Gavin Loudspeaker blog, 4.19.2013
4/19/2013: One of the things Tim Donst probably won’t tell you is that we used to be friends. We hung out after events, we played Guitar Hero, we stayed up late, and for a brief period even formed a band - with Donst on bass and Hydra playing drums.
He probably won’t mention that anytime soon, but I feel like it’s important to point out that his bullying, cowardly tactics go back a long way. His psychotic need for attention through misery resulted in the end our short-lived band. And our friendship. And Hydra’s career. From there, he saddled up with the BDK, where he met his BFF Jakob Hammermeier. While Jakob annoyed me endlessly in the ring and kept me from doing my job, Donst was always there, smiling, almost like it was his twisted game. He just loves to ruin fun. He doesn’t even need a reason.
Maybe he is jealous of my personal connection to the CHIKARA fans, how we all treat each other like family...a connection he can never have. Maybe he just hates that I’m funny, cute and talented. Maybe it’s my music - since he couldn’t carry a note if it was in a hammock.
I know what my job is, I don’t do play-by-play for the New York Ballet. I deal with wrestlers all the time, so I know my place. I’m the ring announcer, so I shut up and do my job. Except my job is mostly talking. So yeah, sometimes I get carried away. I love to get a rise from the CHIKARA fans and I’ll do anything to do it, so I guess I took a few shots at Donst over the season premiere weekend, but that is my JOB. I’m supposed to entertain the fans. It’s called having fun. And what I said was true: “Tim Donst is NOT main event material.”
Let’s take a look at his iPay-Per-View record, shall we? At "High Noon" he lost to UltraMantis and Hallowicked, effectively ending the BDK’s reign of terror. At "Chikarasaurus Rex" Hallowicked proved he’s the greatest Young Lions Cup champion ever, defeating Donst and taking his hair. Then, at "Under the Hood," when the critics and pundits had him pegged as CHIKARA’s next Grand Champion, he again fell short. One "Backfist to the Future" later and his future didn’t look so bright. Heck, I’d be frustrated, too. I get the frustration.
But that doesn't give license to take out frustration on a ring announcer. To get physical. To intimidate. That is a pretty pathetic display of who he is, and he didn’t really hurt me. And talking about pathetic people - Jakob and nowVeronica enable his every whim. They are as low as Donst, and it almost doesn't phase me. But it just disgusts me to see Donst contaminate the mind of Steven “Turtle” Weiner, who is a good guy mixed up with the wrong crowd.
Last month, after a particularly humiliating brow-beating in Tampa, I lost my cool in Orlando. I told the crowd exactly what I felt about Tim Donst, and I’m glad I did because it made me feel better. During that exact same weekend - guess who was making misery in the happiest place on earth?
Watch Tim Donst in that video. What else do you need to know about this lowlife? Playing with someone as if they are a toy?
And how about WrestleCon? In front of the biggest live CHIKARA crowd ever I had a moment I’ll never forget...but for the wrong reasons. After throwing me to the mat, he unleashed his scissors and proceeded to cut a lock from my Zeus-like hair as his cronies looked on in amusement. It looked as if he was going to finish the job, too, but he had his fun. Bullies never finish the job. As if I had a target on my back, Tim Donst took it upon himself to bring his sick misery train to my home turf, CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go.
Striking me. Knocking me down. Ending the fun. Even though my doctor said it would not be permanent, the hearing in my left ear is messed up because of you, Tim. Not cool.This is not fun anymore. I’m unable to do my job and I feel unsafe. I'm going to start recording the Go-Go at my place, because I don't feel safe at the studio any more. I don't deserve to be slapped around, no matter what I say or who I say it to, Tim.
To our Director of Fun: I request you suspend Tim Donst from the next live card, and fine him heavily for what he's done to me. Furthermore, I'd like to see the money taken from his paycheck donated to the Be A Star charity ( www.facebook.com/beaSTARAlliance). I want him to see that his terrorist tactics only served to fund an anti-bullying campaign.
And once he's been dealt with, we can finally get back to having fun.
GL
