07-07-2020, 11:56 PM
VERY BUMPY ROAD
DATE: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
TIME: 4:45 P.M.
CITY: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
LOCATION: Fairfield Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata
[I just can’t stand it anymore! I am actually depressed that Breakdown is tonight, and no, it’s not the fact that I’m not booked that is making me depressed. Being in action can only help matters right now. The fact of the matter is that I’m depressed because I know I will have to see Gavin Taylor at the arena, still probably gloating over the fact that he had to cheat to beat me… AGAIN… in the first round of the SCW United States Title tournament. Some may question my tactics throughout that match-up, but what do you want me to do? I’m facing a bona fide cheater that doesn’t even care that he cheats! He KNOWS that he cheats, yet he still does it, thinking that it will get him somewhere, thinking it will get him a championship reign of any sort. Being he has not yet gotten there his desperation shows more and more with each and every passing day. Just like how my depression grows more and more each day, both with dealings inside SCW and watching our entire world implode even more, because no one wanted to wear masks in certain parts of the United States when it does make a whole lot of difference! Even all these demonstrations and protests that are going on, even up in my neck of the woods in upstate New York… many people that go to them do not wear a mask, as if they feel like they are giving both President Trump and Governor Cuomo the middle finger. On top of that some of the protests aren’t even warranted, including one which occurred less than one minute from my very place! It happened on my last night home with Martha and Sarah. All three of us are now completely up at arms, so honestly there is no telling what I might do at any moment. I have been known to snap in the past, but right now, the cauldron inside me has bubbled right to the top. I am to the point where ONE more incident could lead to something that I might end up regretting!]
[So that is why they are here, my new lawyers. Doug Silver and Rachel Carter both stand before me in my hotel room, watching me pace.]
Doug:
“Jay, I have never seen you like this before. I mean in the past we have gone through quite a bit together. Having to deal with Al Cohol and Grinder… which in the end at least that ended in respect both ways. Then the whole debacle when we tried to tag team wrestle in two places at once, which also eventually ended amicably. We had the good times and we had the bad.”
Jay:
“Doug, listen, I’m sorry, but I don’t feel like a trip down memory lane right now. I am about moving forward now and seriously do want to do my best to make certain SCW has a bright future. Which right now it is not having that because of cheating idiots like Gavin, crackheads like Giovanni Aries, and not to mention we have a boss that I’m sorry to say is still naïve.”
Doug:
“I know. This isn’t the first time you’ve told me this over the past few days.”
[Rachel huffs a little in the background.]
Doug:
“Maybe you should go to Sasha and just ask her directly if she needs help. Perhaps request to be a General Manager or something and step aside for a bit from active in-ring duties. It might help you out and help out those that are actually trying to wrestle for a better future for SCW.”
Jay:
“I doubt she would respond to that. I got that from my cousin Stacy that Sasha has always been stubborn. Perhaps that should be put in negotiations should Sasha and her legal team fail to get Giovanni’s lackey to drop his silly suing charges against me. Mr. Hoffman should have known what he was getting himself into when he charged the ring.”
[I hear Rachel’s voice chime in and I turn to her. Funnily enough she sounds very similar to my sister.]
Rachel:
“That can be done Jay. As for filing a countersuit against Mr. Hoffman, that is also in the works. I meant to tell you that when we met shortly yesterday.”
Jay:
“Well thank you for that Miss Carter.”
Rachel:
“You’re a friend of Doug’s. You can call me Rachel.”
[I nod and then look to my hotel room door. I am about to head towards it when Doug steps in my path.]
Doug:
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Jay:
“To Breakdown. I may as well take care of that business with Sasha, and as far as Gavin is concer-”
Doug:
“I’m not letting you go to the arena tonight. I know you Jay and right now you’re a major powder keg that is just itching to blow his top. I don’t want you to do anything rash, being Sasha has shown she is still on your side.”
Jay:
“Are you sure about that? She hasn’t made any sincere move at all to undo what has been done. Besides… Owen, Alistaire, Aaron, Kelcey, Peyton… they might need more assistance should Giovanni try anything else.”
Doug:
“I’m sure they will all be okay for a night. You would think Giovanni would know to back off and let things simmer, just like Rachel and I are going to help you simmer, as much as we possibly can.”
[I roll my eyes. They won’t be successful in that endeavor. I guess I’ll go along with it though. At least TRY to cool off some. It worked at home with my loving and always caring wife looking me in the eyes.]
Jay:
“Alright, fine. What should I do in the meantime? A lot of time to pass this evening as I have nothing else planned.”
