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I don’t know about anybody who is listening, but I kind of enjoy these little monologues I have been giving before I go in depth about what I want to talk about in my promos. As much as I enjoy a good trash talking contest, I appreciate the chance to give the world a little bit more. I try to do the best I can to set the tone of the overall promo. If you want my honest opinion, I think that I have done an amazing job expressing myself and trying to bring my points across. One thing that I have really thought about is the use of the word “failure”. Just because I haven’t won a big match this season, does it mean that I have failed? I don’t think so. I didn’t succeed, but I also learned another way that won’t work to get what you strive for. The only way a person can truly fail is if they quit and y’all already know that quit is not a word that exists in this cowboy’s vocabulary. Never has and never will. Besides I would never give anybody the satisfaction of quitting even though there are a few who would celebrate if I ever did. I might have been knocked down, but I sure as hell ain’t out. I am not giving up when I am so freaking close to the Promised Land that I can taste it. Yeah, there are 29 other people who are standing there and trying to prevent me from realizing it, but so what? As far as I see it, the bigger the challenge, the sweeter the victory. Let me tell you that this will be absolutely sweet.
That is very true, Kelton. I guess anything truly can happen in Elite Answers Wrestling, inside or outside the ring. We have shown that cooler heads can prevail when we are taken away from the heat of the moment. Now that we are back in more heated discussion, there will probably be things on both sides that we will say that probably could have been better in terms of elocution, but it won’t take away from the newfound understanding that we have towards each other. Two competitors who are on the precipice of reaching the next level of greatness in their respective careers. I mean I get why Bronson said you were the biggest threat out of all the people who haven’t won a World Championship. You do have the experience edge over most of us and I don’t mean that with any negative connotation. But as we continue on towards Grand Rampage, It’s not just the victories that show the truth of how you are as a competitor, it’s also about how you respond to adversity. How you respond when the chips are down and things aren’t going in your favor. People might not like the choices we make in our responses but sometimes you do what you have to do in order to get you where you want to go. I want to go to the same place that you want to be. To the same place that many others before us have reached. To be able to hold that World Championship high in the air. To reach a level that says “I made it and I was good enough to become World Champion”. I have had fantasies about being World Champion since I was a young teenager and becoming a professional wrestler was just a far off hope.
Look, Kelton. I acknowledge your respect for me and I give you yours in return, but from our little rivalry you know that I am a little stubborn. Stuck in my beliefs and my own way. I heard what you said the first time. I heard what you said the second time. I heard what you said quite clearly. I’m just choosing not to listen to you. Why? Just like I have mentioned in previous promos, it’s statements like “wait until next year” that are brought up from a deep knowledge that you know that I am a threat. I mean you can continue to tell me until you turn blue in the face that this Grand Rampage belongs to you. That’s fine. Keep saying it, but this is a battle I am not backing down from. I am not gonna back up from this fight just because you have deemed this match yours. Not gonna happen. It really doesn’t matter to me if you aren’t giving the victory away or if you put it up for auction on EBay, you knew what I meant when I said that I wasn’t asking for permission. I am taking this match whether you or anybody else likes it or not. I am telling you one final time– I’m not waiting any longer. I’m done playing nice and accepting it whenever someone tells me it’s not my time. I know that what I have said and will say might step on a few people’s toes and get them annoyed at me, but y’all need to realize that you ain’t gonna push me around or bully me out of winning this match. It’s up for grabs and I am taking it for myself. I wasn’t asking for permission and I won’t be asking for forgiveness either.
ARIA, it’s good to hear from you again. I appreciate the compliment of my work so far this week, but I still have a long way to go before I reach the level that I am satisfied with. If you would have asked me at the beginning of the season, I would have told you that I had to keep my emotions outside of the ring and focus on the task at hand, but after a small breakdown, it helped me realize (after being told numerous times) that bottling up your anger and your frustrations will lead to disastrous results. I’ve accepted that I need to be more open with how I am feeling. If I’m happy, you’ll know. If I’m angry and pissed, you’ll DEFINITELY know. I think that has helped my outlook on my career as well as helped me in life. It’s good that you have gone through the same sort of epiphany that has helped you in the long run as well. It sucks what happened with your partner… by the way, if she keeps running her mouth, I am going to knock her fucking teeth out with all the shit she’s been saying. It’s annoying being the target of constant ridicule. Even when I was Champion, people always found something to mock me about. He’s too small. He’s got too thick of a country accent. There’s nothing special about me. You get it? I have spent the last two years trying to break the stigma that somebody like me can’t be a champion. Now I am ready to break the stigma that somebody like me can’t be World Champion and I am getting closer with each passing second that I can’t let anybody get in my way. Friend or foe alike.
