Outside Edward Jones Dome - St. Louis, Missouri. March 21st, 2012
With the sunset over the city of St. Louis, Trenty gazed at the place where WrestleMania was taking place. Something in the environment gave him goosebumps... The Edwards Jones dome, EBWF's home. Trent rested his leather jacket over his shoulder and took a deep breath. Dressed in some jeans and a black polo he looked at his destiny, locking horns with his childhood friends in the curtain jerker of the night. He dragged out his cellphone and punched the screen with his index a few times before placing his iPhone to his ear.
Trent Barreta: Awkward.
Mikey Whipwreck: Told you so... The three amigos would end up making me proud at WrestleMania...
Trent Barreta: It's odd. We've matched up and done mat work on countless occasions but this is different... This is WrestleMania!
Mikey Whipwreck: Yeah, but you guys can work through a match with your eyes closed... You guys know each other very, very well... The fans are going to love it! And who knows? Maybe this is just the beginning of a much bigger thing between you guys. I've said this like a hundred times but you three are meant for something big... I know being NWYC's HIFI Champ or World Champ isn't much but, I know a legend in the making when I see it... Zack Ryder's massive use of media to put himself over, Your charisma and Curt Hawkin's thirst for glory... You guys aren't Breakout championship material for nothing...
Trent Barreta: Right.
Mikey Whipwreck: Who is going to win it?
Trent Barreta: The people in attendance and the fans watching from home.
Mikey Whipwreck: Not the answer I was expecting...
Trent Barreta: You know, I've thought "It's just another match, with my two best friends ever... " Then I remember I'm opening the biggest Wrestling event of the year.
Mikey Whipwreck: Just go out there and have fun... And give Matt and Brian my regards... You three should come to one of NYWC's homecoming shows people would love to see their big stars... Brian Myers, Brett Matthews and Plazma.
Trent Barreta: I'll see what I can do... Mikey, thanks for the words of advice,
Mikey Whipwreck: Anytime... Oh and Trent?
Trent Barreta: yeah?
Mikey Whipwreck: Please do the Top Rope Dudebuster piledriver.
Trent Chuckled.
Mikey Whipwreck: Tony Nese sends his regards... It looks like he's having a rough time kickstarting at TNA.
Trent Barreta: I didn't know he was at TNA, I haven't spoken to the man in ages!
Tony Nese, better known as The Premier Athlete or Maverick in the New York Wrestling Connection was Trent Barreta's tag team partner and friend during their NYWC Tag Team title run.
Trent Barreta: I need to talk to him, man it's been ages! Anyway Mikey, I'm going to have a walk around the Arena and see if the stage is already set, I want to get a glimpse of that so called WrestleMania environment everyone is always speaking about.
Mikey Whipwreck: You do that! Best of luck.
Trent Barreta: Thanks.
Trenty ended the call and placed his phone on the pocket... As he walked towards the Edward Jones dome it went off again... Trent grabbed the phone from his pocket reading "Laura" on the ID caller... He ignored the call, silenced the phone and went through the doors of the dome, he had more important stuff to care about than a dizzy girl who didn't know if she was coming or going.
EBWF.NET EXCLUSIVE PROMO - St. Louis Missouri.
The scene faded from black with the camera panning upwards, shooting a pair of combat boots, camouflage pants and an olive wifebeater... As the camera reached his face (painted with camouflage stripes) Trent Barreta saluted the camera before tapping on his military combat helmet. The camera panned out slowly to reveal a massive M1 Abrams tank:
Trent Barreta: Greeting and salutations soldiers!
Trent spoke out loud, his hands soon wrapped behind his back as he began walking back and forth, the camera following him as he walked.
Trent Barreta: "Operation Breakout" will begin at 0900 hours sharp. Now it is time for Advanced Infantry Training or AIT...
Trent paused for a moment before removing his helmet.
Trent Barreta: Who am I kidding? Do I sound like G.I. Bro or what? All the military slang I've learned is from Metal Gear Solid! So guys, this is me in a big badass tank about to make a statement. A statement about what? Well I'm pretty sure your eyes have been glued to the EBWF programming these past months...
