"I wanna be the ideal Tyler Black"

Tyler Black: "Whether it be five, six times that I've tried to win the belt in New York City. Whether it be Chicago, Manassas, Edison - I can't even remember all the places I've said these words before. And I can go through all the clichés and tell you that 'This time it's gonna be different'. That 'Somehow I have a feeling inside me, it's gonna change the outcome of tonights match with Austin Aries'. But I can't. I've got nothing. All I can say is that I've done some real soul searching over the past month. I've looked inside myself, I've looked in the mirror and I've made a couple of decisions. First, I'm done relying on anyone but myself. I'm sick of it. It's only gotten me this far. It's gotten me to the hump, but hasn't pushed me over. It's like a glass ceiling that I just can't break. And second, I'm determined to work harder than I've ever worked before. In the last month, maybe two - or even, Hell, go back to when I had my surgery - since then I've been pushing and pushing and pushing myself. To be in the best physical and mental and soulful shape that I can be. So basically, I wanna be the ideal Tyler Black. Now, that's kind of an interesting statement. The ideal Tyler Black. Is that what the fans want? Or is that what I want? Or is that a melting of both? I don't know.

But I'm sick of placing the blame in different directions. I'm sick of pointing fingers at the message board, at Austin Aries, at Nigel McGuinness. Or at anyone else - beside for myself. There comes a time - pardon me, Briscoes - when you just have to Man Up. You have to grasp responsibility, choke it and watch it puke its guts out. Because at the end of the day I'm the only one who controls my destiny. And they've been saying for two years: 'Next World Champ. Next World Champ'. Two years I've been hearing that, ringing in my ears, over and over and over and over. Maybe I let it get to my head, maybe that's what slowed me down. I don't know, but I've got the blinders on now. I am as focused as I have ever been. And that's why tonight is gonna be different. Because I am the perfect machine. I am the ideal Tyler Black. For myself and for you. And when it's all said and done, it's not gonna go an hour, it's not gonna go to the judges. Because I'm sick of relying on other people. At the end of the day I will do whatever it takes to get the job done and reclaim what is my destiny, what is my fate. And that is to be the Ring Of Honor World Champ."