Toxxic 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2004 The Cumberland County Civic Centre, a few hours before Smarkdown "Revolution Zero." Toxxic says the name in a voice heavily laden with irony. "But shouldn't it be our opponents who have Zero chance, not us?" the straight-edger continues, asking the question of the two men in wrestling gear that share the dressing room with him. Jet and Marcus Washington look on from the sidelines, the PA looking like he wants to interject on his client's behalf but not quite wanting to interrupt the Brit when he's on course to launch into a tirade. "We announced our presence, we set out our goals," Toxxic says, striding up and down and glaring into his followers' faces - the fact that he has to stare upwards to eyeball Sean Davis doesn't seem to throw him a bit. "And yet that night, the only one of us who actually did what we'd set out to do was me. I beat Tom Fucking Flesher, 1-2-3 in the middle of the ring in his bloody hometown! A straight singles win over possibly the greatest pure wrestler to ever set foot in an SWF ring! But you guys went for the Tag Titles against a makeshift team that had never wrestled together before... and you blew it." "Hey, at least I actually attempted to pin them-" Davis begins, but Toxxic whirls on him and cuts the big man off with the sheer force of his anger. "This is not about who did what," he seethes, "this is about the fact that you and Spike did not work together as a team, but the Masked Moron and the Urban Knob-End did!" He turns to Spike, who looks like he really, really wants to be somewhere else and preferably smoking something. "Spike, you were the SWF veteran in that ring by quite some way," Toxxic says, gesturing at Hollywood's Cruiserweight Title, "but you were making rookie mistakes I wouldn't have expected out of Edward James!" "Dude, Todd Cortez has been straight-edge longer than me-" Spike starts, but Toxxic cuts him off as well. "This is not about being straight-edge, either!" he snaps. "That is about increasing your drug-addled concentration and meaning that I can actually stand to be around you - it is not an instant key to winning titles! And incidentally, you need to have a word with Bobby Riley before next show and tell him that if he refers to you as the `New Straight-Edge Sensation' one more time then I am going to kick both your arses - there was nothing `sensational' about you in that tag match, you were more like the Straight-Edge Mediocre!" Sean Davis smirks at that, but Toxxic rounds on him again quickly. "And you," he says, pointing at the big man's chest. "Did you call that `using your strength'? `cos what I saw was a lumbering lump that bore an uncanny resemblance to something about to go extinct from asteroid impact!" "Mr. Toxxic, that is defamation of character and-" Marcus says, but Toxxic isn't in the mood to let anyone complete a sentence today. "Zip it, lawyer boy," he snarls, "or you and your precious client can see how well you cope in the SWF without our help, and how quickly you get another title shot." He turns back to Spike and Sean. "Sean, you annihilated Rob Gilbert. You destroyed Munich first time around. You gave Dace Fucking Night a good run for his money, and that if nothing else shows that you're a bloody good talent. Now I know you can take Munich and Ced Ordonez tonight as long as you focus on your strengths and their weaknesses - and after they beating they took from Janus, they’ll be weak. Try and isolate Ced as you'll be able to wear him down quicker, and when it's two against one time isn't on your side." The Straight-Edge Sensation turns to Spike. "Spike, you showed me your quality when we went one-on-one, and you put in a bloody awesome performance to beat Austin Sly. That sort of ability is why you're Cruiserweight Champion," he tells Hollywood. "Flesher is bloody tough, as you well know, but however good he may be you still have a chance to get what you want out of the match. Just don't get sidetracked, and give that bastard hell for what he pulled on Lockdown." "Dude, what about you against Janus?" Spike asks. "I mean, No-DQ? That's fucking bad man!" "Kibagami, Danny, Flesher," Toxxic counts on his fingers. "Hey, how tough can one more World Champion be? And this time, I’m not either tied to him with a strap or still bleeding from going through plate glass.” The leader of Revolution Zero sees Davis and Washington looking at him curiously and waves his hand dismissively. “Long story. Let’s just say the guy who did it isn’t around anymore.” He stops and steps back, switching his gaze from Jenkins to Davis and back again. “‘Hollywood’ Spike Jenkins. ‘The Perfect Storm’ Sean Davis. Together we are greater than the sum of our parts - and the sum of our parts itself is no mean thing. I’m not saying we can always win,” he continues, looking at Spike, “but we can get what we want. And remember - the Revolution doesn’t stop here. It will continue.” Slowly, the lopsided grin creeps up the right hand side of the Straight-Edge Sensation’s face. “We are only the beginning.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dace59 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2004 Ahhh, Toxxic's plugging the holes on the leaking ship I see. Well, if know one else if condifident about his stable, Toxxic certainly is. Still, building up the 'character' of the stable adn hyping the show which is all a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the.weej 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2004 The success of a stable depends wholly on its leader's ability to motivate the other members and generally create a presence for the stable in the fed. It's more than just winning matches, it's being able to promo, get involved in angles and generally make as many waves as possible. Toxxic's trying hard to do that, and this is a good promo, but I think Revolution Zero has two roadblocks to pass before it becomes a truly formidable force that can hang around with the stable history the SWF has. One is some kind of missing part, and two is a real enemy. We'll see how things come together after the PPV, though. -Z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2004 Well, we'll probably be getting another part soon enough. As for the enemy, in the lack of many other stables (especially since Rando's Boy Scouts seem to lack a certain amount of showingness at the moment) I think we'll have to stick with the time-honoured method of heeldom. OK everyone, look in the mirror. See that? That's our enemy, right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
