Post by Kayda Erikson on Jul 9, 2011 2:47:07 GMT -5
The commentators welcome everyone to Slammiversary and the pyro explodes wildly! The crowd is screaming and clapping in anticipation of the awesome night about to unfold. Just after the commentary team finishes discussing the match card, all of the arena lights turn off. The Titantron even goes black. The crowd quiets down anticipating possibly the beginning of the first match, but all of a sudden the sound of a steel chair being drug on hard floor can be heard, occasionally squeaking. A candle is lit, and on the Titantron, we can see that there is a camera is set up in a small room with candles in glass holders lining the length of the table. They are half full of wax, as in the flickering light, a figure lights each candle individually until they are all ablaze.
Once the candles are lit, the crowd is almost dead quiet in confusion trying to figure out what they are witnessing. As the last candle is lit, the person lighting the candles sits on a chair behind the table, with a hooded jacket on, the hood entirely concealing his identity. He lifts his hood for a brief moment to observe the burning candles before lifting the hood and whipping it back to reveal "The Phenomenal One," AJ Styles to be the mystery man.
AJ Styles: You were expecting someone else?
AJ's voice is barely above a whisper but it still echoes off the walls of the room. He looks directly into the camera and the light of the candles reflects a small smile on AJ's face as he continues, raising his voice to normal now.
AJ Styles:I have a dark side too, Carnage. You keep continuing to think of me as some little kid who has no chance against a monster like you. I'm not afraid of monsters, Carnage. I faced you in that tables match and looked you in the eye on more than one occasion. You know what I saw? I saw a man. A man who chooses to hide behind weapons as his only way to succeed against his opponents. I'm not coming into this TLC match tonight to prove anything to you or anyone else. I'm coming into this match tonight to be the last one standing when it's all over, with my hand raised in victory. And when that happens, Carnage, I know that you'll retreat back into the darkness once more, knowing you never claimed me as your victim.
AJ blows out the two candles on each side of the middle, leaving that lit as he continues.
AJ Styles: Joel Hall, you think I don't have dedication? You're going to feel my passion and dedication tonight. And to anyone else that thinks I don't belong in this match or this company?
AJ doesn't say anything, as he extinguishes the final flame. Leaving the smoke to rise into the darkness in a crytic message. AJ stands up and the sound of a door slamming shut is heard, as the lights in the arena turn back on and the Titantron returns to normal.
Once the candles are lit, the crowd is almost dead quiet in confusion trying to figure out what they are witnessing. As the last candle is lit, the person lighting the candles sits on a chair behind the table, with a hooded jacket on, the hood entirely concealing his identity. He lifts his hood for a brief moment to observe the burning candles before lifting the hood and whipping it back to reveal "The Phenomenal One," AJ Styles to be the mystery man.
AJ Styles: You were expecting someone else?
AJ's voice is barely above a whisper but it still echoes off the walls of the room. He looks directly into the camera and the light of the candles reflects a small smile on AJ's face as he continues, raising his voice to normal now.
AJ Styles:I have a dark side too, Carnage. You keep continuing to think of me as some little kid who has no chance against a monster like you. I'm not afraid of monsters, Carnage. I faced you in that tables match and looked you in the eye on more than one occasion. You know what I saw? I saw a man. A man who chooses to hide behind weapons as his only way to succeed against his opponents. I'm not coming into this TLC match tonight to prove anything to you or anyone else. I'm coming into this match tonight to be the last one standing when it's all over, with my hand raised in victory. And when that happens, Carnage, I know that you'll retreat back into the darkness once more, knowing you never claimed me as your victim.
AJ blows out the two candles on each side of the middle, leaving that lit as he continues.
AJ Styles: Joel Hall, you think I don't have dedication? You're going to feel my passion and dedication tonight. And to anyone else that thinks I don't belong in this match or this company?
AJ doesn't say anything, as he extinguishes the final flame. Leaving the smoke to rise into the darkness in a crytic message. AJ stands up and the sound of a door slamming shut is heard, as the lights in the arena turn back on and the Titantron returns to normal.
