Post by PhoenixFeathers on Oct 4, 2012 1:28:27 GMT -5
Lets get down to it here Trademark, start of your career you were very hated in the WCFW. Is that the way you wanted to come through?
Absolutely. When I debuted in the WCFW it was for buisness purposes. No way did I figure I would be where I am today. When I debuted Mike Inferno and I really had quite the grudge. Of course I was hated in WCFW for proving my company was best, I was a god damn hero to the attendance at FWI.
You say you were proving WCFW was inferior. Was there ever a time when you realized that this was the place you wanted to wrestle?
Well keep in mind, back in late 2009 WCFW and FWI were two very popular organizations. I've never left FWI and I hope my fans never did either. One night in particular I will never forget however, is when I first met my soon to be 3 time tag team championship partner Dan Collins. Keep in mind, after the whole angle with WCFW vs FWI I was not on a show for months. Until a few weeks before Badd Blood 2010. That Night, wrestling in my very first PPV, I knew it was gonna be a hell of a ride.
Trademark & Collins PPV Debut. Badd Blood 2010
In the summer of 2010 you and Collins were one of the most unique and fresh tag teams the company has ever seen. At what point did you decide it was time to be yourself.
Initially I've been myself since square 1. Since the moment I showed my face in a WCFW arena. People love me and people hate me, i'm honest about my opinion and i'm honest about things that matter to me. If everyone had the same opinion this would be a very boring ass planet... The first time going solo popped in my head I had a long talk with collins. Pretty much after Survivor Series 2010 I knew It was was only a matter of time before I was going my separate ways. Moving on to armageddon 2010, we lost the tag titles to John Morrison and Evan Bourne. Which I won't say is a very bad loss. However, me and Dan had quite the argument that night. I knew it was time to be me.
In early 2011 we got to see a very different John Trademark. One that not only looked more serious, but also looked ready to be a main event star. Royal Rumble was really a break out moment for you. From the road to Wrestlemania in 2011 you held the WWE Championship for about a month. Why so short?
Oh yeah, 2011 was a very big year for me. I did change myself up quite a bit. I wanted to be a lot more different than I already looked. You see, I have always and will always look very Indy so to speak. It's where I came from and it's who i'll always be. At the royal rumble I was ready and raring to go. I needed that extra spark. Your right, I beat the miz at Locked & caged. Definitely a match that helped boost my career. I also got a gnarly broken nose that night.. I've had my nose broken a lot. Out of everything i've broken wrestling, excluding my ribs. I think i've re-broken my nose at least 5 times. Also, No comment on the short title reign, as far as I see it I headlined a Wrestlemania. Nuff said.
JTM at Armageddon 2010
JTM Winning the Royal Rumble 2011
Lets talk finishers real quick. You've had quite a lot of them. Including that Double Moonsault, have you ever been scared to break your neck with that move?
Of course! Every single time I went to do it, it was a do or die situation. I did it because it's friggin awesome. I can't even tell you how many times my wife told me I needed to stop doing that move.... Over the years, I've had the Lightning Spiral, Barry White Driver, Psycho Driver the death from above and the good ol' Double Moonsault. Not the longest list ever, I need to think of more moves
At Extreme Rules 2011 you seemed to have dropped the ball when it came for the world title and started teaming with Jeff Hardy, whom currently is by your side again. What made you want to tag team again.
Keeping this an Honest Interview, I used to as a ploy at first, I figured teaming with one of the most successful superstars in the WCFW would be a good way to keep my name out there. Over time though, I started to like the guy. Really grew on me, cept for the fact that I'm straight edge.
At Summerslam 2011 You and Jeff, the dudleys and Edge & Christian put on one of the greatest TLC matches in the history of the WCFW. You and Jeff Walked out with the tag team titles. What was your mindset after that match was finished?
I knew this would be brought up. haha, all that was on my mind after that match was that I needed a good night sleep. The next day I watched over that match with the WCFW officials and let me tell you, we killed the show. I am honestly very proud even to this day of what me and jeff and everyone else who was involved did that night. It was fantastic.
