Post by Papi El Sueno on Feb 4, 2013 11:02:46 GMT -5
The scene opens up to a parking lot of a studio in Los Angeles, California. It's sunny outside at a nice seventy one degrees. Getting out of a Chevrolet 64 Impala is none other than James Baker, who's wearing a pair of black baggy shorts, a black Hardcore Recordz t-shirt, white Phat Farm shoes, a chain around his neck and a Texas Rangers hat on his head. He makes sure all of his stuff is on him before making his way to the door. Unfortunately for him, he hears a familiar voice that usually would piss him off...
Voice: JAMES!!!
James knew he didn't want to see this person or hear her annoying piercing voice again. This particular person just so happens to be a significant part of his past, much to his dismay. She's the biological mother of his son Trey. Sure Danielle is the one who takes care of him like he's her own and Trey considers Danielle as his mom, but Amber was the bitch who squirted him out of her uterus and nearly killed Trey until James came to the rescue. James looks downright pissed at having to deal with this shit again. He looks at Amber with fury in his eyes before speaking in a tone that's of anger and rage.
James: "Amber. Why in the green fuck did you approach me?"
Amber: "You know what I want, James. You know exactly what I want."
James: "Is that right? You automatically think you're going to get it?"
Amber: "I am Trey's mother..."
James: "In a biological sense, you are. But in reality, you mean absolutely NOTHING to that boy."
Amber: "I'M HIS MOTHER! I HAVE MEANING!"
James (sarcastically speaking): "Yeah... sure you do."
Amber: "What's that supposed to mean?"
James: "Are you fucking stupid or something? Let me spell this out in a way that I'm sure you'll understand. YOU... DO... NOT... MEAN... SHIT... TO... TREY! He calls Danielle the mother figure in his life."
Amber: "You're full of shit. I bet if I see him. He'll call me mom."
James: "No he won't. That's where you're wrong. You really think he doesn't remember that bitch boyfriend of yours hitting him?"
Amber: "But..."
James: "SHUT UP, BITCH! I'M TALKING! He was eight when you decided to let that mother fucker do that. Eight year old's have good memories. He knows how much of a junkie whore you are."
Amber: "..."
James: "You're a druggie, a big time slut, you let men in your life lay a hand on your children and you're unstable. I thought I was nuts, but you take the fucking cake."
Amber: "I AM NOT UNSTABLE?"
James: "Really now? Explain why you've always came at me with a knife? Explain why you tried to drug up my son with illegal meds that could have killed him? What was the justification of that, huh?"
Amber: "I did it because it would free me from having to deal with him."
James: "Really now? And yet here you are trying to get me to let you see our son. Fucking bullshit."
Amber: "I want him in my life."
James: "And I want to have a life without busted knees, but we don't all get what we want. Besides, it's in the document that you are NOT allowed to have any contact with him regardless if you're at home, in jail, in rehab, anywhere really. You have no visitation rights. I have full custody while you are left without a god damn thing which is one step above what you actually deserve."
Amber: "Just what would that be, James?"
James: "You deserve to be DEAD. Yeah I said it. You don't deserve to breathe the same air as me and a lot of good parents out there you worthless fucking bitch."
Amber: "If I deserve to be dead like you say I do. Why don't you go on ahead and kill me?"
James: "That would be too easy. Not to mention I left that portion of my life behind. I'm not the same man I was seven to eight years ago. Unlike you, I'm smarter and I'm sober."
Amber: "Bullshit. You're a fucking lunatic. Psychotic asshole."
James: "I might have had my own issues, but again, I never drugged up our child with meds and did what you allowed your boyfriend to do to him to the point where I nearly murdered that mother fucker to save Trey's life. Are you at all comprehending what I am saying?"
Amber: "Whatever. I'm leaving."
As Amber walks away. James takes off his chain and wraps it around Amber's neck, attempting to choke her. He gets close to her and speaks softly.
James: "If you even think about coming around to see Trey. I will make sure this is the last fucking day you exist on this planet. Do you understand me?"
At this point, Amber is gasping for air and is not answering. From there, James wraps the chain tighter around her throat.
James: "I said DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! DO NOT even think about seeing him again you worthless piece of fucking shit."
Amber nods yes. Satisfied to a point, James smirks before dropping down into a Sitout rear mat slam with the chain still wrapped around Amber's neck. Amber lays on the floor looking injured and deep red marks around her neck from where she was choked with the chain. James picks up his chain and places it in his pocket.
James: "Consider that a form of payback for what you put my son through. There will be more from where that came from if you don't heed the order I just told you. Have a nice life you worthless piece of fucking shit junkie."
James walks away while Amber is still laying on the ground behind the building. James enters the building and closes the door behind him. While he's walking, he adjusts his hat and places it sideways on his head. He reaches room number 103 and walks in. He sees Behind the Wrestler interviewer Judd Cope and shakes his hand. He straps on the microphone to his shirt and he sits down in the chair opposite of Judd. When the signal is sent, the interview session begins.
Judd: "Welcome to Behind the Wrestler. I am Judd Cope and my guest is the one, the only. The hardcore king himself, James Baker."
James: "Sup, everybody?"
Judd: "James. You have been involved in professional wrestling in a number of ways since 2003. Being more known for what you have done in the independent circuit, namely for the famed Elite Class Championship Wrestling in it's heyday, and you're still going after all these years. How do you do it?"
James: "I have the passion. Sure wrestling was a way for me to get off the streets and actually do something legitimate with my life, but I grew in love with it during the ECCW days. Sure we were an indy fed and we wrestled in crowds of 500 to 1,000 people every show. 1,500 on a good day, but it was the drive and passion that was the catalyst behind what I did. I will never forget being handed the ball a month into my career, because to be honest, it was not supposed to happen but Joseph Ortiz being the fucking cunt he is, decided to take his ball and go home like the pussy he is, and I had just won The Rumble match so they had no choice but to put the belt on me and I was green as mother fucking goose shit at that time."
Judd: "Considering how early it was in your career. How do you think it went?"
