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Hanari Carnes · **07-27-2019, 08:54 PM**

A Mirror Can Hide A Lot

nar·cis·sist
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a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.
"narcissists who think the world revolves around them"

Hanari Carnes stood in the mirror of his London Hotel, just as the almighty Tony Santos told him to do. He looked at himself, his flawless figure, his perfect white teeth and hair that Brad Pitt would die for, his million dollar smile. He looked at himself in the mirror, and he tried to take Tony's words to heart. What did he see when he looked in the mirror? Did he see the confident "insurgent" challenger that Tony said he was, or did he see just another victim to the worlds most famous street vendor.

Churro's, half price!

Hanari laughed a little to himself. It is good to laugh at the little things sometimes. Life is too short to be so uptight.

Was he a narcissist? He didn't think so. Just because he enjoyed wearing his suits, his scarfs, his Bruno Magli shoes. How could someone be mad at him for wanting to better himself? He was a kid who came from nothing and made himself into something. He was the rags-to-riches story that the XWF needed. The public ate that shit up. He didn't need ghost dad, self-injury humor, and chest-puffing words that were shallower than the cardboard box he looked like he lived in.

Hanari was not short of his own flaws, but he was human. Nobody was perfect, that is what makes human's humans. The more he stared into the mirror, the more he saw her face. He saw her eyes, her pleading eyes, and the shook of sheer anguish and terror as her limbs were hacked off one by one. Bit by bone-splitting bit. He saw his mother, coming home from work with bags under her eyes after working 18 hours at two combined jobs and only having enough money to buy a half serving of food each. He saw a nation crumbling before his very eyes and being exploited as a tourist destination, all of their resources being pooled into one or two destinations while the rest of the country lived in deplorable conditions.

Hanari choked up a bit, the the almighty Tony Santos (he said it himself), told him to look in the mirror, so that is what he is doing.

Hanari saw his friend Tomás and Fernando. He saw the car on fire. He saw the police, the cocaine, he could hear the screams. Hanari looked into his own soul and all he saw staring back at him was a survivor. A human. A man who adapted, grew, overcame. A man who didn't hide behind his past, but pushed it of his mind completely.

Hanari was confident, but not because of his past. He was confident because of the present.

Maybe Tony was onto something here. Maybe Tony was some sort of scholar, some deep intellectual thinker.

No. Tony Santos was a raving mad-man who feels pressure for the first time since the ink on his new contract dried. Tony Santos felt like he was crazy, because Tony Santos needed an excuse.

His confidence was as fragile as what people would believe. If he came off as crazy, and reaaaaallllyyy pulled it off, he would be. He liked pain......he was nothing but a masochist with daddy issues. Hanari stared at the mirror and all he saw was the finished product. All he saw was a man with the heart of a lion and the will of a soldier. All he saw.....was a champion.

Earlier That Day

Hanari walked up and down the streets of London, taking in the scenary. It was really a nice city, despite all their issues. What was it with all the issues lately?

He smiled as he hailed a cab, managing to stay upright, and asked the driver to pull up to Kensal Green Cemetery. A close friend of his was buried there. A man who once thought he could overcome his issues with simply being crazy, with simply trying to intimidate everyone around him by broadcasting how crazy he was. His friend had come to London to pursue a career in fighting, but he was a gimmick. He said he was paranoid, pretty fucking angry, a little crazy, and he let a little fame and success go to his head.

He died in that ring.

Hanari heard the gravel and dirt crunch under his designer shoes as he made his way to the patch of grass containing his friend. He bent down, running his hand over the name in the engraved stone. The epitaph read "The Craziest Bastard That Ever Lived". Hanari pulled out a lighter, and lit it. Holding it in the air, he looked up to the sky. Flipping the top back down and putting the lighter back in his pants pockets he stared at the now permanent home for his one-time friend.

"Chu crazy basard" he said. "Chor demons caught up to chu, and eventually, your words couldn't back up chor actions. Tony Santos es on de same path.....when chu see him, tell him I said hola......then slap the taste out of his mouth for thinking Hanari Carnes was some puta........"

He stood up, and wiped a small tear from his eye. He was going to win this title, he was going to topple the Santos empire, and he was going to show the incumbent pyschopath that crazy doesn't always equal Hart.

