I NEVER TAKE A DIVE IN A MATCH
Narrator: I don’t know how many of you watching today saw the match between Miles Kasey and Helluva Bottom Carter, when Miles Kasey was Roulette Champion, but the match took an odd turn which made it appear that Carter may have purposely taken the loss, or perhaps he was injured and felt that ending the match with a loss was a better choice than risking permanent injury, and it came across as there was a possibility that Carter took a dive. I’ve known Bill Barnhart for a long time and I assure you Bill has never taken a dive in a wrestling match. I will now turn you over to Bill Barnhart for him to explain everything to you.
When the scene shifts from the Narrator we see that we have been taken to the home of Bill, Bea, and Iris Barnhart in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The camera person enters their home and they are escorted into the backyard where Bill, Bea, and Iris, are relaxing. Once the camera person gets set up, and they let Bill know they are live broadcasting, Bill begins his comments.
AT THE HOME OF BILL AND BEA BARNHART IN LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA
Bill: Thank you for joining us at our home in Lawrenceville, Georgia. We’ll be leaving soon to travel to Irvine, California for Climax Control 351. Although Irvine is far enough away from Los Angeles, to not be as dirty and corrupt as Los Angeles, the fact that Irvine is close to Los Angeles means that the migration of residents from the Los Angeles and Long Beach areas has brought the image of Irvine down several notches. For damn sure I wouldn’t want to live in Irvine. With me today at our home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, is my wife and Manager Bea and our English Bulldog Iris. Before I launch into comments for Climax Control 351 I’d like to make comments concerning my match against Goth at Inception VI which was for the Roulette Championship which I held going into that match.
Bea: I’d like to comment on your Roulette Championship match at Inception VI. The Roulette Wheel landed on Hardcore Rules, Submission Only, with no Disqualification, so we knew it would be a non-stop brutal match. Even though I was surprised that, at the moment the bell rang to start the match, Melissa tossed a pair of brass knuckles to Goth and he wasted no time using it on Bill. I had to admire her thinking ahead to be ready for whatever match rules and stipulations the Roulette Wheel landed on.
Bill: I’ll be honest that I wasn’t expecting brass knuckles to be tossed into the ring but when the Roulette Wheel lands on that type of match all participants should expect the unexpected. Even though Goth got the first blow using the brass knuckles I never backed down because I never cower from opponents and I never willingly lose a match just to get the match over with. I kept up the pace of the match, blow for blow, including whacking Goth with the brass knuckles. Although we wore each other down the match came down to Goth getting me in position for a submission win. I had no place to maneuver so I had to submit or there was a chance of me sustaining damage that would take me longer to recover from. Even with the brutality of that match with Goth, and the fact that he earned the Roulette Championship from me, I’m doing very well and my family doctor, Doctor Kim, has given me full clearance to wrestle at Climax Control 351.
Bea: Bill did you forget about the other comments you wanted to make to Goth and Melissa?
Bill: Yes. I was looking forward to commenting on my upcoming match at Climax Control 351 so I forgot I wanted to comment to Goth and Melissa. Well, Goth, you stepped up and did what you said you would do which is to defeat me for the Roulette Championship. Leading up to our match you kept trying to explain how you were trying to better yourself and apologize to me for how you treated me, and abused me, in another wrestling federation. Of course I wasn’t willing to accept your apologies due to how much trouble we had between us in the other wrestling federation. When you came into our match at Inception VI you performed very well and you got the win. Due to the fact that you admit to your past mistakes, and how you treated me back in those days, I’ve gained respect for you. When the time comes that you and Melissa wish to sit down with me and Bea and have a talk please let me know and we’ll see where that goes.
APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING
Bea walks over to the barbeque grill and checks the food she’s cooking. Iris is sniffing around the backyard looking to see if the two cats that live next door a have been trespassing on her property. Bill takes a seat at the patio table to continue his comments.
