The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 6, Episode 15 - Hulk Arnold - full transcript

[JOE COCKER'S "WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" PLAYS]

-♪ BABY ♪

-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪

-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-AT SOME POINT IN
YOUR TEENAGE YEARS,

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU
MAKE A DISCOVERY.



YOU FIND OUT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY GOOD AT SOMETHING.

IT'S THAT CRITICAL JUNCTURE

WHERE TALENT
BECOMES EXPERTISE...

KINDA.

IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO STAR.

OR...

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

END UP FLAT ON YOUR FACE.

-TWO POINTS... TAKEDOWN!
GOOD MOVE, ARNOLD!

-AROUND THE MIDDLE
OF MY JUNIOR YEAR,

I FOUND OUT SOMETHING
ABOUT MYSELF.

-KEVIN, I CAN'T BREATHE!

-THIS'LL JUST TAKE A SECOND.

-FOR SOME STRANGE REASON...



DON'T ASK ME HOW,
DON'T ASK ME WHY...

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-PIN!

- I WAS GOOD AT WRESTLING.

-GOOD COMBINATIONS IN THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WHO'S
NEXT FOR ARNOLD?

-[CLEARS THROAT]

-NOT TO BRAG OR ANYTHING.

-HEY, SORRY, CHUCK.

I GUESS YOU'RE JUST
HAVIN' A BAD DAY.

-OF COURSE, I DIDN'T
MIND GLOATING A LITTLE.

-I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

-UH, NO, WHEN YOU
DO EVERYTHING RIGHT,

IT'S THE OTHER GUY WHO'S SORE.

-THAT'S VERY FUNNY.

I JUST WISH WE'D
START SOFTBALL AGAIN.

-WELL, YOU ARE
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT.

-FACE IT...

SOME GUYS HAD IT,
SOME GUYS DIDN'T.

AND SOME GUYS...

-HEY, KEV, WHY DON'T YOU GO
OUT FOR THE WRESTLING TEAM?

-WHAT?!

- WERE LAZY.
- WELL, WHY NOT?

I MEAN, YOU GOT THIS WEIRD
NATURAL ABILITY, RIGHT?

-HEY, HOW MUCH TIME
DO I WANT TO SPEND

JAMMED INTO SOME GUY'S ARMPIT?

-THE WAY I SAW IT,

HAVING A WEIRD NATURAL
ABILITY WAS ONE THING,

BUT GETTING SERIOUS
ABOUT IT WAS ANOTHER.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- YOU'RE ARNOLD, RIGHT?

-UNTIL I RAN INTO MR. CLEAN.

-UH... I GUESS SO.

-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU'RE NOT SURE?

-NO, I'M SURE.

-BUT I STILL DIDN'T
KNOW WHO THIS GUY WAS.

-I'M SILVA, THE WRESTLING COACH.

OH. HEY, HOW YOU DOING?

-YOUR P.E. TEACHER
GAVE ME YOUR NAME.

I HEARD YOU CAN WRESTLE.

-WELL...

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT GOOD.

-I DIDN'T SAY I HEARD
YOU WERE GOOD.

I SAID I HEARD YOU CAN WRESTLE.

-WELL... YEAH, I GUESS I CAN.

-I HATE TO SEE
TALENT GO TO WASTE.

WHAT ARE YOU... ABOUT 140?

-YEAH.

OF COURSE I HAD THAT JELLY
DOUGHNUT AFTER LUNCH.

-I GOT A SLOT OPEN AT 140.
YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOT?

-WELL...

-AND THERE YOU HAD IT.

I'D BEEN WOOED,
RECRUITED, AND SIGNED,

WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A TRYOUT.

SO, OF COURSE, I SAID...

-I DON'T THINK SO.

I MEAN... YOU KNOW...

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
TOO MUCH... WORK.

-WELL, IF THAT'S HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.

-I KIND OF DO.

-FINE.

BUT YOU MIGHT DO
YOURSELF SOME GOOD.

