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Post by Admin on May 17, 2021 15:19:06 GMT -6
.png) MHW Phoenix Championship
Ladder Match
Jackie "Bandit" Layton vs El Diablo BlancoRoleplay Limit: ONERoleplay Deadline: Saturday, May 29, 2021 @ 7PM Central |
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Post by eldiabloblanco on May 28, 2021 12:43:04 GMT -6
The following interview has been conducted through Zoom The scene opens up on a computer screen with backstage interview, Jordan Hagan, manning interview duties. With his signature black button up and black sport coat, Jordan is situated on one side of the screen while The Backyard Phenom El Diablo Blanco sporting his MHW ‘El D’s House of Fun’ t-shirt. Behind El Diablo Blanco we can see a ladder set up. Jordan Hagan: Ladies and gentlemen, as always, I am the illustrious Jordan Hagan and I would like to welcome you to Part II of our sit down interview with a man that has seemingly taken the Mile High audience by storm. In just one appearance, he single handedly turned every fan in attendance into Diablo Nation members and caused them to boo the holy hell out of Shieldmaiden member, “Killer” Kara Carter. This man, of course, defeated Killer Carter and has earned himself a shot at the MHW Phoenix Championship this weekend at Throwdown: Rise in a ladder match against Jackie “Bandit” Layton. I present to you El...Diablo...Blanco.El D can be seen laughing during his introduction. El Diablo Blanco: Thank you, Brother. I truly appreciate that introduction but please. Not everyone was booing Miss Carter. I, for one, am a fan of Miss Carter and on any given night either one of us could have walked away with the victory, Brother. I just so happened to have drawn the lucky straw on that night.Jordan Hagan: Forever the modest man. El D, there is a reason why you have been so beloved and taken in so quickly by the MHW faithful. I applaud you.El Diablo Blanco: I just treat others the way I’d like to be treated. Decency, respect, there’s a lot of people out there that say respect is earned. I don’t feel that way, Brother. Respect is given to each and every person that walks this Earth. Unfortunately, there are people out there that lose respect but that’s few and far between.Jordan Hagan: Straight to the gossip, there are people out there that El Diablo Blanco disrespect?El Diablo Blanco: Now don’t go taking sound bytes and getting that click bait, Mr. Hagan. Let me clarify. I do not disrespect anyone. There are people out there that do things that are unkind to others. I can’t diggit, Brother. They’ve got good in their hearts. Sometimes it’s just a little deeper to find. No man, woman or child should be cancelled by their actions without given the opportunity for redemption.Jordan Hagan: You’re hitting a hot topic with that statement, El D.El Diablo Blanco: I mean no disrespect to anyone that takes offense to that comment. I just see the greater good and believe if you turn around seek to be a better person, you cannot vilify a man today for his actions of yesterday. But again, I do not condone the actions of a man’s past either.Jordan Hagan: I can diggit too, El D. There’s no doubt I’ve had a nefarious time or too in my past but today is not about me… brother. It’s about the man behind the mask per say. Today, I want to talk to you about that mask you are known for, it’s origins and what it means to you today.El Diablo Blanco: That’s what we’re here for, Brother. Shoot.Jordan Hagan: I’ve gone down the rabbit hole that is YoutTube and I must say, I was unable to find a backyard match of yours without that mask. Do these matches exist?El Diablo Blanco: Going for the deep cut I see, Brother. Matches have taken place without this mask but none that I believe there’s footage of. You see I started out young wearing a hood and for very good reason. I mentioned two weeks ago that I’m a bit of an introvert, Brother. My fascination with the sport of professional wrestling came when I was a wee little lad but I could never see me stepping foot inside that squared circle with my mug on display for all those out there for the masses to see. My chin would drop to my stomach and my stomach would be up in my throat, Brother. I found solace in this mask, Brother. I didn’t have to be myself. I could be anyone I wanted to and so El Diablo Blanco was born, Brother.Jordan Hagan: Your mask has become synonymous with the everyday man, or average joe, as a means to say that anyone can don the mask and become something greater. Do you agree?El Diablo Blanco: That’s a whole lot of pressure to put on one man, Brother. The way I see it, everyone here in Mile High Wrestling wears masks. You just may not see them, Brother. My opponent this Sunday, the ever talented Jackie Layton wears a mask when she steps into that ring, Brother. She becomes Bandit. It’s the same for her sisters too, Brother. Bullet, Zombie, Psycho, Hairicin, Bruiser. They don their proverbial masks and become something greater than themselves. Skrabal Stanzas becomes Skrabz, Leah Aguero becomes the War Queen, Chris Mosh becomes VIP. We are all extensions of ourselves, Brother, brought