Post by Jake Raab on Sept 11, 2019 19:36:09 GMT
How's Jake's acting classes going? Huntington Beach, California. Friday 21st December. (Off camera)
It's the last day of the year for the acting school students and although Jake has yet to make friends, he has been chatting to a few people and things are still tough at times for Jake to be this super entertaining charismatic guy, someone who doesn't really know how to make people laugh and make people want to see him more than just being a wrestler. Although a lot of people have asked Jake why it's so important to be an entertainer in wrestling and he shrugged his shoulders, although Edgar kept mentioning it's so Jake can stand himself out from other wrestlers in the wrestling business.
The family legacy wasn't really a factor for Jake, considering he didn't get help from Konrad or Lord Raab being in the wrestling business. There is one thing Jake didn't understand as while the others went home, he was desperate for answers as he knew he wanted to be an entertaining wrestler which was more difficult than performing moves in the ring as he says this.
Jake Raab: “I don't understand why wrestlers have to be different in the ring with their personalities. Do you know why that is?”
Edgar Davies: “Well it's because everyone knows it's just for business. It is hard to understand to move away from your original self to being a guy in the wrestling business. The fact is it's because wrestlers want to make extra money.”
Jake Raab: “Truth been told, I don't give a damn about getting lots of money. I don't do this for money and nor do my cousins either. They have their own reasons as to why they wrestle, but it's never been for money.”
Edgar Davies: “While they may not wrestle for the money, but they make lots of it. They know they can be different from how they are out of the ring. It's hard to understand for a rookie wrestler like yourself, heck it's hard to understand actors and actresses having to be pushed in the role of something uncomfortable from their original selves, but they work hard to be better actors and actresses.”
Jake nods as Edgar knows Jake's an Honor champion, the first and last guy ever in SCW to capture the belt away from the former champion who was in Honor Wrestling Austin James Mercer. He knows when Climax Control show is on Sunday, Austin may moan and complain about Jake being champion.
Jake Raab: “I got to be honest, I didn't even know anything about facing Fenris for the Honor and SCW belts until after I won the match. It was something I was put in and truth been told Edgar, I'm afraid of making the same mistakes as before against Fenris.”
Edgar Davies: “You said it yourself you're a rookie to the wrestling business, you're bound to make mistakes, but you learn from them.”
Jake Raab: “I don't get why Fenris still thinks he can wrestle without shoes on. This isn't MMA, it's wrestling. I wear boots and I used to be an MMA fighter.”
Edgar Davies: “Again, Fenris does it because he stands out to the rest and you can say he's suited for high flying wrestling, but that's what I've kept telling you that he does those things because he is a different beast altogether.”
Jake Raab: “I'm not afraid of Fenris as such. He beat me because I underestimated him and I admitted that.”
Edgar sees Jake being as truthful as he can be with the mistakes he's made in the wrestling sport already with him feeling the pressure of facing Fenris for the top two titles which it wasn't meant to happen for Jake, but he did and Edgar remembers the one thing Jake said that could help him.
Edgar Davies: “Remember when you said you wanted to be an honourable champion?”
Jake Raab: “Yes.”
Edgar Davies: “You can be an entertaining one at that. It's difficult, but there's a way. You got to figure it out. I know you're struggling in the acting school, but that's why you're here, to get better.”
Jake Raab: “Yes, I feel the Honor title has made me want to be honourable and I can change that into the match against Fenris. I can show him that the title has made me change my ways and be the guy who goes out to entertain people and show off this wonderful belt.”
Edgar Davies: “Just remember, it's because of your mentality that you won the belt. Not many wrestlers can right a wrong and you've done that. However, you must not overlook your opponent again.”
It's obvious to Edgar that Jake wants to be better, otherwise, he wouldn't have shown up every single day and although he's stumbling pretty bad, it was a learning curve for Jake and he says this to Edgar.
