Isn't this the prettiest little thing you've ever seen? It was over a
year ago I held this belt high in the air after I fought for it for the
first time in Dayton, Ohio against Samoa Joe and I proclaimed this belt
the most important thing to me. Right now, in my hands, as of this day
6/18/05, this becomes the most important belt in the world!
This belt in the hands of any other man is just a belt, but in my
hands it becomes power. Just like this microphone in the hands of any of
the boys in the back is just a microphone, but in the hands of a
dangerous man like myself it becomes a pipe-bomb. These words that I
speak spoken but anybody else are just words strung loosely together to
form sentences. What I say I mean, and what I mean I say, and they
become anthems!
You see, if I could be afforded the time here a little bit of a
story. There was once an old man, walking home from work. He was walking
in the snow, and he stumbled upon a snake frozen in the ice. He took
that snake, and he brought it home, and he took care of it, and he
thawed it out, and he nursed it back to health. And as soon as that
snake was well enough, it bit the old man. And as the old man lay there
dying he asked the snake, 'Why? I took care of you. I loved you. I saved
your life.' And that snake looked that man right in the eye and said,
'You stupid old man. I'm a snake.'
The greatest thing the devil ever did was make you people believe he
didn't exist...and you're looking at him right now! I am the devil
himself! And all of you stupid, mindless people fell for it! You all
believed in the same make-believe superhero that the legendary Ricky
'The Dragon' Steamboat saw some year ago today. No, you see, you don't
know anything. You followed me hook-line and sinker, all of you did, and
I'm not mad at you...I just feel sorry for you.
This belongs to me! Everything you see here belongs to me, and I did
what I had to do to get my hands on this. Now I am the greatest pro
wrestler walkin' the Earth today! This is my stage, this is my theater,
you are my puppets! When I pulled those marionette strings, and I moved
your emotions, and I played with them, and honestly it's 'cause I get
off on it. I hate each and every single one of you with a thousand burns
and I will not stop...I will not stop until I prove that I am better
than you, that I am better than Low Ki, that I am better than AJ Styles!
I'm better than Samoa Joe. Ladies and gentlemen, the champ is here! You
don't have to love it, but you better learn to accept it. 'Cause I'm
taking this with me, and there's not a single person in that locker room
that can stop me!