Lynn: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are here in the world famous New Orleans Blues bar. And my guest tonight is the Rattlesnake."

Rattlesnake comes out to some loud applause from the New Orleans crowd, he's dressed in a black shirt and faded blue jean pants, his forehead is still bandaged, he takes a seat and Lynn starts the 3rd degree with a soft question. Now how are you feeling after going through not one but two grueling last matches last night?"

Rattlesnake: "How do I look like I feel Bob?.."

Lynn: "You look like you've been through the proverbial wringer."

RattleSnake: "I'll admit that by the end of the night I was a little tired, a little wired, but it felt damn good to be back in the ring putting on a show."

Lynn: "Now at the end of Sabotage, we saw SPF come running down the ring attempting to cave Tim Jones skull in. Did you come down to save Tim or to just mix it up with the boys?"

RattleSnake: "Like I said last night, I have a lot of respect for Tim, and at the time I went out there I had no clue I was possibly going to be facing him this week. Not that it would have any effect on my decision to come to his aid or anything. The deck was stacked against him, I know what those odds are like. I did what I thought was the right thing at that moment in time. And if it happened all over again I would do the same thing."

Lynn: "Now Snake, some of the boys in the locker aren't very pleased that you and SPF are in the main event after just returning to the ring one whole week. Some are saying that you're using your political stroke to manever yourself into the main event, how do you respond to this?"

RattleSnake: "Let me ask you this Bob, do you think that anyone out there out worked me last week? Do I not always go out and entertain the people? When I'm not spread to thin is there anyone out there in your eye's that can on a regular basis go out and put out the quality of show that I can? Because if so apparantly Bob I'm not doing my job. Political stroke? That's a joke, I have never asked for anything that's been given to me, and I would hope that I was put in this match because the people running the UWA believe that I am deserving of being a part of the main event."

Lynn wants to make a smarts ass comment but he knows better, he minds his P and Q's and goes on with his promo like a good little reporter...

Lynn: "You certainly put on quite a show. Now SPF alluded to this in your recent promo saying that you're not as healthy as you used to be with your nagging injuries and maybe that you're not as dominant as you used to be. At the ppv you have to survive not just one helacious cage match but two.How do you plan to accomplish this at Springtime Sychosis?"

RattleSnake: "Woa woa woa woa WOA! Nagging injuries? Not as healthy as I once was? What kind of crap is that fairy smoking? Twice in my career I have been injured. Once at the hands of Suicide back in the early days of SWA, and once at the hands of Lonewolf. Anyone who thinks that I'm not as dominant as I once was should be hit on the head with a tack hammer and have there head stappled to the carpet so that I can repeatedly kick them in the ass. Just because I choose to not come out night after night and ramble on for hours on end about the same old shit over and over again that doesn't mean I'm not dominant. I believe in using what many people might consider a old school type approach, I come out, shoot my mouth off, make a few hard hitting points, and then right before I call it a night I drive it all in with a god damn grand slam! I don't think speaking on the same old shit over and over again is entertaining, and I certainly don't think playing Magnum P.I is entertainment, well at least not how that nimrod plays it. How he beat Suicide I don't know but my guess was somebody got reamed and Suicide was on the short end of the screwing Bobo!"

The RattleSnake takes a pull of a bottle of water.

RattleSnake: "As far as the Pay Per View goes Bobo, I'm going to go out there and do what it is I do, and if it's not enough to get the job done there's always next time. Now that illusive last comment aside let me just say that doesn't mean I beleave I can't get the job done inside of the ring against not only Mayhem but Tim or SPF because the reality of it is simple, I have no intentions of walking out of Springtime Sychosis with out the UWA Championship Draped over my shoulder!"

Lynn takes a sip from his beer stein, he grabs a couple of beer nuts and eats them. He speaks.

Lynn: "Now for the past few weeks, we've seen the debut of Teias. The interruptions of the Dark Breed. What are your thoughts on these former enemies of yours? And do you think they will play a role in Double Jeopardy?"

RattleSnake: "Teias is trying to get his head straight right now. I hope that he does, I know he wants to return, and I know in his mind he needs this return and I hope it works out for him. Outside of the ring Teias is like a brother to me, inside of the business the same thing goes. As far as the Queer Breed is concearned, to each there own. Suicide is a flake. Don't get me wrong though, I know that at the same time he's one of the most talented men to ever grace this business but the fact is he isn't all there. As far as BigQ goes as long as he can toat around Suicides coffee cup and bags he's all game. And Sundark, all I got to say about him is who?"

The RattleSnake brushes his hair back out of his face

RattleSnake: "Do I think any of them will play a part in the out come of the match? Let me ask you this, who gives a shit? Like I said I don't care what I have to go through or who I have to beat to become the champion, I'm rolling into the arena that night with one thing on my mind, and then I'm rolling out with that one thing around my waist!"

Lynn: "Now Snake let's take a step back for a moment and would you care to fill the people in on how you got started in this wrestling business?"

RattleSnake: "Originally it all started with my older brother, he was working this company called the EOCW. He and Teias talked me into joining, we worked the promotion till it closed. After that I took about a year off and it wasn't until I actually met Suicide where my interest in the business really began, and from there I was SWA re-born and bred. Suicide really tought me what this business was all about, like I said the guy's a flake but none the less he has a mind for this business second to possibly only one and that's Sadistic Sam. And from there as the rest of the world knows it's all pretty much history. I've been every where that really matters in this business and I've had the please of working with many talented proffesionals like Brian Rolston, Kristen Keaton, Vinnie Payne, and the list goes on and on."

