Circus or Company? - D&J Games & vs C. Kennedy

01.12.19 Wrestleworld Arena

*After the confrontation that took place on the backstage, Arata, as soon as possible, wanted to be, as far as he can, from this shit, so when he closed the door of his locker room with impetus, he felt relief. The man didn't remember when he was so nervous, and he doesn't belong to people who are too emotional, at least not in publicly. But this time something broke in him. The Japanese had had enough of the constant accusations that people were throwing at him for no reason. How can you listen to the same broken recording for so long? Even the calmest man would finally say "enough" and so it happened. However, decisions made under the influence of emotions were not very good for him. Getting involved in two matches at the same evening is never easy. It is true that this is not the first time this has happened to him, but this time the situation leaves much to be desired.*

*Still feeling the growing anger, Arata without thinking, sat down on one of the benches in front of the camera. As everyone sees, he is still wearing a ring gear and holding the Wrestleworld Shogun Championship on his left shoulder. Sitting like that, he shakes his head for a moment with a sarcastic smile. Before he speaks any words in the direction of his upcoming rivals, the man comfortably puts his back against the wall, and then combs his hair, wet of the sweat. After that he puts his hand on his championship belt and taps his fingers on it.*

Can someone tell me what's going on in this damn company? (Arata tried to calm his tone before he said that, but you can still feel the nervousness in his speech) Because I have the impression that everyone  does what they fucking want...I am starting to believe that this is not even an impression. Just look at what's happening around. Most of the Architects don't respect anyone or anything, almost every person employed here has constant grievances...Do you see where I am leading to? Jaywalker can pretend to keep control over it, but even he knows it's not true. He has no power if it comes to his own company and this is ridiculous.

*Arata wipes his face with his hand, inside dying of embarrassment with the current situation and the helplessness of the management, he believes in.*

And at whose expense? Of course, mine. Well, not only, but my championship match is not the same as Nobi's match with Claudia. I think everyone can see that the first one is more important as the title is on the line. And I know, I wanted this match myself, so why do I have pretensions now? I would not call it pretensions, but common sense. You see, I have nothing against defending my belt, but I have something against continuing to participate in Drake & Jones Games. But is anyone surprised? After what happened just dozen minutes ago? Taking all this into account, it is probably no secret that this is pointless, especially with circumstances that will take place during Chapter 6. That's why I wonder why Jaydayne still doesn't do anything about it. It should be in his fucking interest to get me out of this circus that was made by Tiberius and Drake. I understand that you wanted to give us a chance to cooperate, because I honestly hoped that Senn would be able to behave like a big boy and together we could win Campeonatos de Parejas, but as we all know, it didn't work. So what is a point? Why risk before Violent Ends? Please, Jaydayne, tell me why are we doing this? But please, don't tell me you're afraid, that you'll end up like Daniels…Don't tell me you believe it can work...Don't tell me that you trust him enough to let this tag team match happen, because I don't. How can I trust someone who looked into my eyes, pretending to be on my side and then stabbed me in the back? And for what? Because he is jealous? I honestly don't care if that's the reason for this mess, but it looks like it. Everything seems to indicate that Jacob has some fucking complexes caused by me.

*The man sighs heavily, interrupting himself, but this way, he tries to limit his irritation.*

Many people are probably wondering now why Jacob Senn would be jealous if it comes to me...And Honestly? I don't know, and I suppose that no one except him knows. Maybe it's a bit too strong accusation in his direction, because the guy has absolutely everything that any wrestler can dream about, but I don't know how else to explain his behavior, especially after what happened tonight. You know, at first I thought he was just mad at me, because in his head was born the idea that he had priority to challenge Brian Daniels...that he had priority to this belt..(Arata looks sadly at the Shogun Championship, then squeezes his hand harder on it and looks back at the camera) I really could understand that he wanted my title, but it has never been only about that. It hasn't even been about Daniels and who was the first to challenge him, and tonight I can see it more clearly than ever. The point was what happened at Chapter 3, when I won with Daniels and put myself in the history books as the first champion in the Wrestleworld and it hurts him the most. It hurts him the most, because Senn has always been the biggest star, and then a boy from nowhere appeared and stole his spotlight, huh? All the accusations and the aggression on his side is only a confirmation that he can't stand the fact that there is a new big dog in the yard. That's why he is trying to make me a bad man all the time, that's why he says that I took his place, that's why he threw me through the top rope during a tag team match.

