Post by Joe Everyman on Mar 10, 2013 2:23:10 GMT -6
If you see me walking all alone
Don't look back, I'm just on my way back home
there's a train leaves here this morning, and
I don't know, what I might be on
Don't look back, I'm just on my way back home
there's a train leaves here this morning, and
I don't know, what I might be on
I was trying to think all week of how to start this promo off. I could have talked about the fact that The Ace attacked Davey Ortega and injured him. I could talk about how me and Mike Laszlo have had bad blood for a little while now. Or maybe I could start off with the one I decided upon earlier today, which is this. I'm honestly not sure if The Ace was doing it promo directed at me, or at himself. I wondered this as soon as I was done watching it. I honestly can't figure it out. I'm not going to come out here and attack everything that he or Laszlo say tonight. That won't get me anywhere. Instead, I will leave it at that for the time being. Instead, I will simply state my intentions.
Win or loss for me this Sunday, it's all about me turning a new leaf. My current idea for what I wanted my career to be was destroyed. What Davey and I were doing was something great. And just like that... it's over. I have to put it behind me. As much I hate to just let it die... it's something I have to do. I don't want to do it, but I will. I must transition from a tag team wrestler to a singles wrestler again. I have to transition back to the three time nCw National Champion. I may not be the only three time champion anymore, but at least I was the first. I was the best. And now, I have a great opportunity of extending my record and becoming the first time four time National Champion. I will always have the nickname of only being second best. Maybe that's not a bad thing. People always brought up how I could never win the big one. I'm a three time National Champion. There's ONE other man in this company who has ever done that. That's really f*cking impressive! And yet, I barely got the recognition I deserved for it. People would always say, "So what?" when they would hear me say it. I don't see them doing the same thing. I can always hold that over them, and always did.
But now, I even have to move on from that. Now that The Ace has also done it, it's not nearly as impressive. I need to expand myself forward and move onto something even greater. I have to capture it for a fourth time. I have to stand atop the nCw roster with the National Championship over my shoulder. Not much can stand in my way for that. Not even The Ace or Mike Laszlo. And I would love to see them try. I've defeated stronger opponents with less on the line before. This will be nothing to me, unless some unforeseen shenanigans transpire. Considering the match and the combatants, that could very well be what happens. But if that doesn't occur... well, I think I've got a good shot. I hate guaranteeing things nowadays. This is normally where I would say that I guarantee a win this Sunday. But now, I just can't do it. I guaranteed that Davey and I would win the Tag Team Championships. We didn't. I promised that our revolution would mean something. Only we discussed it, and it went nowhere. I can guarantee that I learned something from it though. I learned that, even if you were always enemies, you can still make friends. And I also learned that it's ok to depend on someone else if you need to. I hadn't depended on someone since I was with Lex. It was nice. If I needed to lean on somebody, I could. But now, I'm thrown back out into the world to fend for myself.
I can't exactly say that it is just a horrible thing. I've had trouble fending for myself, but I know I can succeed with it again. It's been a long time since I was a champion here in nCw. But as soon as I win another, I will be recognized as fully back into the swing of how singles action works again. I have a big chance to do this come Crossroads tomorrow night. I'm not the first, and I'm not the last... but I have to make the token Crossroads comparison here. I truly am at a crossroads in my career. My old passion was killed, and now, a new passion arises. I will have to try my absolute hardest to get this rolling. I've got a huge opportunity to turn this all around. But I have to figure out which road to take. I need to decide if I'll take the path of righteousness and passion, or take the path of fury, anger, destruction and revenge. I haven't been on that path in a long time. Maybe I'll need it again for this. Maybe not just for this match, but for the foreseeable future. I need some passion again. I remember back during the times where I was dominate. Most of the times, I didn't care about my opponents. I didn't care if I hurt them. Or who I hurt at all. I only fought to win. And since then, I've been Mr. Nice Guy. And it hasn't gotten me far. Maybe I'll change. Maybe I'll stay the same. Only time will truly tell. All I know is, this Sunday is going to be something. It's going to be a feat. I'm going to put some butts in the seats, that's for sure.
