Post by Seth Evans on Oct 15, 2009 18:24:43 GMT -6
Joining The Forgotten? I’ll have to be honest with you, Rob, I must’ve completely missed your little promo where you talked a little higher of me…talked about how I have the chance of accomplishing my dreams, but I have to sacrifice a few things. I have to sacrifice the way that I’ve gone out to that ring and have done my thing since my career started back in 2006! The way that I have forgotten in the past, and realized one thing: It got me nowhere.
That’s right, Rob, I wasn’t always this good two shoes that you’ve proclaimed me to be, that Tara has proclaimed me to be -- there was a time that I got into that ring, and I didn’t respect a damn person! I got into that ring and felt like I was on top of the food chain, like I’ve said on a few occasions, because I was the hot sh*t that everybody was wishing they could be. I got a reality check, and realized that this is the way that I’m going to be able to accomplish my dreams!
There’s no doubt in my mind when I say that this is not the style for everybody…but it’s my style. It’s my way.
If you decided just out of the blue that you wanted to show respect to everybody, and give people the respect that they all have earned through their own time inside the ring, you might not be as successful as you are now. Here’s what comes to me, though: My very first three matches in the business, I was a success! Because I gave respect to everybody…I respected them, and I proved myself in that ring. When I had to go to a different company -- I changed my ways. I let people see the arrogance in my young career, and I kept that arrogance up for a while…as I said, it got me nowhere. It got me a loss. A draw. I decided that I would put my career on the line…I would stay undefeated all the way to March, and this was in June, mind you, or I would quit! I kept my word. I decided that I didn’t want the professional wrestling industry seeing that as the final thing they remembered of me…so I came back, and I did show my respect to everybody. I did my best. I started off slow, but ever since signing that contract with New Championship Wrestling -- six wins. Two losses. One draw.
I know that you may not think too highly on that with your over forty-plus matches inside of here, and a pretty good win/loss record. What is it; twenty-seven…twenty-eight wins? Fifteen losses? Yeah, that’s very good. Much better than my measly six wins, two losses.
Want to know what I see between both of our records? I see that I have a chance to beat your record. I have a chance to have better statistics than you, much like the statistics of my mentor…I have a chance to match your number of wins, and keep my losses as low as possible down to just two. That’s an opportunity that I have, and I have a chance to do that while holding the X-Division Championship. I can be better than you.
An uphill battle, yes. That’s exactly what my career has become since I decided to do this whole thing of respect…trying to respect you, and respect everybody that I face, and where did it get me? It got me just a little more ahead of you. It got me into Road To The Gold, and into a triple threat against Jimmy Zane…and into this match with you. After I was able to defeat Xavier Cross, by showing my respect to him even if he did show me a little bit of disrespect -- my respect got me here! Facing you! It will get me the X-Division Championship.
An uphill battle…yes. That’s just the way I like it, though. I like the challenge that it presents, I like the idea that I have something more to fight for. More than just a championship. I’m fighting everyday with myself to keep myself in check, and keep giving that respect to all of you, saying…great job…great match…better luck next time.
Not everything can be so easy. Everything worth having never does -- and that’s why this isn’t going to be any different. I’m going to run into people like you, run into people like Jimmy Zane, Glen Nodoveit, and just basically anyone that will disrespect my way of fighting in that ring…my reason for fighting in that ring. I know that! I will admit that it puts a lot of stress on me having to keep myself in check, and let people see that no matter how much sh*t people put on me, I can keep to my high road. They saw me take a cheap shot at you on Collision, and I don’t take back my words; it never felt better. There’s only so much that a human can take, and I’m not as strong as someone like Mohandas Gandhi. I can’t sit there and let you spit in my face, punch me in the face, physically assault me…verbally assault me…after so long, I’m going to have my breaking point. I’m not as strong.
You’ll probably tell me that this added stress I put on myself, I should give it up. I should take what I want, rather than earn what I get. You’ll probably continue to try and break me down, and convince me that I’m forgotten…I’m not into some crazy cult-like things, though. I’ve seen them around the industry so many times that it’s not even funny anymore! That’s all that you remind me of…trying to convince me that nobody cares about me, nobody respects me, and nobody loves me -- but you do…so you can get into my head, and get me into your cult so you can do a mass suicide and won’t look like a total loon when you’re the only person slitting your wrists.
