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Supercard Archives / Re: TEMPEST (c) v CRYSTAL ZDUNICH - INTERNET TITLE
« on: April 12, 2024, 10:39:42 PM »
Flagstaff Arizona
Local Training Facility
Crystal’s life hadn’t been going in the way that she had hoped for it to go. On paper she should have been happy. She was in position to receive a shot at the Internet Championship that she had been wanting for a very long time. Not only that but she had received the most votes in a popularity vote to get that shot. Most importantly the real reason why she should have been all smiles was the simple fact that she was employed and on the SCW roster. After everything that she had put SCW through in the previous two years her spot on the active wasn’t questioned and she should have been grateful to be where she is. She didn’t see things like that though. In her eyes she had been on a downward slump. She had dropped her last four matches and didn’t feel like a contender should feel.
After losing so many matches she didn’t have the confidence to step into a Super Card and fight for something that she hadn’t earned. She didn’t even think she had what it took to even win because of losing so much. With all of that in mind she had planned to a work out done so that she would have at least made the match with Tempest competitive. Crystal had arrived to the facility in Flagstaff early so that she would have some time to herself. What she didn’t expect was that somebody else would have been there as well. That other individual was none other than her newly reunited best friend Kat Jones. As soon as Crystal walked inside she could spot the raven haired woman taking bumps inside of a wrestling ring. Crystal’s eyes opened wide as she crossed her arms and walked towards the woman.
“Here I thought I was going to be the first woman in this gym, but here you are already getting a workout in…”
Kat just nodded her head as she was focused. She was deep into her routine as she worked on some stamina as she climbed up onto the turnbuckles before climbing back down. Kat slowly turned her attention back over to Crystal before walking over to the ropes and looking into her eyes.
“They do say that the early bird gets the worm, and I want to make sure that I am at my absolute best when I step into the ring with Bea. I can’t stand her and she will get what’s coming to her soon enough…”
Crystal nodded her head as she slowly rolled herself into the ring. She kept her eyes locked on her friend as a smile escaped her lips.
“At least one of us is fired up for her match. I wish I had the same intensity that you have but I am just not feeling it. I really don’t even know if I have what it takes to beat Tempest. Things had been very rough for me and to be honest I feel like throwing in the towel…”
Kat turns her attention over to Crystal and she doesn’t even bother with trying to play nice with Crystal as she instead runs at her in full speed. She goes for a clothesline and nearly takes Crystal’s head off sending the Detroit native head over heels before she falls back on the ground. Crystal clutches at her neck as Kat looks down at her.
“What’s going on with you, I know you don’t expect me to feel sorry for you do you?! I know you constantly say that I am your best friend but no best friend of mine is going to beat themselves up as much as you have. You have gotten this far. You are in a good position so you might as well make the most of it…”
Crystal crawls towards the ropes as she pulls herself up before she turns her attention back over towards Kat.
“Even that itself seems like a lie. You are my best friend as I really don’t have any. Sure I might have some people that might say they are my friend but they are more so looking down at me. They might claim to be my acquaintance but something as true as somebody that I can say is a best friend is something I haven’t had for a very long time. I feel absolutely worthless Kat. I feel like I don’t even belong to be here. Let’s be honest nearly two years ago I was let out of a contract. I suffered from being a cocaine addict and a severe alcoholic. I even went as far as to hurt you…”
Crystal let’s some tears roll down her cheek as she takes a long deep breath as she tries to share more of her emotions.
“I hurt you Kat. I ruined our friendship all because I couldn’t handle losing to my wife. When I saw Chloe Benton in that hallway I just snapped and I had to attack her. It wasn’t because she deserved it but it’s because I felt she was an easy target. I felt that by taking my frustration out on her it would make me feel better, but in the end that just made me nothing more than a shallow little bitch. It led me to getting into a war with you; it led me to fighting your sister Kimberly, and being hated by an entire bombshell roster… I just don’t really know what I was supposed to do with myself…”
Kat turns her attention to Crystal and keeps her eyes locked on her.
