It’s a simple scene we see here, we’re sat in a well lit room with IIW Superstar Jay Vaughan, he has a tripod set up infront of him, with a small camera infront of it which is filming him, it gives off the personal feel of what’s about to come up
17….05….2021
The 17th of May 2021, when an empire collapsed.. I still remember it so clearly.
Since then…. So much has happened here in the IIW, my uncle Osh was removed from power, you know what I feel I did the right thing, especially at the time, I don’t get it, this Blade Alexander is still getting cheered all around the world by the faithful viewers of the IIW despite what he did? Who in their right mind thinks that taking a chair leg and threatening to maim and disfigure a legend in the wrestling business is the right thing to do… infact, how does that thought ever come into someone’s head? You know what… This chair can do enough damage! We’ve all worked in the business long enough to know that feeling when you’re wrapped round the back of the head, round your back or round your legs by a solid steel chair, we’ve felt the vibrations as the connection sends shivers of pain through every nerve connected. The pain is excruciating, yet this Blade Alexander then thought… you know what I could do more damage!
We can all resonate with the pain caused because we’ve all been in that position so for Blade to think he could do more, what must have been going through his head, someone that is so capable of doing basically criminal activities loopholed by the contracts we sign to participate in the IIW, It’s horrible, it’s thuggery, it’s a pure low life mentality. Yet the fans love you?
What even is this world?
My uncle may not have been the most loved man in the wrestling industry, but he created a product that was watched by millions, he grew it out from a backyard in his uncle Mike Fisher’s back yard with himself, Dan The Man, The Commander and a few others jumping off piled up boxes to simulate what they saw on the TV, something that they would one day grow into the greatest federation in the UK! There is a level of respect Osh Vaughan deserves for what he has put into the wrestling community, yet no, nothing, no remorse from the fans, as long as they can get their fix somewhere, yesterdays struggle is quickly forgotten! YOU ALL WOULDN’T HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE IF IT WASN’T FOR OSH! … NO JAKE E DANGEROUSLY…. NO JONNY C…. NO CHINO….NO VICTORIA MCKENZIE!....NO BLADE ALEXANDER.
He gave you a platform, he gave you a wage, you abused it, you spat in the face of everything the IIW was and is!
And that’s why….
That’s why I said the words… I QUIT… It was out of respect for my uncle Osh Vaughan, everything he’s done and everything he’s provided, he did NOT deserve any more punishment…he did not deserve to potentially lose an eye! He did not deserve what Blade Alexander was ready to put him through… So I stopped it.
I Don’t regret it.
However, that was one moment 8 weeks ago, ever since then Osh has been missing, no one has heard from him, no one has spoken to him, not his family, not Mike Fisher, not even his ex wife Jennifer Fletcher.
It’s a worry.
Anyone who knows Osh, knows the socialite he is, even in the down times of the IIW he was out and about in the spotlight, networking, creating social circles, he was there, papped around the world, but now…nothing. You know what happens when people can’t find Osh? They worry…they look to blame…and for some reason the whole Vaughan clan has turned the blame on me?
It’s ridiculous.
I saved Osh. I saved his sight, out of all the competitors put in that match I was the one who had to do it because the rest of them weren’t able to compete, they were pure mercenaries that Osh had paid, I on the other hand had a care and due diligence to the Vaughan family name. We could’ve turned it round, we could’ve saved the IIW but at what cost to Osh? There’s one thing I can tell you all now that I have this platform again infront of me
Osh is a genius.
There’s always a backup plan, We may not have heard from the great man but as you all saw, he had the ultimate plan, he installed IIW Hall of Famer, Jason Fenix in control, the new commissioner, it’s the long game isn’t it. When Osh hired Chino as the first commissioner of the IIW, he knew what he was doing, hiring someone so incompetent into such a high powered position…it was genius…this Connor Briggs, he hasn’t a clue what’s going on and what anything means in the federation, he’s just here to look at the numbers and make sure Netflix are getting their pure return on investment, he would’ve seen what Chino did and what little effect and power this position had and thought nothing of it, so that when Osh had to pull the trigger and insert Jason Fenix as the new commish, Connor would have no idea what he had let himself in for.
The Long game continues.
By quitting when I quit, it allowed Osh to be the Osh we all know, the one we’ve watched on our screens for over 16 years. He will have gone away and plotted how he was going to get his control of the IIW back, he would have thought things hadn’t gone to plan, he had got himself into a situation that was a little out of his control, mistakes had been made, I’ve given Osh the opportunity to correct this now, to plot his return, plot his next step to make sure he never finds himself in this situation again. Yes my uncle has been quiet and missing in action, but here we are now at the next IIW Payperview…and we begin to hatch step one of his plan.
Jay Vaughan is in the World title match at Explosion.