Doug:
“Come to dinner with us. We can discuss whatever you want to discuss. Consider us lawyers with uh…. benefits.”
[Rachel raises an eyebrow and looks over at Doug as she puts her hands on her hips. Her short curly blonde hair moves, but not much.]
Rachel:
“Say what?”
Doug:
“Oh. That came out wrong.”
Rachel:
“No kidding.”
[Rachel laughs a little. Doug looks a bit embarrassed in the presence of his fiancée. I however have not moved or even gone to smile. I’ll say this. I am going to be a tough cookie to crack. There is just too much bad shit going on this world to accept comedy in right now. Truly I wish I could let love in like Kelsai does, but no… I’m just not feeling it.]
[I sigh heavily as both Rachel and Doug look over at me. They both get stern looks on their faces now before all three of us head out to the dinner that Doug had originally planned for him and Rachel. I’m now a third wheel, but being married, I don’t care. Anything to get me out of this hotel room and my mind off of some things. I don’t think it will help, but I won’t ever know if I don’t try.]
DATE: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
TIME: 6:55 P.M.
CITY: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
LOCATION: Fratelli Restaurant
[It took us a while to get seated by the wait staff, but understandably so, being they are very busy, and have to use pretty much every third table, due to safety precautions. The moment all three of us get to the table we have been brought to, we take off our masks and set them aside. I am sitting on one side of the table as Doug and Rachel are on the other. I look over at the two of them, both of them seeming to be content, at least for the moment. I will say this, even though neither of them are young, they look like a great couple. I’m hoping but nothing for the best for them. Thinking about that, perfect topic to distract myself and them from everything else that is going on around us.]
Jay:
“So guys, neither of you told me the date yet.”
Doug:
“Who said you were invited?”
[Doug jests at me, trying to get me to crack a smile, but I’m serious. Doug is about to speak, but Rachel interjects.]
Rachel:
“Christmas Day, and of course you’re invited. Any friend of Doug’s is a friend of mine.”
Jay:
“Thanks, um… Rachel. So, will there be any kind of theme?”
Rachel:
“We’re still working out the details, but I have to be honest. I LOVE Christmas. Always loved it since I was a little girl. I wish it could be every day. Even though it will be different this year, at least we will get to both remember it as our wedding day, right Doug?”
Doug:
“Yeah. I can’t disagree with you.”
Rachel:
“Oh I know you can’t.”
[Rachel giggles and is not shy about kissing her fiancée on the cheek, right in public.]
Doug:
“Heh, love you too Rachel. You and I can do that later though. I think we have a friend in need in front of us here.”
Rachel:
“That we do. So Jay, what’s something that makes you happy?”
[That definitely is the question of the night, isn’t it? I mean several things have made me happy in the past and of course my wife and daughter make me very happy on this very bumpy road that the entire world has had to endure. It’s just that the negatives currently seem to far outweigh the positives, thus, I don’t know how to really answer her question. I heavily sigh before at least telling her and Doug something.]
Jay:
“Martha and Sarah both make me very happy, despite the issues Sarah had several years ago that seem to have melted away. They both wanted me to return to SCW, especially my daughter. She was sooo apologetic about being the reason for why I was away from the wrestling ring for so long. I feel all I have done is disappoint her since being back in SCW.”
Doug:
“Hmm, turning a positive into a negative.”
Rachel:
“Jay, as a friend now, please don’t do that. At least try to stay positive. It’s the only way to cure what’s ailing you. I know it’s hard. For a time in my life I was going through a similar state of mind.”
[She sighs and drops her head down some, but picks it up herself.]
Rachel:
“But then I found Doug. He really has made all the difference. And hey, you have a wife and daughter that love you very much and it definitely appears that the feeling is mutual from you to them as well, so…”
Jay:
“So…?
Rachel:
“When times get rough, even when you’re not with them, think about them and only them. I think you’ll see the difference.”
Jay:
“That is definitely worth the shot. Thank you for the advice Rachel. Hey Doug, you have yourself a great gal sitting next to you.”
Doug:
“That I do.”
Rachel:
“Aww gee, thanks.”
[She glows a bit red but it simmers pretty quickly. We continue small talking for a bit before a waitress comes to take our order. After she does the two of them talk some and leave me to think, as they can both see that my head is clouded with thoughts. Rachel is right though. I have help. Maybe not in SCW, but I definitely have my cheering section back at home that I love very, very much. Perhaps it’s time to truly move forward and deal with the shit that’s being put in front of me in whatever way I want to deal with it… you know, within reason. Though then again, I do have lawyers to back me up, just in case if things get out of hand. So in a way, even though they aren’t affiliated with SCW, I guess I do have friends when I need them. Hopefully Sasha sees this. Hopefully she will see that I’m not kidding when I said I had hired lawyers just in case if she and her team couldn’t get the job done. As far as the other SCW issues, they will be dealt with… the Jay Gold way.]
