You're Good But I'm Better. Hype. It's what Kevin has been has been holding against Zarek, claiming Zarek not only doesn't deserve it but it somehow makes him a big star. Yet, this so called hype that Kevin continuously speaks about, was simply a rumor. Since when was a rumor considered hype? Let alone 'amazing' hype? Believe me, I wasn't able to figure it out either. But wait. What have we here? Something that Kevin constantly overlooks, the fact that you're only getting one side of the story. While we have Kevin over here, explaining about how Zarek is being wrongfully hyped with this rumor, we have Kevin's face up on the homepage of ECW.com. Now, I'm no rocket scientist, I'll tell you that much, but let me ask you which is more hype; a rumor or your face on the homepage saying "Another week, another show. Kevin Sane - The debut."? *Insert foot in mouth* Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. By the way, Kevin had recieved a very thought out verbal fight before his second promo had even aired, yet he stood without a fight somehow. Hmm...interesting. The current scene opens up into a busy area, with people rushing this way and that. Most people have suits on, men and women, but there are those few who wear just regular street cloths. They carry luggage, looking left and right, only to run off in some random direction, probably the wrong way. There's a lady that comes on to speak with everyone, talking about something to do with flights and then a whole bunch of numbers. It isn't hard to figure out that the scene is in an airport somewhere. The camera man is just walking, it would seem, following nobody in particular. He walks through the metal detector, it goes off, but he continues walking. Surprisingly, nobody stops him, and he just presses forward to the area that the terminals lie. It's a circular area, with various doors, having various numbers above them. In the center of the large circle is a smaller circle of buisness. Food places like pizza hut, starbucks, and a bar for those nervous ones, or ones who just feel like being fucker up when they get on a plane. There appears to be numerous chairs surounding the open areas, for those early birds, and incase flights get delayed. It's here that the camera man finally sees who he is looking for. The camera comes closer and closer to a certain row, and then finally, a certain chair. It's the man set to make his ECW debut in a short time, probably waiting for his flight to the arena at this very moment. He's sitting on one of the edge chairs, and he doesn't see the camera at first. That is, of course, because there is something that's distracting him, a black laptop that sits in his lap. He has his earbuds plugged into the sound port, and then into his ears. If the camera man hadn't gruntled, Zarek probably never would have seen him. He looks up, into the camera, and smiles. He looks at the laptop again, laughes and turns to the camera. He gives off the impression that he's just seen Sane's latest promo via internet. "I'm simply amazed, that's all I can say at this point. Amazed that even though I already told Kevin what was wrong with his previous promo, he still comes out here with the SAME EXACT bullshit that he came out here with before. Did I not just put all of this stuff to rest? Maybe I just dreamed that I put a big red X on everything that Sane THOUGHT he knew, or maybe Sane's just stupid and doesn't know what to do with himself, so he's forced into repetition. Here's Sane, claiming the 'upper-ranks' marvel at me, when they have people like Christian Othniel, Flip, and Drew Stevenson giving them activity and ratings. First off, when the hell have people marveled at me? Haven't we already been through the fact that people still think Stevenson dropped me this title? Did I not explain how no matter how hard I work, there's still people who will never respect me simply because I grew up in the indys? Please tell me I already said all of this. Just for future reference Kevin, don't try to name drop. It just so happens that Flip was in HPW with me, so he knows whats up. I don't have much to say about Christian, but your butt buddy Stevenson has fed off the mainstream limelight as long as I've known him. Yet, does this mean YOU gave this company some sort of ratings? Your face doesn't ensure ratings Kevin, and if you think it does, then your mind really is in the gutter. Activity? You've aired two promos...wow, what amazing activity you've given this place. Now, Kevin thinks ECW is advertising my name? When the hell did this happen? I feel like I'm in some alternate reality where Leaky Format's brain has been switched with Sane's, unless that really is how he thinks, which in that case I pity him. How dare you say you've done ANYTHING for this company. If I would have given the amount of effort the rest of you have given? You're given two promos Kevin, count them. I've given one, yet somehow, you're claiming you've put in loads of effort. I call bullshit, as I'm sure anyone who is watching this is doing as well. You say things should be earned and given? Then why the hell did you basically DEMAND a title shot upon returning to BUD? I'm the one that had to work my way up, while you quit BUD altogether