*Arata shakes his head, smiling at the same time.*

And this is probably the thing that I can't understand the most and I don't want to even try...I understand that he hates me for some reason, but was it really worth to miss our chance to win in the first round, Senn? If you weren't such a selfish asshole, then Violet would not have time to come back and we would have won this match, strengthening ourselves slowly as the challengers to the Campeonatos de Parejas. You know, the truth is that we could be a good team, but, of course, you couldn't control yourself. You had to compete with me at all costs to be the center of attention, and I'm fed up with it. I'm fed up with the fact that wherever I go, I always have to deal with some arrogant asshole. To some point Arkham. Then Baker. Jyrgin. Cross. And now you...Are you all trying to see when I explode? You  see, Jacob, I'm not going to politely watch you trying to ruin everything about my career in Wrestleworld. I came here to compete with the best and gain new achievements, not to play some stupid games with an oversensitive old man. Honestly? I can't wait for Violent Ends, because then I'll end with you once and for all. However, I don't have this privilege yet, because I still have to participate in this fucking tournament. And you know what? The very thought, that I have to stand by your side again makes me sick, because I know that the situation will look the same, and maybe even worse, and that worries me. It worries me that I not only waste my time on your antics, but also that I don't know what to expect from you. Let's think seriously now and let someone tell me one thing. How can I be sure this jerk won't just do everything to injure me, huh? Let's face it, everyone knows it would be easier for him to win the Shogun Championship by defeating Chad, because Senn knows he can't beat me. It may be too serious statement, but I'm starting to believe that this man is capable of everything to satisfy his too big ego.

*Arata picks up a bottle of water from the floor, and in the meantime opens it without interrupting his statement.*

Speaking of Chad...Chad Kennedy is a perfect example of the problems that Jacob Senn has recently bothered me with. Okay, I know he wasn't the one who asked him to be a pain in the ass, but it's his fault that this high-pitched kid interrupts where he shouldn't. For real..What's in this guy's head that he just came and thought, he has the right to demand anything? Listen, boy, let's make one thing perfectly clear. I shouldn't have agreed to let you challenge for my belt,  and not because no one actually cares about you, but because you don't deserve it. I agreed only, because I wanted to have a peace. Well, maybe you can't see it, but I see how annoying you are and you would follow me until I did what you want, if I did instead. So that's why here we are.

Although I think you're proud of yourself. In your little head is the thought, that you shown off before your mentor, for whose appreciation, you are fighting so hard..You think that when you win the Shogun Title then he will start to treat you as an equal..Just you see..what you have in your head is just a miserable imaginations. Senn will never treat you the way you want, because you only disturb him. And it is the same in this case. You probably remember his reactions when you gave me your funny challenge? He wasn't pleased. He was angry, because it seemed to him that you felt more important than him to push yourself at the top of the line, even ahead of him. See, Chad, whatever you don't do, anyway you're not getting close to your goal. On the contrary, you are digging your own grave. Trying to do this Sisyphean work you put yourself in even more trouble.

You know, I don't like people like you. I don't like people who only demand something and don't give anything from yourself. I hate people who try to pretend to be someone they are not, because they are just nothing. And you are nothing, Chad. In this short sentence you have the answer why it wasn't you who made a team with your mentor. You've never been and you are not important enough to stand alongside someone who means a lot in this business. And at this point you should probably notice that the problem has never been with me, but with you. However, to be honest I would prefer that this tag team has never been created.