[For the first time since I was last home, I do find myself cracking a bit of a smile. It gets caught by both Doug and Rachel.]
Doug:
“Glad to see that you are feeling a little better.”
Jay:
“Yeah, a little. Thanks you two.”
Rachel:
“Not a problem. That’s what friends/lawyers are for.”
[Rachel gives me a casual wink just as our appetizers arrive. They’re only salads, so nice and quick. I am hungry so I dig in immediately. The two of them take a few moments before they start eating as well. At least we will all leave full from here, even if not fully happy. With the two of them around though, seeing them together, I can’t help it but to feel that not all hope is lost. There are people in this world that do care.]
DATE: Tuesday, July 7, 2020
TIME: 10:18 P.M.
CITY: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
LOCATION: Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel
[I have been busy over the past week. I obviously did not attend last week’s Breakdown, at the advice of both of my lawyers. In a way they accidentally protected Gavin Taylor and Giovanni Aries from certain trouble that they deserve to face. Tomorrow night though neither of them will find protection, as I am scheduled to compete. As much as I have taken Doug’s and Rachel’s advice, I told them earlier today, business must be handled, which they agreed. They just told me not to go overboard. I couldn’t promise that to them, but I told them I wouldn’t do anything illegal that would get me rightfully sued. As far as Giovanni and his goon squad goes, if they don’t try anything that messes with SCW’s future, they can all walk out unscathed for all I care, that is as long as Mr. Hoffman chooses to correctly drop the lawsuit he wrongfully filed against me. If not, well, let’s just say a countersuit will kick him in the ass, being he has clearly been properly trained to do battle.]
[Of the utmost importance tomorrow night is to get rid of SCW’s biggest distraction. Him cheating against me a third time is not going to fly. If he does it yet again, well, I may as well express my thoughts out loud, so he will hear them. He needs to. Besides, I also got him something. A special present of sorts…]
Jay:
“This has been nothing but a bumpy road, ever since I returned to SCW. I never imagined the things that would ensue, both inside SCW and outside. I never imagined the chaos that the entire world would be flung into, yet here we are. Now, I have always been a passionate soul and that is never going to change, no matter what I do, no matter where I go, and no matter who I have to deal with. So I’m going to get right to it.”
“Aubrianna, welcome to SCW. I know you are already referring to my tag team partner for a night Jake Starr and I as relics, and that we should be long gone. You believe that just because we have years upon years in the wrestling business that we should just bow out and let youngsters like you and Gavin Taylor take center stage. Here’s the deal. I have no problem with sharing the stage with the younger athletes. I respect quite a few of them around here, as I know quite a few of them respect me. Those whom I respect may not be tightly nit families like all the cliques that roam the halls of SCW, but respect definitely goes a long way to showing the world what kind of athlete and what kind of person you are.”
“You Aubrianna are a clone, plain and simple. Look around SCW right now. You are calling yourself the Most Valuable Powers. Gavin Taylor refers to himself as The All-Star. Glory Braddock calls herself the Best In The World. Matt Hodges calls himself World Class. Syren for a long time called herself the best woman in wrestling today for quite a number of years. The list goes on and on, and I really don’t care to continue with it, because even though you’re young, I’m sure you get the point. You are admitting that you want to step on anyone you can on your way to championship gold and accolades, but here is the thing. What happens when you become just like Gavin Taylor and are able to succeed in accomplishing what you want to so badly do?”
[I pause, but only for a moment, just allowing the words to sink into Aubrianna’s head. I’m only helping her here, not hurting her.]
Jay:
“You will become desperate. You will do things that you will regret. Trust me Aubrianna. A lot of us here in SCW have been down that very bumpy and very dark road. It takes a lot of forgiveness to come back from that. I do get that you are young and hungry, and I do get that you want to make waves right away, and I’m sure you will. But running with Gavin Taylor is just not the right answer. Let me give you a quick tip about Gavin. He competes to the best of ability… only when he chooses to do so. Otherwise he is just too busy committing crimes, breaking into the SCW vault and stealing old defunct SCW championships. That’s why he was scheming last week. He doesn’t care about you. He cares about getting under the skin of others. I mean look at him, he interrogated a referee and Sasha just lets something like that go, without even a slap on the wrist. Someone delivers a piledriver to someone else and they get suspended for thirty days.”