It’s the perfect mix of circumstances where everything comes together tied oh so nicely a little puzzle wrapped in an enigma to steal one of Osh’s favourite phrases. There is so much power in the IIW in holding the IIW World title, that title that since almost day one has sat upon Jake E Dangerously’s waist. This will be the ultimate step towards taking the control of IIW back, we may not have the ownership in the Vaughan name, but we will have the IIW World title.
You’re an inspiration Jake.
I am a Vaughan, therefore I have spent my life watching you as Osh brought me and Curtis to the majority of IIW events when we were growing up, I remember being in my front room watching IIW Mayhem probably back in 2012 and I delivered a dangerous liaison to Curtis…I think I may have caught his head as I planted him because he’s never been the same since, but that’s what we were… I WORE EVERY JAKE E DANGEROUSLY shirt going!
You’ve smashed your own record.
While I’ve had my own down time these last few months I’ve sat around and watched you dispatch competitor after competitor, bypassing your own previously set record in the IIW, the longest reigning IIW World Champion. Wow, what can I say other than to congratulate you on beating all the old hasbeens and never was of the IIW, sure you faced off against my ‘friend’ Jonny C, but if there’s one thing that everyone in the IIW knows it’s that.
JONNY C FAILS WHEN IT MATTERS
The only time you can say he succeeded and got the deed done he gave the world that bastard Curtis, so even in success he provides failure. You saw off Scotty Adams, another perpetual failure, he had the opportunity of a lifetime handed to him when he won the Key 2 Success match but then nothing, the failed to capatalise on it and is now messing around with the likes of that country farmer Jack Hill… You had Donny Allen step out of retirement, what a waste that was… he was another man I grew up idolising but he should’ve stayed where he was sat reliving memories on the IIW Network.
I am your first real challenge.
We don’t even need to get into the the likes of Blade Alexander stepping into this match as well, I am the challenge you need in this world. A wrestling superstar with a purpose, a motivation that outstrips anything you can dive into, I have the family legacy riding on this. The redemption of a life time. I will restore the power of the Vaughan name, I will make it so when Osh is ready to return and claim what is rightfully his, that everything is in place as I hold up the IIW World title.
The world has a funny way of things working out though.
That’s one 3rd of the puzzle isn’t it. This was never part of the plan, the envelope and the plan had clear instructions for us that it was going to be me, Jay Vaughan squaring off against Jake E Dangerously, but it really is funny how things work out isn’t it…because Bob Mitchell throws his power about and only goes and inserts Blade Alexander into the match creating a perfect circle of events that are about to come true. Blade Alexander, you are responsible for my worst moment, my worst hour, my worst memory in a wrestling ring. As I said earlier, it’s all so visible, everything flashes before me
Jay looks down putting his hands over his face and he slowly brings them down, he grabs the camera off the tripod bringing it closer to his face now being hand held, the camera becomes a bit more shakier now as Jay continues through his speech
Blade, I’m sooo happy you’ve been added to this match, I really am! After that day I wasn’t sure if I ever wanted to get back in the IIW ring… After that day I had to face my family and my friends and sit and just churn my jaw as I had to listen to them each offer their opinion on every miststep or mistake that was made in that whole match, not that any of it was my fault, I was out there carrying a team, but of course you have your classic sofa experts sat there eating a big fat tub of Ben and Jerry’s icecream telling me how they would’ve done this, or how they would’ve slapped the chair out of your hand and then saved the IIW from the mayhem it is in today…But I knew…Whether it was part of Osh’s grand mater plan or not, I wanted you Blade… I wanted you back in the ring, a place where there was no distrations, a place where I didn’t have to rely on anyone, I don’t have anyone to carry here Blade… I have you in the ring, the one consideration of course is that Jake E Dangerously, one of the greatest wrestlers in the IIW is in there with us, but Blade… It’s beautiful…. It’s the chance to kill 2 birds with one stone here as I take home the IIW World title and get pure, filthy, dirty, amazing revenge!
Jay’s voice hardens as he intensifies his speech
There will be no dirty tactics here Blade, there won’t be your chance to pick on the weaker to get an advantage, there will be no numbers game in this match, there will be Jay Vaughan ready….Jay Vaughan…willing….Jay vaughan…able to get revenge and put you back in a hole where you belong. The memories play Blade, but no longer will they play when I finish with you. I spoke earlier about the respect of the wrestling ring, knowing the pain we all go through, well you broke that barrier…when you pushed it as far as you did at World’s Collide….. Everythings fair game to me now Blade
The old adage of pick on someone your own size and shape now comes into play, you picked on an older man and you got a cheap victory out of it, come Explosion you will be facing a man in his prime. Listen, you know where this is going because it’s been said time after time by the great legend that Osh was…. I WILL END YOU……. Trust me… It’s confidence… you may call it bragging but son…
IT AINT BRAGGING IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP
Jay drops the camera and walks off as the camera shows his feet walking out of the room