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MVP: RP #3 - Thaddeus Duke - 08-04-2020
Warfare MVP.
Another trophy I have no interest in winning, yet here I am. Promoing to hype a battle royal I don't even want to be in because I don't need a fucking trophy to validate my status in this business. I've been changing people since my return. Don't believe me? Let's look at the evidence.
Gage Gannon. He was fun, to be sure. He claimed he was getting in my head when the reality of the situation was much different. He claimed his parents were dead to score sympathy points with XWF viewers. Like any good guy would do, I made fun of him for it and low and behold he drops another promo and reveals his mother to be alive and well. Gage, THAT'S what getting into your opponents head actually looks like.
Evan Jackson. There's a guy that was a 40 year old wrestling veteran that never did shit but have matches in lesser promotions trying to become famous at my expense in his XWF debut.
He lost.
Handily.
And we haven't seen him since.
Thunder Knuckles. The former reigning, defending XWF Television champion that ran roughshod over the Savage roster. He did a great job winning matches left and right and not losing matches that on paper, he should definitely lose. Clearly, I changed that trend because here I stand, a Warfare guy holding the Savage Television title. Good for you TK. You proved yourself the real Warfare MVP by losing your shows title, to the other guys. You and Nathaniel Idenhaus have something in common. At least you lost to a superior talent TK. Idenhaus lost his to some overgrown man child from some inferior company and needed Vinnie Lane to step in and name him interim Hart Champion.
Robbie Bourbon. The smart, funny, grizzly bear in a lucha mask that has abandoned his typical ways to become more serious in order to combat my seriousness as a person.
Clearly, I'm a game changer.
By the way, keep that title bright and shiny, Nate. Sooner or later, I'm coming for it and I want it looking its best when I take it from you. And I won't need the term "interim."
So, Warfare MVP.
As I said, I don't need a trophy to validate my worth to the Warfare brand. It's clear to anyone who has paid attention for the last two months that the Warfare MVP is standing right here. I'm so fucking valuable that Savage tried to steal me by putting my in position to win the TV title in the first place, but again... that's not happening. I'm staying on Warfare because the ring of Wednesday Night Warfare is now my playground, just like my uncle and my father before me.
Y'all are free to disagree with me, but you're also free to be wrong.
For arguments sake, if not me, if not Thaddeus Duke, then who? Tommy Wish? A guy that not only hasn't had a real meaningful match in years, maybe even ever, but has never even been relevant to any conversation to the term "valuable" and that's not changing anytime soon. Tommy Wish has hung around jerking curtains for the XWF for years and losing to his betters all this time. Nothing changes for Tommy Wish tomorrow night.
Scott Charlotte?
He's good, right?
Middling at best. He's a guy that always bought his own hype and never quite lived up to it. He's so fucking valuable, he's done what he's always done and hasn't even bothered to promo. Typical Scott Charlotte. Typical outcome.
Minxs?
Another non-promoer.
Wow! What a trendsetter!
Mandii Rider?
Look, I know Mandii Rider. I like Mandii Rider. I went into business with her once and tried to steer her away from trusting a man she shouldn't trust and she did it anyway. Practically overnight, the project we were putting our heart and soul into vanished into thin air. Kind of like her chances in this MVP garbage.
Hanari Carnes?
He's the literal King of Bland and boring. He's talented in the ring, I'll give him that. But that's all I'll give him. He's so fucking bland I'd rather hear Big D spew useless drivel like how he retired me on repeat for hours on end than to listen to a Hanari Carnes promo. He's so good at being Hispanic that he only has to drop the word hermano here and there to remind you that he's Hispanic. He's a guy that wastes away opportunity after opportunity like getting beat for the Xtreme title in a 24/7 manner by what's typically a mindless drone in Wrestler 82. That's how fucking gifted he is. Losing the Xtreme title to Wrestler 82.
I don't need to say anything else.
Kris Von Bonn?
Yeah, the Hammer.
He's been around a little while now and has nothing to show for himself. I come and go, and come, and go. And every time I come back I add something to my ever growing resume. Him? He's still a blank slate of relevance to the wrestling industry. He's never added anything to this world we compete in and that's not going to change simply because he wants it to happen. Willing it into existence isn't actually a thing. Sooner or later Kris, you'll have to work for something.
Liam Roberts?
Oh come the fuck on! Really? Smokin' Bob, you should be ashamed of yourself making your Warfare MVP talk about people that are clearly beneath me. Yeah that's arrogant, but it's also true.
Maybe Peter Gilmour could be the MVP. The same guy that hasn't had a major win in years. The same guy that needs to ride the coattails of more talented competitors in order to remain relevant and for people to actually take him seriously. It never works. He's a laughing stock and a running joke and has been for more than a decade. That doesn't change because he latches himself to the Unknown Soldier's and Sid Feder's of the world. It won't change because he's latched himself to Chris Chaos who is mildly better than he is. Mildly. Gilmour will continue to be mocked and ridiculed because his perpetual word salad dictates that that's what should be done to a man of his... caliber.
Azrael Erebus?
See Gilmour. He hasn't been much of anything in years, but unlike Gilmour, at least at one time, Erebus was actually good at what we do. I don't know what changed but he's half the man that he used to be. And half an Azrael Erebus isn't exactly a recipe for success. At least not any kind of sustained success. Maybe he gets lucky every now and again, but that's not happening tomorrow night.
Lynxs? He or she or whatever that is might become famous one day. But its not going to be tomorrow night. It's not going to be in France. It's certainly not going to be at my expense.
Griffin MacAlister.
He's got a famous name to be sure but his real claim to fame is latching onto my father for years. No Duke, no fame and glory for Griffin. Coincidence? Doubtful. One is enshrined in the Hall of Legends and the other is still middling around in perpetual mediocrity. He's clearly not MVP material.
Listen, I'd love to keep this up, but this is boring the ever loving shit out of me and I'm in Paris. Blame Shortbus Bob for this ridiculousness. Only he can find a way to take something interesting and turn it into never ending boredom on fucking steroids. Besides, Liz never been here before and clearly, a good boyfriend would be taking her around to see the sights so that's what I'm gonna do before we take the drive tonight to Lyon for Warfare.
Lyon.
There's only one lion in this company and you're looking at him. It's a fitting place for me to win something else I don't want. I'm going to win this stupid MVP thing because I can. I'm going to win this thing because as much as I don't want it, I can't see where it makes any sense to put it anywhere else. I'm walking into Wednesday Night Warfare as the champion of the Savage brand and walking out the Wednesday Night Warfare Most Valuable Player simply because I can and simply because there isn't a name I mentioned that's better than me.