YOU GET TO COMPETE,
GET YOURSELF IN SHAPE...

MAYBE LOSE SOME
OF THAT BABY FAT.

-WAIT A MINUTE. BABY FAT?

-LOOK, I'VE JUST GOT A LOT
OF THINGS TO DO THESE DAYS.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

-ALL RIGHT. SUIT YOURSELF.

-I MEAN, HEY, I DIDN'T
HAVE TO STAND THERE

AND PUT UP WITH THOSE INSULTS.

BABY FAT? PFFT!

IN FACT, I'D JUST PUT THE
WHOLE THING OUT OF MY MIND.

[TV CHATTER]

-WAYNE?

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FAT?

-WHAT?!

NAH, LOOK.

EVERYBODY GETS THAT.

IT'S PART OF WHAT THEY
CALL THE MATURING PROCESS.

-EVIDENTLY THE ONLY PART
IN WHICH WAYNE PARTICIPATED.

-WHAT, ARE YOU WATCHING
YOUR FIGURE OR SOMETHING?

- [CHUCKLES]
- NO.

JUST THE COACH ASKED ME TO
TRY OUT FOR THE WRESTLING TEAM.

-YOU?

[LAUGHS] [DOOR OPENS]

-WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
[DOOR CLOSES]

-DAD, BUTTHEAD'S GOING
OUT FOR WRESTLING.

-OKAY. IT WAS TIME FOR A LITTLE
ENCOURAGING MORAL SUPPORT.

-THE WRESTLING TEAM?

-COME ON. WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THAT?

-NOTHING.

IT'S JUST A PRETTY
BIG COMMITMENT.

-SO? I COMMIT!

I'VE COMMITTED
TO LOTS OF THINGS.

-[LAUGHS] YEAH, RIGHT.

MR. COMMITMENT.

[LAUGHS]

-THEN AGAIN, I DIDN'T
HAVE TO SIT AROUND HERE

WITH A BUNCH OF FAT GUYS.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-LET'S GO. LET'S
SEE SOME ENERGY.

-I... WAS A WRESTLER.

SO I DECIDED TO
GIVE IT A SHOT...

SHOW UP FOR PRACTICE,

HELP OUT THE TEAM.

-WORK THAT MAT.

GOOD. GET OUT OF THAT.

-I MEAN, THE GUY

HAD PRACTICALLY GIVEN
ME AN ENGRAVED INVITATION.

-GOOD. GOOD.

-HEY, COACH.

-YOU'RE LATE!

-UNLESS, OF COURSE,
IT GOT LOST IN THE MAIL.

-PRACTICE STARTS AT 3:45.

YOU'RE LATE FOR PRACTICE,
YOU DO FIVE EXTRA LAPS.

YOU'RE LATE TWO DAYS IN A ROW,

DON'T BOTHER SHOWING
UP ON DAY THREE.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

- NICE SEEING YOU, TOO.
- WHAT?

-NOTHING.

-ALL RIGHT. YOU,
YOU, YOU, OVER HERE.

LET'S TRY SOME BREAKDOWNS.

-STILL, MAYBE THIS
WOULDN'T BE SO TOUGH.

FIGURED I'D WATCH
SOME DEMONSTRATIONS,

SEE A FEW HOLDS...

-ARNOLD.

YOU'RE UP.

- OR BE THE GUINEA PIG.

-ME?

-SPIDER. COME HERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS GUY CAN DO.

-OKAY, THEN. I
COULD HANDLE THIS.

IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR

I HAD A BASIC ADVANTAGE
OVER THIS GUY...

-STARTING POSITIONS.

- MAINLY, POUNDAGE.

-YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?

-YEAH, SURE.

-YEAH, THIS WAS GONNA
BE A PIECE OF CAKE.

-OKAY...

WRESTLE!

-[GRUNTS]

-HMM.

-ARNOLD, YOU GET
THE POINT HERE, RIGHT?

HE MAKES A MOVE, YOU COUNTER.

-YEAH. YEAH, I
JUST... WASN'T READY.

