Post by Daron Smythe on Feb 6, 2023 21:57:37 GMT -5
ABBY: Backstage post-Eruption, I am your backstage correspondent Abby Joseph, just moments after #1 Daron Smythe faced off with Billy Danielson one on one for the UWL World Championship. It was a hard fought contest and most would say could have gone either way, but you did not have your hand raised at the end of the night. Your thoughts?
DARON: My thoughts? My thoughts?!
*Daron takes a deep breath, looks at the sky, and then turns to Abby Joseph and the camera*
DARON: I can't lie to you Abby, when I pictured how tonight would end, I didn't think it would be like this. I thought it would be a champagne celebration, me with a tear in my eye, declaring this to be the greatest day in my life.
But it's not that. I could lie to you and tell you I was cheated or bamboozled or a million different things but the truth of the matter is, I was not the better man tonight. It's not okay, but I am going to be okay.
ABBY: You talked about your mother as a source of inspiration for your title fight, the first time you've opened up like that with the UWL audience. What made you think of her when preparing for your match tonight?
DARON: The woman is a source of my inspiration. For all her faults, no matter her situation, she dusted herself off and kept moving forward.
When my dad was inept, inadequate, and downright evil as a husband and father, my mom decided it was enough.
When my mom was working in an industry making good money that suddenly decided they needed a college degree and was laid off unfairly, she decided it was not enough.
Here she was with a rambunctious eight year old, all on her own, headed back to college to make her life, my life, our life better. She found a way to make it work even when all the chips were down.
I am still the Television Champion. If there's one thing I can agree with Billy on is that I'm going to make this thing matter more than ever. Every day I am going to work harder than harder to get to that world heavyweight championship.
Billy can act like I am not enough, like I am trying to convince myself of something, but he has to admit that deep down he was a little nervous. I am not Anthony Cross, who was unable to dethrone Caleb Hart in the first place. Despite the fact that I don't have the history, I am not someone who is going to settle for my spot. I made my own spot. Newcomer of the Year, better than the Most Improved of the Year, the 2022 Universal Stampede Winner, the Television Champion.
Tonight I fell short. It's not okay, but it has to be. When life hands me a difficulty, just like my mom, I am going to figure out a way to make it better in the end. You win or you learn. I learned something tonight.
Despite all that, nothing changes. My destiny is to become the UWL World Champion, the only variable is time.
We keep it moving, Abby.
DARON: My thoughts? My thoughts?!
*Daron takes a deep breath, looks at the sky, and then turns to Abby Joseph and the camera*
DARON: I can't lie to you Abby, when I pictured how tonight would end, I didn't think it would be like this. I thought it would be a champagne celebration, me with a tear in my eye, declaring this to be the greatest day in my life.
But it's not that. I could lie to you and tell you I was cheated or bamboozled or a million different things but the truth of the matter is, I was not the better man tonight. It's not okay, but I am going to be okay.
ABBY: You talked about your mother as a source of inspiration for your title fight, the first time you've opened up like that with the UWL audience. What made you think of her when preparing for your match tonight?
DARON: The woman is a source of my inspiration. For all her faults, no matter her situation, she dusted herself off and kept moving forward.
When my dad was inept, inadequate, and downright evil as a husband and father, my mom decided it was enough.
When my mom was working in an industry making good money that suddenly decided they needed a college degree and was laid off unfairly, she decided it was not enough.
Here she was with a rambunctious eight year old, all on her own, headed back to college to make her life, my life, our life better. She found a way to make it work even when all the chips were down.
I am still the Television Champion. If there's one thing I can agree with Billy on is that I'm going to make this thing matter more than ever. Every day I am going to work harder than harder to get to that world heavyweight championship.
Billy can act like I am not enough, like I am trying to convince myself of something, but he has to admit that deep down he was a little nervous. I am not Anthony Cross, who was unable to dethrone Caleb Hart in the first place. Despite the fact that I don't have the history, I am not someone who is going to settle for my spot. I made my own spot. Newcomer of the Year, better than the Most Improved of the Year, the 2022 Universal Stampede Winner, the Television Champion.
Tonight I fell short. It's not okay, but it has to be. When life hands me a difficulty, just like my mom, I am going to figure out a way to make it better in the end. You win or you learn. I learned something tonight.
Despite all that, nothing changes. My destiny is to become the UWL World Champion, the only variable is time.
We keep it moving, Abby.