks. From the moment the cameras had opened up things stuck out like a sore thumb. Such as broken and seemingly run-down looking houses. Some of the shittest cars known to man parked on the side of the road with large ass gold rims for no reason whatsoever. The more and more than is revealed one would have began to wonder if they were in the “hood†or the “projects†of a certain place. After all every city and every town had that one part of it was considered the ghetto.
Seconds later it was revealed that there was a purpose for being in this “set up†so to speak. A purpose that seemingly was surrounded by “The Martyr†himself. In that moment Calvin had made himself visible as he began walking down the sidewalk of this very sketchy neighborhood. Wasn’t very long that he began to speak and in doing so he was speaking right at the cameras knowing that he had all eyes on him.
CALVIN HARRIS: I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know the first thing about the so called “struggle†of living in the hood. I don’t know the “struggle†of being an African American living in the United States. I don’t know the “struggle†of having to fight hard to overcome certain stigmas, to avoid being shot by police officers, or to become a successful “black†man in today’s world.
Shrugging his shoulders a little bit. In doing so it really came off as sarcastic and as if he really didn’t give a shit one way or the other. Kind of made him come off as a dick in a roundabout way.
CALVIN HARRIS: But what I do know is based off facts and what I’ve seen with my own two eyes is that black men and women can be successful in this business. We’ve had a Black President. Something that people claimed would have never happened. All over the world you see successful musicians and successful athletes. To which many of them are off African American descent. I could go on and on and on about the amount of successful African Americans in very high profile positions in this country, but that would be wasting a lot of my time. Ultimately the point I am trying to make is it’s possible to be successful, to overcome those stigmas, and to defeat racism. However there are those very few selected few that don’t take the initiative to do so. Instead they try to blame it all on the “white†man.
At this point he was treading a very-very thin line. One that would put him in hot water if he came anywhere close to crossing that line.
CALVIN HARRIS: And as much as this is going to piss you off. I’m going to call it the way I see it. Xander Bishop, you’re one of those type of people. I was always told there’s a difference between Black Folks and then N... well, you know where I’m going with this. The difference between them is pure and utter ignorance. You my man are about as ignorant as they fucking come. Right now, you’re working for one of the top companies that this circuit can over. That right there proves that you’ve made it out the hood. Right there that proves that you’ve got what it takes to be successful. Sure, in my opinion you aren’t as good as you think you are. Had I been running SCW, I wouldn’t have considered you for a spot on my roster. However how I personally feel doesn’t matter with how the company feels and they clearly saw you good enough to be here. Good enough to get offered a contract. Says all it needs to say that by the company standards, you’re good enough to here... but you don’t embrace that.
For a brief moment he shook his head from side to side just showing the amount of disapproval that was going on. Continuing to push that line to the point it was going to be a fear that he would cross it and when he did. All hell would end up breaking loose.
CALVIN HARRIS: Instead of embracing the opportunity you’ve been given. You’d rather be off blaming people for your short comings. You’d rather be off blaming people for things not going your way. Take the Ten Man Battle Royal to determine the number one contender for the SCW Heavyweight Championship for example. On that night, you were deemed good enough to be part of that match. Hell, I was deemed good enough to be part of it as well. The both of us were given an opportunity of a lifetime and was in a position where we should have done whatever it took to make the most of it. Instead, while I and everyone else was off training for the match. While I was off trying to figure out how I was going to wrestle with a torn meniscus.
You were off dropping “bangers†in the studio. You were off trying to get in them “drawers†of Pussy Willow. You were off kicking it with the so called “homies†and weren’t doing anything to prepare yourself for one of the biggest opportunities to date for your career. Yet, you wonder why you got tossed out of the Battle Royal as soon as you did. You wonder why you weren’t good enough to be in the final four, the final three, or even the final two. You wonder just why the hell you didn’t win the whole thing. You allowed yourself to fail on that night. You allowed yourself to be so distracted by your lifestyle and not focus on what mattered the most. That you essentially defeated yourself. Yet you questioned why you didn’t go the distance. Like what the fuck?
Each word that he had spoke it was starting to become more and more clear that Calvin was annoyed with the situation he was presented with. Or more so more irritated by the person that he was being forced to deal with. Without a doubt it was understood while it was a little on the frustrating side from the way that he was explaining things.
CALVIN HARRIS: That was the starting point for making you start to sour in my book and maybe that doesn’t mean jack shit to you. Then again I don’t care if it does or doesn’t, but that’s when I started to look at you as someone that I just couldn’t any longer tolerate. My respect was starting to go out the window for you. Prior to that match, I had looked forward to meeting up in that Battle Royal. I never thought I was going to ever have to look at you as someone that was full of shit or someone that would use something like race as an excuse, but boy did you prove me wrong. Much like you continued to prove me wrong in our next meeting. By all technicalities Xander. You and I didn’t deserve to be part of the King of the Hill match.
