The Straight Shooter
By The Man They Call Joe

"When you get the money, you get the power..." - Tony Montana (Al Pacino) in "Scarface".

"He who has the gold, has the power....and he who has the power, has the gold."

You may have heard that line spouted by Paul Heyman on WWF TV in the recent months. It's basic meaning is that the person or persons with the most wealth, tend to hold more clout among everyone else. That seems to hold true in the UBWF as the "New Breed" has pretty much run rampant as of late. Take a look at the roll call of gold when it comes to the New Breed:

Suicide Machine: International champion
Jozepi: Hardcore champion
Hopeless: Juniorweight champion
Carnage: ....oh well! Better luck to ya!

3 out of 4 have the gold! That's a lotta fucking gold ,eh? Of course! One observer would say "Don't worry...they don't have the World title or Tag titles." Well, that's true, but as the inspiration to Razor Ramon stated in my first quote, there is still more wealth where that came from. For you see, the quest for obtaining more gold makes them even MORE dangerous!

Tag champs Hopeless and Jozepi? Cyberspace champ Carnage? WORLD CHAMPION SUICIDE MACHINE?!? THAT COULD HAPPEN ONE DAY!!! Believe me when I say that the last thing anyone needs right now is for this faction to have a title monopoly. And the fact is they will go by any means necessary to get to this goal, as I and many other have experienced from them first hand.

I know I'm no saint when it comes to UBWF matters, but the fact is titles, to me, aren't the most important thing. Hell, a year ago, I was just getting off a 2 month reign as Hardcore champ and just trying to avoid getting killed on a regular basis. After a while, I figured, "Screw the titles, screw the politics....it's time to get the band back together!".

After my intial meetings with the Breed members and Suicide Machine, I had a feeling that not everyone was on the same page. I didn't care, for I was just happy that we could run together again and just have some fun. THIS IS WHERE SOMETHING GOT LOST IN THE TRANSITION! You all looked at each and something clicked...you figured, "Hey, we have titles, improved stroke, and more booking power than before...let's go nuts!" See, this may be a surprise to some...but after almost a year solid of taking crazy ass bumps and getting my ass handed to me in almost every match I was in, I figured it was time to just have some fun and piss people off, not worry about gold, stroke, or power, and just let it fucking fly!

However, you four had a different agenda. You had power....and you wanted more! You turned into everything you used to despise...a greedy, corporation-like stable who tries to screw over the little guy. HELL, YOU ARE THE LITTLE GUY! That was the common bond the Breed had, and you shit on it for personal gain! Well, Suicide, you may be more talented, have a title...hell, you probably have better stereo equipment than me, who knows? But you need to be stopped. And hopefully, UBWF Vengeance Unlimited will be the first step into that process. And as for the other 3, remember...like wealth, you lose power just as well. Remember that...

That's the gospel according to TMTC...


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