One thing I do know is this. Regardless of a win or loss this Sunday, I know that I'll be moving forward. I don't know how yet, but I will be moving forward. I wish I could predict the future, but that's just something I can't do. I can't tell you if I'll even have the National Championship around my waist. I think I can do it, but my confidence has been shaky lately. I know I'm going to get a lot of flake for coming out and saying these things. I just don't want to lie to my loyal fans. I would rather come out here and say that I think I can win than saying I know I can win, if that's the truth. Mike and Jake are both incredibly competitors. It's going to be damn difficult to defeat the two of them, let alone one of them. This is going to be tough. But even if I lose, I'll learn something. I'll learn what my next step will be. Or, I'll snap and cave in each of their skulls with a steel chair. I'm not sure. That's how unpredictable my future is. My future is bright. I know that. So no matter what, win or loss, I'll be moving up to bigger and better things.
I know this isn't like a normal promo of mine, and it's not meant to be. I didn't want to come out and just attack The Ace and Laszlo like they did to each other and myself. This is beyond them. Win or loss, I'll move past them. I'll move past it all. This revolution will be behind me. My old career will be behind me. This match on Crossroads will be my two hundredth and fiftieth match here in nCw. Nobody has had as many matches as me. And while two hundred and fifty is amazing and a grand occasion in it's own right... it's time to move on. I need to put those matches behind me and begin anew. I need to rise like a phoenix from the ashes. I would love to start that new beginning as the National Champion though. But if not... then it's ok. No matter the result, I will be satisfied. The Ace talked a lot about the ability to go back and try to do things over. I can honestly say that I wouldn't change a single thing. I know I screwed up some. I know that I failed when I could have succeeded. I know that I won when I should have failed. My career has been a roller coaster up to this point. But now it's time to get off and try out a different roller coaster. Or maybe the log ride. I just don't know yet. That's what is so exciting about this all. I know as much about my future as you all do. I'm not saying these things to try and cover up my master plan or anything either. I don't want to know what my future holds.
This Sunday will be the end of the beginning for me. My first book will come to a close after a dramatic final chapter. And after Crossroads, my second book shall begin. And it will be even bigger and better than the first. The fans and the other wrestlers will want to keep close tabs on it to see what all happens. I'll be more addicting than The Walking Dead, Homeland, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and Breaking Bad combined! This show won't stop. It will only keep growing.
And more so than that, this Sunday will be my chance to win the National Championship for a record fourth time. The Ace and Mike Laszlo are two of the best we've got here, so I've got a lot of uphill work ahead of me. But I will come in confident. I will come in strong. And I will come in willing. More willing than anybody before me. I am able to do great things this Sunday night. I am even more able to do greater things in my career. This Sunday is not about just one match. It is not about just one championship. It is about a grand turning point. The train is leaving the station and I'll be sure to catch it this time. I don't know where it is going, but I'm excited for the end of the line. Jake, Mike, I want us to go out and light up this pay per view. I want people to look back and be amazed by the things we were able to do in the ring. I want us to completely shadow every single other match out there that night. I want us to be the match of the year. If we can pull that off, then even the two men that lose will be proud. Until then, I will bid you adieu. For everybody else... keep an eye on my work for the coming months. Some big things will be transpiring. I can promise you that you haven't seen anything yet. The evolution of Joe Everyman is finally complete, and I am ready to morph into my next stage. At Crossroads, my next installment will begin. And on top of everything, always remember one thing...
...never question my heart.
If time makes a difference while we're gone
Tell me now, and I won't be hanging on
There's a train leaves here this morning
and I don't know, what I might be on
Tell me now, and I won't be hanging on
There's a train leaves here this morning
and I don't know, what I might be on