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[Steven Smith is sitting on a stool, an unknown arena noticeable in the background. He sits there, with a stack of index cards in his hands as a man enters the area in a suit. He shakes Steven's hand and sits down.]
Steven Smith - Hello, Tristan. Are you all set and ready to go through with your last bit you're going to put into the UFW?
VP-T - Please...my real name's Morgan. You can call me that....better yet...Mo.
Steven Smith - Alright then, Mo. Why don't we start things off with one question. How did you get involved with the UFW?
VP-T - Well...I'd have to say it's all thanks to Ed Novak. On of the greatest guys and one of my best friends. I talked to him about an e-fed a few times at lunch in school. We go to the same school and have for 4 years now...well counting eigth grade and high school. I'm 17, Ed's about to turn the same. We're both seniors and I've only been involved in two feds so far. One being a fed based on having cpu vs cpu matches in the game that is now really crapp compared to Wrestlemania 2000, WWF Attitude. I was Triple H. Fun, fun..... Anyway, as I was saying, Ed told me about the UFW one day at lunch. I talked to him a little later online that night over ICQ and he gave me the URL. I went to it, looked it over and decided I'd want to go back to those old RPing days, except with my own character. I've had 3 characters in my time here in the UFW, but this is the place the REAL Anguish was born, so I'll start off with him. As Ed has already stated, we've made a lot of guys in Wrestlemania 2000 (WM2K)...maybe a little too many...anyhow. I was thinking of going in as one of two guys-Bloodlust or The Horror. Since The Horror didn't talk, I decided to go with Bloodlust. He at first wore a leather mask, similar to that of Makind's...very similar...and always had his hair draped over his face. I contended with a few names to Ed's discretion...that was due to the fact of one certain man named Bloodshed. Since his name was very similar, I went with a deranged character I made in Smackdown! for the Playstation(I make too many wrestlers...kinda sickening isn't it?), Anguish. Although they were very different, the main personality was similar.
Anguish was supposed to be a sort of angry loner, who had a little bit of craziness in him...and very far from that of a face. That changed. His first RP consisted of beatin on The Gimp, which Ed suggested doing...and it was quickly shot down by the Prez..or Layeth...I don't really remember. So, I went back and did a completely different one...one where Anguish was in the parking lot of the UFW arena, talking to something in the corner. You know what that was, don't you, Steven?
Steven Smith - I'm assuming you speak of, Mr. Poopy?
VP-T - (smiling) That is correct. The sad thing about this...is that the little rubber mouse is real.
Steven Smith - Um....excuse me?
VP-T - Haha...yup. He used to go with me to school every day. Now, he's dropped out and sits on my monitor all the time. Mr. Poopy, too, was suggested by Ed. I first shooed the idea off like a bad monkey, and then thought about it. I e-mailed the prez about it at the time and he said he loved it. This was the thing that would bring out Anguish in myself as well as in the fed. I was already way too similar to Anguish at the time, and I think gaining Mr. Poopy in the UFW helped him reach his status he's at today. Well...was at. Anyway, his first match was that against Roody Poo at Roody Poo night. The point of making up a post that made the prez laugh was the key here. Both to winning and getting ahead in the future.
Steven Smith - What was that post like?
VP-T - A post about Anguish telling a story that was completely fictional, (although it probably already happened) about Roody Poo being at a book signing and children hating him. It ended with him running out, crying because he was a huge jobber. I liked it. But, better RP's came later. Haha...especially my personal favorite....the RP where I had Angy have his own "Happy Time". He went out and cut an interview with a cameraman (later to be known as Snooples), scared him to the point of passing out, proceeded to film himself, got some orange juice after hitting on the two women behind the snack table, put Mr. Poopy in it, then got mad at the camera. Yes, the camera...not the cameraman. The camera. He put it down and went and talked to some 'old circus clowns' he knew. They closely resembled a brick wall, which in fact..they were. So, he begins talking to the wall about his father's imaginary farm.
Steven Smith - Farm, huh? Geez...Anguish was really crazy, wasn't he?
