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MNM#4 - IWF Championship Tournament - Mr. Enigma vs. Biggs
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Monday Night Mayhem
December 21, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
8:00 P.M. - Eastern Time
December 21, 2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
8:00 P.M. - Eastern Time
IWF Championship Quarter-Finals
Mr. Enigma vs. Biggs
Mr. Enigma vs. Biggs
Last Week Mr. Enigma was left off the card and threw a complete fit. This week Montana has him in the IWF Championship Tournament.
Title: Signs of the Times – Part 1: I Run this Town
The scene opens in a hotel room with the camera view against a colored wall. Suddenly, you see a wine glass slam and break into many pieces before crashing to the floor below. What follows is the camera zooming around where we see Enigma throwing another glass, and another, and another, against the wall in similar fashion and with the same results. Enigma then grabs the sofa and flips it over as well as he begins to pace back and forth while Mike, his dear friend and body guard enters the room to his own surprise.
Mike: [surprise]
WTF!?!?
Enigma: [still in a rage and swearing like a sailor]
OOOooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh…just wait till I get my motherf****** hands around that little neck of that SOB!
Mike:
Dude, who pissed you off? What happened?!?
Suddenly, another lamp shade is tossed around the room against the wall, almost hitting Mike in the process.
Mike:
HEY!!! Watch that sh** man!!! Can you tell me what happened!
Enigma: [walking up to the face of Mike]
So you haven’t heard?
Mike: [looking confused]
Ah, know what E. You know when you get like this, people have to ask questions. Why don’t you take a deep breath and relax for a second and take a seat. I’ll get you something to drink. On second thought, just take a seat and tell me what happened.
Enigma: [after taking a seat and a deep breath]
Well, first of all, I was left off the card last week and when I tried to talk to Montana after the show earlier, the son of a b**** cursed me out again after only making me look like a fool on national TV. Not to mention, in my home town of all places. Then, he continues on this, stay in your place bulls***!!! F*** HIM!!!
Enigma then kicks the glass table, breaking the glass as the table falls over on its side.
Mike:
You keep breaking up sh** around here and we might be washing dishes.
Enigma:
Like I could give a f***!!! And as for washing dishes, I ain’t washing sh**!!!
Enigma then stands to his feet, takes another deep breath, walks over to the still intact wine case, takes out a bottle, opens it, and without a glass, begins to drink straight from the bottle.
Enigma:
You know Mike, I put too much into my career to be walked like a dog by some power hunger wanna be gangster like Montana.
Mike: [seeming to disagree with Enigma as he wrinkled his face into a frown]
Ah, I might have to disagree with you on that one. They did make a movie about his now dead cousin which by the way was based on a true story.
Immediately, Enigma threw the bottle he had right at the head of Mike, missing not by much. Thankfully, Mike ducked and was not at all happy.
Mike: [giving back a frown of anger]
You got one more time to through another motherf****** bottle at me E.
Suddenly, the phone rings as Enigma goes for another bottle of red wine as the one before, spills on the floor as Mike picks up the remains and places in an upright position. Mike then grabs the phone.
Mike: [still somewhat upset in his tone as he answers]
HELLO!!!
Caller:
Yeah, I know this might not be a good time, but put that bastard ex of mine on the phone.
Mike begins to laugh and signals for Enigma to come and get the phone. Usually, Mike would not allow this as he does not like Enigma’s ex either, but seeing that Enigma almost hit him with that bottle, he saw this as an opportunity for payback. Being that the phone was one of those old fashion types, with the base and cord, Enigma walked over to the phone and took at seat at the kitchen bar stool.
Enigma: [sounding rather aggravated]
Who is this?
LD:
Don’t act so pissed off with me you fu***** prick! I don’t give a damn if you are having a bad day, good day, or rare day even, either way, you can’t get rid of me that easy and in time, you think what you are enduring with Montana is something…
Enigma: [talking into the phone as he holds it in his hand after fumbling it around and Mike laughing at him in the process]
Who you talking to you fu***** bi***!!! You want a piece of me, huh!!! You want me you bi***!!! I can take your fu***** bullet’s and your cheap talk you fu***** bi***!!! You want Enigma; you meet me at my place!!!
Spitting into the phone and yelling at it like a mad man holding someone by the neck, Enigma then begins to hit the phone on the counter frantically and then rips the head piece from the counter mount holder. He then takes the phone and throws it as far as possible off the balcony. As Enigma re-enters the room, he grabs his bottle and begins drinking yet again in huge gulps.
Mike:
Ah, you might want to take it easy on that bottle bro.
Enigma:
Fu** you Mike!
Mike sees the urgency of the situation, and begins to take it a bit serious. Mike finally gets Enigma to calm down and seeing that being in the hotel room was not helping, takes him down to the bar in a private room to talk things out and finally clear his mind. Once they got down to the bar, AK arrived, saw the chaos of the hotel room, and then joined them at the bar. While there, before ordering some appetizers, Mike’s cell phone rung and he got the text from Montana that Enigma would be placed back into the IWF Championship tournament. In that text, Montana also stated that Enigma’s opponent would be one of his former foes that went by the name of Biggs. Moments later, Mike told Enigma of the news and Enigma suddenly had a look of shock on his face.