Anyways, I can understand as well when it comes to this big match losing streaks. I did win on the Pre-Show of Road to Redemption in December, but I haven’t won a match on the main card of a premium event since December of 2022. It really sucks being on a 16 month losing streak at these big events, but part of that was my fault whether it be by my actions or by lying to myself about how I was feeling at that specific time. Finding yourself is a big journey that will hopefully end up with big results. I am starting to find mine with this winning streak that I am FINALLY on! Hopefully you find yours soon. I mean is trying to put the pieces back together during a big time situation like this the best strategy to go about? Ehh… I personally don’t think so, but it’s not my life. So if it works for you, then go for it. But I am going to tell you something that might not be what you want to hear, but it’s something that can happen. It’s nothing personal. It sucks being in your own head with a title shot on the horizon. You’re tough and you have earned my respect, but if I even see a flicker of opportunity to strike because of what could be going on in your head, I will strike and I will have no issue in eliminating you from the match. As a friend of a friend, I sympathize with everything. But as a competitor, friendship has to go out the window. That means I will strike when the iron is hot and when ANY opportunity presents itself for me to improve my chances of victory.
Cameron, it’s enough to say that I am ready to become World Champion. It’s enough to believe that you are ready to become World Champion. The true test is making sure my actions match, better yet, surpass my words when I am in the ring doing whatever I can to make sure that I win the Grand Rampage. Along with being World Champion, I have always wanted to be considered more than a good Elitist. I wanna more than great. I wanna be considered fantastic. Hell, I’d shoot to be considered to be one of the GOATs. If I am gonna dream big, I might as well just go for it all and shoot for the stars. I also know that I can’t just talk and dream about it and expect it to fall in my lap. I have to put the work in to make even a possibility. While it might be true that you can’t fully prepare yourself mentally for a match like this with a cast like this, but I damn well am gonna prepare myself as much as I can. As I said to Bronson earlier. It’s more than just talking about it, but I have to BE about it. I have to do more than talk about bringing about this new aggressive side of Donovan Duke. I have to go out to that ring this weekend and make sure my claims are backed up by action. There was no thinking about what mentality I have to have going into this match. Sharks against guppies as you put it. There is only one choice for me to make.
I am taking the path of the shark. I have to be a shark in this situation because a guppy would quickly turn into fish food and that’s the last thing I want. I need to bring the intensity to this match. It’s time for me to once again embrace the mentality of the One Man Rebellion that I was. The One Man Rebellion who pissed off both Kassidy and Mr. DEDE-Old Fuck by standing up for what he believed in and stood up against the bullshit they tried to pull against me. The same mentality that had a “Fuck You” and an “All About Me Attitude” that fought back against anybody who tried to screw me over or whoever is going to try and prevent me from reaching the top in this match. I guess that means everybody. I can’t be nice in this match. Nice won’t get me anything in this match except heartbreak and devastation. The greed will be obvious during the Grand Rampage match. I will stop at nothing to make sure I finish first place. If that means fucking over the perennial “favorites” like Bronson Daniels or Jake Smith and killing their chances, then I will. I’ll be the spoiler. I’ll be the dream killer and do it all without an ounce of remorse in my heart.
If I am willing to take my own girlfriend out of the Grand Rampage without a second thought. Imagine what I will be willing to do to everybody else in this match.
That is very true, Kelton. I guess anything truly can happen in Elite Answers Wrestling, inside or outside the ring. We have shown that cooler heads can prevail when we are taken away from the heat of the moment. Now that we are back in more heated discussion, there will probably be things on both sides that we will say that probably could have been better in terms of elocution, but it won’t take away from the newfound understanding that we have towards each other. Two competitors who are on the precipice of reaching the next level of greatness in their respective careers. I mean I get why Bronson said you were the biggest threat out of all the people who haven’t won a World Championship. You do have the experience edge over most of us and I don’t mean that with any negative connotation. But as we continue on towards Grand Rampage, It’s not just the victories that show the truth of how you are as a competitor, it’s also about how you respond to adversity. How you respond when the chips are down and things aren’t going in your favor. People might not like the choices we make in our responses but sometimes you do what you have to do in order to get you where you want to go. I want to go to the same place that you want to be. To the same place that many others before us have reached. To be able to hold that World Championship high in the air. To reach a level that says “I made it and I was good enough to become World Champion”. I have had fantasies about being World Champion since I was a young teenager and becoming a professional wrestler was just a far off hope.
Look, Kelton. I acknowledge your respect for me and I give you yours in return, but from our little rivalry you know that I am a little stubborn. Stuck in my beliefs and my own way. I heard what you said the first time. I heard what you said the second time. I heard what you said quite clearly. I’m just choosing not to listen to you. Why? Just like I have mentioned in previous promos, it’s statements like “wait until next year” that are brought up from a deep knowledge that you know that I am a threat. I mean you can continue to tell me until you turn blue in the face that this Grand Rampage belongs to you. That’s fine. Keep saying it, but this is a battle I am not backing down from. I am not gonna back up from this fight just because you have deemed this match yours. Not gonna happen. It really doesn’t matter to me if you aren’t giving the victory away or if you put it up for auction on EBay, you knew what I meant when I said that I wasn’t asking for permission. I am taking this match whether you or anybody else likes it or not. I am telling you one final time– I’m not waiting any longer. I’m done playing nice and accepting it whenever someone tells me it’s not my time. I know that what I have said and will say might step on a few people’s toes and get them annoyed at me, but y’all need to realize that you ain’t gonna push me around or bully me out of winning this match. It’s up for grabs and I am taking it for myself. I wasn’t asking for permission and I won’t be asking for forgiveness either.
