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Centurion Offline
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Traditionalists

(has an old school wrestling mentality; no nonsense; less appealing to some younger fans)


#1
06-03-2021, 10:59 AM



(No matter how many times he comes here, it’s still a shock to his system.

Centurion and Maverick first hit the road together in 2001. They were a couple of kids who had the whole world ahead of them. They lived fast and loose – the drinking, the gambling, the women, it was all par for the course for the two of them. The idea of “settling down” was not only unthinkable, but it was almost blasphemy. To Andy Cortinovis and Marcus Graves, they were always going to be Centurion and Maverick, The Wildcards, searching for loose slots, loose women, and expensive liquor.

20 years later, and Centurion is standing on Maverick’s back deck, watching him grill burgers and hot dogs, as Maverick’s wife and two daughters sit in the living room.

This isn’t a new development, either – Maverick has been married for nearly 15 years now, and one daughter is on the precipice of high school. Retirement never stuck for Centurion, but for Maverick, the days of long road trips and dinners consisting of gas station pizza are long behind him, save for his one time only appearance at XX. Still, every time he’s with Maverick, Centurion can only think of the old Wildcard days, and all the weird shit they got into together. In all honesty, they probably shouldn’t still be alive, given the nonsense they would get into. Centurion remembers a night where Maverick was trying to talk him out of a cocaine induced stooper. Now?

Now he’s teaching Centurion how to grill a burger.)


Maverick: The mistake everyone makes is that they turn the grill up too high. They think it’s going to make it go faster or some shit. All it’s going to do is burn the shit out of it. All that fire you see when you go to barbeques? That’s because the grill is turned to high, and it hasn’t been properly cleaned.

(Maverick closes the lid on the grill as he picks up his bottle of beer and takes a swig. Centurion is holding a highball glass of scotch, once again showing off the differences between the two men.)

Centurion: You know how I make my burgers? I usually just drive to a window and they give me one.

Maverick: Yeah, which I do not understand. How can you keep eating that junk? Aren’t you supposed to be a classy bastard or something?

Centurion: I won’t sacrifice taste for the sake of class.

Maverick: Ok, but you’re still shoving poison into your body. That stuff is barely even food! And you’re a professional athlete, you should know better.

Centurion: Dude, when we were at the XWF show, I saw you pounding Wendy’s hamburgers like they were going out of style!

Maverick: Wendy’s is different! It’s fresh, never frozen! And it comes in a square, so you know it’s good.

Centurion: Ah yes, I forgot, the geometry of the food is what decides its flavor.

Maverick: Don’t laugh about that shit! It’s been scientifically proven! Why else do you think pizza is normally cut in a triangle? You don’t see folks chomping on whole, round pizzas, do you?

Centurion: No, but I do see people eating Old Forge pizza.

Maverick: Old Forge pizza sucks!

Centurion: ...true.

(Maverick opens the grill back up and turns the meet again. As he does, he continues to speak to Centurion.)

Maverick: So, what’s on your agenda for this weekend? You didn’t bring the lady friend, I see. What, you’re afraid your old tag partner is going to embarrass you or something?

Centurion: No, I’m afraid my old tag partner is going to embarrass himself. I’m going to be doing some scouting while I’m down here. I’m going to check out the Jefferson Memorial – I have a match there next month where I need to throw some dude into the reservoir after beating the shit out of him in the rotunda.

Maverick: What?

Centurion: Don’t ask. But that’s not the real reason I’m here. I actually came to see you. I wanted to talk to you about something. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Vinnie Lane is giving me control of Anarchy for a day. I want to do a “Retro Anarchy”, kind of honoring the past and whatnot. You know me and nostalgia.

Maverick: Right. It sounds like a cool idea. What, you want me to do commentary with SJ again like we did for your Bahamas show? Because I’m always up for taking a vacation and getting a weekend away from the girls on your dime.

Centurion: I’m sure you are. No, nothing like that. Actually...I wanted you to wrestle.

(Maverick laughs as he flip the burgers again and turns down the burners on the grill. He closes the lid to the grill before setting the spatula down.)

Maverick: You’re funny. Seriously, what do you want me to do? Escort you to the ring?

Centurion: I’m actually not joking. I want you to wrestle with me.

(Maverick let’s out a “hmm”.)

Maverick: Interesting. Say, do be a favor and pass me that wood spoon behind you.

