Post by Dominik Santiago on Jun 13, 2012 20:05:11 GMT -5
The feed fades in from black, while the opening riff of "Cardiff" by Stone Sour plays, beginning what appears to be a video package. A figure is shown in the black and white production; it belongs to Dominik Santiago, whom is backstage in one of the hallways, his back leaning against the wall, his head titled down, blond hair covering his face. As the first cycle of the riff passes, the Assassin lifts his head, beginning to march down the hallway. Around his waist sits the GHW Championship, which he grabs with his hands, slightly pushing back a trench coat that shrouds his body. As the first line begins he stops mid-stride, his eyes closing, a nostalgic expression plastered on his mug...
"This fluid feels like pain."
Dominik is seen walking down the ramp, surrounded by the teaming masses of humanity that make up the capacity crowd.
"This stoic mood is all in vain."
Dom enters the ring, standing in the near corner as images of past opponents quickly manifest and fade.
"I reach into the dark. I tear the sun and me apart."
Dominik is seen collapsed on the ropes, his face a crimson mask, blood flowing profusely, like a river from cuts and gashes on his mug.
"How many years ago."
Referees assist Dom up the ramp, an official hanging under each arm, carrying his carcass like dead weight.
"How many deaths I can't let go. My flesh is temporary, my God extraordinary..."
A quick shot of fans, most holding their mouths in shock, expressions of horror painted on their faces.
"You.. can't.. kill.. MY... MIND"
Dominik breaks free from the referees, collapsing at the top of the ramp. He digs his fingers into the steel, before mustering up enough energy to stand. He tosses an arm into the air pridefully, sending the crowd into a frenzy, the patrons waving signs and cheering proudly.
Dom opens his eyes, bringing the trip down memory lane to an end. He hisses to himself, and takes a breath, his eyes looking downward at the fifteen pounds of gold sitting around his abdominal region. He closes them once more.
"A man delivered..."
Santiago is seen receiving a Leg Drop from Hayden Hardkore, as the Kiwi freefalls from a 10 foot ladder.
"Can never make his way in darkness."
Dominik is captured in a Leg Lock applied by Mighty Man Millson, the pain shooting throughout his injured limb, every fiber in his being begging him to quit.
"I know tonight will end...
Santiago crashes down onto the concrete floor, a sensation of broken bones cascading down his body from a Jaggeroth suplex.
But I won't give this life away again."
Dominik pins Hardkore, makes Millson tap out, and locks Jaggeroth in a casket as the line ends. The Assassin hoists the GHW Championship into the air, winning the Tyrant Roullete's Match at Full Circle.
*The first guitar solo commences*
The scene shows Freebird McCoy, the Assassin's rival, before displaying shots from their series of matches that dominated GHW, and multitude of punishment Santiago endured. Dominik receives a thunderous steel chair shot, his cranium denting the blue seat. Then a shot from the steel stairs, the steps opening up a tremendous scar on his forehead. And then a Spine Buster on the floor, leaving a pained expression on his face as he lies sprawled. Next shows Dominik and McCoy falling off the top rope in a Full Nelson Suplex, with Santiago's head and neck landing awkwardly on the mat with a thud. Next is a Death Valley Driver that sends Dominik crashing into the guardrail. The final shot is Santiago kneeling with the GHW Championship held closely, in front of a defeated Freebird McCoy, as the next verse begins.
"Sifting through this same debris"
German Suplex to Shane Roberts.
Oh, my Father, call to me
Double Arm DDT to Freddy Muerte, driving his head through a mirror.
"This smoke is in my blood.
A weedwacker ravages Freddy's stomach, incapacitating him.
"This home is just no good."
Dominik stands at the apex of the ramp once more, an assortment of staples and glass shards sticking out of his forehead. He wears them like badges of honor.
"Save me from my bitterness."
Dominik and Nicholas Carson stand eye to eye. Next they trade punches, and chairshots. Now they are both bloodied.