“Crystal you don’t have to bring up the past. I know you had it rough. I think everything that happened in the past happens for a reason. I am not going to sit here and say that all is forgiven but you were a drug addict. You have gone through the process of recovery and I can tell that you aren’t the same woman that you were back then. A lot has happened since that day but I rather focus on where we are at now. Despite what everybody has said about you I always chose to ignore it and choose for myself if I would let you in to be one of my best friends or not…”
Crystal nods her head as Kat continues to speak.
“We settled our issues in the ring and we move on from them. You also settled them with my sister as well and at least that relationship has gotten better since Dawn has decided to be trained at Hells Gate. As far as you trying to hold onto what happened in the past why don’t you let it go! I know that you didn’t mean to do what you did to Chloe. You couldn’t handle losing. You felt that your entire world was crumbling apart. MOVE ON!”
Crystal paces around the ring before Kat grabs a hold of her and tucks her head underneath an arm. Without hesitation she drops Crystal to the mat with her cradle ddt before she looks down at her friend.
“MOVE ON… Why do you want to hold onto everything?! You have been through enough already. Instead of trying to focus on what could have been or what should have been, you could be focused on the here and now. You got a big title match and it’s something that I know you want. So why don’t you pour out everything into trying to win the title…”
Zdunich is slow as she crawls trying to bring herself back up. The DDT had rattled her brain but maybe it is what she needed to get her mind back on track. Zdunich looks back at her friend as she shrugs her shoulders.
“It’s funny that you have so much faith in me. I don’t feel the same way. I have lost so many matches in a row and I have yet to get past Bella Madison since I have been back. I feel like she got the short end of the stick by winning at the last Super Card. She goes for the Roulette title and I get to for the Internet championship. That doesn’t really seem that fair…”
Kat however just crosses her arms as a slight grin escapes her lips.
“Crystal why are you constantly trying to beat yourself up, it’s really ridiculous. As far as I am concerned things have changed. Just look at how far you have come Crys? Two years ago you were hated by everybody and were public enemy number one. You might have had reckless behavior and shouldn’t be trusted but now look at you. You are getting a title shot because you have become one of the popular stars on the roster. This is a ways away from you being hated by the entire locker room or how you put everybody through hell. The stuff that happened with you and Chloe, honestly that’s all in the past. You move on. When I look into your eyes I see redemption. A true recovery story, an image that when things get tough you don’t ever give up…”
Kat points right at Crystal’s chest.
“Most of all, I see a strong mother and a woman who won’t ever let her daughter Aurora down. You got this. So you need to believe in it…”
“You can say all of this but I still feel like there are issues going on in my household where I am not a great mother. There are things happening between Brittany and Brayden. My daughter in-law is out of control and I don’t know what I am going to do... How do I deal with them or even being a better wife for Seleana? I am the brunt of every single joke and…”
Kat just shakes her head as she keeps her eyes on her friend.
“To be honest Crys who really gives a shit, your adult children have no bearing on who you are as a mother. They are at the stage in their lives when they need to be responsible for their own answers. You have Aurora and that is what you need to be focused on. Same way it doesn’t matter if people want to constantly make fun of you for having a lot of best friends. It’s your life and you live it the way you want to live it. I know some stuff might hurt but fuck it. You do what you want to do. Who cares about everybody else…”
Crystal nods her head as she smiles in return.
“You do have a point and as much as I do want to say that everything hurts. I shouldn’t care. I just need to stay focused on the task at hand and I need to persevere…”
“Exactly you are a fighter and you should never stop fighting. I have a question I want to ask you Crystal…”
“Sure Kat go for it…”
Kat smiles as she stands toe to toe with Crystal and looks eye to eye with her.
“Are you ready to win yourself a championship, because you know it’s going to take everything that you have to be able to overcome somebody like Tempest…”
“I am ready… I wasn’t at first but after everything that we have talked about in this ring, I feel I can do anything…”
Kat smirks.