“Now I want to move forward, but it really is hard to Aubrianna when I see so much shit that your partner for tomorrow night is getting away with, while others get suspended for wrestling moves. Hell years and years ago City Boy put my WIFE through the announcers table, for no fucking reason whatsoever! Oh he paid for it in the ensuing ambulance, but that isn’t the point here. The point is that SCW has changed, and not for the better. I know I’m only back because of my wife and daughter, but while I am here and quite a bit older now, turning 40 next May, I want to leave SCW in a better place. Just like I’m sure several of the other recent returnees want to see. Like David Helms. Like Cid Turner. Hell, I’m sure even Matt Hodges cares at least a little, despite always being full of himself. You and Gavin however, as of right now, neither of you care. That will show tomorrow night when you are both in the ring, standing across from myself and Jake Starr. And I know you’re concerned about Chairee, Aubrianna, but I’ll get Jake to put his little steel friend aside for one night. It’s simple really. With the way I feel right now, he won’t need it!”
[I can’t help it but to sneer and then turn away from the camera I had set up in the room. I get out of view of the lens for a short bit of time and pick up something I have been working on over the past three days. Just finished it a short time ago actually. Good handiwork too, not one of my strong suits, but it looks nice. Time to show it off to a special someone.]
Jay:
“However there is something that you need Gavin. I have a little present for you. No longer will you need to play safecrackers to get to the old SCW title belts as I made you one that is perfectly suited for you. Here. It’s the “I’m So Full Of Myself” Championship and I will personally present it to you tomorrow night! It looks really nice!”
“Anyways, that’s tomorrow night. Tonight is tonight. Tonight I am asking you right now about how it feels to face Selena Frost and be humbled? Because honestly Gavin you didn’t even put up a fight. All you put up in defeat are excuses. Just like you put up excuses for your poor performance during the Trios Tournament. If you had actually tried that night… Xander, myself, and yes, even YOU… could have at least got past round 1 and lived to fight another match. But no, you were all about yourself. You were worried about being put at risk just because I chose Xander Valentine to be on the team. Here is the thing. I didn’t pick you, nor would I ever pick you. You could have just went to Sasha and told her to randomize someone else to compete in your spot. You didn’t think about that though because YOU are the true glory hog here in SCW. Not me. Not Jake Starr. Not Selena Frost. YOU! That is why this new championship belt I have christened for you makes so much sense!”
“What else makes sense is that only ones like you and Aubrianna would believe that Jake and I don’t belong in SCW anymore. Look around Gavin, because a LOT of SCW hall of famers and names of the past have been returning over the past number of months and a lot of us still look REALLY GOOD in that ring. We don’t have to get by and get famous for cheating at every twist and turn like you do. You’re young. You should be more agile and be able to put away the “older regime” fair and square, but you choose to not do so because you are scared of losing. Which tomorrow night, this time around, you are DEFINITELY losing. You have gotten two cheap little dupes on me which in the end really haven’t meant much. You still don’t have a proper championship, which is what you truly do want. The best part about it, if you keep going on the way you do, you will NEVER have a proper championship. You will NEVER have that stardom and fat paycheck that you are so desperately desiring. You will just be stuck on repeat for the rest of your wrestling career. I may be almost 40 and be considered as past my prime, but at least I want to move forward. I want to give whatever else I can give to SCW before I really do have to hang up the wrestling boots for the last time. Even YOU should be able to understand that I’m not trying to hold someone like you down Gavin. Sasha should know that I’m not trying to hold SCW back from being better. I’m here to HELP the future, not hinder it. You don’t see me begging for title opportunities. You don’t see me trying to end people’s careers. And you don’t see me crying out for attention like Giovanni Aries is, like Sienna Swann is, like Syren is, and like you and Aubrianna are. Nope, I am just SOOOO looking forward to getting into that ring tomorrow night and defeating you… MY WAY! Because what I am sick and tired of is you whining, complaining, and cheating all the damn time! Tomorrow night, it ends… and maybe, just maybe, I can then help SCW’s future, instead of just dealing with someone like you. Hopefully tomorrow night Aubrianna at least sees some of the light, because maybe she is worth saving. Time will tell there.”
[I show off the new championship belt I have made for my latest archrival before I head to behind the camera and shut it off. It’s time for bed. Tomorrow night is too important to not at least try to get a proper amount of sleep. SCW’s future could be improved, even if only by a little bit. It won’t be easy. It will be a long bumpy road, which unfortunately must be taken in order for the future of SCW to experience Golden Moments to its fullest extent once again.]
