From one busy city to the next on this tour it seems, SCW certainly hit the mark when it came to trying to make the most out of things, the more people the more fans to try and pull towards your show. It's no surprise the most populated city in Queensland was penciled in to be a part of the tour, the first part of the Australian tour and the booking - regardless of the uninformed opinions on social media, was indeed as solid as you can hope. All those matches with meaning, it doesn't stop the complaints, but still it's better than randomly thrown together matches.
We made an unexpected move on the last show, very unexpected. See, most people, they challenge champions, we decided to challenge the losers of the main event. I know a few of ya was scratching ya nuts and wondering why we would do such a thing. First, we're not like anyone you've seen here, we're not just chasing the gold like everyone else, we have the urge to earn it. Now if the champs can't beat the losers, then we gotta prove we can. We know it's a three horse race because so many people disappeared after the battle royal - What's wrong Black Sheep? Wanted to be handed the gold and not earn it? How about you Tuscini and Pinky? Pinky work out this is a young man's game? Either way, we know there's The Monstimals, and we know there's Ben's Club. Now if The Monstimals, who eliminated us in the battle royal, can defeat Ben's Club, we gotta do the same to show that we're on their level. That's what we intend to do.
The scene opens at a beach setting, where waves can see running up gently on the golden sands of a small beach. People walk the beach with surf boards, others riding the waves on the blue water. The camera pulls back to a low cliff side where four people can be seen sitting around a table, the foursome of Daniel J Morgan, Osbourne, Mackenzie Page and Charlotte Elliot. In front of them, drinks, Daniel with a coffee, Osbourne with a beer, and Charlotte and Mackenzie with coke like liquids, although you'll suspect there's something a little stronger added. Daniel's eyes move around the beach front.
"Like a fucking episode of Home and Away." He comments to himself as he looks around at the people on beach. "Always wondered about that show if anyone actually put in a hard days graft, or if they sat around until it was surfing time and pissed around on the beach. Thoughts big man?"
Daniel looks towards Osbourne, who looks back at Daniel through dark sunglasses, not saying a word to his boss as Daniel looks at him with a smile.
"One day, he's gonna say something and you'll fall off your seat in shock." Charlotte says, twirling a straw around her glass, not looking towards Daniel.
"I would probably have a conery if he did." Daniel comments with a smile.
"Shouldn't we be doing something more than sitting watching our arses grow?" Mackenzie asks, catching the group of guard.
Daniel turns his head towards her, he knew she was snappy when she was bored.
"We got in to this wrestling shit to make moves in America." She starts "Visiting permit during training, work permit came through when we signed and the first thing we do is fuck off to this place."
Daniel can't help but smile at her as she picks her drink up, taking the straw out and tossing it on the table.
"You ever heard that good things come to those who wait?" Daniel tells her. "See Kenz, We do what they ask, they get us to these places to do what we're meant to do, it builds a good case for us. You two nicking those tag belts helps us out no end. When me and Os do the same thing, SCW are gonna run through walls for us and rattle down the sponsorship to make us permanent citizens of America. They'll see in our first cycle, we got gold potential, they'll wanna keep us about, they'll do the hard work and hope that we show a little bit of loyalty to their cause, hit a long deal with them. Everything will work out."
Daniel picks up his coffee, taking a sip out of it.
"Don't you worry, everything is all in good hands" he reassures her "Plus there are worse places to be in this world. Granted, not too many, but worst places. We're not in the helmet end of Africa, or the freezing areas of Scandinavia, we're here, in a hot place, where the tarts are not bad, but sadly, they really are tarts, sitting in the sun and it's got me thinking."
"You're always thinking." Charlotte comments.
"That I am. Me mind is like a dog chasing it's tail at times." Daniel admits "But yes, I'm thinking. What if we was thinking too small with Vegas? What if we need to go world wide."
"I am not coming to wrestle here all the time just to get a fucking work permit here too..." Mackenzie says as she looks across at Daniel.
He smile back at her, holding up his hand.
