Post by Johnny Q Public on Apr 16, 2011 13:11:18 GMT -6
Suggested listening "Little Lion Man"
The camera fades in on the ICW website, a mouse pointer moves over to the link displaying "Archvied Videos." We hear the sound of double clicking and we see pictures of old and current ICW superstars, some of these name are legendary names like
Amalek
Dave Dudley
Tommy Jacobs
Hoyakillah
Andrew Leigh
Lmo "How the hell did he get in here" is heard off camera
X-Dude
Lone Wolf
Johnny Q Public
"Hmm, Johnny Q Public" is heard off camera, "I wonder what is there."
Again the mouse moves over and we hear clicking and we see the typical links in any wrestling site displayed:
Greatest Matches
A historical retrospective
The list goes on, however at the bottom where one can barely notice it the following is listed
Johnny Q Public: Shooting from the hip
Off Camera Voice: "Hmm that's interesting, I never saw that before and it wasn't there before and it's not on anyone elses profile, could someone have hacked the ICW site? I gotta check this out.
The screen then cuts to a simply sparse room, sparse lighting, 2 chairs. In walks the interviewer, someone no one has seen before and will llikely never see again. He turns to the camera and speaks.
Interviewer: Hello ICW fans this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, a sit down with a man who was in ICW since near the beginning he has been around and seen the feds rise and fall. Please help me welcome Johnny Q Public.
There is shuffling and in walks ICW Icon Johnny Q Public dressed in his typical attire, black shorts, simple white t-shirt and black rayban sunglasses, he sits and takes off the glasses, and we see a face weather by years of being on the road, a few scars here and there however we do not see a man tired from the years, instead we see a man with a hungry look in his eyes. The interviewer speaks.
Interviewer: Johnny, thanks for being here I know your busy getting ready for the ICW relaunch I thought it might be appropriate to talk about the past first then the future.
Johnny: Sure man whatever works.
Interviewer: Lets talk about the beginnings how did you start in ICW?
Johnny: Simple, I was wrestling in LWN under the monicker of Phreak, I was saddled with some lame ass gimmick of being a punk rocker, and forced to compete for there hardcore title, I was given a sad backstory of spending time in prison, and relegated to the undercard being the proverbial jobber to the stars. Always elevating people while the same core group of people won the titles, the Hoyakillahs, Healiuses and the like. I thought things would be different when I heard they signed Dave Dudley but some strange shit happened and he was fired before he even competed. Around the time I was getting sick of the politics and bullshit that was in LWN. I got a page outta the blue for Dudley talking about HCW so I looked into it and even signed a provisionary contract, and before I could even get a match it folded. Then Dudley talked about this dude named Scottie PP7 and a Media Mogul outta PA named Mark McPhail, and they were starting a fed called ICW. So I gave ICW a try, at first ICW was faltering, they had a lame attempt at a PPV it made the Sting Hardy match at Bound for glory look like a 5 star match by comparison. But ICW recovered and got a core group of talent. Things were moving smoothly, I was wrestling actively, and even being positioned for a main event status. We saw some amazing stuff Dudley vs Amalek at To Hell and Back: We Ain't Dead Yet. The invasion of EFWO by ICW, it was fun, no backstage bullshit just guys doing what they loved. But as so very often happens when things are going the best that's when the other shoe drops.
Interviewer: What happened?
Johnny: Well ya see, ICW was having financial problems apparently Scottie and Mark bought into some Nigerian bank scheme and lost money there were days when I walk into a arena only being told to go home. It was getting ridiculous. At the same time Dudley was wrestling in multiple feds, he had a run in EFWO, EWA. He kept telling me to give EFWO a run. It was around this time LWN in some crazy ass financial scheme was bought by EWA lock stock and barrel, which means that EWA was LWN part II. I was wrestling on a pay per show basis there and even signed a provisional contract with EWA, but again the backstage bullshit got too much and I took Dudley's advice and looked at EFWO. I talked to the then owener and head booker X-Dude or Brian Oxenrider or The Ox as he is called now. He gave me a shot and booked me in some matches. I wrestled and was getting paid but something was different.
Interviewer: What was that?
