Bullies never prosper - Darren Knight interview

[darrenas]

{EDITED}
Backstage area at TWOstars arena. Todd Grisham looks uncertainly at the cameraman, with his finger in his ear, and is heard mutter “we on?”

TG: We are backstage, having heard that one of TWOstars newest members is about to... Hold on, whats this?

Camera spins round and starts to run toward a man with his back to the camera, dressed in a black Tshirt and Combat pants. He is helping up Joseph Helms from the ground. It looks like Helms has had a beatdown. In the background, 'The Phoenix' Jason Bell is taunting them. Referees suddenly arrive on the scene.

TG: Hey, what happened here? Aren't you.... Darren Knight?

Darren Knight gets off one knee and turns to face Todd Grisham

DK: Yeah, what of it?

TG: So what happened?

DK: I just saw that asshole Bell beating on Joseph... it looked like The Enforcer was nowhere to be seen, so I stuck my oar in..... If theres is one type of person I hate, its a bully.... Cowards, all of them (Shouts) Yeah that means you Bell!

TG: So I guess you just made a friend huh?

DK: No offence, but I'm not here to make friends... I do what I do because of who I am, and what I've become. I won't stand for the smaller guys being beaten up, just because of their size.

(Into Camera) I'm telling you now, so the whole Company can hear me loud and clear..... you wanna bully someone? Try bullying me..... you wanna pick on someone? I'm here... and I'm waiting..... I'd just love to put your Lights Out.... Pick on me? You'll be picking your teeth off the floor.... Guaranteed.

Knight walks off to help Joseph Helms get himself together

TD (sarcastically) well it looks like we have a new hero in town.... Back to you Michael Cole......

[JubsFromTheBlock]

Okay, it's fine enough. I would probably have liked it to have been just about Darren, but I appreciate why you went in the direction you did and think it was an original way to get some personality out.

A tiny, tiny problem is that Joseph is in actual fact a heel while Jason is a face - so we wouldn't have Bell doing any goading. However I appreciate that you're just writing your training tasks so the characters are a tad more flexible.

Being very picky, it's interesting that Darren steps into the situation because of Joseph's size. From all he knows Joseph just called Jason's mum a fat slag, yet because of the size difference Darren feels it appropriate to interfere. Maybe something we'll be able to take advantage of in the main fed.
Was that on purpose?

"Throw the Sharp Edge on you" doesn't work as a sentence - rework the wording.

[darrenas]

yeah, it was kinda on purpose, being as in his profile it says that sometimes he'll step in and get it completely wrong..... he sees what he wants to see, rather than the bigger picture.... and sometimes will completely lose it because all he can see is the smaller guy getting beaten down.... i'll have a look at that sentence, you're right it doesn't work......

[Megz]

hmmm, I like the idea he'll step in no matter the alignment of the superstar. What you'll need to be carefull of is people taking you has Heel if you go that way because sometimes you;ll attack faces and if Darren is a grumpy so and so people will see him as heel.

[JubsFromTheBlock]

Yeah, okay dokes, let's send you onto task2.

I would like you to have a little braaaawl with... Christopher Ryan Eagles.

His profile, just to give you an idea on the character:

ewrestling.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Eagles

[darrenas]

just on that, do you think then that he'd be better off as a tweener rather than a face? I'm happy either way, but i know that the fed is in need of faces......

[JubsFromTheBlock]

I'm not a fan of tweeners to be totally blunt. They are difficult to write for and becomes even more complicated when other writers are handling the character.

I'm sorry chappy, but I really rather prefer he stays as a straight-out face.

[darrenas]

nope thats cool... just thought i'd throw it out there!