And so it comes down to you and I, Ian. All these matches we've had recently have built this one up quite nicely I'd say, it's about time we face off head to head.

Eve is more then just two matches to me, however, it truly is the dawn of a new day. For myself, for Chris Champion, and for the HWF itself. I have no doubt in my mind that if there is anyone on the HWF roster who can take down Steve Sharp at this point, it's him.

But you and I, Ian, we have our own stories to tell. Our history dates all the way back to shortly after I first debuted. During the times of your Anti-Elite forces, during the times where I fought alongside you and others in hopes to end the Elite. It was our own crude form of Team HWF, and it was an inevitable failure. It would take a much greater might to stop the Elite...and eventually, that came.

We failed then, Ian, and we went our seperate ways. Now you're back and you're looking for a good challenge, a spectacular match to give the fans. Myself? I'm just searching for an answer. Do I have it in me anymore to accomplish the pinnacle of my dreams? Is it possible that I might just one day return to my own proverbial 'Capital City'?

On Eve, I set out to answer my own questions Ian. On Eve...I face not only you, but Matthew Logan as well. The both of you will undoubtedly give me everything that you have, and what truly scares me is...I don't know if I'll be able to handle it.

I've fought through so much shit throughout my life, and now in the HWF I've had to fight through more. With every good time there's a bad, and with every bad time there's a good. here I am just days before Eve, readying myself to face two challenges that put together may stack up as one of my hardest events in my career.

Everything I've fought for, everything that I've done...it all comes down to this, Ian. Do I think that I'll win? Yes. But can I promise that I'll win? No.

There's nothing I can promise to you or Matthew Logan, except that I will give you both everything I have. So long as there is a single breath of air left in me, I will take my next step forward. So long as blood is still pumping through my veins, I will throw that next punch. So long as I'm still alive and concious, I will throw everything in the book at you--even the book itself.

I may not have been able to save 'Capital City' from ruin, but I can still save myself. I can still keep fighting forward...and eventually? I can still win the world title.

It's all just a matter of time, patience, and effort. And you're just another grain of sand in the hourglass Ian...I hate to say it, but in the grand scheme of things you're just another chapter in my story.

So brace yourself, because on Eve you're going to see something in Dominic Pericolo that you've never seen before. You're going to face a man who truly is on a mission, a man who is tired of waiting to reach the top again. Sharp may have thrown me from grace and sent me crashing the last time I got there, but I refuse to let it happen again.

And on that note, back to your regularly scheduled program...