Post by demetrius on Mar 8, 2009 18:23:47 GMT -6
(We open with the “Main Attraction” Demetrius Burrell sitting across from “DT” David Thompson, DT is cycling through a few papers as Demetrius just sits in the chair. DT looks up at Demetrius and smiles.)
“I'm glad you could join me here today Demetrius. I know you are a busy man , and I thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk with me here today.”
(Demetrius simply nods.)
“ Anytime DT, thank you for having me.”
(DT smiles.)
“It's a pleasure as always, but now that I have you here, what do you say we get down to business?”
(Demetrius once again nods.)
“ I don't know where to start, there are so many questions that myself and the fans of PPW want to know answers to.”
(Demetrius smirks.)
“Well ask away my friend , I have nothing but time.”
(DT nods.)
“ Ok, then let's start with this. You have been caught on record saying that you have decided that you have never in your life once won the big one. Even though my sources have informed me, that in a company that went by Wrestling Midwest you held their main title for a record 4 times. So my question to you Demetrius is why is it that you say you have never won the “big one.”
(Demetrius clears his throat.)
“ I have nothing against the Wrestling Midwest, I want to make that clear, but the thing is, when I was in that company I was still young and didn't really understand the business to well. I have always told myself that I would be in a company that had nothing but the best talent that this business could offer .
(Demetrius frowns.)
“I really thought that I found that in the Wrestling Midwest, but sadly I would come to find out that the place was filled with nothing but politics and bullshit.”
(DT takes a few quick notes in his pad.)
“What do you mean by that?”
(Demetrius clears his throat once again.)
“ Let's just say that there was a lot of guys on the roster that would go out to the ring and bust there asses night in and night out, to try and at least be considered to be a top player in the company, just to get fed to someone who management had a hard on for.”
(DT nods his head.)
“Did you happen to come across any of that yourself? Cause from what I have gathered you where a huge leader in the locker room and very respected by a lot of the guys in the company.”
( Demetrius nods.)
“ Sadly, I was subject to the bullshit that went down in the company, nobody was safe from it at all. “
(DT Shakes his head once again.)
“Could you give everyone an example of what happen.”
“Of course, this is around the time that I was about ready to call it quits anyway, but there was a guy in the company that was going around wearing a mask , never really beat any credible wrestlers and by credible I mean Great lakes title contenders “Great lakes” as in their main title, this guy never really beaten anyone that had any merit to their name onces so ever.”
(Demetrius frowns as he is clearly getting aggravated.)
“The gimmick of the match was that said masked man, would have to give up his mask, I would have to give up my newly won Ace Superior title which was their Cruiser strap and Umbrage one of my biggest rivals in my career still to this day would not be able to wrestle for the main strap ever again as long as he was in the Wrestling Midwest.”
(DT's eyes widen as Demetrius pauses for a moment.)
“What happened with that match.”
(Demetrius sighs.)
“Sadly to say, both Umbrage and myself lost the match, which means that the masked man won.”
(DT nods.)
“Who was said masked man if you don't know mind me asking?”
“ The masked man was a guy by the name of Syberus, who management had a liking to the first time they had a chance to see the guy in the ring.”
“Is there anything wrong with management liking a guy that they have brought into the company?”
(Demetrius shakes his head.)
“No of course not, but Syberus was a guy that would complain about anything and everything he could. He didn't give two shits about making his opponent look good it was always about Syberus ,and no body else, it wasn't about the fans, and it sure the hell wasn't about putting food on the table for his family.”
(Demetrius pauses for a moment.)
“Hell, I don't even know if the jackass even had a family, I am sure they disowned him like everyone else on gods green earth.”
(DT chuckles a bit at the comment from Burrell.)
“Isn't that a little bit harsh.”
(Demetrius shakes his head no)
“It's the god honest truth, this guy came into the company and no more then two months later he had already won the Midwest title, which was the second tier title.”
(DT checks his notes.)
“From my notes here, he beat you actually to win his first Midwest title reign.”
( Demetrius nods.)
“Yeah it was January 9th of 2005, I remember that day like it was yesterday.”
“Would you mind giving us a run down of what happened that day.”
(Demetrius just sighs.)
“Is it really needed?”
(DT nods.)
“It would be helpful I think you owe it to myself and the fans to know what happened.”
(Demetrius nods.)
