Post by Bam Miller on Aug 11, 2023 20:16:07 GMT -5
After Brawl 7/17]
After the show went off, the WGWF crew started breaking down the ring and various other equipment from around the arena, and wrestlers started heading home. Mac and I decided to sit in my all-black Ford truck in the parking lot as we smoked, drank, and talked among ourselves.
Bam Miller: Fuck we almost had them Mac, that's my bad on this miss communication.
Mac sits back and smokes a cigarette for a moment and then blows his smoke out the window
Mac Bane: Don't sweat it Bam it was only our second match tagging together. Some mistakes were bound to be made, let's just be glad it wasn't with the Titkles on the line.
I nod my head as I take a sip out of my Miller Lite bottle.
Bam Miller: That's true Mac but I wanted us to keep up the momentum we had built after capturing the Tag Team titles, especially with Summer Madness up on the horizon.
Mac hits his cigarette again.
Mac Bane: that's exactly why I'm glad we had these issues now and not until the big Tag Team Turmoil match, this gives us time to work on our weaknesses as a tag team and make sure we are on the same damn page by the time the bell rings because I can tell you right now we can’t afford to make so many mistakes in a match like this. One wrong move could be all it takes to get us out of there and then we really would become one-hit wonders if we lose the Tag Team Titles in our first title defense.
I sit back in my chair as I take a sip from my Miller Lite beer bottle and then fire up a cigarette and take a few puffs.
Bam Miller: Yeah I guess that's the bright side to it, but I just never take losing well but since partnering up with you I've learned to take something away from each loss I've taken and I will do the same with this one because I know at Summer Madness the competition is thick and we will have teams just as talented as Cable and Adams and even more talented depending on who you ask.
Mac nods his head in agreement as he takes a couple of puffs from his cigarette.
Mac Bane: No doubt we are going to have a group of talented teams coming for our heads as they try to take our WGWF Tag Team Belts and our throne at the top of the tag team division. You know its funny how when Todrick and Austin were the Tag Champs around here the tag division was weak in numbers and nobody was barely coming into this company to get a shot at them but the minute we came together and made and took the WGWF Tag Team Belts we made this tag division become the hottest in all of pro wrestling.
I smirk as I take a sip of my beer.
Bam Miller: Yeah we made good on our promise to lite a fire under neath this division and now we got them all coming for us at Summer Madness with more eyes on the product than ever before. People want to see if we can live up to the hype or if we are just one-hit wonders that got lucky once.
I smirk as I look at Mac.
Bam Miller: I got to tell you though Mac Im feeling really lucky again and I know will deliver because we not just fighting for our right to stay WGWF Tag Team Champions, we are fighting for our legacy… Well I know I am because so far my legacy in this industry is that I'm just a tough guy that will give you a run for your money and I'm tired of that narrative I really am Mac, this is the first time in a long time Ive been able to call myself a Champion and I like to be able to successfully defend these Tag Team Championships. The last Championship I held only lasted for a little while, didn't even make it pass the first defense. My legacy is on the line Mac and I like to get the narrative of a loser off my back but I can only do that with your help.
Mac takes one final pull from his cigarette and blows the smoke out the window and then tosses it out of the window.
Mac Bane: I got your back Bam but your wrong if you think I've got nothing more to fight for besides these Tag Team Championships. My legacy is more than set in stone, I've had a great career that puts me in the halls of the legendary best but one thing I still have to prove people wrong about me this late in my career. They still question if I still got it Bam! They question if an old soul like me can still hang in the ring and have a legendary Championship run. You see I understand where you coming from Bam, I know what it's like to sit up at night and read about what the critics have to say about you on Twitter. We became The WGWF Tag Team Champions in our first tag match together and all we get is disrespect.
Mac pauses for a moment as I listen to him carefully.
Mac Bane: They don't see us as Champions Bam, they just see an old guy and a loser but together we are going to change that narrative right around at Summer Madness when we walk into Hell and defend our Tag Team Championships against every team in the WGWF and whatever other team that dares to answer the challenge against us. In one night we are going to prove The Alliance of Ultra-Violence is the best Tag team in the world!
Bam Miller: I'll drink to that!
I finish my beer and then throw the bottle out the window and then open my door and step out and start walking to Mac's side.
Bam Miller: Yeah partner I think it is best if you drove us to the hotel, Im more tipsy than an alcoholic at an all-you-can-drink bar.
Mac laughs as he gets out of the passenger side and lets me take his seat.
Mac Bane: Now I expected someone like you to be able to hold your Liqour better.
I laugh it off as I lean back in the seat.
Bam Miller: Yeah yeah, just get me to the hotel, I got to get up in the morning to see that head doctor in Detroit tomorrow.
Mac nods his head as he starts the truck up.
Mac Bane: Them blackouts are still pretty bad huh?
I nod my head as I close my eyes and Mac begins to drive the truck, after a couple of minutes I doze off and enter into my subconscious dream state of mind.
