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Bobby Blackcoat · (03-04-2017)

Bobby Blackcoat is backstage, beaten to hell, bearing many marks of battle and a squinty eye.

Bobby Blackcoat: I know you are expecting me to have another post-show ragefest. But I learned my lesson. I breathed. I smoked good weed with a fan behind the building. So I have some important words.

First, I am absolutely heart-broken that Oswald attacked me in the match. He immediately ran to me. He made no mistakes about it. He was out to beat me up. Fair play, it was a contest. Only one team could win. And tonight's match was really important to me, as it will be my one and only time ever appearing on Warfare...

I mean... I understand. It was important for you to win as well, Oswald. But you really wanted to hurt me. I had no choice but to throw back or you would have killed me. Really, as soon as the match began, I was in fear for my life. Oswald is a dangerous competitor. This beating was possibly worse than when he spiked my head into his floor during the Federweight Scramble...

He was brutal. He destroyed my partner and I. I give him a lot of credit. I truly do. But I am devastated. Heart-broken that our friendship meant so little to him that he would completely disregard my well-being. I wasn't even human to him. If I hadn't fought him off of me, he would have kept kicking, punching, and stomping until I was dead. Until I was a mudhole. It's going to take a lot of time for me to recover from this.

I have an upcoming match, very soon, with a newcomer named Kropotkin. I am going into that match badly injured, badly hurt. And once again, though I have only ever trained leg maneuvers, I found myself unable to use any of my moveset or use my strategies. I just froze up out there, again. In training, I can focus on the knees and really take out their base... And that was my strategy for Kropotkin but... I must say, I am finding myself unable to function out there under the lights... I just can't get a grip!

Bobby drops his head in defeat, clutching at his injured ribs.

Bobby Blackcoat: I really must go back to the drawing board and form a new strategy. I apologize to my fans on behalf of Blackcoat Enterprises. My team has disappointed all of us. And maybe some of my staff must be replaced. But we will push forward.

That brings me to my other opponent, Mr. Shade.

Shade, I am conceding defeat. On behalf of Blackcoat Enterprises, I hereby drop all charges in the investigation of the murder of a man in Brazil. Video evidence we gathered from you seemed irrefutable, but upon further investigation the details we were able to find were murky at best. After you inflicted physical punishment upon myself, I hope you will accept my apology on behalf of myself and Blackcoat Enterprises. You are the better man.

Not only was our investigation a failure, but we failed to formulate a game plan that could deal with Shade. I underestimated his power, his size, his speed. It is almost... superhuman. The inhuman power of Mr. Tidbits, I was able to overcome. If not for Chris Chaos, I would hold a victory over him. And I assure you, the power of Shade is far greater. Shade inflicted a serious amount of damage on me in a short amount of time. I was completely overwhelmed and destroyed, and they disposed of me quickly. I put up little fight.

This is the cold reality I must face. But we will work on our mistakes, and we will discover a way to some day compete with such physical and mental prowess. Shade is a phenomenon. And Oswald is competitive to an obsessive degree. There is no finding openings in his attacks. You can only survive and respond.

I will be watching the future paths of Shade and Oswald with admiration, taking notes, as they move forward. But for me, I must move down in rank, I must seek a lower tiered opponent to learn and work my way up. I have been battered and bullied since my in-ring competition began. Chris Chaos is going to end my career if I don't change my approach.

I take nothing away from Kropotkin. But at least I will be able to focus on one opponent for the first time. Given my condition, it will be an extremely difficult match. You see, I am but the burning steel thrown into the scorching fires of the XWF. Those fires have been fed by the contempt for my lawsuit, my investigation, and my revolutionary ideals. But I can assure you all this:

The people calling for my professional death like Caius will have to face my perseverance. And I believe, eventually even Guest will give me respect for my efforts. I have taken my due payment beatings from some of the greatest in the world. Jim Caedus, Chris Chaos, Tidbits, McBride, and now Shade and Oswald. Whether they realize or not, as they beat me down I paid attention. I pick things up. I've been learning.

I will improve. I will kick that door down.

And I would like to leave you with the announcement that a court date has been set for my trial against the XWF and Mr. Lane.

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