“It’s been a pretty quiet week, hasn’t it, Hans? You’ve decided to turn your head around towards the end of the week and factoring in that you’ve been putting in the work before actually speaking, that’s completely fair. I’ve been doing both. I’m speaking, and then I fill in the rest of that time working out and honing my craft. I’m trying anything to get an advantage. But maybe your method is smarter. You’ve had a full week to see everyone for who they are rather than learning on the fly, which I’ll admit, has been pretty fun. Everyone knows that it’s quality over quantity. You could throw up two to three videos and off merit alone, off ability and determination alone. You can go pretty far in this thing. That would sting for me, wouldn’t it? Putting up this much effort and you out-do me like it’s nothing? But I’ll admit that it’s not fair to just diminish what you’ve done like that. I know how good you are. I saw firsthand when you defeated me.”
“So I’m dedicating this entire video to you because that one still hurts. I’m not placing blame at all. I needed momentum going into Operation: Doomsday, but I lost to you. I wanted to do what Machina couldn’t do and defeat you. That would’ve been the momentum boost I needed, probably to win me the championship. You can’t argue very much against that. But I lost to you. And everyone has made up this narrative where I complain all the time and whine about my misfortunes, and it’s partially true. I do sulk a lot. But I always move past and focus on my goal. But when I lost to you? Two weeks later going into Operation: Doomsday?”
“I didn’t even acknowledge it.”
“Seems highly hypocritical of me, right? To be so harsh on you. Talk about how Machina and Armstrong passed gon up, and I never even did the obligatory ‘give your opponent props for winning’ part of your promo. Quite frankly. I couldn’t do it. It didn’t feel right to give you that victory so close to the FPV. So I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had a great deal of motivation going into Grand Rampage when it comes to you. I haven’t referred to you going into this one, but that’s how bad that loss stung. You didn’t just jump into insults like anyone else. You saw what I had to say and kept focus. It was a humbling victory. Because I put up a strong effort, and you simply beat me like you have anyone else. My chance to become the new face of the New Breeds, I needed to defeat the guy who leveled up. If I could show that I could be the only one of us to actually PIN you, I would go far. They’d have to accept it. BRAE couldn’t do it. Machina couldn’t do it. Decker and Rory are lost causes so they will NEVER be able to do it. But you won. You thwarted all of my plans. Perhaps I wasn’t focused enough. Perhaps I messed it up and gave you too much of a fighting chance. But even when I raised an eyebrow at your lack of response when I was coming hot out of the gates..”
“I had too much respect to double-post you. It’s not often that I talk like this. But I have nothing bad to say to you. You handled my words with grace, saw that I simply wanted to make a name for myself and wanted to go to work. I even appreciate the fact that you singled me out as wanting to hear from me. And now here I am. Thirteen promos to your two. Again. I am the one working earlier than you. I am the one making my presence known. So of course, if you do better than me again? That’s going to hurt. I’m not just spamming videos for the sake of it. Everything I say has meaning as I’ve touched up on. This one means a lot, though. Ryan told me not to harp on the little things. Roughly, I’ve heard similar things from others. But I’m not focused solely on eliminating you or doing better than you, but I would love to do so. You’ve seen what it’s like in that world championship atmosphere. You held the New Breed Championship with great pride and even defended it from multiple brands just like our current one is about to do. So when it comes to the Grand Rampage? I’d be remiss to say something silly like this is personal..”
“But this holds a lot of significance to me. I have to deny you of your destiny like you did to me. I wasn’t prepared for a loss of that magnitude before the PPV, and yet, by no means am I blaming you..”
“I’m blaming myself for being wrong.”
“As you can tell. I hate being wrong. But I also hate not being able to follow up on your failures. It’s one thing to not succeed the first time. But considering I don’t know when we’ll face off again, this is my closest chance to rectifying that. Winning the Grand Rampage at your expense. Can you imagine that? You and I in the finals? Two of Dynasty’s rising stars, although you’ve risen much much higher than I have— but I also haven’t been here as long as you are. But that last part? I’m just chatting. Everyone knows these hypotheticals mean nothing. Shit. I don’t know if anything I’m doing right now means anything until I GET there. This has been an extremely interesting week for myself. I understand what it’s like to be here. I understand what I have to do in order to get better. And I need not to say it, but act on it. I have to act on what I’m claiming i'm learning from my defeats. Because I can tell you now, I probably didn’t learn much from my loss to you — otherwise I wouldn’t even be in this match and defending the New Breed Championship right now. I have poured so much into this week, well aware that I may get very little in return. This is the definition of low risk, high reward. It doesn’t hurt you to try and win this match, but you better not act like this is all you’ve got unless you have the reputation of continuously fighting for top billing at Pain For Pride. Luckily. Neither of us are like that. But there’s a difference.”
“You’re the recognized name. A former champion and continuing to improve on Dynasty. Everyone knows Hans Grayson and besides Jay Jerry Johnson, I think almost everyone respects Hans Grayson too. So that’s why this is so grating. There is a gap between us. How I see it, you don’t need to overcompensate like I do. You don’t need to try and stand a fighting chance. You WILL stand a fighting chance. But that’s where I come in. To take that away from you. To take advantage of your stoic approach to this match this week. Ultimately, this may not even matter next week for either of us. But I’m continuing to grow motivated from being in there with you. Being in there with others that I’ve lost to.”