*He sigh one more time, reminding yourself about this awkward situation with Chad that had a place during Chapter 5.*

Do you want your mentor, huh? Take him how far you can away from me, because I don't need him. I never asked for a chance to cooperate with him...I was forced to do so. You don't even have the idea how much I would prefer to have Arkham by my side during Drake & Jones Games, because with him I would at least feel that this tournament has a future. And now? I'm sitting here and I don't know what will happen during the next round of the tournament. I don't even know if our match will take place after this, Chad. Like I said, I don't trust Senn, I don't trust him enough to believe that he can do something more serious against me than just breaking the pin. But for you it would be a dream scenario, huh? You would face your mentor for something that has some value and you would get another chance to prove to him that you are worth his time. But it won't happen, Chad. Even if it means, that I will have to leave him alone in this ring, I will survive this night to face you. Is that honorable? Maybe not, but there are important and more important things, and my priority is Shogun Championship. The championship, which is my rightful property, and neither you nor Jacob Senn will lay their dirty hands on it. If any of you want to take it away from me, then only from my dead hands.

*The man looks at the championship, which he carries with pride, then drops the bottle he had previously held in his hand and combs his hair with his fingers.*

However, before I defend my title for the first time, as I mentioned before, I want it or not, but I have to keep participating in this damn play created by Drake and Tiberius. And honestly? If I was negative at the time, now I don't have words to describe how I feel about it. I really feel like someone is making fun of me, but as I see, it is all true. Apart from the jerk that I have to work with, we're in really big trouble, looking at the fact that other two teams are able to interact with each other. We can say that we are already one foot behind the door and we are just waiting for someone to kick us out of this tournament. And it will be so if Jacob doesn't even start trying...Go to hell with me, you could at least want to try to win these belts...However, no, you try to drag me down, forgetting that you will go there with me.

*Arata bites his lip, looking nervously.*

It's sad to see that others can find a common goal when I'm fighting a battle I can't win, no matter how I try. I really wanted to do something about this hopeless situation, when they announced the lineup two weeks ago, but I can't do it with him. Even Stephanie and Violet, despite their problems and crazy personality of this less experienced, somehow managed. And maybe many people don't think so, but these two women had the most difficulties, because even if my conflict with Senn looks unpleasant, it depends entirely on him. And Violet? I was dealing with a person as ill as she is and I know what it means to be in Stephanie's skin. I know what it's like to be so helpless that you don't know what to do with this person, and worst of all, even Violet doesn't know what to do. Whether we see her or Vera or whoever she has in her head, doesn't depend on her. And yeah..It gives her a bit of an advantage, because she is unpredictable, but at the same time she is also lost. And even if these people in her small head go out during the match to help her, they hurt her even more, because they move into an unknown territory. Violet is like a ticking bomb and even if she is not aware of it, Stephanie is and it overwhelms her. Can I be surprised? No, because it's a really uncomfortable situation, but life is never comfortable.

*Arata stops for a moment and smiles to himself.*

However, I have the impression that it is the excessive concern for Violet's situation, that makes Stephanie not find herself in the world that surrounds her. Hmm...With all my respect, Steph, you're great and I'd love to work with you myself, but did you hear what you were talking about two weeks ago? You became tag team specialist unlike me? Honey...You said something like this to one half of the one of the best tag teams, this business ever seen. Together with Aaron Arkham, we have taken over the tag team division in ALPHA, and you insult me ​​in this way. Shame on you for a such a mistake, Steph. I only hope that someday there will be a chance for me to prove to you that you were wrong, but both you and I know that without the right person on my side, I can't carry the weight of the whole team on my shoulders.

*The man begins to snap his knuckles, staring at the locker room floor for a while.*

