(FADEIN: Eddie Burns giving the camera a hard look, an EPW banner hangs behind him.)
BURNS: You want to call me a used tampon, you want to talk big about breaking my neck? You know what Teddy, that's fine with me, let's make this ugly, let's make this personal...You want violence with me? You'll get it...We could have had a match, a winner and a loser, but you want to make this more, you want to make an example of me and show everyone what a bad man you are? Good luck trying.
You think I haven't heard tough talk before? I've been in just about every dump in America trying to make enough money to put gas in the car so I could get to the gig after that one. Wrestling in front of 50 people one night, 75 the next, I chased that long white line for years...There's cities in this country I wouldn't believe were real except for the fact that a promoter and a few hundred bucks were promised me if I made it there to fight whoever the hell it was they put in front of me.
Now I'm here with the big crowds, bright lights...I called out the friggin' EPW World Champion on the last show and told him he was a fool to his face...And it's taught me one thing...That it's all the same inside the ropes, you lace up the boots, you get in that ring and you fight, doesn't matter if it's 50 people or 50,000, doesn't matter what's going on outside that ring, it matters what's going on in here,
(Points to his chest.)
It matters if you got the nerve to really do this or not Teddy, you want to break my neck and make a name for yourself, show everyone how big and bad you are? I doubt it. I think you'll look for the 1-2-3 same as everyone else, I don't really think you're willing to forgo victory to deal out a real brutal beating to me...Tides change so quickly in a match, at any moment you could think you're in control, and then a roll-up and it's over, the other guy has his hand raised and you're wondering what could have been, if you had just put the match away when you had the chance...
Me...Well I'm a bit nuts I guess, see you get my blood going, you start talking violent, and well I start thinking violent, like maybe I should just use this match to hurt somebody to beat up Teddy Alexander and show him that just cause he's big and he thinks he's bad...That he isn't really all that...Maybe I shouldn't really worry about winning or losing and maybe I should just beat the hell out of you and teach you a lesson in matters...
That you threaten a man's health, his career, well that means you got to risk those things also, and when we get in that ring, I'm not in the least bit worried about getting my arm raised in victory. This is about a fight...You and I go until we can't go any more...
(FADEOUT)