locker room tour and casual interview

The camera enters a room in the backstage area, Matt Sydal’s personal locker room.
On the wall is motorcycle equipment such as a black Harley helmet with a national guard sticker on the back and a black leather jacket with the national guard design on it again. There are several books around about Quantum physics and mechanics, studies of how you can live forever and PWI magazines. He has several DVDs ranging from of his and his buddies from the indies to best of highflying, WCW cruiserweight history and old VCR tapes ranging from Ricky Steamboat to Jushin Liger and ECW.

There is a couch and a wide screen TV to watch his tapes and DVDS with a DVD and VCR player. There is also the mini television on the upper wall to watch what goes on during the show.
There are all extras of his belts he’s earned on the wall. His marketing and bachelor degrees as well are on the wall. There’s a gymnastic mat on the ground, a speed bag and a treadmill.

Next we see Matt walking in, a five foot eight, average american stature but short for his profession. jet black short hair, clean cut boyish looks and brown bright optimism filled eyes. he smirks a friendly open smile.

Matt: Hey guys! Matt here, this is my personal locker room, dressing room, training room, this is the room where I watch tape and really I’m just able to relax and do my thing. As you can see I love to ride my motorcycle, I actual opened up my own shop last year, I also read a lot, I’m very interested in science like quantum mechanics and physics, studies of how to live forever, lots of DVDS and tapes of my friends, my colleagues, myself, my favorite wrestlers and inspirations.

Cameraman: Are you excited for the PPV?

Matt: Of course. I’m in a tag match, pretty awesome. The great thing is I don’t care what part of the card I’m on, I focus on delivering that match of the night. I’ve jobbed, I’ve energized a crowd early in the show or pumped them out during a boring show and I’ve main evented with John Cena. I’ve wrestled at WrestleMania, Madison Square Garden, Japan and China tours. In the span of 13 years I’ve become pretty much a young veteran, I have more experience then most young guys here which is great and some younger new guys are kind of old now, I mean 30, I’m 30 but I’ve been doing this since I was 17.

Cameraman: Where you trained, did you ever skip school to go train?

Matt: Yes but I was a good student and my teachers knew, everyone close to me knew what I was up to.
I’d sneak out maybe the last two periods of the day, help set up the ring, bounce a round a bit.

Cameraman: You were a natural!

Matt: I was and I was always so happy, it was my niche and I think because I was athletic I did hang out with friends in my neighborhood when I was little, I had the nickname Speed Star and I was fast and agile and energetic, then I did martial arts and gymnastics, did high school wrestling my freshmen year went to wrestling camp got injured then tried again in my senior year and was pretty successful but I’ve always loved pro wrestling and was a backyard wrestler, a local star in my hometown of Missouri, I wrestled at St. Peters wrestling organization which was for backyard wrestlers then went to Gateway, a cable access wrestling show and school and I was able to get my pro license at 17 in 2000 of October then in 2003 I went on to the indepedents and by 2003 I was with guys like Colt Cabana, CM Punk who’ve been doing it since the late 90s. I was an extremely lucky kid.

Cameraman: What are your plans for the PPV?

Matt: Win or lose have a flawless match, make my partner look good, give him tips before the match and be the cheerleader on the sidelides when he’s tagged in and innovative tag maneuvers and pull off some of more PPV-style signature moves, you’ll get way more than your money’s worth for sure.

Cameramen: You’re very friendly does that ever come as a road block in this competitive and aggressive business.

Matt: It’s competition to me and sometimes I have to get aggressive on some of the locker room jerks but I’m never out there to injure anyone. If I’m with a colleague who I’m a close colleague or friends with we shake hands and put on a match for the crowd, of course we are trying to win but it’s like playing video games or one on one basketball with a friend but say if I have to fight a jerk I go all out, use my martial arts training, use my stiff-shoot style I perfected in places like Japan and England, I mean I’ve defeated less friendlier guys like Jack Swagger, Chavo Guerrero, Mike Knox, Paul Burchill and Chris Jericho.

Cameraman: Can’t wait.

Matt nods and smirks he raises the peace sign as the cameras leave.

Cameraman: What a cool guy.