Jake Raab: “When I face him next year, I'm starting things on a fresh with me not feeling the pressure of the family name and being a better-behaved wrestler, coming for one purpose, to show Fenris I've earned my titles and I know he's mocking me, but I can mock him too. I can mock his accent and mock everything he's done in SCW so far.”
Edgar Davies: “Except wrestling results.”
Jake Raab: “Yes. I'm going to do a lot of digging on this guy to show how serious I am without speaking bullshit, without being a disrespectful brat who shot himself to the top by bitching and complaining about people demanding title shots. I'm going to be the new Jake Raab who can be honourable just like the belt says on the tin.”
Edgar Davies: “Well said kid. We won't have any more lessons until next year, but think about changing your tone of voice, think about changing bits of your personality and make it your own. Don't force it, but do things that will make people laugh, like Fenris's voice for an example.”
Jake understands as he nods as he takes a quick drink of water, even if he was having a lot of pressure on himself to do well and to take Fenris's belt away from him, being the first guy in SCW to beat Fenris at his own game and be the SCW champion.
Jake Raab: “Obviously I still not a fan of how he got in the wrestling business by his friends helping him to be a wrestler. I messed up about his MMA career, yes, but that's down to my lack of research about Fenris.”
Edgar Davies: “I assume you respect him in a way, right?”
Jake Raab: “I'm not sure after everything we both said to each other. I already know he's saying I'm a joke and how he wanted Austin to face him in a match. I want to change by gaining and earning respect in the ring by performing to my full potential and show the world how much this honor belt has wanted me to change myself to be a better person.”
Edgar Davies: “Prove it next year you're a champion who can be taken seriously and start from square one with your behaviour. You need to practice talking in front of a mirror so you can see your facial expressions and do some sort of movements with your body language. Heck, maybe show off your funko pops you like collecting that can also stand you out from the rest too.”
Edgar has seen pictures of Jake with the ton of funko pops surrounding his home as he's almost got every single one of those figures in boxes, even ten shelves full of them, leading to another two empty shelves to put more on and Jake nods and speaks.
Jake Raab: “That's a good idea. I could show off some funko pops to the world. I mean I heard one of the wrestlers in SCW was showing off Pokemon Go game backstage, why can't same be done to this? I also thought of being a guy who can promote everyone to eat fruit and vegetables everyday cos that's something I believe in.”
Edgar Davies: “Those are really good ideas. See, you got some ideas under your belt and we'll work on them in your first lesson next year to combine funko pops and promoting fruit and vegetables to eat every day. Have a great Christmas and New Year and I'll see you on January seventh.”
Jake nods as before he goes, Edgar gives Jake a present as everyone got one from the acting coach and Jake says thank you to Edgar and he leaves the school to head back to his apartment, knowing he has to do some Christmas shopping himself to get his cousins, their loved ones and their kids presents for Christmas tomorrow before the big match against Fenris for the Honor/SCW title Unification match.
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Challenged into something I wasn't even aware of. Jake's camera. (On camera)
“I know Austin and Alex have been bitching and complaining as expected because of how I got to the title and truthfully, they earned that right because it was pretty much karma for me and I know how much I fucked up already with that. I know I'm going to do everything possible to start from square one and starting all over again because two thousand and eight was pretty shitty for me, even when I won the Honor title, I felt I didn't deserve it and I still don't.
That's because I've not had the chance yet to prove myself and I knew once the Honor belt was around my waist, it would change me for the better cos you see Fenris, you may think I'm a joke and last year's version of Jake Raab, I was. I'm a changed man now because when I think about it, SCW management wanted me to be more honourable as a champion and well, you know the result of that.
Truth been told, I wasn't even aware I was facing Fenris for the Honor/SCW title unification match until after I've won the Honor title and truthfully, I wished that Austin was in the match because he does deserve the rematch and if I win SCW title, he will have the first shot of it and Fenris will too. Fact is Fenris is on a roll here since he joined SCW and overcoming nearly everyone he's faced, even successfully defended against Vinnie on Christmas special show of Climax Control.
