(Keira was used with permission)

Jessie would end up losing her Internet Title Match to Andrea Hernandez leaving the veteran wondering where she was going to go from here, that question would soon be answered as she was competing in the Main Event of Climax Control 322 taking on Diamond Steele! Diamond had tried to lay claim to a shot at Krystal Wolfe’s Bombshell Roulette Title which was a lot easier since Krystal was now out of the Blast from the Past Tournament, however the bosses wanted Diamond to earn that shot and they booked her against Jessie.

However, there was a twist! Jessie and Diamond would go one on one in the second ever Rock and Roll Death Match! What was a Rock and Roll Death Match? Well, it was a regular Death Match but periodically rock music would play over the speakers and Jessie and Diamond would have to dance to the music! No, we’re not kidding and this was apparently the invention of Christian Underwood! Can Jessie get her first win of the year?

Backstage at Climax Control 321, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 4th of February 2022, 23:00pm

Well, tonight was interesting to say the least.

From the destruction of The Troll and Chloe Benton to Krystal being knocked out of round one of the Blast from the Past Tournament and losing by submission to Sam no less this tournament’s definitely taking an unexpected turn and the next week of action was going to be interesting to say the least, especially with both Keira and Diamond Steele trying to lay claim to a shot at Krystal’s title so yeah, tonight was a game changer in terms of how the tournament was going to go.

At least Krystal can focus her attention fully on the Roulette Title now.

But me? I was just waiting for a chance to get back in the winner’s circle following my loss to Andrea at Inception V and right now I didn’t care how long that took and, wait is that Krystal I hear?

[font color=#00FFFF]”You told me that your training would get my past round one of the tournament!”[/font] I heard the Aussie arguing with someone and when I rounded the corner I realized that she was arguing with Matthew and Marty, the reason was clear as day to boot. [font color=#00FFFF]”Instead, any momentum I had from my win over Keira went out the window with my place in the tournament and now I’m back to where I began the last cycle!”[/font]

“Krystal, you will get there eventually but this will take time!” Matthew tried to assure his client with neither of the three realising that I was approaching them. “There’s always next year!”

[font color=#00FFFF]”Next year?! I hired you to, among other things, get me to the next level but all you’ve done is undermine me and I’m no closer to the next level!”[/font] Krystal grunted as she folded her arms. [font color=#00FFFF]”If this trend continues to the next cycle or hell, if I lose the Bombshell Roulette Title before I reach three hundred days, I may just start looking for new managers!”[/font]

“Krystal please don’t be hasty!” Marty tried to calm her down but having been in the Aussie’s situation myself way too many times to count, I knew it wasn’t going to work. “At least think of Cassandra’s future as our trainee?”

[font color=#00FFFF]”You mean the same trainee who I had to use an ultimatum to get you to expel a bully of hers? The same trainee who you told to wait outside the arena in February until an unspecified point?”[/font] Krystal countered and I glanced over my shoulder before spotting Keira nearby having heard the argument herself. [font color=#00FFFF]”You realize that she just texted me to say that the security guards won’t let her into the arena because she’s still eating that food from Wendy’s right?”[/font]

“I sincerely hope it’s not the same Baconator because that burger is undoubtedly cold by now!” Matthew pointed out whilst missing the point entirely and Krystal just stormed off to another part of the arena, Matthew and Marty shared a look before leaving in a separate direction and I motioned to Keira to follow me as we went after the Bombshell Roulette Champion.

[font color=#cyan]”FUCKING BULLSHIT!”[/font] I heard Krystal yell out in frustration and anger as she kicked at the wall and yeah, she was reminding me of myself when I was her age in so many ways that it wasn’t funny, off course Krystal was having a much more successful Bombshell Roulette Title reign than any of mine but that’s beside the point. [font color=#00FFFF]”Why the hell did I hire those idiots in the first place.”[/font]

”As I recall, you hired them to take you to the next level, but it’s not working out, is it?” I asked as me and Keira approached the younger Bombshell who flipped us off in response. ”Great way to greet your friends who are just trying to help!”

”If you want to help then leave me the fuck alone Jess!” Krystal responded with a grunt as she ran a hand through her hair. ”Matthew and Marty should consider themselves lucky that Amber’s match was the only title match tonight, otherwise they’d be out of a job!”

“Krystal you bounced back from your setbacks in the last cycle, and you’ll bounce back again.” Keira interjected as she stepped forward and Krystal turned to her one-time challenger, possibly two time if things continued the way they had been tonight. “Maybe you’ll get booked again next week!”

”Or maybe I’ll just go ahead and cost Sam her spot in the tournament? Not like the world needs another Sam Marlowe title reign!” Krystal grunted in response and me and Keira shared the same shocked look when Krystal said that. ”Or maybe even hope that some other Bombshell in the tournament gets injured and they call on me to take her place, like they did with Mark Cross and Ruby Steele in last year’s tournament!””

“Okay, now I know that’s not you saying that!” Keira insisted whilst I got a text on my iPhone. “Wishing injuries on your co-workers? Plotting to cost Sam her spot because she beat you? Your better than this Krystal!”

”Am I? That bitch is already planning on going after the Bombshell Roulette Title, and it’s not like her presence in the tournament will be missed!” Krystal grunted in response before I spotted her cousin Cass approaching us and tried to alert Krystal. ”All I know is that Sam has my spot in the quarter finals and if I can’t have it, neither can Sam!”

”I can’t believe you!” Cassie’s distraught voice rang out and Krystal’s head snapped up as her cousin on the verge of tears rounded the corner. ”What happened to being gracious in defeat huh?” Cassie demanded before she stormed off.

”Cass, wait!” Krystal called out to her cousin but she was long gone by that point, Krystal grunted in annoyance as she ran her hands through her hair. ”God fucking damn it, can I get anything right tonight?!” Krystal added before she went after Cass but Keira blocked her way. ”Get out of my way Keira!”

“And let you say more things that you’re going to regret? You need to calm down Krystal!” Keira responded sternly and Krystal let out several deep breaths as I went over next week’s card. “Fight me.”

”Excuse me?!” Krystal demanded after she did a double take and I glanced up, she had used the same tactic against me before, when I lost the Bombshell Roulette Title to Johanna Krieger and rather than being added to the Roulette Title Match I was put in a nothing match against Violet instead. ”Keira, you know I’ve had boxing training right?” Krystal asked as Keira got into a fighting stance and the older Bombshell nodded before I went through the rest of the card.

“I don’t care, you need to cool down before we go find your cousin and fighting me is the best option!” Keira responded and before I knew it, they were trading blows and all I needed was a bag of popcorn.

Though to be honest, I’m glad I didn’t have said popcorn because I would’ve choked on it upon seeing the Main Event of next week’s show. ”What the actual fuck? Are they fucking serious?!” I exclaimed causing Keira and Krystal to break off their fight and glance up at me. ”Check next week’s card, they just sent it out.” I instructed the other two Bombshells and Keira and Krystal got their phones out.

And they had the same reaction as me when they saw the Main Event. ”You’re in a Rock N’ Roll Death Match against Diamond?! And when the hell did the first one take place?!”

“If I remember correctly, it was from that time Caleb Storms challenged Griffin Hawkins for the Roulette Title.” Keira shrugged her shoulders before she turned to me. “How are your dancing skills?”

”What dancing skills? I’m a Mosher! The last time I had a proper dance was when I got married to Shane and I kept apologizing for stepping on his feet!” I responded as I shook my head and Keira and Krystal shared an amused look. ”Good thing it’s not an actual dance competition!”

”Yeah, I think the scores would’ve gone into the negatives for you.” Krystal nodded before she turned to Keira. ”We’d better go find Cass.”

“Good idea, I doubt she got far.” Keira nodded before we went off to find Cass, it didn’t take us long to find Cass and once Krystal apologized things were back to normal between the two cousins.

But me? What exactly WAS normal this week!

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 7th of February 2022, 18:00pm

Same shit, different week.

Now that this week’s card has been made public I’ve been training about as hard as I can for the match against Diamond on Sunday, on the surface this is about me getting back in the winner’s circle after my loss to Andrea at Inception V but I do have another goal in mind.

Namely keeping Diamond out of the title picture, namely Krystal’s title picture, and speaking of which she has just shown up.

”Cass will be down in a sec, Shane’s letting her raid the fridge.” Krystal explained as she descended down the basement stairs whilst I was working out on the weight machine. ”She was smoking pot when I picked her up from the PTA Gym so yeah, she’s got the munchies.”

”Surprised that they are tolerating her drug usage.” I commented with a frown as I leaned on the hand weights. ”I know there’s a world of difference between crack and pot in terms of what it does to your body, but I remember my trainers kicking out a student because they caught him smoking pot.”

”Was he doing pot before or after the sessions?” Krystal asked with a frown and I could only shrug because of how far back that was. ”Cassie’s status as a pot smoker is basically an open secret, Cyrus has told her that as long as she doesn’t get high before a sparring match there won’t be a problem and considering that she’s the best student, I’m not sure if they want to do anything to her that would impede her training.”

”That and weed is a lot more tolerated these days compared to when I was a trainee.” I responded with a shrug before standing up and heading towards the ring. ”Did you get a chance to chat with Matthew and Marty?” I asked and Krystal shook her head.

”Cass was outside the building when she was smoking, and I was going to avoid them anyway.” Krystal explained and I nodded in response. ”Things are way to heated between us right now but we should have everything sorted out by Climax Control.” Krystal added before the door opened and we saw Cass making her way down the stairs. ”You satisfied your cravings yet?”

”For now, yeah! Shane’s snacks were tasty.” Cass responded with a nod as she made her way down the stairs and joined us in the home gym. ”And don’t you have something to say to Jess?”

”Am I really being told to apologize by my eighteen year old cousin?!” Krystal asked with an annoyed look on her face and Cass reinforced her point by poking Krystal in the side. ”FINE! I’m sorry for snapping at you at last night’s Climax Control Jess!” Krystal grunted before getting poked by Cass again. ”AND planning to cost Sam her spot in BFTP! Satisfied Cass?””

”For now, yeah, so who’s up first?” Cass asked and I could still smell the weed on her breath so I gave her a knowing look. ”Krystal is up first? Does my breath stink of weed that much?”

”I could probably smell it from the ring, it’s that strong! Head back upstairs Jake should have some breath mints for you.” I instructed the young rookie and Cass nodded before she raced up the stairs to the basement. ”Ready when you are Krystal!” I added and Krystal nodded before we rolled into the ring.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 7th of February 2022, 20:00pm

That was a good two hours, but I guess it’s time to let the young pup play.

I don’t know if it was leftover frustration from the events of last night’s Climax Control or something else but Krystal was definitely a lot more aggressive in her sparring, was it still a good workout? Yeah but it was also good to get any potential frustration out of her system, and now it was Cassie’s turn and the young rookie was eager to get in the ring after watching me and her cousin go at it for a couple of hours.

”Don’t get me wrong, I could watch you and Krystal go at it all day.” Cassie commented as she stepped into the ring and Krystal left the ring before taking up a spot at ringside. ”But it was getting pretty late and I do have a date scheduled for tomorrow morning.”

”Hope that date goes well but at least try to focus.” I told Cass as we started to spar and, well, what do you expect me to say? She’s as green as the weed she smokes but Cass is a natural in the ring and keeps getting better every time we spar. ”But do try to focus on the match, are you dating a guy or a girl? I know you said that you wanted to play the field.”

”Girl this time, last date was with a guy.” Cass responded before we continued training with Krystal watching on. ”He was a total bore, just ask Krystal because it was a double date with her and Makayla.”

”It’s been a couple of years since I last dated a guy but I’m still not sure why Cass thought he’d be a good fit for her, eventually we all mutually agreed that it wasn’t going to work out between them and he left.” Krystal chimed in with a shrug as she watched us train. ”He was at least a decent enough guy to leave us enough money to cover his part of the bill, was unnecessary because I’ve saved up a lot of money from being the Bombshell Roulette Champion for under a year but still.”

”He’ll probably find the right person for him eventually.” I responded with a nod as me and Cass continued to train, off course given her inexperience Cass was mostly playing catchup with me but training is training. ”Any idea what you’re going to do for Climax Control?”

”I might see if the bosses will indulge me in holding an open challenge for the Bombshell Roulette Title at Climax Control three hundred and twenty three, I’m at least guaranteed to make it to two hundred and seventy three days as champion.” Krystal responded with a shrug as she leaned on the ring apron. ”But that depends on the events of Climax Control three hundred and twenty two I guess.”

”Or more specifically, the Main Event between me and Diamond.” I surmised and Krystal nodded as Cass took a brief break from the sparring session. ”In other words it falls to me to keep that idiot out of your hair.”

”Well if you need help, you know where to find me, dance breaks or not, it’s still a death match so it’s not like you’d get disqualified.” Krystal responded and I nodded before me and Cass resumed our training.

PTA Gym Promo Class, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 8th of February 2022, 11:00am

*promo time*

What the actual hell?

“Lizzie Short here ready to interview Jessie about this rather……..unique matchup.” Lizzie introduced me as I sat down in front of Cass and the other trainees, it was part promo class and part actual promo and well, it was as good an excuse as any. “Jessie you are competing in this week’s Main Event in a Rock N’ Roll Death Match against Diamond Steele, how are you preparing for this match?” Lizzie asked and I cleared my throat.

”How the fuck do you think? The same way I always do, by training my ass off as a wrestler!” I responded as I shifted my weight. ”I don’t know if I’ve made this clear yet but I am not a dancer nor do I pretend to be, the last time I danced was at my wedding and I kept apologizing to Shane for stepping on his feet throughout our first dance! The way I figure it, as long as the bosses don’t expect me to dance with Diamond there won’t be any problems.”

“That’s not something I thought I’d hear during a promo but let’s move on.” Lizzie responded as she moved on to the next question. “What was your reaction to the stipulation for the match between you and Diamond?”

”I literally exclaimed “are they fucking serious?!” and then started to wonder what Christian Underwood was smoking when he came up with this idea!” I responded with a scoff before motioning to Cass with my head. ”I don’t think he was sharing any of Cass’s stash at least, otherwise he’d have spent all day in the cafeteria! But here’s what I do know, my job on Sunday is to ensure that Diamond doesn’t get another shot at Krystal and I am more than up to the task from a wrestling standpoint, from a dancing standpoint? I’ve already explained that!”

“One last thing before I leave you to the rest of your promo, Diamond said that she was a member of the legendary Metal and Punk Connection team, can you elaborate on that?” Lizzie asked and I frowned before nodding.

”Diamond was a member at two specific points, during the dying days of the group and when I attacked Christina at her behest and even then it was as an honorary member.” I explained before my frown deepened. ”And neither of them lasted long! As I said, Diamond originally joined right as me and Amy were splitting off to focus on our singles careers and the second time around her membership was rescinded after she attacked Belinda, Diamond can claim otherwise all she wants but the fact remains that this isn’t a clash of the Metal and Punk Connection, that’s already happened between me and Amy several times over, including a best of three for the Bombshell Roulette Title which I won I might add!”