Pun intended.

Back in his hotel room, Hanari had seen all he needed to see. He didn't need to explain himself to anyone. He saw what the mirror hid, and he was satisfied. The fire that burned inside him would stay inside him, and his flaws would come and go. He saw who he was, and he accepted it.

Thank you, Tony.

Hanari stepped away from the mirror, and grabbed a rocks glass from the room desk. Walking over to the mini-bar he filled it with ice, and pulled his tequila flask out of his pocket.

He walked back over to the mirror. Looking at the champion he saw staring back, he toasted.

"Here's to ya" he said with a smile.

There was a knock on his door.

"Room service."

Damn was the British accent sexy. Fixing his collar he smiled once again and walked to the door.

shameless womanizer echoed in his ears as he answered the door. She was wearing a tight skirt, showing a lot of cleavage.

"When Hanari looks in de mirror, what does he see? He sees intelligence, he see's passion, he sees survival, but mos' of all Missa Santos, he see confidence. Hanari es a very confident person, why wouldn't he be? What kind of potential campeón would he be if he walked aroun' saying "I suck, mang, chu can beat me an don' even need to try!" Eso es estupido! That es stupid mang! But es de confidence he see a facade? Is it fake, masking "insecurities" that lie deep within. No, mang, but Hanari es happy that chu paid attention to his promo."

*Hanari rolls his eyes*

"Hanari has dem, Tony, jus' like chu do. But, much like chu did, Hanari took them and flipped them on their culo. He use them as motivation. He use them to propel himself to the standard he keep for himself. Nice try, Tony, Hanari applaud chor effort, but chu are no goin' to get under dis thick Dominican skin, chico! Reverse pyschology, mang, et es a hell of an thing! Chu try to accuse Hanari of doing the same thing chu es doing to make yaself feel, and look, better. What es Hanari talking about? Well, the brash outer layer mang. Chu es so nervous about losing that belt that chu es making shit up, mang!

And most importantly, you convince yourself that you're much greater than you truly are.

There es no convincing here mang, Hanari KNOWS.

Your mediocrity is only matched by the amount of effort you put into portraying a level of grandiose to the outside world.

Bruh, chu es too much. Hanari es no trying to impress anyone. Hanari es simply living de good life, dressing how he wants, driving what he wants, living where he wants. Jus' because chu es a champion in XWF with a big name and a hefty pay check and want to dress like a homeless person combined with a meth addict, that es chor prerogative. Do not try to project YET ANOTHER insecurity onto Hanari. If chu es jealous, say so, and Hanari would respect chu a lot more, ese. Jus' saying. Hanari neva say you don't deserve the title, mang. In fact, he has been praising you this entire time. Maybe all de booze has gone to your head. Chu literally ACKNOWLEDGE that Hanari was praising chu, maybe even too much, in ya second "promo", and now all of de sudden Hanari es saying chu no deserve it? No, mang, chu won it, chu have defended it, chu deserve it. But Hanari es the only member on dis current roster that can, and will, take it from chu. Don't switch up arguments, hermano, it es no a good look. Makes chu look estupido. Crazy es okay, but stupid and crazy, not good bedfellows.

Apparently, chu can quote a thought in todays day an' age. Apparently, it es acceptable to QUOTE someone's THOUGHTS......Hanari scracthes his head at dis. Why no quote his words? Why no focus on the language coming out of dis perfect mouth? Hanari knows why, because chu had nothing to say. Chu know Hanari es right, and you es, for de first time in a long time, desperate. Chu feel the pressure, chu feel the sweat wetting ya unibrow. Chu actually think inside dat warped melon of yours that Hanari can actually beat chu.

........Chu es goddamn right.

Hanari ask de question when he first open dis promo, what does he see when he look in de mirror. Well, want to know what he sees when he look at Tony Santos? Probably not, but Hanari es goin' to tell ya anyways.

