“It’s really curious how the fates sometimes work things out in my favor. I don’t always get the same immediate satisfaction that seems to be spoon-fed to everyone else whose initials aren’t Lunatic, but they do eventually get to me. But when you have spotlight stealing dickheads like James Raven, John Gambino, T-Money and even you, Dante, popping in and out like the phalluses they are while the vagina that is our management takes the pounding, that it tends to be a little too much for me to take quietly.
“It’s either them, or it’s the ‘new toys’ that get all of the attention. THAT’S why I’ve been getting so irate. THAT’S why Connolly and his #favoritism group and RJ are screaming the same exact words falling from my lips. Are you seeing a pattern here? How can it be that so many, dare I say, JUST AS DESERVING people be continually passed over? I came close to preventing Kyle Shane from even getting his FIRST week-long reign of the title. Did another opportunity come to me for ANY other belt? Nope. I have proven time and again that I am a heavy hitter in this godforsaken place, yet the only time I get a chance is when half these mooks all sign up for the same match.
"The problem is, my gripes with management run a tad deeper, and are being completely misunderstood. Management has become lazy. When I first started to pay attention to what was going on in the WGWF, way before I came back here for keeps, I liked what I saw. Management worked with the talent to make sure everybody had something going on. Then the aforementioned high rollers all packed their bags for greener pastures. Did management give the so-called mid-carders a chance? Nope. Instead, they took a, “Who gives a shit?” approach. Nobody seems to understand that I wasn’t necessarily after a shot at the World Title. I just wanted a DIRECTION. This shot? It was offered up to me. I’m not stupid. They aren’t going to give me a lottery ticket and expect me to not scratch it and see if it’s a winner. Instead of just talking to me and seeing what I really wanted, this was their cop-out knee-jerk reaction. Far be it from me to squander their snap decision.
“Wait… Did I just debunk one of Dante’s most likely talking points? I think I did. You’re welcome. You can say I ‘whined and cried’ for it all you want, everyone knows that shit is gonna spill out of your mouth. If you actually paid attention, you would have figured out that it went deeper than that. I felt underappreciated and maybe a bit overlooked. But go ahead, Dante. Put yourself up on a pedestal. Claim that neither I nor anyone else has the wherewithal to knock you down off of your newfound mountain. Call me a crybaby and tell me how opinionated I am.
“I don’t have the arrogance to proclaim that I am the best and have absolutely nothing to back it up with. That’s your shtick, Dante. It doesn’t matter that the fans are eating the steaming piles of shit you try to pass off as promos each week and calling it candy. They haven’t got a clue what you’re really like. Either that or they have a very selective, short-term memory. Joe Everyday just seems to LOVE some form of routine and predictability, and boy, do you pile it on in spades.
“Now… How can I make a claim that you are just as over rated as I say you are? Easy. One, you only perform when it suits you. Me? I’m here every fucking week and give it 100% each time. I may fall short, but I’m not gonna sit back and wait for the weak spots to surface before I strike. I’m here. Regardless. Every week. You? You might do pay-per-views and the occasional Brawl, but never consistently.
“Two, whenever you lose, you have two speeds; pout and ragequit. You don’t take your losses as a learning experience; you just flame harder than Dan Fierce, and scream favoritism. You have done it so damned often that people just write it off as ‘Dante being Dante.’ Convenient excuse. The difference between what you do and what others are doing? We’re not walking away in a bitchfit. Oh, I thought about it. I admit that. But then I realized that I’m a better man than you, Dante. Hands down. I always will be. And once management gets their little schoolgirl crush over the bad boys out of their system and pull their collective heads out of their asses, then maybe guys like me will start getting the equal billing we deserve.
“Three, and you’re gonna absolutely LOVE this one: The third reason I think you’re over rated is because you act JUST like someone you very openly hate. I’m talking about Cyren. That’s right. You and the Bloodknight Rogue have a lot of things in common. You both fly off the handle at the drop of a hat. You both toss around obscenities and slurs like they’re simple adjectives and wonder why people get upset at you. You both play the victim card when you know all too well that you’re the one who brought the wrath of others down upon you. You both are rabble rousers. But the most important thing that you and Cyren have in common is that no one misses you when you’re gone. The air always seems lighter and the mood brighter. That’s the side the fans don’t get to see. That’s the side we all get stuck with when your fragile ego takes a swan dive.
“So yeah, I may not be the ‘best in the world (fuck your idiotic TM)’ but I’m damned sure better for this company than you will ever be. Even when I suffer a loss, I rebound and stick around. You? You can’t take it. If only sticking around when you’re in the spotlight and winning is what it takes to be the ‘best in the world,’ then you can have it, you pretentious Neanderthal.
“Call me a ‘mediocre talent’ all you want. You won’t be breaking any new ground there, either. I’ve suffered worse paper cuts than any of that diseased cooze juice that oozes from your lips can hit me with. The same goes for in the ring. There’s really nothing earth shattering about you. Especially right now. Right now, you’re so busy playing nicey-nice and smoking the proverbial pole of the fans, all just to bide your time for when the real earthquake of rage-quit-dom hits. Everyone knows that nice isn’t in your nature, just like not being an opinionated prick isn’t in mine. We all know it’s going to happen. Maybe you’ll lose to me. Ragequit. Maybe you’ll lose to Raziel. Ragequit. Or maybe you’ll lose to Palmer. The result will be the same the first time you have a strike against you. Ragequit.
“Last week against Kyle Shane, you said that passing the title back and forth made it matter less, and that you would bring it back to relevancy. You, oh master of the finger-poke-of-doom? Is that the kind of shit you’re going to make people give about the World Title? It’s bad enough you got your syphilis all over the damned thing for a week. I’ll have to have it bleached just to enjoy it when I win. Oops. Ragequit. No. I’m going to wait for your arrogance to get the better of you. I’m going to strike at you when the time is just right. I’m going to do it because you are NOT what this company needs right now. You’re too in it for yourself. What this company needs is someone who isn’t just going to bow to fans and management to keep in the spotlight. It needs someone who will wake them up out of their crack induced daze and show them that not all things are peaches and cream. And I’m just crazy enough to do it.”