“ I showed up to the venue, first guy there like always waiting for everyone else to arrive, an hour or so later every one started to show up. To my delight Brad Johnson who owned Wrestling Midwest showed up and I asked him what the run down was for the card.”
(Demetrius sighs.)
“Mind you I knew I was going to be working Syberus but wasn't sure of what the outcome or any of that good shit was going to be. After talking to Brad I found out that I would be putting over Syberus clean, there was no build up to the match nothing , to get the the guy over once so ever. Being the team player that I am I rolled with it. Long story short he showed up right before our match, and I had to put the guy over, nothing but disrespect to me and the business.”
(Demetrius frowns.)
“When it was all said and done, I left the ring to give him his spot light and then when he got in the back I tried to shake his hand . Just to tell him good job cause we did tear the house down, but when I went to show some respect to the kid he was did exactly what I thought he was going to do. He walked away from me ,and told me that I was old news, and that I need to worry about my spot.”
(DT shakes his head while writing down more notes in his pad.)
“Sounds like a real classy guy to me.”
“Yeah he was really classy alright.”
(Demetrius says sarcastically with a hint of anger in his voice.)
“If I met the guy in the street I would probably catch a case DT, I would beat the ever living hell outta him, he is nothing more then an ungrateful son of a bitch that deserves to get hit by a bus, shit It would be even better if I was the one driving the damn thing.”
(DT locks eyes with Demetrius now as he clears his throat.)
“Is there anything else you would like to add before we move on to the other topics I have for you.”
“ Oh, yeah DT, The Wrestling Midwest was a part of my career that I want to forget all about, I mean we never really got into to it but Calib Wallace, we all know my history with him actually came into the company to give me a challenge, he came in and gave me the challenge of my life, he even went on to win the Wrestling Midwest , Midwest title, and even won the All In Challenge. That gives the winner a shot at the Great lakes gold, but when it came for him to have his shot at the title, once again they played favorites and he was screwed out of winning the title. They would have rather kept the belt on a guy that would kiss their ass . Then put the strap on a guy that has all the talent in the world and could carry the company better then I think I did back in the day. All in all that company can go to hell.”
[To be continued in the next edition of Off The Record, when The Main Attraction and D.T. talk about his arrival in the WFWA, being in SWF, AWA and WCWA and winning the Double Crown title.]
“I'm glad you could join me here today Demetrius. I know you are a busy man , and I thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk with me here today.”
(Demetrius simply nods.)
“ Anytime DT, thank you for having me.”
(DT smiles.)
“It's a pleasure as always, but now that I have you here, what do you say we get down to business?”
(Demetrius once again nods.)
“ I don't know where to start, there are so many questions that myself and the fans of PPW want to know answers to.”
(Demetrius smirks.)
“Well ask away my friend , I have nothing but time.”
(DT nods.)
“ Ok, then let's start with this. You have been caught on record saying that you have decided that you have never in your life once won the big one. Even though my sources have informed me, that in a company that went by Wrestling Midwest you held their main title for a record 4 times. So my question to you Demetrius is why is it that you say you have never won the “big one.”
(Demetrius clears his throat.)
“ I have nothing against the Wrestling Midwest, I want to make that clear, but the thing is, when I was in that company I was still young and didn't really understand the business to well. I have always told myself that I would be in a company that had nothing but the best talent that this business could offer .
(Demetrius frowns.)
“I really thought that I found that in the Wrestling Midwest, but sadly I would come to find out that the place was filled with nothing but politics and bullshit.”
(DT takes a few quick notes in his pad.)
“What do you mean by that?”
(Demetrius clears his throat once again.)
“ Let's just say that there was a lot of guys on the roster that would go out to the ring and bust there asses night in and night out, to try and at least be considered to be a top player in the company, just to get fed to someone who management had a hard on for.”
(DT nods his head.)
“Did you happen to come across any of that yourself? Cause from what I have gathered you where a huge leader in the locker room and very respected by a lot of the guys in the company.”
( Demetrius nods.)
“ Sadly, I was subject to the bullshit that went down in the company, nobody was safe from it at all. “
(DT Shakes his head once again.)
“Could you give everyone an example of what happen.”
“Of course, this is around the time that I was about ready to call it quits anyway, but there was a guy in the company that was going around wearing a mask , never really beat any credible wrestlers and by credible I mean Great lakes title contenders “Great lakes” as in their main title, this guy never really beaten anyone that had any merit to their name onces so ever.”