-ALL RIGHT. ONCE MORE.

-YOU READY?

-YEAH.

-[ CHUCKLES]

FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU.

-WRESTLE!

ALL RIGHT, ARNOLD,
GET SOME LEVERAGE.

GET SOME LEVERAGE IN THERE!

-THE THING WAS,

THIS WAS REALLY A
LOT LIKE GYM CLASS,

WITH ONE SMALL DIFFERENCE...

IN GYM CLASS, I
WAS THE GUY ON TOP.

-ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-NOT THAT I WASN'T HAVING FUN.

-ALL RIGHT, SPIDER. THANKS.

-PIECE OF CAKE.

-THE REST OF YOU...

PAIR UP BY WEIGHT CLASS.

LET'S GET TO WORK
ON SOME COUNTERS.

-WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S IT?

-WHY'D YOU LET HIM
PIN YOU LIKE THAT?

-OF COURSE, LOOKING BACK,

I PROBABLY JUST SHOULD
HAVE PROMISED TO DO BETTER.

BUT INSTEAD...

-YEAH, WELL...

YOU KNOW, THESE SHORTS
ARE REALLY HARD TO WRESTLE IN!

- I MADE EXCUSES.

-I SEE.

-AND ANYWAY, I
DIDN'T LET HIM PIN ME.

HE WAS PRETTY MUCH THERE.

AND BESIDES,

YOU GOT TO SAVE SOMETHING
FOR THE MEETS, RIGHT?

-OH, IS THAT RIGHT?

RODGERS, COME ON, SHOW
ME THAT PINNING COMBO!

COME ON!

-LOOK, I JUST DON'T THINK
YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I CAN DO YET.

-I'VE SEEN ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.

KEEP WORKING, KEEP WORKING!

-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

-HOW COULD YOU EVEN
CALL THAT A PRACTICE?

I MEAN, FIRST, I
WASN'T EVEN READY.

AND THEN THE KID PULLS THIS...

PRETZEL HOLD I'VE
NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE.

-I'D ABOUT HAD IT.

-WHY DO I PUT
MYSELF THROUGH THIS?

-AFTER ONE AFTERNOON,

I'D DECIDED TO PUT AN END
TO MY WRESTLING CAREER.

-THAT MUST REALLY HURT.

-♪ LET'S GET IT ON ♪

-THEN AGAIN...

-♪ LET'S GET IT ON ♪

♪ LET'S LOVE, BABY ♪

-HE ALSO MASHED MY CHIN.

IT'LL PROBABLY LOOK A
LOT WORSE TOMORROW.

-♪ LET'S GET IT ON ♪

♪ WHOO-HOO ♪

-AND YOU SHOULD
HAVE SEEN THE GUY.

HE WAS A GIANT.

-I NEVER KNEW WHAT
IT WOULD BE LIKE.

-WHAT?

-YOU KNOW... DATING A JOCK.

-OH.

-I JUST WISH I COULD
MAKE IT ALL BETTER.

-♪ THERE'S NOTHIN'... ♪

-SO, I DECIDED TO GIVE THE
SPORT ANOTHER CHANCE.

-HEY, COACH!

WE'VE BEEN AT THIS AN
HOUR! HOW ABOUT A BREAK?

-OH, I SEE.

NOW THAT YOU'VE MASTERED IT.

-WHOOPS.

SEE, MAYBE THE COACH AND I

HAD GOTTEN OFF ON
THE WRONG FOOT...

METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING.

-LISTEN, COACH, I THINK

MAYBE YOU'RE GETTIN'
THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT ME.

-UH-HUH. AND WHY IS THAT?

-WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M A LOT BETTER

THAN I'M SHOWING YOU HERE.

-OH, IS THAT RIGHT?

-YEAH.

[SCOFFS]

I MEAN, I BEAT EVERY GUY IN P.E.

-UH-HUH. AND WHO
WERE THEY AGAIN?