Johnny: The backstage politics were even worse than LWN, I mean I tried to talk to people, and I tried to engage the bookers in making a decent storyline work but it seemed they only used me to stroke there own egos. Hell, they used me as there punching bag so much they had new stars who had an "in" with the bookers, use me to put them over and stroke the egos some more. The worst was Ox, he took my solid character that I had and basically killed any momentum I had it was a deal killer. I walked, and to this day I still say Ox and EFWO were responsible for holding me down for quite some time. It was silly, EFWO was the biggest fucking ego stroke convention there ever was.
Interviewer: What was ICW doing at that time?
Johnny: It was trying to survive but never made it back to where it was, they were so desperate they made Phil Flate head booker, he booked one show and every single fucking wrestler walked. Things were shaky after that, I even won the world title at one point but at that point ICW was a joke and I quit soon after, ICW died more or less until about 3 years ago, when ICW began another run with some old school people.
Interviewer: What was it like that time around?
Johnny: It was awesome we had some cool storylines working. Some new talent like Genesis were over huge, ICW was over HUGE. But again it died, why I don't think we will ever know.
Interviewer: What about now what do you think about ICW coming back from the dead again.
Johnny: laughing It beats the hell outta me man, who would though that after over 10 years people still want ICW. It's crazy as hell, but it's also fun as hell.
Interviewer: What do you think about the people currently around ICW?
Johnny: We got a good core group of people, LoneWolf, Murdoch, the man himself Dudley and Genesis, and many others.
Interviewer: What about The Ox what do you think about him, when you talked about your EFWO run I sensed disgust in your voice.
Johnny: Ahh, you caught that, well there is no love lost between me and Ox, I think his fed was one of the worst of the 5 ring Feds at the time EMMF, EFWO, LWN, EWA, ICW. His shows made less sense than TNA storylines, he talks about how he is ready, if I may allow me to send him a message. Hey Ox, your back I see good. Son, don't forget where you are now, this isn't EFWO, this I C fucking W, a house I helped build. You want the title you gotta go through me to get it. So get ready because I can promise you that the master of Cleancore is ready.
Interviewer: What are your other goals?
Johnny: Simple give the ICW fans one hell of a show, and win the title. To be the best.
Interviewer: Thanks Johnny, good luck in the rumble
Johnny stands and without saying a word walks off as the screen fades to static
The camera fades in on the ICW website, a mouse pointer moves over to the link displaying "Archvied Videos." We hear the sound of double clicking and we see pictures of old and current ICW superstars, some of these name are legendary names like
Amalek
Dave Dudley
Tommy Jacobs
Hoyakillah
Andrew Leigh
Lmo "How the hell did he get in here" is heard off camera
X-Dude
Lone Wolf
Johnny Q Public
"Hmm, Johnny Q Public" is heard off camera, "I wonder what is there."
Again the mouse moves over and we hear clicking and we see the typical links in any wrestling site displayed:
Greatest Matches
A historical retrospective
The list goes on, however at the bottom where one can barely notice it the following is listed
Johnny Q Public: Shooting from the hip
Off Camera Voice: "Hmm that's interesting, I never saw that before and it wasn't there before and it's not on anyone elses profile, could someone have hacked the ICW site? I gotta check this out.
The screen then cuts to a simply sparse room, sparse lighting, 2 chairs. In walks the interviewer, someone no one has seen before and will llikely never see again. He turns to the camera and speaks.
Interviewer: Hello ICW fans this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, a sit down with a man who was in ICW since near the beginning he has been around and seen the feds rise and fall. Please help me welcome Johnny Q Public.
There is shuffling and in walks ICW Icon Johnny Q Public dressed in his typical attire, black shorts, simple white t-shirt and black rayban sunglasses, he sits and takes off the glasses, and we see a face weather by years of being on the road, a few scars here and there however we do not see a man tired from the years, instead we see a man with a hungry look in his eyes. The interviewer speaks.
Interviewer: Johnny, thanks for being here I know your busy getting ready for the ICW relaunch I thought it might be appropriate to talk about the past first then the future.
Johnny: Sure man whatever works.
Interviewer: Lets talk about the beginnings how did you start in ICW?
