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[Andrea Hernandez]

 “How do you do it?” a non-SCW cameraman asked me in the locker room as I began to unwind from that Blast from the Past tournament loss a couple of weeks ago.

“Do what?”

“What you do…”

“Well, I didn’t do it good enough tonight…” I sighed, remembering my elimination from the tournament. “Are you sure this is a good time to do documentary work?”

“This thing’s getting released early next month…” the director of the documentary reminded me. “It’s going to be a huge hit as it is but this is something candid and real that I think the fans are going to like.”

I sighed, reluctantly going with it.

“This is the story of someone who had virtually nothing but a dream when she entered this business…” the director said in a voiceover while the footage paused. “We’re talking about someone who was desperate to get involved in wrestling driven by the fact that nobody, not even her own father, gave her a chance. She puts so much hard work and emotion into her craft for better or worse and in this special two part documentary called ‘Overshadowed: The Andrea Hernandez Story’ we take a long look at some of the turning points of her career that make her the star she is today and how much of an effect it has had on those closest to her. We begin with this very tense moment… with Andrea having just been bounced from the Blast from the Past Tournament. She’s already having a bad night… but something else is really bothering her… just as much if not more than this elimination.”

The footage resumed and the director began to ask me about the main event of the night.

“Off the SCW record… at least until this comes out… how are you feeling about Roxi and Christina tonight?”

“You want my candid opinion?” I asked. “I think it’s bullshit. I think it’s absolute, Grade A bullshit. I beat her at My Bloody Valentine but SHE gets the shot? The same woman that lost to JESSIE SALCO of all people gets the shot? If the leadership here doesn’t think I’m ready for that title shot then fine. I can deal with that. But don’t tell me that someone I beat recently, and who, in my opinion, hasn’t done enough as of late to earn the shot, is more worthy of it than I am.”

“Do you even like Christina?” the director asked me.

“I’m not even worried about her. Roxi’s going to win because she’s Roxi… you know? I’m not even sure if I’m saying that from a wrestling perspective or a fan perspective having grown up as a fan of Roxi’s for years.”

“Interesting…”

“Believe me, during my teenage years? I wanted to be Roxi a HELL of a lot more than I ever wanted to be ‘Crystal Hilton’. I’ll stick around to watch justice be served…”

I walk out of the room as I continue to anticipate the main event to come. After this happens, the footage pauses again for another director’s voice over.

“Here she was… already pissed off that from her perspective, Bill Barnhart had cost her the Blast from the Past tournament and with her world championship dreams seemingly up in smoke again… already feeling overshadowed but she sticks things out and decides to stay for the main event to watch her teenage hero bring ‘justice’ to something that she doesn’t feel is right. For the very first time… we’re about to see exactly what happened the moment this ‘justice’ from her perspective… DIDN’T happen…”

The documentary cuts to footage of me in the locker room watching the end of the main event. I was already feeling troubled knowing that Christina Rose was giving Roxi a bigger challenge than I thought but the moment that I watched that three count occur… the moment that I saw her be handed a championship that I felt in my heart she didn’t deserve… a brief sadness passed over me watching my teenage idol lose before giving away to anger. There was a lamp right next to where I was sitting that I immediately shoved to the floor, causing it to break and dim the lighting of the room quite a bit before I stood up, clenched my fists and sealed my eyes as tight as possible in complete and total anger.

“Andrea?” the documentary director asked from behind the camera.

“Talk about adding insult to injury, huh?”

“What do you mean?”

“What I mean is… what that bitch is doing in that ring right now?” I paused to scoff at what I was seeing, almost as if I wanted to be in denial, but feeling like I was overshadowed garbage prevented me from being in that denial. “That should be ME! There’s no fucking way that she’s more deserving of that shot and that moment than I am when I BEAT HER, alright? But they pick HER? They overlook ME and pick HER? Is there any way this is right? Any way at all?”

“So you’re feeling like you were overshadowed and overlooked when it came to a night and a moment like this…”

“What else is new? It’s the story of my life. Maybe I was too naive to expect anything to be different. She doesn’t deserve it… she hadn’t earned this shot… but she SOMEHOW wins tonight, right? Because for fuck’s sake, this division has centered around the Roxis and the Christinas for HOW long now? I’m no Alicia Lukas fan… but at least she brought something different than the status quo around here.”

“Would you consider this the most frustrating night of your SCW run so far?”

“Honestly? Yeah. I would. If a lard of shit dragging me down wasn’t bad enough… now we get a champion that in my book, doesn’t deserve to be champion… at least not before me…”

“It sounds like you really hate Christina…”

“Shut that camera off, please?”

This portion of the documentary cuts out and the next cut is that of my father in a green room setting.

“Andrea has always been a stubborn one for better or worse…” my father said during his interview. “I admit that I overlooked her for most of her life and I’ve always found myself underestimating her which admittedly, is what pushes her to be what she is… to be what she wants to be. She’s still wearing that chip on her shoulder from her childhood when I never believed in her at all. But it’s that chip on her shoulder that drives her to be the best at what she does…”

The documentary cuts to a shot of Clarissa Vega, my old manager from earlier in my career and one of my best friends even now.

“I worked with Andrea when she first got to GCW… as part of the Utopia faction with Myra Lynwood, Myra’s lover, and Chelsea LeClair and from the moment I met her, I saw someone determined to prove her critics wrong. I remember that’s all she would talk about” Clarissa said. “Myra would often overlook… even degrade Andrea… seeing her as dead weight and she always favored Chelsea and she always favored her lover. So that left Andrea as the redheaded stepchild… always being treated like she was destined to be a fourth tier wrestler…”

“I knew that Utopia was a bad idea…” my father said when the shot cut back to him. “...but I did push her toward that. She had to commit rebellion on what I taught her and our family’s tradition to break mainstream in GCW. That’s my fault. I didn’t love her enough when she was growing up… and I regret that it took me so long to finally accept her for who she is. We’d have a much better relationship today if I hadn’t been so hard on her…”

“NOBODY believed in Andrea back in GCW… not at first… and nobody EVER believed in her in UWA” Clarissa added when it was her shot again. “I was the first person to do so because I saw what she could bring to the table. I saw her heart and her passion for the business… and I saw it when UWA had broken her spirit… when she wanted to quit. Imagine… the star that she is today… THIS close to quitting and giving up… that was Andrea three years ago…”

At this point, the documentary cuts to a flashback…

September 5, 2017

I remember the gloom of this day as I was back at the GCW training facility in North Carolina. I wasn’t in the mood for anything considering that the night before, I had gone through yet ANOTHER setback and another blow to my already fragile confidence at the time. I was in tears as I cowered in the corner having dealt with so much that year as it was already.

“I’m not good enough for this,” I told myself. “I’m just not! How can I look at myself in the mirror and call myself a wrestler when all I do is fail? Why can I NEVER get over the hump? Why do I have to deal with so much of this? I should just give up… I’m tired of being a perennial loser… I’m tired of being overlooked… I’m tired of being treated like I’m fucking nobody… maybe all the critics are right… maybe I AM a nobody…”

“Have you ever considered that maybe there’s ONE thing holding you back?”

I looked up, hearing the familiar, comforting voice of Clarissa Vega as she stood above me. My spirit was gone at this point. I had no faith in myself. I felt like I was at the lowest of lows on this day with the ‘realization’ that I was never going to amount to anything in professional wrestling. There I was, shattered, at the age of 23, ready to give up and quit the entire wrestling business altogether. Still, when I first heard this question, I took it very personally.

“Oh great… you too?”

“What?” Clarissa asked me.

“I take ENOUGH criticism and bullshit as it is… I don’t need it from you too!”

“Okay, what happened?” She asked me. “I get it… another loss in UWA…”

“Not just that… I quit the place…” I said much to Clarissa’s surprise.

“You know… I’m not going to criticize that…” Clarissa said to my own surprise.

“I should just quit wrestling and admit my father was right all along… him and everyone that’s ever criticized me…”

“Now THAT… I have to criticize…” I could tell that Clarissa was annoyed with me. “I’m not letting you quit. I’ve invested too much of my time and my heart to you to do so. Andrea, you need to quit being a baby about this and face up to everything that’s dragging you down. You think I invested as much as I have in you to get THIS result? Come on, Andrea! You’re better than this and deep down inside, even though the results don’t quite show it yet… you ARE. You need to give it time. I promise you that you’re not only good enough to make it in this business… you’ve got EVERYTHING it takes to be a massive star for years to come. Watch… two years from now… you’re going to be one of the biggest stars in the world.”

“Sure I am…” I said with sarcasm as Clarissa sighed, extending her hand to me. I grabbed it and she pulled me up, then she pulled me in and I just let it all out on her shoulder, fed up with all the abuse I had taken from the moment I arrived in GCW, fed up with UWA… the awful wrestling promotion I had just quit. I couldn’t hold back anymore. At this moment, I had no idea what to do. Clarissa had just mentioned ‘one thing’ that was holding me back… but she had yet to elaborate on it. “You’ve got everything it takes… except for one thing… and this one thing is holding you back.”

Clarissa and I broke our embrace and I wiped away some tears as I was suddenly curious as to what exactly she was talking about.

“...what is it?”

“The ability to block out criticism and not give a fuck…” she answered.

“I can’t help it… I take so much to heart” I told her. “I TRIED to fight it off in UWA but GOD… I couldn’t… I couldn’t deal with it anymore. I’m SO tired of being treated like I’m nobody JUST because I didn’t train at fucking ANTE UP ACADEMY or just because I don’t have a certain last name that they adore so much. I’m tired of being dismissed like I’m nobody by that fucking CUNT Christy Hightower who would NEVER amount to ANYTHING outside the UWA bubble. I’m tired of all these fucking DOPPLEGANGERS who all look and act and talk the fucking same from the same fucking family that all trained at the same school talking down to me like I’ll NEVER amount to anything… I can only take so much, Clarissa… and every time… it hurts like hell. I FAILED in UWA… and that haunts me knowing that I did… that I failed my family… and no matter how hard I try to break out in GCW… I have all these people throwing the book at me, criticising me, telling me I’m shit… telling me I’m nothing… I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! God, quitting UWA pretty much ASSURES that I’m nothing…”

I paused to take a deep breath as I continued my emotional, tear-filled rant.

“...I want to have that big breakthrough moment SO bad, Clarissa… and no matter how hard I try, I can never get it. I HATE this year… it’s the worst year I’ve ever had…”

“Why, because it’s a learning year?” Clarissa asked me, which caught me off guard. “That’s your problem… you care too much… you take everything to heart. I get it… all the abuse Myra put you through… all of the abuse you went through in UWA… you have every right to be angry, bitter, upset and so forth… but you can’t dwell on those feelings… you can’t dwell on the past. Quitting UWA doesn’t make you nothing because you did the right thing. You were never good enough for them and that’s THEIR loss Andrea… not yours. Where you come from, where you trained, what your last name is… contrary to what UWA drilled into your skill while you were over there… it doesn’t mean ANYTHING. YOU and YOU ALONE determine how successful you are in this business.”

“I find that so hard to believe with all the shit that’s been put in my head…”

“Really Andrea… are you going to let Myra win?”

I shook my head.

“Are you really going to allow her to be right? Because if you walk out of this business right now, that’s exactly what you’re doing. You’re going to prove her right every time she ever said that you’d never amount to anything. You walk out right now and UWA is right. You walk out and those clones from generic wrestling family 7 and generic wrestling family 10 are right. You have one BIG thing that they don’t have and could never have and that’s the ability to branch out and get out of your bubble to be one of the biggest stars in the business. Five years from now… when you’re at the top… and when ninety percent of those clones are gone… you’ll have that last laugh, okay?”

I nodded through my tears.

“You need to stop giving a crap about what other people think Andrea… that’s the key ingredient. You do that… and you trust more in yourself… and you WILL prove everyone who has ever doubted you wrong… which by the way… is secondary to proving to YOURSELF that you can be and will be a massive star and overcome the shadows that make you, in my book, the most overlooked wrestler in the business today.”

Wiping the last tears away, I smiled and quickly hugged Clarissa.

“Thank you so much for believing in me and never giving up on me. You’re right. The only words that matter… are those of my own. UWA may have been a nightmare for me, but I can take what I learned from that horrible experience and turn it into a positive here in GCW…”

“That’s my girl…” Clarissa said with pride. “The worst you’ll ever have to deal with is already over… and the best is yet to come…”

In the coming months, I’d see exactly how prophetic Clarissa’s words would be. This conversation was my turning point. It didn’t happen overnight… but as 2017 gave way to 2018… things were beginning to turn around for me and I embraced being overshadowed and overlooked to begin doing the incredible things that I’ve done in this business ever since this conversation…

At this point, the documentary cuts to my former mentor, Myra Lynwood… or Myra Rivers as she refers to herself, in the green room for her interview.

“One of my biggest regrets in my career is Andrea” Myra began to say. “When I first took her under my wing, I saw nothing in her. I didn’t believe in her. I favored Chelsea a lot more than her. I didn’t see her as a big star at first and I would often abuse and belittle her and blame her for everything that went wrong. We understand each other… though we’re not friends… and I can’t blame Andrea for that. After Utopia split and after she got experience as a solo wrestler… she began to prove me wrong. Over the last two years, all she’s done is make me look like a complete moron for overlooking her…

...and I’m glad she has.

The crazy part? I see a lot of me inside of her… a lot of the good parts of me anyway so in a sense, I feel pride knowing that I passed along something positive to her. I’ve had two ex-proteges of mine go on to win World Championships. And I’m going to be in Vegas to watch Andrea be the third.

She’s made a believer out of me… and she could very well turn into the most successful protege I’ve ever had…”

April 3, 2020

“You’ve got the cameras on, right?” I asked the documentary director.

“Yep! I am following you every step of the way before your ‘red carpet interview’ tomorrow” the director said.

“It’s going to be weird… knowing that because of the COVID-19 crap… that the red carpet interview is going to have no audience…”

“If there was an audience… who do you think they’d pull for?”

“No clue…” I responded. “We’re all fan favorites to some degree.”

We had entered the lobby of the hotel that SCW had us all staying at. I took a deep breath keeping myself as composed as possible. There weren’t all that many fans in the lobby considering the COVID-19 crisis, but I knew that they floated around hoping to catch their favorite wrestler for an autograph. And yet, what I was seeing was troubling me. There was a fan with a Christina shirt… then there was a Roxi fan reading a Roxi comic at a coffee table. I saw another fan wearing Christina Rose branded shades and another fan with a Roxi branded superhero cape.

“Everything okay?” the director asked me.

I looked around hoping to find someone wearing merchandise of my own, or even anything with my name on it. I stood nervously just waiting and hoping that a fan would even recognize me, walk up to me and come up to me for an autograph but that wasn’t the case. There I was again… feeling overlooked. Glancing up at a giant TV screen in a lobby and seeing fan polls for matches taking place next weekend just further had me doubting myself a little…

“Andrea?”

These doubts grew when a poll about my match came up.

“59 percent of fans feel like Roxi is going to regain the title…” I said. “She IS Roxi… I can’t be upset about that. 27 percent of fans feel like Christina is going to retain. Whatever. I don’t know how she still has her fans after all the shit she’s pulled. Yet… only 14 percent… FOURTEEN… think I stand a chance. That’s 86 percent of our audience doubting me. 86! I get that I don’t put myself out there as much as the other two and that they have the history that I don’t but come ON…”

“Do you think this stems from the fact that you’ve never been able to get over the hump? I mean… Alicia Lukas… the chamber… the four way that the most annoying, whiniest cow in SCW history won to get a shot against Roxi… BTTP…”

“I guess I have that reputation huh? What if that’s it? What if I’m meant to be another Kate Steele or another Jessie Salco? What if I’m that one wrestler that can win 8 Roulette titles, but never the big one? I don’t want that. I’d rather have one world title than eight Roulette titles. With all due respect to that title, the Roulette Championship isn’t what I came here for. Then again, if I lose this one too… maybe I’ll just have to settle for that…”

“Stop with that crazy talk, Andrea…”

My nerves jumped at Myra’s familiar voice and there she was… my ex-mentor in the flesh.

“Do you want me to shut this off?” the director asked me.

“No…” I said. “This is good… this is… real good…”

Myra and I approached each other and of course, I was feeling anxious considering our past together.

“You’re not going to be the perennial ‘never win a big one’ wrestler…” Myra said.

“How do you know that?” I responded.

“How do you know that you never will win the big one, Andrea?” Myra asked in response. “What? Because Alicia Lukas beat you? Because you didn’t win the chamber? Because Bobbie Dahl and not you won the four way? Because you were a second round out in the BTTP? Because Christina got to the title again before you did? Andrea… do you know how many times I failed before I won the big one? Do you realize how much of a struggle it was for me to even have MY big breakthrough moment? Hell, do you remember how much you struggled before you even had yours?”

“Yeah, and you do realize you’re a main reason why I had those struggles, right?” I snapped back before realizing I was in the wrong. “Sorry…” I said with a sigh. “That was wrong of me.”

“I get it, Andrea…” Myra said with understanding. “I was where you were at before. Just like you… when I first started, everyone in that locker room made a mockery out of me. I had people telling me I’d never amount to anything just like I used to drill that same bullshit into you and I did the same damn thing you’ve been doing the last couple of years and that’s prove them ALL wrong and become a star despite their expectations. Our career paths parallel… even you know that. You’re a legitimate star in this business Andrea… the only thing you haven’t done is won the big one. Don’t you dare let your last failures get to you.”

“The hardest world championship to win is the first one…” I said. “That’s what I remember you telling me so long ago. I guess seeing all these Roxi and Christina fans and seeing that 86 percent of the fans don’t believe I can win against two of the biggest names in bombshell history has me doubting myself a little. I’m worried that if it doesn’t happen this time… that it’ll be a long time before I get another chance… especially since I’m SO overlooked, ALL the time throughout my ENTIRE career...”

“Don’t…” Myra told me. “It was 12 years ago… right here in Vegas… where I went through EXACTLY what you’re going through right now. I felt that pressure, Andrea. The spotlight was swallowing me prior to this massive 8 person briefcase ladder match that NOBODY gave me a chance to win. But a wise person once told me… days before that match… that I had to believe… that the opinions of other people, the legacies of my opponents… their accomplishments and what they had done… all of that… today… this very moment… it doesn’t mean a damn thing as far as what’s in front of you and that’s what allowed me to focus on the moment… not on their words… not on what they had accomplished yesterday… but TODAY… THE moment… THIS match… and the rest was history with me…”

“That was your big breakthrough moment… the one moment you had that turned you into a star…”

My eyes lit up as I realized exactly what Myra was saying.

“Roxi and Christina have so much history here… with seven world titles between them just the tip of the iceberg in their Hall of Fame legacies… being two of the best bombshells SCW has ever had. Despite how I may feel about them, I can’t deny them that. I admit that I was being overwhelmed by the spotlight… but maybe that’s it… isn’t it? Maybe that’s why I had fallen short before… because I let myself be swallowed up by the moment. I was swallowed up in everything the others around me had done that I wasn’t focused on my own state of mind. But what you just said… it all makes total sense.

This match… this moment… what we do TODAY… THAT is what matters. I don’t need to be more accomplished than Christina or Roxi to win this match… all I need to do is be better than both of them for ONE night… ONE moment… THREE seconds… that’s all I need to do! It won’t be easy… but I KNOW I can do it… even if most don’t… I know deep down in my heart that I can do it… and that I will! I’ve been waiting my whole life for this… and I know that I’ve got everything it takes…”

“I think you’ve got it…” Myra told me with a smile. “Hey, maybe I’m not such a bad mentor after all.”

“What ARE you even doing here in Vegas, anyway? It can’t be a vacation. This whole city is shut down. Are you here for a nostalgia trip since this was where your career took off 12 years ago?”

“Among other things Andrea…” Myra began. “I’m here to watch you win your first world championship.”

I felt touched, considering that this was coming from her. It was a weird, but happy, feeling knowing that after so many years, I finally had Myra’s seal of approval and unquestioned support.

“...and I believe you will. I know you and your potential more than just about anyone in wrestling. I put you through hell and you survived that so I know you’re capable of anything and everything. I’ll see you around…”

Myra gave me a wink before she turned and walked away. Her pep talk was exactly what I needed to get out of my own head and be back in the moment all over again. Looking back at that fan poll in which only fourteen percent gave me a chance to win, I was now chuckling at myself and that brief moment of doubt.

“I know I got this…” I said to myself.

“That was pretty great…” the director said to me. “What do you think? We’re done?”

“For now?” I responded. “Yes.”

“Okay…” the director said before shutting off the camera and cutting the scene.

“Stay tuned for part two of ‘Overshadowed: The Andrea Hernandez Story… for now… here’s a special clip of Andrea’s big breakthrough moment…”

FEBRUARY 2018

GCW North American Championship on the line. Two on one handicap match. No chance for me, right? The clip of this moment shows the struggle and the fight that I had against my adversaries against all odds as I pushed harder and harder to attain my first singles championship. I remember the buzzing and the cheering of the crowd when I connected with the “Rise of the Phoenix” on the larger of the two opponents. I remember the deafening noise when I landed right on her, when the referee dropped down and counted three and the bell rang while my heart filled with joy.

“FINALLY” I thought to myself when it became official. “The big breakthrough moment I’ve always dreamed of!”

“The winner of this match and NEW GCW North American Champion…” My heart filled with joy when I realized I finally overcame the demons of my earlier career and finally silenced the doubters from UWA, Myra, the companies that passed on signing me from the Indies, my father, and anyone else that ever doubted me. “ANDREA HERNANDEZ!”

Holding onto my first singles championship, I thought back to the adversity I dealt with to get here. I wasn’t ashamed of it anymore. I was proud of it… and I was especially proud of the champion it had just made me.

April 4, 2020

The cameras are on my best friend Chelsea LeClair on a red carpet that leads into the entrance of the hotel. She’s exuding some confidence in her own right as she holds a microphone in her hands with “Overshadowed: Premiere” written on a banner in the background. Of course, with everything going on, there aren’t any fans whatsoever. Once she gets the signal, she begins.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the big red carpet premiere of “Overshadowed: The Andrea Hernandez Story” where… well… There's nobody here but we’re still going to have a LOT of fun. So, as you’ve seen… and as you’ve heard before, Andrea has been through one hell of a journey to get to where she is today. She has had to fight the demons of doubt over and over again and despite her impressive run in Sin City Wrestling so far… the common consensus among fans is that Roxi or Christina will walk out of Blaze of Glory with the Bombshells World Championship. Of course, right? They’re the big names. They’re the accomplished women. But don’t you dare tell Andrea that she isn’t capable and… oh my god… HERE SHE IS!”

Chelsea has a smile on her face as I walk into the camera shot.

“How does it feel to briefly live the life of Christina Rose for a change?”

“Nothing special. I’m not a red carpet kind of girl. I don’t need to be her. I don’t need to be this big television star. I just need to be one of the best damn professional wrestlers in the world. I wish we could be doing this right now in front of a bunch of fans, but alas… the circumstances.”

“Let’s be honest, Andrea… if there was no coronavirus… you wouldn’t get that much of a turnout anyway because of how enclosed you’ve been for so long…”

“The documentary we’re here for tells a BIG story… one that… after it’s over… I won’t be so enclosed anymore. Maybe some fans would turn up… but I’m not the BRAND NAME that Christina Rose is. If this were her premiere, under a normal circumstance… there’d be a LOT of people… same for Roxi. I’m the overshadowed one here, always have been. People want to count me out because I’m not them. It’s true. I’m not them. It’s true that I idolized Roxi Johnson growing up… but… I’ve grown up. I don’t want to be Roxi. I don’t need to be Roxi. I sure as hell don’t need to be Christina either. I just need to be me, because being me is good enough. Becoming the bombshell champion next weekend against two of the best SCW has ever had is going to be a dream come true for me… and it’s going to right an injustice from a few weeks back…”

“Right… it sucked to see Roxi lose the title…”

“It sucked to see Christina get the title shot that I should have had more than it sucked to see Roxi lose the title. But, I’m going to lay off Christina for a bit and talk about Roxi. You want to know WHY Christina beat Roxi?”

“Shoot.”

“Christina beat Roxi because of plenty of reasons that have to do with in-ring psychology. For starters, Roxi is the type of wrestler that puts TON of pressure on herself in the big moments and typically, this serves her well. It served her well when she finally ended the reign of terror of Alicia Lukas… because Roxi Johnson was going up against “evil”... I use that term loosely by the way. It served her well going up against Shamrock Moo herself at My Bloody Valentine because she was facing a “super” villain… that extra pressure helping her prevent “the most evil thing on the bombshell roster” from winning the title. But against Christina? Oh wait… she’s not a supervillain, is she? You know who else wasn’t necessarily a supervillain? Gothika… and she beat Roxi and ended her first championship reign. You know who else wasn’t a supervillain? Electra Styles and she…

“Wait wait wait… Andrea… hold up. Who in the HELL is Electra Styles? And how the HELL did she beat Roxi for the Bombshells title?”

“Fuck if I know… funny thing is that Electra was DEFINITELY a random one off challenger that Roxi was expected to beat… but didn’t. Sound familiar? OH WAIT… that’s right… so was Christina. And see, that’s Roxi’s problem. When she’s not facing someone with a hint of evil inside of them, she doesn’t function as well. When the battle isn’t “good versus evil”... and this one isn’t either by the way… she tends to struggle a lot more. She’s so stuck on being the big bads that when she faces someone she respects, she holds herself back because she doesn’t put as much pressure on herself. HOWEVER, against Christina… it was a whole different story. See, she and Christina… they go way back. They’ve been friends… they’ve been enemies. But when I watch that promo that Roxi cuts against Christina… you see EXACTLY why she lost. Roxi lost because she was being FAR too worrisome about Christina’s disposition. There she was… praising her for the changes she’s made in her life and all… but then seconds later… there she was… expressing the POSSIBILITY that Christina was pulling a fast one on her because she KNOWS her and she KNOWS her past.

“Why in the world would a champion allow herself to be distracted by this? But that’s Roxi for you… she’s easily distracted… she’s easily worried about this or about that… against Christina, she’s going to be distracted by the fact that she lost the title on her and she’s going to be FAR too worried about winning the championship back from her because understandably so… she feels EMBARRASSED right now for losing the title to her. She KNOWS she blew it! She knows she should have had that match and I could see that horrible disappointment in her face when she lost that title. I bet she even hates me right now because of the fact that I’ve beaten her wife twice… the second time around causing her to really doubt herself and feel that she was worthless. She probably sees ME as evil for doing that. Roxi is TOO FOCUSED on trying to do GOOD that she distracts herself from the mission at hand. She sees things too black and white… though she revels in a black and white situation… but throw in a shade of gray like with Christina? KRYPTONITE!

Watch the second half of that promo… where she falls into that shades of gray trap even further… where she’s DOUBTING Christina’s motives and morals, in her own words… FEARING that she was going to get the old Crystal Hilton.

That’s right… FEARING!

THAT is the fear that sunk Roxi against Christina… and it disappoints me honestly. One of my favorite women’s wrestlers in the business during my teenage years… the fact that I wanted to grow up to be Roxi at one point… and there’s my old hero… WRESTLING SCARED a few weeks ago when she got her ass served on a platter by Christina because she was focused too damn hard on the sinner that Crystal Hilton used to be.

“Fear isn’t an option” said the superhero that feared she was getting the old Crystal.

I didn’t fear Christina when I beat her at My Bloody Valentine. I didn’t worry about her old morals. I wasn’t tied up in the past like I know both of my opponents are going to be. They’re going to be so focused on their history together that they are going to overlook me. They’re too nice to admit it, but they’ll be the first to tell you that this match is all about them… their history… their rivalry… a few weeks ago…

I’m just the third wheel to them… or to their fans at least… or to the fans that watch SCW programming. Roxi fought Christina for the wrong reasons a few weeks ago. She can’t handle the shades of gray… but I can… and when I beat Christina, that’s exactly what I proved.

Maybe I should be mad at my former idol… because she’s the reason why someone who DOESN’T DESERVE to be champion IS champion…

“That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think, Andi?”

