Chasing Glory - 18 December 2021

[Cedric Southern]

Recorded from the Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas

The lights in the Imperial Arena abruptly go out for a few seconds before they come back to life and a massive wall of boos erupt from the crowds as none other than Jacob Striker is standing in the center of the ring, already dressed to wrestle with a mic in one hand as he patiently waits for the boos to die down before he speaks.

Jacob Striker: Perceptions, I wanted to come out here tonight and talk about perceptions. My prime example is that in just a few weeks, I get my first ever shot at a world title when I face off against the "Rebel Queen" herself, Jenni Drew, for the One Wrestling Movement's World's championship live on pay per view from the Staples Center.

Now in Jenni's perspective, she's already beaten me and moved on. And that's because she honestly doesn't think that I'm taking her seriously at all, that I'm just like every other mother fucker who has climbed into the ring with her over these past few months. And I won't take her dedication to keeping that strap around her waist, I won't deny her that at all. What I'm denying is her perspective of me. Because you see, Jenni, while you're looking past me and onto future opponents...my only perspective is the here and now...and you with that title. Nothing else and nothing more.

Just like how Solomon Monster and his self appointed bullshit has no meaning in the reality that you and I live in, Jenni, because all that is some little shit and his little band of fucknuggets who believe that everything in this company belongs to them…when in fact it belongs to us, and *US* being the entire FUCKING ROSTER THAT MAKES UP THIS COMPANY!! But that bullshit isn’t here nor is it there, because this is about two of the most serious wrestlers on this roster now isn’t?

Jake then takes a moment to gather his thoughts as he walks over to the closest turnbuckle and leans back against it.

Jacob Striker: You see Jenni, you and I are just alike in that we both want to be taken seriously and that's why I've become one of the most vicious wrestlers out there. At the start of my second year in this industry, I broke a motherfuckers *neck* because he didn't take me seriously to the point where tried to turn our match that night into a laughing mockery. At Massive, Jenni, that's not what is going to happen because I can promise you with a hundred percent certainty that I won't be cutting corners, I won't cheat, make little insulting moments or anything like that...I will treat you *exactly* like how you've always wanted to be treated. Like a serious fucking wrestler. The problem is Jenni is that while I'm more than willing to go that far for you, I can already tell from your very words that you're not as well to go that far for me...you're unwilling to show me the respect due because, and let's be honest here, you actually believe that you're a better wrestler than me.

Oh Jenni, I have given you such grace and kindness. I could have easily stepped out of the shadows on any given show from when I first made my intentions known till tonight, for instance, and simply snatched your ability to simply even fucking stand up from you given one chance. I mean seriously, how many times have I had your number when you least expected it? And I stopped myself out of my honest respect for someone.

Jake stops talking for a moment and looks slightly distracted for a moment before he pinches the bridge of his nose and when he opens his eyes again, he gives the steady cam a hard look.

Jacob Striker: At Massive, Jenni, while you are too busy looking past me and onto what you think are going to be your future opponents, you are suddenly going to fall down to your knees, screaming in exquisite agony as you realize that the one mother fucker that you should’ve been focused on, and the only mother fucker that your oversized ego kept you perception off of is going to lock you into your own personal submission *HELL* until and I’m going to keep you there until one of two things fucking happen. Either you tap the fuck out and surrender to me the world’s championship… …Or I start fucking taking your limbs. I will gleefully snap them one by one until I finally get my desired result which is where I stand over your beaten and broken body with that championship held on high over my head!!

Jacob stops once more before he pushes himself out of the corner and he motions for the hard camera to move in close on his face which it does.

Jacob Striker: You see, Jenni. I’m taking this match seriously because where I come from, that’s exactly what you do with a world title match. You don’t try to turn it into a game or a joke…you don’t look past your opponent and you treat that belt with much more respect than you yourself are given. Which means that if, and that’s a pretty damned big *IF*, you can beat me…fairly and squarely in the middle of that ring somehow…then I will do the honorable thing and hand you that belt *myself*. Not because in the heights of your arrogance you’ve beaten the monster or any shit like that, Jenni. But because I am giving you the seriousness that you have been wanting ever since you first got into this profession. You want to be treated like a legit champion, come Massive it will be your night to either prove yourself…or lose yourself. The choice is yours.

“Wonderful Life” keys up as Jake tosses the mic aside as he leaves the ring.

~~

Sixteen Person Tag Team Match
La Naturaleza, Mackenzie Roberts, Nicole Evans-Smoak, Faye Lange, Olivia Blue, El Diablo Blanco, The Fallen Angels (Damon Graves and Aurora Graves) vs. Veronica Taylor, Kelli Saint, “Mean Machine” Jay Aguero, “Ya Girl” Q, Rieca Alejandro, Rei Park, The Headhunters (Eric and Dexter Calloway)

In a match that many had penned to be pure and utter chaos, they were not let down. From the very beginning it was messy with all 16 of the participants brawling in the center of the ring. It takes a while before the referee is able to get things somewhat under control with Olivia Blue and Q trading blows back and forth, officially starting the match. Various members of both teams are tagged in and out until not many fresh participants are left. On one side, Faye Land and Damon Graves are waiting for their turn as Damon’s wife Aurora duked it out with Rieca Alejandro. On the other team, The Headhunters and Rei Park are anxious to get into the match. Reica gets knocked down by Aurora, groggily slumping into her corner, and before Aurora can tag in Damon, Dexter and Eric come charging in and take him out before turning their attention to Aurora, not seeing Rei blind tag herself into the match. Faye takes Dexter out with a dropkick before drilling his brother with a superkick. She turns around directly into Fire Soul (gamengiri) by Rei Park. Rei goes to cover the still legal Aurora but is dragged off by Damon and Nicole Evans-Smoak who is then taken out with a dropkick by Rieca and Uggo Remover (implant DDT) by Veronica Taylor respectively. This leaves Rei to be able to lock in Parseltongue (crossface chickenwing with bodyscissors) on Aurora. La Naturaleza and Mackenzie Roberts try to intervene but are cut off at the pass by Kelli Saint and Jay Aguero, eventually leaving Aurora with no choice but to tap out.

