Post by sykes on Sept 22, 2012 14:52:22 GMT -4
( THE OLD ME
[/u] )[/b][/size]People Featured: Johnny Sykes | Date: 9-22-12[/center]
With the cameras opening up, they were quick to catch up with Johnny Sykes whom was actually standing right side the very arena that he’d be competing in twenty four hours from now.
Johnny Sykes: Back at Shockwave, I had my chance to become the APW Pro-Life slash Suicidal Champion and I dropped the ball. It sucked big donkey balls. Cause I had worked so hard to get to that point and then with a snap of the fingers it was all over.
Sykes shook his head a bit to the side showing just how disappointed he was over what had happened just a few weeks ago.
Johnny Sykes: It sucked like I said but I was never one of those people to just go down. I was never one of those people to just accept defeat. I knew that in the back of mind that somehow someway I was eventually going to get another chance to prove myself. I’d eventually get another shot at that championship and sure enough I was right. Tomorrow night, I’ll actually go one on one with Jair-Jair Binks with the winning getting a shot at the championship Kash holds so dearly to him.
The look that Sykes was giving told quite the story. He was pretty pumped up for the match and he was looking forward to it especially considering what was on the line.
Johnny Sykes: Jair-Jair and I were in the same boat at Shockwave. Both of us were in the match and we both gave it everything we had but we both came up empty handed. There is no doubt in my mind that based on that Jair-Jair is going to try that much harder to win the match. Heck, the guy has already had a harder and much more difficult career here in APW than I have. I mean that considering the fact he had to start all the way down on Meltdown and work his way up to get the spot he is in now. Got nothing but respect for the crazy eyed bastard.
Most people couldn’t even say that now days in this business. Course it had already been established that Sykes was different than most people in the business and that was what made him so well liked.
Johnny Sykes: But just because I got respect for him, just because he has had a little bit harder of a path than I have, and just because he also came up short at Shockwave doesn’t mean that all these things are going to be the deciding factor in him getting out in that ring and defeating me. That just isn’t the case and it never will be the case. I want this match just as bad as he does, if not just a little more.
You see I unlike Jair-Jair have defeated Kash. I did it just the week before Shockwave. I proved that I could hang in the ring with the former APW World Heavyweight Champion. I proved that I was just as good as Kash despite him seeming to think that isn’t the case and despite him constantly writing me off. It is still in the record books that I beat him one, two, three. Kash has never defeated me one, two, three and that’s why a rematch between the two of us is so important – it’d mean that much more with the championship on the line.
That win over Kash puts me in contention a whole lot more than what it does for Jair-Jair Binks, but what is done is done and I’m not saying that he doesn’t deserve to have a chance to compete for this title. I’m just saying that once we walk into that ring with each other tomorrow night. I seriously hope that he digs down deep and literally brought the best he has in him to that match. Because if he doesn’t it’s going to be a long and very disappointing night for Jair-Jair. Losing just isn’t an option here for me and I’m not accepting defeat again when I have such an opportunity before me.
It was quite clear with not only his words but his body language and his expressions that he was serious. He was focused and there was no way in hell he was going to come up short again. It wouldn’t be an easy task but he’d do whatever it took to win.
Johnny Sykes: Now the thing about our match is it just isn’t any old regular match. Instead the two of us will be competing in an Xtreme Rules match and anyone with a brain that has been watching for awhile knows that what that is all about. Anything and everything goes in this match. We can throw ourselves through tables. We can smack each other with chairs. We slam each other onto thumbtacks. Hell, if you wanted you could knock someone out with the kitchen sink. Anything and everything I allowed in this match as I said ad I can assure you right now the moment the two of us step into that ring we’re going to take advantage of that stipulation.
Though, the question I have is can Jair-Jair actually survive let alone compete in this type of environment, I say that because this is nothing that happens to be out of my element. Anyone that has followed my career from years ago would know that I was thrown right into the Hardcore style of wrestling by my mentor. In fact I adapted so well, it wasn’t long before I was known as the Prince of Hardcore. I won’t lie some of the things I did out there and some of the things I had to experience were brutal and it hurt like hell. But that’s what I was used too, that’s what I knew, and I always made sure my opponent left in more pain than I ever did.