“Let me rephrase that. Christina Rose has always been a world class wrestler. She deserves to be a perennial presence in the main event scene. But that doesn’t excuse what happened a few weeks ago. Sure… she deserves to be in the main event based on the past… but based on THE MOMENT AT HAND… she didn’t deserve it… not before me anyway because when I beat her at My Bloody Valentine… I jumped her on the ladder. I should have had that shot before she did and THAT’S what I mean by ‘not deserving it’...”

“Do you even like Christina?”

“She’s okay…”

“Do you hate her?”

“I don’t hate her… but I hate that she got a shot that I should have had. To be frank, she CAN be super annoying with this ‘friendship’ thing because I don’t see her as a friend… not that I can’t someday, but I don’t right now. It’s just REALLY hard right now to like her when she has something that I feel I should have right now. It’s really hard to like someone that’s a bit… ‘obsessed’... with you and who wants to beat you so bad. I get it… she respects me as an opponent… I can buy that… but the moment that she got that shot that should’ve been mine… the moment that she beat Roxi… any possible friendship got thrown out the window… at least for the time being. Sorry, but I came here to be a champion… I didn’t come here to be friends and if that ruffles some feathers, so be it. I beat her at My Bloody Valentine because while she’s focused on her own redemption, while she’s focused on wanting to wrestle me so bad...while she made it SUCH a big deal for herself… while she was hyping me up in her head as this BIG THING… bigger than she should have made me if we’re being honest… I was focused on the moment.

I was focused on winning.

I didn’t treat Christina Rose any different than I did Twisted Sister. I treat every opponent the same regardless of what they’ve done in SCW and this is why when women like Bea Barnhart, Bella Madison and Keira Fisher walk into that ring against me with their stupid ‘upset mentality’, they can’t catch me on an off night… you know… the same way that Christina caught Roxi on an off night a couple of weeks ago… the same way that Jessie Salco did the same with her back at High Stakes…

But Christina… like Roxi… god, she puts so much pressure on herself. Her ‘all or nothing’ mentality going into that match proves it. The way she treated our match proves it. When she’s not putting pressure on herself, she’s on social media openly talking about the video games she’s playing… like… really, bitch? THAT is why she has lapses against the likes of Jessie Salco. She’s INCONSISTENT with her focus. She falters against Jessie but six months later… she turns it around and upsets Roxi? She couldn’t beat me… but she was somehow able to beat Roxi. I can’t be surprised at this… considering how her first world title reign aside, she’s had a hard time hanging onto that title for very long after she wins it… which Blaze of Glory being another example of it. Her one and only reign with the Roulette title? Same story. The reason why women like Alicia Lukas and Mikah are held to a higher esteem than Christina in my book is because while like them, Christina has accomplished a lot and has had her moments of glory… those two? They do it all better than she does… with greater consistency… with greater dominance. Christina has never been a dominant champion and her history shows that she can win the big one, but can’t dominate once she has it.

Blaze of Glory will be another example of that…”

“It seems like you are very determined to you know… NOT be overshadowed or overlooked. Why is that?”

“My whole life, that’s all I’ve ever been. My opponents can’t understand that because they’ve either never been where I’ve been or they were, but they hit the ground running. I didn’t have the privilege of hitting the ground running when I started doing this. I spent my whole life in the shadows of my brother, the shadows of other wrestlers, the shadows of wrestlers less talented than I am… especially in OCW… and I’m sick and tired of it. I’m tired of being the underdog that nobody gives a chance to win. Tell me Chelsea, why can’t I win this match? Because I don’t have the history that my opponents do? Is that it? Is it because they’ve been on top longer than I’ve been? Is it because of experience? I KNOW that I am going into this title match as the LEAST expected to win. All the hype is going to be about the other two… with all their history… especially against each other. They’re going to hype their Hall of Fame credentials. They’re going to talk about how they’re the two most decorated women SCW has ever had. I didn’t come here to take a backseat to relics of history.

I came here to MAKE history!

I didn’t come here to take a backseat to the older generation of Bombshells…

I came here to be front and center of this division… to be a leader of a new breed of Bombshells… to set the example for some of the up and comers of this division… like myself, like Candy… like Sierra Williams… just to name a few.

Well… they can doubt me all they want… my opponents and their fans…

Because that’s where I thrive.

My father didn’t think I’d be able to make it in wrestling.

UWA dismissed me as fodder.

OCW saw me as a “TIER FOUR WRESTLER”.

My own mentor saw me as a useless piece of shit.

And every single time?

I prove them wrong… yet… I’m STILL the biggest afterthought of this match.”

“Even with your struggles to get over the hump in SCW?”

“Adversity doesn’t break me, Chels. It builds me. It’s true that I haven’t gotten over the hump like my opponents have, but all I need is ONE time… all I need is THREE SECONDS… and I’m over that damn hump. Roxi’s going to be all about regaining the title to fix up her fuck up from a few weeks ago. Christina is going to be all about beating me and avenging My Bloody Valentine. They’re both going to relentlessly rely on their past successes to try to win this thing.

Me?

I’m not focused on past successes… I’m focused on THE MOMENT. Knowing that I have the least amount of pressure on me is an advantage I DON’T take for granted. I’m doing this to break out of the shadows casted upon me my entire career… my entire life. I’m doing this to realize a dream I’ve had my whole life. I’m doing this to show the smalltown girls out there that NOTHING is impossible. Everything I’ve ever overcome… all the adversity I’ve faced?

It’s built me into what I am TODAY… and what I am TODAY is someone ready to achieve her destiny with her very first world championship!”

Having said all that I needed to say for now, I walked past Chelsea into the hotel to attend the premiere of my documentary.

“Andrea Hernandez everyone…” Chelsea could only say with an awestruck demeanor. She gives the signal to the camera and the red carpet interview fades to black.

[Crystal Zdunich]

 Saxon Hotel
Special Spa Suite

It felt really amazing to be the World Bombshell Champion. Christina had created history and she was proud of it. It’s a feeling that nobody could take away and it’s a moment that she would cherish for the rest of her life. Christina Zdunich was back on top of the wrestling world. She had been doing everything in her power to be a great champion. She had been appearing on every show. She had been promoting SCW to the best of her ability and carrying her championship with pride. The world was in extreme chaos with the serious pandemic that was destroying households everywhere. Even wrestling on shows seem like it’s getting really weird with the fact that there are no fans in the audience. The crowd is just made up of wrestling talent and what not. Yet as bad as things might seem Christina felt at peace. She was happy to go through it all. It didn’t matter if she didn’t even have a chance to celebrate her huge title victory, the fact still remained that she was the World Champion.

It was a few weeks before Blaze of Glory. Christina sat down at the edge of the bed. She was clad in a long red t shirt and a pair of black yoga pants with her matching Jordan sneakers. Quarantine life had been absolutely amazing she got to spend an endless amount of time with her wife and friends. It was truly a time of relaxation. She moved her eyes to her wife who was completely amazed at the room but Crystal kept her eyes locked on the championship belt. Seleana smiled as she looked over at her wife.

“This hotel is so big. It’s complete with a huge spa in our bedroom Ja?!”

Christina smirked as she nodded her head in agreement. She sat on the bed with the championship draped across her laps. It had been a while since she had held the white strap but she was actually proud of it. She rocked back and forth as Seleana continued to speak to her.

“You earned that Estrellita… I know exactly what you are thinking and who cares what anybody says. You worked hard to get that title. You earned it babe and that’s all that matters. I know you didn’t have the huge celebration that you wanted at Golden Ring but we can continue to have our own celebration…”

Christina shakes her head with a giggle as she looks back at her wife.

“No… I think the 10 times we did it since being here is enough besides Dani basically said we might be a tad too loud. I don’t want her to get this notion I am this big time nymphomaniac. We have to be civilized babe and besides other things need our attention. There is a whole world out there in this hotel. There is a bar, a pool, a movie room, a restaurant, a play area, and so much more. Being stuck having sex in this beautiful room as great as it sounds we can do so much more here…”

“I guess you do have a point and also considering what happened to that other wrestling company you were in is having technical difficulties…”

Christina smirks.

“Yeah… The one who was supposed to have their show next Thursday which isn’t happening now? It just makes things better for me because at least I am going to be safe for everybody in SCW. I know people always wish to give me shit because they say Crystal Hilton is this big time monster who can’t be trusted. Yet for the next three weeks I am solely locked down to this hotel. I don’t want to put myself in a situation where SCW has to pull me out of a match because I caught the virus. On top of that I would feel so bad if I put others in jeopardy because of a foolish decision. I rather focus on being safe for everyone. On top of that I get to walk into Blaze of Glory as the World Champion. It just doesn’t get any better than that. I am in the main event and this is my chance to finally make up on lost time…”

Christina seems passionate as she looks right at Seleana.

“I also need you to support me as well by not doing anything out of the ordinary. After all we are a married couple which means that people are going to view us as being one person. We need to put on a united front and be in this together. So for the next two weeks I don’t need you out and about doing stuff for the zoo or anybody else. I just want you to stay put…”

“Ja… It feels good to spend time with you though. We are always away from each other that it just feels right to do things together…”

With that the two can’t help but smile at one another as Christina continues to speak.

“As far as my celebration goes I think Danielle and Daniel are trying to get something together for me at the hotel with a few of the Golden Ring people at this hotel. Well those who are on the roster and are staying here. Whatever they do for me I feel honored. I really wasn’t supposed to be in this situation so I will make the most of it…”

Seleana smirks again as she continues to speak to her wife.

“And how is Aurora doing?!”

Christina opens her eyes in amazement as she glares back at her wife. She quickly picks up the phone and cycles through her contacts before she selects Angelica and begins to face time her.

“Ooops I forgot to check on them… Anyway they should be good…”

Christina waits in anticipation as she calls the little girl with Leukemia. A few moments go by and it isn’t long before Angelica picks up the phone.

“Hey Christina, how is everything going?!”

Christina nods her head with a chuckle as she waves in return.

“Things are going really well. How are you holding up? Listen I know I got you that big job at the casino but don’t worry about anything. Daniel is a really great guy and he is going to take care of you as far as money goes. If he doesn’t I will personally help you out. Are you both enjoying my apartment? There is plenty of food in the refrigerator and if you are missing anything don’t hesitate to use my credit card and have whatever you need delivered. Use the disinfectant and don’t leave the apartment for anything. If anything ever happened to Aurora I don’t know what I would do…”

Angelica smirks in return.

“She is actually doing really well… We both are doing great to be honest and she wants to speak to you…”

Angelica hands the phone to Aurora. The little Spanish girl with Leukemia smiles as she glances at Christina through the phone. Aurora is wearing a blue wig to show off to Christina who smiles in return. Christina chuckles as she grabs the championship and holds it to the camera.

“Look what I have Aurora isn’t it so cool? When I was in the ring with Roxi the only thing I could think about was your reaction so I gave Roxi the best fight of my life and I was able to finally win it…”

“Yay… You really are the best Christina! I can’t wait for this stupid virus to go away so I can see you again…”

“Definitely Aurora… Just promise me that you will continue to be strong. Listen to whatever you mommy says and when things die down we will see each other. I will let you hold the title and we are going to have so much fun together. I miss you so much and I promise I will beat up Andrea and Roxi so I can return back to you as a champion…”

“Bye Christina… I will be safe… I promise…”

With that Christina’s face time had come to an end as Seleana crosses her arms as she looks back at Christina. The two can’t help but be focused on solely each other. Christina holds the title some more as she takes a deep breath and continues to speak.

“Seleana all of this is still so surreal to me. When Mikah beat me I didn’t know if I would ever get this back. I tried my damn hardest and always fell short. Yet when you least expect it the biggest blessings come and I am so thankful for it. I have a lot to be thankful for. I have the Championship again. My daughter and I have a positive relationship again and I have a beautiful and supporting wife. What more could I possibly want?!”

Seleana nods her head before she sighs in return.

“There’s only one thing we need to discuss Estrellita and that’s your son Brayden. I still don’t understand why you didn’t feel comfortable about telling me about him. We don’t keep secrets right?!”

Christina sighs in return.

“To be honest I just wanted to forget about it. it was hard separating twins but I was only 13. I was in no position to be raising a child let alone two of them. I just thought giving him up to a family who needed him was what was best. It was a hard decision but I just felt like I would attach more to a girl than a boy. If he wants to bury me and seek retribution so be it but at the end of the day it’s my cross to carry. I deserve every single bit of it because I was a terrible mother to him. To be honest Seleana I am happy that SCW has us on lockdown.”

Christina slowly puts her championship down as tears start to flow from her eyes.

“Because at least being on lockdown means I won’t have to deal with that situation for a while. I get to live in this fantasy and I can deal with Brayden on my terms…”

“Estrellita I understand your son is a touchy subject but you will have to deal with it at some point. You just can’t run away from it forever and when you are ready to deal with it I will be right here by your side ready to take on it with you. Just don’t suppress your feelings because that’s the worst thing you can do…”

Christina shakes her head with a sigh as she looks back at her wife.

“I won’t babe… I promise whenever the situation comes and we have to deal with my son we shall do it together. For now let’s focus on doing something productive since we are here. There is so much to do here and yet I feel bored!”

“Well if you were home what would you be doing?!”

Christina flicks her hair.

“If I was home I would be lounging around in my pajamas and playing video games. Yet I already blasted through the new Resident Evil. I need something else to do! I just can’t sit here…”

“But Star you just said a while ago that there were like 10 things to do in this hotel. We could maybe go drinking at the bar?!”

“Recovering alcoholic… I don’t mind serving drinks at the casino but not to be actually drinking…”

“You could go to the gym?!”

“Why, for me to cry over how strong ladies like Charlotte and Mackenzie are or to get out lifted by Sierra and Johana… I rather not be put in that position…”

Seleana nods her head with a grin as she continues to speak.

“You could always try to ship Dani and Nicky…”

Christina looks back at Seleana with a wide grin on her lips.

“Well I could always do that… I don’t need to be quarantined and on Lock Down to do that… Seleana I need something to do!”

Christina seems to be throwing somewhat of a minor fit as she sits there thinking to herself. It isn’t that long before Christina’s phone begins to go off. Christina glances at her phone and she smiles as it reads Chloe Martin. Chloe was Christina’s personal assistant and the COO of her movie studio. The blue haired vixen didn’t waste any time in answering the phone.

“Hey Chloe how is it going in Vegas?!”

Christina just sighs in return.

“It’s so boring! There’s like so much to do but I still feel bored…”

“Well at least it’s okay to feel bored. You at least know you are being safe for every worker there so that’s the most important thing. I just wanted to call you to let you know that things aren’t really going so well at the movie studio. With how things are looking in California I had to shut the place down.”

Christina nods her head with a nod.

“That’s fine they all should be home with their families anyway. Besides our editing team can pretty much work from home anyway, and those who can’t let’s make sure they still get paid. They all have families to take care of and we don’t want to be the bad guys that fire anybody. Is that all you had to tell me?!”

Chloe takes a deep breath as she begins to speak some more.

“Actually no… The real reason why I called you is because with the world wide pandemic going on our stocks are going right down the drain. I know you and Seleana both worked so hard for us to get right back on track but it doesn’t seem to be the case. We need new material and that’s going to be hard considering what’s happening in the world. Every single major movie company has pushed back their material until the end of the year. I don’t think we can afford to do that. So you need to think of something…”

Christina looks at her wife before she slowly speaks on the phone again.

“Think of what exactly… We are stuck in a hotel. There’s not much we could do. Nobody could really do anything being in a hotel in Vegas…”

“What about the show you always rave about on Netflix Glow. In one of the seasons weren’t the ladies forced to do stuff in Vegas because things didn’t go that great for them in California?!”

Christina passionately speaks back.

“THAT WAS SEASON 3 and they had to go to Vegas because they didn’t get the television contract. So they spent a while doing the same LIVE show in Las Vegas over and over again. All of the ladies stayed at the same Vegas apartment and they seemed to have super fun. I know it’s based on a true story but I think Christian Underwood is a pro on the subject or whatever. I don’t know… The only thing I know is that the show is awesome and…”

Chloe excitedly screams from the other end of the phone.

“DOESN’T THE SHOW HAVE AN 80S VIBE TO IT!!!”

“Yes it’s supposed to take place during the 80s or whatever… Why are you asking?!”

“Because you are stuck in a Vegas hotel, people love parodies and spoofs. We might as well bring some cheer during this time by coming up with new material. What if you filmed using your phones or whatever while there with whatever women you can get together. We can spoof GLOW and I am sure people would love it. Rose Productions probably presents the Beautiful Girls of Fighting!”

Christina thinks about it as she smirks.

“OH MY GOD… ARE YOU SAYING I COULD LIKE FILM WHILE QUARANTINED… THAT’S AMAZING… I PROBABLY COULD GET SOME OF THE GIRLS TOGETHER. LORD KNOWS I AM GOING TO GET DANI INVOLVED… AS WELL AS CHARLOTTE AND MACKENZIE!”

Seleana smirks.

“I know you could get Halo and Brittany as well…”

“Of course I could get Kate and Griffin to do it as they are signed to our production company anyway. Maybe we can get Despy as well. This could be exciting and it will be fun all around… Safe fun… Chloe you can count me in. We are going to have the best time ever while being in Vegas… Rose Productions proudly presents BGOF!!! THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTING! Cheesy 80s vibes all around...”

Chloe chuckles over the phone.

“Sweet… You get everything rolling on your end… I’ll call some of the staff. Whenever you film something send it to me via Email and I will get it out to them so they can edit it at home… This might be a masterpiece and the best thing we have done… Let the series of BGOF begin!”

With that she hangs up the phone and Christina slowly moves her attention to Seleana.

“Ok babe let’s get things ready. We are going to do a casting call. Meet me by the pool in about three hours. Call some of the bombshells and tell them what’s going on. We are definitely going to have some fun while we are here… Tell them to bring their best 80s inspired gimmick as well. This is going to be a blast and I have a feeling that this might be the best thing going on at the hotel for the next three weeks…”

With that in mind Christina nods her head with a chuckle leaving Seleana to get on the phone. Christina leaves the hotel room in a hurry. It was definitely going to be a fun event. Something that would take Christina out of her boredom but most importantly it was fully safe and during this time that’s the only thing that mattered. We slowly fade out on this image…









Saxon Hotel
Poolside

We find ourselves at the Saxon Hotel’s pool and it is there where we are able to see the likes of Christina Zdunich. She smirks as she is standing at the pool. She is clad in a costume of some sort but she isn’t our subject as she looks out at some of her fellow bombshells who are sitting down on the pool beach chairs. She can’t help but chuckle a bit as she looks out at the women in front of her. They all seem to be dressed in their respective costumes. In front of her were the bombshells of Seleana, Dani Weston, Charlotte, Mackenzie, Kate Steele, and of course Sierra Williams. Despy and Angel sat off to the side as Christina started to speak to them.

“Hello everybody I just want to personally thank all of you for being a part of this little venture. You all are going to be paid for this so no worries on that front. This is going to be an exciting ordeal. This is completely low budget so don’t mind the camera phone recording. Try your best to stay completely in character and just have fun. To start the show we are just going to do a casting call.”

Dani seems befuddled as she looks at Christina.

“Casting call… Like you want me to introduce who I am and who I will be playing?!”

Christina nods her head.

“Basically just state who you like your character and cut a promo to the camera! We have to introduce who we are to the viewers so they can jump right into the characters. Trust me I know what I am talking about. Just follow my lead and let your creativity come into play…I guess I shall start…”

With that Seleana holds Christina’s phone as she looks over at her wife. Christina is clad in what looks to be a superhero outfit. It looks like that of Super Girl’s costume except it has a huge C on the chest. Christina is holding her World Bombshell Championship across her shoulders as she smirks into the cameras as Seleana hits record.

“Hello citizens of the world! I am Super C. I am the resident SUPER HERO OF THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTING! It’s my job to completely save the day and be there for everyone in need. I am your BGOF WORLD CHAMPION and it’s supposed to be my job to play the goody girl and be the champion of the people! Yet as much as I value myself as a CHAMPION… Don’t expect me to PROMOTE myself as a champion. You might never see me on a camera besides for a match. I won’t say much but when it’s match time, but don’t worries I am still the super hero and I will save the day! NOW I NEED TO GO… The world needs saving!”

Christina looks around as she glares at her title.

“The world is being taken over by an evil plague! My colleagues have no idea that I am the geeky little journalist Christina Rose. I will always get the scoop no matter whatever it takes. The evil plague of BGOF seems to spread through contact. The more contact one has with people the more it could spread. Why should I stay put… After all I will be out and about… Little do I know that it actually makes me the villain! Who cares about STAY AT HOME ORDERS…. IT’S TIME TO FLY AND BE SUPER C!!! Remember eat vitamins, eat carrots, and be SUPER. For I am the champion who won’t ever be seen…. SWOOSH!!!!!!!!”

With that Christina quickly dives out of the shot as she smirks in return. Christina takes the camera from Seleana who stands in front of the camera. She is wearing a funny looking hat as well as a backpack. She smiles as she forces an Australian accent that’s absolutely terrible.

“Blimey! My name is Amanda the Aussie Zoo Keeper… I have tamed and ridden the most beastly of kangaroos! I have struck down 20 Dingoes with my bare hands mates! I have come to the BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTING to tame the World Champion and make her my own. I will make a surfboard out of her and using that leather from her title to make a fine belt! Now bring on these blokes, and I will beat them all MATES… BLIMEY… Here comes the biggest of waves mates… It’s time to morph Amanda the Aussie Zoo Keeper to Sally the Surfer!!!”

With that Seleana rips her zoo out off as she dives into the pool. The splashes hit the phone as Christina smirks in return.

“Good… It looks real authentic… Remember nobody get offended or think we are crossing a line… This is supposed to be cheesy and have that whole 80s vibes to it. Remember the more exaggerated the gimmick and accent the better this parody is going to be…”

Christina claps her hands together who looks at Charlotte and Mackenzie getting in front of her and the camera along with that of Kate Steele who is wearing the Internet Championship across her waist. London Underground just shakes their head as they glare at Christina.

“I just want you to know we are personally going to kill you when this is done. You are lucky you work for Daniel or else we would never do this…”

Charlotte and Mackenzie each take a long deep breath as they finally begin to speak to the cameras.

“Cheers to all of you filthy Americans out there. I am Tea and this is my good friend crumpets. Together we make up the tag team Tea Time and together with our faithful leader in…”

Mackenzie turns over to Kate who smirks as she is wearing a Scotland Flag around her waist. She seems simply extravagant as she is definitely of some royal lineage. She smiles as she whips her hair while glancing at the camera.

“Thank you so much Tea Time… I am their leader… I am Lady Scotland and I am your British Champion. These filthy lassies from America wish to take us down but we won’t let it happen. Together with my knights of arms tea time we make up the trio of the United Queendom… All hail her royal majesty… The rightful heir to all of Scotland… LADY GLASGOW WHICH WOULD BE ME!!!”

“Cheers…. It’s TEA TIME… Would you like Tea & Crumpets with that?!”

With that the three girls who smile at one another as Christina nods her head in agreement giving the thumbs up.

“Simply beautiful ladies… You really outdid yourselves…”

Mackenzie and Charlotte both grin.

“Embarrass us again and I think we might break an arm or two of yours… Maybe we shall let Kate deal with the legs…”

“That is something we can really drink tea too… Let’s go to the bar and get some beers…”

Kate chuckles in return as the three ladies walk off leaving Seleana just standing there as she shrugs her shoulders. Christina can’t help but laugh some more as Dani Weston steps up In front of the cameras with a smirk on her face as Christina as she slowly unbuttons her top with a simple swaying of the hips.

“Expect your ratings to skyrocket because I am Michelle the Match Maker… I can make any of your deepest dreams become that of a reality. I love long walks on the beach. I love candle lit dinners and I definitely would love to know all of you more. As far as BGOF goes it’s only a matter of time before the match maker fights the rest of the girls. It doesn’t matter if it means taking down a super hero or even a bunch of foreigners. The reality is everything is a perfect match when I am involved and I am doing it all for you…See you soon… And here’s something to remember me by…”

With that Dani walks up to the camera and she kisses it purposely leaving a lipstick smear on it. She walks away as Christina shakes her head with a grin as she looks over at Seleana.

“We really need to get that girl laid sometime… She did mention she hated all of the noise at the hotel… We just have to find her somebody…. I will definitely help her in that department…”

Christina chuckles as she glares at Sierra Williams who walks up to the camera with a leather jacket on. She pulls out what looks like to be a switchblade as she forms a disgusting look on her face and begins to speak.

“Listen up chicas! I came from the hard streets of South Central HOLMES… ESCUCHARME!!! I am not here for dreams or delusions. I didn’t come here to save the day or to play with animals. I came here to let everybody know that I run these streets. I will be the best damn chica this company has seen… Nobody will take away my destiny to be the absolute best. You got that? If there’s a problem I might have to use my blade on you because this is my hood, and I am the STREETS… Champ you are officially on notice because that title belongs to me! This is ISABELLA FUENTES signing out ARIBA!!!!”

With that Sierra walks away nodding her head in agreement as Christina turns her attention over to Seleana with a smirk on her face.

“Oh my God Sel… That was super amazing… I think this whole parody thing might be so bad… It’s actually going to be really good… I can see the dollar signs rolling. We are going to make so much money…”

Selena nods her head.

“Yep… It’s going to be so bad you are definitely going to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry for this one but that’s fine since most of your movies tend to win you a lot of Razzies Ja?!”

Christina just sighs in return as she glances directly into the eyes of her wife.

“Are you making fun of me?!”

“No Star… Just telling you the honest truth…”

As the two of them just bicker back and forth from across the side we are able to see what looks to be a make shift commentators booth. Sitting behind it is none other than Despy, Angel, and Griffin Hawkins. They each are smirking as they motion for Christina to come towards them. Christina runs over there with her phone in hand as she hits the record button. Despy is wearing what looks to be a shut. Angel has demon wings on his back and Griffin is wearing a tuxedo t shirt and just underwear. Despy begins to speak.

“Hai everyone… My name is Hope and these are my broadcasting partners Demon, and Mr. NO PANTS!!!!”

Despy smiles as he leans towards Angel.

“Demon says he can’t wait for Isabella Fuentes to cut everyone…. HEY THAT’S NOT NICE….”

He leans again to hear him speaking.

“I KNOW YOU ARE A DEMON, and I AM HOPE!!! I believe in the HOPE of all people and I want to see big things happen now and forever. Anyway this is an EXCITING TIME FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG… So many talent and… YES I KNOW DEMON YOU LOVE ISABELLA… But…”

Griffin chuckles as he begins to speak.

“I am just here for the women and I get to sit up here in NO PANTS…”

“PUT SOME PANTS ON!!!”

“NO CAN DO HOPE… After all Mr. No Pants… DOESN’T WEAR PANTS…. Is it me or is it just cold out here….”

“DEMON SAYS HE LOVES THE BARNEY UNDERWEAR!!!!”

“HEY YOU CAN’T MAKE A BARNEY REFERENCE… HE DIDN’T EVEN EXIST UNTIL 1992!!! ANYWAY THIS IS MR. NO PANTS AND WE CAN’T WAIT FOR OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING!!!”

“That’s right the World Championship of BGOF will be on the line in a good old fashioned CHICKEN POOL FIGHT… It will be the likes of SUPER C… TAKING ON LADY GLASGOW…. WILL THE PRIDE OF THE WORLD IN SUPER C WIN… OR WILL THE EVIL BRITISH INVASION THREAT OF LADY GLASGOW AND HER DASTARDLY UNITED QUEENDOM FOIL THE DAY…. STAY TUNED…. FOR WHAT BGOF HAS TO OFFER!!!”

With that Christina stops recording and she smiles as she looks over at Despy with a thumbs up.

“You are so awesome Despy…”

“Thank you… I didn’t know if I would be allowed at the hotel… SCW is strict about the employees thing with the lockdown and they don’t know where I fit into it all but Angel pulled some strings… Isn’t that right Angel?!”

Despy begins to grin in return as Christina nods her head just chuckling about the entire thing. Seleana runs her hands through her long blonde hair as she glances back at her wife.

“That went really well chickie although you going to be ready for this chicken fight?!”

“Of course I am going to be ready… Just keep me in the air and do not drop me… I can take down Kate… You just need to have my back…”

“Wait… You are actually going to fight her… Isn’t this scripted…”

“No… I love Improv Seleana and you need to go with the flow…”

“Did you just use your World Championship as a prop and you plan to put it on the line in a chicken fight?!”

