Jake's new promo/interviewer guy

OOC: I have some time now on what I was going to do in another fed I had Jake on. Since I left the fed because it was purely a promo based fed compared to here where you can do storylines. I had the idea of Jake, having someone to speak for him as Jake isn't good at doing promos and feels he's not entertaining enough, this promo guy is. Bare in mind, this is what I did over in a different fed. I will do another post of this in the next post as an update as this was what I wrote a few months ago.

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Sitting on the beach. Huntington Beach, California. Thursday, 1st October. (Off Camera)

After Jake needed a few minutes to breathe after the argument he had with Olivia, regarding hurting people, he sits on the sand on the beach, wondering what to do with the whole thing about his girlfriend, wanting to leave Jake because of the stalker coming to ruining their life. Jake shook his head, covering his head with his arms in disgust with himself. He was lost on what to do as himself. As he shook his head continuously, leaving him to regret on the stuff he's said and done to Olivia, there was a man who was out for a jog. He stopped when he saw Jake covering his head on his hands. The man was in his early twenties, blond hair and looking like a young kid. Has a tiny bit of facial hair on him, but not enough yet. The blond hair man jogged to Jake and tapped his shoulder.

Blond man jogger: "Hey sir, you alright?"

Jake Raab: "No."

Blond man jogger: "Want to talk about it?"

In this stage of phase, despite not being able to trust anyone on the XHW roster right now, Jake needed someone other than his family to talk to as he nodded and the blond man jogger came to sit next to him on the sand and Jake without the man being able to respond says this.

Jake Raab: "I don't know what to do about this stalker who keeps ruining mine and Olivia's life. I don't know who it is on the wrestling roster and it's driving Olivia crazy and me. Olivia doesn't deserve the crap I've put her through with yelling and shouting at her, especially when she's pregnant. I don't know what to do, feeling like I'm losing myself and feeling angry all the time."

Blond man jogger: "I'm a huge wrestling fan and always wanted to get involved in the business. The problem is I never know where to start. I'm not fit enough to be a wrestler, but I hope I can do something more than wrestle in the ring. I understand what your going through, I do. I've seen you wrestle in XHW promotion. You do well, kid, but there's something about you that you need to work on."

Jake Raab: "Videos and interviews. I don't feel comfortable doing them. Like I have to do archery to speak at times."

Blond man jogger: "Exactly what I was going to say. I can see why you always cringe at the thought of you speaking to the audience on video because you do not have any personality in you. I think you're better off wrestling without speaking about your opponents."

The jogger man was indeed right; Jake didn't have the ability to entertain people and make people remember what he said and what he does on his videos. It wasn't his cup of tea, and the jogger saw that through him. Jake lifted his head from his arms and looked at the jogger man.

Jake Raab: "I agree, I want to wrestle only. I don't want to talk about my opponents and all that kind of stuff. It's what's killing my rise to the top. I don't know how to entertain others. I've been looking for a long while for someone to help me with it. I talk only about wrestling and not myself. I'm extremely boring on the microphone. I'm sorry, but what's your name?"

Blond man jogger: "I'm John Harold, sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I've always wanted to be involved in the wrestling business, but not as a wrestler. I can wear ridiculous costumes and fuck around with what I say to your opponents. I can do any research on their words and put them in their place. I'll do all of that, while you focus on being a wrestler. As far as you and Olivia goes, I say after you sorted out the stalker and all that kind of business, I'll start doing videos for you to make everyone remember the videos and who you are as a wrestler."

Jake Raab: "Something needs fixing because I know it's not me psychically that I'm not doing anything wrong. It's the personality side of things that are costing me. Because I came from MMA, we never had to develop a personality to make people remember. People remember the fights, not outside of the octagon. In wrestling, it's both, and that last portion of me is what I lack."

John Harold: "I understand. Still, what I think you should do is go home and sleep. Because you're exhausted. I know you freaking out over the stalker is not your fault to intimidate you and especially your pregnant girl like that, but I know you have to deal with it. I can see once your being angry is done, you go back to square one again and be lost in what to say about your opponents. I will help you after you get this all over with, being someone who wants to get involved in wrestling without making the difficult moves and without being at ringside to manage you. I can't defend myself physically, but with words wise, I can. How about it?"

Jake smiles, the first time he had for a long time after the offer coming in for someone to help him be entertaining in his promos and doing interviews as well. John had his hand out and shook his hand, agreeing about John being the guy to do Jake's videos and interviews for him, despite Jake never done interviews in his career.

John Harold: "Glad you accept. Now, we'll exchange each other's numbers so you can contact me whenever your ready to discuss this sort of business and being a guy to hype you up better than you've done in your wrestling career."

Jake Raab: "Indeed. Thanks a lot for willing to help me out and cheer me up. I got to get home to my girlfriend and check how she is. I'll apologise for yelling and shouting at her for something she has no control over."

