No intro, straight to it!
ARIA
Hey you, we haven't talked to each other much this week.
Are you doing alright? Are you feeling good about the amount of work you produced and its quality so far? I know I do when it comes to mine, and I'm not done yet much like you are.
Say, don't you think it's silly to hear so many of them while and call us out for the stuff we say and the amount of it? Don't you think it's cheap, and rather weak sauce of them to bitch and moan about something like the number of videos released in a week famously known for exactly that? I don't hear anyone from the EAW Universe groan over the stuff you make, nor my own I don't read any comments in the section below our videos where fans want us to stop or concentrate on doing something else ahead of the show like training or taking care of our families and loved ones.
That's assuming all we do is sit in front of a camera and record over and over and over which we both know isn't the case. I take time to sleep and eat, I watch the Fallout show on Prime which is damn good. Did you watch it? You should if you haven't, it's quite faithful to the source material. I'm all caught up on Invincible and I'm thinking about starting Hazbeen Hotel since I'm a huge Vivzipop fan. I also train, I spend time with my mother and niece, and tonight I'm going to the Bell Centre with a few buddies for the Habs' last match of the season against the Red Wings. You keep yourself busy away from the sight of a camera lens too from what I picked up, taking cases to help Donovan Duke among other things.
But what's funnier, and I'm sure you'll agree, is to hear them bitch about what we do now that we haven't even done half of what the current video record is, and that one belongs to Bronson Daniels who talked through a total of 45 publications. Forty-five, Aria, and they complain when you're at twenty-something and I'm right behind you in the tally. The fact is we both know this isn't a race, I'm not trying to score more work than you, to be honest, I'm only speaking my mind and I'm following a game plan which happens to get me talking a great deal. Seriously if they don't like it, they can skip what I have to say and the same goes for those who cry over how much you say as well.
So here's what I think: Fuck'em, and keep doing what we wanna do. Ya? It doesn't matter how many videos we release, if they can't handle the passion and the love we are showing through those it ain't our problem. If they feel frustrated or annoyed because we show our intensity and display our desire to win this fucking thing then again: Not our problem, right?
Let's keep working, and I'll see you soon.
Jack Ripley
Hearing him say I cost him a lot is quite rich considering what happened once he took the Hardcore Championship for himself when I was a pinfall away from making it mine. Considering what happened after I got revenge on him later on in Montréal during Road to Redemption who knows if his career would've taken off the way it did afterwards.
Jack, the beginning of your success happened at the expense of mine, and the way I see it had you not taken the belt from me when I had Johnny Andrews dead to right then my career would've taken a whole new direction. Was it not for you being a selfish prick, had you not stolen my thunder, I am convinced that my career right now would be equal to yours in terms of success perhaps even greater. But you took that from me, for a long time I decided to be bon joueur over it but the more I think about it the more I feel like had I won the Hardcore Championship back in 2018 my career would have been far better now. With the Hardcore Championship, then I wouldn't have battled for the New Breed Championship probably because I had already shown the world I was able to win a better title and things would've gone up from there. I probably would not have had a year as General Manager of Showdown as a result, instead working to work my way up to the top, and who knows what would have happened and what Championships I would've won. For sure my only accomplishments in seven years as a result wouldn't be one title, a feud of the year award, and a decisive end of story against Xander Payne. There was no way to know back then but in hindsight? It feels glaringly apparent that things went sour for me the moment you decided to cash in your briefcase. You could've done it right after I won, when I'm at my most tired at least I would've been able to say I won the damn thing but no. You went for it just as I softened Andrews enough to be able to win it for myself. I defeat Johnny Andrews, and maybe later that season I become Pure Champion by defeating Camille. Or I do it against Mark Michaels the following season. Maybe I'm the one who takes Jake Smith's Pure Championship from him in season 13 and wins the second match against Xander in Germany. Then, maybe I beat Justin Windgate to become Interwire Champion or even Idol-Gun for the tag titles in Season 14. Maybe in season 15 I defeat Minerva for the National Elite Championship or win the EAW Championship during the main event of Shock Value against Myles and Chris Elite. Maybe I beat Donovan Duke that same season during Pain for Pride and cut his amazing reign short of the record he now has. For DAMN sure I'm not losing to Jon Kelton and almost lost everything I worked for then! And Xander wouldn't have felt the need to try and use me to further his career and maybe, just maybe I defeated Bronson Daniels for the World Heavyweight Championship earlier this season on that episode of Dynasty after taking a dub against Theron Nikolas or even Limmy Monaghan.