Hanari see an alchohalic crybaby. Hanari see a young child, still stuck in a tormeted past, who es searching for validation. A child who tells de world he no give a fuck if dey like him, cuz he no like himself. Everytime chu open ya mouth, its about WHY chu is a great campeón. Chu beat dis person and dat person, chu es crazy, chu like pain, chu es dis and chu es dat. Chu always try to explain to us WHY chu hold dat belt, almost as if chu no believe deep down that chu truly deserve it. Maybe when chu accuse Hanari of saying dat, which he never did, maybe that was the inner Tony Santos screaming into de mirror while smearing his lipstick and clawing his cheeks mang. Maybe dat was the inner Tony Santos cryin' out for help, because he know that his days are numbered. Maybe dat was de inner Tony Santos telling de world that he cannot beat Hanari Carnes, and he has to tell everyone how great he es so that somewhere inside he believe it himself.

Hanari never make excuses. Hanari never explain hisself. Hanari come out and say he es going to beat chu, and his words have conviction. His words have purpose. Hanari beat Mastermind, Sí, but he no use it as de reason he es going to beat chu. Beating him es de reason Hanari es no scared coming into dis match, but every competitor es different, and every competitor has the ability to slip up. Chu es no god Tony, chu es a mortal man, and chu makes mistakes. Chu said youself, chu es flawed. So es Hanari, the difference is that Hanari biggest flaw is actually his biggest strength.........

His lack of experience.

Why Tony Santos es out there shouting to de heavens why he is so great, Hanari es soaking it all in. Dis is all fresh, all knew, and every new match es a new experience. Hanari es learning as he goes, so why wouldn't he be confident. New challenges lead to new accomplishments, and Hanari es destined for de history books! Hanari has no reason to fear chu, and no reason to believe he CAN'T win.

I looked my "insecurities" in the face, accepted my bullshit, and embraced the good, and the bad, of the man you see laying in this cab.

Does chu want a cookie? A trophy? Does chu need a hug, or a pat on de back? It doesn't make chu a hero, Tony, it makes chu an adult. Life goes on, and we learn to accept, adapt to change, and move on. Chu es throwing it out there like you are some superhero with emotional immunity when all chu es is a normal dirtbag who happened to be jus' crazy enough to last this long. We all overcome things, it is prt of life. Hanari es proud of chu that ya face ya demons head on and made something out of it, but that is no goin' to stop him from ripping your arm out of chor socket, mang. Chu claim chu es crazy enough to tear Hanari apart.......

Good.

Chu isn't de only one who likes pain. Hanari grows from it, gets better from it, and jus' like chu, thrives in it. Dis is setting up to be a violent match. And a long one.........

While chu are over here quoting scenarios that ONLY Hanari would know.....which still baffles him, is chu a mind reader also?....Hanari noticed chu STILL has no mention de TYPE of match dis es. It es an Iron Man match. Dis is a match where your daddy issues don't matter. Where your demons can't haunt you. This es a match of endurance, and will to win. Dis is a match where only de strong survive. All Hanari has heard from chu, Tony, is excuses as to why chu still have that belt. Discouraging your opponents. Making fun of dem. Truth is, chu just had experience watching dem wrestle before. They were dey devils chu know. Hanari es de devil chu don't. Chu can say whatever chu want about chor previous opponen's, but Hanari es a new breed, a viscious breed, and a the last of a dying one. Chu think Hanari es a narcissist because he likes nice things and has de will to win? No. Chu es a narcissist because chu hide behind chor "flaws" and claim they are dey reason you es padded room crazy. Now, dey es the reason chu are a flash in de pan. Chu es unique, different, chu make people laugh and cry in de same sentence. Chu deliver comic relief with harsh realism and gravel in ya voice. Ya balls dropped and chu pull de wool over all of our eyes every time de camera light comes on. Chu see through Hanari? Everyone sees through Hanari? Tony....chu es plexi-glass. Don't throw stones if ya live in a glass house. And don't be mad when Hanari takes YOUR title back to his........

Look in de mirror, take a good hard look. All dese things chu think make chu great, Hanari just sees another arm to break, another title to take. Hanari see's chu pump chor self up, and Hanari will no lie, he respect chu, but after chu flaunted chorself verbally like a runway model, Hanari jus' plain no like chu. Hanari respect chu enough not to break your arm, but of it happens.....eh, it happens, chico.

It's just business, mang. Tis all it has ever been.

Viva el dominicano!

Viva el Leap of Faith

Viva el Hart Title

Viva el Hanari Carnes!

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