The camera panned out furthermore to show the Tthe Four seasons St. Louis hotel where most of the EBWF WrestleMania XI events were taking place.
Trent Barreta: So if you've watched me, you probably know by now I'm kind of a quiet nice goody shoes fella... A man with simple tastes. Honest, friendly, loyal, courageous, and freakishly slick with my thumbs. I am always in a good mood, willing to have advice or a gamepad offered to you whenever you're feeling down in the dumps... I've played with, Zack Ryder, I've played with A.J. Lee, I often play with AJ Styles, I've played with Goldust... And we just sit down and grab our gamepads, slap in our old SNES cartridges or whatever and have a grandaddy old time! I love my friends... Unfortunately this declaration of war involves someone who I thought I was friends with.
Trent looked over his right shoulder at the hotel's main gate.
Trent Barreta: The main objective of this operation is behind those walls. Someone who I'm afraid has already...
The camera zoomed in into Trent's face as he whispered audibly into the camera.
Trent Barreta: Joined the dark side... I'm talking about Curt Hawkins. Yes, we grew up in New York City dreaming about becoming wrestlers. Yes, we were the DudeBusters in FCW and won a couple of Tag Team Titles there. Yesm we were friends... But something has changed. His thirst for glory has blinded him completely and driven him away from his friends.
Yes, we were trained together.
Trent shook his head a couple of times.
Trent Barreta: He became a man so self centered he would make Liquid Snake look like the pope, his abuse of power at Warfare was nothing compared to Hitler's! Curt Hawkins is a traitor, a sellout... But it doesn't take a rocket science to come up with that conclusion! I mean Benedict Arnold was a traitor and a sellout, but he wasn't Broskis with George Washington! Ever since he's hanging out with Kane he believes he's on top of the world, he completely neglects his losses in the ring and acts like he had sold his soul to the devil...
Trent tooked over his right shoulder at the hotel again.
Trent Barreta: The worst part? He doesn't even care... He took all we've been through, all the rough times that had made me look up to him and Zack and dumped them in the recycle bin, right clicking and then emptying it... I hope you catch my drift! Curt is probably sitting there in his breakfast table with his title around his waist or over his shoulder, smirking to himself, thinking how he's the greatest thing since Kinect... Allow me to quote a Broski and say: Are you serious bro?
The camera focused back on Trent.
Trent Barreta: This is all my fault, I failed to see through Curt and to realize he had indeed joined the dark side... The man I knew and respected is long gone and instead now I have to match up against Darth Curtious. How could I have been so dumb and not realize he had turned into a sith lord?
He nodded to himself and turned to the tank.
Trent Barreta: So basically this is my declaration of war for Curt Hawkins, I will board this tank and ride it into the lobby an all the way up the stairs and into the terrace of the sixth floor, where and event called "Breakfast of Champions" would be held... Trust me, it's not going to be pretty.
He sniffed a little.
Trent Barreta: The place reeks of evilness... I've heard The Miz is going to be there, but he's not my top priority right now. I will ride this tank all the way to the sixth floor and confront Darth Curtious and his evil Juiced up Rastafari Apprentice! He's Mt. Muscle I know, but I got this little baby to help me...
Trent taps on the tank's side.
Trent Barreta: The real talking will be done in the ring, but today I want him to see my declaration of war! I want him to fear me, respect me, to take me seriously and maybe with a taste of this cannon he will... Ah! There comes the infantry! Just in time!.
Trent snapped his helmet on and slipped on a pair of goggles, swiftly riding up the small staircase that lead to the door of the tank... Before he could slip in, the Chickbusters A.J. and Kaitlyn walked right past him.
Trent Barreta: Awesome, the infantry is here! Right on time!
Kaitlyn looked around everywhere.
Kaitlyn: What? Where?
Trent Barreta: You two! Want to help me destroy an evil wrongdoer??
A.J. Struck a Karate Pose, losing her balance a little, while Kaitlyn held her from the shoulder.
A.J. Lee: Of course! I'm always up for beating a wrongdoer! Who are we talking about? Luthor? Aunt Jemima? Penguin? The Joker?
