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and to share that moment

on top of the Cage of Death

with him, to have that and hear the crowd

and share that moment with

Nick Mondo is something

I'll always remember and cherish.

He paved the way for guys like

myself and a lot of others

to continue this style

and genre of wrestling

and to keep CZW alive.

He was one of the pioneers,

and as I like to say often,

part of the ultra-violent

foundation that built the company

and paved the way and to give guys like me

to be able to do all this craziness.

So Nick, thank you very much.

If it wasn't for you, there wouldn't be

a Lucky 13, so thanks.

As I was telling

everybody before, Nick Mondo

will always be a special memory for me.

An inspiration to

myself and many others.

Inspiration.

Everything about Sick Nick

Mondo inspired me so much.

Mondo is my inspiration, he's my idol.

He impacted my whole wrestling career.

He inspired me in many ways, such as

wrestling moves, of course.

Assault Driver!

That's it,

we're going to see it.

New champion.

No, oh!

Oh, my God.

Oh!

So that leaves me with this.

With a broken ankle in two places

and needing surgery.

I had an opportunity to

wrestle the ultra-violent

icon Zandig.

Basically it was the Sick Nick Mondo,

Zandig bump of 2003, which is basically

a bump that inspired me to

be as crazy as I am today.

Ruptured tendons.

Surgery.

I was inspired by Nick Mondo,

and I tried to emulate

him and to do stunts

just as crazy as the ones he was doing

back in the United

States and over in Japan,

but I broke my back.

I broke my spine and

had to quit wrestling.

Just like that it was gone.

I just hope that the legend

of Sick Nick Mondo never dies

and it keeps influencing people

the way it's influenced me.

I mean, thank God I found him and CZW

and everything else that followed.

I mean, you were around

for such a short time,

but you made such an impact

on so many people's lives.

Wrestlers, wrestling fans, everyone, man.

Look at you.

What a leader.

With your followers

carrying on your legacy.

Sacrificing, bleeding,

all to become the image that you created.

A reckless, furious, suicidal maniac.

Breeding violence.

That's who you are.

That's all you are.

And you know this.

But no, you wanted this, you wanted it!

You chose this, and you knew the price.

You understood, even as a boy,

the wages of sin is death.

Not flesh wounds, not broken bones, death.

And you stopped short.

Now there's blood on your hands.

There's blood on your hands.

Not just your own.

It's the blood of your

followers, of your disciples.

So stand up like a man and finish the job.

No.

I was confused.

I was misled.

But the message.

The message was never meant to be guilt.

It was a gesture of compassion.

A free gift that could never be repaid.

But it was never meant to be.

The path I chose,

the path that I created, led me to a lost,

isolated battlefield where

nobody is victorious.

But it was my choice.

And it is my choice

to lay my weapons down.

Listen to me.

There is no separation.

You are a part of me,

and I know what that means.

But this time, I decide how it ends.

No, don't do it, don't do it.

It's not worth it.

You were always,

always and will be

what extreme wrestling,

hardcore wrestling,

and ultra-violent

wrestling is meant to be.

I think it's fine if

people want to get involved

in wrestling, even death-match wrestling.

But you need to be sensible

and you need to know

when it's time to step away.

So I hope that's more part of my legacy is

if people are gonna follow

me, I hope that they follow

the decision to leave

at the right time, too.

I've had some people tell

me that I've inspired them

to do what they're doing,

and it's on one hand

flattering and on another

hand kind of disconcerting,

because I understand

what's gonna happen to them

if they mimic what I'm doing.

So I just hope that

people walk the same road

that I did and just know

when it's time to walk away

'cause it's gonna wreck

your life if you don't.

So I hope that's the case.

No longer anchored down

The world's inside me now

My love will see me through

Till I return to you

In time

In time

In time

In time

It gives then takes away

It breathes then breaks away

I'm just a drifting breeze

Sailing never-ending seas

No longer anchored down

The world's inside me now

My love will see me through

Till I return to you

In time

In time

In time

In time

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