to a higher level. You say that this mask has become synonymous with the average joe. That means the world to me, Brother. I remember being that scared little kid putting on the mask and I was able to be whomever I wanted to be, Brother. After a while, it just became me. It’s a part of me. It’s an extension of myself, Brother. If I can be a symbol to even just one person out there that never thought they’d amount to anything in life but saw me and began to believe in themselves and put forth the effort, well that’s a job done, Brother.El Diablo pauses to reflect for a moment. El Diablo Blanco: I put out a quote earlier this week on that Efedder, Brother. I said, “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” That’s not a direct quote from me, though, Brother. That’s Jim Valvano, Brother. You see, the only person that ever believed in me growing up was my mother. Daddy D wasn’t around much, Brother. He came and went and eventually he just went. There wasn’t much belief in me so I want to believe in others around me. I believe in The Diablo Nation. I believe in my Wifey. I believe in my Little Diablitos at home and all those Little Diablitos watching at home.Jordan Hagan: That is a truly heartfelt statement. Now, you chose a mask that is clearly of Lucha Libre influence. What drove you towards the Lucha style rather than just a black mask or any old Halloween costume? I mean Captain Cowabunga literally wrestles in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume.El Diablo Blanco: Good ol Captain Cowabunga. Bless his soul, he’s a special one. As for me, I grew up watching whatever wrestling I could. One day, I clicked past Univision or Galavision, I forget which one. I saw these masked men flying around the ring. It was almost like they were dancing. It just flowed. I was entranced. I may not be the most skilled wrestler around but to this day I attempt to emulate the things I saw on that television set. Listen, Brother, I’m just a white boy from the suburbs of Chicago. The Lucha history, the Mexican history, just enthralled me. If you couldn’t tell, I’m a bit attached. Wifey is Mexican. My two Little Diablitos are half Mexican. The Lucha mask is present to honor those that donned masks before me and to be a symbol to those that come after me.Just then, off screen, a little girl’s voice could be heard. Little Diablita: Did you call us, Daddy?El Diablo Blanco: Oh, no. Sorry little one. I’m talking with Mr. Hagan and I brought up you two Little Diablitos.Little Diablita: Oh, okay. Are we still filming today?El Diablo Blanco: Yes. Later today, sweetie. Let me finish up here and we’ll do our project.El Diablo turns back to Jordan Hagan. El Diablo Blanco: Sorry about that, Brother. But when you get a chance, go on that YouTube and search for ‘La Casa Blanca STEAM’ and you can view our little series in which El D and the Little Diablitos learn about different STEAM projects. And no, I don’t mean that gaming site. I’m talking Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.Jordan Hagan: I don’t even have a response to that. But let’s pivot into what this Sunday’s Throwdown: Rise means to you. As we stated previously, you will be taking on Jackie “Bandit” Layton to determine who is the first Mile High Wrestling Phoenix Champion for the new era. There have been three champions that came before you in the form of Alex “Bullet” Carbajal, Tyke Index and Skrabal Stanzas.El Diablo Blanco: Those are some pretty big names if you ask me. Bonafide tippy top of MHW, Brother. To even be considered the chance to rub elbows with the likes of the elite of the elite is already overwhelming. Mile High has already shown that they will put their faith in me and I’m here to return that faith. Miss Layton is a great talent. She’s long been considered to be a tag team wrestler here in MHW whether she was holding the straps with Ophelia Blaque or Samantha Hamilton but I’ve seen this girl go. In a normal one on one encounter I’d think it was a toss up. Then you add in the fact that we need to climb a ladder fifteen, twenty feet high in order to retrieve the belt, Brother? Let me tell you something, Brother. This match isn’t for the faint of heart. This match, this ladder match, is about perseverance. To what degree can you incapacitate your opponent long enough to scale the ladder and grab that elusive MHW Phoenix Title?El Diablo just shakes his head back and forth. El Diablo Blanco: I’ve been in a few ladder matches in my time. There’s no walking away unscathed regardless of whether you are the victor or not. Come the end of the match your legs are going to feel like they are ready to explode. They’ll be lifeless and you’re going to have to rely on true grit to reach the top. Thankfully, I’ve spent every day for the last two weeks on the Stair Master in hopes that I can overcome that fatigue. I guess that’s why Mr. Mack named this event Throwdown: Rise. Only one can rise from the ashes and be that phoenix that becomes a champion. It sure won’t be easy. The pride of Nova Scotia is out to prove something just the same as I. She wants to prove that she’s not just a tag team