Promo: “With Eyes Ever Turned Inward”, CSI sucks. Options

[HollywoodSpikeJe...]

Promo: “With Eyes Ever Turned Inward”

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With SWF Smarkdown off the air, the official cameraman of the SWF, Gus, charges through the Credit Union Centre. His location? The locker room of the Number One Contender to the SWF International Championship. Turning a corner, he walks through an open door into a locker room. “Hollywood” Spike Jenkins stands in the middle of the room talking to none other than head of Creative Control, Joseph Peters.

“That is what I like to hear, Peters!”

“Good, good. But there is more to it, Spike…”

“Hold on, Peters. The camera is here!”

Spike turns towards Gus, pushing Peters out of view.

“Smartmarks Wrestling Federation! I have just received word that Spike Jenkins will finally get his title shot against SWF International Champion, Bruce Blank! After waiting for so long, I will finally get my title shot. After being on a big winning streak, defeating the likes of Akira Kaibatsu, Pierre Donette, and the number one contender to the SWF World Championship, Jimmy the Doom! But you know what? Even with those victories behind me, I am still considered an underdog. I am still considered unworthy of getting a title shot against the next big hoss, Bruce Blank!”

“But that is okay with me. I’m okay with being the underdog going in against Blank. In fact, in my mind, that gives me the advantage. Bruce Blank is going to go into this match expecting to pound away at some random throwaway. But I am far from that. Bruce Blank, I have this thing called strategy. Brain over brawn. I am going to go into this match and out-WRESTLE you.”

“Spike,” a voice comes from off screen, “Seriously, I need to finish telling you…”

“Hold on, Peters,” Spike waves at him, “I’m not done. Everyone out there needs to know how serious I am about this. How going into this match, I am not the King of Cambodia. How going into this match, I am not the guy who chokes at his big opportunity. I am not going to be ‘emo’ Spike Jenkins,” Jenkins pauses, as if thinking about what he just said, “But maybe…maybe that is who I am. Bruce and the rest of the World, I am going to let you in on a little secret about me.”

“The man you see in front of you is drug free, alcohol free. I am straight edge. I have kicked all my addictions to the side and focused on my wrestling, focused on my work, focused on my life,” Spike says with a grin, “But…there is one addiction I still have. One thing that has stuck with me ever since I was a kid growing up. That addiction is trying to prove myself. Not prove people wrong like another former straight edger,” Spike cracks another grin, “…like he preaches. But ever since I was kid, I’ve felt the need to prove myself better than everyone else. My friends, my family, and now, my opponents.”

“But maybe that has something to do with who I am today. Maybe that is what makes me emotional, as you people call it. Maybe the life I’ve lived has led me to this title match. Maybe because my mother walked out on me and my brother and sister when I was a kid, maybe that makes me emo. Maybe the fact that my father was an alcoholic or maybe he just didn’t tell me he loved me enough. Maybe it has something to do with my fiancé cheating on me and leaving me after I gave her everything. Maybe all of the troubles I have gone through in my life have made me emotional, Jenkins rants, as he shakes his head in disagreement, “No, it didn’t make me emotional. It made me tough. It made my skin hard. It made me into the man I am today. And that man, is somebody who is going to beat you, Bruce Blank.”

“I have to prove that I am better than you, Bruce. It’s my instinct. It’s my nature. It is my addiction. I will out-wrestle you and I will beat you, because I have to.”

“SPIKE!”

Peters shouts off screen, pulling Spike’s attention away from the camera.

“Damn it, Peters. What is it?”

“I really have to tell you something about the match!”

“Jesus…what is it?”

Spike walks off screen, over towards where Peters is standing. Whispering is heard from the head of Creative Control. Gus stands around, waiting to finish up the interview…but it finishes without him and off screen…







“WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S A GOD DAMN LUMBERJACK MATCH?”


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[Toxxic]

I like this one too. Not quite as good as the last one - for some reason it doesn't read quite as well - but still does the job well, builds to the match, gives Spike a reason for being as he is while still making it clear that he's a bit of a prick.

if you bring the sort of effort to the match that you've put into these two promos then Bruce is going to have a real fight on his hands.