Post by cleve on Feb 10, 2022 2:06:29 GMT
KEVIN NASH: Come in.
Kevin Nash walks through a doorway and sitting in front of him is a desk. It’s not a particularly fancy desk. In fact, it looks like it was placed there for temporary use. But, it has a plant. Whether or not the plant is real really isn’t important, it still does the job of sprucing the place up a bit. One shouldn’t go as far as to say it ties the room together or anything like that.
Oh, and sitting in front of this not so fancy, potentially placed there temporarily desk with a plant that spruces up the room but doesn’t tie it together or anything like that?
MICK FOLEY: You do you realize you just walked through that doorway…
“Big Kev” doesn’t respond. The man sitting behind the desk, none other than the head honcho of WLCW follows up.
MICK FOLEY: …right?
KEVIN NASH: Whatever you say, boss.
As far as where this desk is located? If the posters on the wall featuring the New York Knicks and Rangers are any indication, probably somewhere in Madison Square Garden.
MICK FOLEY: Alrighty then. Tell me big man, why is that I’ve decided to see you today then? And, thank you for taking the time, of course.
KEVIN NASH: It's simple, really. This Ascension pay-per-view you’re putting on. Lot of ladders going around.
MICK FOLEY: Go on.
KEVIN NASH: I couldn’t help but notice my match doesn’t have one of them fancy ladders.
Foley can’t help but laugh a bit, but “Big Kev” doesn’t see any humor in the situation. Instead, he walks to the opposite side of the room from the desk and pulls a chair from the corner of the room, pulling it towards the desk. Of course, he does this in the most obnoxious way possible. He’s clearly none too pleased.
KEVIN NASH: I just find it interesting that my match … the match for the number one contender spot … doesn’t have a ladder.
The big man sits down on the chair, leaning back, his tree trucks doing their best leg impressions outstretched.
MICK FOLEY: I have to say I’m a little surprised that you’re surprised.
KEVIN NASH: Level with me boss, is this a personal slight?
Mick Foley, a man who has seen quite a bit in the wrestling business, looks at Kevin Nash with a completely blank stare.
KEVIN NASH: I mean, clearly making the match for the number one contendership a ladder match would’ve given me a distinct advantage over Brock Lesnar and Malakai Black. So, I’m sure you can understand that by excluding the ladder I'm taking it as a bit of a personal slight. More than that, I’m actually starting to wonder if you wouldn’t rather see Lesnar or Black become number contender more than you’d like to see me in the spot. Does that sound fair to you, boss? I mean, maybe I’m being a bit naive here, but don’t you think there should be a level playing field? So many other people are having ladder matches, why aren’t I? And the number one contender match is a big deal, and not just because I’m in the match. It’s the match that will decide the next person to get a shot at the title. You’d think a match that big deserves a ladder. That’s all I’m saying, really.
MICK FOLEY: Back up just a bit there, Kev. A distinct advantage?
KEVIN NASH: Yeah. That’s right.
MICK FOLEY: You.
KEVIN NASH: Me.
MICK FOLEY: A ladder.
KEVIN NASH: A ladder.
MICK FOLEY: A distinct advantage.
KEVIN NASH: You said it.
Foley shakes his head, trying to make sense out of what he’s hearing.
MICK FOLEY: Enlighten me, Kev.
KEVIN NASH: Of the three guys in this match, Black, Lesnar and me, who’s the one with the superior athletic ability?
Before Mick Foley can answer, “Big Kev” continues on.
KEVIN NASH: It goes without saying. I’m the one who goes into this match with the check mark when it comes to the athletic advantage. My superior athletic ability is my key to becoming the number one contender in WLCW. And, what does superior athletic ability and a ladder do? Exactly. Now, I’m not suggesting you should’ve gone and made our match a ladder match out nowhere. Far from it. That would’ve given someone of my superior athletic ability an unfair advantage. But, because there are ladders already on the card, it almost seems like you’re taking the ladder away from me. You see where I’m coming from? It’s almost like you’re reaching into our match and pulling my biggest advantage from me. I don’t think that’s right, boss.
MICK FOLEY: Your biggest advantage.
KEVIN NASH: That’s right.
MICK FOLEY: Your … superior … athletic … ability.
KEVIN NASH: Correct.
MICK FOLEY: Look, Kev, let’s say we did have a number one contender ladder match. What would we hang atop the ladder?
Kev thinks on this for a moment.
KEVIN NASH: My job is to out wrestle my opponents. My job is to be a better athlete than my opponents. My job isn’t to come up with the stiuplations.
MICK FOLEY: But you’re coming up with a stipulation right now. A ladder match.
KEVIN NASH: Ahhh, see, now I think I see where we’re missing each other. I’m not putting the ladder match stipulation on the number one contender match. It should’ve already been on there by its inclusion in the Ascension pay-per-view and you took it away.