DATE: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
TIME: 4:45 P.M.
CITY: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
LOCATION: Fairfield Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata
[I just can’t stand it anymore! I am actually depressed that Breakdown is tonight, and no, it’s not the fact that I’m not booked that is making me depressed. Being in action can only help matters right now. The fact of the matter is that I’m depressed because I know I will have to see Gavin Taylor at the arena, still probably gloating over the fact that he had to cheat to beat me… AGAIN… in the first round of the SCW United States Title tournament. Some may question my tactics throughout that match-up, but what do you want me to do? I’m facing a bona fide cheater that doesn’t even care that he cheats! He KNOWS that he cheats, yet he still does it, thinking that it will get him somewhere, thinking it will get him a championship reign of any sort. Being he has not yet gotten there his desperation shows more and more with each and every passing day. Just like how my depression grows more and more each day, both with dealings inside SCW and watching our entire world implode even more, because no one wanted to wear masks in certain parts of the United States when it does make a whole lot of difference! Even all these demonstrations and protests that are going on, even up in my neck of the woods in upstate New York… many people that go to them do not wear a mask, as if they feel like they are giving both President Trump and Governor Cuomo the middle finger. On top of that some of the protests aren’t even warranted, including one which occurred less than one minute from my very place! It happened on my last night home with Martha and Sarah. All three of us are now completely up at arms, so honestly there is no telling what I might do at any moment. I have been known to snap in the past, but right now, the cauldron inside me has bubbled right to the top. I am to the point where ONE more incident could lead to something that I might end up regretting!]
[So that is why they are here, my new lawyers. Doug Silver and Rachel Carter both stand before me in my hotel room, watching me pace.]
Doug:
“Jay, I have never seen you like this before. I mean in the past we have gone through quite a bit together. Having to deal with Al Cohol and Grinder… which in the end at least that ended in respect both ways. Then the whole debacle when we tried to tag team wrestle in two places at once, which also eventually ended amicably. We had the good times and we had the bad.”
Jay:
“Doug, listen, I’m sorry, but I don’t feel like a trip down memory lane right now. I am about moving forward now and seriously do want to do my best to make certain SCW has a bright future. Which right now it is not having that because of cheating idiots like Gavin, crackheads like Giovanni Aries, and not to mention we have a boss that I’m sorry to say is still naïve.”
Doug:
“I know. This isn’t the first time you’ve told me this over the past few days.”
[Rachel huffs a little in the background.]
Doug:
“Maybe you should go to Sasha and just ask her directly if she needs help. Perhaps request to be a General Manager or something and step aside for a bit from active in-ring duties. It might help you out and help out those that are actually trying to wrestle for a better future for SCW.”
Jay:
“I doubt she would respond to that. I got that from my cousin Stacy that Sasha has always been stubborn. Perhaps that should be put in negotiations should Sasha and her legal team fail to get Giovanni’s lackey to drop his silly suing charges against me. Mr. Hoffman should have known what he was getting himself into when he charged the ring.”
[I hear Rachel’s voice chime in and I turn to her. Funnily enough she sounds very similar to my sister.]
Rachel:
“That can be done Jay. As for filing a countersuit against Mr. Hoffman, that is also in the works. I meant to tell you that when we met shortly yesterday.”
Jay:
“Well thank you for that Miss Carter.”
Rachel:
“You’re a friend of Doug’s. You can call me Rachel.”
[I nod and then look to my hotel room door. I am about to head towards it when Doug steps in my path.]
Doug:
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Jay:
“To Breakdown. I may as well take care of that business with Sasha, and as far as Gavin is concer-”
Doug:
“I’m not letting you go to the arena tonight. I know you Jay and right now you’re a major powder keg that is just itching to blow his top. I don’t want you to do anything rash, being Sasha has shown she is still on your side.”
Jay:
“Are you sure about that? She hasn’t made any sincere move at all to undo what has been done. Besides… Owen, Alistaire, Aaron, Kelcey, Peyton… they might need more assistance should Giovanni try anything else.”
Doug:
“I’m sure they will all be okay for a night. You would think Giovanni would know to back off and let things simmer, just like Rachel and I are going to help you simmer, as much as we possibly can.”
[I roll my eyes. They won’t be successful in that endeavor. I guess I’ll go along with it though. At least TRY to cool off some. It worked at home with my loving and always caring wife looking me in the eyes.]
Jay:
“Alright, fine. What should I do in the meantime? A lot of time to pass this evening as I have nothing else planned.”