Bill: There are terms that refer to things that they are not what they seem to be, or that looks can be deceiving, and I’d like to give you an example. Say you have a family in your neighborhood that owns farm animals. Let’s say, for discussion purposes, that one of the animals such as a sheep, goat, pig, or something else, seems to have an injured leg or foot. The man goes to the animal and ties the animal up from behind and holds the animal tightly so he can inspect the animal’s leg and foot. You might expect the man to be closely behind the animal and he might grasp the animal around the animal’s body to keep it from thrashing around. The man is bending over the back of the animal to try to keep it still but he has to struggle because the animal doesn’t know what is going on and the animal is scared. Let’s say that one of the neighbors walks out of their house and they see the man behind the animal, and sees that he is bent forward over the back of the animal, and he’s struggling to keep his balance which causes him to thrust his hips. There’s a damn good chance the first thought the neighbor would likely be that the man is attempting to have sex with the animal. That’s one example of how, often, things are not what they seem and that looks can be deceiving. The man was not trying to rape the animal. . .he was trying to hold the animal still so he could check the animal’s possibly injured leg and foot.
Bea: Now comes the part where you explain to Helluva Bottom Carter what led you to make a comment that you thought he might have lost his match to Miles Kasey either deliberately or perhaps due to an injury he sustained during the match.
Bill: The first item I wish to mention, Carter, is that we had a match on August 21, 2022, at Climax Control 340, and you won the match by pinfall. I admit I took you lightly for that match and it cost me the win. Now we meet again and this time it appears you arranged for us to have a Grudge Match. Not sure how we ended up in a Grudge Match as I didn’t ask for that type of match. I guess you have a grudge with me as I surely don’t have a grudge against you. As I mentioned, and as Bea Mentioned, perhaps what took place in your match against Miles Kasey, was an example of those items where things are not the way they appeared to be and that sometimes things can appear deceiving. What I saw during your match against Miles Kasey was that you were dominating the match. I honestly thought you would easily win and was cheering for you to win. The next thing I saw was that you backed off what I consider as you being in position for the win and drop to the mat. Then when Miles went for the win you didn’t move or try to prevent taking the loss.
Bea: Carter I hope you’ll end up giving everyone an explanation on what really happened in your match against Miles Kasey. I’m sure it will come out that you gave it your best shot and you were going for the win when Miles turned the match on you. As both myself and Bill mentioned it was probably one of those things that don’t always appear to be what they really are and that looks are often deceiving.
Bill: I’ll give you credit to challenging me to a grudge match even though I have no grudge-related issued with you. Although I feel your anger and rage is mis-directed at me I’ll be at Climax Control 351 to give you the grudge match you desire. Just do a favor and don’t whine, bitch, moan, and complain, when I defeat you as it was you who demanded this grudge match. There’s another term that applies here and that term is BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR AS YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
WHO I AM AND WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH
Bill: I want you to know who I am and what you are dealing with. After the previous wrestling federation that I was in with Goth closed their doors I walked away from that wrestling federation as a multi-time Champion, one of the best Hardcore Champions, and held the Grand Slam several times. I ended up in another wrestling federation before signing with Sin City Wrestling. In that Federation I held all the championships including the World Heavyweight Championship. Unfortunately about a month into that Championship reign that wrestling federation closed their doors. That’s when I came here to Sin City Wrestling. Here in Sin City Wrestling I’ve held the Roulette Champion twice and the Mixed Tag Team Championship one time.
Bea: We are honest that during our reign as Mixed Tag Team Champions we had a very short run. That happens sometimes and we accept the fact that we were defeated for that Championship shortly after earning it. In the sport of wrestling you accept what is. . .you deal with what is. . .you work hard to improve and work your way back up the ladder of success until you get a chance at a Championship again. The concept in the sport of wrestling isn’t to demand shots at Championships, then whine if you don’t get those shots, as you are not in a position to demand stuff. Take note that both myself and Bill have never once demanded a shot at a Championship here in Sin City Wrestling. But even without asking for shots at Championships both of us have been given numerous shots at various Championships. It isn’t a matter of what wrestlers think of themselves. . .what matters is what Management thinks of us. They decide our matches and wrestlers who demand shots at Championships without earning those shots give wrestlers a bad name.
