UCW Title Match!

[TSiegel]

"Well since we've dived into what we all believe and what we all think is for ****...allow me."

(Fadein, Cameron Cruise in front of an office-like desk, his feet up crossed over the other, and leaned back against the wall. He reaches into his pocket and produces a remote control and presses 'Play', to which the movie "Bull Durham" plays.)

BD: I believe in the soul, the cock, the *****, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, longforeplay, show tunes, and that the novels of Thomas Pynchon are self-indulgent, overrated crap. (beat) I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, I believe that there oughtta be a constitutional amendment outlawing astro-turf and the designated hitter, I believe in the "sweet spot", voting every election, soft core pornography, chocolate chip cookies, opening your presents on Christmas morning rather than Christmas eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last for 7 days.

(Cruise presses 'Stop' on the remote control and then puts it in the desk drawer.)

CRUISE: I also think you're full of **** and and talking in metaphors while wearing a costume as the "Mad Hatter", in full makeup, is an act of desperation, especially since you're talking about looking past the possibility that YOU might be the one I pin for the title.

You look past a man in exchange for a KID that holds a title that should've never went into his possession in the first place.

But you...then World Champion...thought..."Sure...he's a schmuck...but I'll beat 'em and move on to the next guy...what's his name?? "Tha Eliminator"?? That's his sidekick right??Aw forget it...let's go see what Rozy's cookin' up at home.."

Well...At least the first part's right.

He is a schmuck.

But that doesn't change the fact that he nearly beat you do death to win that title.

Me??

I'll just straight up BEAT ya..not by the use of a chair...not by the use of a briefcase...

But by OUTWRESTLING you.

Because that's what I'm best at and that's what I DO.

So what if I haven't won a World Championship yet.

Yet is the Operative word, First.

Besides...you of all people should know:

Everything takes TIME.

And it's just a matter of TIME...before I accomplish what I set out to do when I first signed a contract on Day One with Dallas Michaels:

Make an Impact. And become the World Heavyweight Champion.

Thus far...I've been able to take care of the first part of the equation, and then some...and you know the evidence is there to prove it.

That title is coming home with me....no metaphoric reasoning about it.

Because that's a REALITY CHECK, First...that when it's all said and done...you may not like it...but you RESPECT it.

Because I more than well deserve it.

(Fadeout.)

 

[The Great Eye]

(FADEIN: The First, still wearing his Mad Hatter outfit, now standing in the ring, the Chamber all around him.)

THE FIRST: "I knew it would be youMr. Cruise, knew it would be you that would seek the last word, the rest have given up...Called it a night, decided that it was time to get ready...But I knew it would be you that would find it in you for one last, final last, speech.

I respect that, I truly do...A legacy such as yours is a great burden...Hell I'm from Salem in this life, I married JFK in the one before, I did spend the better part of the century suffering with the Red Sox till they finally won it all...So I know what it is like to struggle with the past, struggle with the weight of a legacy...

But Mr. Cruise the fact is this isn't about a team, or an organization, this is yours...You own it...A career of never getting it done, a career of not making it, a career of not winning it all...

Now here you are trying to sneak in the backdoor...Added into a crazy gimmick match as an afterthought, you seek the glory and the title that have escaped you...I want you to win it all Mr. Cruise, I truly do. I want you to be on top of the mountain, I want you to weep tears of gratitude as you hold the title aloft.

I just don't want it to be at my expense...Which is why I won't allow it...I will deny you your goal...

Time, time Mr. Cruise? Time is all we ever have...Time is how we measure our lives...Years, months, days, seconds...Every bit of time we measure...You've spent ten years looking for a title...Ten Years...Where has the Time gone Mr. Cruise, will it ever be...Your Time?

Time is the only force that man can not resist, it takes from us everything, robs us of youth, robs us of vitality, robs us of life...And we can do nothing about it, nothing at all, except to make the most of it...The most of our Time...

I've marked my Time as a World Champion, marked my Time as Rookie of the Year, I've marked my Time by making an impact on this company and the industry as a whole...What have you done with your Time? Hung around with Joey Melton in the hopes that by osmosis you would get a personality?

No Mr. Cruise, you've just slid along, done nothing effected nothing, been nothing. You have left no mark upon this world...Rest assured you will not start doing so in the chamber.

(FADEOUT)