Fadein, an EPW-backdrop.)
CRUISE: Interesting how just a few weeks will make a difference from the last year will make. This time last year, NFW was just getting started, EPW hadn't even made a debut let alone as far as an announcement is concerned, and CSWA was...well, when ISN'T CSWA taking a time out?
Fast forward to a few weeks ago.
Upon hearing that Suicide was committing fatal mistakes and no one was correcting them, all it took was just one man to fix it.
But no one wanted to step forward.
I say again, it's interesting how just a few simple actions of one man can change the expectations of many.
So I took it upon myself, in all my mediocrity and glory, to fix things.
Because people like you Christian Sands, are too involved and self-absorbed in their own personal vendettas to take time out of their agendas to do so.
That's right Christian.
(Bleep) you.
Since when do you have the time or patience to give a damn about me? For that matter, since when do you give a damn about anyone else but you?
You've been in this business for two-to-three years to my near decade and have reached the top of the mountain before me.
Congratulations, Chump.
You've done so while competing in matches in SCW, sixty-six-minute matches in GWE, matches in NFW with myself, Ryan, and everyone else for the Ultratitle, and now have taken it upon yourself to be the cementing foundation as the first EPW World Champion.
Piss off, because I could care less what you've done.
What I care about is RIGHT NOW.
It doesn't matter if I've only captured the Intercontinental title in GWE, or the Presidential title in CSWA. The fact of the matter is, for one:
Both titles are now being held by punk-a**es who don't know what to do with them in the first place. One of those two I might add, is a stoner who....if I remember correctly....has the world title and has kicked your carcass all over the ring, again, and again, and again.
Tell ME something Christian.
How does it feel knowing that you can't beat a drug addict for the world title that you think is already in the bag??
You've passed me up and taken the world title without trying....good for you.
It's nice to know that when someone else accomplishes something that you're not even worried about at the time, credit is there for the taking.
Don't me wrong Christian, you defeated Beast in what alot of critics think was one to remember. You earned the EPW in that respect, you can WRESTLE. But since when do you receive the right and privilage to declare yourself one in your own league and think that no one else belongs in it?
Hell, if you want to be real technical about it, I'd like to think that that four-way match was one for my resume, myself.
Going up against three other men, one in which I knew practically nothing about about other than the fact that he was replacing Daymon. I'd like to think that I did a pretty good jobin it too, despite the fact that Douglas lost his focus.
But before I forget, let me just address that point of the match before I go on, because lord knows, if I don't have an explanation soon, Douglas' mommy is going to have a fit and send a letter to Mercedes.
What Beast did at Black Dawn was of his own right and his own doing. If he felt that he needed to provide me with a distraction to turn things around, then that was up to him. Sure, Douglas was on a roll. But that was his own mistake as well as his downfall. His downfall was my advantage as well as my reward.
But instead of ending it right there Douglas, your stupidity came in effect and you lost focus when Beast came down the aisle. You as skilled as you are kid, should know that when you start something....you damn well better finish it.
Beast was just lucky enough to get the cover. Hell, for all you care, it could've been Sands that got the win, but the same result would've occured.
Suicide committing....well, EPW-suicide, if you pardon the pun.
As far as you're concerned Douglas, you go cry on somebody's shoulder that gives a damn, because I sure don't. Neither does Marx, neither does Daymon, as well as anyone else who you think MIGHT give a damn about you. Take your Intercontinental title shot and piss off.
(Cruise relaxes a minute and looks downward a minute and then back up, brushing hair out of his face.)
So Christian Sands thinks that I just waltzed right into this business and that my wife and I were in the adult film industry, praying that no one would remember of a past we NEVER had.
That's great Sands, good work.
As a matter of fact, it's SO great that you forgot the fact that I've never even seen my wife before the MWC/EWI days.
Ya know...the days in which JW Locke could give two (bleep)s about you, me, and anyone else not named THE WORM or THE HURRICANE.
But at least I got a paycheck.
But back to what you said....the porn thing. Assuming in all your selfishness as EPW World Champion, that I was in the industry.
Actually....I can't. Because that means that if I actually was, then you would find videos of me with women I don't remember. That would mean that you in fact DON'T have a life of your own and spend every waking hour of the day away from sleep and stuck to promoters' rear ends....humping your OWN fist and that pal....
That's just gross.
I said it before and I'm sayin' it again.
I came to EPW to make impacts and statements galore, because I'm done paying dues and waiting my turn.
Step one was kicking Suicides' a**.
Step two was stepping up to take what was mine, and that was at being the number one contender.
Don't even tell me you've forgotten what Step three is. As a matter of fact, it doesn't even matter if you know it or THINK you know it.
Because I'll be more than willing to TEACH IT to you.
That, Champ, is a REALITY CHECK....that you just....won't like.
Chump.
FADE.