[Despayre]

 While most people would refer to it as a bedroom, the innocent and naive young man known to family, friends and fans alike as Despayre would prefer to think of it as thus; his hidey-hole.

Ask any boy, or young man for that matter. A bedroom to them is far more than just a place to be sent when you're naughty, or to sleep when the sun descends into the horizon and the twilight hours make themselves known. A bedroom is a personal sanctuary, a sacred and protected space to rest and relax; to play video games to your heart's content and watch marathons of movies and animated series if the mood so strikes. A place where you can hide from all the ills and woes the world throws your way, and be off in your own private little oasis, safe and sound.

Despayre's bedroom has often been mentioned when situations were set within the house he shares with his father, Synn, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. But rarely, if ever, has express detail went into this personal little wonderland that 'Despy' had to call his own. And 'wonderland' is quite the apt way to describe this room as it had been meticulously prepared to indulge the young man's every whim and fancy, of which he had many. As any of the people who make up the controversial stable known as 'the Seven Deadly Sins' and they will tell you in good (and truthful) humor; "What Despy wants, Despy gets." It was simply how Synn indulged him to make up for so much lost time, and the father figure was not the only one. Despite their teasing of Synn for this behavior, many of the rest of the Sins, such as Rage and Gabriel, were just as guilty as he when it came to spoiling the youngest and most innocent member of a stable that was all BUT innocent.

What was not known by Despayre was the simple fact that he had the house's master bedroom, not his father. Perhaps a bit of a surprising nugget of information, given that Synn was the 'master of the house' and the vast differences in physical size between father and son; Synn was six foot eight and over two hundred and seventy pounds, whereas Despayre was a mere five foot seven, and not even one hundred and seventy pounds. Synn's own sleeping chamber was near equal in square feet, but it was just another part of Synn wanting his son to be as comfortable as was possible in the first actual home that he had known since his childhood years.

A bedroom of one hundred and fifty square feet to call his own! Just imagine it! A great big picture window just beside his bed so that he could look out at all the pretty neighborhood scenery and weather whenever he liked! And with help from Gabriel and Fantasia on what Despayre might like, the room was designed around all of his particular habits and creature comforts. The main theme in this particular room of the house was, of course, Looney Tunes. To anyone that knew Despayre, this would come as no surprise. Looney Tunes was his favorite thing -- ever -- from his years as a small child, right up until the present day. On the bed was a thick Marvin the Martian comforter, and all along the queen size bed's head board were small figurines and plush figures of various Looney Tunes characters, from Taz to Bugs Bunny, but right in the center, in the special spot of prominence, was a large, plush version of Daffy Duck's famous Duck Dodgers space hero character. On the far wall of the bedroom, parallel to his bed so that he could watch from the comfort of his bed, was a large entertainment center with a thirty two inch flat screen on the very top, and shelves upon shelves of every single DVD and Blu Ray of Looney Tunes releases ever created.

Oh the looks Gabriel and Rage stated they got from the clerks at the stores where they ordered and bought these surprises for Despayre!

But for all the dozens of discs of Looney Tunes on the shelves, there were also the random other DVDs and such gifted to Despayre as surprises from his teammates and family members. Rage had a penchant for giving 'Despy' certain Japanese anime DVDs, from "Tactics" to "Orphen", and Gabriel gave him a complete collection of the "Masters of the Universe" series, both from the eighties as well as the revamped 2002 series. Also on the lower shelves were a (very) small collection of Playstation 4 games for Despayre to enjoy. It was true that video games were not exactly his forte, although he did kinda sorta enjoy the Resident Evil series, but Angel refused to play those with him; Angel said "Why would I play a horror game when I fight those things on a near nightly basis?" Despayre could not argue that teddy bear logic, but at times, Gabriel and Shane would join him in his room for a little game playing. He also tried to get Theresa to do so but the first time a monster jumped out on "Resident Evil 6", the feisty housekeeper had called it quits, much to his disappointment.