James: "My initial thoughts were 'well at least I can say I held it once' because I didn't think I would last in the scene, but I really do believe that this opportunity is what helped me become 'the man' so to speak. I found my groove and let me tell you, being the top dog while you're trying to find your footing in this business is not something I would recommend. Thank god rookies have to actually work their way up the card these days because more often than not, they're not ready to handle that big of a stage yet. I'm happy I was given the ball that early and it really helped a lot and it paved the way for future success."
Judd: "Those successes being a record seven reigns as the ECCW World Champion, a highly acclaimed feud with Phillip Mustang and the formation of one of the greatest groups of all time, Da Xtreme Dynasty."
James: "I loved both the Mustang feud and Da Dynasty. The feud Phillip and I had was magic, man. He was this holy Christian man while I was the psychopathic thug trying to expose him for being a 'fraud' and doing anything I could to get inside of his head. The second option worked brilliantly. Harming his parents, skinning his precious cat, blowing up his house, kidnapping his wife. Anything sinister I thought up and it made for some good television."
Judd: "Do you regret doing any of that?"
James: "Looking back. I do regret all of that and it was all by meeting a special somebody, which I prefer to get into later."
Judd: "How do you feel about older stars trying to hang on to that last bit of glory?"
James: "In this business, you have to make stars for it to thrive. That's actually a known fact. Everybody has an expiration date. Nothing lasts forever. The only people who don't get that are the morons who are jealous of other people passing them by on the card with their success and those with big ass egos and this stupid fucking notion of self-entitlement. I hate people like that. They really piss me off."
Judd: "Do you feel that early in your career, you gave forth the best effort to do that?"
James: "Yes and no. Yes in I did all I could to help the next generation. I was running as a top guy for about two years. I held the belt numerous times and I competed in a rivalry for the ages against one Phillip Mustang. But the problem was, is that the guys that were given the ball to run with. You know, they didn't do well with their opportunities. And there is definitely a lot of misconception with how things were handled back then."
Judd: "What is your opinion on how things were handled?"
James: "Well the major issue was Jack Conway's sudden departure. None of us had any clue why it happened and whether he was going through some shit or not. For a moment, it left the company in a state of chaos. Like the inmates running the asylum so to speak. Nobody back there knew what the hell was going on. I felt like I had to step up and take over so to speak."
Judd: "You take over the day to day operations after the owner goes away. In that time, you took a step back from the main event and placed yourself down the card. Why the change in that?"
James: "The company needed fresh faces to run with the ball. Nobody wants the same old shit. We were giving guys an opportunity. Some were green as shit, some sucked and then there were those who were ready for it. I didn't need the main event spot anymore and I felt that was the right time to step back. The ownership situation just happened to happen right at that time where Sean Jamison was needing to win the World title and it was a blessing in disguise."
Judd: "With that stint being the first time you were a boss of a company. How do you think it went?"
James: "I'll admit this. I was clearly not ready then. Not many know this, but I had a lot of personal issues I was going through. The drama with the mother of my son was heating up. My relationship with Desiree Miles was going down the tubes, I had a thing with Morgan Simmons which I had used her for sex and I admit that was a horrible move at that time. Overall, I was in a bad place yet I didn't show it often and I worked through it. Not to mention, I was pretty beat up at that time. Had some major injuries and I was getting back into drugs which was severely fucking up my health."
Judd: "What were the extent of your injuries during that time?"
James: "My knees were really killing me on a daily basis. I had a couple of herniated discs in my back, I was having shoulder problems and I even fucked up my hand at one point. It was getting pretty bad and had I have continued. I probably would have been dead by now if we're going to be honest."
Judd: "You had a date with death's door but you turned back the tide."
James: "Most definitely. I really am fortunate because I have had a lot of shit happen and yet somehow, I'm still here living and talking to you today. Back before I was wrestling, I almost got killed. During the early part of my career. I flirted with death's door due to substance abuse and I could have paid the price. It was fucking bad."
Judd: "What were you doing in those days?"
James: "Poppin' pain killers, doing weed, cocaine, speed. Shit of that nature and add drinking to it. Yeah, it was a lethal combination. Day in and day out. Nothing but partying and looking back on it. If I could take half of it back. I would because it nearly killed me. I was a huge wreck and thank god I was able to get into into rehab as soon as I could."
Judd: "What did you do after the closing of ECCW?"
James: "Well I did get my ass back into rehab and sobered myself up. That was the first priority which I was in there until February of 2007. Once I got out, it was time to find myself as a person. When I had cleaned up, I realized all the bullshit I did and it wasn't right at all. And as I was straightening myself out. Three months later, I just happened to have properly met the most beautiful woman I ever seen at a fish restaurant down in San Diego."
Judd: "What do you mean by properly?"
James: "By that. I mean, actually meet with her on civil terms and not have any bad blood with her family being the reason behind it. The woman I'm talking about is the one and only Danielle Lopez. Most, if not all of professional wrestling knows that Danielle and Phillip Mustang are siblings. All the horrible things I did to Phillip and the family and knowing that I made Danielle watch that... fuck, I don't admit this often but it... it broke me down and I couldn't live with myself after that."
Judd: "What made you want to show Danielle that you changed?"
James: "Everything did. The year before, I was back with Desiree Miles and when I asked her to marry me. She turned me down and that relationship ended. I was turning my life around, just rather slowly. I failed constantly in keeping a stable relationship. I was a pimp, but I wanted to settle down. I hate to be cheesy and use these type of boring cliche's but when I laid eyes on her that day... I knew right then and there that she was the one. I wanted to make her as my wife. And I was gonna do whatever it took to do just that."
Judd: "How did that first meeting go?"
James: "It went really well. I actually approached her and she let me sit by her and we talked. I told her that I felt really bad for what I put the family through and I broke down knowing that I could have emotionally hurt her. During that, I guess you can say the side that I rarely show... came out in the open and I was genuine that day. I gave her the up most respect and it was the realest I felt in a while. She gave me her number and quickly, we started talking to each other more often. Truly getting to know one another and I think the second or third time. We started dating and as they say. The rest is history."
Judd: "Moving back to the topic of wrestling. You had spent three years out of the game. What made you decide to return to the business anyways?"
James: "I still had the fire to do it. I felt like I had much more to prove. Not from an accomplishment stand point, but from a personal one. I wanted to see if I could still go to the level I was accustomed to in the past and see if I could keep up with the young kids of today. Because let me tell you. The game changed a lot from 2006 to 2009."
