Post by Jonny Cedrone on May 20, 2024 23:28:35 GMT -5
The scene opens up as we see Jonny Cedrone sitting on the side of his bed. Having just woken up and not yet ready to start the day, he’s looking down at his phone, thumbing through his Facebook timeline, stopping only briefly every so often to react to pictures. Suddenly he gets a notification. A message on messenger from Gloria. The preview window doesn’t show the entirety of the message so he knows he’s in for something…interesting. He opens it anyway.
“Jonny. I’d understand if you just delete this message. I’d even understand if you ignore it altogether. But I hope you find it in your heart to hear me out. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and I really miss what we had. I miss all of the cuddles. I miss safety, comfort and peace I found in your arms. No matter what life threw my way or our way, I always took solace in the fact that we would face every challenge on head-to-head together. I’ve always felt that it was us vs. the world and there wasn’t anything that the world threw at us that we couldn’t handle.”
“Then I went and did what I did.”
“Words cannot describe just how sorry I am for what I did to you. There aren’t enough words in any and all languages to describe the remorse that I feel within my bones. You did nothing to deserve what I did. I was weak. I was vulnerable. I was stupid.”
“That’s the understatement of the century.”
“I really wouldn’t blame you if you hated me. I deserve every bit of it. I took your trust and crushed it into a million pieces. When you were at your lowest, when you needed me the most, I violated that trust and your love for a moment of weakness.”
“I guess you’ve forgotten how to count dear. At least ten times does not constitute as “a moment”.”
“When I think back on our relationship, I remember when you saved me from Stan. You showed me what it was like to be loved. You changed your womanizing ways because we fell in love with each other. You worked hard to get Cedrone Enterprises going and now look at you! You’re rebuilding the hospital in your hometown so thousands of people can get the proper care they need. You’re partnering with Francesca, which surprises me a little but I’m glad you were able to put all of this aside so the mental health can be better taken care of in Harmer’s Town and Chicago.”
“You’re doing amazing and noble things Jonny and I couldn’t be more proud of you! If that means anything to ya anymore. I wouldn’t blame ya if it didn’t.”
“Oh and not to mention everything you’re doing in Action Wrestling! You have a huge match coming up in the Havoc Rumble! I know that multi-people matches aren’t your favorite matches but it’s your time to finally get that monkey off your back! What better way to do that than to go all the way from number one to being the last person standing in that ring?! I can’t think of anything! You deserve this win Jonny! I know you can do it!! You know you can do it!!”
“I appreciate the fact that we’re able to still work together in Action Wrestling. If at any point you feel that you can’t do it anymore, just let me know and I’ll walk away. You don’t really need me at ringside anyway, but I enjoy being out there, cheering you on! It’s been one of my highlights in my life! Seeing you go from mid-card talent to showcasing your real skills as the World Champion, to struggling in every company you’ve been in since the VWF…all the way to now. I can’t wait to see you achieve your goal and become the AW World Champion! The Havoc Rumble’s the hard part. Once you get past that, it’s all yours Jonny!”
“I just wanted to let you know that I’m grateful for every up and down that we’ve encountered along the way and I’m grateful for every accomplishment we’ve watched each other achieve on this journey! You are an amazing person Jonny! Please don’t forget that! I recognize and accept the fact that I’m the one that screwed all this up for us. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, fantastic! If not, I completely understand! I don’t deserve it anyway!”
“I think I’ve said everything I wanted to say. If you wanna respond via here or text, I’m here for ya! If you wanna call, I’m here for ya! If you even wanna send up smoke signals, I’m here for ya! However you wanna communicate…IF you wanna talk about this at all…I’m here for ya! I’m sure you have some choice words that you wanna get off your chest…I deserve it all. Bring it on!”
“Well, I miss you. And believe it or not, I do love you!”
“If I don’t hear from you before Havoc, I’m sure we’ll see each other there.”
“Xoxoxoxoxox”
Jonny closes the apps on his phone, pushes the power button and tosses the phone behind him onto the bed. He looks deflated before falling back onto the bed. He rubs his face with his hands, at first vigorously but that vigor slows down until he stops as his hands covers his eyes. For a brief moment he finds himself in a vulnerable state and actually cries a little before the phone rings. He composes himself enough to answer the phone, leaving it on speaker.
“Hi you!”
“Hi baby!” How are you doin’?”
“Oh I’m good! Just getting’ outta bed! How you doin’? How’s everything going with the build?”
