(Gabriel was used with permission from Mark)

Krystal had already avenged one slight from her first few months in SCW, she had retained the Roulette Title over Keira Fisher Johnson in what was her toughest defence to date! But for the first time in her Roulette Title Reign, the Roulette Title wasn’t Krystal’s main focus going into the new cycle as she had entered herself into the Blast from the Past Tournament hoping to avenge that black eye from 2021 as well!

Her partner was Jack Washington, a former World Heavyweight Champion and the current number one contender to the Internet Title and unlike last year Krystal wouldn’t have to wait long to find out who her first round opponents were! For Jack he would have to deal with Supreme Machine, a gargantuan wrestler who had wreaked havoc since his debut and Sam Marlowe, a returning Hall of Famer whose previous Roulette Title record for length of reign and number of defences Krystal was in the middle of smashing! Can Krystal make it past round one?

Krystal’s hotel room, Reno, Nevada
Monday the 24th of January 2022, 11:00am

Yep, ribs still hurt like a bitch!

I have just woken up in the hotel room I’m sharing with Makayla and Rachel and in case you’re wondering about last night’s defence against Keira then yes, my ribs still hurt like hell, to the point where I’m still surprised that I managed to get Keira up for the Down Under Thunderbomb last night, but I did, and my reign survives another day.

But here’s the thing, next cycle will be the first one in a while where my Roulette Title won’t be my main concern, why? Four words: Blast from the Past!

They announced the team drawing before last night’s Main Event and whilst I wasn’t celebrating over the partner I got (because I feel like I jinxed it by doing that last year and ribs were still being bandaged up when they were doing the drawing) I am happy with who I got, namely two time former World Champ and current number one contender for the Internet Championship Jack Washington who the bosses outright described as potential winners.

And that was before they announced the rest of the field! Literally, my name was the first one drawn this year!

”My ribs hurt like hell, but I still walk out the champ!” I grunted in pin as I eased myself up out of bed, Makayla was currently getting our stuff packed up for the return trip to Vegas and I didn’t realize how late I slept in. ”And I’d do that match against Keira all over again if I could!”

”Maybe, just MAYBE focus on taking it easy for the next week or so? You got diagnosed with bruised ribs and they are no laughing matter.” Makayla responded with a sigh before tossing me a hair brush so I could start doing my hair. ”And I am well aware that that could be taken literally! Also, Charlotte, do you realize how late you slept in?”

”Why? Did I miss breakfast or something?” I asked before Makayla motioned to my iPhone that was sitting on the nightstand, I reached over and read it. ”I slept in until eleven, great! At least our check out time isn’t for another hour!”

”Even so, I’m trying to be as organized as I can! Cassie texted me a half hour ago to let me know that she was packing her stuff and that Matthew and Marty are waiting for us in the lobby.” Makayla explained and I nodded as I got the idea. ”Don’t worry about helping me out, last thing we want is for your reign to end because you further injured your ribs whilst helping me pack!”

”I can definitely think of worst ways to lose my title but I see your point!” I admitted before Makayla motioned with her hand for me to elaborate. ”Say by some miracle Chloe Benton gets a title match against me, and wins!”

”Maybe, but don’t tweet about that on Twitter, Cassie said that Chloe’s feeling really down after her loss to Bella.” Makayla informed me and whilst I nodded, I would completely forget about that by the end of the day and use Chloe as a weapon to roast Mercedes with and get blasted for it. ”Speaking of the Roulette Title, any idea who will step up next month? I know Blast from the Past will be your priority.”

”That’s just it, the tournament is going to be my priority next month! And if I defend the title on the way to the finals, so be it!” I responded with a shrug before there was a knock at the door. ”But if I do get eliminated in round one? Kate Steele seems obvious because she got that win over me last cycle, Keira Fisher-Johnson came the closest out of anyone and she could use that as a reason to try to challenge me again!” I added before Makayla went to answer the door.

”Or it could be someone unexpected, you never know with the Bombshell Roulette Division.” Makayla nodded before she answered the door, I could see the door from the bed and it was Cassie. ”Hey Cass! Everything set to go?”

”Ready as I’ll ever be, how’s Krystal?” Cass asked and I eased myself out of bed before waving to my eighteen year old cousin. ”What? Did she just wake up or something?”

”How’d you guess?” I asked before stretching my arms with a yawn. ”Makayla’s been doing the packing for me because she woke up before me and I need to rest my ribs.”

”Need my help with anything?” Cassie asked and Makayla shook her head before motioning to the mostly full luggage bags. ”You got most of it done whilst Krystal was asleep, didn’t you?”

”Pretty much! The only things left to pack are Krystal’s night clothes, the Roulette Title which she prefers to carry anyway and Krystal’s toiletries.” Makayla explained and Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”I think we can safely leave those things to Krystal.”

”Yeah, shouldn’t take me too long! I’ll meet you guys in the lobby.” I told them and they nodded before they left with the luggage knowing that I had my own duffel bag.

I left the Roulette Title for last because as Makayla said, I preferred to carry that around so I slung it over my shoulder with the duffel bag supporting its weight, but as I looked at the title I had to pause.

The last cycle of 2021 featured me at my most vulnerable since the reign started but I still retained the title in the end, by the start of the next cycle I’ll be nine months in and approaching 300 days as champion quickly, that alongside winning Blast from the Past was my goal.

And I didn’t care who got in my way, I was going to make the finals!

Driving down the strip, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 30th of January 2022, 16:00pm

What am I going to do with her?

I am off course talking about Cass! For those who haven’t been watching our Twitter feeds we had been submitting dish ideas to the Ring Rust Café, a new café for wrestlers that was going to be opening up on the West Coast soon which had also sponsored Cass as their first sponsored wrestler, alongside two other girls who I’ve never met.

That doesn’t sound too bad, right? Well, you know how Cass is a massive stoner? Almost to the point of being a parody of stones? Yeah, she had the munchies today and happened to be in the room whilst me and Makayla were discussing dish ideas, one thing led to another and she abruptly left the house to satisfy her cravings! Never mind the fact that we had food in the house, never mind the fact that we could’ve driven her, she just randomly announced that she was going to go out and get food and left before we knew what was happening.

I gave Cass an hour before she called me asking to pick her up because she ran out of money, she actually lasted two hours.

”Again Cass, if you wanted food, all you had to do was ask!” I reminded my younger cousin as I drove down the strip still unsure as to how the hell she made it to the other side of Las Vegas before running out of money. ”You know how good a cook Makayla is! She’s going to be the chef for that Ring Rust place!”

”Yeah but I wanted to try something new! Most of the stuff Makayla cooks is either Greek or American cuisine!” Cass protested and I shook my head with an amused look on my face knowing exactly where Cass had gone first. ”I say as the woman who went straight to the Wendy’s across the street from the PTA Gym!”

”Well if you wanted to remain inconspicuous, you should’ve gone to a place that isn’t frequented by the other trainees at the PTA Gym!” I reminded Cass with a laugh before I got the “low fuel” notification on my car. ”And I’m nearly out of fuel in an area of Vegas I’ve never been to! Don’t suppose you saw any gas stations on your munchies trip, did you Cass?” I asked and my cousin looked around.

”Actually yeah! Take the next right and go down to the end of the street, there’s a gas station on the left.” Cass instructed me and I nodded before following her directions, luckily my cousin was good for something as we pulled up to the station. ”Don’t suppose you could get some snacks for me?”

”You spent most of your allowance on fast food and you’re still getting the munchies? How much weed did you smoke?!” I asked with a shocked look on my face and Cass grinned sheepishly, I sighed before giving her a five dollar bill. ”Don’t go bragging about this on Twitter, I don’t want it to look like I’m supporting your drug habit!”

”Thanks Cous!” Cass responded with a grin before getting out of the car and racing towards the store.

As the attendant was filling up the car however I got a text, it was the new card and my BFTP Tournament Match was one of the ones announced. ”Washington Wolves against Sam Marlowe and Supreme Machine, looks like I get to check off another name from the bucket list.” I muttered to myself before paying the attendant just as Cass returned with some snacks. ”Just gonna warn you in advance Cass, I’m going to be training extra hard next week!” I commented as we got back in the car and Cass gave me a confused look as we buckled up.

”How come?” Cass asked and I showed her the text, once she read the card Cass let out a low whistle. ”The bosses are going hard for the first weekly show of the year!”

”You can definitely say that again! I’m pretty sure the only reason my title’s not on the line is because Amber’s defending hers in the Main Event!” I responded with a nod as we started to drive off. ”At least I didn’t get her in round one again!”

”No argument there!” Cass nodded in agreement before I drove off for home.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 31st of January 2022, 11:00am

Back to business as usual.

Me and Gabriel hadn’t really talked since he chewed me out for the Chloe tweet last week but with my (hopefully) first Blast from the Past Tournament Match of the year happening this Sunday night it was a matter of time before I was called into his office, and sure enough? That’s what’s happening now as I watch Adrienne train with Ari.

“Charlotte, I hope that you’ve put our talk from last week behind you.” Gabriel commented as I stepped into his office and closed the door behind me, I nodded before stepping in front of the chair in front of Gabriel’s desk. “Good, I don’t think I need to tell you where your focus needs to be.”

”That depends, Gabriel.” I commented before I sat down with the Roulette Title over my shoulder. I had been keeping it in my duffel bag with my street clothes but I had taken it out for the meeting. ”Do you mean this title or Blast from the Past? Because the way I see it, Blast from the Past needs to be my priority right now, even if I don’t make it past round one for the second year in a row.”

“Good to see that we are in agreement on that, I suppose you are prepared for potentially defending that title during the tournament as well?” Gabriel asked and I nodded without hesitation before blowing a strand of hair away from my eyes. “Good, but again that is if you make it past round one and you are facing stiff competition in the opening round.”

”Not quite as stiff as say, Amber Ryan and Despayre but Sam Marlowe and Supreme Machine are no pushovers, literally in Supreme Machine’s case.” I responded with a nod and Gabriel chuckled at my joke. ”Main concern with Supreme Machine is how Jack will handle him, not only is the big guy the biggest male wrestler SCW has seen since Casey Williams was an active competitor but, well, you saw what he did to Fenris, Miles Kasey, Brother David Shepherd and Bill Barnhart.”

“Supreme Machine is dangerous, but what concerns me is his blatant disregard for the rules, whose to say he won’t try to put his hands on you.” Gabriel pointed out and I nodded with a frown on my face. “You are an excellent wrestler and a trained boxer Charlotte but I doubt that will help much against someone with Supreme Machine’s size and strength.”

”Bigger they are, harder they fall! If he does put his hands on me then I’ll happily put my knee straight between his legs.” I responded bluntly before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”And since in that scenario Supreme Machine will put his hands on me first, I doubt the bosses will do anything unless they want to be seen as punishing a woman for defending herself against a guy who outweighs her by over two hundred pounds!”

“I know you’ve had your disagreements with Mark and Christian, Christian especially, but they are not stupid, they know that such an action would likely lead to the rest of the Bombshell locker room either quitting in protest or giving them a piece of their minds.” Gabriel responded with a nod as I leaned back in the chair. “But hopefully it won’t come to that, what are your thoughts on Sam Marlowe? I know you brought her up at Inception V.”

”Considering that I’m in the middle of breaking Sam’s records with the Roulette Title right after she got inducted into the Hall of Fame? It wasn’t a matter of if I brought up Sam, it was a matter of when!” I pointed out as I patted the title. ”Like I said at Inception V, Sam’s another name on my bucket list, part of me is frustrated that I’m not defending the title against her but I figured that the bosses wanted to keep it to one title defence for the first Climax Control of the year, since Amber’s defending her title in the Main Event and all.”

“That does seem to be the most likely reason, but if you both make it past the opening round then it begs the question.” Gabriel responded with a nod and I braced myself for it. “How long until you face Amber again.”

”Ideally? I’d prefer to meet Amber in the finals, but I have a long road to navigate before I get there and Sam and Supreme Machine are the first stop on that road.” I responded as I folded my arms before shifting my weight. ”And beyond her being on my bucket list, there any other ways that this match against Sam is just Keira part two! Both are Hall of Famers, former champions.”

“And both are poised to be the toughest matches of your career to date, and don’t forget that Sam was Royal Purple’s challenger at last year’s Blaze of Glory.” Gabriel pointed out and I nodded knowing where he was going with this from the outset. “This match is non-title granted but let’s say that Sam pins you and advances to round two.”

”Well for one thing, I’ll probably swear off tag matches in general if that happens! But if that does happen and Sam does make it to the finals then I’ll have yet another name gunning for the Roulette Title, and between Keira and Diamond? I’ve got enough on my plate!” I responded with a nod before it dawned on me. ”But on the other hand, if Sam loses in round two then I’ll have three legendary bombshells with me in their crosshairs.”

“No one ever said that being a champion in SCW was easy, but that match would be something that even Amber Ryan would struggle with.” Gabriel added as I went to stand up. “It falls to you to ensure that it doesn’t happen Charlotte.”

”Well, me and Jack really but the way I see it? As long as Jack keeps Supreme Machine out of the match then it’ll be mine to lose.” I responded as I stood up before shaking my head. ”On paper that SHOULD be easy since Jack and Supreme Machine will be bound to SCW’s mixed tag team rules, but in practice? It’s like you said, Supreme Machine couldn’t give less of a fuck about the rules if he tried.”

“Not the way I’d put it but you are correct, just remember that you have the facilities of the Go Gym at your disposal.” Gabriel added and I nodded as I got the idea before leaving.

PTA News Update, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 31st of January 2022, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Let’s get this show on the road.

