Knox/Levi Vs. Winter/Matthews

“Yet they pass on the streets, unable to recognize us. Our alter-egos. How is that possible? We don't wear capes; most of us. We don't wear masks; most of us. We don't hide. We don't have inner-circles and secret identities. So how does someone, how does a quote-unquote “hero” like The Technical Master bask in the thunderous roar of many on any given night, but walk unnoticed on the streets the following Morning?” 

“Heroes get remembered, but heroes die. Ask Superman. Ask Captain America. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. So what's a Disposable Hero to do? Our kryptonite and our curse is the knowledge that we are fleeting, and there is only one way to extend our lives. It's a Catch-22, and like Yossarian's friend we can pursue elongated life to the point that we appear dead, or we can shorten our lives in the hopes of immortality." 

"Matt Knox, Adrienne Levi, Alex Winter, Steve Matthews, the Disposable Heroes... we choose the latter. Bones break. Lips burst. Teeth get knocked in or out. Necks snap like twigs. Internal organs rupture and fill with blood until it curdles and gurgles up the throat and out the mouth. It is the pursuit of a legacy. We wear our kryptonite around our waists, with our names engraved in them.” 

"Living the dream, that is the secret of an accomplished life."  

"And I can tell anyone that wants to listen, that I am living the dream. I am a fighter, skilled and born to fight. And what better way to live a life, than to do what someone was born to do? No better way of living a life, I tell you." 

"We all fight, day in and day out, our very fights. Each and every day of our lives it is either sink or swim. For each and every one of us it is war, a daily one. But there are different types of war for different people. Some fight in an office, some in the kitchen and others, like me , they fight in the ring." 

"People like me? We are professional fighters. But that does not mean that our fight is tougher than that of other people. It just means we get paid to do what we do, meaning we get paid to break bones and spill blood day in and day out." 

"And I can not tell you any other thing, rather than the fact that I like what I do, however I'll admit I don't always like who I am. I am a fighter and all I fight for is getting to the top. Beating the best, to be the best is all I strive for. I consider my self lucky because I do a job I love and a job in which I am good at what I do. I know I should show more respect for how lucky I am. though" 

"I can pursue my dreams." 

"They are simple dreams, the ones of a simple man." 

"I must stop pretending to be something I'm not because despite my less than stellar attitude over recent times I genuinely like it like that. Not everyone can be a general, some of us gotta be soldiers. It is better to be a superb soldier, rather than a mediocre general. At the end of the day, that means we gotta do what we are good at, instead of following illusions." 

"I must not." 

"I must learn my lessons, I must dream without getting lost in the illusions."  

"I am a fighter and my dream is to reach for the stardom of professional wrestling that I've faded from."  

"Because I can!" 

"I can do it because I am skilled at what I do, and I am lucky to know myself good enough to know which opportunity I can choose, in order to achieve my goal. My goal?" 

"It is getting to be the best!" 

"..One step at a time.." 

"My next step? A tag match against two skilled fighters, and a partner who has made me question my own character in ways I havn't liked. All of them, with their hopes and dreams. In order to succeed, one has to stay focused at the task at hand and use all his arsenal, in order to survive."  

"It is not easy, a clash of egos and hopes, in a ring which is not big enough to contain all the egos that will be in it. Its gonna explode, I tell you, and all we can hope for, is to survive this match unscathed. True, I am a wrestling technician with plenty of experience, my skill allows me to be in my element when we fight matches like this.." 

"..Yet it still isn't easy. All you can do is go in that ring and deliver, hoping it is enough in order to survive. Or even better, hoping is good enough to break some hearts and go out in a blaze of glory, with a special prize waiting for you at the end of the day." 

"Despite believing Alex Winter is a liability as a partner, I am not discouraged. I consider this a great opportunity which allows me to know myself and get in line for greatness. I will fight my soul out in order to survive, to be the best and tell a tale of glorious fights. I hope I can do all that´s necessary in order for me to become a carnage legend…" 

"There are to be three others with hopes and dreams in that ring though. This means my hopes and dreams need to be the strongest in order for them to be achieved. All I can say is that I will do everything in my might, so that I shall be the winner."  

"I am not gonna count the hours spent in the gym or running through the fields. That Is something a true professional considers routine. Certainly not gonna tell anyone that I can nail a suplex or submission hold with ease, because that is implied when you sign on the dotted line and classify yourself as a technical master." 

"All I can say is that I will be me. Giving my best to be the greatest, not sparing any broken bone or torn muscle. I will surpass my limits, just so that I can be great and achieve greatness. That I promise you. I can not boast and tell you I will surpass my opponents easily, for both Adrienne Levi and Matt Knox are skilled and egoistical enough to know where they stand." 

"Adrienne however does have some strange traits, lets face it when the so called good guys and girls can be seen to make such unfounded scandalous accusations toward someone on subject matter such as rape and homophobia, you know the company will live up to it's name and be carnage. When someone lowers the tone in the way done last week when child rape and torture where deemed suitable subject matter to promote to the world you know carnage has no standards I'll ever be in contradiction of, that doesn't mean I have to like said subject matter though." 

"When Adrienne took that low blow at the grade A prick that is Alex Winter, and let's be clear it was a disgusting low blow, you end up with choices. You can take the option of ignoring it and turning away as I did because you know it's a subject that deserves none of your attention. You can take the option of defending yourself such as Alex has done, or the easiest, you can make wrong assumptions and accusations based on nothing the facts will represent, and lets face it, it's easier to assume the new guy is in the wrong right? Much easier than taking a look at the standards of others I'm guessing, because lets be clear, I've looked around Carnage and the attitudes and characters are deplorable, child abuse, false rape accusations, false homophobic slurs, talks of Nazi parties, throwing out insults on twitter like "motherfucker" and all of this in my first week or two. It has allowed me to look at me closely and realise a lot of things though, there is no moral high ground for anyone to pass judgement on anyone else in carnage especially me, yet I must not be dragged down and away by the tide, I must take a longer look at myself, I must be a better man." 

"Despite and maybe even because of all that it will be a tough fight, made for tough fighters, and I will be right there, in the middle of the storm, spilling blood and breaking sweat. I threw my name in for this match to be part of moments like this despite my belief that myself and Alex Winter are far from compatible."  

"It will be a great fight. All for honor." 

"It is a clash of dreams." 

"The best become legends, the worst will have their dream turned into a nightmare…" 

"...It is a river." 

"The river of dreams." 

"And we all must try to swim in it." 

"Just the best will manage to get to the ocean and become a part of it." 

"It is a Fight." 

"It is a Dream." 

"May the best fighter win… And I shall."