AK:
What the heck is wrong with you? You look like all of a sudden you saw a ghost.
Enigma: [after another swig from the bottle]
Biggs…I know him very well.
Mike:
So tell us about it.
Mike and AK knew that one way to get Enigma to clear his mind was to get him off Montana and talking about something else and this was a perfect opportunity.
Enigma:
Well, almost a decade ago from today, I co-operated a federation of my own known as the GWE. For two years, I was the brains and the brawn of that show. I planned the angles, I scripted the events, I handled the booking, and I also wrestled on top of it all. I was the GWE. Towards the end of those two years of going strong and without little to any competition, suddenly came a new breed of talent. Biggs was one of them. He was young, up and coming at the time and I was also younger and in my youthfulness of my prime. I at that time went by my former name…KD.
Mike:
I remember that. I was not with you just yet, but remember that. That was before you lost SB to that tragic situation in the TRTWF wasn’t it.
Enigma:
Nah, I lost SB in BQWA. But as I was saying, Biggs was a newcomer to the business and so GWE began to have some issues with administration versus talent and vice versa and thus, I got caught in the middle of it. Some begin to say I had too much power, I needed to step aside, and they wanted more control and so on…typical new breed growing pains. That then led to a match with me and Biggs. I was not undefeated in the GWE, but everyone knew, that in a match with me, you either lost, plain and simple, or you struggle in victory. With KD, nothing was easy, but Biggs, he was able to do the unthinkable and 1, 2, 3, he beat me right there in the middle of the ring in front of millions.
AK:
So what happened after that?
Enigma: [taking another huge gulp from the bottle/staring into the distance]
After that, from a single match, everything changed…forever. From there, and what looked like a loss turned into a downward spiral. I lost some of my power due to desired changes that were not in the best interest of the GWE and from there; GWE became the AWE or UWE or whatever and then nothing. You see, that is what you get when a bunch of young punks come in and try to take over. This is where a lack of experience bytes you in the a$$ but as for KD, he was a good man, but that was in a former life. This time, if it’s Biggs I must face again, this time, the outcome will be much different and I plan to show him and the world all the reasons and all the ways that event will go down. As a matter of fact, I need to talk to Montana again and alone, because honestly, I don’t think this match deserves my presence.
Just then, Montana walks up with a smile on his face and his own body guard at his side and as always with a big Cuban cigar in his hand.
Montana:
My man! I just wanted to pay a personal visit and let you know Enigma after some rather lengthy thought.
Enigma:
About what Montana!
Montana:
Well, as you might already know, you got Biggs this week and for the IWF Championship tournament and as for last week, it was nothing personal, just business.
Mike and AK stay silent, but alert just in case Enigma decides to do the unthinkable.
Enigma:
Actually, I am glad you decided to as you said, “Pay us a visit.†Have a seat.
Montana:
Thanks but no thanks Enigma, I got business to handle and this was only part of it.
Enigma:
Well, why do I have to have Biggs? I am sure that Nic or CMS or something could have been worked out with some other more worthy opponent other than him.
Montana:
What? You afraid of a little age old competition Enigma? Like I stated before E, I call the shots, but also, I have plans and until the time is right, I plan to keep that to myself and also, you where I decide for you to be. You ask me E, you starting to make me question if you are afraid of Biggs or having second thoughts about your integrity.
Enigma:
Montana, if your boys were not here and my own personnel was not around, I would ring your neck right now. And don’t be mistaken, they are here to protect you, not me.
Montana does not take too kindly to those words. He slowly takes a few more puffs from his cigar and then suddenly breaks into a smile.
Montana:
That’s why I like you Enigma.
Montana then leaves just as he suddenly appeared. The scene then fades to black with Enigma taking yet another huge gulp from his bottle. As the scene comes back into focus, it is now well into the night and we see Enigma sitting up in the bed without shirtless and with the sheet covering his bottom half of his body. Smoking a Cuban cigar of his own, behind him, his other long time friend and on and off lover Red (looks like Rihanna) sits up in the bed and now rest on Enigma’s back. She is only covered by the sheets as well.
Red: [kissing Enigma on the shoulder and speaking with her Jamaican like foreign accent]
Are you alright Enigma?
Enigma:
Yeah. Just thinking about the IWF, Montana, and now this match that I so happen to be stuck with against Buster Biggs.
Red:
Talk to me; you seem to have a lot on your mind. Let it all out.
