A Long Night
[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-02 AT 02:09 AM (EDT)]
11/22/2000
SSN/EWI PRESENT:
SHOCKWAVE
Kin Hiroshi Vs. Evan Aho
Television Title Match
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Surprising Hiroshi, Aho knifehand chops Hiroshi and follows it up taking him down with a corkscrew armdrag. Evan Aho then rolls onto Kin Hiroshi connecting with a knee and hooking his leg.
BS: Aho's at it again! We've got one ... Two ... TH---
GM: NO!! Hiroshi has kicked out again!
As he kicks out Hiroshi gets back to his feet only to be met by an Aho chop. Evan grabs Hiroshi's head again and runs towards the corner smashing Kin's face into it again. Evan Aho, backing up, catches Kin staggering out of the corner and executes the jumping sidekick on him.
BS: And again Aho tries for a pin. We've got one....TWO.... TH---
GM: NO NO HELL NO! Kin Hiroshi kicked out again!!
As Kin is trying to get to his feet again, Evan Aho hits a spinning leg lariat on Kin Hiroshi sending him to the mat once more and follows up with an elbowdrop. Waiting for him to get back up, Evan Aho nails Kin Hiroshi with a belly-to-back suplex. As Kin is slow to get back up he is nailed again with an inverted atomic drop by Aho. Evan Aho climbs to the top of the turnbuckle and executes the diving headbutt on Kin Hiroshi.
BS: He's going for a pin again! One. TWO ... TH---
GM: NO! Hiroshi has kicked out AGAIN!
BS: And look at Aho! He is beside himself!
Evan Aho, frustrated, drags Kin Hiroshi to the floor and takes him down with another chop. Evan Aho then grabs another steel chair, swings, and hits Kin Hiroshi busting him open again. With the advantage, Evan Aho hits a neck-breaker on Kin Hiroshi dazing him, but Aho helps out by tossing Hiroshi back into the ring. As Aho is getting back into the ring Hiroshi shocks him with a series of knifehand chops. '
GM: Oh here comes the comback!
Kin Hiroshi kicks Evan Aho in the head dazing him the first time, but then thrust kicks Evan Aho in the head again droping him to the ground. HIroshi then wraps up Aho with The Jiro-Kin Sleeper taking Aho so far out of the game .... he's out.
Winner: Kin Hiroshi(Wins the EWI Television Title)
* Kin presses the stop button on the VCR remote. He grabs another tape from the shelf, and pops it into the machine. He looks to the camera. *
KIN HIROSHI: That was the second time I took out Evan Aho in EWI. Not only that, but it was my first title. The Television Title. Shortly afterwards, SSN disbanded. Reaver, you were right, I was trying to undermind Mr. Zieba, but I was also trying to make a name for myself by aligning with people like Eddy Love, Sky Suicide, and Cole Steele. Did it work? A little, but not as much as I had hoped. Let's take a look at the next week.
*
Kin presses play...
12/16/2000
SSN/EWI PRESENT:
HEATWAVE
Eddy Love Announces Resignment as Head of SSN "A" Team...
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LOVE: Then our first point of disagreement in our little....(Love pauses looking for the right word) family. I thought SSN needed to have not only the greatest American Stars, but also the greatest International star. Things did not start smoothly. Language barrier, ego problems, financial differences of opinion..... but I would not let Kin Hiroshi, or Gottfried keep the SSN roster from adding one final piece to the puzzle, and folks didn't Kin Hiroshi make me look like the genius that I am when he destroyed that paper champion Evan Aho and took the SSN T.V. Title...... Kin Hiroshi a man Eddy Love went to the mat to make SSN...... not once.....
(Eddy and Kin both hold up two fingers)....... but twice.
* Once again, Kin presses stop, and removes the tape while grabbing another. *
KIN HIROSHI: And so, SSN's fall into oblivion began. Started over a dispute about yours truely, Kin Hiroshi. Sure, Eddy was a great ring general, but he just didn't have his head on straight out of the ring. He proved that the minute he left EWI. But did I continue to coat-tail along with Eddy? No. I stuck to my guns with a management I knew in GXW. Even with new faces, I still got matches. I mean, I won the GXW Cruiserweight Title, and held it for nearly half a year. Erik Zieba gave me the chance to take the ball and run. I did that, but no one seemed to care. In fact, no one seemed to care about Kin Hiroshi at all until Alex Young started making an appearance in GXW. That's when people started taking notice. People like Chad Dupree, JP, Victoria McCave, and...Erik Zieba. I made a living of trying to get inside McCave's head and let her know what Dupree and JP really are, but she didn't listen. Erik listened to me...
