Havoc returns from commercial in time to hear "Faded" start. As Joe Mama steps out from the back, the crowd is a mix of cheers and boos. He walks down the ramp, Inter-Cunt-Inental Title on his shoulder. He stops in from of Marcum and Monroe and hold out a hand to get a microphone. After a moment of the announcers looking a bit stunned, Monroe hands one to him. Joe Mama looks at Marcum.
JM: Are you scared of me, Madman?
Marcum says nothing. The look on his face says it all. Marcum doesn't trust the former Family Enforcer and is terrified of what he'll do at the slightest provocation. Joe Mama gives him a half-smile, which doesn't seem to help, and then steps into the ring.
JM: You people wanna know why I did what I did? You wanna know what happened to make Wargasms go down the way it went down? Louie, do you want an explanation for why your "Crown Jewel" won't be facing PenWing at SummerScam?
Monroe: I'll admit it. I'm curious.
Madman: Yeah, dammit! I wanna know why you turned on your friends!!!
JM: Let's get one thing straight up front. None of those people - not a single member of the Family Business - is a friend of mine. That was always the difference between us and the other factions. We were never about friendship or personal feelings. We were - to a man (or a woman) - about the BUSINESS of winning titles! And we were damned successful at it! The Family - later the Family Business - was the most dominant collection of wrestlers that this promotion has ever seen! Every single member had his role. Every single member knew his place and what title was his to win. We understood that, we respected that. But don't any of you think that any of us are sending each other Christmas cards or going out for dinner! The closest person to me in the Family was Louie and maybe...MAYBE Sneaky Bunny! And the "romance" between us was largely made up by you people!!!
Monroe: Shocking words from the Champ!
JM: Now let me make something clear. Nothing happens in a vacuum. Feuds don't come from nowhere. Grudges aren't just spontaneously created. I didn't just wake up and decide that Wargasms was where I would leave the Family. Every single one of them contributed to my decision!
You see, I set a very high standard for myself. I don't get into this ring because it beats watching Cosby Show reruns at home. I'm here because I love my job, I'm ridiculously good at my job, and I win Titles. I expect the people I surround myself with to have the same love, intensity, and desire that I have. Or you don't run with me. And, in the last few months, I've come to realize that Family Business doesn't share my goals.
When Sneaky Bunny can't seem to make it to strategy sessions and chooses to pick useless fight that allow a nobody like Lor to get a title shot, there's a problem. When El Superbeasto, who's supposed to be the scourge of the Luchadors and any division we set him in, can't think past fucking the wife of an enemy instead of the titles he should be bringing home, there's a problem. Charlie, Howlerama, and Legbreakers - each of you has been nothing but a disappointment! Charlie and Howleramam can't be bothered to compete, and the Legbreakers - a team I focused on improving personally - can't seal the deal when they DO get a title shot! Did you people think I WANTED to get back into tag team action, much less have to defend two titles every week? The tag titles are Howlerama and the Legbreakers' gold to win! Johnny Evil's the only one with any consistency in his title reign, and he barely defends! Every single one of you, to a person, makes me sick.
But you're all just symptoms of the real cause. King Snarf - the only thing that has allowed you to sit in the same room as me (when you're actually around) is my loyalty to Louie Bastardo. I don't know where your head's been at since PenWing took your title and humiliated you, but it ain't in the wrestling business. You are late for Family meetings. You barely compete. You can't seem to find the time to do promos, making everyone else (particularly me and Louie) pick up the slack. I carried us during our tag team run and who cost us the titles in our three-way battle? Who was the guy who actually had them in his hands only to lose them to the most juvenile of ways? YOU, Snarf! Your complacency and stupidity lost the Family the Tag Team Donkey Lovin' Titles! And your attitude is affecting the rest of the Family!!!
Family Business has become fat, lazy, and complacent. Williams, you had the greatest potential weapon in your hands when you owned Darth, and you lost him to a pair of tits with a microphone! When the supposed leadership can't get their shit together, the faction is doomed to fall. Bastardos, let me make something clear. You have become the Roman Empire, and the barbarians are at the gate. The SDC wants your downfall. The Dark Lords want you destroyed. The Allied Powers have already wounded you. And there are plenty of other hungry wrestlers waiting to prove themselves at your expense. You people either shape the hell up, or you fall.
Out of loyalty to Louie and Grace, who I still believe have the ability to do great things with people of talent and desire, I didn't take each and every one of you out. I didn't rock any boats up until Wargasms. I made my worries clear to the leader of Family Business and let him deal with you people. But he's failed to get you in line, and I can't stand by and wait for the faction that I bled and sweated for to come apart because of their own laziness and stupidity. I never concocted a "traitor" in the Family's midst, but know this: every one of you has betrayed the Family Business. Every one of you is a traitor. You are all failures, whether you hold a title or not.
So, in case you haven't understood what I'm saying:
I QUIT FAMILY BUSINESS!!! Rot in hell, losers!
"Faded" plays again. The crowd is mostly cheering, though there are still plenty of people booing. Joe Mama takes a moment to flip off the camera while mouthing the words "Family Business". Then he exits the ring and heads out through the crowd.
Monroe: Strong words from Joe Mama. What will the Family's reaction be?
Marcum: I know what they'll do! They'll hunt him down and tear him apart! You don't just leave the Family! Joe Mama just signed his death warrant!!!
Monroe: I think he heard you, Marcum! I think he's heading back!
Marcum: That's because he knows he's right and I know he's right! The Family Business has done nothing for itself for months! The Roman Empire...great analogy Champ!!!
Monroe: You're a brave man, Marcum...
Marcum: Is he gone?