Dream Stae Of Mind
In my dream state of mind, all I can think about is how I and Mac pulled off the heist of a century just a few weeks ago, nobody expected us to be able to take the WGWF Tag Team Titles from Austin and Todrick but we did it by being calculating and waiting for the perfect chance to strike, we knew their guard was weak and that their foundation was crumbling from underneath them and despite the being two time Champs we knew it would be too much for them to overcome but seems like we spoiled a lot of peoples plans when we made our move because now we have more thieves coming for the grand prize we hold in our possessions now and its just not thieves of the WGWF, we have outside mercenaries coming for us as well. Many of them look at us as fresh Tag Team Champions with little experience together.
They take a look at my track record and Mac's age and think we are as vulnerable as the last Champions but it's going to be foolish on their part to even think that because as the ones that pulled off such a heist in the first place we've proven we are much more than just brutes that can enforce violence. we have shown we can put a plan together and overcome the odds and at Summer Maddenss we are going to do it again.
As I go deeper into my dream state of mind a vivid picture starts to form of me inside a room with Mac that has a big whiteboard with each Team competing in the Turmoil match at Summer Madness on it. Mac smokes on a Cigar in front of the board while I sit behind a long table with the WGWF Tag Team titles on them. Mac approaches the table and leans in toward me.
Mac Bane: Get focused Bam, We've got a lot to go over if we are going to keep the crown jewels we worked so hard to heist. As you know Summer Madness is upon us and we've got a lot of thieves coming for what we got. They want to pull of their own big heist and make us look like fools in the process Bam but we aren't going to let that happen because we've worked too damn hard to pull off the heist of the century and make people so envious of us.
I nod my head in understanding at Mac and then turn my attention to the board where all the teams are displayed.
Bam Miller: So who all we got coming for the kings?
Mac smirks as he looks at the board and points first at a team we all know too well the former Tag Team Champions the Show Stealerz.
Mac Bane: Well of course Austin and Todrick are going to try and recapture what we took from them and I expect them to come in giving us everything we can handle and then some but the facts are those two aint been doing so great since we knocked them of the top of the tag team mountain. I mean did you see Todrick match with Enigma at the Entity?
I nod my head in a yes motion.
Bam Miller: Got fucking slaughtered if I remember correctly.
Mac laughs as he thinks about what happened to Todrick.
Mac Bane: Yeah it was a brutal one and one I know will stay in the back of Todricks mind and Austin, you know those two are good at getting motivation from their shortcomings so just because they have been beaten down doesn't mean they won't still give us a good fight like last time but unfortunately for them, we already know how to break them down and pick them apart.
Bam Miller: Yeah I know they've been putting on a show on Twitter for everyone to think they are back on the same page and everything is peaceful at home but deep down Todrick still thinks about how Austin really thought she would cheat on him and betray his trust, that type of hurt does not go away, so we will continue to exploit that and make the cracks in their union crumble.
Mac puts a giant X through the picture of the Show Stealerz and then turns his attention to Joe Montouri and Atara.
Mac Bane: Now a few months ago you wouldve never thought these two would align with each other but much like we did they found a way to put their past hate for each other to the side for a common goal, unfortunately for them their common goal leads to us.
Mac smirks.
Mac Bane: And ever since Joe turned his back on us in IIW and cost Kim the TV Championship on Brawl a few weeks ago Ive been waiting for the opportunity to get my hands on that fool adn come Summer Madness that fool is walking back into my yard and if memory serves correct the last time we hooked up I beat him within in an inch of his life and now he thinks just because he has a Raven by his side that hes just going to be able to take the WGWF Tag team Championships from us? How foolish!
Bam Miller: Yeah it is foolish, especially when you pick the wrong Raven to go to war with and Im not downplaying the legacy of Atara because its damn sure impressive, its just been a while since she's competed in a ring let alone a high stakes match like this. And the last time we was in a match together I pin the greek goddess for the one, two , and three so it seems the only thing Joe and Atara have in common heading into this match is that they both know what its like to lose to us.
Mac nods his head in agreement as he puts an X through their picture now and then points toward The Young Lions.
Mac Bane: Now we both know these two punks pretty damn well, they got involved in our business when it came to capturing the WGWF Tag Team Championships and ever since them young boys have been trying to ride our success and act like they are the reason we've became Champions.
Bam Miller: Yeah seems like they haven't taken the advice that Kat has been given them but since she cant control here little cowardly cats I guess will have to show them that the climb to the top of the mountain is a whole lot harder than they think and the fall they are going to take once we knock them off is a long ways down. Maybe after we dominate them and everyone else in this match that we will show that we are that damn good!
Mac nods his head and puts a giant X through their picture and then we come to the Cassette Collection.
Mac Bane: Much like the Young Lions aint too much to say about duo they won a match and lose won surprisingly to the Young Lions, but unlike The Young Lions these girls are actually humbled and aren't full of themselves and they have hella heart Bam, they aren't going to roll over they are going to fight until we do enough to keep them down.
Bam Miller: Then I guess we will just have to inflict as much damage as we possibly can until all that heart they got stop beating and they roll over and realize that walking into hell with us got them burnt.
I get up now with the WGWF Tag Team Champions around my shoulders and approach the board myself and put a giant X across the whole thing.