VP-T - Thought it was a bit obvious...
Steven Smith - Now, let's talk about Anguish's title history. Lengthy, huh?
VP-T - You could say that. Well, here goes. Although Anguish didn't exactly hold some of the belts for long, I think his first title, won in his second match, made up for it. The first title Anguish won was in a Battle Royal for the Cruiserweight Title. He won it...and went on to hold it for a little over or under 2 months...that's WAY too long for someone to be holding any title. The thing was, there was no competition for the CW Title at that time. Except from two men. One, who was so annoying, I wanted to kill him in real life...well, not kill...but maim perhaps...Fire Starter. This guy was relentless...thought he deserves everything in the world...and didn't deserve any of it. The other man was Biohazard. He deserved that title, but lost to me 3 times over it. Haha...he's a great guy and all, but he lost. I finally lost it to him in our fourth match at the PPV before last...what was it called?
Steven Smith - I believe it was Malice in Wonderland.
VP-T - Oh yeah!! How could I forget such a stupid name for a PPV like that?! Anyway, Bio beat Anguish there, and so ended his two and a half month reign. If I am correct...it was the longest reign of any belt in the UFW. Anyway, the week after he won the CW, Anguish won the Rising Star Title. Then, the Stables when the Legion came together, starring Ed Novak, Myst, and Anguish. Insomniac wasn't even worth mention...so I'm not going to say anything. After the Stables Title came two reigns of the TV Title, with the second match picking up the Hardcore Title as well, and retiring the opponent from both TV Title matches by means of a Lunatic High of the platform of the entryway, to the hard cement...on his neck. That man...JiN. Two words... Ass. Hole. Nuff said.
Steven Smith - Now, what about the US Title?
VP-T - Well, that was won at Nuclear Fallout 2000 from a 3 way match between Mayhem and Fate. It ended with Mayhem 'accidentally' causing Anguish to land on Fate and pin him. That whole angle with Mayhem had been going for awhile. I had plans of starting that stable with Mayhem involved - The End of Sanity...and making it into the UFW's most dominating stable. It was a dream, cut short by the inevitable closing of something that we both didn't want to happen, but prayed for at the same time. At least I did...
Steven Smith - It is sad...I'll be out of a job after these interviews...where will I go?
VP-T - Don't worry about it, Poof Daddy...you'll get a job.
Steven Smith - Uh, thanks...I think. Now, on to the man that debuted at Ring Rage 2000, your second character, the One Man Army, War.
VP-T - Ahh....another brain child off Wrestlemania 2000. I love this character...blood red hair, black streak tattoos under his eyes, all set into a body that was seemingly etched out of marble. War was what the UFW needed at the time. A man to bring balance. Especially (laughs) on Wednesday's...
Steven Smith - Yes, he caused quite the uproar amongst the staff, rumors say...
VP-T - Ohhh yeah...they all get pretty angry about what he did. But, for good reason. I couldn't keep up the pace to RP as both him and Anguish. I eventually got into a rut, where I decided to retire War and give Angy a vacation. But I feel it was all for the best.
Steven Smith - Let's go back to the beginning of War's short stay here in the UFW...the Rising Star Title match between Anguish, Massif Rakif, and Strike.
VP-T - Well...War came down at the end of the match from the rafters, suplexed Massif onto the already unconscious body of Strike. Then, body slammed Massif out of the ring, over the top rope. Quite a feat of strength I would say. A week or so later, he faced DarkWolf for the use of calling Wednesday's his day or women's night...of course, War won. With three Judgement and Deliverances delivered to the three members of his stable. I don't recall their names, but he won, easily. And thus, a week or so later, the feud between B.A. Bruiser, The Brotherhood, and him came together. Nearly 8 men against one. The One Man Army was really a fitting title for him.
Steven Smith - That feud was great...not too many matches, but boy did War get involved in all of their matches! And on Wednesday's...things got really hairy if a lot of the members of the Brotherhood were wrestling that night. War sort of picked them each off one by one, didn't he?
