[Backstage, Eddie Guerrero, with his WWE Championship belt, walks into the locker room to see Chris Benoit pacing back and forth]
Órale, Benoit!
[sees Guerrero] Hey, how you doin'.
[see Benoit still pacing back and forth] Wassup, homes? What's goin' on, vato? [chuckles] Careful homes. Uh, you might, uh, dig your own trench here— all you pacing back and forth, ese. Heh. I can you see you're, uh, getting focused, right? I mean, WrestleMania XX, ese vato, it's only the biggest night of y—
[stops Guerrero] H-hey-hey-hey! I know, I know. [beat] I know... [paces again]
That's right, Chris, you know. I mean, all the years...that you put into it...you working out...time away from your family...working through your injuries—
[stops and interrupts] Alright, Eddie. [paces again] I know...
Chris, come here. Let me talk to you. [Benoit stops and complies] Bro, I just want you to know, okay? I've been like a brother to you. Talkin' to you like familia, ese vato. I just want you to know, man, that no matter what happens tonight, ese, I'm proud of you, ese.
[pats Guerrero on the back] Proud of you.
Win or lose, I'm always gonna be proud—
[taken aback] Woah— hey. [points to himself] There's no lose, and don't talk to me like that. Alright?
Well, I mean, c'mon, Chris, you're taking on HBK— Triple H— it's the biggest night of your life, man, the biggest match of your career! Homes, I mean...c'mon, vato, nobody really expect you to win, ese. Nobody really...believes—
[incensed] —believes in me? Believes in me!? I believe in me! I BELIEVE IN ME!
[Guerrero looks away from Benoit]
I BEL— [forces Guerrero to look Benoit in the face] LOOK AT ME! I BELIEVE IN ME! And that's all that damn well matters! I've known you for 12 years! You've never turned your back on me! Huh? What's up with tonight? Huh? Tonight is my night. My night! My night! Because I believe! I'm proud of you. [points to Guerrero's title] You've won your WWE Title. Huh? [points to himself] Tonight...is my night.
[Guerrero glares at Benoit before laughing]
[unamused] What the hell are you laughing at?
[overlapping] Órale, vato! [tries to comfort Benoit]
[overlapping] WHAT the hell are you laughing— [sees Guerrero's hand and flinches away] Woah—
[excitedly] TAKE IT EASY, ESE! SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF YOU, HOMES! THIS FIRE! Because, this is the Chris Benoit I believe! That fire that's in your eyes, man! That's the Wolverine that I took on every night in Japan! That's the Wolverine that's gonna tear Triple H and HBK apart, and walk out the World Heavyweight Champion—!
[comforts Guerrero] You damn right! 'Cause after tonight, you will be walking out of Madison Square Garden [points to Guerrero's title again] with the WWE Title!
[rears his head back excitedly] Órale!
And I will be walking out the new World Heavyweight Champion!
Yeah!
And that is that! [walks off]
Órale, vato! I BELIEVE, CHRIS!
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