Post by Seth Evans on Apr 12, 2013 22:38:20 GMT -6
The truth; throughout this entire week, I have wondered what it was that they saw in me... What it was that caused them to believe that I deserved to step into the ring with the likes of Alex Jones, Joe Everyman, and a number of other people. It was exactly what Alex had said --- what did I do to get here?
I'm not the person who likes to let an opportunity slip away, though, and I would definitely do whatever it was that I could to make the most out of this. A last hurrah. A smirk crossed over my face while I remained silent to the camera that focused behind me and I crossed my arms on the railing to the balcony in front of me. Already at the hotel, waiting for Sunday. Waiting to step into the ring for what could be one of my final, and greatest nCw matches, ever.
"I'm just as surprised as you, Alex."
I broke the silence, and drew in a deep breath. Exhaling, I continue to smile before continuing.
"I know how you feel going into this match... I heard everything that you had said. You don't know how the likes of me, Shane Hunt, or really anyone could be seen getting into the ring with you. You see this as your last opportunity to earn a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, and prove to the world that you are as good as you say you are! As good as we have to hear you talk about yourself on a weekly basis... I'm not here to insult you, Alex."
Chuckling to myself at the next thought that raced through my head, a thought that I let be heard. I turned to face the camera.
"Because you're right. Alex Jones... finally right about one thing that he's said throughout his entire time in New Championship Wrestling! There was an occasion that you did step away, but it didn't last very long; and you came back, and you became one of the greatest X-Division Champions to ever step into the nCw ring! You became one of the greatest wrestlers to ever step into the nCw ring... You were the one who was stepping into the nCw ring, with the likes of Joe Everyman. With the likes of Andrew Jacobsen. With the likes of Falcon, for the longest time. Adam Knite. Gib. There are a number of people that I could mention here, and they all know who they are; but you are all the ones who have been in New Championship Wrestling through thick and thin!
When your life was tough, and you were having problems... You were questioning your will to continue.
You found comfort in nCw. You poured your heart and soul further into nCw, and made it the best place that anyone could ever want to go to! I wish, I wish that I could have been that person to say that I was honestly doing that... but alas, I have a number of things that occur in my life. Tragedies. And I don't handle my tragedies in the same way that all of you did, and while I don't regret it; all I can do is apologize for not being there when I was needed.
But you still have a problem. It's not enough for you to be proclaimed by your peers as being one of the greatest to step into the ring, it's not even enough for me to be standing here, right now, thanking you for what you've done for the compoany; you have to have more by taking the World Heavyweight Championship, and wearing it proudly around your waist --- the one thing that you could never do in nCw, no matter how many shots you got. No matter how many opportunities you had taken away from you. No matter how much you scratched, clawed, and climbed over everybody in front of you to just to scrape your fingernail across the edge of the belt...
The fact remains.
You have never won the World Championship.
Granted, neither have I. Granted, you have won a number of titles over me and have been a better champion than I have been... But it kills you, Alex. It kills you to know that Andrew Jacobsen, a man you say could never, and would never beat you, has won the World Championship. But you haven't. We all know who our current champion is, and that's Roberto Verona; I remember seeing you align yourself with him but I could see it in your eyes... I could see how much it killed you to know that this man, Roberto Verona, was the World Champion before you. When he hasn't been here for even a fourth of the time that you've been."
Smiling while thinking back to my own success in the company and even a few words that I said to Alex Jones just a couple months prior...
"I've told you before, Alex; at the rate that you've been going throughout your career, I would be the World Champion before you would even get your next title shot. I compared you to William Spencer; the greatest wrestler to never win the World Championship... you're running out of time, Alex, and if you don't make the most out of the time that you have left --- you're going to get that same recognition. Can we count you out? Or are you going to make it count?
If I let you.
I'm no stranger to success, Alex... I know that I haven't had very much of it, but I do know what I'm capable of doing, and I knew that if I had the time --- I could be the World Champion. I could be entered into the Hall of Fame. I was just seconds away from being crowned the winner of the Road To The Gold tournament... Seconds away from earning a chance to face Steve Awesome for the World Heavyweight Championship. I had the biggest opportunity, ever, but I lost to the better man. I lost to a monster. Xander Famularo. And, I admit, I dropoped the ball from that day forward. And continued to do just that.
When it came to facing Gjenrei.
When it came to facing you.
When it came to constantly challenging Andrew Jacobsen for the National Championship...
And then The Ace.
I dropped the ball.
This is my last chance, too, Alex. This is my last chance to show that I could have taken the ball; and I could've gone all the way with it. I'm not going to let this slip away. You earned everything you have, Alex. You earned your spot to stand where you are... and me? I'm lucky to be here. I'll make the most of it. I'll prove that I do deserve to be in the same ring as you and everybody else!"
I take a couple steps forward, still looking into the camera.