Enigma:
Well, first off, Montana keeps mentioning this plan he has for me. He has been talking about this for the last two weeks now and you know how I am, I don’t like surprises. But focusing on the real deal, my match with Biggs, I just wish people would stop trying to pump up his mind as if he is the great white hype or hope. Even if he believes the hype, in the end, just like the movie, I guess I am going to have to put him down and hard. Biggs might have done some things against me in the past, but unlike him, I have grown, I have matured in the ring, and I have done more than he can ever imagined. On Monday Night Mayhem, I will own Biggs. He thinks that history will repeat itself…well…he might want to do some more research first before he shows up to the arena. I am not the man he knew. I have become much more than that. You see, KD, he was soft, Enigma, he is the very essence of who I am, what I have become, and who I am to be…and that Red, that is simply one thing…the BEST!!!
Red: [laughing at the thought of Biggs thinking that lightening will strike twice]
Trust me; if there is not one thing I know, it’s you. You won’t have any problems with Biggs. After Monday, that might want to rename him Shorty Smalls.
Enigma:
Yeah. You see, the IWF is much different from the GWE. Here, I run the show, I dictate the pace and I am the standard that all must look up to. Either way, I will become the IWF Champion and this time, Biggs will be the example I use to make my true stand to any and all future opposition to my quest to capture that gold. You see, in GWE, he had politics on his side and momentum, but as fate would have it, this time, both are on unequal ground still, but it is I with the advantage.
Red:
Unequal ground?
Enigma:
Yeah, that’s right. Even though we are now here and not there, I still hold all the marbles. Just because he heard or even managed to stumble across my paths in this life again does not mean that he will be the more fortunate. The main difference between me and Biggs is that I have the ambition of a Champion while he just sees his opportunity to be a champion. Who cares if he holds a title for another federation or not, because here, it simple does not matter just like he does not matter or ever will as long as I have something to do with it. See, the rumors are already spreading about this Nic guy, Biggs, CMS, and others, but bottom line, when the sun settles and the day ends, I am the common denominator in this equation and all the rest, they are just boys among this giant. Let the competition come as they may. But just as the hyped up Ryan Harrison, Bobby Storm, and CMS thus far has had to learn, so will this company ill willed placed hope of Biggs as well will learn. This too shall pass and Biggs, I don’t even consider him a second thought. As a matter of fact, let him come and I will do to him what for the last decade he thought he was able to do to me.
Red: [kissing on Enigma’s back]
And just want would that be?
Enigma:
I will just continue right along as if he was never there, because as of right now, he’ll just be another victim on my wall of closed cases.
Red: [continuing with the kisses prompting Enigma to return to some other kind of action]
Death to all oppose Enigma and death to all that cross thy creator.
Enigma:
You got that right.
The scene ends with Enigma placing the cigar back on the ashtray and climbing back under the sheets with Red as the video closes out this segment. We are also left with a clip of Enigma and AK on his right holding a Nine Millimeter and Red over his shoulder, standing between Enigma and Big Mike against a black with gold stripped Lexus.
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[/yt](Note: In my other fed, I've established Biggs as a character who has an inner conflict, because he's normally a good, decent man outside of wrestling, yet he feels compelled to be a bad guy in his career. I've been thinking about a way to try and introduce this aspect of the character here in IWF, and this is what I came up with.)
Thursday December 17, 2009
2:55 pm, Seattle, Washington
The scene opens with Biggs seated in a waiting room. Annoying muzak plays as Biggs reads through an over six-month old issue of Sports Illustrated. After a few minutes, the receptionist speaks.
Receptionist: Gary Biggerstaff, the doctor will see you now.
He places the magazine back on the small table and walks through the door. On the other side is a psychiatrist office, where the doctor is seated at a large oak desk. The room is largely dark, with deep brown walls, green carpets, and a dark oak bookshelf that matches the desk. There's an easy chair and couch placed a few feet from the desk. The doctor himself is an older gentleman, thin, with short curly black hair and a thick mustache. He wears glasses, and is dressed in a white shirt and tie. He gets up to shake Biggs' hand.
Doctor: Hello Gary. It's good to see you again.
Biggs: Good to see you too, Dr. Henry. If you don't mind, I'd like to get right down to business.
Dr. Henry: Indeed. Why don't you take a seat on the couch.
Biggs: Okay sir.
Biggs sits down on the couch, while Dr. Henry takes his place in the easy chair. He grabs his notepad off of the end table, and begins to speak.
Dr. Henry: So, Gary, do you remember where we left off on your last visit?
Biggs: If memory serves me correctly, we were talking about the possibility that I may have a split personality, which I find to be completely bogus. No offense...
Dr. Henry: None taken. That's exactly what I wanted to talk with you about today. Why do you feel that the idea that you may have a split personality is bogus?
Biggs: Well, I'm a professional wrestler for a living, and as such, I merely enhance my personality on TV to get a reaction from the fans. It's really quite simple, doc.
Dr. Henry: Then can you tell me why the moment you enter an arena, you switch from being the polite, respectful young man you normally are to the egotistical jerk. Surely if you were just playing a character on TV, you would treat people in the back better. I called both of your employers this week, Montana from the Impact Wrestling Federation, and President Jeff from Action Packed Wrestling, and both told me about your behavior backstage as of late, how you're a completely different person than you were when they first met you.
Biggs: It's because I get into character once I get to the arena. Seriously, why am I paying you so much money to tell me the obvious?