Christina shrugs her shoulders as she looks back at her wife who continues to speak.

“Also doesn’t it seem weird for you girls to have a chicken fight… This goes against women’s wrestling evolving to what it is today… Women worked so hard not to be in jello fights, in pudding matches and in…”

Christina chuckles again as she looks at her wife and pushes her into the pool. Christina bends down as she looks at her.

“Seleana… Just live a little… We are here to have fun and enjoy the moment. There’s no reason to worry about things that aren’t important. People are dying every single day due to this pandemic. Tomorrow isn’t always guaranteed… Just relax and take it all in. We deserve to have this fun. Let’s just enjoy the moment okay?!”

With that Christina offers Seleana a hand to help her out of the pool and she ends up pulling her inside of it as well. The two of them begin to splash one another as we slowly leave them on this image.





On Camera

The scene comes into focus and as it does we are treated to the likes of Christina Zdunich walking around the Saxon hotel. Christina is clad in her Super Hero BGOF attire. She smiles as she runs her hands through her long blue hair as she looks deeply into the cameras.

“Hello everyone… This is your World Bombshell Champion Super C reporting live from the Saxon Hotel. I just want to say to everybody that might be watching this to stay completely safe during this time. A lot of bad things are going on in the world and the most important thing that anybody can do is stay safe. Do not go out of your house unless you really need to. Make sure you disinfect as much as you can and talk to your special loved ones as much as you can over the phone. These are some very trying times and I hope that SCW can do it’s very best to put smiles on your faces. We will still bring joy to our watchers. Even though we are going to Blaze of Glory one of our biggest Super Cards it kills us that we had to postpone our hometown tour… But don’t worry like I said our biggest concerns as a company is safety first and we wish for all of you to be safe at this time… So cheer as loud as you can from your homes. Trust when I say we definitely can hear each and every single one of you and we thank you for being fans of us…”

With that Christina smiles as she nods her head in agreement and continues to speak.

“Anyway in a little over a week Blaze of Glory is going to be upon us. I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do but the main important thing is that I am here in this match. It’s been a long time coming but finally I can say that I am a World Champion again. Not only am I a World Champion but I am the very first bombshell to hold the SCW Championship for a record breaking four times. That is insanely special to me. I didn’t know if I would make it here again. If I listened to the critics I should have probably walked away after getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. I was never the same after that. I struggled so much and it is always depressing seeing Mercedes Vargas talk about my win and lost record. I don’t have the best of records. Hell you could say I am barely at the 500 mark in SCW as I win half of matches and lose half of them as well. That doesn’t make me out to be something special. That just seems to be completely average at best…But it’s the honest truth about me… People will always be quick to point that out about me…”

Christina takes a long deep breath as she continues to speak.

“Some would even question how did I even get to the spot that I am in?! To be honest there’s one truth that you can find that is all throughout my entire career of being right here in SCW and it’s the fact that I don’t quit. I haven’t quit and quite frankly I won’t ever quit. This company is my very lifeblood and I would damn near do whatever it took to protect the integrity of SCW among everything else about this business. I love SCW and it pained me when SCW had to close its doors because our wonderful owners are overworked by all of the shit that they have to go through. I know it must be hard having to be in their shoes. People demanding title matches without putting in the work. People demanding pushes but can’t take some time out of the way to stand in front of a camera and promote their own shit. Everybody always wants a hand out but yet don’t want to work for it… Yet I work for my shit… I work for everything that I have and if you feel like I don’t do my part by all means you can excuse my language but you can royally go fuck yourself because I belong here and this is my spot…”

Christina takes her championship off and she holds it high in front of the cameras. She cracks a wide grin as she runs her fingers through her hair and continues to speak.

“But long behold it’s like I can’t even celebrate my moment. I should be excited over what I just accomplished. After all it was history. I MADE HISTORY… I have a right to be happy but yet when I do wish to cheer for something that I did or take pride in it. I get told through sub tweets that here is Crystal Hilton coming out again. I get sighs… I get the some things will never change tweets and why is that? Is it because I am passionate about what I do… Is it because I am a very vocal person about the things that I do for wrestling, if you don’t like what I do… Too fucking bad… I paid my dues for SCW… I am one of its nicest girls right now. Although you might listen to this promo and think that Christina is going off into the deep end. She sounds like a very mean girl or as you people would put it heelish I believe is the term, and you are quick to throw me under the bus…”

I don’t fucking think so, this isn’t mean being mean… This is me being brutally honest and I feel so honored to be in the top spot again. I feel delighted to be where I am and I am proud just to be on the show regardless. Yet since I am in the top spot I am going to cherish it because one never knows when they might be there again, and for me it’s been far too long since I had THE MAIN EVENT SUPER CARD SPOT… You could say I had it in December but that was me trying to pursue a championship. That wasn’t me being in that spot because I am the champion. So yes I am the champion and I am going to defend my very spot because I refuse to let anybody come into my territory and take what I worked so hard to get…”

Christina smiles as she looks at her championship before she slowly looks at her outfit and smiles again.

“Yet you might be questioning why is Christina Zdunich wearing this Super Hero outfit and it’s actually really simple. It seems like going into this match at Blaze of Glory everybody in this huge title match seems to be going through an identity crisis. I know Roxi Johnson is supposed to be the best of the best. She is supposed to be the hero and Andrea is listed as being good yet I don’t feel like either of them are living up to what they are trying to portray. They are both far from what they are trying to perceive themselves to be. I am the only real honest one here. I am the super hero because I am completely authentic and I will not be fake for the sake of anybody not now and certainly not ever. Roxi Johnson I love you girl. I just want you to know that from the bottom of my heart. You are one of my best friends so I know I can be completely honest with you but how can you honestly sit there and call yourself a super hero?!”

Christina shrugs her shoulders as she continues to speak.

“Super Heroes are supposed to save people. They are supposed to be spreading good news and being strong for others but these are so many dark times in our world. It’s probably the darkest in the longest of times because this Covid-19 isn’t destroying the entire world. It’s attacking everybody and the best way to stop it from spreading is to maintain a Stay at Home Order. It’s best to keep to yourself and to follow whatever protocol there is to make sure this thing doesn’t spread. Yet you and Keira haven’t been doing that. I could feel sympathy if you wrestled in like twenty companies. After all I do exactly that and each company has their own strict policy or whatever when it comes to it. Some which involve doing weeks of taping shows in one night so we can spend time being safe. Yet what are you both really doing that you can just show up to events whenever you want and blatantly ignoring our Lockdown rules…

That’s fucking bullshit Roxi. You aren’t better than any of us on the roster. You should be spending time with the rest of the roster and bonding with all of us but that never seems to be the case.  However when it comes time to spending time with the roster this always seems to be an issue. Even going to the Summer XXXtreme event. When it comes time to being on the cruise you always try to come at the last minute and it’s like you don’t want to be around us. What really gives Roxi? Are you that much better than any of us that you can’t be bothered to be around us… Come on you know as well as I do that it is completely bullshit…”

Christina sighs again as she continues to speak.

“Yet as a Super Hero you need to be completely honest and I feel like you aren’t honest to yourself or even with that of your wife. When you came back to this company you were immediately handed a World title shot. You didn’t earn it, you simply were handed it and you failed to capture the title. We both had to work our way to getting into that survival match at December 2 Dismember. You won that match and that’s a win that you earned through your hard work and efforts. I am not going to question that but what I do question is what happens after that. When you are a champion you need to do everything you can to promote that title. You need to be on every single show whether you are booked or not and make it to the title that everybody wants. What’s the point of being a champion if you aren’t going to be around? I guess that’s how this notion of not having to be around developed but let me tell you something you need to be everywhere that you possibly could be when you are a champion. It’s more than just competing inside of the ring but you need to promote. You need to do meet and greets and you have to pretty much be there. If you don’t do any of those things it basically just means the title is a trinket at that point and it devalues the title. You beat Alicia and did everything you could to end her evil reign but you didn’t really build it back up…”

Christina nods her head as she speaks some more.

“Also I feel like you aren’t that honest to Keira Johnson. There’s nothing wrong with her trying to build herself up to get to the position of getting a World Championship match but yet you need to tell her that she needs to stop begging for the shot. She claims she never had a shot but I could have sworn I beat her in the Chamber of Fate match all of those years ago as well as a one on one match. Yet she keeps saying she wants a match over and over again and doesn’t seem to put in the work. How can you expect to get anything by simply demanding? Salco at least can go on the shows and tell the world what she wants but Keira doesn’t quite do that. She complains which isn’t that of a hero and sort of demands it. As soon as I won the title she was already clamoring for a title shot and you were egging her on.

Yet as much as she wants it she just can’t get over the hump of winning the most important match. She fails to get the job done. She didn’t beat Andrea, she couldn’t beat Bobbi and yet she makes excuses. Yet as much as she has been begging for a title shot she finally gets a chance to compete in a four way match and she holds her head down in depression. Which is it to be honest? Which identity is she really going for? She can’t cry for a title match and be given a title contenders match only to act like that’s not what she wants. It makes absolutely no sense. So what if you lose. You need to keep at it. I think the reality is hurting her that she isn’t you. Deep down she knows she isn’t the wrestler that you are. You need to be honest to her or else you really aren’t doing what you need to as a spouse…

As a competitor you are one of the best of the best. I just think your biggest issues is your lack of promotion and not really caring about others besides yourself.”

Christina chuckles again as she begins to speak some more.

“Also in this match is the likes of Andrea Hernandez. Andrea you are an amazing wrestler. Don’t get me wrong I really respect you and as I told you before you are in fact the next biggest thing in all of wrestling. When we wrestled at the last Super Card we both gave each other the best we had to come out on top. Yet on that night you were the better woman. You were the woman to win and because of such you built up a lot of momentum for yourself. Andrea as I said once before you are the next biggest thing in all of wrestling. You will be a World Champion someday and at the age of 26 you still have so much ahead of you. You have built up a name for yourself and have taken down some of the best of the best that this company has to offer. You have beaten Bea, you have beaten Keira, and the list goes on and on… It doesn’t get any better than that does it?!”

Christina nods her head as she continues to speak.

“As great as you might be here is my biggest issue with you. You seem to be carrying on this unnecessary chip on your shoulder. For the past couple of weeks you have been tweeting that you are pissed off. You have been upset that I was given a World Championship match and I came out ahead. I know you have been tweeting about it over and over. Instead of tweeting that you are angry and that you are still angry. I rather you just be blunt about it. I know you came out on television and you told the entire world that if I was smart I would do everything in my power to not defend my title against you. After all you have already proven that you could beat me. so it would be wise for me to take on other challenges and do whatever I could do to keep the title. Yet as great as that might sound Andrea the reality is I am not a little Bitch. I am not going to run away from a fight. I don’t care if you beat me before. What you don’t understand about me is the fact that when I do lose to somebody that just makes me want to fight them even more…”

Christina smiles passionately as she speaks some more.

“Andrea I am the type that wants to be in the ring with you more than ever. Ever since I won this title I wanted to fight you because I knew it was right. You are the rightful contender and despite everything I earned my fucking title. I may not have been winning but I run SCW fantasy, I do journalism for SCW, I appear on show after shows and I always go all out. Because I have built up my brand SCW has rewarded me. That’s what women such as Salco, myself, and Sam Marlowe do. People might Bitch at us for losing but we are always here and because we put ourselves out there that’s why we can’t the big matches. I wish Keira was paying attention because she could learn something from this!

So yes I did earn this title whether you think so or not. You can be upset but I belong here for a reason. Pay attention Andrea because women such as Sam Marlowe, Roxi Johnson, Melody Grace and Mikah constantly beat me over and over again. I could have walked away and cried about it. Yet I didn’t, I stepped up and I came back and beat them when it matters the most. I took the World Championship from those four individuals after losing to them and it was that drive that made me want to fight them even more. It was that drive that propelled me on and I loved the competition…

I could have taken the easy way out but why should I Andrea? That’s not me nor will it ever be me… You come across like that of a Bitch and you have me misunderstood. Andrea instead of focusing on being mad you should have focused on winning the Blast From the Past Tournament. You were bitching the moment the teams were made and at the end you dropped the ball. Instead of pointing at everybody else and how upset you are why don’t you step up and actually do something about it…”

Christina shakes her head.

“I get it you beat me and you find yourself being better than me because you managed to beat Salco who I had a hard time at beating. You beat Keira who I consistently struggled at beating. For somebody who gloats so much you can by all means beat those people. I know I lsot to them but when I hold the World Championship I am a different beast altogether. Beating World Champion Christina becomes different altogether and if you look at any video game. The first time you go against the final boss seems easy. Whether it’s playing ping pong with Gannon from Zelda, to battling Birkin in Resident Evil 2. As soon as you get deeper into the game it becomes that much harder. The fight isn’t the same and the boss is on another level…

That’s me Andrea… I have reached my Trance form… This is my Limit Break and you are in for a different fight altogether. Whatever you have done in the past doesn’t mean shit anymore. The only thing I care about is being the champion. Getting past both you and Roxi and doing the very best that I can as the champion. So Andrea and Roxi you both better bring the best fights you can because I am coming at you with everything I got. I won’t be losing anytime soon not now and certainly not ever…

So let the cameras roll… Let the be action because it’s SHOWTIME…. It’s time to roll the credits on you both once and for all… Take a bow because this will be your curtain call… See you soon…”

With that Christina can’t help but chuckle as she smiles directly into the cameras and it’s on this image that we slowly fade out on.

[Roxi Johnson]

 "The hardest part of my ability? Coming to terms with the idea that I can't do everything."
-   Superman (Adventures of Superman Vol 2 #3)

Hello SCW.

It has been some time since I last appeared on your screens and spoke to you. And while the reasons were plenty, Ranging from simply not being booked, to some personal ones as I took the time to honestly stop and think about many things, my career, my future, and what was next for me… I do apologize to you for leaving you without many words or appearances. I do owe you a quality explanation for my absence, and I am quite frankly struggling to find that explanation for you.  There was just a lot to take in after working as hard as I did to have the Bombshell’s championship taken from me. It hurt. A lot.

I haven’t spoken at length about the loss, nor have I discussed it with anyone. I needed to really let this loss soak in and make a decision on what the next steps in this process was. I got to watch from afar as other things happened around me and pertaining to my family and that process was eye-opening as well. Things were said and tweeted and they just seemed either hypocritical or using selective examples to further a point. Here I am a former champion and not one word was said about a rematch until the next week, which, hey, that’s fine. I needed that week to make an honest assessment. But then I see things getting put out there like yes, you need to EARN championship matches and opportunities. They aren’t just given out.

That is, unless you are certain people, I guess.

Now, before things get ugly, because they are, what I am about to talk about is not sour grapes nor is it an excuse for why I am not the Bombshell’s champion anymore. That part, is totally on me, and me alone. I called for the competition level to rise, and of course Crystal was on that night, better than me, and she is the champion. I should have been ready, but I wasn’t. And a big part of that was the fact that Crystal got that championship match out of nowhere. It’s not a complaint, it’s a statement of fact. If we are going to harp on people earning matches, then we need to obviously hold everyone to the same standard. It’s what I tried to do as the champion after winning it. I wanted to wrestle everyone, I wanted people to raise their games and earn their championship matches, the Bombshell’s championship included.

But that apparently did not apply to Crystal.

But it does apply to my wife.

Yes, I will freely admit that I received the exact same thing when I returned last summer. I will also point out I 100% was against just being handed a championship match Yes, I made the tweets teasing a return and competing for the championship, but I expected, if again, we’re holding everyone to the same standard, that I would 100% need to earn it. I requested to have a match prior to that championship match, so that A ) I could at the very least prove that I was viable contender, and B ) to make it known I didn’t want to walk into that match without having beaten someone.

But it seems there are selective standards now. Before wrestling me, Crystal lost to Andrea Hernandez. It simply does not make sense, again, if we’re holding everyone to the same standard… that this would lead to Crystal jumping back in front of the line. If we’re going to throw status into the equation, then we need to set a whole new set of rules. The simple fact that Crystal is a hall of famer, or a legend, or what have you, doesn’t trump performance.

Now, I have told my wife over and over again that she needs to earn her way to competing for any championship, and that things will not be handed to her. I have tried to coach this and many other things to make her understand that simply challenging the champion, any champion, doesn’t give you the opportunity itself. And then things happen like this, so I am left without solid ground to stand on in terms of explaining the situation.

This is why I did not step in or say anything when Keira became upset last week. She was angry and dejected, having tried very hard and circumstances just didn’t work out for her. So it was… disheartening to say the least when people in charge decided to call it “drama” and “being ungrateful”. It was disappointing to see them not publicly say that she had at least done a good job and was impressive. No, instead all I saw was her being derided and ganged up on by people in positions of power. The same people who made the decision that Crystal should have a championship match after losing her previous match, also decided that my wife should be ridiculed for wanting to earn a championship match and to be placed in a match with 2 ladies she already beat two weeks prior.

And now I have to sit here and figure out what to say. “Well, I just lost the title, so that’s why I get this rematch.” It’s weak. I am in the position where I can’t look a gift horse in the mouth, but I see that elsewhere, it’s just not the same. Double standards are everywhere.

So there was a lot for me to witness and think about for the past 3 weeks. The ups and downs of everything. So, I’d just going to throw it out there:

After Blaze of Glory, we actually hold everyone to the same standard. No matter anyone’s status. We actually even the playing field and we make everyone earn their opportunities. That way, we never run into this little misunderstand ever again.

It was my goal with this previous title reign. So maybe this time, I finally put this whole thing into practice after winning this triple threat match.


{Our scene opens with Roxi finishing a workout once again. Her demeanor is one of determination, a lot having gone through her mind, and then noticeable lack of appearances on SCW television since she lost the bombshell’s championship. Her hair matted with sweat and it glistens off her exposed skin. She is more focused than ever. She finishes her workout after a few pushups, pushing her body to almost complete muscle failure. She rests on her knees, breathing heavily and sinking to the ground on her mat. She rolls onto her back and grabs the towel to her side and wipes her brow and runs it though her head. She checks her heart rate on her fitbit before rolling onto her side and lifting herself up to a seated position. She takes in gulps of air before slowly getting to her feet. She stumbles with her balance for a moment before slowly walking and heading to the bathroom to shower herself clean.

Upon returning and dressing herself, she sits on her bed and ends up on her laptop, facetiming with her sister Nicole.}

Roxi – Hey. How’s things?

Nicole – As good as they can be, I guess. Given everything that’s happened.

Roxi – Where are you now?

Nicole – Stuck in Paris.

{Nicole says with a wide grin on her face.}

Roxi – Paris? Why are you in Paris?

Nicole – Traveling, Rox. The money that I made, and saved, I might add, from wrestling has given me the chance to just actually travel and look around. I was in a lot of these places, but I never stopped to actually appreciate them. Well, I guess I never had time to really appreciate that, since you’re in and out so quick… Well, you know how it is.

Roxi – I do. But… seriously, I worry about you. I hope you are being safe.

Nicole – Safe as I can be. I mean, luckily I have a friend who is letting me stay with them, but yeah, there’s not a lot to do at this point. No word on when I can come back to the states, either.

Roxi – So long as you have some way of communicating, that means more than anything.

Nicole – Yeah, I’m fine for now. I don’t forsee any issues. I mean, there’s a lot of people being fined and there’s a curfew and whatnot, so… I think things are okay for now. I just read earlier that some like malaria drug helps. But it’s… just the way it is. Just sucks you can’t really sightsee anymore.

Roxi – Haven’t you been to Paris before?

Nicole – Of course. Doesn’t make it any less fascinating to visit and study. There’s all kinds of cool stuff here.

Roxi – I know, I’ve been there too.

Nicole – But have you seen Mont Saint-Michel? Or Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?

Roxi – No, never got a chance to get around to it.

Nicole – There are so cool. And Provence?! Ugh, it’s so amazing.

Roxi – Now I see why you’re saying it sucks not to be able to sightsee.

Nicole – There’s so many cool places to go. Hell, Europe is all so interesting.

Roxi – Hey now… the U.S. isn’t that bad!

{Nicole smirks}

Nicole – Well, no, but then again nobody is going anywhere and it sucks that no one can enjoy anything.

Roxi – So… what have you been up to?

Nicole – Netflix has been my friend. That’s been keeping me entertained for most of this. And thank goodness I brought my Kindle. I tell ya Rox, it’s not fun being cooped up here.

Roxi – But it’s for the best. We’re in all this together.

Nicole – But… what’s your group doing?

Roxi – Oh… uh, I mean… I assume they are working on something.

Nicole – Why don’t you help?

Roxi – Me?

{Nicole sighs.}

Nicole – Let’s not pretend Rox. You have survived things that most people wouldn’t. I know what you do. You’ve already told me everything, and… you know, with the way you recover, why not have your blood tested? I mean, you could be the key to the cure to this whole thing!

Roxi – I… I never actually thought of that. I’ve been trying not to get sick myself.

Nicole – But if what you told me is true, you’re not going to get sick. Hell, you DON’T get sick. If you were to get your blood out there, you could save more lives in one day than you could possibly imagine!

{Roxi’s eyes light up as she comes to the same realization.}

Roxi – Holy crap I could kiss you.

{Nicole arches a brow.}

Nicole – Careful there sis, we draw the line at hugs, you know that.

Roxi – Very funny. I never actually thought about what my blood could do… the antibodies could be of a unfathomable assistance around the world!

Nicole – I know, I know, thank me later.

Roxi – I’ll have to speak with the guild about all this… maybe we can get back to normal even faster.

Nicole – You always wanted to save the world.

{Roxi shrugs.}

Roxi – I mean… I kind of already have…

{Nicole on the other end makes all the “Cease and desist” motions she can with her hands, clearly not wanting to listen.}

Nicole – ah, tut tut tut… No, no. I really don’t need to hear it again. Not another tale about how you stopped a big bad monster, or defending the planet from aliens… If I want to read about that, I have graphic novels.

Roxi – The point is, you may have just helped out more than anyone else could ever hope to.

Nicole – So… you’re saying I saved the world this time?

{Roxi rolls her eyes.}

Roxi – Mom would be so proud.

{Nicole stops smiling at the mention of their mother.}

Nicole – Actually, now that you mention her…

Roxi – Oh? What’s wrong?

Nicole – Mom has not been answering the phone at the house. It may just be a bad connections and everything but, I’m not so sure. I’ve called at least 10 times since this thing has started. But she doesn’t answer. Dad did, but… Mom’s at the house and Dad kinda moved out on his own.

Roxi – Why didn’t you tell me?!

Nicole – Dad says everything is fine as far as he knows. He went to the house a few times and says Mom has been sleeping each time. He’s made sure she’s… alive, you know, but she doesn’t answer the calls, and her texts have been one word responses. I think something might be up.

{Roxi can tell by Nicole’s tone that she’s being serious. Roxi nods, understanding the situation.}

Roxi – She’s alone in that house.

Nicole – She’s alone a lot, but she usually just reads or knits. She’s fully capable of living on her own but… it’s just worrisome.

Roxi – I’ll take a trip over there and find out if everything is okay.

Nicole – Thanks. It’ll be a big weight of my mind.

Roxi – Yeah, no worries, I’ll take care of it.

Nicole – Thanks Rox. I know dad visits but I think she needs more than that. I think she may need someone permanently to be there. She is getting older.

Roxi – I mean… she’s not exactly a senior citizen, but I get your point.

Nicole – But yeah, if you want to take care of that, that would be great. But, I know you have important things to do, so I won’t keep ya.

Roxi – I understand. It was nice to catch up Nicole. I am glad you’re safe.

Nicole – Me too. I’m glad you guys are doing okay and being safe. Please give Keira and especially Nate all my love and keep doing what you do, Rox. The world needs more people like you, especially now.

Roxi – Thanks sis. Please continue to be safe, and you’ll get all the love…

{As if on cue, Nate wanders into the room.}

Nate – Mommy, I’m hungry.

Roxi – Oh, okay, it is about time for your lunch. Here, you wanna say hi to aunt Nicky?

Nate – Okay.

{Nate wanders over and Roxi puts him in front of the webcam}

Nicole – Hi Nate!

Nate – Hi aunt Nicky.

Nicole – Are you being a good boy?

Nate – Uh-huh. I learned the… the… cow sounds.

Nicole – Oh.. the cow sounds? What sound does the cow make?

Nate – The cow says…. Mooo!

Nicole – Very good! You are super smart!

Nate – Uh-huh.

Roxi – Alright, we need to make you some lunch.

Nicole – What are you going to have for lunch?

Nate – Uh…. A sandwich.

Nicole – Sounds good. What kind of sandwich?

Nate – Cheese.

Nicole – Cheese? That’s good. Cheese is good.

Nate – Uh-huh.

Roxi – Alright, we need to go and let aunt Nicky get some things done, because we have things to do. So say goodbye to Aunt Nicky.

Nate – Bye aunt Nicky.

Nicole – Bye-bye Nate!

{The two exchange blown kisses until Roxi hangs up. Roxi takes Nate into the kitchen and makes him a sandwhich and some fruit, letting him eat for a little bit. }

Roxi – Okay buddy, we’ve gotta go soon.

Nate – Mommy… where’s Aunt Nicky?

Roxi – She’s on vacation. She flew on a plane to go visit some friends.

Nate – Oh.

Roxi – But we need to go and see Gramma here in a second.

Nate – Gramma is okay?

Roxi – I think so, but we need to make sure she’s okay. I’m sure she’ll be happy to see you.

Nate – Gramma gives me candy.

Roxi – I know she does. Gramma spoils you rotten.

Nate – I not rotten!

Roxi – Not yet anyway. Alright, let’s finish and you can grab your shoes.

{Roxi lets Nate finish his food and the two begin to get ready. Roxi helps Nate put on his shoes before taking him by the hand to leave. As the scene fades.}



{Roxi and Nate makes the drive not far from Roxi’s home to Nicole’s. Nate looks around at the select few people on the road and in the streets.}

Nate – Mommy, where’s the people?

Roxi – They’re all at home, baby. They get to stay home so they don’t get sick.

Nate – Everybody is sick?

Roxi – No, not everybody. But lots of people are. That’s why we need to be careful. So you and me and Mama don’t get sick.

Nate – Gramma is sick?

{Roxi sighs, looking in the rear view mirror at her son for a moment.}

Roxi – That’s what we’re going to find out.

{Roxi drives on, until she pulls into a driveway nearby. She exits and helps Nate out of the car. She goes into the backseat and pulls out a surgical mask for Nate.}

Roxi – Baby, I need you to put this on, okay? It will protect you from getting sick, just in case Gramma is sick.

Nate – Okay.

{Roxi helps Nate put the mask over his face, and He and Roxi soon knock on the door and walk inside. There is an instant, overpowering smell of Apple cinnamon air freshener. The amount when someone has sprayed, way too much. Roxi and Nate slowly enter the house.}

Roxi – Mom?

{At first, there is no answer. Roxi picks Nate up and walks into Nicole’s living room, and sits Nate down in a recliner.}

Roxi – Stay right here. I’m going to go find Gramma.

{Roxi slowly checks the downstairs. There are dishes that are in the sink, as if someone had recently ate.}

Roxi – Mom? Are you here?

{There is a rustling from up on the second floor and Roxi walks back into the living room as Elizabeth slowly, and uneasily makes her way down the stairs.}

Roxi – Mom.

Elizabeth – Hello dear. Back already?

Roxi – No Mom, It’s Roxi. Nicole is still in Paris

Elizabeth – Oh… Sorry. This is what I get for having twins.

{Elizabeth chuckles.}

Roxi – Mom, are you feeling okay?

Elizabeth – Sure. I guess a little bit of restlessness, what with all the lockdowns and isolations.

Roxi – Nicole asked me to come check on you.

Elizabeth – She sends your father too. I’m older, but I’m not one of these old folks that can’t get around anymore. There’s just not much to do. But it’s peace and quiet for a chance.

{Another chuckle.}

Roxi – Nate wanted to come see you.

{Nate stands up off the recliner and marches towards Elizabeth hugging her leg.}

Elizabeth – Hello baby.

Nate – Hi Gramma. I love you.

Elizabeth – I love you.

{Elizabeth picks up Nate, holding him tightly and hugging him.}

Nate – Gramma?  Do you have candy here?