“Welcome to the PTA News Update, I’m Marty McFarge.” Marty introduced the segment as the camera cut to him. “In tonight’s top story: the search for Taylor Blazer continues as her face appears on milk bottles across the country, Ms. Blazer has not been seen since her embarrassing loss to Chloe Benton and has since been released from SCW! How many celeries will people put on after the Ring Rust Café opens? And can Cassie Wolfe find love? But first, I’m here with the reigning SCW Bombshell Roulette Champion Krystal Wolfe as she is set to compete in her second Blast from the Past Tournament! Ms. Wolfe, your opening round match is against Sam Marlowe and Supreme Machine, what are your thoughts on this?”

The camera panned over to me sitting at the desk with the Roulette Title in front of me.

”My thoughts? My main plan of action this week is to avenge the other black eye on my 2021 record! I’ve already avenged my defeat at Inception IV and this week I’ll continue that trend by making it past the opening round of Blast from the Past!” I responded before I adjusted a bra strap. ”Sam is a fantastic athlete who has more than earned her Hall of Fame induction but Supreme Machine is dangerous, you need only look at what he did to Fenris during the last cycle, if it was anyone else then I could at least say that Supreme Machine won’t risk a disqualification and suspension by attacking me but he’s already proven that the rules don’t matter to him.”

“Indeed, he has, I understand that we are working within a limited time so I’ll keep this interview as short as I can, are you excited to face a competitor of Sam’s calibre?” Marty asked and I gave him a significant look for a good few seconds. “Or is that a dumb question?”

”You tell me, you were there for my backstage interview at Inception V!” I reminded him before I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”It’s as I explained before, upon my graduation from the Go Gym I created a bucket list of opponents, matches and scenarios, a good chunk of them have already been checked off but there’s still plenty of names left to go through and what do you know? Sam‘s name is right bellow Keira’s on that list!” I added before getting into focus. ”Now if you excuse me, I have a promo to do.”

“By all means, the floor is yours.” Marty informed me and I nodded before I got ready to cut my promo.

”There’s no getting around it, last year’s Blaze of Glory cycle was one of the worst times in my professional wrestling career, capped off by me getting left off the Blaze of Glory card.” I commented before I let out a deep breath. ”This year my goal couldn’t be simpler, I want to make this cycle about one thing and that is my redemption! And that redemption starts with my and Jack Washington, collectively known as the Washington Wolves, going up against Sam Marlowe and Supreme Machine!”

Let’s get him out of the way.

”If you’re expecting me to start with Sam, then I’m going to have to disappoint you! Why? Because I’m starting with the big fucker!” I commented and Marty nearly spat out his drink when I said that. ”Supreme Machine, you’ve only been in SCW for a short while but you’ve already made a hell of an impact, and no, I’m, not talking about the time you fell flat on your ass during the match against Fenris at Inception V! On paper you are beholden to the mixed tag team rules which clearly states that you have to take on Jack and I have to take on Sam, but in practice?”

Here's the problem.

”You’ve made it abundantly clear that the rules don’t matter to you! If anything, the rules are like guidelines that you ignore.” I added before letting out a deep breath. ”So what does that mean for the Mixed Tag Team Match? That is the question on everyone’s mind, isn’t it big guy? Look, I know there’s no way in hell I can get you up for the Down Under Thunderbomb or get my legs around your waist for the Long Rest and the Record Breaker? Forget it, my knees would just explode from trying that move on you! But what can I do? Well, all men have the same weakness, it doesn’t matter how big they are because a knee to the balls will always bring them down, hopefully it won’t come to that but if you put your hands on me, I’ll happily put my knee between your legs!”

And now for someone I can actually fight.

”Now that her mountain of a partner is out of the way, let’s talk about the person who I can and will take on in this match, Sam Marlowe!” I commented with a grin on my face. ”Sam, you are a hell of a competitor and you more than earned that Hall of Fame induction last year but be honest, how much is my Roulette Title reign eating you up inside? I broke your record for title defences on the same night as your induction,. I broke your record for longest singles reign, on my first attempt I might add, over the Christmas Break and I am poised to hit three hundred days as champion by the end of the cycle, how does that feel?”

Good question.

”I bet it makes you wish that this was a title match, doesn’t it? Try to cut off my reign before that happens?” I asked before scoffing. ”Good luck with that Sam because this reign isn’t ending any time soon and whilst you are on my bucket list, I have one goal in mind and that’s to make it to round two of the tournament and beyond! I know that we’ll steal the show on Sunday Sam but can you keep up with me long enough to get the win? I don’t think so, because this match won’t be the end of my Blast from the Past campaign and I will beat you!”

It's that simple./

”Sam is a Hall of Famer for a damn good reason and I know that my encounter with her is going to be a show stealer, Jack Washington is a former World Champion for a damn good reason but that just leaves on massive wildcard and his name is Supreme Machine! What will he do in a Mixed Tag Team environment? Who knows? But hopefully I won’t be to pull any drastic measures against him!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Sam, your someone who I’ve wanted to face since my career began, in a way it sucks that we have to bring Jack and Supreme Machine along for the ride but we all know that Jack can hold his own, Supreme Machine is a wildcard for sure but at the end of the day the Washington Wolves, myself and Jack that is, will emerge triumphant and move on to round two after Sam is struck by “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe and THAT is ready for Prime Time!”

“That’s all for today, see you next time!” Marty announced and the camera panned out as the scene fades.

(Gabriel was used with permission from his handler)

It was the week of Inception V and quite possibly the biggest challenge of Krystal Wolfe’s SCW Bombshell Roulette Title Reign! Keira Fisher-Johnson was on Krystal’s bucket list of opponents and Krystal has wanted this match to happen going as far back as the build up to High Stakes XI but will this be a case of be careful what you wish for? Krystal was going all out to prepare for the match including going back through the SCW archives and watching every match Keira has competed in since her SCW debut to prepare for her.

But will it be enough? Krystal was unable to get the win over Team Hero at the Christmas Special when she was teaming with Jessie Salco but as Keira pointed out in her promo, facing Team Hero as a team was different from facing Keira and Roxi in singles competition, can Krystal retain the title? And if yes, who will be next to take her on? With the Blast from the Past Tournament on the horizon, that was a tough question!

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 13th of January 2022, 18:00pm

End of an era.

That can apply to several things, I’ll grant you that, but there are two things that I’m personally applying that phrase too, the first is the Dungeons and Dragons campaign that I’ve been running for just over two years as a DM with Makayla, Ari, Carter, Aron and Os which is ending next week, I’ve been planning the second campaign with that group since before the Christmas break started and fingers crossed, everything goes well.

The other thing? My Roulette Title reign has the potential to also end next week.

I’ve said it before but I’ve had a damn good run with the Roulette Title and that was before I hit the 200 days mark and with the defence against Keira coming ever closer, I’ve got a lot on my mind at the moment, Keira is someone who I’ve wanted to face since I enrolled at the Go Gym and whilst the term “dream match” gets thrown around A LOT in wrestling, this is a literal dream match for me! It also happens to be for my Roulette Title and as I’ve already said, I can see the match against Keira being the end of my reign.

After all, Keira is a legend for a damn good reason and I couldn’t get the job done with Jessie when we teamed up to take on Team Hero at the Christmas Special last month so where does that leave me?

A bundle of nerves, and that’s putting it mildly.

”Charlotte, I just put the dinner in the oven, should be ready by about six thirty.” Makayla’s voice broke my train of thought as I poured over the finer details of the upcoming D&D campaign and I looked up to see my fiancé standing at the doorway. ”How goes the planning?”

”You mean for the Dungeons and Dragons campaign or the title match against Keira?” I asked Makayla who shrugged her shoulders in response, it didn’t take me long to figure out that she meant “both”. ”Campaign planning is going well, hopefully Aron won’t be too salty over me setting it a hundred years after the events of the first campaign but we’ll see! At the rate I’m going the campaign primer should be ready to go by the time I’m finished with the last session.”

”We agreed that Aron needs to branch out a bit, I get that Tristan is his release from putting up with Fenris all day but he can’t play the same character in every campaign.” Makayla nodded in agreement before she stepped into my office and kissed me on the lips. ”And the match against Keira? I know you’ve got some serious doubts about the reign surviving the title match.”

”Yeah and the fact that I lost more than one match in a cycle for the first time since the Blaze of Glory Cycle isn’t helping!” I nodded in response as I ran a hand through my hair. ”My winning streak since the start of the reign was ended by that match against Andrea but I quickly bounced back with the two title defences, on the Halloween Show and at High Stakes XI, but this time? I started the cycle by losing a non-title match against Kate Steele, bounced back with a tainted win over Mercedes Vargas only to end up back in the loser’s circle after that tag match against Team Hero! At least my appearance on Underground allowed me to bounce back and end the year with a win!”

”Is that doubt I’m hearing in your voice?” Makayla asked as she folded her arms and I nodded reluctantly. ”Charlotte, the rest of the Bombshell Roster has finally realized how good you are, just look at everything you’ve accomplished since you won the title from Royal Purple!”

”Yet there are still idiots like Andrea who think I’m a fluke even with the record breaking reign.” I sighed as I stood up to face my fiancé directly. ”Guess I’ll have to do what I’ve been doing since day one, proving the doubters wrong!”

”Failing that, it’ll probably be a while before anyone comes close to your reign after it ends.” Makayla pointed out with a grin before stepping forward and kissing me again, this time though the kiss was returned and nearly escalated from a make-out session to a full on round of sex.

Key word being almost. “Mommy?” Rachel’s voice rang out and we broke the kiss to turn our attention to our three year old step-daughter with Garrus in tow, wagging his tail as the puppy watched on. “I can’t find my teddy!”

”I’ll help you find it Krystal still has work to do.” Makayla assured Rachel and Rachel grinned before they walked off, Garrus on the other hand joined me in the office and lay down at my feet.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 14th of January 2022, 18:00pm

Same shit, different day, or year as the case may be.

Now that the New Year had started and things were getting back into the old routine, in and out of wrestling! And yes, that applied to Cassie’s training as well, okay technically the PTA Gym opened back up for training on the third but there hasn’t been much of a chance for us to train her, largely because we’ve been so busy preparing for our matches at Inception V.

”Are you sure that your ready to spar with me Cass?” I asked my younger cousin as she warmed up across the ring from me, you’d think that I’d be one of the first to train with her given that we’re related by blood and all but my wrestling style is very different from the style that Cass seems to be going for so we waited a few weeks until we were sure that Cass was ready for a wrestler like me. ”You realize that my style is more power and submission based, right?”

”Yeah but you also use several high flying moves, hell you retained the title over Seleana with your Corkscrew Moonsault!” Cass pointed out and as much as I hated to admit it, she was right, the Critical Hit and Athletics Check were both key parts of my wrestling move set. ”Besides that, I’m not going to get better by just sparring with Jessie and Ari!”

”Besides that, the era when every other female wrestler is a high flyer seems to be giving way to more varied styles.” Jessie chimed in from the side-lines where she was watching alongside Ari. ”There’s some outliers like Chelsea Skye but the last Go Gym Graduate was a French Lesbian Fenris and wrestlers like Myra and Amber have a prominent place on the SCW roster.”

”And in Chelsea’s defence, she does come from an Olympic Gymnastics background so she’d be crazy not to put that athleticism to use in wrestling.” Ari chimed in with a shrug before me and Cass started sparring in the middle of the ring, this lasted for a good few minutes whilst Ari turned to Jess. ”So, how do you think Cass is progressing Jess?”

”Cass seems to be getting better every time I see her train, say what you will about Matthew and his cronies but as far as training the next generation of wrestlers goes? They definitely know what they are doing!” Jessie replied as me and Cass traded submission holds though it was clear as day that submissions were one area that Cass needed serious work on. ”They are teaching you the basics of submission wrestling, right Cass?” Jess called out to us and we stopped sparring for a minute.

”Yeah but submission wrestling is so boring!” Cass called back and given that I used a submission hold as one of my finishers I shook my head with a chuckle. ”Who even uses Submissions as their main form of offence anyway?” Cass added and I let out a loud laugh at that.

”Oh, just your cousin who happens to be the reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion, Myra Rivers who was the longest reigning Internet Champion and quite a few other examples.” I pointed out as I backed off from my cousin and Cass went to respond but quickly realized that I was right. ”Like it or not, sooner or later you’ll have to get better at submission wrestling if you want to be a successful wrestler!”

”You know she’s right Cass.” Ari chimed in but before Cass could respond the door to the basement opened and Shane poked his head in. ”Is dinner ready Shane?” Ari called out to him and Shane shook his head.

“Sadly no, Jake just chased off a guy who was asking about Cass, might be the same guy who sent her that dick pic over the holidays.” Shane explained and we shared a look before we rushed upstairs to meet up with Jake.

“Whoever that guy was, he’s long gone.” Jake explained as Cass made herself comfortable. “But we did get a pic of him via the security cameras.” Jake added before passing the pic to us.

”Yeah, that’s the guy who sent me the dick pic and showed up at the PTA HQ.” Cass nodded grimly and I let out an annoyed huff as I folded my arms. ”What the hell does that guy want? He realizes I’m eighteen, right?”

“You may be eighteen but you do look older.” Shane pointed out and Cass had to admit that he was right. “Not excusing this bullshit off course! What measures has Matthew taken?”

”He hired more security guards and made it clear to them that this guy is not to be allowed anywhere near the building as long as Cass is a trainee at the PTA Gym.” I responded with a frown as I folded my arms. ”But if he does escalate past this point, well I’m a trained boxer and my fist will be having a very intimate meeting with his face.”

“Failing that, I served in the US Army and that came with me being taught a variety of mixed martial arts techniques……..” Jake trailed off before an idea jumped into his head. “Cass, would you be interested in learning self-defence from me?”