“Many have tried to discredit me, but I know that you won’t. I tried to change my approach for this one. I am trying to exemplify all signs possible that I am capable of being on this stage, and WINNING this damn thing. You’re just now stepping up but I’ve said too much, worked too much to just step aside and let you end my chances at Pain For Pride. I said it before but I mean it this time. I’m going to extinguish the fire out of the Dragon and I will not only try my damndest to win this thing. But I will try to outlast you, Hans. I will try to outperform you, Hans.”
“It’s not my main objective. It’s not what’s killing me rather than winning the Grand Rampage.. But if I can get that close, then I better have something to show for it. The pressure is at a high, so I better not succumb to it. I’m out to show my growth, and that I can hang with the names of relevance in this setting.”
“I’m so willing to win that I‘m making a quick turnaround on videos just to speak to you. I know a lot of people have been upset about that. The constant spamming. I’ve even remarked upon it myself. But I think that this is more than mindlessly speaking for the sake of it. I have time on my hands and if there’s a chance to give me a slight competitive edge by showing my determination now, no one can take that from me. At the end of the day, this one isn’t meant for everyone else. This is meant for you, because you wanted to hear from me, so that’s exactly what you’re getting, and more. Just how you feel about Bronson Daniels? That’s how I feel about you right now. This isn’t just about earning your respect but getting my self-respect back, understanding what I have to do to win this thing and that’s take on all comers at any given time. If we are in that ring together? Expect a fuckin’ fight. I need to elevate to your level. I need to show that I can go back and forth with you, and win our exchanges! There’s no shame in losing to you, but the circumstances have changed and I feel like I’m the one more willing to win this one than you are. I’ve been through it with almost half of this match. You’re just now calling people out to speak to them because you want to get in the mix — and there’s no way winning if you rehash your beef with Jay Jerry Johnson. Doesn’t take a genius to understand your current mindset.”
“But do you ever feel like it’s too little, too late? You want us to bring it all to you? That’s exactly what I’m going to do because redemption is important to me. So even if I don’t win this Grand Rampage? If I have an embarrassing placement, I don’t care. I think my focus is always moving forward every chance I get, now. This is my only chance now to get back at you and prove that I’m capable of out-doing you. And until we have another match? Don’t forget me. Because this is different than a complete unwinnable battle against a former world champion.”
“You are a guy that I know I can beat. And that’s not with any respect, because I WANT to elevate to where you are. What you, Drake and Machina have crafted as rookies on Dynasty, the grouping you three have made together.. I want to rise above my group, because I know that I’m more than a BRAE or Mig De Decker.”
“But it’s time I prove it. And if I can do that against you en route to potentially winning the Grand Rampage? No one can take that from me.”
“So I’m dedicating this entire video to you because that one still hurts. I’m not placing blame at all. I needed momentum going into Operation: Doomsday, but I lost to you. I wanted to do what Machina couldn’t do and defeat you. That would’ve been the momentum boost I needed, probably to win me the championship. You can’t argue very much against that. But I lost to you. And everyone has made up this narrative where I complain all the time and whine about my misfortunes, and it’s partially true. I do sulk a lot. But I always move past and focus on my goal. But when I lost to you? Two weeks later going into Operation: Doomsday?”
“I didn’t even acknowledge it.”
“Seems highly hypocritical of me, right? To be so harsh on you. Talk about how Machina and Armstrong passed gon up, and I never even did the obligatory ‘give your opponent props for winning’ part of your promo. Quite frankly. I couldn’t do it. It didn’t feel right to give you that victory so close to the FPV. So I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had a great deal of motivation going into Grand Rampage when it comes to you. I haven’t referred to you going into this one, but that’s how bad that loss stung. You didn’t just jump into insults like anyone else. You saw what I had to say and kept focus. It was a humbling victory. Because I put up a strong effort, and you simply beat me like you have anyone else. My chance to become the new face of the New Breeds, I needed to defeat the guy who leveled up. If I could show that I could be the only one of us to actually PIN you, I would go far. They’d have to accept it. BRAE couldn’t do it. Machina couldn’t do it. Decker and Rory are lost causes so they will NEVER be able to do it. But you won. You thwarted all of my plans. Perhaps I wasn’t focused enough. Perhaps I messed it up and gave you too much of a fighting chance. But even when I raised an eyebrow at your lack of response when I was coming hot out of the gates..”
“I had too much respect to double-post you. It’s not often that I talk like this. But I have nothing bad to say to you. You handled my words with grace, saw that I simply wanted to make a name for myself and wanted to go to work. I even appreciate the fact that you singled me out as wanting to hear from me. And now here I am. Thirteen promos to your two. Again. I am the one working earlier than you. I am the one making my presence known. So of course, if you do better than me again? That’s going to hurt. I’m not just spamming videos for the sake of it. Everything I say has meaning as I’ve touched up on. This one means a lot, though. Ryan told me not to harp on the little things. Roughly, I’ve heard similar things from others. But I’m not focused solely on eliminating you or doing better than you, but I would love to do so. You’ve seen what it’s like in that world championship atmosphere. You held the New Breed Championship with great pride and even defended it from multiple brands just like our current one is about to do. So when it comes to the Grand Rampage? I’d be remiss to say something silly like this is personal..”