Deep down…really deep…I see where you’re coming from, Rob. I see how you can look at me and say that I belong in yours and Falcon’s group, because the industry isn’t going to pay anything to me. I don’t have to just earn it, but I have to take it! Because the industry isn’t going to give me what I earn, instead…they’ll give it to those who take it. People are going to keep coming in and walking all over me because they apparently want it more, and not willing to wait for it. How I have all this talent, skill…whatever you want to call it…and the company is never going to see it because I’m just -- forgotten!
Deep…down, Rob. I was kind of curious what I did this month, though, to get myself a shot at the X-Division Championship. I mean, I did get my time on the TV and I told you, I told New Championship Wrestling, that I deserved my shot at the X-Division Championship! I didn’t need to go through a match to earn it, but was willing to if need be, but I knew that I had already earned it. I got that camera to look right at me, and I told you that I wanted to face you in the ring, and told you that deep down, you knew I earned my shot at it! Could that qualify for ‘taking’ or ‘demanding’, at the very least?
I believe so.
I believe that I did what you wanted me to do by demanding that for the X-Division Championship. By demanding that we face each other in that ring! By explaining that my path, my road to the gold was much different than that of Steve Awesome. Much different than that of JFK, Fergus Callaghan, Shaddix…much different than that of William Spencer and Terminus, and much different than that of Lance Ryan.
Steve Awesome got all the way through the tournament of Road To The Gold, and earned the right to face the World Championship at the pay-per-view this Sunday. Who just happens to be Falcon. Lance Ryan has seemed to have his ups and downs throughout this month, but it ultimately got him a chance to face the new National Champion, Joe Everyman…a round two for them. William Spencer and Terminus started off as opponents, and now they’re going to be teaming together to take on Dirty Deal. JFK, Fergus and Shaddix…all set their eyes on that Xtreme Championship, and they all have a shot in what appears to be an entirely brutal match.
I, on the other hand, set my eyes back on the gold that I had the opportunity of going after in my very first month -- the X-Division Championship! I earned my shot at you, and my shot at the belt.
All of us had our own roads to the gold, and to different sets of gold.
You don’t see the point in me bringing them up, I know. They don’t have anything to do with this match and that is the truth -- but what do they have in common with me? They took their own paths to the gold. Some did it with respect, some did it your way and demanded it…they took it.
As I said just a little while ago: I did it your way. I demanded my match…you told me to defeat Xavier Cross and you’ll give me this match. What did I do? I beat Xavier Cross! I took what I wanted, just like I’m going to take the X-Division Championship.
Sunday’s getting closer, Rob…at your expense, I will become the X-Division Championship.
At your expense…you’ll be back to where you really want to be: Forgotten.
That’s right, Rob, I wasn’t always this good two shoes that you’ve proclaimed me to be, that Tara has proclaimed me to be -- there was a time that I got into that ring, and I didn’t respect a damn person! I got into that ring and felt like I was on top of the food chain, like I’ve said on a few occasions, because I was the hot sh*t that everybody was wishing they could be. I got a reality check, and realized that this is the way that I’m going to be able to accomplish my dreams!
There’s no doubt in my mind when I say that this is not the style for everybody…but it’s my style. It’s my way.
If you decided just out of the blue that you wanted to show respect to everybody, and give people the respect that they all have earned through their own time inside the ring, you might not be as successful as you are now. Here’s what comes to me, though: My very first three matches in the business, I was a success! Because I gave respect to everybody…I respected them, and I proved myself in that ring. When I had to go to a different company -- I changed my ways. I let people see the arrogance in my young career, and I kept that arrogance up for a while…as I said, it got me nowhere. It got me a loss. A draw. I decided that I would put my career on the line…I would stay undefeated all the way to March, and this was in June, mind you, or I would quit! I kept my word. I decided that I didn’t want the professional wrestling industry seeing that as the final thing they remembered of me…so I came back, and I did show my respect to everybody. I did my best. I started off slow, but ever since signing that contract with New Championship Wrestling -- six wins. Two losses. One draw.
I know that you may not think too highly on that with your over forty-plus matches inside of here, and a pretty good win/loss record. What is it; twenty-seven…twenty-eight wins? Fifteen losses? Yeah, that’s very good. Much better than my measly six wins, two losses.
Want to know what I see between both of our records? I see that I have a chance to beat your record. I have a chance to have better statistics than you, much like the statistics of my mentor…I have a chance to match your number of wins, and keep my losses as low as possible down to just two. That’s an opportunity that I have, and I have a chance to do that while holding the X-Division Championship. I can be better than you.
