Now the time has come (Starr)

[Jon Payne]

The Prudential Center comes to their feet as "Red Sam" kicks up over the PA. Jon Payne emerges to another roaring applause as the man who was that close to once again being the World Champion of the XWA. The fans show their appreciation though for his efforts at Devil's Night as he makes his way to the ring.

Roach: Can you feel the respect that these Jersey fans have for this man? You have to tip your cap to each and every one of those men who stepped into that Devil's Playground at Devil's Night.

BuZZ: My main man Payne just...just missed winning the XWA World Title again, but you can't fault the effort that any of those guys put into that match really...you can tell though that the man here has some business on his mind. There's been a buzz all week long about what or WHO I should say Jon Payne has set his sights on now, and you can tell that the time has come for something really interesting to go down here.

Payne steps into the ring, mic handed to him and clears his throat to speak...

Well...you all saw it for yourselves. Keith Wyle is the man who walks on out of the Devil's Playground with the World Title and into the main event at XGAMES. Like I said all the way at the start of this...there are no excuses to be made, at least not on my part. Keith, you proved to the world that you deserve to hold that title with pride, bro...and I'll be the first one to congratulate you on a job well done. Give the man a round of applause, Newark!

The crowd obliges with the obligatory "WYLE STYLE" chant in response as Jon nods appreciatively. As the crowd dies down again though he puts the mic to his lips again...

That all leads me to one thing now though. See as of right now I have myself an empty plate and I know exactly how to go about filling it, or should I say with WHO I should be filling it with. The very man who a lot of you have probably been wondering why I hadn't called out the moment he came along to thine XWA-yeah, you know who it is...The "PWNdozer" Brent Starr.

Brent, Brent, Brent...what can I say? You've done pretty well for yourself in 2007 haven't you? Tag titles, nationwide titles, world titles, you'd almost think that you were...I don't know...as good as you claim to be! I bet you even have a few actual fans nowadays, don't you? Well...let's not forget who's the man who brought all that on you. Before you crossed paths with me, you were just a second tier mid-card guy, and after...you were one the top names in this industry. Now I'm not one to take all the credit, you're one talented guy, but saying that you're the man who "revolutionalized the evolution of wrestling?" My god, there are people who would burn you at the stake for making that claim. Trying to fill shoes that you can't walk is not a becoming trait to have my friend.

See, while you were out and about doing all that you've done in the PWA or the CWF or wherever it is that you've been roaming, I've been right here in the X-W-A, doing what I do...of which I probably don't need to say because then the catchphrase police will give me another citation. Ah whatever, it's you know...elevating?

On those rare occasions I actually tuned into one of those other shows about the only thing I've heard come from your mouth though is how you beat "the unbeatable". I bet it's coming out of people's ears by now. You've done a bang up job making it known that you're the guy who beat Jon Payne twice. Beat me yes, WRESTLED ME, no. See I made it a poetic statement up north when I stayed around for one match against you and that statement was that you sure can swing a mean blunt object. That's the only shot in hell-no pun intended-that you have against me. What you need to realize dude, is that inside these ropes, there are few in this world who can say are better than me...and of that select few you AREN'T one of them.

You see when you're talking about "anything goes" you can take skill and throw it out the window, and that's been for the most part what it is that I've seen you flourish in, those moments where it's more about the opportunity knocking than about what actual skill you have. When you're talking the science of combat-the sport of wrestling-you can't hold a candle to me, point blank. Jayson Jones proved that twice himself, or if you wanna count actual FALLS here, he proved it five times. I think it's high time that I demonstrate that fact for myself here tonight.

The crowd responds with a feverish chant in anticipation of the impending confrontation.

I'm not gonna take anything away from you, Brent...you're a good fighter. But I'm a better WRESTLER. If anything man, I'm jealous of the fact that 'ol Jay-J kinda got the drop on me by getting the drop on you, cuz I sooooo wanted to be the one to shut your hole first. I was a little busy sorry to say, but there's no time like the present now is there?

[ohno]

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After about 2 minutes of waiting the music finally hits as Brent Starr makes his way thru the curtains and onto the stage. A sneer on his face as he shakes his head, grabbing at the mic from his pocket
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You were busy Jon? You weren't busy, you were scared. You know deep down inside you, that beating me is more important then any title, especially one as low as the XWA World title. Seriously, you and the entire roster make it seem like it's this grand prize. That to win it is an extreme honor. Truth be told though, it's a crock, a farce and lower on the list of meaningful titles in this industry then that of a midgets league.

