Title: What A Night!
Featuring: Tucker G. Alston
Date: 4/26/13
Location: Summit, NJ
Tucker G. Alston.
A smile creeps onto his face. He tries to hide it, but he fails.
Tucker G. Alston:
What a night! I never in my wildest of dreams ever imagined it would be like that. I never thought I would feel this way afterwards. Sure, I’m physically sore. In the worse pain I’ve been since college. But mentally? Mentally, I am alive. I’ve never felt like this before. Not when I was married, not when my daughter was born. Sure those moments are the greatest in my life, but this just feels different. This feels amazing.
The rush. The roar of the crowd. The ability to makes so many people cheer or boo with a single punch. What a moment. What a life. What an experience. I would do anything to do it again, and I will get my chance in the near future. What a life changing event, something I had not even considered as an option up until just five years ago.
If I knew it would be like this, I would have tried it years ago.
The smiles makes its way back on his face, only to have him try and hold it back again.
Tucker G. Alston:
I applaud Sam Turner for being a great opponent in my first ever match. He really showed me the ropes, and was much harder and stronger than I could have ever imagined. There was nothing I could have done to prepare for the moment when he first hit me. I went from an out of work, former wall street lemming , to a wrestler, fighting for my survival with just one punch.
And then I won.
I won my first match. How many people can say that in their career? I started with a win. A clean win. A decisive win. And what a feeling it is. To hear the crowd count to three with the referee. To have my arm raised in front of all those cheering fans. I opened the night with a win. I set the tone for the night. It was a huge honor, one I will never forget. That alone should have been enough for a man in his first match of his career, on the first night of his career. But it wasn’t.
I was on the actual pay per view, in a match that even I didn’t think there was any chance of winning. I thought I would be there in that ring for a minute or two and gracefully head to the back. The experience alone being something to learn from and to grow from. No one could have predicted what actually happened. No one picked me to be a factor. To be someone that would make a name for themselves.
And I finished third.
Tucker smiles again, but only for a brief moment before he gets back under control.
Tucker G. Alston:
Third. There was only one person after me to be eliminated. I was that close from making history and becoming the Southern Heritage Champion. In my second match. Who would have thought that? I certainly didn’t. I was that close to being the champion, and I still don’t even know what I’m doing out there. To think, where can I be with a little more experience.
The sky is the limit for me. That I not only proved to myself, but I proved to the rest of DEFIANCE. I am a force to be reckoned with. I am someone that should not be taken lightly. I am something that is here to win.
So where do I go from here? That’s not up to me to decide. I’ve only been here for one show. I’ve only signed with DEFIANCE a couple of weeks ago. I’m just happy to be here and happy that there is someone willing to take a risk with me, putting me on the card, and knowing that I will be able to go out there and entertain the thousands in attendance and watching at home.
Sure, I have new goals in mind. Already I have a score to settle. One night, and I have a person in my sights. Lash Graham was the man that sent me to the floor. He was the man that prevented me from shocking the world and winning that title. Sure he lost as well, but if not for him, I’d be here with a belt around my waist talking about the most amazing night anyone could have had at Untouchable. Including Cancer Jiles.
But it doesn’t end with Graham. No. Now that I have proven that I can hang with some of the best in the world, I have bigger goals in mind. I know I have what it takes to be the best in the world. I know I can be one of the greatest to enter the ring. But before I can do that, I need to prove myself.
And what better way to do that than to topple the new champion. CVC. Chance Von Crank. The man that survived the night and won the title. He now has to face the same challenge that I crave. He now has to prove himself on every show. Winning every night or lose his title. That’s what I want. To go out there every night and prove that you are the best, that you can beat anything that comes in your way.
That’s my plan. To face everything that is put in my way and defeat it. I will continue to prove to myself and the rest of DEFIANCE that I am here for a reason, that I am something to take note of, that I am one of the best in the world. Winning the Southern Heritage championship is just one more step in proving that.
I’ve had my taste, and I’m hooked. I want more. I want to be back in that ring, entertaining the thousands watching, and I want to be the one that has the crowd counting to three for. I want to be the one that has the referee raise his arm in victory. And I want to do it every single show DEFIANCE has.
Failure is not an option.
The smile reappears. This time, Tucker doesn’t fight it. Instead, it grows and grows.