“Good because you need to show me everything that you are about, give me your very best. As long as we can bring the best out of one another in this sparring we both could get what we want come Blaze of Glory…”
Crystal let’s a chuckle escape her lips as she looks back at her friend.
“Sounds like a plan. You better give me your best Kat because this time I am actually going to hit back…”
With that both friends just grin at one another before they circle around each other in that ring. It is on this image that we fade out on.
Local Training Facility
Crystal’s life hadn’t been going in the way that she had hoped for it to go. On paper she should have been happy. She was in position to receive a shot at the Internet Championship that she had been wanting for a very long time. Not only that but she had received the most votes in a popularity vote to get that shot. Most importantly the real reason why she should have been all smiles was the simple fact that she was employed and on the SCW roster. After everything that she had put SCW through in the previous two years her spot on the active wasn’t questioned and she should have been grateful to be where she is. She didn’t see things like that though. In her eyes she had been on a downward slump. She had dropped her last four matches and didn’t feel like a contender should feel.
After losing so many matches she didn’t have the confidence to step into a Super Card and fight for something that she hadn’t earned. She didn’t even think she had what it took to even win because of losing so much. With all of that in mind she had planned to a work out done so that she would have at least made the match with Tempest competitive. Crystal had arrived to the facility in Flagstaff early so that she would have some time to herself. What she didn’t expect was that somebody else would have been there as well. That other individual was none other than her newly reunited best friend Kat Jones. As soon as Crystal walked inside she could spot the raven haired woman taking bumps inside of a wrestling ring. Crystal’s eyes opened wide as she crossed her arms and walked towards the woman.
“Here I thought I was going to be the first woman in this gym, but here you are already getting a workout in…”
Kat just nodded her head as she was focused. She was deep into her routine as she worked on some stamina as she climbed up onto the turnbuckles before climbing back down. Kat slowly turned her attention back over to Crystal before walking over to the ropes and looking into her eyes.
“They do say that the early bird gets the worm, and I want to make sure that I am at my absolute best when I step into the ring with Bea. I can’t stand her and she will get what’s coming to her soon enough…”
Crystal nodded her head as she slowly rolled herself into the ring. She kept her eyes locked on her friend as a smile escaped her lips.
“At least one of us is fired up for her match. I wish I had the same intensity that you have but I am just not feeling it. I really don’t even know if I have what it takes to beat Tempest. Things had been very rough for me and to be honest I feel like throwing in the towel…”
Kat turns her attention over to Crystal and she doesn’t even bother with trying to play nice with Crystal as she instead runs at her in full speed. She goes for a clothesline and nearly takes Crystal’s head off sending the Detroit native head over heels before she falls back on the ground. Crystal clutches at her neck as Kat looks down at her.
“What’s going on with you, I know you don’t expect me to feel sorry for you do you?! I know you constantly say that I am your best friend but no best friend of mine is going to beat themselves up as much as you have. You have gotten this far. You are in a good position so you might as well make the most of it…”
Crystal crawls towards the ropes as she pulls herself up before she turns her attention back over towards Kat.
“Even that itself seems like a lie. You are my best friend as I really don’t have any. Sure I might have some people that might say they are my friend but they are more so looking down at me. They might claim to be my acquaintance but something as true as somebody that I can say is a best friend is something I haven’t had for a very long time. I feel absolutely worthless Kat. I feel like I don’t even belong to be here. Let’s be honest nearly two years ago I was let out of a contract. I suffered from being a cocaine addict and a severe alcoholic. I even went as far as to hurt you…”
Crystal let’s some tears roll down her cheek as she takes a long deep breath as she tries to share more of her emotions.