Judd: "Oh I know. A lot more flashier things."
James: "Exactly and I was gonna have to adapt to it. It took some time I admit. My first run in WZCW didn't pan out because I was still getting used to how it was again. I fully transitioned into the CWF and it was my feud with Mariano Fernandez that really started to turn the tide for me. I wanted to work with the young talent and Mariano had a shit ton of potential. While it was unfortunate that the feud didn't exactly last as long as we both envisioned due to fucking assholes trying to sabotage it with bullshit that didn't make fucking sense. Despite that, we had fun and that was a point where he and I became friends and that friendship very much exists today."
Judd: "While you were working with Mariano. Another young talent by the name of Terry Richards had applied for the CWF. A week after you and Mariano had your match. How did you feel about that at the time?"
James: "I was all for it. Terry at the time was a little rough around the edges but had a lot of potential. I had no problem working with him because we both knew we could make it work with some time. At that time, I was working as the heel and he was the babyface which was cool. I was kind of an asshole anyways so I had no issues."
Judd: "When the feud resurfaced during Terry's stint as a member of The Horsemen. The alignment's switched as he was the heel and you were the face. How did that work?"
James: "Once the Mariano feud was done with. I began working as a face because there wasn't many there and I figured, why not work at it. It had been six years since I was a face and we would see how it would go. I was gaining great traction and during that same period. Terry turned heel. On October 3rd, 2009. We faced off for the Unified title and I was inches away from winning it, until Curtis Wilkes, or Sickboy as he was known back then, clocked me in the back of the head with the National Title."
Judd: "But you gained the title four weeks later anyways."
James: "Right although neither of us liked the circumstances. It was a fucking screw job. I won the belt that night and Terry turned face after he was kicked out of The Horsemen. Both of us had the idea of doing a face versus face match at their next pay-per-view Battle to Survive. Well... that went to shit in a fucking millisecond."
Judd: "I was about to ask about that. Everybody knows of that situation, but for those who don't know. Want to shed some light on it?"
James: "You bet your ass I do. After it was already set in stone that Terry and I had planned on doing a rematch at the next pay-per-view. In comes Rob fucking Osbourne, thinking he's the fucking end all be all of this industry, attempting to throw his political stroke around. Fucking faggot he is. The mother fucker convinced the higher ups of scrapping mine and Terry's plan and implementing his talentless piece of fucking shit drug addict son Bob towards getting the first crack."
Judd: "And the events of that title match are evident."
James: "Damn straight. I was FUCKING ROBBED! ROBBED I tell you. Rob Osbourne played politics on both Terry and myself to getting the title on his shitty fucking son, who just happened to have had the WORST Unified Championship reign in history. It was fucking boring and every CWF talent that's in PCW today will agree with that. Before there was the term "Jessica Harmonizing the belt". There was the term "He pulled a Bob Osbourne on the belt". It was fucking bullshit and since then, I fell into a slide that lasted for a while and to be honest, I still haven't forgotten that and will never forget it. Yeah, I still have sour grapes towards it to this very day. It's like Marina Valdivia with that NIWF screwjob. That shit stays with you for life and no matter how hard you try, you can't shake it."
Judd: "When did you get out of that slump?"
James: "Funny enough. A loss is what got me out of it. A match against Keith Daniels for the National Championship is what helped me. I had a really good match against Daniels and at several points, I nearly won the belt and brought it home to Da Dynasty, but I got caught at the last second and it didn't materialize. I remember going to the back and there were some guys who were very impressed. Mariano was one of them, and I even got props from Rob Osbourne himself. As much of a political person he was, he did attempt to help people get better in terms of skill wise so I give him props on that front. Position wise in the company? Eh, not so much."
Judd: "And that situation made you more focused on your rivalry with Terry Richards."
James: "You know it. I knew the rivalry was going to be good after that moment and suffice to say, it was memorable. We capped it off with an outstanding Last Man Standing match at Super Card VI for the Unified title. He barely won the title and the match, but he was wheeled out of the arena which is what I wanted. I may not have won but I got what I wanted that night. But it was during that time that some old injuries had come back and it affected my performance after that spectacular showing."
Judd: "What were those injuries?"
James: "My left knee was acting up and I noticed I couldn't move as well as I had moved prior. After the match with Shane Clemmons and knowing where my career was heading. I decided to ask for my release and was given it."
Judd: "Why the release?"
James: "The injury for one, stress and I saw the writing on the wall. Myself, Kev and J.T. ask for it together. Danielle split from the company when YCW formed, but worked the Super Card event because she was asked to. That whole bullshit stance they had on not allowing women to face the men really pissed her off. You can ask her about it one of these days. Anyways, after the split from there, J.T. and Kev were hired in YCW under enforcer roles. Israel Steele had also signed which pressured me into being in a non-wrestling role. I was recovering from injury so it was cool n' shit."
Judd: "Before we get into that though. During the time frame of you gaining traction in the CWF, you came back to WZCW for a second stint and you made an impact in your return match in the company."
James: "You would be correct. I announced I was coming back and management put me in a triple threat match with Rush and Ty Burna for Ty's Mayhem title. I shocked the world that night and won the Mayhem Championship. During the course of that reign. I got the opportunity to work with a young talent by the name of Joseph Porter, better known to fans as Mr. Baller, whom I took under my wing."
Judd: "What was the reason you wanted to work with him?"
James: "I seen a lot of untapped potential in him. He was known as the joke of the company when I came back and nobody really seen what I had seen in him and I really wanted to help him realize the potential and help him grow. We got to work together in a tag team known as The Ghetto Stars which won the tag titles immediately after moving on from the Mayhem division."
Judd: "I don't think you guys ever lost a match other than losing the titles that is."
James: "You would be correct. We always won and that was a good thing. But like with the CWF thing. The injuries were catching up. My injuries sustained from the CWF got a tad bit worse in WZCW and I had to take some time off. They wrote me off in time to get some surgery and my contract was up at the time anyways so I didn't get renewed."
Judd: "Are you on good terms with management from there?"
