Learn Some Respect

"The past few weeks I've been sitting by, I've been wrestling my matches and doing my job but while I was... it's been eating at me. It's been KILLING ME! But what you might ask? Because of how this place is starting to sink faster than the Titanic on a bad day."

I was not in a good mood. Not at all. It didn't matter that I was coming fresh off of a win. One of my trainers, one of my best friends... the man that gave me the nickname of 'War Machine' to begin with, walked out on this company after being buried week after week all the while the reputation of the company he helped fund and create from the ground up with his Uncle Danny Stevenson was being spat upon, thrown to the ground and stomped on, all in the name of personal greed. And that personal greed was going to drive this company into the shitter where as far as I was concerned, it belonged right now.

"Drew Stevenson... THE EMERALD, a hall of famer, a world champion damn near everywhere he's gone, a man with a LEGACY and family values that built that Missouri promotion on their BACKS and you, YOU Travis Rech and YOU Robert Garland bought it out and chose to try and build your name off of a reputable company just to drag it's name and it's representatives through the mud. But what right do I have to say anything about it, right? For a long while, myself and my partner Steven Marion trained under Drew, and Scotty Addams and Frank Washington in the Emerald Academy. We went all around the country, all around the WORLD perfecting our craft and before the company was purchased, my contract was signed and I was set to debut to take on the winner of the MSW Championship following the winner of WAR. I trained right across the street from the arena every single day. I was at every single show. I wrestled live matches just for the crowd and I supported that company with every fiber of my being and I am SICK and TIRED of seeing you drag its name through the mud! The fact that you let a man the caliber of Drew Stevenson just walk away. And for what? To express your power? To ABUSE your power? Get that shit out of here and learn some respect. All you've done is run down Drew, run down Frank... hell you even ran down Marie Porter and myself just in a different way."

Wait, myself and Marie? How did they get run down? I mean, Noah lost the triple threat, and Marie was given the chance to become #1 contender but got shafted in her match against Artemis when the decision was called.. because of their promo work? Yes, yes, in this business promo work goes a long way but not in the way that you'd think. I'll be elaborating soon. Don't you worry.

"Let's elaborate on this Noah and Marie situation coming from the office, shall we? Two weeks ago, I was in a triple threat match. Konstantine, myself, and Daniel Smart -- who mind you should get out of his cousin's ass and speak for himself when he's fully able to. But during the show, Rech comes up to me and he says Konstantine is gonna take the win because the promo work was better. He felt Konstantine, the way he talked, was putting more people in the seats than me who was standing up to the authority to have my friends back. I shrugged it off, I said alright, and I went out and I did my job but man does it piss me off. It pisses me off not because Konstantine is bad; in fact he's quite possibly one of the best talents in the back but the fact that now, two weeks later what do I see? I see Artemis Kaiser going over Marie Porter, defeating the last of the Missouri State Wrestling Women of Tradition.. based on talking about her past with Shawna Martinez, almost completely ignoring Marie. So we've got me who loses for the same reason that Artemis wins? There's a severe lack of respect going on around here and I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it to the point that.. ya know what? I don't even know if I care to show up, but I will. And I'll do it for a number of reasons I can count on one hand!"

And here we go.

"One: my fans that have followed me all over no matter where I'm competing. Two: To have Frank Washington's back because he helped train me, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for him for what he's done for me and for this business! And Three: for the guys and girls like another mentor of mine, DREW STEVENSON who left this company because of the mistreatment of his character, his dignity and a company he helped built! Scotty Addams who doesn't even want to BE HERE because of the shit you're pulling, Rech! And for my dear friend, Marie Porter who just wants to enjoy herself and the job that she's doing and you've made that girl stop smiling for the first time since I can remember because it's obvious that you've got no idea what the hell you're doing or else you wouldn't be doing this shit that it seems like we've already seen on TV for the past two years. I'm sick of it, Drew's so sick of it he left and if the door hit him on the ass on the way out it's because the man didn't know his own strength. Marie stopped smiling and you're lucky Frank doesn't report you for work endangerment and harassment. Hell, you're lucky he doesn't suffocate you in your sleep so he doesn't have to hear you run your mouth anymore. You've run a strong, fan oriented, fan and wrestler loved product's name into the ground, tried to build yourself off of its reputation and you're doing a half assed effort at BEST. You're sailing a sinking ship because of your lousy ass booking, your staff that doesn't give a damn if their lives depended on it, whom don't even both to show up to work half the damn time, and your back-ass-wards judgements and favoritism. If you're gonna recognize some of it, recognize all of it or come up with your own ideas."

I paused.

"The lesson here children: Travis Rech and Robert Garland fucked up. And unless the two of you decide to change what the hell you're doing, get your heads out of each others asses and start thinking logically you'd better be getting used to people calling you Bobo again. So maybe I will show up.. maybe I won't. I don't know. I don't care about Kruzer, I don't care about this stupid ass point system and right now? I don't care about RWD. I care about the three letters that you could never be, and I care about any and everybody that is a representation of the Emerald Academy. Fix your shit.. or you crumble. I guess now the choice is yours."