When the likes of Chet Dixon, who I beat quick and easy, get chosen to be in a world title match over me, by the numb nut stupid moronic owners, it proves your world title is a piece of shit, not even worth my time. A shame to, because it could have meant something around the right waist. Hell, I don't even want the damn thing anymore, it's as tainted as your career and the excuses you just fed this audience about me beating you.

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The crowd boos as he continues
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I mean, come on. TWO times I wanted you in the ring, one on one, in a technical wrestling match. The first time, you jump me in the back and resort to a video camera to beat on me. Lucky for me, talent beats weapons, and I beat you as bad as a dixon career.

The second time, in Toronto, I told you I wanted you in a match, gave you the choice of any match, and you wanted a hardcore match, to "return the favor" since I had got you back with that video camera. What happened that time? Ya, your ribs ate a sledgehammer. I also fed your kidneys some sledgehammer to, forcing your system to shut down and you laid there like your whore of a girlfriend on your back till the job was done.

1...
2.....
3.......

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Even more boos as he begins to laugh at them
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So why should I even bother with you, when you've lost twice. You want a simple one on one match now, but when I asked for it, you wanted weaponry and excuses to fire off as a result.

And as far as my career being made after beating you? I think not my slanty eyed friend. I made my career shutting up every piece of shit big shot who thought he was gods gift to wrestling. The rest of them sat on their asses and refused to man up and accept my challenges. So up until your friend Jay-J, I've been successful. God forbid Brent Starr loses to someone for once. What is that now... four guys who've beat me one on one in my career? Of course if I had the owners in my pocket, I'd have a referee making phantom tapout calls aswell, so technicly, if ya wanna talk fair being fair, he beat me in one match. Whoopdy Dooo

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He begins walking around the ramp, continuing his reply to the challenge
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Now, truth be told, your a great wrestler. I gotta hand it to you. You've put yourself together quite well. Infact when I first started in this business I aspired to do the same things you had been doing. Elevating the game!! Thing is.. I finally met up with you, and I beat you.. so the game must have been deflated. Yet I, being the talent that I am, revolutionized the evolution of the game. You became.. obsolete. You didn't matter! People stopped caring about you, they still barely do, and the only reason they do is because these god damn owners shove you down the viewers throats like you were some thug born in Massachusetts.

Litteraly, your credability has gone down faster then all of these XWA divas, yes, divas, not diamonds, diamonds are fine and valuable, what you got here in XWA are crack whores looking to suck their way to the top. Then, when that doesn't work, they find some schmuck to date and feed off his limelight. Then they venture out and try to make a career elsewhere, but they always return at the right time, right around the end of the year, to soak up more limelight then they're worth, taking away from the deserving whores. I won't mention any names, but she's an american made girl apparently.. made in California by the best plastic surgeons available in the gutter where she belongs.

Anyways, before I get completely censored in this bullshit of a company, I'll just cut to the chase and ask the question... what type of match do you want to lose in this time Jon. I don't feel like even fighting you a third time, but whatever. If it'll finally shut you up, then alright. I'll beat you AGAIN.. and further prove I am the one and only, true ICON going in this business. And at the age of TWENTY ONE, I got more upside in my career then anyone else in existance.

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With that he raises his arms, soaking in the cheers and jeers from the fans. The boos quickly being drowned out by cheers as the wrestling fans outcheer the marks in the stands
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[Jon Payne]

Looking on at Starr and taking in the response he leans back a bit engaging the people's response, shaking his head before he retorts...

You know the Brent Starr bandwagon has always been more like a little red caboose anyway, but I think when it is that you decided to pair up with that overblown bag of hot air O'Dell it pretty much sealed the deal. The only person you're fooling is yourself here Brent because I've pretty much had you pegged from day one as exactly what you've proven yourself to be-an opportunist. The only real advance you've ever had in your whole career has been when you've rolled along with someone else-be it O'Dell, be it Sylas Styles, doesn't matter WHO!