James: "I hope so. I mean, I talk to some of the guys from there and they are still very cool. Baller is somebody I keep up with on the regular and I still speak to some of their newer talent when I can. I very much follow the product and they got some good stuff going on. Love the hell out of it. And perhaps I could send one of my students up there some day. That I'm not sure about."
Judd: "Tell me about your current endeavors outside of wrestling."
James: "Well you all know I made my name in this business and I am forever grateful for the opportunities I have gotten. I help run PCW's parent company Baker-Money Ryder products and the Premium Television Network. I run Hardcore Recordz which has produced some successful hits and we are always looking for artists to join. I also help run the In and Out franchise and the Friday's one as well. I have even invested overseas into a Chinese cable company and that is skyrocketing to huge heights.
Judd: "That is definitely excellent. About your wrestling career. Do you envision yourself going on past Battle Finale III?"
James: "No. And before anybody asks. It's not that I am not capable of doing it anymore. Far from it actually. I know I can still bring it on an often basis, but it's a number of things. I have my outside ventures and I have the family to take care of. I'm a father and I would like to be there and help my kids out while I still have whatever is left of my health. Everybody knows my knees are pretty much shot to hell and being nearly thirty years old, it's harder to recover from the long grind that is our business. For me, being able to spend more time with my family is more important than being in this cut throat business. I can tell ya that."
Judd: "Any last words before we head out of here?"
James: "Yeah. Kids, stay in school and watch PCW's Saturday Night Rapture only on the Premium Television Network, as well as tune into Wrestle Extravaganza III for my match up against my good friend Mariano Fernandez. That's all I got, homie."
Judd: "Thanks for joining us."
James: "My pleasure."
James straps the microphone off of his shirt, shakes Judd's hand and leaves.
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"It has been a little over three and a half years since the last time a James Baker versus Mariano Fernandez match has happened. In fact, the last time we met, it was in a battle royal to determine who would face that purple piece of shit for the CWF World Heavyweight Championship. We were against the Magnus Thunder's and the T-Money's of the world that night. We both made it far in the match but neither of us won the ordeal. The fact was is that both of us impressed management. Before that, we were embroiled in a bitter rivalry. A young woman by the name of Nagase was the subject of the feud. Kidnapping her and doing whatever my psychotic mindset could only fathom to imagine. I admit, we had some fun yet it was a shame that we faced off one on one only once. The rest were either three way matches or the battle royal I brought up and it's a damn shame too. After our rivalry ended. You were getting highly praised by Pledge Alligence and quickly won the National Title in only your second month as a wrestler, while I was kicking the ass of one Paul Blair seemingly on a regular basis and was becoming a fixture in the Unified Championship picture. During that time, things for both of us were going really well.
While we have also had some high points. We have experienced lows. Take the bullshit that happened with both of us at the hands of Rob Osbourne. That political cuntbag pulled some magic beans out of his washed up ass and commanded that the Unified title come off of me and onto his shitty fucking son, sending me to near jobber to the stars status for four months. While for you, you didn't get another crack at the CWF World Heavyweight Championship against Magnus after Battle to Survive, which Magnus was the one who put Rei in a coma, yet douche Nitemare number one had caused you and a lot of the younger guys to float around the mid-card, stunting the growth of the roster while he clinged on to whatever last bit of relevance he had left... if he didn't already use it all up.
That time was very unfortunate but luckily, you managed to turn out better for it. Once CWF/SCW/EWF closed up shop. You came to the land of Premium as The White Knight and fought those Fed Killing bastards. Admittedly they screwed Baller out of the PCW World title, but you vindicated that period by beating that Army wannabe mother fucker Chemical X to not only win the PCW World Heavyweight Championship, but you were the reason why army bitch and his brokeback mountain boyfriend were exiled from this glorious company and it helped made you into a permanent main eventer. Hell, you were without a question the face of the company and you were the only one fit for the role. You had a great run with the World Heavyweight Championship. Even being the longest reigning champion for a bit until Yoshiru Long took that honor in his four month reign as champion but you proved without question just why you deserved to be in our Hall of Fame and what you did is stuff only legends can write and it will live on forever.
Fast forward to today and you're still highly regarded by our fan base as one of our all time greats and you can still go with the best of them. As I have said before. Struggle for Power III proved that notion to be true. You battled with the younger competitors. Jay Thunder, Danielle Lopez, Smith Jones and Syn and were very impressive against them, while also renewing rivalries with The Elite while fighting alongside an old foe of yours in Magnus Thunder. It brought back a lot of good memories from your run here and like all the fans. It made me believe that you still have it.
And that's why I asked for this encounter. This isn't some lame bullshit claim of me wanting to be the best out of us. Far from it actually. I wanted the opportunity to bring the very best out of you, show the young kids in the back just how we do it and to also say that we had a proper match without any bullshit interference from people who were dead set on fucking up what we had planned. I'm not going to lie and say I'm not going for that victory, because you and I both know that as the legends of this company, we go harder than most to achieve greatness and we both strive to be victorious in our endeavors, even if we both go about our business a little differently. And neither of us are doing this for the wrong reasons either. We're not the cancerous pieces of shits that plagued both of us in both PCW and the CWF.
We're actually good people.
And that last part is saying something when everybody knows how I am as a person. But whether one of us wins or loses. Our ultimate goal of meeting each other for old times' sake, will be met when we emulate Wrestle Extravaganza III from the ATL. We're gonna bring our very best to the table and put on a spectacle that the people will be talking about for years to come. I might even go as far as to say that it could be match of the night. We are certainly a co-main event and it's not hard to see why either. Two of the all time greats doing battle in a match that's very likely to never happen again. There can only be one winner and if it is you who wins. I'll personally congratulate you and raise your hand. But I won't be going down that easily. This end part is usually where I welcome somebody to my slaughterhouse, but with the amount of respect I have for you, I'm not going to do that. Instead...
I wish you all the best and I'll see you in the ATL. Believe that."
Fade to mother fucking black
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OOC: Alright, you know what it is. Now a lot of what you see in the character development portion are what I actually think of some of those situations, one of them being a little on the personal side of the fence. I know two of them I have brought up a few times in the chatbox while some others, you have never heard of until now. Not sure if you can count it bagging on anybody, but with the concept of this RP... nothing is really off limits for me (and no I don't choke women with chains. I don't and never will condone man on woman violence).
