The scene fades in on a small set, corner table in the center of the room, to each side of that corner table were two chairs. Seated in one of the chairs was none other than the Anti-star himself, Jesse Ramey. Across from him was a man he was very familiar with, Donny Layne. The smooth jazz music that was being used as an introduction to the segment slowly began to die down. Donny Layne leaned back in his chair, and smiled to the camera. “Ladies and gentlemen,” Layne began, “thank you for joining us this evening. As many of you know we are on a collision course for Thieves Honor. There are going to be a lot of spectacular matches taking place at this event, but there is only one match at this show that has been building and anticipated by the fans than all of the other matches appearing on the show.” “It all started on iNtense 98 and most of us would have thought it would have ended at Rise of the Legends,” Layne paused, “but that triple threat match just couldn’t seal the deal for any of the men involved. Tonight I am joined by one of the three men who will be stepping inside of the ring at Thieves Honor in the first ever Jolt Championship Series triple threat elimination match, Jesse Ramey.” “Thanks for having me Donny.” Ramey smiled. “The pleasure is all mine, Jesse.” Donny smiled in return, but then went straight back to business. “Let me start by saying that I’ve known you a great deal of time Jesse, and we’ve even worked together on the manager-wrestler basis before. You were actually the one person to give me my big break into this business and I’m thankful that it has spawned into what it has, so take nothing I say moving forward as a personal slight against you, only what has been running through the minds of millions of individuals who watch Jolt on a regular basis.” Ramey nodded and smiled, signaling for Layne to continue. “A lot of the viewers of our product are rallying behind you going into this match,” Layne continued, “but they want to know what makes this match any different than any other match you’ve been involved in where you haven’t been able to overcome the odds?” “I think of a lot of people have very one track minds,” Ramey began, “they can’t see the forest for the trees. At the last two big events Jolt has put on before Rise of the Legends I had gone up against a Jolt original and literally mopped up a restroom floor with him and I defeated a giant of this industry inside of a steel cage. My record in this company as far as triple threat matches have gone hasn’t been so great though. Losing to Mattock and Diamond Jewlez in the first and then losing to Jeremy Ryan and Jimmy B. Martinez at Rise of the Legends.” “I can’t truly understand where they are coming from,” Ramey continued, “but this isn’t going to be a triple threat match. This is an elimination style match, and that is something I definitely have history with. Just in case anyone has forgotten, that’s how I became the King of Ages in 2010 with All-Star Championship Wrestling when I defeated both Z and Keith Scott Zimmerman. For those not in the know, I said Keith Scott Zimmerman; he was probably a bigger deal than most people who have set foot inside of a Jolt ring.” “Well, if that isn’t enough to stop some people from running their mouths then I don’t know what is.” Layne laughed at his own comments, “Let’s just say hypothetically that you’ve just won your guaranteed Jolt Championship match at Thieves Honor. You’re watching the actual Thieves Honor match as it is happening, who do you want to see win that match and where do you face them?” “In all honesty Donny, I don’t care who comes out of Thieves Honor wearing that championship.” Ramey leaned forward in his chair, “I’m telling you all right here and now that I’m cashing in at Death Wish. No offense to either of my competitors at Thieves Honor, but this is mine to win. Obviously no one remembers how this entire Jolt Championship series even began.” “This isn’t my first rodeo in one of these things,” Ramey smiled, “I competed in one back in All-Star Championship Wrestling against two gentlemen by the names of Khristain Keller and Jade Argent. Unfortunately I didn’t pick up the win that series, but I know more ins and outs of these kinds of matches than both Jeremy Ryan and Jeremy B. Martinez combined. In all honesty, I’ve probably been lacing up my boots longer than both Ryan and Martinez have combined years on this Earth.” “I’ve been watered down and filtered out since the first day I laced my boots up for this company.” Ramey continued, “Do you know why I prospered so well under the All-Star Championship Wrestling dome and not here? Because Jolt Wrestling has done nothing, but put a muzzle on the talent that I bring to the table; I’m not some one dimensional character who only goes out to the ring just to pander to the fans.” “I enjoy putting on a show inside of that ring for each and every single person who fills the seats of those arenas, but I’m not some robot that this company has made me out to be.” Ramey finally leaned back in his chair, “Anyone who has been a fan of mine since before this company knows the trials and tribulations I’ve been through over the course of my career. That’s why they connect with me, not because I go out to that ring and I do high risk moves that could potentially cost me my career. They connect with me because they know I’ve been through the same hard times as they’ve been through and I’m able to overcome the adversity standing in front of me and stand tall on top the mountain with my head held high.” “I give the fans hope.” Ramey let that last word linger and sink in for a moment, “I am the biggest underdog walking around the backstage area at any given time in a Jolt arena. When I step foot inside of that ring in these big match circumstances and I’m able to have my hand raised at the end of the match, it gives the people watching these shows hope that because I could do it, they can do it as well. I’ve never lost sight of that over the entire course of my career, and I celebrate that fact with fans every single time I come out on top with my arm raised high.” “At Thieves Honor, I’m walking out with my Jolt Championship secure and tucked under my arm. Then at Death Wish I am going to do something I haven’t been able to achieve in over eleven years. I’m walking into Death Wish as the number one contender for the Jolt Championship, but I am walking out with that Jolt Championship held high over my head as the new champion. As a champion this company can finally be proud of, as a champion that the fans can finally cheer for, someone they have been cheering for all along. Not someone who they cheer for due to circumstances, not because the person on the opposite side challenging me is someone they want to boo.” Donny looked on in astonishment at the words Ramey had been spouting, then finally chimed in, “Thank you ladies and gentlemen for tuning in for this special sit down interview. That is all the time we have for this evening, I’m Donny Layne, be sure to catch Thieves Honor live on Pay-Per-View!” The smooth jazz music once again queued up as the scene slowly faded to black.