Re: AGGRESSION 63: World Tag Team Titles - The First & Eddie Burns (c) vs. TEAM Viagr
(FADEIN: The First sitting on a bench next to the Bewitched statue in downtown Salem, First is in a black hoodie, black jeans, his face painted white with black diamonds around his eyes. His EPW World Tag Team Title belt rests on his lap.)
FIRST: I knew it was my belt before Eddie even handed it to me…And by that I mean the belt that I had when I was tag champions with Felix…There’s a little dent (Rubs belt) right here on the headplate…And it’s still there…I never thought I’d have this belt again before the plan to come in with Eddie…
Never thought I’d hold this belt and feel this way now…I feel so very trapped…I’m a damn cliché and it makes me sick…The whole ‘tag partners who hate each other’ idea…Never in a million years did I think that would happen to me and Eddie…Couldn’t imagine such a thing happening…
I don’t know why I couldn’t see it…I mean, I did all of it and worse…I remember that night against Stevens, the steel cage…I remember Muse pleading with me to just escape, to climb over the top and go to the floor, to take the win over Triple X…
I remember that I couldn’t do that, I had to win the title…I NEEDED to win the title…And even with Stevens laying there helpless and I could just beat him for a win to advance myself in King of the Cage…I couldn’t take it…So I jumped off that cage like a moron and missed, splattered myself on the mat…
“I knew you would come back” he said as I laid there…I think he did…Stevens knew how badly I wanted that title…But at the same time, I think he wouldn’t have minded me just leaving, it was a win-win for him…Either I take a stupid risk and get splattered, or I win in the fashion of a coward, and he could sneer and call me Brian a bunch more…
(First looks off into the distance, sighs.)
Wasn’t supposed to end like that between us…I’m not saying I ruined everything with Stalker and the controversy over what a foot touching the mat means or doesn’t mean…But we were meant to have one final great war, one of us won, one of us lost…Maybe we shake hands after, not that we needed to, we were warriors, we fought…We knew each other…
I’d have inducted him into the EPW Hall of Fame myself if I’d been around when he went in…I know he has his issues with me…I won’t deny it hurt when he went out of his way to not bring up my name…But man, that’s life…Can’t change what we did to each other, what we meant to each other in our careers here in EPW…You’re the man Trip…Always will be…
I am sorry to High Flyer and Tony Davis for my rambling…A young man acting like a old man talking about things in the past…But I am just trying to make things make sense in my mind…Knowing that I know why Eddie’s doing what he’s doing, cause I did what I did…Crimes can’t be uncommitted, the past is a prison you can’t escape…
I thought about giving up this belt, but that would solve nothing…Just lead to a fight with Eddie which won’t teach him anything…I thought about just giving up and going with Eddie, just cheating on his behalf and doing whatever the hell he wanted to do…Because I brought Eddie in to EPW, this was me doing a favor to a friend and trying to help him out, and who am I to be a stick in the mud? If Eddie wants to crack people with ring bells and throw fire, maybe I should to…
Then I think about you High Flyer, and how you’re a stand-up guy, and I know I can’t do that to you, I can’t cheapen this match with you and Tony Davis, I can’t ruin what could be a great battle between two teams wanting to be the best…I know this week there won’t be a double team and a quick pin to knock you guys out of the match right quick, this time it’s just us against just you and it’ll be a fight to the finish to see who the better men are…
And so Eddie, I’m going to be there for you, I’ll take your tags and if you ask in, you’ll get in…I’ll fight by your side…And Team VIAGRA, I will fight you with every fiber of my being…Cause that’s what this is about, titles on the line, men fighting tooth and nail to see who’s the best that night…I’m going to bring my A game, and I know you will too…Whatever stunts Eddie pulls or tries to pull…I apologize in advance for them…But he’s on his own there…Maybe one day he’ll figure out it’s not about the belt…
It’s about being a champion…
(FADEOUT)