Kaitlyn: Aunt Jemima?
A.J. Lee: You would fail to realize how many people have developed Type 1 Diabetes for drinking Aunt Jemima Syrup.
Trent Barreta: Worse than all of them combined.
Kaitlyn didn't want to add, as he was taking the "evil wrongdoer" to Dinner with the divas. A.J. looked at the tank.
A.J. Lee: Dude, where did you get a tank?
Trent Barreta: Easy! I pressed: CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, L2, R1, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE and it spawned next to me.
Her hands soon rested on her hips and she tilted her head to the side, frowning a bit.
A.J. Lee: You're such a Sony Fanboy, Trent. Are you aware that spawning a Rhino will lock up a whole bunch of trophies and achievements?
Trent nodded painfully.
Trent Barreta: I'm afraid this is more important than Trophies and achievements A.J. This is a matter of honor and respect.
A.J. Lee: It sure does sound important if you don't care about locking up trophies! But aren't you aware that riding on that tank would probably raise your wanted level to six stars in no time?
Trent Barreta: It is important. I mean, I don't mind when he takes the pizza boxes for him when we're playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or when he grabs my bullets on Gears of War... I even completely ignored the time when he offered to trade my Kadabra so it would evolve to Alakazam and he refused to give it back because his link cable was broken.
A.J. Lee: That was mean.
Trent Barreta: This is the last time I am letting him walk all over me! It's over, I'm not going to let him push me around. I thought he was my friend, but all he has displayed as of late was jealousy. Did you see last week's match? He was the referee and he couldn't call it down the middle... I felt like I was being refereed by someone aligned with the Empire.
Kaitlyn rolled her eyes.
A.J Lee: Just remember by running around with a tank your wanted level would rise fast. Soon the army will surround you, choppers would chase you and assault vehicles will be all over you! They won't stop until you're shot down! I know you'd spawn in the nearest hospital without your weapons and half of your money... But there'd be a 10 second window of time where I'd be inconsolable.
Trent Barreta: Your words are moving but I already made my choice... I'm riding this tank all the way up to th e sixth floor! I'm going to run down everyone who stands in my way! I will stop at NOTHING.
A.J. Lee: Trent...
Trent Barreta: Not listening. I will give Darth Curtious the scare of his life!
A.J. Lee: Seriously? That's a shame because I just happen to have a copy of Mass Effect 3 on my hotel room.
Trent Barreta: Why didn't you say so before? Screw Curt Hawkins. I'll just beat his ass on Sunday.
Trent jumped off the tank and smiled at A.J. Walking away from the tank with her, leaving Kaitlyn scoffing and rolling her eyes.
Kaitlyn: Nerds.
Someone tapped Kaitlyn on the shoulder... The camera panned out to show a police officer handing her a ticket.
Officer: Is this your tank? You forgot to feed the meter.
The scene faded to black as the cop handed Kaitlyn a ticket.
Edward Jones Dome, Wrestlemania XI - March 25th, 2012
The scene faded from black to display Josh Matthews wearing a black suit with a blue tie.
Josh Matthews: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to WrestleMania X! Please welcome... The Dudebuster, Trent Barreta.
"Contra" by Vomitron blasted over the PA system and Trenty wasted no time on stepping out through the curtain. Dressed in an 8-Bit T-shirt and his Black and cyan wrestling tights he walked towards his interviewer... His music fading slowly.
Josh Matthews: Trent, you'll be opening WrestleMania XI in just a few minutes in a Triple Threat match against Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. What are your thoughts?
Trent Barreta: I can't wait to get in that ring and face them Josh, I really want to show the EBWF and the world I am the true Breakout star in the match. I worked my ass off to get the spotlight on me Josh, tonight all that hard work is finally going to pay off.
Josh Matthews: How do you feel about facing your friend Zack Ryder in this match?