{Elizabeth laughs.}

Elizabeth – Ha! Of course dear. You’re getting so big, you know that?

Nate – I’m a big boy now.

Elizabeth – Oh… He’s a big boy now! Well, I think the big boy deserves a big piece of candy!

Nate – Uh-huh!

{Elizabeth lets Nate down and she talks him by the hand, still walking uneasily towards the dining room. Roxi notices this and her suspicion grows.}

Roxi – Are you sure you’re okay?

Elizabeth – Right as rain dear. You worry too much.

Roxi – And you spoil my son too much.

Elizabeth – He is my grandson, thank you very much. And as his grandmother it is my job to spoil him.

{Elizabeth gives Nate a piece of candy that he accepts.}

Roxi – What do we say?

Nate – Thank you Gramma.

Elizabeth – You’re very welcome.

{Elizabeth then covers her mouth. She breathes and then shakes her head.}

Roxi – Mom?

Elizabeth – Heartburn dear. It’s what happens when you get old.

Roxi – Nicole said that you didn’t answer the phone when she called.

Elizabeth – Roxi, I m fine. I may have missed Nicole’s call, but I’m not dead. You can see me, right here. I get caught up in a book, or watching TV. It’s nothing to worry about.

Roxi – And the texts?

Elizabeth – I’m usually half-asleep. What’s gotten into you?

Roxi – When my mother doesn’t respond to things it makes me nervous. It’s made Nicole nervous. It’s what we do.

Elizabeth – You know, that makes me proud to know that you care that much about other people.

Roxi – That’s what you taught us.

Elizabeth – I tried. As much as I could.

{Roxi finally waves her hand in front of her face, the smell of apple cinnamon is still overpowering her nose.}

Roxi – What’s with the air freshener?

Elizabeth – Thought I’d clean up around here. Your sister leaves in a huff sometimes. Starting filling up a trash bag, and every day I find something new.

{Roxi looks in the kitchen and sees the hefty bag full of trash.}

Roxi – You should throw it out, Mom.

Elizabeth – Every time I want to, I find something else that needs to be cleaned or dusted, or mopped.

{Roxi stands up and goes to handle the trash.}

Roxi – Well, let’s at least take this out.

Elizabeth – No, you don’t need to dear.

Roxi – Mom… it’s fine. I got this.

{Roxi handles the bag of trash, but instantly hears the “clank” of pieces of glass hitting each other.}

Roxi – What? Is there glass in here? Mom, you know you can’t…

{Roxi opens the bag of trash, and inside are the culprits of the sound. Stella Rosa wine bottles. Roxi slowly looks up at her mother.}

Elizabeth – …

Roxi – Mom…

Elizabeth – I… I had a moment…

{Roxi closes the trash bag and sits in front of her mother.}

Roxi – A moment?

Elizabeth – A moment.

Roxi – Mom, this is not a moment.

Elizabeth – I am… here alone…

{Elizabeth shrugs and softly begins to cry.}

Elizabeth – Everyone has a moment, don’t they? A moment of weakness? A moment where they fall? Everyone is allowed, aren’t they?

Roxi – Yes. Yes they are.

Elizabeth – Well, this was mine. I have been…cooped up in this house and I have just been going stir crazy and I needed something. Something to help me.

Roxi – I just don’t want you to fall back into that place.

Elizabeth – I admit it, it was a crutch. A fix. I needed it.

{Elizabeth continues to cry, turning into a full on sobbing after a moment or two.}

Nate – Gramma sad?

Elizabeth – Gramma… gramma is okay. You wants some more candy?

Nate – Uh-huh!

Roxi – Just one.

Nate – Okay Mommy.

{Elizabeth hands Nate another piece of Candy anyway. Roxi makes an annoyed face.}

Elizabeth – Rules don’t apply to Gramma.

Roxi – Yes, they do.

{Roxi slowly stands up and walks to the kitchen. She begins opening cupboards to see if her mother went back to hiding Alcohol. She peers into every nook and cranny, in search of any further bottles until she notices the dishes in the sink. She takes a breath, and opens the dishwasher. Empty.}

Elizabeth – What are you…

{Roxi pulls the bottom disk rack out, and just as she suspected, there are more bottles hidden under it. Roxi closes her eyes and sighs, before standing up, and walking back to the dining room table and confronting her mother.}

Roxi – How long?

Elizabeth – Roxi I…

Roxi – How. Long?

Elizabeth – A couple of months. I… I thought I had it under control. I… I’m sorry.

Roxi – You’re coming back to the house, with us. So that we can keep an eye on you.

Elizabeth – It’s not that bad. It really isn’t.

Roxi – You are HIDING things, mom.  That’s bad. Nicole and I, and even Dad have worked very hard to help you. And I can… I can understand the moment of weakness. I can. I know that we all fall sometimes. But we have all come too far to lose you back to this disease.

{Elizabeth holds her head in her hands, sighing and holding back more tears.}

Elizabeth – I’m sorry.

Roxi – I get it. AA is closed. Nobody should be out and about. But until Nicole comes back, you’re staying with us, and we’re not letting you NEAR this stuff again. We’re not going to lose you.

{Elizabeth looks up, and sees the mix of anger, frustration, and concern on her daughter’s face. She finally nods.}

Elizabeth – Thank you. Thank you Roxi. I’m sorry.

Roxi – Come on… It’s time to pack.

{Roxi leads her mother into the bedroom to pack clothing and other items to prepare for her trip to Roxi’s house. Roxi sits Nate in on the bed as he watches.}

Nate – Mommy? Where’s Gramma going?

Elizabeth – I’m going to come for a visit and stay with you!

Nate – Oh wow!

Roxi – Gramma will be right there and you can play with her all the time!

Nate – That’s cool!

Elizabeth – It will be lot of fun!

Roxi – And you can show Gramma all you fun toys and things!

Nate – Okay!

{Roxi watches carefully as her mother packs, making sure she doesn’t sneak anything into the suitcases. Roxi then loads them in the car, locking up Nicole’s house and the trio drive back to Roxi and Kiera’s home.}


I know that right now that Crystal has heard what I said before and now she feels disrespected. I’m sure I’m going to get a twitter DM asking me if everything is okay between us. But even Crystal knows, and has freely admitted, what I said was, and still is true. She was given a shot, seemingly at random. But, to her credit, she didn’t look a gift horse in the mouth and came out the winner because of it. She did what she had to do to get the job done. And I make no excuses for losing that match. She was better on that night.

I had, what some might call, a moment of weakness.

Now, I’m not saying that I underestimated Crystal. I know how good she is, that’s never been in question. Maybe she questions herself, but I can say that the loss made me question a lot of things. Sure, there really shouldn’t be any shame in losing to someone as good and as talented as she is, but the fact is, I am just as good. I set very high expectations of myself, and I had very high expectation for my third reign as the Bombshell’s champion, and to leave the division better than I found it. I had an agenda. I had something I was shooting for, and all of that was taken away in the blink of an eye by a very skilled wrestler. And random chance. But, I’m done mentioning that now. I wanted to use that as a crutch for myself sadly, but I knew in my heart that wasn’t an option. How would it look if I sat there and complained? I knew I was better than that, so I had to look back and try and figure out exactly what went wrong and why I’m not defending the bombshell’s championship in two weeks, but rather attempting to win it back.

And the reason, in all honesty is that I dropped my guard against someone I shouldn’t ever do that with. Having known Crystal for this long, it was completely foolish to assume that once the opportunity arose that Crystal wouldn’t come out guns blazing. Because I already knew that all it was really going to be about with Crystal was winning the Bombshell’s championship for the fourth time. Nothing more, nothing less. It wouldn’t matter if it was me, or it was her wife, Crystal would do anything to put herself at the top of the mountain and knock off anybody that stood in her way, and do anything to get there. I know that, I understand that, and I should have seen it coming. Hell, I KNEW it was coming and yet, I allowed myself to become complacent and not give Crystal my full attention. And that obviously proved to be a losing formula.

I kick myself for not fully understanding this. I kick myself because it’s always been right in front of my face and as many times I have defended Crystal for the underhanded things she’s done and the crazy things she’s done and everything in between, I still had that moment where I thought that maybe that Crystal wasn’t going to show up. That maybe she had finally found a healthy balance and understood how to manage everything. And the truth is, she did, but what I finally came to realize is that this balance can come and go like the wind.

Maybe it could be that she had D.I.D. although now she seems to not have any signs of it, so who knows with that… But the balance is actually far simpler than that. Crystal doesn’t need a series of losses or wins to turn like she does. She only needs an opportunity. And then, all bets are off. Personal glory will then come before everything. And there is nothing that Crystal won’t do to make good. The real balance is as soon as that’s done, it’s as if the red light of the camera turns off and she becomes just a normal, light-hearted person. At the snap of her fingers she can be humble and fun. But this is what every single person who derides her is actually talking about when they talk about the deceit she is capable of.

It’s almost if she doesn’t even know she’s doing it. Which is actually a little scary when you think about it. Which may explain why she feels so confused about why people dislike this behavior. Because it feels like Crystal is trying to make up for all the bad things that she gets yelled at about, and then as if she’s trying to make up for it, that effort, that drive for personal glory, that do whatever it takes mentality goes out the window.

And the crazy part of it is, she won’t even care about it, until the next opportunity. She’s got what she wants now, the Bombshell’s championship, the 4 time champion, so what does it even matter now? She’s in the books. Mission accomplished, no need to even both anymore. And that is what has become the single most frustrating thing.
Her reign as the 4 time bombshell’s champion will end at Blaze of Glory, and she won’t bat an eyelash at the whole thing. She will just sit there and go, well, it was short, that sucks, but I’m in the record books, first women to win the title four times! Awesome!

That is a huge way that Crystal and I differ. I am dissatisfied with simply winning this championship back.  It doesn’t matter to me if it will be the 4th reign and I will be the second person to win the championship 4 times. That is irrelevant because I have loftier goals than simply holding the championship for the next person. No, there’s bigger goals now, And that Crystal that took the championship from me? She’ll be there, and that’s exactly who I want to beat to win the championship back.

I wasn’t good enough then, and I had my moment of weakness.

And now, that’s gone. And I’m coming to take back what should still be mine. So I pick up where I left off.

I will be good enough.


{Upon arriving at the house, Roxi brings Elizabeth’s bags out and once they get into the house, Roxi leads her to a smaller guest room where various friends and wrestlers have crashed at different times. Roxi puts the suitcases on the ground and turns to her mother.}

Roxi – The closet is empty, if you have anything you need to hang. And if you forgot anything, let me know and I’ll go get it for you.

Elizabeth – Roxi, I’m not a child…

Roxi – Mom… I just can’t trust you at this point. Until I know for sure, I can’t take the chance. You’re here, you’ve got family and friends around. Just do this for me. Please.

{Roxi puts her hand on her mother’s shoulder. She nods.}

Elizabeth – Thank you. I’ll unpack later. I just need a moment or two to… take this all in.

Roxi – Take your time.

{Roxi hugs Elizabeth and heads back out into the hallway, making her way past Nate’s room where he plays with toys, to sit on her bed. She too softly begins to cry and she takes the revelation into account. It isn’t long before Roxi can hear her mother goes into Nate’s room and beginning to play with him. Roxi opens up her phone and leaves a text for her sister.}

“Facetime me when you get this.”

{She sets her phone down before Keira knocks and enters the room.}

Keira – Hey.

Roxi – Hey…

Keira – So… why’s your mom here? Is something wrong?

Roxi – Yes… very much so.

{Keira swiftly enters the room and sits down next to Roxi. She leans in close so they don’t need to raise their voices.}

Keira – What’s going on?

Roxi – Nicole asked me to check on Mom. Things with her not answering the phone and sending weird text messages. Always sleeping when Dad comes to check on her.

Keira – I mean… it’s odd but, I don’t think anything write home about.

Roxi – No it’s…She started drinking again.

{Keira frowns at this information.}

Keira – Oh…

Roxi – It’s the isolation, it’s not good for her. She was alone and well, she felt she had to.

Keira – I know its painful Rox, but you didn’t know. At least she’s here now doesn’t have access to any booze.

Roxi – If Nicole wasn’t stuck in Paris, I may have never known. But she lied to me, Keira. Her own daughter.

Keira – She lied because she didn’t want you to see her like that. That’s all. I mean, would have been any better if she had a bottle in her hand when you walked in the door? She didn’t want you to worry.

Roxi – Don’t defend her, Keira.

Keira – I’m not defending her actions. I’m defending her reasoning for hiding it. You and I know better than most anybody how hard it is to HAVE to hide things.

{Roxi sighs.}

Roxi – Maybe so.

Keira – And think about this, your mom wasn’t in the right frame of mind. We have all witnessed what that stuff does to people.

Roxi – I thought… I just thought that she beat it. I thought she was able to finally get over it and never need it again.

Keira – This is… a different time. Things are different. This is a strange time for everyone. In the world. Your mom is human, human beings aren’t perfect.

Roxi – She hid the bottles. Possibly from Nicole. I don’t know when this all happened. When did all of this go wrong?

Keira – You didn’t know. You can’t beat yourself up over this.

Roxi – I feel like I was just having this conversation with you.

{Keira rubs the back of her head.}

Keira – We all have our moments, don’t we?

Roxi – Yeah… we do.

Keira – Look, right now, your mom is in the best place for her. We can look after her… I mean… we can’t ALWAYS look after her.

Roxi – That’s why Nate is here.

{Keira arches a brow.}

Keira – That had better be a joke.

Roxi – No, I actually saw it when we at Nicole’s house. Nate… Nate keeps her occupied. Nate gives my mom someone to watch over and take care of. I mean, think about it, for a long time, since Nicole and I were little, my mom hasn’t had to care for anyone. She’s been about herself for a long time. Nate… Nate gives her a sense of purpose. A chance to make up for all that lost time with Nicole and I. She gets to be a grandparent.

{Keira smiles and nods at this.}

Keira – She does. It’s what she’s always wanted to do, it’s what… Mother’s do…

Roxi – Yeah…

Keira – God… why does everything have to so topsy-turvy now? Why does everything now remind me of what battles we have to fight? Why can’t things just be normal?

Roxi – I wish I knew. But until this whole thing finally stops, and we can get back to normal… we have to endure. We have to push on.

Keira – You’re right.

Roxi – And speaking of that, I’m going to head to the Guild.

Keira – What for?

Roxi – Nicole may just be the real superhero of the family.

Keira – Context, please?

Roxi – Our blood. The healing in our blood, it makes us immune. Imagine if our blood, studied, could be able to treat those with weaker immune systems! It could make all the difference!

Keira – Holy crap, I never thought of that! I can –

Roxi – No, stay here. Just keep an eye on my mom and Nate.  And… obviously, continue to make any plans you need to for what’s coming.

{Keira nods as she hugs Roxi and the two share a kiss.}

Keira – You got it.

Roxi – Hopefully, we can truly help the fight. Be back soon.

{Roxi transmits away as the scene fades.}


I want to start this by simply apologizing to Andrea Hernandez. I am sorry that she is in the middle of this nonsense when really it’s not her fault and she did what she was supposed to do. She won. She should be in this championship match because she earned her way into it.

I let Andrea down by not retaining the championship and creating the mess that is now this triple threat match when instead I should be thinking and processing about facing her. It should be her and I wrestling for the bombshell’s championship, standing across from one another ready to give it all we have. Because Andrea has been a wrestler stepping up her game each and every week, not just went the mood strikes her. And that is something I have absolutely nothing but respect for. Someone trying to get better. Someone taking what I asked for I won the championship back and screamed from the mountaintop as it were.

Everyone compete. Iron sharpens iron. That’s what it’s about. And Andrea Hernandez is currently, the best example of what I was talking about. It is exactly what I meant, and I know that my words reached at least one person and that she is taking this very seriously, and no doubt will be at her very best in two weeks. That right there, is what makes this game, and this business so great. When you can see a star develop right before your eyes.

But obviously, it didn’t take me saying it to make Andrea raise her game. She’s been doing that since she stepped foot into the SCW ring. And she has gotten better each and every day that she has been doing this. It might sound like I’m biased, because I am, but beating my wife in a wrestling match is not an easy task when she is as focused and driven as she is now. That is impressive in itself, but Andrea has beaten a lot of women in the ring. It’s not a fluke, it’s not a misnomer. Andrea Hernandez is the real deal.

Which again, makes this being a triple threat match all the more bittersweet.

I am, 100% looking forward to the day that I get to wrestle Andrea one on one in the ring because I know it will be awesome. I didn’t get all that I was after with Andrea back in the Bombshell’s survival match. Only a fraction of what could have been. And I have been itching to face off again with her. And I feel that I will only get a piece more at Blaze Of Glory. Not all that I really want, but there’s also another person to deal with which obviously complicates the whole thing. So, in the future I just want it to be known that I am after the whole thing. What could have been, makes me sad, but what will be in the future, makes me excited. But the future is going to have to wait, as presently, in front of me, I have two opponents.

Yes, Andrea is good. Very good. Yes, she has come close to winning the Bombshell’s championship. Yes, she will be, at one point a champion in SCW. That much is very apparent to anyone who knows talent. But let’s just understand that close doesn’t count for anything in wrestling besides maybe a chance or two more. But if all you ever can get is close, eventually, you will stop getting those opportunities. Eventually, you will be typecast as the bridesmaid and not the bride. And for all the things I’ve said about Andrea here, the fact remains she’s dangerously close to getting that label slapped on her.

Alicia Lukas proved that Andrea isn’t unbeatable in singles match. The survival match proved she can lose focus and that can lead to her losing the match. And let’s just call a spade a spade, Andrea is absolutely the underdog here, despite her record. She IS facing down two hall of fame opponents. And while that is an uphill battle to be sure, I will stand by the following statement:

Andrea does not have the most to prove coming into this match.

And neither does Crystal.

It’s me.

While Andrea has the ultimate “can you hang” match, and Crystal has to prove that she actually really does care about actually holding the championship as opposed to just winning it…I have to prove to not only all of you, but more importantly to myself, that I can rise to the challenge and to the standard I have set for myself. I will not be satisfied walking out with nothing. I’m sure that Crystal will get another championship match, and I’m undoubtedly sure that Andrea will continue her upward rise… I don’t have either of those luxuries at this point in time. I can’t guarantee anything for the future and it makes this match, the MOST important thing in front of me right now. I don’t have the options of just not bothering and hoping to get this chance again. I don’t have the ability to sit back and wonder and hope if I did enough to earn another match, or if I will just get one based on my name. No, I have to make THIS opportunity count.

So, while I will continue to be an advocate for Andrea, and I do appreciate that she has called me an idol and inspiration, in two weeks, I’m afraid the old adage of never meeting your heroes will sadly hold true given the circumstances. I’m going to beat her, and I’m going to beat Crystal. I know I will see them both in the future, but in two weeks, Weakness will turn into strength.

And while I will still say that Andrea will be a champion in SCW sooner rather than later…

It’s not going to be April 12th, and it’s not going to be at Blaze of Glory.

That day… is mine.

{Roxi arrives at the guild and makes her way to see her superiors. The guild is sparsely populated, as even the guild heroes have to be sure they do not become infected. Roxi greets those who are still working, including the medical staff and workers assisting. She eventually makes it Commander Lyon’s office and knocks.}

Commander Lyon – Enter.

{Lyon has his back to Roxi as he looks down at the medical wing where there are some normal patients getting treated from all around the country, possibly the world. The medical bay is crowded, but not overflowed. Roxi clears her throat. As Lyon speaks.}

Commander Lyon – What can I do for you, Lady Bedlam?

Roxi – Commander, I think I can help with this… situation.

Commander Lyon – Oh? Well, if you have any ideas we’re all ears, so are the CDC and the Governments of the entire world. This crisis is getting worse day by day.

Roxi – Right. About that sir, I think that given my immunity to disease, along with my wife’s immunity due to our powers, that maybe our blood could be used to help stop the disease from spreading, and help those who are already fighting.

Commander Lyon – Hhmm… I am unsure about this. As bizarre as it sounds, Nations of people immune from disease could be a bad thing.

Roxi – Not… sure I follow, sir.

Commander Lyon – Think about the idea of people free of disease and how chemical warfare would be ineffective. And then perhaps a chemical arms race could begin. Something to counter it. A bigger, more effective chemical.

Roxi – Sir, I don’t think anyone is thinking about weaponizing this virus. I mean, I understand the concern, but millions of people are infected. I think that if we can help, we should. And… I mean, we have more than enough weapons around the world to wipe us all out, without too much trouble.

Commander Lyon – While that’s true, there’s bad people out there. I…

{Lyon stops, turns around and places his hands on the desk, sighing in frustration.}

Roxi – Sir?

Commander Lyon – I do apologize Lady Bedlam, Times of crisis like these are unprecendented. A clearer head wouldn’t have made the comparison like that.

Roxi – Understood sir, this is not the easiest time for anyone.

Commander Lyon – Indeed. I would say proceed with caution to medical staff and see what they say. Iit could be a breakthrough or a disaster, but in these times… we don’t have much choice in the matter.

Roxi – Understood sir, thank you.

Commander Lyon – Is there anything else?

Roxi – No sir.

Commander Lyon – Very well.

{Roxi takes her leave and proceeds to the medical bay. Reaching the head doctor.}

Roxi – Dr. Edwards, I think I might be able to help with this whole pandemic thing.

Dr. Edwards – Well, we can use all the help we can get with this. Some of these symptoms are out of control and I don’t want to lose any more patients if I can help it. So, what you got in mind.

Roxi – My powers make me immune to disease. Do you think my blood would be able to help?

Dr. Edwards – Hmm… I do know about your advanced healing. But isn’t that from injury?

Roxi – I don’t think I’ve been sick since I took the formula. It has to be at least something.

Dr. Edwards – We’ll need to test it. That can take weeks.

Roxi – Isn’t it better than months for the CDC?

Dr. Edwards – They are working hard just as we are. All the nations are working together.  But… I am willing to at least look at it.

Roxi – Then I’ll be your patient, doc.

Dr. Edwards – Very funny. I will need a sample of your blood.

Roxi – … Whew…

Dr. Edwards – Something wrong?

Roxi – Needles and I… we don’t get along.

Dr. Edwards – I see.

Roxi – But… if it helps…

{The Doctor lead Roxi to an empty station and sits her down. Roxi sticks her arms out as Dr. Edwards rubs her arm with alcohol and ties the tape around right above her elbow. Roxi has to look away as the needle is produced. Roxi can see it out of the corner of her eye and begins to feel uneasy, but grits her teeth as Doctor Edwards takes a sample of her blood.  Roxi breathes a sigh of relief as the needle is taken away.}

Dr. Edwards – Alright, it’s done. I’ll study your blood and find out if we can use it. We’ll be working around the clock, so… if it works… you’ve done a great thing for the people of the entire world.

Roxi – Well… without you guys, I couldn’t do it. You guys are the real heroes.

Dr. Edwards – Not all of us wear capes.

{Edwards says with a wink.}

Roxi – Capes are no good. Get caught on this. No tactical advantage whatsoever.

{The Doctor shakes his head and Roxi shrugs. Roxi gets up and walks out of the medical bay, stopping and taking one last look at everyone inside.}

Roxi – If I can help… I will. I promise.

{With that, Roxi exits and ends up transmitting home, meeting Keira who is coming up the stairs after her meeting with Nathaniel.}

Keira – Meet us in the training room, it’s time.

{Roxi nods, and walks to Nate’s room watching Elizabeth enjoying herself playing with Nate.}

Roxi – Mom… can you watch him for a bit… got some wrestling stuff to do.

Elizabeth – No problem dear.

Roxi – Thanks.

{With that, Roxi heads downstairs, set to make preparations for battle as the scene fades.}

[Crystal Zdunich]

 Saxon Hotel
Off Camera


The days were definitely counting down towards that of Blaze of Glory when Christina Zdunich would be walking into the main event of the Super Card as the World Champion. She definitely couldn’t help but feel the big time pressure of the huge match that was ahead of her. Yet despite being as ready as she possibly could be the huge event something was weighing heavily on her mind. It was the words that she had heard from that of her opponents leading up to this match. As hard as Christina had worked her ass off into winning the World Championship it was as if her opponents were taking her seriously. Sure Christina may be a lot to some people but she laid everything down in order to get that title. She put it all on the line and she ended up victorious in the end. Yet in Roxi’s perspective it was Crystal simply disguised as a wolf in sheep’s clothing and of course to Andrea no respect would come Christina’s way because she was “handed” an unfair championship match.

There was a lot to be said about the owners of SCW, there was a lot of complaining going around that even questioned Christina focusing on relaxing and enjoying herself with some video games during this time of quarantine. Christina even had doubts about trying to put together something fun in the Beautiful Girls of Fighting. No matter what she did she would always be viewed as who she used to be. It was complete bullshit because Christina had changed.

Christina needed to shake herself of this feeling and of course there was a match at hand over the weekend. The world bombshell champion found her way to that of the hotel’s gym. Everywhere she had went she made sure to bring the championship with her. She placed the title over a workout bench as she picked up a weight and glanced at herself in the mirror.

“This is it Christina this is what you wanted… Everything you worked so hard for is finally coming true...You should be thrilled and happy after all everything paid off right?!”

Christina lifts the weight repeatedly before she kept her on her reflection in the mirror. She placed the weight on the ground before she lifted the title up and glared at herself.

“Maybe your opponents are right about you. Maybe you don’t deserve this… Maybe you are a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s only a matter of time before Crystal Hilton exposes herself… You may have won the title but it was a SHOT that you didn’t earn and you CLEARLY CUT ahead that of Andrea right?!”

Christina sighs as she continues to look at herself in the mirror. She raises her championship up and is about to throw her title to the side when a voice calls out to her from behind.

“No matter how much you beat yourself up or take your frustrations out on the title what you are feeling won’t go away. Perhaps we can talk about what you are going through and I can help you change your mind about your mindset…”

Christina turns around and the voice that was reaching out to her was that of the SCW World Champion himself Ben Jordan. Ben and Christina really never had that much of an interaction with one another except for Ben giving her props for giving up SCW checks during this pandemic. She takes a long deep breath as she replies back to him.

“I just feel like no matter what I do nobody ever respects what I do. Despite how much I have changed Roxi doesn’t see it. It’s so fucking annoying. In her eyes I only wanted this just to say I could be a champion for a fourth time which would be the first person to ever do it. It is important to me but I don’t want this reign to end up short. I put so much into this fucking company that I simply wish to be the best.  This title is very important to me because I earned this title. I put hard work into it and I am going to defend it with honor. Yet for some reason no matter how good I will try to be I will never be that super hero to some people. They won’t ever take me seriously…Andrea thinks I am a fluke and doesn’t even see me as being a dominant champion…”

Christina looks back at the mirror as she glances at her championship again as she speaks some more.

“So now I am questioning myself, my abilities, and…”

Ben Jordan however shakes his head as he glances back at Christina. He walks over to her as he looks into the mirror and begins to speak some more.

“First and foremost you don’t need to listen to anything that your opponents say. They don’t walk in your shoes, and they simply aren’t you. Roxi may have her own views about you but in all honesty I think she might be a tad confused. You saw J2Hs tweet the other day right? Super Heroes are supposed to be the real good guys in everything. They are supposed to be positive and always put the greater good at the forefront of everything else. Not all super heroes wear capes either…”

Christina chuckles a bit as she replies back.

“Yeah… I mean Iron Man wore a suit… He was merely a dude in a suit who sacrificed himself for the entire world. He did it so his daughter could have a future….”

“Exactly and as good of super heroes that Team Hero might be they may not even realize that the more they refuse to ignore the quarantine warnings and staying at the hotel with everyone else they are putting everybody in jeopardy. They don’t realize that their actions caused some people to drop out from competing at the Super Card. That isn’t heroic like… That seems like a very selfish thing to do. You on the other hand might be a tad crazy at times as people may have issues distinguishing Crystal from Christina. Yet why do you even hide away from Crystal like she’s a bad thing. The reality is she is a part of you and if she was the part of you that willing to win and compete in the ring like you do by all means you should accept it!”

Ben takes a deep breath as he continues to speak.

“On top of that you just did a very noble thing when you said you would donate your entire SCW check to charity to help with what’s going on in the world…”

“Well to be fair I have always done that with my wrestling checks. I make enough money from my movie studio and other ventures that I never needed my wrestling checks…”

Ben nods his head.

