“I’ve stood in front of my fair share of doors.”
“When I first thought about becoming a wrestler and joining the Internet Wrestling Federation, I stood before two doors. The first, it was half open and calling my name. It was begging for me to walk through it. That door was for me.”
“The other door, it was slammed shut – locked up tight with no windows. It was closed off. I could’ve tried to pry it open and Lord knows that throughout my life, I tried, but it never wanted me to walk through it. That door was my fathers love.”
“I couldn’t ever please that man and when it came to choosing what door I wanted to go through, the choice was clear and here we are today.”
“Another set of doors presented themselves to me when John Cho was revealed to be the Black Box Hacker. My best friend and confidant had tormented me for months by hacking his way through my existence.”
“The first door was forgiveness. It was friendship and love. It was turning the other cheek. The second door was rage and vengeance. It was hatred and pain.”
“It took me a minute to decide what I wanted to do, but John Cho is still my best friend and I’m sure I chose the right door.”
“When Red River Jack caused the death of mother, I stood before some of the worst doors of my life. The first wanted me to end it all – to kill myself and be with her. It wanted me to die. The second door wanted me to stand up, fight back and power on with my life. When I chose that second door, I won’t lie to you, I hankered for the first.”
“And now I stand before two doors once again.”
“The first door is the OSW Tag Team Championships. It’s winning the biggest match of my career with one of my best friends in Cayci Spires. It’s open and it’s calling me. It wants me to walk through and be everything I’ve ever wanted to be.”
“But on the second door is a rat-a-tat-tat. There’s knocking at that door. It wants me to be afraid. It doesn’t want me to walk through it. It doesn’t want me to choose it. It wants to make me so scared that I don’t choose either door and run away.”
“You see Knock Knock, I know why you’re knocking at that door. I know why those knocks are turning into thumps – it’s because you’re scared. You know that if I show up at Forever, I’m gonna walk through the right door and become a Tag Team Champion.”
“You don’t want that to happen. You’re terrified of it. So you stand behind that door, knocking as hard and as loud as you can, hoping you might chase me off.”
“I hate to be the bearer of bad news, boys, but I know what door I’m walking through at Forever.”
“I always know what door I’m walking through.”
“And you two won’t stand in my way.”
“Knock Knock, who’s there?”
“Neville fucking Sheldon, that’s who.”
“Are ya scared?”