Post by ____ on Sept 11, 2010 22:15:12 GMT -5
Blond hair, blue eyes and a Colgate smile. Three words often used to describe Chris Hart, or Adolf Hitlers wet dream. Yet as he stares out at the water, the crest breaking off before slamming into the shore, he appears quite off. The blue eyes and pearly smile are still present, yet his formerly blond hair is now a very dark brown, and the pale white skin of yester year is replaced by a light tan. In fact, if it were not for the Kingdom of Pride logo in the bottom right hand corner of the picture, one could easily mistake him for teen heartthrob, Zac Efron.
The sunny beaches of Los Angeles are a far cry from the southern plains of Tennessee, and with less than a day remaining until he returns to Cookesville to defend his Kingdom of Pride Valiant Championship against Christian Kane, a welcome reprieve from the grind of being at the top. For the first time in months, Chris had been able to take a week and keep it to himself, no promotions for the company, no racing to the gym to make sure he was at the top of the game. Some may call it complacency, that he had accepted his perch atop the Kingdom and forgot the work he had put in to get there, yet the four inch gash on his forehead would beg to differ.
Absently running his hand through his now brown hair down to the scar, the result of a savage assault last week from Christian Kane, he plops himself down on the sand and looks up at the cloudless sky.
Chris - “They said I would be happiest I would be is in the wrestling ring, the Valiant Championship held high over my head and yet, here, maybe it's different.”
Self doubt, again running through the mind of Chris Hart. For a period of time he was considered the best in the world of professional wrestling yet he had always resigned himself to letting his wrestling do the talking. Now, with the weight of Kingdom of Pride and Carter Corporation resting on his shoulders, his world seemed to be shrinking. A two week trip to Japan with a single night of wrestling should have been the vacation he needed, yet instead, it became a good will mission, one actively seeking partnerships between Carter Corporation and various promotions.
Chris - “I'm stuck working the hype machine for Kingdom of Pride, seemingly one of the only few who actually want to get out there and make it a success. Everyone seems to be there just to collect a check, the passion that had made them successful before is gone.”
Turning his head to his right, he spies two of California's greatest assets scampering across the beach. Seeing them though, immediately turns his attention back to the Christian Kane issue.
Chris - “Yet it makes sense, if Christian Kane, a man who for so long has advocated a life of promiscuity and immorality. Who has consistently proven to be inconsistent can reach the top, why should they work to earn a shot. They know that simply by attacking my back that they can earn a shot, that it's not your performance in the ring that is going to make a difference.”
Looking back at the water, he shakes his head again.
Chris - “If that is the case, am I responsible for the slippery slope Pride has started on? Did my ego and desire to give Christian Kane his comeuppance and prove to the wrestling world that walking the straight and narrow is the path to success facilitate our failures? I've worked so hard to get this company to the top, my desire to see it being successful, not just for Kurt and I, but for the great fans of Tennessee and yet I have cost us all everything it appears.”
Taking a moment, the color starts to rise in his cheeks, as he slams his fist into the sand.
Chris - “Yet I won't let it fall. If it means I have to carry the show then so be it. I've worked to hard to reach the top, to finally be called the best of a company just to see it fall around me. Some may say it's karma, that it's happened everywhere I've gone but I beg to differ. If people see my passion for this company as a downside, then I ask them to step up and take the reigns, to prove that they can do half of what I do.
So this is my challenge to everyone, after tonight, when I send Christian Kane packing, the door will be wide open. Those that have clamoured for an opportunity to get to the top, or back to it, have the chance of a lifetime. There is no ceiling in Kingdom of Pride, no one holding you down. The only person you can look to for your success' and your failures is yourself. I've proven that time and time again, and I invite my brethren at Autumn Annihilation to do the same.|
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The sunny beaches of Los Angeles are a far cry from the southern plains of Tennessee, and with less than a day remaining until he returns to Cookesville to defend his Kingdom of Pride Valiant Championship against Christian Kane, a welcome reprieve from the grind of being at the top. For the first time in months, Chris had been able to take a week and keep it to himself, no promotions for the company, no racing to the gym to make sure he was at the top of the game. Some may call it complacency, that he had accepted his perch atop the Kingdom and forgot the work he had put in to get there, yet the four inch gash on his forehead would beg to differ.
Absently running his hand through his now brown hair down to the scar, the result of a savage assault last week from Christian Kane, he plops himself down on the sand and looks up at the cloudless sky.
Chris - “They said I would be happiest I would be is in the wrestling ring, the Valiant Championship held high over my head and yet, here, maybe it's different.”
Self doubt, again running through the mind of Chris Hart. For a period of time he was considered the best in the world of professional wrestling yet he had always resigned himself to letting his wrestling do the talking. Now, with the weight of Kingdom of Pride and Carter Corporation resting on his shoulders, his world seemed to be shrinking. A two week trip to Japan with a single night of wrestling should have been the vacation he needed, yet instead, it became a good will mission, one actively seeking partnerships between Carter Corporation and various promotions.
Chris - “I'm stuck working the hype machine for Kingdom of Pride, seemingly one of the only few who actually want to get out there and make it a success. Everyone seems to be there just to collect a check, the passion that had made them successful before is gone.”
Turning his head to his right, he spies two of California's greatest assets scampering across the beach. Seeing them though, immediately turns his attention back to the Christian Kane issue.
Chris - “Yet it makes sense, if Christian Kane, a man who for so long has advocated a life of promiscuity and immorality. Who has consistently proven to be inconsistent can reach the top, why should they work to earn a shot. They know that simply by attacking my back that they can earn a shot, that it's not your performance in the ring that is going to make a difference.”
Looking back at the water, he shakes his head again.
Chris - “If that is the case, am I responsible for the slippery slope Pride has started on? Did my ego and desire to give Christian Kane his comeuppance and prove to the wrestling world that walking the straight and narrow is the path to success facilitate our failures? I've worked so hard to get this company to the top, my desire to see it being successful, not just for Kurt and I, but for the great fans of Tennessee and yet I have cost us all everything it appears.”
Taking a moment, the color starts to rise in his cheeks, as he slams his fist into the sand.
Chris - “Yet I won't let it fall. If it means I have to carry the show then so be it. I've worked to hard to reach the top, to finally be called the best of a company just to see it fall around me. Some may say it's karma, that it's happened everywhere I've gone but I beg to differ. If people see my passion for this company as a downside, then I ask them to step up and take the reigns, to prove that they can do half of what I do.
So this is my challenge to everyone, after tonight, when I send Christian Kane packing, the door will be wide open. Those that have clamoured for an opportunity to get to the top, or back to it, have the chance of a lifetime. There is no ceiling in Kingdom of Pride, no one holding you down. The only person you can look to for your success' and your failures is yourself. I've proven that time and time again, and I invite my brethren at Autumn Annihilation to do the same.|
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