Matt checks through his phone notifications and is happy to see loads of laugh reacts in the comments section which brings a smile to his face. His visage instantly changes though when he checks his various WhatsApp chats with Sean, with Jeremy, with Sarah and Michelle. They all had individual ones and one group one. He had tried to lighten the mood by putting a funny Gif in the group one following his Hot Ones appearance but so far only Sarah had reacted. He went into his chat with Jeremy but still hadn’t heard anything from him since Havoc. He sighs heavily. He begins to type something but decides better of it and deletes the message.
Matt flips on the TV in his living room and casts the HWA App from his phone to the TV. He watches some of the latest recordings including William Draconis’ latest one. After its conclusion, Matt sets his TV up to record his own response.
(Matt): William, big fella, settle down. Don’t read too much into that little interview. My friends have been through quite a lot of shite over the last week so they have and I thought you know what? Let’s have a laugh. I know I’m not good with spicy food so when I got the call to go onto Hot Ones, I thought you know? What the hell, it’ll give everyone a laugh and from the comments I’ve seen on YouTube, looks like I achieved what I set out to do, lad. Please don’t tell me though you’re that daft that you confuse a person’s mental and physical toughness to how they handle spicy food? Because if you’re actually basing your prediction of increasing your winning streak on the fact you handle spicy food better than me then…
Matt snorts derisively as walks around his living room, his gaze shifting around the room before replying.
(Matt): Are you that desperate to prove how “badass” you are that you’re actually trying to have a dick measuring contest with me to prove you can handle spicier food than me? Fella, I won’t lie, that’s cringier than when I was eating my own wings the other night. Lad, I’ll be honest, I couldn’t give a fiddler’s fart that you can handle a black ninja dragon ghost atomic scotch bonnet chilli sauce without your arse turning into an upside volcano.
Matt shakes his head again, closing his eyes and furrowing his brow in a mocking manner before he adopts a more serious expression.
(Matt): Oh, and don’t worry about me taking our match seriously, fella. Like I said before, I know I’ve got Maniac at Art of War and I know it’s going to be the most physical match of my entire career so it is. But there’s one thing I’ll never do and that’s disrespect me opponent that’s directly in front of me, and that’s you, big fella. I gave you your props, Billy Big Baws, you’ve been the most impressive superstar since HWA came back to the big leagues and I stand by that analogy. And yeah, you beat Maniac which is something I couldn’t do three months ago. But I’m a different proposition than I was even then lad. You wanna teach me something about perseverance and stamina, big fella? Bring it on but ya better be prepared for a school lesson yerself, lad. Look at what happened after Maniac beat me so badly me skull was exposed… I got back up and kept fighting so I did. Look at what happened in Chicago when Maniac was gloating about what he did to me…I took the fight to him and shoved his head down a fockin’ toilet and gave him a chocolate smile. I forced him to up the ante because I refused to back down and accept my position, accept second place. And that’s what you’re gonna learn at Havoc, so you are, William. That no matter how hard ya hit me, I’ll just keep comin’ so I will! You’re gonna have to pull out every bit of experience you’ve got because I’m not like any other opponent you’ve faced. Yeah, you’ve got some very impressive wins like we’ve talked about already but I promise ya, fella, I am different to any opponent ye’ve ever faced. I’m faster, I’m pluckier, I’m more determined. I know you’ll have all the confidence in the world coming into this match, William and rightfully so lad. After all, wins bring confidence.
Matt stops for a moment before continuing.
(Matt): But you’re not unbeatable, William, lad. See yeah you’ve beaten Jeremy, Stu-E, Legion, Maniac, but you didn’t wipe the floor with any of those boys. They troubled you, had you on you ropes, pushed you. Every win you had to dig deep to get that big double-U. As impressive as that may be, that tenacity and ability to pull a win from the jaws of defeat will only get you so far. I’ve seen every one of those matches, lad. I know what you had to do to pull yourself over the finish line and what those other lads didn’t do to fall short. And trust me, I don’t intend on making the same mistakes they did. I intend to go one further and bring you back down to Earth, fella and it’ll be you that has to endure the learning curve of figuring out how to bounce back from defeat. See you soon, fella.
Matt ends the feed and the scene fades to black.
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