(Centurion looks behind him on a deck table and sees a large wooden spoon next to some serving dishes and silverware. Centurion grabs the spoon and hands it to Maverick.)

Maverick: Thank you.

(In one swift motion, Maverick smacks Centurion on the top of the head, causing Centurion to recoil and grab at his head.)

Centurion: What the...

Maverick: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND?! Did you see me out there the last time I wrestled?!

Centurion: Yeah, you were...fine, for your age.

Maverick: Exactly. FOR MY AGE. I’m 50 now, dude. I was completely blown up after that match. Not only that, but it was the first time my daughters saw me bleed, and it was not a good experience. I’m done. I should have been done before XX, and I’m definitely done now. LEELO!

(Maverick opens the grill back up and grabs a spatula and a plate that has been setting next to the grill. He begins to put the burgers and hot dogs on the plate as Maverick’s oldest daughter. Maverick finishes plating the food and hands it over to Leelo.)

Maverick: Take this inside for me, please. Let your mother know we’ll be in as soon as I kick uncle Andy’s ass.

Leelo: Can I stay and watch?

Maverick: No.

(Leelo frowns as she takes the plate and walks back inside the house. She closes the door behind her, leaving Maverick alone with Centurion once again.)

Centurion: I know that match burns your ass, Mav. I know it kills you that we weren’t able to finish the job. The Wildcards can’t go out like that, and you know it.

Maverick: I don’t have a pride that’s so cancerous that it makes me do harmful things to myself. That’s a trait only you have. I like waking up in the morning and not feeling like I need to pop my bones back into place in order to get out of bed. I enjoy sitting down at the kitchen table and being able to hold a knife and fork without being in constant pain. More importantly, I like being able to think back and REMEMBER my career, instead of drawing blanks because my memory turned to shit.

Centurion: You act like there are certain things in life that are inevitable...

Maverick: There ARE, Andy. One of them is that you won’t be able to truly retire from the business until you’re dead. Another is that you’re going to feel more and more miserable the longer you do this and the older you get, and I don’t want that to be me.

Centurion: I’m in the best shape of my life, Mav! My back, my knees – everything that was giving me problems 10 years ago feel brand new to me right now. Besides, I’m just asking you for one match...

Maverick: One match here, one match there...it’s always “one match” with you, isn’t it? XX was supposed to be our “one match”. Hell, remember when you retired “forever” back at the ORIGINAL “X”? TWELVE YEARS AGO?! This sport is a drug, and you’re in way too deep to ever get yourself out of it. I got lucky enough to go into rehab, but now you’re trying to get me to relapse.

Centurion: That’s an unfair way of approaching this and you know it. I know you. I know there’s a part of you that hates how you went out. There’s a part of you that hates that no one remembers what we were able to build. We were The Fucking Wildcards! Greatest stable to ever grace a wrestling ring! We were the ones who destroyed The Flatline Crew! The Demo Pac! The Black Circle! We set the damn bar, and we have one tiny mention on the Hall of Legends and a small write up on Brand’s Wikipedia page. How does that not piss you off?

(Maverick takes the spatula he has been holding the entire time and throws it against the grill. It makes a large crashing sound, causing everyone in the house to peek out the window. Centurion, however, remains incredibly calm, as if this was expected.)

Maverick: Of course it pisses me off! To bust my ass for that long and get absolutely NO recognition for it? I was the last CCWF World Champion, and no one recognizes my reign because Shane is an absolute twat. I main evented pay per views, and fought the likes of Rick Lacey and Epic, but when you ask people in the back who Maverick is, they’ll tell you about some scrawny little prick that was here five years ago. But I can’t keep chasing this, Andy. At a certain point, we just need to accept where we are in life and move on. I got lucky. I got a wife and kids and a nice house. How many others came through that place and have absolutely nothing to show for it? How many names are forgotten in history and are currently barely making ends meet? I’ve learned to stop fretting over things I can not control and start enjoying life for the things that I have. You should do the same.

Centurion: That’s not how my life ends. It ends in the middle of the ring. And your ends surrounded by loved ones in a fancy house. But The Wildcards, they need a proper send off, not a sad applause from a crowd that saw us get whooped by a couple of animals.

(Maverick looks down, collecting his thoughts. Centurion, meanwhile, is prepared for another 20 minutes of discussion on this topic. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy to convince Maverick to come back. If Centurion was in Maverick’s shoes, he probably wouldn’t do it, either. But Centurion also knows that what he’s saying is right. Maverick looks back up and takes a deep breath.)

