Being in the office there are only so many things he can do to take his mind off the boredom. He could call Neil and Stephanie but they have gone to an amusement park for the day. He could always call Caleb Alan……
“God am I THAT bored?”
What to do. Of course there are several things that can be done. He can do some more research on the movie deal that was mentioned 2 weeks ago. He could do some preliminary work on the contract between Fontaine Studios and Saul Rotherman for the reality show based on private detectives in New York. Heaven knows we haven’t already got about 300 reality shows already. There is a sigh of annoyance then he smiles. He knows the perfect way to spend his time.
He walks over to the shelf and grabs the laptop computer.
“Now to have some fun.”
With those words he takes the laptop computer and powers it up.
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12:31 PM FUSE Wrestling forums
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“Good god some of these guys are idiots. Think I’ll log in and rip on this guy.”
Gideon logs into his forum account of “Teh G-Man” and then decides to post in the “Why the Fatal Faction titles died” thread.
“It is amazing all these Internet smarks think because they watch a few wrestling shows and read all the dirt sheets that they know everything about wrestling. Hell this guy thinks that Neil and I were paid 8 mil and that is the reason that the Fatal Faction division as he put it “tanked like a 15 minute promo by Jeb Stewart”. Where do they come up with this crap?”
With those words Gideon starts typing.
[ Have you even been following the Fatal Faction division? I know from a few sources that the Alliance were paid nowhere near 8 mil. Gods own Drunks got canned because of substance abuse problems. There goes one tag team. If what I’ve heard is true the RPG got hurt during a match and were canned. Then you have Aimz and Cri.. ]
Gideon snickers to himself then hits delete.
[ ..Then you have Team Bi-Polar. While tagging they spent as much time in singles as they did in tag team wrestling. Then you have the Cowboys. Hell they got repackaged so many times I gave up trying to get all the T-Shirts. The Legacy left for unknown reasons and then you are left with the Alliance and the team of Jeb and Lane Stevens. Since Lane Stevens was the Live Wire champ and Jeb a bodyguard for the Affliction you can pretty much say that is what they refer to as a throw together team. ]
With a shake of his head Gideon continues typing.
[ So several teams and you have a tag division consisting of The Cowboys, Aimz and Crisis, The Alliance and team Affliction. In order to have a tag division you need about half a dozen teams and most importantly teams that actually want to be tag teams rather then just kill time until they go singles. ]
After those last words Gideon hits enter and posts his reply.
“Kids.. I hope to god that Ricky never grows up to be this stupid. Hell No way in hell Stephanie or Neil would let that happen. I should look up info on Elliot Rollins. Time to go to Google.”
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12:37 Google.com
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“Time to hit Google and look up some information on Elliot Rollins. From the FUSE.com site it says he was in NWC………”
[ “Elliot Rollins” NWC ]
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There is a look of mild annoyance on Gideon’s face as he reads those words and shakes his head.
“Yeah that was effective.”
[ “Elliot Rollins” IWA ]
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“Hmmmmm I have an idea.”
[ “Elliot Rollins” ]
There is a noticeable look of confusion on Gideon’s face. Of course if he had more experience on the net he might have done things the easy way by going to the wrestling sites like Pro_Wrestling_Insider.com and Angry_Smarks.com. Then there is always WrestlingObsession.net which has bio listings for well over 1700 wrestlers. Unfortunately Gideon doesn’t think of any of those sites.
“What the hell…..”
http://cellnjmake.gratuitcfree.com/2007/09/23/could-take-the-elliot-to-beyond-the/
THE L WORD star LEISHA HAILEY is hailey she has ignited a feud..
Elliot Rollins and Alex Kirk all returned home with top marks. The boy was riding on the sidewalk along the Warner. From the neck down in monumental form.
“I hate trying to find anything on this fuckin site.”
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12:31 PM FUSE Wrestling.com
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“What the… Jacob McKail is back and part of the Affliction now?! I REALLY should get someone to watch the Affliction segments for me. This has to be a first though when you have a 2nd or 3nd generation member of the KKK joining the Affliction and that actually makes them look like the lesser assholes.”
After a few minutes of surfing the FUSE Wrestling website Gideon decides to go to Elliot Rollin’s Bio page.
“Ah UWF never checked for that.”
Gideon’s hands are quickly typing away.
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12:34 Google.com
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[ “Elliot Rollins” UWF ]
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“Son of a…………”
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12:35 PM FUSE Wrestling.com
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“I should have known better. You think a wrestler in 4 plus federations would be a hell of a lot easier to find. I should talk to Smitty about adding more info to the site. Hell even a link to their my space and personal web sites would be helpful.”
After looking at the list of moves and all the pics on Elliot Rollins bio page
“Hey wait a minute Stephanie sent me a link to Utoob”
After typing in Utoob.com Gideon hits enter and gets the universal page does not exist that even the least tech savvy Internet surfer sees over 15000 time in the average 5 year span.
