Post by spookydoom on Mar 1, 2010 17:12:26 GMT -7
[And then came the day the American Freebear invited the DCWL interviewing crew inside his home in Jacksonville Florida. It was actually very nice. What's not obvious about the Freebear is that he's an older man who has already built his life before entering the wrestling ring; for those who don't know his prior history (those who haven't read his wikia profile, found here), he who would become the American Freebear used to work at an insurance office until discovering that the common humdrum of this rigid lifestyle simply wasn't for him. This, and the rest of these stories to come, will chronicle how a simple well-meaning Southern man by the name of Waylon Reynolds turned into the only bear that flies!]
"That's DCWL Grand Champion[/i] American Freebear to you, bub! But yeah, the story behind the American Freebear is one that NEEDS to be told! So that all those luckless losers back in the DCWL shape up and learn what a REAL man is! A real man that is a bear! That flies!!! ROAAAAAWWWRRR!!!"
[He offered us beer inside of authentic German steins, wearing a Japanese kimono with his big gold belt wrapped around it. Inside the house were Polish (Eastern-Russian?) movie posters of American movies, most of them looking as if they were handpainted. I was thumbing through the Freebear's collection of French CDs (mostly Claude François and Michel Chevalier) until I noticed the life-size model of a Dalek hidden away in the corner of the room.]
"Yeah, I don't understand the words much but I absolutely needed to know what "the language of love" sounded like. It's good, it's nice music that tends to impress first-time listeners... Oh that thing? That's a Dalek, apparently. They're supposed to be the main villains from Doctor Who, which is like Britain's most popular series. The videos cost a whole lot and would take a lot of time to watch through so I just bought this "Dalek" last time I went to England."
[There was more: a handcarved rooster that the Freebear assured us was Portugese. A hookah. A Panama that couldn't fit through his thick bushy hair. His house was this great big mess of international doodads that the American Freebear had amassed over the years.]
"The way I see it is, what's the point of being the most powerful country of this Earth if you can't look at how the rest of the world lives? I want to fly. Not just do my moonsault, but travel. God darnit, I wanted to be a rock star, but instead I became this... FLYING BEAR!!! Bah, I honestly think it's better this way; I can't sing worth a darm and all I'd ever be was a roadie. I wouldn't say no to being a roadie for Lynard Skynard."
[He proudly wears his original 1986 Lynard Skynard T-Shirt underneath his kimono. We think he's single, but cannot fathom why (apart from the obvious reasons). Plopping down upon his couch, the Freebear regales us on how he bought this house (and most of these doodads) before entering the wrestling business.]
"If absolutely nothing else, I can say that I had a truly wonderful mother. Thought me to value the important stuff in life; not the fun stuff, not the enjoyable stuff... She just made sure I'd grew up good. On the other hand, abandoning everything to travel the world, that's the first stupid idea I ever followed upon. And I'm glad I took it. And I'm glad I'm here. CUZ I'M YOUR CHAMP! HAW HAW!!!"
[We'll have more tales from the American Freebear's early life as Cornerstone Revolution V approaches...]
"That's DCWL Grand Champion[/i] American Freebear to you, bub! But yeah, the story behind the American Freebear is one that NEEDS to be told! So that all those luckless losers back in the DCWL shape up and learn what a REAL man is! A real man that is a bear! That flies!!! ROAAAAAWWWRRR!!!"
[He offered us beer inside of authentic German steins, wearing a Japanese kimono with his big gold belt wrapped around it. Inside the house were Polish (Eastern-Russian?) movie posters of American movies, most of them looking as if they were handpainted. I was thumbing through the Freebear's collection of French CDs (mostly Claude François and Michel Chevalier) until I noticed the life-size model of a Dalek hidden away in the corner of the room.]
"Yeah, I don't understand the words much but I absolutely needed to know what "the language of love" sounded like. It's good, it's nice music that tends to impress first-time listeners... Oh that thing? That's a Dalek, apparently. They're supposed to be the main villains from Doctor Who, which is like Britain's most popular series. The videos cost a whole lot and would take a lot of time to watch through so I just bought this "Dalek" last time I went to England."
[There was more: a handcarved rooster that the Freebear assured us was Portugese. A hookah. A Panama that couldn't fit through his thick bushy hair. His house was this great big mess of international doodads that the American Freebear had amassed over the years.]
"The way I see it is, what's the point of being the most powerful country of this Earth if you can't look at how the rest of the world lives? I want to fly. Not just do my moonsault, but travel. God darnit, I wanted to be a rock star, but instead I became this... FLYING BEAR!!! Bah, I honestly think it's better this way; I can't sing worth a darm and all I'd ever be was a roadie. I wouldn't say no to being a roadie for Lynard Skynard."
[He proudly wears his original 1986 Lynard Skynard T-Shirt underneath his kimono. We think he's single, but cannot fathom why (apart from the obvious reasons). Plopping down upon his couch, the Freebear regales us on how he bought this house (and most of these doodads) before entering the wrestling business.]
"If absolutely nothing else, I can say that I had a truly wonderful mother. Thought me to value the important stuff in life; not the fun stuff, not the enjoyable stuff... She just made sure I'd grew up good. On the other hand, abandoning everything to travel the world, that's the first stupid idea I ever followed upon. And I'm glad I took it. And I'm glad I'm here. CUZ I'M YOUR CHAMP! HAW HAW!!!"
[We'll have more tales from the American Freebear's early life as Cornerstone Revolution V approaches...]