May 6, 2008

In the latest installment of HWA Online's Take 5, "Astonishing" Aaron Williams is put on the hot seat...

HWAOnline: First question, how are you feeling? You took one heck of a beating at the hands of Sweet Lou Roberts and Dustin Rayz at HWA CyberClash 3.0, then the following night you and Dustin Rayz got into it at HWA Uprising. Are you back to 100%?

Aaron: I've had about a week or so to let my body heal up so I'm doing ok. My neck is still a little stiff, I'm not back at 100% yet but I'm very close.

HWAOnline: Back in January, The Mavericks exploded at HWA Outbreak. Have you considered getting another tag team partner?

Aaron: I have no plans of reentering the tag team division right now. One reason is I was blessed when Alan and I teamed together because we had a very similar mind set to wrestling so we meshed well together and I doubt I could get that with anyone else right now. Another is I feel like I have something to prove as singles wrestler. I've been a tag team wrestler for the majority of my career, first as a member of a team called Satisfaction Guaranteed, then with the HWA as  a Maverick. So I like being on my own for the moment. But if I were to get back in to the tag team ranks down the road I'd like to team with  someone  could learn from like a Chris Hero. Or somebody with a more contrasting style to mine, like  Vincent Nothing. I think Vince and I could work well together.


HWAOnline: You obviously look back fondly on your time as a member of The Mavericks and working with The Solution" Alan Wasylychyn. What are your feelings on The Maverick Split?

Aaron: My feelings are kind of mixed to be honest, Alan had been a major influence on my HWA career from my first day with the company. As a matter of fact I wrestled Alan in my first match in an HWA ring. With encouragement from others we decided to join up and form The Mavericks rather than go it alone and we became great friends and great tag team partners. Until HWA Outbreak... actually looking back things started to fall apart the day after our ladder match loss to The Irish Airborne at HWA CyberClash 2.0 when we decided to hire Brock Guffman as our manager... but that's a whole other story. Let me just finish this answer with this, Alan made a choice and the choice he made was in my opinion a dumb one.  Now I've made my choice and he's not going to like it. 

HWAOnline: You mention things fell apart once Brock Guffman came on board, do you regret aligning yourself with Guffman?

Aaron: No, but only because I did learn from him and I've always tried to regret nothing. I'm a strong believer that the choices you make in life give you character. They define who you are. At the time Alan and I started to run with Guffman, professionally we weren't very confident in ourselves so we opted to get someone who could teach us and encourage us. The natural choice at that time was Guffman. He truly is a manager of champions, his  track record over the years definitely speaks for itself. However I don't think Alan and I were really prepared for how much Guffman would change us as a team. Alan obviously took to him well but I was another story. Guffman and I were always like oil and water, we just never really mixed. But in the long run I must admit he did his job. I know that sound crazy right? But in the beginning we hired him to encourage us and take us to another level. Well at HWA CyberClash 3.0 he did just that for me. As a matter of fact I'm not really sure I've ever been so inspired or encouraged about my in ring ability than I am now. And its all because Guffman told me that I can't. He said that my wining of the Pick Your Poison Battle Royal was a fluke. Now I'm ready to prove him wrong. So thank you Brock Guffman, you actually did me a huge favor that night.

HWAOnline: About this choice you said you've made, a choice you claim "The Solution"  is not going to like. Are you referring to the choice of what do with the open contract you won at HWA CyberClash 3.0 to take on anybody on the HWA roster, at any time, in any kind of match?

Aaron: I knew this question was coming.  I've had some time to weigh my options about what to do with my open contract. I could ask for a match with Alan, a match where I could make him scream and bleed until he couldn't take it anymore. Then I thought I could just demand a match with Brock Guffman to prove him wrong and show him first hand that he shouldn't underestimate me. As I contemplated my options I remembered something from the past, from a time when I was a fan of the HWA, I remembered the first time I saw Brock Guffman. It was in Evendale at an HWA Showcase, Guffman was managing a group called The A Squad and that night I saw him lead Pepper Parks to the ring as he challenged Matt Stryker for the HWA Cruiserweight Championship. Pepper won that night and it was one of the matches that made me want to become a pro wrestler and some day be the HWA Cruiserweight Champion. So I realized I could kill three birds with one stone, take care of Alan, make Guffman feel like someone stole his ridiculous shoes and walk out the first HWA Cruiserweight Champion in years. So having said all that I have informed the officials of the HWA that I'm using my open contract to get a spot in the Cruiserweight Championship Match at HWA Friday The 13th: Night of the Cruiserweights. Alan Wasylychyn, Brock Guffman and the rest of the HWA prepare to be astonished because on June 13th I've got something to prove and I'll stop at nothing to do it.