Dr. Henry: Listen, you are here by choice. I am merely here to assess your mental state, and help you work through your problems, if you want me to. Do you want my help, or not?
Biggs sits there for a moment, with a frustrated look on his face. After a bit, he nods his head yes, and Dr. Henry continues to speak.
Dr. Henry: If it's not multiple personalities, maybe it's mood swings. Has there been anything traumatic that has happened to you in the past few months that you haven't shared with me, Gary?
Biggs sits in the chair, twiddling his thumbs, thinking about what he's going to say. The doctor raises a single eyebrow, looking quizzically at his patient. After a few moment, Biggs finally opens up.
Biggs: Well, there is one thing. I got kicked out of my church a few months ago because they caught wind of the fact that I set my friend's opponent on fire during a match. It was just for the show...
Dr. Henry: But you did set a man fire?
Biggs: Well, it's more like I used a super soaker to douse him in lighter fluid so my partner could set him ablaze, but it was in the stipulation of the match that in order to win, one wrestler had to set the other on fire. It was either him or my friend, and I wasn't about to let my friend get barbecued!
Dr. Henry: So if it was just for a show, why did your church kick you out?
Biggs: One of the elders thought that I was setting a bad example for the members of the church. A lot of people will say that wrestling is fake, and that argument has been used on my behalf several times to justify my actions in the ring, allowing me to stay with the church, despite being a bad guy on TV. Wrestling is a lot more real than they think, but by letting them think that it wasn't, I got a lot of leeway. The elder thought that I went too far, and that I was a danger to the other members of the church. When he presented this to the church board, they made the decision that I was no longer welcome at my church. Since then, I really feel like my life has just kind of been there, just kind of floating without direction, other than attaining glory in that ring.
Dr. Henry: Now I'm of the opinion that God isn't real, but I do realize that one's spiritual beliefs can give them a power and strength that they otherwise would not have. It sounds to me like you've been stripped of that source of power, and as such, you feel, for lack of a better term, powerless. Let me ask you, though, when you're in the ring, is it Gary or Biggs who is responsible for your actions.
Biggs: That's a silly question, of course I'm in control of my own actions, and responsible for them!
Dr. Henry: You didn't answer my question. Let's look at the example of you setting that man on fire. Was it Gary or was it Biggs that made that decision?
Biggs is starting to get flustered. His face turns red and his body begins to shake a bit.
Biggs: I told already, doc, I made the decision.
Dr. Henry: By “I,†do you mean Gary?
Biggs: Who else would I mean!? Biggs is just my wrestling persona, he's not who I really am!
Dr. Henry: But you told me earlier that when you set that man on fire, it was just for the show, that it somehow wasn't a decision you'd normally make.
Biggs: Well of course not! When am I, in my every day life, going to be presented with the choice of having to set a man on fire to make sure that my friend isn't the one to suffer that fate? This is asinine!
Dr. Henry: Gary, please calm down. I think I have a theory as to why you've been acting the way that you have. You told me earlier that you used the excuse that people thought wrestling was fake as a means to protect your status in the church, that since you did the things you did in character, that they somehow were okay, because you weren't actually doing them. Well you were physically doing them, but it was for the sake of your wrestling career. If you want to know my honest opinion, I think you use your Biggs persona to act out the way you'd naturally want to act if left to your own devices. In the context of professional wrestling, it's more than okay for you to be the cocky, arrogant jerk who doesn't give a darn about anybody else but himself, but when it comes to real life, you have to hold back. Also, you use your Biggs persona to absolve yourself of responsibility for your actions. I believe that the elder who called it to the attention of the church board realized this, and did what he felt was the right thing by getting you expelled from the church.
Biggs: That's not right. I don't hide behind my character. Not in the slightest!
Dr. Henry: Then why do you play the bad guy on TV? Is it because you want to experience something you wouldn't normally get to experience in normal life, or is Biggs merely a part of who you actually are, boiling to the surface in an environment where it's accepted? You're going to really have to think about this, Gary, if you want to get well.
Biggs: There's nothing wrong with me, doc! You're just as bad as the elder, thinking that what I did to that fella was personal. It wasn't, it was just protecting my friend is all!
Dr. Henry: So your friend's wellbeing is more important than that of others.
Biggs: Well to me, yes. I know that sounds selfish, but it's human nature!
Dr. Henry: It isn't human nature to set other people on fire, Gary.
Biggs: You know what, the heck with this! You aren't even trying to help me, you're just sitting there, accusing me of doing something with intent that just wasn't there! I could care less what you think!
Biggs gets up from the couch and overturns the end table next to Dr. Henry's chair. He then storms towards the door.
Dr. Henry: Gary, please calm down. We still have over a half an hour left, and I want to help you get to the bottom of this.
Biggs: No you don't! You just want to try and cause further problems so I'll keep coming back and paying you more for each visit! I'm on to the game you're playing, and you're not getting me with it, doctor!
Dr. Henry: If you leave through that door, I can't help you...
Biggs: I don't need your help.