”Are you sure?” Cass asked as she turned to Jessie’s much bigger brother. ”Besides the fact that I’m already getting such training from the PTA Gym, Krystal, Jessie and Ari, isn’t a 6ft 10 guy teaching a girl whose 5ft 3 just a little weird?” Cass asked and Jake chuckled as he shook his head.

“I taught Jessie self defence when she made the decision to train to be a wrestler and she’s even shorter than you.” Jake pointed out and whilst Jessie gave her step-brother an annoyed look for that Cass nodded as she got the idea. “So, what do you say?”

”What do I have to lose? Besides, I need to work on my submission game and you teaching me those Martial Arts techniques might be my key to doing just that.” Cass admitted and Jake nodded before they shook hands on it.

We attempted to go back to training after that conversation but it quickly became clear that Cass’s head wasn’t in the game following that incident so we decided to call it for the day after that, good news is that she should be okay for the next training session with us.

Bad news is, we don’t know what her stalker will do next and she knows it.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday the 15th of January 2022, 10:00am

Been a while since I spent any significant time at the Go Gym if we’re being honest.

No, I haven’t had another falling out with Gabriel but between my commitments with the PTA and everything else, I just haven’t found the time if we’re being honest, but that changed when I helped Adrienne prepare for her match against Myra (back when we were under the impression that it was still going to be a Triple Threat Match with Diamond Steele included) and since then I’ve been spending more time at the Go Gym trying to prepare for the match.

And speaking of things that I haven’t done in a while it was high time I chatted with Gabriel about my next defence!

“It’s been so long since we’ve had a chance to chat Charlotte.” Gabriel commented as I stepped into his office, once I closed the door behind me I sat down in front of his desk. “But I know that you have been busy since High Stakes XI.”

”Between getting things sorted out for my wedding, SCW and my Twitch Commitments, busy feels like a major understatement.” I admitted with a shrug and Gabriel nodded in understanding. ”Not to mention helping my youngest cousin Cassie with her training.”

“Yes, Ari told me about her.” Gabriel nodded as he leaned forward. “Must be in your family’s genes because she said that Cassie is a natural in the ring, much like you were when you enrolled at the Go Gym.”

”And she is, though her style is more aerial based.” I nodded in response as I shifted my weight. ”I only really have a few concerns about her, some are minor such as the fact that she’s a stoner but there is stuff like the fact that she apparently has a stalker and she might be being exploited by the PTA Gym, not to mention her family who had enough money to move here in the middle of a pandemic but not enough for her to enrol at the Go Gym.”

“Everyone’s financial situation is different but I can see where that concern is coming from.” Gabriel nodded in understanding as I shifted my weight. “If I where you, I’d make it clear to Matthew that if he tries anything with Cassie that will affect her training, then you’ll terminate his managerial contract.”

”That’s been at the back of my mind, what to do if he is exploiting her.” I admitted with a nod as I learned back. ”Cass is only eighteen and naïve about how the wrestling business works, she’ll learn eventually but I’m hoping that it won’t be the hard way.”

“If she had enrolled here, that wouldn’t be a problem, I make it clear to all young students that the wrestling business is not an easy one from day one.” Gabriel nodded in agreement, I off course already knew that from training at the Go Gym as a trainee all those years ago. “Speaking of which, it seems that one of your dream matches is coming true at Inception V.”

”You can say that again, but right now I’m not sure if my reign can survive Keira.” I admitted as I patted the Bombshell Roulette Title that was resting on my shoulder. ”The fact that the past cycle has been a rocky one hasn’t helped if we’re being honest, the only reason my win/loss record at the end of the cycle was tied at two a piece was because I picked up a win at the last SCU show off the year, but with losses to Kate Steele and Team Hero? I’m wondering if this cycle will be my last as champion.”

“Kate may not be the most popular Bombshell around but she is an excellent wrestler, and Team Hero are legends for a reason.” Gabriel explained and I nodded in understanding as it sunk in. “There is no shame in losing to a team as legendary as Team Hero, you just have to prove that you can beat Keira in singles competition.”

”And what better way to do that than to retain the title on the anniversary of my Supercard debut?” I asked Gabriel who nodded in agreement before I let out a yawn, need to get back into the habit of being used to being up as early as 6:00am I guess. ”But I do have two goals heading into Inception V, first one is obvious, retain the title, second one is to avenge my defeat at last year’s show.”

“Such a shame that Ruby can’t even get booked these days, even as the reigning Blast from the Past winner.” Gabriel nodded in agreement and I frowned, the fact that Mark got a second chance at winning the tournament and not me was still a sore point. “Speaking off Blast from the Past, I’ve heard it through the grapevine that you’ve signed up for this year’s tournament.”

”Last year was about checking off a goal from the bucket list, this year is about me avenging a black eye from last year.” I nodded with a frown on my face and Gabriel shifted his weight without a word. ”I don’t care who I get put against in round one or who my partner is, I’m not losing in round one again.”

“Just remember that you have access to the Go Gym’s facilities if you need it.” Gabriel nodded as I stood up and went to leave. “That should be all, if you’re wondering if we’ll accept your cousin should things go south with the PTA Gym, she already has your good word supporting her, it won’t be a problem.”

”That’s good to know but hopefully it won’t come to that Gabriel.” I nodded as I made my way to the office door. ”Now if you excuse me, I’ve got a match to prepare for.” I added before leaving the office.

PTA Newsroom, PTA HQ, Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday the 15th of January 2022, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Almost time for the toughest match of my career.

“Welcome to the PTA News Update, I’m Marty McFarge.” Marty introduced the audience as he shuffled his papers. “Tonight’s top stories: will Ariana Angelos’s latest creation finally be called for what it is: a crime against the culinary arts? Just who is this “Masque” character and what does she want with Amber Ryan? When will the bosses give the people what they want and book The Troll against Fenris in a Lion’s Den Match? All this and so much more BUT FIRST! My guest tonight is the reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion Krystal Wolfe!”

The camera panned over to me with the title over my shoulder.

”I would say that I’m happy to be here but I just want to get this over with.” I admitted as I looked at my nails absentmindedly. ”Unless this show’s viewers have been living under a rock since High Stakes XI, they should know who I’m facing in my next title defence and why this match against Keira is a dream match of mine! As for whether I’m ready for this or not, well, that will answer itself, won’t it?”[color]

“I suppose it will but just humour me, will you?” Marty asked and I nodded in response. “Krystal your title defence against Keira is being predicted as the end of your title reign, do you have anything to say about that?”

”Well, those predictions clearly aren’t coming from Denzel Porter because he has me down to retain the title!” I pointed out as I shifted my weight. ”But at the same time I’m not going to sit here and pretend like Keira is like everyone else I’ve defended the title against to date, she’s a legend in SCW and you need only look at her accomplishments to see what I’m talking about! But this iron grip on the Bombshell Roulette Title isn’t being loosened any time soon, I’ve put this title back on the map with my reign and I’m not giving it up!”

“I would expect nothing less.” Marty nodded as I got ready for his next question. “Kate Steele has been campaigning for a shot at the Roulette Title since she beat you in a non-title match at the beginning of the cycle, what do you say to that?”

”I wasn’t aware that title shots were being given out for fluke victories?” I asked mockingly before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”That aside, I’ll refer you to what I said during the contract signing between me and Keira, I’m a competitor first and a champion second and if she wants a shot at me, all Kate needs to do is ask! But right now? I’m busy with someone who I’ve wanted to face since I enrolled at the Go Gym so Kate will have to wait until I’m done with Keira.”

“Let’s talk about that bucket list of yours, Keira and Roxi are your only confirmed named as of now, but who else is on there?” Marty asked and I shook my head.

”Most of the names have moved on but there’s still a few left, and I’m not revealing any names just yet.” I added before leaning back in my chair. ”Keira just happens to be the one who came forward first but she isn’t the only current roster member on that list! As far as I’m concerned, those names will reveal themselves in due time!”

“Speaking of time, I believe it’s high time that I let you get on with your promo.” Marty added as he checked the time on his watch. “The floors all yours.”

”I was wondering when we’d get to this point.” I nodded in agreement before I got ready to cut my promo. ”Inception IV, one year ago was when I made my SCW Supercard debut and it was the only Supercard in 2021 that I was defeated at! This year is about two things for me, picking up where I left off in 2021 and avenging two blemishes on my 2021 record, one blemish will be rectified in the next cycle but until then I’ve got the toughest defence of my reign to date in Keira.”

This will be good.

”Keira I’d say that I respect the hell out of you as a competitor but I think that’s redundant at this point because I don’t think you’d be on my bucket list if the respect wasn’t there, do you?” I asked before patting my title. ”No, you wouldn’t, would you? I know you are a legend of the Bombshell Division in singles and tag team competition but I’m not backing down from this fight, off course, I know you won’t back down either!”

Something’s gotta give.

”But then the question becomes, what will it take for either of us to win this match?” I asked before thinking for a minute. ”Obviously the Roulette Wheel will play a huge part in determining just that, but I’ve been champion long enough to know how cruel that wheel can be, or do I need to remind you of the time when I defended the title in a mud-pit match? I like to think that I know all the tricks that wheel can and will throw at me but who knows at this point? But there is one thing I know for sure Keira.”

And it’s a big thing!

”That this match will be everything I dreamed off and more! The fact that the Roulette Title is on the line is just the icing on a delicious cake!” And now I’m being reminded of that cake Adrienne baked me for my 200th day as Bombshell Roulette Champion. ”I would apologize for making you hungry Keira but you’ve got the biggest appetite I’ve ever seen and my cousin is a stoner! Joking aside, the mutual respect between us was always there but the real question is, can my reign survive this title match?”

I think it can.

”Now, if we’re being brutally honest? I’ve had my doubts about the reign lasting past this defence since the match was made official but here’s the thing Keira, I’m not about to let those doubts get to me!” I added as I grinned broadly. ”You said it yourself, I’ve proven myself to be one of the best Bombshells in the division and anyone who thinks otherwise is just delusional at this point but this match is between an all-time great and one of the best current Bombshells in the division, that’s all that matters in the end but can a prodigy like me beat an all-time great?”

Good question.

”I don’t think I can beat you Keira.” I commented causing shocked gasps from the others in the studio. ”I know I can!” I added and the others in the studio breathed sighs of relief. ”Sorry for the bait and switch but I couldn’t help myself! Keira you were right when you said that facing Team Hero as a team is different from facing them individually but as far as I’m concerned? I can’t think of a better showcase for that than this Roulette Title Match because not only will I make it to eight defences by beating someone who inspired me to become a wrestler but I will avenge that loss at the Christmas Special.”

We’re not that different.

”I don’t think it’s clicked in with people just how similar we are Keira so let me give you the rundown, we’re both LGTBQ women’s wrestlers who are in relationships with other women and have young children but that’s just taking our personal lives into account, in our professional lives?” I asked before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”We are among the best but some people refuse to let go of the past, whether that is your World Bombshell Title reign or my six month long losing streak, both of which happened last year for those who are keeping score at home, even though that is long past us and we’ve moved on with our lives and careers! Those similarities make for an interesting match don’t they Keira?”

But what does it mean for this match?

”Interesting is one way to describe it I guess but I guess another way to look at it is that it’s a test to see if my statement rings true! That the era of Team Hero is over and the era of Krystal Wolfe has begun.” I added before I flipped my hair over my shoulder. ”Sure, it could be said that that was proven false when I was pinned at the Christmas Show last month but you said it yourself, facing Team Hero as a unit is one thing, facing you or Roxi alone is another thing entirely and I’ll prove that next Sunday at Inception V when I retain the title over you Keira.”

What will the future hold?

”The similarities are there Keira! But they are a blessing and a curse because it feels like my reign has been an under a microscope since it began and I’m sure you felt the same way when you won the World Bombshell Title, with some people just waiting for me to fuck up! Hell, those people might look at my losses in this cycle and think that the chinks in my armour are finally starting to show, I on the other hand think that it’s just a sign of the times.” I added before putting the Roulette Title on the desk in front of me. ”Because the bosses have found themselves in a sticky situation by being forced to put me against people who have moved past this division long ago, but I will adapt to this change and my reign will survive through to the next cycle, as for what’s coming after thar?”

Dreams do come true.

”I’ve said it before in this promo but this match has been a dream of mine since I made that fateful decision to enrol at the Go Gym all those years ago! So, with that said I would like to sincerely thank you Keira for making at least one of my dreams come true.” I added as I held my index finger up. ”But now that the sloppy shit is out of the way, I can get down to business and my business is to retain the title over you! And business is going well for me Keira, will the same be said for you next Sunday?”

It’s that simple.

”I’m going to have to be the bearer of bad news Keira, business won’t be good for you at Inception V! It’s like I said last week, my SCW journey can be summed up in the phrase “how it started vs. how it’s going” and it’s been going very well for me since I won the title in May.” I added before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”And my goal for the first half of 2022 is to make it to 300 days as champion, that gives me until May to hold onto the title and all I have to do is beat you to retain and get that ball rolling.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”I know it won’t be as easy as I’m making it sound, especially since I’ve signed up for this year’s Blast from the Past tournament but no one ever said that retaining titles in SCW was easy.” I added before grinning broadly. ”You just happen to be the toughest challenge of my reign to date and I welcome the challenge! But in the end you will be struck down by your longest reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe! Long nay I reign in the Year of the Wolfe, because THAT is ready for Prime Time!”

“That’s all for today.” Marty announced as he turned to the camera. “Next episode is at Inception V!”

The camera panned out as the scene fades.

It’s been a hell of a year.

I know what your thinking, that can apply to pretty much everyone on the planet that made it through 2020 but between my family moving me from Greenock to Las Vegas out of the blue in August and my subsequent decision to start training to become a wrestler, there’s part of me that’s wondering what 2022 will hold for me and, by extension, my older cousin, off course you should know who my cousin is, she is the Bombshell Roulette Champion after all.