“Oh Jonny, it’s goin’ fabulously! Every once in a while I feel the urge to pinch myself! I just can’t believe this is real!”
“Ha ha! Believe it Fran! It’s happening and like I’ve told ya before…with you at the helm it’s going to be huge!!!”
“Thank you so much Jonny! I don’t know how I could ever repay you!!”
“Oh, I can think of a few ways.”
“I mean, I can too! Let’s get together later and talk about those ideas.”
“Just talk?”
“Okay, do!”
“That’s more like it! What’re you wearin’?”
“Business suit. One of your favorites.”
“Hot damn!”
“I miss you! When’re you comin’ down to the office?”
“Let me take a shower and I’ll be down! Ya hungry? I’ll pick ya up something along the way.”
“Eh. I’m not really all that hungry…for food.”
Jonny hears that and second guesses whether he needs to take a shower or not. He lowers his nose to his armpit and his face contorts into a grimace.
“I’ll hurry up!”
Jonny hangs up the phone and springs off the bed as the scene fades to black. When the scene fades back in, we see Jonny walking along a sidewalk. He’s dressed in a light gray Armani suit with a maroon dress shirt underneath with the top two buttons left unbuttoned. He’s dragging his suitcase behind him as you can hear the wheels hit each joint in the sidewalk. He stops only when he reaches his destination. He looks up and it’s revealed to be the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas! He looks in awe at the sight before walking into the main doors. The scene cuts to the inside of the building as Jonny makes his way down the windy hallways before finally reaching the locker room. Thinking he’s alone seeing as it’s a day-and-a-half before Havoc and nobody’s required to be at the arena yet, he opens the door to the locker room just to get a look at the setup. What…or should I say who…he found inside was a little surprising to him. When he opens the door, fully expecting to so nobody, he sees Gloria sitting on a bench. Jonny, not ready to face this yet, doesn’t hide his frustration.
“What’re you doin’ here?! It’s the men’s locker room! The women’s locker room is...anywhere other than here...unless you’re lookin’ for your next victim.”
“I deserve that.”
“You deserve a helluva lot worse than that. What’re you doing here? It’s not time for you to be here yet!”
“I was hoping we could talk!”
“Well hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills faster.”
Gloria stands up and slowly walks over to Jonny.
“What’re you doing?”
She reaches up and wraps her arms around his neck and gives him a tight embrace! At first Jonny resists the urge to reply in kind, but his emotions get the best of him. You can see him start to sob as he slowly wraps his arms around her waist. They hold each other tightly…in silence…for a few moments, until Jonny’s able to regain his composure.
“What the hell’s goin’ on?! We’ve been able to work fine together with no anger or feeling of resentment. Now all of a sudden I’m an emotional wreck.”
“You haven’t been able to release your emotions…”
“Oh, I’ve released plenty of times!”
“You have somebody?”
“Don’t worry about it. Why now? Why before one of the biggest matches of my career?! Havoc is in a couple of days!”
“Maybe that’s why you’re so emotional. This match has a lot riding on it! You have a lot to prove!”
“I’ve proven everything I’ve needed to prove!”
“Have you?”
“Yes have I!”
“Are you holding the World Championship?”
Jonny just rolls his eyes.
“You’re not even holding the US Title anymore.”
Jonny shoots Gloria a look as if to say, “How dare you?!”
“Jonny, you didn’t even win the Road to Havoc Tournament! You’re entering this match at number one!”
Jonny just stands there gazing a hole through her.
“What’s your point?”
“You have plenty to prove honey!”
“Don’t you dare call me that!”
“You’re right. I’m sorry. But you know it’s true! You have a lot riding on this match. You have so much to prove in this match. You have to face twenty-two other people – and that’s just who you KNOW are in the match, because remember, there are secret entrants showing up too – in order to get to the end and face Doc Holiday.”
“I’ll do it.”
“I know you will! I have no doubt whatsoever! If anyone can enter this Rumble at the very beginning and win it all, I know it’s you! And if my opinion doesn’t matter anymore, you know the People have faith in you! YOU have faith in you!”
Jonny stands there and thinks for a moment.
“I really don’t think I’ve been here before, if I have and don’t remember, I really need to get to a doctor…wanna take a walk?”
Gloria shoots Jonny a grin as she and Jonny walks off screen. The scene picks up with them wandering the halls.
“Why’d you do it?”
