Post by Chris Ravenna on Jun 4, 2019 16:05:51 GMT -5
On the promo, we see Ravenna and Toyama sitting on their chair discussing the upcoming event. Toyama stayed silent in the remainder of the promo. For now, Ravenna had a confession to make.
“You know what I love: TOURNAMENTS.”
“MAX-Japan hosted a lot of tournaments like Tiger’s Festival, Sword of Light Prix, Argonaut Tag League, and Tomorrow League. But the only thing I love to participate the most is J1 Summit. In my opinion, it was the promotion’s equivalent of LION’S ROAD Heritage Cup. That’s why I have no regrets on joining this Japanese promotion (apart from being the Junior Heavyweight Champion).”
“You heard from Johnny Takano about my victory at Heritage Cup. And behind it was a determination to surpass James Edwards’s level validating that I’m not everyone’s shadow. However, a little part of it was my love for the tournament. I’m going to explain it further and discuss the participants for the upcoming J1 Summit. Let’s start with BLOCK B opponents.”
“It’s no surprise that I didn’t face guys like Hiro and Kono Masaki for the first time. And it’s a fact that I defeated both of them. But their position scared me, to be honest. Their defeat could give them the drive to beat me in the tournament. Trust me. I’ve been there. On the bright side, I could see the full potential of them. However, they’re good on tag team matches but not on singles. United they stand but divided they fall. But I will stay vigilant and ready for them. Who knows? Maybe they would prove me wrong just what I did to James Edwards.”
“As for AJ Knight, he was different from them. I did beat him but for he fought back by beating me in the Toukon Tag Tournament. Now it gets interesting. I always look forward to facing the real millennial knight. And for me to beat him is to prove my technical skills are still intact. Yes, I did defeat him. But I’m not going to be overconfident especially when he was the Seattle Pro’s long-reigning champion. Prevailing over him will give me confidence that I would be the long-reigning Junior Heavyweight Champion as well. I would cement the idea that I would be as great as Lynx which reigned half of a year.”
“Now there are some BLOCK A opponents like GRIM, Billy Danielson, Romeo Jackson, and Naoki Ojima.”
In comparison to his outlook towards his BLOCK B opponents, Ravenna had a distaste from the BLOCK A competitors.
“When I look at Romeo Jackson’s profile, my response was like ‘I’m done so much shit from Chris Constantine Jr. Now here’s another guy who's going to fuck me up.’ RJ, guys like you, made me want to break your fucking fingers and eat it. Don’t push it. I’m not a Junior Heavyweight champion for nothing.”
“There are guys like Billy Danielson thinks that just because he was G.O.A.T, he can beat the tournament clean. GRIM, on the other hand, wanted to follow Tokyo Zombie’s footstep, since he won J1 Summit. I’m going to make sure that the winner of this J1 Summit wouldn’t be the self-proclaimed GOAT asshole and one of the lackeys who could’ve been better if ZENKI and Tokyo Zombie was still here.”
“Naoki Ojima thought that he loved pro wrestling more than anyone else. The love of pro wrestling is also my drive for winning the likes of Heritage Cup too, you know. The reason why I partnered with Shigeru Toyama is that we both loved shoot wrestling as much as you loved pro wrestling. The reason you didn’t succeed in the Toukon Tag League or the fact you were close on beating Shinjiro Nakama is that you never understand or care what-so-ever about the true nature of COMPETITION. Unless you learned from it, I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t win the J1 Summit.”
“In J1 Summit, it was me a Junior Heavyweight Champion against six Heavyweights and the other who has the same weight call as I am. Entering and winning the J1 Summit will cement the idea that even a Junior Heavyweight can beat anyone. It would serve as an inspiration for my fellow Junior Heavyweights that it’s possible to win above the weight class.”
Toyama and Ravenna stood up as the champion held the belt up high facing the camera.
“As a Junior Heavyweight Champion, I will make history as the first Junior Heavyweight to win the J1 Summit.”
The screen faded into black.
“You know what I love: TOURNAMENTS.”
“MAX-Japan hosted a lot of tournaments like Tiger’s Festival, Sword of Light Prix, Argonaut Tag League, and Tomorrow League. But the only thing I love to participate the most is J1 Summit. In my opinion, it was the promotion’s equivalent of LION’S ROAD Heritage Cup. That’s why I have no regrets on joining this Japanese promotion (apart from being the Junior Heavyweight Champion).”
“You heard from Johnny Takano about my victory at Heritage Cup. And behind it was a determination to surpass James Edwards’s level validating that I’m not everyone’s shadow. However, a little part of it was my love for the tournament. I’m going to explain it further and discuss the participants for the upcoming J1 Summit. Let’s start with BLOCK B opponents.”
“It’s no surprise that I didn’t face guys like Hiro and Kono Masaki for the first time. And it’s a fact that I defeated both of them. But their position scared me, to be honest. Their defeat could give them the drive to beat me in the tournament. Trust me. I’ve been there. On the bright side, I could see the full potential of them. However, they’re good on tag team matches but not on singles. United they stand but divided they fall. But I will stay vigilant and ready for them. Who knows? Maybe they would prove me wrong just what I did to James Edwards.”
“As for AJ Knight, he was different from them. I did beat him but for he fought back by beating me in the Toukon Tag Tournament. Now it gets interesting. I always look forward to facing the real millennial knight. And for me to beat him is to prove my technical skills are still intact. Yes, I did defeat him. But I’m not going to be overconfident especially when he was the Seattle Pro’s long-reigning champion. Prevailing over him will give me confidence that I would be the long-reigning Junior Heavyweight Champion as well. I would cement the idea that I would be as great as Lynx which reigned half of a year.”
“Now there are some BLOCK A opponents like GRIM, Billy Danielson, Romeo Jackson, and Naoki Ojima.”
In comparison to his outlook towards his BLOCK B opponents, Ravenna had a distaste from the BLOCK A competitors.
“When I look at Romeo Jackson’s profile, my response was like ‘I’m done so much shit from Chris Constantine Jr. Now here’s another guy who's going to fuck me up.’ RJ, guys like you, made me want to break your fucking fingers and eat it. Don’t push it. I’m not a Junior Heavyweight champion for nothing.”
“There are guys like Billy Danielson thinks that just because he was G.O.A.T, he can beat the tournament clean. GRIM, on the other hand, wanted to follow Tokyo Zombie’s footstep, since he won J1 Summit. I’m going to make sure that the winner of this J1 Summit wouldn’t be the self-proclaimed GOAT asshole and one of the lackeys who could’ve been better if ZENKI and Tokyo Zombie was still here.”
“Naoki Ojima thought that he loved pro wrestling more than anyone else. The love of pro wrestling is also my drive for winning the likes of Heritage Cup too, you know. The reason why I partnered with Shigeru Toyama is that we both loved shoot wrestling as much as you loved pro wrestling. The reason you didn’t succeed in the Toukon Tag League or the fact you were close on beating Shinjiro Nakama is that you never understand or care what-so-ever about the true nature of COMPETITION. Unless you learned from it, I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t win the J1 Summit.”
“In J1 Summit, it was me a Junior Heavyweight Champion against six Heavyweights and the other who has the same weight call as I am. Entering and winning the J1 Summit will cement the idea that even a Junior Heavyweight can beat anyone. It would serve as an inspiration for my fellow Junior Heavyweights that it’s possible to win above the weight class.”
Toyama and Ravenna stood up as the champion held the belt up high facing the camera.
“As a Junior Heavyweight Champion, I will make history as the first Junior Heavyweight to win the J1 Summit.”
The screen faded into black.
