08-28-2013, 08:01 AM
The DVD menu appears again on the screen and a little arrow goes to the chapters section. It then clicks on chapter 3 "Anger Issues" The camera then pans to Matt sitting in the dark room with the XWF logo behind him.
Matt- When I was younger I was always a happy little guy, like I said previously my mother said I lit up a room with my smile. When I got into my teen years I started getting just angry. It could be the littlest thing, whether it was me missing a basket in a basketball game or someone walking too slow. Shit just started bugging me all the time. When I reached time to go to high school I had to go to Northeast High School. My mom told me before my freshman year, " Matt you need to calm down or you are going to get your ass kicked". We sat there and talked for probably over an hour and we came to the decision that I needed an outlet for my anger. That summer I called up the football coach and I started playing for the football team.
The camera pans to a picture of Matt in his football uniform wearing number 47.
Matt- I was automatically frustrated the first couple weeks of practice because the coaches are telling me that I am one of the hardest hitters they have ever seen. But yet I wasn't starting. See I wanted to play strong safety but there was a sophomore in front of me who clearly wasn't better than me. So I went to the coach about it and asked what he was doing better than me. He told me "Oh its because he is a sophomore and you are just a freshman, you will get your chance next year". I stormed out of that office and I flipped the fuck out. I started screaming and I even punched a wall in the hallway. When I hit the wall I broke two of my knuckles and I missed the whole season. After the season my coach came up to me after the last game and he asked me "Was it worth missing the entire season"? I looked at him and of course I said no, I wasn't going to be like oh well I was mad. He then told me he noticed I had an anger issue and he liked that. Little did I know he was the schools wrestling coach and he told me he would like me to join the wrestling team. So my hand had healed from my wall punching and it was the first week of wrestling practice. Guess who was on the team? Guess who I was put up against right off the bat? The guy who was in front of me for football. This was the moment I had been waiting for I finally got to put this guys dick in the dirt.
The camera pans to raw footage of Matt wrestling for his high school. It wasn't the match against his rival but it was another match.
Matt- So we went at it, all the other guys on the team were watching and not a single person was cheering me on. I really gave my all against this guy, he was a tough son of a bitch. It looked like I was going to have him beat and I was going for a simple slam that anyone can do. What do I do?! I broke my fucking arm. I came down wrong with my arm bent back and all you could hear was a loud snap. That gym got so quiet and all you could hear was me screaming in pain.
The camera pans to Matt's old coach.
Coach- Matt had the worst luck when it came to sports, he was the most aggressive young man I had ever coached in football and wrestling. I once told him while he was healing from his broken arm that his aggressiveness was going to be his down fall. Little did I know he would be one of the most successful people I know. So I guess you could say Matt's anger pushed him forward into his career.
The camera pans to raw footage of Matt playing football and intercepting a pass and running it back for a touchdown.
Matt- Finally the next year I was starting on the football team at my favorite position, strong safety. I led the county in interceptions and I actually had 3 or 4 touchdowns. Sadly we didn't make the playoffs, we only went 5 and 5. Back then I was much more cocky than I am now and I thought I owned that locker room. It was the last game of the season, I had an interception and a handful of tackles; a hell of a game! But we ended up losing to the worst team in the county Chesapeake who was also our rivals. Our offense played awful that game, our quarterback must of thrown 4 interceptions and maybe 1 touchdown. So me being an idiot after the game I walked up to our quarterback in the locker room. I started off a little easy on him, I told him "Look, you need to throw the ball instead of sitting in the pocket doing the titty dance". He didn't like that at all. I even told him that instead of trying to be the human highlight reel why don't you include your running backs and receivers. He didn't like that either. So we started shoving each other and seconds later I had him pinned against the wall wailing him in the face. The entire team tried getting me off of him but I was on a mission. Finally my coach walked in and broke it up.
The camera pans back to the head coach.
Coach- I pulled Matt off of him and I told him to get the fuck out of the locker room and that he was kicked off the team. Plan and simple. After that he never played football again and he never wrestled for the wrestling team either.
The camera pans to Matt.
Matt- I went home and I didn't even tell my mother what had happened, I just wasn't in the mood to get lectured. So I went to sleep, the next day I woke up and my mom barged in the room and started screaming. The principal had called her and told her what happened. She told my mom I was no longer aloud to play sports for Northeast High School and that I was suspended for 2 weeks. It was not a good weekend trust me. That Monday, me and my mother met with the principal and my coach and they informed us everything that was going to happen in more detail. I couldn't believe this was happening. My coach then told me if I don't straighten myself out I was going to either end up in a prison yard or a graveyard. Those words scared me to death, and the sad part is I knew he was right. After that I started going to anger management classes and I did it for a little while, probably 5 or 6 months. I was told after the classes that my anger was most likely caused by my father treating me the way he did a couple years prior and maybe due to the fact he was never there for me for the most essential years in a boys life.
The camera pans to Gillberg.
Gillberg- When Matt came to my school, I read about his past and saw that he had anger management issues. I read that a couple times and thought this could either be good or really bad. So I talked to him about it, I told him its okay to be angry sometimes but that he should always use it at the right times. I told him he needs to use his anger for something useful and that will be in the ring. He agreed and I am not going to lie to you, he was one of the best students I have ever had. Me and him were the best of friends, he was always asking for my advice and I somewhat felt like a father figure to him. He even told me once that I was the reason he changed his ways with his anger. That meant a lot to me because I knew he respected me and that he looked up to me.
The camera pans to Matt.
Matt- Gillberg was an amazing man, he really showed me how to put my anger to good use and I think you can see that in my matches. I always bring a crazy intensity to all of my matches as if I was wrestling for my life. Before my matches I think back to my father and all the trouble I had there. I think back to being banned from playing sports in high school. It all feeds me my power in order to take someone on.
The camera shows footage of some of Matt's matches like a couple in XWF and the bloody match against Scott Charlotte in the flag pole match.
Matt- The flag pole match is a prime example. I remember that night like it was yesterday. I had just had an argument with my wife and I was furious and I think Paul Heyman saw that I was. He told me to use my fury in my match tonight. So right as me and Scott were preparing to come out I told Scott that I had a bad night and I was bringing my all. Don't get me wrong I respect Scott, he is a hell of a man and wrestler but I really went out on him especially with that barbwire bat. I know I didn't win the match but it still put me on the map here in XWF and it showed people that I meant business.
The camera fades
Part 4 is TBC
Accomplishments
1 time XWF Xtreme champion
2 time FTW UFO E1999 champion
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