“There’s no excuse for my actions but the reason I did it was because I was so vulnerable with you being in the state that you were in. I couldn’t help you so I felt helpless myself! I started seeing Francesca so she could help me through that time and we were both concerned about you, we were both at a weak state. I felt safe with her, and I guess when I feel safe…one thing leads into another.”
Jonny soaks in all of this information as they continue walking.
“Do you have anything else you’d like to get off your chest?”
“Honestly, I’d like to be alone. This is a lot to process and deal with.”
“I understand. Take all the time you need.”
Gloria squeezes Jonny’s arm before leaving him to his thoughts. He finds his way to the arena part of the building where they’ve set up the ring but they still have to put the canvas on it and the ring apron and the ropes. He slowly makes his way down to the ring. He leans against the side of the ring for a moment to soak in the atmosphere then turns and faces the entrance.
“In just a couple of days, this scenario will be completely different. The lights will be set up. A fresh blank canvas will be laid up on the ring just waiting for the artwork that’s about to happen. The ring will be adorned with the trademark apron with the majestic AW logo plastered all over it. The most intricate and unique entrance set will be highlighting that entrance way. 60,000 fans will be piled in here watching in anticipation to find out who will become the next number one contender to the World Championship! Bolt will be so worried that he’d have to turn the SWAT team loose in fear of a riot if someone the fans don’t like wins the Rumble.”
“Oh but never fear Mr. Bolt. The SWAT team just won’t be necessary! Because those 60,000 plus fans that will be packed in here like a buncha sardines? Well they’re gonna blow the roof off this place at the end of that night, because they will have witnessed one of the hardest feat to pull off. They’re gonna witness what so many people are calling impossible. They’re gonna witness Jonny Cedrone come into this ring as the very first entrant…and leave as the number one contender to the World Championship.”
“Ya see it’s simple really. Every time I open my mouth I emphasize that only the hungriest will win. Do you know why that is? Because we will do anything and everything it takes to win. Put all the odds against us that you can stack up, we’ll knock them all down, move onto the next obstacle and say, “Thank you sir! May I have another?” Ya see, we’re real gluttons for punishment. And the only reason that is, is because we yearn to be the best. We come out here night in and night out and sure, we put on fantastic matches for the entertainment of The People, but in doing so we prey on the weak. We separate the men from the boys. We eat so we won’t be eaten!”
“The Havoc Rumble is nothing more than a feeding frenzy for all of us hungry sharks. When we smell blood, all bets are off man. So everybody comes into the Havoc Rumble with the same goal – avoid getting eaten. We all come into the Havoc Rumble with the goal of going to Evolution and becoming the World Champion.”
“Some people may say that I’m at a disadvantage since I’m coming in first. I’m gonna have to strongly disagree. Why? Because I’m that damn hungry! I’m a starvin’ lion. I’m that starvin’ shark that hasn’t eaten in weeks and with each body I throw over the top rope, I get a little more satisfied each time.”
“Oh but don’t you think for one second Doc Holiday, that I’ll be too full by the time you get in the ring. And don’t you dare dream of the idea that I’ll even be eliminated by the time you show up! Because you’d be sadly mistaken my friend! I’m gonna be conserving my energy just for you!”
“All throughout the Road to Havoc Tournament I proclaimed that this is my redemption story. I said that in order to make up for lost time and missed opportunities, that tournament served as my easy way to Evolution.”
“Winning the final spot so I could just skate into Evolution and take the World Championship? Ha, ha! Yes please! Any fool would jump at that opportunity!”
“But that’s not the way it went down was it? Nah, you showed up that night and you proved to the world that you wanted that last spot, you wanted to take Easy St. to Evolution! The thing of it is though is that it’s not gonna be all that easy, because you see, not only will you have other hungry sharks circling you in a feeding frenzy…you’re gonna have the hungriest shark of ‘em all just lickin’ his lips in anticipation of sinkin’ his teeth in you and eliminating you from the Rumble and drowning all of your hopes and dreams of becoming the World Champion.”
“And just who is that big, nasty, hungriest of the hungriest sharks? That’s me.”
“Just when you think it’s safe to go back into the waters Doc, just when you think you have this Rumble in the bag and you’re ready to head to Evolution…this shark will eat you up and spit you outta the ring and lay HIS claim to the World Championship at Evolution!”
“I actually prefer to come in as number one. I enjoy being behind the eight ball. It makes the taste of victory that much sweeter! So while all of you other hopefuls are dreaming these big elaborate dreams of winning, while you’re thinkin’ that there’s no way for me to come in as number one and leave as the number one contender…we’ll see who’s laughing at the end of the night and I finally get my fill of all of the chum in that ring Saturday night.”