“Well, I don’t think I’ve got anything to add to that, the floor’s all yours Jess.” Lizzie informed me and I nodded before I got started on my promo.

”If there is a contact sport weirder than wrestling, I’d love to see it! All too often the rules are thrown out the window for a big match, a big part of SCW’s Roulette Division is decided on the whims of a Roulette Wheel, hell I competed in a food fight for the World Bombshell Championship last year.” I commented before shaking my head. ”But my match on Sunday might just top them all! A Rock N’ Roll Death Match between me and Diamond Steele is serving as this week’s Main Event, what are the rules of the match? It’s basically an ultraviolent musical statues! But with dancing instead of standing still for a few seconds, again, are they fucking serious?!”

But I digress.

”Diamond, Kate, whatever your fucking name is, this isn’t our first meeting and it probably won’t be our last, though it like WILL be our last in this damn match type!” I commented with a grunt as I leaned back. ”All it took was one fluke win over the Bombshell Roulette Champion Krystal Wolfe and suddenly you think you can just demand title shots against her just like that? The same thing I was chastised for several years ago albeit with the World Bombshell Title? My job on Sunday couldn’t be clearer, it’s to beat you and keep you out of the Bombshell Roulette Champion’s hair! And since Krystal happens to be a good friend of mine, it’s a job that I’m taking very seriously!”

Why wouldn’t I?

”But then again, if I hated Krystal’s guts then I’d still take this job seriously! Well as seriously as I can in between the fucking dance breaks!” Seriously, why? ”I’ve already mentioned that I’m a bad dancer and if the dancing is somehow factoring into how the match will play out then you definitely have the advantage but I’d like to think that the bosses haven’t lost all their marbles yet and as a result, I doubt that it’ll play that big a part if you ask me!”

At least I hope not.

”So what’s there left to say? Not a lot, but I can describe how I’m going to beat you senseless on Sunday!” I added as I folded my arms. ”Because once you set aside the dumb as fuck dance break stipulation this is a hardcore match through and through which means that I can basically beat the shit out of you using whatever I can get my hands on and trust me Diamond, you won’t be able to show your bruised and battered face once all is said and done!”

It's that simple.

”I sincerely hope that the rest of the band is watching closely as I beat the shit out of you Diamond, even if Emerald has to take five minutes out of her busy schedule of eating out Adrienne Beaufort!” I added getting a few laughs and giggles from the students. ”Because that should be more than enough to tell them to not mess with me or Krystal but just in case that doesn’t deliver the message loud and clear, then I’ll find a way to make it louder for the idiots in the back!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”And trust me Diamond, you don’t want me to do that! And on Sunday night when I beat you from pillar to post, maybe Krystal will finally get a challenger who people can buy as being the end of her reign who isn’t called Keira Fisher but I guess we’ll have to wait and see on that! In the meantime, Diamond you may want to rock and roll all night and party everyday but I have something else in mind.” I commented as I shifted my weight. ”Don’t worry, I won’t keep you in suspense because it involves you being struck like Blood Lightning courtesy of Jessie Salco!”

The promo class/promo ended and I stood up to leave as the scene fades.

Some rookies get to make their debut on the big stage, coming from a well respected school with ties to some of wrestling’s biggest promotions helps in that regard! And then there’s people like me, who made their debut in a packed high school gym in Miami!

I guess this year has me nostalgia as fuck because I tracked down my first match on YouTube! No, not that Triple Threat against Ms. Evangelista and Alexis Morrison in the middle of summer 2012, my ACTUAL first match! When I made my SCW debut that summer I had already been wrestling for four years having made my professional debut at the age of eighteen in a promotion that’s still going strong but never really made it out of high school gyms or National Guard Armouries,

“Ladies and gentlemen this next contest is scheduled for one fall and is a women’s match!” The announcer informed the crowd and part of me had to chuckle at how far women’s wrestling had come, for one thing women’s matches weren’t announced as such these days! “Introducing first, making her professional wrestling debut, from right here in Miami, Florida, please welcome “Little Ms. Rocker” Jessie Salco!”

No, I don’t know what I was thinking with my initial nickname either, the other thing I noticed was how scrawny I was! Granted, I’m not exactly a tall woman but I’m still well built and I guess this was when I was still recovering from my drug addiction! And no, the fact that I came out to “Master of Puppets” is not lost on me! I made my way down to the ring and hopped on the apron before jumping over the ropes.

“And her opponent! From Parts Unknown, please welcome the Slamazon!” Granted my opponent’s name wasn’t that much better but I am still in contact with her, her real name is Gabby and she seemed destined for the big leagues, or at least would make it that far long before me, but instead she got injured in a match and had to retire, so what did she look like? Well, what do you picture when you hear the word “Slamazon”?

Because if you’re picturing a tall, muscular woman then you are right on the money! She marched down to the ring with a scowl on her face and, well the storyline was that the promoter was putting her against rookies who would never have a chance against her and I she was pissed off about it! And guess who was the latest victim? That’s right, it was me, once she was in the ring she snatched the mic from the ring announcer.

“Is this a joke?! I demanded ACTUAL competition and the best they could muster is some goth who doesn’t even come up to my chest?!” The Slamazon demanded and I didn’t back down from her. “What’s your name?!” The Slamazon demanded before shoving the mic into my face and backing up.

”My name is Jessie Sal…….” I never finished my introduction as the Slamazon promptly kicked my head so hard that it could’ve ended up in a locker! It never really got better for me from there as the Slamazon tossed me around the ring like a ragdoll, I did manage to get some offence in as I managed to hit a couple of dropkicks that never took her off her feet, merely staggering her, I then ran to the ropes and tried to hit a cross body.

Keyword being try because she caught me, hoisted me onto her shoulders and rammed me into all four corners before driving me into the matt with a Death Valley Driver! The foot on my chest for the pin attempt was basically a formality at that point! “Here is your winner, the Slamazon!”

That was it, that was my first match, that was a post-match angle where the Slamazon kept doing that Death Valley Driver combo until the decision was reversed, but it wasn’t like I was awake for that or anything! I would get two more matches against the Slamazon before her retirement, one was a handicap match with the other rookies that she had run over (Toni Keyes, Ava Sanders, Paige Martin and Becky Lopez) where I took the pin (technically because the Slamazon piled us on top of each other and pinned us with her foot) and her last match before retirement which I lost again.

*present day*

“That looked painful!” I looked up from the YouTube vid and saw Shane watching over my shoulder and shook my head.

”That was my very first match, some people on the SCW roster probably find it hilarious that I lost my debut match as well!” I scoffed as I shook my head before hitting the YouTube button to take me back to the homepage. ”I didn’t even realize that thing was on YouTube! It just happened to show up in my recommendations earlier!”

“Everyone has to start somewhere I guess.” Shane commented with a shrug and I nodded in agreement. “You still in contact with anyone from those days?”

”Slamazon mostly, she runs a bakery in Texas these days, she had to retire due to injury.” I explained and Shane nodded in understanding. ”The other girls from that handicap match still wrestle but mostly in Florida, think the last time I ran into them was when SCW was in Miami for the Homecoming tour.”

“Everyone starts somewhere I guess, and you have some girls you can contact to help run your training school if you go through with the idea.” Shane pointed out and I had to admit, that wasn’t a bad idea. “See? Your humble beginnings did have some good in them.”

”Yeah, I guess.” I commented before Shane left the room, on a whim I decided to e-mail them and see if they were interested in catching up at some point, what’s the harm right?”

Okay, did a bit of an overhaul here:

Age: updated (Ari turned 21 this year)

Gimmick: updated to reflect recent events

Wrestling style: changed from rookie to high flyer

Theme Music: changed from "Fortune Favors the Bold" by Alter the Sky to "In The Middle of the Night" by Within Temptation as I feel the new edgier music fits her current direction better.

Backstory: updated to include everything that's happened in Ari's life (to date) since joining SCU.

Climax Control 318 proved to be a very eventful one for Jessie Salco, not only stamping her spot in an Internet Title Match against Andrea Hernandez at Inception V but accepting Krystal Wolfe’s offer to team up with the Aussie Roulette Champ to take on Team Hero at the Christmas Show! No such match had been confirmed as of yet, at least not officially but a small preview match had been booked for this week’s show, in a rematch from the High Stakes XI cycle Jessie was taking on Keira Fisher with Rpxi Johnson in Keira’s corner and Krystal in Jessie’s! Can Jessie keep the win streak going?

Backstage at Climax Control 318, Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday the 5th of December 2021, 20:30pm

Everyone thought I couldn’t do it, hell, even I thought I couldn’t do it!

And by “it” I mean winning the Fatal Four Way against Alicia, Dani and Seleana for the right to challenge Andrea at Inception V, four women who are former World Champions and then there’s me, someone who has held every other title aside from the Mixed Tag and World Bombshell titles! On paper? The smart money would’ve been on either Alicia or Dani picking up the win and going on to Inception V, and for an upset win Seleana would’ve been a smarter choice than me.

Instead, I picked up the win after hitting Seleana with the Circle Pit, anyone who bet against me winning was probably just as shocked as I was as it hit me that I had won though I doubt anyone was as shocked as the bosses when Justin announced me as the winner.

Off course, that’s far from the only thing I’ve got in store for me.

”Well, what do you know? The current Bombshell Roulette Champion teaming with the Number One Contender to the Internet Championship to take on two Hall of Famers on the last show of the year.” I heard a familiar Aussie voice ring out and I looked up, Krystal had been waiting for me, presumably since the match result was announced, and I grinned before clapping hands with her. ”Not that it really needed it but the tag match against Team Hero just got a major star power boost, congrats Jess!”

”Thanks Jess, now I just got to make good on it against Andrea.” I responded with a grin before Matthew and Marty walked up to us with grins on their faces. ”Didn’t you say something about me being presumptuous about winning that match when I accepted Krystal’s offer to be her tag team partner?” I asked Marty as I turned to him, and Marty shook his head.

“Who, me? Never! I had full confidence that you were going to win!” Marty lied without a single ounce of self-awareness right as Krystal got a text and she checked it. “Having another champion in the Prime Time Associates rank is always a good thing!”

”Okay, hold it, I never signed a contract with your group for anything! I only agreed to team with Cha……..err, Krystal because I’m always eager for a match against Team Hero!” I pointed out and whilst Krystal did look up at me calling her by her birth name she didn’t comment on it before returning to her text. ”Why would I want a guy with only one Roulette Title reign to his name to manage me when I have multiple title reigns under my belt?!”

“Yes but you never won the big one, did you Jessica?” Matthew asked and my eyes narrowed when he called me that. “Under my guidance that could change!”

”First off, it’s either Jessie or Jess but NEVER Jessica, second, Krystal lost her first match with you as her manager, that’s not a good sign!” I pointed out and Matthew frowned as Krystal finished reading her text. ”Like I said, I only agreed to this so I can face Team Hero again! Doesn’t matter if it’s in singles or tag team action, when I go up against Team Hero, magic happens in the ring!”

”Funny you should say that Jess.” Krystal chimed in, and we turned to the Australian wrestler as she walked up to us. ”I just got next week’s card, I’m in for a busy night.”

”Can I see it? I left my phone with Jake and Shane, least I risk damaging it during the Fatal Four Way!” I asked, and Krystal nodded before she handed her phone to me. ”Me vs. Keira again, with Roxi in her corner and you in my corner, I think they made that match after Keira issued that challenge and we accepted.”

”Yep, and I’m facing Mercedes again later in the show.” Krystal responded, and I scrolled down to the match in question before seeing it. ”Non-title since Mercedes just won the Mixed Tag Titles with Goth.”

”Yeah, I was going to see about grabbing a partner and going after them if I failed to win tonight’s match to be honest.” I admitted with a nod before handing Krystal back her phone. ”That’s not going to happen now that I’m challenging Andrea for the Bombshell Internet Title, but it was a back-up plan of mine.”

”I doubt they’ll hold the titles post Inception V anyway! I reckon that it won’t be long until the titles are the potato in the hot potato game again.” Krystal admitted  with a shrug, and I had to admit that she had a point. ”What do you want to do now? Matthew and Marty are heading back to Vegas for most of next week but the plan there is to meet up with them in Tucson.”

”I think Keira will want to celebrate with me because I both won the match and prevented Alicia from getting another shot at the gold, might ask if you and Roxi can tag along.” I responded, and Krystal nodded as she got the idea. ”I don’t think they’ll object to this anyway, not with that tag team match coming up.” I added, and Krystal nodded in agreement.

”I’ll catch up with you after the Main Event, I think the result is a forgone conclusion, but I do want to stick around to cheer on Adrienne regardless.” Krystal explained, and I nodded in understanding before I walked off.

I was glad that I was getting some time with Krystal away from her managers to be honest, Krystal’s only had Matthew and Marty with her for a few weeks now but I can already see that they are having a bad influence on her, basically taking her (understandable) pride in her accomplishments and turning it into outright arrogance.

All I can hope is that me and Team Hero can get through to her before she’s completely turned to the dark side!

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 7th of December 2021, 19:00pm

Remember last week when I learned just how hard and fast Adrienne Beaufort can kick? Yeah, once I could raise my arms again I made a point to order kick pads off Amazon.

And that is basically what we’re doing, like last time Katie is watching from ringside as me and Adrienne spar and don’t get me wrong, Adrienne’s kicks are just as hard and fast as they were last week, but the kick pads are absorbing the blows so it’s a lot less painful for me!

”If I had access to a Time Machine and could only take two trips on it, I think I know where I’d travel too.” I stated as Adrienne took a break from kicking away at the kick pads and gave herself a stretch. ”First trip would be to give a condom to Hayley Halsey’s parents, second trip would be to give me from a week ago kick pads.” I added, and Adrienne laughed as she stretched her legs.

”My kicks were that hard, huh?” Adrienne asked, and I nodded in response without a moment’s hesitation. ”I’m just surprised you didn’t go even further back and kill Hitler or something!”

”Too obvious and frankly a cliché choice.” I responded with a chuckle as I shook my head. ”Besides, considering how far back that’d go, who’s to say that someone worse won’t rise in their place?”

“She’s right Adrienne.” Katie chimed in from the side and we glanced over at her. “That aside,, shouldn’t you be focussed on training?”

”Training for what? I have no clue when my third match will be.” Adrienne responded with a frustrated sigh as she started getting warmed up. ”I’m not letting my loss to Andrea get me down but between that and the whole fiasco with Amber Ryan, who’s to say the bosses will ever book me again.”

”Adrienne I once insulted a whole country during the height of my World Title campaign, I got banned from receiving title shots for under a year for it but I still got to compete regularly.” I pointed out with a frown before I started warming up. ”All you did was answer an open challenge which happened to come from the current World Bombshell Champion and only dropped it when Amber refused your challenge, your ego might be bruised but you’ll be otherwise fine!”