“And even when you didn’t have that studio you went out there and humbled yourself as a waitress to get money to live off of. You never went against your word of using your wrestling money for anything else besides charity. On top of that I have heard from Daniel that you have been really stepping it up at the Golden Ring and have really taken a liking to a sick little girl with Leukemia and have gone out of your way to be there for her and her mother. Last time I checked that is very super hero like. You are helping somebody else. You are there for that girl and you are putting somebody else’s needs before your very own. What more could people want from you. I wouldn’t even pay attention to what others say about you. They could bugger off for all I am concerned. You are an asset to SCW whether they wish to believe it or not. You have changed for the better and as long as you see it and those around you see it do the words of everyone else really matter?!”

Ben shakes his head as he speaks some more.

“You might not be the most popular person in the locker room but people respect your wrestling ability. They respect your drive and you shouldn’t let anybody question that about you. Besides why listen to what Roxi and Andrea have to say. At the end of the day they are only trying to psych you out and get into your head. They want you to be your own worst enemy so you could fall off of your game. You shouldn’t allow that to happen. You want to know what I personally want to see although it might be a tad bias…”

“What would that be exactly?!”

Ben smirks again as he continues to speak.

“I would like to see you and Evie competing for that World Championship again. You both fought for it once before but you weren’t yourself. I want Evie to beat you at your very best and I want you to bring it. Bring that same woman that was on fire in 2016… Not the woman that got by half Arsing matches in 2017. You were the woman that was woman of the year in 2016 the same person who won most improved that same year. You went up against 2016’s future star and the world expected an epic match but your head wasn’t there. This is your chance to rewrite history and bring that fire. Show everyone you aren’t a fluke like Andrea might think you are. Prove them wrong and show them why you are at the top of the mountain. The only way you can do that is by winning. If you don’t believe you are worthy of the title why don’t you talk to some of the people that you fought heart and soul over that belt…”

Christina opens her eyes in amazement as she replies back.

“Like you mean somebody who I fought before? Like somebody who was an intricate part of my career…”

“Exactly you should talk to somebody who you went to war with over that championship title. Let them tell you how great of a competitor you were as you fought for that very title. My words may not reach you because obviously our paths haven’t really crossed that much but I am sure talking to somebody who did will have a change in opinion over yourself. Look at Alicia Lukas for example. The two of you went to war last year to the point it was a feud that spanned over you and two of your relatives. It was that competitive battle that earned you both to be the feud of the year. Find somebody that had that same type of fire about beating you and you will come to your senses…”

Christina hesitated as she looks back at Ben.

“I think I know exactly who I should talk to but I don’t know if I really want to do so…”

“Just go for it, it definitely can’t hurt. Come on let’s go to the bar. First round’s on me. Perhaps some liquid courage will help you make that phone call.”

“Once again thank you so much for everything Ben…”

“Like I said before I appreciate this Ben. This is really helping me…”

“Look I just want you at your best because when my Evie beats you I don’t want any excuses. You Hilton girls always seem to drop the ball against her right after Blast From The Past. You did it after Evie won the Blast From The Past and in 2018 how saw how great Brittany could have been when I was her partner in the BFTP. She had an awesome reign as the Roulette Champion she constantly called out my wife and dropped the ball against her when she got into the ring with her. Let’s just fix the entire time line and make things right. The SCW fans at least deserve that much…”

Christina nods her head in agreement as she places her championship over her shoulder and the two of them head towards that of the bar.







Moments Later
Bar Area


A few moments later we are taken to the bar area and it is there where we could see the likes of Christina Rose sitting at the bar with that of Ben Jordan. Ben smiles as he glances at the bartender.

“You can get me the usual and for the lady over here she will be having a…”

Christina cuts him off as she smiles in return. Perhaps she should have had a strong drink but it didn’t change the fact that she was a recovering alcoholic and didn’t want to put herself in a situation.

“I will take a Shirley Temple…”

The bartender nods his head in agreement as he goes to make the drinks. Ben locks his eyes on that of Christina as she just rolls her eyes in return.

“What?! Don’t look at me like that Ben… I will make the phone call just relax…Just give me a moment. It’s not normal for me to just call her. It feels weird to be honest but if it’s to help me with my sense of sanity I will make the damn phone call…”

She hesitates for some moments as she lifts the phone out of her purse. She places her World Bombshell Championship to the side as she finally decides to make the dreaded phone call. It isn’t long before she could hear a voice on the other end of the phone.

“What do you want psycho, and whatever it is that you selling I am not buying…”

Christina sighs as she looks at Ben who just shrugs her shoulders at her. She sighs in return as she slowly begins to speak.

“Hey Mikah… I just wanted to talk…”

“Mikah could be heard laughing on the other end of the phone. The tone follows up with more sarcasm as she replies back to Christina.

“For the record don’t even think about it because you will never be Mark’s Personal Assistant ever again, and don’t even ask where I am right now because even if we were close I would never tell you. As long as you can understand those short details what exactly do you want?!”

Christina thinks about it for a few moments as she continues to speak.

“I just wanted to know if you thought that I was a horrible World Champion. Recently there are a lot of people who have been talking me down and they claim that I haven’t been dominant or…”

Mikah laughs in the background as she replies back to Christina.

“And why the fuck do you even care about what they have to say to you? Last time I checked even though I totally do not like you. You are a great wrestler. You aren’t as good as me by any means as I do remember beating your ass in three straight title matches. You made my Disney World adventure come true when I beat you in the main event of that Climax Control...”

“THAT WAS A ROUGH 2018 MIKAH BUT AT LEAST I UNIFIED THE INTERNET AND WORLD BOMBSHELL CHAMPIONS BY BEATING YOU! I beat you before that in 2016 and 2017 so I wouldn’t get all excited. We traded wins…”

“Exactly we traded wins although when it came time for it being for the gold on the line I beat you more often than you beat me. Yet you and I made that title what it was. When everybody else had left the company and the so called main stars of the business weren’t around we established the entire division. We made it grow and we took it to another level. We both were able to make it to the Hall of Fame because of it. You might be a lot of things and crazy is definitely the word that is the top of the list but a horrible champion isn’t one of them. After everything we put into that title how could you not be dominant. Nobody wins the title four times by sheer luck. It had to take some effort to get there and whoever sees things differently needs to really assess how they view things…”

Christina smiles in return as Ben looks at her mouthing the words “I told you so…” Christina just nods her head in agreement as she glances back at her phone and speaks some more.

“Thank you Mikah… I know we haven’t seen eye to eye in the past but I just want you to know that you have been my biggest rival in SCW. To be honest if I didn’t have a rival like you in my career I don’t think there would have been a Christina Rose in the Hall of Fame. I don’t think I would have been where I am at. I don’t even think I would be here as the World Champion again.”

“Well you are there because you deserve to be there. Don’t slip and fall though because who knows. I might be inclined to come back and take what you have from you. I did it once before and I know for a fact that I possibly could do it again…Besides you weren’t even that important to me to be honest. You never did peak my interest…”

Christina nods her head with a chuckle.

“….Righttttttttttttttttt especially considering in 2016 when I was having the reign of my lifetime. I was only 40 something days from taking over your reign as longest World Champion of all time. I dropped the ball in a fatal four way match, in a match where I wasn’t even pinned and Salco basically lost my title. If that wasn’t the case who knows what could have been or what might have been…”

Mikah can be heard laughing in the background as she replies back.

“Whatever you say psycho, anyway it would suit you better to not live in the past and to focus solely on the present. You seem to have a huge match ahead of you. I would be focused on doing everything I could to bring it against Roxi and Andrea so you aren’t a transitional champion. As long as you can stay focused you shouldn’t have any problem remaining as a champion and continuing onward. Now if you would excuse me I have some stuff to attend to and I would rather focusing o being where I am at…Bye psycho…”

With that Mikah hangs up the phone as the phone call quickly comes to an end. Christina glances at her phone for a couple of moments before she slowly turns her attention over to that of Ben Jordan who seems to be drinking down his beer. He giggles a bit as he looks back at her.

“What did I tell you Christina?! All of those who doubt you could bugger off. Despite what others say you put a lot of heart, sweat, blood, and tears into that ring. You could have called Sam Marlowe, Alicia Lukas, or even Mikah and they would have said the same exact thing. You can’t get wrapped up in what others think of you. They don’t know what they are talking about. You however know what you are about. You know about your work effort and only you can have that power to go to that ring and show them that they can eat their words. Do what everyone knows what you are going to do and win…”

Christina nods her head as she smiles in return.

“Oh I think I am going to do just that… I won’t allow anybody to get in my head. After all I am the world champion who are they again?”

“That’s the spirit! Also remember that everything you have been doing has been relating to our situation. You have done what you felt has been best to this Pandemic. You are using the resources of the hotel to put together a fun television series for those people at home. You have been preparing for your World Championship match by being in the gym and on top of that you have been running your little video game stream for all of those fans who follow you. If there is something wrong about exposure and getting yourself out there as a World Champion then I guess me doing the same thing makes me the world’s biggest villain far from being a hero. It’s honestly a joke… Just keep doing what you are doing… I know Evie will be waiting for you come next Super Card just make sure you live up to your promise and be there…”

Christina nods her head with a grin.

“Oh I will be there but hopefully she has it in her to get past Kate… Or Diamond…. Whatever she calls herself in these days. Whatever she goes by Miss Steele did train under me at the Absolute Wrestling Academy in Las Vegas Nevada. I was one of her teachers and she is as tough as they come. She won’t be willing to just simply roll aside for Evie so your wife better bring her game because I know Kate will… Thank you for everything Ben and also the shout out on Twitter. Hopefully everything will work out for the both of us come Blaze of Glory…”

“Well me against Raab on my end? I doubt I am going to have trouble. Just do your best and I know you will be there as well… I will catch you later don’t be a stranger…”

“Oh I won’t… Now if you would excuse me I have some business to attend to. I have to shoot some more footage for this television show. If I don’t get more footage I think my personal assistant Chloe might kill me. Anyway take care for now and as they say in your part of town. Cheers…”

With that Ben makes sure he keeps himself at the bar. Christina however picks up her championship and she continues to glance at it. it definitely felt great to be the champion. She loved the feeling of being one of the best in the world. A lot had been said about her but Christina knew that she was well deserving of the belt and she would do everything in her power to keep that belt. She walked with pride as she knew what she needed to do and nobody was going to stop her. However for now she had a show to film to put on smiles for all of those stuck at home. It was time to get the ladies together because there was going to be nothing as exciting as the next edition of the BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTING!!! As they say the show must go on right?! We slowly fade to elsewhere…









Later That Same Day
Poolside

A lot was going to be happy with this edition of the Beautiful Girls of Fighting. Christina made sure Teddy Steele had the camera phone in his hand as he was set to record. Christina smiled in return as she glanced over at Seleana who was clad in a beautiful bikini who was dancing about. Dani Weston of course smirked as she rolled her hands through her long hair. She was clad in a bikini that was heart designed. The likes of Charlotte, Mackenzie, and Diamond were all wearing Union Jacked bikinis. At the side of the pool was a make shift commentating booth complete with Despayre, Angel, and of course Griffin Hawkins who didn’t have on any pants preferring a speedo on his bottom with a very tight tanktop. Christina paced around as she looked at all of the ladies.

“Okay ladies I know it’s a tough time in the world but this is what everybody has been looking forward to. We are doing a great thing by putting on this show for all of our fans out there. Do not think this is degrading by any means. It’s all meant to be funny. Now there is no scripted finish just try to have fun and stay in character for the cameras… I want BGOF to be a hit… Are there any questions?!”

The girls shake their heads as Christina smiles.

“Great… I haven’t been a part of a good old fashioned chicken fight in a long time so this could be exciting for all of us. The world might be in peril but we can definitely have fun during our time in this hotel. It will get our minds off of things and we can just relax before our big Super Card. Anyway let’s just have fun and at the end of the day this is all for the fans…”

With that Christina finds herself getting into character and Teddy can’t help but sigh as he hits the recording button on the phone. The women look at each other as Despy begins to speak.

“HELLO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS OF FIGHTING! TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR BIG MAIN EVENT FOR THE EVENING!!!! AS THE SUPER HERO OF BGOF THE ONE AND ONLY SUPER C WILL BE DEFENDING HER BGOF WORLD TITLE AGAINST THE LIKES OF LADY GLASGOW IN A CHICKEN FIGHT!!!”

Hope looks over at Angel “Demon” and smiles.

“Demon says that he hopes that Lady Glasgow comes out victorious tonight. He pledges his allegiance to the rightful heir of all of Scotland! God save her majesty!”

Mr. No Pants looks at his buddies as he speaks.

“Well I am just happy none of these ladies are wearing pants… Although this fight will take place in a pool so it’s best they aren’t wearing anything. You have got to wonder what kind of dastardly deeds Lady Glasgow will pull in this fight. She is best friends with Tea Time and the three of them make up the United Queendom… Will we be singing God Save Our Queen by the end of this?! Rule Britannica and what have you?!”

“HOPE IS MORE THAN JUST MY NAME… I HOPE THAT SUPER C CAN OVERCOME THE ODDS….It looks like she can has something to say…”

Christina places her title to the side as she stands at the edge of the pool and screams at her opponents.

“Tonight Super C will end the tyranny of the British Champion! I will put you to an end Lady Glasgow. The evil foreigners will be defeated and to all of the kids at home. Listen to mom… Listen to dad…. Pay attention to your school work, eat your broccoli and remember don’t let adversity get the best of you. Lady Glasgow might have her cronies at her side and it might seem unfair but I have some help of my own…”

At that point Dani walks over to Christina and stands next to her. She places her hands at her hips with a chuckle.

“I am Michelle the Match Maker… I am here for love and Super C needed to find help. Who better than that of a Match Maker, and I will be at her side along with…”

Seleana steps up with shark floating toy. She smiles holding it.

“Blimey… I am Amanda the Aussie and I have tangled with the most brutal of sharks in the Pacific Ocean. Since I have tamed the mighty sea creature, Michelle and I will aid in Super C’s quest to take down the evil United Queendom and I will give her the power of the BABY SHARK…”

Christina places her hands at her hips with a chuckle.

“She just said Baby Shark which means…”

Some music can be heard playing in the background and it’s at that moment that the trio of women begin to do a very familiar looking dance together.

“BABY SHARK DO DO DO DO… BABY SHARK DO DO DO… BABY SHARK DO DO DO… BABY SHARK!!”

The  women all begin to dance with one another as lady Glasgow looks at her stable and she shakes her head in utter disgust as she takes a deep breath.

“They are trying to destroy us with their filthy American culture… and Aussie stuff if you wish to call it that… Who needs the power of a baby shark when we present Tea… Crumpets… Posh and the best form of girl power to ever come out of Britain! Queen’s Jewels would you please do the honour…”

With that Lady Glasgow snaps her fingers and as soon as she does the Gem Stones “Queen’s Jewels” all run towards the pool. They smile as they begin to sing.

“Eat this you bunch of wannabes… Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want. So tell me what you want, what you really, really want. I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want… IF YOU WANNA BE LOVER… YOU GOTTA GET WITH MY FRIENDS!!!”

Hope begins to get excited.

“THEY ARE SINGING SOME OF THAT UNITED QUEENDOM MUSIC AND LOOK AT THE LOOK OF SUPER C’S FACE… SHE IS CRINGING…THIS WILL BE A GOOD FIGHT!!!”

Mr. No Pants smiles.

“Not impressed as a musician such as myself who loves the culture of the United Queendom they could have gone for some Beatles or even Rolling Stones… I mean Mick Jagger is quite the specimen…”

“DEMON JUST SAID TO SHUT UP NO PANTS… HE IS A FAN OF GIRL POWA!!!!!!!!!!!”

Super C and Lady Glasgow’s sides seem to be arguing with one another. It is at this moment that Seleana gets into the pool and Christina gets on her shoulders. Mackenzie gets into the pool as well and Kate gets on her shoulder. Somebody makes a bell sound as it seems like this chicken fight is underway. Dani and Charlotte both get into the pool as well as they try to splash the opposing teams in hope of throwing them off of their game. They finally meet in the center of the pool and as soon as they do Christina and Kate begin to grab at each other. They try to wrestle one another down but neither seems to be getting the upper hand. Charlotte tries to tackle Seleana to give Kate an edge but Dani is there to quickly stop her. Mackenzie tries her best to use one of her legs to kick Seleana but the Swedish woman backs away. Christina grabs Kate by the hair and she yanks at it as hard as she possibly can.

“SUPER C HAS GOT LADY GLASGOW’S HAIR… LADY GLASGOW PUTS SO MUCH PRODUCTS IN THAT HAIR OF HERS. THIS COULD DEFINITELY BE IT AND THE END OF EVERYTHING!”

The two continue to fight with one another but Christina continues to gain the upper hand. She continues to grab at Kate’s hair. Despite Charlotte doing everything in her power to stand tall and firm the fact is that Christina’s grip just seems to be too much and she ends up yanking Kate down right into the drink. As soon as this happens Christina begins to get excited as she raises her hands proudly in the air as Despy begins to speak.

“AND SHE DID IT!!! SUPER C IS STILL THE CHAMPION AND BGOF IS STILL IN THE HANDS OF GOOD!!!”

Christina smiles more but Seleana throws Christina backgrounds right into the pool. Christina begins to get upset as she splashes at her wife. Seleana splashes back and now every single woman in the pool seems engaged in this big pool fight. Everyone is splashing one another and Teddy chuckles as he is standing with the camera and he stops filming. He claps his hands cheering the women on as he stands at the edge of the pool but the Gem Stones grab him and push him into the pool. It seems that everybody is engaged in the fun as Christina and Kate swim to the side and glare at each other. Christina smiles as Kate nods her head in agreement with a chuckle.

“That was super fun Christina… It was a really great idea to get everybody involved like that. I wouldn’t even have thought about doing anything like that…”

“I just wanted for us to all have fun and to keep our minds off of things. I know life can be hard with what’s been happening. I know that people seem to think we all live in this perfect bubble where life is always good but it really isn’t. I know it was one of your biggest dreams to go back to London and rewrite the wrongs of last year and because of Covid-19 that isn’t the case. We are stuck here in Vegas away from our loved ones and our families. We might as well make the most of it right?!”

Kate nods her head as she looks at Christina.

“Exactly it isn’t that easy. I would love for Juliet to get out and about but it isn’t safe. I would for her to be around her cousins in North Carolina but that’s not going to happen. It’s hard to really be a wrestler and to also be her school teacher as well. What’s happening is simply real. So this was needed… Whether it came across as cheesy there are going to be some people who watch this and gains a chuckle out of this…”

Kate nods her head as she continues to speak.

“Some people who can just sit there and smile about life and it gives them a break from real life. We need that in today’s society and it doesn’t matter what countries we are from or our differences. The reality is at the end of the day we are all human beings and we are in this together. I know you receive of shit for stupid stuff but thank you Christina. Thank you for putting this together and getting us all united. I needed this…”

Christina smiles in return.

“No problem Kate. I appreciate all of you for being a part of this. It was good to even see someone like Sierra getting involved. It shows how important something like this is. To be honest when I put this together I did so for the fact of just putting on a wonderful show for Aurora. That sick girl deserves to smile as much as everybody else. This is a time where movie studios and television stations aren’t really coming out with new material as all editing and stuff have come to a halt. So for us to just put something out  there makes it worthwhile… Thank you so much for being in this venture Kate…”

Kate chuckles in return.

“Don’t mention it Christina… You know I will always have your back. Although I promise I will be seeing you as soon as possible…”

Kate smirks as she looks at the World Bombshell Championship as Christina reaches for it.

“I am going to do everything in my power to win this tournament and get to facing you or whoever might be on the other side of that ring. It doesn’t matter if it’s Andrea, Roxi, or even you…”

Christina chuckles again.

“You do whatever you need to do to get there. Ben was saying the same thing about his wife. As much as I would love to focus on either of you the reality is I need to handle my own set of business first. So before I count my chickens before the eggs even hatch let me handle my triple threat match first…Just like you should be solely focused on Evie…”

Kate nods her head with a wicked grin as she keeps on looking at Christina.

“Sounds like a plan… Best of luck to you Christina… Don’t let me down and most of all don’t let yourself down. Just remember what you are fighting for and you will have the ability to accomplish anything…”

“Right… I am ready for this match Kate… I am ready for it more than you could even realize…”

With that the two just smile at one another as they begin to splash one another again. We leave on this image on all of the ladies splashing one another as we fade to black…




On Camera

The scene comes into focus and as it does we are treated to the sight of Christina Zdunich with a serious expression on her face. She is holding her championship around her shoulders as she nods her head with a serious expression on her face. She pats her championship as she begins to speak.

“So now here we are and we are just a few days away from the huge event that is SCW’s very own Blaze of Glory Super Card. Let me explain something to all of you. I have listened to what my opponents have had to say this past week and some stuff has honestly been bothering me. I have heard some of the most stupid shit during my time of wrestling. At first I was starting to beat myself up. I was questioning if I even belonged here. In the eyes of one of my opponents I was merely gift wrapped my spot at being here. It was a case of me morphing into the selfish woman known as Crystal Hilton and it was a case of business as usual. “Crystal Hilton” has returned and she gets the title. She becomes selfish. She does everything in her power to keep the belt and doesn’t give a damn about other people…

The daggers definitely come into play and it will only be a moment of time before she stabs somebody in the back to keep what she has. Sometimes I feel like words like this cut me deep. I know I might be considered to have this hidden persona that might be willing to strike at times but sometimes the words of friends cut way deeper than that of any enemy. Friends are there to be completely honest with you and they won’t hold back because they will say it’s in the name of love and friendship. At the end of the day they are only bringing up this stuff about you because they want you to correct the behavior. That is how I feel about Roxi at times…

Of course on the other side of the spectrum you have a woman who I have openly praised since day one, a woman who seems to be a bit hesitant because I see her as the next biggest thing in all of SCW. They might be a little turned off because they think it’s obsession but in reality it’s not so much of me being obsessed as much as it is me seeing them exactly where I was when I started my wrestling career. They are walking in the same steps that I have walked in and I merely want them to go in a different direction. I don’t want them to make the same mistakes that I have but yet instead of embracing that they are quick to take my kindness and shit all over it.”

Christina just sighs as she looks at her championship and continues to speak.

“Yet through all of it they feel that just because they beat me one time that makes them the end all be all. They want to shit on my past, and shit on me as an individual and I don’t have what it takes to be dominant. Yet through it all they both see me as a fraud and I simply don’t have what it takes to emerge as being a super hero and that my focus is on elsewhere besides where it needs to be and that’s on this match.

To be honest this past week I took a long deep look at myself. I did some serious soul searching and I came to the conclusion that as much as I wish to run away from that of Crystal Hilton it would be completely foolish to ignore her. Maybe she is the part of me that seeks the competition. Maybe she was the part of me that was ready to beat Roxi in that ring. Maybe it was her that pulls the trigger and comes out wrestling for her life. I know there are questions about me but at the end of the day I know for a fact that I am a real super hero. Despite what either of you think about me I am exactly where I am because I fucking deserve to be here. I am a real life super hero. I may not a part of the military or wearing a cape but I always put myself out there…”

Christina looks at her title as she speaks some more.

“What one might call as not being focused I simply see myself as doing everything I can to bring exposure to SCW and elevating the status of the championship. It doesn’t matter if I wish to do that by promoting video gaming streams with the CHAMPION, special television shows as the CHAMPION, or pouring my heart out in the ring as a champion. The fact is I promote the title. Roxi and Andrea both have this habit of trying to talk themselves up and carrying this division but let’s be honest Roxi. You can talk all this stuff about being a super hero. You wish to do the honest thing as a champion and give chances to people but it takes more than a tweet to do that. You actually need to show up on the shows on nights when you aren’t booked. It requires you being at each show and letting people know you are a champion. Letting them know that you have the title everybody wants and you would do anything to dethrone whoever might come after that…

Yet you use invisibility and it might be okay if you were Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four. At least she still kicks as a super hero but you do nothing. Yet you have women such as Bobbie Dahl who is supposed to be the most vain and vile of people. Someone who everybody hates but I can honestly agree when she basically makes tweets questioning where the fuck is our champion?!

Yet now that you lost the belt you wish to find yourself again… You want to say you are depressed and aren’t feeling good… That’s ridiculous. If you wish to call me out for being Crystal Hilton me as a friend will call you out on your bullshit. You aren’t as heroic as you claim to be. You may have stated that Lukas was evil but at least she made it known she was the woman to beat. She was on each show and she earned that respect…

Yet with you that respect may not have been there. Your long hard fought tag team reign may have been awesome and there’s no denying you were perhaps the best of the best in the ring but the other things that go with being the champion you failed in. Where was the building up of the titles and being a champion? When you have a belt you need to carry everything that goes along with being a champion. That means showing up to events and being there. You just can’t go ghost on that but considering you even wish to go ghost from being at the hotel with the rest of us what can one really expect?!

But yet I am the evil villain and you are the hero whom everyone should love.”

Christina nods her head.

“Silly me for mistaking my identity… Yet I am the one who is all wrapped up in a simple of achievement of being a four time champion. After all that’s what I have been chasing after for the past year. Yet are we supposed to gloss over the fact that after accomplishing the likes of being a triple crowner. After holding the World title multiple times, Internet Title multiple times, and that long Tag Team reign that you basically begged the owners for the Roulette Championship match. They basically told you that title was beneath you but you didn’t care because you wanted to be a Grand Slam Champion. You basically wanted that accomplishment. It was simply trying to pad your stats at that point…

Yet instead of trying to chase after the belt you tried to say your wife deserved it. SCW even booked you two against each other in which Keira won but people never took it seriously because they felt you threw the match. When you finally got that Roulette match against Kate you lost and it took her getting cheated out of the belt and moving onward to the Internet division which she did eventually win the belt for you to finally get that title off of Veronica Taylor… It’s a big joke Roxi and you beat her to be called Grand Slam Champion… If I really wanted to stroke my ego I would have gone for the tag titles just to add Grand Slam to my name but I don’t need to do that

I don’t need to do that because my eyes are focused on being the best and nothing else besides that. You shouldn’t fight your wife’s battles. I had to tell Seleana to stop fighting mine because it would have dragged her down a dark path and she doesn’t need to suffer things because of me. The same should have been said for that of Keira…”

Christina shrugs her shoulders.

“I love Keira but she complains a lot. She always wants a shot at the title. Always begging for a title shot. She gets placed in matches and she loses. That’s all part of the business but instead of bitching and moaning she needs to keep at it. Keep her head on straight and keep pursuing after it. As much as she tries to beg for title shots put that energy into appearing on the shows and doing the exact same thing. Make people want to see her actually get that shot. Yet when she as well just makes noise on Twitter and doesn’t do it weekly on the shows how does that even look?

That is a far way off from being a super hero and that doesn’t make her deserving. You can say whatever you want about me but whether win or lost. Whether I skipped ahead of Andrea or getting beat up. I still show up on the shows. I put my opponent over and I keep it moving still keeping my momentum going. Not many people can do that. That is why I am where I am because I am always there…

You lack at that Roxi and it’s a shame. The last time you truly were like in the thick of things is when you were feuding with Amy Marshal for the Internet title or begging for the Roulette title. Other than that for the most part you go off unseen and that isn’t right…

Also thinking about everything I can’t express how pissed off I am with you Roxi. I really had a chance to think about it when you were shitting on Alicia Lukas reign and the people that she had beaten. Considering most of the year was spent with her beating myself, my wife, and of course my daughter I take that very personally. It was good enough to win us Feud of the year so what exactly was wrong with the people she had to go through to have her dominant reign?! Do you have an issue with everybody from the Zdunich family… Stuff like that makes me take this very personal and you are going to pay for every single thing that you said…”

Christina nods her head with agreement as she continues to share her heart.

“Then you have the likes of Andrea Hernandez. You know Andrea I already stated how I feel you are super good. You are perhaps the future of the business but your biggest issue is the fact that you are tied too much into trying to overcome your past. Let’s be honest every single time you talk it’s always about the same old thing. You always mention how your previous two companies saw you as a joke. They didn’t take you seriously and they felt your skills weren’t exactly where they supposed to be it. isn’t that something that we as wrestlers all go through?