-I SUDDENLY REALIZED THE NAMES

CHUCK COLEMAN AND SKEETER LUTZ

WEREN'T GUARANTEED TO IMPRESS.

-LOOK, EVERYONE
KNOWS I'M GOOD AT THIS!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-IN CASE ANYBODY DIDN'T HEAR,

ARNOLD HERE SAYS HE'S A
LOT BETTER THAN HE LOOKS!

[LAUGHTER]

NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY!

HOW ABOUT FIVE LAPS TO
CELEBRATE MR. ARNOLD'S GREATNESS?

-GUESS THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR.

IN TWO DAYS, I'D GONE
FROM BLUE-CHIP PROSPECT

TO TEAM LAUGHINGSTOCK.

-OKAY, YOU GUYS,
LET'S HIT THE SHOWERS!

I GUESS SOME GUYS
HAVE SO MUCH TALENT...

THEY DON'T EVEN
NEED TO RUN LAPS.

IS THAT RIGHT, ARNOLD?

-NO.

I'M JUST REALLY BEAT.

-YOU'RE BEAT?

ARNOLD, IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS,

I'M GONNA MAKE UP A LIST OF
THE NEW MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM.

DO YOU WANT TO BE
ON THAT LIST OR NOT?

-NOW, OF COURSE I SAID

WHAT ANY
SELF-RESPECTING TEENAGER

WOULD SAY IN THIS SITUATION...

-I DON'T CARE.

-SPEAK UP.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SCREW
AROUND WITH YOU, ARNOLD.

DO YOU WANT TO BE
ON THIS TEAM OR NOT?!

I WANT AN ANSWER... YES OR NO.

-I WANTED TO TELL HIM EXACTLY

WHERE HE AND HIS TEAM COULD GO.

BUT WHAT I HEARD
MYSELF SAY WAS...

-YES.

-AND THE WORST PART WAS...

I REALLY MEANT IT.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
CASH REGISTER DINGS]

-SO, HOW'S IT GOING, HAYSTACKS?

-HOW'S WHAT GOING?

-THE WRESTLING! WHAT ELSE?

-WELL, IT'S GOING. OKAY, CHUCK?

-DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,

THE PRESSURE BEGAN TO BUILD.

-A LITTLE EDGY, AREN'T WE?

-IT'S JUST THAT THE
FIRST MEET IS COMING UP.

YOU GONNA WRESTLE
THAT GUY GURNEY?

-WHAT'S A GURNEY?

-DOUG GURNEY!

THIS GUY TOOK STATE LAST YEAR.

KID'S MADE OUT OF,
LIKE, TITANIUM, OR SOMETHING!
- CHUCK!

-I MEAN, HE'S PINNED
EVERYBODY HE'S FACED.

HE'S, LIKE, THE KING
KONG OF WRESTLING!

I'M DEFINITELY
GOING TO THIS MATCH.

-I WOULDN'T MISS IT.

-YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, I MIGHT NOT
EVEN GET TO WRESTLE.

-MUCH LESS MAKE THE TEAM.

-OF COURSE YOU'RE
GONNA GET TO WRESTLE.

YOU'RE A NATURAL!

YOU BEAT ME, DIDN'T YOU?

-FACE IT, KEV... I MEAN,
YOU'VE GOT A GIFT.

-TERRIFIC.

I WAS THE ONLY NONSTARTER

WITH HIS OWN
PERSONALIZED FAN CLUB.

-YOU'RE GONNA BE GREAT!

-CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
YOU OUT THERE, MAN.

-THANKS.

-YEAH.

THERE WAS ONLY
ONE THING TO DO...

FALL BACK ON MY
GOD-GIVEN TALENT.

-AREN'T YOU EVER GONNA
GET THAT REVERSAL RIGHT?

-[SIGHS] I'M DOIN'
THE BEST I CAN.

-ARE YOU?

-WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

-IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS.

-GREAT. I'M TALKING TALENT,
THIS GUY'S GIVING ME ZEN LOGIC.

-[GROANS]
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-ALL RIGHT, LISTEN UP!