However, it doesn't appeal to anyone when I studied more about you, you have exposed yourself as a pretty bad champion. I'm not speaking about your results and in-ring performance because you truly deserve to be a champion with that, but more of the scandals you've got yourself in during your time as champion in SCW with the notion of you rumoured to be gay and dating two other men. Nobody wants to see a champion putting themselves in the bad press like that. I might have done the same, but not in that sort of way.
Dude, you can shrug me off as an opponent and you can laugh at the thought of you fighting me instead of Austin, but you damn well know I will prove to you that the title has changed my overall behaviour to being an honourable champion and I'm already proving that to you. I don't even know why you're still not wearing wrestling shoes, despite not being an MMA fighter anymore.
I wear wrestling shoes because I want to look the part of being a pro wrestler, then again, you might be barefooted because you want to stand out from everyone else who wears shoes in the ring. I'll prove to you this year, there's no more flat out trash talking Jake, taking a giant shit on the business on top of you being my opponent because you are a threat, I was wrong to mock you for your achievements.
But you can't deny you got into the business the easy way from your friends getting you there. Konrad and Markus weren't there for me and that's not because they didn't give a damn, they had their own careers to focus on, on top of their family too. Fact is I will never be another Konrad or another Lord Raab. They are a different league to me.
But we are in the same league, despite the wins and losses ratio being very different, but have you really learned anything from your wins? Have you really learned anything about wrestling? I have to say you haven't really learned anything because you've just been destroying opponents. No fault of your own of course, but I'm glad I've made mistakes because it makes you stronger and be a better wrestler and a better person.
That's what you'll see from me as I've been busting my ass week in and out for this match because it means everything to me Fenris and even if it's two MMA guys aiming to beat the living shit out of each other, weapons, MMA style fighting or not, I will still confidently say I can and will defeat you in the ring next Sunday and I will have no problems overcoming the champion who's so highly rated and you'll have to fight with every inch of your bones and body to defeat me, to defeat a guy who will do anything possible to make you tap out or pin you for the three count. More to be said next week.”
It's the last day of the year for the acting school students and although Jake has yet to make friends, he has been chatting to a few people and things are still tough at times for Jake to be this super entertaining charismatic guy, someone who doesn't really know how to make people laugh and make people want to see him more than just being a wrestler. Although a lot of people have asked Jake why it's so important to be an entertainer in wrestling and he shrugged his shoulders, although Edgar kept mentioning it's so Jake can stand himself out from other wrestlers in the wrestling business.
The family legacy wasn't really a factor for Jake, considering he didn't get help from Konrad or Lord Raab being in the wrestling business. There is one thing Jake didn't understand as while the others went home, he was desperate for answers as he knew he wanted to be an entertaining wrestler which was more difficult than performing moves in the ring as he says this.
Jake Raab: “I don't understand why wrestlers have to be different in the ring with their personalities. Do you know why that is?”
Edgar Davies: “Well it's because everyone knows it's just for business. It is hard to understand to move away from your original self to being a guy in the wrestling business. The fact is it's because wrestlers want to make extra money.”
Jake Raab: “Truth been told, I don't give a damn about getting lots of money. I don't do this for money and nor do my cousins either. They have their own reasons as to why they wrestle, but it's never been for money.”
Edgar Davies: “While they may not wrestle for the money, but they make lots of it. They know they can be different from how they are out of the ring. It's hard to understand for a rookie wrestler like yourself, heck it's hard to understand actors and actresses having to be pushed in the role of something uncomfortable from their original selves, but they work hard to be better actors and actresses.”
Jake nods as Edgar knows Jake's an Honor champion, the first and last guy ever in SCW to capture the belt away from the former champion who was in Honor Wrestling Austin James Mercer. He knows when Climax Control show is on Sunday, Austin may moan and complain about Jake being champion.
