“Okay, bitches and gentlefucks, maybe you can help me out. Did I miss something? I mean, I hear Daniel Malcolm talking about a supposed temper tantrum that I had, so I want to know, did I do something in my sleep that I’m unaware of?

Actually, Dan Boy, you can help me out with that one yourself. What on Earth are you babbling about? Apparently mocking you is now considered me throwing a hissy fit. Dude, you really are going to be a horrible father if you can’t figure out the difference.

You say you’re not going to criticize my family, when the promo just before your latest, you did exactly that. You want to try to relate my dislike for you due to my unstable family life, and then try to act as if it never happened? Go ahead. More people are tuning into my promos anyway, so the masses are going to believe what I say over you, because half of them haven’t even heard what you said in the first place. Don’t believe me? Look at the statistics on the links from xwf99.com.

I don’t give a fuck about how you’re raising your kid, dude. I’m directing everything I say at you and only you. I can actually spend time around Patience and not want to strangle her every time she says something, which is a huge accomplishment for an antisocial prick like myself. And as for your daughter, I’m sure she’s a bundle of joy. My kids would be about the same age as her if they were still with me. I don’t really see how any of that is relevant though Dan.

You want to call yourself the ultimate rebel? Well for that, I want to call you lame. I know I could have been more creative with that, but I really don’t think I needed to be. I mean, you seem to be able to get away with saying the tired old line ‘I must have hit a nerve’, which for the record, is only ever used by people who probe at a situation until it blows up in their face, and they have nothing to cover their asses with. Rebels don’t call themselves rebels, Dan, just like saints don’t call themselves saints. Keep that in mind next time.

Were you really told that you couldn’t win the Hart Title man? Wow… now I actually understand how hard you’ve had to work. You must have really sucked. I’m sorry I wasn’t there to see it, what with me being too busy in the main event. If you don’t like being told that you can’t do something so much, then this should really get you all riled up.

You can’t go one on one with me, and ever come out with a win.

Feel free to try and prove that wrong, anytime you want, because I’m your biggest critic. I always have been, and I always will be. You haven’t rebuffed any of the comments I’ve made about you all week, which means there’s a whole lot you have to prove wrong. Winning the Universal Title from Bigg Rigg and Zach Rizza isn’t going to that. All that will accomplish is finally validating you being able to call yourself a former Universal Champion, what with you never winning a match to get the belt in the first place. And Dan… I didn’t make a mistake when I said ‘former’. Christian Connolly will take the title from you, if you win it at all. That’s a guarantee.

Even as the Universal Champ though, you still won’t be considered the best. You want to know why? Because… to steal someone else’s catchphrase, ‘to be the man you have to beat the man’. Neither John Gambino, nor Zach Rizza, nor you Daniel Malcolm, are ‘the man’.

Lee Stone is the best, pure and simple. And all three of you have fallen before me this month. So if you think you are better than me, Dan, John and Zach, then to use Dan’s own words: who is the one with the ‘fake ego’?

As a matter of fact, Brady Anderson, Heavy D, Legion, Famine of the Vile – you guys would all do well for yourselves by taking note of that. I know that each and every one of you wants to be ‘the best’. You are all out to carve your own legends in this business, Brady even admitted that. And you all know that you’re not going to get there without going through me.

I welcome your challenges.

Oh Brady, I simply cannot wait until next time, so I can have part of your promo dedicated only to me! That sounds like so much fun! Maybe we can braid each others hair, too!

I guess this is one of the differences between you and me, dude. If I’ve got something to say, I say it. I can stand here for days on end, and rip into every single member of the roster if I want to. Past, present, and yes, even future. Lee Stone is more powerful than the concept of time – because Lee Stone is not a concept. Lee Stone is reality. You’re reality. So with that in mind, are you sure it was such a wise idea to delay confronting it? I suppose you deserve a bit of credit, you haven’t pulled the Heavy D and Famine of the Vile card, and folded before the flop is on the table. But a ‘check’ call isn’t going to cut it here, when I’ve got pocket Aces and there’s two more on the table.

What I find interesting about you Brady, is that you mentioned that Daniel Malcolm is a better wrestler than you. I beg to differ, and considering he’s thrown every thing he has at me in three one-on-one matches, and come up short each time, I should know. In all honesty, if the three Highwaymen are on the top of their respective games, Daniel is the weakest link. Two or three years ago, I would be saying the exact opposite, but the rise of yourself and Vincent Jamison is indeed impressive.

You said it yourself, look at what you’ve done in such a short time. It reminds me of the 2004-2005 period, where in my second match back from a return, I won the Hart Title. The next day I was promoted to Anarchy. By the end of that month, I was 6-0, and the Canadian Champion. A few months later, with another Canadian Title reign under my belt, and the scalps of legends such as Steve Jason, Jem Williams and Trent Gein notched onto my belt, I was facing Dynamic Dynamite for the Universal Title, and there has been no turning back since then. I commend you on your achievements, I do, but when it comes to listing off accomplishments when your opponent is Lee Stone, it’s a futile argument. I could go up against a five-time World Champion, and three-time Universal Champion, like what you claim you could have been, and their accomplishments would still mean jack shit. You could add the Lord of the Ring to the list, as well as Canadian Title, Tag Team Title, an XWF Legend label and God knows what else, and it still means nothing to me. Don’t believe me? Ask Steve Jason, because I’ve just described him.