“Hmmm must have misspelled it.”
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12:49 PM InterGlobe.net
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Gideon looks at the number of messages in his E-Mail and winces.
“You have gotta be kidding me…… 965 Spam!? It has been only 1 week!”
Gideon hits delete to empty the SPAM folder. There is a mere 72 in his inbox.
“34 of these are in Spanish and 4 penis enlargement ads. Oh I can refinance my house. I gotta reply to this one right away.”
[ Mr. Ignatio Stevens. Please die a horrible death and if you require any assistance I will personally hire 2 300 pound men to beat you to within an inch of death and a feminist rights activist to slowly remove your genetals with a set of dull toenail clippers and a bottle of iodine. Personally I would like to send a video of this to everyone you have sent this effin E-Mail. ]
After hitting enter he is sending the E-Mail off with a nice little attachment his R and D tech guys came up with. Personally Gideon has no idea how it works other then it is going to this Jackasses’s E-Mail and since the attachment is invisible to the latest Anti-Virus definitions it should lock up his computer and send back a tracer on where his E-Mail was activated from. Of course knowing where this guy is accomplishes little. The large 300 pound men on the other hand can be quite persuasive.
“Glad I saved it. No wonder I couldn’t get there. It is Youtube.com”
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12:57 Youtube.com
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The site is a bit confusing but there is a spot that Gideon notices that makes things a little easier. When you see “Search” all you have to do is put in what you want to search for.
[ Elliot Rollins ]
“Crap. Nothing here but the match he had with Prince Pride and a few interviews. Hmmmmmm.”
[ Tsuyoshi Tanaka ]
After looking over all the matches and seeing interviews and segments there is a match between him and John Covel that he was laughing his head off when he watched it.
“Man was Timo screwing with Tanaka. I’d have loved to know what his blood pressure was at the end of the match.”
[ Covel locks Tanaka’s arms in position for a dbl arm suplex. With a lot of effort Covel tries to power over Tanaka but it isn’t working. Tanaka powers back Covel to the corner and gets a hold of the ropes with his left hand. Covel starts kneeing the arm of Tanaka that is holding the rope until Tanaka lets go then with a burst of adrenalin powers up Tanaka and holds him up for the double arm suplex. After a couple seconds he drops Tanaka ribs first on the top rope and slingshots Tanaka into a dbl arm suplex. While holding the bridge Covel floats over into the pin. Timo goes down for the pin 1… Tanaka knees Covel 2 times hard breaking his grip at the 2 count to get his shoulder up.
HJ: I’m surprised that Timo isn’t giving Tanaka warning for kneeing a grounded opponent……
Timo: Nevada state mixed martial arts rules state that you are not allowed to knee a grounded opponent.
HJ: ………
SA: You were right.
HJ: I hate you! I hate Timo! I hate this town! And I hate Nevada for making up 512 asinine rules in a sport where you try and knock someone unconscious! ]
There is laughter as he is watching the match. Sure he can look it up in the FUSE Tape vaults but this is kind of something on a whim. After watching several clips Gideon decides to shut off his laptop. He walks across the room and puts it on a shelf then goes back to his desk. He heads to the door and exits. His secretary Amanda turns towards to him taking a minute from the report she is typing out.
“Are you cancelling your 3:00 meeting Gideon?”
He is shaking his head.
“Nah. I’m going to the gym. I’m bored so think I’m going to hit the ole heavy bag for a while.”
With those words Amanda starts her typing again
“Back to the old grind. Is Neil going back to FUSE?”
There is a bit of sadness in Gideon’s eyes.
“I don’t think so. Over the years Neil has seen a lot of things and has seen friends he travelled up and down the road broken men with over half their lives left and buried so many he has lost track of the death toll. Then you have what happened recently and the congressional witch hunt on wrestling. Too many bad things and not enough positives when he can spend the rest of his life at home with Stephanie and Ricky happy.”
There is a brief instance of rage in Gideon’s eyes.
“There was a recent report on CNN and it annoyed me and truthfully I consider it obscene that a news network can interview and chop up his words to create a story to demonize wrestling and it’s performers as roided up monsters and drug users. Baseball, Football, Hockey and Basketball have the same amount of steroid use. If Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa or Mark whats his name take steroids who cares. They bring out the roid excuse anytime they go after wrestling. 15.. 20.. 30.. deaths they parade out. Suicides, accidents, cancer, botched moves, and ODs from recreational drugs and pain killers yet they always say the same thing over and over again like a mantra. Must be Steroids that did it. When you bury a friend that dies of cancer and have these assholes start a steroid crusade against wrestling the same week it can break even a guy like Neil.”
Amanda stops typing.
“That is what happens when you have idiots reporting the news without looking for information on what they are reporting.”