wrestler. I’m out here to prove that I even belong. I’m out here to earn a living and keep climbing the ladder of life in efforts to get to the top. I’m out here to prove that just because you’re five foot nine and a half on a good day and weigh almost two hundred and fifty pounds you can persevere as long as you put your mind to it. I’m round and sluggish on occasion. Miss Layton is petite and speedy. If there’s one thing we’ve got in common, however, it’s this. We’ve both been daredevils of sorts when the need arises. Whether she’s been in ladder matches or cage matches, she’s got that daredevil mentality. I’ve set myself on fire to win a match. I’ve been through light tubes, doors, folding tables. I’ve been wrapped in barbed wire and had thumbtacks pierce my flesh, Brother. The winner of this match is the one that can persevere more, push through that pain and climb that ladder. Miss Layton, Sister, it’s an honor to face you this Sunday at Throwdown: Rise. May the best competitor win, Sister. Diggit?!Jordan Hagan: Once again, thank you for sharing your time with me today, El D. I’ll let you go so you can go back to making videos with your daughters… I mean Little Diablitos. If you haven’t made up your mind about tuning in to Throwdown: Rise, MHW’s three hour special this Sunday Live on Splat TV then I hope this just sold you on it. Be sure to tune in.The feed cuts out to black. |
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Post by Bandit on May 29, 2021 13:59:03 GMT -6
Off-Camera
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Back Room
Bras d’Or
New Orleans, Louisiana
11:57 PM CDT
The room’s illumination goes dark as Jackie “Bandit” Layton starts to head out to the hallway that leads to the front room of the club. The show was still going on and would probably continue for another hour or so depending on what the star attraction, Bandit’s fellow Shieldmaiden Sylvia “Silk” Pietras, had planned.
With Silk, there was no telling what the show would actually be, but the odds were pretty good that it would be a rather entertaining show. Everyone who had ever witnessed a Silk Production had to admit that even when it wasn’t exactly to their particular tastes.
As Bandit starts to walk up the hallway, a knock comes from the side door. Bandit frowns and steps over to it. She opens it to find one of her security members, Chrome Dragon Prospect Tommy “Bear” Sestak standing there with two unfirmoed officers.
Tommy "Bear" Sestak: These two gentlemen say they need to talk to you, Ma’am?
Bandit nods slowly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: What’s this about?
The two officers produce their identification.
Police Officer #1: Officer Vicente Palacios…
Police Officer #2: Officer Rafael Belliard…
Bear stares at Bandit and she nods again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Thank you, Bear, I’ve got this.
Bear nods and steps away as the two officers remain in position.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: What’s this about?
Officer Vicente Palacios: Do you currently employ a Victoria Carter?
Bandit crosses her arms. The two offices both smirk.
Officer Rafael Belliard: That would appear to be a yes.
Bandit remains silent but her disgust with the officers is palatable.
Officer Vicente Palacios: Are you aware she has a small child?
Bandit’s glare intensifies.
Officer Rafael Belliard: A daughter named Rose?
The silence remains icy and the officers both nod.
Officer Vicente Palacios: Do you think this location is an appropriate setting for child rearing?
Bandit cocks her head to the right.
Officer Rafael Belliard: Do you think this location is an appropriate setting for child care and development?
Bandit almost laughs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I’m sorry, Boys, but we do not offer such services here, nor do we employ a “Bring Your Child to Work Day.” There is an age requirement for admittance that is strictly enforced.
She pauses and nods outside the door.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I believe you met how that is enforced…
The two officers nod.
Officer Vicente Palacios: Do you think a child should be around people who engage in the… industry… this establishment caters to?
Officer Rafael Belliard: And how selective are you about the clientele?
Bandit’s smirk remains in place.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Sorry, Boys, if you wish to enter, you have to pay the entrance fee up front like everyone else. No free backstage access to the show.
The officers appear unmoved.
Officer Vicente Palacios: What about special services?
Bandit shrugs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: All of our services are clearly detailed up front and are easily discernible. Now, if you wish to see the list, please, by all means, you are invited to go and peruse for yourself but this is not the appropriate door for that.
Officer Belliard nods slowly.
Officer Rafael Belliard: We’ll have to see about making an appointment…
Bandit nods her agreement, still smiling sweetly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Please do, we love to entertain our friends in blue!