I don't RP often, but this is a treat. First time in god knows how long that Mariano and I are going one on one. I don't care who wins or loses to be honest, but I wish you all the best of luck, Mari. Let's tear the house down, yo.
Voice: JAMES!!!
James knew he didn't want to see this person or hear her annoying piercing voice again. This particular person just so happens to be a significant part of his past, much to his dismay. She's the biological mother of his son Trey. Sure Danielle is the one who takes care of him like he's her own and Trey considers Danielle as his mom, but Amber was the bitch who squirted him out of her uterus and nearly killed Trey until James came to the rescue. James looks downright pissed at having to deal with this shit again. He looks at Amber with fury in his eyes before speaking in a tone that's of anger and rage.
James: "Amber. Why in the green fuck did you approach me?"
Amber: "You know what I want, James. You know exactly what I want."
James: "Is that right? You automatically think you're going to get it?"
Amber: "I am Trey's mother..."
James: "In a biological sense, you are. But in reality, you mean absolutely NOTHING to that boy."
Amber: "I'M HIS MOTHER! I HAVE MEANING!"
James (sarcastically speaking): "Yeah... sure you do."
Amber: "What's that supposed to mean?"
James: "Are you fucking stupid or something? Let me spell this out in a way that I'm sure you'll understand. YOU... DO... NOT... MEAN... SHIT... TO... TREY! He calls Danielle the mother figure in his life."
Amber: "You're full of shit. I bet if I see him. He'll call me mom."
James: "No he won't. That's where you're wrong. You really think he doesn't remember that bitch boyfriend of yours hitting him?"
Amber: "But..."
James: "SHUT UP, BITCH! I'M TALKING! He was eight when you decided to let that mother fucker do that. Eight year old's have good memories. He knows how much of a junkie whore you are."
Amber: "..."
James: "You're a druggie, a big time slut, you let men in your life lay a hand on your children and you're unstable. I thought I was nuts, but you take the fucking cake."
Amber: "I AM NOT UNSTABLE?"
James: "Really now? Explain why you've always came at me with a knife? Explain why you tried to drug up my son with illegal meds that could have killed him? What was the justification of that, huh?"
Amber: "I did it because it would free me from having to deal with him."
James: "Really now? And yet here you are trying to get me to let you see our son. Fucking bullshit."
Amber: "I want him in my life."
James: "And I want to have a life without busted knees, but we don't all get what we want. Besides, it's in the document that you are NOT allowed to have any contact with him regardless if you're at home, in jail, in rehab, anywhere really. You have no visitation rights. I have full custody while you are left without a god damn thing which is one step above what you actually deserve."
Amber: "Just what would that be, James?"
James: "You deserve to be DEAD. Yeah I said it. You don't deserve to breathe the same air as me and a lot of good parents out there you worthless fucking bitch."
Amber: "If I deserve to be dead like you say I do. Why don't you go on ahead and kill me?"
James: "That would be too easy. Not to mention I left that portion of my life behind. I'm not the same man I was seven to eight years ago. Unlike you, I'm smarter and I'm sober."
Amber: "Bullshit. You're a fucking lunatic. Psychotic asshole."
James: "I might have had my own issues, but again, I never drugged up our child with meds and did what you allowed your boyfriend to do to him to the point where I nearly murdered that mother fucker to save Trey's life. Are you at all comprehending what I am saying?"
Amber: "Whatever. I'm leaving."
As Amber walks away. James takes off his chain and wraps it around Amber's neck, attempting to choke her. He gets close to her and speaks softly.
James: "If you even think about coming around to see Trey. I will make sure this is the last fucking day you exist on this planet. Do you understand me?"
At this point, Amber is gasping for air and is not answering. From there, James wraps the chain tighter around her throat.
James: "I said DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! DO NOT even think about seeing him again you worthless piece of fucking shit."
Amber nods yes. Satisfied to a point, James smirks before dropping down into a Sitout rear mat slam with the chain still wrapped around Amber's neck. Amber lays on the floor looking injured and deep red marks around her neck from where she was choked with the chain. James picks up his chain and places it in his pocket.
James: "Consider that a form of payback for what you put my son through. There will be more from where that came from if you don't heed the order I just told you. Have a nice life you worthless piece of fucking shit junkie."
James walks away while Amber is still laying on the ground behind the building. James enters the building and closes the door behind him. While he's walking, he adjusts his hat and places it sideways on his head. He reaches room number 103 and walks in. He sees Behind the Wrestler interviewer Judd Cope and shakes his hand. He straps on the microphone to his shirt and he sits down in the chair opposite of Judd. When the signal is sent, the interview session begins.
Judd: "Welcome to Behind the Wrestler. I am Judd Cope and my guest is the one, the only. The hardcore king himself, James Baker."
James: "Sup, everybody?"
Judd: "James. You have been involved in professional wrestling in a number of ways since 2003. Being more known for what you have done in the independent circuit, namely for the famed Elite Class Championship Wrestling in it's heyday, and you're still going after all these years. How do you do it?"
James: "I have the passion. Sure wrestling was a way for me to get off the streets and actually do something legitimate with my life, but I grew in love with it during the ECCW days. Sure we were an indy fed and we wrestled in crowds of 500 to 1,000 people every show. 1,500 on a good day, but it was the drive and passion that was the catalyst behind what I did. I will never forget being handed the ball a month into my career, because to be honest, it was not supposed to happen but Joseph Ortiz being the fucking cunt he is, decided to take his ball and go home like the pussy he is, and I had just won The Rumble match so they had no choice but to put the belt on me and I was green as mother fucking goose shit at that time."
Judd: "Considering how early it was in your career. How do you think it went?"
James: "My initial thoughts were 'well at least I can say I held it once' because I didn't think I would last in the scene, but I really do believe that this opportunity is what helped me become 'the man' so to speak. I found my groove and let me tell you, being the top dog while you're trying to find your footing in this business is not something I would recommend. Thank god rookies have to actually work their way up the card these days because more often than not, they're not ready to handle that big of a stage yet. I'm happy I was given the ball that early and it really helped a lot and it paved the way for future success."