“I hurt you Kat. I ruined our friendship all because I couldn’t handle losing to my wife. When I saw Chloe Benton in that hallway I just snapped and I had to attack her. It wasn’t because she deserved it but it’s because I felt she was an easy target. I felt that by taking my frustration out on her it would make me feel better, but in the end that just made me nothing more than a shallow little bitch. It led me to getting into a war with you; it led me to fighting your sister Kimberly, and being hated by an entire bombshell roster… I just don’t really know what I was supposed to do with myself…”
Kat turns her attention to Crystal and keeps her eyes locked on her.
“Crystal you don’t have to bring up the past. I know you had it rough. I think everything that happened in the past happens for a reason. I am not going to sit here and say that all is forgiven but you were a drug addict. You have gone through the process of recovery and I can tell that you aren’t the same woman that you were back then. A lot has happened since that day but I rather focus on where we are at now. Despite what everybody has said about you I always chose to ignore it and choose for myself if I would let you in to be one of my best friends or not…”
Crystal nods her head as Kat continues to speak.
“We settled our issues in the ring and we move on from them. You also settled them with my sister as well and at least that relationship has gotten better since Dawn has decided to be trained at Hells Gate. As far as you trying to hold onto what happened in the past why don’t you let it go! I know that you didn’t mean to do what you did to Chloe. You couldn’t handle losing. You felt that your entire world was crumbling apart. MOVE ON!”
Crystal paces around the ring before Kat grabs a hold of her and tucks her head underneath an arm. Without hesitation she drops Crystal to the mat with her cradle ddt before she looks down at her friend.
“MOVE ON… Why do you want to hold onto everything?! You have been through enough already. Instead of trying to focus on what could have been or what should have been, you could be focused on the here and now. You got a big title match and it’s something that I know you want. So why don’t you pour out everything into trying to win the title…”
Zdunich is slow as she crawls trying to bring herself back up. The DDT had rattled her brain but maybe it is what she needed to get her mind back on track. Zdunich looks back at her friend as she shrugs her shoulders.
“It’s funny that you have so much faith in me. I don’t feel the same way. I have lost so many matches in a row and I have yet to get past Bella Madison since I have been back. I feel like she got the short end of the stick by winning at the last Super Card. She goes for the Roulette title and I get to for the Internet championship. That doesn’t really seem that fair…”
Kat however just crosses her arms as a slight grin escapes her lips.
“Crystal why are you constantly trying to beat yourself up, it’s really ridiculous. As far as I am concerned things have changed. Just look at how far you have come Crys? Two years ago you were hated by everybody and were public enemy number one. You might have had reckless behavior and shouldn’t be trusted but now look at you. You are getting a title shot because you have become one of the popular stars on the roster. This is a ways away from you being hated by the entire locker room or how you put everybody through hell. The stuff that happened with you and Chloe, honestly that’s all in the past. You move on. When I look into your eyes I see redemption. A true recovery story, an image that when things get tough you don’t ever give up…”
Kat points right at Crystal’s chest.
“Most of all, I see a strong mother and a woman who won’t ever let her daughter Aurora down. You got this. So you need to believe in it…”
“You can say all of this but I still feel like there are issues going on in my household where I am not a great mother. There are things happening between Brittany and Brayden. My daughter in-law is out of control and I don’t know what I am going to do... How do I deal with them or even being a better wife for Seleana? I am the brunt of every single joke and…”
Kat just shakes her head as she keeps her eyes on her friend.
“To be honest Crys who really gives a shit, your adult children have no bearing on who you are as a mother. They are at the stage in their lives when they need to be responsible for their own answers. You have Aurora and that is what you need to be focused on. Same way it doesn’t matter if people want to constantly make fun of you for having a lot of best friends. It’s your life and you live it the way you want to live it. I know some stuff might hurt but fuck it. You do what you want to do. Who cares about everybody else…”
Crystal nods her head as she smiles in return.