I know you have doubted yourself a few times coming into this match Brady, and honestly, that’s good. Doubt means that you know your flaws. Doubt means that you know the problems you face are serious indeed. Doubt means that you understand that putting a loss on Lee Stone’s record is an accomplishment of not legendary proportions, but mythical instead. It’s almost fictional. There’s some superhuman aura that people seem to think surrounds me. I’ve gone five months without loss before, twenty or so straight wins. And then I returned once the XWF was reborn, and kept on winning every match I was in until that fateful day inside the Multi Man Metal Mayhem match. To get even the cheapest victories over me, such as what Daniel Malcolm accomplished that day, is something that can literally make a career. Imagine what a clean win would do…

Imagine.

That’s all you can do. Those thoughts won’t transcend the realm of imagination, Brady. Doubt is the one weapon you have to make yourself stronger, but I never doubt myself. And I say this: the XWF World Title will be mine.

Just wait until you experience, firsthand, just how… ‘Cyrenish’ I can be.

And now, Famine of the Vile, like Brady I am disappointed in you. I seem to be able to run a business and compete at the highest level at the same time, but I guess not everybody can be as great as Leroy Bruce Stone is. You can’t be blamed for that then, but my disappointment still stands. I too wanted to finally see what all the ‘hype’ around you was. I’ve been waiting a long time too.

I don’t know if you have ever had a match with any of the other competitors in this match Famine, but I know we’ve been in the ring together twice. One, was my second match back, first officially back if you want to get to technicalities. One week after Jem Williams defeated me, one-on-one - in what I believe is the only time I’ve been beaten in that situation without any controversy, since I think Trent Gein ended my first Canadian Title reign in very early 2005 – and earned the right to call himself a legend, the same tag I earned by beating him two or three months previously, I found myself deciding to stick around and was placed in a triple threat match with you and Psyko Stevo. Then Famine, you had been named the number one contender for the vacant Universal Title, and since KoRe chose not to accept the same offer, you were the only contender. You were, essentially, the stand-in Universal Champion, although never officially recognized. Beating you, would be a serious claim to deserving to be named your opponent. I beat you in that match – you specifically, not Stevo. I then beat you in a one-on-one match later that month. I was not named your other contender, instead the man I screwed out of our Tag Titles, Justin “Raziel” Jones was. I was furious, needless to say.

The point of this is Famine, in our two previous encounters I never saw why you had been attributed such hype in the first place. When Rigg announced you would be in the same match as me, I had hoped that this time I would see what the big deal is about. I have been let down. I won’t take it personally though, just as I hope you won’t take it personally, when I label you as a pathetic piece of crap for the rest of your life, which considering your age, is expected to be over a lot earlier than mine. It’s just business.

Much of the same applies to Heavy D. As I mentioned last time, this guy was billed as a star of the future, and I presume when people would say that, they were thinking long term. Here we are, just one month removed, and he is fading away. I’m afraid Heavy D has become just another Flavor of the Month here. What a shame, that really devalues my win over him now. Oh well, at least Rigg was in that match to make it not a complete waste of time. What is a waste of time though, is D showing up for this match, but I guess he realized that before I did.

Brady Anderson take note: that’s how you deal with somebody quickly and efficiently. Don’t postpone it, get it over with.

And finally, this brings us to Legion. We – the XWF – are glad that you’ve decided to speak. Unfortunately for you, your vocal chords have now gotten you into a tad bit of strife.

Let me ask you this: do you know what you’re getting into?

You’re facing Lee Stone here, buddy. This isn’t Ch(censored). This isn’t Trent Gein. This isn’t Mr. Amazing, and this sure as fuck isn’t Daniel Malcolm. I know you directed those names at Brady Anderson, but you need to take lead from him and understand:

This is Lee Stone.

The ‘fear Lee Stone’ campaign took off with me saying it just a few times. It is spread by mere word of mouth rather than my own speech. Thank you Legion, for doing your part to further it. I know I’m not the most physically intimidating person, so for me to actually believe that people fear me is ludicrous. Likewise, it’s ludicrous for you to think that saying I fear you is an original concept. People were doing that before I even said they feared me, its old news. You asked how many times you should say ‘Legion fears Lee Stone’, and now I answer:

Seven.

Say it seven more times. I don’t know why that number exactly, but I figured I’d be kind and not ask for you to say it eight hundred and fifty three and a half times like I was going to. You might run out of breath before you even get into the ring with me, and that would make it far too easy, considering how easy you will be to dispose of to begin with.

Understand this Legion, every word that I’ve spoken, every time I call myself “The World’s Greatest” or “The Past, Present and Future of the XWF”, it’s not just talk. The words are not hype, or ego-boosting, they are descriptions of what I do in the ring. They describe my success. They describe my legacy. I can call myself “The Legend” and people will actually accept it, despite Bigg Rigg also being present in this company. I can call myself “The V.I.P”, despite Raziel having bought that name off me, and nobody really seems to mind. Nobody disagrees. It’s simply who I am.

I really am that good. You’ll find that out soon enough, and then, all your attempts to intimidate me will be proven ineffective. I do not get intimidated. I do not get scared.

I get praised.

Bring everything you’ve got Legion. Literally bring a legion of troops to battle with you, if you must. The Vigilante army will fight on.

We are The Vigilantes.
We do not forget.
We do not forgive.
We are unimpressed.

Expect me to embarrass you.

Cyren… that was actually directed at you.

Have a bad day.”