Johnny: Simple, I was wrestling in LWN under the monicker of Phreak, I was saddled with some lame ass gimmick of being a punk rocker, and forced to compete for there hardcore title, I was given a sad backstory of spending time in prison, and relegated to the undercard being the proverbial jobber to the stars. Always elevating people while the same core group of people won the titles, the Hoyakillahs, Healiuses and the like. I thought things would be different when I heard they signed Dave Dudley but some strange shit happened and he was fired before he even competed. Around the time I was getting sick of the politics and bullshit that was in LWN. I got a page outta the blue for Dudley talking about HCW so I looked into it and even signed a provisionary contract, and before I could even get a match it folded. Then Dudley talked about this dude named Scottie PP7 and a Media Mogul outta PA named Mark McPhail, and they were starting a fed called ICW. So I gave ICW a try, at first ICW was faltering, they had a lame attempt at a PPV it made the Sting Hardy match at Bound for glory look like a 5 star match by comparison. But ICW recovered and got a core group of talent. Things were moving smoothly, I was wrestling actively, and even being positioned for a main event status. We saw some amazing stuff Dudley vs Amalek at To Hell and Back: We Ain't Dead Yet. The invasion of EFWO by ICW, it was fun, no backstage bullshit just guys doing what they loved. But as so very often happens when things are going the best that's when the other shoe drops.
Interviewer: What happened?
Johnny: Well ya see, ICW was having financial problems apparently Scottie and Mark bought into some Nigerian bank scheme and lost money there were days when I walk into a arena only being told to go home. It was getting ridiculous. At the same time Dudley was wrestling in multiple feds, he had a run in EFWO, EWA. He kept telling me to give EFWO a run. It was around this time LWN in some crazy ass financial scheme was bought by EWA lock stock and barrel, which means that EWA was LWN part II. I was wrestling on a pay per show basis there and even signed a provisional contract with EWA, but again the backstage bullshit got too much and I took Dudley's advice and looked at EFWO. I talked to the then owener and head booker X-Dude or Brian Oxenrider or The Ox as he is called now. He gave me a shot and booked me in some matches. I wrestled and was getting paid but something was different.
Interviewer: What was that?
Johnny: The backstage politics were even worse than LWN, I mean I tried to talk to people, and I tried to engage the bookers in making a decent storyline work but it seemed they only used me to stroke there own egos. Hell, they used me as there punching bag so much they had new stars who had an "in" with the bookers, use me to put them over and stroke the egos some more. The worst was Ox, he took my solid character that I had and basically killed any momentum I had it was a deal killer. I walked, and to this day I still say Ox and EFWO were responsible for holding me down for quite some time. It was silly, EFWO was the biggest fucking ego stroke convention there ever was.
Interviewer: What was ICW doing at that time?
Johnny: It was trying to survive but never made it back to where it was, they were so desperate they made Phil Flate head booker, he booked one show and every single fucking wrestler walked. Things were shaky after that, I even won the world title at one point but at that point ICW was a joke and I quit soon after, ICW died more or less until about 3 years ago, when ICW began another run with some old school people.
Interviewer: What was it like that time around?
Johnny: It was awesome we had some cool storylines working. Some new talent like Genesis were over huge, ICW was over HUGE. But again it died, why I don't think we will ever know.
Interviewer: What about now what do you think about ICW coming back from the dead again.
Johnny: laughing It beats the hell outta me man, who would though that after over 10 years people still want ICW. It's crazy as hell, but it's also fun as hell.
Interviewer: What do you think about the people currently around ICW?
Johnny: We got a good core group of people, LoneWolf, Murdoch, the man himself Dudley and Genesis, and many others.
Interviewer: What about The Ox what do you think about him, when you talked about your EFWO run I sensed disgust in your voice.
Johnny: Ahh, you caught that, well there is no love lost between me and Ox, I think his fed was one of the worst of the 5 ring Feds at the time EMMF, EFWO, LWN, EWA, ICW. His shows made less sense than TNA storylines, he talks about how he is ready, if I may allow me to send him a message. Hey Ox, your back I see good. Son, don't forget where you are now, this isn't EFWO, this I C fucking W, a house I helped build. You want the title you gotta go through me to get it. So get ready because I can promise you that the master of Cleancore is ready.
Interviewer: What are your other goals?
Johnny: Simple give the ICW fans one hell of a show, and win the title. To be the best.
Interviewer: Thanks Johnny, good luck in the rumble
Johnny stands and without saying a word walks off as the screen fades to static