Lets talk Last stand 2011.
That was quite possibly the reason me and Jeff did not continue working together. Not the soul reason, but a very good chunk of it. beating Jericho that night clean would have set my bar even higher, but of course Jeff being the attention seeker he was had to get involved. You can see it if you go back and watch the show, I was not very happy with Jeff coming in with the chair. We had a very huge argument that night but with the dream in mind, we got over it.
Trademark & Hardy after Last Stand 2011
Ahh, the Dream. Tell me about this a little bit.
The Dream, as crazy as it was, was very simple. I wanted to hold every single title in the WCFW. The farthest I got though was Tag Team, Hardcore and WWE at the same time. Wish I woulda actually done it.
During WCFW's 7 month absence from Youtube, what did you do?
I continued to work my ass off. After about a month of stringing what was left of Trademark Jeff, which By the way was our teams name. I got an offer from Mike inferno I could not refuse. Being true to my word even to this day. He told me: "John, if you want a shot at the World Title you have to drop the tag team championships." Me and Jeff were set to defend the titles at No mercy that month. But I dropped him to face for the title, which I didn't end up winning at that show. Jeff was really mad at me for what I did. Which I can't really blame him, but lets be honest. If he were in my shoes at the time, he would have done the same damn thing. We went at it for a few months. I even recall him calling me an absolute f*ckin piece of Sh*t. I don't know if I can swear in this interview, but bleep me if I can't. Needless to say, that fued was actually personal. Moving on a bit I regained the WWE title at December to Dismember 2011 in the 6 man hell in a cell and I held it through Badd Blood 2012, which was the broadcast return for WCFW.
Lets go back to Wrestlemania. As I remember it was the start to the broken ribs thing?
It was indeed. At wrestlemania Randy Gave me a hard ass punt to my ribs causing a fracture in my ribs. I continued to Wrestle though and ended up picking of the victory. Surprise surprise. Badd Blood However was the time when they really broke. See, I had orton on the stretcher and I was going for the double Moon on him and he had caught me in mid-air with that RKO right on the Stretcher, I went right through that damn padding. I knew something had broken. After the match I had to breathe through a tube. After checking them out at the hospital the doctor told me I had almost collapsed a lung. Boy am I lucky I didn't. He probably would have cemented my legacy then and there.
Orton Ruining the ribs of JTM Badd Blood 2012
Your absence from WCFW's official shows lasted almost 3-4 months. However, you competed in and won Tournament Of Death, debuting yet another new attire. This time, you looked serious. However, the tournament of death put a huge toll on your body. The victory granted you a world title match at Unforgiven. Where you happy to see Orton still the world champion when you knew it was time to come back?
You're damn right. Seeing Orton still at the top of the food chain was pretty Sh*tty, but I was happy to get in there and get my revenge.
JTM winning TOD 2012
You had a very unorthodox way of returning. Can you tell us a bit about it?
Well, lets be honest. Who's more unorthodox than John Trademark? I needed a different way to return, everyone always returns by surprise. Granted my return was a bit of a surprise for some. Secretly I had the Hardys promoting my return all along. Considering the "He" They were walking about was infact "me" I figured it was only suitable for a man of my stature.
Final question here. Since your ribs are injured again, and making it to Wish Upon A Blackstar is off the list of things to do. How much longer do we have to wait until we see John Trademark back to wooping some serious ass?
Well man, only time will tell. It won't be too long you can count on that. My ribs are not broken again so I wont be out for months again. The John Trademark people became marks for is still here. He is still kicking, and I promise. Orton will pay for what he did to me.
John Trademark at Unforgiven 2012.
Thank you guys for reading this. I thought this was appropriate to do seeing as a lot of you guys have JTM in your feds now. Just wanted you all to know the backstory of why he actually came about and why he actually came to be. If you read this whole passage you're a true legend. This also goes out to John or TrademarkLAS. Thanks for letting me use your character. Hope you all enjoyed this.
