Post by Mr. Natural on Dec 21, 2007 22:59:05 GMT -5
Even before it was a brand in the NBA, it was a faction. Yet, it didn't stand for "Finest Topnotch Wrestling", it stood for "Fuck The World." But I'll get to that later. Because even before it was a faction, it was a motto, a creed I lived by. Something birthed out of frustration, and out of anger, but later evolved to something much more. It later became my deliverance, the way to freedom. How so, you ask? Well, when your back is against the wall, and you no longer have anything to lose. When you no longer care what anyone says or think about you or about the way you conduct business, then the only thing left to say is, "Fuck it." Has that ever happened to you? Have you ever been so pissed off, so at the end of your rope, that you just let it all hang out? You no longer care what you have to do to get to the top, you just want to get "there" so bad, the only thing left to say is, "Fuck it."
Now what happens when others around you begin to understand? When what was simply s phrase, has become a cause? Now people are actually following you! I....I became a leader! Now it was no longer, "F it", or "F you!" Now....it became worldwide. This included everyone on the face of the planet. So, in becoming the champion of my cause, I named myself a champion. I named myself the FTW World Champion. I defended my cause, my title, everywhere I went. NBA, ECWF, WNC, UCW....and anywhere else I could find a ring, televised or not, I destroyed whoever got in my way! Everytime I lifted up that title, it was a way of telling everyone that I didn't care about anything or anyone. But then, something happened.
What happened you ask? I started caring. Because now it wasn't a cause, it became an organization. It became a brand of the NBA. My title was no longer unrecognized, now it was recognized as a legitimate World title. I got "there" twice. Once as the NBA World Champion and then as the first and possibly only FTW World Champion. All of dreams came true. I reached the pinnacle of our sport in more ways than one. Not just as a World Champion, but also as being one of, or the only, one, to have a faction become a wrestling organization. I look back now, and I am proud to say that I did it my way. My soul has been satisfied.
What is the legacy that the FTW is leaving behind. Hannah Harper started as my personal ring announcer, but then became one of the most powerful women in wrestling as a dominant General Manager. Although she isn't around anymore, Savannah became a Women's Champion. The Destroyer Steve Williams became the NBA Ultimate X Champion, the NBA U.S. Champ, a 4x NBA Backstage Beat down Champ and with me, an NBA Tag Champ, thus making him the first NBA Grand Slam Champion. He became the ultimate partner as we would win 5 different tag titles in 5 different organizations. All this, because we had three simple words we lived by.
Before anyone comes in and says, "FTW was short lived and had no history", I'm here to let you know that you are wrong. Our legacy began when those three words were first uttered.
Now what happens when others around you begin to understand? When what was simply s phrase, has become a cause? Now people are actually following you! I....I became a leader! Now it was no longer, "F it", or "F you!" Now....it became worldwide. This included everyone on the face of the planet. So, in becoming the champion of my cause, I named myself a champion. I named myself the FTW World Champion. I defended my cause, my title, everywhere I went. NBA, ECWF, WNC, UCW....and anywhere else I could find a ring, televised or not, I destroyed whoever got in my way! Everytime I lifted up that title, it was a way of telling everyone that I didn't care about anything or anyone. But then, something happened.
What happened you ask? I started caring. Because now it wasn't a cause, it became an organization. It became a brand of the NBA. My title was no longer unrecognized, now it was recognized as a legitimate World title. I got "there" twice. Once as the NBA World Champion and then as the first and possibly only FTW World Champion. All of dreams came true. I reached the pinnacle of our sport in more ways than one. Not just as a World Champion, but also as being one of, or the only, one, to have a faction become a wrestling organization. I look back now, and I am proud to say that I did it my way. My soul has been satisfied.
What is the legacy that the FTW is leaving behind. Hannah Harper started as my personal ring announcer, but then became one of the most powerful women in wrestling as a dominant General Manager. Although she isn't around anymore, Savannah became a Women's Champion. The Destroyer Steve Williams became the NBA Ultimate X Champion, the NBA U.S. Champ, a 4x NBA Backstage Beat down Champ and with me, an NBA Tag Champ, thus making him the first NBA Grand Slam Champion. He became the ultimate partner as we would win 5 different tag titles in 5 different organizations. All this, because we had three simple words we lived by.
Before anyone comes in and says, "FTW was short lived and had no history", I'm here to let you know that you are wrong. Our legacy began when those three words were first uttered.
