Interview with "Peacemaker" Luke James

I like to end the week by either speaking to or publishing some comments from members of the AWL Roster. This week I sat down with a member of the AWL All Stars and 7 season veteran Luke James in the lobby of his hotel in Tokyo.

Ryusensei: Luke, that's for agreeing to meet with me. There's a lot that the AWL fans want to know about you. First off, why do you live in a hotel?

Luke James: No problem Ryu. And Ah live here when Ah'm in Japan because it's a lot cheaper than rentin' an apartment when I only live here a few months at a time.

Ryusensei: Make sense. Now for the big question everyone's been asking since AWL 175. Where have you been all season?

Luke James: At home in the states. Ah needed a break. After what happened to Dragon...Ah just needed to get away for a while and Nashville's tha best place in tha world to get away from it all.

Ryusensei: Do you blame yourself for what happened to Dragon at AWL 160?

Luke James: Yes...no...Ah don't know. Did Ah know Dragon hadda history a concussions? Yeah. Did we all know "Captain AWL" used a elbow fer his finish? Yeah. Should Ah have tried ta talk him out of the match? Ah don't know.

Ryusensei: Do you think it would have worked if you'd tried?

Luke James: Probably not. But probably ain't definitely.

Ryusensei: Moving on if you don't mind. When you came back, you looked quite a bit different. Different hair color, new ring gear, facial hair, etc. Any reason for this or was it just time for a change?

Luke James: Just time fer a change. But Ah should mention that this is my natural hair color. The red head look was just a wrestling thing.

Ryusensei: You recently returned to teaming with Ganba as the AWL All Stars. At the moment you have no points on the board. With Ganba competing this weekend to rejoin the AWL Best 4, are there any plans to recruit a new member to the AWL All Stars to give you someone else to tag with?

Luke James: What tha heck? Yeah, there is. Ganba an Ah are looking at tha AWL roster for a bit of a recruitment drive.

Ryusensei: Any chance you'll give me some names?

Luke James: Nope.

Ryusensei: Last question. You are set to challenge Tanaka Kenichi for the AWL Intercontinental Championship in a no DQ match tomorrow. Any thoughts?

Luke James: "Any thoughts?" Are y'all serious? Mah thoughts are that Ah'm gonna beat the ever loving piss outta that sumofabitch. He ended mah best friends career. He retains his title by punchin' guys in the nuts. And he's a champions despite havin' tha wrestling IQ of dead skunk. That boy's had a whooping comin' ta him for a LONG time. Tha fact that Ah'm gonna get the AWL IC Belt outta it is just a bonus.

That seemed to be all there was to say so I ended the interview right there. Tune in tomorrow and see if Tanaka Kenichi gets that whooping he so richly deserves.