On December 22nd 2013, Damien Kingston got his chance to become the SCW Heavyweight Champion. He would take on the current reigning champion, Giani Di Luca. On that night the two of them beat the living hell out of each other. There was no stopping them and considering it was a gimmick match where the only way to win was to get your opponent into Santa’s Sleigh and that meant there were no rules. Anything and everything was possible.
Something that the two of them took literal. At one point it looked like Kingston was going to pull it off. It looked like the Man of Liberty was going to become the brand new SCW Heavyweight Champion, but just when it looked like that could be the case. Giani would go on to shock the world and drop Kingston on his head with his finishing move putting Kingston down into the sleigh and officially ending the match to remain the SCW Heavyweight Champion.
Needless to say it was the first “real” loss that Kingston had suffered in SCW. However he did remain unbeaten in a sense that he had never had his shoulders pinned to the mat and he had never been forced to tap out. After that loss, it seemed to put Kingston over the edge. It appeared to have set him off. It had appeared to push him over the edge and it appeared that he was fed up with Sin City Wrestling.
At least that’s the way it seemed due to twitter. It appeared that for the second time in just four months that Kingston would be taking his ball and going home with SCW... That was until this week’s Climax Control match was booked. It was announced earlier in the week that Damien Kingston would meet Simon Jones in the middle of the ring one on one for the first time. Former Champion versus the Man of Liberty. It was bound to be asses in seats.
Which one of these men were going to be able to come out on top? Would Simon prove he’s still as good as he ever was? Will he prove he deserves to be in contention for the title? Or will Kingston rebound and prove that he’s still one of the best that’s ever come through SCW? It was all just a matter of time until we all found out.
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-- THE NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE
It hadn’t been even a month yet since Damien Kingston had lost his little brother to a car accident. Granted the two of them were never really that close. No matter how much Caleb wanted to be close to him. Kingston just never allowed it. Kept him at a distance and no one really knew why, but now that his brother was gone. Now that he knew what he missed out on and now that he knew that he couldn’t backtrack to make things right. It had taken quite the toll on him as a person and there was a good chance that he was never going to be the same again.
Sitting right there before a tombstone that read: “Caleb Kingston. 1987-2013. Rest in Peace.” was none other than Damien himself. He was just looking at the tombstone with a somber look on his face. It was still surreal to him that he was gone. It was still surreal to him to the point that he couldn’t believe it.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Caleb, I wish that I could go back in time to fix the relationship that the two of us have. I don’t even know why I felt the need to shove you away. I don’t know why I felt like you annoyed me or why I felt like we didn’t need to have a relationship with each other. It’s just something I never wanted, and now that I realize I was selfish. Now that I realize how short life can be. Now that I realize I’ve fucked up. It’s entirely too late.
He sighed heavily.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: But I guess that’s the way life goes. Guess that’s the way of Karma biting me in the ass and I’ve decided to learn from it this time around. I don’t know what lesson I’m supposed to learn from this aside from life is short and life is unfair as fuck, but I’m keeping my eyes and ears opened this time around, but along with that. I have also decided it’s time to move onto the next chapter in my life and as sad as it is. It took me losing you to make me want to take that leap. It took losing you to make me to end this one chapter so I can begin another.
Kingston started to run his hand along the grass that was starting to grow back from where it had been dug out several weeks ago to serve as the final resting place for his baby brother. From the sound of his voice, it was pretty clear he was trying to hold back the tears.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: I have been unhappy with a certain chapter in my life for a long time now. Yet I was too stubborn to walk away and I was too stubborn to close the chapter. I figured it was a sign of weakness if I did that. I figured that if I toughed it out and kept dealing with the bullshit that it would eventually get better. I figured that I was man enough to turn it all around and that I was going to be able to make the most of it. I figured that in the end that I was going to come out on top in the end. I mean after all we both know I’m one hell of a fighter and I don’t let anything or anyone try to overcome me.
He just looked at the tombstone shaking his head a little.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: But after this situation with you. I realized that I need to close this chapter. I need to close it because it’s nothing more than a waste of my time. I need to close this chapter in my life because it’s not getting me anywhere. I need to close this chapter in my life because in the long run I won’t benefit from it. Not to mention the only way I am going to get to the next point in my life and the only way I am going to be able to open up the next chapter is by moving on past this. If I move on past this then I’ll be able to become as big and as great as I’ve always dreamed of.
Such thoughts actually brought a small smile to his face, but it wasn’t going to be there for very long. He looked at the tombstone a little more as the tears started to drip down his cheeks slowly.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: It’s just unfair that I had to have my eyes opened up to things this way. It’s just unfair that I had to find out this way and it’s unfair that you aren’t going to be able to be around to see me finally topple the top of the mountain, but rest assured it’s going to happen. I will go on to be the Man of Liberty like I’ve always claimed to be!