Judd: "Those successes being a record seven reigns as the ECCW World Champion, a highly acclaimed feud with Phillip Mustang and the formation of one of the greatest groups of all time, Da Xtreme Dynasty."
James: "I loved both the Mustang feud and Da Dynasty. The feud Phillip and I had was magic, man. He was this holy Christian man while I was the psychopathic thug trying to expose him for being a 'fraud' and doing anything I could to get inside of his head. The second option worked brilliantly. Harming his parents, skinning his precious cat, blowing up his house, kidnapping his wife. Anything sinister I thought up and it made for some good television."
Judd: "Do you regret doing any of that?"
James: "Looking back. I do regret all of that and it was all by meeting a special somebody, which I prefer to get into later."
Judd: "How do you feel about older stars trying to hang on to that last bit of glory?"
James: "In this business, you have to make stars for it to thrive. That's actually a known fact. Everybody has an expiration date. Nothing lasts forever. The only people who don't get that are the morons who are jealous of other people passing them by on the card with their success and those with big ass egos and this stupid fucking notion of self-entitlement. I hate people like that. They really piss me off."
Judd: "Do you feel that early in your career, you gave forth the best effort to do that?"
James: "Yes and no. Yes in I did all I could to help the next generation. I was running as a top guy for about two years. I held the belt numerous times and I competed in a rivalry for the ages against one Phillip Mustang. But the problem was, is that the guys that were given the ball to run with. You know, they didn't do well with their opportunities. And there is definitely a lot of misconception with how things were handled back then."
Judd: "What is your opinion on how things were handled?"
James: "Well the major issue was Jack Conway's sudden departure. None of us had any clue why it happened and whether he was going through some shit or not. For a moment, it left the company in a state of chaos. Like the inmates running the asylum so to speak. Nobody back there knew what the hell was going on. I felt like I had to step up and take over so to speak."
Judd: "You take over the day to day operations after the owner goes away. In that time, you took a step back from the main event and placed yourself down the card. Why the change in that?"
James: "The company needed fresh faces to run with the ball. Nobody wants the same old shit. We were giving guys an opportunity. Some were green as shit, some sucked and then there were those who were ready for it. I didn't need the main event spot anymore and I felt that was the right time to step back. The ownership situation just happened to happen right at that time where Sean Jamison was needing to win the World title and it was a blessing in disguise."
Judd: "With that stint being the first time you were a boss of a company. How do you think it went?"
James: "I'll admit this. I was clearly not ready then. Not many know this, but I had a lot of personal issues I was going through. The drama with the mother of my son was heating up. My relationship with Desiree Miles was going down the tubes, I had a thing with Morgan Simmons which I had used her for sex and I admit that was a horrible move at that time. Overall, I was in a bad place yet I didn't show it often and I worked through it. Not to mention, I was pretty beat up at that time. Had some major injuries and I was getting back into drugs which was severely fucking up my health."
Judd: "What were the extent of your injuries during that time?"
James: "My knees were really killing me on a daily basis. I had a couple of herniated discs in my back, I was having shoulder problems and I even fucked up my hand at one point. It was getting pretty bad and had I have continued. I probably would have been dead by now if we're going to be honest."
Judd: "You had a date with death's door but you turned back the tide."
James: "Most definitely. I really am fortunate because I have had a lot of shit happen and yet somehow, I'm still here living and talking to you today. Back before I was wrestling, I almost got killed. During the early part of my career. I flirted with death's door due to substance abuse and I could have paid the price. It was fucking bad."
Judd: "What were you doing in those days?"
James: "Poppin' pain killers, doing weed, cocaine, speed. Shit of that nature and add drinking to it. Yeah, it was a lethal combination. Day in and day out. Nothing but partying and looking back on it. If I could take half of it back. I would because it nearly killed me. I was a huge wreck and thank god I was able to get into into rehab as soon as I could."
Judd: "What did you do after the closing of ECCW?"
James: "Well I did get my ass back into rehab and sobered myself up. That was the first priority which I was in there until February of 2007. Once I got out, it was time to find myself as a person. When I had cleaned up, I realized all the bullshit I did and it wasn't right at all. And as I was straightening myself out. Three months later, I just happened to have properly met the most beautiful woman I ever seen at a fish restaurant down in San Diego."
Judd: "What do you mean by properly?"
James: "By that. I mean, actually meet with her on civil terms and not have any bad blood with her family being the reason behind it. The woman I'm talking about is the one and only Danielle Lopez. Most, if not all of professional wrestling knows that Danielle and Phillip Mustang are siblings. All the horrible things I did to Phillip and the family and knowing that I made Danielle watch that... fuck, I don't admit this often but it... it broke me down and I couldn't live with myself after that."
Judd: "What made you want to show Danielle that you changed?"
James: "Everything did. The year before, I was back with Desiree Miles and when I asked her to marry me. She turned me down and that relationship ended. I was turning my life around, just rather slowly. I failed constantly in keeping a stable relationship. I was a pimp, but I wanted to settle down. I hate to be cheesy and use these type of boring cliche's but when I laid eyes on her that day... I knew right then and there that she was the one. I wanted to make her as my wife. And I was gonna do whatever it took to do just that."
Judd: "How did that first meeting go?"
James: "It went really well. I actually approached her and she let me sit by her and we talked. I told her that I felt really bad for what I put the family through and I broke down knowing that I could have emotionally hurt her. During that, I guess you can say the side that I rarely show... came out in the open and I was genuine that day. I gave her the up most respect and it was the realest I felt in a while. She gave me her number and quickly, we started talking to each other more often. Truly getting to know one another and I think the second or third time. We started dating and as they say. The rest is history."
Judd: "Moving back to the topic of wrestling. You had spent three years out of the game. What made you decide to return to the business anyways?"
James: "I still had the fire to do it. I felt like I had much more to prove. Not from an accomplishment stand point, but from a personal one. I wanted to see if I could still go to the level I was accustomed to in the past and see if I could keep up with the young kids of today. Because let me tell you. The game changed a lot from 2006 to 2009."
Judd: "Oh I know. A lot more flashier things."
