We see Stephen Callaway. He sits on a metal folding chair while a huge Planet Hollywood globe revolves in the background. Unusually he has his hair down and it moves in the light breeze. He takes off a black facemask with a Batman logo as the screen opens.
Stephen Callaway
"Here's where the fun begins. You see it's my job to sit here and deliver a video. I sit and talk about my thoughts and feelings and then I email it to Sin City Wrestling who then put it on their website where you, the fans, watch it.
The whole point is to get those undecideds. You see wrestling as a business isn't stupid. We know that there are die hard fans that will watch when there's a huge crowd, a small crowd or no crowd. We know that these die hard fans will watch us no matter what we say or do.
So we don't aim for them.
We aim at those that are unsure. Those that say 'I don't know if I want to watch Climax Control this weekend as my mates want to have a go at Halo on the Xbone'
My job is to sit here and hype my match to make Halo boy decide 'that makes me want to see the Callaway match. I might give Halo a miss this week and catch the boys next week'
I choose to sit here and talk to the camera."
He points to the camera in front of him.
Stephen Callaway
"But some hit the selfie button on their cell phones. Some have a camera crew, that they pretend to not see, film what they do.
I choose to sit and talk. I do so because it allows me to say aloud what's on my mind. It allows me to sell what I need to in order to get the likes of Halo boy to watch.
What I also do, is I watch my opponent's matches. I read my opponent's bio on the website. That way I have plenty to work with to train from. I have his moves, his style. I can train accordingly.
I also have it at my fingertips so I have plenty to talk about when I sit here.
And then there's Miles Kacey.
I don't know if it's an admin issue or what but I can not find a bio. I can't find a thing about him other than he's new to the company, new to the business and English.
I could be going in there with an opponent that is 5 foot 4 and is a 206 pound cruiserweight or a 6 foot 4 40 pound monster. I don't know his size, his ring stiyle. Hell I don't even know his theme music.
So by all means tune in to see what he actually looks like.
Actually he's probably around my height and weight. However he is inexperienced.
Miles. I worry about you.
You see if I go up against the heavyweight champion and I lose it's not a big deal as he's the champion and they're supposed to win.
I go up against a top line non champion and it's a similar story. I'm expected to lose. If I can beat the champion or the top tier non champion, then it's a big result for ME.
But you?
I worry about YOU.
See I've been in this business a long, long time. It wasn't just a different decade when I got into the business, it was a different century. Granted it was the last couple of years of the nineties but a different century none the less.
Either way that's the better end of twenty years I've been in the business. Twenty years."
He pulls at his hair.
Stephen Callaway
"A few of these aren't the jet black they used to be. I've got joints that hurt now that I didn't even know could hurt when I started out. But in theory I shouldn't be loosing to a green as a cucumber newbie.
THAT'S what worries me!
I lose to the ones that I probably should lose to, not a problem. But for a guy like me with TWENTY YEARS in the business to lose to someone that's barely had twenty minutes in it? I don't mean any disrespect to Miles but that SHOULDN'T happen.
Yeah, I've said I'm leaving here and while that might not be happening tomorrow..."
He holds up the Batman facemask.
Stephen Callaway
"...I'm still going someday. However if I can't beat a guy that's new to this business, a guy who can count his pro matches on his left hand alone, with the time and experience that I have with my twenty years then it might just be better that I'm going.
But I don't want to end things on such a sour note. I want to win. That's why I've been preparing for everything between five and seven feet. It's why I've been preparing for everything between two and four hundred pounds. That way I'm ready for whatever comes to the ring. Hell, I've been doing this for twenty years, I SHOULD be ready for whatever comes out.
That's why I'm sat here. I'm sat in Jay Sarno Way right next to Cesar's Palace Casino because I am literally betting on myself. No seriously. Met a lad named Toby who runs a probably not legal betting thingy out of the Cesar's Palace kitchens and I've got $10 on me winning. Odds are 20-1 or something.
Point is I NEED to beat Miles Kacey. So I need to root for myself, back myself, support myself. I stand to gain about two hundred, roughly, dead presidents if I do. But not only that I need to show myself that I CAN do this. That my twenty years have been worth it. Because if I can't beat him then my twenty years have been wasted.
And I can't have that."
He puts the Batman facemask back on and stands up. He folds his chair, picks it up and walks out of shot as we fade out.