Doug:
“Come to dinner with us. We can discuss whatever you want to discuss. Consider us lawyers with uh…. benefits.”
[Rachel raises an eyebrow and looks over at Doug as she puts her hands on her hips. Her short curly blonde hair moves, but not much.]
Rachel:
“Say what?”
Doug:
“Oh. That came out wrong.”
Rachel:
“No kidding.”
[Rachel laughs a little. Doug looks a bit embarrassed in the presence of his fiancée. I however have not moved or even gone to smile. I’ll say this. I am going to be a tough cookie to crack. There is just too much bad shit going on this world to accept comedy in right now. Truly I wish I could let love in like Kelsai does, but no… I’m just not feeling it.]
[I sigh heavily as both Rachel and Doug look over at me. They both get stern looks on their faces now before all three of us head out to the dinner that Doug had originally planned for him and Rachel. I’m now a third wheel, but being married, I don’t care. Anything to get me out of this hotel room and my mind off of some things. I don’t think it will help, but I won’t ever know if I don’t try.]
DATE: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
TIME: 6:55 P.M.
CITY: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
LOCATION: Fratelli Restaurant
[It took us a while to get seated by the wait staff, but understandably so, being they are very busy, and have to use pretty much every third table, due to safety precautions. The moment all three of us get to the table we have been brought to, we take off our masks and set them aside. I am sitting on one side of the table as Doug and Rachel are on the other. I look over at the two of them, both of them seeming to be content, at least for the moment. I will say this, even though neither of them are young, they look like a great couple. I’m hoping but nothing for the best for them. Thinking about that, perfect topic to distract myself and them from everything else that is going on around us.]
Jay:
“So guys, neither of you told me the date yet.”
Doug:
“Who said you were invited?”
[Doug jests at me, trying to get me to crack a smile, but I’m serious. Doug is about to speak, but Rachel interjects.]
Rachel:
“Christmas Day, and of course you’re invited. Any friend of Doug’s is a friend of mine.”
Jay:
“Thanks, um… Rachel. So, will there be any kind of theme?”
Rachel:
“We’re still working out the details, but I have to be honest. I LOVE Christmas. Always loved it since I was a little girl. I wish it could be every day. Even though it will be different this year, at least we will get to both remember it as our wedding day, right Doug?”
Doug:
“Yeah. I can’t disagree with you.”
Rachel:
“Oh I know you can’t.”
[Rachel giggles and is not shy about kissing her fiancée on the cheek, right in public.]
Doug:
“Heh, love you too Rachel. You and I can do that later though. I think we have a friend in need in front of us here.”
Rachel:
“That we do. So Jay, what’s something that makes you happy?”
[That definitely is the question of the night, isn’t it? I mean several things have made me happy in the past and of course my wife and daughter make me very happy on this very bumpy road that the entire world has had to endure. It’s just that the negatives currently seem to far outweigh the positives, thus, I don’t know how to really answer her question. I heavily sigh before at least telling her and Doug something.]
Jay:
“Martha and Sarah both make me very happy, despite the issues Sarah had several years ago that seem to have melted away. They both wanted me to return to SCW, especially my daughter. She was sooo apologetic about being the reason for why I was away from the wrestling ring for so long. I feel all I have done is disappoint her since being back in SCW.”
Doug:
“Hmm, turning a positive into a negative.”
Rachel:
“Jay, as a friend now, please don’t do that. At least try to stay positive. It’s the only way to cure what’s ailing you. I know it’s hard. For a time in my life I was going through a similar state of mind.”
[She sighs and drops her head down some, but picks it up herself.]
Rachel:
“But then I found Doug. He really has made all the difference. And hey, you have a wife and daughter that love you very much and it definitely appears that the feeling is mutual from you to them as well, so…”
Jay:
“So…?
Rachel:
“When times get rough, even when you’re not with them, think about them and only them. I think you’ll see the difference.”
Jay:
“That is definitely worth the shot. Thank you for the advice Rachel. Hey Doug, you have yourself a great gal sitting next to you.”
Doug:
“That I do.”
Rachel:
“Aww gee, thanks.”
[She glows a bit red but it simmers pretty quickly. We continue small talking for a bit before a waitress comes to take our order. After she does the two of them talk some and leave me to think, as they can both see that my head is clouded with thoughts. Rachel is right though. I have help. Maybe not in SCW, but I definitely have my cheering section back at home that I love very, very much. Perhaps it’s time to truly move forward and deal with the shit that’s being put in front of me in whatever way I want to deal with it… you know, within reason. Though then again, I do have lawyers to back me up, just in case if things get out of hand. So in a way, even though they aren’t affiliated with SCW, I guess I do have friends when I need them. Hopefully Sasha sees this. Hopefully she will see that I’m not kidding when I said I had hired lawyers just in case if she and her team couldn’t get the job done. As far as the other SCW issues, they will be dealt with… the Jay Gold way.]
