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Date Posted: 19:05:23 08/14/02 Wed
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's message, "Absolutely..." on 18:54:47 08/14/02 Wed
:: A Camera starts up and we see Jesse Harte sitting on a screened in porch laying back on a chaise lounger. He looks up and smiles to himself as he’s signaled to start his promo. ::
Jesse: Payne, you know, it’s been along time since the last time we met each other in the ring. It’s been a long time since our skills where matched against each other for the dominance of this fed. I can’t say I’m looking forward to the answer of which of us is the most dominate. We have both had our fill of title reigns. We’ve each dominated areas of the fed and made them respected and desirable titles for others to hold. We’ve each earned everything we have today as no one would care to contest.
:: He reaches up for a sweaty glass of lemonade and takes a drink. ::
Jesse: Both of us have poured our hearts and souls into the GWA and its various challenges and obstacles. That much means that our match on Sunday will be historic regardless of the outcome. I say this only because I want everyone to understand that there has been no other match in the history of GWA where two men that have dedicated so much of there lives to the Fed have faced each other for there final Glory.
:: He takes another swig of the lemonade and puts it back on the table. ::
Jesse: There’s been a lot of huge matches here in GWA, 40 .oz vs. Lumberjack, Nailz vs. Reaper, Hate vs. Payne and many many others. But nothing as big as this match on Sunday where two men that have earned there place in GWA following two very different courses of empowerment and domination will collide for the right to be the top man in the Fed.
:: He sits up slightly and cocks the lounger up so he can lean back in a more upright manner. ::
Jesse: Simply put this match will be a masterpiece of dedication to GWA. A match between two men that the world has made a household name. Now I realize that I’ve just recently became Jesse Harte, and that I’ve still got a lot to overcome to prove that the makeup didn’t make the man. I still have a long way to go to show the world that in fact that man in the clown suit is today, as he was then, the most electrifying and show stopping showman in Sports Entertainment today. A long road to earning the right to say that Death Jester was little more than a gimmick for me. I understand that I have to earn that from the fans and from the other wrestlers and that I’ve barely broken ground on that path. That’s where Sundays match comes in for me.
:: He shifts again this time sitting right on the edge of the lounger. ::
Jesse: I feel that this match will prove that skill makes the man in GWA. I feel that I can overcome the need to prove myself better than that gimmick by doing something that gimmick never could. I will win the World Title from a man that has proven himself basically unbeatable. I will walk away from another of the most respected men in the sport today a victor in a one on one encounter. Not because I’ll gain the title from him but because I’ll have proven that the makeup and the gimmick was in fact the one single thing keeping me from this match up until now. Death Jester was a icon, no one who has seen him live would deny that, but he was a gimmick that kept me stretching harder and harder for that next idea, that next curve to throw. It was a gimmick that limited me creatively and intellectually and took from me all the drive I had to succeed in today’s business. Jester was popular because he was different and he was a showman but he was never popular for being a Super Star. It took me a long time to see that for what It was, a limit to my success and my status here in GWA.
:: He stands up and stretches a bit. He cracks his neck and smiles at the camera. ::
Jesse: I’ve spent a lot of time wondering where I could have gone as myself in GWA. That instead of just becoming this gimmick, I’d managed to aim higher than trying to get a bigger and bigger pop every night and aimed for a bigger and bigger shot every night. What would have happened if I’d have a run against any of the other U.S. Champs or any of the other World Champs before Payne and myself? Where would Jesse Harte be today?
:: He turns his back to the camera and looks out at the field that fills the landscape beyond the porch. ::
Jesse: I have a lot because of GWA. I have a nice house and a lot of property. I drive a nice car and I’m home a lot with my kids since I’m allowed a lot of leeway for house shows. JB has proven to me time and again that he understands what it is that I needed whether I was Jesse Harte or Death Jester, and I appreciate that. However, the lingering question remains, where would I be if I’d have striven for loftier goals than the Hardcore and the Lightweight titles for so long? Would I be the one looking down at Payne in this match daring him to take away my title? Would I be the one that would be listed in the Hall of Fame as the longest reigning champion of all time? Would the name Jesse Harte be heard as a part of everyday conversation about the best athlete in sports today? That is a question that eats away at my soul as I think toward this match on Sunday. I have to know if I could have been, can be, the World Champion.
:: He turns back to the camera. His face is a mask of concern. ::
Jesse: A lot of people would respond to that with the words of course you have what it takes to be the World Champion. There are numerous people in today’s sport that wonder how it is that after more than a year of being in GWA that I have not worn that title at all, how in fact it could be possible that this is my first match for this title. Well let me remind you all that four short weeks ago I was in my first match for the U.S. Title too and you can see how that went. I’m standing tall to this day as the GWA U.S. Champion and I have defended it on ever televised show since I won it as proof that it was not a mistaken win. I have proven to myself that I can in fact be a champion in the big leagues of the GWA and it made me want more of that. It made me hungry for that one thing that is still outside my grasp. I want the World Title, I need the World Title, I can feel it around my waist even as I say these words. I want to be the man everyone else has to beat to become me. I want to be the best of the best in a Fed where that’s a statement that goes a long long way.
:: He walks up to the camera so you can only see his face. ::
Jesse: Payne, the mask is off! The revenge is over. I have seen you safely to this match so I could get you one and one for the chance to prove that I can be you. You may have the past and the dedication to your position. But I have the need and the drive to take it away. I guess you could say Payne that I’m a bit desperate for the attention and the respect that comes with that title. I guess it could be said that I’m a tad bit obsessed with the need to be more than the Jester gimmick allowed me to be. And Payne, if there is one thing I’ve learned over the years in GWA and in wrestling itself its this….
:: Jesse smiles to the camera and the fans beyond it. ::
Jesse: Never underestimate a desperate man driven by obsession. I’m walking down that aisle to take that title from around your waist because I have to. I’ll win that match because there’s nothing else more important to me anymore. Payne I will beat you because you need to be beaten and because I need the world and the rest of the locker room to see I can be that man. I have to be that man Payne do you understand that? Do You?
:: He gets right into the camera to where you can only see one of his blue eyes in the lens. ::
Jesse: Next time you’re this close to me Payne. Expect to be hearing a three count. TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!
:: The scene fades to Jesse sitting back down on the chaise lounger. ::
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