Bam Miller: That goes for whatever else jackass team that Chris Page manages to bring in, I don't care where they from or what success they had outside of the WGWF, this is our home turf and we sit at the top of the Tag team Division because we pulled off the biggest heist of the century and come Summer Madness we are going to keep what we earned.
I shake Macs hand and give him his Tag Team Belt, he then says my name over and over again but its like hes on repeat and doesnt stop even when I answer , after a couple minutes everything goes dark and the room i'm in disappears and then im suddenly back into reality as i open my eyes and find myself in front of the hotel with the car at a stop as Mac looks at me.
Mac Bane: Hey man its time to get out partner, everything good?
I look at Mac for a moment and then smirk.
Bam Miller: Yeah just another one of those dreams.
Mac laughs then shakes his head as he steps out the car and grabs his bag and I do the same, we then meet in front of the car with our Tag Team Championships in hand.
Bam Miller: Listen before we go , let me just say we busted our asses to get to where we are today. We sacrificed a lot, and put in a lot of work to call ourselves Champion and I'll be damn if we let anyone come into our house and rob us of our hard work! Thes Championship belts mean something, so lets treat all these teams that are trying to rob us, to that Texas and Detroit hospitality, two to the head and open to heart and out in a body bag!
Mac smirks and then shakes my hand before we go to our separate rooms and then scene comes to an end,
Junkyard
Mac and Bam sit on the tailgate of an old beat up chevy as they look out over the junkyard it’s parked in. Dressed in jeans and t-shirts, they each have a sledgehammer and a grin.
Mac: I couldn’t think of a better place to train for this cluster fuck of a match than this junk yard. It speaks to me on many levels, especially when it comes to our opponents. This Chevy that we’re sitting on still runs. It’s an older model so it’s reliable in ways that newer models are not. Much like Terry Marshall. Still runs like a champ but ain’t worth a shit.
Bam laughs at the comparison as he slides off the tailgate and grabs the brick he had stored in his back pocket. He waits for me to slide down as well before he launches the brick into the back window of the late sixties model chevy stepside pickup. The glass shatters easily and Bam chuckles.
Bam: Didn’t even throw it that hard.
He shrugs as we move into the junkyard and we run into a surprise, a late 90’s model Jaguar. Out of instinct both Mac and Bam start destroying the hood of the vehicle before moving to the windshield.
Bam: JMont and Atara?
We fist bump as he continues.
Mac: On the nose my man, fast and thoroughly tested. Individually they are amazing opponents, collectively they are a lot like this shell of what it once was.
Taking a crowbar, Bam pops the hood revealing it to be empty.
Bam: No heart, and no soul.
Mac smirks at the commentary. They move onto the next vehicle, an older model Saturn 3 door coupe. It was in really good condition. Bam runs his hand along the lines to the driver's door. Then he busts out the driver's side window and then the side mirror.
Bam: It’s cute, not tough. Reminds me of the Cassette Collective. Except the car actually has substance.
Laughing, both men make their way deeper into the junk yard. Where they stumble across a hidden treasure. A Red and White 1964 ½ Ford Mustang.
Mac: A true classic, where the popularity truly started for its model. Much like Austin and Todderick. They were the bar that all other tag teams were measured by. Like this car they set the standard. They were considered the best of the best in the division. Well, until they faced us.
They don’t move towards the car but Bam speaks.
Bam: Unlike them, this…
He gestures at the car.
Bam: is worth taking home and admiring.
Mac: We beat the best of the best in this business. That’s obvious by the talent that was drawn to this event. They even made a big production of who’s entering the turmoil, for us it doesn’t matter. We’ll destroy everyone that steps in front of us.
They move on and find themselves standing in front of a Ford Pinto and they begin to laugh. They’re laughing because this old pos has a spoiler on the tail end. They look at each other and then back at the camera.
Mac and Bam: The Young Lions.
They then begin beating the pinto relentlessly.
Bam: Those two prove that the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. They appear to be bright, right up until they open their mouths.
Mac: Regardless of the fact that Kat is managing you two, it won’t be enough.
The two come up on a perfectly square piece of metal, a car that’s already been destroyed and crushed.
Mac: Mystery teams, we won’t know who it is until showtime. Thing is, like the others in this it won’t matter. I don’t care who you are, much like this box in front of me, it simply doesn’t matter.
Bam: Are we supposed to be scared? Sorry, it’s 105 degrees here today, I don’t have any shiver in me.
They stop there and drink water, Mac dumps the remainder of his over his head. Shaking his head and sending water everywhere.
Mac: The Guardians, show stopper and the rest. You’re coming onto our turf, this is where we reign supreme. We beat the best in the business to win these belts. It was our first time teaming together. Think about that for a moment.
Bam: The chemistry was obvious from the time the bell rang.
Mac: Fact, we were rolling from the time the match started to the end. It was not a fluke or happenstance. It was pure fucking magic
Bam: And will make fucking magic again, you can bet on that, bring on Summer Madness!
Mac and Bam give each other a first pump and then walk off side by side into the sunset as they head for Summer Madness.