[For the first time since I was last home, I do find myself cracking a bit of a smile. It gets caught by both Doug and Rachel.]
Doug:
“Glad to see that you are feeling a little better.”
Jay:
“Yeah, a little. Thanks you two.”
Rachel:
“Not a problem. That’s what friends/lawyers are for.”
[Rachel gives me a casual wink just as our appetizers arrive. They’re only salads, so nice and quick. I am hungry so I dig in immediately. The two of them take a few moments before they start eating as well. At least we will all leave full from here, even if not fully happy. With the two of them around though, seeing them together, I can’t help it but to feel that not all hope is lost. There are people in this world that do care.]
DATE: Tuesday, July 7, 2020
TIME: 10:18 P.M.
CITY: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
LOCATION: Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel
[I have been busy over the past week. I obviously did not attend last week’s Breakdown, at the advice of both of my lawyers. In a way they accidentally protected Gavin Taylor and Giovanni Aries from certain trouble that they deserve to face. Tomorrow night though neither of them will find protection, as I am scheduled to compete. As much as I have taken Doug’s and Rachel’s advice, I told them earlier today, business must be handled, which they agreed. They just told me not to go overboard. I couldn’t promise that to them, but I told them I wouldn’t do anything illegal that would get me rightfully sued. As far as Giovanni and his goon squad goes, if they don’t try anything that messes with SCW’s future, they can all walk out unscathed for all I care, that is as long as Mr. Hoffman chooses to correctly drop the lawsuit he wrongfully filed against me. If not, well, let’s just say a countersuit will kick him in the ass, being he has clearly been properly trained to do battle.]
[Of the utmost importance tomorrow night is to get rid of SCW’s biggest distraction. Him cheating against me a third time is not going to fly. If he does it yet again, well, I may as well express my thoughts out loud, so he will hear them. He needs to. Besides, I also got him something. A special present of sorts…]
Jay:
“This has been nothing but a bumpy road, ever since I returned to SCW. I never imagined the things that would ensue, both inside SCW and outside. I never imagined the chaos that the entire world would be flung into, yet here we are. Now, I have always been a passionate soul and that is never going to change, no matter what I do, no matter where I go, and no matter who I have to deal with. So I’m going to get right to it.”
“Aubrianna, welcome to SCW. I know you are already referring to my tag team partner for a night Jake Starr and I as relics, and that we should be long gone. You believe that just because we have years upon years in the wrestling business that we should just bow out and let youngsters like you and Gavin Taylor take center stage. Here’s the deal. I have no problem with sharing the stage with the younger athletes. I respect quite a few of them around here, as I know quite a few of them respect me. Those whom I respect may not be tightly nit families like all the cliques that roam the halls of SCW, but respect definitely goes a long way to showing the world what kind of athlete and what kind of person you are.”
“You Aubrianna are a clone, plain and simple. Look around SCW right now. You are calling yourself the Most Valuable Powers. Gavin Taylor refers to himself as The All-Star. Glory Braddock calls herself the Best In The World. Matt Hodges calls himself World Class. Syren for a long time called herself the best woman in wrestling today for quite a number of years. The list goes on and on, and I really don’t care to continue with it, because even though you’re young, I’m sure you get the point. You are admitting that you want to step on anyone you can on your way to championship gold and accolades, but here is the thing. What happens when you become just like Gavin Taylor and are able to succeed in accomplishing what you want to so badly do?”
[I pause, but only for a moment, just allowing the words to sink into Aubrianna’s head. I’m only helping her here, not hurting her.]
Jay:
“You will become desperate. You will do things that you will regret. Trust me Aubrianna. A lot of us here in SCW have been down that very bumpy and very dark road. It takes a lot of forgiveness to come back from that. I do get that you are young and hungry, and I do get that you want to make waves right away, and I’m sure you will. But running with Gavin Taylor is just not the right answer. Let me give you a quick tip about Gavin. He competes to the best of ability… only when he chooses to do so. Otherwise he is just too busy committing crimes, breaking into the SCW vault and stealing old defunct SCW championships. That’s why he was scheming last week. He doesn’t care about you. He cares about getting under the skin of others. I mean look at him, he interrogated a referee and Sasha just lets something like that go, without even a slap on the wrist. Someone delivers a piledriver to someone else and they get suspended for thirty days.”