Krystal was out on a date with her fiancé Makayla leaving me in charge of babysitting her step-niece (and by extension, my second cousin) and she was playing with her toys in front of the couch whilst I was playing on my Nintendo Switch, it was a relatively easy gig because Krystal and Makayla made sure Rachel had something to eat before they left.

”It’s a dog’s life, huh Garrus?” I asked the puppy as he let out a big yawn before stretching his legs and laying down in front of the Sofa, I paused my game of Metroid Dread to check the time and seeing that it was nearly 18:00pm I sighed to myself. ”Krystal and Makayla left around 16:00pm so they are probably waiting on their desert by now……..” I mumbled to myself before hearing a text notification from my phone, I reached over and grabbed it figuring it was just a text notification from Krystal saying that they’d be back soon.

I wish it was, because what I got instead was WAY worse. “Is something wrong Cassie?” I looked up and saw Rachel looking towards me and I shook my head knowing that the contents of the text where inappropriate as all hell for a girl her age, or any age really.

”It’s fine Rach, how about you go play with your toys in the other room? I’ve got to call Auntie Krystal.” I responded once my surprise wore off and Rachel took a few of her toys into the other room. ”How the hell am I going to explain this to Krystal? She’s a lot more famous than me so maybe I should just tell her straight.” I muttered to myself before switching to Krystal’s contact in the texts and quickly typing my text to her. ”A guy I was playing against yesterday just sent me an unsolicited dick pic, no idea how he got my number.” I muttered to myself as I typed the message and hit send.

It was exactly five minutes later that I got my reply from Krystal. ”Call me, now!” Once I read the reply I quickly called my older cousin via Facetime and she answered. ”Not something I wanted to read whilst on a dinner date Cass, please tell me Rachel didn’t see it?”

”No, I sent her into the other room before I texted you, most she caught was my rapid change in facial expressions.” I responded and Krystal breathed a sigh of relief. ”Only other person in the room that’s close to her age is Garrus, and I’m pretty sure doggos don’t even know what dicks are! Even the intelligent breeds like German Shepherds.”

”Yeah, we should be fine on the doggo front.” Krystal responded with a low chuckle before I leaned back on the sofa. ”Sit tight Cass, me and Makayla are just waiting on our deserts ut as soon as the bill’s paid we are coming straight home, and whatever you do, don’t delete that guy’s contact info!”

”You want to give him a piece of your mind, don’t you?” I asked and Krystal nodded on the other end. ”Like I said, I don’t know how he got my contact info, you and Makayla helped me set up my accounts on PSN and Nintendo Online so there’s no way he could’ve gotten that info from there.”

”That will be my second priority when I come home, and I had better let Matthew know about this.” Krystal responded and I nodded in agreement. ”If he knows your phone number, he’ll know where you get most of your training, which wouldn’t exactly be hard to deduce given that you say that on your Twitter profile.”

”True enough, I guess I can play with Garrus for a bit until you get back.” I responded with a sigh as I glanced down at the adorable puppy. ”That incident has put me off anything to do with joysticks for the rest of the night, and this time that innuendo is intentional.”

”As funny as those tweets were, I don’t blame you one bit.” Krystal nodded in understanding before I let out a deep breath. ”See you when I get back.”

”See you!” I waved off my cousin before she hung up, I set aside my phone and Switch before plopping down to the floor. ”Garrus, here boy!” I called out to him and the puppy raced over with his tail wagging, ready for some playtime.

*just under an hour later*

The hour just flew by and I managed to sneak in some selfies with the doggo before we heard the door unlock and Garrus raced off to greet his mistresses, by the time I had stood up Rachel had joined them and it wasn’t long before Krystal marched over to me.

”I’m going to need your phone, I’m not asking.” Krystal told me bluntly and I handed it over without hesitation, Krystal took one look at the dick pic before shaking her head with a scoff. ”Beyond how disgusting this is, did he really thing he was going to impress you with a dick that small?!”

”Tell me about it! What are you going to do now?” I asked my cousin and she didn’t answer, she just hit the call button and went off into the other room. ”Well, that answers that!”

”Krystal is just concerned Cass, plus she was rehearsing what she was going to say to that prick on the way home.” Makayla assured me as Krystal’s fiancé joined me in the front room, followed closely by Garrus and Rachel. ”Here, your twitter details are saved to my phone if you still want to tweet, how are you doing?”

”Well, I’m over the initial shock. I just don’t know how that happened.” I admitted before brushing some hair over my shoulder and taking her phone for the time being.. ”Any idea what she wanted to say to him?” I asked but it wasn’t long before we got an answer.

"IF YOU EVER SEND MY COUSIN OR ANYONE ELSE I KNOW A DICK PIC AGAIN, I'LL CUT OFF YOUR TINY DICK AND SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT!" Krystal’s voice bellowed from the other room making Garrus jump in the process and Makayla just shook her head, unfortunately that was all I heard from that conversation.

”I’m definitely tweeting that later.” I commented with a chuckle and Makayla nodded with a laugh. ”You have any idea how he got my number.”

”Only theories really.” Makayla responded before she stood up. ”Krystal will sort out your payment when she gets off the phone but try not to let this dampen your Christmas cheer Cass.”

”I’ll try.” I nodded before she left the room with Garrus in tow and I made myself comfy again, off course I didn’t realize that this was just the beginning of the hell this asshole was going to put me through.

(Team Hero was used with permission from their respective handlers)

Despite losing her match to Kate Steele Krystal’s outspoken nature was undeterred, especially when you consider that she now had Matthew Kennedy and Marty McFarge in her ear! Her next challenger for the Roulette Title was set as Krystal was taking on Team Hero’s Keira Fisher in what the Aussie considered to be a dream match of hers at Inception V but before that, three matches were all but guaranteed to happen.

The first one was a challenge issued by Keira on Team Hero’s behalf, a tag team match between Krystal and a partner of her choice against Team Hero, that partner would end up being Jessie Salco, a good friend of Team Hero’s who was eager to go up against the legendary team again, the second match was another single’s contest between Jessie and Keira with Krystal and Roxi at ringside but the third? It was a clash of champions match as Krystal was taking on the newly crowned Mixed Tag Team Champion Mercedes Vargas for the third time in her career! The first time Krystal clashed with the Argentinian Bombshell was when Krystal was due to challenge Royal Purple and then they faced off again in Krystal’s third defence which also featured Bella Madison! Krystal needed to bounce back from the loss to Kate to prove that she was ready for the match against Keira, but can she win?

Backstage at Climax Control 318, Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday the 5th of December 2021, 17:00pm

Sit down for an interview, set off some bombs, somehow these two things are connected to each other!

I didn’t think much would come off the sit-down interview I did with Rocky if we’re being honest, the most I expected was some extra hype for the Roulette Title Match at Inception V and that’s that! But nope, instead Keira made a very interesting proposal to me.

A tag team match on the last show off the year, me and a partner of my choice vs. Team Hero, and frankly? I didn’t want to leave the arena without knowing who that partner was, and I had some options.

“Adrienne is impressive but she’s too new, Chloe was like a deer in the headlights against Johanna, how do you think she’ll far against Team Hero?” Matthew went through the possible team mates with me, and I nodded, like Ari I view Adrienne as a little sister I never had but whilst Ari and I have a loving sisterly relationship, the relationship between me and Adrienne is more on the mischievous side to put it mildly, and let’s face it, neither of them are ready for Team Hero. “What about Tempest?”

”Too volatile, plus she hasn’t been seen since she lost the Mixed Tag Titles so who knows what her mental state’s like?” I responded as I shook my head as I racked my brain for ideas. ”Amber would be too obvious and she’s already defending her title against Bella on the show, her sister’s an unknown commodity who literally just signed, and there’s no way in hell that I’m putting up with Andrea’s ego in a tag team match with her!”

”Would you settle for Andrea’s next challenger?” We looked up and saw Jessie approaching us with a grin on her face. ”Because I’m always down to throw down against Team Hero!”

“Bit presumptuous to assume that you’re going to win a Fatal Four Way that hasn’t happened yet.” Marty pointed out and as much as I hated the prick, he had a point. “Especially when you look at your competition.”

”Maybe, but there’s few on the SCW roster who know Team Hero better than me, aside from Team Hero themselves and Bombshells you can’t stand like Andrea.” Jessie countered, and I shared a look with my managers. ”So, what do you say? I have been helping train you.”

”I say we had better make this official before the show ends, let’s go grab a camera crew!” I nodded in agreement before we walked off.

The Stockyard Steakhouse, Phoenix, Arizona
Sunday the 5th of December 2021, 19:00pm

It’s been a while since I’ve had a meal out to be honest, much less one that wasn’t a date with Makayla.

And honestly? I did ask Makayla if she wanted to come but she had to decline due to looking after both Rachel and Garrus and having a headache on top of that so yeah, whilst this is a girls’ night out, it’s one with three of my co-workers rather than my fiancé.

And honestly? It’s a nice change of pace.

”Jessie’s challenging for the Bombshell Internet Title, I’m facing Team Hero in a tag team match.” I commented before raising my glass in a toast and once they got the idea Team Hero and Jessie raised their glasses as well. ”I’d say that calls for a toast, wouldn’t you?”

“Here, here.” Roxi nodded in agreement before we shared the toast and took simultaneous sips of our drinks. “Though I will admit that the “end of  the Team Hero era” comments did cause me to raise an eyebrow.”

”In the spirit of complete honesty? That’s the influence of Matthew and Marty, to an extent.” I admitted before I set my glass down. ”The reason I contacted Matthew’s group was because I thought someone with Matthew’s experience and knowledge would be the one to take my career to the next level, but I’ll be the first to admit that the loss to Kate had me rethinking the new alliance, at least at first.”

“Krystal. Matthew is a smarmy scumbag, always has been, always will be.” Keira responded as she shook her head and I turned to the blonde bombshell. “So is Marty but he’s a lot less subtle about it but you’re better than that, you have a daughter for god’s sake!”

”I know but since the loss to Andrea at the last cycle I had been having doubts about if I could hang with wrestlers outside the Bombshell Roulette Division. I admitted before the waiter came up to take our orders, Keira naturally ordered enough food to keep the kitchen staff busy for the rest of the night whilst the rest of us just ordered regular portions. ”I know I earned the Future Star and Most Improved of the Year awards, but I still feel like I need to prove myself to certain members of the roster.”

”Krystal, you will reach two hundred days as champion on Thursday, none of my reigns ever got that far.” Jessie assured me, and I turned to the shorter woman before nodding. ”Hell you’ve already set a new record for defences thanks to your competitor first, champion second mentality, regardless of what the likes of Andrea say the rest of the Bombshell Roster views you as a future star for a damn good reason!”

“Speaking of Andrea, Jessie how do you plan on preparing for the match against her at Inception V?” Keira asked as she turned to Jessie and Jessie paused for a second.

”I have a few options, I did consider asking Krystal if she could sweettalk Gabriel and Odette into letting me train at the Go Gym but, well, my relationship with them is rocky at best.” Jessie responded as she shook her head before glancing over at me. ”But it’s not like they are the only training school with ties to SCW around, what’s the facilities at Matthew’s place like?”

”I haven’t made use of them for one reason, my relationship with the other Go Gym graduates is on thin ice as it is and don’t want to take a sledgehammer to that ice by appearing to be disloyal.” I responded as I shook my head and the three veteran bombshells nodded as they got the idea. ”Gabriel doesn’t mind you helping me and Adrienne with our training Jess because you don’t run an official training school, you just have a wrestling ring and some gym equipment in your home’s basement.”

”Had to use that money I would’ve spent on the trip to Bloodstock 2020 somehow, that’s all I’m saying.” Jessie responded with a shrug  before taking a sip from her drink. ”Still haven’t figured out what I’m going to do with the money for Bloodstock 2021, in any case, you didn’t answer my question Krystal.” Jessie added, and I nodded once I realized that she was right.

”I was getting to that.” I nodded in response before shifting my weight. ”Matthew’s school has attracted a lot of interest but it’s basically the Go Gym from Wish.com, the cheaper alternative to the superior product.” I explained, and the three veteran bombshells nodded as they got the idea. ”They have a green room where the students can practice their promo skills which was where I did my promo for the match against Kate but that’s literally the only advantage Matthew’s school has over the Go Gym.”

“If nothing else, that explains how dorky Adrienne came across in her first promo.” Roxi chuckled in response, and I had to admit, much as I like Adrienne, Roxi had a point. “Speaking of promos, I’ve been wondering and if you don’t want to answer feel free, but how much of that stuff about your childhood was true?”

”All of it,” I responded bluntly and being wrestling veterans, it normally took a lot to phase Team Hero, which is why I’m pointing out that it looked like Roxi, and Keira had seen a ghost. ”Hell, I was barely scratching the surface! Jessie knows the full story but it’s not one I’m comfortable going into detail about whilst in a crowded restaurant.”

”Speaking as a fellow child abuse survivor? Trust me, it gets ugly fast!” Jessie added, and Team Hero shared a look. ”She’ll tell you guys the whole story once she feels she can trust you but there’s a reason why Krystal Wolfe is her legal name.”

“Feel free to do that in your own time Krystal, but for now let’s just celebrate Jessie’s win.” Keira nodded sympathetically before the waiters came over with our orders, yes, plural, because Keira had ordered enough food to end world hunger twice over!

And whilst I sat there enjoying my steak meal and watched Keira devour her food, I had to remind myself that I was sitting across from a woman who was not only a wrestling veteran but my next challenger for the Roulette Title and that her friendly exterior would evaporate as soon as she got in the ring with me for our match.

And that fact just made me anticipate this match even more.