I can't knock the methods though, there are many great-or should I say "well-known" cuz they're far from great-wrestlers out there who've gotten by and gotten away with being opportunistic bastards all the same. But saying that I make excuses? You're preaching to the choir here with your crying "phantom" here. What's the matter, you can't take what you think you can dish out? See, no such excuses ever came from my mouth on those nights that you got the drop on me, because on those nights it wasn't wrestling, it was fighting, pure and simple. It was making the very statement I said I made earlier-no more and no less. In the end, you're the one who winds up talking it up over and over and over again, eventually people just think to themselves, why even bother?

A nod to break up the speech and agree with the sentiment of the fans...

You know why those "numb nut stupid moronic owners" went with a career jobber over the great and powerful "PWNdozer"? Because in the last three weeks that man has shown more heart in this ring than you have your ENTIRE CAREER. That's why the XWA Title is the grandest prize in the game, because it represents TRUE greatness, not the self-induced, canned kind that guys like you claim to have.

Let's just face it man, you've lost your buzz. All the wild and zany antics, all the clever one-liners, all the PWNtacular wonder that is Brent Starr, the so-called free agent that XWA had to have, is nothing more than canned hype that you tried to force-feed the public, and in this crowd you don't fool people with smoke and mirrors man, you bring it strong or you get steam-rolled over. You'd think that you would have learned from the other over-rated egomaniacs that have come and gone that you'd have to be about something much more than what you are to get ahead in this joint, but hey, I guess some people have to learn the hard way. This is the fires of Hades in this ring and ONLY the strong survive. The ones who can stand tall are the ones who succeed and guys like you come a dime a dozen.

Why, the very fact of you claiming that me beating you is more important than winning XWA Platinum is just more hot air being blown out your ass. You could walk up that ramp and leave, never return to an XWA event and never give me another match. It's not MY honor that would be on trial though, Starr...it'd be yours. I could have gone after you the moment you walked through the door but contrary to what it is that you think, there are things in this world that are much more important than you are.

I work on my pace, I work in my style and now it's time to see what you're really made of. Right about now Brent, it's shit...as in full of it. Only person in need of the proverbial "Reality Check" here is you.

We'll make this a clean old fashioned...no, no, no we'll make this one OLD SCHOOL, cuz the last thing these fans need at XGames is you coming out here and making more xcuses for yourself, so let's do it PRO style. Not Pure, PRO...no ring outs, no rope breaks *winks* and submissions all legal, that way when you lose this time around you'll have no one to blame but you for it.

Then again you might wind up blaming some girl who flashes you in the crowd or a leprechaun under the ring or what have you...but I digress, that's how it's gonna roll, you in or not?

[ohno]

Done deal Jon. Let this be the match that changes both of our careers. Let this be the definitive moment that we can BOTH look back on and say, "That match right there. That is the match that made me the man I am today".

I never back down from a challenge and I never walk into one unprepared. Sometimes I walk in less prepared then my opponent, and on those rare occasions, I lose. But I never take away from the guys who have beat me. Sure, it angers me abit for losing to them, but I never undermine their win unless their is pure controversy over it.

So go do what you must, train, meditate, whatever it is that you do to prepare yourself mentally. Because me, I'm going to watch every match you've had thats in the library of time. That way I know what you got, I know what you can bring, and I can damn sure anticipate your every move.

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He spins around to leave the stage and Payne behind but stops short
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Oh and good luck Jon. You've got two losses to avenge here. I'd hate to be up three zero on you.

[Jon Payne]

Scouting? Preparation? Gee...you almost sound professional all of a sudden, Starr! Maybe you're smarter than I led you to be after all.

This isn't a matter of luck though...it's a matter of skill. Tonight we're really gonna see where you stack up in the natural order of things. For now, you can consider it to be ON.

And so "Red Sam" plays again as the two men continue to talk at one another.

Roach: Well, the challenge has been made and accepted tonight, XWA's first ever PRO Rules match-no rope breaks and submissions all legal! You can damn sure bet that there will be no excuses to be made after this one, except if you're Brent Starr that is, he's made good company in O'Dell as far as I'm concerned. They're both as much full of hot air as they are themselves...

BuZZ: Shows how much you know. Starr IS a star, a SUPERstar dare I say and he's gonna knock Payne down a peg or two tonight.

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