"Give me up, I did my best."
Santiago lies on top a barded wire board, the wires piercing his flesh, eliciting screams of agony.
"Shock this system full of shit."
Dominik crashes through a wooden table, courtesy of a Chokeslam. The splinters prick his skin, as he lies interred in a wooden grave.
"Lock this fucker lost in it."
Dom and Carson fall off the apron in a Samoan Drop, falling through fluorescent lighttubes and onto a ladder.
"You.. can't.. kill.. MY... MIND"
Nicholas Carson hangs from a noose, answering for the sins and atrocities he's committed. Dominik holds up the King of the Deathmatch Championship, his white body covered in red, winning the 2011 H-Games.
"A man delivered can never...
Make his way in darkness..."
Santiago and Millson stand in the ring, as a Steel Cage descends from the ceiling.
"I know tonight will end."
Santiago assaults Triple M with a kendo stick, red lines being tattooed onto his flesh.
"But I won't give this life away...
But I won't give this life away again."
Santiago lies on top a smashed trash can. His spine broken by a Vertical Suplex.
"A man surrendered can never...
Find his own forgiveness."
Dominik scrapes the ring with his finger tips, the expression on his face, one of a tortured soul as he lies on the receiving end of an Ankle Lock, the aforementioned limb on the brink of being snapped.
"I know my life will end."
Dominik plummets from the 15 foot cage, crashing and burning on the canvas.
"But I won't give tonight away...
I won't give tonight away again"
Dominik stands with the KOTDM Championship around his shoulder, his fingertips holding onto the cage wall, staring through the grating and into the horizon.
*The second guitar solo begins*
The scene shows Santiago and Barta Bull trading shots. Bull and Santiago crash into the gaurdrail, courtesy of a Russian Legsweep, the security barrier testing the fortitude of each competitor. Next, Santiago scores with a Fisherman Brainbuster, burying Barta's face into the canvas. Then, Santiago and Barta have a fist fight on the top rope before the two leap off in a Swinging Neckbreaker, landing with their necks and spines bending over the ring ropes. Next is the cashing of the Golden Ticket, followed by Santiago and Ryan Hughes standing face to face as a refresher line comes in.
"This fluid feels like pain."
Ryan Hughes spears Santiago off the ring apron. The land awkwardly on the padded floor.
"This ruin feels like rain."
Dominik receives a BFK2H from Ryan Hughes, his cranium dented by the sole of the Englishman's massive boot.
"I reach into the past."
Santiago delivers the Cerebral Buzzkill. Hughes locks Dom into the Batman Lock.
"My future's fading fast."
SKO to Hughes for the win. Dominik raises the GHW Championship.
The Tron suddenly shuts off, meanwhile the next verse comes in...
"How many years ago..."
"How many I let go..."
The tron comes back to life, showing Wolverina standing over Santiago, holding the GHW Championship.
"My flesh is all I have...
My face is happenstance."
Santiago is carried up the ramp once more, bandages and wraps covering his forehead and his abdomen. As he reaches the top of the ramp he breaks away from the referee's and medical staff aiding him, collapsing to his knees. Dominik struggles to his feet, and standing on bucked, weakened legs, stares into the crowd. He slowly begins marching toward the back, pushing through the curtains.
"This smoke is in my blood."
Santiago opens his eyes, his pupils gazing at an image of himself, a former shell of himself, battered, bruised and bloodied. The image continues its trek, plodding heavier and heavier, until it nears the GHW Champion.
"This life is not enough..."
The two Santiagos stand face to face, eye to eye, intensity burning in the eyes on one, pain held in the pupils of the other.
"This life is not enough..."
The two collide, Santiago embracing his past as shots of his greatest moments and greatest failures are rapidly displayed - his battle with Metal Dragon in a Triple Tables Match, a Tapei Deathmatch with Matthew Oliveira, a Steel Cage with Brian Commonwealth, the horrors endured in three different NeXus Deathmatches, the Hardcore Games, falls from ladders, crashes through tables, barbed wire bats, lighttube and splitting maul shots and among other things...
