HD: Zack segment

[Zack Malibu 0]

JOSH

Josh Matthews, hangin' out backstage, and right now I am here with none other than The Franchise of the OAOAST, the one and only Zack Malibu.

 

MALIBU

Josh, how we doin'?

 

JOSH

I guess the question on everyone's mind, Zack, is how are you doing, especially after being snubbed by Bohemoth at Anglemania?

 

MALIBU

Me? Oh I'm doing just fine, Josh. In fact, I find it all really amusing. With Bohemoth, you have a guy who at one point was nothing more than a lackey...a big bruiser for Christian Wright. Here's a guy who broke out on his own, looking to be his own man. Here's a guy that was so desperate for a chance to be noticed that at one point he went off and invaded our home offices. You remember that, don't you Josh?

 

JOSH

I do.

 

MALIBU

Now, putting the past in the past and forgiving those indiscretions, Bo came into his own. The man is a BEAST, and he has torn through this roster like no other, BUT...you knew there was gonna be a "but", didn't you, Josh?

 

JOSH

I had that idea, yes.

 

MALIBU

He got a little too overconfident. Hey, we're all guilty of it, myself included. Confidence is a driving force, it's a motivator, but too much of it and then you come across as just another smarmy, ungrateful PRICK.

 

JOSH

Ouch.

 

MALIBU

Too harsh? Maybe. The way I see it though, is that Bo's just transferring his own character flaw, that being his overconfidence, onto me, and making it seem like I wanted to "ruin his moment". Ruin your moment? I wanted to GIVE YOU YOUR MOMENT, you stupid bastard? You humbled me, you pinned me clean as a whistle, one two three to that canvas, at the biggest event this company can possible put on. You beat me at the SHOW. Anglemania, you beat Zack Malibu. You beat a former World Champion, Bo. Not some pushover Conquistador who would be clamoring for any attention he can get. You didn't beat someone like a Landon Maddix or a Christian Wright, who might try to put on a brave face to do just what you think I did. You beat Zack Malibu. You beat THE MAN, and I was willing to suck it up and show the world that yes, you were better than me on that fateful Sunday night. That despite having your jaw knocked loose and blood pouring out of your mouth that the raw power you possess was too much for me...I was ready to GIVE YOU THE MOMENT YOU DESERVED, and instead you took the low road. It's a well known fact that this company was built on the blood of the Originals, and it was five years ago that Anglesault himself decided to show me the respect I worked so hard to earn. You can like me, Bo, or you can hate me with all of your heart, but you will RESPECT me, and the same goes for anyone else in this locker room busting their ass. You know why a certain old running buddy of yours is so despised, to the point we don't even mention his name? Do you know how Popick got to be so loathed, to the point where he put the fans on the side of Tha Puerto Rican? It was because of their lack of respect, not just for me, not for anyone in particular, but for this company. You're better than them, Bo...or at least I thought you were. Not shaking my hand didn't give you your Anglemania moment, Bo...it gave you my attention. Do you know why I agreed to face you at Anglemania in the first place? Because things had been breaking down so badly between you and I that it was the only way to let it out. I agreed to face you so that I wouldn't have to do it again, and yet here we are. We're going to meet again, Bo. We're going to meet again real soon, and win or lose, I'm going to extend my hand to you again. It's up to you to decide if you made the right choice at Anglemania, or if you're ready to make up for it.

 

FADE OUT.