Absolutely. When I debuted in the WCFW it was for buisness purposes. No way did I figure I would be where I am today. When I debuted Mike Inferno and I really had quite the grudge. Of course I was hated in WCFW for proving my company was best, I was a god damn hero to the attendance at FWI.
You say you were proving WCFW was inferior. Was there ever a time when you realized that this was the place you wanted to wrestle?
Well keep in mind, back in late 2009 WCFW and FWI were two very popular organizations. I've never left FWI and I hope my fans never did either. One night in particular I will never forget however, is when I first met my soon to be 3 time tag team championship partner Dan Collins. Keep in mind, after the whole angle with WCFW vs FWI I was not on a show for months. Until a few weeks before Badd Blood 2010. That Night, wrestling in my very first PPV, I knew it was gonna be a hell of a ride.
Trademark & Collins PPV Debut. Badd Blood 2010
In the summer of 2010 you and Collins were one of the most unique and fresh tag teams the company has ever seen. At what point did you decide it was time to be yourself.
Initially I've been myself since square 1. Since the moment I showed my face in a WCFW arena. People love me and people hate me, i'm honest about my opinion and i'm honest about things that matter to me. If everyone had the same opinion this would be a very boring ass planet... The first time going solo popped in my head I had a long talk with collins. Pretty much after Survivor Series 2010 I knew It was was only a matter of time before I was going my separate ways. Moving on to armageddon 2010, we lost the tag titles to John Morrison and Evan Bourne. Which I won't say is a very bad loss. However, me and Dan had quite the argument that night. I knew it was time to be me.
In early 2011 we got to see a very different John Trademark. One that not only looked more serious, but also looked ready to be a main event star. Royal Rumble was really a break out moment for you. From the road to Wrestlemania in 2011 you held the WWE Championship for about a month. Why so short?
Oh yeah, 2011 was a very big year for me. I did change myself up quite a bit. I wanted to be a lot more different than I already looked. You see, I have always and will always look very Indy so to speak. It's where I came from and it's who i'll always be. At the royal rumble I was ready and raring to go. I needed that extra spark. Your right, I beat the miz at Locked & caged. Definitely a match that helped boost my career. I also got a gnarly broken nose that night.. I've had my nose broken a lot. Out of everything i've broken wrestling, excluding my ribs. I think i've re-broken my nose at least 5 times. Also, No comment on the short title reign, as far as I see it I headlined a Wrestlemania. Nuff said.
JTM at Armageddon 2010
JTM Winning the Royal Rumble 2011
Lets talk finishers real quick. You've had quite a lot of them. Including that Double Moonsault, have you ever been scared to break your neck with that move?
Of course! Every single time I went to do it, it was a do or die situation. I did it because it's friggin awesome. I can't even tell you how many times my wife told me I needed to stop doing that move.... Over the years, I've had the Lightning Spiral, Barry White Driver, Psycho Driver the death from above and the good ol' Double Moonsault. Not the longest list ever, I need to think of more moves
At Extreme Rules 2011 you seemed to have dropped the ball when it came for the world title and started teaming with Jeff Hardy, whom currently is by your side again. What made you want to tag team again.
Keeping this an Honest Interview, I used to as a ploy at first, I figured teaming with one of the most successful superstars in the WCFW would be a good way to keep my name out there. Over time though, I started to like the guy. Really grew on me, cept for the fact that I'm straight edge.
At Summerslam 2011 You and Jeff, the dudleys and Edge & Christian put on one of the greatest TLC matches in the history of the WCFW. You and Jeff Walked out with the tag team titles. What was your mindset after that match was finished?
I knew this would be brought up. haha, all that was on my mind after that match was that I needed a good night sleep. The next day I watched over that match with the WCFW officials and let me tell you, we killed the show. I am honestly very proud even to this day of what me and jeff and everyone else who was involved did that night. It was fantastic.