The interesting design of the entertainment center was that it also doubled as Despayre's desk. In the wide, open space beside the television was a laptop computer that he could play with to his heart's content, although computers and Despayre were not exactly on the friendliest of terms. He was a 'hunt and peck' sort on the keyboards and like in the real world, Despayre tended to cause a bit of mischief at times when on the world wide web -- like the time he was playing what he thought to be a game and accidentally diverted the flight of former Heavyweight Champion Nick Jones from California to somewhere in deepest, darkest Africa. At the top of the entertainment center was a bit of his father's own taste; memorabilia from Despayre's successes in the world of professional wrestling; replicas of the various championship belts Despayre had held. The AWA International belt, the AWA World Tag Team title (shared with Gabriel), and of course the gold he had collected recently in Sin City Wrestling; the World Tag titles (shared with Gabriel, Rage and Big

"Holy shit...!"



"It would seem that the past has a way of revisiting us as this Blast from the Past IV tournament progresses, wouldn't you agree? Especially where the matches concerning Despayre and Crystal Millar have been concerned. Three matches in, and all three have been prime examples of the past returning. In the opening round there was Goth. In the Quarter-Finals, it was another rival in Casey Williams that Despayre had been coerced into facing once again in order to make it this far. And now, wouldn't you know? The man who he will be staring across the ring from is yet another face that he has known time and again in SCW's past, but this time I wouldn't say that it was an enemy or rival that Despayre is opposing, yet more so a perpetual opponent who he has faced inside of the ring in active competition, time and again."

"Connor Murphy."

"No, Connor is not a rival of Despayre's, nor an enemy of the Sins. He is simply a man that has the very same goals as anyone else Despayre has stepped inside of the ring against; to be in a competitive match and to hopefully walk away the victor. That is not something that I can decry or befoul. It simply makes him a man."

"The first time they fought each other was in tag team competition in Egypt, where Despayre was paired with Big B and Connor with Jon Dough. The end result? Big B and Despayre walked away with their arms and heads both held high. The next match was in Madagascar, in an eight man tag team match. Due to the dubious 'genius' of the powers-that-be, Despayre was actually teamed with Connor, and also Lucian Frost and Landon Axel to face Big B, Jon Dough, Joshua Acquin and Ethan Brody. That one ended with Despayre scoring the winning fall for his team over Jon Dough. The third time, was a four corner match for the World Tag Team Championship, where Despayre and Big B challenged then-champions, Frost and Acquin, and rounding out the teams were Connor and Jon Dough, and Guns For Hire. Need I remind you that history was made that evening, when the Bosom Buddies walked away as the new champions? A fourth match then took place, when Connor found himself a new partner in NXT stable mate, Steve Ramone, and the two found themselves challenging Despayre and Big B for the tag team titles. End result? The titles remained firmly where they were. Then the fifth and final time Connor and Despayre met was in September of last year, when in their only singles encounter, Despayre successfully defended the Internet Championship against you, Mister Murphy."

"Do you see where I am going with this? Do you understand what I am striving to point out to you? Not just the fact that this will be the sixth time that you have met Despayre inside of the ring, as teammate or opponent, but the fact that the end result of facing him as an opponent often repeats itself, and like the past in regards to your matches, that end result will visit you once again. Despayre is bound and determined to do not just himself and his friends proud, but that of his tag team partner as well. It is for Crystal Millar alone that he is bound and determined to make it past you and advance to the Finals where she has a chance at possibly facing the World Bombshell Champion at a future date. Despayre already has two guaranteed title shots owed to him, both the Internet and the World, so his own shot at whoever walks away in Phoenix as the World Champion is not a concern to him. He is doing this for Crystal Millar, and if you know Despayre as you ought to, you'd know he is often most successful when he is doing something for someone else."

"Yes, I am well aware that you have just as impressive of a teammate as Despayre does. Melanie Gabrielle is a former Bombshell Roulette Champion, but then again, so is Crystal Millar. Both have proven themselves time and again in encounters against top level competition, and both have worn championship gold around their waists as evidence to their success and skill. Yet as good as Melanie is, it is my belief that Crystal is just that much better. Despite all of her self absorbed actions, it would appear that Crystal wants Despayre to win just as much as he wants her to. That there forms a cohesive unit that I just do not see between Melanie and yourself."

"It is that cohesiveness that will allow Despayre and Crystal to walk away from Tempe as the first to advance to this year's Blast From the Past IV finals. Crystal can certainly handle whatever it is that Melanie plans to throw her way. The question is, can you say the same where Despayre is concerned?"

"Well, if the past has anything to say on that subject ... I imagine the answer would be -- no."