Had I won the titles I just mentioned, six in total including three World championships, I would also probably already have a Hall of Fame ring and I would be immortalized along with the greats. So when you tell me I cost you a lot, all I have to say is screw you and get bent! Sure I got you to lose against Malcolm Jones and you got fired, but then you came back and you had the career we know. The truth? I hope Cameron punts you in the balls before eliminating your sorry Dud Shooting ass! What happened following what you did cost me far more than you ever lost as a result of my interference in retribution for what you did. Are you the sole contributor to the fact I don't have the career I wish I had thus far? No, I'm not going to pin the blame entirely on you, but you did throw me off the rails that day and that didn't do any good to me after. So seriously, the more I think about it the more I'm tempted to throw a monkey wrench in your dimwitted plan to go into Grand Rampage solely to embarrass and hurt Cameron.
Oh Boo Hoo! She did you dirty for about a month, who the fuck cares considering what you've done to me. Seriously go fuck yourself.
Funny how you talk about only wanting to focus on one thing, taking out Cameron, yet you want to call everybody out.
Hey dipass, you are not the center of anyone's attention, especially not this week.
Cameron Ella Ava
I agree that fighting and staying alive is what we can do this weekend, Lady Cameron, but shouldn't we want to do more?
Personally, I want to do more than just stay alive or survive as long as I want. I want to win, I want to make it as far as I can and use Grand Rampage as a platform to continue showcasing my rise. And for that to happen, I need to do more than stay alive. I need this for the sake of my progression and growth, I need it because I simply can't stop when I am finally doing things right.
On the topic of season and whether it's a good one or not, when it comes to me it would be so easy to say I'm having a bad one if we rely only on my current track record of 9 wins and 16 losses. If we base ourselves only on that and take nothing else into account, then I'm having a bad season with almost twice as many L's than I have dubs. But when you take type to look at what took place between Draft Day and tonight when we look at the quality of matches I've put forward, the body of work on the promotional side, the feuds, and the wars I've gone through? When you know I emerged from all better than I ever was and gained so much in terms of respect from both the EAW Universe and my peers including you? Then this is the greatest season since I started working here. If I win on Sunday, then this only adds to it all. If I don't but I do great still? Then it also adds to it. I have a great deal to win this weekend, and while I can come up short and be denied victory It will be one regardless for me if I perform admirably and beyond expectations and I can build from there. For me, the only way I'll consider Grand Rampage a disappointment is if I don't manage to check any of the boxes I have on my objective list. And as you know, winning Grand Rampage while on top of the list is not the only goal I've set for myself.
For the past while now, I've already begun to become a source of inspiration for others, my niece this sweet little thing was the first I was able to inspire but I would lie if I say she hasn't inspired me. That little bug, wise beyond her age she made me realize that the job wasn't done after the Holiday show and she inspired what led to an inspiring victory at King of Elite. If I'm able to inspire more people this weekend, young and old, then I will be proud and that will also tell me just how far I've gone. How I went from being unilaterally despised, laughed, looked down, and ridiculed by the masses and most if not everyone in the back to being a growing force for good and a shining example of perseverance, and resilience in the face of adversity. No matter if I win on Sunday or not, and no matter if I become a Champion of any Championship between now and the end of my career, if my actions can uplift and inspire one person to pursue their ambition no matter how hard the trials or long the road? Then I will have accomplished something.
I understand when you insinuate that losing is not a bad thing and it might actually be beneficial for me in the long term. Perhaps you are right, but you also understand that I simply cannot slow down at the moment. I could, but I don't want to, I feel like I'm in a good place mentally, I feel ready for this, and I am hungry for more. Maybe I'm not ready to be a World Champion just yet, maybe the pieces are not ready to fall into place just yet. But I have to keep working, keep pushing, sacrificing, compromising so that one day they do and I get everything that's coming to me.
