PROMO: The State of the Mag-7

[Guest Ace309]

May 2, 2003.

Adam’s Mark Denver, Presidential Suite.

~ 6 PM.

 

The room is silent, except for the soft tapping of typing on a laptop keyboard. The Doc Marten boots sit by the bed; the SWF World Championship belt is on the table next to the laptop, with a bottle of Absolut Citron and a rocks glass between them. Tom Flesher pauses to add another shot of Citron to his glass with ice, then takes a sip and continues.

 

Brian,

 

First of all, I’m not pleased with your choice of partners at Battleground. After all that son of a bitch has done, I was happy that I’d never have to see him again. Of all the people to bring him back into the SWF, I can’t believe you’d be the one.

 

Flesher pauses, not happy with what he’s writing, and takes a sip of Citron to build up his courage.

 

Say all you want that it’s none of my business who you bring back. Say that it’s not going to affect what I’m doing. Say that… I’m not going to be stuck in another two-month feud with someone who can barely spell his name. It’s all baseless. You and I both know that as soon as that glorified sebaceous gland steps back into the ring, I’m going to have to deal with him. Brian, it just doesn’t make sense to bring him back now. Not when I’m busy with Williams.

 

Tom stops to drum his fingers on the table. He sighs deeply, not sure where to go in the letter or what to do with his adversary.

 

And Jesus, Brian. How could you call up Dace Night when Williams has been grooming him? Don’t you realize how dangerous that is? I mean, thank god Ted, Alex and Pete didn’t send Va’aiga up with them. Did you even check? It’s only serendipity that’s keeping me from having to deal with Deathwish, the High Priest AND the Maori. At least this time I can send Bill and Jir after them to cut off their head before the body even awakens.

 

So, with those pleasantries out of the way, let me just, once more, express my disbelief at the match at Battleground. Of course, you threw me a bone… you put in the tag rule. Thank GOD for the tag rule, because lord knows without it the match would be a glorified handicap. My only hope is that Frost gets so confused by the tagging that his pitiful Scandinavian brain short-circuits and he collapses. Of course, CCBB has a combined IQ of about seven, so it won’t be a very big deal now that they can’t both be in the ring at the same time with me… but god, Brian, THINK!

 

Flesher pours a fresh shot into his glass. He looks at it, and before he sets the bottle down, pours in a second shot. He quickly lifts the glass and gulps down a mouthful of the lemon vodka.

 

So you have me in what may well become a de facto handicap match while another stable draws a bead on me and while you bring in a partner that… don’t get me wrong, Brian, I know you get along well with him. But you need to think about what’s best for your World Champion before you start doing stupid shit like that. You have Bill and Jir in a damn TLC match. Janus… well, Janus hasn’t been himself lately. He doesn’t seem focused on the goals of the stable. He’s off in his own little world… and you do this to us NOW. All I can say is that you owe us, Brian. Atlas is here now to take over where Fugue left off, but you’ve put us quite a few notches down.

 

Flesher takes one more sip of the vodka before typing…

 

You better make it the fuck up to us.

 

- Tom

 

Flesher gulps the last of the Citron in his glass, and then quickly clicks “SEND.”

 

~fin~

[Guest Goodear]

*coughhostiletakeovercough*

[Guest realitycheck]

Oo... nice, very nice. Some obvious dissention between the M7 and their "most benevolent benefactor" becomes... uh, obvious. It also adds a teensie bit of heat to the PPV match, puts a bit more intrigue on who King's partner is, and makes the Trinity seem like big players right off the bat.

 

Also, I know it's been played up in the past that the only guy Tom will back down from is King, so having to take shots of vodka for the courage to write was a nice touch. Cool work.

 

-Z

[Secret Agent 0]

Ohh, very cool promo Tammo. I'm betting this mystery partner of King's is Edwin!

[Guest HVilleThugg]

I'm betting it's not...cause that would make absolutely NO sense seeing as how they despise each other after Edwin was forced by King to retire Mark Stevens.

 

So, let's just say that if Edwin is the partner, King and Neilson should be slapped with a $32432 fine for a horrible angle twist.

 

I'm pretty confident that it's Thoth...maybe Silent.

 

Da "knows more than you know...oh...wait...no he doesn't" H

[Guest hhh6294]

Very nice promo, Tom.

 

kinda makes me want to start writing promos again

[Guest Beingz0wningj00]

Good stuff. I also thought the vodka bit was a nice touch.

[Guest Insanityman]

(Y)! Indeed Tom, the vodka was a great touch as I can see it way too vividly and I'm actually interested where it leads.

[Guest Thoth]

You used our real names, sort of. LDP's real name is Dan.

 

That was so close to breaking kayfabe, IMO.

[Guest realitycheck]

Thoth makes a point. It should've either been Ted, Chris and Dan, or Yuuichiro, Alex and Pete.

 

-Z

[Guest Ace309]

I thought about that, but I didn't think anyone would know who Dan was. I also wasn't sure about Chris. Thoth the Character isn't booking the JL; Longdogger Pete IS a character involved in the running of the JL; and Zed, no one cares about either way.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

I like the letter idea of the promo. Although I see Tom taking a more direct approach, regardless of the trepidation he's shown toward King in the past. I also really like how he puts Danny and his new alliance over, but it almost sounds like he considers them to be a much bigger threat than Frost and TNT, which I don't think he should be doing. I would say that any feud between the Mag 7 and the trinity is a couple months down the road yet.

 

As for King's partner, we all know it's the Memphis Eel. It's always the Memphis Eel. Great hinting, though.

[Guest Suicide King]

Man, everybody be getting all up in my face of late.

[Guest Longdogger_Pete]

My new promo sheds light on things now, at least where I'm concerned. Pete is Pete, not Dan. Pete works in SJL. Yes.

 

Nice promo Tom. And I'm not just saying it because you put me up to it. Really, I'm not.