VP-T - Yup. Brutally too. Well, as brutal as you could get as you have 5 men on you at once. But, War's reign of terror on the Brotherhood couldn't last forever, neither could my ability to RP as him. So, he left.
Steven Smith - And that's when Anguish acquired a new scar to his face, a hospital stay, a new 'squeeze' as he liked to call her, and a new look.
VP-T - Yup...and that also sparked another idea brought forth by Kit or Kaos as you people may know him. I showed him a list of the 60 or so characters I had created in WM2K and he told me he liked Chasm. This man was huge in my game. Both figuratively, and literally. Standing 7'1" and weighing 589 pounds is big. A lot of people thought it was a little TOO big. But, they can all--
Steven Smith - You want to go out on a good note, don't you, Mo?
VP-T - Oh yeah, sorry..
Steven Smith - Now, as you were saying...
VP-T - Chasm came along first through Tron interferences....basically his music just played as he spoke words of the future to Mercury. He was originally supposed to feud with him andh is midget, sorry, little person, Giant, but he had talks of quitting. So I begged Kit to let me have Chasm with his own little person, Richter, take on Tha Hoodz and tear them apart. He did. And I will be forever grateful to good 'ol Kit for him doing that.
Richter. The little man who would have spawned a new hope for everyone his size. He was a high flyer and on crack. Think of him as an 8 year old kid, constantly hyper, with an issue of constantly having to sit on something. That is why he always came to the ring, perched atop Chasm's massive shoulder. I figured they were the perfect pair...but the place is closing, so it was all for naught. Oh well. Time to move on.
Steven Smith - Thank you for all that information there, Mo. Now, how about telling the people about your feelings toward all the staff members. And remember, BE COMPLETELY HONEST!
VP-T - (laughing)You know I will be, Steven. I guess I'll start with the backbone of the UFW.
~VP-L~ Ross, Gimp, Groan, Layeth, VP-L, the list goes on. Ross is a great guy. In my eyes, I respect him the most out of all the staff members. He seemingly knows all the right answers to everything and always took care of things that needed to be finished around here. He ran the whole place by himself for God knows how long...and then was forced to have a life. Haha...the things he's said to me over ICQ haven't been much, but they've involved a few funny things...I won't get into that now...
The only problem I have with Ross is that he was a little too devoted to the UFW. Although certainly not a bad thing, he thrashed on me a couple times that really angered me, but I got over it. He runs the place well and all, but tells us what we need to hear in a way I frequently take badly. He knows that. :) I still wanna keep in touch with him, most definitely.
~VP-M~ Myst, Krusha, Blazing Inferno, Nick Taylor, and um...who else? Bah...who cares? Hehe...anyway...this guy's a great one. I've never had any sort of bother with him at all except for the Mayhem and Myst match. 'I dun him wrong!' But things cooled down and we had our fair share of talks. He's a great kid and I'm gonna keep in touch with him as well. Angy and Myst gotta stay in 'The Legion' outside of here...hehe..
~VIP~ Ach....Mike Nightmare, Mimic...dunno who else. Don't care. I've never had a problem with him outside of the UFW, but in it....he was way too power hungry. Everything he wanted had to be his way and always him coming out on top in the end. It really bothered me...so I've always seen him as well...a pompus ass. Sorry, Mike...that's how I feel....
~VP-K~ Kaos, Tha Hoodz, dunno who else. Kit...ya know you're awesome. There is no way I'm gonna stop talking to you after this is all said and done. You were a great guy to talk to online and helped me out quite a bit with various results jams I tend to get myself into. You were one of the only guys online at the right time and it helped out a lot. Kaos was a great heel...too bad I turned on him...hehe...
The only problem I have with him is that he tends to rip apart everything I say. Oh well...it's all in good fun...or something.
Oh yeah...and...believe what you want about what I said to Zoe... ;)
~VP-N~ My real life best bud and old stable mate. Known him since the eighth grade where things didn't start so well...and been friends with him to this day. He's a great guy and a helluva card writer. Makes me jealous sometimes with his skills...but hey, I liked to have thought that I had the second best card of the week...I'm probably always going to be friends with him for the rest of my life, so I don't need to say much more about him for the rest of this interview. Haha...
