Post by sbk on Aug 25, 2012 21:51:12 GMT -6
Wrestival 6 on August 26, 2012 WPW World Tag Team Championship SBK and Lucy U defend versus Frost and Ocean WPW Press Conference August 25, 2012 in Mexico At Wrestival 6 SBK Shawn Stryker’s career meets what some have speculated as a poignant ending. Sunday is about being a team for SBK and his history is second to none on this issue. Tag Team wrestling is where Shawn Stryker actually began his career. Paired up with Blade to form the “Bad Dudes” in the late 1980s. Stryker would seize opportunity to finally gain the singles ranks spotlight a decade late in the 1990s where he earned the nickname “Strike Back Kid“. SBK would not return to tag team wrestling again until he was forced to team with the most unlikely of partners Firebomb in Major League Wrestling to face off against SST and Cissy Miyas during a memorable and historic feud in the Spring of 2001. While that run was short-lived it formed a friendship with Firebomb as well as SST that lasted well over a decade. Following his exit from Ml Stryker moved on to NEW where he thrived in singles competition but along the way formed a tandem with The Man Called Grendel billing their team as “Power Stryke” to moderate success. In 2003 SBK made the jump to the upstart WPW and finally had the chance to team up with an old friend SST. They would capture the WPW tag titles their opening night in the company. SBK would go on to hold the WPW tag titles on multiple occasions most successfully with Grendel in 2006. Some 6 years later in an effort to give back to the younger generation SBK chose to help the likes of Lucy U and the NEW stable. Teaming with the underrated Lucy and capturing the WPW tag titles. With a history of tag team wrestling under his belt as well as being arguably WPW’s most decorated Hall Of Famer Shawn Stryker comes to Wrestival 6 ready to face the questions that are sure to come his way. SBK:: I’m guessin th smart thing to do is stick with th Coronas or American bottled water or we’ll be sh*ttin and huggin a toilet all f*ckin goddamn weekend. [[Unaware he is already mic’d for the press conference “SBK” Shawn Stryker’s colorful language goes out to the entire press corp awaiting him behind the curtain. Some laugh, others gasp. A production assistant alerts SBK to the faux paux. The WPW Hall Of Famer is unphased. Smirkly shrugs it off. “Like I give a f*ck just speakin th goddamn truth”. He mutters as he walks out to the awaiting press conference tables in front of an audience of selected press. Clearly visible are notable WPW luminaries including some Board Members. ]] SBK:: You cats ready to pelt Badd Ol Sbee with some Q and A? [[Arms begin to raise as the former Ml,NEW, and WPW World Champion stands at the podium.]] Questioner:: This is your first Wrestival to compete at in over four years, what do you think of your chances to be victorious Sunday? SBK:: I gotta tell ya some of you cats may be surprised by my answer here but I’m gonna shoot with ya on it. I think it’s about 60-40. [[“SBK” Shawn Stryker leans into the podium pausing. There’s immediately a reaction of shock from some of the press contingent.]] SBK:: Now now I know I know. Usually over th years I would come poppin out here and shred an inferior opponent and put them in their place. 100 percent punk and dunk them verbally and then go on to earn th victory in th match. While I’m not sweatin this tag title defense cause I know when th dust settles we’ll have outworked th opponents and get th 1,2,3 come showtime, there might be a lil more goin on behind th scenes that th players are keeping from you cats in th press. See I’ve heard a few of th wrestlers come trottin out here th last few days and ain’t none of them talked about how sh*tty th ratings are with ol Frosty on top. Its very possible th top cats in charge may do a “force feed” and push him to a double-crown hopin against hope that by screwin Me and lil Lucy over that it will generate interest. So that’s why I give ya th sixty forty odds. It’s only a lil over half only because of th political situation. I’m sure comin out here bustin balls sayin that will ruffle some feathers but all ya gotta do is look at th numbers. Ol Silverman is doin th best he can with what he’s got to work with. I admire th guy and had a good time doin some stuff in his Silver promotion a few years ago. His hands are sorta tied with ol Frosty comin in actin all ‘cool’ but anyone payin attention has seen him tip hand that he’s just as much of an egotistical selfish prick that’s ever come down th pike to WPW. While th chances at Lucy and I keeping th belt is better than 50-50 there’s more goin on. Watch what happens if ol Frosty gets served some humble pie at Wrestival. Then you’ll see things start to change. I know for a fact there’s some big name cats sittin on th sidelines ready to jump back into th WPW swing of things. You ain’t gonna hear who from