James: "Exactly and I was gonna have to adapt to it. It took some time I admit. My first run in WZCW didn't pan out because I was still getting used to how it was again. I fully transitioned into the CWF and it was my feud with Mariano Fernandez that really started to turn the tide for me. I wanted to work with the young talent and Mariano had a shit ton of potential. While it was unfortunate that the feud didn't exactly last as long as we both envisioned due to fucking assholes trying to sabotage it with bullshit that didn't make fucking sense. Despite that, we had fun and that was a point where he and I became friends and that friendship very much exists today."
Judd: "While you were working with Mariano. Another young talent by the name of Terry Richards had applied for the CWF. A week after you and Mariano had your match. How did you feel about that at the time?"
James: "I was all for it. Terry at the time was a little rough around the edges but had a lot of potential. I had no problem working with him because we both knew we could make it work with some time. At that time, I was working as the heel and he was the babyface which was cool. I was kind of an asshole anyways so I had no issues."
Judd: "When the feud resurfaced during Terry's stint as a member of The Horsemen. The alignment's switched as he was the heel and you were the face. How did that work?"
James: "Once the Mariano feud was done with. I began working as a face because there wasn't many there and I figured, why not work at it. It had been six years since I was a face and we would see how it would go. I was gaining great traction and during that same period. Terry turned heel. On October 3rd, 2009. We faced off for the Unified title and I was inches away from winning it, until Curtis Wilkes, or Sickboy as he was known back then, clocked me in the back of the head with the National Title."
Judd: "But you gained the title four weeks later anyways."
James: "Right although neither of us liked the circumstances. It was a fucking screw job. I won the belt that night and Terry turned face after he was kicked out of The Horsemen. Both of us had the idea of doing a face versus face match at their next pay-per-view Battle to Survive. Well... that went to shit in a fucking millisecond."
Judd: "I was about to ask about that. Everybody knows of that situation, but for those who don't know. Want to shed some light on it?"
James: "You bet your ass I do. After it was already set in stone that Terry and I had planned on doing a rematch at the next pay-per-view. In comes Rob fucking Osbourne, thinking he's the fucking end all be all of this industry, attempting to throw his political stroke around. Fucking faggot he is. The mother fucker convinced the higher ups of scrapping mine and Terry's plan and implementing his talentless piece of fucking shit drug addict son Bob towards getting the first crack."
Judd: "And the events of that title match are evident."
James: "Damn straight. I was FUCKING ROBBED! ROBBED I tell you. Rob Osbourne played politics on both Terry and myself to getting the title on his shitty fucking son, who just happened to have had the WORST Unified Championship reign in history. It was fucking boring and every CWF talent that's in PCW today will agree with that. Before there was the term "Jessica Harmonizing the belt". There was the term "He pulled a Bob Osbourne on the belt". It was fucking bullshit and since then, I fell into a slide that lasted for a while and to be honest, I still haven't forgotten that and will never forget it. Yeah, I still have sour grapes towards it to this very day. It's like Marina Valdivia with that NIWF screwjob. That shit stays with you for life and no matter how hard you try, you can't shake it."
Judd: "When did you get out of that slump?"
James: "Funny enough. A loss is what got me out of it. A match against Keith Daniels for the National Championship is what helped me. I had a really good match against Daniels and at several points, I nearly won the belt and brought it home to Da Dynasty, but I got caught at the last second and it didn't materialize. I remember going to the back and there were some guys who were very impressed. Mariano was one of them, and I even got props from Rob Osbourne himself. As much of a political person he was, he did attempt to help people get better in terms of skill wise so I give him props on that front. Position wise in the company? Eh, not so much."
Judd: "And that situation made you more focused on your rivalry with Terry Richards."
James: "You know it. I knew the rivalry was going to be good after that moment and suffice to say, it was memorable. We capped it off with an outstanding Last Man Standing match at Super Card VI for the Unified title. He barely won the title and the match, but he was wheeled out of the arena which is what I wanted. I may not have won but I got what I wanted that night. But it was during that time that some old injuries had come back and it affected my performance after that spectacular showing."
Judd: "What were those injuries?"
James: "My left knee was acting up and I noticed I couldn't move as well as I had moved prior. After the match with Shane Clemmons and knowing where my career was heading. I decided to ask for my release and was given it."
Judd: "Why the release?"
James: "The injury for one, stress and I saw the writing on the wall. Myself, Kev and J.T. ask for it together. Danielle split from the company when YCW formed, but worked the Super Card event because she was asked to. That whole bullshit stance they had on not allowing women to face the men really pissed her off. You can ask her about it one of these days. Anyways, after the split from there, J.T. and Kev were hired in YCW under enforcer roles. Israel Steele had also signed which pressured me into being in a non-wrestling role. I was recovering from injury so it was cool n' shit."
Judd: "Before we get into that though. During the time frame of you gaining traction in the CWF, you came back to WZCW for a second stint and you made an impact in your return match in the company."
James: "You would be correct. I announced I was coming back and management put me in a triple threat match with Rush and Ty Burna for Ty's Mayhem title. I shocked the world that night and won the Mayhem Championship. During the course of that reign. I got the opportunity to work with a young talent by the name of Joseph Porter, better known to fans as Mr. Baller, whom I took under my wing."
Judd: "What was the reason you wanted to work with him?"
James: "I seen a lot of untapped potential in him. He was known as the joke of the company when I came back and nobody really seen what I had seen in him and I really wanted to help him realize the potential and help him grow. We got to work together in a tag team known as The Ghetto Stars which won the tag titles immediately after moving on from the Mayhem division."
Judd: "I don't think you guys ever lost a match other than losing the titles that is."
James: "You would be correct. We always won and that was a good thing. But like with the CWF thing. The injuries were catching up. My injuries sustained from the CWF got a tad bit worse in WZCW and I had to take some time off. They wrote me off in time to get some surgery and my contract was up at the time anyways so I didn't get renewed."
Judd: "Are you on good terms with management from there?"
James: "I hope so. I mean, I talk to some of the guys from there and they are still very cool. Baller is somebody I keep up with on the regular and I still speak to some of their newer talent when I can. I very much follow the product and they got some good stuff going on. Love the hell out of it. And perhaps I could send one of my students up there some day. That I'm not sure about."
Judd: "Tell me about your current endeavors outside of wrestling."