Local café, Tucson, Arizona
Monday the 6th of December 2021, 18:00pm

From one meal out to another, what can I say?

Though this one was a lot less celebratory than the one I had with Team Hero and Jessie, for one thing Makayla was on the day as well, and she wasn’t alone.

”So Francisco.” I said to Ariana’s Brazilian boyfriend as we made ourselves comfortable on a outside table, why outside? Because Garrus needs to socialize as we’re killing two birds with once stone with this double date. ”Ari says that you’re a massive wrestling fan?”

“Yes but I never thought that my first time backstage would be so exciting.” Francisco chuckled as he glanced over at Ari. “But Ari got me to safety before the purge officially started, at least she was the only one standing when the dust settled.”

”Admittedly the decision to get you to the parking lot ASAP was what led to Amy getting the jump on me, but I had the last laugh once the dust settled.” Ari admitted with a shrug before taking a sip from her drink. ”I don’t know what’s in store for me on the next SCU show but I’m ready for anything, even if it’s the match against Helena Jeckel that never happened for obvious reasons.”

“With that new attitude of yours, I have no doubt that you are ready for anything.” Makayla assured Ari and she grinned in response. “Anyway, Ari said that you are planning to train to be a wrestler Francisco.”

“That’s the plan, I moved to Las Vegas for that purpose.” Francisco nodded in response, and I had to admit, with his build he could be a decent cruiserweight wrestler with the right training. “The Go Gym was my initial idea, but I don’t want it to appear that I’m dating Ariana to have an in on the Go Gym, you know.”

”I understand, there are other schools with ties to SCW anyway.” I nodded in understanding before thinking for a moment. ”The Jet City Schools, Wolfslair, Matthew’s place, and that’s just off the top of my head, though I will say that Matthew’s place has the least prestige as it’s the newest school around and I didn’t even know he had a new school until I visited the Prime Time Associates HQ.”

”Does Matthew’s place even have an official name or is it just Matthew’s place?” Ariana asked, and I just shrugged, mostly because I had no idea. ”Speaking of SCW though, how are you preparing for the match against Mercedes?”

”Do I even need to prepare for Mercedes? I’ve faced her twice and she’s never beaten me!” I responded as I shook my head and Ari raised an eyebrow. ”I know that was before she won the Mixed Tag Titles with Goth, but she won those titles by doing nothing! I doubt her and Goth’s reign will last beyond the first defence either.”

“I have to admit, Krystal has a point.” Francisco nodded in agreement and Ari nodded reluctantly as she realized her boyfriend was right. “Any update from Adrienne and Katie? They are babysitting Rachel aren’t they?”

”They are, last update had Adrienne making baby noises at Rachel.” I chuckled in response before Francisco took a sip from his drink. ”I think babysitting Rachel is having a similar effect on Adrienne and Katie as it did on Ari, they might end up wanting kids of their own.” I added, and Francisco’s drink nearly ended up all over the table.

”Krystal, we literally just started dating, can you not put that much pressure on Francisco?!” Ari responded with a laugh before handing her boyfriend a napkin to clean himself up. ”Besides, I don’t know if I’m ready for that personally, much less Francisco!”

“Give it time, you’ll know when you’re ready.” Makayla assured Ari and she grinned whilst Francisco regained his composure. “It’s generally best to not rush into things like that, I know Krystal and myself are getting married only a few months after we started dating again but if you ask us, it’s like our relationship never ended.”

”That makes sense I guess.” Ari responded before the waiter came over with our food. ”For now, let’s eat.”

“Anything to distract me from that previous conversation.” Francisco laughed as we got ready to eat our food.

Local wrestling podcast, Tucson, Arizona
Monday the 6th of December 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Yeah I’m doing a bit of hype for the show.

“Welcome back to the Sacred Ring podcast! Our next guest has wrestled all over the world and has come all the way from Adelaide, Australia to learn to wrestle from the best! She is the reigning SCW Bombshell Roulette Champion, please welcome SCW’s Krystal Wolfe!” Gus, one of the co-hosts of the podcast alongside his girlfriend Layla, introduced me and I grinned in response knowing that it was a video podcast. “Krystal, welcome to the show.”

”G’day, and thanks.” I greeted them as I rested the Bombshell Roulette Title over my shoulder. ”You guys agreed to let me cut my promo against Mercedes on your show, so do you mind if we get that out of the way first?”

“That’s fine by us.” Layla nodded in response as she shifted her weight. “This is the third time you’re facing Mercedes, second time as Bombshell Roulette Champion and first non-title match since winning the title, does that effect your gameplan going into your match against Mercedes?”

”Look at that, we have an American Mercedes Vargas right here!” I joked getting a laugh out of the co-hosts before I answered. ”No, it doesn’t! it’s like I said on Climax Control, I am a competitor first and a champion second and if Mercedes wasn’t the Mixed Tag Team Champion I would’ve happily put the Bombshell Roulette Championship on the line against her! Off course, much has been said about how she won the Mixed Tag Championships with Goth!”

“And that’s a great Segway into my question.” Gus responded as he adjusted his glasses. “Goth basically did all the work against Mercer and Tempest, yet Mercedes is acting like she did all the work, what are your thoughts on this?”

”It’s a classic Mercedes Vargas tactic, she did much the same thing during the heyday of the Mean Girls and that’s the only reason why she’s a two time Hall of Famer.” I responded before motioning to the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”My first match against Mercedes was a warm-up for the match that started my title reign,  if Mercedes thinks that this will be a bookends situation with Mercedes being my last opponent before I lose the Roulette Title, well, I think she’s forgotten about the challenge that was laid out at Climax Control 318.”

“That’s another great Segway, you were challenged to a tag team match by Team Hero, and you responded by recruiting the current Number One Contender to the Bombshell Internet Championship Jessie Salco.” Layla added and I nodded as I got the idea of where she was going with this. “That was obviously before Jessie earned her shot at Andrea, but does this effect the tag team match?”

”Far as I see it, the only way this could affect the match is if Andrea decides to get involved and Jessie has already made it clear to her why that would be a bad idea.” I responded before leaning back. ”That match is a warmup for me and Jessie in more ways than one, it helps me prepare for the defence against Keira, it helps Jessie prepare for her attempt at dethroning Andrea and it helps Team Hero prepare for their matches at Inception V, including my defence against Keira! As far as I see it, it’s win/win, regardless of the outcome and in a way, the match against Mercedes is serving as a warmup for that tag team match.”

“Here’s a question from one of our viewers. Krystal, if you lose the title, what’s next for you?” Layla asked and I had to admit, that one gave me pause.

”I haven’t really thought about that but it’s not like I’m short on options.” I responded as I shook my head and the co-hosts nodded as they got the idea. ”I could go after the Internet Title, Andrea or Jessie would be a good challenge for me, I could go after Amber because it’s like I said after Adrienne challenged Amber, the loss to Amber in the Blast From The Past Tournament is a black eye on an otherwise fantastic 2021 and I’ve been looking to avenge it or hell, maybe I’ll grab the first male partner I can find and set my sights on Mercedes, provided her Mixed Tag Title Reign lasts that long off course.”

“One last question before you move onto your promo, what is your New Years Resolution.” Gus asked and I had to think on that.

”You know, I could say “New Year, New Me” but I’ve been the Bombshell Roulette Champion for seven months and I’ve only lost twice, why would I change that?” I asked, and the co-hosts shared a look before nodding in agreement. ”My resolution is to do better in 2022 than I did in 2021, and I think picking up my last singles win off the year over Mercedes will be a great way to do just that.”

“Well, that’s a great Segway into your promo so let’s hear it!” Layla responded and I nodded as I got ready to do my promo.

”Guess I’m the Queen of Segways today!” I joked getting a laugh out of the co-hosts. ”I guess you’re feeling proud of yourself, aren’t you Mercedes? You, after months of trying to not give a shit about titles, finally found a shit to give and used it to win the Mixed Tag Titles but the fact that Goth did all the work for you speaks volumes, the cracks in your team are already starting to form, and this Sunday I’m applying a sledgehammer to them!”

“Strong words, but what makes you say that?” Gus asked and I grinned in response.

”What do you think?” I asked before turning my attention back to the camera because really, what else did you expect from Mercedes. ”Since your SCW’s resident historian Mercedes, let’s look at our history, shall we? In fact, let’s start at the beginning, when we had my tune up match ahead of the match that started my reign, you got cocky, and it cost you the match! Then in my third defence and first Main Event I pinned you to retain the title after driving you through thumbtacks with the Down Under Thunderbomb, painful memory I know but it does paint a picture of how you’ll do against me, doesn’t it Mercy?”

“She hasn’t had the best track record against you, that’s for sure.” Gus nodded in agreement before clearing his throat. “But since then, Mercedes has become champion.”

”Oh sure, she finally won a title after spending the better half of the year chasing them but not even counting the times she faced me? The facts don’t lie.” I responded before flipping my hair over my shoulder. ”And what are those facts Mercedes? Let’s start at the beginning, that Triple Threat against Bella and Violet to determine the third woman in the Bombshell Roulette title match at Into the Void X, by all rights you should’ve been the third woman in that match but no, you got pinned by Violet after being hit by Violet and Bella’s respective finishers, from there the picture is clear and pathetic, you are a Hall of Famer but you became complacent, you claimed that people would’ve rioted if you had won a shot at my title yet there were no such riots when you won the Mixed Tag Team Titles, tell me Layla, what does that say about her?”

“That she was mistaken?” Layla asked as I adjusted the title over my shoulder. “But why would she be mistaken about something like that?”

”A good question but I have a better answer.” I responded before chuckling to myself. ”I don’t need to be a shrink to tell that you are delusional Mercedes, you are blind to the fact that no one gave a shit about anything you have to say that isn’t related to SCW history and your record in SCW speaks for itself in that regard! I’m gearing up for the biggest and toughest challenge of my Bombshell Roulette Title reign and this match is nothing more than a tune up, if that sounds familiar, it should because that’s how I described our first match!”

I didn’t wait for a prompt from Gus or Layla because it was that simple.

”I’ve had one of the best years of any SCW Bombshell much less a champion, you on the other hand Mercedes have had a terrible year and it’ll end in defeat for you! By the time we face off on Sunday I’ll be over two hundred days into my reign and whilst your reign is just getting started, this match will be a good case study over who is the stronger champion between us, spoilers: it’s me!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”My year has had its ups and downs and my plan for 2022 is to have a better year all around, to do that I need to keep doing what I do best and that’s win matches starting with you Mercedes and this Sunday you’ll fall before me again as you are struck down by “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe, third times the charm? I don’t think so! And that’s ready for Prime Time!”

I resumed doing the podcast as the scene fades.

It was the second week of the High Stakes XI Supercard Period and Krystal’s seventh title defence was drawing near! The Australian Bombshell was initially just treating Char Kwan as yet another challenger for her Bombshell Roulette Title but that changed when Char not only put Azurine Vebbins out of action with Krystal’s “Long Rest” Submission Finisher, but she followed that up the following week by brutally attacking Ariana Angelos,  a fellow Go Gym Graduate who Krystal viewed as the little sister she never had!

Now the two women were set to meet in a match that promised to be a brutal and personal affair! If Krystal retained the title at High Stakes XI she will have broken the previous record set by Sam Marlowe at six defences and on the same night as Sam was being inducted into the SCW Hall of Fame no less! Can Krystal do it and break the long standing record? Or will Char be the one to end Krystal’s reign at one hundred and sixty eight days?

Backstage at Underground 112, Durham, New Hampshire
Sunday the 31st of October 2021, 21:00pm

And the award for most predictable attack of the year goes to Char Kwan!

Okay, I doubt the bosses will ever add that to the Year End Awards but given all the underhanded shit Char Kwan has done since she started her pursuit of my Bombshell Roulette Championship I should’ve seen that attack come from miles away, bit it didn’t, and it took someone who was just in hospital having stitches removed to save my ass! Say what you will about Ari’s cooking show, but that little Greek American lady is fearless when her friends are in danger.

Part of me wishes that I had showed the same initiative when Ari was being attacked by Char a few weeks ago, but at least we got out payback tonight! Off course, tonight’s payback is just the prelude to next week’s title match.

“Charlotte, there you are!” Ari said as she ran up to me whilst I was still nursing the wounds from the ambush, nothing major but it still hurt, and as for Ari? Well, she was still in that Dalmatian costume albeit with the hood down so I could actually see her face, if you had told me that she had spent the morning getting sixteen stitches removed from her head, I doubt I would’ve believed you. “How are you feeling?”

”Right now I have two thoughts running through my head, one: what else will Char do to get the upper hand over me?” I responded with a grin before switching my ice pack to the other hand. ”Two, if I didn’t know that Carter was gay, your Halloween costume choices would leave me questioning the details of your relationship with him!” I responded and whilst it did take Ari a moment for it to set in, once she realized what I meant she nearly fell over laughing.

“All I’m saying is that the Cruella costume was Carter’s idea, and this was my idea!” Ari responded as she motioned to the costume before sitting down opposite me. “Seriously though, after you tried to save me at Climax Control 314 I felt I needed to return the favour, and seeing you put Kiara through the table was worth it!”

”That was just the preview of what’s in store for Char next week!” I responded with a grin before letting out a deep breath. ”Think I’ll get in trouble with the bosses for attacking a non-wrestler?”

“Doubt it, they attacked you first after all!” Ariana pointed out and I nodded in response. “Maybe they’ll view putting Kiara through the table with the Down Under Thunderbomb as excessive but it’s not like you did that to Super Nintendo Chalmers!”

”Even though that prick totally deserves it!” I responded, and Ariana quickly nodded in agreement. ”Ari, I need you to do me a favour, yes another one after you saved my ass earlier, but this is more personal, I need you to keep a secret from everyone else until High Stakes, yes, that includes Carter!”