"To everybody else... All I can really say is; best of luck. We still have one month after this but let's make people remember that... should this be our last match together. Should this be the last match that we ever step into the same ring with one another. We left it all in the ring."
{Scene fades.}
I'm not the person who likes to let an opportunity slip away, though, and I would definitely do whatever it was that I could to make the most out of this. A last hurrah. A smirk crossed over my face while I remained silent to the camera that focused behind me and I crossed my arms on the railing to the balcony in front of me. Already at the hotel, waiting for Sunday. Waiting to step into the ring for what could be one of my final, and greatest nCw matches, ever.
"I'm just as surprised as you, Alex."
I broke the silence, and drew in a deep breath. Exhaling, I continue to smile before continuing.
"I know how you feel going into this match... I heard everything that you had said. You don't know how the likes of me, Shane Hunt, or really anyone could be seen getting into the ring with you. You see this as your last opportunity to earn a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, and prove to the world that you are as good as you say you are! As good as we have to hear you talk about yourself on a weekly basis... I'm not here to insult you, Alex."
Chuckling to myself at the next thought that raced through my head, a thought that I let be heard. I turned to face the camera.
"Because you're right. Alex Jones... finally right about one thing that he's said throughout his entire time in New Championship Wrestling! There was an occasion that you did step away, but it didn't last very long; and you came back, and you became one of the greatest X-Division Champions to ever step into the nCw ring! You became one of the greatest wrestlers to ever step into the nCw ring... You were the one who was stepping into the nCw ring, with the likes of Joe Everyman. With the likes of Andrew Jacobsen. With the likes of Falcon, for the longest time. Adam Knite. Gib. There are a number of people that I could mention here, and they all know who they are; but you are all the ones who have been in New Championship Wrestling through thick and thin!
When your life was tough, and you were having problems... You were questioning your will to continue.
You found comfort in nCw. You poured your heart and soul further into nCw, and made it the best place that anyone could ever want to go to! I wish, I wish that I could have been that person to say that I was honestly doing that... but alas, I have a number of things that occur in my life. Tragedies. And I don't handle my tragedies in the same way that all of you did, and while I don't regret it; all I can do is apologize for not being there when I was needed.
But you still have a problem. It's not enough for you to be proclaimed by your peers as being one of the greatest to step into the ring, it's not even enough for me to be standing here, right now, thanking you for what you've done for the compoany; you have to have more by taking the World Heavyweight Championship, and wearing it proudly around your waist --- the one thing that you could never do in nCw, no matter how many shots you got. No matter how many opportunities you had taken away from you. No matter how much you scratched, clawed, and climbed over everybody in front of you to just to scrape your fingernail across the edge of the belt...
The fact remains.
You have never won the World Championship.
Granted, neither have I. Granted, you have won a number of titles over me and have been a better champion than I have been... But it kills you, Alex. It kills you to know that Andrew Jacobsen, a man you say could never, and would never beat you, has won the World Championship. But you haven't. We all know who our current champion is, and that's Roberto Verona; I remember seeing you align yourself with him but I could see it in your eyes... I could see how much it killed you to know that this man, Roberto Verona, was the World Champion before you. When he hasn't been here for even a fourth of the time that you've been."
Smiling while thinking back to my own success in the company and even a few words that I said to Alex Jones just a couple months prior...
"I've told you before, Alex; at the rate that you've been going throughout your career, I would be the World Champion before you would even get your next title shot. I compared you to William Spencer; the greatest wrestler to never win the World Championship... you're running out of time, Alex, and if you don't make the most out of the time that you have left --- you're going to get that same recognition. Can we count you out? Or are you going to make it count?
If I let you.
I'm no stranger to success, Alex... I know that I haven't had very much of it, but I do know what I'm capable of doing, and I knew that if I had the time --- I could be the World Champion. I could be entered into the Hall of Fame. I was just seconds away from being crowned the winner of the Road To The Gold tournament... Seconds away from earning a chance to face Steve Awesome for the World Heavyweight Championship. I had the biggest opportunity, ever, but I lost to the better man. I lost to a monster. Xander Famularo. And, I admit, I dropoped the ball from that day forward. And continued to do just that.
When it came to facing Gjenrei.
When it came to facing you.
When it came to constantly challenging Andrew Jacobsen for the National Championship...
And then The Ace.
I dropped the ball.
This is my last chance, too, Alex. This is my last chance to show that I could have taken the ball; and I could've gone all the way with it. I'm not going to let this slip away. You earned everything you have, Alex. You earned your spot to stand where you are... and me? I'm lucky to be here. I'll make the most of it. I'll prove that I do deserve to be in the same ring as you and everybody else!"
I take a couple steps forward, still looking into the camera.
"To everybody else... All I can really say is; best of luck. We still have one month after this but let's make people remember that... should this be our last match together. Should this be the last match that we ever step into the same ring with one another. We left it all in the ring."
{Scene fades.}