"This life is not enough...."
Dominik places his hands upon the centerpiece of the GHW Championship. His eyes close as he inhales. When he opens his eyes back to the world, the sound fades, and he steps through the curtains.
"This fluid feels like pain."
Dominik is seen walking down the ramp, surrounded by the teaming masses of humanity that make up the capacity crowd.
"This stoic mood is all in vain."
Dom enters the ring, standing in the near corner as images of past opponents quickly manifest and fade.
"I reach into the dark. I tear the sun and me apart."
Dominik is seen collapsed on the ropes, his face a crimson mask, blood flowing profusely, like a river from cuts and gashes on his mug.
"How many years ago."
Referees assist Dom up the ramp, an official hanging under each arm, carrying his carcass like dead weight.
"How many deaths I can't let go. My flesh is temporary, my God extraordinary..."
A quick shot of fans, most holding their mouths in shock, expressions of horror painted on their faces.
"You.. can't.. kill.. MY... MIND"
Dominik breaks free from the referees, collapsing at the top of the ramp. He digs his fingers into the steel, before mustering up enough energy to stand. He tosses an arm into the air pridefully, sending the crowd into a frenzy, the patrons waving signs and cheering proudly.
Dom opens his eyes, bringing the trip down memory lane to an end. He hisses to himself, and takes a breath, his eyes looking downward at the fifteen pounds of gold sitting around his abdominal region. He closes them once more.
"A man delivered..."
Santiago is seen receiving a Leg Drop from Hayden Hardkore, as the Kiwi freefalls from a 10 foot ladder.
"Can never make his way in darkness."
Dominik is captured in a Leg Lock applied by Mighty Man Millson, the pain shooting throughout his injured limb, every fiber in his being begging him to quit.
"I know tonight will end...
Santiago crashes down onto the concrete floor, a sensation of broken bones cascading down his body from a Jaggeroth suplex.
But I won't give this life away again."
Dominik pins Hardkore, makes Millson tap out, and locks Jaggeroth in a casket as the line ends. The Assassin hoists the GHW Championship into the air, winning the Tyrant Roullete's Match at Full Circle.
*The first guitar solo commences*
The scene shows Freebird McCoy, the Assassin's rival, before displaying shots from their series of matches that dominated GHW, and multitude of punishment Santiago endured. Dominik receives a thunderous steel chair shot, his cranium denting the blue seat. Then a shot from the steel stairs, the steps opening up a tremendous scar on his forehead. And then a Spine Buster on the floor, leaving a pained expression on his face as he lies sprawled. Next shows Dominik and McCoy falling off the top rope in a Full Nelson Suplex, with Santiago's head and neck landing awkwardly on the mat with a thud. Next is a Death Valley Driver that sends Dominik crashing into the guardrail. The final shot is Santiago kneeling with the GHW Championship held closely, in front of a defeated Freebird McCoy, as the next verse begins.
"Sifting through this same debris"
German Suplex to Shane Roberts.
Oh, my Father, call to me
Double Arm DDT to Freddy Muerte, driving his head through a mirror.
"This smoke is in my blood.
A weedwacker ravages Freddy's stomach, incapacitating him.
"This home is just no good."
Dominik stands at the apex of the ramp once more, an assortment of staples and glass shards sticking out of his forehead. He wears them like badges of honor.
"Save me from my bitterness."
Dominik and Nicholas Carson stand eye to eye. Next they trade punches, and chairshots. Now they are both bloodied.
"Give me up, I did my best."
Santiago lies on top a barded wire board, the wires piercing his flesh, eliciting screams of agony.
"Shock this system full of shit."
Dominik crashes through a wooden table, courtesy of a Chokeslam. The splinters prick his skin, as he lies interred in a wooden grave.
"Lock this fucker lost in it."
