Another One...

[Brian W.]

.:: Bobby Roode was seen strutting down an empty hallway with what appeared to be a pillow case on his right shoulder. Roode was dressed sharp, as usual, wearing an open grey suit jacket along with grey slacks, and shiny black shoes. His white dress shirt underneath had the top couple of buttons undone revealing some of his chest. As Roode approached a locker room door Renee Young, wearing a short red dress and tall black boots, walked in to the shot with a microphone in hand ::.

Renee Young: Bobby, sorry to bother you…

Bobby Roode: Renee Young, it’s no bother, I’ve come to expect this little meeting of ours every week or so. Sorry about last week, I had to ditch you for a little game action. .:: Roode smiled ::. You have to be careful though, sneaking up on me like that, don’t want you to take the wrath of the bag.

.:: Roode swung the black sack over his shoulder and held it in his right hand ::.

Renee Young: Bobby, what is that?!

Bobby Roode: This, Renee, is a bag of false hope. A bag of broken dreams. A bag full of failed EBWF careers that have come to a… dare I say… end? .:: Roode smiled ::. I better be careful using that word. The e word. Apparently, it’s copyrighted around here!

Renee Young: You must be talking about what Tommy End had to say about your match later tonight.

Bobby Roode: Talking about what? Talking about who?! .:: Roode posed as if he were in deep thought ::. Tommy WHO?!

Renee Young: Tommy En…

Bobby Roode: End… Tommy End, one half of the EBWF Tag Team Champions. Is that the guy you are talking about Renee? If it is, then yeah, I heard what that tough guy had to say. And while, I’m sure all of the EBWF fans took it seriously and found his words threating and intimidating… I found them humorous. I have been hearing the same rhetoric week after week, match after match. And while he promised the end to the patch I am on, I’d like to ask him a question. Tommy, what exactly have you ever ended? Before you say something about the tag team reign of Dalton Castle and Grado, your only accomplishment by the way, allow me to ask a sub question. Did you really beat Castle and Grado… or did your partner? I’ve watched you guys in action and I have to tell you, I’d be a little more worried if I were facing M.D. tonight. That being said, I have to give it to you and admit that you guys did indeed beat those fools for the tag gold at WrestleMania. .:: Roode spoke in a mocking voice ::. “I’d clap, but, my hands are full” .:: Roode rolled his eyes ::. While you took those belts from them, I wouldn’t say you ended their reign, no, I’d say it’s more like you temporarily stopped it. They will eventually take that belt from you, and if they don’t, some other team will. Do You know what won’t happen in a EBWF ring ever again though? Johnny Gargano wrestling. Do you know why that won’t happen again? Because he was put down with a Glorious DDT. Put down like an old dog. The EBWF career of Johnny Gargano, by the hands of yours truly, has come to and end. .:: Roode reached in to the bag he was carrying and pulled out a stone with the name Johnny Gargano engraved in it. He placed the stone back in the bag and grabbed another one out that said Tommaso Ciampa. He then placed that stone back in the bag ::. Tommy, this is just after two weeks… I’m afraid after tonight they are going to have some company. I’ll give you a hint…

.:: Roode pointed to the camera with his left hand ::.

Renee Young: Are you at all concerned about his promise to deliver his death kick to you?

Bobby Roode: Are you serious? Did you not just hear a word I said? No, I’m not concerned at all. Like Tommy pointed out, I won a match after taking two… TWO RKO’s from Randy Orton. Tommy End is not half the wrestler that Randy Orton is Renee, and for him to compare anything he brings to the ring with him to ANYTHING Orton can do is a joke. It just shows how truly desperate he is to try to intimidate me in hopes of getting in my head. Tommy, please, I welcome you to give me your best. Orton couldn’t knock me out… and I promise you that you will not hand me death by means of a kick.

Renee Young: Did you just invite Tommy End to death kick you?

Bobby Roode: Allow me to teach you something about The Glorious One, Renee. Before I broke in to this industry, I was trained by the likes of Shane Sewell and Val Venis. Those guys took pride in kicking my ass seven days a week, for hours at a time. And don’t forget Seth Rollins. He had fun kicking my ass a month or so ago. Just like when Shane and Val did it, when Seth was done beating me down, I just built myself back up. Tommy End promised, multiple times, the severe pain he was going to bring with him and deliver on to me tonight. For some reason, he thinks I have never felt pain, that I have never been through anything like what he can do. Tommy, did you forget what industry we are in? We aren’t playing horse shoes man, we are the best of what this wrestling industry has to offer. Well… I am at least… .:: Roode smiled ::. I know what pain is, I’ve had broken bones and torn ligaments. I’ve been kicked in the head… Hell, I’ve been kicked in the nuts! Tommy, there is nothing you can do to me that I have not already had done… and look… here I am, still standing, very not… ended. Weird?!

Renee Young: Anything else before your match tonight, Bobby?

Bobby Roode: Yeah, one more thing. I don’t know where Tommy End gets off thinking I give a HOT DAMN about what the EBWF management thinks about me. Am I afraid that if I lose they will stop giving me opportunities? Does Bill Belichick stop giving Tom Brady opportunities when he loses a game? Did Phil Jackson stop playing MJ after a couple of bad games? No, I’m not afraid of what management will do if I lose to you tonight. Ikeda knows what he has in me. He knows that everything I touch becomes gold. He knows, that there is no one in this business today as glorious as I am! For that reason alone, I know where I stand in this business. I have been given the opportunities in spite of losing a couple of matches. Where would you be Tommy if you didn’t have that tag belt in your grasp? I’ll tell you, you’d be on the couch where you belong, on the same couch with Johnny Gargano, watching me become the superstar and the champion you wish you could be. There is nothing scarier than a man who isn’t afraid to lose… well… except maybe a man as glorious as me! .:: Roode paused and looked at the camera as it zoomed in on his face. ::. Tommy, you might be good, you might be a tag team champion, but I am Bobby Roode. I am GLORIOUS! After I hit you with the Glorious DDT later tonight, I’ll be adding a new stone to the bag… and that stone will say…

.:: Roode reached down and grabbed a stone that was on the ground. He turned the stone around and held it directly in front of the camera so the whole screen was filled with the writing on the stone… “THE TRUE ENDING”. The camera faded to black. ::.