“War? Doc, you think this is war?! Ha!”
“You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”
The scene fades to black.
“Jonny. I’d understand if you just delete this message. I’d even understand if you ignore it altogether. But I hope you find it in your heart to hear me out. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and I really miss what we had. I miss all of the cuddles. I miss safety, comfort and peace I found in your arms. No matter what life threw my way or our way, I always took solace in the fact that we would face every challenge on head-to-head together. I’ve always felt that it was us vs. the world and there wasn’t anything that the world threw at us that we couldn’t handle.”
“Then I went and did what I did.”
“Words cannot describe just how sorry I am for what I did to you. There aren’t enough words in any and all languages to describe the remorse that I feel within my bones. You did nothing to deserve what I did. I was weak. I was vulnerable. I was stupid.”
“That’s the understatement of the century.”
“I really wouldn’t blame you if you hated me. I deserve every bit of it. I took your trust and crushed it into a million pieces. When you were at your lowest, when you needed me the most, I violated that trust and your love for a moment of weakness.”
“I guess you’ve forgotten how to count dear. At least ten times does not constitute as “a moment”.”
“When I think back on our relationship, I remember when you saved me from Stan. You showed me what it was like to be loved. You changed your womanizing ways because we fell in love with each other. You worked hard to get Cedrone Enterprises going and now look at you! You’re rebuilding the hospital in your hometown so thousands of people can get the proper care they need. You’re partnering with Francesca, which surprises me a little but I’m glad you were able to put all of this aside so the mental health can be better taken care of in Harmer’s Town and Chicago.”
“You’re doing amazing and noble things Jonny and I couldn’t be more proud of you! If that means anything to ya anymore. I wouldn’t blame ya if it didn’t.”
“Oh and not to mention everything you’re doing in Action Wrestling! You have a huge match coming up in the Havoc Rumble! I know that multi-people matches aren’t your favorite matches but it’s your time to finally get that monkey off your back! What better way to do that than to go all the way from number one to being the last person standing in that ring?! I can’t think of anything! You deserve this win Jonny! I know you can do it!! You know you can do it!!”
“I appreciate the fact that we’re able to still work together in Action Wrestling. If at any point you feel that you can’t do it anymore, just let me know and I’ll walk away. You don’t really need me at ringside anyway, but I enjoy being out there, cheering you on! It’s been one of my highlights in my life! Seeing you go from mid-card talent to showcasing your real skills as the World Champion, to struggling in every company you’ve been in since the VWF…all the way to now. I can’t wait to see you achieve your goal and become the AW World Champion! The Havoc Rumble’s the hard part. Once you get past that, it’s all yours Jonny!”
“I just wanted to let you know that I’m grateful for every up and down that we’ve encountered along the way and I’m grateful for every accomplishment we’ve watched each other achieve on this journey! You are an amazing person Jonny! Please don’t forget that! I recognize and accept the fact that I’m the one that screwed all this up for us. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, fantastic! If not, I completely understand! I don’t deserve it anyway!”
“I think I’ve said everything I wanted to say. If you wanna respond via here or text, I’m here for ya! If you wanna call, I’m here for ya! If you even wanna send up smoke signals, I’m here for ya! However you wanna communicate…IF you wanna talk about this at all…I’m here for ya! I’m sure you have some choice words that you wanna get off your chest…I deserve it all. Bring it on!”
“Well, I miss you. And believe it or not, I do love you!”
“If I don’t hear from you before Havoc, I’m sure we’ll see each other there.”
“Xoxoxoxoxox”
Jonny closes the apps on his phone, pushes the power button and tosses the phone behind him onto the bed. He looks deflated before falling back onto the bed. He rubs his face with his hands, at first vigorously but that vigor slows down until he stops as his hands covers his eyes. For a brief moment he finds himself in a vulnerable state and actually cries a little before the phone rings. He composes himself enough to answer the phone, leaving it on speaker.
“Hi you!”
“Hi baby!” How are you doin’?”
“Oh I’m good! Just getting’ outta bed! How you doin’? How’s everything going with the build?”
“Oh Jonny, it’s goin’ fabulously! Every once in a while I feel the urge to pinch myself! I just can’t believe this is real!”
“Ha ha! Believe it Fran! It’s happening and like I’ve told ya before…with you at the helm it’s going to be huge!!!”
