Post by Robert Daniels on Jan 20, 2021 0:39:07 GMT -5
Battleground Network Presents
MAINSTREAM WRESTLING 61
SUNDAY - 2/7/2021
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
MAINSTREAM WRESTLING 61
SUNDAY - 2/7/2021
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
MAINSTREAM WRESTLING IS LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS AND WE’RE INSIDE THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA FOR MAINSTREAM 61!
Hammerstein is seen sitting on a steel chair, looking into his phone, seemingly ignoring the camera. The Mainstream World Heavyweight Championship can be seen sitting on top of his gear bag. He begins reading a Tweet made by his opponent, The Mainstream World Television Robert Zodiac.
HAMMERSTEIN: I mean, if you guys want me to carry the company, all you had to do was ask instead of making me go to the lengths I do.
The American Monster looks up from his phone, a glum look on his face.
HAMMERSTEIN: Robert Zodiac,you believe you can beat me and carry this company on your shoulders. You believe you can be the standard bearer for Mainstream Wrestling.
The World Champion scratches his jaw and raises an eyebrow at the camera.
HAMMERSTEIN: Can you really, though?
Hammerstein stands up, tosses his phone into his gear bag, and grabs the Mainstream World Heavyweight Championship.
HAMMERSTEIN: Can you carry the weight of representing this company everywhere you go, knowing that everything…. EVERYTHING….you do is under the microscope? No matter where you go. No matter what you do. In the ring. Out of the ring. At the airport. At a restaurant. At the damn grocery store. All eyes are on you.
“Can you carry the weight of representing this company in the presence of your peers in other companies, knowing they want you to do something that diminishes not only the Mainstream World Title, but also Mainstream itself, because they know that's the only way their companies can even come close to being on equal footing?”
Hammerstein lowers his head and sighs.
HAMMERSTEIN: And can you carry the weight of representing this company, and ALL its employees, from the executives to the janitorial services, when you know that damn near every last one of them, even the ones who claim to be your allies and friends, want nothing more than to see you fail? They smile at you and pat you on the back, all the while looking to find a soft spot to stab you.
The American Monster holds the Mainstream World Title up to the camera.
HAMMERSTEIN: This title carries a lot of weight. The weight of this entire company rests on my shoulders every time I defend the Mainstream World Heavyweight Championship. It's not easy. The weight doesn't decrease when I'm sick, or tired, or hurt. Sometimes the weight of being the standard bearer for this company nearly brings me to my knees. But when that happens, I think of people like you, who think you can carry this weight, and that makes me stand tall under it.
“You think you can carry this weight, Zodiac?”
Hammerstein shakes his head.
HAMMERSTEIN: You can't. You don't have the strength, you don't have the heart, and you sure as hell don't have the balls to pull it off.
Hammerstein smirks, but his expression hardens.
HAMMERSTEIN: I can carry that weight. I AM carrying that weight. I'm the only one who can.
“I AM the standard bearer.”
“I AM the Mainstream World Heavyweight Champion.”
He holds the title up to the camera again.
HAMMERSTEIN: Robert Zodiac…I am YOUR Mainstream World Heavyweight Champion.
Hammerstein lays the title across his left shoulder, pats it with his right hand, then walks away.