MICK FOLEY: I see.
Foley does his best to say this with a straight face, but his best isn’t quite good enough as he cracks a smile and chuckles before continuing.
MICK FOLEY: Actually Kev, I don’t see! This is ludicrous! Even if we did make the match for the number one contender spot a ladder match, even if we did find something to hang atop the ladder, you’d never be cleared to wrestle in a ladder match!
This causes a long pause from the big man. Actually, instead of speaking, he just shakes his head.
MICK FOLEY: Kev?
And shakes his head.
MICK FOLEY: I mean, c’mon.
KEVIN NASH: That hurt, boss. Just because my athletic ability is so superior to that of Black and Lesnar, and the use of a ladder would provide me a distinct advantage, you actually wouldn’t clear me?
MICK FOLEY: That’s not what I meant. And, you know that.
KEVIN NASH: Look, boss, it’s not my fault that I grew up in wrestling and know holds on top of holds to compliment my brute strength unlike Brock Lesnar. It’s not my fault I’m in the peak of my career unlike Malakai Black. To say you wouldn’t clear me because of my superior athletic ability and a ladder is just plain wrong. You can’t punish me for my natural abilities. I mean, if we were having a contest where the number one contendership would be decided by who had the most ridiculous looking head, would you refuse to clear Brock Lesnar because of his natural ability to have an absurd dome? Or, if the number one contendership was being decided by who went by the dumbest name, would you refuse to clear Malakai Black because his name sounds like the name of a super villain that never actually made it onto the show? Doesn’t that sound crazy? Brock Lesnar’s natural ability is to have an absurd, square shaped dome. Malakai Black’s natural ability is to have a super villain cutting room floor name. My natural ability is my superior athletic ability. You can’t punish us for our natural abilities.
Undoubtedly to buy time to see where he’s supposed to go next in this conversation, Mick Foley adjusts the plant on his desk. If it's not real, it sure looks like it.
MICK FOLEY: Those unnecessary and immature comments about your opponents aside, look, Kev, the number one contender match isn’t going to be a ladder match. That’s just how it goes. Okay?
The big fella hangs his head…
KEVIN NASH: Well, I tried.
…before getting up from the chair and heading towards the door of the room where Mick Foley is apparently conducting official WLCW business.
MICK FOLEY: Kev, I’m sorry we couldn’t make the ladders work, but have a nice day!
“Big Kev” nods before responding quietly.
KEVIN NASH: You too boss.
Kev exits the room, shutting the door behind him.
Kevin Nash walks through a doorway and sitting in front of him is a desk. It’s not a particularly fancy desk. In fact, it looks like it was placed there for temporary use. But, it has a plant. Whether or not the plant is real really isn’t important, it still does the job of sprucing the place up a bit. One shouldn’t go as far as to say it ties the room together or anything like that.
Oh, and sitting in front of this not so fancy, potentially placed there temporarily desk with a plant that spruces up the room but doesn’t tie it together or anything like that?
MICK FOLEY: You do you realize you just walked through that doorway…
“Big Kev” doesn’t respond. The man sitting behind the desk, none other than the head honcho of WLCW follows up.
MICK FOLEY: …right?
KEVIN NASH: Whatever you say, boss.
As far as where this desk is located? If the posters on the wall featuring the New York Knicks and Rangers are any indication, probably somewhere in Madison Square Garden.
MICK FOLEY: Alrighty then. Tell me big man, why is that I’ve decided to see you today then? And, thank you for taking the time, of course.
KEVIN NASH: It's simple, really. This Ascension pay-per-view you’re putting on. Lot of ladders going around.
MICK FOLEY: Go on.
KEVIN NASH: I couldn’t help but notice my match doesn’t have one of them fancy ladders.
Foley can’t help but laugh a bit, but “Big Kev” doesn’t see any humor in the situation. Instead, he walks to the opposite side of the room from the desk and pulls a chair from the corner of the room, pulling it towards the desk. Of course, he does this in the most obnoxious way possible. He’s clearly none too pleased.
KEVIN NASH: I just find it interesting that my match … the match for the number one contender spot … doesn’t have a ladder.
The big man sits down on the chair, leaning back, his tree trucks doing their best leg impressions outstretched.
MICK FOLEY: I have to say I’m a little surprised that you’re surprised.
KEVIN NASH: Level with me boss, is this a personal slight?
Mick Foley, a man who has seen quite a bit in the wrestling business, looks at Kevin Nash with a completely blank stare.
KEVIN NASH: I mean, clearly making the match for the number one contendership a ladder match would’ve given me a distinct advantage over Brock Lesnar and Malakai Black. So, I’m sure you can understand that by excluding the ladder I'm taking it as a bit of a personal slight. More than that, I’m actually starting to wonder if you wouldn’t rather see Lesnar or Black become number contender more than you’d like to see me in the spot. Does that sound fair to you, boss? I mean, maybe I’m being a bit naive here, but don’t you think there should be a level playing field? So many other people are having ladder matches, why aren’t I? And the number one contender match is a big deal, and not just because I’m in the match. It’s the match that will decide the next person to get a shot at the title. You’d think a match that big deserves a ladder. That’s all I’m saying, really.
