Post by atlasx0x on Dec 19, 2008 18:06:22 GMT -5
It had been a while since Dante had found himself in this position...befuddled. Tonight every eye in the Staples Center would glare down upon him with disappointment of his boasting and exulting without delivering. Dante stood there, staring himself down in the mirror. Almost ominously waiting for something to happen in the still image, nothing has changed. 'Its almost hard to agree with what I know. To tell myself I am still the best in the business. Can I really tell myself that. My year has been nothing shy of pure disappointment.' Dante looks down at his battle worn hands. 'Does it really matter, the 4 or 5 men that I have taken apart. Do they really make up for bullet I shot myself with. I was once a champion, now nothing more than a shamble. Lucky to find myself even competing here.' Dante raised his head and stared deep into the reflection's eyes. 'Time to find out who I am.'
Disturbed's 'The Night' blared on the speaker system has Dante stepped out from the stage. Staring out into the crowd of thousands, here to see him compete on the greatest stage of all. Dante slowly proceeded down the isle to the apron where he rolled under the bottom ropes. All the lights in the stadium were on him, almost waiting for him to speak. Dante raised a microphone handed to him by a official and raised it to his face.
"For...a year now I have came out from that stage and talked about how I was going to decimate all of competition and leave the to dust. Quite honestly people, I have failed to do just that. The small handful of people that I have taken apart was not exactly fulfilling. I have claimed to be...indomitable, infallible, unbreakable, and a titan of the industry. Yet more than half of the nights I have competed I have came out a failure. Tonight I face a man that has felt the same stings I have felt through the season. There are many aspects of myself I see in him. Strength, speed, technique, perseverance, and overall passion. But there is one thing that I have and he doesn't. A hungry beast inside of me ready to eat. Hunting for that meal that will keep him kept till the next fight. And tonight is when I am going to let it feast."
Dante turns to the stage and sends a message to his opponent.
"Micheal, I won't be denied what is mine. I've been biding my time long enough and now is the moment I am going to make eternal. While this year is coming to a close, my destiny is just beginning. And it starts with you as a stepping stone."
Dante drops the microphone and rolls out from the ring as the crowd cheers.
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Disturbed's 'The Night' blared on the speaker system has Dante stepped out from the stage. Staring out into the crowd of thousands, here to see him compete on the greatest stage of all. Dante slowly proceeded down the isle to the apron where he rolled under the bottom ropes. All the lights in the stadium were on him, almost waiting for him to speak. Dante raised a microphone handed to him by a official and raised it to his face.
"For...a year now I have came out from that stage and talked about how I was going to decimate all of competition and leave the to dust. Quite honestly people, I have failed to do just that. The small handful of people that I have taken apart was not exactly fulfilling. I have claimed to be...indomitable, infallible, unbreakable, and a titan of the industry. Yet more than half of the nights I have competed I have came out a failure. Tonight I face a man that has felt the same stings I have felt through the season. There are many aspects of myself I see in him. Strength, speed, technique, perseverance, and overall passion. But there is one thing that I have and he doesn't. A hungry beast inside of me ready to eat. Hunting for that meal that will keep him kept till the next fight. And tonight is when I am going to let it feast."
Dante turns to the stage and sends a message to his opponent.
"Micheal, I won't be denied what is mine. I've been biding my time long enough and now is the moment I am going to make eternal. While this year is coming to a close, my destiny is just beginning. And it starts with you as a stepping stone."
Dante drops the microphone and rolls out from the ring as the crowd cheers.
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