”Oui, I guess you’re right.” Adrienne nodded as she got the idea before getting into a fighting pose. ”Speaking of titles, how are you preparing for your matches against Keira and Team Hero? And I realize it’s a month away, but I guess the same can be said for the title match against Andrea?”

”I’ll be training over the Christmas break/Supercard build for that title match, as for Keira and Team Hero?” I asked as I got ready to spar with Adrienne again. ”I’ve faced all three on multiple occasions, including Roxi’s debut match way back, I know what I can expect from them and how to train for them.” I added before setting out a deep breath. ”Getting the win over them? That’s a different matter!”

”Maybe I can help? Just imagine that I’m Roxi.” Adrienne offered, and I folded my arms with a raised eyebrow, ”Only French, and shorter, and lighter, and quite a bit younger, and petite, and rarely takes the skies.”

”In other words, the only thing you have in common with Roxi, aside from wrestling obviously, is the fact that you’re both red-headed lesbians?” I asked, and Adrienne nodded with a slight laugh. ”Roxi was your inspiration for getting into wrestling wasn’t she?

”That obvious huh? I know there are other red-heads in wrestling, but Roxi was the closest to my natural hair colour.” Adrienne admitted with a nervous laugh. ”I’ve wanted to talk to her since my debut match but I’m worried that I’ll just embarrass myself.”

”Team Hero are two of the most down to earth wrestlers in SCW, if anything Roxi would be flattered.” I assured her, and Adrienne grinned before nodding. ”So, bit more martial arts practice and then regular wrestling?” I asked Adrienne and she nodded before we resumed sparring.

Prime Time Associates Building, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of December 2021, 18:00pm

They say curiosity killed the cat and well, this cat is still waiting for that lethal bullet.

Krystal had told me about Matthew’s facility during our celebration on Sunday but whilst I was planning to start training at Wolfslair NYC next week, I’m trying to keep my options open when it comes to my additional training for my match against Andrea, and by extension the upcoming matches against Team Hero.

Really the only thing left for me to do was to wait for Krystal to turn up, and she wasn’t alone as she had brought Ari with her.

”I know this is last minute.” I greeted the two younger woman as they got out of Krystal’s car and joined me at the door. ”But considering who I’m going to be facing soon, both on Climax Control and PPV, I feel I need to get all the training I can and I want to keep my options open.”

”I hear you, but my previous stance still remains.” Krystal responded with an understanding nod as she walked up to the building. ”As far as the other Go Gym Graduates are concerned, I was never hear, I can’t appear disloyal at such a critical point in my Bombshell Roulette Title Reign.”

”And I’m the exception to that rule because I was present for the first trip to this building.” Ariana nodded before we entered the building. ”How’s Adrienne anyway? I know how much it sucks to lose a match for the first time and she can’t be taking her loss to Andrea well.”

”She’s doing fine, better after I did some sparring with her yesterday.” I nodded in response as we ventured deeper into the building, I heard the sounds of the training facility as we walked down the halls and I soon found myself in the training school. Portion. ”I’ve never been in the Go Gym, but this place doesn’t seem to bad, are you sure this is the Go Gym from Wish.com?”

”Compared to the average wrestling school? It doesn’t seem that bad but take it from me and Ari.” Krystal responded as we made our way down the stairs and saw Cyrus, Andreas and Lizzie were watching on as the trainees trained. ”But when you’ve seen some of the best facilities in the world? Everything else starts to look like a pale imitation.”

”Not to mention the quality of the trainers.” Ari muttered under her breath before she called out to the trainers. ”Guys? We have a guest!” Ariana called out to the trio, and they looked up.

“Jessie, long time no see.” Lizzie greeted me and I barely supressed the urge to roll my eyes because I still remembered the time when I had a three-way with her and Shane on an episode of Climax Control, the whole thing was (obviously) off screen but I still regard it as a mistake from my younger years.. “Still a good kisser I hope!”

”I’m not answering that!” I responded with a grunt before nodding towards the two men as they turned to me. ”Krystal said that you have a green room for cutting promos?”

“That we do.” Andreas responded as he motioned to a door at the top of another set of stairs. “We find that it’s better to prepare the trainees for their first promo rather than just the match aspect of the wrestling business.”

“Least we get another promo like Adrienne’s first ever promo.” Cyrus chimed in before he motioned for me to follow him, and I did alongside Krystal and Ariana. “Krystal’s already used the green room for a promo.”

”A match that I lost! Thanks for the reminder.” Krystal grunted in annoyance as we followed the much larger man. ”I never got around to asking this last time I was here but what kind of trainees do you attract? The Go Gym attracts everyone from athletic people with no background in athletics like me to former sports people like Ari, Chelsea and Adrienne.”

“Much the same, but we don’t attract black belts like Adrienne or Olympic level athletes like Chelsea.” Cyrus explained before he led us to the green room. “As long as you’ve got the passion and the athleticism you’ll fit in just fine.”

”Maybe but there’s a reason why the Go Gym attracts some of the best athletes from outside wrestling.” Ariana pointed out and me and Krystal had to agree. ”The Go Gym is known for producing champions like me and Krystal, this place is known for being run by the third ever Roulette Champion and friends who never made it as wrestlers.”

“Harsh but fair I suppose.” Cyrus nodded before he apparently got an idea and turned to me. “Jessie, you haven’t done your promo yet, have you?”

”No, been busy.” I responded as I shook my head before I got where he was coming from. ”You’re suggesting that I do my promo from here?”

“Exactly, we can do it as if I’m interviewing you about the match.” Cyrus added and I nodded as I got the idea. “So, what do you say?”

”Grab us a pair of chairs, turn the camera on and let’s get started!” I nodded in agreement before Ari and Krystal set about getting that done.

The Green Room, Matthew’s Training Facility, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of December 2021, 19:15pm

*promo time*

Let’s get this started.

“Jessie, let’s start with the question that’s on everyone’s mind, why did you accept Krystal’s call for a tag team partner?” Cyrus asked and I nodded before thinking about my answer.

”As far as opponents in SCW go, Team Hero are two of the best women I’ve faced in my wrestling career but I’ve yet to beat them, now obviously I made that choice before I won the Fatal Four Way and earned my shot against Andrea Hernandez but that just means that I’m getting two of the best tune up matches I could’ve asked for.” I responded as I shifted my weight and Cyrus nodded. ”My relationship with Keira has taken a complete 180 since the Sin incident, I’m not about to deny that, and whilst we are best buddies outside of the ring, inside of the ring we are better opponents and the same goes for Roxi.”

“Yeah, you’ve said that a couple of times.” Cyrus nodded he checked off his first question on the list that he had prepared. “Second question, how do you view this upcoming partnership with Krystal?”

”The old saying goes “birds of a feather flock together” well, that’s kinda how I view my partnership with Krystal! We come from similar backgrounds, the first titles we won were the SCW Bombshell Roulette Title and whilst I am jealous of the fact that Krystal’s reign is so much longer than any of my four reigns, the fact remains that she reminds me a lot of me when I was younger.” I responded before smirking a bit. ”I will say that I had better taste in managers but she’s still young, she’ll learn and I’m confident about having her in my corner, Matthew and Marty less so!”

“I’m refusing to comment on that, I’d prefer to keep my paycheque.” Cyrus responded with a nervous laugh, and I chuckled in response. “Andrea has indicated that she wants to get involved in your match against Keira, what are your thoughts on that?”

”My thoughts are that if she tries anything, Andrea will be spending the rest of the night picking up her teeth!” I responded bluntly, and Cyrus let out another laugh at that. ”Does Andrea not realize that I’ve been in SCW far longer than most of the roster? When I joined SCW the Climax Controls were in the single digits and the fed was a far cry from running Madison Square Garden, in other words I’ve been around long enough to be savvy to the usual interference tactics and Andrea will soon find out that trying to mess with my matches and publicly announcing the intention to do so? If I didn’t know better, I’d say she was just as experienced as Adrienne or Chloe!”

“Only with ten times the ego.” Cyrus nodded as he checked his pad. “Okay, one last question before we jump into the promo, what are your plans for the team with Krystal?”

”Well, that would be telling, if the Bombshell Tag Division was still a thing and Krystal wasn’t the Bombshell Roulette Champion, she’d be my first choice as a tag partner, the length of her title reign says it all!” I responded before leaning back. ”But as for the match itself? I don’t think I could’ve asked or a better partner than the current Bombshell Roulette Champion and this year’s Future Star and Most Improved awards winner, well except maybe if Amy got tired of hanging out with GRIME and returned to SCW but that’s a big if.”

“Indeed, it is and that is some strong praise.” Cyrus responded before setting the pad aside. “So, shall we jump into the promo?”

”Let’s! I bet when the bosses initially made this match, they figured it would be a good tune up match for Keira ahead of her upcoming title match against Krystal, but once I won the Fatal Four Way match against Alicia, Dani and Seleana this turned into rather interesting situation, didn’t it?” I asked as I shifted my weight. ”It turned into a double tune up match, because we have big matches coming up Keira! You’re serving as the eighth challenger for Krystal’s Roulette Title and I’m serving as the second challenger for Andrea Hernandez’s Internet Title reign! Win or lose, someone’s gaining momentum heading into a title match, right Keira?”

“A very good point, the only way you can both gain momentum from the match is a draw.” Cyrus nodded in agreement as I thought about what to say next. “Unless one side wins this match and the other wins the Tag Team Match.”

”Or one side completely dominates the other and gets all the momentum going into Inception V, you’re a former wrestler Cyrus you should know that anything can happen in this business.” I responded, and Cyrus nodded in agreement knowing that I was right on the money. ”After all, everyone thought that I was going to lose the Fatal Four Way but here I am, kicking off my 2022 Supercard Calendar with a title match, and on paper? An established team such as Team Hero should have a clear advantage over the thrown together tag team that just so happens to feature a multi-time champion in me and the longest reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion to come along in a long time in Krystal but that’s on paper, in practice? It could go either way and that goes for the singles match against Keira as well.”

“The singles match against someone you’ve never beaten, singles or otherwise.” Cyrus pointed out and I nodded reluctantly. “I respect you but that’s not a good sign.”

”Much as I hate to take it back to the Fatal Four Way so soon, I had never beaten Alicia, Dani or Seleana either.” I pointed out and Cyrus nodded as he got the idea. ”Keira’s a hell of a wrestler and so is Roxi, they are Hall of Famers for a damn good reason and if I end 2021 with three wins in a row other women who I’ve never beaten, so be it! Keira you know how good I am in the ring but until now I’ve struggled to reach the heights that I know I can reach and this Sunday I start my ascent because the Bombshell Internet Title will just be the beginning!”

It’s that simple!

”I’ll let you figure out just what I mean by that but next year is the tenth year anniversary of my SCW debut, I’m sure you can figure out exactly what I mean by that!” I stated before shifting my weight. ”I’ve been viewed as the bottom rung of the Bombshell division for far too long! Especially when you have the likes of Bea Barnhart and Apple Coren on the roster! It’s time people started realizing that the only reason why I have the worst win/loss record in the company is because I’m one of the longest tenured people on the roster and one of the few who can say that I’m still active and can still go! And what better way to do that than to pick up a win over a woman I’ve never beaten before, right Keira?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Don’t answer that, because I know the answer already Keira, there is no better way for me to kick off 2022! Keira we may be best buddies and better opponents but that only translates out to one thing when that bell rings on Sunday, one hell of a match! But unless it ends in a draw like the match between Myra and Roxi, there any only be one winner and as far as I’m concerned? You’re looking at her as I’ll strike you down like blood lightning on Sunday Keira and give myself one hell of a Christmas gift in the process!”

I left with Krystal, Ari and Cyrus as the scene fades.

At the beginning of the High Stakes XI Supercard Cycle, Jessie was entering it with a somewhat conflicted mind, after being left off the Violent Conduct VII card she was on a mission to make sure that didn’t happen ay High Stakes XI, enter Myra Rivers! The former Bombshell Internet Champion cut a promo after picking up the win over Bea Barnhart at the first show of the cycle declaring that despite two back to back losses to Amber Ryan for the World Bombshell Championship that she wasn’t done with Amber.

It was at that point that Jessie interrupted Myra accusing her of throwing a pity party for herself and even going as far as to say that Myra’s legendary 300+ Day reign as Bombshell Internet Champion would’ve been snuffed out at the first defence if Jessie had faced her instead of Kate Steele, when Myra rebutted those claims Kessie decided to challenge Myra to put her money where her mouth is with a Chamber of Extreme Match at High Stakes XI! Myra, in spite of the fact that she was still recovering from the Exploding Barned Wire Match against Amber at Violent Conduct VII, readily accepted the match and it was made official the following week! Can Jessie keep her undefeated streak in the chamber alive?

Leaving Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida
Monday the 26th of September 2021, 11:90am

What I said back there needed to be said.

Myra, for as talented as she is and as awesome as her Internet Title Reign was, was veering dangerously close to acting like I did after my first two attempts at winning the World Bombshell Championship failed and who would know better than me about how dangerous a path that is to take? But now the challenge I laid out is potentially in jeopardy as next week I have a match that could alter the course of the cycle for me.

And ironically? It’s against the woman who Myra said she wasn’t finished with yet, for the title she was still seeking.

“Jessie!” My train of thought was interrupted by long time SCW Interviewer and my good friend Ms. Rocky Mountains who, for some odd reason, was accompanied by a camera crew and holding a microphone. “I know you have to get to Atlanta for the next show…….”

[color=#COCOCO]”Actually, I’m heading up to Vegas to train at my home gym, I don’t know if you’ve noticed this Rocky, but I have a big match coming up next week!”[/color] I interrupted her as I folded my arms and Rocky nodded. [color=#COCOCO]”But go ahead!”[/color]

“Err, right, but I have to ask, what was with your challenge to Myra tonight?” Ms. Rocky Mountains asked, and I folded my arms. “You saw the match she had with Amber at Violent Conduct, right?”

[color=#COCOCO]”Saw it? I could’ve heard the explosion from the other side of Anchorage!”[/color] I responded as I rolled my eyes before folding my arms. [color=#COCOCO]”You know what Rocky? Since we’re friends and all I’ll give the exclusive first-hand account of why I issued that challenge to Myra, but not here in the Disneyworld parking lot.”[/color] I responded as I stepped forward. [color=#COCOCO]”Let’s be honest, what will have more eyes on it, your little SCW dot come exclusive video or a segment on next week’s Climax Control?”[/color]

“You do have a point there and I’ll make sure to set aside time in my schedule for that interview.” Rocky admitted with a nod, and I went to leave. “But can you at least answer one question for me here and now?”

[color=#COCOCO]”Make it quick.”[/color] I informed Rocky as I frowned at her. [color=#COCOCO]”We were hoping to leave early and avoid traffic and we’re already cutting it close because me and the boys slept in!”[/color]

“Fair enough, if you do beat Myra but fail to beat Amber next week, would you use that win to get a third shot at Amber?” Rocky asked and my frown deepened, it hadn’t exactly crossed my mind before she brought it up.