Biggs swings the door open, and slams it as hard as he can. The receptionist has a worried look on her face as Biggs stomps past angrily towards the elevator.
***
Depeche Mode's “Spacewalker†plays as the words First Contact flash across the starry background. Biggs steps in front of the screen behind him, which still shows the stars behind him. He is clad in his wrestling gear, complete with his flamboyant white and blue ring jacket with blue feathers on the shoulders and signature blue shades. He begins to speak directly into the camera.
Biggs: So my IWF debut last week didn't quite go the way I wanted it to. I was quite frankly embarrassed by CMS, a man whom perhaps I took too lightly. Actually, no, that's not the case at all. CMS got lucky. After all, they say every dog has his day, and last Monday was CMS's day. But unlike some weaker soul, I won't dwell on my defeat, rather, I look ahead to my challenge this week, in a man by the name of Mr. Enigma. Mr. Enigma brought up the point that I knew him many years ago as KD, and acknowledged that I did in fact beat him the last time we met in that ring. But I am not so foolish as to think that the man I meet in the ring this upcoming Monday is any different from the man I fought all those years ago. Not only has his appearance changed, but his character, his demeanor as well, and I must say, it's a change for the better. Mr. Enigma, I must say that I very much like your new attitude. I like the fact that you don't care about the fans anymore, that you've dropped your whole holier than though attitude, and have instead put your focus where it squarely belongs, in that ring. In fact, you're now a wrestler very much after my own heart in that you are willing to do whatever it takes in order to succeed in this business. Over the course of my career, I have met very few wrestlers that I have respected, let alone liked, and while I've always had a healthy respect for your wrestling acumen, it wasn't until I got a look see of how you're carrying yourself here in IWF that I can say I truly respected you, Mr. Enigma. I completely agree with you when you say that Montana doesn't know how to properly utilize you.
But just because I respect you doesn't mean I'm going to just lie down for you. On the contrary, I've been looking forward to this match ever since the card was announced. I know that I didn't quite make the impression I wanted to when I made my Monday Night Mayhem debut, but what bigger statement could I make then knocking off one of the heavy favorites in the IWF Heavyweight Championship tournament and advancing to the next round? But beyond the fact that it helps me get one step closer to capturing the IWF Championship and further cementing my legacy as the premiere talent in professional wrestling today, this match with you will be a true measuring stick of how far I've come in my six plus year career. Back when you were competing as KD, my feud and subsequent victory over you were the catalyst for my meteoric rise in GWE, and was really the first signature victory of my career. But you got your history wrong, Mr. Enigma. You and I actually never met one on one in a GWE ring, at least not officially. No, our moment in GWE came in an impromptu beat down on me courtesy of you. I remember the night vividly, when I was running my mouth off in the ring, and you came out to shut me up. You laid a beating on me that night, you took me out the woodshed and whipped me good. But unlike all the other people who just took their licks from you, unlike all the other boys who just went to the back with their tails between their legs, I pushed down deep into myself and got back up, attacking you from behind as you celebrated with a steel chair. And then it was my turn to brutalize you. That was the night that everybody learned that KD wasn't invincible, that he was indeed a mere mortal man. That was the night where I learned about myself that I had what it took to actually be somebody in this business. It was a night that changed both of our careers. From there, we actually had our match at the TRTWF, where I defeated you in a Falls Count Anywhere match. I couldn't have possibly used politics to my advantage in that match, as it was only my second week in the company when I beat you.
This Monday night, when we meet in the tournament, Mr. Enigma, I have the opportunity to do the same thing again, to show everybody that you are not the end-all-be-all of this business, that you are indeed a mere human. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Enigma, I realize that this will be one of the absolute hardest matches I've had in my career, that there is so much history between the two of us, so much pride that neither one of us wants to be the loser in this contest. You want to prove that you have actually evolved from your days as KD, you want to show Montana that you deserve his respect and favor, you want to show that you are the dominant force in the IWF. I want to prove that I have what it takes to be a factor here in IWF, I want to expand my sterling legacy. This match shares a lot of parallels with our match six years ago, Mr. Enigma, because whichever way it goes on Monday night, it will change the direction of our careers. One of us will have a chance to continue to work our way towards being crowned the new Impact Wrestling Federation Champion, the other will face the humiliation of knowing he got beat in the first round. One of us will prove that we are a force to be reckoned with here in IWF, the other, that he is merely all hype. I know you think that I've been nothing but hype, but six years ago, there was no hype for yours truly, and I beat you then. Both of us have changed, both of us have grown in our wrestling ability, and I have no doubt that we will put each other through hell when we meet in the ring. I can say with full confidence that whichever one of us ends up winning the match can make the claim that they will have had the hardest path to the finals based on their opening match alone. I am grateful for this chance to humble you, and show all these fans why they should be praising me.
