The Intercontinental Superstar made for WGWF Television
Dec 11, 2022 22:38:09 GMT -5
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Post by "Cholo" Giovanni Santana on Dec 11, 2022 22:38:09 GMT -5
Cholo’s dad stands outside of a Chi-Chis restaurant on a warm El Paso night, wearing his working clothes from elsewhere. He peeks inside the restaurant then at his watch wondering what time his wife will finally get out. He sees tree men in the reflection of the window, and so he turns, finding three Latinos across the street, all wearing similar clothes: khaki pants, plaid long sleeve shirts with only the collar buttoned up and white t-shirts underneath with blue bandanas on their heads. All three nod, he nods back and then turns around as his wife comes out, dressed all in black and carrying a green apron over her shoulder. He kisses her on the lips and then puts his arms around her before quickly walking her towards a bus stop where luckily there are other people waiting. They sit down on a bench, and he quickly tells her about the men across the street but asks her not to look. She however tells him that they’re leaving, he looks and is relieved, as they get inside their low-rider and drive away. The bus arrives and they get on along with everyone else and as it pulls away our scene fades to black momentarily.
When it comes back, we see the bus arriving at a neighborhood stop in Chihuahuita, one of the worst neighborhoods in El Paso. They get out and as the bus pulls away, we notice the lowrider behind it. As the couple arrive at their apartment complex, it pulls up next to them. Two men get out and block their way in, and he quickly shields his wife.
No queremos problemas.
Heeeey, relax ese. We mean you no harm, ¿que no Chuy?
Chuy nods.
¿Entonces que?
We noticed you work and live in our turf. That’s good ese, you know why? Because we can protect you… Lots of ‘mal gente’ around these parts, los rojos are trying to infiltrate our turf plus the others are not too far behind. We are always vigilant… Always taking care of our hard-working people.
¿Si claro, y que quieren de regreso? ¿Dinero?
Tranquilo, we don’t ask for much. Just 20% of your cheque.
¡¿VEINTE?! ¡ESTAS LOCO!
Nah, that’s my homie in the car… You don’t want him to come out, besides, you may not like 20, but we could make it 40…
No, veinte está bien…
Orale... We collect once a month, and since we like our hardworking people, we’ll give you the rest of this month gratis. But every 5th, we’ll see you at Chi-Chis… Have your renta ready then… or…
¿oh que?
He just smiles but doesn’t answer, both head back to the car. The couple quickly head towards the apartments, but the main cholo whistles at him. They both turn.
Oye, no funny business. I’ve seen your little cholito, remember, he needs protection too.
Cholo’s dad doesn’t like this and tries to go after him, but she pulls him back and ushers him home. The cholos just laugh and then get in the car, slamming the door shut.
The slam of the door transitions us to Cholo’s face as he opens his eyes, as if that sound woke him up in the present time. He sits up and looks around him, then sees there are remains of duct tape on his wrists and ankles. Was he captured and then just dumped here? And where is here? The Chihuahuan Desert… He stands up, removing the pieces of tape, and this allows us to see that he is wearing khaki shorts, Hoka trail shoes and a blue tank top with matching blue bandana that is wrapped around his head, making his afro pop up like a head of broccoli. He looks around again and scratches his chin, wondering how he got here. He then smacks his lips, feeling rather parched. He grabs a backpack nearby and opens it, looking inside he quickly finds his mezcal flask. He pops it open, tilts his head back and goes to drink the mezcal goodness but it is completely empty, panic takes over.
Is this the end of Cholo?
He tosses the flask over his shoulder and then looks inside the bag for clues and pulls out a postcard that has a picture of the very desert he finds himself in, but it has a small hill that has been circled with an arrow pointing out of it to something that has been handwritten.
“Find what you seek here.”
He thinks on this briefly and then holds up the postcard and begins to rotate, trying to see if he can find the hill on the picture and sure enough he sees it.
That’s about 2 miles away, Cholo is thirsty and a bit hungry, but he can make it…
He begins walking, taking only the postcard. As he walks along the desert, he begins to think about what it said.
What Cholo seeks? Well, Cholo has been seeking the Television championship since he made his debut in WGWF. Cholo has said he is the Intercontinental Superstar made for WGWF Television… He is the poster hombre for any gold Chris and Jaime want to put around his waist… Television, Intercontinental, World, Cholo will make that championship look good! But Cholo knows he won’t find the television title inside that hill but in Las Vegas, hanging above the ring inside the CCPE Arena… And it just won’t be there, waiting for him to just take it… No, there will be three other people guarding it and all ladders that can be used to retrieve it, hoping they not only stop Cholo, but that they themselves reach for the gold and win it.