[color=#COCOCO]”That’s a decision that’s ultimately in the hands of the bosses.”[/color] I responded as I shook my head before thinking for a minute. [color=#COCOCO]”On the other hand? When I beat Evie at Inception IV Christian used that to put me in a championship match against Christina when she was still champion, whose to sat that he won’t see a win over Myra as a chance to do the same between me and Myra?”[/color]

“I guess that’ll have to do.” Rocky sighed as she ended the interview, and I went to get into the car. “You know I’ll be holding you to that interview segment, right Jess?”

[color=#COCOCO]”And we’ve known each other for how long Rocky?”[/color] I asked and Rocky paused. [color=#COCOCO]”Over a decade. I think you should know by now that I make good in my promises!”[/color] I added before I got in the car but left the passenger door open. [color=#COCOCO]”Trust me Rocky, the interview will be worth the wait!”[/color]

“See that it is.” Rocky called back and I waved at her before I closed the door and Kake drove off.

Backstage at Climax Control 314, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sunday the 17th of October 2021. 20:00pm

I expected better.

What else do you expect me to say? After my sit-down interview with Rocky two weeks ago in Atlanta, I was ready to see Myra at her best, I even put together that video package with Krystal and Makayla that aired last week in preparation for the match at High Stakes XI and when I saw that Myra was taking on Roxi in a rematch from Into the Void X this week, I knew I had to grab a front row seat.

What I saw wasn’t Myra at her best, what I saw tonight was the opposite of that, she beat Roxi at Into the Void X fair and square when the Internet Title was on the line but tonight? The tables had turned, Roxi now had her win back from Myra and Myra can’t even say that it was because I was at ringside doing guest commentary because I don’t think she even realized that I was there until we had that exchange as I was heading to the back.

Do better at High Stakes XI or don’t waste me time, the meaning behind that couldn’t be more obvious, Myra was making mistakes tonight that I’d expect from someone with the age and experience of Chelsea Skye, not someone with more than three decades in the wrestling business, she’s slipping, that much is obvious.

And either she’ll catch herself before she slips any further, or I’ll take full advantage of it.

“So, Jess there is one question that’s been bugging me since you got back from the ringside area.” Jake commented as he turned to me, it was right after Ariana’s attack at the hands (among other things) of Char and whilst Shane was shaking his head at the brutality inflicted on a sweet, innocent girl like Ari Jake had his attention on me. “What was with that comment you made to Myra as you were heading to the back?”

[color=#COCOCO]”What do you think?”[/color] I asked point blank as I folded my arms. [color=#COCOCO]”When I was out there, I saw Myra make mistakes that I’d expect from someone who’s been wrestling for just under two years at most, not a veteran like Myra, something was definitely off with her tonight and I needed to give her that wake-up call.”[/color] I added at which point Shane turned to me.

“Did you though?” Shane asked with a raised eyebrow. “We know Myra hasn’t been able to replicate her prior success since losing the Bombshell Internet Title at Summer XXXTreme IX, but her last two title matches were against Amber.”

[color=#COCOCO]”And her last win was against Bea fucking Barnhart, I could’ve beat Bea when I was still fresh out of my training school at the age of eighteen and I’ll be the first to admit that it took me two years to get as good as I am!”[/color] I responded as I folded my arms before shaking my head. [color=#COCOCO]”I know you guys were back here and am not in the wrestling business, but I am, and I had a front row seat to what should’ve been a repeat of Myra’s first match against Roxi, instead? Roxi got her win back and now Myra has no momentum heading into our match.”[/color]

“Okay, Jess, just explain your logic to me.” Jake sighed as he rubbed his forehead with his hands. “Myra was the most dominant Bombshell Internet Champion we’ve seen in a long time, not only did she break the old records with that title, but she also set new ones that I highly doubt anyone will be able to match, much less break, anytime soon, and you want that Myra at High Stakes XI and not a Myra who’s off her game?”

[color=#COCOCO]”What I want is a match worthy of the High Stakes name! Not a match against someone so off her game that she can’t repeat a win she achieved as champion! This isn’t a knock on Roxi’s abilities in the ring, let’s make that clear!”[/color] I asserted as I started pacing around the room. [color=#COCOCO]”Team Hero are Hall of Famers for a reason, and they more than earned that distinction, but it’s as I said, Myra was wrestling tonight like she was fresh out of wrestling school, not someone with decades of experience.”[/color]

“Hate to say it but Jessie has a point.” Shane nodded in agreement before I got a notification on my iPhone and checked it. “Would Myra vs. Jessie be as epic if Myra wrestled the same way she did tonight?” Shane asked as I replied to Myra’s tweet with a “Bring It” gif.

“Maybe but I can’t help but think that that was more disrespectful than anything else.” Jake responded right as I got a reply and I grinned broadly. “Telling someone as distinguished as Myra to not waste your time? After that epic Bombshell Internet Title reign?”

[color=#COCOCO]”I don’t think I need to worry about that.”[/color] I responded, and the boys turned to me before I showed them the Twitter thread between me and Myra. [color=#COCOCO]”I think my words just lit a fire under Myra’s ass.”[/color]

“You think?!” Jake almost laughed as he watched the back and forth between me and Myra. “If anything, this could backfire and give you your first loss in the Chamber of Extreme.

[color=#COCOCO]”Maybe, maybe not.”[/color] I responded as I shook my head still keeping that big broad grin on my face. [color=#COCOCO]”But all good things have to come to an end at some point, if that end is against a motivated as fuck Myra Rivers then I say that it’ll be fucking worth it!”[/color] I added with a nod before we resumed watching the show.

Jessie’s hotel room, New York City, New York
Friday the 6th of November 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Welcome to my chamber Myra.

[color=#COCOCO]”I think it’s safe to say that this has been one hell of a Supercard Cycle at this point, between everything that’s happened with Krystal and Char to this little feud between me and Myra, not to mention the Hall of Fame and the Year End Awards, this has certainly been one of the most eventful cycles we’ve had all year but for me and Myra? It didn’t start that wat, did it? No, things were a lot more restrained at first.”[/color]

Putting it mildly.

[color=#COCOCO]”Oh sure, we had those little interviews after we confirmed that yes, we were going to face off in the Chamber of Extreme Match at High Stakes XI but beyond that? Nothing, not a single in ring confrontation between us to help sell this match to the masses, it’s almost like people assumed that Myra had this in the bag from the word go and just didn’t pay attention beyond that, never mind the fact that this is the first Chamber of Extreme Match in High Stakes History, never mind the fact that we’re getting a match that could’ve easily happened during Myra’s legendary title reign but for one reason or another, it just didn’t, no Myra has this match against Jessie in the bag so why bother?”[/color]

Why indeed?

[color=#COCOCO]”It’s not often that I get to say this, but I can pinpoint exactly where people took their heads out of their asses and realized that something was up with Myra, I should know because I was there at ringside, doing commentary with Belinda and Jason, that’s right I’m talking about the match between Myra and Roxi, the rematch from Into the Void X where Myra was off her game big time and it led to Roxi tying their series at one a piece, now obviously that match was great for Roxi because it gave her a massive boost in momentum heading into the World Bombshell Title Match against Ambeer and Christina but where did that leave little old Myra?”[/color]

An excellent question.

[color=#COCOCO]”Do better at High Stakes or don’t waste my time, those where my exact words to you Myra because I knew from watching you wrestle some of the best SCW has to offer and Bea Barnhart that you were better than that! What I saw in that match against Roxi wasn’t a woman who had been wrestling longer than I have, a woman six years older than me and still holding her own against some of the young guns in the company, what I saw was someone who wrestled like they were fresh out of wrestling school and wrestling their first ever match.”[/color]

Sad.

[color=#COCOCO]”That’s not the Myra Rivers I wanted when I issued the challenge to you at Disneyworld Myra, I think I made that clear on Twitter but I think I’d better reiterate just so my message is loud and clear, I want the Myra Rivers who held the Internet Title for over three hundred days, I want the Myra Rivers who smashed the previous Bombshell Internet Title Records into the dust with a sledgehammer, I want the Myra Rivers who’s been wrestling longer than I have and will give me the epic battle I need at High Stakes XI and not the Myra Rivers who wrestled like it was her first ever match just a few weeks ago! And thankfully for both of us Myra? You came through and then some!”[/color]

Don’t know how it happened.

[color=#COCOCO]”I guess my little comment to you lit a fire under your ass Myra and there’s no better evidence than that than the twitter thread we shared later that night! You want to make me eat those words? Give me a knife and fork and I’ll devour them like Homer Simpson devours a doughnut! You want to show the world the real you that you’ve keep bottled up for most of your career? Bitch I’ll put THAT Myra Rivers on a fucking billboard! You see Myra? This is what I wanted! This is the Myra Rivers that I want to beat!”[/color]

And now onto the less pleasant stuff.

[color=#COCOCO]”Such a shame that I have to put the new, bright, cheerful and full of life Myra Rivers through absolute hell! But you knew what you were signing up for, didn’t you Myra? You know my history with this stipulation, you know that Evie Jordan, someone who dominated the Bombshell Division in 2020, couldn’t beat me in the Chamber of Extreme, other victims include Maki and Christina Rose, those are not women that the wrestling world would call pushovers, hell one of your earliest defences was against Maki so you know what she is capable off! So are you truly ready for me?”[/color]

Time to quote a horror movie.

[color=#COCOCO]”I haven’t seen the film in years but let’s talk about the original Hellraiser for a minute, I’m sure your familiar with Pinhead and the others, there is one quote that I would like to paraphrase as we head into this match Myra, come, I have such sights to show you! I wasn’t in the first Chamber of Extreme Match, but I was the one who perfected it over the past few years or so and it’s that knowledge that led to the downfalls of two former World Bombshell Champions!”[/color]

Your downfall.

[color=#COCOCO]”And soon? It’ll be the downfall of the longest reigning Bombshell Internet Champion! Make no mistake, I respect the hell out of you Myra for everything you accomplished in the year that you were champion but that respect can only carry me so far and this Sunday at High Stakes XI, respect goes out the window and it’s every woman for herself, on one side of the ring is a brunette women’s veteran from Florida who has been with SCW since the Climax Controls were in the double digits, on the other side of the ring is a blonde women’s veteran from Florida who’s been around even longer than me and has practically done it all outside of SCW!”[/color]

Similarities are there.

[color=#COCOCO]”Huh, you know, when I put it like that, we’re suddenly not that different, aren’t we Myra? Sure, there are some obvious differences in and out of the ring, but we’re both women’s wrestlers in their thirties about to enter a match that can only be described as hell on earth, me? I welcome that hell. I’m a metalhead for fuck’s sake, why wouldn’t I? But are you ready for hell Myra? I guess we’ll find out, won’t we?”[/color]

It’s that simple.

[color=#COCOCO]”There’s only one way this ends Myra, sure there’s a decent chance that the aftermath will look like a horror movie and sure, it’ll take us a while to recover from such a match but there can still only be one winner of this match and if you ask me? I have a streak to continue, three women have tried to end my undefeated streak in the Chamber, three women failed, and one hasn’t been seen since, will the fourth time be the charm?”[/color]

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

[color=#COCOCO]”Only one way to find out Myra and that’s to step into my playground! Only here you won’t find any see-saws, swings, slides, marry go rounds, no, here you’ll find weapons, things that will inflict pain and this match is basically my funhouse, will it be as fun for you as it is for me Myra? I doubt it! But when I strike you down with Blood Lightning and shock  the world by scoring a win, the fun will only just begin! See you on Sunday!”[/color]

I went to play on my guitar as the scene fades.

(Keira was used with permission from her handler)

Jessie may have lost her match to Keira, but she still managed to make an impact, surprising everyone by confronting Myra Rivers after her win over Bea Barnhart and eventually challenging the former Internet Champion to a Chamber of Extreme Match at High Stakes XI! Myra accepted the challenge, and the match was set for the biggest show of the year, or was it? Because this week the bosses had other plans.

What were those plans? A second rematch between Jessie and Amber Ryan for the World Bombshell Championship! Jessie had been chasing after the World Bombshell Championship for years but had fallen short each time but with a match against Amber’s last challenger on the horizon, the bosses apparently decided to test Jessi again and this time? It was a regular match! No Food Fight Matches in sight! Can Jessie finally win the World Bombshell Championship? And what would that mean for her match against Myra?

Walt Disneyworld, Orlando Florida
Sunday the 26th of September 2021, 21:00pm

This has been an interesting week.

What else do you expect me to say about a week that’s capping off with a wrestling show being hosted at Disneyworld? Technically me and the rest of the wrestlers would be staying at the park overnight and traveling to the next destination early tomorrow morning, the only exception to that was the Bombshell Roulette Champion as Krystal Wolfe had made it clear to the bosses after her successful title defence against Seleana that whilst she was attending Climax Control 312 next week, she had some personal matters to tend to back in Vegas which would take up most of the week.

And based on what I saw of her conversation with Keira during the show, that probably meant that shit was going to get ugly for her.

Speaking of my best buddy Keira walked up to me after the Fatal Four Way Main Event had a contested finish to say the least, with both Roxi and Crystal scoring the simultaneous pin-fall on Mercedes, I’m sure that there are plenty of men and women in the audience who would pay good money for those two beauties to get on top of them, but I digress.

“The Main Event of Hight Stakes XI just got a lot more interesting.” I commented to Keira after she got close enough to me. “Wonder how the bosses will handle this next week.”

“Only one way to find out, and that’s to wait until next week.” Keira shrugged her shoulders in response as I turned to the blonde bombshell. “Speaking of High Stakes XI, what was with your challenge to Myra Rivers after her match against Bea?”

I shook my head with an annoyed sigh. “Violent Conduct VII was the second PPV of the year that I was left off, it would’ve been three, but Christina issued that open challenge for Summer XXXTreme IX and I accepted, this is a trend that I cannot allow to continue into 2022 and when Myra got on the mic to talk about how she wasn’t backing down from Amber and, well, I felt that I needed to say something.” I explained as I folded my arms. “The challenge for Myra to put her money where her mouth is, well it just came to me whilst she was yapping on as did the idea for a Chamber of Extreme Match.”

“I get that but Jess, Myra was just in an Exploding Barbwire Death Match, there’s a reason why there’s only ever been two of those match types in the company’s history!” Keira pointed out with a concerned look on her face. “How do you know she’ll be at 100% by the time High Stakes XI comes around?”

“Hey, I was just as surprised as everyone else when she accepted, body condition aside, everyone knows my reputation in that match type.” I pointed out as a stage hand came up to us and handed over the card for next week’s show. “Besides, High Stakes XI isn’t until the first week of November, if she isn’t fully recovered from the Exploding Barb Wire Death Match by then, then Myra was probably fucked up even worse by that match even worse than everyone thought and frankly? Has no business getting back in the ring if that’s the case!”