*
Kin pops in the third tape, and presses play.
4/10/2002
GXW PRESENTS:
GENESIS
Erik Zieba/Chad Dupree/Kin Hiroshi Interview
{"Last Action Hero", by Tesla cues up, and Kin Hiroshi and his Mystery Friend walk out onto the entrance ramp. The crowd pops as Kin hi-fives people all the way down to the ring. looks slightly stunned that Hiroshi would dare make an appearance. Zieba looks suspicious, but eager. Kin and his Mystery Friend slide into the ring, and strike poses for the audience. Kin then asks for a mic.}
KIN HIROSHI: Zieba, I've known you a long time, and you've never been one to let me down. We've had our differences before. Hell, I did wear the letters S-S-N across my chest at one time. Times change, Erik, people change.
{Kin directs his look at Dupree, and the two stare at each other. Kin lifts the mic to his mouth.}
KIN HIROSHI: Chad, I don't know if you've heard what I've been saying lately, but your buddy JP has something that doesn't belong to him. Victoria doesn't belong to me, either, but definitely not JP. I've been around this league since its inaugural event, and I've gotten nothing from either you, or Zieba. Nothing up front, that is. I've been wanting to do this to one of you for a long time, but I was never sure who my target was going to be. Then JP and Vicky locked lips and aligned themselves with you Chad. That makes you my target.
{Kin turns to Erik.}
KIN HIROSHI: No offense, Erik, but, we've never seen eye to eye. However, after tonight, I hope that all can change.
{Kin circles Dupree.}
KIN HIROSHI: Not many people like me, that's why I've hauled in my "hired gun" so to speak, and he's itching to be let loose. So, Chad, how about you accept a tag-team match between myself and my friend against you and JP with Victoria McCave in your corner. No outside interference, just the four of us. I would love to make it a handicap match, but I don't trust you weasels anymore than I trust a Ford Taurus. So, what do you say?
CD: You know what Hiroshi? How DARE YOU come out to MY RING and say that? Hell NO you can't have that match! As a matter of fact you are SO FIR …
EZ: Ah … not just yet Chad. I like Kin and it takes a man to admit he was wrong for the SSN ordeal so Kin is welcome to stay in GXW for as long as he wants. And, since this is also … MY RING … I like his little idea. Chad Dupree and JP vs Kin and his mysterious friend. Oh yeah … I think I'll MAKE THAT MATCH!
[Huge cheers from the crowd can be heard throughout the arean.]
CD: WHAT? NO! You can't do that!
EZ: I .. (smiling) just did.
CD: Well then, if you do that then … I'm gonna make a match too!
EZ: Oh really? This should be good. Go ahead make a match. I don't care.
CD: Oh you will cause this feud has been building up for the LONGEST time, but you just haven't seen it. At Global Warfare it'll be a clash of the titans when CHAD DUPREE FACES ERIK ZIEBA!
EZ: (surprised) What? What did you just say?
CD: You heard me drunk boy! I said Dupree versus Zieba at Global Warfare! Then I'll show EVERYONE THERE that you are just a PRETENDER to my THRONE!
EZ: PRETENDER? Oh now you did it! Oh you got your match Chad. Global Warfare I'll show the entire world what I do to promoters who try to cross me, but this time it'll be a physical demostration! Harders felt my wrath! Gottfried felt my wrath! And now … YOU'LL FEEL IT TOO!!! But, before you feel it, you better chalk up cause I'm thinking … X-PERINCE might be a good time for you and Kin to throw down!
CD: I don't care bring it drunk boy!
EZ: Oh don't worry I will, but as for that pretender comment … pretty amusing coming from you considering you've been a poser to my throne since the day I met you. Get ready stud cause now … it's only a matter of time …
['Take a Look Around' - Limp Bizkit starts back up as he, Kin Hiroshi, and Hiroshi's masked friend leave the ring.]