“What kind of secret?” Ariana asked with a curious look on her face, and I showed what I meant to her, as for what that is? Well, you’ll have to wait. “No way!” Ariana beamed as her face lit up like a Christmas tree. “You’re actually going to ask her?!”

”That’s the plan and it involves a promise I made to myself after I graduated from the Go Gym.” I explained before I patted the Bombshell Roulette Title that was resting on my shoulder. ”One that involves me holding a title and High Stakes, can I trust you?”

“After everything you’ve done for me, off course!” Ariana responded with a nod before she stood up. “I’d better go find Carter, he’ll want to milk this act for all it’s worth, but good luck!”

”Thanks Ari, for everything.” I responded before pocketing the thing and Aria ran off. ”Here’s hoping everything goes to plan!” I commented to myself as I watched my friend walk off.

On a date with Makayla, New York City, New York
Monday the 1st of November, 18:00pm

At the beginning of the cycle, I said that defending a title at Disneyworld was a Bucket List Item, well this week I’m checking off another bucket list item, namely defending a title at Madison Square Garden.

Really the only reason I haven’t made as big a deal about this was because High Stakes XI was taking place in New York which meant that it was pretty much guaranteed that I was going to be defending the title, the fact that it was against Char Kwan didn’t come until later for obvious reasons!

But that’s not until Sunday Night, until then? I’m on a date with my girlfriend!

“Between everything that’s happened with Char Kwan, we haven’t really had a chance to date have we?” Makayla commented breaking my train of thought in the process. “Krystal?”

”Sorry babe, I was miles away!” I admitted as I shook my head and Makayla nodded in understanding. ”But you’re right, between Ari’s attack and my defence on the last episode of Climax Control, we haven’t had much time for us, have we?”

“You have been busy this past cycle, between the two defences you’ve already had and the Champion vs. Champion Match against Andrea, this has been your busiest cycle to date.” Makayla nodded before we heard a commotion in another part of the café between a man and a woman but just assumed that it was an argument between another couple and tuned it out. “Off course, the Blast from the Past Tournament cycle would’ve easily topped it if you had made it past round one.”

”Yeah, well, getting drawn against Amber Ryan and Despayre in Round One didn’t exactly help there!” I grumbled in response before taking a sip from my drink. ”Off course, that was the also the cycle where my first match against Char Kwan took place.”

“Oh right, that Double DQ Draw, at least that ended your losing streak.” Makayla responded with a nod, and I just frowned. “Did Gabriel ever address your comments on Dawn’s officiating? She is a fellow Go Gym Grad, isn’t she?”

”Yep, first ref to graduate from there if my memory serves me right.” I nodded after thinking for a minute. ”And yes, he did, after I angrily confronted her the week after, he said that she made a tough judgment call based purely on what she saw, I pointed out that she could’ve avoided that judgment call all together by just ejecting Char’s entourage from the start because no wrestler brings that many people to the ring with them intending to fight fairly!”

“Well, it’s not like you were wrong!” Makayla responded as she shook her head  “Did he take it well?”

”He just pointed out that she was still a rookie ref, I’ll just point out the numerous times I’ve taken shots at that match.” I responded before offering Makayla a toast and she accepted, we heard the commotion coming from the other table again and I finally looked up seeing that it was because the guy had just asked his girlfriend to marry him, naturally she said yes, and I shook my head. ”Didn’t think I was going to see that on this date.” I commented to Makayla whilst motioning to the other table with my head and she glanced over.

“Maybe it’s a sign.” Makayla responded with a shrug, and I paused mid-sip, thinking back to the conversation I had with Ari at Underground. “Of our future I mean, we already have a kid in Rachel.”

”Even though I still feel weird about calling her my daughter when she’s actually my niece.” I sighed to myself as I finished my sip and shook my head. ”Maybe Team Hero can help me out there, they are a lesbian couple with a kid.”

“Maybe, do you actually know the story about how they came to be Nate’s parents?” Makayla asked and I shook my head, I had been meaning to ask Keira since we met Nate at Disneyworld but between her challenge for the Bombshell Internet Championship and my duties as Bombshell Roulette Champion we hadn’t had much of a chance to chat in or out of shows. “Because I somehow doubt they found a way for a woman to get pregnant whilst having sex with another woman.”

”Now that’s a scary thought.” I joked getting a laugh out of Makayla before the waitress came over to take our food orders, we gave them after a quick once over of the menu and she went off to hand the orders in. ”Hell, just the thought of us cutting down on sex in general is scary.”

“Off course you’d say that.” Makayla laughed in response before shaking her head. “Do you think Ari’s doing okay babysitting Rachel? You know, after the attack by Char?”

”When I spoke to her last night at Underground she seemed to be back to her old self.” I responded with a shrug and Makayla nodded. ”If you mean Char’s follow up attack on me last night, she was a bit bruised from diving off the stage but nothing even close to the damage she suffered at Char’s hands at Climax Control 314, if anything I was more impressed that she was able to do that after getting those stitches removed.”

“She probably just wanted to have your back after you helped her against Veronica Taylor last year.” Makayla shrugged her shoulders in response, and I paused for a sec, that was back when I was still starting out in SCU, back when everyone on both rosters were being cooped up in the same Las Vegas hotel due to the pandemic. “And that feels like a lifetime ago, probably won’t be long until we start going overseas again at this rate.”

“If anything, the overseas tours probably won’t start until Summer XXXTreme X, we were finally let out of the hotel after Summer XXXTreme VII, started venturing outside of Vegas after Summer XXXTreme IX, just saying, that’s probably the pattern that the bosses want to go with as far as getting back to normal is concerned.” I shrugged my shoulders in response and Makayla nodded as she got the idea. ”Though I would be lying if I said that I didn’t want to defend my title in Adelaide if SCW ever restarts the Homecoming tour.”

“You think you’ll hold that title for that long?” Makayla asked and I nodded in response. “I’m not even going to try to do the math on how long your reign will be by that point!”

”Yeah, probably best to leave that to either me or Mercedes Vargas, I’m the one who’s been keeping track via that calendar I brought after Summer XXXTreme IX and Mercedes is SCW’s Resident Historian!” I nodded in agreement before taking a sip of my drink. ”Though at that point the bosses might be tempted to try to bribe a former wrestler back to the fold to see if they can end my reign.”

“You mean like they did with the Internet Title Tournament last cycle?” Makayla asked and I nodded in response. “At least they won’t stick J2H in a wig, tape watermelons to his chest and send him out as Jenny Huntington Hawkes the II or something!”

”Now that’s a mental image that’ll haunt my nightmares.” I responded with a mock shudder before the waitress came back with our  food.

Krystal’s hotel room, New York City, New York
Monday the 1st of November 2021, 20:00pm

That date was just what the doctor ordered.

Still, it was good to be back at the hotel to check on Rachel and Ari, especially since I wanted to get my promo done once Rachel was asleep.

”Hopefully Ari didn’t get up to too much trouble.” I commented as we approached the hotel room and Makayla got the key card out. ”I know she was dying of boredom during the week she spent with Carter.”

“When even her antics with her bestie can’t keep her entertained, you know there’s a problem.” Makayla nodded in agreement as she inserted the key card and unlocked the door. “Then again, having sixteen stitches in your head can’t be fun.”

”Back when I was on the indies, I had to have twenty stitches following a hardcore match in Germany.” I responded as I shook my head as Makayla opened the door. ”That wasn’t fun!”

“Doesn’t sound like my idea of fun at least.” Makayla nodded before we entered the hotel room, we glanced around before spotting Ari.

She was doing an improv sock puppet show for Rachel. “And then the evil Char Kwan was vanquished by the beautiful heroine Krystal Wolfe, and everyone lived happily ever after!” Ari exclaimed and Rachel cheered in response whilst me and Makayla shared amused looks, and it was at that point that Ari spotted us. “Had to keep her occupied somehow.” Ari commented sheepishly before removing the socks from her hands as she stood up to greet me.

”Ari, you know that if you find me beautiful, you can just go ahead and tell me right?” I teased her, and Ariana blushed furiously in response. ”She did do her homework right?”

“Wouldn’t have done the puppet show if she hadn’t.” Ariana responded as she motioned to the stack of homework on the desk next to my gaming/streaming PC. “Carter was asking if he can help look after Rachel next time you guys go on a date.”

“Tell him that we’d be happy to have Carter, and that Charlotte will discuss pricing either before the Hight Stakes XI pre-show or during it.” Makayla informed Ari and I nodded in agreement as Ariana grinned. “Speaking off, Charlotte will pay you once she’s done her promo on Char for week two.”

“Sounds good to me, but take your time, it’s not like I’m strapped for cash thanks to my SCU Contract.” Ariana assured us and we nodded in response. “Though given how long you’ve held the Bombshell Roulette Title Charlotte, you are definitely better off than me!”

”I don’t mean to brag but yeah, I am, just a little bit.” I responded with a teasing wink and Ariana grinned. ”Why do you think so many people want to dethrone me, Andrea or Amber? Beyond having their names added to the history books obviously.”

“I’m a former two time Pride Tag Team Champ, remember? Trust me I know!” Ariana responded with a grin before getting a text and checking it. “Speaking off, I need to go! Carter’s trying his hand at baking me a late birthday cake back in Vegas, he didn’t really have time yesterday between my stitches coming out and Underground, it apparently just came out the oven.”

“Let me know how it turns out, I was a culinary student back in Australia so I should be able to give him some tips for next time.” Makayla responded with a nod and Ari grinned before she left the hotel room. “She does know that it’s about a for hour plane ride back to Vegas, right?”

”She flew over with us so probably! But she likely considers it to be worth it considering how close Team Go are.” I responded with a shrug before I sat down on the ground next to Rachel. ”Did you behave yourself Rachel?”

“Yeah!” Rachel responded enthusiastically and I grinned in response. “Ariana was so funny!”

”I’m sure she was!” I responded before I made myself comfortable. ”And how was homework?”

“So boring but Ariana made sure that I got it all done!” Rachel responded and I couldn’t help but chuckle at her innocence. “How is mom?”

Yeah, it was at that point that I had to think about what I said, Kirsty had entered rehab following the incident at family court, but I hadn’t been in contact with her since then, and yes I’m standing by what I said during that press conference seg, if she wants Rachel back she’ll have to fight for it. ”She’s doing okay, she should be healthy in no time at all!” I responded after thinking for a minute and Rachel cheered in response.

“I think she’s had enough excitement for the day in any case.” Makayla chimed in as she picked up Rachel. “You’re already looking tired.”

“I’m not tired.” Rachel protested but she then let out a big yawn that confirmed what Makayla suspected. “Can’t I stay up a bit longer?”

“Sorry but we all need our beauty sleep.” Makayla responded before helping Rachel get settled into her bed, once she was asleep Makayla turned to me. “Charlotte, do you feel as weird as I do about calling Rachel our daughter, or are you used to it yet?”

”It’s even weirder for me, considering that she’s my niece.” I responded as I shook my head before standing up. ”Besides, we became her guardians during the second week of the cycle, it’ll probably be around late November at least before I’m used to the fact that we’re her parents now.”

“One things for sure, I’m not looking forward to when SCW does a southern tour!” Makayla responded as she went over to the gaming pc desk and grabbed the homework to check it. “Lesbian couple with a toddler aged daughter? They are going to love us.”

”At least I can defend myself if the time calls for it, beyond the training at the Go Gym I was trained in self-defence by a boxing coach.” I responded with a yawn before realizing something. “Actually we’re a foreign lesbian couple with a toddler aged daughter, which means that they’ll love us even more.”

“And I’m technically mixed race, my mom’s Australian and my dad’s Greek, all we need to do to really set them off is to declare our love for abortions.” Makayla grunted in response before I went to start my promo stream. “Getting ready to do your promo?”

”You know it!” I nodded before I gave myself a stretch. ”Had to wait for Rachel to get to sleep because I know I’m going to get heated whilst talking about Char!”

“I’ll get set up on my computer so I can do my mod duties!” Makayla nodded in response before we went off to get started.

Krystal’s Twitch Stream, New York City, New York
Monday the 1st of November 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Really?

”You couldn’t wait until High Stakes XI could you Char? You had to ambush me at Underground 112 to try to soften me up? Well, how does it feel to have egg on your face? Because all you really achieved with that attack was making me that much angrier at you and in the process you’ve made much more difficult for me to treat this like any other title match, in other words, this is no longer just another title defence to me! And when I’m beating you to a pulp Char, who will you have to blame?”

Take a guess.

”Sure, you could blame Super Nintendo Chalmers and try to claim that he put the ideas you’ve executed over the past cycle in your head but no, I’m not buying it even if that is true, because you could’ve said no at any point! You could’ve refused to lock in the Long Rest on Azurine and just win with the Slice of Asia, you could’ve refused to attack Ari to get to me, you could’ve refused to try to interfere in my last Roulette Title Defence, the last one could’ve saved you from a beating at Tempest’s hands at the very least! It’s like I said last week Char, you could’ve avoided this!”

But you didn’t.

”Instead, you’re going to reap what you sow at High Stakes XI! I was angry at Bea Barnhart when she stole the Bombshell Roulette Title from me after my first defence but when it came to match time I kept my cool during the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match, I was angry at myself because of the pain my poor choice of words caused Bella Madison before our title match at Violent Conduct VII, but I kept my cool in that defence, but you? You went out of your way to piss me off Char and you’re about to learn the consequences of your actions!”

A hard lesson.

”Thing is Char, if you had just left it at what you did to Azurine I would’ve been okay with that, well, relatively okay because  incapacitating your opponent to the point that they are taken off the active roster is not okay, but my point is that you’ll have no one to blame but yourself when the dust settles, and I retain the Bombshell Roulette Championship for a record breaking seventh time!”