With a nod Gideon smirks.
“A news networking researching the topic and coming up with stories based on the facts instead of their points of views and agendas. I can’t see that ever working when it is far easier to give an opinion and tailor the facts to support it. You know they should call themselves RNN the Republican News Network. After all never let the facts ruin your story.”
They are both laughing as Gideon leaves his office to go to a nearby gym.
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A nearby boxing gym 15 minutes away from Fontaine Enterprises
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As Gideon is working the heavy bag with knees and elbows a man walks towards Gideon with a tape recorder. He has a scruffy beard and is dressed in a manner that says “I don’t care these clothes were clean”. On closer inspection it looks like the clean part was just wishful thinking as he sees stains from what he imagines was a powdered donut but knowing the morals of a lot of these reporters it could just as easy be cocaine residue. Gideon keeps working the heavy bag ignoring the presence of this man.
“Mr. Fontaine I would like to ask you a few questions.”
There is no noticeable reaction and Gideon starts circling the heavy bag turning his back to the man as he starts drilling elbows into the bag.
“I am doing a story on wrestling and would like to know if you have ever done steroids.”
The words are obviously loud enough for Gideon to hear. His hearing is quite sharp but there is something some of these reporters just don’t understand. They may have a freedom to speak but that does not mean that people have to listen to them. People in the gym are watching this in amusement and snickering. Then there is a gasp and the gym goes silent as he puts a hand on Gideon’s shoulder. This causes Gideon to stop in his tracks.
“I am interviewing pro wrestlers for an article…”
At those words Gideon goes into his jacket pocket and gets out a card. You can tell from the look in the man’s eyes that he wasn’t expecting a response like this. Gideon passes the card to the man. He looks confused. Gideon looks a bit impatient. Gideon puts the card in the man’s shirt pocket and goes back to hitting the heavy bag with knees. The man pulls the card out of his shirt pocket.
“What the hell is this?!”
With a smile Gideon turns towards the man.
“I naturally assumed since you are a reporter you might have some reading comprehension skills.”
You can see from the look on his face that he is insulted and angry.
“I can read.”
There is a snicker from Gideon as he is hitting the heavy bag with more knees. The man tosses the card and looks pissed off.
“Listen asshole……”
“We are not on a first name basis. Mr. Fontaine will do. Since I suspect you never read the card allow me to read it to you.”
Gideon clears his throat and pulls out another card and starts reading.
“You have touched Mr Gideon Fontaine physically in some way. This could result in legal action. Since Mr Fontaine is way too busy to waste even more time on you he has simply handed you the card you have in your hand now. This card is to remind you that you invaded the physical space of Mr. Fontaine a man that is a word renown striker and submission expert. This card is your “Free Pass” on what could only be described as a monumental beat down so gratuitous that it could not be aired on network TV. This pass is non-transferable and limited to one per person. Not valid in Ohio or New York.”
You can see the look of impatience and confusion on the man’s face.
“The reason it is not valid in Ohio is if the Backstreet Boys ever go there I feel obligated as a music fan to beat the living shit out of them. As for New York my bounty hunting license is still valid so I may just hit first and not bother to ask questions other then do you need the number of a good plastic surgeon not currently under indictment for Rico or substance abuse charges.”
Gideon starts walking away and saying goodbye to the guys at the gym. When the man put his hand on Gideon a second time he never even sees the backfist in the side of the skull that takes him clean off his feet Koing him. Gideon is shaking his head as he looks towards the other guys there.
“You think reading the card would have been a deterrent.”
They are all laughing. There is a larger man there. It isn’t often you see a 300 pound 7 ft guy with tats and a shaved head at any place not involving biker gangs, MMA, Wrestling, or a KKK rally.
“How in the world did you keep a straight face when reading the card Gideon?”
“Several years of being a pro wrestler Steve. I’m pretty skilled at marketing so BS is pretty much a second language. I might have to get new cards dumbed down to something like “You touch me again you pee blood idiot.” In 42 point lettering.” For a journalist this guy didn’t have much reading comprehension. I’d blame rap music but even I have to give Eminem a pass on this one.”
They are laughing at the man and Gideon leaves the building. It is a short walk back to Gideon’s Office. There is a lot wrong with this world. There are people that think the world owes them something or that people should conform to the way they think they should act. Gideon taught a lesson to this reporter that the world does not owe him and he does not have the right to force his views on others. When the reporter awakens he will likely be wondering what happened and will likely attempt to sue Gideon. Despite witnesses seeing what happened and Gideon saying in great detail that it was a bad idea and even passing the man a card saying this he can still sue.
A person spends years in school.
A person is considered educated if he graduates high school.
A person is considered intelligent if he gets a degree.
No matter how many pieces of paper a person has saying he is smart unless you have common sense it is just idle and wasted time.