Trent Barreta: Everyone knows I am friends with Zack and I... Think I'm still friends with Curt. Zack and I haven't talked as of late... But I've said it before and I'll say it again: It takes cojones to come out here and put your career down the line for the sake of entertainment... He earned his title shot at Fallout and lost, but still he wasn't going down, he was resilient, he was determined to show the EBWF he is the next big star in the business... And as his broski, I couldn't deny him that chance...So I offered him shot at my number one contender spot... My WrestleMania moment. I've been playing video games and watching TV since I can remember and it has taught me one lesson: Good guys always win in the end. Did you see last week's match? Zack and I were matching up in the ring, in a clean match... But the special referee thought it would be fun to screw us over. In the end it was him who ended up screwed up and booked into this match with not only one opponent but two. Zack knows that when that bell rings we will become rivals, opponents, but never enemies. If Zack beats us and becomes the breakout champion I would be more than happy to raise his hand and celebrate with him after the match... I'm pretty sure he would do the same if I won the match.
Josh Matthews: Have you talked to Zack?
Trent Barreta: Funny that you mention it, yes. We were in the WrestleMania Access together yesterday and had a blast with the fans, we played videogames and Magic: The Gathering... But we didn't speak a word about tonight's match. We know we are opponents, only one of us will become champion in the end... We don't need that kind of tension in our friendship... We both know where this is going, and our friendship is bigger than this match... I'll be more than proud of Zack if he wins tonight...
Josh Matthews: You are the youngest of the three... Do you see that as an advantage?
Trent Barreta: Age doesn't really matter... Randy Orton is EBWF's youngest World Champion ever, a record I would love to break, Jamilia Craft can't gamble but she knows how to kick some ass... I was was always the kid... I have to admit I felt a bit jealous about Ryder and Hawkins debuting on national TV alongside Edge, I felt jealous when they captured their first Tag Team titles... But I didn't let that jealousy consume me... I just trained harder and saw their steps and growth as a path to follow... Look at me years after, sharing a ring with them, having as much of a shot as they have at getting the Breakout championship. Words can't describe how much I owe Curt and Zack, I've only taught them about videogames... While they have been teaching me about life and schooling me over and over again... Tonight I show them their teachings worked like a charm on me...
Josh Matthews: Have you talked to Curt Hawkins as of late?
Trent Barreta: Negative. I haven't talked to him since shortly after Fallout, it's just as if he was too busy with his new friends Kane and Tyler Reks to care about his broski... I got the message loud and clear, like a shot of his cane to the back of my head, like a thousand stabs on the back of my head, like when you're playing Super Mario World and you go to the bathroom... You then come back and find out your buddy has stolen all of your extra lives...
Josh looked puzzled.
Trent Barreta: It is clear that Curt Hawkins doesn't want me around him... And To be honest I have tried very hard not to mess with him and his... friends? I have very, very high suspicions he is a Sith lord....
Trent lowered his voice as he made that serious accusation... Josh looked awkwardly at him.
Trent Barreta: Sadly, the circumstances make me cross his path as an threat... And you know? That's not a bad thing, Curt has always had problems giving me the space and importance I deserve... That's why I shocked him a couple of months ago in our match, that's why contrary to his words I became the number 1 contender for his title last month on a brutal match, that's why I am standing here before you, with beating him on my mind... I'm going to prove Curt wrong... It sucks he doesn't want to be friends anymore, but tonight I'm going to show him he shouldn't have messed with me in the first place...
Josh Matthews: are you saying your relationship with Hawkins is broken beyond repair?
Trent Barreta: Well Josh if you know your history you might recall only one man has ever come back from the Dark side shortly before dying... Anakin Skywalker.
Josh had no comment.
Trent Barreta: I'm not saying it is impossible for Curt to return to being another DudeBuster and a Broski, but the way I see it... He is more focused about his success and his new friends than about his old broskis. Josh I would lie if I said I don't want Curt Hawkins to be my friend again, but tonight it's not about that... Tonight is about becoming the Breakout champion. Tonight is about me doing what I've been doing since the moment I stepped foot into this company as a singles competitor... Winning, proving people I'm championship material and a star in the making! I remember the day when I was level one... I'm way, waaaaay past that! And Curt is going to have a taste of it tonight... Now if you excuse me it's time for me to kick Hawkin's ass...
"Contra" hit over the PA System and Trent Threw his arms up in the air as the scene faded to a commercial break.