Maverick: If we’re doing this, we’re doing it with the whole crew.

Centurion: You say the word, and I’ll tell the pilot the get the plane gassed up and ready to go. Pick up Roller, pick up Brand, away we go.

Maverick: No...

(Maverick fishes around in his pockets for a second before pulling out an old set of keys.)

Maverick: We’re doing this old school.

------But The Riot Inside Moves On------

Three questions I have been receiving over the past couple of weeks – why Retro Anarchy, why Mongolia, and why Barney Green and Seth Stevens? Let’s address these point by point, shall we?

Why Retro Anarchy – because it just felt right to me. We have this brand on Thursday Nights that has a history dating back to the Stone Age, and we have done nothing to highlight it. So many wrestlers on that brand have no idea that it dates back that far. They think Anarchy was just a concept Vinnie Lane pulled out of his ass one day, and that’s honestly a shame. I know this business is a “what have you done for me lately” business, and I know anytime I talk about the past, I get an entire locker room of young kids rolling their eyes as if they were in the middle of a history class. No, I’m not going to ask folks to bow before the feet of some old legends, but I do want folks to at least have knowledge of the past and acknowledge that we have built something special in this federation. Twenty-two years this place has been around, and there has been an Anarchy program on for a majority of those years. Embrace it.

Why Mongolia – there are a couple of reasons, actually. The first is that the XWF has never been there before. It is rare when we find a place on earth that the XWF hasn’t had some sort of presence in. We’ve wrestled all throughout that region – Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Ho Chi Min City, Bangkok – but Mongolia is an afterthought most of the time, which is sad. I’ve been to Mongolia multiple times. The people there are awesome. Among the friendliest folks you’ll meet anywhere in the world. The food is fantastic, mainly due to the fact that recipes are passed down through generations, and families take great pride in what their ancestors were able to come up with. And they are begging for live entertainment there. There is this massive stadium in the middle of the country which hosts a crap soccer team, and yet it sells out almost every match. They are loyal, and they want to be entertained. We can easily sell this place out, and I imagine, given the first class amenities and the reaction of the crowd, the XWF is going to want to go back there in the future.

Oh, and there is another reason I chose Mongolia…

…because they gave me a boatload of cash.

That’s not to say I wouldn’t have chosen Mongolia had they not paid me, but I probably wouldn’t have thought of it, if I’m being perfectly honest. When I was given notice that I would be running this show, I knew I wasn’t going to run it in the middle of some empty field in the middle of Buttfuck Nowhere like Vinnie usually does, and I knew I wanted to take the show overseas. But then I received a phone call from Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai, and the rest was history. Trust me, everyone in the back who is questioning this decision is going to thank me when it’s all over. Unlike some of the other GMs and management of this company, I actually care about the living conditions of the talent. I have to stay in these places, too, and I have to eat here and work out here and party here. I’m not like Theo Pryce, who flies in for six hours and immediately gets blown up on cocaine.

And finally, why Barney Green and Seth Stevens? Well, let me break that down into two parts. I chose Barney Green because I knew his contributions to this federation. Sure, he may be an annoying little fuck who still thinks he can beat me when he obviously can’t, and for some unknown reason he has decided to suck at the tit of BOB, but I can’t take away what he has done throughout the history of his career, and I wanted him on my show because of it. When I knew I was going to be in charge of booking talent, I knew I wanted my old partner, Maverick, by my side, and I knew I wanted Barney Green as one of my opponents. Was making it Xtreme Rules a dumb decision, knowing full well that BOB is very likely to be around every corner and get involved in some capacity? Yeah, probably, but it’s Barney. The dude will throw himself through sheets of glass just for everyone else’s amusement, and I want to see the dumb shit he’s capable of up close. Will he set himself on fire? Will he wrap himself in barbed wire and call himself “The Rustquach”? Will he jump off the top of the upper deck onto cement for no reason other than because it looked fun? Who knows, but I’m looking forward to it.

And why Seth Stevens? That’s for a different reason entirely – I wanted the opportunity to kick his ass, at least once, before he decided he was done with the business.

Yes, yes, I sold him and everyone else with this big basket of flowers. “Oh, he’s a two-time former champion and he deserves to be recognized.” I knew Seth couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get his ass kissed. He loves it. I’m sure he’ll tell you he’s disappointed this isn’t the main event; after all, it’s Seth Stevens’ big return to the XWF! How could this not be ending a pay per view?

