Post by Joe Everyman on May 30, 2009 0:09:45 GMT -6
I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby
I'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Something I must fail to realize, is the term 'underdog'. It is thrown around so damn much now-a-days, and it is for completely unneeded reasons. An 8-4 football team is an underdog to a 12-0 football team, and yes another 5-7 football team is an underdog to the first 8-4 football team. A team that is clearly suppost to win a championship can be called underdogs because of their lack of star power. The Orlando Magic are destroying the Cleavland Cavilers right now, and yet, everyone expects the Cavs to go the finals. I had my smart money on the Nuggets winning, because they were classified as the 'underdogs' too, when they were clearly suppost to win the series against the Lakers...even though they lost earlier this evening. The fact of the matter is, the underdog rarely loses...so in that case, why even use the term underdog anymore?
I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
In this X-Division Tournament, the two biggest underdogs in the tourny went from the bottom of the barrel clear to the finals. When everyone on the roster looked at the listing for the eight wrestlers in the tournament, almost everyone I saw marked Rob Diamond and I off as losing in the first round. And look what happened...Rob and I made it to the final round. He proved to everyone that we aren't underdogs. No...we showed everyone that we are warriors. And in the end, the better man won. The better man won, not because he was an underdog, but because he was the best at what he does. Maybe it was because he knew he was so close. Maybe it was because he knew everything was on that line in this match. Maybe it's because of all of the hard work he had put into his match thus far in the tournament. Maybe it was because he was just that damn good. Sad thing is...I am that man, and I honestly don't know what it was.
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Nevertheless, I still believe the whole underdog term needs to be eliminated from existence. I mean, look at it. In every single movie where it's a ragtag team versus a team full of superstars, the underdog teams always wins. The same goes for professional wrestling. Rey Mysterio, the proclaimed "Greatest Underdog in History", has beaten the likes of Big Show, Snitsky, Brock Lesnar, Mark Henry, more times than I can count. And how can you say anyone is an underdog to Big Show now-a-days. Anyone who faces him almost always wins. This is why the term underdog has gotten too far out of proportion. People label others as underdogs to just show they aren't as strong or as talented. This is wrong, because of everyone in nCw, Rob Diamond and myself are the furthest thing from underdogs. We have defeated the best of the best here, and yet, nobody shows us the respect we deserve. They'll say, "You're too small", or 'You're too weak", or "You're too inexperienced". Rob and myself have had these statements shot at us our entire careers, and this past month, we proved everyone wrong, and showed everyone that we are far away from being the underdogs of the nCw.
I'm so chilled, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
This being said, it brings me to my opponent I struggled so hard to finally be able to face...Jack Hammond. His entire career here in nCw, he has been labeled as an underdog. But Jack has won the World Heavyweight Championship, and it clearly wasn't a fluke. He defeated Xavier Williams to capture the gold. And then in his only successful title defense, he beat Xavier and Ace. In my mind, that isn't an underdog in the slightest, and yet, Jack is still called an underdog. This has to stop. This uselessness of being an underdog is no longer needed, because the underdogs of nCw are stepping up and claiming what is rightfully theirs.
But Jack, don't think for one moment that this is a great little "Let's be best friends speech"...because it is far from it. This is just explaining to everyone else, including you, that the whole underdog bull**** needs to be put away with once and for all. Jack, this goes directly for you...because you are guilty of it. You use the same speech everyone else does, calling yourself the underdog just to put yourself over. And now it's time to pay for those words. Putting yourself over as an underdog is just like saying "I'm the smallest, weakest piece of **** here, so I should automatically win". Sure, it has worked before for you, but now is not the time. You're facing someone who sees right through your disguises. I see all of your faults, all of your falls, and all of your little tricks. I know exactly how Jack Hammond acts in the ring, and I know exactly what I need to do to defeat you and become the next nCw X-Division Champion.
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
Jack, I'm not going to be one of those guys who says I want to kill you and eat your soul or whatever the **** Dark Prophet used to do. I'm not ganna come out and say I have a huge list of things against you, because I don't. I am just in this for two things. To rind the nCw of it's Savior Underdog, and to become the new X-Division Champion. I say you are the savior underdog, because you are the glorified definition of the word. You pulled a Rey Mysterio too many times now. You get win after win against opponents who clearly normally beat you, and then you win the World Championship, and still pull the same underdog bull****. See Jack, I never did that. Everyone labeled me as an underdog, and what did I do? I fought back and kicked their face in. You did the opposite, and used the underdog talk as an advantage. It may have worked against others, but I'm not like everyone else. I am above them. I showed that during this past month when I defeated Rob Diamond, Shaddix and Kristoff Liam Bates to become the third ever Elite 8 winner. I will not say my wins were underdog upsets, because they clearly weren't. They were because I brought myself up and soundly beat my opponents, and because they clearly didn't try hard enough. Jack, will you fall into this same category, or will you do the same as me, rise up, and defeat your demons, and retain your championship...something you are yet to do.
What will you do Jack? Will you rise up and defeat me...or will you let die your one shot at showing the rest of the roster you still have what it takes. Be prepared Hammond...you're ganna need it.
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