Another thing I do have to disagree with you about, though, is that the company is placing their hope in me. Last week, they didn't even provide me with the private locker room that was dictated in my contract. If they fail to meet the terms of my contract, how can you seriously claim that they're putting any hope in me? Also, you'd do well to take me seriously. You claimed that the main difference between you and me is that you have the ambition to be a champion, while I merely saw my seeding in the tournament as an opportunity to be a champion, and you left it at that, not taking any time to elaborate on the difference. Here's just my interpretation of what you meant. When you say that you have the ambition to be a champion, you're saying that you want the title because you are championship material, that you somehow deserve it based on your pedigree. When you say that I see it as an opportunity, you're saying that my desire to become champion is driven by my desire to prove myself, and enhance my legacy. You're saying that the championship merely validates your greatness, while I just want the belt because hey, I can have it. At least that what it sounds like you're saying. The simple fact of the matter is this, Mr. Enigma, your analysis is flawed. I have just as much desire to become champion as you do, if not more. I don't view my spot in the tournament as a mere chance to win the title, I see it as a chance to further my legacy, just like you. I'm not taking this tournament lightly, not in the slightest.
In closing, Mr. Enigma, I am absolutely delighted that I get to face you so soon after my IWF career started. I know that people think I'm all talk right now, but I can't wait for Monday night, where I once again use you to kick start my rise to the top. After I beat you, Mr. Enigma, all of these fans and the boys in the back will have no choice but to recognize me for who I am, and what I am capable of. They all can't deny that I am out of this world! Oh yeah, before I forget, Noodles and Snowbunny say “hi.†See you on Monday, Mr. Enigma...
The screen fades to black.
Thursday December 17, 2009
2:55 pm, Seattle, Washington
The scene opens with Biggs seated in a waiting room. Annoying muzak plays as Biggs reads through an over six-month old issue of Sports Illustrated. After a few minutes, the receptionist speaks.
Receptionist: Gary Biggerstaff, the doctor will see you now.
He places the magazine back on the small table and walks through the door. On the other side is a psychiatrist office, where the doctor is seated at a large oak desk. The room is largely dark, with deep brown walls, green carpets, and a dark oak bookshelf that matches the desk. There's an easy chair and couch placed a few feet from the desk. The doctor himself is an older gentleman, thin, with short curly black hair and a thick mustache. He wears glasses, and is dressed in a white shirt and tie. He gets up to shake Biggs' hand.
Doctor: Hello Gary. It's good to see you again.
Biggs: Good to see you too, Dr. Henry. If you don't mind, I'd like to get right down to business.
Dr. Henry: Indeed. Why don't you take a seat on the couch.
Biggs: Okay sir.
Biggs sits down on the couch, while Dr. Henry takes his place in the easy chair. He grabs his notepad off of the end table, and begins to speak.
Dr. Henry: So, Gary, do you remember where we left off on your last visit?
Biggs: If memory serves me correctly, we were talking about the possibility that I may have a split personality, which I find to be completely bogus. No offense...
Dr. Henry: None taken. That's exactly what I wanted to talk with you about today. Why do you feel that the idea that you may have a split personality is bogus?
Biggs: Well, I'm a professional wrestler for a living, and as such, I merely enhance my personality on TV to get a reaction from the fans. It's really quite simple, doc.
Dr. Henry: Then can you tell me why the moment you enter an arena, you switch from being the polite, respectful young man you normally are to the egotistical jerk. Surely if you were just playing a character on TV, you would treat people in the back better. I called both of your employers this week, Montana from the Impact Wrestling Federation, and President Jeff from Action Packed Wrestling, and both told me about your behavior backstage as of late, how you're a completely different person than you were when they first met you.
Biggs: It's because I get into character once I get to the arena. Seriously, why am I paying you so much money to tell me the obvious?
Dr. Henry: Listen, you are here by choice. I am merely here to assess your mental state, and help you work through your problems, if you want me to. Do you want my help, or not?
Biggs sits there for a moment, with a frustrated look on his face. After a bit, he nods his head yes, and Dr. Henry continues to speak.
Dr. Henry: If it's not multiple personalities, maybe it's mood swings. Has there been anything traumatic that has happened to you in the past few months that you haven't shared with me, Gary?
Biggs sits in the chair, twiddling his thumbs, thinking about what he's going to say. The doctor raises a single eyebrow, looking quizzically at his patient. After a few moment, Biggs finally opens up.
Biggs: Well, there is one thing. I got kicked out of my church a few months ago because they caught wind of the fact that I set my friend's opponent on fire during a match. It was just for the show...
Dr. Henry: But you did set a man fire?
Biggs: Well, it's more like I used a super soaker to douse him in lighter fluid so my partner could set him ablaze, but it was in the stipulation of the match that in order to win, one wrestler had to set the other on fire. It was either him or my friend, and I wasn't about to let my friend get barbecued!
Dr. Henry: So if it was just for a show, why did your church kick you out?
