BELIEVE!!!

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Off Camera
September 9th, 2021
Orlando, Florida

It was Karaoke time at the local bar in Orlando, Florida. Klayton Kross was excited about it as he always was. He’d already put his name done to be the one to start off the Karaoke when it got underway. Everyone else there was enjoying the alcohol, whereas Klayton was just on Orange Juice. It was as if everyone else was getting some Dutch courage from the alcohol but that loveable douche Klayton wasn’t in need of any of that. No matter what it was that he did, he oozed courage, and let’s not forget about the confidence he had in whatever he did too. As Klayton sits down at the table with a few of the other regulars that are there for the Karaoke, he winks at the pretty blonde who is working behind the bar. The pretty blonde was checking him out and realizes that Klayton had spotted her so smile at him before turning around to hide the fact she was blushing.

TOM: So Klay, since you’re up first again, what are you going to sing? Please don’t tell me it’s Spice Girls or ABBA again.

The chubby bearded guy doesn’t sound happy that Klayton was up first again.

KLAYTON: Tom, actually it isn’t any of the classics that I’ve previously sung to perfection. As for what it is, you’ll find out when I get up to sing it. As for you, I’m guessing it’s going to be Meatloaf you’re singing. Along with the classic, “I’ll do anything for love but I won’t do that.” But we all know that you’re not finding love because the thing you won’t do is giving up eating.

Klayton just grins as he high fives the other two guys sitting at the table.

TOM: Hey! Why you gotta be a douchebag man?

Tom just sighs before stuffing Cheesy Nachos in his mouth. As Klayton and the other guys just laugh.

DICK: After we’ve all done a solo song are we going to go up there and do a One Direction song this time?

HARRY: Has to be “What Makes You Beautiful.” if we’re singing One D!!!

THE OTHER THREE: NO!!!

The three of them facepalm right after as Harry looks on confused.

KLAYTON: Never say One D again. You’re a thirty five year old man for fuck sake! Plus we’re singing “One Thing.” and that’s the end of it.

HARRY: Whatever. I bet for your solo song you sing “Sexy and I Know It.”

Harry just sits there rolling his eyes as the others just look on starting to think that’s something Klayton would totally do.

KLAYTON: Actually… NO! What are you going to sing, YMCA?

HARRY: No.

KLAYTON: Good. Leave it to The Village People, we don’t want to hear The Village Idiot version.

Klayton sips his Orange Juice as Tom and Dick just grin as Harry glares at them both.

DICK: Well I’m just going to go up there and sing “Down Under” by Men at Work.

KLAYTON: That figures, you Australian Dick. Since you’re traveling in a fried-out Kombi and on a hippie trail, head full of zombie.

This time Tom, Harry, and Klayton high five as they laugh. Dick actually knows how to take a joke and just smiles and sarcastically gives Klayton a thumbs up.

HARRY: Well when it’s my turn, I’m going to sing “Sign of the Times.” by my name sharing dude, Harry Styles.

TOM: That one sucks harder than Dick’s moms’ hoover mouth.

Tom holds his hand up so the others could high five him but they just look at him and shake their head.

THE OTHER THREE: NO!!!

Eventually, Tom takes his hand down after being left to hang there. He just looks on confused at the other three.

TOM: WHAT!?

KLAYTON: You know Dick’s mom has been in hospital lately. Apologize now! That was uncalled for.

TOM: I’m not apologizing. She was only in there because of an ingrowing toenail.

KLAYTON: Is that true Dick?

DICK: Yeah!

Klayton and Harry look at each other and facepalm as Tom looks on confused yet again.

KLAYTON: Why did you tell Harry and me she had to have her toe cut?

DICK: She did! Her toenail was cut.

Yet again Klayton and Harry facepalm along with Tom too as he realizes what has happened.

KLAYTON: The way you said it Dick was like she had her damn toe chopped off. You’re an idiot!

TOM: Getting back on the subject. I’m going to sing “The Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang.

DICK: Yeah. It’s always a bad touch from you.

Tom, Harry, and Klayton spit their drinks out and nearly choke because of Dick.

KLAYTON: You’re such a DICK!

DICK: Very funny… NOT!!! What are you gonna sing comedian?

Klayton just grins as he gets to his feet. He didn’t intend on telling Dick what he was going to sing. Just as Dick had finished asking him the question though, Klayton was signaled to go up and kick the karaoke off with whatever song he was going to sing.

KLAYTON: You’ll get to find out now.

Before he heads up to the stage, Klayton drinks down the Orange Juice he has left before leaving the glass on the table.

KLAYTON: Right lads! Now you’ll get to see a master at work.

Tom, Dick, and Harry all roll their eyes as Klayton heads off. Once on the stage, Klayton sets up the microphone on the stand.

KLAYTON: I’m sure you will all know the song I’m about to sing and if you don’t then you better BELIEVE I’m going to kick your ass.

A grin appears on Klayton’s face as he signals for the karaoke guy to start the song. Klayton stands there looking out at everyone with a big cheesy grin on his face as everyone realizes what the song is. Tom, Dick, and Harry look at each other wondering if Klayton was serious right now. Trust me, Klayton Kross was serious and was about to sing this song note perfect.

KLAYTON: After love, after love, After love, after love, After love, after love.

Surprisingly Klayton’s voice is amazing but he is “Excellence Evolved” so it wouldn’t be any other way.

KLAYTON: No matter how hard I try, You keep pushing me aside, And I can't break through, There's no talking to you.