A waitress comes over and hands Lynn a refill of his beer, he downs one and speaks.

Lynn: "Now you've worked in alot places, put alot of asses in the seats and torn alot of roofs off. If you had to pick one guy to consider your toughest opponent, who would it be?"

RattleSnake: "There's been so many, the toughest that probably comes to mind though would have to be CRO'//, also known as Brian Rolston. He's a real competitor and a true class act and knows the meaning of pushing people to their limit and beyond. I was very flattered that I was able to highlight one of Universal Wrestling Alliances biggest yearly shows with him and Mad Bomber. So I would have to say for me that was when I really knew I had made it, I was in a world that had nothing to do with the usual cirlce of competition like other people like to put it. The only other match in my mind that really sticks out was when I first signed with the nGw, I faced Outsider for the nGw Intercontinental Championship, to me that was a huge honor because of the fact that compared to the SWA the roster was so big and had so much talent and in my second outing there I not only beat him but forced him into retirement."

Lynn: "That certainly takes us back to fond moments. Now let's switch gears for a moment and really start cranking up the heat. Unnamed sources have told me that your agent received an offer from the WPW to headline their Crisis pay per view, is this true?"

RattleSnake: "I don't know exactly what the offer was, it was more or less asked if I would like to come back to work for the company. Never at any time was there any discussion of me headlining anything there upon any return. At this time I have no intentions on working anywhere else, it's not that I'm not going to entertain other offers or look at other promotions when they show a interest in me but story line wise, and creativity wise I really like the direction that the UWA is pushing my character so I'm very happy here right now. From the first day I signed on the dotted line the company has been very supportive and understanding, they haven't put any pressure on me so right now from where myself and my agent Ted Mathers is standing UWA is the only place I belong."

Lynn: "Let me be the first to say that is a big relief that the rattlesnake is an UWA exclusive talent. Now we all saw you fanning the flames of controversy as you urinated on the desk of Shaun Dupree and we all know what you think of Venom and Shin. Why do you always seem to have a problem with the staff?"

RattleSnake: "That's a good question Bobo, and one deserving of a answer. I think it's great for the heads of the company to be active in story lines and all but the one thing I hate more than anything is when those figure heads of the company pick hand chosen puppets like Tinkerbell. Wait I mean SPF, anyway I just think it's been done way too much in this business and I would like to see them try to add some different swerves in here and there. The idea was pitched for me to join one of the bosses stable and I more or less turned it down as quickly as it was pitched to me just because I did it in WPW and the angle ended up going nowhere, I did it in Keatons UWA and the angle went nowhere as well. I've just learned that in this business you get a lot further by doing on your own or with a group of stars in a stable or tag team. It's more compelling, it's more original, and it's more of who and what your individual character is selling."

Lynn:"I couldn't agree more. Now we're running out of time, do you have any last second comments regarding the landmark Double Jeopardy match?"

RattleSnake: "What more is there to say about it other than the fact that if I'm going to be there, you better believe that it's going to be one hell of a mother fucking show Bobo! And after Sunday night New Orleans will never be the same again!"

Just as Lynn is about to get up from his seat, thinking that the 3rd degree promo is done. He feels a hand pushing him down on his seat, he looks up thinking it's his guest but it's none other than the Ladies Man, Tim Jones!

Ladies Man: Sit your god damn ass back the fuck down. This show isn't over untill the producer for a day says it over, and that is me

Lynn's face turns pale as he sees the gruesome burned skin of Tim Jones from the explosive blast, he sits back down on his seat and tries to regains his compusre.

Lynn: "Hey Tim, how ya doin? Uh, you want me to buy you a drink or something?"

Ladies Man: You want to buy me a drink....MY FACE IS FUCKING SCARRED AND YOU WANT TO BUY ME A DRINK! How about plastic surgry? I guess all for the nature of the business huh...do what I have to do to get ahead?

Before Lynn can answer his question, the Rattlesnake comes back to retrieve a pair of sunglasses that he dropped and for the first time since Sabotage, these two are face to face....

Ladies Man: What I have to do....is to your guest here, Rattlesnake, and to the world is become the champion, I will have to go threw you I beleive, not Mr. STDs SPF or Mayhem, but you...you are going to be the road to the championship...your like how my face looks? You want to look me Snake, HUH YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE ME!!

RattleSnake: If having to look like a shaved and rapped monkey is what it takes Timmy, like I said scrapes, scars, bruises and burns all heal, so I'm all for it. I came from a land where shit like this wasn't just a specialty match pal it was a every minute occurance. I've been down to that hell and back again, and like I said last night what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. So yeah Tim, if that's what it takes, then that's what I'm willing to do!

Tim Jones are Rattlesnake are face to face, neither man giving in an inch. Will these two be the last competitors for Double Jeopardy? Springtime Sychosis has turned friends against each other, turned mutual respect to mutual hatred. What was north is now south. But what way would you rather have it?

NOTE: To read SPF's Third Degree interview, click HERE
NOTE: To read Lonewolf's Third Degree interview, click HERE
NOTE:To read Sundark's Third Degree interview, click HERE
NOTE: To read Charge's Third Degree interview click HERE
NOTE: To read Dazed's Third Degree interview click HERE
NOTE: To read Flaherty's Third Degree interview, click HERE
NOTE: To read Jaguar's Third Degree interview, click HERE