With that being said Kingston pushed himself up off the ground and placed one hand on the tombstone of his brother before slowly turning around sliding his hands in his pocket walking away. It wasn’t too long at all before he found himself returning to the car where his wife was sitting in the passenger's side reading a book. He opened the door and climbed on inside on the driver’s side shutting the door. For a second or two he sat there in silence until he heard her voice which gained his attention right off the bat.
¤ TRISTAIN KINGSTON: You okay?
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Yeah, yeah, I’ll be fine.
¤ TRISTAIN KINGSTON: You sure Damien? You know you can talk to me about anything.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Yeah, I’m sure babe. I just needed to get a few things off my chest.
¤ TRISTAIN KINGSTON: Alright then, but we better get going. We’ve got to get you to the airport before you miss your flight.
Kingston merely nodded his head as he turned the key over in the ignition and started to pull out of the driveway of the cemetery. He had a long flight out to for his first scheduled appearance within SCW for the first time in the New Year. Although that was the plan and although that’s where his mind was going to need to be for this next match. It was clear his mind was more focused on this “ending” of one chapter and the “beginning” of the next chapter. No one was really sure what that meant but surely before too long we’d be finding out.
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-- A STATEMENT TO BE MADE
Cameras found themselves opening up just hours before Climax Control was set to go live. They had opened up in a locker room and focused on someone that was sitting there in a steel chair. They had their in ring gear on but also happened to have an all black zip-up hoodie on as well. The hood was up on their head and the person had their head down so no one could make out who it was. That was until the person looked up and removed the hood from their head. They revealed themselves to be none other than the Man of Liberty.
Kingston sat there for a few seconds in pure silence looking up at the cameras as he rubbed his hands together. He had this rather intense look on his face that explained more than enough. He didn’t seem to happy, but then again he never appeared to be in a good mood. That’s when he decided to break the silence.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: The last time I was seen in Sin City Wrestling. I was shown being dropped onto my head into a sleigh and having my dream being ripped out from under me again. I had busted my ass off once again rise in the ranks even though I wasn’t the most liked human being. I still did what I had to do and I still busted my ass to get where I needed to get to. I overcame the odds of that Battle Royal and I deserved the shot I got. I was hell bent on closing out 2013 by winning my first ever Heavyweight Championship.
The tone of his voice explained quite a bit as well. Just talking about that entire situation got under his skin and frustrated him beyond belief, but now wasn’t the time to really focus on that.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: But of course that dream came to an end. It didn’t become a reality. It didn’t become a reality because of Giani Di Luca. On that note he was a better man, he was a better man because he knew how to get the victory. However the one thing he is not... He is not a BETTER wrestler than me. You didn’t see Giani pin my shoulders to the mat: one, two, three. You didn’t see him force me to tap out. No, you saw him dump me into a sleigh to retain his championship. NO ONE in SCW is a better wrestler than me because no one has ever pinned me and no one has ever forced me to tap out, and you know what? No one will ever get that chance. I will go down in the SCW history books as the only truly undefeated man in this company’s history, but that’s something we’ll have to get back to a little later.
Kingston just very briefly nodded his head a little bit while his glare into the cameras seemingly intensified.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: With that being said it appeared that I had to take things to twitter in order to get the attention of management around here. Something that only furthers my point in them not giving a rat’s ass that I’m around or not. But the moment that I started to make a little noise and create a little buzz. Well that’s the moment they suddenly wanted to please me. That’s the moment they suddenly wanted to give a damn about me. That’s the moment that they suddenly wanted to give me a match and give me the “chance” to get myself going in the New Year. That chance just happened to be a match against a former SCW Heavyweight Champion in the form of Simon Jones.
That was a name that was slowly but surely becoming relevant again within SCW. It was also a name that Kingston was no stranger to at all.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Maybe, I’m just a dickhead or maybe it’s because I don’t pay attention enough but I could of swore that Simon had died off. The last time the two of us had any reaction with each other was several months back in a bogus ass Tag Team Match that I should've never been forced into in the first place. I believe I made it clear how I felt about Simon back then. I didn’t find him to be anything special. I told him that he was all but forgotten about now that he was no longer champion - which truly was the case and I said that he’d never be able to rebound from that loss. All of things that I believed and still till this very day believe. Figured that he would of just gotten that and moved the hell on from this company. But obviously he’s stubborn and obviously he’s bullheaded. Obviously Simon is trying to fight that good fight and refusing to give up. It’s either because he’s that ignorant or it’s because he’s that determined.