because you wouldn't get pushed back up. You did what Stevenson did, bailed because you couldn't handle EARNING your way back to the top. You've got to be the biggest hypocrite I have EVER met. Always saying one thing and doing another. You lit the fire underneath me? You sound like Drew at Krystmas Kaos. Hell, you sound like Leaky Format...AGAIN. Did you catch that Leaky bug? Always trying to take credit for others, and not only that, but even if I win, you're saying you'd somehow take credit. So RIGHT AFTER you PUT your name amongst them, you then said you wouldn't ever take credit for others. Hoooly shit." *Leaky twitch* "I think I'm going to die, like right here. I can't handle this stupidity. I'm so serious right now. You will have revived me to get off my ass to do something? Hell, I've BEEN doing something. Not only here, but other places as well. Then you try to say that you didn't drop your name with the rest of the deserving? Didn't you say something along the lines of putting as much effort as the rest of 'us'? US pretty much includes YOU. Hmm...I don't even know. Haven't we already established that YOU DON'T KNOW ME? So why do you keep implying that I'm this horrible person with this stuck up attitude? I've always known where I've come from, I've been thankful for it, and I include it, even in BUD, whenever I can. Go back through the Domain, and you'll see I've been back to DW's Pit numerous times. I've already said what I've done in my past, what I plan on doing in my future, yet I'm still getting this lecture about how you need to put your body on the line to earn respect. I've done that. I do that everytime I go out there, yet, people like you refuse to respect me. So you've given out another hypocritical statement. Awesome job. The pretty boy type, fearing his own blood? Did you not hear, even the name of that company demands blood. DEATHCORE. If you really would have done your homework, you would see that I have scars of my own." The fact that Sane simply didn't know, or didn't feel the need to touch on the fact, maybe, that Zarek had scars of his own, shows how much he actually knows about his opponents. Kevin said he follows Zarek's career, just so he knows more about his opponent, so you would have thought that Kevin would have seen Zarek's ICWA contract, which is viewable by the public. Distinguishing features being various scars from extreme matches that he's participated in. Even so, if Kevin would have seen even one match, he would have seen the many scars on his back, since it's the most prominant place his scars are located, considering Zarek wrestles without a shirt. Still, Sane felt the need to explain how he has various scars, like it gave him more credit, while not bothering to say anything about Zarek's obvious ones. Backyard, Deathcore, Hazardous, the first words in his first three companies, and Kevin believes that Zarek walked away with zero scars. Funny. He's been through hell and back, been within an inch of his life. Hell, even in BUD they let him have a flaming cage ladder match one time. Zarek lifted his shirt, showing one that goes diagnol across his chest. His hand then went behind him, to his back, lifting his shirt. There's three main ones across his back, and then a number of smaller ones every which way. Zarek knew what scars were, he knew what bleeding was, and if Kevin was banking on Zarek not knowing, then he's S.O.L. "It's funny, because you claim that everything you've said up until this point has made perfect sense, but I ask you, haven't I already proven that it DOESN'T? Everything I've been saying, everything I've proven with hardcore facts, simply kicks your statements in the balls. You know, you claim to be seperate from the Domain? But are you, really? All you've talked about in this match is BUD, and how I'm the champion, how I supposely don't deserve it, blah blah blah. It's like you're attached to it, and there appears to be no way for you to get it off your mind. So, let me get this straight. You're a better champion than me, because I beat the person you ran away from? I'm sorry, three times I beat the person that you RAN AWAY from? So I defended it, beat her, while you couldn't even defend your title once, yet I'm NOT the better champion than you? Umm...okay, that makes total sense." *eye roll* "It's funny that you say she had to sleep in order to get put over, because you up and quit because you wouldn't get put over, not when you first came back anyway. Bothered everyone with those annoying return promos, and when the time came - nothing. Just like everyone expected. You're challenging me...after the match has already been set? Wow, that's a first. It's one thing to question my title reign, because people have been doing it ever since I won the damned thing, but it's another thing to question my heart. Even if my pride was stripped away from me, I would still have the biggest heart in the world, who are you to deny that? I was the one who fought my way up through the BUD ranks...TWICE, and you REFUSED to do it a second time. So just based on that? Who has more heart? I've face more haters, more adversity, than you could ever dream of, Kevin, and you want to question my heart? I guess you'll be able to