Post by Cross Recoba on Nov 29, 2022 17:34:22 GMT
The Parcafé @the Dorchester
Mayfair, London
The shot opens with that of Recoba rising from his chair as a meeting seems to have concluded. He shakes the hand of his associate as they exchange goodbyes and pleasantries.
CROSS RECOBA
I’m sure that Al will be as thrilled as I am to host you all, we’ve a good relationship with The Cosmopolitan. Like I said, they might have the boxing match you want but they won’t see it as a snub that you’ll be seeing the rest of fight-week at The Sands.
The man smiled and nodded in lieu of a reply before he made his way to the door. Recoba knew that he’d need to bring more of these deals to The Sands to appease Al. Costello’s words still hung in the silence of his thoughts - if he can make up the money Al thinks he’s losing with deals like this, he’d work out how to bring Tap Out Wrestling into the equation down the line.
Returning himself to his coffee, he looked up and nodded past the camera. Even with his connections, he couldn’t expect the venue to cordon off their asset for more than thirty minutes at best and he knew that Jason Long wasn’t going to be the one to foot the bill.
CROSS RECOBA
Look, Aren, I’ll be blunt - I’m a busy guy. Between wrestling in the ring, running Tap Out Wrestling and my other interests I keep a busy dance card and that’s maybe why I’ve got a record that breaks even, my lowest for any year in the business since I started. Right now, I should be worried because I just beat Gunner to become THE contender to MYŌJIN’s World Championship title and yet am I facing him at God Against Men? Nope, C is. Did the champion himself not welcome the winner of my last match to challenge him? He did, but here we are. All because you’ve had a talk with Jason Long I now have to face you and if I win, what do I get? I stay in the exact same place I was when Adrenaline Twelve went off the air. If I lose? You somehow get yourself into a position to be in the match when I face MYŌJIN. So, Aren, I should be worried about you…
Cross smiles at the absurdity of the situation.
CROSS RECOBA
The reality is though that I’m not. You’ve won ONCE in six months and even then you didn’t get the pin in the tag-match, that was McCain and look how he’s fared since! I had to look that up admittedly, you see when you won your match in the opener, I was doing last-minute promotional work for Infinite Pro for that night’s main-event. Before I expand on that…
We cut to a promo from the 22nd July for the Royal Crown Rumble Match.
AREN MSTISTLAV
But no matter what I do, it seems like I will be held back regardless? And for what reason other than that, I’m looked at differently than others. I deserve more. Deserve to be put in a position in which I am more than just being put as a representative for what we can offer…
Recoba comes back into the picture as he finishes his coffee and places it back onto the table.
CROSS RECOBA
You deserve more? If anything, you need to earn more! I’m looking at you as an opponent and all I find is you lacking in every department! You picked a fight with El Rey and then lost at First Contact, you debuted with a loss against Johnny Five, came out the wrong side of a verdict against Hate and Irina and lasted less than ten minutes in the actual Royal Crown Rumble! What IS your level? What IS it you deserve? I know why I’m in line to face MYŌJIN, Aren, but if you were on my Tap Out roster? I’d be asking you if you wanted out of your contract!
Making his last point, Cross sees that his fist has become clenched in sheer frustration and what he has to face and he releases it.
CROSS RECOBA
You said you were bored before your last match and that your match would prove how it was the matches before yours that were boring, Then ask me this - why have you had to ask to even get on the show? You should be thankful that there isn’t a Welsh Athletic Commission because if there were…this match would never be allowed to happen! You’re facing a former National Openweight Champion, I’ve PROVEN what I bring to Infinite Pro but what are you but a burden on the fans, the bottom line and most importantly, me. You talk about a legacy but I don’t want that, I hunt bigger game. All I need you to realize is that I see this match as beneath me, I see it as nothing more than a tune-up to keep myself match-fit for when I face MYŌJIN’. Ask Johnny Five and El Rey how it was to face off against me when we waged a war, ask Reckless Jack and Aubrey Mack why they’re no longer here, and then ask yourself why I was chosen to main-event the FIRST EVER Infinite Pro show.
The smile has returned back to Recoba’s face, he reaches over the coffee to a carafe of water and fills his glass as he talks.
CROSS RECOBA
I’m the Box Office of Infinite Pro Wrestling not just because I bring the most money to the house, not just because I make every match I’m in the talking point of the night, it’s because I can do the impossible. I made TJ Alexander relevant for a match, I made people care about Reckless Jack for the first-time since smartphones were invented! Ask yourself, Aren, if your words aren’t cheap, what price will you have to pay once you lose to me?
