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I'm flattered, Solio, that, of all the people here, you chose to single out me and my time at the top as the best representation of what the UCA has been over the last few months.

The flattery ends there, though.

See, while I'm grateful that I won't be squandering any of my time in the undercard in a nothing feud thanks to your insistence that you need to come back and prove yourself against the so-called best the UCA has to offer, you're going about it all wrong.

You can monologue for half an hour, just as I have been prone to do, and you can rely on the crutch that many before you have done by reminiscing of the glory days when you were on top of the world in an effort to prove your relevance to a new, different UCA, but that's all it is, a crutch.

I'm not saying you're wrong, either. Hell, I've always been the last person to tell someone that they're full of themselves when the first thing they come at me with is that they're the best there ever was, or that all those years ago, they mattered, because that might be the truth.

I will be the first person, though, to say that I don't care. Because really, truly deep down, I don't, and surely I'm not the only one.

Yeah, you'll probably get the XIII's and DP's of the UCA to think, "yeah, I remember now, maybe this guy should be a threat", but do you really think someone like me, or Emerald, who wasn't around in those days should just accept that what you did years ago should make you any threat at all?

I've earned the spot that I'm in. Showed up every day, spilled my heart out to each and every person here, and worked hard to get where I am. I ended DP's historic reign. I defeated any who came against me, and I put on classic matches against Strife, who has earned his position all the same.

You're a few months removed from "fun" and being in the Lightweight division, but sure, you've said a few words about how you were serious back then and you're serious now, so you deserve to shoot right back to the top.

You don't deserve a thing.

Here's the thing, Solio. Every time some old-timer has come at me, they've said the same thing, and every time, I've said I didn't care. Every time they tried to use the past as a way to carry them in the present, I've proven that my hard work and dedication is worth more than word of mouth in the end.

I respect you Solio, for everything you've done, for everything you are, for the admin who I introduced myself to during my first week here and looked up to, but that doesn't mean a single thing anymore.

I may be relatively insignificant here, in the grand scheme of things, but I'm not stupid. I know what's going on here, and I know what'll continue to go on until we get to the very end.

Slowly, we'll see legends, old greats, former champions show up, and think "I used to be awesome, let me just stroll back in here, declare myself the top dog, and fit right back into the main event, I mean, who cares about everything anyone has done while I wasn't paying attention". You aren't the first to do it, and I'll bet anything that you won't be the last.

Undisputed Title or not, today's UCA is one that I helped build, one that I, along with a few others, tried to keep afloat while you and a dozen others decided not to show up. Today's UCA is not your glory days, and I'll happily be that gatekeeper who makes sure you, and any others who want one last hurrah, don't get a chance to relive them.
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