When he gets to the “There’s no talking to you.” part he points out at everyone who starts to clap in amazement.

KLAYTON: So sad that you're leaving, It takes time to believe it, But after all is said and done, You're gonna be the lonely one, oh.

Now he starts to dance like this…

...Once he was done he gets back to singing.

KLAYTON: Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me say, I really don't think you're strong enough now.

Once again he does some kind of dance…

...Well if you can call that dancing.

KLAYTON: Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me say, I really don't think you're strong enough now, What am I supposed to do? Sit around and wait for you? Well, I can't do that, There's no turning back.

More dancing…

...Good job the singing is better than the dancing.

The crowd are loving what Klayton Kross is doing and when he does finish the song, they almost tear the roof off of the building with their cheers and applause. Tom, Dick, and Harry look at each other as if to say “Holy shit that was awesome!”

Tom ends up singing “The Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang and actually does an okay job, managing to even get some applause. Next up was Dick who ended up singing “Down Under” by Men at Work. Obviously, with Dick being the Australian out of them, you have to stick to the stereotype that’s why he sang it. Just like it’s obvious that Aiden Reynolds must know Dick the Australian because all Australian’s know each other right? Last but not least was Harry who sang “Sign of the Times.” by Harry Styles who did an alright job as Dick did too. The karaoke was finished off with Klayton, Tom, Dick, and Harry singing “One Thing.” by One Direction. Obviously, Klayton was the one who took the lead on the song which ended up with the bar erupting into cheers and applause once again like they did after Klayton had sung “Believe.” by Cher.

With that done, Klayton said his goodbyes to everyone because he was off home to go and eat steak. Once Klayton had cooked the steak, he grabs a bottle and starts to put the sauce over his steak from it.

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On Camera
September 10th, 2021
Orlando, Florida

KLAYTON: That’s right boys and girls, I did just train. I hope you all did. Most of all, I hope that my opponent Ciela Luiz did too. So since you’re a time traveler like “The Impossible Traveler” Betsy Granger, do you have a Tardis too? If not a Tardis how about a Phonebox like Bill and Ted? Hmm. What about a time machine like Stewie Griffin? A DeLorean time machine with a flux capacitor? Or maybe you time travel like Rick and Morty did and even have a box in your garage with time travel stuff written on it. Whatever one it is, it doesn’t matter. It isn’t going to save you from defeat to “Excellence Evolved” Klayton Kross. See, it doesn’t matter to me if you’re a time traveling human, alien, ass eater, mustache rider, or a Time Lord from Gallifrey. I’m going to kick your ass, either way, I’m an equal opportunities man like that. I give everyone the equal opportunity of the same ass kicking from me. I must admit, I do kick some people’s ass more than others but that’s because they deserve it or I just don’t like them.

Klayton just shrugs and smirks.

KLAYTON: Luckily for you Ciela you’ve done nothing yet for me to hate you or to deserve more than just a normal ass kicking from me. If that changes between now and our match, I will have to upgrade the rating of ass kicking you get, I hope you understand that. If you don’t understand that, I can talk Klingon. Actually, if you can’t understand English then you definitely aren’t smart enough to talk Klingon. I do apologize that I assumed just because you can time travel that you’re smart too. If you’re smart, you’ll be smart enough to know that at Victory there will only be one of us who is Victorious and that of course will be me. I’ve seen plenty of people say to Time Travelers that if you know what is going to happen why don’t you stop it? The thing is if they change anything it’ll lead to consequences that could be more meaningful than them changing a result to a match. I’m sure Ciela knows that and already knows that I am going to beat her. There is no shame in losing to someone who is better than you. You may well be #MADEOFEXCELLENCE like us all, only I’m #EXCELLENCEEVOLVED

Pausing for a moment, Klayton looks into the camera, he smiles and winks.

KLAYTON: Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think I’m unbeatable or invincible because if superheroes like Superman had their weaknesses. I look at you Ciela and I know your kryptonite already. It’s why I’m so confident of winning this match. Your experience will be a downfall in this match and it’s something that I’m going to take advantage of. I’m capable of picking up on people’s weaknesses and using them against them. As I’ve already said, I don’t hate you but this is my job. This is what I do, I do what I got to do to win without having to cheat. I’m a wrestler, I’m here to wrestle and respect the rules that I have to follow. If you decide to cheat, you’ve already lost the incidence you do that. All you’re proving in doing that is you’re not good enough to beat someone so you need to cut corners. A true professional wrestler doesn’t need to do that, they allow their wrestling ability to get the job done. I hope you don’t try and cheat because I’ll kick you so hard in the chest, your boobs will forever be on your back. Maybe you could have your own movie than “Backboob To The Future.”

The shaking of the head says it all. He knows it was kind of lame but he does grin as well.

KLAYTON: Let’s just go out there and put on a good match Backboob. I know I’m capable of doing so. The question though is are you able to do so? Are you able to compete with “Excellence Evolved” Klayton Kross? Somehow I don’t believe you’re capable but I guess you’re used to people not believing in you. You know with the whole time traveling and stuff. Just know that I think it’s pretty cool to be able to time travel. I’m just jealous that there seems to be a few of you out there that can and the first time I went in my friend DeLorean nothing happened. What did I do wrong Backboob? Do I need to piss in the tank? Or can I just power it up with double A batteries? These are what I don’t have the answer to that you might know. What I do have the answer to though, is who is going to win at Victory… “Excellence Evolved” Klayton Kross will.

As soon as Klayton Kross was done talking, the screen goes static.