“You do have a point and as much as I do want to say that everything hurts. I shouldn’t care. I just need to stay focused on the task at hand and I need to persevere…”
“Exactly you are a fighter and you should never stop fighting. I have a question I want to ask you Crystal…”
“Sure Kat go for it…”
Kat smiles as she stands toe to toe with Crystal and looks eye to eye with her.
“Are you ready to win yourself a championship, because you know it’s going to take everything that you have to be able to overcome somebody like Tempest…”
“I am ready… I wasn’t at first but after everything that we have talked about in this ring, I feel I can do anything…”
Kat smirks.
“Good because you need to show me everything that you are about, give me your very best. As long as we can bring the best out of one another in this sparring we both could get what we want come Blaze of Glory…”
Crystal let’s a chuckle escape her lips as she looks back at her friend.
“Sounds like a plan. You better give me your best Kat because this time I am actually going to hit back…”
With that both friends just grin at one another before they circle around each other in that ring. It is on this image that we fade out on.
What’s happening SCW faithful can I just say from the bottom of my heart that it feels so amazing to be competing at Blaze of Glory?! To be honest it is insane that SCW has been around for as long that it has been and I want to take the moment to personally shout out Julianna and Kayla for working so hard to get the Bombshells to be in the main event of the show. It’s a testament that the bombshells are still going strong and we are more than just equals when it comes to the males. We have the ability to showcase our own talents and to be at the focal point of the show.
Now when you take a look at this card you will see so many marquee matches and everybody is going to do everything in their power to get noticed. It sounds good on paper but there happens to be one match that hasn’t really been getting that much buzz and it is a championship match no less. That match happens to be my very own. To be brutally honest I am the reason why the match isn’t as built up as it should have been. I have had a terrible time in getting to this point. I have been losing match after match, and I am some would even claim that I am not the same old Crystal Hilton that they have remembered.
Coming into this match I have dropped a good four matches in a row. I haven’t been able to pick up any momentum and I feel like a shell of my former self. I should be feeling really down in the dumps that I can’t get over the Bella Madison hump or that everybody constantly makes fun of me every single week. Look there goes Crystal claiming another best friend, and another one, and another one. You never know who might pop up and be on my radar of being claimed as being a close friend.
In all seriousness the reason why I have to try to force friendships is because I have this undying need to be accepted. I just want to feel like I can be around people or that people want me in their company. I would be a fool if I didn’t acknowledge that in all actuality people are just making fun of me, and they really couldn’t care if I have a friend or not. As long as I could be at the brunt of somebody’s joke that’s all that matters.
I appreciate Kat Jones so much…
She is the true epitome of what a friend is and honestly by proxy of being my only real friend she automatically goes into the position of being a best friend. A true friend tells you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it. The truth of my situation is that I shouldn’t care about any of this. I refuse to sit around and let my past haunt me. Everybody always wants to throw my past in my face. J2H a while ago made fun of the fact that I was a coke addict. I am sure that some out there want to continuously make fun of my alcohol addiction and everybody can create their own prerogative on what they wish to do and how they go about it.
I refuse to ACCEPT what people say because I know I have bust my entire ass off through the recovery process to be a clean and sober individual that can stand up here and be proud of who she is. For the first time in my life I am truly happy with the woman that is looking back at me in the mirror and I don’t have to act superficial to get what I want.
I guess in other hands that I am happy with just being myself. I may have been dropping match after match but I feel like this is the real Crystal Hilton emerging through. One might make fun of all the name changes that I have gone through. Grabbing onto surnames because I was uncomfortable in my own skin but that’s not me anymore. I like where I am at and even if this match hasn’t had the best of a build, I am personally going to give everybody the reason why this SHOULD be a focal point on this card.
You should care because two amazing bombshells are going to be stepping into that ring and they both are going to pour everything they have into trying to walk away with the Internet Championship. On the opposite side of me in that ring is the biggest threat in all of SCW. I get to step into the ring with Tempest and I know she is not one that should be taken lightly.