me but just watch what happens at Wrestival and if there’s a change in th guard then th sparks will really fly. Make it th Frosty show and th World Pro Wrestling federation will remain frozen in it’s worst standing in years. [[As SBK pauses concluding his answer he pans the press and points to WPW Roomer Monger hostess Allyssa Davis for the next question.]] Allyssa Davis:: The current WPW World Champion Frost has called you a “pain in the ass” and a “diva” as well as “bipolar” yet his only reasons for this is your lack of conducting a promo addressing your match this Sunday until today and he cannot figure out if you are heel or babyface. Possibly a ‘be careful what you wish for you just might get it’ omen for Frost in terms of wanting you to address him. What are your thoughts on this? SBK:: This Frosty just thinks his sh*t don’t stink well th numbers prove what’s what. With him at th top th fed is in th sh*tter. Sayin I pop in from time to time. Hell that’s why he’s gotten th easy ride to th World title because cats like me are NOT accepting spots to wrestle here fulltime anymore. I’ve watched ol Frosty do his thing th past couple months and I sat back and let him fire th first shot at me. I’m not disrespecting him by lettin him stick his foot in his mouth. Disrespect? Th cat’s made his move at me first and if he don’t like th facts that his WPW World title run is on th verge of bein th bottom of th barrel. Don’t blame Good ol SBK. Or maybe that’s Badd Ol S-Bee. Bipolar? Sh*t this Frosty cat hasn’t done his homework and is a hypocrite to boot. Frosty’s th one playin fan fav but actin like th biggest inflated ego douche bag since Mike Sensation to come along th pike. Nah I ain’t bipolar. I’d love to run heel to give th NEW kids some rub but its th fans who cheer who they want. They’ve seen Frosty’s act here in th World Pro Wrestling federation and already tired of it. Frosty ain’t no humble champ. He’s shown his true colors this past week as a phony piece of sh*t disrespecting hypocrite. I was more than willing to let this cat pay respect to me and I return th same to him but ego got th better of this Frosty. Disrespect? Ya damn right I don’t respect him. No doubt about it he can’t carry th load in WPW and sure as sh*t hasn’t lived up to th ones before him. Dynamic Dynamite, PDJ, My bro th Striken, and me. We set th standard for this place. Th pressure clearly has gotten to Frosty havin to be th man on top at Wrestival and he’s lettin it slip. You mentioned him whining ‘disrespect’ because I haven’t popped a bunch of promos for our match. As of when I stepped on this stage today a day before th goddamn pay per view, Frosty has conducted all of ONLY ONE PROMO for th MAIN EVENT WORLD TITLE MATCH for all th marbles!!! This cat is one steaming pile of hypocritic slime. F*ckin hypocrite. If Frosty knew anything about me he’d know I don’t take kindly to lowlife pieces of sh*t who disrespect me or everything I earned durin my career and claimin to watch DVDs from 2002 as I’ve heard Frosty says just goes to show what a dumb mutherf*cker you are. 2002? WPW wasn’t even around then which means you ain’t even seen me win 2 Roy Lee Rumbles, and MAIN EVENT th grandest WPW stage called Wrestival on three occasions. Meanwhile yeah I’ve done th research on you Frosty weeks ago. HWO hall of fame? Another fed that went out of business with you at th top Frosty. Not something to brag about. Just to prove I don’t toss words like “hypocrite” around lightly at cats, this Frosty whines about me makin guest appearances in WPW well guess who tossed his hat into th ring to do a “guest appearance” at HWO’s upcoming event. Well whatta know “guest referee” Frost. Funny ass sh*t. Man Frosty, ya blew it when ya decided to shoot your load at me. Ya coulda sat on th WPW mountaintop and been respectful but your ego got in th way. Now ya exposed yourself as th selfish disrespectful prick you are. You wanted a SBK promo for our tag match, ya got one. Now choke on it because you just not only lost th match for th tag belts, ya lost a f*ckton of ground when it comes to people lookin up to you in WPW anytime soon. Now ,now not to say reputations can’t be changed. Been plenty of cats come into WPW and f*ck up in th early goin only to come out by th time they were done in WPW lookin good and earning respect through th years. Cats like Firebomb, Th Phil, and ol Henry Miller come to mind. Th thing is Frosty is just another jealous hater. He came to WPW to sh*t on th accomplishments of cats like me. F*ck that and F*ck him. Props to those who come in and show respect and are cool to work with. Go to hell to a cat who comes in plays wolf in sheep’s clothing then pops off a first shot at someone who coulda easily taken his spotlight. And everything I’m sayin now on th public stage I’d say to Frosty behind that curtain. Ya took a shot at me first, ya asked for promo for our match. Ya got it. If