Time: About two months ago
Place: Random office in California
(The scene comes into view and we are in a luxurious yet rustic looking office. As the camera pans over this spacious room, many things begin to catch our eye. There’s a variety of mini African statues that sprinkle the shelves, as well as many exotic paintings hanging from the wall. The type of objects that you’re really not quite sure why you like it or what you’re looking at, but you can’t take your eye of them. As we continue viewing the rest of the room we see a bunch of framed photos on the wall. All the pictures seem to carry a certain theme, as there is one older gentleman who seems to be in all them. Accompanying him in these photos we recognize a variety of politicians, actors, and athletes. Finally the camera stops focusing on these photos and we move over to a large desk over in the corner of the room. There we see that same older gentleman from the photos and he’s looking over some paperwork. His name is Gus Jones, as you can tell by the name plate sitting on his desk. He continues looking over his files as just then he is interrupted by the intercom on the phone.)
Intercom Lady: Mr. Jones…There is a Matt Barnes here to see you.
Gus Jones: Sounds good. Send him in.
(Gus stops looking through the paperwork and after a few moments Matt Barnes emerges into the room. He shuts the door behind him and walks over to the desk. Gus stands up to greet him with a handshake.)
Gus Jones: Mr. Barnes. I was told you might be stopping in today. How are you?
Matt Barnes: Couldn’t be better Gus.
(And with that exchange Gus motions for Matt to take a seat. Matt removes the black sun glasses he came into the room with and sets them on the desk.)
Gus Jones: Well that’s good to hear. It’s been awhile since I had the chance to speak with you, but sounds like you have been doing quite well for yourself.
Matt Barnes: Yeah well what can I say? (Cocky smirk)
Gus Jones: Yeah I’ve been hearing a few rumors lately. About some of the real estate you have been buying up, and the returns on some of your stock investments. This is quite impressive given the state of our always unstable economy.
Matt Barnes: There’s money to be made in any type of economy if you know what you’re doing.
Gus Jones: I suppose that’s true. And I trust your joint business ventures with your father are going well?
Matt Barnes: That a rhetorical question? Things couldn’t be better all around.
Gus Jones: (smirking) OK I get it. I’m sure you didn’t come here to talk about your personal finances. So let’s get down to this. You’re father informed me you wanted to talk to me. What do I owe this pleasure?
Matt Barnes: Well it seems like you already know Gus, business has been really good to me lately. In fact, it’s been almost a little too good. It’s even getting to a point where I’m getting bored with how easy this business game has been for me. And unlike most people in this world, I can’t stand complacency. So I’ve been thinking about branching out and starting down a new path. Which leads me to the reason I’m here, I need a manager.
Gus Jones: A manager?
Matt Barnes: Yes Gus, I’m looking for a manager. And since you are a very highly regarded manager in California for a variety of actors and athletes, and because you also go way back with my father, I thought I would come to you first.
Gus Jones: Well what are you looking at getting into Matt?
(Matt pauses for a few moments and looks at Gus. A smirk slowly comes to Matt’s face as he reaches down and puts his black sun glasses back on. Matt then leans back in the chair and slowly lifts his legs and puts his feet on the desk. Matt still with the smile on his face slowly pronounces the answer to Gus.)
Matt Barnes: Professional wrestling…
(After that response the audio cuts out in the room. The camera stays on and shows Gus and Matt continuing their conversation. However you can no longer hear them. After all, we just heard the most important piece of information of this dialog. MATT BARNES IS COMING TO THE WRESTLING WORLD. The two continue talking as the camera begins to pull back away from the desk and slowly fades away.)
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Time: Present Day
Location: Upscale Vegas Condo
What: Piece of Cyber heaven, Matt's Online video Blog
“First off, I just want to tell you all how privileged you are to be here watching my video today. It’s not every day that true greatness, like myself, takes time out of my busy day to address the fans. So do yourself a favor: turn up the volumes on your computer, sit back, relax, and just enjoy this moment. Typically you would have to pay for a special treat like this, but for this time anyway I will give you it for free. Now I have a lot I would like to address, so let’s get right into it.”