"Don't be daft." He says "What I mean is, what if our soon to be, new found fame shall we say, allowed us to buy in to certain things, be the silent partners until we have to get noisy, that kinda thing. Now Vegas is big time, we wanna be there, we wanna keep an eye on what's going on, but a place like this, a place where everyone is descendent from a criminal, cause we sent 'em here, we might be able to just buy right in once the rep takes off. People will be falling over themselves to get business partners like us."
"So I don't have to stay here?" A relieved sounding Mackenzie asks.
"Nah, although we might have to send you here to kick someone's nut in if they step out of line." Daniel comments as he lifts the coffee once more.
"Now that beats making stupid fucking entrance videos." Mackenzie says as she turns to Charlotte. "What did they make you do for it?"
Charlotte stops drinking her drink through her straw and looks up at Mackenzie.
"In ring stuff against random people. Hit a punching bag a few times, look tough and scary." Charlotte says. "You?"
"Gym shit." Mackenzie replies back "And a shit ton of running, and looking over some mountains like I owned the place."
"What about you Os?" Charlotte asks.
Os looks across the table, not saying a word but lifts his arm as if he's lifting weights. The other three nod.
"And you boss?" Charlotte asks Daniel.
Daniel looks towards her, a smile on his face.
"I just had to look as handsome as always, lots of smouldering looks, a cheeky smile here and there and Bob's ya uncle and Fanny's ya aunt." He says with a smile. "Should get sent a final edit at some point soon, will be..."
He pauses to search his mind for the right word.
"Interesting to say the very least." He finishes. "But the truth is, my mind is now thinking about how we can break in to this place too. I mean look at it, there's a ton of people here pissing around on the beach and we ain't in the city, this place is huge, and where there's people, there's wonga to be made, where there's wonga to be made, we should be knocking around in it."
"What ya want us to do boss?" Mackenzie asks "Find you a surf shop to buy or something? Or a kangaroo farm?"
"Someone took their sarky pills this morning, didn't they Kenz?" He says tapping his chin. "Kangaroo farm would be good, always did like they jumpy boxing bastards to be fair. Couldn't see meself sitting there selling surf board wax to people who need haircuts and use the phrase 'ah yeah' way too much. What I would like you to do is poke ya nose are, find out who runs this city."
Charlotte was always a fountain of knowledge when it came to these things. She knew every gangster and wannabe gangster in east London, her knowledge of the world wasn't too shabby either. If there was an in to be found, or a person who may provide an in, Charlotte would know of them.
"Well the go to would have been Victor Graveson." Charlotte adds "He knew people, but now, you know."
"Burned to a crisp a month ago." Daniel responds. "He's not gonna be much use, but there's someone out there who will be able to maybe show us a little bit more to this city. If that fails Kenz, you can find us a surf shop to run."
A smile crosses Daniel's face as he looks across the table at the women.
"You really want to get involved here?" Charlotte asks.
"I do." Daniel responds. "Where there's money to be made, why the fuck not. Owning a piece of this vibrant city might come in very handy. Maybe with the right people in place, we could take the money out of pockets of the fools, just like we can anywhere else. The more people, the more money, and a city with about two and a half million people in is a good start."
"We'll see what we can dig up" Charlotte says standing up, Mackenzie following her lead and also standing up. "We'll be back with you in a little bit."
Daniel nods as Mackenzie and Charlotte walk away from the table, leaving Daniel and Osbourne sitting at the table. Daniel looks across at Osbourne.
"Would help if we got ourselves a little more fame Os." Daniel says thoughtfully. "Starting with beating those two in Ben's club to officially make us number one contenders to those tag titles."
Osbourne nods his head at Daniel and Daniel reaches for his coffee, pulling it closer towards him.
"I ain't gonna bullshit ya Os." Daniel starts "But I don't get this team of Travis Nathaniel Andrews and Horace Jackson. I mean I get why Ben Jordan stuck them together, in fact, we need to go say hi to Ben, it's been a while, but I don't get the whole thing they got going on there. It's all about Travis trying to redeem himself and all that bollocks, right?"
