| Jim Ross | With me at this time is one of the most controversial figures in EBWF history. Former World Champion: Brian Kendrick.
Legendary announcer Jim Ross announced Brian Kendrick to the audience in his familiar, gruff southern drawl. They were seated across from each other in a hotel suite in St. Louis. Kendrick was curled up in his chair with his head resting on the arm rest. He eyed Ross carefully and began to grin mischievously.
| Brian Kendrick | These types of interviews never go well for you. Don't you ever learn? You always get attacked, J.R...
Ross glanced back at a pair of beefy security guards that stood with folded arms at the door. He was well aware of this fact and it was extra precaution due to Brian's erratic behavior.
| Brian Kendrick | Relax. I'm not going to do that. It's boring and cliche. Smile. ..Oops.
Kendrick tugged lightly at the long sleeve of his shirt and glanced up towards a corner of the ceiling.
| Jim Ross | My first question is one that is on the mind of many different people. If you want a title match or if you have an issue with another competitor, why can't you settle it in the ring? Why do you always feel the need to go beyond and involve their loved one's or turn everything into a very personal issue.
| Brian Kendrick | Because I'm fat. And also ugly. And my mom's a bitch. Dark, dark, dark. Emo-tion-al..
Kendrick sung the last word and grinned to himself. He obviously wasn't in the mood to answer any questions seriously.
| Brian Kendrick | Why don't I ever get asked anything interesting? Like, what's my favorite cereal? Or what's my favorite cartoon. I never get asked anything cool. Why don't you ask me what Tiffany's going to wear for Mania? It's probably going to be hot. Masturbation worthy.
| Jim Ross | Well would you like to talk about your main event match at Wrestle Mania against Randy Orton?
| Brian Kendrick | I guess if you really want to.
| Jim Ross | Your issue with the returning Randy Orton stems from around three months back.
| Brian Kendrick | It goes back way longer than that. He was in Elite and he acted like he was too good to pal around or join in on the weekly Sunday ice cream socials. I kind of hated him from the beginning. So I did what nobody else has ever done and I sent him out on a stretcher. And then I knocked that stretcher over and did a little victory dance over his fallen body. He's jealous.
| Jim Ross | You believe Randy Orton is jealous of you?
| Brian Kendrick | Of course he is. As soon as I took over Elite he went on his merry little way and started bad mouthing me. He held the World Title for five years or however long it was but ask anybody in the back who they are more afraid of and they will tell say me. He's big, he's jacked, he has all of those bad ass tattoo's, and he has a cold, hard stare. But he can't put fear in people like I can. I know he's attacked men, women, his own father but I'm still what everyone checks for underneath of their bed before they go to sleep. Little 'ol me.
| Jim Ross | And this further extended to an issue with our General Manager Nicole Ikeda..
A deep sigh escaped from his chest.
| Brian Kendrick | This could have been so easy. It didn't need to escalate to this point.
| Jim Ross | Why didn't you just go directly to The Miz? I'm sure it wouldn't have been any better but at least he isn't a defenseless woman.
A long pause filled the room.
| Brian Kendrick | This just seemed like more fun.
Kendrick finally rose up straight in his chair and turned a glare towards Ross.
| Brian Kendrick | And she sure ran her mouth like she wasn't defenseless. She sounded just like her ego maniac brother. This is a free country and we are allowed to say what we want. But there are consequences for those actions. She brought this on herself. And if she denies that then she is a liar and an idiot.
Brian looked at his palms which had begun to shake.
| Brian Kendrick | I'm having difficulty maintaining a credible public persona. I killed her dog. I didn't just throw it off a roof or something. I ripped it apart. I watched it's legs kick while it squealed in agony. I..tore it's guts out and rubbed my hands all over them. It made such a horrible sound that I can't describe it to you. I know I threaten violence on someone every other week but this was the first time I actually murdered a living thing that someone loved. And..
In a sick display, he smiled before it quickly faded from his face.
| Brian Kendrick | I liked it. At least at first. I was satisfied. But then I suddenly had this jolt of mournful despair. It was useless, extraordinarily painless it was to take it's life. That thing before me, small twisted and bloody, had no real history, no worthwhile past, nothing was really lost. I always thought that killing someone who has hit his or her prime, who has the beginnings of a full history, a network of friends, a career would be far more satisfying. It would ruin so many more lives than some meaningless, puny dog's. Do you hear what I'm telling you?
Ross was definitely alarmed by this admission and at a loss for words.
| Brian Kendrick | And I would have set that woman on fire if Orton hadn't stopped me. She would be dead and I would be in jail. You wouldn't have a job, no one would because this place wouldn't exist anymore. I thought maybe Wes, or Punk, or Jericho would come out but in the back of my mind I had hoped it would be Orton. Because hr is the only person in this company that, if he can, will take me out and show no remorse for it. If he has a chance he will do it without a second thought. I hope he thought about what I did to him every single day. I hope it fuels him. I hope it consumes him. So he can take..me..out. I'm not well. I'm losing my mind. I did all of this for a piece of gold on a strap. I know it's the biggest prize in the company and some people fight their whole careers for it but not at the risk of their sanity.
Kendrick very swiftly rose from his seat and took a hold of J.R's Oklahoma University t-shirt tightly in his fingers.
| Brian Kendrick | But who is really sick? Me? Or the people that employ me? The people that secretly encourage it. Or what about the vile, disgusting people that are drooling with anticipation at the thought of me getting hurt? Or the thought of me hurting someone else? When you see Orton you tell him he had better not hold back. Tell him not to be a little bitch. He had better cripple me. Because if he doesn't..he won't be able to come back from what I put him through. And I'll go after Nicole again and I will finish the job. Tell him to do it, J.R. Tell him to take me out. Make sure he knows that this is the main event of Wrestle Mania and thousands upon millions of people are DEMANDING to see it. TELL HIM, YOU MOTHER FUCKER!
The security rushes forward but Kendrick has already released the announcer and collapsed onto the ground. His arms are over his head and he's breathing incredibly hard, almost impossibly so. J.R. quickly took his leave from the room and the security escorted him along. Brian hadn't budged an inch and remained in the same position.