Though Cholo admits, that those three are not the ones he expected. Two of them, Cholo does not know at all and one of them, Cholo wishes he didn’t know as she is a very miserable human being. Who was Cholo expecting them in this 4-way title match then?
He expected his good friend Lexi Gold to be here…
He expected “el jefe’s” wife, Atara Raven to be there because “the fix” was supposed to be in…
…And he expected the hard hittin’, crappy-beer-drinkin’ Bam Miller to be there.
They, like Cholo, have been here for a while and he believed they were just as hungry as he was for the championship…
But Cholo guesses he was wrong. Instead of these two staples of the new WGWF plus Atara, Cholo finds himself facing Ace Sky and Emily Simms, both with one singles match under their belt, the one that got them this shot and the biggest VILLANA in the WGWF right now, Sonya Benson. Okay, perhaps Cholo should have expected her to be here because she is the type of moustro that would do anything and everything to get one win closer to fulfilling her contract that would send her out of the business she loathes.
It’s clear that she doesn’t care about this championship like Cholo does, she just wants the win, and for that alone, Cholo will do whatever he can to ensure she doesn’t. As for Sky and Simms, both seem to be solid opponents, but they are not hungry for this title like Cholo is. At least not yet. They haven’t worked half as hard as Cholo has, and simply put, they do not deserve this title just yet. One day in the not-so-distant future, perhaps… If they work hard enough, if they dedicate their time to not only this promotion but this business. Whenever that time comes, then Cholo, as the reigning Television champion will give them their shot.
Woah, two miles sure go by quickly when you’re shootin’ huh? Cholo has made it to the bottom of the hill, and from there he can see an opening to a cave about halfway up. He’s very sweaty, smelly and definitely tired.
But still mucho sexy.
No doubt. He uses these words of extreme wisdom to motivate himself to climb up the steep hill with his bare hands and it takes him about twenty minutes. Once there, he realizes he must go in, and about fifty yards into the cave, he finds two Native Americans guarding a door and holding spears. As he approaches them, they cross their spears, blocking the way. Cholo looks at them, hoping one of them would say something or at least make eye contact but nada.
Um, que paso muchachos? What’s behind the door?
One of them turns to him.
Inside you’ll find...
The other one looks at him.
That which you seek.
Cholo thinks on this hard, and then his face lights up.
There is only one thing that Cholo always seeks… A FIESTA!!
They look at each other with a ‘WTF’ look.
Right?
“RIGHT!” They both shout and that startles Cholo, but he quickly recovers. They move their spears aside and then the door swings open and as soon as it does, loud music is heard coming out from inside. There you see a party the likes of which you haven’t seen since the giant techno orgy that took place in the caves of Zion before the machines attacked. No orgy here though, just good clean partying and two of Cholo’s friends appear.
CHOLO! You made it!
We were beginning to worry amigo, thinking we used too much peyote.
Peyote? Is that what you used to knock Cholo out?
Nah! We all took it! We have been partying out there in the desert man, you don’t ‘member? That’s when you came up with this crazy party idea! The post card, the vague instructions, leaving you out there to freak out, thinking maybe you had gotten kidnapped and left for dead?
Cholo came up with all that?
Hells shah!
Just for a fiesta in a cave?
YAAAAP!
Sounds right, well, what are we waiting for? Let’s rumba!
They hand him a drink which he gulps down right away. They hand him another one as they go in, but sadly we don’t, as the guards quickly block the way.
El Closing Shoot
Ace and Emily, there are still too many unanswered questions about the two of you for Cholo to know what to expect at Brawl. But he does hope you two bring a good fight, and that you make him work for the championship because the harder it is to earn, the more meaningful it is.
But let’s be honest Emily, you advanced thanks to Bam getting himself disqualified, so have you really earned this shot? How good are you really mamacita? Cholo cannot wait to find out.
Ace, you took down the bosses’ wife in your debut, that takes huevos, my respect… Jaimito is not going to be happy about that, if Cholo was you, he would keep eyes on the back of his head, maybe get some bodyguards, because they may be out for vengeance on Monday. But do try to stay focused on the task at hand, because if you start to worry about them, how could you possibly focus on taking this Television Championship from Cholo?