(Demetrius frowns as he is clearly getting aggravated.)
“The gimmick of the match was that said masked man, would have to give up his mask, I would have to give up my newly won Ace Superior title which was their Cruiser strap and Umbrage one of my biggest rivals in my career still to this day would not be able to wrestle for the main strap ever again as long as he was in the Wrestling Midwest.”
(DT's eyes widen as Demetrius pauses for a moment.)
“What happened with that match.”
(Demetrius sighs.)
“Sadly to say, both Umbrage and myself lost the match, which means that the masked man won.”
(DT nods.)
“Who was said masked man if you don't know mind me asking?”
“ The masked man was a guy by the name of Syberus, who management had a liking to the first time they had a chance to see the guy in the ring.”
“Is there anything wrong with management liking a guy that they have brought into the company?”
(Demetrius shakes his head.)
“No of course not, but Syberus was a guy that would complain about anything and everything he could. He didn't give two shits about making his opponent look good it was always about Syberus ,and no body else, it wasn't about the fans, and it sure the hell wasn't about putting food on the table for his family.”
(Demetrius pauses for a moment.)
“Hell, I don't even know if the jackass even had a family, I am sure they disowned him like everyone else on gods green earth.”
(DT chuckles a bit at the comment from Burrell.)
“Isn't that a little bit harsh.”
(Demetrius shakes his head no)
“It's the god honest truth, this guy came into the company and no more then two months later he had already won the Midwest title, which was the second tier title.”
(DT checks his notes.)
“From my notes here, he beat you actually to win his first Midwest title reign.”
( Demetrius nods.)
“Yeah it was January 9th of 2005, I remember that day like it was yesterday.”
“Would you mind giving us a run down of what happened that day.”
(Demetrius just sighs.)
“Is it really needed?”
(DT nods.)
“It would be helpful I think you owe it to myself and the fans to know what happened.”
(Demetrius nods.)
“ I showed up to the venue, first guy there like always waiting for everyone else to arrive, an hour or so later every one started to show up. To my delight Brad Johnson who owned Wrestling Midwest showed up and I asked him what the run down was for the card.”
(Demetrius sighs.)
“Mind you I knew I was going to be working Syberus but wasn't sure of what the outcome or any of that good shit was going to be. After talking to Brad I found out that I would be putting over Syberus clean, there was no build up to the match nothing , to get the the guy over once so ever. Being the team player that I am I rolled with it. Long story short he showed up right before our match, and I had to put the guy over, nothing but disrespect to me and the business.”
(Demetrius frowns.)
“When it was all said and done, I left the ring to give him his spot light and then when he got in the back I tried to shake his hand . Just to tell him good job cause we did tear the house down, but when I went to show some respect to the kid he was did exactly what I thought he was going to do. He walked away from me ,and told me that I was old news, and that I need to worry about my spot.”
(DT shakes his head while writing down more notes in his pad.)
“Sounds like a real classy guy to me.”
“Yeah he was really classy alright.”
(Demetrius says sarcastically with a hint of anger in his voice.)
“If I met the guy in the street I would probably catch a case DT, I would beat the ever living hell outta him, he is nothing more then an ungrateful son of a bitch that deserves to get hit by a bus, shit It would be even better if I was the one driving the damn thing.”
(DT locks eyes with Demetrius now as he clears his throat.)
“Is there anything else you would like to add before we move on to the other topics I have for you.”
“ Oh, yeah DT, The Wrestling Midwest was a part of my career that I want to forget all about, I mean we never really got into to it but Calib Wallace, we all know my history with him actually came into the company to give me a challenge, he came in and gave me the challenge of my life, he even went on to win the Wrestling Midwest , Midwest title, and even won the All In Challenge. That gives the winner a shot at the Great lakes gold, but when it came for him to have his shot at the title, once again they played favorites and he was screwed out of winning the title. They would have rather kept the belt on a guy that would kiss their ass . Then put the strap on a guy that has all the talent in the world and could carry the company better then I think I did back in the day. All in all that company can go to hell.”
[To be continued in the next edition of Off The Record, when The Main Attraction and D.T. talk about his arrival in the WFWA, being in SWF, AWA and WCWA and winning the Double Crown title.]