Quote:I’ve been playing Graves for the last year.

Me. No one else.

’Micheal Graves’ Presents… Corey Smith

A BusinessMan boards an elevator.

”Hold, please!” A BusinessWoman desperately jogs!

BM holds the Open button.

BW slides inside.

”Heheh… my hero.”

BM bashfully grins.

”THAT WAS ME.”

…Both turn.

Within the elevator…

Mark Flynn ’Micheal Graves’ COREY SMITH!

…Well, ‘Graves’ wearing a cut-out Corey mask… OVER his Dark Warrior mask.

”I HELD THE ELEVATOR.”

…BW, befuddled by this strange stranger, points to BM.

”But… *he* pressed the button…”

She rotates toward ‘Corey’.

…He’s gone.

”Wh…where’d he go?” BW asks her ‘hero’...

But… In her ‘hero’’s place?

‘Corey’.

Wearing BM’s business-suit.

”MUST’VE LEFT! ANYWAY….”

‘Smith’ grabs her shoulders.

“YOU CALLED ME YOUR HERO.”

Ding! The elevator opens!

”Ahhhhhhhhhh!” BW flees!

”CELEBRATE MEEEEEEE!”

---

”Meooooooooow.”

A cat stuck up a tree…

From his crane, a fireman retrieves the feline…

He gently cradles the creature as the crane descends.

A geriatric eagerly reaches…

”You saved Whiskers!” She hugs her pet.

”Just part of the j-”

WHACK!

Imagine a sound titled Unconscious_man_being_dragged_across_grass_behind_tree.mp3.

”Whazzat?” The geriatric glances up.

‘Corey’’s sporting the fireman’s hat.

”PART OF THE JOB INCLUDES BEING THANKED.”

“PROCEED.”

The geriatric squints through her thick lenses.

”...Well, Thanks!”

”ooooooooooohohohohohoh…”


”That’s good shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.” ‘Corey’ moans…

”Whiskers…” The geriatric preens Whiskers’ whiskers. ”We’ve been inseparable since I rescued him.”

Two joggers-by pause! ”Awwww, he’s a rescue?”

…’Corey’’s eyes immediately constrict.

The joggers smile at each-other.

”So noble, ma’am!”

WHACK!

This time, imagine Old_woman_dragged_across_grass_behind_tree_and_when_shes_dropped_you_distinctly_hear_a_hip_pop.m4a

.

The women look back.

…Fireman ‘Corey’’s donned the geriatric’s thick lenses.

”I’M MRS. CAT-RESCUER.”

“PRAISE ME!”

…The women wisely jog away.

”WAIT!” Corey lifts Whiskers, undeniable evidence of his benevolence. ”I RESCUED… WHISKEY?”

“…WHITNEY?”

“...WALT WHITMAN?”

---

Two wrestling unionists greet fans outside a union-sponsored event!

”Thanks for supporting local wrestling!”

”Enjoy the show!”

The fans gladly shake the unionists' hands as they file in.

”This is amazing!” The lady-unionist beams. “Fans love the wrestling-labor movement!”

”You’ve done amazing work.” Her friend squeezes her shoulder. ”Dolly’d be proud.”

”Don’t thank *me*.” She smiles humbly. “This movement isn’t one of us. It’s all of u-”

”THIS MOVEMENT IS ME! THAT’S *MY* SHOULDER-PAT.”

‘Corey’ emerges from the sewer below.

”...What?”

”I DESERVE IT! I INVENTED SOCIALISM IN WRESTLING!”

”...Oh, look.” The lady-grappler checks her bare wrist... ”Show’s starting...”

The pair awkwardly side-steps away…

…

’Corey’ stoops, dejectedly.

”Why don’t they acknowledge me…”

…The lady-grappler peers backwards. She waves her friend onward.

“I’M the longest-reigning Anarchy Champion!”

Fact-Check: ‘Graves’ is.

“*I* wrestled Thad in a Five-Star match!

Fact-Check: That’s Flynn. And Corey cashed-in *expressly* to spoil it. Seriously.

”Pleeeeease. Love meeeeeee…”

Suddenly, a hand touches ‘Corey’’s shoulder.

”Corey?”

The lady-grappler kneels beside him.

”...YOU’VE accomplished so much...”

“Uni champ!”

“WarGames winner!”