Osbourne nods his head, the forever silent bodyguard of Daniel keeps his almost carved in stone, unemotional face the same as before.
"I'm not a big believer in redemption Os." Daniel admits to him "There's no point to redeeming because it's going against our nature as people. I mean people don't change, it's not in our DNA to be someone we're not. I mean if you're a pathological bullshitter, lying about the least little thing that simply don't matter, things that normal people wouldn't lie about, you're not gonna stop for whatever reason. You love the attention and think the lie will get you more attention than the truth ever will. See now this Os, this is the whole general myth of redemption. If you've been a naughty boy or girl your whole life, leading people on just because you think it makes you more interesting, you soon discover that it's you all along and trying to change that, it's pointless, because you become a bigger lie than all those porkies you've been telling people before."
Osbourne turns his head to look at Daniel.
"Trying to change is a bigger lie than anything you've ever bullshitted about before and this is what Travis is doing." Daniel explains. "His quest to look like the better guy, is as much as a lie as someone who lies on the daily because this is not him, this is not who he is. He is that little bastard that used to sneak attack, he is that little bastard that used to insult the fans and act like his shit don't stink. He will always be that no matter how much smiling he does now."
Daniel lifts the coffee to his lips, finishing the cup off before replacing it on the table.
"You know what they say Os." Daniel starts as he looks at the bigger man "You can stick make up on a pig, but at the end of the day, it will still roll around in it's own shit."
Osbourne tilts his head as he listens closely to Daniel.
"And that's what Travis is." Daniel tells him. "Regardless of what he does to look like Mr Nice Guy, he is still the same as he was before, he is still the sub par wrestler. Doesn't matter if he's getting cheered or booed, he's still the same guy, with the same skills who just don't match up. Trying to look good in people's eyes don't change the basics of your skills, you're still physically limited to who you are and what you can do and so people look at him in a different light, whoop de fucking do, doesn't mean that he's actually any better in the ring. Geezer can dress in a chicken suit one week, and a turban the next for all I care, doesn't change the fact that he will have the same skills dressed in both. We got in the ring with them, I wasn't impressed and I doubt you were either."
Osbourne shakes his meaty head.
"And the other guy is worse." Daniel says firmly "I dunno why the bloody hell he came back, he had fuck all success the first time around. All I can get from him is he finds storm troopers wank material. This shows the mentality of the guy. I looked back on a few past shows where he randomly turned up to do fuck all, just put his face on the screen to spin a poxy roulette wheel for no reason, having not been involved in SCW for a long time and it's fucking weird. How can you take a guy like this seriously?"
No reaction comes from Osbourne's face.
"It's hard to even talk about him because there's nothing serious you can say about him." Daniel admits. "They guy was a joke when he first showed up, he was a joke when he hung with those redneck wallas a while ago and now he's a joke trying to baby sit Travis and turn him in to a decent fella. The bloke ain't got his own head screwed on, let alone be able to screw someone else's head on."
Daniel looks disappointed.
"I'm actually bored talking about them." Daniel says with a legitimate yawn. "They should just know one simple thing and that's they're in the way of us and getting a shot at those two people who seemed more focused on a single champion than their own title belts. This one is gonna be a piece of piss."
Before another word can fall from Daniel's lips, both he and Osbourne's phones buzz at the same time. Both men reach in to their pockets and pull them out, looking at the screens.
"Looks like our video is done, Os." Daniel says with a smile. "Let's have a butchers."
Daniel hits the button on his phone and he and Os sit and watch the new London Underground entrance video.... You don't think I'd leave you guys out, do you?
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The video ends and Daniel looks at Osbourne.
"Not bad at all." Daniel says with a nod. "This it goes to show that we're valued a shit ton more than Ben's Club. We've been here this short amount of time, and someone's already made us a video, these two don't have that. There's no way we're losing to humpty or dumpty Os. No way at all."
Osbourne shakes his head as Daniel leans back in his chair. The scene fades to black.