You had been eliminated well before I had been and were basically pretty easy to forget about being in that ten man battle royal to begin with. And sure, I put on a hell of a show even while I was injured. However in the end I still lost. In the end I wasn’t the man that had his hand raised at the end of the night. Therefore in my mind I didn’t deserve to be part of that iconic Ladder Match, but I was grateful for being put in that position. Not only was a grateful, but I took it pretty damn serious. Literally began to train harder than I had trained before for that one match. In my mind I wanted that Golden Briefcase more than anyone else wanted it. Therefore I came into that match and laid it all on the line.
But what did you do to prepare for that match Xander? I mean one would have thought for sure that since you had failed in such an epic manner during the Battle Royal that you would have found yourself focusing a little better that time out. One would have thought that you would have trained a little harder than you did the first time. One would have thought that you more than anyone else in that match would have done everything you possibly could to prove yourself. After all you would have been the one that had more to prove than anyone else. However that wasn’t the case at all was it Xander?
Looking right at the cameras he arched his eyebrow a little bit in a questioning manner. Although there was a feeling that Calvin already had an answer worked up a little bit.
CALVIN HARRIS: Instead, you spent more time tweeting what you were listening to with your music like people gave a fuck. Instead you were trying to deliver a freestyle about us which to be one hundred percent honest. It was one of the wackest freestyles I have ever seen or heard. You made Slim Jesus look like he was an actual legitimate rapper after that bogus shit. That’s why the comments were made on my end that you should have given up the wanna be rap career and actually start focusing on wrestling. That’s why the comment was made that you’re disrespecting the sport I love by treating it as a mockery. And that’s why I’ve got zero respect for you now. You’ve been in two different high profile positions. Both times you didn’t take things seriously. Both times you didn’t focus the way you should have. Both times you allowed yourself to fail and both times you have completely spit in the face of this business proving you’re nothing more than an ignorant fuck that doesn’t belong!
More of that rage and that attitude had poured out of him with those few words.
CALVIN HARRIS: Last week when the two of us were in that room with each other when we were informed about this up and coming match. I told you to your face that the two times that we have been in the ring with each other. It has been a situation where I have out performed you. It has been a situation where I’ve done better than you. It has been a situation where I’ve been one step ahead of you. I lasted longer than you did in the battle royal and I was a whole lot closer to pulling down that briefcase down than you were. Not to mention Xander, I know for a fact I’ve been part of this business way longer. I’ve been places. I’ve done things. Something that you can’t say. Where as I can say with a hundred percent certainty and without a shadow of a doubt. I’m better than you ever thought about being.
It was no secret that Calvin was known for having an ego. One that had been known to get him in quite a bit of trouble too. Despite the man claiming that he was on the path to changing his ways. In this very moment that ego was very obvious and very clear. Then again at the same time it might have been one of those situations where his ego was justified.
CALVIN HARRIS: And you know what Xander? I’ve caught on to the fact that me being better than you has pissed you off. You couldn’t handle when I spoke the truth and put you on blast for being ignorant. You couldn’t handle the fact that I exposed you for trying to blame your shortcomings on the color of your skin. You hated the fact that I told the world that you aren’t as passionate, not as determined or as focused on this business as you should be. You’re one of those people that are killing the business. That’s exactly why you tried to call me out on twitter. It’s exactly why your tweets have been all about me for the last several hours. It’s exactly why deep down you’re afraid of how this match is going to go.
Truth be told Xander, as much as you claim to be a gangsta. As much as you claim to be from the hood and as much as you claim to be a legitimate badass. You already know in the back of that big ass dome of yours that when we step into the ring with each other it’s going to be a wrap. I will wrestle circles around you. I’ll make you look like you don’t belong in a wrestling ring. It won’t be a matter of where you can use them so called street skills and just brawl. I’m going to make you look like complete shit. Which might be the biggest fear that you have more than anything else, because that ego of yours can’t handle taking a hit. That ego of yours can’t handle being broken, but at the same damn time there’s not a fucking thing you can do about it.
All of the sudden he came to a stop in where he had been walking. Letting those eyes of his zero in right on the cameras. As he began to speak it came off as he was speaking directly right at Xander Bishop and therefore was demanding attention in the process.
CALVIN HARRIS: Xander Bishop. This coming Sunday Night. You’re going to meet your maker and in meeting your maker. You’re going to be forced to swallow a very bitter pill. For you don’t deserve to be called the number one contender to any championship. You don’t deserve a shot at the SCW Internet Championship. More importantly than all of that you do not deserve to be in the business that has become my life. Therefore as far as I am concerned. Come this Sunday Night, your career is over!
For a couple of brief seconds the cameras just focused on the intense look in his eyes. That statement spoke volumes and without a doubt was going to make for an interesting point for when the two of them did find themselves in the middle of the ring. People were going to tune in to just see if it was something that was actually capable of being done. It was at that the cameras proceeded to fade out leaving it all up in the air for what was truly going to happen.