Daryl Kinkade
I wonder if it occurred to Daryl that if he made good on his sarcasm and left the company, no one would notice. Heck, it might even take some time before Pandora goes 'Wait, where's Kinkade?' and Halsey would just shrug her shoulders. So he doesn't care about what I say, eh? Is that why my promos wind him up with something rotten? His words. If my work gets his panties in a twist, if I manage to rile him up, then seriously he's got no shot at leaving Phoenix a winner on Sunday. He doesn't.
Oh noes! I got called a hobo! Owie, ouchie! The sting! My kryptonite! Hey Doucheryl, that's all you got? Seriously you're going for the cheapest insult in the book? I guess you felt compelled to bring it up since the last time someone called me that directly was Donovan Duke back in December 2022. How poignant, Daryl, so impressive, so fresh to talk about my clothing choices! So that's what happens when you get riled up, your IQ drops and you talk funny? I thought I was talking to a man not the fucking fashion police. I'm not even going to bother adressing the infantile 'What have you done?' stuff because that's all it is.
Alright, so YOU gained the National Elite Championship, YOU were the double champion and for a time YOU were casting a shadow over Charlie. Okay, alright, then tell me this: Why are YOU under HIS shadow now? Why are YOU the one everybody laughs at while Charlie's out there eating great with all of the success he's gained for himself? Why haven't YOU done better since then? Why are YOU letting others walk over YOU and let them have a laugh at YOUR expense? Alright, I understand you lost time due to injuries, I get it. Then, when aren't YOU trying to do better than Charlie by being successful on YOUR own? When have YOU lost your balls? And more importantly, when are YOU going to get them out of Pandora's purse? I'd consider you a big name if you had the courage to get shit down by yourself, but nah you decided to team up because you don't have it in you to do so! But sure, tell me I need others to get what I want.
Keep sounding like a clown, see where that gets you.
ARIA
Hey you, we haven't talked to each other much this week.
Are you doing alright? Are you feeling good about the amount of work you produced and its quality so far? I know I do when it comes to mine, and I'm not done yet much like you are.
Say, don't you think it's silly to hear so many of them while and call us out for the stuff we say and the amount of it? Don't you think it's cheap, and rather weak sauce of them to bitch and moan about something like the number of videos released in a week famously known for exactly that? I don't hear anyone from the EAW Universe groan over the stuff you make, nor my own I don't read any comments in the section below our videos where fans want us to stop or concentrate on doing something else ahead of the show like training or taking care of our families and loved ones.
That's assuming all we do is sit in front of a camera and record over and over and over which we both know isn't the case. I take time to sleep and eat, I watch the Fallout show on Prime which is damn good. Did you watch it? You should if you haven't, it's quite faithful to the source material. I'm all caught up on Invincible and I'm thinking about starting Hazbeen Hotel since I'm a huge Vivzipop fan. I also train, I spend time with my mother and niece, and tonight I'm going to the Bell Centre with a few buddies for the Habs' last match of the season against the Red Wings. You keep yourself busy away from the sight of a camera lens too from what I picked up, taking cases to help Donovan Duke among other things.
But what's funnier, and I'm sure you'll agree, is to hear them bitch about what we do now that we haven't even done half of what the current video record is, and that one belongs to Bronson Daniels who talked through a total of 45 publications. Forty-five, Aria, and they complain when you're at twenty-something and I'm right behind you in the tally. The fact is we both know this isn't a race, I'm not trying to score more work than you, to be honest, I'm only speaking my mind and I'm following a game plan which happens to get me talking a great deal. Seriously if they don't like it, they can skip what I have to say and the same goes for those who cry over how much you say as well.
So here's what I think: Fuck'em, and keep doing what we wanna do. Ya? It doesn't matter how many videos we release, if they can't handle the passion and the love we are showing through those it ain't our problem. If they feel frustrated or annoyed because we show our intensity and display our desire to win this fucking thing then again: Not our problem, right?
