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Date Posted: 15:01:48 07/21/02 Sun
Author: Ghost Dancer
Author Host/IP: cache-rl02.proxy.aol.com / 152.163.189.98
Subject: Old School-Vs-New School; ways of thoughts.

{The scene opens up after the Massacre has gone off the air. Sitting alone in the locker room is Ghost Dancer, already cleaned up and dressed from his match with Jo Lallo. Ghost Dancer picks up his bags, turns off the lights and exits the locker room.}

:::Friday:::

{A message was left on Ghost Dancer's answering service, that someone from the UWF staff was requesting a meeting with him to discuss "options" here in the UWF. Wondering what was all this about, Ghost Dancer boards the private jet and is flown to the corporate headquarters for the UWF.}

:::The Meeting:::

{Ghost Dancer enters one of the conference rooms on the third floor, sitting there is a weasely looking man in a thousand dollar suit. He stands up, with a huge smile upon his face, and offers his hand towards Ghost Dancer. Ghost Dancer just nods at the man. The man, looking somewhat dejected, offers Ghost Dancer to sit down, which Ghost Dancer does.}

The Man: I bet you are wondering just who I am and why I called you here.

Ghost Dancer: Yeah, that was at the top of my agenda here today.

The Man: Well Ghost Dancer, I am probably will be one of the most important people in your life pretty soon. My name is Sean Sullivan and I am an idea guy...I make gimmicks and skits happen.

Ghost Dancer:(groans slightly) You don't say.

Sean Sullivan: Ghost Dancer, let me say right off that I am very impressed with your in-ring abilities and your victories...up to now. But out of all that you have going for you, you are missing that special something that can and will put you right over the top. Do you know what it is?

Ghost Dancer:(leans back in the chair, hands in a steeple position just below his nose.) I have no clue, but I know that you are going to tell me.

Sean Sullivan: Actually, Ghost Dancer, it is two things. First, you need some more "color" to your character. And second, you have to start cutting some skits, to make the fans giggle, look at how well Jo Lallo has done.

Ghost Dancer: Just hold on there, Sullivan, what the hell do you mean by "color?"

Sean Sullivan: Our marketing research has shown that fans are interested in a Native American wrestler...but only if they are in the same view as a Jay Strongbow...or even a Tatanka. You know, the very popular "Indian War Dance."

{Ghost Dancer just nods.}

Sean Sullivan: Nothing gets the fans really into the match like a nice war dance. Think about it, (Sean leans back in the chair, head tilted back, eyes focused on an imaginary match with Ghost Dancer in the ring.) I can see the fans into the match, but not really "INTO" the match. You are on the losing end, but you start to psych yourself up! I can see the fans get up to their feet, they are chanting your name...all because you are doing the INDIAN WAR DANCE! That match, if it was on TV, just went up a neilson point or even TWO!

Ghost Dancer: Sullivan, I will TRY to pretend that you did not say that I should do the "Indian War Dance" because I find THAT to be disgusting! You don't see Russians doing their "Cossack Dance" or an Irish doing a "River Dance" routine. How DARE YOU even SUGGEST THAT I DO A "WAR DANCE!" You should feel real lucky that I am not a violent man, because I would be putting the hurt on you right now. Now, what about the skits?

Sean Sullivan: Well Ghost Dancer, again our marketing research has shown us that that fans LOVE funny skits and they rally behind those wrestlers that produce those funny skits.

Ghost Dancer: Well, good for them. Why should I follow in their footsteps? There is an old saying, "If you are not the lead dog, then the view never changes."

Sean Sullivan: You know something Ghost Dancer, that is your problem, you are to eighties for this business. No one wants to hear about the business at hand. We are the MTV generation, the fans attention span is only few a few minutes at best. And if you don't have anything that can grab them...they will just turn the channel. No one wants to hear how you are going to beat someone, the fans crave entertainment.

Ghost Dancer(leans back in the chair) Sean, what does the UWF mean?

Sean Sullivan:(looks momentarily stunned) Ultimate Wrestling Federation.

Ghost Dancer:(a slight smile appears on this face) I thought so, I thought that the marquee did read WRESTLING, not ENTERTAINMENT. That is why I do not produce little skits, they draw attention away from the real thing...and that is the match. As I have said before, I am a WRESTLER, not a SPORTS ENTERTAINER. If you want funny skits, then look elsewhere.

Sean Sullivan: And that is what the fans...and the bookers have done, they looked elsewhere. Why do you think that you lost, Ghost Dancer? Barring the clusterfuck that happened in the ring, it was because the meaningless promos that Jo Lallo had cut...beat yours! The fans really eat up Lallo's stuff, he is like a GENIUS when it comes to cutting the funny skits. And that is why I am meeting with you Ghost Dancer. I can see the awesome potential in you and for your good and the good of the UWF, some things have to change. And you, are one of the ones that need changing.

(Before Ghost Dancer can speak up, Sean Sullivan stops him, asking him to wait till he is finished.)