It’s what shapes us to be exactly who we are but you tend to repeat the same shit over and over. OCW didn’t like me, UWA didn’t like me so long behold here I am and I am going to change people’s perspective of me. Listen to me sweetie I have been doing this for 15 years now. I got my start into wrestling at a very early stage and yet even people like you still want to shit on me. I don’t need to keep reminding everyone what I intend to do. I simply go out to that ring and compete to the best of my ability. “

Christina seems disgusted as she takes a deep breath and continues to share her heart.

“My biggest issue with you however is the fact that you don’t think I am taking this seriously. My brand means the entire world to me but it’s a brand I established by elevating the very competition of the belt. Everybody always wants to talk shit about the Bombshell division. Some might say Roxi’s era was the best. Some might even say hell they thought it Alicia Lukas’ era. Some might even say no Mikah had the best damn bombshell division in the history of SCW. You want to know what the main constant throughout every single era is?! The truth of the matter is that I am right at the forefront of every single one. I have put on feuds with the best of the best. I have helped defined the careers of all of those mentioned. The only thing I wasn’t a part of was Misty and Vixen’s time but I wasn’t in SCW either. I am sure if I was here at the time I would have been right at the heart of the division as well. I don’t like that you basically disrespected me. I called you out as the next big thing in wrestling. That means you need to carry the hype well and take it to another level.

Yet you don’t want to take that responsibility. If you did you would be promoting the living shit out of yourself. You would be on the shows every single week and continuously building yourself up. People can claim that bullshit that I don’t belong or don’t deserve it but the one thing that I do is I get people talking. Whether it’s stabbing my wife in the back, whether it’s being a secretary to Mark Ward, or building myself up from rags to riches at the Golden Ring. The fact is I make it apparent. I promote the living shit out of the company and what I am doing every fucking week. Mark and Christian aren’t stupid they want somebody who is open and promotes the shit out of everything because it means people know exactly what SCW is about and what it truly means to be a champion…

You can get upset at me all you want because I got a shot first. The same thing can go for Roxi as well who wishes to fix things here. It’s not like I make the matches that’s on the owners. I simply roll with the punches and take what is given to me. Throwing hissy fits on Twitter won’t do anybody any good. Instead of creating sub tweets on Twitter and being passive aggressive come to the ring or tell Pussy Willow how you are feeling. Let the world know your intentions and you might just get what you are asking for. That’s what I did and now look at me. I am the champion once again… For the simple fact that I did what I was supposed to do!

Hell you can take a Bobbie Dahl who the entire world hates and she would be deserving of the title because she creates the drama. She puts herself out there on shows and it makes you want to see her get her ass beat. All of you in wrestling today are so soft. You get so bitchy when things don’t work out for you and throw Twitter fits. I might have done a lot of things but when I bitch about something I do it in front of the wrestling world. I do it like a woman on a camera. I put myself out there, maybe in the end that’s my downfall because I do so much in front of a camera.

it gives you ammo to tear me a part but it’s far better than that of not doing anything. People win titles and they forget all the exposure it took to get them there. Don’t be like that Andrea. Don’t fall into that trap. Yet I guess it’s wrong for me to do as much as I do. I guess I owe Mark and Christian an apology from promoting the living shit out of everything. I am sorry for giving my paychecks to charity, I am sorry for being a champion that’s open and on screen a lot. Doesn’t that sound so stupid? Can you even comprehend how stupid that would sound Andrea?

But maybe I should be like you. After all after you beat me I still came out on camera on the weekly shows claiming how great you were. I talked you up and it’s a shame because you could have took that victory over me and told everyone how you beat a former World Champion. You could have talked with Rocky Mountains or Pussy Willow said how you are ready to fight for the title and you don’t care who is in your way. Yet all we got was you bitching on Twitter over your Blast From The Past partner. You still have much to learn…”

Christina sighs as she speaks some more.

“The one thing that really makes me upset about you however is the fact that I thought you knew your history. You seem to know a lot about the past of this company yet in your eyes I wasn’t a dominate champion. I was never dominant. That’s funny considering before Alicia Lukas even got here I had the second longest reign with the World Championship. During the summer of Crystal I wiped out the entire division. I held the title for seven long months. My one reign was basically longer than all of Misty’s combined, Roxi’s before she won the belt back, close to Vixen’s. The title was passed around like a hot potato but I defeated EVERYBODY and brought stability to the title… I carried it with pride and it was my DOMINANT reign as champion that won me Woman of the Year and Most Improved in the same year.

So please do tell me how I am not a dominant champion and don’t have what others in this company have. I am the only woman who has held the title on four different occasions and last time I checked when I was the Internet Champion it was a title I have never lost…

Silly me for not being “dominant” silly me for not being like others. That’s a bunch of horse shit…Fact check before you look like a complete ass. Roxi and Alicia were both great don’t get me wrong but the reality what makes me different from anybody else is that I have never left SCW. I have always been here because I love this company so much. It didn’t matter if it was as a manager, or in the office. Others might come and go because of injury or to seek a new venture but I have been through everything. I won’t ever go. I am going to do everything in my power to be the best bombshell today but more importantly I want to go down as the best bombshell of all time. I will always continue to build my brand…

Whether you wish to call me Hilton, Rose, or even Zdunich it doesn’t matter. I am here to be the best and you better make sure you come at me with everything you got because I won’t let this title go. Not now and certainly not ever.

I am the rose that simply refuses to wither away. Nothing will stop me from blossoming…”

Christina holds her championship as she nods her head in agreement.

“For I am Christina Rose….

Lights…

Camera…

Action….

It’s Showtime ladies so you better be ready to step up…

I didn’t get my big my huge victory celebration in the Golden Ring Casino… Daniel promised me a celebration if I won the title. This is the first time that I am bringing the belt to the casino and I plan to keep it there with me. The fans of SCW are depending on me as well as the staff of the casino.

So let’s roll out the red carpet, and take a bow because this is the curtain call…Nothing will stop me from winning… Roll Credits because yours truly will be in the spotlight… Best of luck but nothing will ever  separate me from the this title not now and not ever. See you soon and may the best woman win…”

With that Christina raises the title high into the shot of the camera and it’s on this image that we fade out on.

[Roxi Johnson]

 “To my friends and colleagues, I'm just a farm boy in the big city, trying to make his mark. To the rest of Metropolis, I've become a protector. A symbol of hope. Me? I just hope I don't screw up. It's been about two months now since I've started what Ma calls my "good work." Most of the time I get to help people in need. A week ago I was able to save a few hundred passengers in a crashing jet. They all think I'm indestructible. I wish that I were so sure. I've withstood bursting shells, thousands of volts of electricity, raging fires and countless other vicious acts of man and nature. I appear to be invulnerable. But am I? Or is it just a matter of time before I find the thing that can kill me? They think I'm fearless. But each new cataclysm gives me one sharp instant of mortal fear. Will this kill me? Am I dying right now?”

— Superman (Superman Confidential #1)</Center>



{The Scene opens with Roxi looking at her phone and receiving a text from her sister.}

Got your text, I’ll be on in 5.

{Roxi nods and replys back with a simple “cool” as she continues to check her phone, and watch her mother, now staying with them, playing with Nate on his tablet.}

Elizabeth – Oh, that’s very cool.

Nate – I drawed this.

Elizabeth – That’s very good. You did a very good job.

Nate – Uh-huh.

Elizabeth – Did Mommy buy this tablet for you?

Nate – Uh huh. For my birthday.

Elizabeth – Do you know how old you are?

Nate – Um… three.

Elizabeth – And can you show me how many is three? How many fingers?

{Nate holds up two fingers, but thinks about it.}

Elizabeth – Is that three? Let’s count.

{Elizabeth points to Nate’s fingers.}

Elizabeth – One. Two… Uh oh… I don’t think that’s three.

Roxi – You know how many three is Nate. You can do it.

{Nate raises a third finger.}

Nate – Three. One, two, three!

Elizabeth – Very good!

{Roxi smiles at Nate, and to herself. She stands up and motions to her mother.}

Roxi – I have to take a call for a few minutes, can you watch him for me?

Elizabeth – Certainly dear.

Roxi – And, you’re okay? You don’t need anything.

Elizabeth – I’ll be fine.

Roxi – Alright, just checking. And… thanks.

Elizabeth – It’s fine, Roxi. Go take care of the things you need to take care of.

Roxi – I will.

{Roxi heads into the bedroom and pulls up her laptop and answers the facetime call from her sister.}

Nicole – What’s up?

Roxi – Bad news, I’m afraid.

Nicole – What happened? Is Mom okay?

Roxi – Yes, and no.

Nicole – Thanks for clearing that up.

Roxi – Physically, she’s fine. I went over and everything looked okay.

Nicole – But…

Roxi – But, she relapsed.

{Nicole moves the hair out of her face and sighs.}

Nicole – Shit. Sorry Rox, didn’t mean to leave you that gift.

Roxi – I know you didn’t. But… I found bottles. Lots of bottles. I think she’s been doing this longer than you think. How long have you been away?

{Nicole thinks for a moment.}

Nicole – About 3 months. Dad usually checked on her every couple of days. I tried to make sure that someone was always at least in the neighborhood in case she needed anything.

Roxi – The isolation got to her. Couldn’t take the bus or the subway, no way to get around.

Nicole – Yeah… Like I said, I’m sorry. I should have been checking on her more thoroughly.

Roxi – It’s not your fault. The point is, we moved her here for the time being.

Nicole – Uh… doesn’t that… you know… mess things up for you?

Roxi – It’s an inconvenience, yes. But what am I supposed to do? You’re stuck in Paris and I can’t leave her alone. I don’t want to come and find her or have you find her or… even worse dad find her having overdosed or something!

{Nicole sighs and shrugs.}

Nicole – I wish Ii was back there. I’m sorry about everything going on.

Roxi – You can’t blame yourself. You didn’t know things would get like this.

Nicole – I should have been watching her more closely.

Roxi – Addicts are good at hiding their symptoms.

Nicole – I just didn’t think she’d fall off the wagon.

Roxi – Well, I don’t think she fell off the wagon, per say. I think she’s just had a moment or two where she felt she needed. That fight is one that never ends quickly.

Nicole – I don’t know if it ever really ends, Rox.  Addiction is not something you get over even if someone stops you. I’m sorry I wasn’t more vigilant.

Roxi – I don’t blame you Nicole, you can stop apologizing.

Nicole – But… without you, she might have never come this far. I was just trying to do what you would have done.

Roxi – You never have to try and do what I do. It’s not something I would ever expect. You’re your own person Nicole. You do what makes you happy.

Nicole – Look, can we talk about something else right now? I’m going to already feel like shit for the next week or so after knowing that Mom had this happen. Just… is she better now?

Roxi – She is. Nate makes sure she’s occupied. I think she really actually enjoys taking care of him. I think she’s trying to make up for lost time.

Nicole – Well, we didn’t turn out so bad. So she can’t be that awful at it.

Roxi – She did the best she could.

Nicole – I don’t know about that. I want to believe it, but I just remember a lot of the time that she wasn’t there and we were fending for ourselves.

{Roxi sighs. She knew what Nicole was saying was really far more accurate. But she didn’t want to insult her mother.}

Roxi – It taught us to be independent.

Nicole – Sure. We’ll go with that. Officially changing the subject now. How’s the whole… like...blood thing going?

Roxi – I sent it off to be synthesized. There’s a lot of work that needs to be done. I’ll know soon, I hope.

Nicole – That’s good. I just wish things would go back to normal now. But even if it takes a while, and if your blood has anything to do with it, I know we’d all be grateful.

Roxi – If I can help, I’m trying to.

Nicole – You always did. Never change, Rox.

Roxi – I don’t plan on it.

Nicole – All this stuff is super depressing, you know that?

Roxi – Yeah, just… gotta make the most of it. Look on the bright side.

Nicole – Nothing too bright these days, Rox. I’ll never understand how you maintain the positivity.

Roxi – Because I have to. It’s the thing that keeps me going. Even in the darkest times. I know that… if I allowed those dark feelings to take over, I’d lose everything. I don’t want to end up like that. So, I have to keep pushing forward in order to prevent it. It takes my mind off the bad things, you know?

Nicole – I don’t know if I can really do that the way you do. Surely you’ve been upset before.

Roxi – Upset? Sure, frustrated, angry, all of that. I’m not void of emotions, Nicole.

Nicole – I’m just saying, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you anything other than happy.

Roxi – Well… you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.

{There is a short period of silence…}

Nicole – I will hang up on you. Try me.

{Roxi has to smile at her sister, and giggle at her joke.}

Roxi – It wasn’t that bad. Calm down.

Nicole – It was bad and you know it. But… you know what, it did make me smile inside. And in times like these, that’s a good thing.

Roxi – I do what I can.

Nicole – Look Rox, I’ve gotta run. Thanks for the update and everything, and I’ll obviously be more helpful when I get back. Thanks for taking care of Mom. Now just… make sure Dad’s okay too? And really… you should call some people just… talk to ‘em. You know?

Roxi – I think I will.

Nicole – That’s really what we need at this point. Just to make this go a little faster.

Roxi – You got it.

Nicole – And… really… take care of yourself, and your family. Please be safe.

Roxi – I’ll do my best.

Nicole – Alright. Thanks again, Rox. We’ll see you soon. Hopefully.

Roxi – Bye Nicole.

{Roxi hangs up the facetime call and closes her laptop. She stands up and exits the bedroom and returns to find her mother still playing with Nate. Elizabeth looks up at her.}


Elizabeth – Everything alright?

Roxi – Yes. It’s fine. Nicole is safe and sound.

Elizabeth – That girl. She thinks she’s Indiana Jones or something.

Roxi – Lara Croft, maybe.

Elizabeth – Who?

Roxi – Never mind.  I’ve got a small errand to run. I’ll be back in like 20 minutes or so. Could you keep an eye on Nate?

Elizabeth – It’s what I’m here for.

Roxi – Thank you. Keira’s downstairs if you need anything, just holler.

Elizabeth – I don’t think we’ll need anything. I know where the snacks are.

{Roxi sighs.}

Roxi – Please don’t feed my child junk, mother.

Elizabeth – I’m Gramma. I can feed my grandson whatever I want.

Roxi – Mom…

Elizabeth – Go run your errand.

{Roxi can only shake her head as Elizabeth hand waves her away. Roxi exits the door before disappearing, off to run her errand as the scene fades.}



{Roxi appears outside a familiar home as she knocks the door. The door opens and Amy Jo Smyth stands in front of Roxi, a surgical mask over her nose and mouth.}

Roxi – Taking the whole protecting thing seriously, I see.

Amy Jo Smyth – Oh, this? This isn’t about that.

Roxi – Wait… what are you…

Amy Jo Smyth – You’re just in time.

{A sly smile from under the mask appears as AJ takes Roxi by the arm and leads her down into her lab basement. Lab equipment is going, computers and scanners. Roxi looks around and is confused by all the electronics.}

Roxi – I thought you knew chemisty…

Amy Jo Smyth – I do. But Science! SCIENCE!

Roxi – Please stop saying science like that.

Amy Jo Smyth – In these days of isolation, it’s where I can get my work done. Now, I have taught myself many new things. So, I let the inventor in me grow! She has spread her wings and she is flying!

Roxi – Um… are you okay, AJ?

Amy Jo Smyth – Okay? Better than okay! I’ve got some sweet things to show you! But first, breakfast.

Roxi – It’s almost 4 in the afternoon.

Amy Jo Smyth – Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Roxi – Ooh lord…

Amy Jo Smyth – Shhh… Here we go.

{AJ simply lights a candle and places it under a string.}


Roxi – What is this –

Amy Jo Smyth – Shhh. Just watch.

{The flame burns through the string which released a pulley system which brings an egg through a tube. It rumbles around until it falls and is raised up and two vice like devices crack the egg and send the yolk into a frying pan being heated by a Bunsen burner. A 3rd vice device squeezes an orange and the juice straight into a glass. Strips of bacon are dropped into another frying pan and they sizzle in seconds with the burner. A second egg is cracked and AJ lifts her eyebrows up and down, pleased with her work until she pulls a level and everything shuts down. The two eggs are cooked in seconds, the bacon crispy and the orange juice fresh. AJ puts them all on a plate and sighs in satisfaction.}

Amy Jo Smyth – Wakey wakey… eggs and bac-y!

{Roxi can only really shake her head in disbelief as AJ begins to eat her breakfast.}

Roxi – Did… did you design this thing?

Amy Jo Smyth – Yes. It’s a far more efficient breakfast. That took like what… two minutes?

Roxi – It takes like 5 minutes anyway.

Amy Jo Smyth – So, I’ve saved 3 minutes!

Roxi – I… I think you need to get outside and get some air.

Amy Jo Smyth – What? This is science! Science cannot wait!

Roxi – Yes, it can! Seriously I think you need to get out of the house, AJ.

Amy Jo Smyth – I can’t. Social distancing! We’re supposed to be six feet apart at all times!

Roxi – Is that what the surgical mask is for?

Amy Jo Smyth – Oh… no.. That’s for something different.

Roxi – I am sorry I asked.

Amy Jo Smyth – Hang on.

{AJ finishes her food after a few moments and gulps down the OJ. She stands up and replaces the mask over her face, and then finds a second one and hands it to Roxi. Roxi puts it on as AJ leads her to a table and AJ has a pen and a metal doorknob placed down.}

Roxi – What… is this?

Amy Jo Smyth – Been also putting the chemisty to the test. Watch this…

{AJ straps on some eye protection before she takes the pen in her hand.}


Roxi – Should…. I have goggles on?

Amy Jo Smyth – Nah, just stand back.

{Heeding AJ’s warning and taking a massive step back, Roxi stands clear as AJ takes the top off the pen.}

Amy Jo Smyth – A concentrated mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid. This will dissolve anything up to titanium, baby.

{AJ squeezes the contents onto the doorknob and it begins to melt. AJ pumps her fist and put the top back on the pen.}

Amy Jo Smyth – Pretty cool, huh?

Roxi – Okay… one… why? Two, also why?!

Amy Jo Smyth – Um… the better question is why not! Do you not understand how AWESOME this is?

Roxi – It’s… something. I’ll give you that.
 
Amy Jo Smyth – But you haven’t seen the best one yet.

Roxi – Why am I suddenly fearing for my life?

Amy Jo Smyth – Oh hush, it’s perfectly safe. Reasonably.

Roxi – Reason –

Amy Jo Smyth – Shhh. Check it out.

{AJ opens a drawer and produces a briefcase. She proudly places it on the table.}

Roxi – Do I even want to know?

Amy Jo Smyth – Yes, you do. This is perhaps something I am the most proud of.

Roxi – A briefcase?

Amy Jo Smyth – Oh… not just a briefcase.

Roxi – Oh no…

{AJ turns the notches and then the briefcase opens. She smirks as the inside is filled with only one item, a bottle, which for some reason is attached to the edge of the briefcase. Roxi notices what it is.}

Roxi – Baby powder?

Amy Jo Smyth – It’s a baby powder bottle. Inside is actually tear gas.

Roxi – What?! Why?!

Amy Jo Smyth – In case anyone steals your luggage.

Roxi – How does tear gas help prevent theft!

Amy Jo Smyth – Because, if you don’t open it the right way, the tear gas exploded, right in their faces! Who’s gonna want a face full of tear gas?!

Roxi – Nobody… Why would you make this?

Amy Jo Smyth – Nobody’s gonna snatch your luggage, I tell you that. You’re famous, babe. You gotta thank me later.

Roxi – What?

{AJ closes the briefcase and turns the notches horizontal.}

Amy Jo Smyth – When the notches are like this, the tear gas is primed.

{Roxi just shakes her head.}

Roxi – How is that even stuck in there like that?

Amy Jo Smyth – Magnetized.

{AJ again lifts her eyebrows up and down.}

Amy Jo Smyth – So?  What do you think? Some chemistry, and some innovation.

Roxi – I think you’re going to really ruin someone’s day.

Amy Jo Smyth – That’s like… half my day.

Roxi – Yes, I know.

{AJ raises her hand for a high five, but thinks better of it.}

Amy Jo Smyth – You washed your hands before you came over here, right?

Roxi – Really?...

Amy Jo Smyth – Yes, really! You need to wash your fucking hands! Flatten the curve!

Roxi – For the love of… AJ, can I actually talk to you about why I’m here?

Amy Jo Smyth – You didn’t come for a social visit?

Roxi – No. I mean… yes… Look, the reason I’m here is one, to see how you’re doing, and two, I need your medical knowledge to ask a question.

Amy Jo Smyth – Cancer.

Roxi – What?!

Amy Jo Smyth – Oh, wait, I’m not WebMD.

{AJ chuckles at her own joke.}

Roxi – Can we focus please?

Amy Jo Smyth – Alright, alright, you see that I’m doing just fine. Now, what is your medical question.

Roxi – I –

Amy Jo Smyth – Cancer.

Roxi – FOCUS, PLEASE!

Amy Jo Smyth – Lighten up. Seriously, what’s up?

Roxi – Do you have something to analyze blood?

Amy Jo Smyth – I think so. There are many blood-related instruments in this lab.

Roxi – I… really don’t want to know that. How quick can blood by analyzed.

Amy Jo Smyth – Depends on what we’re analyzing for.

Roxi – A cure.

Amy Jo Smyth – For…

Roxi – The virus.

Amy Jo Smyth – I mean, it’s a respiratory disease. Blood types don’t matter.

Roxi – I meant… my blood.

Amy Jo Smyth – Wait… are you sick?

Roxi – No… I’m… immune to disease. I was hoping that maybe the antibodies that help me, could help others.

Amy Jo Smyth – That… that could actually be viable. I don’t see why it wouldn’t.

Roxi – I already had blood drawn by the guild, but I figured I’d get a second opinion. They did fear that we’d be making too many people completely immune to disease

Amy Jo Smyth – We 100% NEED that. Can you imagine if there was no diseases, no cancer or even the common cold! We’d all be better off for it.

Roxi – Every little bit helps.

Amy Jo Smyth – Although… there’s enough nasty people in the world that we might make a bigger mess of the earth. And that shit wouldn’t be cool.

Roxi – Big into the environment?

Amy Jo Smyth – We’ve only got one planet. At least for the next 7 billion years. And that’s if we’re lucky.

Roxi – Okay, okay, I get it, I don’t need a speech to convince me to take care of the planet.

Amy Jo Smyth – Good.

{Roxi shakes her head as AJ stands up from her table, taking the briefcase from earlier and handing it to Roxi.}

Amy Jo Smyth – Well, it’s yours now.

Roxi – AJ, I don’t need a tear gas briefcase.

Amy Jo Smyth – Yes you do, you just didn’t know it.

Roxi – I really don’t.

Amy Jo Smyth – Will you just accept my scientific personal anti-theft briefcase as a gift, then? You know you’re going to need it at some point!

{Roxi sighs and nods.}

Roxi – Alright, alright, I’ll take it.

{Roxi accepts the briefcase and AJ nods.}

Amy Jo Smyth – Science…. Fucking science.

Roxi – Are you sure, you’re okay?

Amy Jo Smyth – I dunno, what day is it?

Roxi – Why?

Amy Jo Smyth – Depending on the day, I may be better or worse.

Roxi – That’s not reassuring.

Amy Jo Smyth – Good days and bad days, babe. We all have them.

Roxi – You’re telling me.

Amy Jo Smyth – But, we gotta move forward.  It’s the only way to go. Fight this shit together, ya know?

Roxi – Yeah, I do. Thanks for that, AJ. And… thanks for the briefcase.

Amy Jo Smyth – You got it. I’ll work on some more stuff. Been thinking about a short shotgun going into a walking boot. Trying to rob the disabled, think again mother fucker!

{Taking this as her cue, Roxi slowly backs up and waves to AJ.}

Roxi – I’m a…. I’m just gonna go.

Amy Jo Smyth – Suit yourself.

{Roxi turns to depart.}

Amy Jo Smyth – Hey Rox…

Roxi – Yeah?

Amy Jo Smyth – Keep up the good fight out there. What you do… It’s not easy.

Roxi – …. Thanks AJ. I’ll see ya soon.

{With that, Roxi departs as the scene fades.}
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I know the feeling right now that Andrea Hernandez has in the pit of her stomach. That feeling of anxiousness. The butterflies moving around in there. The nerves. It can tie you up in knots if you’re not careful, and I know that maybe right now Andrea is trying not to let that take her out of her game. It’s what we all do. We all push that to the back our minds when we are faced with a great challenge or opportunity. We tune out that little voice that wonders if we truly are ready. Why try to act like he doesn’t exist. We put on the mask, metaphorically speaking of bravado. Because we believe that we are ready and we are 100% prepared for the moment. We will meet the moment and we will conquer the moment.

I know that right there, is Andrea in a nutshell right now.

It happens to all of us, whether we want to admit it or not. But I’ve learned, in the years I’ve done this, and many other things, that it’s okay to be nervous. Heck, I am nervous right now. I will be a ball of nerves right up until the bell rings. I’ve learned that you have to make that work to your advantage. I have learned you have to use it as motivation. But then again, I know from her own mouth that she doesn’t need the motivation.

Because she’s heard all the doubters talk. She knows that they revel in your failure. They are just waiting for it so they can rub your nose in it. That right there, drives us all. Just to avoid it, if nothing else. But to have the ability to say to those same doubters that no matter what you said, no matter how hard you tried and hoped and wished for me to fail, I succeeded. I won, and that means, you lose.

I will tell Andrea this, here and now. I have nothing but respect for her as a wrestler, athlete, and person. But on Sunday, I have to be one of those doing my best to ensure she fails.

It’s not a personal thing. It’s business. As I said, I would have much rather preferred to be facing Andrea one on one, giving her what she has earned in my eyes. But, sadly, that’s not to be, at least not right this moment. The chance to wrestle someone I consider the future is something I will enjoy now, but at the end of the day, my job isn’t to make sure Andrea gets anything. My job here is to win. I am just hoping that really, Andrea understands that this is not about trying to ruin her career or take anything she’s already earned away. It’s about what I need to do. And how I put what I’ve learned into practice, and use it to become successful.

Andrea has beaten my wife in the ring twice. But both times, Andrea was given all she could handle. It was a missed chance here or there, and maybe if things were different, Keira would be either in this match, or perhaps waiting in the wings for a Bombshell’s title match and Andrea would be walking into this with zero going for her. But, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades as they say. But not only was Keira learning and adapting, I was also watching and taking notes. Because that’s how much I respect Andrea, enough to know that I need to keep my game razor sharp, because Andrea is good enough to walk into any match and win.

But I just can’t allow that to happen.

And you know, Andrea was right about me. I do put a lot of pressure on myself. I do have the occasional slip up and I do fall short because of what I do. There are just times that it happens. I can’t fault anyone but myself for that. I can’t sit here and say that any one person caused me to lose focus and lose a championship.

Well, maybe Cyrus, but that’s… in the past.

Maybe it really what’s been happening. I’ve been the model of inconsistency. Maybe I have just put too much on myself at times, and not enough at others. But every championship I’ve won, I’ve at least tried to do something that means something long after I lose it. And losing to Electra Styles, as Andrea pointed out last week, is a prime example of that very sentiment. While that was more out of my control outside the ring, inside, I was lost. I was trying to prove that people didn’t care and that I was in this for myself and as long as I got what I wanted and had the championship that it the end more than justified the means. I was tricked into thinking that and I lost way more than I ever gained from that second championship reign.

And ever since then, it has been my goal to make any future reign erase the memory of that reign.

And I thought I was doing a good enough job to actually change that around. I thought that with attempting to raise the bar constantly that I would be able to simply rise to that level every time. And all it took was one moment of weakness, one momentary lapse in judgement, one split second loss of focus, and bam, we’re here in a triple threat match.

Which is why now, I have that same motivation that Andrea does. The same feeling in my stomach about proving doubters wrong, about revenge and avenging that loss and making the third reign merely the start of something bigger on the fourth reign.

So, for all intents and purposes, I will throw out a huge thank you to Andrea Hernandez. She put me back in the spot I need to be. We both need to use that motivation we have.

But I know I have the experience to use it exactly how I need to.

I again wish Andrea luck, but I’m afraid her doubters will be right.

If only momentarily.



