DEFonDEMAND Exclusive Interview

Standing smack-dab in front of the DEFIANCE Interview backdrop, the BFTA Brainchild “Brighter” Tom Morrow looks pretty pleased with himself. 

Tom Morrow:
I walked through the locker room last time we were on DEFtv. Want to know what I noticed? BFTA’s got your attention now, don’t we? I said that scores were going to settled. And I apologized to Alvaro de Vargas personally because of his need to get revenge on Keyes. I’ll be the first to admit I was wrong cause when he delivered on it? It was pretttttty sweet. He took Keyes out and left him looking like a mummy in some stupid steampunk broom closet. You all talk about Corvo Alpha dropping Keyes out of that skybox window, but he wouldn’t have been in that position to do it had it not been for the beating AND the burning that Alvaro gave to him. 

He tips an imaginary cap to the camera. 

Tom Morrow:
Corvo Alpha? Lord Nigel? You are both VERY welcome. 

Morrow continues. 

Tom Morrow:
And we didn’t stop there. When Jack Mace put his hairy, lice-ridden hands on me instead of taking the money and being a good little foot soldier? He’s half a world away working on some independent UK shows for beer and peanuts. He’s done in DEFIANCE, you hear me? DONE. 

A hand is waved across his throat to indicate as such. 

Tom Morrow:
And the payback didn’t stop there! PCPs? Not only did you get beat AGAIN by The Lucky Sevens! OPHELIA SYKES PINNED THE D! That’s embarrassing! Oof. Sorry, The D. You might be The D, but it was BFTA making sure that all of PCP got the shaft! Scratch that one off the list!

Morrow’s giddiness can’t be hidden any longer. 

Tom Morrow:
But one of the best ones… oooooooohhhhhhh… When Minute’s head went BOUNCING off that garage door? That was MUSIC to my ears, kids. Music… didn’t need any of that autotune dubstep nonsense, either. REAL music. I heard the kid suffered a ruptured eardrum that’s gonna take a little bit to heal. So sad… cause that was just step one… Los Tres Titanes. 

He inches closer to the camera. 

Tom Morrow:
I told you that I would NEVER forget what you did to me at DEFCON last year. I was HUMILIATED. I was BEATEN. I was TREATED LIKE GARBAGE! I’m Tom Morrow! I’m one of the most brilliant wrestling minds of the last twenty years! You turned MY OWN FATHER Thomas Keeling against me and I had to put that old man down by having The Lucky Sevens take him out because his brain was poisoned instead of helping me with BFTA where he should have been! This is all on you. EVERYTHING is on you! 

Now his giddiness is gone. Replaced with contempt. 

Tom Morrow:
This is one special case to me where, for once… it’s not about the money for me. I’m not interested in making a DEFCON match built around There won’t be any grudge matches between us for what happened last year because you, Uriel… Titaness… and your little lucha buddy who just had his head caved in… my revenge is making sure NONE of you make it to DEFCON. The Lucky Sevens and Alvaro de Vargas are going to MAKE SURE of that. And… speaking of Alvaro… He’s got a little something to say to a couple people. 

Shuffling out of the way, Morrow moves and allows the 6’8” El Sol Dorado to step forward and smile for the camera as it pans up to capture him. 

Alvaro de Vargas:
Que bola, Minute. Sorry about your ear, pendejo… oh, sorry, Tom. Where’s my manners?

Alvaro grabs his right ear and tugs.

Alvaro de Vargas:
QUE BOLA, MINUTE! SORRY ABOUT YOUR EAR, PENDEJO!

An evil grins crosses his face. 

Alvaro de Vargas:
Senor Morrow is right… Revenge is pretty fun. Me Encantó. Adding Pirata Dirigible to my list of burn victims? Even better. Ruining Los Tres Titanes’ lives? Excelente. But there’s one other person I’m hearing that wants a little payback himself. Someone else wants a taste… isn’t that right, Leyenda de Ocho? 

Morrow nods behind him as he presses on. 

Alvaro de Vargas:
Tu pequeña mierda… you don’t like what I did to your mentor, Henry Keyes, do you? You, the little Cosplay Plague Doctor…

Tom Morrow:
Cosplague Doctor! See what I did there?

Alvaro de Vargas:
What he said… you want to avenge Pirata Dirigible? Step out from BRAZEN to make a name for yourself? Come do it in the ring on DEFtv, pendejo. No temo a nadie, hombrecito. I’ll even leave Los Siete Afortunados in the back. Just know, if you take this challenge… I can’t guarantee you won’t end up in a cocoon of bandages either. As Keyes might have told you in between pained gurgles in his little cocoon… I burn people AND I hurt people… I just haven’t decided which one I’m going to do to you first.

Another grin. 

FIN. 

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