3132 Solaris VII Championships Season Review (Conclusion) 2/01/3134
INN - Interstellar News Network
SOLARIS CITY, SOLARIS VII – Welcome back, fight fans, to our special last look
at the 3132 Solaris VII Grand Championship. Joining us here in the studio is, of
course, the lovely and talented Shayne “Shockwave” Kirkpatrick of Blackstar Stables,
this year’s Grand Champion. This segment of the Championship Recap brought to
you by Earcandy Entertainment, “Good Times Never Sounded So Good”.
DS: Shayne, let me start by thanking you for coming, on behalf of all of us here at
SBC.
SK: Absolutely, Dennis. It’s great to be here!
DS: Alright, now it’s been an exciting ride for you, hasn’t it? Last year, you were
Blackstar’s sixth-place rising star, but tonight, you actually managed what every other
fighter in the tournament could only dream of. How does that feel?
SK: It’s unbelievable, Dennis. I don’t think I would have even dared to think about it
all through the matches, because it would be like jinxing it. Every time I went on those
arena floors, I just kept telling myself it was just another fight.
DS: Did that help take the edge off?
SK: Oh, hell, no, but that didn’t stop me from trying! (laughs)
DS: (chuckles) So, out there in the factory tonight, you squared off against Omar
“Demolition” Durand, the very man who took out last year’s Champion less than
twenty-four hours before. He had speed and technology on his side, plus a familiarity
of the terrain. What were your thoughts going in there?
SK: Well, when you’re out there, Dennis, you know there’s just no accounting for all
the variables, and all you have is faith in yourself and your own abilities. Omar was
tough opposition, but I had the mass and the armor to hold up while he had the speed
and reach. Either way you look at it, it was a tough fight.
DS: As tough as your first bout this tournament? Kyle DePaik really had you on the
ropes there for a bit.
SK: (laughs) Maybe not that tough! It’s hard enough fighting a dedicated fighter on
even footing, but fighting gravity on top of it, well. Let’s just say I know exactly what
was going through Omar’s mind when he fell off that bridge.
DS: Yes, by all accounts, Durand took a heck of a fall there. I understand you
contacted him immediately after that.
SK: Well, yeah. I mean, he could have easily been killed in that fall, and I didn’t really
want to win a championship that way. Heck, I like the guy! He was nothing but
cordial, congratulating me for every good shot, even as we chased each other through
the Factory. When my last shot knocked him off that bridge in the end, I truly felt
sorry about it. So, when he landed and the game buzzer sounded, I had to make sure
he was okay. I commed him, and said, “Hey, Durand, you need any help?” He just
laughed and said, “Whoops! I forgot to duck!” (laughs) You know, Dennis, you’d
have to be pretty rabid and heartless to go headhunting during the Games. There’s a
person in each of those machines after all.
DS: Perhaps, but not everyone seems to feel that way. DePaik, for example, and of
course, there was the rivalry between Tyler and Strauss--
SK: Ah, now you see, Dennis, that’s exactly my point. You take Tyler or Strauss, and
you see how some folks in the sport just forget that it really is just a sport. If you take
the grudge off the field, you basically court disaster. I, for one, would have no
problem downing PPCs at Valhalla right alongside Omar Durand and Roland Ghost
Bear—politics of stables and championships be damned—but those two couldn’t enter
a room together without turning it into a crossfire. It’s that kind of thing that got us
all the riots in ’62, and that kind of rivalry nearly doused the whole planet in flames
during the Jihad. Like Omar said about it yesterday, you’d think by now folks would
know better.
DS: But if they hadn’t caused that riot last night, you would have had to face one of
them in the semi-finals. Some folks are suggesting that you really lucked out this year
with that turn of events, earning a bye in the semi-finals while Durand had to get past
Ghost Bear.
SK: Oh, I know what they’re saying, Dennis. Fact is, I would gladly have taken on
David or Olivia if they’d only managed to get there. What fighter wouldn’t? And I
would’ve beat them, too, I’m quite sure. Of course, now I suppose we’d have to
settle that claim in a challenge match someday…
DS: (chuckles) Probably right. So, Shayne, I guess the big question for you is, “Now
what?” You’ve just won your first Championship at twenty-seven. The purse and the
publicity is enough for one to live off of for at least a decade, and the rumors have
been flying that your husband and agent, Bernard Kirkpatrick, has plans to start up a
stable of your own someday.