{Now back at home, Roxi is right back to working and preparing for the many battles she has upcoming. She was in the last day of the two day deadline imposed by Nathaniel and Keira, trying to max out anything she could to be ready. She casually flicked her wrist against the heavy bag, a few light shots moving the bag. Her face is flush and her breathing is raping. She has put a lot of effort into training. She stops when the door opens and Keira is standing in the doorway, also with training gear on, but a far more serious tone in her face.}

Roxi – Almost done.

Keira – Are you at least getting something out of it?

Roxi – Yeah, yeah, I think so.

{Roxi leans on the bag for a moment, trying to catch her breath from all the work.}

Keira – You look exhausted.

Roxi – That’s because I am.

Keira – Well, I guess training to exhaustion isn’t a bad thing, just don’t tire out when we need you.

Roxi – That’s coming. That’s an entirely different type of fight. It’s an unpredictable monster and we’ll have… at least some resources. But, I still need to be ready for the championship match.

Keira – If…

Roxi – Don’t even say it. This will not be our last fight. We’re going to find a way.

Keira – I hope so.

Roxi – I know so. We have to.

Keira – I’m… I’m trying to get into that frame of mind. It’s just hard.

Roxi – It’s what we do. So, we can’t back down from challenges. They have to be met head on. Otherwise, we don’t grow, and we don’t learn. These are just challenges. And we can get through them.

Keira – I wish it was that easy.

Roxi – No, you don’t. Because if it was easy, then everyone would do it. If everything was easy, they wouldn’t be any satisfaction in accomplishing a goal. Because everyone can do it. You would never grow stronger, wiser, or better if it was easy. It’s a challenge, for a reason.

{Keira nods.}

Keira – I get it but, in the ring, we can… do anything.

Roxi – Doesn’t make it any less difficult. Having the power to do something isn’t the same as putting it into action. Where would the challenge be? Where would the fun be? It wouldn’t be here, and you’d get sick of it. We challenge ourselves to get better. That’s our job, and that will always be our job.

Keira – I can’t tell if you’re talking about wrestling or being a superhero.

Roxi – Both.  It applies to both. We have different challenges ahead of us, and we need to work our butts off to accomplish them.

Keira – But, the monster…

Roxi – The monster, we’ll find a way. We don’t have a choice. This is what we have to deal with. I don’t want the world destroyed, neither do you, and obviously neither does Nathaniel. We have to make sure that his future, is not the one that our Nate grows up dealing with. No two ways about it. Ultra X mastery or not. We can’t get that fight stop us from preparing for the future.

{Keira again nods, she knows that Roxi is right, and she hugs her wife.}

Keira – I’m with you.

Roxi – And I’m with you.

Keira – I know it’s going to be tough, but I’m with you, and I’m going to be right there to fight alongside you. And for the wrestling matches, I know we’re both going to give it everything. I just want it to matter.

Roxi – It will. Once the monster is dealt with, we can focus on the matches. But we can’t lose track of either.

Keira – I won’t. I’m going to prove I belong.

Roxi – That’s all anyone has ever asked.

Keira – But… here’s the thing, you don’t have anything to really prove. You’re already in the hall of fame. You don’t even need this.

{Roxi looks at her wife and closes her eyes, taking a deep breath before opening them.}

Roxi – I have more to prove than maybe you do, Keira.

Keira – That’s nonsense.

Roxi – It’s not. It’s a simple fact. I let my guard down and I lost the championship with so much left to do with it. I cannot allow that to be the end of this chapter. I’m a year older, and a year closer to… well… not doing this anymore. And I don’t ever want to have my age to be any sort of factor into what I did or will do.

Keira – You’re not old, though.

Roxi – Old enough. And even if I don’t want to have it be a thing, is it a fact that I didn’t win right after my birthday.

Keira – That’s a silly reason to try and make up for lost time. You know that.

Roxi – I do. But it’s not going to go away, in my own mind. I have to present this challenge to myself, and push even harder. That way, after Sunday, I’ll have that question at least partially be answered after a win, or a loss.

Keira – Don’t talk like that. You are fully capable of winning.

Roxi – That’s what I intend to do.

Keira – Well, I believe in you.  I know you can do this. What do you say we at least get some quality time in with the family… before it all ends.

{Roxi looks at her wife, and then smiles and throws her arm around here.}

Roxi – You got it.

{The two walk off as the scene fades.}



After much consideration, I had to finally admit something that’s just been bugging me for a long time. I didn’t want to have to say it, because Crystal is my friend. Despite everything, Crystal is my friend. Despite the foolishness and the slander and the shade, Crystal is my friend. But for a long time, I thought we possibly had an understanding and that would be something we carried forward, but now, I completely understand how it works, so, I get to say this without really feeling one way or the other about it.

When it comes to being in the ring with Crystal, friendship goes out the window.

I mean, sure, I see both sides of it. I get it. There really can only be one winner at the end of the day. And to the victor go the spoils. And maybe, in my subconscious I always felt that Crystal really didn’t care that much about the whole thing. But obviously, I was wrong. To Crystal, this is a rat race. The one with the most stuff at the end of the day wins. So, you know, as the 4 time Bombshell’s champion, Crystal thinks she’s won. And really, at the end of the day, she could lose the championship at any time and it will be like water off a duck’s back. No skin off Crystal. She’s already made it, and then, it becomes, let’s go for 5 championships, so I can have that too.

It has become an obsession for Crystal. An obsession with simply winning a championship. Doesn’t matter what it is, doesn’t matter what the company is, doesn’t matter the length or the quality. Just the name, is good enough for Crystal Hilton. Just the fact that she won it, makes it all worth it for her. Her name, spread as far and wide as possible. Quantity over quality any day of the week. Because that’s what Crystal has always been after. The quick cash grab, the instant glory. Something that trends so she can suck up any and all credibility because she believes in her heart, that that make her famous, that makes her relevant. That adds to her legacy. Win every championship you can every place you can and then list it on your resume. Tell everyone that you won this title and that title, because people who don’t know better will be impressed.

It is why Crystal is practically everywhere these days, wrestling for any championship she can get her hands on. Win win win, gimme gimmie gimmie and then look around and say “Look how good I am that I can win this IPW Tex-Arkana championship, just another big win for Crystal Hilton” And then, as soon as it happens, poof. Like that, it’s over, on to the next championship, onto the next spot and on with the faux humility.

And at the end of the day, NONE of those title wins mean a damn thing to Crystal, outside of the initial surge from winning it. Crystal said she was proud to champion but deep down we all know that it’s her stifling herself from throwing it at all of us, not just me, not just Andrea. Every person who give her a hard time, she looking at this and saying, look what I did. And then she stops herself and says that she really respects all of us and that this is just a huge honor.

What you see and hear from Crystal after every match is her true feelings. And then, it gets moved to the side. The phony Crystal comes in and tells us all the same story. I know this, because I’ve seen it, time and time again. I know what’s real, and what fake about my friend. I know what she’s really like and sadly, I have to reveal this truth because it needs to be said. Sometimes you get that friend in your life that you know you have to defend despite everything. Every time they screw up, you have to defend them. Every time they make a horrible choice, you have to defend them.

The truth now, is that I’m tired of defending Crystal, because at this point, it’s all a show. All of it. Words are hollow, and the incessant need to be a part of everything and everyone’s lives is just unbearable at this point. You know that Crystal really, really wanted to be part of Divinity? Not because it’s a great company that helps out women’s wrestlers in their other ventures, but because a lot of people she knew were in it. She needed to be in it, because she felt as if she was missing out on something. That people had kept this secret from her this whole time. It’s this type of thinking that makes Crystal the way she is. That thing can’t be good for others and not for her, because she’s not part of it. It’s one of the things I truly cannot stand about my friend.

And now I have to walk into Vegas and take the championship from her. And I know she’s going to be deadly serious because she needs to disprove everything I’ve talked about. She had to, otherwise, people will see it as true. I had to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m saying it because it’s the truth. I don’t make a habit of just spreading false information and lying about everything I can to get ahead. Because I’ve found that lying only hurts in the short term. The truth hurt for a long, long time.

I know the rules now, I know how it’s going to be. I’m going to get Crystal’s best, and Andrea’s best because they both feel the motivation they feel. So where does that leave me?

I have the task of regaining a championship, stifling a reign of a friend and fending off one of the most talent wrestlers in the world. I’ve learned and grown from the previous match with Crystal, I’ve studied Andrea as much as I can.

I am ready for the next challenges.
It’s time for a fourth title reign. This time, with more motivation.

I wish you all could be there, but I know you will be watching.

I won’t let you down.


{After all of the fighting that took place, Roxi and Keira are now at home, at least one weight off their shoulders after defeating the monster for good, and seeing Nate sacrifice himself for the future. Roxi leans back in a chair, nearly falling asleep she’s so tired. Nate and Elizabeth are in his room playing before Elizabeth exits and heads to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. Keira plops down next to Roxi and lays her head on her wife’s shoulder.}

Roxi – Hey…

Keira – Hey…

Roxi – How you holding up?

Keira – I feel like I got run over by a truck.

Roxi – Yeah… Same. Same.

Keira – But at least… it’s over. It’s finally over.

Roxi – For now.

Keira – Don’t. I don’t want to talk about fighting bad guys for a week, maybe a month.

{They both share a stifled chuckle.}

Roxi – I hear you. Trust me.

Keira – I suppose all there is to do now is just… prepare for the upcoming matches.

Roxi – Yeah… just a little recovery time.

{Elizabeth sees the two on the couch and sits across from them.}

Elizabeth – You too look exhausted.

Keira – Lots of… training. Big matches.

Roxi – Big. Matches.

Elizabeth – Goodness, don’t wear yourselves out, you won’t have any energy for the matches.

Keira – We’ll be okay.

Elizabeth – Roxi dear, what is that briefcase you have on your bed?

Roxi – Oh, it’s a traveling gift from my friend. I guess she thinks that carrying a briefcase isn’t the worst thing.

Elizabeth – I can take the clothes out and put them in the laundry.

Roxi – No! I’m… It’s fine. I can do the laundry. You don’t need to do anything like that. You’re a guest here. Well… you’re not really a guest, but you know what I mean.

Elizabeth – Fine, fine, don’t bite my head off.

Keira – Well… on that note, I’m going to get some last minute training in.

Roxi – Be careful.

{Keira stands up, excusing herself with a smile, and soon Keira is back in the training room, lightly working out as she too is still sore. Elizabeth goes back to check on Nate as Roxi leans back again, threatening to fall asleep before there is a loud knock at her door.}

Roxi – Just a minute.

{Roxi slowly stands up, and heads towards the door.}

Roxi – Who is it?

{There is a female voice on the other side of the door.}

Woman – Police, ma’am.

Roxi – Police?...

{Roxi gets a touch nervous before she goes to open the door.}

Elizabeth – Roxi!

Roxi – Be right there, Mom.

{Roxi opens the door to a taller woman, in her police uniform. She removes her hat as she speaks.}

Officer – Good evening ma’am. We’ve had reports of a suspicious person around the neighborhood. Have you seen or heard anything?

Roxi – Sadly, no. Should we be on the lookout? Is there a description?

Officer – Yes, a short figure in a black hooded shirt. Residents said they were peeking in windows.

Roxi – Oh… Sorry, I haven’t seen anything.

Elizabeth – Roxi!

Roxi – I’ll be right there! I’m talking to the Police!

Nate – Amy! You came back to visit!

{Roxi’s eyes widen in terror as she takes a step towards Nate’s room, only to be zapped in the back. She drops instantly, and writhes in pain. Whatever it was packed a punch. The officer who was the responsible party, she helps Roxi up and walks her to Nate’s room. She is laid on the couch in a lot of pain, catching a glimpse of Amelia who is now holding Nate in her lap, rubbing his shoulders as Elizabeth is confused and doesn’t know what to do.}

Amelia – Well… isn’t this a nice reunion.

Elizabeth – Roxi, what happened? What’s going on?! Is this woman a friend of yours?

Amelia – We go WAY back, Mrs. J. We’re good friends and I feel like we’re almost like sisters. And Nate is growing up so fast!

{Roxi slowly sits up, and is now faced with a deadly situation. Being forced to play along.}

Elizabeth – Roxi, are you okay?

Roxi – I’m… I’m fine, I just… hit my head, and this nice officer brought me in here.

Amelia – Officer Lei is very helpful. You remember her, right?

Roxi – Who could forget?

Amelia – Yeah. Oh, and uh… we just have to even the playing field if you know what I mean, Rox.

{Roxi looks at Amelia’s smiling face as Nate sits on her lap. Nate looks up at her, unaware of exactly who she is.}

Nate – Amy, wanna see my pictures?

Amelia – Oh yes. Yes I do, but your mommy and I need to talk first.

Roxi – What… what brings you here, Amelia?

Amelia – Well I was in the neighborhood, thought I’d drop by. It’s always nice to pay you a visit.

Roxi – The pleasure is all mine.

Amelia – Oh, I know. Now, I couldn’t help but notice that really cool thing you did earlier. That is something. I wonder how you managed to do it.

Roxi – I’m multi-talented.

Amelia – Oh, I know.

{Amelia leans back and stretches, now brandishing a pistol from her jacket pocket.}

Roxi – I don’t really think my mother needs to be here. This really is about us, isn’t it? Just talking. Some quick catching up before you head out?

{Amelia smiles.}

Amelia – Oh, I don’t know, I think she’d be plenty interested in the game we’re about to play.

Roxi – What game?

Amelia – Nate had a really good suggestion a minute ago. Showing pictures and whatnot. So, why don’t we do a little game of Show and Tell!

Roxi – What?

Amelia – Come on now, Rox, you know how show and tell works. Nate should too. He’ll be doing it a lot in school, you know. In fact, why don’t we let him go first? Nate, Can you show me the pictures you drew?

Nate – Okay.

{Nate gets off of Amelia’s lap, and grabs his tablet and begins to show some pictures he drew with the paint program.}

Amelia – These are very nice! You did a great job! Didn’t he, Roxi?

Roxi – Yes. He did a great job. He always does.

Amelia – Of course. Good job Nate.

{Amelia pats Nate on the head, and then moves him to one knee.}

Amelia – Well, that was really good, who’s next? I guess I’ll go!

{Amelia reaches into her coat, pulling out the pistol, out of Nate’s view. Elizabeth is shocked and Roxi shuts her eyes for a second as her anger and fear grows.}

Amelia – Alright, now this, this where the fun begins. You all know what this is. So, I know, my show and tell wasn’t as good as Nate’s, but I know that Roxi’s is going to be… the best!

Roxi – Let them go. This is between you and I, Amelia.

Amelia – No… nononononono. They are part of the fun. Because when they see what you have to show, they will be through the roof!

Elizabeth – What is she talking about, Roxi?

Amelia – She doesn’t know, does she? Ouch. That’s harsh. Well, let me go ahead and spoil it for you, Grandma. Roxi and Keira… they’re special. Like… SUPER special.

{Elizabeth looks confused as Roxi just shakes her head softly.}

Roxi – Don’t.

Amelia – Oh yeah… Roxi here… is someone you may have heard of on the news. A certain… Lady Bedlam.

{Elizabeth looks skeptical.}

Elizabeth – I don’t think so.

Roxi – Why? Why are you doing this?

Amelia – Rox… this is your big reveal. Because first we’re going to do this, and then to entire world! Why do you think I chose THIS moment? I’ve been out for weeks! This is the ultimate revenge. While you are at your weakest! Physical and mentally drained! And I know you are! Lei, webcam, please!

{Lei opens her jacket, and shows off her bodycam. Much like a police officer would use.}

Amelia – Man, cops get all the cool stuff.  Anyway, Now, you’re going to go ahead and get the costume, and show the world. Do it. Otherwise…

{Still out of Nate’s view, Amelia points the gun at his head.}

Amelia – Bad things.

8Roxi – Alright… you win.

{Roxi slowly stands up, as Lei follows her to the bedroom, where she thinks about it for a second, and picks up AJ’s briefcase. She slowly walks back, and holds in on her lap.}

Amelia – Keeping it in a briefcase… lame.

Roxi – Look, this doesn’t have to go like this. You want this… You can have it. You win. Just please… give me my son.

Amelia – Hmm… this sounds like a trick.

Roxi – I don’t really have many cards to play here, Amelia. A trade is all I have left. My son, for this. Everything you wanted. Exposed to the light of day.

{Roxi slides the notches and cracks open the briefcase. Peeking inside herself.}

Roxi – Everything.

Amelia – Hhmm…. It would be interesting see your sons face after all this.  Go to your mother buddy.

{Amelia eases Nate off her lap. At the same time, Roxi closes the briefcase and turns the notches. She slides the briefcase over as Nate gets in his mom’s arms. Roxi leans over to Elizabeth.}

Roxi – Get ready.

{Amelia picks up the briefcase and prepares to open it.}

Amelia – Lei, get that camera ready. Bring it here so we can show everyone!

{Amelia forces open the briefcase. And exactly how AJ said it would work, there is a small explosion of the tear gas right where Amelia and Lei are.}

Roxi – Run!

{Amelia and Lei cough and gag disoriented by the gas, as Roxi rushes Nate and her mother out of the room.}

Elizabeth – What the hell was that?!

Roxi – Take Nate, get him downstairs, call the police.

Elizabeth – What are you going to do?

Roxi – I’ll hold them off. Until the cops arrive.
Elizabeth – But


Roxi – Please don’t argue with me. Just go!

{Elizabeth doesn’t think twice picking up Nate and heading downstairs. Roxi turns back around and head towards the door. She opens it covering her nose and mouth, keeping a distance, but the window in Nate’s room is open, and Lei and Amelia are no longer there.}

Roxi – Dammit.

{Roxi quickly locks Nate’s door, and all the other doors prevent the duo from returning. She quickly heads downstairs to see Elizabeth on the phone and Nate standing there slightly confused.}

Elizabeth – What was that? Who was that?

Roxi – She’s crazy. Stalking us for a long time. I’m sorry you have to see that.

Elizabeth – What the heck was she talking about?

Roxi – Like I said, she’s crazy.

Nate – Mommy, where’s Amy?

Roxi – Amy had to leave. She’s got some things to do.

Nate – Okay. Is she coming back?

Roxi – I don’t think so.

Elizabeth – Roxi.

Roxi – Yes?

{Elizabeth leans in and whispers, so Nate cannot hear.}

Elizabeth – Was she telling the truth?

Roxi – …

Elizabeth – Roxi, answer me.

{Roxi silently nods.}

Elizabeth – Oh my….

Roxi – I’ll fill you in on everything soon. Did you call the police?

Elizabeth – I did but…

Roxi – I’m sorry…. About everything. I never wanted you to have to go through anything like that. Just know that, everything I do, everything Keira does… it’s what we signed up for. I know this changes a lot but… I want you to know I love you.

{Elizabeth thinks for a moment in silence.}

Elizabeth – It was you… you came out to Las Vegas and that’s how you found me.

Roxi – …
Elizabeth – I… I don’t know…

Roxi – I understand. But… it’s who I am.

Elizabeth – Then…

{Elizabeth looks up, nodding at her daughter.}

Elizabeth – You go do what you need to do.

Roxi – I will, mom.

{Roxi begins to head upstairs.}

Roxi – Everything is locked. I’ll be back. Don’t answer the door.

{Elizabeth nods as Roxi heads upstairs and slips her costume back on, despite it being damaged and ripped. She slides her mask over her face, and looks out the window.}

Roxi – This fight never ends.

{Roxi teleports out of the house, in pursuit of Amelia and Lei as the scene fades.

[Andrea Hernandez]

 We now resume with “Overshadowed: The Andrea Hernandez Story”.

Last Climax Control…

The documentary camera was on me on the night I was facing Keira Fisher for the second time. I was focused on that match which was to happen in a few moments when the director began to talk to me.

“It seems like just before the big match, you have a match to wrestle in while your opponents typically don’t” he told me.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked in response.

“Before My Bloody Valentine, you wrestled Bea Barnhart. Christina Rose didn’t have a match” the director pointed out. “Before the survival challenge, you beat Seleana Zdunich while the other four watched at ringside. Now tonight, you’re facing Keira who’s looking to move into the world title picture at your expense.”

“Everyone does…” I said with a scoff.

“You don’t think that having matches prior to the big show while your opponents rest puts you at a disadvantage?”

“It sure wasn’t one when I beat Christina.”

This reminder was my last statement before I left the room to wrestle Keira. The scene pauses while the director provides a voiceover.

“Andrea has developed a reputation for a no-nonsense approach with her career…” the director reminds the viewing audience. “...she seems cold and distant, but that’s largely her having her gameface on. The irony in this match with Keira Fisher however… is that the wrestler that feels overshadowed… is wrestling someone who has felt the same way for years. Andrea knows what Keira is going through… she knows that Keira is going to be highly motivated… but she also knows the weaknesses of feeling like she has something to prove… the biggest of all being that Keira’s passion was misplaced as a result. Andrea of course… took advantage…”

The cameras are on me again after I had defeated Keira Fisher.

“So?” the director asked me. “How’d that feel?”

“With all due respect to Keira?” I began to answer. “Just another day in the office for me.”

“You’re telling me that you’re not even going to celebrate this win?”

I shook my head.

“It went great, don’t get me wrong. But really… I’m more focused on Roxi and Christina at this point. I can’t bask in the glow of this when I have the biggest match of my career on deck.”

“Don’t you think you’re overlooking Keira a little bit?” the director asked me. “After all, you’ve been in her shoes. You’ve been that overlooked sidekick in the past. You’ve been in that position where you’ve desperately wanted to prove yourself by stepping up and getting such a massive win… only to fail and doubt yourself.”

When this gets pointed out, I immediately flash back to that early part of my career. It sure as hell wasn’t fun remembering that truth and I was even beginning to feel sorry for Keira at that point.

“I sure remember what it was like being in her shoes…” I admitted. “Knowing how she feels, I bet she’s absolutely crushed at the reality of her loss. This was her one chance to really get into that title picture and she didn’t get the job done. I empathize with her considering I’ve been through the same thing but it’s a business at the end of the day and I did what I had to do. I just hope for her sake she doesn’t give up and quit… because when I was in her shoes? I never did that… no matter how tempting it was at times…”

At that point, having expressed all that I wanted to say about the Keira match I gave the signal for the director to cut as all I had really wanted to do at this point was focus on the triple threat ahead. This particular scene in the documentary faded to black with the next part to come in moments… which happens to be a brief flashback.

Flashback… May 2013…

“I can’t handle this anymore…” I remember telling my father after I dealt with a massive disappointment on this particular day.

“What do you mean you can’t handle this anymore? Are you quitting on me now? Is that it? Are you going to just give up on the family tradition just because you can’t get signed to a major promotion right now? You’re 19, Andrea. You’ve got plenty of time.”

“You’re pushing me THIS hard and for what? So I get stuck in the Indies like you did? You treat me like I’m fucking garbage. You’re bitter because it’s not Rodrigo that’s wrestling, it’s me… and you know it!”

“Yeah, I’m bitter that it’s not him…” my father admitted. “But that has nothing to do with you. I could never be mad at you for that. Really… Eddie was the one that even allowed this to happen…”

“Eddie isn’t responsible for Rodrigo being a dumbass…” I told my father.

“That’s not what I meant…” my father said. “If he wasn’t such a quitter, I wouldn’t even have to deal with YOU!”

Once again, another emotionally abusive, heartbreaking comment from my father letting me know that at this particular time, he didn’t want me in the business. My father walked away and out of the training building and I was already getting tired of his antics.

“I’m done…” I told myself.

“So you’re going to just give him what he wants, sis?”

I was startled at Eddie’s presence when my much better brother approached me from behind.

“What are you saying?”

“Dad’s pushing you this hard on purpose. He never pushed Rodrigo the way he pushed you. Hell, he didn’t push me like that. He’s doing this to make you quit, Andi.”

My eyes widened with surprise the moment that I heard this. I was stunned and in denial and could barely utter a word.

“Why would he do that? I’m his daughter… why would he want to make me quit my own dream?”

“Because he’d rather you NOT wrestle… this family? It’s so fucked up that they’d rather have the tradition die than let a woman carry it. But don’t let that stop you sis. Don’t make my sacrifice go to waste.”

“...what do you mean ‘sacrifice?’ You quit because you didn’t want to be a wrestler.”

“True…” my brother told me. “But the main reason? It was so Dad would have no choice but to give you a shot. I did that for you, sis. I know how bad you want this. I thought it was only fair for you to have a chance. I was taking your dream away and I felt horrible. How could I consciously do something I don’t want to do when you want it way more than I ever could? So you’re just going to let him win AND you’re going to throw away what I did in order for you to have this chance?”

I was feeling angry, but at the same time, I was feeling touched that I at least had ONE brother that gave a damn about me. I took a deep breath and kept myself together knowing that no matter how bad things got and no matter how little of a chance my own father gave me, I was going to overcome the odds and realize a dream.

“I’m not going to quit…” I told him… maintaining my resolve.

“Damn right you won’t…” Eduardo said in response.

This may have been the first of a few times I wanted to really give up… but I didn’t and all I was thinking about was how I was going to make my dreams happen as that flashback faded to a documentary interview of Eduardo… who expressed some present day thoughts.

“This whole journey for my sister has been crazy as hell…” he stated. “When our older brother got arrested, our father turned to me. I never wanted to be a wrestler… but I still gave it a shot out of respect for my family’s tradition more than anything. I think if I kept going, I would’ve been alright… but probably nowhere near as good as Andrea has been. Why? Because Andrea wanted this… I didn’t. It was crushing for me to see her so sad every time she observed my training. I was devastated to see her broken over the fact that she was feeling like she was never going to get a chance to do this and the more I was doing it myself… the less I was enjoying it. So I did the right thing: I got out. I wasn’t going to continue on doing something I didn’t have a passion for… but on top of that? It wasn’t fair for my sister or I that I was the one thing standing in the way of something SHE wanted… and through every step of the way, I’ve done everything I’ve can to be there for her… through all of it. Hell, I remember when that ladder match happened in OCW… when she completely outperformed her overrated, overhyped opponent yet still lost… I was the only one that she completely bared her soul to in that immediate moment…”

June 2019

I had promised my brother that he’d be the first person that I’d talk to face to face after I had won my first world championship which at the time, I believed it was going to be in OCW. After suffering what was, at that point, the most DEVASTATING loss of my career since the doldrums I had faced in UWA and the early portion of my GCW career, I lived up to that promise that he’d be the first person I’d see… only… there wasn’t a world championship involved.

“I’m sorry sis…” Eduardo had told me when we locked eyes at his home once I got there. “It just ain’t right…”

“You can say that again…” I responded to him. “I was SO much better than him… I completely outwrestled him. But he STILL wins? That was my ONE chance…”

“I’m sure you’ll get another one…” my brother attempted to tell me in reassurance. However, my stubborn mind wasn’t having an ounce of it. “It’s not your ONE and ONLY chance…”

“I don’t want to wrestle for that company anymore…” I told him, much to his shock.

“I don’t understand. Why not? You’re doing so well there.”

“That match… against Mike Best…” I said with a sigh. “That was my ONE chance to FINALLY silence all the stupid people in the locker room! Every single time I wrestle, I get a piece of shit opponent that overlooks me. I get someone that says the same old shit… ‘oh, you’re BORING’,’Oh...you’re a WOMAN…”, “Oh you’re not worthy of even facing me” and every single time, I beat them and it’s NEVER fucking good enough for them! I’m SO tired of being the most overlooked, underrated wrestler and it’s as plain as fucking day that OCW doesn’t appreciate what I bring to the table. You know what they’re going to make me do? They’re going to just shuttle me off to the back of the line and make me start all over again like I’m some fucking noob that just joined the place…”

My brother could only listen as I continued to vent.

“...but some LEGEND comes out of retirement for the 1000th time and OH MY GOD, INSTANT TITLE SHOT!” Once I said this, I rolled my eyes and let out an angry sigh. “OCW constantly has me overshadowed for two RIDICULOUS reasons… one… because I don’t hang out with THE BOYS in the locker room! And why would I? I can’t stand them! I can’t stand ONE personality that’s over there except for maybe Alice Knight. OCW is like high school… no… WORSE than high school…”

“What’s the other reason why they overlook you?” my brother asks.

“Because I’m not a MAN that spends all his promo time making rude, vulgar, sexist jokes in promos and they’re happy promoting the old folks retirement home who probably would never be a success anywhere outside of OCW unless one of the boss’s stooges ran it. It’s been like this since the day I started…”

I sighed, remembering all the instances I was overlooked.

