Post by MGH on Nov 20, 2007 11:22:16 GMT -5
Erick Stevens Ready For Chapter 2
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
We gotta take you to the hospital now," Austin Aries said to Erick Stevens.
"No way," Stevens muttered with his teeth grinding as he fought off the pain.
That was the scene in the locker room after ROH's October 5th event. Stevens was clutching his arm in agony. Moments earlier, Davey Richards had viciously attacked Stevens and targeted his arm. Richards finished the job with the Kimura submission hold (see highlights at www.ROHvideos.com in the 10/12/07 ROH Video Wire).
Stevens fought off the pain so he could catch his flight in the morning and get home. Instead of going home when he got off his plane he went straight to the hospital. Doctors told him he would be out of ROH for approximately 8-10 weeks. During that time period Stevens did some soul searching. Now he is ready for chapter two of his ROH career.
"While I was sitting home I just felt this rage grow and grow inside me," Stevens said. "I started to think that maybe I was a little too passive before. Maybe I was being a little too humble as the new guy. Maybe I was too much of a follower. What Davey Richards did to me should have never happened and I need to take responsibility for myself to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Davey, this rage is fueled by you and you will see a much different Erick Stevens when I return to ROH."
Stevens has two clear goals in mind when he returns on November 30th in Dayton. He has made it obvious that the first one is to get revenge on Davey Richards. However, Stevens has a somewhat surprising goal. He has challenged Austin Aries to a match. Aries had formed The Resilience with Stevens and Matt Cross earlier this year.
"Austin called me the morning of the Manhattan show," Stevens said, "He told me he had defeated Bryan (Danielson) the night before and was now the #1 contender for the World Title. He said he wanted to focus on going singles and he was disbanding The Resilience. I told him point blank that I was disagreeing with his decision. I have the highest respect for Austin Aries, but I don't think he had the right to break up something me, him and Matt Cross were working hard at. I want to wrestle Aries and I'm not out to hurt him like I want to do to Davey, I want to beat him and show him he made a mistake when he broke up The Resilience."
"I appreciate where Erick is coming from," Aries said. "I know what it takes to be a champion, though. I have the biggest match of my ROH career, make that my life, on December 29th in Manhattan when I challenge Nigel McGuinness for the World Title in the main event of ROH's fifth pay-per-view. Everything I do from now until December 29th has to prepare me for that World Title Match. I'm sorry but I just can't think of tag teams or faction warfare now. I want to become the first two time World Champion in ROH history. If Erick wants to help me prepare for that by giving me a good, athletic contest, I accept."
Aries sees the larger, lariat hitting Stevens as a real test before facing McGuinness. It will be Aries vs. Stevens on December 1st in Chicago Ridge, IL. Stevens has spent his time away from ROH getting refocused. He has gone through his initiation period. He is ready to become a force in ROH. The next chapter of Stevens' ROH career is about to begin.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
We gotta take you to the hospital now," Austin Aries said to Erick Stevens.
"No way," Stevens muttered with his teeth grinding as he fought off the pain.
That was the scene in the locker room after ROH's October 5th event. Stevens was clutching his arm in agony. Moments earlier, Davey Richards had viciously attacked Stevens and targeted his arm. Richards finished the job with the Kimura submission hold (see highlights at www.ROHvideos.com in the 10/12/07 ROH Video Wire).
Stevens fought off the pain so he could catch his flight in the morning and get home. Instead of going home when he got off his plane he went straight to the hospital. Doctors told him he would be out of ROH for approximately 8-10 weeks. During that time period Stevens did some soul searching. Now he is ready for chapter two of his ROH career.
"While I was sitting home I just felt this rage grow and grow inside me," Stevens said. "I started to think that maybe I was a little too passive before. Maybe I was being a little too humble as the new guy. Maybe I was too much of a follower. What Davey Richards did to me should have never happened and I need to take responsibility for myself to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Davey, this rage is fueled by you and you will see a much different Erick Stevens when I return to ROH."
Stevens has two clear goals in mind when he returns on November 30th in Dayton. He has made it obvious that the first one is to get revenge on Davey Richards. However, Stevens has a somewhat surprising goal. He has challenged Austin Aries to a match. Aries had formed The Resilience with Stevens and Matt Cross earlier this year.
"Austin called me the morning of the Manhattan show," Stevens said, "He told me he had defeated Bryan (Danielson) the night before and was now the #1 contender for the World Title. He said he wanted to focus on going singles and he was disbanding The Resilience. I told him point blank that I was disagreeing with his decision. I have the highest respect for Austin Aries, but I don't think he had the right to break up something me, him and Matt Cross were working hard at. I want to wrestle Aries and I'm not out to hurt him like I want to do to Davey, I want to beat him and show him he made a mistake when he broke up The Resilience."
"I appreciate where Erick is coming from," Aries said. "I know what it takes to be a champion, though. I have the biggest match of my ROH career, make that my life, on December 29th in Manhattan when I challenge Nigel McGuinness for the World Title in the main event of ROH's fifth pay-per-view. Everything I do from now until December 29th has to prepare me for that World Title Match. I'm sorry but I just can't think of tag teams or faction warfare now. I want to become the first two time World Champion in ROH history. If Erick wants to help me prepare for that by giving me a good, athletic contest, I accept."
Aries sees the larger, lariat hitting Stevens as a real test before facing McGuinness. It will be Aries vs. Stevens on December 1st in Chicago Ridge, IL. Stevens has spent his time away from ROH getting refocused. He has gone through his initiation period. He is ready to become a force in ROH. The next chapter of Stevens' ROH career is about to begin.
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