Now Sonya, Cholo knows all he needs to know about you and be warned pendeja, if you bring Chuck (and) Norris to the ring, Cholo will have back up of his own to keep them in check. Lo siento BRUJA, but if you want to win this ladder match, if you want to win take this championship from Cholo, you are going to have to do it all on your own… and sincerely, Cholo doesn’t believe you can…
Mi gente, Cholo expects to do what he has been doing from day one, finding a way to win. Steal, scape, earn, whatever you want to call it! He will do what everyone expects him to, become the first Television champion of the new WGWF… and when he stands atop of that ladder, holding it over his head… It won’t be because he “deserved” it… It will be because maldita sea! HE EARNED IT!”
DALE!
When it comes back, we see the bus arriving at a neighborhood stop in Chihuahuita, one of the worst neighborhoods in El Paso. They get out and as the bus pulls away, we notice the lowrider behind it. As the couple arrive at their apartment complex, it pulls up next to them. Two men get out and block their way in, and he quickly shields his wife.
No queremos problemas.
Heeeey, relax ese. We mean you no harm, ¿que no Chuy?
Chuy nods.
¿Entonces que?
We noticed you work and live in our turf. That’s good ese, you know why? Because we can protect you… Lots of ‘mal gente’ around these parts, los rojos are trying to infiltrate our turf plus the others are not too far behind. We are always vigilant… Always taking care of our hard-working people.
¿Si claro, y que quieren de regreso? ¿Dinero?
Tranquilo, we don’t ask for much. Just 20% of your cheque.
¡¿VEINTE?! ¡ESTAS LOCO!
Nah, that’s my homie in the car… You don’t want him to come out, besides, you may not like 20, but we could make it 40…
No, veinte está bien…
Orale... We collect once a month, and since we like our hardworking people, we’ll give you the rest of this month gratis. But every 5th, we’ll see you at Chi-Chis… Have your renta ready then… or…
¿oh que?
He just smiles but doesn’t answer, both head back to the car. The couple quickly head towards the apartments, but the main cholo whistles at him. They both turn.
Oye, no funny business. I’ve seen your little cholito, remember, he needs protection too.
Cholo’s dad doesn’t like this and tries to go after him, but she pulls him back and ushers him home. The cholos just laugh and then get in the car, slamming the door shut.
The slam of the door transitions us to Cholo’s face as he opens his eyes, as if that sound woke him up in the present time. He sits up and looks around him, then sees there are remains of duct tape on his wrists and ankles. Was he captured and then just dumped here? And where is here? The Chihuahuan Desert… He stands up, removing the pieces of tape, and this allows us to see that he is wearing khaki shorts, Hoka trail shoes and a blue tank top with matching blue bandana that is wrapped around his head, making his afro pop up like a head of broccoli. He looks around again and scratches his chin, wondering how he got here. He then smacks his lips, feeling rather parched. He grabs a backpack nearby and opens it, looking inside he quickly finds his mezcal flask. He pops it open, tilts his head back and goes to drink the mezcal goodness but it is completely empty, panic takes over.
Is this the end of Cholo?
He tosses the flask over his shoulder and then looks inside the bag for clues and pulls out a postcard that has a picture of the very desert he finds himself in, but it has a small hill that has been circled with an arrow pointing out of it to something that has been handwritten.
“Find what you seek here.”
He thinks on this briefly and then holds up the postcard and begins to rotate, trying to see if he can find the hill on the picture and sure enough he sees it.
That’s about 2 miles away, Cholo is thirsty and a bit hungry, but he can make it…
He begins walking, taking only the postcard. As he walks along the desert, he begins to think about what it said.
What Cholo seeks? Well, Cholo has been seeking the Television championship since he made his debut in WGWF. Cholo has said he is the Intercontinental Superstar made for WGWF Television… He is the poster hombre for any gold Chris and Jaime want to put around his waist… Television, Intercontinental, World, Cholo will make that championship look good! But Cholo knows he won’t find the television title inside that hill but in Las Vegas, hanging above the ring inside the CCPE Arena… And it just won’t be there, waiting for him to just take it… No, there will be three other people guarding it and all ladders that can be used to retrieve it, hoping they not only stop Cholo, but that they themselves reach for the gold and win it.
Though Cholo admits, that those three are not the ones he expected. Two of them, Cholo does not know at all and one of them, Cholo wishes he didn’t know as she is a very miserable human being. Who was Cholo expecting them in this 4-way title match then?
He expected his good friend Lexi Gold to be here…
He expected “el jefe’s” wife, Atara Raven to be there because “the fix” was supposed to be in…
…And he expected the hard hittin’, crappy-beer-drinkin’ Bam Miller to be there.
