The scene opens on the beautiful sight of New York City at night, the camera gracefully flows past all the major scenery from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building, from Central Park to Times Square. The sound of a soft piano being played in a similar style to Broken Down by Alicia Keys is gracefully adding to the mood of the beautiful scenery of the lights and glamour of the grand city.
New York City, the City of Dreams as they call it. One of the most recognisable locations on the whole planet, surrounded by its own beauty of bright lights and wonderful sights, the place to make your dreams come true and make a big name for yourself.
Everyone always wants to go to New York, whether its just to see it for yourself or to use it to make everything come together, the reasons are always the same, for New York City is always the place to be.
You can see the musical hits of Broadway or see history make its mark at the Worlds most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. You can recognise the Empire State Building from miles away, the same building of which King Kong made his famous climb
and fall. But one of the biggest elements for New York and its history is the effect and impact it has on the wrestling industry. Superstars have made their moments here, championships won, legacies established, if you wish to make your name worth knowing on the grandest stage, theres no other place to do like New York.
The action turns to black and white slow motion features of WZCWs Redemption pay per view last month.
For Wrestlezone Championship Wrestling, we recently witnessed Redemption and saw the first ever Undisputed Champion crowned in the form of Titus, we saw Mayhem in full action with multiple holders of the Mayhem Title changing by the minute, we even viewed one of the best two out of three fall matches with Big Dave retaining against Showtime Cougar and not being pinned by him. All the favourites from Everest to Ty Burna to the returning Vengeance were there, live in front of the thousands in attendance and the millions watching at home.
All except
Blade, who was sitting in the back dreaming of competing in Madison Square Garden to make his name. A man who didnt even appear on the pay per view, the man who defeated Rush at Kingdom Come to earn a championship opportunity between the Elite X and EurAsian Championship didnt even feature on the card and was left to keep dreaming.
The action resumes back into colour and normal speed as we are now outside Madison Square Garden, the camera pans to reveal Big Dave admiring the view of the grand arena.
And thats what this match against me is Blade, its a dream, its so real to you that I can actually visualise the match as you want it. Its Apocalypse, the arena filled with twenty, thirty thousand fans, millions watching at home. Your music plays, the fans building up in hype and anticipation, chanting your name. Facing Big Dave, the match is so tight; blood, tears and sweat has been drained; quite possibly bigger than the main event, can you picture it? You're applying the Texas Cloverleaf, got it locked it tight, you want Big Dave to tap, you feel it coming. What about hitting The Halo on Big Dave? Using all that energy to give a high impact finisher like that, or how about the Blade Runner? Youre kicking Big Daves ass, its so good you can feel the adrenaline of the moment, its a dream come true like wrestling at Madison Square Gard
A random guy walks into Big Dave, he stares for a moment before looking back into the camera.
And then you wake up!
He snaps his fingers
Just like that.
Blade, what you just felt, what we just visualised
is a dream. Just like that guy there who interrupted the flow of things, where in New York, living in the moment of your dreams happen, reality kicks in. This isnt about being your worse nightmare, because thats living in a dream Blade. Where you live in that dream Blade, I live in reality
I AM reality!
Dave starts walking away from Madison Square Garden and walks through the city streets, busy as it always is.
Because this is the disappointment people get when they come to a city like this, and you felt that. New York is the city of dreams because people still live in it and yet in time they come to realise that reality truly kicks them square on without them realising it. You get the rushing people not giving a damn about you, theres the homeless who only want a spare piece of change to feed that desire of a cigarette or an extra bottle of whiskey because he cant afford to live in reality. You get girls who wanting to become the next big singer standing on street corners using their mouths for more than their vocal skills to get an extra dime to fund the audition that theyll fail in.
See, its a shame that we arent facing off here in this city because I would have loved to see you with your hopes up, your lungs breathing the excitement and prospect of winning your first championship. But well be facing off in somewhere like Texas or Arizona, I dont care, far away from the prospect that this city would heighten the idea that your dreams might come true.
But then thats been your story hasnt it Blade? You are a man who lives in a dream; you think youre the top guy because youre in one of the biggest companies that you could ever compete for. You win spots to get the best chance to main event Kingdom Come, or even just the fact you won this shot because your opponent was beaten by heart failure than your actual skills! You are slowly realising that every time youre in the dream, reality truly kicks in but you seem to deny it. What is the problem with that Blade? Because if you cant get your head out of the clouds, how can anyone take you seriously as a competitor, let alone me! You make all these excuses that you got messed around by management or that your opponent was lucky that week, maybe you need to accept that youre not good enough and that the failures are your own because you refused to live in reality, much like all the hopeless that come into this city with their heads held high, only to come back with their heads dropped down low.
When I first came to this company, it was a dream for me, until reality kicked in, yet I took hold of it and made it my own. Now I stand here as the longest reigning Tag Team Champion and one of the most successful EurAsian Champions since this belt was first created. I never denied any opportunity because I wasnt seeing myself in a dream, I was seeing myself in the reality that is a canis canem edit mundus, a dog eat dog world. Ive fought on the grandest stages and some of the hardest fought matches known to man and I havent savoured in the moment of dreaming because the thing I ask first is Whos next?
At Apocalypse, this is where your dreams will end and you will finally wake up to what is going on around you. Youre in the ring with the EurAsian Champion, one of the most feared and dominant men on the entire roster, I will be coming at you with nothing but strength, speed and might to be the man who stands above you when that bell has finally sounded. You will wake up once the Stamp of Authority has been hit and the ref counts one
.two
.three.
He stops where the camera backs off to reveal the bright and fast scenery of Times Square.
Im prepared and Im ready for you Blade because Apocalypse is coming, and youre facing a man whos living in reality, I can cope with what will happen. The question that rests on you Blade is, can you?
Big Dave walks forward past the camera as the sounds of New York kick in with cars honking, sirens screaming and people shouting offenses at each other.
