RIGHT HERE, in Charlotte!
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 9:36 pm
EBWF's skull logo flashed in the corner as the video feed faded into a closeup of Randy's face, which zoomed out to reveal that Randy himself was holding the camera, clearly his smartphone. He gave the camera an icy smirk.
Randy Orton: I started wrestling when I was 23 years old. Won my first World Championship when I was 24. I've been a main eventer since I put wrestling boots on. So here I am, 36 years old. I've been in the business for 12 years. So when my name shows up on the card, and some guy in the EBWF realizes that he's one RKO from another mark in the loss column, they like to make themselves feel better by taking potshots. It's only a matter of time before people look on my Wikipedia page and see that I've been around for over a decade, and then the washed up, old, irrelevant jokes come out. That's how people square it away in their brain when they realize that they're going to have to look across the ring and see Randy Orton. So, Mankind, I want you to believe me when I say that I'm not going to do that. No, what I'm going to do is walk into the ring. I'm going to out-wrestle you, I'm going to overpower you, I'm going to out-class you. And then, just when you think to dig into those sweatpants and go for the Mandible Claw, I'm going to snuff out your King of the Ring aspirations in the first round with an RKO.
Randy briefly looked at his watch.
Randy Orton: Looks like it's time for me to go. Have to hit the gym. You do know what one of those still are, don't you Mick? I hope you take this match seriously. I've been in the ring with some of the best of the best, and you and I have mixed it up in the ring before. I still have a few scars to prove it. On Monday night, I expect to see the Mankind that I faced years ago. I remember how long it took to pick all the thumb tacks out of my elbow. THAT's the Mankind I want to see. Because if anything less shows up, I'm going to send it to the hospital. And that... is a promise.
Randy smirked and the screen blacked out, flashing the EBWF logo one more time.
Randy Orton: I started wrestling when I was 23 years old. Won my first World Championship when I was 24. I've been a main eventer since I put wrestling boots on. So here I am, 36 years old. I've been in the business for 12 years. So when my name shows up on the card, and some guy in the EBWF realizes that he's one RKO from another mark in the loss column, they like to make themselves feel better by taking potshots. It's only a matter of time before people look on my Wikipedia page and see that I've been around for over a decade, and then the washed up, old, irrelevant jokes come out. That's how people square it away in their brain when they realize that they're going to have to look across the ring and see Randy Orton. So, Mankind, I want you to believe me when I say that I'm not going to do that. No, what I'm going to do is walk into the ring. I'm going to out-wrestle you, I'm going to overpower you, I'm going to out-class you. And then, just when you think to dig into those sweatpants and go for the Mandible Claw, I'm going to snuff out your King of the Ring aspirations in the first round with an RKO.
Randy briefly looked at his watch.
Randy Orton: Looks like it's time for me to go. Have to hit the gym. You do know what one of those still are, don't you Mick? I hope you take this match seriously. I've been in the ring with some of the best of the best, and you and I have mixed it up in the ring before. I still have a few scars to prove it. On Monday night, I expect to see the Mankind that I faced years ago. I remember how long it took to pick all the thumb tacks out of my elbow. THAT's the Mankind I want to see. Because if anything less shows up, I'm going to send it to the hospital. And that... is a promise.
Randy smirked and the screen blacked out, flashing the EBWF logo one more time.