“Now I’m sure some of you have no idea of who I am. Which doesn’t really surprise me, because I feel like many of you are out of touch with reality. Those of you who don’t know me are probably the same ones who are sitting on unemployment. Or ones living your pathetic lives on welfare. Or the ones who are sleeping on the streets completely wacked out of your mind on a variety of drugs. Reason I say this is because you must be on a different planet or living under a rock if you never heard of Matt Barnes. And truth be told, I’m actually quite astonished that you lost souls even have the mental capability to navigate the internet and find my video. I think that’s a minor miracle in of itself.”
“So for those of you morons who never heard of Matt Barnes. Let me take a moment to tell you about myself and my credentials. Currently I am a very powerful and successful business mogul from California. I’m involved in a variety of endeavors in which has made me very secure financially. Everything I have touched has turned into gold. I’m the type of person people pay stacks of money to just for a small amount of my business knowledge, but of course this all goes hand in hand having the last name Barnes. It just comes with the territory. You see not only have I made an impact in the business game, but I’m just following the footsteps of my father. And before him my grandfather made a great life for himself. And before that even his father was always among societies elite. See what I’m getting at. Just having the last name “Barnes” gives me more creditability and respect that any of you would even understand.”
“Now I know what you bottom feeders are thinking. Okay if you’re this big-time business mogul, then why are you here? Why are you broadcasting this video blog on a wrestling forum for?
“Well boys and girls it’s quite simple…yours truly, Matt Barnes, is joining the ranks as a professional wrestler. That’s right; I’m exchanging the suit and tie for some tights and boots. I’m stepping out of the conference rooms and into the wresting ring. And believe me when I say I’m going to shine in my new home, just as much as I already do in the business world.”
“Now most of you people watching right now are complete trash and have never achieved anything great in your life. This means you are probably once again scratching your head trying to comprehend what’s going through my mind. You’re probably thinking if you’re doing that great in business why not just take it easy? Why try to make it in the wrestling world?”
“My answer to that is because I’m a fucking elitist. I pride myself on new challenges. That’s what makes me great. The average person would just get complacent once they reached the top of their profession, but we elitists don’t do that. We don’t just live a mundane and boring life because we already perfected our craft. No we look for other areas in life to conquer and take over. And that’s what I’m going to do with the wrestling world.”
“Now I will admit, 99.9% of businessman shouldn’t and couldn’t just transition into the wrestling ring. No that is a ridiculous and retarded premise. It would be basically like committing suicide. An average “suit” would get killed in the ring by a professional wrestler with a lifetime of experience. However, I don’t fit in that category. You see I’m in that .1%. I’m not just your average business mogul with the brain. No. I also happen to be a world class athlete and possess the physique of a Greek god.
“You see before I even got into business, I was making a name for myself in the sports world. Back in high school I was a 3 sport varsity letter winner. One of those sports being wrestling, where I won state in my weight class. I was also a standout on my football team and a star basketball player. After doing my thing and dominating the record books in all these sports, I went on to play basketball at the University of Southern California.”
“So you see; the athletic ability has always been there for me. In fact I’m sure just those achievements alone gives me more credibility than most wrestlers in the game today. Then throw in the fact that I’ve also spent the last few years in the gym, a couple hours a day, busting my ass developing this body you see today. When you factor all this in, I think I’m more than capable to step into the ring. However, regardless of what I say, I know there will be doubters. Shit, even my own manager doubted me when I came to him a couple months ago. He knows all about my illustrious past, as he is an old family friend, and even he had some small doubts if I could make this transition. So I decided to prove it.”
“My manager, Gus Jones, among managing actors and athletes, also manages a handful of professional wrestlers. So he has a lot of connections in this business. So he lined it up for me to go train and prove myself at one of the premier wrestling factories in the state of California. So that’s what I’ve been doing the past two months. I’ve been training and busting my ass trying to hone my new quest. And what shouldn’t come as much of a shocker, I more than exceeding expectations for those there watching. In that short period of time I became someone who never stepped foot inside a wrestling ring into someone that many around that facility were calling a “natural” and the “future.”