“That is a good point.” Keira nodded in agreement before we read the card for next week’s show, there was only a couple of matches that caught my eye like the match between The Troll and Brother David Shepherd (for the sheer hilarity of it), the match for the newly vacated Roulette Title which would later become a Triple Threat Match between Bill Barnhart, Miles Kasey and Lincoln Daniels, Caleb’s first match as the Internet Champion and Dani Weston’s match against Mercedes Vargas, and then I saw my match and unfortunately, I happened to be taking a sip of my drink when I saw it.

I say unfortunately because the rest of my soda ended up being a stain on the floor. “I take it you’ve just seen the Main Events.”

“Yeah, I don’t even have a sarcastic comment about it!” I responded as I tossed the now empty soda cup in a nearby bin. “I just lost a match to you, how the hell do I qualify for another World Bombshell Title Shot against Amber?!”

“You complaining about a World Bombshell Title Shot, never thought I’d see the day.” Keira teased me and I gave her an annoyed glare. “But you’re right, it is odd, especially given Roxi’s position, you’d think I’d be their first choice.”

“I just know that the other Bombshells are going to bitch about this, even though I didn’t exactly ask for this shot this time!” I added before noticing the absence of someone who was with Keira earlier in the night. “Hey, where’s Nate?”

“I left him with Roxi right before my match against you, then it was my turn to look after him again when Roxi left for the Main Event.” Keira shrugged her shoulders in response, and I nodded as I got the idea. “She’s taken Nate back to the hotel room, but I wanted to catch up with you before I retired to Team Hero’s room for the night.”

“The boys are waiting for me back at the hotel, will probably head back once we’re done here.” I nodded in response before checking the time on my iPhone. “I’ve got a lot to think about, which will likely translate to me getting little to no sleep tonight, the second title shot against Amber, my match against Myra and how this shot could affect……….” I trailed off before it hit me. “Why didn’t I realize this sooner?!”

“You think you got that shot because you challenged Myra to a match?” Keira asked once she caught on and I nodded in response, after thinking for a minute Keira could only shrug. “It’s a better explanation than I can come up with! But if that’s the case and you win, what will that mean for the match against Myra?”

“Best case? It gets bumped down to the Main Event of the Halloween Show and I go on to defend against Chrystal and Roxi, worst case? I pull double duty at High Stakes XI.” I responded as I ran a hand through my hair. “Normally I’d be all up for the latter, but it would mean defending a title after a Chamber of Extreme Match, trust me when I say that those things are brutal.” I added and Keira nodded in understanding. “Come on, we’d better head back and my feet are killing me from wondering around the park all day.”

“You and me both.” Keira nodded in agreement before we walked off.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 30th of September 2021, 18:00pm

Did you think Krystal was the only one spending the week in Vegas instead of Atlanta? Nope, I’m up here as I know I need to be in the best shape I can be in for my second shot at Amber.

Me and Krystal were going to fly out to Atlanta first thing in the morning for a couple of reasons, namely the fact that it’s a four hour flight and by car it’s 28 hours and we realized that it would be massively impractical to drive out there this late in the week.

Krystal did have her own, personal reasons for staying in Vegas for most of the week, but I agreed to make the most it by allowing her to train with me in my home gym, most of you should know that this wasn’t the first time we’ve done this with me taking over her training following her spat with Gabriel a few weeks ago but even that arrangement was only for a week.

“Jessie?” Shane called down to me as I finished warming up in the ring and I looked up. “Krystal and Makayla are here, quick question though, they are a childless couple, right?”

I gave my husband a confused look. “They are a lesbian couple and whilst Krystal is bi, Makayla hasn’t exactly been shy about the fact that she’s never had any sexual interest in men, plus if Krystal had a kid from a previous partner I think we would’ve met them by now.”

“Fair points, but they do have a young girl with them, so you tell me.” Shane shrugged his shoulders before letting Krystal and Makayla go past him, it didn’t take me long to see a young, toddler aged girl being led down the steps by Makayla and I raised an eyebrow.

“Didn’t realize that you guys had taken up babysitting.” I commented dryly as Makayla let the girl, who to be fair was a cute kid with auburn brown hair that went past her shoulders and brown eyes, sit down next to her. “Care to tell me what this about?”

“I’ll cut to the chase this is my step-niece Rachel.” Krystal nodded as she motioned to the girl who waved to me. “I mentioned her at Climax Control?”

“Right, right, you were considering pursuing custody of the kid.” I nodded as Krystal rolled into the ring. “But I thought those types of proceedings took time to complete, I know I had a long wait before I was adopted.”

“That’s what we thought as well, but her mother made it easy for us and the judge.” Makayla explained as she leaned back in her chair. “Me and Krystal showed up for each hearing dressed professionally, I even got the dress-a-phobe that is my girlfriend to wear one to each of the hearings, Rachel’s mom on the other hand? She no-showed the first two hearings and on the third she showed up wasted out of her mind and basically told the judge that we could have her.”

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I got my niece out of that situation, but I thought I could expect better from my step-sister.” Krystal added as she shook her head and I nodded as I got the idea. “I guess crack cocaine has that effect on people.”

“Take it from someone who came into SCW as a recovering crack addict and is now thirteen years sober.” I responded with a frown on my face as I thought back to my teen years. “It’s true that cocaine’s a hell of a drug, but it’s also a hell of a drug to kick,  I was lucky to have the support of my family as they got me through the withdrawal symptoms, but it sounds like your step-sister wasn’t so lucky.”

“Yeah, she’s in a similar situation to me, the majority of her family is back home in Australia.” Krystal nodded as she started warming herself up and Rachel came up to the ring apron. “But I keep in contact with my family on a regular basis, she doesn’t.”

“My mommy’s not a bad person.” Rachel interjected and we glanced over at her. “She just made some mistakes, Auntie Charlotte and Auntie Makayla are just looking after me for a while.”

Oh, to be young and naïve, wait, what did she call Krystal. “Auntie Charlotte?” I asked and immediately noticed the uncomfortable look on Krystal and Makayla’s faces. “This is something that no child should hear, isn’t it?”

“You can say that again.” Makayla sighed before she turned to the door leading out of the basement. “Shane, Jake, can you guys look after Rachel for a while?” Makayla called out to them, and Jake quickly poked his head out of the door. “Trust me, we’re about to talk about stuff that I’m not comfortable having a kid as young as Rachel in earshot off.”

“Ahh, one of those convos.” Jake nodded before motioning to Rachel. “Come on little princess, want to play on my Nintendo Switch?”

“YEAH!” Rachel responded enthusiastically before she raced up the stairs and joined Jake at the top, given how tall Jake is compared to me I can only imagine how tall he was compared to Rachel but once they were out of earshot I turned to Krystal.

“Jess, for starters, don’t go blabbing about this anyone, I’d rather people hear the story from me than a secondary source, if at all.” Krystal stated and I nodded before leaning against the ring ropes. “Charlotte is my birth name, but I had it legally changed to Krystal right before I moved to the US, there’s a good reason for that.” Krystal stated and I nodded before bracing myself. “My dad is a monster, there’s no kind way to describe it, he abused me and my mother, to the point where he claimed that I was conceived through rape.”

Holy shit. “I’m going to assume that your mom denied this?” I asked and Krystal nodded in response. “And your sister?”

“Different mom, same dad, but given what he did to my mom, it’s likely that she’s another victim of his.” Krystal explained and I nodded. “He’s in jail back home in Adelaide, he’s never getting out of jail either, he murdered me and my step-sister’s moms and it’s likely that he’s behind several other unsolved cases.”

“A serial killer in other words.” I surmised and Krystal nodded grimly. “You mentioned that Makayla got you away from your homelife at Climax Control, how did you manage that?”

“Luck mostly.” Makayla chimed in and Krystal nodded to affirm this. “Charlotte tried to escape after witnessing her mom’s murder, but she was caught, we’re still not sure why he didn’t murder her as well but we’re not complaining.” Makayla added as she took a deep breath. “When I rescued Charlotte she was borderline anorexic and had way more injuries than I cared to count, that was part of the reason why she became a wrestler.”

“You didn’t want to be a victim again?” I realised and Krystal nodded in response. “Then, in a really fucked up way, we’re birds of a feather, my foster dad before the Salcos took me in was abusive but I was saved by Child Services, I didn’t want to be a victim again either.”

“No wonder we hit it off so well, I’m practically an Australian you!” Krystal responded half-jokingly and I chuckled before Krystal got serious. “Look Jess, I told you because you found out via Rachel and I trust you but watch who you tell that too, if want to tell Jake and Shane that feel free but it’s like I said, I don’t want that to be well known.”

“You’ve got my word.” I nodded in agreement before I bounced off the ropes. “Enough of the depressing shit, I think we put off this training long enough.”

“Just one last thing.” Krystal added and I raised an eyebrow. “Most people know me as Krystal but only a few people can call my Charlotte, that includes Makayla, Gabriel and Odette, Ari and my niece, if you want to start calling me that feel free.”

I paused, mostly because it was clear as day that it meant a lot to the younger wrestler. “Just one condition, if I get to call you that, so do Jake and Shane, they know my history so they should understand your request perfectly.”

“That’s fine by me.” Krystal, or Charlotte as I was going to call her from now on, nodded as she got ready to spar. “So, shall we get started?”

“Ready when you are Charlotte.” I nodded before we started sparring.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 30th of September 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

This was something I didn’t expect.

“When I made that challenge to Myra last Sunday at Disneyworld, I was expecting a few things, Mark and Christian to laugh in my face for making such a challenge, people telling me that I had no chance against her, what I didn’t expect was for my next match to be for the World Bombshell Championship, much less another single’s match against Amber Ryan and whilst I am thankful that it isn’t a Food Fight Match, I have to say, in the words of Roy Burgundy, boy, that escalated quickly!”

You can say that again.

“I don’t mean to steal another Bombshell’s job but, well, it’s not like Mercedes Vargas gives a shit these days, Amber, this is our fourth match against each other, our fourth single’s match and your second as the defending World Bombshell Champion and look, everyone knows what happened the first time we faced off last year in your debut match for SCW! Everyone remembers the Vanilla Ice Cream incident for better or for worse, I’m past that shit and I hope to god your past it too!”

Seriously, I think the ice cream’s gone off by now!

“So, what is there left to talk about? How about everything that’s happened between that match and now? In the months following your debut Amber you proved to be one of the most vicious Bombshells to come into SCW in a long time as Team Hero and Myra Rivers can attest too, and have obviously gone on to win the World Bombshell Title, me on the other hand?”

Couldn’t be more different!

“I enjoyed a brief Bombshell Roulette Title reign that was cut off by vindictive bosses and there was the Sin incident as well, we’ve been through a lot since you made your debut during the summer of 2020 Amber and whilst it can’t really be argued that you’ve had more success on paper, I’ve been in the background, grinding away since the Sin incident and trying to mend as many burnt bridges as I can before I decide that my time is up and I hang up the boots for good, real question is, what stopped me from joining Amy in semi-retirement?”

The answer is around your waist.

“There’s only one thing stopping me from finally hanging up the boots for good and that’s the grand slam! The World Bombshell Championship has been  the one title that has eluded me for years since I won the Internet Championship from Mercedes Vargas all those years ago and even after SCW briefly closed its doors in 2018 it was still at the back of my mind, so where does that leave me if I do win the title from you? Retirement? After all, that title is the one thing between me and the grand slam!”

I shook my head.

“Frankly? At this point I feel like I’ll retire from wrestling when I’m dead! Like I said that title has been in my sights for years Amber and I’ve tried every trick in the book short of straight up stealing the title to make that dream a reality but if I had succeeded in that goal, we’d be weaving a different tale, wouldn’t we? Instead, I’ve been the perpetual World Bombshell Title chaser for years and it even cost me the respect and friendship of my fellow wrestlers, all because I wanted to be among the legends that have achieved the Grand Slam! It sure is lonely at the top, isn’t it Amber?”

Yet so many people want to be at the top of the mountain.

“They say ambition is evil, if that’s true than I’ve got to be one of the evillest women in history, I’ve always been an ambitious wrestler and that title is the peak of my ambition! Amber, I’m not going to mince words here, I know you’re a hell of a wrestler and you’re as vicious as you’re talented but don’t underestimate how long I’ve been chasing that title or the lengths I’ll go to in order to finally end that case! Hell, most people underestimate just how long I’ve been after that thing!”

You have no idea.

“Next year will be my tenth year in SCW and even as far back as 2012 I had dreams of one day being at the very top of the Bombshell division, back then those were merely dreams, I was a naïve twenty two year old wrestler more interested in making a name for myself than winning a title but the dream was still there, now? Nearly ten years on and I’m still chasing that dream, and that chase ends on Sunday.”

It’s that simple.

“I was just as surprised as everyone else when this match was announced but as always, I’m going to make the most of it, much like I did in every other attempt I’ve made at winning that damn title, what will this mean for my match against Myra at High Stakes? Your guess is as good mine but until then, I have a nine year old dream to finally fulfil this Sunday night at Climax Control where I finally win the World Bombshell Title.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Krystal’s been taking pot-shots at the nay sayers who said that her reign would be a one and done the longer her reign has gone on for, I guess it’s only fair that I do the same once I walk out the World Bombshell Champ right? One final fuck you to those who said that I don’t belong this far up among the best of the Bombshell division?? How can I resist? But first, I have to defeat you Amber and when I strike you like Blood Lightning, I will do just that! See you in the ring!”

I resumed my training as the scene fades.

Jessie would have to wait for another day to win the Bombshell Internet Title again after Andrea pinned her in the Main Event however, she was not done with the Main Event scene as at Climax Control 310, she was challenging Amber Ryan for the World Bombshell Championship! However, despite the title being a goal that she has been after for over four years, Jessie was not happy with this match, why? Candy had booked it and used her booking power to male it a Food Fight Match! Can Jessie win the title in this unique stipulation?

Backstage at Climax Control 309, Portland, Oregon
Sunday the 22nd of August 2021, 23:00pm

The show must go on.

I’m out of the Internet Title Tournament, anyone who saw the Main Event of tonight’s show saw that plain as day, but I doubt I’m out of the Internet Title Picture just yet, they’ll need a first challenger for the winner of the Tournament after all and I might be the one they pick.

Off course, there’s other women who could fill in that void, but they aren’t my concern right now, my concern is what I’m doing at Climax Control 310 because there’s still my challenge to Amber Ryan to resolve and that’s not likely to be featured at Violent Conduct VII given that they’ve been pushing Myra vs. Amber II since Summer XXXTreme IX.

That’s not all that’s on my mind though.

“So, how are you feeling Jess?” Jake asked as he walked up to me following the match against Andrea moments ago, he tossed me a water bottle and I caught it before opening it. “You landed pretty hard towards the end of the match.”

“I knew the risk when I chose my wrestling style.” I responded before taking a sip from the water bottle. “They call my style “High Risk” for a fucking reason, yet I took too it like a fly to shit when I was training to be a wrestler!”

“You come up with some unique analogies Jess, that’s all I’m saying.” Shane responded with a grin, and I rolled my eyes to my husband. “Lighter topic but you sure you don’t want to apply for that Best Ass list?”