find out firsthand exactly how much heart I DON'T have." He pounded his chest twice in the area of his heart. Those who knew Zarek, and watched his work ALL the way up, knew exactly how much heart he had. He was used to being beaten down, pummeled into the ground, while never being able to give up. Then here comes Kevin Sane, all 'I am God' one everybody and acting like he knows what he's talking about. Too bad he doesn't. Kevin also made the mistake of believing Zarek to be Mr. BUD. Sure, he was loyal to BUD, but just as loyal as he's ever been to any company he's been in. He's not a sell-out, nor would he ever up and quit because of something he didn't like. The word loyalty meant something to him. However, he was still unsure as to what proving you have heart has to do with BUD. "No matter what this match may hold for us, here in ECW, it will always come back to BUD for you, won't it? Always. This could mean the future of ECW, yet all you can think about is me holding the title that you STILL want. For me, there is no such thing as sides when it comes to companies. I'm fairly in BUD, ECW, ICWA, PWT, and I'd be in W2k if I really wanted to. I'm not exclusive, and I don't see a line drawn anywhere. The fued is between the owners, not the members. So this battlefield that you see, I just don't. What I see is a whole - the MSN circuit. You don't have homefield advantage, because ECW simply isn't your home. You played around in places like OCW, which has to be the furthest thing from ECW. I on the other hand grew up in places like ECW, I've lived it. So who is more mainstream? It's just your flavor of the week Kevin, but for me, it's my life. I may be in BUD now, a mainstream company, but aren't you contracted under many mainstreams companies? I've had about as much hypocritical statements that I can stand. Favor each other and screw over the most deserving. Kevin, did you forget that your mentor, Stevenson, WALKED INTO BUD and instantly got a title shot? So, that's deserving to you, or did you just insult him? I might have a contract with many places at the moment, but don't you, and doesn't Stevenson? Exactly. So to speak against me for doing so is well...another hypocritical statement. You follow my CURRENT career, but you obviously didn't check my past. Want to know why you couldn't find anything? Because nobody knew my name, and I worked my way up from independent companies. Do you know that feeling Sane? Probably not. Even if I was ECW exclusive, you still wouldn't be able to prove you were the best BUD Heavyweight Champion. By the way, did anyone catch that? That was ANOTHER mention of BUD. As for Krypt, I remember that match, and I remember thinking that you didn't work as hard as him. You didn't deserve that win, and many thought you shouldn't have won. It was your most controversal win in BUD. I also remember what happened in that match, because I remember thinking you were the biggest idiot on the planet. Since we both remember it so well, let's go over it, yeah?" He half smirked, snarled, if you will as he typed a few words into his address bar. It was an old website, one that hadn't been updated in months, mainly because the company no longer existed. UWWE. Some people know it, and others don't, it really doesn't matter. All that matters is that they have what he wants. He clicks minimize and brings up a document. It's here that he turns his laptop around, so everyone can clearly see what's going on, on screen. It's Kevin Sane, Kryptt, and Syck. Seriously�?I see no logic in playing indy films. On air and claim that this guy is me�?Let me ask you something. What color is his hair?�?The guy tapping?" "…Blonde." Kryptt answers nervously�?like he didn’t know. "Now, let's actually WATCH the damn tape, straight off of youtube. As you can see, it was taken from somebody sitting in the audience." He brings up the other website, does a few clicking, and then turns the laptop back around. Kevin is totally outclassed by Scott Adams as he's held in a vice like grip, the lion tamer stretching his back to breaking point. Kevin is screaming for help, eyes watering, body convulsing with the pain. Sane reaches out for the ropes on instinct, but he can't make it. A slither of blood runs down his cheek as he has no choice but to "tap like a madman" Sane's hand pound down on the mat as Scott grins from ear to ear. The referee rings the bell but Scott isn't done yet, he keeps the move in place, Kevin's spine dangerously close to snapping under the excessive strain. Drew Stevenson just sits back and watches on, this is a dream moment for him, he gets to see one prodigal son destroy the other; God complex fulfilled. Kevin's eyes roll to the back of his skull as the bell sounds once more. The BUD champion has passed out; the pain just too unbearable. As the viewers actually watch, it's blantantly obvious that the person tapping out is Kevin. Whattadouche. Then he tried to say that the person has blonde hair? Anyone who can see correctly knows the difference between blonde and black, and that my friend's is as blonde as Barack Obama. "That's what you call honor? Trying to prove that black hair is actually blonde? Damn, I've been doing this honor thing all wrong. Hmm...anyway, I like