Good morning, afternoon, evening or night. It all depends on whenever you happen upon this recording for Supreme Championship Wrestling, really. I just wanted to come on here and give you a disclaimer personally. You see, I workshopped many ideas for what I wanted to do prior to Taking Hold of the Flame, and the idea of having a confessional… you know, like the kind they have on Big Brother… seemed like it might work. But when we brainstormed names for it… well, that was an ordeal. Who knew coming up with something fresh and original would be so difficult. So Confessions won the day. As for the Part IV you see there? Well… a little insight to the creative process here… when Usher re-emerged with his Confessions album, he didn’t really take anything away… it was the song Confessions Part II that did that. But even that was workable until musical genius “Weird Al” Yankovic released his Confessions Part III. Well, after that move, it just felt… wrong?… to have any further iterations of Confessions not be suitably and aptly named. So, since I haven’t scoured the world to see if anyone else had tried to lay claim to the fourth part, I felt it would be time now for me to plant my flag here. So, forevermore, when you see Confessions Part IV, you know where it came from. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the show. – GT
THE LONG GAME
The confessional. To the Roman Catholic Church, confession – or the sacrament of reconciliation – is about purging one’s soul of the sin that would otherwise see one damned for all-time, and not in the Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar kind of way. After all… who sings that much at confession? It requires deep introspection and, ultimately, penance to show true remorse for one’s sins. This is not that kind of confession.
The confessional. To reality TV fans, it’s where the dirt comes out. People like that guy or the blonde one or whatshisname or simply a guttural “her” can sit down in front of a camera completely in isolation and air their inner most thoughts. They’re often salacious and derivative, require no expending of intellectual faculties and will, more often than not, result in some kind of drama within the wider community, even if the revelations remain implied rather than stated outright in the “public square”.
This is more one of those.
Anyway, Gavin Taylor can be seen entering into the confessional. He shuffles across the floor as he sits down in the chair in front of the camera that is trained onto him. His hands rapping together in an almost metronomic rhythm, Gavin lowers his head.
“Forgive me, ladies and gentlemen, for I have sinned.”
His words come drenched in uncharacteristic humility – definitely not something that has frequently if ever been seen from the man who dubbed himself “The All-Star” at the genesis of his professional wrestling career (actually, that fact itself is a lie, with Gavin’s career having a first start in the old Wrestling Association of Mexico (WAM (jitterbug *snap snap snap*)) as the overbearing, completely uncharacteristically boisterous Simpsons reference Rock Strongbow, but that Trivial Pursuit question is as the game would imply: Trivial). Gavin’s body language is undeniably reserved tonight. He’s got a weight on his mind. He’s unsure of himself… almost unsure of everything he’s about to pursue. Gavin knows, after all, what is waiting for him on Breakdown – the All-Star Spectacular! Gavin’s cashing in of his earned Trios Tournament contract for an opportunity at the SCW World Championship. His opponent? The reigning, defending, undisputed World Champion, his Trios-winning Team SUP partner, Xander Valentine. Gavin swallows deeply.
“I’m not really good at this whole “humility” thing, so you’ll have to bear with me.”
Gavin was right – he wasn’t very good at humility.
“Now, I know I could just sit here and regurgitate two-and-a-half years-worth of association to Xander Valentine, our SCW World Champion. After all, the first time I was linked to the man was back at the 2020 Trios Tournament, right smack dab in the middle of a rivalry I was having with our other partner, Jay Gold. But Xander and I… we’ve been places. We’ve seen things. We’ve shared the ring as partners and as adversaries. But, as much as I could sit here and talk about it, I’ve been living the life of a tangential celebrity since my arrival in Supreme Championship Wrestling. Because of that, I’ve got a lot of unused back-footage to prove my point here…”
"The All-Star" Gavin Taylor 