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"Godzilla" by Eminem played throughout the arena as Solomon Monster made his way to the ring. The leader of Kali Kartel snatched the microphone from Torres before he pushed him away.

Solomon Monster: Out of the ring of wrestlers, Torres, or at least what passes for wrestlers amongst this roster of children pretenders.

Torres scurries out of the ring as the crowd showers Solomon with jeers.

Solomon Monster: I have conveniently noticed I have been kept off of this Chasing Glory event; I have noticed that I haven’t been booked for the Massive II supershow on December 29th. One Wrestle Movement, I hear the message you have been subliminally sending my way. You wish to maneuver me onto the sidelines so that you can position these neophytes into a tier that they are not yet ready to attain. Nearly ninety percent of your roster, since the infamous Exodus, consist of children that have no experience. NO. EXPERIENCE.

The imposing man glares out to the booing crowd.

Solomon Monster: In this hand alone…

He holds up his left fist.

Solomon Monster: …I have more experience. Yet I have been placed on the backburner? The man that is positioned to face Jenn Drew at Massive II, Jacob Striker, I have defeated. Jenn Drew, the very champion of this company, would have no true value if it were not for her association with me during Year One. Since the moment I stepped foot into a One Wrestle Movement ring, I have shaped, molded, and dictated its course, knowing and unknowingly to many of you. But…

Solomon’s face turns to one of pure rage.

Solomon Monster:...none of that matters. What seems to matter to the suits and ties that the undeserving surpasses the deserve. And that deserving is me! At Massive II “The Return Home” a statement will be made. One Wrestling Movement, you WILL give me a challenge to end the year! You WILL give my an opponent or I will commence to rip through each and every member of this roster that night.

Solomon drops the mic as “Godzilla” begins to play, ushering the Kali Kartel’s leaders exit.

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Six Person Tag Team Match
"Bakersfield Butcher" Jack Riggs, Keon Suggs II, and “Straight Shooter” Jacob Striker vs.
“Pain Maker” Cain Dominquez, "Queen B” Bianca Davis, and “The Rebel Queen” Jenn Drew

Much like the previous match, people were expecting pure chaos out of this one. The match starts off with Jack Riggs standing across the ring from Bianca Davis and the two started off in typical fashion, duking it back and forth with Jack in control for most of it. Eventually Bianca uses her smaller stature in her favor and slips out of half nelson suplex attempt, turning things around with an eye rake and following it up with Queens Makeover (sit out facebuster) before Keon tagged himself into the match and tries to take the fight to Bianca. He charges forward, an arm extended for a running clothesline, but Bianca ducks under it and tags Jenn Drew into the match. Jenn instantly shows why she’s the 1WM World Champion, hitting a frankensteiner on Keon before starting to bicker a bit with Jacob. This brief distraction allows Keon to hit Jenn with a European uppercut before nailing her with a sitout spinebuster. Keon tags Jacob into the match and he yanks Jenn up and whips her off into the corner. Unbeknownst to him, Cain blind tags himself into the match and after Jacob hits Jenn with a northern lights suplex, Cain hits him with Fade to Black (claymore kick). Anarchy soon commenced as Jack rushed the ring with a steel chair to bang over the head of Cain. Keon and Bianca soon followed and brawled into a corner. The referee instantly calls for the bell to throw the match out. Jenn quickly rolls out of the ring, grabs her World title, and makes her way up the ramp.

Before she reaches the stage, an explosion of pyros send her down the ramp.“The 1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky plays and the mysterious figure in the Guy Fawkes mask appears on the big screen. Primus’ digitally-altered voice echoes in the arena.

Primus: Remember, remember the 29th of December when this company’s story changes plot. I know of no reason why this champion’s treason should ever be forgotten. Why do I call Jenn Drew’s championship reign treason? Because while we fight with hands and feet, tooth and nail, blood and sweat, Jenn Drew’s silence and lack of leadership during the Great Exodus is akin to betraying the people who founded this company and the person who made that World Title on her shoulder the most coveted prize in the world. When Arley Kirk was champion, everyone wanted a shot at the 1WM World Heavyweight Championship. Now, people would rather see the company fold than face an indifferent and complacent champion waiting for destiny to find her. By doing nothing, Jenn Drew, you gave our prestige away. And having Jacob Striker as your opponent at Massive will only seal the fate of this company.

I will NOT allow this. I am Primus. Short for Primus Inter Pares, the First Among Equals. It’s time for 1WM to rise from its ashes and regain its place of prominence in our industry. It will not happen with Jenn Drew as World Champion. It will not happen with Jacob Striker as champion. It will only happen when the 1WM World Title belongs to the One who is First Among Equals. When we all shed our masks, for good and for ill, and realize that the renaissance of this company lies not in idleness and complacency, but in innovation and proactivity. And each and every member of the 1WM roster, from La Naturaleza to the Fallen Angels, to Cain Dominguez, to even the Kali Kartel can equally tap into these ideals. You all just need someone to show you the way. Primus Inter Pares.

Remember, remember the 29th of December when One Wrestle will no longer be passive. I know of no reason why Primus can’t lead them to a glory that will be Massive.

The camera shows Jenn Drew still on her ass, gripping the championship belt and sneering at the huge image of Primus’ mask.

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