Truth be told a few years ago I can admit that I took her lightly. I was in the position where I was just trying to stat pad my already established Hall of Fame Career. I had found myself an unbeatable partner in J2H and I thought that the two of us would steamroll our way over Tempest and Austin James Mercer in trying to claim the Mixed Tag Team Championships.
Little did I know that I would be the one that was the real fool because Tempest had picked me apart as if I was nothing! She showcased that she should not be taken lightly and could hold her own no matter who was in that ring with her.
Not only did but in the lead up to that match she sent me through a cake and laughed at my choice of flavor and filling. Honestly it was embarrassing to be sent through that cake and if we could go back in time I assure you that would not be on my personal highlight reel of embarrassing moments.
With that aside and considering that was a few years ago I want to talk about what I see currently see, and I want to take this moment to actually talk up Tempest. Every single match that she walks into Tempest knows in her heart that she is automatically the favorite to win. Just look at the sheer size of that woman. She could damn near break any of the bombshells on the roster in half, and not think twice about what she just did.
I want to give her a shout out because I know that somewhere in her soul she is excited that she has managed to put the Internet Championship around her waist. That title was tarnished the very moment that Courtney Pierce had won it. She had destroyed its credibility by constantly complaining about holding it as if she was the second coming of Mikah. Not only did she treat it with disrespect but she only kept retaining the title because she had her little British wife at ringside constantly interfering and making sure that it would remain around her waist.
At times it only seemed like a little trinket to rub in the face of Angelos because she took it away from her. I know that Tempest had to be smiling when she managed to win the title by pinning the former champion in a multi-person match. People can explain about a lot of things but when you beat the champion to win a title nothing can be said.
Since winning the title Tempest has already elevated it and has made it to be a priority. She is bringing back the fan votes and are letting the people decide who they want to see fight for the title. Part of me really didn’t like that to be honest because I thought it would take away from those wrestlers who actually pour their heart and soul in the ring.
Challengers would be determined by mere popularity or who the fans felt should be in a match and not on mere merit. I guess in my heart though that I really didn’t want the title to go down this path because it would mean that I would never see a title opportunity. I thought that nobody would ever vote for me because all people see is the same woman that turned her back on Despy all of those years ago.
They would see the self-centered bitch. The woman who was all about herself and would be far away from winning any type of vote, let long behold I was shocked when the fans actually turned up and they chose me.
I still don’t believe it but maybe it just shows that they truly believe that a woman can go through recovery. They believe in a feel good story and not only can I overcome drugs, and alcohol but I can actually be involved in a high profile match.
Thank you Tempest. I just want to show my gratitude for actually allowing me to see that about myself. I definitely wouldn’t have saw things that way unless it was right in front of me.
Now you and I are going to be locked up in a match to try to win this title. People can confidently stand in front of a camera and tell the entire world that they are going to win and give their all but with the slump that I have been in who honestly would believe any of that?!
I know you have the size advantage, I know you have the power advantage, and considering that you have been doing statistically better than I have in my last openings I would say that you are the hands on favorite to win this thing. Those are facts.
There’s a lot about you that I wish to admire. You are a better step mother than I am an actual mother although for some reason I don’t know why your little girl appreciates me so much. You put your mind on something you chase it down until you actually go out there and conquer what you want. I credit that to your background as a bounty hunter, and that trait shows in how you targeted that Internet Championship and finally tore Courtney up to show that it was yours.
You are just amazing at pretty much everything you do and I know you are going to be pushing as hard as you can to get through a Super Card defense. It’s one thing to walk into a Super Card as a champion and it’s another thing to leave with it, but I feel you want this Super Card to be a real success. You have everything going for you.
I sat at ringside and commentated one of your title defenses in which you drove my Seleana into oblivion. It was horrifying and I knew that it meant I would eventually be next in the however. Seeing Seleana destroyed should motivate me to beat you in her name but I don’t feel like that.
Instead I can only smile not at what you did to Seleana but more so at the way that Seleana may be on the losing side of many matches but she still finds a way to smile. She still finds a way to get back up and she keeps pushing to the very end.
