[Steve Ramone]

 You’d think that, with a wrestler being in charge of the show for a day as a result of the King for a Day Match, the last thing you’d want to do is piss off that wrestler, Steve Ramone has done just that by not only posing as a king but repeatedly calling Despayre, who is only 5ft 7, a midget, needless to say this got Despayre’s attention and he decided to punish him by booking Steve in a match.

However, this match wasn’t a regular match by any stretch of the imagination, for one thing each match was under Despayre’s special set of rules which would be determined by a specially made Roulette Wheel and on top of that the match was against the first man to be outed as gay on SCW TV “Blaque Hart” Bruce Evans, why Despayre didn’t book himself against Steve is anyone’s guess but Bruce has been with SCW for a long time now and is one of the company’s top competitors, can Steve win?

Steve’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
January 7th, 2016, 18:00pm

I get my first match of the New Year and all I needed to do was call a short person a midget, it really was that simple.

Granted I anticipated Despayre booking me in a match of some kind in retribution for my comments last week but I was expecting something a little more challenging, like a Handicap Match against the two male members of the Nobodies or a “No Disqualification for people who wear masks” match against Lord Raab, granted I’d still win both matches but “Blaque Hart” Bruce Evans?

Does this guy have any creativity at all? I drew up some plans for what matches I’d book if I had won the King for a Day Match and they were a lot better than what Despayre came up with! Granted said matches included a Handicap World Title Match between me, Cyrus and Andreas against Drake Greene were the title would go to me if either Cyrus or Andreas got the pin and Tim Staggs vs. Brother Grimm in a Shipman’s House of Fun Match but still!

And no, I’m not kidding about either of those matches!

But I digress, Bruce may be a tough competitor and a former champion but when was the last time he did anything in SCW? And no, I’m not counting coming out of the closet but I’m only counting stuff that has happened during a match, don’t have an answer? Because there isn’t one! We both know it, I have nothing against the LGTB community whatsoever, hell I cheered when the Supreme Court made Gay Marriage legal nationwide last year, but that won’t stop me from kicking Bruce’s ass.

In short, it’s nothing personal, it’s just business.

So what am I up too? Well Sophie is playing with Dio, who has grown quite a bit since his last appearance but he’s not quite at the “almost fully grown dog” stage right now, he’s kinda in the middle if you catch my drift but then again he is four months old at the moment and we’re working on teaching him tricks when Sophie is otherwise occupied.

In other words, whenever Sophie’s at school.

“Steve, can we talk for a minute?” Charlotte asked whilst motioning for me to follow her into the kitchen and away from the prying ears of Andreas, Cyrus and Sophie, Dio doesn’t count since his hearing is so good that he’ll pick up on it but, being a dog, he won’t communicate it to them, I nodded before I stood up and followed her into the kitchen. “So, what was with that little stunt you pulled at Climax Control?”

“Hey, I had some things I wanted to get off my chest and I wanted to get some mileage out of the stuff I brought ahead of the King for a Day Match.” I responded as I shook my head, yeah I kinda jumped the gun when I paid for this stuff in advance rather than wait until after December 2 Dismember III but where’s the fun in that? “And you wanted me to trash the throne!”

“Well, yeah, since your opening yourself up to a lawsuit from HBO and George RR Martin, and don’t even get me started on the money you spent to get Battle Beast to fly in and perform your theme song at Climax Control.” Charlotte pointed out as she shook her head, we had a joint account but we had the understanding that anything I brought that was over $20 and wasn’t food related would likely be spent on concert tickets and the like, Bloodstock included. “I thought that they were too busy touring Europe to show up anyway?”

“That tour ended last month and whilst they do have another European tour coming up with Powerwolf and Serenity that tour’s not until May.” I explained and Charlotte nodded though she was clearly not happy about it. “Besides, they are a great band who needed the exposure.”

“I’m not doubting that for a second but that’s not even the beginning of my concerns regarding that segment of yours.” Charlotte responded as she shook her head. “Calling Despayre a midget? Steve I may be taller than him but the height difference isn’t that much!” Charlotte added and she was right, Charlotte stood 5ft 8 making her a foot taller than Despayre.

“I only said that to get a rise out of him and hopefully get booked this week, obviously it worked and, well, here we are.” I responded and Charlotte sighed. “Look, all that matters is that I have a match this week and I’ll get a chance to kick off 2016 with a point in the win column, so what if I had to insult dwarfs in the process.”