it’s th pressure of not bein able to be th top champ and not live up to th standards set before you came along then hey man no sweat. I’m not hard to find if ya wanna cool th tensions. But believe this, Wrestival just got a lot hotter and interesting ONLY because I broke silence and we’ll be drawin a ton more people under th tent at Wrestival because of it. Now man up and do business cause ya damn well better believe I’ll be there and it’s because I AM a standup guy my years and rep in this game, sport, and business back that up. Frosty check yourself because ya shot off at th wrong cat all there is to it. [[Following SBK’s heated remarks he looks to the angelic face of the hostess of “Straight Talk” none other than Monique for the next question.]] Monique:: Most of the focus of your tag title defense has been shown towards that of WPW World Champ Frost and his partner and brother Ocean has flown relatively under the radar. How do you feel about this? SBK:: I don’t think th cat’s flown under th radar. Lil Lucy went right after him when th cameras were around her and my wife this past week. She popped Ocean with all kinds of red herrings to mess them up. I will say this, I damn sure did my homework on th kid and well it’s been said he wants to NOT be in his brother Frosty’s shadow but everything th kid’s done in WPW is smack in th shadow of his bro. But I gotta tell ya that’s th least of his probs. Any cat doin any kind of research on this Ocean will come up finding his background is phony when it comes to this sh*t about him bein an Olympic medalist. He ain’t. Anyone can look him up. He ain’t there and that’s just a rookie mistake goin around actin like he’s won at th Olympics when he hasn’t. I know what it’s like following a brother to WPW. I gotta say I did just that and my way to stay out of my brother’s shadow was delving and focusing on tag team wrestling in WPW. But I didn’t do it by teaming with my bro. I brought in someone else. So unlike Frosty who I shredded cause he’s a big boy and a vet, I’ll be a little lighter on Ocean and just give him some advice. Drop th phony Olympics act. A real competitor will punk and dunk you over that fake bio sh*t. And then second, ya wanna act like ya don’t wanna be in your brother’s shadow then DON’T TEAMUP with him! And trash th recycled family drama you cats keep rerunning in every fed ya run to wrestle in. NEW is th way to go in more ways than one! [[SBK laughs.]] SBK:: Ok Ok Let’s lighten th mood some where’s ol Scooter? He’s always good with a wacky ass question. [[Everyone looks around and over towards the “Scooter’s Wacky World” pavilion which is empty.]] SBK:: Guess he’s busy getting ready for Wrestival in his own unique way. Alright then I see you beggin to ask something. Fire away Conner my man! [[“Roomer Monger” host Conner Young is next with a question.]] Conner Young:: You referenced the Roy Lee Rumble earlier in your remarks. It was rumored WPW officials wanted you to compete this year but you elected not to. Are these rumors true? Come on Shawwwn what gives!? SBK:: Yeah man. Also th 2011 Roy Rumble they tailor-made th venue in Texas Stadium last year hopin I’d come back and get my third rumble win. Decided to let th kids run with th ball. It’s th same reason I’ve turned down any shots at th World title th past couple years and have only done limited appearances. Nothin to do with anything Frosty’s claimin on me. Just tryin to help out but I gotta tell ya, If cats don’t want me around to help lift up th numbers their pullin down if they don’t want me around. Then ok. Good luck to them. I passed up when they wanted me to do th Rumble last year. I did accept their Hall Of Fame offer and in that it included me not competing full time for WPW anymore. Same goes for this run, I signed on to just do th tag thing and have fun with th NEW kids. Apparently someone with th brass ring is scared and jealous and feelin th pressure of main eventin Wrestival so, it could be th end of SBK in WPW if Frosty gets his way Sunday. [[SBK motions to the crowd where “On Th Rox” hostess and WPW Ring Announcer Roxy Adams is seated with pen and notepad.]] SBK:: You gotta have a question Roxy. Shoot. Roxy Adams:: You’ve been tag partners with several of the best in the business. From SST to GRENDEL, when you look back who would you say is the best partner in your career and why?Also who would you say is the worst partner and why? SBK:: I was lookin to you to toss me a softball, that didn’t happen. I’ll tell ya. This isn’t me bein prisoner of th moment but right now Lil Lucy is holdin her end of th bargain as much or more so than any partner I ever had. See back in th day, to keep these tag belts I literally had to carry 100 percent of th load. I came to WPW on Christmas 2003 and signed a tag team only exclusive deal. That’s where I’d only wrestle tag matches. Kinda similar to what I’m doin now. For like two years I’d