Biggs: One of the elders thought that I was setting a bad example for the members of the church. A lot of people will say that wrestling is fake, and that argument has been used on my behalf several times to justify my actions in the ring, allowing me to stay with the church, despite being a bad guy on TV. Wrestling is a lot more real than they think, but by letting them think that it wasn't, I got a lot of leeway. The elder thought that I went too far, and that I was a danger to the other members of the church. When he presented this to the church board, they made the decision that I was no longer welcome at my church. Since then, I really feel like my life has just kind of been there, just kind of floating without direction, other than attaining glory in that ring.
Dr. Henry: Now I'm of the opinion that God isn't real, but I do realize that one's spiritual beliefs can give them a power and strength that they otherwise would not have. It sounds to me like you've been stripped of that source of power, and as such, you feel, for lack of a better term, powerless. Let me ask you, though, when you're in the ring, is it Gary or Biggs who is responsible for your actions.
Biggs: That's a silly question, of course I'm in control of my own actions, and responsible for them!
Dr. Henry: You didn't answer my question. Let's look at the example of you setting that man on fire. Was it Gary or was it Biggs that made that decision?
Biggs is starting to get flustered. His face turns red and his body begins to shake a bit.
Biggs: I told already, doc, I made the decision.
Dr. Henry: By “I,†do you mean Gary?
Biggs: Who else would I mean!? Biggs is just my wrestling persona, he's not who I really am!
Dr. Henry: But you told me earlier that when you set that man on fire, it was just for the show, that it somehow wasn't a decision you'd normally make.
Biggs: Well of course not! When am I, in my every day life, going to be presented with the choice of having to set a man on fire to make sure that my friend isn't the one to suffer that fate? This is asinine!
Dr. Henry: Gary, please calm down. I think I have a theory as to why you've been acting the way that you have. You told me earlier that you used the excuse that people thought wrestling was fake as a means to protect your status in the church, that since you did the things you did in character, that they somehow were okay, because you weren't actually doing them. Well you were physically doing them, but it was for the sake of your wrestling career. If you want to know my honest opinion, I think you use your Biggs persona to act out the way you'd naturally want to act if left to your own devices. In the context of professional wrestling, it's more than okay for you to be the cocky, arrogant jerk who doesn't give a darn about anybody else but himself, but when it comes to real life, you have to hold back. Also, you use your Biggs persona to absolve yourself of responsibility for your actions. I believe that the elder who called it to the attention of the church board realized this, and did what he felt was the right thing by getting you expelled from the church.
Biggs: That's not right. I don't hide behind my character. Not in the slightest!
Dr. Henry: Then why do you play the bad guy on TV? Is it because you want to experience something you wouldn't normally get to experience in normal life, or is Biggs merely a part of who you actually are, boiling to the surface in an environment where it's accepted? You're going to really have to think about this, Gary, if you want to get well.
Biggs: There's nothing wrong with me, doc! You're just as bad as the elder, thinking that what I did to that fella was personal. It wasn't, it was just protecting my friend is all!
Dr. Henry: So your friend's wellbeing is more important than that of others.
Biggs: Well to me, yes. I know that sounds selfish, but it's human nature!
Dr. Henry: It isn't human nature to set other people on fire, Gary.
Biggs: You know what, the heck with this! You aren't even trying to help me, you're just sitting there, accusing me of doing something with intent that just wasn't there! I could care less what you think!
Biggs gets up from the couch and overturns the end table next to Dr. Henry's chair. He then storms towards the door.
Dr. Henry: Gary, please calm down. We still have over a half an hour left, and I want to help you get to the bottom of this.
Biggs: No you don't! You just want to try and cause further problems so I'll keep coming back and paying you more for each visit! I'm on to the game you're playing, and you're not getting me with it, doctor!
Dr. Henry: If you leave through that door, I can't help you...
Biggs: I don't need your help.
Biggs swings the door open, and slams it as hard as he can. The receptionist has a worried look on her face as Biggs stomps past angrily towards the elevator.
***
Depeche Mode's “Spacewalker†plays as the words First Contact flash across the starry background. Biggs steps in front of the screen behind him, which still shows the stars behind him. He is clad in his wrestling gear, complete with his flamboyant white and blue ring jacket with blue feathers on the shoulders and signature blue shades. He begins to speak directly into the camera.
Biggs: So my IWF debut last week didn't quite go the way I wanted it to. I was quite frankly embarrassed by CMS, a man whom perhaps I took too lightly. Actually, no, that's not the case at all. CMS got lucky. After all, they say every dog has his day, and last Monday was CMS's day. But unlike some weaker soul, I won't dwell on my defeat, rather, I look ahead to my challenge this week, in a man by the name of Mr. Enigma. Mr. Enigma brought up the point that I knew him many years ago as KD, and acknowledged that I did in fact beat him the last time we met in that ring. But I am not so foolish as to think that the man I meet in the ring this upcoming Monday is any different from the man I fought all those years ago. Not only has his appearance changed, but his character, his demeanor as well, and I must say, it's a change for the better. Mr. Enigma, I must say that I very much like your new attitude. I like the fact that you don't care about the fans anymore, that you've dropped your whole holier than though attitude, and have instead put your focus where it squarely belongs, in that ring. In fact, you're now a wrestler very much after my own heart in that you are willing to do whatever it takes in order to succeed in this business. Over the course of my career, I have met very few wrestlers that I have respected, let alone liked, and while I've always had a healthy respect for your wrestling acumen, it wasn't until I got a look see of how you're carrying yourself here in IWF that I can say I truly respected you, Mr. Enigma. I completely agree with you when you say that Montana doesn't know how to properly utilize you.
