A comfortable Autumn breeze blew past Vincent as he sat beneath a tree somewhere on the outskirts of the Lyons family estate. She had his roulette championship laying next to him as he looked up at the brightness of the moon above him.
He had a lot on his mind, he still didn't feel like a champion despite being one. His sister had been the Bombshell Roulette Champion and she had earned her right to be a champion defending her belt like a proper queen. So for him to consider himself a true champion would be a slap in her face.
It would even be a slap in the face of his cousin Eddie Lyons who fought night in and night out, giving it his all but struggled to bring himself a championship.
And here was Vincent who had been on quite the losing streak and then was handed a championship.
Of course he wanted it. Who wouldn't want to be a champion? So giving it away was completely out of the question. It was his. It was a gift. Why should he give it away?
Instead he chose to fight. If somebody had a problem with him having the championship, then they could try to take it.
Two challengers rose to the occasion in Logan Hunter and Liam Davis.
Just his precious little lambs heading to the slaughter. Vincent intended to use them to prove himself a champion. He would make an example out of Logan, and he would make an example out of Liam. Both thought themselves tough for stepping up, but all they did was sign off on their own execution.
But that fight would have to come another day, because another would come in his path before he got to play with those little lambs.
So it would be a sneak preview. A fun little look and to what was going to be in store for Mr. Hunter and Mr. Davis, and this preview would star L.J. Kasey.
Everybody looked at L.J. as a future star, but L.J. had yet to become a champion.
But Vincent was a champion. That meant he was more of a future star than L.J.
They could have chosen anybody if they were just giving the championship away, and they chose Vincent. They didn't choose L.J. Kasey, or Liam Davis, or Logan Hunter. They couldn't even held a match for the vacated championship but they didn't.
They chose Vincent.
Now he was going to show them why. Why they needed him as champion, why they chose him as their champion.
His sister had her reign of terror as the Bombshell Roulette Champion.
And now it was time for the men to experience what the Bombshells had to put up with for an entire year.
Let the games begin.
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The more he carried the championship around the more he felt like it truly did belong to him. Vincent Lyons Jr wasn't concerned about the how anymore. Now I was about to buy and showing the world why he was the one they chose to carry the championship.
He sat looking at his sister Victoria sitting across the patio from him and she was inspiring. This was a woman who spent a year making her name and became the longest reigning bombshell roulette champion of all time marking her place in scw history in just her rookie year.
Now he had to step up to the plate because she was his twin, and that meant that same desire, that same drive, that same bloodlust lived in Vincent as well.
As she spoke his ears perked.
“Remember Vincent.” she said “I will have your back if you need it against LJ Kasey. I know he's dating that wench Alexandra Calaway, and I don't trust her. But you need not worry because I'll take care of her if she tries anything.”
He didn't need his sister's help and he knew that but he knew what it meant to her to support him so he nodded respectfully in return.
“Thank you Victoria.” he said “Because I plan on hurting L.J. Kasey and using him as an example. So if she wants to play the supportive girlfriend and get in between what I intend to do to him, then you handle her.”
“I always do.” Victoria grinned arrogantly. “So does this mean that you're starting to feel like the champion you are?”
“I'm getting there.” said Vincent “I finally realize that they chose me for a reason, they gifted the belt to me for a reason.”
“Because you deserve it.” Victoria replied “You know it, I know it, and they all know it.”
“Exactly.” said Vincent “They wouldn't just give a championship out to just anybody, if they're giving championships away they only give it to the very best. The people they truly believe in, and out of the entire roster who did they pick?”
“Vincent Lyons Jr.” Victoria nodded
“Exactly.” Vincent said with a nod and arrogant grin of his own.
There was a moment of silence between them and Vincent was feeling like a more confident champion with every passing day.
“What about you?” Vincent asked breaking the silence.
“Me?” said Victoria “Well I'm still stalking my next prey and deciding who the perfect target will be, and I'll strike when I'm ready. I've been off my game a bit lately and it's because I've been playing too nice, so that's going to end. I need to be the queen that I was when I ruled as the Bombshell Roulette Champion.”
“So what you going to try to get your crown back.” Vincent asked.
“No." said Victoria, "Because I don't need it. I still am a queen, I tried to reject it but some still call me Queenie out there so why not embrace it? After all I don't need a crown to be a Queen. I just am one.”
Vincent nodded, as he definitely agreed with her.
“So it's just you and me brother. Nobody else matters.” she said “And right now it's about you and what you're going to do to L.J. Kasey. You’re going to break him aren't you? You're going to make him bleed and you're going to make him scream in pain, you're going to make him beg for mercy and then show him none.”
Vincent laughed, he liked the sound of that.
“No mercy.” he agreed
“And like I said if Alexandra Calaway tries to stop it…” Victoria said “Then I'll handle her like I always do.”
“I know you will Vicks.” Vincent grinned.
“So you just handle your business.” she said “Do what you need to do to L.J., and show everyone why you are the one they CHOSE to be Roulette Champion, the one they wanted as their champion over everybody else.”