Watching you beat Seleana just reminded me that I am a fighter myself and even if you do get through me and leave me broken. I will find a way to mend myself and get better. I will rise back up and I will push harder than before.
When I step into the ring with you Tempest I am going to give you the best version of myself and I am going to do everything I can to win back the title that I have never lost. Who am I?! I am the Black Mexican girl from the slums of Detroit who is trying to climb back to the top of the mountain. I am Crystal Hilton and at the end of the day I will become Internet Champion.
Best of luck Tempest you will need it. Let’s go steal the show shall we?!
Now when you take a look at this card you will see so many marquee matches and everybody is going to do everything in their power to get noticed. It sounds good on paper but there happens to be one match that hasn’t really been getting that much buzz and it is a championship match no less. That match happens to be my very own. To be brutally honest I am the reason why the match isn’t as built up as it should have been. I have had a terrible time in getting to this point. I have been losing match after match, and I am some would even claim that I am not the same old Crystal Hilton that they have remembered.
Coming into this match I have dropped a good four matches in a row. I haven’t been able to pick up any momentum and I feel like a shell of my former self. I should be feeling really down in the dumps that I can’t get over the Bella Madison hump or that everybody constantly makes fun of me every single week. Look there goes Crystal claiming another best friend, and another one, and another one. You never know who might pop up and be on my radar of being claimed as being a close friend.
In all seriousness the reason why I have to try to force friendships is because I have this undying need to be accepted. I just want to feel like I can be around people or that people want me in their company. I would be a fool if I didn’t acknowledge that in all actuality people are just making fun of me, and they really couldn’t care if I have a friend or not. As long as I could be at the brunt of somebody’s joke that’s all that matters.
I appreciate Kat Jones so much…
She is the true epitome of what a friend is and honestly by proxy of being my only real friend she automatically goes into the position of being a best friend. A true friend tells you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it. The truth of my situation is that I shouldn’t care about any of this. I refuse to sit around and let my past haunt me. Everybody always wants to throw my past in my face. J2H a while ago made fun of the fact that I was a coke addict. I am sure that some out there want to continuously make fun of my alcohol addiction and everybody can create their own prerogative on what they wish to do and how they go about it.
I refuse to ACCEPT what people say because I know I have bust my entire ass off through the recovery process to be a clean and sober individual that can stand up here and be proud of who she is. For the first time in my life I am truly happy with the woman that is looking back at me in the mirror and I don’t have to act superficial to get what I want.
I guess in other hands that I am happy with just being myself. I may have been dropping match after match but I feel like this is the real Crystal Hilton emerging through. One might make fun of all the name changes that I have gone through. Grabbing onto surnames because I was uncomfortable in my own skin but that’s not me anymore. I like where I am at and even if this match hasn’t had the best of a build, I am personally going to give everybody the reason why this SHOULD be a focal point on this card.
You should care because two amazing bombshells are going to be stepping into that ring and they both are going to pour everything they have into trying to walk away with the Internet Championship. On the opposite side of me in that ring is the biggest threat in all of SCW. I get to step into the ring with Tempest and I know she is not one that should be taken lightly.
Truth be told a few years ago I can admit that I took her lightly. I was in the position where I was just trying to stat pad my already established Hall of Fame Career. I had found myself an unbeatable partner in J2H and I thought that the two of us would steamroll our way over Tempest and Austin James Mercer in trying to claim the Mixed Tag Team Championships.
Little did I know that I would be the one that was the real fool because Tempest had picked me apart as if I was nothing! She showcased that she should not be taken lightly and could hold her own no matter who was in that ring with her.
Not only did but in the lead up to that match she sent me through a cake and laughed at my choice of flavor and filling. Honestly it was embarrassing to be sent through that cake and if we could go back in time I assure you that would not be on my personal highlight reel of embarrassing moments.