Bill: So, Carter, do you really know who and what you are dealing with in facing me in this upcoming match? I’ve never backed down from a challenge. I’ve never backed down from a treat. I’ve never cowered before any wrestler. . .ever! Have I experienced pain during matches in the sport of wrestling? Yes and so has everyone else including you. Have I experienced getting cut open and bleeding during a match? Yes and so has everyone else including you. Trust me, Carter, that I’ll not back down, or submit, or give up in a match, no matter what. I didn’t come this far in my wrestling career to be intimidated by a punk like you. You remind me of a tiny little Chihuahua dog with an attitude who runs up to a raging lunatic Pit Bull and starts the fight then gets their ass kicked to hell and back. If you come into our upcoming match with an attitude I’ll damn sure beat that attitude out of you. Be careful how to proceed to this match or you’ll regret your decision.
CLOSING COMMENTS
Bea checks the food on the barbeque. She takes the food and places it on plates and brings the food to the patio table. Both Bill and Bea partake of the food and Iris runs over and starts begging for food but she has to wait until later to eat.
Bea: Carter I know you’re likely to spread the same rumor about me that everyone else has tried to do. You’re likely to claim that the only reason I’m at ringside during Bill’s match is to interfere on his behalf in order to screw you out of this match. Maybe that’s just your pathetic paranoid self freaking out for no reason at all. I’m an officially licensed Manager and I serve as Manager in the corner of Bill and Senor Vinnie during their matches. I know you’re attempting to turn the fans against me and Bill but save your energy as you’re going to need every ounce of energy you can find to last more than five minutes with Bill in this match.
Bill: Now, Carter, you do possess a very nice record in Sin City Wrestling and I’m not going to try to make it seem like you haven’t been successful. The problem you have is that I’m coming into our match at six feet four inches and two hundred forty pounds. You’re coming into our match at five feet nine inches and one hundred seventy-two pounds. You’re giving up seven inches of height and sixty-eight pounds of weight to me. My height and weight, and my many years of being successful in the sport of wrestling, will be the determining factors in why I defeat you at Climax Control 351. I want you to perform well so everyone will take notice that I straight up out-performed you in every category. When I get done with you they can send you back to the bottom of the ladder to start you working on climbing up that ladder until you start being able to earn decent matches again.
Bea: And, Carter, if you attempt to cheat in the match, if you attempt to have your friends run in on the match to attack me or Bill, or if you violate the rules in any manner, we have people watching the match to end you and your thugs from trying to cheat for you. If you start the cheating and illegal tactics we will end it.
Bill: In all honesty I’m a very nice person and wrestler who conforms to the rules of the matches I’m involved in. I normally don’t go off and brutally beat the crap out of opponents unless they start the cheating and perpetrate violence. What opponents start. . .I’ll finish. . .and my finish of their cheating ways is not what my opponents want to experience. So, Carter, I hope you’re proud of yourself for issuing a demand for a Grudge Match even though I feel your demand was misguided and a mistake you’ll have to endure. Then again you asked for it and you’re gonna get it. See you on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. I make the promise that you’ll walk into the ring for our match as an arrogant and brash punk of a wrestler and you’ll crawl out of the ring a broken and defeated wrestler. Have fun leading up to our match because I’m making damn sure you don’t have any fun in our match. . .only despair and defeat.
Bea informs the camera person that they are done with their comments for Bill’s match at Climax Control 351. The camera person calls into the Network to ask them what they want them to do. They tell the camera person to cut their camera feed and when they do the Network returns to regularly scheduled programming for this time slot and our screen goes dark.