* Kin lets the tape run a bit longer, hits stop, and grabs another tape. *
KIN HIROSHI: Reaver, you may want to watch that one again, you see, Erik and I started to set all our differences aside at Genesis. I had to wait 2 weeks until our mutual respect was set in stone. Sure, I did bring back Evan Aho, the man I had bested a year and a half earlier for the EWI Television Title, the man who left EWI for CSWA, the former EWI World Champion. Why did I do it? Because I respect Aho. A lot of people don't like the steps he took leaving EWI, but if people leave, they leave. That doesn't undermind their wrestling abilities at all, Evan has proved that in CSWA by claiming the World Championship there. In my mind a title that I should have. I have beat Aho many times, and I'm sure I can do it again, just like I can beat anyone in GXW. I deserve the Unified World Title. It was because Aho was unloved in this company that he wore that mask for a couple weeks. Then came X-Perience, the match that was suppossed to give me the respect I so deserved from Dupree and company. I still have yet to see that respect, but I don't care, because one man has stood by me since that match.
Erik Zieba.
Hell, Zieba even risked his life by coming down to the ring, and throwing guest ref Victoria McCave from the ring and taking over referee duties. Aho and I won, but our victory was cut short when we were jumped. Not just the two of us, but Zieba too. We were bound by that match in a mutual respect for each other. Even if we don't agree with what decisions are made in respect for GXW, we know each other.
So, maybe next time you start throwing accusations around saying that I am trying to undermind Erik's decisions with GXW you will actually do some research. Even if you don't do research, you'll know all about Kin Hiroshi soon enough in the future.
*
Kin tosses the remote down on the end table, and leans back in his chair. *
KIN HIROSHI: Is that enough for you, Reaver? Yes? Well, I'm not even closed to being finished with you. I need to belittle you, right? No. Not anymore, after our last match, I thought it might be fun to put you down some more, but I realized something. Why belittle you, when your ring work can do that for me? There is nothing impressive about you, Reaver. Sure, you have a lot of signature moves. You've held numerous titles, so what? The only title that matters in this business is the GXW Unified Title, and you don't even come close, unlike myself.
I'm "A" material, and Erik Zieba is finally realizing that. I'm finally earning my way to the top since losing the Cruiserweight Championship. But there's a lot of new talent there, and the title will prosper now.
Just like the Television Title will once I grab it from you. See, I barely had to belittle you, but someone else seems to want to look after me as I go into our rematch. "Mr. Irresistible" Johnny Styles. The last thing I need is help against you Reaver. You're the one that needs help, and you proved that when Victoria had to distract me so you could win. "Mr. Disregarable" Johnny Styles, I don't need you to fight my matches for me, I can do fine on my own. I've proven that since dismissing "Wildfire" from my payroll. I'll deal with Styles later, and I hope that management is paying attention, because I'm sure that Styles will be wanting a piece of a veteran in the future.
*
Kin leans forward in his chair. *
KIN HIROSHI: Finally, Reaver, do you like old men? Because you seem to be in love with my step-father for some reason. The man raised me, and I love him for that, but I don't need him anymore. I haven't needed him for a long time. The only thing he does nowadays is help my mother run Hiroshi-Berry Muffins with me. If you want to be concerned about me "running" to someone for help it will be Erik Zieba, the man that has stuck with me since my EWI days. Someone you seem to think I'm screwing over. You're the only one I'm really going to be screwing over.
That title will be around my waist come what may, Reaver. But believe me, if you can survive what I put you through, Zieba won't be the only person with my respect. You will have earned it, just like I will have earned that title, and will earn my way to the GXW Unified Title.
*
Hiroshi stands, and escorts the camera crew out the front door. They turn, and Hiroshi leans in the door jam. *
KIN HIROSHI: And the next time you disgrace my sense of style, I'll go to my closet and put on my Sarmani suit. It's the best suit that money can buy, and I got it on discout for $100. Can you believe that? It's got to be better than your stained wife-beaters and jeans.
*
The camera crew backs further into the hall, and Kin shuts the door in front of them. *
*FADE TO BLACK*