Frank, there isn't much I can really say about you. I don't really know who you are, I don't really know what you're capable of. I do know that you can give me a challenge this Thursday--moreso then many in this federation--because I've seen your tapes. I know this will be one of the most difficult matches I've had in awhile.
I know that you won't dissapoint me, Frank, and I know that you'll happily prove me right.
I'm interested in our match, Frank, I really am. I'm wondering just exactly how it's going to go down, what moves you're going to use to wear me down and how I'll be able to counter your in-ring strategy. How I'll be able to wear you down in return until I'm finally able to pin you for the three.
It's going to be difficult, and I would hope so. An easy win is generally unrewarding, fighting for what you want always gives you a better feeling when you accomplish it. And if you don't, atleast you can proudly say that you gave it your all.
I'm giving you my all, Frank. I'm going to show you how I wrestle, why I wrestle, and who I am. I'm expecting that you're going to do the same, I'm expecting an all out war in that ring Frank. I'd expect no less from someone like you, you know. Someone who's made it this far, wrestled this well in the NLCW...the Television champion, I suppose I should be honored.
However...to be honest, Frank? I don't care that you have a title draped over your shoulder--so did Galen when I beat him in my first match, and look what happened to him shortly after.
I'm not doubting you, Frank, nor am I compairing you to Sean Galen--because God forbid you ever become that man.
I'm just hoping that I'm not over-estimating you. I don't want to go into a match expecting a battle and only receiving a meager kindergarden brawl. I mean, who knows? Perhaps you'll even teach me something in that ring. Maybe you'll influence me for the better.
There's alot of 'maybes' going into this matchup, alot of 'ifs' and 'ands', and alot of 'buts', too. Maybe you're going to win, maybe I'M going to win. If either of us do, what then? You'll be my second loss, possibly sending me on a downward spiral after my hotstreak...or I'll be the rising star who just bounced off his first loss with a major victory off the television champion, and might even go on into another hot streak, making up for that one loss in due time.
But what if I don't? What if all of my fighting, all of my struggling were to be in vain? What then, what would I do? If I were to beat you, I still have to worry about my next opponent...and if you were to beat me, there's still that chance that you'll lose your next match anyway.
Fact is, Frank...I can't judge you based on that title, and you can't judge me based on my affiliation to Chris Champion.
We have to judge each other when we step into that ring.
I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from now, and I hope you realize the same. Anything can happen, Frank. Anything. This will be the first time either of us will step into the ring with each other--two talented wrestlers the fans support whole-heartedly, regardless of how they feel. One of us might be so effected from losing that we fall into a downward spiral, while the other might rise the ranks and continue on to greatness.
I'll be honest with you, Frank...I'm afraid of losing. I'm afraid of repeating the mistakes I made back in the HWF, and letting my opportunity to accomplish my dreams slip. I'm afraid, but I'm not backing down. I have no reason to back down, I've came this far over time. There's no turning back--even after our match. It's that simple; my journey is a long way from being over. Why should I give up on something I've fought so hard for, struggled so hard for...just because I lost to you, if I lose to you? Why would I do such a thing, when I've given my blood, sweat and tears for this federation already?
I won't give in, Frank, and I hope you won't either.
To be honest...I never really thought I'd struggle so hard in the NLCW...I never thought the level of competition could match the HWFs...and that's where I was wrong.
I mean...well, you know when I first came to the NLCW...I wasn't expecting to face the world champion in my first match, so when I beat Galen I guess I got over-confident. I felt like I'd just proven to the NLCW fans in one match all that I'd proven to the HWF fans in the span of two years. I wasn't expecting the challenges I've received since that, or the loss I'd suffer to Galen. I honestly thought that competition here would be nothing like it was in the HWF, but I was wrong...it really is tough here. Galen showed me that last week, and if I do the same thing I did then, then you'll just prove it even further. If I don't give this everything I have...I won't make it through the match--I won't survive.
I have to step up, I have to fight harder...and I will, I promise that I will. I promise you now, Frank, that the fight I give you will be one of the toughest that you'll face out of every damn wrestler you'll ever face in that ring. This is free television, Frank, that our match is going to be on...and we're going to make it an epic. I promise that I'll give the fans the best match I possibly can--I promise you the same thing. I don't want to win this for the fame, I don't want to win this for the glory. I'm determined to win, but not for the reasons many would suspect.
I'm ready for the change. I'm ready to show the world--and NLCW--that I'm going to accomplish my dreams in due time here, that I'll go down in the record books, and that I'll overcome all the odds I've faced throughout my career. I just want to do something that no-one ever thought that I could possibly do. I want to prove that the underdog can still come out on top, just like he did in the beginning. That he can defy the odds, moreso then many may think.
Because...well, let's face it--I beat Sean Galen, I went on a hot-streak, lost to Galen and am ready for the tie-breaker. Everyone might think I'll win, everyone might think I'll lose...but regardless of what happens in these coming weeks, I'm STILL a nobody in the NLCW. I've done nothing to be recognized except have a few matches. I've proven myself in the ring, but I've yet to prove myself in the ranks.
So many people don't believe I'll make it to the world championship, so many people don't even believe I have what it takes to bring you down and take you out after my loss to Galen, Frank. I mean, hell...in some ways, I'm actually skeptical of my own abilities as well. I might NOT be able to bring you down, I might NOT be able to defeat you Thursday...I might not even win another match throughout the rest of my career.
I might never receive what I dream of one day having...the NLCW world title.
But by God, I'm going to give it everything I've got and try anyway.
I will not wave the white flag, I will not give up the fight this far in. This is my big chance to chase the dream, this is the next step up the rung in my NLCW career, and this could quite possibly be the toughest battle that I'll face in a long-ass time here...and not because it's you, Frank, but because I really do have something to prove this time--moreso then ever before.
This...is incredible. Never before did I think that someone in the NLCW could bring this emotion out of me, this sheer determination I've not felt in so long now...and yet look at me now. Frank, when you and I face off on Avulsion, understand that this won't be anything like the past matches you've fought in. I won't disrespect you, I won't cheat, and I won't try to fuck you over. I won't complain about losing if I do, I won't hold a grudge if you beat me.
I just want a challenge, Frank, I want to know that I gave this thing my best. If I win...well, I hope that you can step up and congratulate me on it. I hope that you don't hold a grudge either, because if you win I know I won't.
Good luck, Frank.