MICK FOLEY: Back up just a bit there, Kev. A distinct advantage?
KEVIN NASH: Yeah. That’s right.
MICK FOLEY: You.
KEVIN NASH: Me.
MICK FOLEY: A ladder.
KEVIN NASH: A ladder.
MICK FOLEY: A distinct advantage.
KEVIN NASH: You said it.
Foley shakes his head, trying to make sense out of what he’s hearing.
MICK FOLEY: Enlighten me, Kev.
KEVIN NASH: Of the three guys in this match, Black, Lesnar and me, who’s the one with the superior athletic ability?
Before Mick Foley can answer, “Big Kev” continues on.
KEVIN NASH: It goes without saying. I’m the one who goes into this match with the check mark when it comes to the athletic advantage. My superior athletic ability is my key to becoming the number one contender in WLCW. And, what does superior athletic ability and a ladder do? Exactly. Now, I’m not suggesting you should’ve gone and made our match a ladder match out nowhere. Far from it. That would’ve given someone of my superior athletic ability an unfair advantage. But, because there are ladders already on the card, it almost seems like you’re taking the ladder away from me. You see where I’m coming from? It’s almost like you’re reaching into our match and pulling my biggest advantage from me. I don’t think that’s right, boss.
MICK FOLEY: Your biggest advantage.
KEVIN NASH: That’s right.
MICK FOLEY: Your … superior … athletic … ability.
KEVIN NASH: Correct.
MICK FOLEY: Look, Kev, let’s say we did have a number one contender ladder match. What would we hang atop the ladder?
Kev thinks on this for a moment.
KEVIN NASH: My job is to out wrestle my opponents. My job is to be a better athlete than my opponents. My job isn’t to come up with the stiuplations.
MICK FOLEY: But you’re coming up with a stipulation right now. A ladder match.
KEVIN NASH: Ahhh, see, now I think I see where we’re missing each other. I’m not putting the ladder match stipulation on the number one contender match. It should’ve already been on there by its inclusion in the Ascension pay-per-view and you took it away.
MICK FOLEY: I see.
Foley does his best to say this with a straight face, but his best isn’t quite good enough as he cracks a smile and chuckles before continuing.
MICK FOLEY: Actually Kev, I don’t see! This is ludicrous! Even if we did make the match for the number one contender spot a ladder match, even if we did find something to hang atop the ladder, you’d never be cleared to wrestle in a ladder match!
This causes a long pause from the big man. Actually, instead of speaking, he just shakes his head.
MICK FOLEY: Kev?
And shakes his head.
MICK FOLEY: I mean, c’mon.
KEVIN NASH: That hurt, boss. Just because my athletic ability is so superior to that of Black and Lesnar, and the use of a ladder would provide me a distinct advantage, you actually wouldn’t clear me?
MICK FOLEY: That’s not what I meant. And, you know that.
KEVIN NASH: Look, boss, it’s not my fault that I grew up in wrestling and know holds on top of holds to compliment my brute strength unlike Brock Lesnar. It’s not my fault I’m in the peak of my career unlike Malakai Black. To say you wouldn’t clear me because of my superior athletic ability and a ladder is just plain wrong. You can’t punish me for my natural abilities. I mean, if we were having a contest where the number one contendership would be decided by who had the most ridiculous looking head, would you refuse to clear Brock Lesnar because of his natural ability to have an absurd dome? Or, if the number one contendership was being decided by who went by the dumbest name, would you refuse to clear Malakai Black because his name sounds like the name of a super villain that never actually made it onto the show? Doesn’t that sound crazy? Brock Lesnar’s natural ability is to have an absurd, square shaped dome. Malakai Black’s natural ability is to have a super villain cutting room floor name. My natural ability is my superior athletic ability. You can’t punish us for our natural abilities.
Undoubtedly to buy time to see where he’s supposed to go next in this conversation, Mick Foley adjusts the plant on his desk. If it's not real, it sure looks like it.
MICK FOLEY: Those unnecessary and immature comments about your opponents aside, look, Kev, the number one contender match isn’t going to be a ladder match. That’s just how it goes. Okay?
The big fella hangs his head…
KEVIN NASH: Well, I tried.
…before getting up from the chair and heading towards the door of the room where Mick Foley is apparently conducting official WLCW business.
MICK FOLEY: Kev, I’m sorry we couldn’t make the ladders work, but have a nice day!
“Big Kev” nods before responding quietly.
KEVIN NASH: You too boss.
Kev exits the room, shutting the door behind him.