“Thank you so much Jonny! I don’t know how I could ever repay you!!”
“Oh, I can think of a few ways.”
“I mean, I can too! Let’s get together later and talk about those ideas.”
“Just talk?”
“Okay, do!”
“That’s more like it! What’re you wearin’?”
“Business suit. One of your favorites.”
“Hot damn!”
“I miss you! When’re you comin’ down to the office?”
“Let me take a shower and I’ll be down! Ya hungry? I’ll pick ya up something along the way.”
“Eh. I’m not really all that hungry…for food.”
Jonny hears that and second guesses whether he needs to take a shower or not. He lowers his nose to his armpit and his face contorts into a grimace.
“I’ll hurry up!”
Jonny hangs up the phone and springs off the bed as the scene fades to black. When the scene fades back in, we see Jonny walking along a sidewalk. He’s dressed in a light gray Armani suit with a maroon dress shirt underneath with the top two buttons left unbuttoned. He’s dragging his suitcase behind him as you can hear the wheels hit each joint in the sidewalk. He stops only when he reaches his destination. He looks up and it’s revealed to be the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas! He looks in awe at the sight before walking into the main doors. The scene cuts to the inside of the building as Jonny makes his way down the windy hallways before finally reaching the locker room. Thinking he’s alone seeing as it’s a day-and-a-half before Havoc and nobody’s required to be at the arena yet, he opens the door to the locker room just to get a look at the setup. What…or should I say who…he found inside was a little surprising to him. When he opens the door, fully expecting to so nobody, he sees Gloria sitting on a bench. Jonny, not ready to face this yet, doesn’t hide his frustration.
“What’re you doin’ here?! It’s the men’s locker room! The women’s locker room is...anywhere other than here...unless you’re lookin’ for your next victim.”
“I deserve that.”
“You deserve a helluva lot worse than that. What’re you doing here? It’s not time for you to be here yet!”
“I was hoping we could talk!”
“Well hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills faster.”
Gloria stands up and slowly walks over to Jonny.
“What’re you doing?”
She reaches up and wraps her arms around his neck and gives him a tight embrace! At first Jonny resists the urge to reply in kind, but his emotions get the best of him. You can see him start to sob as he slowly wraps his arms around her waist. They hold each other tightly…in silence…for a few moments, until Jonny’s able to regain his composure.
“What the hell’s goin’ on?! We’ve been able to work fine together with no anger or feeling of resentment. Now all of a sudden I’m an emotional wreck.”
“You haven’t been able to release your emotions…”
“Oh, I’ve released plenty of times!”
“You have somebody?”
“Don’t worry about it. Why now? Why before one of the biggest matches of my career?! Havoc is in a couple of days!”
“Maybe that’s why you’re so emotional. This match has a lot riding on it! You have a lot to prove!”
“I’ve proven everything I’ve needed to prove!”
“Have you?”
“Yes have I!”
“Are you holding the World Championship?”
Jonny just rolls his eyes.
“You’re not even holding the US Title anymore.”
Jonny shoots Gloria a look as if to say, “How dare you?!”
“Jonny, you didn’t even win the Road to Havoc Tournament! You’re entering this match at number one!”
Jonny just stands there gazing a hole through her.
“What’s your point?”
“You have plenty to prove honey!”
“Don’t you dare call me that!”
“You’re right. I’m sorry. But you know it’s true! You have a lot riding on this match. You have so much to prove in this match. You have to face twenty-two other people – and that’s just who you KNOW are in the match, because remember, there are secret entrants showing up too – in order to get to the end and face Doc Holiday.”
“I’ll do it.”
“I know you will! I have no doubt whatsoever! If anyone can enter this Rumble at the very beginning and win it all, I know it’s you! And if my opinion doesn’t matter anymore, you know the People have faith in you! YOU have faith in you!”
Jonny stands there and thinks for a moment.
“I really don’t think I’ve been here before, if I have and don’t remember, I really need to get to a doctor…wanna take a walk?”
Gloria shoots Jonny a grin as she and Jonny walks off screen. The scene picks up with them wandering the halls.
“Why’d you do it?”
“There’s no excuse for my actions but the reason I did it was because I was so vulnerable with you being in the state that you were in. I couldn’t help you so I felt helpless myself! I started seeing Francesca so she could help me through that time and we were both concerned about you, we were both at a weak state. I felt safe with her, and I guess when I feel safe…one thing leads into another.”