SK: (laughs) Oh, I’d say you shouldn’t listen to every rumor you hear, Dennis. I’m
still Team Blackstar all the way, and I think Bernie and Jerry would both flip if I tried
anything like that right now. For the time being, I’m just going to hold onto the title
for as long as I can.
DS: Well said, and we look forward to seeing you do just that, Shayne. We’re about
out of time here, but before we go, is there anything you’d like to say for the viewers
at home?
SK: Oh, yeah! I’d just like to say, for all my fans, that I didn’t win this Championship
just for myself and my husband. I won it for my team, the Blackstar Stables, for my
stablemaster, Mr. Jeremiah Daelun, and for my brother, Dominic Hasseldorf—I love
you bud! But even more than all these guys, I have to dedicate this victory to the one
and only Kai Allard-Liao, my hero and idol since I was about ten! I know it sounds
corny, but the galaxy just ain’t the same without him!
Thanks for joining us, fight fans, for Solaris Broadcasting’s Recap of the Grand
Tournament for 3132. As always, I’m Dennis Stanzio, with my lovely and talented
guest, Shayne Kirkpatrick, and until next time, we are out of here!
Towne Log
+ Awwww! She’s married!?! How does a major piece of information like THAT go
unmentioned until now?? :- BNCFanatic
+ ROFLMAO!!!!! You didn’t know!? What, you had some fantasies about her? Look
out everyone! BNC’s in L-O-V-E!!!! With a MARRIED woman, no less! Oh, God! I
think I laughed so hard my ribs are hurting…. :- TVBluFist
+ Ah, shoot! I shoulda known better anyway; no way someone that hot is single, even
on Solaris… :- BNCFanatic
+ Don’t feel so bad, Fanatic. You know how it is with celebs. Sure, they’ve been
married for six years now, but that only increases the odds they’ll split up in a few
months or so… :- LevEOsa
+ He’s her agent! Actually, isn’t that brother of hers a mercenary? It’s not like she’s
married for the money… :- GropoM
+ Nah, I think he’s nobility. But, anyway, who wants to lay odds that she’ll hold onto
the title again next year, eh? Or that she really does make a break with Blackstar and
strikes out on her own. Wouldn’t be the first champion to go on and start up a new
stable, after all. :- KevvyCone
INN - Interstellar News Network
SOLARIS CITY, SOLARIS VII – Welcome back, fight fans, to our special last look
at the 3132 Solaris VII Grand Championship. Joining us here in the studio is, of
course, the lovely and talented Shayne “Shockwave” Kirkpatrick of Blackstar Stables,
this year’s Grand Champion. This segment of the Championship Recap brought to
you by Earcandy Entertainment, “Good Times Never Sounded So Good”.
DS: Shayne, let me start by thanking you for coming, on behalf of all of us here at
SBC.
SK: Absolutely, Dennis. It’s great to be here!
DS: Alright, now it’s been an exciting ride for you, hasn’t it? Last year, you were
Blackstar’s sixth-place rising star, but tonight, you actually managed what every other
fighter in the tournament could only dream of. How does that feel?
SK: It’s unbelievable, Dennis. I don’t think I would have even dared to think about it
all through the matches, because it would be like jinxing it. Every time I went on those
arena floors, I just kept telling myself it was just another fight.
DS: Did that help take the edge off?
SK: Oh, hell, no, but that didn’t stop me from trying! (laughs)
DS: (chuckles) So, out there in the factory tonight, you squared off against Omar
“Demolition” Durand, the very man who took out last year’s Champion less than
twenty-four hours before. He had speed and technology on his side, plus a familiarity
of the terrain. What were your thoughts going in there?
SK: Well, when you’re out there, Dennis, you know there’s just no accounting for all
the variables, and all you have is faith in yourself and your own abilities. Omar was
tough opposition, but I had the mass and the armor to hold up while he had the speed
and reach. Either way you look at it, it was a tough fight.
DS: As tough as your first bout this tournament? Kyle DePaik really had you on the
ropes there for a bit.
SK: (laughs) Maybe not that tough! It’s hard enough fighting a dedicated fighter on
even footing, but fighting gravity on top of it, well. Let’s just say I know exactly what
was going through Omar’s mind when he fell off that bridge.
DS: Yes, by all accounts, Durand took a heck of a fall there. I understand you
contacted him immediately after that.
