Hardcore Lesson

[Nathan]

The scene opens up in a staging area backstage, Cactus Jack is seen pacing back and forth a bit in front of the camera. A few odds and ends of equipment are scattered behind him and he seems to be muttering to himself while he shakes his head. Finally, he speaks up loud enough for the camera to hear him as well.

“Corbin…. What is it you have that I don’t? The simple and only true answer to that question is youth. You may be the younger competitor but that is not always a benefit, especially here in the wrestling world where youth is nothing more than inexperience, and boy, you wreak of it right now.”

He chuckles, turning to face the camera and lifting his head, letting his hair fall back out of his face.

“I’m not the Cactus Jack of old, the one you grew up watching. I’m the new and improved version. I’m reaching my physical peak at long last, training hard and doing what needs to be done in order to keep my ass in that ring. I’m more cold and calculating than I ever was before. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and ask Raven all about that. You could learn a lot from him, seeing as how you’re already making the same mistakes as he is.”

Cactus smirks, turning and starting to pace back and forth again.

“You choke when the prize is on the line, Corbin. Raven did the same thing and then came out and said the same old tired lines you’re using now. It was someone else’s fault that you lost and that you’re so focused on your revenge on that person that you think you can use me as an example. Well that didn’t work for Raven and that sure as HELL isn’t going to work for you either. When you step into that ring with me you better be focused on the task at hand. You think you’re this devastated over your second loss in this company, just imagine how you’re going to feel after I kick your ass!”

Pausing a moment, he throws his head back, letting out a loud laugh.

“The only victims in our match tonight are going to be your ego and your body. I’m not just going to put you through the paces, I’m not just going to push you beyond your limit. I am going to break you. I am going to break your body, I am going to break you spirit, I am going reduce you down to the little sniveling wimp that you are in your very core. I am going to expose the true Baron Corbin to yourself and all those idiots out there watching. So while you wax on about the things you SHOULD have done in your last match and all the things you WANT to do the next time you face your made up nemesis, I’m going to teach you the toughest lesson you’ll ever learn. NEVER, EVER! Take your attention off a Legend.”

Turning the to the camera one last time, he smirks with those wide wild eyes.

“Class dismissed.”

He chuckles as he walks out of the frame.