Jake Raab: “I got to be honest, I didn't even know anything about facing Fenris for the Honor and SCW belts until after I won the match. It was something I was put in and truth been told Edgar, I'm afraid of making the same mistakes as before against Fenris.”
Edgar Davies: “You said it yourself you're a rookie to the wrestling business, you're bound to make mistakes, but you learn from them.”
Jake Raab: “I don't get why Fenris still thinks he can wrestle without shoes on. This isn't MMA, it's wrestling. I wear boots and I used to be an MMA fighter.”
Edgar Davies: “Again, Fenris does it because he stands out to the rest and you can say he's suited for high flying wrestling, but that's what I've kept telling you that he does those things because he is a different beast altogether.”
Jake Raab: “I'm not afraid of Fenris as such. He beat me because I underestimated him and I admitted that.”
Edgar sees Jake being as truthful as he can be with the mistakes he's made in the wrestling sport already with him feeling the pressure of facing Fenris for the top two titles which it wasn't meant to happen for Jake, but he did and Edgar remembers the one thing Jake said that could help him.
Edgar Davies: “Remember when you said you wanted to be an honourable champion?”
Jake Raab: “Yes.”
Edgar Davies: “You can be an entertaining one at that. It's difficult, but there's a way. You got to figure it out. I know you're struggling in the acting school, but that's why you're here, to get better.”
Jake Raab: “Yes, I feel the Honor title has made me want to be honourable and I can change that into the match against Fenris. I can show him that the title has made me change my ways and be the guy who goes out to entertain people and show off this wonderful belt.”
Edgar Davies: “Just remember, it's because of your mentality that you won the belt. Not many wrestlers can right a wrong and you've done that. However, you must not overlook your opponent again.”
It's obvious to Edgar that Jake wants to be better, otherwise, he wouldn't have shown up every single day and although he's stumbling pretty bad, it was a learning curve for Jake and he says this to Edgar.
Jake Raab: “When I face him next year, I'm starting things on a fresh with me not feeling the pressure of the family name and being a better-behaved wrestler, coming for one purpose, to show Fenris I've earned my titles and I know he's mocking me, but I can mock him too. I can mock his accent and mock everything he's done in SCW so far.”
Edgar Davies: “Except wrestling results.”
Jake Raab: “Yes. I'm going to do a lot of digging on this guy to show how serious I am without speaking bullshit, without being a disrespectful brat who shot himself to the top by bitching and complaining about people demanding title shots. I'm going to be the new Jake Raab who can be honourable just like the belt says on the tin.”
Edgar Davies: “Well said kid. We won't have any more lessons until next year, but think about changing your tone of voice, think about changing bits of your personality and make it your own. Don't force it, but do things that will make people laugh, like Fenris's voice for an example.”
Jake understands as he nods as he takes a quick drink of water, even if he was having a lot of pressure on himself to do well and to take Fenris's belt away from him, being the first guy in SCW to beat Fenris at his own game and be the SCW champion.
Jake Raab: “Obviously I still not a fan of how he got in the wrestling business by his friends helping him to be a wrestler. I messed up about his MMA career, yes, but that's down to my lack of research about Fenris.”
Edgar Davies: “I assume you respect him in a way, right?”
Jake Raab: “I'm not sure after everything we both said to each other. I already know he's saying I'm a joke and how he wanted Austin to face him in a match. I want to change by gaining and earning respect in the ring by performing to my full potential and show the world how much this honor belt has wanted me to change myself to be a better person.”
Edgar Davies: “Prove it next year you're a champion who can be taken seriously and start from square one with your behaviour. You need to practice talking in front of a mirror so you can see your facial expressions and do some sort of movements with your body language. Heck, maybe show off your funko pops you like collecting that can also stand you out from the rest too.”
Edgar has seen pictures of Jake with the ton of funko pops surrounding his home as he's almost got every single one of those figures in boxes, even ten shelves full of them, leading to another two empty shelves to put more on and Jake nods and speaks.