SK: Well, yeah. I mean, he could have easily been killed in that fall, and I didn’t really
want to win a championship that way. Heck, I like the guy! He was nothing but
cordial, congratulating me for every good shot, even as we chased each other through
the Factory. When my last shot knocked him off that bridge in the end, I truly felt
sorry about it. So, when he landed and the game buzzer sounded, I had to make sure
he was okay. I commed him, and said, “Hey, Durand, you need any help?” He just
laughed and said, “Whoops! I forgot to duck!” (laughs) You know, Dennis, you’d
have to be pretty rabid and heartless to go headhunting during the Games. There’s a
person in each of those machines after all.
DS: Perhaps, but not everyone seems to feel that way. DePaik, for example, and of
course, there was the rivalry between Tyler and Strauss--
SK: Ah, now you see, Dennis, that’s exactly my point. You take Tyler or Strauss, and
you see how some folks in the sport just forget that it really is just a sport. If you take
the grudge off the field, you basically court disaster. I, for one, would have no
problem downing PPCs at Valhalla right alongside Omar Durand and Roland Ghost
Bear—politics of stables and championships be damned—but those two couldn’t enter
a room together without turning it into a crossfire. It’s that kind of thing that got us
all the riots in ’62, and that kind of rivalry nearly doused the whole planet in flames
during the Jihad. Like Omar said about it yesterday, you’d think by now folks would
know better.
DS: But if they hadn’t caused that riot last night, you would have had to face one of
them in the semi-finals. Some folks are suggesting that you really lucked out this year
with that turn of events, earning a bye in the semi-finals while Durand had to get past
Ghost Bear.
SK: Oh, I know what they’re saying, Dennis. Fact is, I would gladly have taken on
David or Olivia if they’d only managed to get there. What fighter wouldn’t? And I
would’ve beat them, too, I’m quite sure. Of course, now I suppose we’d have to
settle that claim in a challenge match someday…
DS: (chuckles) Probably right. So, Shayne, I guess the big question for you is, “Now
what?” You’ve just won your first Championship at twenty-seven. The purse and the
publicity is enough for one to live off of for at least a decade, and the rumors have
been flying that your husband and agent, Bernard Kirkpatrick, has plans to start up a
stable of your own someday.
SK: (laughs) Oh, I’d say you shouldn’t listen to every rumor you hear, Dennis. I’m
still Team Blackstar all the way, and I think Bernie and Jerry would both flip if I tried
anything like that right now. For the time being, I’m just going to hold onto the title
for as long as I can.
DS: Well said, and we look forward to seeing you do just that, Shayne. We’re about
out of time here, but before we go, is there anything you’d like to say for the viewers
at home?
SK: Oh, yeah! I’d just like to say, for all my fans, that I didn’t win this Championship
just for myself and my husband. I won it for my team, the Blackstar Stables, for my
stablemaster, Mr. Jeremiah Daelun, and for my brother, Dominic Hasseldorf—I love
you bud! But even more than all these guys, I have to dedicate this victory to the one
and only Kai Allard-Liao, my hero and idol since I was about ten! I know it sounds
corny, but the galaxy just ain’t the same without him!
Thanks for joining us, fight fans, for Solaris Broadcasting’s Recap of the Grand
Tournament for 3132. As always, I’m Dennis Stanzio, with my lovely and talented
guest, Shayne Kirkpatrick, and until next time, we are out of here!
Towne Log
+ Awwww! She’s married!?! How does a major piece of information like THAT go
unmentioned until now?? :- BNCFanatic
+ ROFLMAO!!!!! You didn’t know!? What, you had some fantasies about her? Look
out everyone! BNC’s in L-O-V-E!!!! With a MARRIED woman, no less! Oh, God! I
think I laughed so hard my ribs are hurting…. :- TVBluFist
+ Ah, shoot! I shoulda known better anyway; no way someone that hot is single, even
on Solaris… :- BNCFanatic
+ Don’t feel so bad, Fanatic. You know how it is with celebs. Sure, they’ve been
married for six years now, but that only increases the odds they’ll split up in a few
months or so… :- LevEOsa
+ He’s her agent! Actually, isn’t that brother of hers a mercenary? It’s not like she’s
married for the money… :- GropoM
+ Nah, I think he’s nobility. But, anyway, who wants to lay odds that she’ll hold onto
the title again next year, eh? Or that she really does make a break with Blackstar and
strikes out on her own. Wouldn’t be the first champion to go on and start up a new
stable, after all. :- KevvyCone
| February 1, 3134 |