So Violet and Matsuda are a threat, but what I really should worry about in this tournament is the team of Reno and Nobi. To my surprise, Reno better endured the pressure imposed on him by Claudia Michaels than I thought and was fully focused on his work in the ring. However, if someone thought that pressure is all she has to offer, must be just stupid. You see, HBG sees that Nobi and Dumont work well together, maybe you can even see a thread of new friendship between them, so it seems to me that this match with Nobi is no accident. Who knows if she doesn't want to make out of him some kind of message for Reno? Claudia is Claudia, you never know what is in her sick mind. Maybe now you think I'm exaggerating a little and looking for something that is not there, but I don't believe in accidents, Reno. I'm not sure why she does it, but I don't think it will affect well at your cooperation with Nobi. Maybe she wants to hurt him to give you lessons? Maybe she wants to draw his attention to the woman he admires so much that he forgets about you? Who knows, but in your place I would keep him close, because you know how naive he can be. And it's important to have someone on your side who you can trust and rely on, so it's better not to lose him. You see how everything can rotate 180 degrees when we have a bad person with us. From the tag team champion I became a guy, who fights for his life in this tournament. By the way, I'm glad you mentioned my legacy in thing of The Shadow Empire. I am also glad that one day you would like to face the hell of a team, but what I have to tell you is that if you make such a decision you will not be as lucky as during Drake & Jones Games. You will not be so lucky, because in The Shadow Empire there is no place for being selfish, so if you ever stand against us, you will be absorbed by shadows.

*Arata has always felt proud talking about his alliance, because he knows that this is something big for which he and his tag team partner have worked hard.*

This lack of selfishness is what characterizes the team of Reno and Nobi. Well, at least at Nobi's side..Nobi, Nobi, Nobi...weeks have passed, and I have the impression that you are still not drawing any conclusions. You mentioned our match during the first chapter, but I still don't see you learning anything. Do you remember when I said that I could spit on you and you would thank me for that? I am sorry to say that, but this has not changed. You are still trying to radiate with the kindness and so on and I must admit that it is beautiful, but in the world we live in, this approach doesn't work. I understand that you do it, because you care about good relations with people, but I think it is time to learn that it is not worth depending on their opinions. Therefore, although I think it's very nice that you don't blame me for hitting Senn in the face...I don't really care about what you have to say if it comes to it. I don't care about the opinion of any of the employees or the crowd, because it doesn't concern them. Looking from the side, it's easy to look for the good and bad side, but the truth is that everyone has dirty hands. That is why I think that everyone who has nothing to do with it,  shouldn't say much about it.

Instead of analyzing my conflicts and behavior, better focus on your own matters, Nobi, because despite the fact that your match has no stake, the battle with someone with such a reputation as HBG is a kind of a golden ticket. If you could beat her, which I doubt, you don't even know how many doors it would open for you, maybe even a direct title shot at the American Dream Championship...Who knows? But you see, Nobi despite this exciting vision is still just a dream that is rooted in your head. A dream that can be crushed in a few seconds. However, you have always been so...so positive and that's why I have the impression that despite the fact that you won't admit, such situations hurt you the most. When you expect less it hurts less, but if your expectations are high then the fall can even be fatal. And you're a little bit like that during Chapter 6. You think you can get out of both matches victorious and don't even accept the thought that it might be different. But let's think about one thing for a moment...In general, I think that you and Reno are quite a good team, but let's assume that you will be eliminated. You will be sad, right? That's why you will hopefully go to the ring once more hoping for victory and Claudia will turn your another dream into a nightmare.

*The Japanese correct the Shogun Championship on his shoulder.*

I will enter Chapter 6 knowing even less about my position than the last time when it comes to Drake & Jones Games. The truth is that during these semi-finals I have to have eyes around my head, because even my tag team partner can be a threat to me. However, this tournament is just beginning of my evening. Would I prefer to enter the main event as a finalist? Yes, but if it doesn't, it won't be the end of  the fucking world. At most, it will be a waste of a great opportunity to add another  point to my list of achievements, but Senn is at the same boat as I am. That's why, at the back of my head, I have some faith that he will change his mind even for his own ego. This is your last chance, Jacob. Fuck this up again and we will stop talking politely. However, that night my eyes will be directed especially at one thing and I mean the Wrestleworld Shogun Championship. The championship that won't change hands during Chapter 6 or at Violent Ends. And despite the fact that two matches in one evening may not be comfortable, I'm curious what Chad has to offer besides running his mouth. Does it matter at all? No, it is more for entertainment  purposes, because everyone know that I am the one, who will defend against Jacob Senn on December 29th. And you know what, Jacob? I hope you will watch carefully this 'paper champion' beating the hell out of your student, because you're next.