John nodded as they stood up and got paper out of their pockets and wrote their numbers down so they could contact each other. Jake and John went their separate ways with John continuing to jog on the beach, while Jake walked back to his apartment to Olivia and spoke to her on things that went down earlier and apologising for it as well. He then went off to sleep fully, knowing he has a video and a guy who answers questions on interviews for him.

Jake meeting his promo/interviewer guy again. Huntington Beach, California. Thursday 25th February.

Certainly been a month since the last time Jake got in the ring, but for a good reason. After Tank crushed his left leg, he was going to be out for a few more weeks. Jake shook his head, barely being able to do anything around the house, especially how badly he wanted to help his girlfriend, Olivia. He couldn't, other than laying on the sofa, having his leg up on the sofa. The doorbell rang as Olivia got up and answered the door as she asks this.

Olivia Cooper: "Who are you?"

A man at the door: "I'm John Harold; I need to speak with Jake."

Olivia's very reluctant on letting anybody that's not her or Jake's family in their home as Jake turned to the door and nods as he saw John standing in the doorway. At the same time, he understands Olivia's reluctance; Jake looks at Olivia and says this.

Jake Raab: "It's alright, I know this guy; we met on the beach a few months ago. Come in, my friend."

Olivia stands back, away from the door after Jake's clarification of knowing this guy as Olivia closed the door behind John and as he came in, he saw Jake's leg wrapped with a bandage as he couldn't move far from anywhere. John came to sit down opposite Jake, and he says this while Olivia turns the TV off and goes upstairs to attend with something.

John Harold: "Seems like you've been out of action for a while, huh?"

Jake Raab: "Yeah, after that backstabbing bastard, attacking me and practically defending for CH Jones's actions of seemingly be alright with what he did. The worst thing is I embarrassingly yelled and shouted at my cousin who was out on a date with his new girlfriend cos I needed someone to talk to."

John Harold: "I'm sure he wasn't upset as you couldn't have known he was busy with his new girlfriend. The deal is still on the table if you want me to still do interviews with you in XHW when you're fully recovered."

Jake Raab: "Not going to be wrestling in that place anymore."

This stuns John as Jake was certain he was going to continue wrestling, and it was a massive turn of events, that's for sure as Jake has placed his face in his hands multiple times, each time the three letters come to him, and John shook his head, placing his head down a bit to say this to Jake.

John Harold: "It's such a shame you won't be wrestling anymore because all I ever dreamt about is being involved in the professional wrestling business and thought I could do that by being with you. Guess I was wrong."

Jake Raab: "I never said I was retiring, hell no, I'm not going to be retiring when I got many things to do, I just said I wouldn't be wrestling in that company. Things have changed with that place. At first, when I came in, I felt welcomed and humbled by wrestlers, but as time went on, it turned out to be shortlived. Nobody checked if I was alright after I went to the hospital more than once; nobody wanted to wrestle against me. I still had no friends in the business to hang around with. Nobody cared about me in the end; that was the issue. I just didn't fit in."

As John sighs with a massive relief, knowing Jake will eventually come back to the wrestling business.

John Harold: "Oh, thank goodness because I would've said you want to destroy my dreams. Glad you said it's just that company and not wrestling as a whole. So if that's the case, where are you going to go?"

Jake Raab: "There's a place I been interested in for the last few weeks called Wrestleworld. I have to recover a bit more from this leg injury first. Fucking Tank, that asshole. I will get back on track and use this injury as a determination to get myself into the thick of things. I will return to the win, fitter and better than I ever was before."

John Harold: "That's great, and you still want me to do promos and do interviews for you?"

Jake Raab: "Yes. I still suck at entertaining people and not really shining any light. I prefer to go out there and win matches, being the wrestler I am, then pretending to be an entertainer to speak to opponents."

John nodded as the deal was still on to do promos and interviews for Jake, the way he knows John's able to, knowing Jake doesn't deliver himself by talking very well. There's still one thing left to discuss before Jake attends to his girlfriend.

John Harold: "When will you be back in the ring?"

Jake Raab: "I say either two weeks that I return to Wrestleworld. Heck, I have the contract in my hands already; I just haven't signed it and sent it off yet, that's all. Maybe it'll get my weight off my shoulders of the pressure of speaking about a match when really, I want to go out there and win matches"

John Harold: "Fully understand. I'll leave you and Olivia to it and ring me in two weeks, and we can work a business deal. You got a contract for me to fill out?"

Jake Raab: "Right here."

Jake passes what was a manager's contract, although it's changed to a promo/interviewer guy application as John grabbed the contract and places it in his rucksack, and he leaves the home of the Raab/Cooper household. Jake went upstairs and took care of not only his girlfriend but somebody else as well he has in his life.