IT'S NOT A FUCKING GAME JON, I am an innocent man! Innocent! I’ve never done...

"I am an innocent man! Innocent! I’ve never done anything to anybody. I’m harmless, so why is everybody always out to get me, huh?! Why am I the one they didn’t want in school? Why am I the one that got expelled? Why didn’t that kid get expelled for making fun of me for my Halloween costume? Why is it such a bad thing that I shoved a stick from my candy apple down his throat because of it? What was I supposed to do? Why am I the one who’s dangerous? Dangerous?! Me?! Why am I the one who needs help? Help?! I don’t need help from anybody. I never have, and I never will. There was a girl though, once, she told me she loved me. She used to tell me that all the time. She had this really adorable dog. It was a Boxer, and he used to bark really loudly through all hours of the night. He never shut up, and he kept her up at night before her big, final exam. And I just wanted her to do well on her exam, so I shot the dog, and all of a sudden I’m a bad guy, and you don’t love me anymore! I’m so sorry. I guess I never do a damn thing right! I’ve given 5, 6 years of my life to this sport. Ever since Les Thatcher caught me out behind his building trying to jack his car. Nothing I ever do is worth a damn. Everybody thinks I’m gonna cause problems! Nobody wants Jon Moxley in their company! Because he’s gonna do all this stuff that’s gonna make everything so bad for everybody! ‘Cause he doesn’t know how to just sit there and keep to himself and wrestle. Yeah, okay, whatever. But Elite Pro, February 28th, in Oakbridge Illinois is gonna be a big night. There’s a Gauntlet match, number 1 contender for the TV Title. A Gauntlet match. Somebody’s gonna have to RUN THE GAUNTLET. I know about running the gauntlet. This! (He points to the street corner) This is a gauntlet I ran every damn day of my life! I lived in an apartment right around that corner. And everyday when I came home, I had to get through this damn little gauntlet, and all these obstacles. The first one was right here. There was a big, scary guy named Levon. He used to stand right here. And when he saw me coming, I would have to put my hood up and walk really, really fast because if he saw me, he would give me dope and make me sell it. And then he’d beat me up and take all the money. And over here, over here asshole, come over here. (He moves to to corner of the street) Crazy hobo I used to call Jack used to live right here. He was a crackhead. I had to walk really fast to get by this little obstacle, too. Because if he thought I had anything of any value on me, he’d beat the crap out of me and take it. Over here, over here, this is the worst. (He moves further down the street to another corner) This spot, this corner right over here, right around the corner from my old house. This is where my mother worked. And I had to walk really fast, and try really hard not to look at this corner. Because if I saw the way food got put on our table, I’d wanna jump into that damn river. There are five other guys training really, really hard. They’re in the gym right now, they’re running around the tracks. They’re wrestling hard, they’re lifting weights. They think they can run the gauntlet. You take a good hard look into these eyes, and realize you can’t win. You don’t have what it takes to win. You don’t even know the rules of the game."

— Jon Moxley (seriously this transcript doesn’t do it a bit of justice, I recommend everyone watch this)