Lucky Break
The following interview has been transcribed by the weareosw.com team.
LUCKY CASSIDY: Maxwell, things have been tough for you as of late. Where's your head at given the way things have been?
THE BURNED MAN: All over the place, if I’m being honest. I haven’t been myself since I was dunked into the Odyssey Pool. Now that I’ve come to my senses, I’m more confused than ever. I don’t know why I would do the things I did, like nearly kill my son or burn down DOOM’s laboratory. Not like it matters now. All I can do is adapt to the chaotic world I inadvertently helped create.
LUCKY CASSIDY: There's been a lot said about your relationship with James. Lots of comments recently have disparaged you as a father. What do you have to say to these people?
THE BURNED MAN: Considering all that we’ve been through, they have a good reason to. After the arson attack that took nearly everything from me, I treated my own flesh and blood like dirt underneath my boots. We’ve been at each other’s throats for a year and a half and are just now starting to reconcile. To those people that doubt that we can repair such a fractured relationship, I say that the only way to go after hitting rock bottom is up.
LUCKY CASSIDY: Your wife was brutally murdered. Someone tried to kill your entire family. Is it safe to try and hunt this person down? Will vengeance be sweet, or might you lose more than you ever wanted in such an endeavour?
THE BURNED MAN: At this point? I don’t care if it’s “safe” or not. I just want the bastard that ordered her death and ours to get what’s coming to them. I’ve lost damn near everything in that fire save for the life of my son. I’ve already been after everyone’s throats like a man possessed and so has my boy. Should they try to take either of our lives again, those fuckers will be in an even bigger world of hurt than they would be if they left us to destroy ourselves.
LUCKY CASSIDY: As the current NXT Level Champion, you've not defended your title since you won it. There are rumours swirling that should it not be defended soon, you may lose it. Are you focusing on the Championship, or does the personal circumstances trump all else?
THE BURNED MAN: Look at me, Lucky. My skin has been burned damn near to a crisp. I’ve been in worse states of mind and body than what that clown faced dope did to me. I’ll defend that title even if I have to be dragged into the ring to do so. Anything to show those motherfuckers at the Gathering and the mastermind behind the operation that took Sarah that I’m willing to fight until my dying breath.
LUCKY CASSIDY: Your relationship with Felix Foley and Stubbins Doom has likely been strained by your actions in recent months. Do you think there's a possibility of reuniting the Pool Boys, or is keeping yourself and your son away from them a priority?
THE BURNED MAN: Reunite with the man that tried to experiment on me in my first month in OSW? Reconcile with the manchild that sees me as no better than his own father, who tried to kill him from preventing his dark side from surfacing? Fat chance. The only way I’ll allow myself and my son to go near them is if they want to help us find the bastard that orchestrated the arson attack in the first place.
Lucky Ducky
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