An uphill battle, yes. That’s exactly what my career has become since I decided to do this whole thing of respect…trying to respect you, and respect everybody that I face, and where did it get me? It got me just a little more ahead of you. It got me into Road To The Gold, and into a triple threat against Jimmy Zane…and into this match with you. After I was able to defeat Xavier Cross, by showing my respect to him even if he did show me a little bit of disrespect -- my respect got me here! Facing you! It will get me the X-Division Championship.
An uphill battle…yes. That’s just the way I like it, though. I like the challenge that it presents, I like the idea that I have something more to fight for. More than just a championship. I’m fighting everyday with myself to keep myself in check, and keep giving that respect to all of you, saying…great job…great match…better luck next time.
Not everything can be so easy. Everything worth having never does -- and that’s why this isn’t going to be any different. I’m going to run into people like you, run into people like Jimmy Zane, Glen Nodoveit, and just basically anyone that will disrespect my way of fighting in that ring…my reason for fighting in that ring. I know that! I will admit that it puts a lot of stress on me having to keep myself in check, and let people see that no matter how much sh*t people put on me, I can keep to my high road. They saw me take a cheap shot at you on Collision, and I don’t take back my words; it never felt better. There’s only so much that a human can take, and I’m not as strong as someone like Mohandas Gandhi. I can’t sit there and let you spit in my face, punch me in the face, physically assault me…verbally assault me…after so long, I’m going to have my breaking point. I’m not as strong.
You’ll probably tell me that this added stress I put on myself, I should give it up. I should take what I want, rather than earn what I get. You’ll probably continue to try and break me down, and convince me that I’m forgotten…I’m not into some crazy cult-like things, though. I’ve seen them around the industry so many times that it’s not even funny anymore! That’s all that you remind me of…trying to convince me that nobody cares about me, nobody respects me, and nobody loves me -- but you do…so you can get into my head, and get me into your cult so you can do a mass suicide and won’t look like a total loon when you’re the only person slitting your wrists.
Deep down…really deep…I see where you’re coming from, Rob. I see how you can look at me and say that I belong in yours and Falcon’s group, because the industry isn’t going to pay anything to me. I don’t have to just earn it, but I have to take it! Because the industry isn’t going to give me what I earn, instead…they’ll give it to those who take it. People are going to keep coming in and walking all over me because they apparently want it more, and not willing to wait for it. How I have all this talent, skill…whatever you want to call it…and the company is never going to see it because I’m just -- forgotten!
Deep…down, Rob. I was kind of curious what I did this month, though, to get myself a shot at the X-Division Championship. I mean, I did get my time on the TV and I told you, I told New Championship Wrestling, that I deserved my shot at the X-Division Championship! I didn’t need to go through a match to earn it, but was willing to if need be, but I knew that I had already earned it. I got that camera to look right at me, and I told you that I wanted to face you in the ring, and told you that deep down, you knew I earned my shot at it! Could that qualify for ‘taking’ or ‘demanding’, at the very least?
I believe so.
I believe that I did what you wanted me to do by demanding that for the X-Division Championship. By demanding that we face each other in that ring! By explaining that my path, my road to the gold was much different than that of Steve Awesome. Much different than that of JFK, Fergus Callaghan, Shaddix…much different than that of William Spencer and Terminus, and much different than that of Lance Ryan.
Steve Awesome got all the way through the tournament of Road To The Gold, and earned the right to face the World Championship at the pay-per-view this Sunday. Who just happens to be Falcon. Lance Ryan has seemed to have his ups and downs throughout this month, but it ultimately got him a chance to face the new National Champion, Joe Everyman…a round two for them. William Spencer and Terminus started off as opponents, and now they’re going to be teaming together to take on Dirty Deal. JFK, Fergus and Shaddix…all set their eyes on that Xtreme Championship, and they all have a shot in what appears to be an entirely brutal match.
I, on the other hand, set my eyes back on the gold that I had the opportunity of going after in my very first month -- the X-Division Championship! I earned my shot at you, and my shot at the belt.
All of us had our own roads to the gold, and to different sets of gold.
You don’t see the point in me bringing them up, I know. They don’t have anything to do with this match and that is the truth -- but what do they have in common with me? They took their own paths to the gold. Some did it with respect, some did it your way and demanded it…they took it.
As I said just a little while ago: I did it your way. I demanded my match…you told me to defeat Xavier Cross and you’ll give me this match. What did I do? I beat Xavier Cross! I took what I wanted, just like I’m going to take the X-Division Championship.
Sunday’s getting closer, Rob…at your expense, I will become the X-Division Championship.
At your expense…you’ll be back to where you really want to be: Forgotten.