“Now I want to move forward, but it really is hard to Aubrianna when I see so much shit that your partner for tomorrow night is getting away with, while others get suspended for wrestling moves. Hell years and years ago City Boy put my WIFE through the announcers table, for no fucking reason whatsoever! Oh he paid for it in the ensuing ambulance, but that isn’t the point here. The point is that SCW has changed, and not for the better. I know I’m only back because of my wife and daughter, but while I am here and quite a bit older now, turning 40 next May, I want to leave SCW in a better place. Just like I’m sure several of the other recent returnees want to see. Like David Helms. Like Cid Turner. Hell, I’m sure even Matt Hodges cares at least a little, despite always being full of himself. You and Gavin however, as of right now, neither of you care. That will show tomorrow night when you are both in the ring, standing across from myself and Jake Starr. And I know you’re concerned about Chairee, Aubrianna, but I’ll get Jake to put his little steel friend aside for one night. It’s simple really. With the way I feel right now, he won’t need it!”
[I can’t help it but to sneer and then turn away from the camera I had set up in the room. I get out of view of the lens for a short bit of time and pick up something I have been working on over the past three days. Just finished it a short time ago actually. Good handiwork too, not one of my strong suits, but it looks nice. Time to show it off to a special someone.]
Jay:
“However there is something that you need Gavin. I have a little present for you. No longer will you need to play safecrackers to get to the old SCW title belts as I made you one that is perfectly suited for you. Here. It’s the “I’m So Full Of Myself” Championship and I will personally present it to you tomorrow night! It looks really nice!”
“Anyways, that’s tomorrow night. Tonight is tonight. Tonight I am asking you right now about how it feels to face Selena Frost and be humbled? Because honestly Gavin you didn’t even put up a fight. All you put up in defeat are excuses. Just like you put up excuses for your poor performance during the Trios Tournament. If you had actually tried that night… Xander, myself, and yes, even YOU… could have at least got past round 1 and lived to fight another match. But no, you were all about yourself. You were worried about being put at risk just because I chose Xander Valentine to be on the team. Here is the thing. I didn’t pick you, nor would I ever pick you. You could have just went to Sasha and told her to randomize someone else to compete in your spot. You didn’t think about that though because YOU are the true glory hog here in SCW. Not me. Not Jake Starr. Not Selena Frost. YOU! That is why this new championship belt I have christened for you makes so much sense!”
“What else makes sense is that only ones like you and Aubrianna would believe that Jake and I don’t belong in SCW anymore. Look around Gavin, because a LOT of SCW hall of famers and names of the past have been returning over the past number of months and a lot of us still look REALLY GOOD in that ring. We don’t have to get by and get famous for cheating at every twist and turn like you do. You’re young. You should be more agile and be able to put away the “older regime” fair and square, but you choose to not do so because you are scared of losing. Which tomorrow night, this time around, you are DEFINITELY losing. You have gotten two cheap little dupes on me which in the end really haven’t meant much. You still don’t have a proper championship, which is what you truly do want. The best part about it, if you keep going on the way you do, you will NEVER have a proper championship. You will NEVER have that stardom and fat paycheck that you are so desperately desiring. You will just be stuck on repeat for the rest of your wrestling career. I may be almost 40 and be considered as past my prime, but at least I want to move forward. I want to give whatever else I can give to SCW before I really do have to hang up the wrestling boots for the last time. Even YOU should be able to understand that I’m not trying to hold someone like you down Gavin. Sasha should know that I’m not trying to hold SCW back from being better. I’m here to HELP the future, not hinder it. You don’t see me begging for title opportunities. You don’t see me trying to end people’s careers. And you don’t see me crying out for attention like Giovanni Aries is, like Sienna Swann is, like Syren is, and like you and Aubrianna are. Nope, I am just SOOOO looking forward to getting into that ring tomorrow night and defeating you… MY WAY! Because what I am sick and tired of is you whining, complaining, and cheating all the damn time! Tomorrow night, it ends… and maybe, just maybe, I can then help SCW’s future, instead of just dealing with someone like you. Hopefully tomorrow night Aubrianna at least sees some of the light, because maybe she is worth saving. Time will tell there.”
[I show off the new championship belt I have made for my latest archrival before I head to behind the camera and shut it off. It’s time for bed. Tomorrow night is too important to not at least try to get a proper amount of sleep. SCW’s future could be improved, even if only by a little bit. It won’t be easy. It will be a long bumpy road, which unfortunately must be taken in order for the future of SCW to experience Golden Moments to its fullest extent once again.]