Lets talk Last stand 2011.
That was quite possibly the reason me and Jeff did not continue working together. Not the soul reason, but a very good chunk of it. beating Jericho that night clean would have set my bar even higher, but of course Jeff being the attention seeker he was had to get involved. You can see it if you go back and watch the show, I was not very happy with Jeff coming in with the chair. We had a very huge argument that night but with the dream in mind, we got over it.
Trademark & Hardy after Last Stand 2011
Ahh, the Dream. Tell me about this a little bit.
The Dream, as crazy as it was, was very simple. I wanted to hold every single title in the WCFW. The farthest I got though was Tag Team, Hardcore and WWE at the same time. Wish I woulda actually done it.
During WCFW's 7 month absence from Youtube, what did you do?
I continued to work my ass off. After about a month of stringing what was left of Trademark Jeff, which By the way was our teams name. I got an offer from Mike inferno I could not refuse. Being true to my word even to this day. He told me: "John, if you want a shot at the World Title you have to drop the tag team championships." Me and Jeff were set to defend the titles at No mercy that month. But I dropped him to face for the title, which I didn't end up winning at that show. Jeff was really mad at me for what I did. Which I can't really blame him, but lets be honest. If he were in my shoes at the time, he would have done the same damn thing. We went at it for a few months. I even recall him calling me an absolute f*ckin piece of Sh*t. I don't know if I can swear in this interview, but bleep me if I can't. Needless to say, that fued was actually personal. Moving on a bit I regained the WWE title at December to Dismember 2011 in the 6 man hell in a cell and I held it through Badd Blood 2012, which was the broadcast return for WCFW.
Lets go back to Wrestlemania. As I remember it was the start to the broken ribs thing?
It was indeed. At wrestlemania Randy Gave me a hard ass punt to my ribs causing a fracture in my ribs. I continued to Wrestle though and ended up picking of the victory. Surprise surprise. Badd Blood However was the time when they really broke. See, I had orton on the stretcher and I was going for the double Moon on him and he had caught me in mid-air with that RKO right on the Stretcher, I went right through that damn padding. I knew something had broken. After the match I had to breathe through a tube. After checking them out at the hospital the doctor told me I had almost collapsed a lung. Boy am I lucky I didn't. He probably would have cemented my legacy then and there.
Orton Ruining the ribs of JTM Badd Blood 2012
Your absence from WCFW's official shows lasted almost 3-4 months. However, you competed in and won Tournament Of Death, debuting yet another new attire. This time, you looked serious. However, the tournament of death put a huge toll on your body. The victory granted you a world title match at Unforgiven. Where you happy to see Orton still the world champion when you knew it was time to come back?
You're damn right. Seeing Orton still at the top of the food chain was pretty Sh*tty, but I was happy to get in there and get my revenge.
JTM winning TOD 2012
You had a very unorthodox way of returning. Can you tell us a bit about it?
Well, lets be honest. Who's more unorthodox than John Trademark? I needed a different way to return, everyone always returns by surprise. Granted my return was a bit of a surprise for some. Secretly I had the Hardys promoting my return all along. Considering the "He" They were walking about was infact "me" I figured it was only suitable for a man of my stature.
Final question here. Since your ribs are injured again, and making it to Wish Upon A Blackstar is off the list of things to do. How much longer do we have to wait until we see John Trademark back to wooping some serious ass?
Well man, only time will tell. It won't be too long you can count on that. My ribs are not broken again so I wont be out for months again. The John Trademark people became marks for is still here. He is still kicking, and I promise. Orton will pay for what he did to me.
John Trademark at Unforgiven 2012.
Thank you guys for reading this. I thought this was appropriate to do seeing as a lot of you guys have JTM in your feds now. Just wanted you all to know the backstory of why he actually came about and why he actually came to be. If you read this whole passage you're a true legend. This also goes out to John or TrademarkLAS. Thanks for letting me use your character. Hope you all enjoyed this.