Jonny soaks in all of this information as they continue walking.
“Do you have anything else you’d like to get off your chest?”
“Honestly, I’d like to be alone. This is a lot to process and deal with.”
“I understand. Take all the time you need.”
Gloria squeezes Jonny’s arm before leaving him to his thoughts. He finds his way to the arena part of the building where they’ve set up the ring but they still have to put the canvas on it and the ring apron and the ropes. He slowly makes his way down to the ring. He leans against the side of the ring for a moment to soak in the atmosphere then turns and faces the entrance.
“In just a couple of days, this scenario will be completely different. The lights will be set up. A fresh blank canvas will be laid up on the ring just waiting for the artwork that’s about to happen. The ring will be adorned with the trademark apron with the majestic AW logo plastered all over it. The most intricate and unique entrance set will be highlighting that entrance way. 60,000 fans will be piled in here watching in anticipation to find out who will become the next number one contender to the World Championship! Bolt will be so worried that he’d have to turn the SWAT team loose in fear of a riot if someone the fans don’t like wins the Rumble.”
“Oh but never fear Mr. Bolt. The SWAT team just won’t be necessary! Because those 60,000 plus fans that will be packed in here like a buncha sardines? Well they’re gonna blow the roof off this place at the end of that night, because they will have witnessed one of the hardest feat to pull off. They’re gonna witness what so many people are calling impossible. They’re gonna witness Jonny Cedrone come into this ring as the very first entrant…and leave as the number one contender to the World Championship.”
“Ya see it’s simple really. Every time I open my mouth I emphasize that only the hungriest will win. Do you know why that is? Because we will do anything and everything it takes to win. Put all the odds against us that you can stack up, we’ll knock them all down, move onto the next obstacle and say, “Thank you sir! May I have another?” Ya see, we’re real gluttons for punishment. And the only reason that is, is because we yearn to be the best. We come out here night in and night out and sure, we put on fantastic matches for the entertainment of The People, but in doing so we prey on the weak. We separate the men from the boys. We eat so we won’t be eaten!”
“The Havoc Rumble is nothing more than a feeding frenzy for all of us hungry sharks. When we smell blood, all bets are off man. So everybody comes into the Havoc Rumble with the same goal – avoid getting eaten. We all come into the Havoc Rumble with the goal of going to Evolution and becoming the World Champion.”
“Some people may say that I’m at a disadvantage since I’m coming in first. I’m gonna have to strongly disagree. Why? Because I’m that damn hungry! I’m a starvin’ lion. I’m that starvin’ shark that hasn’t eaten in weeks and with each body I throw over the top rope, I get a little more satisfied each time.”
“Oh but don’t you think for one second Doc Holiday, that I’ll be too full by the time you get in the ring. And don’t you dare dream of the idea that I’ll even be eliminated by the time you show up! Because you’d be sadly mistaken my friend! I’m gonna be conserving my energy just for you!”
“All throughout the Road to Havoc Tournament I proclaimed that this is my redemption story. I said that in order to make up for lost time and missed opportunities, that tournament served as my easy way to Evolution.”
“Winning the final spot so I could just skate into Evolution and take the World Championship? Ha, ha! Yes please! Any fool would jump at that opportunity!”
“But that’s not the way it went down was it? Nah, you showed up that night and you proved to the world that you wanted that last spot, you wanted to take Easy St. to Evolution! The thing of it is though is that it’s not gonna be all that easy, because you see, not only will you have other hungry sharks circling you in a feeding frenzy…you’re gonna have the hungriest shark of ‘em all just lickin’ his lips in anticipation of sinkin’ his teeth in you and eliminating you from the Rumble and drowning all of your hopes and dreams of becoming the World Champion.”
“And just who is that big, nasty, hungriest of the hungriest sharks? That’s me.”
“Just when you think it’s safe to go back into the waters Doc, just when you think you have this Rumble in the bag and you’re ready to head to Evolution…this shark will eat you up and spit you outta the ring and lay HIS claim to the World Championship at Evolution!”
“I actually prefer to come in as number one. I enjoy being behind the eight ball. It makes the taste of victory that much sweeter! So while all of you other hopefuls are dreaming these big elaborate dreams of winning, while you’re thinkin’ that there’s no way for me to come in as number one and leave as the number one contender…we’ll see who’s laughing at the end of the night and I finally get my fill of all of the chum in that ring Saturday night.”
“War? Doc, you think this is war?! Ha!”
“You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”
The scene fades to black.