Mayfair, London
The shot opens with that of Recoba rising from his chair as a meeting seems to have concluded. He shakes the hand of his associate as they exchange goodbyes and pleasantries.
CROSS RECOBA
I’m sure that Al will be as thrilled as I am to host you all, we’ve a good relationship with The Cosmopolitan. Like I said, they might have the boxing match you want but they won’t see it as a snub that you’ll be seeing the rest of fight-week at The Sands.
The man smiled and nodded in lieu of a reply before he made his way to the door. Recoba knew that he’d need to bring more of these deals to The Sands to appease Al. Costello’s words still hung in the silence of his thoughts - if he can make up the money Al thinks he’s losing with deals like this, he’d work out how to bring Tap Out Wrestling into the equation down the line.
Returning himself to his coffee, he looked up and nodded past the camera. Even with his connections, he couldn’t expect the venue to cordon off their asset for more than thirty minutes at best and he knew that Jason Long wasn’t going to be the one to foot the bill.
CROSS RECOBA
Look, Aren, I’ll be blunt - I’m a busy guy. Between wrestling in the ring, running Tap Out Wrestling and my other interests I keep a busy dance card and that’s maybe why I’ve got a record that breaks even, my lowest for any year in the business since I started. Right now, I should be worried because I just beat Gunner to become THE contender to MYŌJIN’s World Championship title and yet am I facing him at God Against Men? Nope, C is. Did the champion himself not welcome the winner of my last match to challenge him? He did, but here we are. All because you’ve had a talk with Jason Long I now have to face you and if I win, what do I get? I stay in the exact same place I was when Adrenaline Twelve went off the air. If I lose? You somehow get yourself into a position to be in the match when I face MYŌJIN. So, Aren, I should be worried about you…
Cross smiles at the absurdity of the situation.
CROSS RECOBA
The reality is though that I’m not. You’ve won ONCE in six months and even then you didn’t get the pin in the tag-match, that was McCain and look how he’s fared since! I had to look that up admittedly, you see when you won your match in the opener, I was doing last-minute promotional work for Infinite Pro for that night’s main-event. Before I expand on that…
We cut to a promo from the 22nd July for the Royal Crown Rumble Match.
AREN MSTISTLAV
But no matter what I do, it seems like I will be held back regardless? And for what reason other than that, I’m looked at differently than others. I deserve more. Deserve to be put in a position in which I am more than just being put as a representative for what we can offer…
Recoba comes back into the picture as he finishes his coffee and places it back onto the table.
CROSS RECOBA
You deserve more? If anything, you need to earn more! I’m looking at you as an opponent and all I find is you lacking in every department! You picked a fight with El Rey and then lost at First Contact, you debuted with a loss against Johnny Five, came out the wrong side of a verdict against Hate and Irina and lasted less than ten minutes in the actual Royal Crown Rumble! What IS your level? What IS it you deserve? I know why I’m in line to face MYŌJIN, Aren, but if you were on my Tap Out roster? I’d be asking you if you wanted out of your contract!
Making his last point, Cross sees that his fist has become clenched in sheer frustration and what he has to face and he releases it.
CROSS RECOBA
You said you were bored before your last match and that your match would prove how it was the matches before yours that were boring, Then ask me this - why have you had to ask to even get on the show? You should be thankful that there isn’t a Welsh Athletic Commission because if there were…this match would never be allowed to happen! You’re facing a former National Openweight Champion, I’ve PROVEN what I bring to Infinite Pro but what are you but a burden on the fans, the bottom line and most importantly, me. You talk about a legacy but I don’t want that, I hunt bigger game. All I need you to realize is that I see this match as beneath me, I see it as nothing more than a tune-up to keep myself match-fit for when I face MYŌJIN’. Ask Johnny Five and El Rey how it was to face off against me when we waged a war, ask Reckless Jack and Aubrey Mack why they’re no longer here, and then ask yourself why I was chosen to main-event the FIRST EVER Infinite Pro show.
The smile has returned back to Recoba’s face, he reaches over the coffee to a carafe of water and fills his glass as he talks.
CROSS RECOBA
I’m the Box Office of Infinite Pro Wrestling not just because I bring the most money to the house, not just because I make every match I’m in the talking point of the night, it’s because I can do the impossible. I made TJ Alexander relevant for a match, I made people care about Reckless Jack for the first-time since smartphones were invented! Ask yourself, Aren, if your words aren’t cheap, what price will you have to pay once you lose to me?
