Ryu Yoshikazu vs Bishamon

[Mighty Man Millson]

Match Four
Singles Match
Knockout Title Tournament
Ryu Yoshikazu vs Bishamon
The second match in the Knockout title tournament will feature two of the returning stars in EVPW, Ryu Yoshikazu and Bishamon and 3 points will be up for grabs here.
Referee: Batilda Khilstedt

[Bishamon]

The feed starts

A mysterious, hooded figure is shown sneaking around a corner on the street adjacent to the hotel a number of EVPW wrestlers are staying in. With his back turned to the camera, the person is shown trudging along to a back alley, glancing back repeatedly to see if he's being followed. He stops abruptly at a door on the right and knocks thrice. A gruff voice with a thick Australian accent answers and mutters " Password ", following which the hooded entity answers with " Pavlovian ". The door opens ever-so slightly and there is barely enough space for the man to get through. He manages to squeeze in, cursing under his breath that he needs to hit the gym more often. Once inside, the camera pans to show a large room filled with bells of all kinds hanging from the ceiling. The person who opened the door whispers something in the hooded man's ear and is greeted with a nod in response, which acts as confirmation of some sort and he scurries away to an adjoining room. The mystery man removes the hood and he's shown to be the Kamikaze Warrior, Bishamon.

" Hello, ladies and gentleman. As you all witnessed last week on SNK, there's still a lot I have to offer to this industry. Chris Hartman, thank you for the competition ... if I may be so dishonest in calling it that, because you see Hartman, you never really had a chance but I digress. Let's look to the future, shall we? I wasn't kidding when I said I have a lot to offer to professional wrestling but I did forget to mention that it goes beyond my exploits in the ring. "

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As he pauses, the gentleman earlier present, re-emerges and is indeed a sight to behold. He has the end of a rope in his hands, the other of which is tied to a goat. He leads the goat towards Bishamon and the goat seems totally disinterested in the proceedings. The man hurries back to the other room and returns almost immediately with a bird cage in his custody. Bishamon looks on intently before beginning to speak again.

" Ryu Yoshikazu, you are my future. We hail from the same country and perhaps in another life, we would have been comrades in arms but right here right now, we are adversaries and I hope to show you what being an opponent to Bishamon really means. "

Bishamon moves towards the goat. He stares intently before producing a steel rod or stick of sorts from seemingly out of nowhere and striking a circular bell hanging close to his head. Almost instinctively, the animal begins to bleat and look around. Bishamon now steps towards the bird cage his new acquaintance is holding and picks a small square bell dangling from the ceiling. He moves it close to a tiny sparrow that is perched on a fake plastic tree branch inside the cage and strikes it gently. The bird begins to chirp and fly around anxiously in the cage as a result. Bishamon pockets the small square bell and clears his throat.

" Why did the bird chirp, Ryu? And why did the goat bleat? I assume you do not know these answers, an assumption made on the basis of the fact that you are a simpleton when it comes to matters of the mind. You are a fighting machine, no doubt. However,as the old adage goes ; ' Brain triumphs over brawn. ' These animals will forever make those noises when a specific bell is rung near them, my friend .. because they have been conditioned that way. If you look at it from a distance, haven't we all been conditioned in a certain way?"

Bishamon taps the bird cage and receives a rather perplexed glance from the sparrow as a result.

" Ever since professional wrestling started, from Frank Gotch to the most recently acquired jobber in an indy promotion, all wrestlers have wanted is gold. You want gold too, don't you? Ryu, you crave it. You desire it. And as the Buddha says, it is this ‘thirst’, desire, greed, craving, manifesting itself in various ways, that gives rise to all forms of suffering and the continuity of beings. Your desire will be your ultimate cause of demise, Ryu. "

He abruptly stops speaking and turns towards the man holding the bird cage. Without warning, Bishamon spits black mist into his eyes, thereby causing him to stagger backwards, raise his hands to his face and drop the cage. Bishamon moves swiftly and kicks the man on his right knee, which buckles and he falls into a semi-kneeling position, almost as if he waiting to be knighted. Bishamon knights him alright, driving his knee to the side of his head upon completion of a textbook shining wizard. The unknown person falls to the ground and stops moving, perhaps unconscious.

" Ryu, do you see? This is what desires does to you, Onee-san. It corrupts you into thinking in a narrow-minded way. This waste of worldly space wanted to get paid for bringing these animals here. You want points to move closer towards winning a title? Same difference. I ... .. desire just pain. The ultimate catalyst, yes that's what pain is. As Hartman learnt last week, you too shall understand how pain can make you better. "

Bishamon kicks the prone man in the head a couple of times before picking the bird cage up and staring at it. He places it down though and takes the square bell out of his pocket. He attaches it to a mechanism hanging from the ceiling and does the same with the circular bell after scooping it up from the ground.

" Ryu Yoshikazu, you have been conditioned to lose. Failure isn't an option in your case, it's reality. "

Bishamon turns away from the camera after saying this and moves towards the beaten down man, who is still unconscious by the looks of it. He kneels to one knee beside him and stares, before uttering;

" Sorry, Bob. I guess you were Australia's way of saying 'you're welcome!'. Your services towards a greater good will always be remembered. "

Bishamon turns back towards the camera

"Ryu Yoshikazu, welcome. Welcome to my realm of pain. Good luck. You'll need it.
To survive. "

The feed fades to black as we go to commercials ..

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