ARIA, it’s good to hear from you again. I appreciate the compliment of my work so far this week, but I still have a long way to go before I reach the level that I am satisfied with. If you would have asked me at the beginning of the season, I would have told you that I had to keep my emotions outside of the ring and focus on the task at hand, but after a small breakdown, it helped me realize (after being told numerous times) that bottling up your anger and your frustrations will lead to disastrous results. I’ve accepted that I need to be more open with how I am feeling. If I’m happy, you’ll know. If I’m angry and pissed, you’ll DEFINITELY know. I think that has helped my outlook on my career as well as helped me in life. It’s good that you have gone through the same sort of epiphany that has helped you in the long run as well. It sucks what happened with your partner… by the way, if she keeps running her mouth, I am going to knock her fucking teeth out with all the shit she’s been saying. It’s annoying being the target of constant ridicule. Even when I was Champion, people always found something to mock me about. He’s too small. He’s got too thick of a country accent. There’s nothing special about me. You get it? I have spent the last two years trying to break the stigma that somebody like me can’t be a champion. Now I am ready to break the stigma that somebody like me can’t be World Champion and I am getting closer with each passing second that I can’t let anybody get in my way. Friend or foe alike.
Anyways, I can understand as well when it comes to this big match losing streaks. I did win on the Pre-Show of Road to Redemption in December, but I haven’t won a match on the main card of a premium event since December of 2022. It really sucks being on a 16 month losing streak at these big events, but part of that was my fault whether it be by my actions or by lying to myself about how I was feeling at that specific time. Finding yourself is a big journey that will hopefully end up with big results. I am starting to find mine with this winning streak that I am FINALLY on! Hopefully you find yours soon. I mean is trying to put the pieces back together during a big time situation like this the best strategy to go about? Ehh… I personally don’t think so, but it’s not my life. So if it works for you, then go for it. But I am going to tell you something that might not be what you want to hear, but it’s something that can happen. It’s nothing personal. It sucks being in your own head with a title shot on the horizon. You’re tough and you have earned my respect, but if I even see a flicker of opportunity to strike because of what could be going on in your head, I will strike and I will have no issue in eliminating you from the match. As a friend of a friend, I sympathize with everything. But as a competitor, friendship has to go out the window. That means I will strike when the iron is hot and when ANY opportunity presents itself for me to improve my chances of victory.
Cameron, it’s enough to say that I am ready to become World Champion. It’s enough to believe that you are ready to become World Champion. The true test is making sure my actions match, better yet, surpass my words when I am in the ring doing whatever I can to make sure that I win the Grand Rampage. Along with being World Champion, I have always wanted to be considered more than a good Elitist. I wanna more than great. I wanna be considered fantastic. Hell, I’d shoot to be considered to be one of the GOATs. If I am gonna dream big, I might as well just go for it all and shoot for the stars. I also know that I can’t just talk and dream about it and expect it to fall in my lap. I have to put the work in to make even a possibility. While it might be true that you can’t fully prepare yourself mentally for a match like this with a cast like this, but I damn well am gonna prepare myself as much as I can. As I said to Bronson earlier. It’s more than just talking about it, but I have to BE about it. I have to do more than talk about bringing about this new aggressive side of Donovan Duke. I have to go out to that ring this weekend and make sure my claims are backed up by action. There was no thinking about what mentality I have to have going into this match. Sharks against guppies as you put it. There is only one choice for me to make.
I am taking the path of the shark. I have to be a shark in this situation because a guppy would quickly turn into fish food and that’s the last thing I want. I need to bring the intensity to this match. It’s time for me to once again embrace the mentality of the One Man Rebellion that I was. The One Man Rebellion who pissed off both Kassidy and Mr. DEDE-Old Fuck by standing up for what he believed in and stood up against the bullshit they tried to pull against me. The same mentality that had a “Fuck You” and an “All About Me Attitude” that fought back against anybody who tried to screw me over or whoever is going to try and prevent me from reaching the top in this match. I guess that means everybody. I can’t be nice in this match. Nice won’t get me anything in this match except heartbreak and devastation. The greed will be obvious during the Grand Rampage match. I will stop at nothing to make sure I finish first place. If that means fucking over the perennial “favorites” like Bronson Daniels or Jake Smith and killing their chances, then I will. I’ll be the spoiler. I’ll be the dream killer and do it all without an ounce of remorse in my heart.
If I am willing to take my own girlfriend out of the Grand Rampage without a second thought. Imagine what I will be willing to do to everybody else in this match.