“Beyond the fact that it’s a vanity list? My ass is about as flat as a freshly flipped pancake!” I scoffed as I folded my arms before glancing down at my small boobs. “And I’d stand even less of a chance when either Denzel or that Hakeem guy get around to the best tits list.”

“You know I’m going to nominate you for that list now, right?” Shane asked with a laugh as a stage hand came up to us. “Besides, Hakeem seems like a decent dude, maybe he’ll take pity on your itty bitty titties.”

“You are so lucky that you’re my husband Shane.” I responded as I rolled my eyes as the stage hand waited to butt in. “Because I plan on having kids once I hang up the boots for good and I still need your balls in tact for that to happen!”

“Not following Amy’s example then?” Jake asked and I quickly shook my head.

“Amy had to take a year off when she got pregnant, in that time the SCW roster had passed by her so quickly that she had to quietly head down to SCU to stay relevant! I’m not about to let that happen!” I added before the stage hand cleared his throat. “Next week’s card?”

“Yeah, you’re getting the card last because Mark wanted to see the outcome of the match between you and Andrea before finalizing your match.” The stage hand explained before passing the card to me. “I can say right now that you got your wish, your World Bombshell Title Match against Amber is next week’s Main Event, but Mark added “be careful what you wish for”.”

Oh god, what has he let Candy do THIS time?! “Thanks, and please tell him that I want a match against Candy ASAP if that means what I think it means!” I responded with a grunt before going over the rest of the card (and wincing when I saw that Tempest was Bella Madison’s third opponent in the gauntlet). “Aside from my match and the opener, next week is all Internet Title Tournament matches…….” I trailed off when I saw the main event. “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!” I demanded and before the boys could enquire, I tossed the card at them.”

“You vs. Amber for the World Title, I don’t see what your…….” Jake trailed off before it hit him. “Candy’s Rules: FOOD FIGHT?! For the World Bombshell Title?!”

“I didn’t exactly get along with her when she was a roster member.” I added as I ran a hand down my face. “But Misty has to be turning over in her grave at this news, what the hell was Mark thinking letting Candy book this garbage?!”

“If I knew that I’d tell you, and honestly? I agree about Misty.” Shane nodded in agreement as he leaned back. “She was the first Bombshell Champion, and now ten years after her reign, the title she put on the map is being defended in this?!”

“That said, bringing up a dead Bombshell into this? You sure about this Jess?” Jake asked and I nodded without hesitation. “You’re not exactly popular with the SCW Bombshell Roster but bringing up Misty?”

“Look at the current SCW Bombshell Roster, there’s at least two women who city either Misty or Odette as their inspiration for getting into wrestling and joining SCW.” I pointed out as I leaned back in my chair. “And hell, more than a few who were trained by Odette, including the Bombshell Roulette Champion! They may not like it, but they’ll realize that I was right!”

“You haven’t even spoken about achieving your goal.” Shane chimed in and I paused for a second. “You know? Grand Slam? World Bombshell Champion Jessie Salco?”

“When I dreamed off finally achieving that goal, I had a hard fought match in mind, not a fucking food fight!” I responded bluntly before rolling my eyes. “And I bet Mark will complain about gratitude the moment I post about this on Twitter, because clearly spitting on the legacy of that title is something to be grateful for!” I added before standing up. “Let’s head back to the hotel before I stand here ranting until the crack of dawn!”

“As fun as that’d be to watch, we do need our beauty sleep, let’s go!” Jake nodded in agreement before we left the arena.

Jessie’s hotel room, Seattle, Washington
Friday the 27th of August 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

I hope Mark Ward is fucking happy with himself.

“Misty, Kittie, Raynin, Odette Ryder, ten years ago SCW opened it’s doors and those four women were among the first to hold the World Bombshell Championship, hell in Misty’s case? Not only was she THE first but the only three time Bombshell champion in SCW history, they put the SCW Bombshell Division on the fucking map! Now, almost ten years since SCW opened its doors for the first time, I have to wonder, how would they feel knowing that the title was being defended in a fucking Food Fight?!”

Fucking ridiculous.

“It’s often forgotten but I’ve been with SCW since it’s second year of existence, I was practically there from the very beginning and whilst I didn’t have the title ambitions I have now, watching some of the best female wrestlers in the world inspired me to keep going and someday climb that mountain and claim the title for myself, never did I imagine that I’d find myself challenging for that title in a Food Fight but Amber? That is exactly the situation we’re finding ourselves in, isn’t it?”

How many sheets to the wind was Mark on when he signed off on this?

“And I can already hear the so-called “good-guy co-owner” Mark Ward complaining about gratitude as I say this, gratitude for what exactly?! Spitting on the legacy of the Bombshell Division’s Top Prize?! Because that’s exactly what you did when you signed off on this Main Event and let an idiot pick the stipulation! If I don’t win the title and Candy’s not doing anything at the PPV, I want her in a match!”

Yeah, I said it!

“I don’t care if it’s a Glitter Bomb Match, she needs to pay for all the moronic stipulations she’s made not just me and Amber, but the rest of the roster put up with since she was announced as the interim co-owner whilst Christian’s on vacation! But I do have a job to do, don’t I? I’m not here just to rant about this moronic situation that the reigning World Bombshell Champion finds herself in, after all, I’m her challenger in this joke of a title match!”

Yep.

“Amber, everyone knows our history by this point! How I was your opponent in your debut match back in June of 2020, and how your first ever promo set me off on a profanity filled rant disguised as a promo, I’m not here to deconstruct that promo, if you want that just go back and watch my promo for our rematch during the lead-up to Climax Control 300! But here’s the thing Amber, I may be pissed off about this stipulation, but I still have a job to do!”

That job couldn’t be simpler.

“Did I imagine myself winning your title in a Food Fight? Fuck no! I imagined myself winning it in a hard fought wrestling match! And say what you will about me and that title, but can you honestly name one Bombshell on the roster who doesn’t share similar dreams?! No, you can’t, because the World Bombshell Title is meant to be the pinnacle of this division, the one thing any Bombshell with a pulse strives to win someday! And it’s being defended in a Food Fight! The worst part is? That idiot Candy still hasn’t revealed how this match is supposed to fucking work!”

Bring back Christian already!

“I never thought I’d see the day where I missed Christian! He may be an asshole, but he never pulled bullshit like this! But because he’s on vacation, it’s suddenly okay to deliver the hardest blow to this division’s credibility since the Mean Girls days?! And you know what the funny thing is, me and Amber will probably still find a way o put on a hell of a match in the Food Fight stipulation, whatever the fuck that is!”

But I digress.

“Amber, even before you won the title you had solidified yourself as one of the most vicious and dominant Bombshells SCW has seen in a long time and your World Bombshell Title Reign has only served to solidify that fact! But all good things must come to an end Amber and when I say that I bet most are thinking about the title match against Myra at Violent Conduct VII, right? Wrong, because stranger things have happened in SCW right?”

Off course they have!”

“That title has been in my sights for years, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, I’ve never given up on my goal of winning that title! As much as the bosses would wish otherwise! But I’m not getting any younger and it may get to the point where I can no longer go as well as I used too in that ring but just knowing that I defied everyone’s expectations by not only winning the World Bombshell Title but by winning it from Amber.”

It’s that simple.

“I’ll admit, when I first saw this Main Event, I thought it was a late April Fools’ Joke that Mark had forgotten about! It wasn’t until I remembered that this year’s April Fools happened during the post Blaze of Glory IX Supercard break that I realised that not only was it real, but Mark Ward had either lost it or Candy booked the match behind his back somehow but here’s the thing, as a four time Bombshell Roulette Champion I’ve learned to adapt, and I will adapt to this match as well!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Talk about a real monkey's paw scenario, because in my hunt to win the World Bombshell Title I had many things going through my head for when I finally won it, a match like this? Was at the very bottom of the list of things I had going through my head but like I just said, my time in the Bombshell Roulette Division has taught me to adapt to anything and everything, a luxury that Amber Ryan doesn’t have! And that will be the downfall of not only her title reign, but whatever plans SCW had for Violent Conduct VII! This is Jessie Salco signing off and I don’t care if we face off in this or a Glitter Bomb Match Amber, you’ll still be struck by Blood Lightning on my way to finally winning that title.!”

I went to start gaming as the scene fades.

They say that all good things come to end and that was what happened to Jessie’s unbeaten streak on Supercards at Summer XXXTreme IX where she lost the match to Christina Rose (now going by the name Chrystal Zdunich) leaving the veteran Bombshell with a lot to think about over the Supercard break and the week leading up to Climax Control 306, the first show in over a year to emanate from outside of Las Vegas.

Jessie wasted little time in making her voice heard, saying that, provided that she wasn’t in the Internet Title Match after the Bombshell Internet Title was vacated, she was issuing an open challenge of her own for Violent Conduct VII but before that could take, she had her match at Climax Control 307 to worry about as she was facing Roxi Johnson in singles competition! Whilst Jessie was good friends with Roxi and Keira, it wasn’t always that way with Jessie serving as Roxi’s first opponent back in the day, can Jessie get back on the winning track?

Backstage at Climax Control 306, Los Angeles, California
Sunday the 1st of August 2021, 18:00pm

God, it feels great to finally be out of Las Vegas!

Seriously, there’s only so much of the same fucking arenas that I can take before I start to lose it and if SCW hadn’t announced this west coast tour at Summer XXXTreme IX two weeks ago, I’d have probably gone down the same route as the Barnharts!

And the thought on that makes me shudder.

Still as I walked down the hallways of the Galen Centre, I had plenty of other things on my mind, including the actions of my former tag team partner Amy Santino hence why I was making my way to the medic room to check on a certain pair of Go Gym Graduates, especially after that brutal Main Event.

“I thought Gabriel and Odette prepared me for anything and everything after I graduated.” Krystal groaned as the medic checked her over after her successful title defence against Bella Madison and Mercedes Vargas. “But they couldn’t have prepared me for having salad tongs clamped onto my tits!”

“To be fair, I can’t think of a training school that CAN prepare you for that possibility.” Ariana responded with a chuckle before she spotted me, and her mood soured. “What are you doing here Jessie?!” Ariana demanded and Krystal looked up seeing me in the doorway.

“What? I’m not allowed to check up on my friends after they were attacked by GRIME?” I asked before glancing over at Krystal. “Or in her case, a brutal Roulette Title defence?”

“How do we know that you’re not with GRIME?!” Ariana demanded and it was my turn for my mood to turn sour. “Amy was your tag team partner in the Metal and Punk Connection for years!”

“And if you’ve followed the Metal and Punk Connection’s history, you’ll know that me and Amy have never seen eye to eye on everything! Even before we formed that team!” I pointed out as I folded my arms and Ariana paused. “I was just as surprised as everyone else when Amy was unmasked at Summer XXXTreme IX and revealed herself as GRIME’s co-founder, only reason I didn’t travel down to Daily City for yesterday’s SCU show was because I didn’t have time.”

“So, you’re not with GRIME?” Ariana asked and I nodded without hesitation. “Do you expect us to believe that?”

“Let me put it this way, if I was in GRIME alongside Amy, don’t you think that I would’ve unmasked myself alongside her when she, Orchid and Celeste North attacked Omasa?” I pointed out and Ariana paused before accepting defeat. “Me and Amy may have been part of a legendary Bombshell Tag Team, but the Metal and Punk Connection is dead and buried, and there’s no way in hell I’m reviving it after Amy co-founded GRIME.”

“Sorry, but the Amy attack has me on edge.” Ariana apologized before Krystal finally invited me to sit at her bedside and I did so. “Before Krystal left to defend her title, we were discussing how to get revenge on Amy.”

“I hope that plan developed past the “ambush her backstage” because you just know the other GRIME members are going to have her back.” I pointed out before a stage hand came in and handed me next week’s card followed by Krystal. “Amy is a lot of things and stupid isn’t one of them! I learned that through our battles over the years.”

“We tossed around a few ideas for dealing with any backup, yeah.” Krystal nodded as she shifted her weight. “We narrowed it down to one of three options, hit and run attack backstage, attack her after her tag team match or get backup, and right now? You’re looking like our best bet for backup.”

“It has been a hot minute since I was in SCU.” I admitted before finally reading the card. “Looks like Mark Ward took pity on you Krystal, you’re not in action next week.”

“Good, gives me a chance to rest up and add more days to my reign.” Krystal sighed as she glanced over at her title, then she saw the rest of the card. “Looks like they dropped all pretences and just booked a one on one Roulette Title Match between Caleb and Alex, and you’ve got Roxi.”

“Yeah, I saw, me and Roxi go back years.” I admitted as I leaned back in my chair. “I even served as her very first opponent in SCW back in the day.”

“That was what? Eight years ago? Give or take?” Ariana wondered as she ran a hand through her hair. “I would’ve been twelve at the time whilst Krystal would’ve been seventeen.”

“If you were looking to make me, feel old then congrats, mission accomplished.” I teased the two younger wrestlers who gave me uneasy grins in response. “I’ll worry about Roxi during the week, but we need a plan if we’re going to get revenge on Amy.”

“We’re all ears.” Krystal nodded before we started strategizing.

Sightseeing around San Francisco, California
Monday the 2nd of August 2021, 16:00pm

It has been far too long since I’ve had an opportunity to do this.

Granted the pandemic brought any travel plans SCW had to a screeching halt last year and up until last week I had been stuck in Las Vegas ever since so yeah, going outside of Sin City for the first time in forever was definitely a welcome site and I’m trying to make the most of it, including a site seeing tour of San Francisco.

Granted we couldn’t get on an official tour, so we did the next best thing, taking our rental car and driving around the city.

“Okay, we’re coming up to the Golden Gate Bridge soon.” Jake commented as he checked the sat-nav, the CD player was blasting out “Victims of Vile Torture” by Tombstoner as we drove around the city and as usual, I was in the backseat going through my phone. “Any new developments on Twitter Jessie?”

“If you’re asking if there’s been any card changes like last week, the answer’s no.” I responded as I shook my head before shifting me weight. “I think yesterday’s Main Event has just spurned Krystal on in her quest to defend the title against Bella Madison, she said on Twitter that all Bella has to do to get a title shot against her is ask.”

“If you ask me, it’s likely that Bella will end up being Krystal’s challenger at Violent Conduct VII.” Shane nodded in agreement as he looked outside the car. “And if it was anyone but Candy serving as interim co-owner whilst Christian relaxes at home, I’d say it was likely that they would insert themselves into that title match.”

“Candy is a lot of things, bubbly, energetic, Christian’s arch nemesis, but greedy isn’t one of them!” I nodded in agreement before I saw the Twitter conversation between Candy and Christian. “And from the looks of this Twitter convo, Christian might come back as an alcoholic!”

“Really?” Shane asked before I passed him my phone and he read through the Twitter convo. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Christian’s reaching for a strong beer as we speak!”

