Asylum Rules Match AWS Manic Championship

It had been a while since Jamal Payne was in this exact position but he loved it all the same. A hyped up show, a marquee match he was booked in, and a title shot on the line! The Manic Championship! Really any title would do for the near 30-year wrestling veteran. He couldn’t be particular at his age. Any championship could do and it was something that he was thinking about on the way to the AWS Ward show in the Crow’s Nest venue of Las Vegas.

In fact, let's go a little deeper into Jamal’s situation for a moment. “Freight Train” Jamal Payne had been wrestling since 1995. Literally wrestling longer than a lot of Asylum Wrestling Societies roster had been alive considering how the company had a lot of wrestlers who were born in the 90s and early 2000s. 

Jamal also came into wrestling from the ground up. From high school gyms and VFW halls to basketball arenas. He was a wrestler who performed his craft at high levels of the business. 

So how did he even end up in a gritty, non-mainstream wrestling company like the Asylum Wrestling Society in the first place? Simple. After the bright and flashy wrestling company he was in released him Jamal knew his days in the business were numbered but he didn’t want to retire. He wanted to try his luck in a wrestling company that not only needed him since money was no longer an issue in his career by any stretch but he wanted to wrestle somewhere that was exciting, hard-core, and fun. That way when he did retire he could do it on a high note.

Which brought us to AWS Ward itself where Jamal Payne was raising hell in. He was a beast. A wrestler who went from struggling to gain ground in the Asylum Wrestling Society to being an absolute BEAST that nobody wants to wrestle against. Where if you were booked against ol’ Freight Train you were in for a long night. Win or lose. But luckily Jamal Payne managed to get more wins than losses. Just that none of those wins involved championships. To the point where he went from being an old guy who couldn't hack it in a modern wrestling fed to now being someone who couldn’t win the big one.

From one shitty role to another.

Which is why the Manic championship was a big deal for Jamal. It would be his first championship and he would break his stigma.

And as for AWS Monday Night Ward he knew just what to do for his promo. And it started with him in a quiet neighborhood outside of Las Vegas. Camera focused on him and his street clothes. Looking like a badass vision of cool toughness before he went to battle. The fans needed to pay attention to what he had to say.

Jamal Payne: This right here is the real Las Vegas. Not this touristy crap like what you see on TV. People around here grew up like me. Humble, hard-working, yeah they know how to celebrate and have a good time and they ain’t gotta go far to do it. But that’s AFTER busting their asses on the struggle. The GRIND. Kind of like me and my time here in AWS. 

Jamal Payne talked about himself while being sure to show footage of Las Vegas citizens in factories and on kitchen floors. Doing physical, active, work in the community between footage of him on camera just to prove his point.

Jamal Payne: Now am I comin’ at this like a babyface looking for a cheap pop? Yeah I guess. But it ain’t fake. Since I signed that deal to come here and wrestle in AWS I’ve had highs and lows, I kicked ass and I got my ass kicked. Knowin’ how old I am to all the youngbloods here and I’m still tryin ta’ get mine. This ain’t no farewell tour I still want gold! I still want a championship. I just haven’t had it yet and I ain’t blamin’ anybody but myself. But imma change that at Ward

Jamal was never one of those wrestlers who blamed losses on outside circumstances. Refs, interference, whatever stacked odds against him. That was never his style. Jamal blamed himself for every loss because when you’re that big, strong, tough, and experienced as he was you had every reason to believe you were unstoppable and could break through every obstacle.

Jamal Payne: That’s why no matter how many times I lost these title matches I never blamed anyone but myself and I got better. Waiting until the next moment as I keep working, and grinding, and winning until the next target and right now…that’s that damn nobody Mike Dimter and bring the Manic Championship home with me

Jamal kept speaking honestly while he walked through the Las Vegas suburban streets. Taking quick selfies and high-fives with people who knew him as a wrestler before getting to his black Ford SUV. Not getting inside of it yet but taking time to talk to the crowd some more.

Jamal Payne: Mike Dimter who the f*** is you? I mean that with the most disrespect. You ain’t a part of the Asylum Wrestling Society. Not for real. You ain't been fighting like I have. I’m tired of being second place in this company. Because it’s one thing to lose to men that I respect but you? I don’t respect you. You failed your way to the Manic title. Facing mid-ass talent like AJ Flare and losing fatal four way matches? This my chance to be the new Manic Champion and I ain’t gonna lose it to your punk ass who don’t deserve it. So you better hope I don’t even get to the Crow’s Nest because after I get through with you the closest you’ll get to the Manic Championship is getting a toy version of the damn thing so you can pretend while I get the real deal around my waist bitch. See you at Ward!