Let's keep working, and I'll see you soon.
Jack Ripley
Hearing him say I cost him a lot is quite rich considering what happened once he took the Hardcore Championship for himself when I was a pinfall away from making it mine. Considering what happened after I got revenge on him later on in Montréal during Road to Redemption who knows if his career would've taken off the way it did afterwards.
Jack, the beginning of your success happened at the expense of mine, and the way I see it had you not taken the belt from me when I had Johnny Andrews dead to right then my career would've taken a whole new direction. Was it not for you being a selfish prick, had you not stolen my thunder, I am convinced that my career right now would be equal to yours in terms of success perhaps even greater. But you took that from me, for a long time I decided to be bon joueur over it but the more I think about it the more I feel like had I won the Hardcore Championship back in 2018 my career would have been far better now. With the Hardcore Championship, then I wouldn't have battled for the New Breed Championship probably because I had already shown the world I was able to win a better title and things would've gone up from there. I probably would not have had a year as General Manager of Showdown as a result, instead working to work my way up to the top, and who knows what would have happened and what Championships I would've won. For sure my only accomplishments in seven years as a result wouldn't be one title, a feud of the year award, and a decisive end of story against Xander Payne. There was no way to know back then but in hindsight? It feels glaringly apparent that things went sour for me the moment you decided to cash in your briefcase. You could've done it right after I won, when I'm at my most tired at least I would've been able to say I won the damn thing but no. You went for it just as I softened Andrews enough to be able to win it for myself. I defeat Johnny Andrews, and maybe later that season I become Pure Champion by defeating Camille. Or I do it against Mark Michaels the following season. Maybe I'm the one who takes Jake Smith's Pure Championship from him in season 13 and wins the second match against Xander in Germany. Then, maybe I beat Justin Windgate to become Interwire Champion or even Idol-Gun for the tag titles in Season 14. Maybe in season 15 I defeat Minerva for the National Elite Championship or win the EAW Championship during the main event of Shock Value against Myles and Chris Elite. Maybe I beat Donovan Duke that same season during Pain for Pride and cut his amazing reign short of the record he now has. For DAMN sure I'm not losing to Jon Kelton and almost lost everything I worked for then! And Xander wouldn't have felt the need to try and use me to further his career and maybe, just maybe I defeated Bronson Daniels for the World Heavyweight Championship earlier this season on that episode of Dynasty after taking a dub against Theron Nikolas or even Limmy Monaghan.
Had I won the titles I just mentioned, six in total including three World championships, I would also probably already have a Hall of Fame ring and I would be immortalized along with the greats. So when you tell me I cost you a lot, all I have to say is screw you and get bent! Sure I got you to lose against Malcolm Jones and you got fired, but then you came back and you had the career we know. The truth? I hope Cameron punts you in the balls before eliminating your sorry Dud Shooting ass! What happened following what you did cost me far more than you ever lost as a result of my interference in retribution for what you did. Are you the sole contributor to the fact I don't have the career I wish I had thus far? No, I'm not going to pin the blame entirely on you, but you did throw me off the rails that day and that didn't do any good to me after. So seriously, the more I think about it the more I'm tempted to throw a monkey wrench in your dimwitted plan to go into Grand Rampage solely to embarrass and hurt Cameron.
Oh Boo Hoo! She did you dirty for about a month, who the fuck cares considering what you've done to me. Seriously go fuck yourself.
Funny how you talk about only wanting to focus on one thing, taking out Cameron, yet you want to call everybody out.
Hey dipass, you are not the center of anyone's attention, especially not this week.
Cameron Ella Ava
I agree that fighting and staying alive is what we can do this weekend, Lady Cameron, but shouldn't we want to do more?
Personally, I want to do more than just stay alive or survive as long as I want. I want to win, I want to make it as far as I can and use Grand Rampage as a platform to continue showcasing my rise. And for that to happen, I need to do more than stay alive. I need this for the sake of my progression and growth, I need it because I simply can't stop when I am finally doing things right.