“I come in… with almost NO hype at all… but this vanilla piece of shit named Axel Veiga gets all the hype. I was expected to LOSE that Craze title to one of their BOYS and when I DIDN’T, the OLD BOYS CLUB bitched and moaned and cried and said I didn’t deserve it because OH MY GOD, I’M NOT BOB GRENIER! The BLASPHEMY! I was expected to be a first round exit in their stupid little Block Party tournament… but I WASN’T! I made it to the FINAL FOUR… with TWO of my three wins in that tournament being against THEIR PRECIOUS LEGENDS… and was that enough for them to stop overlooking me? NO! It wasn’t. Wanna know why? Because I’m defending that Craze title against a cheap, two dollar, vanilla piece of sexist garbage known as Evin Empire and despite the fact that there was never ANYTHING special about him… and that he had a horribly inflated win-loss record because he was facing nothing but LOW RENT, LOWCARD TRASH like himself… OCW is calling HIM the fastest rising star in the company… not me… who beat TWO Hall of Fame members in that stupid tournament… and a third straight up in a title defense prior to that… HIM. Do you realize how INSULTING that was for me?”

My brother sighed and shook his head. Eduardo knew that I was nailing every bit of my rant right on the money. He didn’t have to say it himself. I knew from his dejected body language that he felt that it was all bullshit too.

“It’s a tough call, sis…” Eduardo said. “You DO deserve better than that company… but quitting… I don’t think that’s the solution. You’re just going to have to force them to get you out of the shadows of their over the hill, bastard drunks they call ‘legends’. Just give it until the end of your contract, okay?”

This suggestion did help me calm down a little.

“When does it expire? I’m just saying… don’t quit that company. It won’t look good on you. Keep up the good fight there until your contract is up. When you hit the free agency market, you’re going to look a whole lot better, trust me. Don’t give in to what OCW wants… don’t let those fuckers win...”

“Mid-August” I told him. “And you know what?You’re right. I’m NOT going to quit. BUT, I’m not going to take being overshadowed and disrespected like this anymore. As soon as August 20 hits, I’m gone! I’m going to find something better than this in free agency because… in my heart? I know nothing is going to change. I know I’ll never fit their bullshit, sexist mold. There isn’t a damn person in that locker room that respects me and I swear to god and I promise you… I’ll be a world champion in the next company I wrestle for.”

“That sounds like a great plan to me, Andi” my brother said in support.

“It doesn’t help that I’m still feeling so devastated… a part of me doesn’t want to leave OCW but… I have to do what’s best for me. I deserve better than being overlooked and overshadowed because I don’t fit their horrible locker room culture. Thanks for keeping my head straight, Eddie. I don’t know what I’d do without you!”

My brother and I exchanged a hug and at the very least, I could start the healing process from that devastating, unfair OCW title match loss in that ladder match that in my heart, I know I should have won.

“So Andrea did in fact… keep pushing on in OCW…” the director of the documentary said in a voiceover. “But she was also going to take the next step in her career. She was going to leave a company that clearly underappreciated her talents and left her overshadowed underneath the impenetrable, dark umbrella of over-the-hill sexist pigs and half-hearted wrestlers who treated wrestling like a carnival and not like a sport and go somewhere better. And yet… her departure from there… didn’t go according to plan…

The documentary cuts to the next scene.

August 14, 2019

“Is that on?” I told the director as he nodded at me. My phone was ringing off the hook. “Good, because OCW is calling me. They want me to resign and they won’t leave me alone. I’m about to let them have it. I think this will make for a great shot in the doc.”

I answered the phone.

“Yes?” I said. “I’m fine. Yourself? Wait…”

I grew confused upon what I was hearing.

“Are you serious?” I asked the OCW official on the other end. “Wow… okay. I wasn’t expecting that. Yeah… thanks…”

I ended the phone call and a smile came on my face.

“...for nothing.” I scoffed with anger before continuing. “OCW is gone.” I told the director. “I never thought I’d be so happy but…”

“It’s because you’re free now…” the director said.

“Hold on…” I said as my phone began to ring. I grabbed it and saw an unfamiliar number. “...I don’t know this number. Screw it… I’ll answer it…”

I answered the phone.

“Hello? Yeah, this is Andrea Hernandez speaking…” I said as I heard the person from the other line. “Yeah… they did. Good riddance honestly. My contract with OCW was going to expire in six days and I was out the door anyway.”

Another pause.

“Wait…” I said. “You’re from Sin City Wrestling?”

My eyes lit up with intrigue.

“Sure… we can talk in the morning…”

Of course, I had no idea how everything from this particular conversation just after I found out that the company that was holding me back was thankfully gone would snowball in the positive direction that it did. The rest they say… is history…

Once this segment of the documentary ended, the production itself cut to Chelsea LeClair in the studio to conduct what would be the last interview for “Overshadowed”.

“I have been on Andrea’s journey longer than practically everyone else in her life…” Chelsea said. “I do admit that even I overshadowed her for years. Going to school together? I was the popular girl and the queen bee… she was the sidekick. She didn’t like that very much, but I understood why considering she was always being treated like a stepchild by her own father… especially with the wrestling situation. When our Sedona Sky tag team took place in GCW… Myra didn’t want her. She only wanted me. I had to make an ultimatum to Myra to take her with me or else I wasn’t going with her. I was Myra’s ‘favorite’. I was standing out better than Andrea, actually. I was the one that got a singles contract with another company first. I was there when Myra constantly abused her and told her she’d never amount to anything.

I was with Andi when she dealt with tons of backstage locker room bullying and tons of bullshit from the cruiserweight division in UWA telling her that she’d always be nothing. I remember when she quit that place and how devastated she was by it.

I was with Andi when we both left GCW knowing that she was better off expanding her horizons.

I was with Andi in OCW when that locker room when all the sexist pigs kept overlooking her just because of her gender and just because she was above their pathetic culture… and when certain people there would constantly berate her just because she wasn’t one of them.

I have been there for every moment of triumph… every moment of heartbreak… I was there when Alicia won… and when she finished 4th… and when Bobbie won… and the Blast from the Past frustration…

And I know our relationship hasn’t always been great… but the way she fights the shadows that have dwarfed her for her entire life is just incredibly inspiring… even if she doesn’t realize it herself because she’s too stuck seeing those shadows as her weakness. Well… as you’re about to see… she’s about to get the reality check she’s going to need in order to become the SCW Bombshells World Champion…”

Last week…

The promo cameras were off after my red carpet interview with Chelsea that addressed the biggest match of my career… but the documentary cameras were front and center as they captured what was about to become an extremely candid conversation between Chelsea and I. The last time we had spoke prior to this red carpet interview, Chelsea got really upset with me because she felt like I was treating her like a sidekick. This awkwardness is what caused me to want to walk inside, but Chelsea was having none of it.

“You think we’re done, Andi?” Chelsea asked me, stopping me in my tracks.

“We did the red carpet interview already…”

“I need to talk to you. Right now.” Chelsea elevated her tone of voice slightly and just from that alone, I knew she was serious. I turned and walked back to her and I did notice that the documentary camera was on, but I didn’t give a damn about that. In fact, I was welcoming it because I knew it was going to make for good television once it aired tonight.

“What?” I asked.

“I’m not letting the last time we talked prior to today go…” she said. “I don’t appreciate the fact that you treated me as if I was your sidekick or something before you went and wrestled Keira Fisher.”

“Chels, it was the heat of the moment, alright? I’m sorry. I was still hung up on Blast from the Past and the fact that AGAIN I couldn’t get it done in a big moment. It’s REALLY beginning to bother me. Every time this happens… I feel like I’m going deeper into the shadows that have engulfed me my entire life!”

“Oh right… the overshadow thing…” Chelsea said with a sigh. “If you were really overshadowed, would you be wrestling for a world title right now? I totally get that your father overlooked you. I completely get that UWA never treated you fairly. I get that your GCW career was cut short because of the way the environment was changing. I get that OCW never appreciated your talent. But you shouldn’t have this… you know… attitude about your past…”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I know that the past sucked but… every time something goes wrong for you in SCW, you act like it’s another chapter of disappointment that’s going to validate everyone and everything that overlooked you. You act as if being overshadowed your entire life and your career is the WORST thing ever! You act as if your past is your weakness when it’s actually the reason why you’re going to become a world champion at Blaze of Glory.”

Did she really just say that? Did I actually hear those words come out of her mouth? I was in bewildered denial the first time I ever heard her say those words.

“How is that even possible, Chels?” I asked this with a bit of a laugh in my voice because I couldn’t believe she just said that. “Do I even need to run down EVERYTHING I’ve ever been through in regards to professional wrestling that put me down? Do I need to make a list of every single thing I’ve had to rise like a phoenix from every time some big setback buried me into the ground? You’re telling me that my father abusing me the way he did during my training… on top of the fact that he never wanted me to be a wrestler at all… you’re telling me that THAT is what is going to make me a world champion?”

Chelsea nods.

“You don’t even know professional wrestling!”

“Why? Because this wasn’t my original passion like it was for you? Because you’ve been far more successful than I’ve been since Sedona Sky broke up? Come off it, Andi! I may have never won a singles championship in my own right but that doesn’t mean you get to treat me like I know NOTHING about wrestling! YES, what you went through with your father IS going to make you a world champion…”

“Unreal…” I said, still in denial.

“So you’re just going to run from the past and sweep it under the rug, is that it?”

“Chelsea, why should I be proud of these shortcomings? How can I possibly have any pride in being constantly rejected by major mainstream companies before GCW finally decided to hire me… and even THEN… that’s only because you wouldn’t let Myra take you without me…”

“Yeah, you owe me a BIG ONE for that, ANDREA. You’re welcome!”

“Myra’s abuse toward me makes a world champion? If this… BONKERS logic of yours is right… the way she treated me makes me a champion? Being relegated beneath the favorites of UWA just because I didn’t have the last name that they wanted me to have and because I trained under my father and not one of their overrated, “name brand legends” and being in the shadow of CLONES that would never last a DAY in SCW is something to be happy about? Being outcasted and overshadowed in OCW for the over the hill “legends” that the company loved to overhype to death is something to be happy about? That’s what’s going to make me a world champion? Every single time I’ve been overshadowed… I should take pride in that? I should see that as a strength? How the HELL is all that I’ve been through a strength, Chelsea?”

“Because it’s become one of MY biggest strengths…” Chelsea responded with a raised voice. “Do you realize how much it SUCKS for ME to be in your shadow lately? I’m always the one that’s your ex-tag team partner, I’m always the one seen as the joke. I’m going through everything YOU already went through and yeah, I have a long way to go to actually make something of myself as a singles performer and all but GOD Andrea… you act as if your shortcomings are the end of the world and that you’re always going to be in the shadow of someone else. What YOU’VE overcome is a HUGE inspiration to me for my own career… did you realize that?”

Whatever anger and denial I was feeling toward Chelsea and everything that she was trying to tell me was suddenly ground to a halt…

“Wait… all of that heartbreak and frustration? That inspires you?” I asked Chelsea.

“It does… because you overcame it to break out of the shadows. There’s no way you’re going to be an overshadowed wrestler after Blaze of Glory no matter what happens. You’re already a big wrestling star… you just haven’t gotten over the hump yet… and you will, I promise. You know that feeling where you weren’t taken seriously? I’m going through it right now.

In OCW, it was ME feeling like the redheaded stepchild. You at least accomplished a lot there. Me? I was treated like I was nothing. You were at least treated as you were somebody… even if it was still two notches below their hand picked favorites. But you don’t see ME giving up… or wanting to give up… because everything you’ve done inspires me…”

Chelsea’s eyes began to full up with tears as her passionate rant continued.

“And it breaks my heart to see you reject what you’ve been through just because you don’t like the outcome. Yeah, you acknowledge these shortcomings and you talk about how you’ve overcome them… but when you do… you’re so BITTER about it… like… you talk about them, but you don’t OWN them. Yeah, I’m ashamed of my own past too… but I own it, Andi! I don’t run and hide from it. I was the biggest embarrassment in GCW after Sedona Sky broke up. My career was left with NOTHING after OCW… but I’m still wrestling and I’m still fighting and it’s because YOU inspire me to! You’re not just my best friend, Andi! You’re my hero!”

My eyes widened with surprise upon hearing this as I had no idea that Chelsea ever felt that way about me. In fact, I had no idea that it was possible for ANYONE to feel that way about me.

“There are SO many wrestling fans growing up in small towns just like you did that watch you and share that same inspiration! Do you have any idea how many fans would walk up to me on the street and talk to me about you? About how you inspire them because you never gave up no matter how bad things got? Your past isn’t your weakness Andi… it’s the biggest strength you could possibly have. That’s the biggest advantage you could ever have over ANYONE in that division. You’d know about this if you… you know… actually took the time to go out and talk to people. You’re a made star, Andi. Something deep within you knows that. You wouldn’t be a made star if you didn’t go through being that overshadowed redheaded stepchild your whole life and most of your pre-SCW career…”

“I… I don’t know what to say about any of this Chels…” I paused and sighed. “I didn’t think that people would ever want to look up to former loveable losers… you know… like I was at one point…”

“Real heroes don’t wear capes, Andrea…” Chelsea said. “Real superheroes aren’t the ones that walk in and suddenly find superstardom and success. They’re the ones that had to grind all the way from the bottom… the VERY bottom… just like YOU did… in order to get to where they are now. Those girls that are your age when you were hero worshipping Roxi Johnson should be looking up to YOU and not her… no disrespect to Roxi… but your road to this point has been so much harder than what either her or Christina could ever imagine.”

I took a deep breath, taking it all in. There wasn’t a part of me that was denying that everything Chelsea was saying was true at this point. Just knowing that I was an inspiration for anyone was a career changing experience for me. I never imagined myself as an idol or a hero… especially not in the way that I once saw Roxi when I was going through my teenage years. We hugged for some time and suddenly, the whole feeling of being overshadowed felt far more of a sense of pride than it did a burden as it had been on me for so many years.

“Thanks Chelsea…” I told her. “Thanks for having so much faith in me.”

Chelsea and I walked back into the hotel together with the two of us having just begun a unique, brand new chapter in our lifelong friendship… and with me having a brand new perspective on everything that I’ve ever been through… one that I never saw coming… but one which I knew was going to make me a much stronger wrestler than before no matter what happened at Blaze of Glory.

The documentary ends at this point as the director shut off the camera for what would ultimately be the final cut.

April 10, 2020

I was in my hotel room with the promo cameras on at this point and the entire room was littered with everything that was Roxi Johnson: old posters that I once decorated my bedroom with, old comics that I used to draw myself, drawings of my favorite teenage year wrestler… it all plastered the wall. Some Roxi Johnson action figures were even seen in the distance. It was definitely a departure from the typical setting that I used… but I knew that I was doing so to make a point. I thought about every step of the journey that I went through to get here and I could feel my heart beating a bit quicker than normal knowing that I was about to bare my entire soul along with my journey to the world. Taking it all in… and reflecting on every shortcoming I’ve ever had… specifically with the times I’ve tried to get over the hump in SCW but couldn’t… I expressed my candid thoughts… not caring about the nerves that they were about to strike.

“Look around! This was what my bedroom looked like when I was a teenager. There I was… the biggest Roxi Johnson fangirl I could ever possibly be. I looked up to the former Bombshells Champion  as a pillar of strength, a pillar of dignity, a pillar of resiliency. The way she fought then and the way she still fights now was a source of inspiration for me when my wrestling career was nothing but a dream. Those drawings… those comics… all the imagery that I drew of Roxi and I fighting crime together, me being one of her sidekicks… it was a great time expressing my creativity and my dreams in such a manner. Then I got older and all of that and that phase ended but I can’t deny the influence that it had in my own career. I didn’t grow up wanting to be Christina Rose because the Hollywood lifestyle has always been fake to me. I grew up wanting to be Roxi every step of the way. And yet… I can’t help but feel disappointed… not in this match obviously… but disappointed in both of you. You two have had an on and off again friendship. You two have been on and off rivals. This thing between you has been going on for what seems like forever and yet, I’m just the third wheel in this never ending story between you, right? You two act like you’re the pillars of virtue but in all honesty…. Christina… based off of what you’ve done in the past when you were one of the most malignant bitches this division has ever had, you could never be a real hero. In my book, someone like you could never be an inspiration. Roxi on the other hand… her virtue is as strong as ever… and while you’ve never had it that easy Roxi… the fact of the matter is, you’ve shown time and again that in this company, you can rise to the occasion and so many times you make it look almost effortless. After all, you were the one that finally brought the Alicia Lukas reign of terror to an end. But you haven’t had it as hard as I’ve had it. That’s the difference between a “superhero” like you… and a “real hero” like me. Superheroes are the ones that have it easy right from the start. They will have their stumbled, but they’re able to bounce back so many times as if those stumbles never happened. The real heroes? They’re the ones that have had to scratch and claw their way all the way from the bottom to get to where they are. They’re the ones that have had to overcome doubter after doubter, hater after hater, pitfall after pitfall, heartbreak after heartbreak… without EVER succumbing to the darkness… without EVER selling their souls for their own personal gain…

You’ve succumbed to that darkness before, Roxi… I remember that whole CYRUS thing… don’t worry, I’m not going to harp on it… but as a fan? I remember when that darkness consumed you during that time.

And Christina? Don’t even get me started, bitch.

Actually, let me focus on you specifically for just a little bit. First off, what gives YOU the right to talk about Roxi and I not being what we want to betray? Bitch, are you fucking serious? YOU of all people… the one with the horrible past… the one that has been trying to redeem herself… questioning the motives of other people when you’ve been down that road? Please! Let’s talk about what YOU’RE trying to portray. You’re trying to portray yourself as a victim of your past… which is where this “redemption” thing comes from. You’re running around crying UNDERDOG all the fucking time as if the entire world is against you when there’s no way you could ever be an underdog with all that you’ve accomplished in SCW and in your career… but you STILL want to play underdog? What’s the game here, Chrissy? Is there even a game? No… let’s be real here. You’ve accomplished so much in your life and your career and you’ve done so much in this company and yet… it’s NOT good enough for you. Even with EVERYTHING you’ve done… you walk around acting like you’re the underdog in every match that you’re in. Hell, even against me when we had our one on one, that’s exactly what you were trying to do. You’re THAT insecure with your career, Chrissy? How can someone that has accomplished all that you have in this business walk around with SUCH little self-esteem? The bitch is Chrissy… I get it.

I’ve been in that boat lately.

It took a hell of an epiphany with the help of my best friend to see it… but I get it now…

Get what? You ask?

I get why I lost to Alicia Lukas. I get why I lost that chamber match. I get why I lost the BTFP tournament. I get why I lost that four way. That’s because in every single match, I was making the exact same mistake YOU make every single time you step into the ring and that’s going into it with the attitude of an underdog, walking around as a victim of my past, expressing insincere confidence and feeling like I’m not good enough still despite my successes because all I ever wanted to do was run away from the past and sweep it under the rug.

You want to redeem yourself so bad, Chrissy?

Stop running from the damn past! Own that shit! Quit being afraid of it! Own up to your shortcomings! Own up to the shit that you’ve done! You’ll never have redemption otherwise. I never thought I would ever wrestle a match where both of my opponents would have some sort of fear about the past of one of them. Roxi showed that same fear when she lost that title to you in the first place… you on the other hand… you show it all the time! You’re the type of person that CAN’T live with their past and that’s why you put on this “OH MY GOD REDEMPTION” act acting like you’re SO confident… when you’re not. When we were in that ring at My Bloody Valentine, I could smell that fear all over you. I could smell that temptation in your blood to revert back to old tricks… and that’s what triggers your fear, right?

And YOU want to talk about “being the honest one”?

Bitch, how can you be the honest one when you’re not even honest with YOURSELF?

Save the lecture for what a superhero is supposed to be… because you’ve got it all wrong there.

There IS one thing you’re right about… this chip on my shoulder. See… I WAS making the same mistake you were making… I was running from that past… I was… a little ashamed of it. Well… now I’m about to own it! I spent SO LONG being bitter… SO LONG doing everything in my power to prove people wrong… SO LONG hating being overshadowed but you know what the bitch is, Chrissy? Being in those shadows for so long was the best thing that could ever happen to my career. You never had to deal with what I’ve had to deal with because you had that silver spoon in your mouth from the day you walked into this business MISS HILTON!

You like Hollywood so fucking much? You admire me so much, huh?

Well… try this on for size. Since you admire me so much, why don’t you be in my shoes and actually play me in a movie?

Yeah… why don’t you live my life, my career.

Why don’t YOU live with a father that never wanted you to be a wrestler? Oh wait… your father was supportive of that from the start, right?

Why don’t YOU live with being in companies that NEVER wanted you? Oh right… because of your notoriety… every wrestling company on the planet wants you on their roster. Try being discriminated against and being treated like a redheaded stepchild somewhere else. Oh wait… you’ve NEVER had that, have you? Not with all those world titles you haven’t. SCW treats you well… LAW did the same when they were going… WWR… same thing… GZWA… same thing. You’re revered everywhere you go.

Not me. UWA? Redheaded stepchild. OCW? They never appreciated what they had in me.

You ever experience that, Chrissy?

Why don’t you live with being in companies that downgrade you to being a “TIER FOUR WRESTLER” while you’re at it. Oh wait… nope… you’re Christina Rose… Crystal Hilton… Crystal Zdnuich… whatever goddamn name you want to use depending on the day of the week. You could never be a tier four wrestler.

You’ve never had to experience being overshadowed and overlooked for so long… and that’s the biggest advantage I could possibly have over you! I know the grind that YOU don’t! I know the tenacity and the resiliency that it takes to survive having to scrape the bottom of the barrel. You don’t. Everything I’ve ever had, I’ve EARNED. You?

You’re over there losing to Jessie Salco and getting a world title shot handed to you just because of reputation alone. Yet, you want to call yourself a superhero?

Yeah… a hero is someone that saves people… true… but you know what the best kind of hero is? It’s not one that saves people… it’s one that INSPIRES people.

YOU don’t do that…

I DO!

I do that when I get the hell out of a garbage federation like UWA and prove EVERY SINGLE PERSON that EVER saw me as “nothing” wrong! You know what that teaches the young crowd? That how other people feel about you DON’T MATTER… that all that DOES matter is how you feel about yourself, that you can be ANYTHING you want to be despite what other people say to bring you down!

I do that when I suffer a DEVASTATING, HEARTBREAKING setback like I did in OCW with the closure of the company further pouring salt into the wound… and yet… I come HERE… and I’m even BETTER than what I was when I was over there. How does that inspire the young crowd? Adversity, Chrissy. That you can suffer the most devastating low points imaginable but still rise from the ashes and become better and stronger and that’s the skill that I’ve developed for years and the skill that’s going to make me a world champion.

If you went through even ONE DAY… ONE… of what I went through… you wouldn’t make it past lunchtime because you HOLLYWOOD STAR types can only ACT like you’re strong… but when the cameras are off and you actually have to BE strong… you fall short. It’s why many people in Hollywood are fucking scumbags off screen… as you’d know.

No matter how many times you beat Roxi, you could never BE her… bitch!

Speaking of…

Roxi does fit the definition of what a true hero is far more than what Christina could. But the fact of the matter is Roxi… you let me down the moment you lost that title to Christina. Yet, there you are on Twitter WCW tagging her. What the hell is that crap? Look around… take it in… this is how much I used to idolize you years ago and yet… when you lost to Christina… let me just say this… you know the saying “never meet your idols because you’ll always be disappointed”? Fits to a tee here, to be honest. Let me tell you a bit of a story about my comic series that I used to draw with you… the last comic that I ever did with you and me? It’s going to go down the same way Blaze of Glory is going to go down. I’ll show you what I mean…

I pause to pull up a colored pencil comic book page that I did myself where Roxi leaves the city for good after telling me that the city is perfectly fine in my hands and that I don’t need her anymore…

“Here… you leave the city to me… after I’ve proven myself as capable of being a hero in my own right instead of being your sidekick. Well… life imitates art sometimes, does it not? You passed the torch to me here… Blaze of Glory, you get to do that for real.

I fold up and put away the comic before continuing.

“At least you have honor… but what you don’t have? It’s my adversity. You don’t have the same drive that I do to overcome it because you’ve never had it as hard as me and in this company, you never will. What separates you from the Seleanas and the Sam Marlowes of the world is that you’re CONSISTENTLY one of the best. You’re at the top and you manage to stay there. You don’t have your dips like they do! You don’t experience a brief moment of glory, have your turn and then fall back to competing for the Roulette title. You’re the gatekeeper… you’re the ruler of the roost… you have been the defender of the city for so long now and you make it look SO easy and you THINK that staying in that upper echelon for as long as you have is a strength…

But it’s not…

No… it’s your Achilles heel… I’m sorry… your KRYPTONITE!

Being stuck up there for so long… you forget what brought you to the dance… and that was front and center when you lost that title to Christina.

But then again… for all our similarities Roxi… the one advantage that you have over me is that you’ve been there and that I haven’t.

All I’ve ever been is “close”... and you’re not wrong in pointing that out. You’re not wrong that “close” isn’t good enough and the reason why all I’ve ever been is “close” is because all I’ve done is make the same mistake that you did with Christina and that’s forget what brought me to this point. I admit it. When I wrestled Alicia? Was I thinking about all the adversity I had overcome to get that match with her? Was I embracing my past? Was I relying on what got me to that point? I wasn’t… and it was a big mistake on my part. All I was focused on was shutting her up because I let the shit she was saying get to me before the bell even rang. I went into that match trying to be something I’m not and it cost me. I wasn’t thinking about what I overcame when we met in that chamber.

Well… not in the right way anyway…

I was thinking about getting revenge on her… and silencing ALL the critics and ALL of what I went through…

Failed again.

That four way? Same thing. I wanted to win that match to soothe my disappointment of the survival challenge when I should have been using it to motivate me to get that one on one shot against you at My Bloody Valentine.

Failed again.

I outright rejected adversity when I got paired up with Bill Barnhart. Result?

Failed again.

I used to hate being “close”. I used to think that being “close” automatically meant failure. I used to run away from it… or in the cases where I didn’t… I’d misuse it and express bitterness over it because I spent so long worrying about being overshadowed some more and being back in the back of the line or being back to the bottom that I had to claw myself up from when I first started doing this.

Now though?

I embrace it, Roxi! That’s what a real hero does… EMBRACE where they came from. Yeah, my upbringing into this business wasn’t the greatest. I had a nightmare of a rookie year. I’ve been in company after company prior to SCW that never saw my potential… but I’m not running from that anymore. I own that. I would NEVER be the wrestler that I am today nor the champion that I am about to become if I never lived in the shadows at all and that… Roxi… is where my advantage over you lies.

The hero that never had to live at rock bottom? How could they be as strong as the hero that did?

The hero that has made it look so easy for so long and who is more often than not clutch when it matters most? How could they be as strong as someone who has had to travel a road FAR less travelled than the norm? You’ve never had to experience being overshadowed in this company because for the most part, for better or worse, you’ve always had it good.

The hero that has always been the bride? They could never be as strong as the hero that has never gotten to be one and it’s funny that you mention a certain label… because I’m not afraid of that label. If it comes to me… so be it. At least it makes me a stronger champion when that label is gone and the reason why I’m not afraid of that label is because I know that all I need is one time… ONE TIME… to get it done. JUST one time…

And that time is April 12, Roxi… at your expense.

You’ll know who the real hero is… and it’s not one that comes out of a comic book… it’s not one that wins all the time… it’s not one that makes everything look so easy most of the time… it’s not the one with all the accolades…

The real hero? It’s one that inspires smalltown girls just like herself!

It’s the one that started her solo career as a disappointment, a constant loser who struggled for more than two years to have her big breakthrough moment before it finally happened, it’s the one that had to overcome the harshest adversity every step of the way, who has had some missteps before finally winning the big one, who was overlooked and overshadowed over and over again and who was always constantly underestimated yet grinds her heart out and finds a way to win.

The real hero is the rags to riches story who has suffered the most shattering of heartbreaks… and yet… rises from the ashes and soars higher than ever…

The real hero is ME, Roxi…

And when I become that bride… when I win the big one for the first time at your expense….

You’ll know what a true hero in this business is like!”