WE GOT A BIG MATCH COMING
UP AGAINST THE SPARTANS.

NOT ONLY DO THEY
HAVE DOUG GURNEY,

BUT THEY'RE TOUGH
IN EVERY WEIGHT CLASS.

I'LL BE POSTING THE NEW
TEAM ROSTER TOMORROW.

-BUT I DIDN'T NEED A PEP TALK,

AND I DIDN'T NEED
ANY TEAM ROSTER

TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE
I STOOD WITH THIS GUY.

-WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

-HECK, NO SENSE IN
DRAGGING THIS OUT.

-WELL, UH... I THOUGHT
WE COULD TALK...

YOU KNOW, ABOUT
THIS WHOLE THING.

I MEAN...

I GUESS WE BOTH KNOW

THAT IT'S REALLY NOT
WORKING OUT, RIGHT?

-IT WAS TIME TO END
IT... NO HARD FEELINGS.

-NOT THAT IT'S ANYONE'S
FAULT OR ANYTHING.

-IT'S JUST YOU WANT OUT.

-WHAT?

-I'M NOT SURPRISED.

YOU WANTED TO QUIT EVER
SINCE YOU FIRST CAME IN HERE.

-WELL, NO, THAT'S
NOT EXACTLY TRUE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO ASKED ME TO BE A PART...

-WELL, MAYBE I MADE A MISTAKE.

-WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

-WHAT IT MEANS IS,

SOME KIDS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES,

AND SOME KIDS JUST HAVE EXCUSES!

-I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I HAD COME TO BURY THE HATCHET,

AND THIS GUY WANTED MY SCALP.

-YEAH, WELL, FOR
YOUR INFORMATION,

YOU HAVEN'T REALLY GIVEN
ME MUCH OF A CHANCE!

-IS THAT SO?

-YEAH.

-OKAY, IN THAT CASE...

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.

-WHAT?

-YOU SAY YOU CAN WRESTLE?

SHOW ME.

-WHAT, HERE?

WITH YOU?

-DO YOU SEE ANYBODY ELSE
STANDING AROUND HERE?

COME ON, ARNOLD.

WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID
YOU MIGHT LOOK FOOLISH?
- NO.

- OR ARE YOU JUST AFRAID?
- NO! THAT'S NOT IT!

-COME ON, ARNOLD.

I'VE SEEN YOUR ACT,
I'VE HEARD YOUR ALIBIS,

I'VE HEARD YOUR STORIES.

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE. SHOW
ME WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF.

-AND EVEN THOUGH I
KNEW IT WAS A TRAP,

AT THAT MOMENT, I JUST SAW RED.

-[GRUNTING]

-WHY DON'T YOU GIVE UP?

-NO.

-COME ON. GIVE UP!

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

-IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE
WORST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.

AND THEN IT GOT WORSE.

-OH, YEAH, BY THE WAY...
YOU MADE THE TEAM.

-THE REST OF THAT WEEK

I FELT LIKE I'D FALLEN
INTO A BOTTOMLESS PIT,

WITH NO WAY OUT.

THE THING THAT HURT MOST WAS

SOMETHING I HAD
BEEN GOOD AT ONCE

HAD SOMEHOW TURNED BAD.

I'D FAILED.

YET, FOR SOME
REASON, THERE I WAS,

A MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY.

[CROWD CHEERING]

THAT FRIDAY NIGHT,
THE PLACE WAS PACKED.

-DON'T LET HIM GET THAT ANKLE!

-IT SEEMED LIKE HALF THE
HIGH SCHOOL HAD SHOWN UP...

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

INCLUDING MY FAN CLUB.

OF COURSE I WAS THERE,
TOO... ON THE BENCH.

I'D BEEN TOO EMBARRASSED
TO CALL IN SICK WITH THE FLU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BUT EVEN IF I WAS
WEARING THE UNIFORM,

I KNEW ONE THING FOR SURE...
I WAS NEVER GONNA WRESTLE.

NOT ON THIS TEAM,
NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.