They, like Cholo, have been here for a while and he believed they were just as hungry as he was for the championship…
But Cholo guesses he was wrong. Instead of these two staples of the new WGWF plus Atara, Cholo finds himself facing Ace Sky and Emily Simms, both with one singles match under their belt, the one that got them this shot and the biggest VILLANA in the WGWF right now, Sonya Benson. Okay, perhaps Cholo should have expected her to be here because she is the type of moustro that would do anything and everything to get one win closer to fulfilling her contract that would send her out of the business she loathes.
It’s clear that she doesn’t care about this championship like Cholo does, she just wants the win, and for that alone, Cholo will do whatever he can to ensure she doesn’t. As for Sky and Simms, both seem to be solid opponents, but they are not hungry for this title like Cholo is. At least not yet. They haven’t worked half as hard as Cholo has, and simply put, they do not deserve this title just yet. One day in the not-so-distant future, perhaps… If they work hard enough, if they dedicate their time to not only this promotion but this business. Whenever that time comes, then Cholo, as the reigning Television champion will give them their shot.
Woah, two miles sure go by quickly when you’re shootin’ huh? Cholo has made it to the bottom of the hill, and from there he can see an opening to a cave about halfway up. He’s very sweaty, smelly and definitely tired.
But still mucho sexy.
No doubt. He uses these words of extreme wisdom to motivate himself to climb up the steep hill with his bare hands and it takes him about twenty minutes. Once there, he realizes he must go in, and about fifty yards into the cave, he finds two Native Americans guarding a door and holding spears. As he approaches them, they cross their spears, blocking the way. Cholo looks at them, hoping one of them would say something or at least make eye contact but nada.
Um, que paso muchachos? What’s behind the door?
One of them turns to him.
Inside you’ll find...
The other one looks at him.
That which you seek.
Cholo thinks on this hard, and then his face lights up.
There is only one thing that Cholo always seeks… A FIESTA!!
They look at each other with a ‘WTF’ look.
Right?
“RIGHT!” They both shout and that startles Cholo, but he quickly recovers. They move their spears aside and then the door swings open and as soon as it does, loud music is heard coming out from inside. There you see a party the likes of which you haven’t seen since the giant techno orgy that took place in the caves of Zion before the machines attacked. No orgy here though, just good clean partying and two of Cholo’s friends appear.
CHOLO! You made it!
We were beginning to worry amigo, thinking we used too much peyote.
Peyote? Is that what you used to knock Cholo out?
Nah! We all took it! We have been partying out there in the desert man, you don’t ‘member? That’s when you came up with this crazy party idea! The post card, the vague instructions, leaving you out there to freak out, thinking maybe you had gotten kidnapped and left for dead?
Cholo came up with all that?
Hells shah!
Just for a fiesta in a cave?
YAAAAP!
Sounds right, well, what are we waiting for? Let’s rumba!
They hand him a drink which he gulps down right away. They hand him another one as they go in, but sadly we don’t, as the guards quickly block the way.
El Closing Shoot
Ace and Emily, there are still too many unanswered questions about the two of you for Cholo to know what to expect at Brawl. But he does hope you two bring a good fight, and that you make him work for the championship because the harder it is to earn, the more meaningful it is.
But let’s be honest Emily, you advanced thanks to Bam getting himself disqualified, so have you really earned this shot? How good are you really mamacita? Cholo cannot wait to find out.
Ace, you took down the bosses’ wife in your debut, that takes huevos, my respect… Jaimito is not going to be happy about that, if Cholo was you, he would keep eyes on the back of his head, maybe get some bodyguards, because they may be out for vengeance on Monday. But do try to stay focused on the task at hand, because if you start to worry about them, how could you possibly focus on taking this Television Championship from Cholo?
Now Sonya, Cholo knows all he needs to know about you and be warned pendeja, if you bring Chuck (and) Norris to the ring, Cholo will have back up of his own to keep them in check. Lo siento BRUJA, but if you want to win this ladder match, if you want to win take this championship from Cholo, you are going to have to do it all on your own… and sincerely, Cholo doesn’t believe you can…
Mi gente, Cholo expects to do what he has been doing from day one, finding a way to win. Steal, scape, earn, whatever you want to call it! He will do what everyone expects him to, become the first Television champion of the new WGWF… and when he stands atop of that ladder, holding it over his head… It won’t be because he “deserved” it… It will be because maldita sea! HE EARNED IT!”
DALE!
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