But just because I respect you doesn't mean I'm going to just lie down for you. On the contrary, I've been looking forward to this match ever since the card was announced. I know that I didn't quite make the impression I wanted to when I made my Monday Night Mayhem debut, but what bigger statement could I make then knocking off one of the heavy favorites in the IWF Heavyweight Championship tournament and advancing to the next round? But beyond the fact that it helps me get one step closer to capturing the IWF Championship and further cementing my legacy as the premiere talent in professional wrestling today, this match with you will be a true measuring stick of how far I've come in my six plus year career. Back when you were competing as KD, my feud and subsequent victory over you were the catalyst for my meteoric rise in GWE, and was really the first signature victory of my career. But you got your history wrong, Mr. Enigma. You and I actually never met one on one in a GWE ring, at least not officially. No, our moment in GWE came in an impromptu beat down on me courtesy of you. I remember the night vividly, when I was running my mouth off in the ring, and you came out to shut me up. You laid a beating on me that night, you took me out the woodshed and whipped me good. But unlike all the other people who just took their licks from you, unlike all the other boys who just went to the back with their tails between their legs, I pushed down deep into myself and got back up, attacking you from behind as you celebrated with a steel chair. And then it was my turn to brutalize you. That was the night that everybody learned that KD wasn't invincible, that he was indeed a mere mortal man. That was the night where I learned about myself that I had what it took to actually be somebody in this business. It was a night that changed both of our careers. From there, we actually had our match at the TRTWF, where I defeated you in a Falls Count Anywhere match. I couldn't have possibly used politics to my advantage in that match, as it was only my second week in the company when I beat you.
This Monday night, when we meet in the tournament, Mr. Enigma, I have the opportunity to do the same thing again, to show everybody that you are not the end-all-be-all of this business, that you are indeed a mere human. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Enigma, I realize that this will be one of the absolute hardest matches I've had in my career, that there is so much history between the two of us, so much pride that neither one of us wants to be the loser in this contest. You want to prove that you have actually evolved from your days as KD, you want to show Montana that you deserve his respect and favor, you want to show that you are the dominant force in the IWF. I want to prove that I have what it takes to be a factor here in IWF, I want to expand my sterling legacy. This match shares a lot of parallels with our match six years ago, Mr. Enigma, because whichever way it goes on Monday night, it will change the direction of our careers. One of us will have a chance to continue to work our way towards being crowned the new Impact Wrestling Federation Champion, the other will face the humiliation of knowing he got beat in the first round. One of us will prove that we are a force to be reckoned with here in IWF, the other, that he is merely all hype. I know you think that I've been nothing but hype, but six years ago, there was no hype for yours truly, and I beat you then. Both of us have changed, both of us have grown in our wrestling ability, and I have no doubt that we will put each other through hell when we meet in the ring. I can say with full confidence that whichever one of us ends up winning the match can make the claim that they will have had the hardest path to the finals based on their opening match alone. I am grateful for this chance to humble you, and show all these fans why they should be praising me.
Another thing I do have to disagree with you about, though, is that the company is placing their hope in me. Last week, they didn't even provide me with the private locker room that was dictated in my contract. If they fail to meet the terms of my contract, how can you seriously claim that they're putting any hope in me? Also, you'd do well to take me seriously. You claimed that the main difference between you and me is that you have the ambition to be a champion, while I merely saw my seeding in the tournament as an opportunity to be a champion, and you left it at that, not taking any time to elaborate on the difference. Here's just my interpretation of what you meant. When you say that you have the ambition to be a champion, you're saying that you want the title because you are championship material, that you somehow deserve it based on your pedigree. When you say that I see it as an opportunity, you're saying that my desire to become champion is driven by my desire to prove myself, and enhance my legacy. You're saying that the championship merely validates your greatness, while I just want the belt because hey, I can have it. At least that what it sounds like you're saying. The simple fact of the matter is this, Mr. Enigma, your analysis is flawed. I have just as much desire to become champion as you do, if not more. I don't view my spot in the tournament as a mere chance to win the title, I see it as a chance to further my legacy, just like you. I'm not taking this tournament lightly, not in the slightest.
In closing, Mr. Enigma, I am absolutely delighted that I get to face you so soon after my IWF career started. I know that people think I'm all talk right now, but I can't wait for Monday night, where I once again use you to kick start my rise to the top. After I beat you, Mr. Enigma, all of these fans and the boys in the back will have no choice but to recognize me for who I am, and what I am capable of. They all can't deny that I am out of this world! Oh yeah, before I forget, Noodles and Snowbunny say “hi.†See you on Monday, Mr. Enigma...
The screen fades to black.
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