00:04You know, it was a year ago this week that I debuted on ECW.
00:12And a lot of people, actually most people said that when I came back to
00:15the WWE, that maybe I should have made a bigger impact.
00:20That somehow being on ECW was like a demotion.
00:27Well, I never looked at it like that.
00:28You see, I've been in this business a long time, 15 plus years, and ECW to me feels like
00:34home.
00:39ECW gave me a chance, ECW gave me the ball, and I ran with it.
00:46ECW let me reconnect and compete against one of my oldest and best friends, the
00:51cornerstone, the glue of ECW for so many years, Tommy Dreamer.
01:00ECW let me mentor young, up and coming superstars like Yoshitatsu.
01:05He has a huge future.
01:07He does.
01:09And the best part of all of it is that I got to do most of it as the ECW
01:14champion.
01:17And I stand before all of you, my peeps, the longest reigning current champion in the WWE.
01:28Tonight, I fight for every ECW original who wanted these three letters to mean something.
01:39Tonight, I fight for every young ECW superstar in the back that's trying to find their way.
01:44ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW, ECW!
01:55Tonight, ECW goes away forever.
02:02But I will always be proud that I was a part of something great.
02:07And I'll always be proud to say that I was the very last ECW champion.