At Shockwave in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs that is the closet I have been to the old roots of mine I have had in years. Thing with being brought up in that kind of setting with this business. It is quite like riding a bike, once you learn how it all works and once you’ve fallen down a few times. You never ever forget how it works or how to do it. Big difference is it just happens to hurt a whole lot more than just riding a bike. I know for a fact that for one night and one night only I won’t have an issue at all with bringing out that old me for the sake of winning this match.
Sykes having an old him as he referred is something that would likely shock a lot of the people around the APW Roster. It would be something that everyone would be interested in seeing unfold before their very eyes.
Johnny Sykes: But that’s just the thing though is Jair-Jair going to be able to adapt to those kinds of surroundings against someone that was brought up in that kind of environment? Sure, he did okay in the TLC Match but there’s a reason why it was just Kash and I left standing when a winner was crowned. I hate to say it, but I really do not think Jair-Jair has what it takes to keep himself standing on his own two feet in an Xtreme Rules match.
This isn’t like fighting over the last piece of fried chicken at a KFC. This isn’t about shooting someone down on the block just because they hooked up with your hood rat girlfriend. This isn’t even about holding it down for the hood and living in the ghetto as Jair-Jair’s people would put it. And sure it’s funny to make those kinds of jokes, but truth be told it really isn’t a joke. Truth be told the moment the two of us step into the ring with each other Hopkins is going to find himself out of his element.
He is going to find out that this involves just a little more than having the game plan of trying to ground me and keep me out of the air. He is going to find out this involves just a little more than being able to have a plan that’s going to lead to a one, two, three victory. Most of all though, he is going to find out firsthand what it is like for me to slip back into my old roots and he is going to find out firsthand just exactly what he is made of. Like I said I don’t think he has it in him to keep himself in this match and to be able to survive but there’s a chance I could be wrong. There’s always a chance anyone could be wrong at anything.
He slightly nodded his head just a bit. Once again he proved that he could be quite level headed when the time called for it and he proved that he was different in a sense that he didn’t have a large ego like the majority of the roster.
Johnny Sykes: Like I have been saying Jair-Jair. I have a ton of respect for you. I have seen what you are capable of and I know that if you work hard enough for this win there’s a chance that you may end up beating me and if you deserve it then I’ll be alright with that. It’ll be no harm done, but you need to keep it in the back of your mind that I want to win this match more than anything.
I want to win this match because of what is on the line. I want to win this match because I have unfinished business with Kash. I want to win this match, so I can go on to prove that I’m not a joke and that I do have what it takes to hang with the best that APW has to offer despite people continuing to say I can’t hang. Winning this match brings a lot of things full circle for me.
If I were you I’d just be looking out for what’s going to happen and if anything I’d be bracing yourself for the reality that you may lose. Brace yourself with the reality that you may just have to wait another day to get a shot at the APW Suicidal Championship. Because tomorrow night it’s going to be the Johnny Sykes show all around.
The Original Pranksta was at least doing the right thing in a sense of acknowledging the competition that laid before him and what he was going to have to do in order to defeat Hopkins. No doubt about it when these two did hook up they were going to give it their all.
Johnny Sykes: And one final thing, I hope you are actually going to pay attention to this match Kash. I know you being god-almighty and what not, you think you are untouchable and there isn’t a single person around here that can provide a challenge for you or even come anywhere close to taking that championship away from you. However you are dead wrong. Tonight you will witness firsthand what I am capable of and just exactly what I am going to do once we step into the ring with each other. One way or another, I am going to be the very next APW Suicidal Champion.
Sykes looked directly into the cameras with a smirk and passion in his eyes. In twenty four hours, he was going to have his chance to prove himself and prove that he had what it took to become champion. All he had to do was defeat Hopkins and he’d have his match against Kash. It’d be a long twenty four hours but in the end, it’d prove to be worth it.[/font][/size]