James: "Well you all know I made my name in this business and I am forever grateful for the opportunities I have gotten. I help run PCW's parent company Baker-Money Ryder products and the Premium Television Network. I run Hardcore Recordz which has produced some successful hits and we are always looking for artists to join. I also help run the In and Out franchise and the Friday's one as well. I have even invested overseas into a Chinese cable company and that is skyrocketing to huge heights.
Judd: "That is definitely excellent. About your wrestling career. Do you envision yourself going on past Battle Finale III?"
James: "No. And before anybody asks. It's not that I am not capable of doing it anymore. Far from it actually. I know I can still bring it on an often basis, but it's a number of things. I have my outside ventures and I have the family to take care of. I'm a father and I would like to be there and help my kids out while I still have whatever is left of my health. Everybody knows my knees are pretty much shot to hell and being nearly thirty years old, it's harder to recover from the long grind that is our business. For me, being able to spend more time with my family is more important than being in this cut throat business. I can tell ya that."
Judd: "Any last words before we head out of here?"
James: "Yeah. Kids, stay in school and watch PCW's Saturday Night Rapture only on the Premium Television Network, as well as tune into Wrestle Extravaganza III for my match up against my good friend Mariano Fernandez. That's all I got, homie."
Judd: "Thanks for joining us."
James: "My pleasure."
James straps the microphone off of his shirt, shakes Judd's hand and leaves.
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"It has been a little over three and a half years since the last time a James Baker versus Mariano Fernandez match has happened. In fact, the last time we met, it was in a battle royal to determine who would face that purple piece of shit for the CWF World Heavyweight Championship. We were against the Magnus Thunder's and the T-Money's of the world that night. We both made it far in the match but neither of us won the ordeal. The fact was is that both of us impressed management. Before that, we were embroiled in a bitter rivalry. A young woman by the name of Nagase was the subject of the feud. Kidnapping her and doing whatever my psychotic mindset could only fathom to imagine. I admit, we had some fun yet it was a shame that we faced off one on one only once. The rest were either three way matches or the battle royal I brought up and it's a damn shame too. After our rivalry ended. You were getting highly praised by Pledge Alligence and quickly won the National Title in only your second month as a wrestler, while I was kicking the ass of one Paul Blair seemingly on a regular basis and was becoming a fixture in the Unified Championship picture. During that time, things for both of us were going really well.
While we have also had some high points. We have experienced lows. Take the bullshit that happened with both of us at the hands of Rob Osbourne. That political cuntbag pulled some magic beans out of his washed up ass and commanded that the Unified title come off of me and onto his shitty fucking son, sending me to near jobber to the stars status for four months. While for you, you didn't get another crack at the CWF World Heavyweight Championship against Magnus after Battle to Survive, which Magnus was the one who put Rei in a coma, yet douche Nitemare number one had caused you and a lot of the younger guys to float around the mid-card, stunting the growth of the roster while he clinged on to whatever last bit of relevance he had left... if he didn't already use it all up.
That time was very unfortunate but luckily, you managed to turn out better for it. Once CWF/SCW/EWF closed up shop. You came to the land of Premium as The White Knight and fought those Fed Killing bastards. Admittedly they screwed Baller out of the PCW World title, but you vindicated that period by beating that Army wannabe mother fucker Chemical X to not only win the PCW World Heavyweight Championship, but you were the reason why army bitch and his brokeback mountain boyfriend were exiled from this glorious company and it helped made you into a permanent main eventer. Hell, you were without a question the face of the company and you were the only one fit for the role. You had a great run with the World Heavyweight Championship. Even being the longest reigning champion for a bit until Yoshiru Long took that honor in his four month reign as champion but you proved without question just why you deserved to be in our Hall of Fame and what you did is stuff only legends can write and it will live on forever.
Fast forward to today and you're still highly regarded by our fan base as one of our all time greats and you can still go with the best of them. As I have said before. Struggle for Power III proved that notion to be true. You battled with the younger competitors. Jay Thunder, Danielle Lopez, Smith Jones and Syn and were very impressive against them, while also renewing rivalries with The Elite while fighting alongside an old foe of yours in Magnus Thunder. It brought back a lot of good memories from your run here and like all the fans. It made me believe that you still have it.
And that's why I asked for this encounter. This isn't some lame bullshit claim of me wanting to be the best out of us. Far from it actually. I wanted the opportunity to bring the very best out of you, show the young kids in the back just how we do it and to also say that we had a proper match without any bullshit interference from people who were dead set on fucking up what we had planned. I'm not going to lie and say I'm not going for that victory, because you and I both know that as the legends of this company, we go harder than most to achieve greatness and we both strive to be victorious in our endeavors, even if we both go about our business a little differently. And neither of us are doing this for the wrong reasons either. We're not the cancerous pieces of shits that plagued both of us in both PCW and the CWF.
We're actually good people.
And that last part is saying something when everybody knows how I am as a person. But whether one of us wins or loses. Our ultimate goal of meeting each other for old times' sake, will be met when we emulate Wrestle Extravaganza III from the ATL. We're gonna bring our very best to the table and put on a spectacle that the people will be talking about for years to come. I might even go as far as to say that it could be match of the night. We are certainly a co-main event and it's not hard to see why either. Two of the all time greats doing battle in a match that's very likely to never happen again. There can only be one winner and if it is you who wins. I'll personally congratulate you and raise your hand. But I won't be going down that easily. This end part is usually where I welcome somebody to my slaughterhouse, but with the amount of respect I have for you, I'm not going to do that. Instead...
I wish you all the best and I'll see you in the ATL. Believe that."
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OOC: Alright, you know what it is. Now a lot of what you see in the character development portion are what I actually think of some of those situations, one of them being a little on the personal side of the fence. I know two of them I have brought up a few times in the chatbox while some others, you have never heard of until now. Not sure if you can count it bagging on anybody, but with the concept of this RP... nothing is really off limits for me (and no I don't choke women with chains. I don't and never will condone man on woman violence).
I don't RP often, but this is a treat. First time in god knows how long that Mariano and I are going one on one. I don't care who wins or loses to be honest, but I wish you all the best of luck, Mari. Let's tear the house down, yo.