the fact that this no religious man knows all this religious stuff. Hmm...let's stray a bit from religion. You obviously don't believe I'll be a good addition to this company, and I'm not sure why. I've never spoken out against you, and I've never talked behind your back. Hell, I've even said that you were one of the reasons why BUD was saved, because for a short month, you kicked Stevenson off his throne. If anything, I've learned from this match that if you give respect, it doesn't always mean it will be returned. Here I was, walking into ECW expecting this to be a good match filled with respect and understand. Instead, I get petty insults and repition from Kevin Sane. Whatever I supposily did to you, I guess I'm sorry for it, I'm not sure what it was, but okay. I'll tell you why they think I'm going to be a good addition to the roster though. Despite what you might believe, Corfield actually knew me BEFORE BUD, and he knows what I can do when I'm given a limitless match like this. He knows I have the heart to do anything I want, and he knows that I won't stop, not matter who stands in my way. You can question my heart all you want, but to anybody that knows me, they're probably laughing their ass off right now. I'm a good addition to the roster, because my style of wrestling equals ratings for a place like this, and I say that with the least amount of arrogance as possible. It's what I've grown up with, and it's the only wrestling I knew of up until BUD. TRY to show them otherwise, just TRY. I dare you. You see, now it's my turn to question you, and I have to turn around and question your own heart. You say you've been through all of these things, have all these scars, but I haven't seen anything from you impressive thus far. Are you sure you want to go through with this because you know you have the willpower to do it, or is it because you think that I don't? They're two completely different options. All I've heard from you is petty insults about how I'm supposily this stuck-up snob, and every HPW, DW fan out there is laughing at you right now. Hell, every BUD is fan is laughing as well. When the hell have I ever been stuck up? I've always fought for what I've believed in, and I've never been afraid to get my hands dirty, or bleed in order to prove myself. Anyone who has been in the ring, or even seen me in the ring, knows that. Obviously you didn't do your homework." He shrugged, turing the laptop back towards his own direction, and closing out of the various websites and files that he had opened in order to show how much of a douche Kevin is. Proving Kevin wrong was almost a chore, there were so many holes in Sane's arguments, that there was no way he would be able to expose Kevin as a fraud without doing all of this work. He thought it was almost his civic duty to show that what Kevin was doing was pretty much morally wrong. I mean, who really lies to the people and expects themselves to come out on top for it? That's like letting a bank robber go free just because he was stupid enough to rob a bank. Yeah, doesn't make much sense now does it? However, he left one page opened, typing in something else into the address bar. As it comes up, it's an MSN Groups page, with three icons in the far left side of the page. He slightly turns the laptop screen towards the camera, so it's visible, but so he can see as well. He clicks on the first one, and Drew Stevenson's face pops up with an ECW logo. He licks on the second one an Christian's name comes up, with an ECW logo. He clicks on the last one, which is actually a replica of the current homepage, which has Kevin Sane. He gives out a sigh, closing the page. "You're right, Stevenson, Othniel, and I'll even admit that you are a good addition to the roster, and that's why all three of those names have been on the homepage. Have you seen my face? At all? Because maybe I missed the day that my face was on the homepage, I'm not sure. However I have seen Stevenson's, I have seen Othniel's name written all over, and most recently, I've seen yours. You should be the faces of ECW? As much as I disagree with that, if you hadn't noticed, you ARE the faces of ECW. Did you really just try to make the argument that I'm the face of ECW? That's a laugh. I'm actually working my way up, and there's still people in this company that don't know who I am. Rarely will you find someone who doesn't know the name Kevin Sane, ask them the same about the name Zarek Lyle, and the numbers will be incredibly in favor of Sane. So, I'm not quite sure where your premise for this argument started. Maybe another Stevenson fed 'fact'. So I've given nothing, eh? This is my second promo, the same as you, and I deserve nothing, but you deserve the world? I believe there's something wrong with that statement. I'm done the same amount of work, put fowarth the same amount of effort, yet somehow that makes you better than me, makes you deserving of your face on the homepage. Somehow. I don't understand your gameplan just yet Kevin, you keep acting like you're not being pushed, but aren't you? YOUR DEBUT IS BEING HYPED ON THE DAMN HOMEPAGE. What about that DON'T you get? I'm not sure if you're playing stupid, or if you really ARE this stupid. If you happened