Jake Raab: “That's a good idea. I could show off some funko pops to the world. I mean I heard one of the wrestlers in SCW was showing off Pokemon Go game backstage, why can't same be done to this? I also thought of being a guy who can promote everyone to eat fruit and vegetables everyday cos that's something I believe in.”
Edgar Davies: “Those are really good ideas. See, you got some ideas under your belt and we'll work on them in your first lesson next year to combine funko pops and promoting fruit and vegetables to eat every day. Have a great Christmas and New Year and I'll see you on January seventh.”
Jake nods as before he goes, Edgar gives Jake a present as everyone got one from the acting coach and Jake says thank you to Edgar and he leaves the school to head back to his apartment, knowing he has to do some Christmas shopping himself to get his cousins, their loved ones and their kids presents for Christmas tomorrow before the big match against Fenris for the Honor/SCW title Unification match.
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Challenged into something I wasn't even aware of. Jake's camera. (On camera)
“I know Austin and Alex have been bitching and complaining as expected because of how I got to the title and truthfully, they earned that right because it was pretty much karma for me and I know how much I fucked up already with that. I know I'm going to do everything possible to start from square one and starting all over again because two thousand and eight was pretty shitty for me, even when I won the Honor title, I felt I didn't deserve it and I still don't.
That's because I've not had the chance yet to prove myself and I knew once the Honor belt was around my waist, it would change me for the better cos you see Fenris, you may think I'm a joke and last year's version of Jake Raab, I was. I'm a changed man now because when I think about it, SCW management wanted me to be more honourable as a champion and well, you know the result of that.
Truth been told, I wasn't even aware I was facing Fenris for the Honor/SCW title unification match until after I've won the Honor title and truthfully, I wished that Austin was in the match because he does deserve the rematch and if I win SCW title, he will have the first shot of it and Fenris will too. Fact is Fenris is on a roll here since he joined SCW and overcoming nearly everyone he's faced, even successfully defended against Vinnie on Christmas special show of Climax Control.
However, it doesn't appeal to anyone when I studied more about you, you have exposed yourself as a pretty bad champion. I'm not speaking about your results and in-ring performance because you truly deserve to be a champion with that, but more of the scandals you've got yourself in during your time as champion in SCW with the notion of you rumoured to be gay and dating two other men. Nobody wants to see a champion putting themselves in the bad press like that. I might have done the same, but not in that sort of way.
Dude, you can shrug me off as an opponent and you can laugh at the thought of you fighting me instead of Austin, but you damn well know I will prove to you that the title has changed my overall behaviour to being an honourable champion and I'm already proving that to you. I don't even know why you're still not wearing wrestling shoes, despite not being an MMA fighter anymore.
I wear wrestling shoes because I want to look the part of being a pro wrestler, then again, you might be barefooted because you want to stand out from everyone else who wears shoes in the ring. I'll prove to you this year, there's no more flat out trash talking Jake, taking a giant shit on the business on top of you being my opponent because you are a threat, I was wrong to mock you for your achievements.
But you can't deny you got into the business the easy way from your friends getting you there. Konrad and Markus weren't there for me and that's not because they didn't give a damn, they had their own careers to focus on, on top of their family too. Fact is I will never be another Konrad or another Lord Raab. They are a different league to me.
But we are in the same league, despite the wins and losses ratio being very different, but have you really learned anything from your wins? Have you really learned anything about wrestling? I have to say you haven't really learned anything because you've just been destroying opponents. No fault of your own of course, but I'm glad I've made mistakes because it makes you stronger and be a better wrestler and a better person.
That's what you'll see from me as I've been busting my ass week in and out for this match because it means everything to me Fenris and even if it's two MMA guys aiming to beat the living shit out of each other, weapons, MMA style fighting or not, I will still confidently say I can and will defeat you in the ring next Sunday and I will have no problems overcoming the champion who's so highly rated and you'll have to fight with every inch of your bones and body to defeat me, to defeat a guy who will do anything possible to make you tap out or pin you for the three count. More to be said next week.”