On the topic of season and whether it's a good one or not, when it comes to me it would be so easy to say I'm having a bad one if we rely only on my current track record of 9 wins and 16 losses. If we base ourselves only on that and take nothing else into account, then I'm having a bad season with almost twice as many L's than I have dubs. But when you take type to look at what took place between Draft Day and tonight when we look at the quality of matches I've put forward, the body of work on the promotional side, the feuds, and the wars I've gone through? When you know I emerged from all better than I ever was and gained so much in terms of respect from both the EAW Universe and my peers including you? Then this is the greatest season since I started working here. If I win on Sunday, then this only adds to it all. If I don't but I do great still? Then it also adds to it. I have a great deal to win this weekend, and while I can come up short and be denied victory It will be one regardless for me if I perform admirably and beyond expectations and I can build from there. For me, the only way I'll consider Grand Rampage a disappointment is if I don't manage to check any of the boxes I have on my objective list. And as you know, winning Grand Rampage while on top of the list is not the only goal I've set for myself.
For the past while now, I've already begun to become a source of inspiration for others, my niece this sweet little thing was the first I was able to inspire but I would lie if I say she hasn't inspired me. That little bug, wise beyond her age she made me realize that the job wasn't done after the Holiday show and she inspired what led to an inspiring victory at King of Elite. If I'm able to inspire more people this weekend, young and old, then I will be proud and that will also tell me just how far I've gone. How I went from being unilaterally despised, laughed, looked down, and ridiculed by the masses and most if not everyone in the back to being a growing force for good and a shining example of perseverance, and resilience in the face of adversity. No matter if I win on Sunday or not, and no matter if I become a Champion of any Championship between now and the end of my career, if my actions can uplift and inspire one person to pursue their ambition no matter how hard the trials or long the road? Then I will have accomplished something.
I understand when you insinuate that losing is not a bad thing and it might actually be beneficial for me in the long term. Perhaps you are right, but you also understand that I simply cannot slow down at the moment. I could, but I don't want to, I feel like I'm in a good place mentally, I feel ready for this, and I am hungry for more. Maybe I'm not ready to be a World Champion just yet, maybe the pieces are not ready to fall into place just yet. But I have to keep working, keep pushing, sacrificing, compromising so that one day they do and I get everything that's coming to me.
Daryl Kinkade
I wonder if it occurred to Daryl that if he made good on his sarcasm and left the company, no one would notice. Heck, it might even take some time before Pandora goes 'Wait, where's Kinkade?' and Halsey would just shrug her shoulders. So he doesn't care about what I say, eh? Is that why my promos wind him up with something rotten? His words. If my work gets his panties in a twist, if I manage to rile him up, then seriously he's got no shot at leaving Phoenix a winner on Sunday. He doesn't.
Oh noes! I got called a hobo! Owie, ouchie! The sting! My kryptonite! Hey Doucheryl, that's all you got? Seriously you're going for the cheapest insult in the book? I guess you felt compelled to bring it up since the last time someone called me that directly was Donovan Duke back in December 2022. How poignant, Daryl, so impressive, so fresh to talk about my clothing choices! So that's what happens when you get riled up, your IQ drops and you talk funny? I thought I was talking to a man not the fucking fashion police. I'm not even going to bother adressing the infantile 'What have you done?' stuff because that's all it is.
Alright, so YOU gained the National Elite Championship, YOU were the double champion and for a time YOU were casting a shadow over Charlie. Okay, alright, then tell me this: Why are YOU under HIS shadow now? Why are YOU the one everybody laughs at while Charlie's out there eating great with all of the success he's gained for himself? Why haven't YOU done better since then? Why are YOU letting others walk over YOU and let them have a laugh at YOUR expense? Alright, I understand you lost time due to injuries, I get it. Then, when aren't YOU trying to do better than Charlie by being successful on YOUR own? When have YOU lost your balls? And more importantly, when are YOU going to get them out of Pandora's purse? I'd consider you a big name if you had the courage to get shit down by yourself, but nah you decided to team up because you don't have it in you to do so! But sure, tell me I need others to get what I want.
Keep sounding like a clown, see where that gets you.
