>>20770866>... Now!>Let's clarify a few things.>No. That match with Jade was not a one-off. I am back and I'm back for good, folks!>How much time "for good" is... well... That's something we'll have to figure out together.>I'm healthy. I'm cleared. I'm actually in better shape now than I was most of my WWA run so far.>But as I stand before you. I am a human being and I will one day die, so...>I can't make the types of promises I could a few years ago. Even a few months ago.Ash inhaled before smirking.
>So respect your God damn elders. I'm gettin' old, so we're gonna need a bit of patience.>Speaking of patience... We've got a few elephants in the room to address.>Number one.>Jade Thorn.>...>Congratulations on your hard fought victory. It was a thrill wrestling my first singles match back with you.>... I wish that didn't have a big asterisk to it. I wish it was under better circumstances.>... I wish I was wrestling a better woman.>The woman I thought you were when we were first scheduled to fight one another.>Not... whatever the hell that is.>But. I came up short regardless. No excuses. You, whatever the fuck you are now, were the better fighter that night.>I can only pray you're able to turn that off when you go home to your kid.>...>My fight with you is over. >But it looks like your fight with you has just started. So handle that.>Maybe if you brought this out a few months ago, you'd have been defending the world title that night.>And that brings us to item number two...[3/5]