Sean Sullivan: It has come to our attention that you need some color and to be able to produce some real funny skits. Well, the color is not that important but as for the promos, that is where it counts. This Thursday, you have a match against Pantera, right? (Ghost Dancer nods yes.) Good, we can figure out what kind of promo that WE will cut. I was thinking of a jungle theme, doing some like the "Crocodile Hunter," going after Pantera. Just think about the sexual references that we can use! So, do you have any ideas?

Ghost Dancer: Sean, I think that it...SUCKS! I will not stoop myself to that level. I might be old school, I might be out of date, but I will not LOWER MYSELF to that standard...even if I am ordered to by the UWF. I have seen Pantera's matches and she is one dangerous individual. Why should I make references that she is a woman when everyone knows that she is. Why should I make sexual references to and about her...just because she is a woman? Why degrade her when I APPROVE OF HER STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT IN THIS SPORT? Pantera is one of a very few women who had forsaken the women's division and enter the men's division.

Sean Sullivan: That is all nice and all, but respecting her WONT WIN MATCHES, haven't you figured that out yet. It is a nice diversion from the rest of the pack, I will give that to you. But it wont make any impressions with the fans or the bookers. Ghost Dancer, you have to decide what is most important to you, making money and wearing titles, or your values that no one really cares about.

Ghost Dancer:(Gets up from his chair.) This meeting is over, Sullivan. I am through with listening to your spiel. You can go tell your bosses that I am NOT FOR SALE, THAT I WILL NEVER CHANGE WHO I AM!

Sean Sullivan:(opens up his PDA and presses a few buttons.) Well, it seems that you have a promo scheduled for this Sunday. I will give you TWO DAYS to thinks things over and I will come an see you.

{Ghost Dancer just turns and leaves the office, without saying a word to Sean Sullivan}

:::Sunday:::

{The scene opens up with Ghost Dancer in the basement of the corporate headquarters for the UWF, ready to cut his promo for his match against Pantera on Thursday. After the crew gets the lights set up just right and the UWF background just behind Ghost Dancer, the director gives the signal for the camera crew to start filming.}

Ghost Dancer: A lot of things has happened to me on Thursday which I will say that I was not pleased in the least. To all who get involved in my match, Cortez, Ramadan, and Raheem, you all have just signed your death warrants for sticking your noses where it did not belong! As for you Reid, you want to up the violence, then so be it. Porn boy, you have got to understand one thing. This is not my second choice for a career, like yours was. Since I was little, I wanted to be a professional wrestler and I trained very hard when that day would come. You want to step into my world, then that is fine. But you have to be willing to pay the consequences for your actions...like a pound of flesh and a couple of pints of blood. Mark my words Reid, I do not boast nor do I brag, but I will get my revenge! Now, onto business at hand. This Thursday, Pantera is my next opponent. I just hope that she realizes what she is in for. I am not a happy man right now, nor am I in any kind of forgiving mood. If I was her, I would get out of this match with me. I cannot promise that I would be...respectful...in our match. The kind of mood that I am in, I can chew nails and spit out bullets!
But if you do decide to step into the ring with me, what do you really have going for you, Pantera? Your cunning and quickness? Which is fine all by itself, but... (Sean Sullivan is standing by the director, whispering in his ear.)

Ghost Dancer: Sullivan, just what the HELL do you think your doing here? THIS IS MY F*CKEN TIME NOW!

Sean Sullivan: Ghost Dancer, I am not doing anything, just talking to the director about another project that I have in mind. Not that you really need a director for anything, you are just "talking" to the camera. Now, if we had that Jungle skit, then there would be things to do, people to talk too. I can see funny stuff coming about, things that the fans would remember for YEARS to come.

Ghost Dancer: You are really persistent, aren't you Sullivan?

Sean Sullivan: Of course I am, it is my job to be. We can end this interview now, cut a whole new one. It would be great...but we also need a catch phrase. All the top wrestlers have at least one to identify themselves with the fans. I wonder what yours could be?

Ghost Dancer: Sean, you have got THREE SECONDS TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE OR I WILL THROW YOU THROUGH THE WALL! If you think that I am not serious, just look back to the week I have had!

{Sean pauses for a moment, then quietly leaves the area.}

Ghost Dancer: Now, where was I...(after thinking for a few moments) Damn, Sullivan has really disrupted my flow! Damn him to Hell.

Director: Ghost Dancer, you was discussing how angry you are and what does Pantera have going for her, quickness and cunning?

Ghost Dancer:(looks at the replay on the monitor) OK, I am ready; begin rolling the tape again.

Ghost Dancer:(gets into his promo mode) Pantera, throughout the years, many people have thought that since they excelled in one area, that they was unstoppable. But it take a lot more than quickness and cunning to overtake me.

{A voice from nowhere}

Mystery voice: Just like how it would take more than a funny skit to beat you last Thursday.

Ghost Dancer: SEAN, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU...I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!

{Scene fades to black with Ghost Dancer looking for Sean Sullivan.}

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