The two officers nod and take their leave. As they disappear back into the night from whence they came, Bear steps back to the door.
Tommy "Bear" Sestak: Is that gonna be trouble?
Bandit sighs heavily.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It already is… they went to the Barn yesterday…
Clearly caught off-guard by this revelation, Bear’s mouth falls open.
Tommy "Bear" Sestak: Shit…
Bandit nods slowly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: At least they’re showing their hand a little now… now we just need to find out what their hole card is…
She smiles genuinely for the big man.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Thanks, Bear… we’ll be alright.
Bear nods and heads back to his usual position as Bandit closes and locks the door.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Motherfuckers…
As she turns, she finds Tori Carter standing a few feet away, the look on her face one of sheer terror.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Tori… it’s ok…
Tori motions at the door.
Tori Carter: What was that?
Bandit waves dismissively.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Nothing, they were trying to rattle the cage…
Tori shakes her head.
Tori Carter: But they…
Bandit walks over to her and puts her hands on Tori’s shoulders.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Hey, you let us worry about the cops when they’re being assholes to us for no reason. If they think they can fuck with us because they have badges then they’re ignorant of where they are, stupid assholes that are going to start writing checks their asses can’t ever hope to cash or they simply have a death wish that someday will be accommodated when thay bark the wring thing at the wrong person.
Tori looks nervously back at the door.
Tori Carter: But what if they do know and they don’t care because my parents are bankrolling them and they think they have an extra shield?
Bandit almost laughs.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Then they didn’t bother to look at who else is sitting at the table.
Bandit moves so that she’s looking Tori in the eyes.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You don’t win the game by just plunking down a big stake and acting like the money itself is an excuse to act like you’re the big swinging dick in the locker room. You do that and your dick is gonna get shown to be a cheap Hollywood special effect really quickly. Thay keep playing the game like this and I’m gonna fucking clear out the whole damn table!
Tori stares at her, shocked to see the look in Bandit’s eyes.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And I’m telling you right now, Tori, if that really is your parents staking them in this one, then I’m taking them for everything too! You don’t swim with the sharks, chum up the water and then just hope to God nobody notices the tiger shark stripes you painted on are actually hiding a big old blue tuna underneath… that’s how you get eaten! If they think they can call this place a whore house and that’s going to make me back off, then they definitely do not know who they are fucking with!
Tears start streaming down Tori’s face.
Tori Carter: I just…
She trails off, her lip quivering. Bandit nods and takes the woman into her arms.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I know, Sweetheart, we’re gonna get Rose back. I promise…
On-Camera
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Parking Lot
Shieldmaidens Clubhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana
9:17 AM CDT
The camera opens on Jackie “Bandit” Layton sitting on her 2014 Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider in her usual ensemble of black tactical boots, black tactical pants, black Real McKenzies “Ship” t-shirt, black fingerless gloves, her Shieldmaidens kutte and her long blonde hair allowed to just fall over her shoulders. Bandit sees the camera moving in on her and nods welcomingly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: A Rise in Mile High…
Bandit looks down at the gas tank on her bike, seemingly trying to contain laughter before it explodes forth into the world.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Somebody likes to talk about how their boner is doing in that office and I wouldn’t be shocked to find out it was Rob Mack, considering the rumours of how many children that man has fathered!
Looking up, the same stifled laugh seemingly waiting to come flying out of her mouth as he hands raise, palms up in an attempt to quell whatever reaction might be coming back to her for this.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I’m not saying he’s my sperm donor’s level of manwhore, but if you listen to the word on the street, the man gets more ass than every toilet seat in New Orleans combined, even during Mardi Gras, and makes Pretty Ricky look decidedly unpretty that way and might even be the reason Skrabz always looks like Man’s in a bad mood.
Bandit nods knowingly to the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: You know how it is when an alpha rapper like that hears somebody else might be shooting like a roman candle and having the trigger on his love gun get pulled more often…
She shrugs somewhere between playful and apologetic.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It tends to leave a Man feeling a little deflated especially when the best he seems to be doing lately is Rob Mack’s embittered and estranged sloppy seconds.
Her hands go right back up, palms out to the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Again, I’m not saying this is all true, I’m just saying rumours spread quicker than herpes and if the Man isn’t careful he might find himself in quarantine for things you never want it to get out that Man has come in contact with…
Still stifling her laughter, Bandit nods pointedly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Ya dig?