-WILL THE CONTESTANTS OF
THE 140-POUND WEIGHT CLASS

PLEASE PREPARE FOR THEIR MATCH?

-NOPE. I WAS JUST GONNA
SIT HERE... FOREVER.

-DOUG GURNEY FOR THE GREEN TEAM!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND BILL LARSEN
FROM THE RED TEAM.

-LARSEN, I'M MOVING
YOU UP IN WEIGHT CLASS.

SIT THIS ONE OUT.
ARNOLD, YOU'RE UP.

-ME?

-YOU'RE THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT.

-BUT THAT'S DOUG
GURNEY OUT THERE!

-YEAH?

[CROWD CHANTING "GURNEY!"]

-I REALIZED IT WASN'T ENOUGH
TO HAVE ME UNDER HIS THUMB,

HE WANTED TO
TOTALLY DESTROY ME...

-MAY I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION, PLEASE?

THERE'S BEEN A
CHANGE IN THE LINEUP.

KEVIN ARNOLD WILL NOW
BE WRESTLING DOUG GURNEY.

- IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SO, THERE WAS ONLY
ONE THING TO DO...

SET OUT LIKE A
LAMB TO SLAUGHTER.

I MEAN, WHAT DID I
REALLY HAVE TO LOSE?

-GENTLEMEN, SHAKE HANDS.

-GO GET 'IM, KEV!

-I PREPARED MYSELF
TO BE TORN TO PIECES...

-COME ON, YOU CAN TAKE HIM, KEV!

- RIPPED LIMB FROM LIMB.

AND THEN THE
IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENED.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

I ACTUALLY SCORED TWO POINTS.

-TWO... TAKEDOWN, RED.

-ALL RIGHT, KEVIN!

-IT WAS ASTONISHING,
IT WAS A MIRACLE...

[BOTH GRUNTING]

IT WAS TEMPORARY.

AND SUDDENLY, THIS
GUY HAD ME IN A HOLD

I'D NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE.

-COME ON, KEVIN!

-SO I DID WHAT CAME NATURALLY...

I FLED.

-GOOD MOVE. GOOD MOVE.
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

-THAT'S GONNA BE A WARNING,
RED... FLEEING THE MAT.

HEY, RED, YOU'RE DOWN.

-IT WAS EMBARRASSING,
HUMILIATING,

BUT THERE WAS NO WAY OUT.

IT WAS A LIVING,
BREATHING NIGHTMARE.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.

-COME ON, KID, GIVE UP.
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF.

-I WAS BEATEN, FINISHED.

-DON'T LET HIM PIN YOU.
DON'T LET HIM PIN YOU!

-ALL I WANTED TO DO
WAS LAY MY SHOULDER

AGAINST THAT MAT,
BUT FOR SOME REASON...

- COME ON!
- I DIDN'T.

SOMETHING INSIDE
WOULDN'T LET ME.

-[Straining] JUST LAY DOWN.

-[Straining] YOU FIRST.

-COME ON, KEV,
FIGHT HIM! FIGHT HIM!

-NO MATTER HOW MANY
POINTS THIS GUY RACKED UP,

I WASN'T GONNA LET HIM PIN ME.

THAT NIGHT, MAYBE FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE,

I COMMITTED MYSELF TO SOMETHING.

-COME ON, KEV. DO IT! DO IT!

-I LEFT THE EXCUSES,
I DUMPED THE ALIBIS,

I WENT FOR BROKE.

I WAS A WRESTLER,

AND I GAVE IT EVERYTHING I HAD.

-HANG TOUGH, KID.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

-SHAKE HANDS.

-SURE, MAYBE THE SCORE
MAY HAVE BEEN LOPSIDED,

AND MAYBE A KID NAMED
GURNEY GOT THE WIN,

BUT FOR ME, IT WAS A VICTORY.

-15... 2.

-YEAH.

I TOLD YOU I WAS GOOD.

-ALL RIGHT, KEVIN.

-WAY TO GO. GOOD JOB.