“Oh I will Vincent.” said “And trust me sister it's not going to be a simple massacre, it's going to be a damn execution.”
They both shared a laugh together then went back to discussing their plans for the future of The Lyons Twins.
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As the cameras come to life Vincent Lyons Jr sits in the middle of a darkened room on a metal chair. He wears the Roulette Championship on his shoulder and looks at it with a smile before looking at the camera.
“You know what I was first given this I wasn't sure I deserved it.” said Vincent “But as time went on and I thought about it, I realized something, not only do I deserve it but there is nobody better to hold this championship.”
He pauses shortly, letting the words linger about.
“The thing is this company wants me as it's Roulette Champion.” said Vincent “Think about it, they could have given the championship to anybody, they could have even held a tournament or some sort of match for it but they didn't, they chose me.”
He points to himself as if reaffirming his point.
“That means they saw nobody better to be their Roulette Champion.” Vincent continued “That means they see me as the future of SCW and not LJ Kasey or anyone else. Sin City wrestling has picked me as its Chosen One. So henceforth, you will all now refer to me as “The Chosen.” Vincent Lyons Jr.”
A look of confidence appears on his face.
“So how does that make you feel L.J.?” Vincent asked “That they chose me as their champion and not you? Even with the lack of success I've experienced recently they still decided I'm a better choice for champion than you or anybody else.”
He pauses shortly again.
“I've needed to get myself back into gear.” he said "To pull myself out of the slump I've been in, I needed somebody to wake me up and remind me exactly who I am. Handing me this championship means SCW wants to put their stock in me. That means they have some sort of lack of faith in you L.J.”
He pauses again with an exhale.
“Maybe they didn't choose you because they know how second rate you are.” said Vincent. “It doesn't matter what you do, your brother Miles will always be better. He's got more success, he's more popular, and even people care about his relationship more than yours.”
A familiar feminine giggle is heard among the darkness around him.
“I mean you're even second best in your relationship aren't you.?” Vincent continued. “No matter what you do L.J. you'll never be the best at anything, maybe good, maybe even great at times, but never the best. I'm the best and SCW making me it's chosen champion proves that.”
He looks at his Roulette Championship with a sense of pride.
“You're not just walking into a match L.J.” Vincent continued “You're walking into an execution because I am coming to hurt you. I'm going to come show you why I am the most dangerous man in SCW, why I am The Chosen and I'm going to do that by making you bleed, and making you cry out in pain. You will beg me for mercy and I will show you none. The best part is there's nothing that anybody will do to stop it.”
“And if your little girlfriend shows up." said a feminine voice from the shadows, as Victoria Lyons emerged “Then Alexandra will have to deal with me. Do you hear me bitch?”
Victoria glares into the camera.
“I don't want to see you out there getting involved in anything.” said Victoria “This is my brothers moment and he is going to hurt your boyfriend, he is going to send him home to you disfigured and scarred. If you try to get in between any of it I'll do the same to you.”
Victoria smirks.
“So the best thing for you to do is just sit and watch.” said Victoria “Watch the horror movie play out as my brother rips your precious little boy-toy limb from limb. Watch as Vincent proves why he is The Chosen and that he is the true future of SCW, and that your precious little L.J. is no more than a Temu version of Miles Kasey.”
She looks to her brother with pride and confidence.
“I promise this is your only warning Alexandra." Victoria continued “Do NOT get involved, whatever happens, whatever my brother forces your boy-toy through. I'll be watching closely Alexandra so don't do anything stupid.”
That feminine giggle we heard from the shadows earlier exits her lips and she slinks back into the shadows with a wink.
“So enjoy your freedom while it still lasts Lyle.” said Vincent, “Because there will be no escape from me once that bell rings. The scars I leave you with will forever be a reminder, the mental anguish I leave you with will forever be a reminder. You and everyone else will find out why SCW wanted me as his champion, and you will find out why I Vincent Lyons Jr am…. The Chosen."
With one final confident look into the camera he turns and disappears into the shadows as everything fades to black.
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Vincent looked across the desk at Coach Kaiser with a cocky grin plastered on his face he wasn't even sure why Coach called him in here, yet here they were.
“So what's this about?” said Vincent flippantly
“I just wanted to see how you were doing.” said Coach Kaiser, “You're a champion now, the only active champion from the Lyons Den at the moment and I'm just wondering how you're feeling.”
“What about Alexander?” said Vincent
“I said active champions.” Coach Kaiser replied “With the closure of PWS that makes you the only champion right now that will be actively defending their championship in the foreseeable future.”
“So you're saying I'm the leader of the Lyons Den now.” said Vincent smirking.
“No I didn't say that…..” said Coach Kaiser.
“Sure you did.” said Vincent, "It's always been me hasn't it? “That's why you chose me as your first student all those years ago when Aaron Asphyxia called you about sending some stars to WWH. I even stood up for Finn when his contract fell through over there. I'm not just the chosen champion for SCW, I'm your chosen leader of the Lyons Den.”