“I’ll have to look at that convo once we’re parked up.” Jake responded and a few moments later, he had found a place to park, and we got out to take a few pictures in front of the famous bridge, once Jake had a look at the convo he nodded in agreement. “I swear, Christian and Candy should film a sit-com!”

“Do you want to drive one of my bosses to insanity?” I asked jokingly once me and Shane had our pictures taken in front of the bridge. “So, what’s the plan next? We still have Alcatraz and Fisherman’s Wharf to check out.”

“Yeah, Alcatraz is our next stop, I’ll see if I can get us on a tour of that.” Jake nodded after checking our plan for the day. “We’ll be stopping at Fisherman’s Wharf for dinner, Krystal said that she’s taking Makayla on a date to Restaurant Gary Danko later in the week, so I guess she still has some money from her SCW pay check left over.”

“As an eight time SCW champion, I can confirm that yes, she would have plenty left over.” I nodded in response as we got into the car. “And if she’s taking Makayla there, I’d say it’s worth a stop.”

“Well, it does have a Michelin Star according to Trip Advisor.” Jake responded as he got in the driver’s seat, and I let out a low whistle when I heard that. “Krystal’s treating Makayla so much that you’d think they were married.”

“Based on the times I’ve seen them together? It’s a case of when, not if they get married.” I nodded in response as I made myself comfy. “Just a matter of when they pop the question and who will be the one to do it.”

“After the year Krystal’s had, I’d say she’s earned it.” Shane nodded in agreement before Jake drove off.

Alcatraz prison, San Francisco, California
Monday the 2nd of August 2021, 17:00pm

This would probably be prophetic if I was competing in a Cage Match this Sunday on Climax Control.

But still, when I learned that SCW was visiting San Francisco on it’s West Coast Tour I knew we had to visit the infamous prison just off the coast of San Francisco, California, and, well, here we are and true to Jake’s word, he managed to get is on a tour of the prison.

Not something I ever thought I’d be doing willingly I’ll admit! Even if said prison has been closed for decades by this point.

“So much history on one little island.” I commented to Shane as we walked alongside the rest of the group and Jake. “Yet all I can think off is that Belgian music festival that this prison shares a name with.”

“Jess, I think it’s safe to say that I lot more people would want to go to that music festival than go to this prison during its heyday!” Shane pointed out and I had to admit that he had a point there. “Besides that, what makes you say that? Thinking off doing a Summer of European Festivals once travel opens up?”

“Unless SCW announces a European Tour that happens to coincide with all those dates, that’s unlikely.” I responded as I shook my head and Shane nodded in agreement. “And with all the dates I’d miss? I’d be better off saving that for after I hang up the boots for good!”

“Is this about that exchange you had with Amber on Twitter?” Shane asked and my frown deepened when I realized what he was on about. “She did extend an invitation to you.”

“She did, and I’m still deciding if I want to take her up on that offer.” I responded as I shook my head before brushing some hair over my shoulder. “But I should have a definitive answer at Climax Control 307.”

“Six days to make your mind up huh?” Shane asked and I nodded. “Whilst working on your match against Roxi and helping Ari and Krystal out with Amy?”

“What can I say? I’m going to be a busy woman this week!” I responded with a grin before we continued along the hallways of the infamous prison.

Jessie’s hotel room, San Francisco, California
Monday the 2nd of August 2021, 21:00pm

*Promo time*

Back in the mix of things.

“I knew that undefeated streak couldn’t last forever! I was at least hoping that I’d make it to Violent Conduct VII and celebrate it’s one year anniversary! But anyone who watched Summer XXXTreme IX, and Climax Control 306 knows that that streak ended with Crystal Zdunich after a hell of a match! On one hand I’m glad that I ended said streak with a match like that and against a competitor like Crystal but on the other hand? I need to get back into the winner’s circle and this week at Climax Control 307 I have my opportunity to do just that as I go one on one with Roxi Johnson!”

This will be good.

“Roxi, pretty much everyone knows our history by this point, how I was your first ever opponent in an SCW ring and some might say that we are good friends, better opponents! But it hasn’t always been that way and we’ve definitely had our disagreements over the years, especially when it came to your wife Keira but there’s been one other consistent in all our battles over the years Roxi, I have never picked up the win over you, whether it was singles or tag team competition you always got the best of me!”

Not this time.

“That proved true at Climax Control 300 when Team Hero faced off against the Metal and Punk Connection for the last time and whilst at the time, I didn’t know how definite that was because I had no idea that Amy was the co-founder of GRIME, the result was the same but with one caveat, it was Amy that took the pin and not me, whether Amy gets involved in this match is another matter entirely but I’m out to achieve one thing in this match against you Roxi, and that’s break my losing streak against you.”

And I’ll do everything I can to do that.

“Thing is Roxi, our careers have similar trajectories if you look at them based on stats, we joined a year apart from each other, me in 2012 and you in the beginning of 2013 and we’ve both gone on to hold almost all the titles in SCW, in fact, aside from the Mixed Tag Titles, the only titles we haven’t held are the Roulette for you and the World Bombshell Title for me, is this me telling you to set your sights on Krystal? No, but it is me pointing out that we’re both one title away from the Grand Slam and soon? That might change for the both of us!”

But first.

“That said, before we can even think about that, we need to get past this match and I intend to do so by finally picking up the win over you in that ring, I know you’ll give me one hell of a match along the way Roxi but I’m heading into this match with one mindset: failure is NOT an option and I will fight tooth and nail to pick up the win over you in this match, but here’s the real question Roxi, can you keep up with me?”

The million dollar question.

“Sure, you kept up with me just fine when we were younger, and you were the new girl on the block but these days? We’re both older and watching a group of younger Bombshells come in and take over, some might see that as our incentive, to show the new girls how it’s done in the ring but me? They are the last thing on my mind because as I already said, my main focus is breaking my years long losing streak against you Roxi and I’m doing that this Sunday night!”

It’s that simple.

“Don’t get me wrong Roxi, I respect the hell out of you, and I know that the feeling is mutual between us but in this match, that respect is going out the window as soon as that bell rings and the match starts because friendship doesn’t count for much outside of a tag team match, does it Roxi? And this Sunday, with any thoughts of friendship and respect expelled from our minds, the only thing we should worry about is getting that all important win at Climax Control 307!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“And at the end of the night, it’ll be me that picks up the win in the Kezar Pavilion right here, in San Francisco, California! Roxi, we may be good friends, but we definitely make for better opponents and this Sunday will be yet another example of that fact! The only thing that’ll differentiate this match from all the others we’ve had though? Is the fact that I’m going to be the one to pick up the win over you after I strike you liker Blood Lightning! See you on Sunday Roxi!”

I went to start listening to music as the scene fades.

Christina Rose faced a problem heading into Summer XXXTreme IX, she felt that she was being overlooked by the bosses despite everything she’s achieved in SCW, so she issued an open challenge on Twitter for the show! That challenge wouldn’t be answered on Twitter however as Jessie took time out of her promo for her Street Fight against Mercedes Vargas to answer Christina’s challenge stating that she didn’t want to be left off another PPV Card! This challenge would be made official the following week on Climax Control, can Jessie pick up another win on PPV?

Backstage at Climax Control 303, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 19th of June 2021, 21:00pm

Fucking owww.

I knew my street fight against Mercedes was going to be a brutal match, the fact that it’s a No DQ Match should give that fact away but that Black Rose Overdrive in the Men’s Toilet? Yeah, that hurt, a lot.

And yet I somehow avoided any neck injuries, small miracle huh?

But that street fight was passed me, and I knew that Mercedes had her feud with Bella to focus on for the remaining weeks in the Supercard period so I’m letting this loss slide for now because a certain someone issued an open challenge for Summer XXXTreme IX.

Someone who I had faced for the World Bombshell Championship back in February.

As for why I answered Christina’s challenge, well I laid it out in my segment earlier in the night, I didn’t want to resort to asking SCU to squeeze me onto their pre-show just so I had a spot on the PPV for the second show in a row and I saw Christina’s open challenge as a way to do that and keep my PPV winning streak alive, aside from that? Well, there’s nothing on the line but pride so I guess we’re out to steal the show.

All that was left was to wait for Christina’s answer.

“Any word from her yet?” I asked Shane as I turned to my husband who shook his head. “I told her to keep an eye on my segment on Twitter.”

“Yeah, but maybe, she forgot?” Shane offered with a shrug as I shifted my weight. Which would be bad considering that she issued the challenge in the first place.”

“On the other hand, she did specifically say to answer over Twitter.” Jake responded as he looked at Christina’s tweet. “So, it’s possible she thought that no one would answer her at Climax Control.”

“Here’s what I’m going to do.” I responded as an idea popped into my head. “I’ll give her until next week’s Climax Control, if she hasn’t answered my challenge by then, I’ll remind her in a seg.”

“You’re assuming that the bosses won’t announce the match for her?” Shane asked and I could only shrug in response.

“If they do, I’ll take it, until then I’m playing the waiting game.” I responded before another idea popped into my head and I got my phone out. “I wonder how much a pocket watch would set me back on Amazon?” I asked myself before I looked it up. “13.79 for a personalized one, not bad.”

“Why do you need a pocket watch?” Jake asked with a confused look on his face. “You’ve got your iPhone for telling the time and you could probably get one for cheaper than that.”

“Guessing you mean pocket watches and not iPhones.” I asked as I rolled my eyes and Jake shook his head. “It’s less about telling the time and more about sending a message if she doesn’t answer by next week.”

“Something like “time’s running out?” Shane nodded as he got the idea. “Are you sure it’ll arrive on time given the pandemic?”

“I’ve got Amazon Prime so it should!” I responded with a nod before placed the order. “And it’ll arrive tomorrow, boom.”

“Jessie using pocket watches in promos.” Jake commented as he shook his head. “Before long you’ll have us hauling around a grandfather clock!”

“Don’t tempt me.” I responded jokingly before we watched the rest of the show.

Backstage at Climax Control 305, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 4th of July 2021, 21:00pm

Turns out I didn’t need to wait for Christina to answer my challenge, because the bosses answered for her by making the match official.

There wasn’t much left to do at this point, the bosses chose to give me two weeks off after the Street Fight against Mercedes to make sure that I was at 100% in time for Summer XXXTreme IX/Supernova IV even though I still didn’t know what I was up too in that second show, all that really happened was the SCU brass contacting me over Twitter asking if I was interested in working both shows and naturally I jumped at the chance.

As did several other members of the SCW roster for that matter.

Even so, both cards for the annual Summer Spectacular were shaping up nicely with the women’s Roulette Match becoming especially fierce with the actions of Bea Barnhart.

I knew the Barnharts were dumb as dogshit but pissing off both of your opponents in an elimination match? Especially when you only need to be thrown into the pool to be eliminated? Is she trying to get the bosses to add “dumbest move of the year” to the yearly awards?!

Speaking off the Roulette Division.

Hey Krystal.” I greeted the Australian Bombshell and she grinned as I walked up to her, Krystal was looking very proud of herself after taking back the Roulette Title from Bea. “Nice form of revenge out there.”

“Thanks, I think.” Krystal laughed as she adjusted the title over her shoulder. “I don’t care what trouble I get in with Gabriel when I start my training for the Roulette Title defence tomorrow at the Go Gym, Bea had that coming, spit and all.”

“You’ve got no argument from me! Then again, I would’ve gone even further than that if I were in your shoes.” I admitted before leaning against the wall. “So, did they teach you to throw punches like that in the Go Gym?”

“Half Go Gym, half self defence classes.” Krystal admired as she clenched a fist with her free hand. “After I escaped my homelife in 2012, Makayla had me take self defence classes from a local Boxing Coach she was friends with, and the Go Gym training came into play because I had to learn to pull back on my punches.”

“That makes sense I guess.” I commented as I looked at my nails. “But you didn’t seem to be holding back that much against Bea.”

“Trust me Jess, if I was punching Bea with as much power as I could, I wouldn’t have needed the Roulette Title to knock her out.” Krystal responded as she shook her head. “I did go a bit farther than I usually do with my strikes but if I hadn’t tried for the Down Under Thunderbomb then the worst she would’ve gotten was a broken nose.”

“At which point, I would’ve given her the Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer nose guard like I did that one time with Christian.” I joked and Krystal laughed. “How are you preparing for the Ultimate X Match anyway? You know as well as I do that that is about as far from a regular match as you can get.”

“Well, the Go Gym doesn’t have a pool installed nor the resources to build the Ultimate X structure over it so I’m out of luck there.” Krystal joked before shaking her head. “My best bet is to just treat it as any over Roulette Title defence, only this time I know the stipulation well in advance.”

“Take it from someone who was in last year’s Bombshell Match, avoiding elimination is a bitch.” I grunted as I thought back to the match that inadvertently started my feud with Maki. “Then again, you have less opponents to worry about than Seleana did.”

“Seleana still retained her title, with any luck I’ll replicate her success.” Krystal pointed out before I went to leave. “And once I win that defence, I won’t have much time to relax, got to think about my next challenger.”

“Hoping for Bella Madison, I take it?” I asked and Krystal nodded. “That should be a great match provided Mercedes is done with Bella by then, but don’t forget that I’ve got my eyes on that thing.”

“And it’s like I said at the start of the cycle, I look forward too it.” Krystal nodded before I walked off.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 7th of July 2021, 18:00pm

*Promo time*

Nine years.

“Next year will mark my tenth year as a member of the SCW Roster, by then I’ll be thirty two years old and yet despite all I’ve done here in SCW I had to answer an open challenge to get booked on Summer XXXTreme IX! Beginning to wonder where my respect went, in any case, I managed to avoid having to ask SCU to squeeze me onto the pre-show for the second show in a row and it’s all thanks to Christina Rose.”

It’s a joke.

“Let’s get this out of the way, despite my numerous problems with Christina, I am willing to admit that she’s a hell of a wrestler! But when it comes to me in singles competition? Your record is inconsistent! You’ve beaten me twice in one on one matches for the World Bombshell Championship yet when we faced off a couple of years ago in the Chamber of Extreme Match you lost and that match quickly became my signature! So, where does this leave us in this encounter?”

Take a guess.

“As far as I’m concerned? This match will leave us tied at two wins a piece, whether the bosses will book a tie breaker match between us in the next cycle will be a case of wait and see but until then? I’m focussing on this match and my match at Supernova but for obvious reasons, this is the match that’s taking priority because whilst I did start a winning streak on the pre-shows at Into the Void X’s pre-show, I know where my loyalties lie!”

And you get no prizes for guessing where they lie either.

“I may have implied that I’d be done soon during the lead up to my match at Climax Control 300 but that’s a long way off because I still have unfinished business in SCW, after all I’m a three time Bombshell Tag Team Champion yet I’ve never held the Mixed Tag Team Titles, and do I even need to mention my history with the World Bombshell Championship? My point is Christina is that this match is a stepping stone between me and achieving those goals.”

And I will achieve those goals.