~Shoulda been Commish Biohazard/VP-B~ Lewis. Haha...the guy who's a little too paranoid about thinking he's pestering me all the time. Well, you aren't dude. Thought you needed to know that. Anyway, Lewis is a great guy...won't stop talking to him. I have plans of joining him wherever he may go next and possibly tagging with him. Too bad he doesn't know that, yet. But, I'm not gonna stop talking to you. Your RP's were great and had their share of strangeness...nothing like Angy's...but they did it. I'll keep in touch.
Steven Smith - Now, how about your feelings on a few wrestlers. Let's see here.
[Steven thumbs through his index cards and pulls out a small pack twined together with a rubber band. He takes it off an clears his throat.]
Steven Smith - How about telling us about...The Body, Nemesis, Howard Porter, Mayhem, and a sleeper here, Crazy Six.
VP-T - The Body, huh. Well, Sam. You are one funny guy...although a little harsh and cold at times...but a good guy, nonetheless. You should keep going on RPing other places..but maybe a rest would kill that problem you have with not RPing much...consecutively. Nemesis. I really loved his RP's...and his finisher was cool, too. I wanted to see him go places in the UFW, but it's closing, and his RP's were tending to thin a little too. Time off should do him good andm ake him better than ever. Good luck. "The Scholar" Howard Porter. Very nice guy. Great...looooooong RP's. Stole Angy's US Title. Talked to him on ICQ a few times, but not enough to get to know him well. He was a nice guy when I talked to him and anywhere else he may go in the future...he'll sure as hell give that fed a run for its money. Mayhem. Brand new and now past stable mate. We had big things planned with The End of Sanity. Things didn't fall through how they were supposed to...we were supposed to be the greatest tag champs of all time in the UFW. Anyhow, his RP's and serious badassness (I made up a new word!!) would have mixed together well with Anguish's sheer insanity. Great guy to talk to. Nothing like his characer...hehe...that's a very good thing. I'll stay in touch with you for sure. Crazy Six. I see serious potential here in this guy. He's a good RPer and a great guy. A little more tweaking in those RP's and XWF will have you for sure! You're a good guy to talk to and have a funky thing for the band, Kittie, but I won't stop talking to you.
Steven Smith - Well, any last words, Mo?
VP-T - (laughing once more) What, are you going to kill me, Steven? Well, I'd just like to say that this place was great while it lasted. It had its ups and its downs. It was a great experience to be a part of this place and something I'll never forget. As for all the other wrestlers...for all of you who sent in those CCI's and never got them...I'm sorry to say, but I will not be doing them anymore. I apologize. But, as a consellation. I'll give you all some advice...keep the e-fedding going!! It's something you can talk to your kids about when you're older! Or, in Ross's case, in a couple years ;)
Steven Smith - Thank you, Mo. You'll be missed.
VP-T - So will you, Steven. So will you...Poof Daddy.
[Steven stands up and grunts as Mo shakes his finger at him. The camera zooms out a bit and catches some people in the background coming from the back. The each emerge from the shadows. Anguish, Mr. Poopy in one hand, newly molded back to his original form, stands there with his other arm around Sheela's shoulder. Chasm stands directly behind him, hands in pockets, with Richter perched on his shoulder, eating an apple. War stands directly in front of him in his usual wrestling attire and his hair pulled back in a pony tail. His black streak tattoos glisten in the light under his eyes.]
VP-T - Goodbye, Steven and...carry on...
[Mo gets up and walks over to the group of people. They all turn as they put their arms on his shoulder. The camera view stays on them, but lowers onto the stool. The cameraman runs into the picture behind the group. Anguish turns and yells "Snoop!" as Steven Smith leans into view, sighs, and then switches the camera off. The scene fades to black...]
*Pictures at the top from left to right: VP's of the UFW, Old Anguish,
New Anguish with Sheela, War, Chasm and Richter.
All drawn by me, Mo. Character Creations, Inc. - You fill out the
form,
I take forever to draw the damn thing...*