“I think you're reaching a bit…” said Coach Kaiser
“No no, I get it now.” said Vincent with a nod “I am the champion of the Lyons Den.”
..”I didn't mean it like that.” said Coach Kaiser shaking his head.
“But it's the truth isn't it?” replied Vincent “And soon enough Victoria will have a championship again, and her and I will both rule this place once more. Unless of course you think Eddie is actually going to win the Internet Championship at Violent Conduct.”
“He might.” Coach Kaiser replied “Eddie's been busting his ass lately.”
“And he will choke like he always does.” said Vincent.
“Well that remains to be seen.” said Coach Kaiser “But this isn't about Eddie anyway, this is about you. Like I said you're a champion now, and at the moment you are our only champion. So in a way yes, you might be the top representative of this place as they will look at the champions first. I know you've been questioning yourself since you were simply named champion, and was really just looking to check in on that but I guess you got everything under control don't you?”
“Yeah I do.” said Vincent “I haven't been a champion since WWH closed and I was a damn good one back then, and I'll be an even better one as SCWs chosen.”
“Well I wish you the best of luck of course.” said Coach Kaiser “And if you do need anything you know I'm here for you.”
“Yeah, yeah you're here to support and guide all your students.” said Vincent "I know the deal, you don't have to regurgitate it to me.”
“All right, all right.” said coach Kaiser hands raised slightly.
“I can handle myself.” said Vincent “And I'll go to Victoria for any support thank you very much. All you need to know is I'm the leader of this place now. I am your champion and now the Lyons Den is going to revolve around me.”
With an arrogant smirk and a wink Vincent stood up and left coach Kaiser's office, rudely slamming the door behind him.
What advice could Coach give anyway? Vincent was a champion now and he didn't need advice.
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The camera opens with a close up of the side profile of Vincent's face, he looks determined and serious as he speaks.
“It's time to step up.” he said “You are a champion now Vincent, and everybody's looking at you as a fake champion because you didn't win it rather it was handed to you by management.”
Like someone used a flip effect the camera jarringly cuts to the opposite side of Vincent's face look in the other direction but he now looks more crazed and psychotic.
“Oh but what do they know anyway?” he growled “They're just jealous because they weren't picked to be champion, you were who SCW wanted Vincent, you are The Chosen.”
Another jarring cut back to the other side of Vincent's face where he looks more calm, composed, and focused again.
“The fact you were handed the championship means you have to work harder to prove yourself.” he said “You have to make them believe in you.”
Another cut and he looks more crazed once again.
“Who cares what they think?” he hissed “They're not a champion, you are. You don't have to prove yourself to anybody, if anything they should be proving themselves worthy of your presence.”
Cut back to the more calm composed side.
“But if you want their respect you have to earn it.” he said “You may have been given a championship, but nobody is just going to give you respect. That needs to be earned.”
Cut back to the crazed side.
“If they don't want to respect me.” he said “Then I will make them. I'm not going to beg for anybody's respect, I'm going to force them to have no other choice.”
A jarring cut and again he's more calm and composed.
“If you force them.” he said “It's only likely they'll respect you less, and that's not what you want.”
Another cut and he's crazy again.
“But who are they to judge you?” he said “What have they ever done? What have they ever been through? What have they ever done for you?”
Flash cut to composed Vincent.
“Your actions directly represent The Lyons Den.” he said “The company your father founded, you should be someone that stands up as a proud and honorable representative.”
Cut to crazy.
“Who are you Eddie Lyons?” he said “No. You're Vincent Lyons Jr. That honorable shit has done nothing for Eddie, and it will do nothing for you. You need to use your primal instincts, you need to show no mercy just like your sister did. At least she was able to hurt her championship for an entire year, clearly she did something right that Eddie Lyons isn't doing.”
Cut to composed.
“But do people really respect her?” he said “Eddie has more respect than Victoria does, even if she's found more success.”
Another cut to the maniacal side.
“And she doesn't want their respect." he said “She doesn't need their respect and I don't need their respect.”
Another cut to where he's calm and composed.
“But you want it don't you?” he said
Then in rapid succession the camera cuts quickly back and forth between both sides of his face.
“No.”
“Yes. You Do.”
“No I don't.”
“Liar.”
“Fuck you.”
“Admit it”.
“There's nothing to admit.“
“Admit the truth Vincent.“
“I AM THE TRUTH.”
A primal yell and we see the front side of his face for the first time as he smacks himself in the head a few times, shaking it.
“I am Vincent Lyons Jr.” he said, with a quiver in his lip “I am the SCW Roulette Champion and I don't give a damn what anybody thinks about how I became champion. I do deserve to be champion, and I'll show all of you. I'll show Logan and Liam at Violent Conduct and at Climax Control I'll show you L.J. Kasey, I'll show you exactly who I really am, and I don't give a damn who does or doesn't like it because like it or not, I am the SCW Roulette Champion, and like it or not I am THE CHOSEN."
With a primal glare into the camera, there is a slight growl from Vincent has everything fades to black.