He shook his head from side to side.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: I could see him being that determined. I could see him being hell bent on proving me wrong, because we all know that I am right and we all know that my word is Godly. I could see him being determined to prove that he’s not a loser. I could see him being determined to get back into the limelight and to get right back on track to becoming the SCW Heavyweight Champion again. I could see him being determined to become something again - after all the man just did have a kid and surely he doesn’t want his kid growing up and realizing that his old man is nothing more than a failure. I could see the determination, but I don’t buy into the determination. I truly just believe that Simon is that ignorant and it’s kind of pathetic when you think about it. But at the same time he’s too blinded by his own bullshit.
Kingston was known for crossing a line or two. He’s been known to upset quite a few people with the things that he’s said. He’s been known to really get under the skin of people and push things to limits that they didn’t need to go too, but obviously he didn’t care about any of that and obviously that’s what his goal was this time around.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: It’s clear as day that you don’t have the skills that you once did Simon. Not quite sure why you don’t see it. For crying out loud you let a guy that’s the complete definition of a retard and a jobber get inside your head. Yeah, I’m talking about Casey Williams. You let that babbling idiot get inside your head to the point it’s affected your career. It’s gotten so bad that you’ve actually let him beat you before. I mean are you serious? You being a former champion let possibly the worst guy on the roster get a victory over you and yet you still think you got what it takes to be at the top of the food chain. You really think you’ve got what it takes to be the SCW Heavyweight Champion again. You really think you’ve got what it takes to be one of the big names after a loss like that? Clearly, you’re delusional or have some type of mental illness.
Kingston was looking at those cameras with this look on his face. It was a look of disgust and it was a look of pure shame. Quite obviously he didn’t have any respect for Simon and that was just the tip of the iceberg.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: But at the same time Simon, I can’t tell you how to think. I can’t tell you how to act. I can’t tell you how to carry yourself and no matter how much I might bring the truth into the light. No matter how much that I prove to you that you aren’t that man that you once were and no matter how much I prove to you that you are never going to be anything special again. It’s going to go in one ear and out the other, especially considering the fact you think you’re hot shit now all because you’ve got a win over Goth. Someone that’s a two time SCW Heavyweight Champion. It baffles the hell out of me how people consider him a legit contender. He’s a charity case and someone that’s gotten lucky twice. It’s like the moon and the stars all aligned in the same way twice in one year. In reality Goth is nothing more than a step up from Casey Williams and people really need to stop looking at Goth as the bar setter. It’s pathetic and quite stupid all at the same time.
There was some more shaking of his head as his words appeared to be more rage filled than expected.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Let go of that Simon and stop holding onto things like that. For starters, I’m not Goth. I’m not Casey Williams. I’m not any other random joe blow that you’ve faced before and managed to get lucky enough to defeat them. No, I am someone that’s in a completely different league. I am a man that’s in my own league. I am man that’s better than Goth. Better than Casey Williams. I am a man that’s better than every single member on this SCW roster and I am a man that’s better than anyone else that you have ever faced Simon. I think that the moment that sinks in. I think the moment that you realize that and the moment that you stop letting all this extra shit cloud your mind. You’ll realize what you are up against. You will see what you are truly up against. But by the time that happens, it’s going to be too late. Too late for you to back out. Too late for you to change your mind. Too late for you to do anything, but get your ass handed to you on a silver platter.
The Man of Liberty set a few sarcastic like chuckles escape his lips. It was damn near evil from the way it sounded, but at the same time it appeared that he was quite the evil man himself. That chuckling wasn’t going to last too long though as Kingston turned back to the cameras to deliver one final message before the night truly kicked off.
¤ DAMIEN KINGSTON: Simon, if there’s anything that you ever take from me. If there’s any words or words that come out of my mouth. If there’s any advice that you could get off me. Then take this following statement: You are inferior to me. You do not have the skills or the talent to match me. You are no way, shape, or form in my league. Nor will you ever be. So instead of showing up on Sunday Night to fight. Do yourself, your wife, your child, and all your fans a favor. Just lay down like the bitch you are and take what’s coming to you. Because in the end no matter what you do, you’ll never be able to top the Man of Liberty!
Kingston looked up at those cameras in front of him with quite the smirk spread across his lips. The arrogance and the ego from him was too much for people to deal with it. It made people hate him with such a passion and it made people want to knock his teeth out. It was no doubt going to make Simon want to do the same exact things, but it didn’t appear that Kingston believed that he could get the job done. It was clear he didn’t believe that Simon was any match for him and it was clear that he believed in the end he was going to walk out with the victory. Only a matter of time would tell. Kingston continued to glare at the cameras with that smirk as they faded out to static leaving people on the edge of their seats.