With that aside and considering that was a few years ago I want to talk about what I see currently see, and I want to take this moment to actually talk up Tempest. Every single match that she walks into Tempest knows in her heart that she is automatically the favorite to win. Just look at the sheer size of that woman. She could damn near break any of the bombshells on the roster in half, and not think twice about what she just did.
I want to give her a shout out because I know that somewhere in her soul she is excited that she has managed to put the Internet Championship around her waist. That title was tarnished the very moment that Courtney Pierce had won it. She had destroyed its credibility by constantly complaining about holding it as if she was the second coming of Mikah. Not only did she treat it with disrespect but she only kept retaining the title because she had her little British wife at ringside constantly interfering and making sure that it would remain around her waist.
At times it only seemed like a little trinket to rub in the face of Angelos because she took it away from her. I know that Tempest had to be smiling when she managed to win the title by pinning the former champion in a multi-person match. People can explain about a lot of things but when you beat the champion to win a title nothing can be said.
Since winning the title Tempest has already elevated it and has made it to be a priority. She is bringing back the fan votes and are letting the people decide who they want to see fight for the title. Part of me really didn’t like that to be honest because I thought it would take away from those wrestlers who actually pour their heart and soul in the ring.
Challengers would be determined by mere popularity or who the fans felt should be in a match and not on mere merit. I guess in my heart though that I really didn’t want the title to go down this path because it would mean that I would never see a title opportunity. I thought that nobody would ever vote for me because all people see is the same woman that turned her back on Despy all of those years ago.
They would see the self-centered bitch. The woman who was all about herself and would be far away from winning any type of vote, let long behold I was shocked when the fans actually turned up and they chose me.
I still don’t believe it but maybe it just shows that they truly believe that a woman can go through recovery. They believe in a feel good story and not only can I overcome drugs, and alcohol but I can actually be involved in a high profile match.
Thank you Tempest. I just want to show my gratitude for actually allowing me to see that about myself. I definitely wouldn’t have saw things that way unless it was right in front of me.
Now you and I are going to be locked up in a match to try to win this title. People can confidently stand in front of a camera and tell the entire world that they are going to win and give their all but with the slump that I have been in who honestly would believe any of that?!
I know you have the size advantage, I know you have the power advantage, and considering that you have been doing statistically better than I have in my last openings I would say that you are the hands on favorite to win this thing. Those are facts.
There’s a lot about you that I wish to admire. You are a better step mother than I am an actual mother although for some reason I don’t know why your little girl appreciates me so much. You put your mind on something you chase it down until you actually go out there and conquer what you want. I credit that to your background as a bounty hunter, and that trait shows in how you targeted that Internet Championship and finally tore Courtney up to show that it was yours.
You are just amazing at pretty much everything you do and I know you are going to be pushing as hard as you can to get through a Super Card defense. It’s one thing to walk into a Super Card as a champion and it’s another thing to leave with it, but I feel you want this Super Card to be a real success. You have everything going for you.
I sat at ringside and commentated one of your title defenses in which you drove my Seleana into oblivion. It was horrifying and I knew that it meant I would eventually be next in the however. Seeing Seleana destroyed should motivate me to beat you in her name but I don’t feel like that.
Instead I can only smile not at what you did to Seleana but more so at the way that Seleana may be on the losing side of many matches but she still finds a way to smile. She still finds a way to get back up and she keeps pushing to the very end.
Watching you beat Seleana just reminded me that I am a fighter myself and even if you do get through me and leave me broken. I will find a way to mend myself and get better. I will rise back up and I will push harder than before.
When I step into the ring with you Tempest I am going to give you the best version of myself and I am going to do everything I can to win back the title that I have never lost. Who am I?! I am the Black Mexican girl from the slums of Detroit who is trying to climb back to the top of the mountain. I am Crystal Hilton and at the end of the day I will become Internet Champion.
Best of luck Tempest you will need it. Let’s go steal the show shall we?!