Attoning for the Past

by **Solaris Arc** Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:16 am

As Crossfire continued on, the camera came up to a shot of the locker room where several wrestlers were hanging around. Josh Wolf was among the crowd and slowly stood, he didn't seem like himself recently and it showed. A string of failures and defeats had laid on thick that "Fenrir" was losing it's influence over the man. Perhaps the former Champion was on the downward spiral that all veterans of the business have. Or it could just be a bad month that will come and go. But that was not the point of the camera being here, it followed Wolf's steps as he walked out of the locker room, stalking him through the backstage area.

Wolf didn't seem annoyed with the camera following him around, in fact it looked like he was leading the worker to somewhere he could talk without prying eyes. He reached the gorilla position and then slowly sauntered out to the stage. He chose not to play any music, but rather give the crowd a surprise. He grabbed a microphone halfway down the ramp and took a moment to take in the crowd's anger.

Josh Wolf

So... Validation.

Wolf turned to face the camera with a small, bereft sigh.

Josh Wolf

I have a long history with that name. A long and disappointing history.... I'm normally not the kind of man to dwell on the past but, it seems like this year has been full of my past coming to haunt me. And my failure as a leader at Validation is something I genuinely want to correct. But there's more to it than that.

Bob... I know you're watching. I know you will be leading Supremacy into Validation, while Ace leads Crossfire. But let's be honest, who leads this is not relevant to what I have to say.

Wolf turned back around and slowly entered the ring, now in center-view of the crowd and at the attention of everyone.

Wolf

What is relevant is that this is the one opportunity I have in three years to finally fight you again. But I don't want to fight in some 4-on-4 tag match. I want to fight you personally. And you know exactly why I want to.

The crowd went silent, recalling the time when Kliq first formed under Luger's leadership and claimed Josh and EGF as their first victims. The story is fresh in many minds, even after three years of silence.

Wolf

You remember that night? The night you snapped Furioso's arm with the chair... When you spared me because you wanted to make an example out of me. How could I have ever forgotten that? I remember the night you and I fought... And we tore each other apart, Bob. You won the fight, but that example you wanted to make of me didn't pan out the way you wanted it to. But I never got you back for what you did. Everyone else you wronged under Kliq got their payback... Except me.

Because when I got suspended, you forgot about me. While I was sabotaging Kliq's expansion, helping Amy Winters end Amber Briggs' win streak, and turning Travis King into CMV's greatest failure......... You were on Genesis, tearing through anyone who had the guts to fight back against you, Borton, and Slate.

He took a moment, thinking to himself.

Wolf

When I came back, Kliq was a shadow of itself... And I lost my opportunity to finally get back what you owed me. Then you vanished for some time, left to go contemplate your life I'm sure. I get it, we all need time to rethink our lives. But this was when I was the face of CMV. The man who people bought tickets and Pay-Per-Views for... It was the perfect time for you to have been there. But you weren't.

This is the only chance I have to fight you Bob... The only opportunity I have to get back what you took from me; My dignity.

I know you've changed Bob. And I also know you're willing to accept the challenge. If you want to end this whole thing and tie up your last loose end, then I am laying the challenge on the table.

Validation. Wolf vs. Luger.

Please consider it, Bob...

Wolf dropped the mic in a passive manner, slowly rolling out of the ring to a choir of mixed reactions.