“But this holds a lot of significance to me. I have to deny you of your destiny like you did to me. I wasn’t prepared for a loss of that magnitude before the PPV, and yet, by no means am I blaming you..”
“I’m blaming myself for being wrong.”
“As you can tell. I hate being wrong. But I also hate not being able to follow up on your failures. It’s one thing to not succeed the first time. But considering I don’t know when we’ll face off again, this is my closest chance to rectifying that. Winning the Grand Rampage at your expense. Can you imagine that? You and I in the finals? Two of Dynasty’s rising stars, although you’ve risen much much higher than I have— but I also haven’t been here as long as you are. But that last part? I’m just chatting. Everyone knows these hypotheticals mean nothing. Shit. I don’t know if anything I’m doing right now means anything until I GET there. This has been an extremely interesting week for myself. I understand what it’s like to be here. I understand what I have to do in order to get better. And I need not to say it, but act on it. I have to act on what I’m claiming i'm learning from my defeats. Because I can tell you now, I probably didn’t learn much from my loss to you — otherwise I wouldn’t even be in this match and defending the New Breed Championship right now. I have poured so much into this week, well aware that I may get very little in return. This is the definition of low risk, high reward. It doesn’t hurt you to try and win this match, but you better not act like this is all you’ve got unless you have the reputation of continuously fighting for top billing at Pain For Pride. Luckily. Neither of us are like that. But there’s a difference.”
“You’re the recognized name. A former champion and continuing to improve on Dynasty. Everyone knows Hans Grayson and besides Jay Jerry Johnson, I think almost everyone respects Hans Grayson too. So that’s why this is so grating. There is a gap between us. How I see it, you don’t need to overcompensate like I do. You don’t need to try and stand a fighting chance. You WILL stand a fighting chance. But that’s where I come in. To take that away from you. To take advantage of your stoic approach to this match this week. Ultimately, this may not even matter next week for either of us. But I’m continuing to grow motivated from being in there with you. Being in there with others that I’ve lost to.”
“Many have tried to discredit me, but I know that you won’t. I tried to change my approach for this one. I am trying to exemplify all signs possible that I am capable of being on this stage, and WINNING this damn thing. You’re just now stepping up but I’ve said too much, worked too much to just step aside and let you end my chances at Pain For Pride. I said it before but I mean it this time. I’m going to extinguish the fire out of the Dragon and I will not only try my damndest to win this thing. But I will try to outlast you, Hans. I will try to outperform you, Hans.”
“It’s not my main objective. It’s not what’s killing me rather than winning the Grand Rampage.. But if I can get that close, then I better have something to show for it. The pressure is at a high, so I better not succumb to it. I’m out to show my growth, and that I can hang with the names of relevance in this setting.”
“I’m so willing to win that I‘m making a quick turnaround on videos just to speak to you. I know a lot of people have been upset about that. The constant spamming. I’ve even remarked upon it myself. But I think that this is more than mindlessly speaking for the sake of it. I have time on my hands and if there’s a chance to give me a slight competitive edge by showing my determination now, no one can take that from me. At the end of the day, this one isn’t meant for everyone else. This is meant for you, because you wanted to hear from me, so that’s exactly what you’re getting, and more. Just how you feel about Bronson Daniels? That’s how I feel about you right now. This isn’t just about earning your respect but getting my self-respect back, understanding what I have to do to win this thing and that’s take on all comers at any given time. If we are in that ring together? Expect a fuckin’ fight. I need to elevate to your level. I need to show that I can go back and forth with you, and win our exchanges! There’s no shame in losing to you, but the circumstances have changed and I feel like I’m the one more willing to win this one than you are. I’ve been through it with almost half of this match. You’re just now calling people out to speak to them because you want to get in the mix — and there’s no way winning if you rehash your beef with Jay Jerry Johnson. Doesn’t take a genius to understand your current mindset.”
“But do you ever feel like it’s too little, too late? You want us to bring it all to you? That’s exactly what I’m going to do because redemption is important to me. So even if I don’t win this Grand Rampage? If I have an embarrassing placement, I don’t care. I think my focus is always moving forward every chance I get, now. This is my only chance now to get back at you and prove that I’m capable of out-doing you. And until we have another match? Don’t forget me. Because this is different than a complete unwinnable battle against a former world champion.”
“You are a guy that I know I can beat. And that’s not with any respect, because I WANT to elevate to where you are. What you, Drake and Machina have crafted as rookies on Dynasty, the grouping you three have made together.. I want to rise above my group, because I know that I’m more than a BRAE or Mig De Decker.”
“But it’s time I prove it. And if I can do that against you en route to potentially winning the Grand Rampage? No one can take that from me.”
