KO's POV
It took me 14 long years to get to this moment, 14 years of traveling hundreds of miles, just to wrestle for 10 dollars in a high school gym, and when I finally got to the WWE, it took me 2 months to capture one of the most prestigious titles in the company, even if it is a developmental title. I like to think that's why everyone I'm walking past in gorilla is watching me go by with looks of disgust on their faces, they're just jealous that they've been here for months and in some cases years and have yet to have the NXT championship around their waist, but I know that's not true.
I know that they're looking at me like that because they think what I did was wrong, that I'm a jealous, selfish prick who beat the living hell out of his best friend, just for a belt, but there's not a doubt in my mind that they would do the exact same thing if they were in my shoes, just like I said at the contract signing, this championship means more money and a better life for me and my family.
I use one hand to hold up the NXT championship on my shoulder and use the other to turn the doorknob and enter the men's locker room, I carefully place the title beside me and open up my bag, I find a bottle of water and take a sip before checking my phone.
From: Karina
You took this way too far Kevin, was making a better life for us really worth ruining Sami's?
I would be lying if I said I didn't expect this response from her, I know I did a bad thing, but I did it for us, and I don't exactly see how I ruined Sami's life, I beat him up pretty bad but its not like his life is over, maybe his career.
I hear the door creak open, revealing the general manager of NXT, William Regal, as always he's got that scowl, but this time he seems especially upset.
"What the bloody hell were you thinking out there Owens?" I let out a sigh.
"What was I thinking? Mr regal, you have a family right?, a wife?, kids?" I ask regal.
"I do" he briefly responds.
"And you would do anything to make things better for them, even if it means beating your best friend of the last decade and a half to a pulp?" I say while putting my phone and title in the bag and zipping it up.
"That's beside the point Kevin, you didn't do this for your family, you did it for you. It made you angry that all of your friends from the indies made it here before you, it made you angry that you were wrestling when you were hardly old enough to drive a car and you were pushing 30 by the time WWE actually called you, and in a fleeting moment you took all of that aggression out on Sami and you enjoyed it".
"So what if I did?, what's wrong with me taking out a little pent up rage?" I retort as I sling the bag over my shoulder.
"That's not what our sport is about, it's about finding out who is the best, fair and square, not causing a referee to end a match for your opponents safety".
"Save the lecture, I'm leaving" I grumble as I try to leave the room, but he stops me.
"You know Kevin, you remind me of a guy on the telly, he loved to make excuses for the terrible things that he did, he used the excuse that every bad thing he did was for his family and their wellbeing, but it was just that, an excuse"
"Are you done?, because I've got better things to do than listen to you call me a terrible human being for the tenth time" he finally steps aside and I storm out out of the room.
It doesn't matter what anyone thinks of me or what I did, because in the end, I know I did the right thing.