As for anything I want to happen on Sunday.

”Juan289 says “Greetings from Portugal, do you have any preferences for what the wheel stops on come match time?”, nice to see a bit of Global Reach on my channel, hope I get a chance to wrestle in Portugal someday! As for your question, I’ve been champ long enough to know that the wheel can be a cruel bitch at the best of times, that said, part of me wants the Roulette Wheel at it’s worse on Sunday, when Rocky spins it, I want something that will make Char think “oh shit, I’m fucked”!

Such as?

”Scaffold Over the Piranha Tank? First Blood? Last Woman Standing? Some sadistic match type that somehow finds a way combines the rules of all the above matches into one match? I don’t care, as long as I put the fear of god into Char Kwan and make it clear to everyone that making things this personal with me just for a title match is just asking for trouble! But I guess people will really do anything for a title shot these days, right Char?”

All for nothing.

”But if you think for a second that I’m going easy on you in this match at all Char, then Tempest must’ve hit you harder than I thought! But I am saying that I’ll hit you harder than Tempest? No, I’m a strong woman, both physically and mentally, but Tempest is on another level compared to me, I’m still going to hit you as hard as I can as soon as that bell rings Char because that’s the least I can do after all the shit you’ve done!”

Eye for an eye!

”EliteAussieGamers says “aren’t you worried about what Carter said to you?” And I’m assuming you mean at Climax Control 314 when Ariana was being loaded into the ambulance, yeah I know the saying about digging two graves if you go out on a quest for revenge but here’s the thing, revenge at this point is a secondary objective, the main objective should be as clear as day but I’ll say it anyway, to retain the Bombshell Roulette Championship in my seventh defence and if I get revenge for Ari, Azurine and everyone you jumped in front of in the Roulette Title Shot que to get to this point, it’ll be worth it!”

But don’t take my word for it!

”But it’s not just me or the other female Go Gym Grads who want to see you fail Char, it’s everyone else in the Bombshell Roulette Division , whether it’s people like Johanna who see you as an unworthy challenger, people like Andrea who see you another easy defence for me or people like Bella who just want to see me get revenge for what you did to Ari you are not a popular person Char and if your trying to make a strong case for winning Most Hated, then you’ve succeeded!”

Your biggest mistake!

”But you’ve succeeded in another area, you’ve succeeded at getting me angry at you and that will be your downfall Char, you were so focussed on getting inside my head and playing mind games on me that you didn’t realize that you were only making me angry and considering that I’ve already got a chip on my shoulder from the losing streak I suffered during the latter half of 2020/early months of 2021, I don’t think you’ve realized just how much you’ve fucked up!”

What comes around

”But you will realize that soon enough, do you want a specific date? How about Sunday the seventh of November 2021 right here in New York City at High Stakes XI? At the beginning of the cycle, I talked about how defending a title at Disneyworld was a bucket list item of mine, well, defending it Madison Square Garden is yet another bucket list item, I just didn’t bring that up because I knew it was all but set in stone that I was going to defend the title on PPV anyway so in a way, this cycle has come full circle.”

It’s that simple.

”In more ways than one because not only am I checking off another bucket list item on Sunday Char, but I’m also retaining the title! This won’t be a repeat of our first encounter Char because whilst that ended in a Double DQ Draw, I have a feeling that the Roulette Wheel Gods will be on my side on Sunday by not only giving me a match type that lets me go all out on you without the risk of disqualification or a draw and from there?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”The finish line will be in sight, and I will retain the title over you Char, this may not be Violent Conduct, but I can guarantee that this will be the most violent match on the card just for all the shit you’ve done to me and my friends for a shot at this title! And whilst you’re lying there bruised, battered, bloody and barely conscious you’ll have to ask yourself, was it all worth it just to be brought down by the Down Under Thunderbomb courtesy of Krystal Wolfe, your soon to be record breaking Bombshell Roulette Champion!? Long may I reign!”/color]

I ended the stream as the scene fades.

(Gabriel was used with permission from Mark, Carter used with permission from Chris)

Krystal’s undefeated streak as champion had ended at Andrea’s hands but the Aussie was still champ and she had more pressing matters on her mind right now, namely her latest Roulette Title defence and no, we’re not talking about High Stakes XI either! Krystal had wanted to defend the Bombshell Roulette Title at High Stakes XI in a Six Pack Challenge originally but with Char’s challenge those plans changed and the challenge (now bumped down to a five pack challenge) was taking place at the Halloween show, AKA the Go Home Show for High Stakes XI! Her challengers?

Former Roulette Champion Johanna Krieger, Bella Madison, former World and Roulette Champion Seleana Zdunich and Bea Barnhart! Aside from Krieger, all of her challengers had challenged Krystal in the past and normally, she would be cool calm and collected heading into such a match, there was just one problem however, Char had been employing mind games against Krystal first using her Long Rest Submission Finisher to defeat Azurine Vebbins and then brutally attacking Krystal’s friend and fellow Go Gym Graduate Ariana Angelos, both incidents designed to get in Krystal’s head! Can she retain despite everything going against her?

Kindred Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sunday the 17th of October 2021, 23:30pm

That bitch has crossed the line.

What the fuck else do you expect me to say?! I knew Char had SOMETHING up her sleeve to get at me but attacking Ari? And as brutally as that?! We arrived at the hospital some time after tonight’s Main Event started and Ari was rushed straight into the emergency room! Carter couldn’t bear to see her in that state and had headed outside the hospital for air leaving me and Makayla sitting in the waiting room.

And for what?! A shiny gold belt?! A little extra in your paycheque from SCW?! Ari is the youngest active wrestler on either roster, not to mention the youngest Go Gym Graduate to currently wrestle in SCW/SCU, not to mention that this was the first time she’s been in Pennsylvania since she moved to Las Vegas!

There’s going to be hell to pay at the Halloween show, never mind High Stakes XI!

“Krystal you can’t blame yourself.” Makayla eventually broke the silence and I glanced over at my girlfriend. “You have no way of knowing what Char had planned……..”

“Didn’t I?!” I demanded as I cut my girlfriend off. “Char’s been trying to get under my skin since I responded to her challenge in Atlanta, Georgia, first she choked out Azurine Vebbins last week with my own submission hold, and now this! I should’ve kept a closer eye on her but no! I turned away for one fucking second and now she’s in a hospital bed!”

“You were in the bathroom when the attack started.” Makayla pointed out as I ran a hand through my hair. “You didn’t learn of the attack until you were drying your hands, what could you have done?!”

“Well, Tempest still holds a grudge over the Bella Madison incident from the last cycle so she’s out, London Underground could’ve provided protection for her.” I let out a deep breath before running both hands down my face. “At least this can’t get any worse, at least they won’t put me in a title match at the Halloween show, right?”

“I thought you said that you’ll defend the title against all comers when you won it?” Makayla asked with a raised eyebrow before I got a text notification. “Or are you worried about your mental state heading into a title match?”

“What do you fucking think?!” I asked bluntly as I got my phone out. “Title defences are tough enough to prepare for normally, but with Ari in the hospital, how the fuck am I supposed to focus on that defence?!” I asked before checking my text, it was the card for the Halloween show and I wasted no time in checking it. “Dani vs. Jessie, Levi vs. Agostino vs. Miles to determine Bill’s first challenger, Tempest vs. Vargas, Bane vs. Vinnie, Ryans vs. David Shepherd………” I trailed off before my jaw dropped. “ARE THEY FUCKING SERIOUS?!”

“Don’t tell me, defence number six is lined up for next week, right?” Makayla asked once she saw the look on my face and I nodded. “Okay, who’s it against? And since it’s the Halloween show, I bet there’s going to be a fun stipulation.”

“The stipulations already been picked, it’s a graveyard elimination match, four challengers.” I explained to my girlfriend and Makayla braced herself for the names. “I’ll go down the list in order of when I last faced them, Seleana Zdunich, Bella Madison, Bea Barnhart and Johanna Krieger.”

“And Johanna’s at the bottom of the list because she’s the only one you’ve never faced before?” Makayla asked and I nodded before rubbing my forehead as I felt a headache coming on. “They must’ve finalized that match before the attack on Ari, it’s the only way I can see them justifying this defence.”

“If that is the reason, then they are lying out of their asses.” I grunted as I leaned back in my chair. “Remember that seg I did at Violent Conduct VII? The interview with Rocky where I apologized for flipping her off?”

“Yeah, what about it?” Makayla asked before it hit her. “They’re saying that your challenge is the reason they booked this match?”

“Pretty much, I’m sure they would’ve thrown Vargas into the mix to make it a Six Pack Challenge and round out my previous challengers, but she seems to be the latest wrestler they are throwing at Tempest so that she and Mercer have something to do at the Supercard.” I grunted in annoyance as I leaned forward. “I’ll have to talk to Gabriel at the Go Gym tomorrow, he’ll want an update on Ari after what happened tonight.”

“Talk to Gabriel about what?” We looked up and saw Carter returning to the waiting room. “If it’s about revenge, I doubt Gabriel will mind in this instance.” Carter added and I shook my head before passing him my phone which still had next week’s card on it, Carter gave it a once over and then it hit him. “The bosses might consider adding a “worst timed title match” award to the yearend awards after this!”

“You say that, but we both know that it’ll be one of those one-off awards with this match being it’s sole winner.” I grunted in response as I glanced over at Carter. “Any news from the other Go Gym Graduates?”

“London Underground are pissed, Charlotte and McKenzie more so, Tempest is too busy dealing with her title situation, Danielle doesn’t seem to care less about anything but her and Fenris hasn’t commented yet.” Carter explained before sitting down next to me and I grunted. “Bella Madison put out a tweet in support of you, surprising considering she’s one of your challengers.”

“Bella might be one of my challengers, but that doesn’t change the fact that she’s a good person, who else would forgive me for offering to interfere in their match so quickly?” I asked rhetorically before pausing. “Aside from Ari possibly, I know this isn’t the place to discuss it, but we at least have Recipe 4 Disaster episodes ready to go up for the next two weeks, by then Ari should be out of the hospital.”

“Yeah, assuming she doesn’t check herself out to get revenge on Char.” Carter nodded in agreement before he turned to me. “Krystal, Charlotte, whatever your name is, just want you to know that I don’t blame you for what happened to Ari tonight, I blame Char.”

“She still attacked Ari to get to me, but I appreciate it Carter.” I sighed as I turned to Ari’s bestie. “As for the name thing, either’s fine, just don’t lump me in with the likes of Christina Rose or Kate Steele and there won’t be any problems.”

“I understand, but what if you lose the title this Sunday.” Carter asked as a doctor emerged from the emergency room. “What happens to your match against Char?”

“I won’t lose on Sunday, but if I do?” I asked before glancing down at my title. “As of next week, I’ll have held this thing for one hundred and fifty four days, all things considered, that’s a pretty fucking good run in my books! If I do lose then I’m assuming a new match will be made for the Bombshell Roulette Title and the match between me and Char gets made a No DQ match or something along those lines, I’ll just have to focus on rebuilding myself after I beat her.” I added before the doctor cleared his throat.

“Your friend is going to be fine, all things considered, she has a concussion, sixteen stitches and bruising from where Char through her around.” The doctor informed us, and we nodded in response. “She’ll be discharged in the morning pending complications, Ariana will just have to take things easy for the next two weeks. Including avoiding any matches if at all possible.”

“That’s good to know at least.” I nodded with a relieved look on my face. “When will the stitches come out?” I asked and the doctor checked his notes.

“Halloween night is what I recommended based on what I saw.” The doctor explained and my mood soured. “Something wrong Ms. Wolfe?”

“Just call me Krystal, and that means that she’ll be spending her birthday in hospital.” I responded and the doctor nodded as he got the idea before he left to check on other patients. “Carter, I need to travel up to Vegas to start my training at the Go Gym, are you able to pick up Ari in the morning?”

“You didn’t even need to ask.” Carter nodded and I grinned in response. “I’ll make sure that she knows that you would’ve made it if not for your title match.”

“Thanks, right now though I have plenty of other things on my plate, title match included.” I sighed before I stood up. “Then again as a former champ yourself, you should know all about that.”

“No one attacked me or my friends as viciously as Char attacked Ari, but I get what you’re saying.” Carter nodded as he got the idea. “People want what they don’t have, whether it’s the Bombshell Roulette, the SCU Television Title or the Pride Tag Team Titles.”

“I think Jess put it best, winning a title’s easy, it’s defending it that’s the hard part!” I nodded in agreement before letting out a deep breath. “And I have five defences to show for it, the only other current champion who knows what that’s like is Amber.”

“I would say “here’s hoping there’s no Exploding Barbed Wire Matches in your future” but we both know that the wheel can be a blessing and a curse.” Carter nodded before me, and Makayla stood up to leave. “I’ll keep you posted on any updates regarding Ari.” Carter added as he passed me my phone back. “Hopefully they’ll mostly be her feeling the effects of her painkillers.”

“Hopefully, I’ll see at Underground I guess?” I asked and Carter nodded before we walked off. “I need to talk to Daniel J Morgan.” I said as we walked down the halls to the parking lot and Makayla gave me a confused look.

“Why? Are you planning on drinking at the Gold Coast’s Bar already?” Makayla asked and I shook my head, it was then that Makayla got the idea. “You want London Underground in your corner at High Stakes.”

“They have the numbers to counteract Char’s entourage, plus said entourage is mostly made up of Asian women and one out of shape manager.” I nodded in response as we neared the parking lot. “Osborne alone should be enough to deter them, I doubt Kiara or that new chick weigh even half as much as he does.”