But the reality is, I’ve always seen Seth Stevens as an annoying little worm whose ego is bigger than his talent. That’s not to say he isn’t – or wasn’t – good. He proved to be good. Between what he did in his short period in the XWF, to what he accomplished in the WGWF despite constantly being considered a “lower talent”, it IS impressive. Hang your hat on it, kid. You do deserve some praise.

SOME.

But what you demanded when you were here was the complete adoration of everyone who would walk by you. You wanted folks to bow at the very presence of you. Hell, if you were here full time, you’d fit in PERFECTLY with BOB. That’s why I put you and Barney together. It just seemed like a natural fit. I wouldn’t be surprised to see you walk out onto the stage wearing a BOB shirt. And hell, you probably won’t even know what BOB is, but if Miss Fury walked up to you and complimented you just a little bit, you’d be all over that shit.

“But Cent, if you didn’t think Seth was that good, why would you waste your time with him?” It’s because, out of all the cocky assholes who aren’t as good as they think they are, Seth is the only one I need to fight in order to prove to myself that I was right about that assessment. I have watched plenty of his matches. I have seen him beat wrestlers he should have lost to, and lose to wrestlers he should have beaten, and that’s the part of me that makes me pause. I know what we got out of Seth Stevens…but what COULD we have gotten? What kind of wrestler would he have been is he stuck around the XWF for a few years? Would we be talking about a main eventer? Or are we talking about a complete flameout?

I don’t know for sure, but I do know Seth is going to stop at nothing to try and beat me, and because of that, I will get my answer. He’s not going to play down to me.

To Maverick, on the other hand? That I don’t know. I’m not sure what kind of respect Seth has for Maverick. Hell, I don’t know what Barney thinks about the man. They may have never known he even existed. If they didn’t watch any XWF prior to 2004, they may just assume the only Maverick to ever exist was the disappointing one that came years later. They likely never heard of The Wildcards. They might think this is going to be a couple of old, broken down men waddling our way to the ring in order to soak up the cheers one last time.

But make no mistake about it – we may be old, but the fight that still comes out of us is the same fight we had 20 years ago when we were riding up and down the coasts, destroying any faction that thought they were the shit. Maverick is tougher than leather. I’ve seen him knock out dudes in a fight that would make giants hide. You’re probably not going to get a bunch of holds and moves out of him, but he is going to punch you in the face really fucking hard, and you’re going to feel it for the next couple of weeks.

And me? Well, everyone knows the situation I’m in. “Floundering”, as Corey Smith once put it. My spot on the card up in the air every single week. Beltless, in the middle of a war with the largest faction in professional wrestling, and not sure what my future holds. Does that make me beaten and vulnerable? Or does it make me a cornered animal with its back against the wall? I won’t spoil it for you, but what I will say is this – if I thought my career was chugging toward the end, I would have walked away by now.

Barney, I want you to do me a favor. Find me every weapon you can. Box them up and ship them to Mongolia. Hell, tear apart your house and bring the pipes and the drywall. I want you to be the hardcore legend. I want you to have the image in your head of beating me and Maverick with everything you have at your disposal. I want you to try and put us through glass tables covered in barbed wire. I want it ALL…because I don’t want any excuses from you. Bring me your absolute best, so you never have the question about whether or not you can beat me. You can’t, not even on your best day and in your best match, and after this week, you can finally move on to something else.

And Seth, I don’t want you blaming Barney when everything ultimately goes to shit. Yes, I know, this loss couldn’t POSSIBLY be your fault, but if I had to make an early prediction, I’m going to say that Barney is going to put in a hell of a lot more work than you are. He’s a crazy fucker. You just want the limelight, and you’re going against two wrestlers who won’t give it to you. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if you just walked out of the match. That way you don’t get “beat”. You can hop on your plane and keep telling yourself that you WOULD have beaten us, but you didn’t feel like “finishing the match”.

The Wildcards. The ragtag band of rebels that broke down barriers lead a movement of misfits into professional wrestling. I’m incredibly excited to be in the ring with my brother in arms once again, but I’m even more excited to show a new generation of wrestling fans how we did things back in the “old school”. Shuffle up and deal, boys, but remember – no matter how many cards you pass out, The Wildcards…

Are always coming up Aces.

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5x XWF Tag Team Champion
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Inaugural XWF IDL Champion 
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XWF Star Of The Month - December 2021
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