“Needless to say all this buzz I’ve been creating has caused Gus’s phone to ring nonstop. He has been fielding calls from wrestling owners all over the world. We have been entertaining offers from promotions in Japan…Where the thought of random oriental women is intriguing, but I just couldn’t stand being off the radar in another country. We have offers from many big-time promotions here in the states, but most weren’t speaking my language. A lot of these big wigs think they can sign you and own you. They want to take away all creative control away from you. But I was able to figure this out early and read through their fine print. No way Matt Barnes becomes somebody’s whipping boy.”
“Finally after slamming the proverbial door on many of those other federations; I finally got an offer I thought was fitting for a guy of my stature. And since you’re seeing my video blog on a Sin City Wresting forum, I’m sure most of you brained dead morons should have been able to figure out by now, I have signed with SCW!”
“Why SCW? Why did I choose a regional promotion over a national brand? Well its clearly not financial reasons. Hell I make more money in one week than this contract I signed. But shit I already have more money than I need. So this wasn’t about the money. No I approached this like I do when I’m playing in the stock market. I look at the company’s business plan. I look at their structure and model. I analyze everything. From where they started to where I see them going. I look at the big picture. It’s like this if you’re going to invest your money in stocks. You don’t want your money in investments that are already established like McDonalds. No you want to find that next big idea. The next giant “.com” idea. That’s where the money is to be made. And the same is true in my decision. Why do I want to join a promotion that’s already been there and done that? Why not get involved with something on a smaller level and build it into something great. That’s how you truly become not only the face of the company, but the wrestling world as well. And if it means I have to shack up in Sin City for awhile until I achieve this iconic level in the wrestling world, then believe me I’m going to indulge and enjoy every minute of it. This town was made for guys like me.”
“Now I see it didn’t take long for Mark Ward and Christian Underwood to understand what they have in me. They see me as their go to horse. They see me as the future of this company. So it’s really no shock that they wanted their newest and most talented signee that this company has to offer, out there performing and driving up the ratings. As I see they already have me booked and making my wrestling debut this Sunday at Climax Control. Going one on one with “The Greatest Story” Cameron Matthews.
“Typically at this point I would love to rip into this man that calls himself “The Greatest Story.” Typically I would have a copious amount of derogatory shots I would take at him. Yes typically this is my forte. As I love belittling a man just so he knows his place in the world, and so he knows that he’s not in Matt Barnes’ league. However in this situation I’m pretty much at a loss for words. Because you see I haven’t heard as much as one peep from this man since he signed with SCW. I haven’t seen him give a promo, I haven’t seen him in passing, and I haven’t even heard anyone mention his name. It’s like the guy showed up, signed his name on the contract, and then poof, he fucking disappears. So I don’t know maybe it’s some sort of tactic he is working on. Maybe he wants his debut to be a mystery to me so I don’t know what I’m getting myself into. Maybe that’s what his angle here is? I don’t really know. But I do know this. Those tactics won’t work on “Wrestling’s Bad Boy.” They won’t work with an elitist like myself.
“So if Cameron Matthews wants to stay a mystery I say we let him. If Cameron Matthews wants to stay irrelevant, I say it’s probably all for the best. Because chances are that’s what the rest of his career here at SCW will be when I’m done with him. He will remain irrelevant. In fact I’m almost positive his only worthwhile moment in the wrestling world will be that he was the first one to face the great Matt Barnes. So don’t fret Cameron, as sad of a story your wrestling career will end up being, you will always be there as a footnote in my future hall of fame career. Because everyone remembers their first. Just like I will always remember the name Julie Moran. Even despite all the models and fine ass women I’ve had since. And the same holds true for you Cameron, I will always remember my first victory in professional wrestling”
“And that’s what I’m going to leave you all with. As I have a great life to go back to living, while you nerds continue surfing around in cyber space.”
“Just be sure to tune in this Sunday for the debut of “Wrestling’s Bad Boy” Matt Barnes. And a great beat down of “The Saddest Story Ever Told” Cameron Matthews.”