to win, nobody would apologize BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY BEING HYPED. Am I seriously the only one with a brain around here? Am I going insane and seeing things? I don't even know. Again with the Stevenson thing. Look kid, yeah I lost to him and it took me months to beat him. However, as I've ALREADY SAID, I was the first to beat him, and it took him months to beat me just the same. I only beat him because you and him killed one another? Again, I call bullshit, especially because I'D ALREADY BEATEN HIM. You know that MSN emoticon that has the eyes all wide? Yeah, that's me right now. Speaking of that match though, you two didn't come close to killing each other, and you didn't do any work. Stevenson killed you, yeah, but the result would have been the same if you would have just layed there. Still trying to hype the match months after it happened? I like how you talk shit about Dante though, when our upcoming match is supposed to outdo your teacher/student match by a fuckin' mile. Of course you're on Drew's side with his title defenses though. Even though Dante was off fighting Seifer, being in the stable wars finals, and shit like that. I think that's much more prestigious than your pal, who defended it against people like Taiokian, Leaky Format, and cheated to beat Sean Hunter to get all those title defenses. Either you really didn't know that, or again, you're just stupid. Now Dante's undeserving? Oh, but you thought you were SO deserving when you stepped back into the company? What an idiot. You don't have to lecture me about BUD Kevin, I've been there much longer than you, and I know how it works. I'm not sitting in the spot you were in. Stevenson, maybe, but your title reign lasted a split second, and I'm still going. Thanks, but I need no warning, I know what I'm up against, and I'll do just fine. From this point out, since you know, you're not with the company anymore, maybe you should stop being so obsessive of BUD, and actually focus on ECW." Looking to his right, there's a large fruit basket sitting on the seat next to him. He flips open the tag, almost to show the camera, but he wanted to read it one more time as well. All it said was "Kill" from Roxy. Roxy sending him fruitbaskets was something odd, but Roxy actually being on Zarek's side was something wierd entirely. All the same, he liked the fact that people had to rally on his side, because they just didn't like his opponent. It seemed to happen a lot these days. All the same, he smiled, and turned back towards the camera. "Oh, and Roxy sends her regards. I'm sure you're nutting over that one." He smiled, knowing that Kevin was probably jumping for joy knowing that Roxy had 'sent her regards'. Of course, Zarek was being sarcastic, but that was only half the laugh. The other part was that Kevin was simply a little bit to obsessed with BUD, thus, the last joke. Haha, funny, funny. No, but really though, in all seriousness. Zarek wasn't aware that this was BUD 2.0, and probably wouldn't have signed his name on the dotted line if someone had told him that earlier on. If it's not then maybe someone should let Kevin know, cause it's also he seems to be able to say these days. As for Kevin and Drew's so called brutal fued. Boo hoo, Kevin got attacked a couple times, big whoop, Zarek's used to it by now. By his first month in BUD, Zarek was already getting attacked on a weekly basis, so what else is new? Get up and grow some balls. What irked Zarek was the Kevin honestly thought BUD owed him something, like Kevin was some great wrestler or something. Zarek had been there for over a year and a half, a Grandslam winner, yet not inducted into the Hall of Fame, yet Kevin's the one who thinks BUD owes him something. Interesting, I know. Kevin hadn't defended anything about BUD, but only succeeded in making himself look even more foolish, within BUD walls and out, or did he already foget the Jacob Mitchell debacle? Oh well, another story for another time, I'm sure. No Kevin was taking credit for Zarek being interested in ECW, claiming he's the reason Zarek 'got off his ass'. Ha. No. In truth, while Zarek would have run to any fed that had put him up against Sane, never being the one to kick a big mouth's face in, he was also loyal to the people who ran ECW. No showing just wasn't an option for him, and everyone knew that...except Kevin apparently. There would be no dragon slaying, no putting down any dogs, just Zarek walking to the ring, getting his hand raised, and walking out. Kevin would never be considered better than BUD, or even good enough to be in ECW, despite what his ego tells him. Zarek's made a living off of people who have egos, people like Kevin. His own life has been proving them wrong, and this should be no different. He was a former BUD Heavyweight champ, Stevenson's former pupil, and someone with a big mouth. THAT'S what made it interesting, and that's what made Zarek more anxious than ever. He packed up his laptop into his bag, and placed it onto his bag. He walked towards the terminal, boarding his plane. It would be a night of rememberence, a night of rejoice, a night of sorrow, but whichever adjective you place with night, it would still be a glorious one for Zarek.