“When I do finally hang up the boots for good, there are a few people who I’ll consider to be important in my SCW career, whether it be tag team partners like Amy Marshall or opponents like you, I’ll have a lot to think about and hopefully this match between the two of us will be one of the more acclaimed moments of my career here in SCW so Christina, I hope you can live up to those lofty expectations in this match and not let me down like in the Chamber of Extreme.”

It’s that simple.

“I may be 32 years old, but I still have a lot left in the tank and unfinished business to attend to before I call it quits! Christina, we go way back, you were my first opponent in a one on one match for the World Bombshell Championship back in 2016 and that’s not counting all the other battles we’ve had over the years! As for whether you’ll bring out Chrystal Hilton in this match. That remains to be seen but it wouldn’t hurt your chances against me Christina.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“This match was a means to an end, I wasn’t about to miss another Supercard, especially the Supercard that I made my SCW Supercard debut at all those years ago so on one hand, I have to thank you Christina for issuing a simple challenge and giving me the chance to answer it! But on the other hand? I will strike you down like Blood Lightning on my way to victory at Summer XXXTreme IX!”

I started my workout as the scene fades.

It was time for the annual King for a Day Climax Control and the King Vinnie used the Queen for a Day Climax Control to issue several decrees, the first one was a six woman Battle Royal between six of SCW’s top Bombshells where the winner would get a cash prize of ten thousand dollars, the participants? Jessie Salco, Mercedes Vargas, Andrea Hernandez, Sam Marlowe, Violet Amelia Holt, and Roxi Johnson! Can Jessie win?

Backstage at Climax Control 301, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 6th of June 2021, 19:34pm

Back to business as usual.

Climax Control 300 was great and all, but I needed to get back into the swing of things after the Metal and Punk Connection lost to Team Hero, my one off appearance in SCU was a great step forward towards doing just that but I need to start picking up wins again in SCW and after being left off this week’s card I was wondering what. If anything, Senor Vinnie would have in store for me the week after.

Then came Vinnie’s announcement and turns out that I didn’t have to wait for a stage hand to give me next week’s card to find out what I was up too.

Seven (later six due to Courtney pulling out) of the top women’s wrestlers in SCW competing in a battle royal, the prize? $10,000 of Vinnie’s own money, my opponents were a variable whose who of old enemies of mine to boot! Mercedes Vargas, Andrea Hernandez, Sam Marlowe, Violet Amelia Holt and Roxi Johnson of Team Hero and with promises of a vague second prize, I had to admit that I was that much more determined to win.

To be honest, the cash prize doesn’t interest me in the slightest, I’ve always been good at saving up the money from my SCW pay checks (in fact I still have some money left over from that period of self-isolation after I caught Covid-19 during that UK Tour last year) so I’m more interested in just getting back in the winner’s circle than the cash prize which is a nice incentive, new guitars aren’t cheap after all, but it’s not something I’m going to be mourning the loss off should I lose this Battle Royal.

“When in doubt, book a Battle Royal.” Jake commented with a shrug as we watched the announcement by King Vinnie. “Didn’t you have a similar idea for last year’s Queen for a Day Match?”

“Not really, my idea was a pair of Six Pack Roulette Title Matches.” I responded with a shrug as I shifted my weight. “Violet was going to defend her title against Candy, Myra, Keira, Mercedes and Andrea, and Kedron would’ve defended against Stephan Callaway, Griffin Hawkins, Lachlan Kaine, Bill Barnhart and Jack Washington, and I just realized that my idea for the Bombshell Match was the only one where all the competitors are still with the company one year on.”

“Funny that, huh?” Shane nodded in agreement as he thought back to that promo. “I still think Violet would’ve lost the title on her first defence regardless of who won that Queen for a Day Match but it’s a pretty funny coincidence that half of your opponents in that battle royal were in your idea for that Six Pack Challenge.”

“Pretty sure that’s a coincidence, either that or Vinnie went back and watched my promo for that Queen for a Day Climax Control.” I responded with a shrug before I shifted my weight. “At least my opponents are all people I’m familiar with, for better or worse in some cases, and whilst I’m not exactly hurting for money I do need to get back in the winner’s circle before long.” I added before letting out a deep breath. “Only thing left to do is wait for the stage hand to deliver the rest of the card.”

“Should be interesting to see what else gets booked at least.” Jake nodded in agreement as we watched the rest of the show.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 10th of June 2021, 18:00pm

I would like to say that I’m surprised that King Vinnie abused his power as King for a Day, but I’d be lying, after all, I was planning on doing the same thing when I was in last year’s Ladder Match.

If anything, the biggest surprise was The Troll getting a Roulette Title Match out of the blue, to the point where I had to check to see if King Vinnie had booked that match but once I confirmed that the mad king hadn’t booked that match, well that just raised more questions about Christian’s mental state.

Right now, I’m working out in the home gym in preparation for the Battle Royal, part of me was thinking about what I was going to do with the cash prize if I won the Battle Royal but aside from that there wasn’t much on my mind.

“Jess?” Jake called out to me, and I looked up from the exercise equipment. “Krystal is here with her girlfriend, said you invited her to train at CC 301?”

“Send her down, though I could’ve sworn that she was still single.” I called back before I got off the equipment and rolled into the ring, Krystal soon came down the steps to the basement with Makayla not far behind. “So, how are you finding life as the new Bombshell Roulette Champ?”

“Caleb wasn’t kidding about the champion’s pay check, I’ll say that much.” Krystal responded before she removed her title and handed it to Makayla. “In answer to your statement about my relationship status, me and Makayla got back together the day after Into the Void X.”

“And I’m sure the fact that it was just in time for Pride Month had nothing to do with it.” I responded dryly as the Lesbian couple shared a quick kiss before Krystal entered the ring. “I kid off course, I may be married to a guy but I’m bi-sexual as well.”

“And we won’t judge you for deciding to date/eventually marry a guy.” Makayla nodded as she leaned against the ring apron. “It shouldn’t matter but there are members of the LGTBQ+ community who rag on bi people for deciding to date members of the opposite sex.”

“Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.” I nodded with a frown on my face as me and Krystal started sparring. “How was your day at the Go Gym anyway?”

“Relatively quiet, spent most of the week sparring with Adrienne and Caitlin at the gym.” Krystal responded as we exchanged holds. “Me and Bella might be the same height and weight, but I still need to prepare for that match, Adrienne and Caitlin are the same height as me and Bella, but they are respectively a couple of pounds heavier and lighter than me and Bella at 127 and 123ibs, so it was good to spar against them.”

“And then you’ve got little old petite me, whose three inches shorter and five pounds lighter.” I responded before Krystal got me in a head scissor hold which I kicked up out of after a few seconds. “But I still have the experience edge over both of them.”

“Considering you’ve been wrestling for twelve years I’d be worried if that wasn’t the case.” Makayla commented with a shrug before pausing. “Or is it thirteen?”

“Twelve going on thirteen, I graduated from my training school in September of 2008.” I corrected her as me and Krystal kept sparring. “Have you ever considered training to be a wrestler Makayla?”

“As cool as it would be to be a version of Team Hero from Down Under, I don’t really have the body for wrestling.” Makayla responded as she shook her head. “And my family has a history of heart problems, not really a good idea for me to start training even if I had the body.”

“Fair enough, at least you’ll be around to support your girlfriend.” I responded with a shrug before calling for a break. “But Krystal has to be ready for any opponent, whether it’s Bella, Maki, Char or even me, a lot of girls will be eyeing her title.”

“I noticed.” Krystal nodded before taking a sip from a water bottle that Makayla had passed to her. “Hell, it could even be the winner of that Battle Royal you’re in.”

“I think if it was for a shot at your title, Vinnie would’ve said so when he announced the match.” I responded as I shook my head. “Instead, I’m competing for a cash prize that I don’t really need, I’ve always been good at saving up money which was why I was able to afford those yearly trips to Bloodstock in the UK up until last year, so I instead had this built.”

“From what I can see, it was money well spent.” Krystal nodded as she glanced around the gym. “Though even if Bloodstock happens this year, you won’t be able to make the trip out due to travel restrictions.”

“I reckon I could, but I’d have to book for three weeks off, two for quarantine and one for Bloodstock.” I responded as I shook my head. “And depending on Summer XXXTreme’s date, that would mean me potentially missing out on a PPV payday plus the Climax Control after the show.”

“True, might not be worth all the hassle, regardless of how good the line-up is.” Makayla nodded as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. “Real question is, are you getting too old for mosh pits yet Jess?”

“Please, I wrestle for a living remember? Pits are nothing compared to that.” I responded with a laugh before turning to Makayla’s girlfriend and noticing that Krystal was ready for round two. “Ready when you are.”

“Let’s go!” Krystal nodded before we started sparring again.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 11th of June 2021, 16:00pm

*promo time*

Back to business as usual.

“I will give credit to our illustrious King Vinnie, and Alicia to a lesser extent, they weren’t completely selfish when it came time to booking their episodes of Climax Control unlike Christina Rose and Jack Washington last year hence why I find myself thrown into a six person Battle Royal! The prize? Ten thousand dollars that I don’t need to be honest with you because I know how to save my money! My opponents? Mercedes Vargas, Andrea Hernandez, Sam Marlowe, Violet Amelia Holt and Roxi Johnson! What is this? The consolation prize Battle Royal?”

I asked as I leaned against the ring ropes.

“Seriously look at the field of competitors! Mercedes lost the Queen for a Day Match again, Violet failed in her quest to win the Bombshell Roulette Championship, Sam lost to Andrea and Roxi became the latest Bombshell to fail to dethrone Myra Rivers, only me and Andrea saw success at Into the Void X and even then, Andrea had to cheat and the only way I could get on the card was asking SCU’s Twitter account if they could squeeze me onto the pre-show!”

In a tag team match no less!

“Four of the competitors are competing for something to make up for the fact that they lost at Into the Void X, me and Andrea are just trying to keep our respective win streaks going, I would say that that’s how I’m looking at it, but I honestly can’t decide if there is any other way of looking at this match! At least we can say that Senor Vinnie doesn’t have a horse in this race because as far as we know, he’s single! Either that or he’s fucking that cactus he carries around!”

And after that traumatizing mental image, I’m starting with Mercedes.

“Mercedes, was there any question as to who I was going to start with? It was either you or Roxi to be honest since you and her and the two women in this match who I have the most history with! Whether it was when you were in the Mean Girls or going solo, we’ve gone back and forth and at one point I beat you for the Bombshell Internet Championship but that was years ago! What have you been doing a lot recently? Losing!”

Someone’s slipping up.

“Bombshell Roulette Qualifier against Violet and Bella, now if you were in your prime then this would’ve been easy as pie for you, right Mercedes? But you’re not and you got pinned! One on one match against Krystal Wolfe, oh look at that, you got pinned again! And as mentioned before, you lost the Queen for a Day Match! Just saying Mercy, this isn’t a good look for a Hall of Famer and this streak of losses will continue on Sunday night!”

Next up is Roxi!

“And no Roxi, I haven’t forgotten about you! After all I did face you and Keira in my last Climax Control Match which you won only to go on to fail to dethrone Myra Rivers at Into the Void X! Roxi, we do go back years and I do respect the hell out of you as a competitor, but you should know all to well that when that bell rings and you’re standing across the ring from me, it’s all business and friendship goes flying out the window.”

I added before stretching against the ropes.

“This shouldn’t surprise you either Roxi, not when you’ve been in this company almost as long as I have! As far as this Battle Royal goes, maybe we’ll team up to throw out one or two competitors, but that alliance won’t last because it’s every woman for herself and there’s ten thousand dollars on the line, something that most women in this country would do degrading things for, thankfully for us, we just have to toss a bunch of competitors over the top rope and to the floor which is exactly what’ll happen to you on Sunday!”

Next up is Andrea!

“And now I’m going from two of the women who suffered losses at Into the Void X to the only other winner in this match Andrea Hernandez or as Krystal Wolfe likes to call you, the biggest attention whore in SCW history! And you know what? I’m inclined to agree with our current Bombshell Roulette Champion because as she said on Sunday night, you consider it to be a disgrace if someone else has the spotlight!”

What a joke!

“It’s even gotten to the point where you had to go and create a meaningless title for yourself just because Christian shot down your attempts to get a Bombshell Roulette Title Shot at Krystal, now whilst I have my own spotty history with the titles in SCW I never sunk that low and the real question is Andrea, what are you going to do with that thing if you do win a title? Throw it in the trash and declare that you don’t need it? We’ll see how long that lasts but considering what you’ve said about some of the other women in the field, don’t be surprised if we all team up to toss you over the top rope and to the floor from the word go!”

Next up is Sam!

“And speaking of Andrea, I’m shifting my focus to the woman she beat at Into the Void X, Sam Marlowe! Now Sam, like Mercedes we have our history, but the main difference is that whilst I do have wins over Mercedes the same can’t be said for you, this Sunday will be when that fact changes because I’ve got my eye on the prize and a match to win whilst you will likely focus on getting revenge on Andrea, am I right?”

Off course I am!

“I understand your need to avenge that loss Sam but focussing on one opponent when there’s four other opponents in the ring with you? That’s a bad idea to put it mildly but then again, you are SCW’s Sweetheart, right? You don’t hold grudges, right? If you do go after Andrea, it’ll be when the two of you are the final two, right? Wrong, because neither you or Andrea will last that long and, well, you know what they say about nice guys, or girls in this case, finishing last, don’t you?”

Last up is Violet!

“And now onto the biggest loser in this match, Violet Amelia Holt! What’s that? What about me? Please, Violet only has one title reign to her name and that ended on its first defence, I at least have multiple title reigns despite my win/loss record! Now Violet, you claimed up and down that you were out to avenge your first title reign come Into the Void X and that Krystal wouldn’t be walking out the new champion, how is that working out for you?”

So much for history in the making, right?

“Oh yeah, you walked out without the title and Krystal became the latest Go Gym Graduate to win a title in SCW, it hurts, doesn’t it? Must’ve hurt quite a bit since you suddenly decided that you weren’t interested in going after Krystal again and instead shifted your focus to the woman you beat for the title last year at Into the Void IX Candy, you claimed to have your own agenda but know what I think? You can’t beat Krystal and you know it! And you can’t win this Battle Royal either and you know that too!”

It’s that simple.

“This match is basically me vs. my SCW Rogues Gallery because I have history with most of the women in this match, good and bad! However, Mercedes is slowing down in her old age, Roxi doesn’t have that much left in the tank either, Andrea has pissed off almost everyone else in this match, Sam can’t catch a break in general and Violet may as well be in the match to make it an even number of competitors, I’ve got my eyes on the prize and I’m not walking out without that ten grand!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up!

“On paper, this looks like a match where the outcome isn’t obvious but in practice and for the reasons I just listed, it’s not quite as black and white as that paper would have you believe! Mercedes, Roxi, Sam, Andrea, Violet, maybe I’ll buy you something nice with the prize money, like a $10 Amazon Gift Voucher, I mean it’ll be worth more than Andrea’s made up title at least, but either way I’ll strike like Blood Lighting to win this match and put that money in the bank!”

I started working out as the scene fades.