“Sometimes, I wonder why I agreed to marry you in the first place.” Charlotte muttered under her breath and the atmosphere in the kitchen got awkward quickly, the last thing I needed right now was a divorce but since I decided to stop playing nice last year we seem to be arguing a lot more than we used too, sure we play Cards against Humanity to blow off some steam but I don’t think it’ll quite work this time.

“Mommy, what time will dinner be ready?” Sophie asked as she stood in the doorway with Dio standing behind her with his tail wagging, Charlotte quickly glanced at the time on the oven’s digital display and realized that it was nearly half six.

“It’ll be done soon honey.” Charlotte said as she checked on the food that she had been cooking over the past half hour or so. “I was just having a friendly chat with your dad, nothing to worry about.” Charlotte added when she saw the worried look on Sophie’s face, well that was one way to put it.

“I’ll take that as my cue to leave.” I responded as I left the room being careful not to step on Dio’s paws in the meantime and sat back down on the couch with Andreas and Cyrus, Sophie and Dio were the next to leave the room and they headed outside to play, once she was out of earshot I let out an exasperated sigh catching Andreas and Cyrus’s attention.

“Something wrong Steve?” Andreas asked and I shook my head.

“I’ll spare you guys the details but Charlotte just strongly implied that she’s considering filing for divorce.” I responded and the two bodyguards winced in response. “I mean things have been pretty tense since I kicked Shane in the face last year but i always figured that we’d work things out in the end.”

“Man, that’s rough.” Cyrus said as he took a sip from his drink. “What’ll you do in that event?”

“If you’re wondering about the house, I brought it when we got called up to SCW following the ASW merger, granted it’d be too much space for one single guy like me but that’s beside the point, as for the kids.” I said as I glanced towards Sophie and then towards the stairwell since Marcus was sleeping at the moment. “I’d fight her for shared custody if it did get to that point.”

“Hopefully it won’t.” Cyrus responded as he shook his head. “Maybe you should do something to get your mind off that subject matter?”

“Well, we don’t have enough time for Cards against Humanity since dinner’s going to be ready soon but I can get my trash talk done.” I responded and they nodded in response before I turned to the camera, they were busy watching TV so they probably won’t comment whilst I do my promo.

“Well, my ploy worked Despayre, I have a match this week and all I had to do was call you a midget.” I commented and I could practically hear Charlotte rolling her eyes in disgust at the comment. “And who did you put me against? “Blaque Hart” Bruce Evans? No special match rules? Oh wait, I forgot, each match on the upcoming match will be contested under a match type of your choice via a spin of your specially designed Roulette Wheel.”

I said before shaking my head.

“I have nothing against gay people, let me get that fact straight, no pun intended! I was cheering when the US Supreme Court made fay marriage legal, I can’t stand moronic Christians who claim that the bible says that homosexuality is a sin, never mind the fact that Jesus himself said to love thy neighbor and not judge anyone, what’s my point? None of that will stop me from kicking Bruce’s head off in this match, it’s nothing personal Bruce it’s just business, I’m sure you understand!”

Then again even business can get messy sometimes.

“To be honest Bruce, you weren’t even on my radar when I did that seg at Climax Control, I did anticipate Despayre making a match in response to the midget comments but I was expecting someone who had actually done something in recent months, not someone who managed to shock the world by coming out of the closet despite having one of the most stereotypically gay names in pop culture!”

But that’s beside the point.

“My point is Bruce that I have bigger fish to fry! Not only do we have a king who makes Caligula look like a competent ruler in one corner and the biggest pussy in wrestling today in the form of Andrew Watts in the other corner! How you managed to work your way into the picture is beyond me but that’s beside the point, I will defeat you and move on to bigger and better things!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Bruce, you may be tough but against me being tough isn’t enough, you need to keep up with me in the ring for one thing and since you haven’t had a match in months until now I don’t think you’ll be able to handle the pressure! At the end of the day I will rise to the top of the food chain one Fearless Shot at a time and you will remain in obscurity, this message has been paid for and delivered by “The Fearless One” Steve Ramone!”

I heard Charlotte call out “dinner’s ready” and we got up to go to the dining room as the scene fades.