wanted to team with SST we were buds. Well WPW was th place we finally got to but I’ll be damned if he was literally th most unreliable tag-team partner ever. I mean he was literally not worth jack sh*t. I mean th cat really let me down. He’s since had a helluva run with th Big Gold belt in WPW and make everyone forget how sh*tty he was when he first got here. But he’d have to be th worst of th group. I could say ol Denn Mann as worst because that cat is nothing but trouble both inside th ring and outside it. Denn Mann is nothin but a backstabber and a politics playin piece of sh*t. It’s funny how things change over time. There was a time when me and Denn were th best of buds and my biggest rival of th time was a cat like Firebomb. I didn’t have a good word to say about Fbomb back in 2001. Then they forced me and him to team up and on th road we became good friends. A friendship that’s lasted hell over 10 years. Then when it comes to Denn, we grew apart he got mixed up with th wrong crowd durin our New Era Wrestling Federation days and he just is a lowlife now. I’m really enjoying bein with Lucy and this NEW crop of kids. I’m wishin nothin but th best for Marquee and T-Bomb on Sunday. I’m hoping me bein around has helped elevate their game to another level. I can tell that’s been th case with Lucy. [] Reporter:: Departing from the Wrestival related questions for the moment. You were elected into the WPW Hall Of Fame last year. The Class of 2011 included You, Tyger Lilly, and Grendel. What are your thoughts and feelings on the current process and who do you feel should have gotten in this year as no one was elected? SBK:: I was surprised as hell. I seen th ballot and thought about half th cats on it belong in. Ya damn well better believe a f*ckton of them I woulda voted for. There’s a logjam waitin to get in unlike many other feds who do halls of fame where they just open th flood gates lettin everybody just about in. Yeah as far as WPW hall of fame goes, Cats like PDJ, Dynamic Dynamite outta be there. Even though I trashed his sh*tty unreliability bein my tag partner SST belongs. Then there’s cats like Ego Mike and Firebomb from th last few years. I’d even vote for some folks like ol Gavelon and Philly. Really lookin at that ballot I was sayin yes to over half th people listed. So next year they gotta put some in. Its cool to be in there with my bro Striken but it’s not somethin I ever was goin for. My goals were winnin Roy Rumbles in 2005 and 2006, winning th WPW tag belts, winning th WPW World title. Never even focused on Hall Of Fame. Happy to be there, lookin forward to doin Wrestival where me and Lil Lucy will do our thing and hopefully come out on top holdin th World tag belts and th NEW will never looked sooooooooo good!!!!! [[Someone yells out “Is this your last match?”.]] SBK:: In WPW? Hope not man. Outta my hands now. Just gonna go outwrestle th competition since we just finished outworking them! Lemme make it clear. I’m comin to do business Sunday, after then if Frosty wants to be cool and make amends for his disrespect at me, I’m not hard to find. Everything I’ve had tosay is a REPLY to his sh*t shot at me first. Buzz me up any ol time. This ain’t a hell freezes over situation. Make of that what ya wanna. [[Shawn Stryker raises his hand like in victory to the press. The opening rift instrumental to “F*ck You Blind” by Kid Rock begins to play, and SBK exits the stage. Following this press conference BOD members in attendance such as Samantha Starr and DVA rush backstage to deal with the impending aftermath.]] While many questions have been answered. Several loom large over the dark cloud of this unique Wrestival in Mexico. The storied history of WPW faces what could be it’s lowest rated pay per view. The pressure however is not on SBK this weekend. He’s purposely put himself in a less prominent role. It’s the Frost show to succeed or fail. While Shawn Stryker’s tag team experience is overwhelming in this contest there are many that feel it will not matter as WPW World Champion Frost has gained political power behind the scenes as of late within WPW. However there are rumors that poor ratings and lower than desired buyrate could find WPW looking elsewhere to boost the company back to prosperity. Talents such as SBK and the likes of his past successful tag team partners: Firebomb, Grendel, and SST know the success level WPW had when Stryker main evented WPW’s grandest stage. World Pro Wrestling is nowhere near those days with its current top champion in place. A message could be sent with Frost losing in the tag title match this Sunday. One which will resonate to shake things up and motivate the top of the card to improve. One thing is for sure that cannot be questioned is the proven experience and drawing power of one of the current WPW World tag team champions going into Wrestival and that should be the case coming out of the Pay Per View. |