She sits back on her bike and stretches slightly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So, Rise 2021…
Bandit moves forward a little on her bike.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: I was on the first one in my first ever championship match. I was a rookie staring down the barrel of a tag team match against Azurine Vebbins and her team called the Rose Colored Lasses, with my Maiden sister, Widow, by my side. We got to hear all about how we didn’t see eyes to glasses on much of anything and then Widow and I walked to that ring and won the inaugural Mile High Tag Team Championships. That same night, Ale and Sam met in a ladder match for the inaugural Phoenix Championship…
A proud, nostalgic smile washes over her as she looks down at her gas tank again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That was a lot of firsts. I wrote my name in the history books and made sure there was no erasing it. Meanwhile, Ale and Sam made sure the Shieldmaidens left a certain impression on everyone. It was a great night!
She allows herself to bask in that memory for a while before slowly looking back up to the camera.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Rise Again, I didn’t get to be on because my partner, Sam, was busy fighting a battle with a War Queen and the Phoenix Championship was a Hangman’s match between Tyke Index and “The Lost Child” Solomon Cain…
The smile fades away as Bandit shakes her head at the thought of what went down in that match between Index and Cain.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That was a nasty ass fight!
Bandit exhales heavily.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: That was the kind of fight where you almost expected one of them to not make it out alive because they both went in with a certain mindset. The kind of thought process that says, “If I don’t win this, I’m worthless and need to take myself out of this world!”
She nods to herself and to the camera, still seemingly in awe of the memory of that fight.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Tyke and Solomon both did things that not only should have carried jail time but should have gotten one put in the ground and the other get thrown into a hole in the back of some facility and the key allowed to simply vanish into the ether of history with its very existence questioned for the rest of human history!
Her hands fall onto her gas tank and Bandit steps off the bike.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So, what does this mean for Rise 2021?
Looking into the camera, Bandit nods determinedly.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It means El D and I have some big fucking shoes to fill, that’s what!
She points to the asphalt, gesticulating violently.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: This will be the third Rise and the Phoenix Championship has been contested in nasty fashion at both of the others so it’s only fitting that El D and I have to make this bitch rock and roll all night!
Her hand rises up to point to herself.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Now I know I’m going to make my end go fucking crazy because that’s what I do here in Mile High! You go look at the tag team championships history and my name is practically set in stone next to them! Ripley and Mosh got to keep them warm for me for twelve days in the first run of Mile High and Tox and Shox got to pretend they were the shit for just under a month in the second run. That means that aside from those forty days, when you said Mile High Tag Team Championship, you meant me!
Bandit nods, still pointing to herself.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: It means technically, I was even more dominant with my championship than Skrabz was because Candi Bratton was the first and she held it for forty-two days. I only missed forty days and…
She nods in acknowledgment..
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Let’s be honest, I shouldn’t have missed that many because Ripley and Mosh were never really a team and the way they got the championships was bullshit and Tox and Shox should also never have been champions because they lost to me and Sam whenever they didn’t get to pull some surprise bullshit out of their ass! They had to go straight up against us, they lost!
Her hand sweeps out to the right, its mate doing the same on the other side of her body.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So now I step out of my beloved tag team division to take my shot at the Phoenix Championship. I get to take my shot to make that championship mean what it should have always meant! Tyke Index is a great talent and he and Cain had a match at Rise Again that was worthy of the Phoenix Title but after that…
Her hands drop back to her sides.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Something happened to him and then Skrabz got to add it to his and it basically died! This time, the Phoenix Champinship is what is rising back to life from the ashes of where it landed last time and I will be fucking damned if we let it go there again!
She points to herself again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: El Diablo Blanco and I are going to set that ladder and we are going to take each other straight to hell! We climb that stairway to hell and we make the Phoenix Championship come back to life and scream out to the world that if you want to see people fighting like their lives depend on it for a championship, this is the one you want to see!
Her hand falls back to her side again.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: El D went to Canada to make a name for himself and to get that backyard stink off him.
She shrugs playfully.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: Well, as luck would have it, I happen to be from Canada. You go to my homeland to get a following and now you come to my second home to take your place! I’m not sending you back to the backyard because nobody deserves that, but I’m coming to Rise give that Phoenix wings! I’m going to climb that stairway and I’m gonna stare this devil right in the eye and dare him to knock me back down!
She steps back onto her bike and fires it up.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: So come on, El D, you gotta lose your mind in MIle High Rock City!
She nods, smiling.
Jackie "Bandit" Layton: And if you don’t know the way, I’ll show you!
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