Dom and Carson fall off the apron in a Samoan Drop, falling through fluorescent lighttubes and onto a ladder.
"You.. can't.. kill.. MY... MIND"
Nicholas Carson hangs from a noose, answering for the sins and atrocities he's committed. Dominik holds up the King of the Deathmatch Championship, his white body covered in red, winning the 2011 H-Games.
"A man delivered can never...
Make his way in darkness..."
Santiago and Millson stand in the ring, as a Steel Cage descends from the ceiling.
"I know tonight will end."
Santiago assaults Triple M with a kendo stick, red lines being tattooed onto his flesh.
"But I won't give this life away...
But I won't give this life away again."
Santiago lies on top a smashed trash can. His spine broken by a Vertical Suplex.
"A man surrendered can never...
Find his own forgiveness."
Dominik scrapes the ring with his finger tips, the expression on his face, one of a tortured soul as he lies on the receiving end of an Ankle Lock, the aforementioned limb on the brink of being snapped.
"I know my life will end."
Dominik plummets from the 15 foot cage, crashing and burning on the canvas.
"But I won't give tonight away...
I won't give tonight away again"
Dominik stands with the KOTDM Championship around his shoulder, his fingertips holding onto the cage wall, staring through the grating and into the horizon.
*The second guitar solo begins*
The scene shows Santiago and Barta Bull trading shots. Bull and Santiago crash into the gaurdrail, courtesy of a Russian Legsweep, the security barrier testing the fortitude of each competitor. Next, Santiago scores with a Fisherman Brainbuster, burying Barta's face into the canvas. Then, Santiago and Barta have a fist fight on the top rope before the two leap off in a Swinging Neckbreaker, landing with their necks and spines bending over the ring ropes. Next is the cashing of the Golden Ticket, followed by Santiago and Ryan Hughes standing face to face as a refresher line comes in.
"This fluid feels like pain."
Ryan Hughes spears Santiago off the ring apron. The land awkwardly on the padded floor.
"This ruin feels like rain."
Dominik receives a BFK2H from Ryan Hughes, his cranium dented by the sole of the Englishman's massive boot.
"I reach into the past."
Santiago delivers the Cerebral Buzzkill. Hughes locks Dom into the Batman Lock.
"My future's fading fast."
SKO to Hughes for the win. Dominik raises the GHW Championship.
The Tron suddenly shuts off, meanwhile the next verse comes in...
"How many years ago..."
"How many I let go..."
The tron comes back to life, showing Wolverina standing over Santiago, holding the GHW Championship.
"My flesh is all I have...
My face is happenstance."
Santiago is carried up the ramp once more, bandages and wraps covering his forehead and his abdomen. As he reaches the top of the ramp he breaks away from the referee's and medical staff aiding him, collapsing to his knees. Dominik struggles to his feet, and standing on bucked, weakened legs, stares into the crowd. He slowly begins marching toward the back, pushing through the curtains.
"This smoke is in my blood."
Santiago opens his eyes, his pupils gazing at an image of himself, a former shell of himself, battered, bruised and bloodied. The image continues its trek, plodding heavier and heavier, until it nears the GHW Champion.
"This life is not enough..."
The two Santiagos stand face to face, eye to eye, intensity burning in the eyes on one, pain held in the pupils of the other.
"This life is not enough..."
The two collide, Santiago embracing his past as shots of his greatest moments and greatest failures are rapidly displayed - his battle with Metal Dragon in a Triple Tables Match, a Tapei Deathmatch with Matthew Oliveira, a Steel Cage with Brian Commonwealth, the horrors endured in three different NeXus Deathmatches, the Hardcore Games, falls from ladders, crashes through tables, barbed wire bats, lighttube and splitting maul shots and among other things...
"This life is not enough...."
Dominik places his hands upon the centerpiece of the GHW Championship. His eyes close as he inhales. When he opens his eyes back to the world, the sound fades, and he steps through the curtains.