“Longest-reigning Supercontinental champion!”

”…Why steal other people’s accomplishments?”

“Our Revolution?”

”It’s not about lifting ONE of us… But, ALL of us.”

…What happened next?

In Coreytopia, they say…

Corey’s small heart grew three siz-

WHAM!

…Never mind, he just Pain-De-Lux’d the girl’s skull.

Now, he’s… rubbing her unconscious shoulder to... Steal that earlier back-pat?

”GIMMEEEEEEEEEEE!”

Scientists estimate, by 2032, Corey will claim credit for half of all XWFer accomplishments. StopCoreySmith.com

---

How DARE you, Corey.

SNAKE.

THIEF.

Trying to STEAL a YEAR OF MY CAREER.

Quote:I’ve been playing Michael Graves for the last year.

Suuuuuuuuure.

Corey’s ‘Micheal Graves’.

Not like there’s VIDEO EVIDENCE of ‘Graves’’s unmasking at Relentless 2024.

Quote:

BG: "IT’S MARK FLYNN! Madison was right!”

”Not like you admitted Flynn is Graves IN YOUR OWN PROMO, Corlando!”

“YOU said FLYNN lied about Dolly and BR?”

Quote:making shit up about how she wanted to make nice with Black Rainbow

”When that line… CAME FROM ‘MICHEAL GRAVES’.”

Quote:It’s me. No one else.

“I puzzled, Cornholio.”

“Why would COREY pretend to be ME?”

“After all..”

Quote:masquerading as Michael Graves completely nullifies any good the man has been doing

[orange]“Quoth the ENGINEER’s spawn.”

“...Nullified, huh?”

“Look, I ain't Flynn.”

“I’m Gravy.”

“...But.”

“Hypothetically?”

“*Were* I Flynn?”

“I’ve been someone I’d hope my son could be proud of.”

“I’ve dedicated everything I’ve done to NK.

Quote:...My pal, Mark Flynn, has a near-two-year-old now.

…I just try to make it better for everybody and hope it reaches him

“I resisted corruption.”

“I rejected injustice.”

“I got beat-down… A LOT.”

“But I always ran to battle alongside my co-Revolutionaries.”

…

“Not to mention my...”

“THREE-HUNDRED-AND-SIXTY-FOUR-DAY REIGN!”

“ONE DAY from the FIRST-EVER YEAR-LONG TITLE REIGN.”

“Something no one’s done in the XWF’S TWENTY-SIX YEAR HISTORY.”

…

“THAT’S when it hit me.”

“Corey wants to be ‘Graves.’”

“Because Corey wants to reap Graves’ reward.”

“I sweat… bled… vomited… through this marathon…”

“And Corey wants the wheel five feet from the finish line.”

“Celebrating as ticker tape falls and champagne corks pop.”

“You don’t have the common decency to try and end my reign.”

“You’d rather OCCUPY it.”

“INVADE it.”

“…Kinda like…”


“THE ENGINEER.”

“...That’s you, Corey.”

“The PREDATOR cashing in on your best friend’s Relentless moment cuz it wasn’t about you.”

Quote:I did however need it to take Thad Duke’s big Relentless moment and give it the old “You Can’t Do That on Television” treatment.

“The SNAKE demeaning your dearest friend for daring to compete with you.”

Quote:Dolly, when’s the last time you TOUCHED a big-time main-event match?

”And now? You’re seizing ‘Micheal Graves’?”

…

”Like how Engy commandeered your body.”

”Made you do those awful things...”

“Hurt your friends...”

“Betray your allies...”

…

”Wait.”

“Bright’s dead...”

“AND YOU STILL DO THOSE THINGS!”

”Yes, Corey.”

“Engy controlled you.”

“Once.”

“Now? He’s dead. But the Engineer’s designs persist in you.”

“Stealing another’s identity for your self-glorification? Classic Engy.”

“You’ve spent years as a vehicle, driven by the genuinely-talented.”

“...Now? You’re a hollowed-out husk.”

“Wearing other people’s faces to have an identity.”

…

“So.”

“How do we punish this… thief?”

“I unveil you.”

“Dismiss that illusory pretty-boy charm.”

“Strip away your ancient accomplishments.”

“And reveal.”

“Deeeeeeeeeep-down?”

“You’re nothing.”