“True, assuming that they don’t go straight for Os’s balls.” Makayla nodded in agreement as we entered the parking lot. “You realize that an easier away around that is to ask the bosses to ban Char’s entourage from ringside, right?”

“Two things that are wrong with that, one, since when have I done anything the easy way?” I asked jokingly and Makayla laughed. “Second, that request will be rendered moot if the wheel lands on a stip that takes us away from the ringside area, just off the top of my head? Boiler Room Brawl, Falls Count Anywhere, Black Friday Brawl,  I’m sure there’s others I haven’t thought off, but you get the idea.”

“And once you take the match away from the ringside area, Char’s entourage will be able to interfere as much as they want.” Makayla nodded grimly as she got the idea. “Off course, the request is also rendered moot if you lose the title in the Halloween show.”

“Like I said to Carter, I’ve had a good run with it.” I nodded as I patted my title. “But I’m not ready to lose this title just yet, then again, no one is.”

“Yeah, just look at Myra’s reign as Bombshell Internet Champ.” Makayla nodded before she opened the passenger side door. “I’ll drive, no offence Charlotte but I don’t want to risk a road rage incident.”

“I was going to suggest that anyway.” I nodded before I got in the car and Makayla closed it behind me.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 18th of October 2021, 6:00am

Who wants the good news and the bad news?

Good news is, Carter texted me as I was walking to the Go Gym this morning, Ari’s out of hospital and is traveling by car to Las Vegas to recover with Carter, bad news? She wants a match against Char, I don’t blame her one bit but’s only competed once on the main roster and that was in a tag team match.

Still, I can’t concentrate on that right now.

Today’s round of training had just started, and the trainees were going through their early morning workouts, it would be a while before I got a chance to train with them, but they have all been sympathetic to me at least, with as good chunk of them asking about Ari and Carter for obvious reasons.

It wasn’t long until I was called into Gabriel’s office either.

“Charlotte, I wish I was calling you in here under better circumstances, but we both know that isn’t true.” Gabriel commented grimly as I closed the door behind me and sat down opposite him. “How are you feeling?”

“How am I feeling?! How do you think?!” I asked with a huff as I folded my arms. “Ari’s out of the hospital and is traveling up to Vegas with Carter, wish I knew what Char’s endgame was.”

“I suspect that you already know.” Gabriel commented before he motioned to the title around my waist. “She’s trying to get in your head Charlotte, and it’s working.”

“I would say “that obvious huh” but right now I hate that my birthname shares four letters with Char’s name.” I grunted in announce before shifting my weight. “And then there’s the elephant in the room, the bosses are expecting me to defend this title after everything that happened to Ari last night!”

“No one said that defending SCW’s titles was going to be easy, and you did say that you wanted to defend the title in a Six Pack Challenge at High Stakes VI.” Gabriel pointed out and I shook my head.

“I was riding high of the fact that my so called “fluke reign” had reached defence number four! I didn’t expect that my sixth defence would come after someone who’s like a sister to me was brutally attacked, and in a five pack challenge against women who are former champions in their own right!” I pointed out before letting out a deep breath. “Johanna was the Bombshell Roulette Champion heading into last year’s High Stakes, Bella and Bea are former Mixed Tag Team Champions and Bea’s husband just won the men’s Roulette Title, so you just know that she’s going to want to match her husband’s success, and Seleana was my toughest defence back at Disneyworld, not to mention a former Bombshell Roulette and World Bombshell Champ!”

“If I didn’t have faith that you could overcome this, then this conversation would’ve taken a different turn.” Gabriel nodded as he let out a deep breath. “As far as Char goes, as your teacher and mentor, I have to tell you to treat that like any other title match, provided you survive the Halloween show with your reign intact, she is counting on you being angry going into this match and will use that against you.”

“You ever heard the phrase “fuck around and find out”?” I asked and Gabriel nodded in response. “Char’s about to find out just how dangerous I am when I’m pissed off!”

“That brings me to my other point.” Gabriel nodded as he leaned forward. “I mentored you, Ari and everyone else who trained at this gym, I was the one who convinced Ari that she should cut her parents out of her life when they stormed into the Go Gym.”

“Yeah, there was one thing I’ve always wondered about that story.” I admitted as I leaned back in my chair. “How did they get past Angel?”

“That, is something even I’m not sure off.” Gabriel responded as  he shook his head. “My point is Charlotte, we are like a family here and Ari is like a sister to you, as your friend? Don’t show Char any mercy.”

“I wasn’t going to.” I responded as I shook my head. “By the way, have you heard about Chelsea’s breakup.”

“Unfortunately, yes.” Gabriel nodded as he leaned back, we were referring to Chelsea Skye, a graduate from Ari’s class who was currently working outside of SCW and was going through a nasty breakup. “I do have my concerns about Chelsea’s mental health but she is far more intelligent than her Twitter posts may suggest and, frankly, a beautiful young woman, I have every confidence that she will bounce back from this.”

“So do I, but I can’t help but feel sorry for her.” I nodded with a frown on my face. “Ross was lucky to get a chick like her even remotely interested in him, then he had the nerve to blame her when he flushed it down the toilet! Thankfully, she has the support of her older sisters.”

“Even so, I told her that if she wanted to move to Las Vegas that I would be happy to find a place for her.” Gabriel nodded in response, and I grinned. “That should be all for now Charlotte but keep one thing in mind, if you survive this Sunday’s defence and the defence against Char, you’ll set a new record.”

“I noticed.” I nodded in response as my grin widened. “Sam Marlowe currently has the record for most defences at six, if I survive this Sunday’s defence I’ll match it, if I survive the defence against Char I’ll break it, right after she will be inducted into the Hall of Fame to boot.” My grin widened as I leaned forward. “Fate has a funny sense of humour sometimes, doesn’t it?”

“Indeed, and if you do break her record then who knows? Maybe Sam will set her sights on you next?” Gabriel suggested and that gave me pause. “And if you thought Seleana was a tough defence, then Sam will be even tougher.”

“Yeah, no shit, she has practically done it all in SCW.” I nodded with a frown on my face. “But I would welcome the challenge all the same, besides Sam was Royal Purple’s last defence before I took the title from her, in a way it would bring it full circle.”

“Indeed, but we are still a ways off and you had better get to training.” Gabriel responded and I nodded before standing up. “I know your upset about what happened to Ariana, but you can’t let that distract you.”

“With all due respect Gabriel? That’s easier said than done, and you know it!” I responded before I left his office to begin my training.

Krystal’s Twitch Stream, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 18th of October 2021, 18:00pm

*promo time*

Of all the weeks.

“Am I stealing a page from Andrea’s handbook by doing this? Maybe, but I will give her some credit for having a good idea! Only difference is that I have more followers and a better internet connection! Anyway, you guys all saw what happened at Climax Control 314 last night where Ariana was brutally attacked by Char Kwan, I can confirm that she’s going to be fine and was discharged from the hospital this morning but still, I was hoping for an easy week this week after everything that happened, that went out the window quickly didn’t it?”

I asked before shaking my head.

“DragonYourFeetGamers says “I know right? We were like “are they serious?!” when we saw the card for the Halloween show” and you know what? I have to agree, I would normally be all up for a challenge for my Bombshell Roulette Title, but I know I’m going to be distracted heading into the match against Johanna Krieger, Bella Madison, Seleana Zdunich and Bea Barnhart but at the very least I know what the stipulation will be heading into the match!”

Will that help?

“Oh hey! A raid! Welcome to my stream guys! Just doing my promo for my upcoming match for the Bombshell Roulette Title and if that’s not a good segway into talking about if I’m ready for this or not, I don’t know what is! Bea, Johanna, Bella and Seleana would be tough enough on their own but when, oh hold on! We have a hype train coming! Hype train for my sixth defence, am I right? Back on topic, but when you throw in the events of last night’s show on top of all that, this could be my last defence.”

Could be are the operate words.

“EliteAussieGamers brings up a good point, how can I prepare for five challengers with so much going on? Especially when I originally envisioned a six pack challenge? The best way I can prepare is to treat this like any other defence because for as pissed off as I am at Char for her attack, I can’t let that get in the way of my success! Char will be someone I’ll worry about when we get to High Stakes XI in a few weeks’ time because right now my opponents on Sunday need my undivided attention!”

Starting with Johanna.

“I bet you guys thought I was going to start with any of the four women I’ve faced before, well it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve subverted expectations in my reign because I’m talking about Johanna first! Why? Because of one little fact Johanna, this time last year you were the Bombshell Roulette Champion heading into High Stakes XI and in a match against Char Kwan no less, I bet you want history to repeat itself at Climax Control 314 right? You win the title at the Go Home Show and then retain it against Char?”

Nope!

“Yeah well, guess what? I want it to start raining lesbian porn, but I don’t see that happening either! Johanna, I’m not about to deny that you’re a hell of a competitor but what exactly have you done since you lost the Roulette Title to Royal Purple back at Inception IV? Not a lot, the last time you competed for a title was when you were just another name in the nine defences of Myra Rivers but aside from that? It’s like you took your ball and went home after losing the title!”

Not a good sign.

“And in answer to your question RedJaguar420, how does that tie into this defence is simple, who’s to say that you won’t do the same when things don’t go your way in the Graveyard Match? Now granted it is an elimination match and for all we know, you could be the first one out! Granted I have it on good authority that the Vegas odds have Bea Barnhart being the first one out but here me out, what will you do when your out of the match Johanna? Disappear again? I look forward to your answer.”

Next up is Bella.

“Miks5642 asks, “does that mean Bella’s next” well first off dude, I’d be looking into the state lottery or your country’s equivalent if I were you because you are right on the money! Bella, it feels just like yesterday that we were facing off in the Glitter Lightsabre Duel at Violent Conduct VII even though that wasn’t my last defence, I’ll get to her in a second, but sadly this meeting is being plagued by Go Gym Drama again and this time, it’s not entirely my fault.”

Key word is entirely.

“I know you saw Ariana’s attack at the hands of Char Kwan Bella and let me reiterate what I said on Twitter last night, thanks for the kind words but I can’t let this match be the end of my reign, not only do I feel like I have a lot left to prove but the burning question in my mind is what happens to my match against Char if I lose the title to any of you? I can’t let this happen, this whole feud with Char started with the Roulette Title and I have too much pride to let this be the end!”

Sadly.

“Bella I know you’ll get me a hell of a fight, before my defence against Seleana at Disneyworld you were my toughest challenge to date, and you went to hell and back to get that shot! What that told me is that we’re a lot alike because we’re both young women who won’t let adversity get in the way of our goals. It just so happens that adversity is the fact that I’m heading into this match knowing that my friend who is like a sister to me will be having her stitches removed on her birthday because of a big gold shiny belt!”

The things people will do.

“This is our fourth meeting Bella and unfortunately for you, this is ending the same way as our previous three meetings, with me picking up the win! As I said, I know what your capable off in the squared circle and I know that when we face off in the ring magic happens between us but thanks to Ari’s attack I am even more focussed and determined than ever to come out the other side having defended the title again!”

Next up is Seleana.

“We gotta have some clairvoyants in the chat because Dru4862 just predicted that I’m talking about Seleana next and what do you know? I am! When we faced off at Disneyworld Seleana you proved to be an even tougher match for me than Bella but the fact that I’m still the Bombshell Roulette Champion shows that I overcame the challenge you presented to me! And now that we’re heading into my sixth defence, I have to ask myself if I can do it again.”

Survey says?

“I reckon I can come out the other end still the Bombshell Roulette Champion and move onto High Stakes XI You see Seleana I’m a wrestler who thrives when I’m given decent competition and this match is more than just decent competition in my mind! Seleana when I last faced off against you, there was a little voice in my head saying: “this is it, this is where the reign ends” and as I said at the time, against you I would’ve been happy to lose the title.”

But now?

“Now that I’ve beaten you Seleana I feel a lot more confident about my chances in this match! I know that you, much like Bella, will give me the best matchup if it comes down to just the two of us but sadly this match excludes the possibility of us having a decent length one on one encounter by its nature, I can really only hope for one thing if it does come down to the two of us and that is that you’ll make me fight to get you in that coffin!”

Yikes.

“And that’s a great sentence to hear out of context! But in all seriousness Seleana, you came the closest to ending my reign at Disneyworld and I have no doubt that you’ll do the same at the Halloween Show AKA Climax Control 315, but I can’t let the loss to Andrea get me down because I’ve bounced back from setbacks before, and this match will be no different! So, thus far we have three Bombshells who have a decent chance at dethroning me, and then there’s the fourth challenger!”

That’s right, it’s Bea.

“Yeah, you don’t really need psychic powers to see this one coming! Out of all my challengers it’s Bea Barnhart who sticks out like a sore thumb and not in a good way, you see Johanna has a reputation for being a tough competitor, Seleana is a former Roulette, same as Johanna, and World Bombshell Champion, and Bella has the determination and strength or character to carry her far in this business but Bea?”

How did she qualify?

“What? Did they have Mercedes Vargas in mind before she accepted Austin and Tempest’s open challenge? Well regardless Bea if the Vegas odds have Johanna as a favourite to dethrone me, they have you as the favourite to be the first one eliminated, and I guess it’s up to me to make a lot of gambling addicts happy! But why don’t we talk about the last time we faced off, shall we? Let’s take the clock all the way back to Summer XXXTreme IX!”

Yep.

“Admittedly this is small time compared to everything Char Kwan did to me since I accepted her challenge but even so, you took it upon yourself to steal my title after I defended it for the first time against Maki and what’s even more hilarious in hindsight is the excuse! You said you wanted to take it to Char Kwan to get it cleaned, and what do you know? Char Kwan is the current thorn in my side as champion!”

Funny that, huh?

“Everyone knows how well that ended for you Bea and I hope you don’t try that again, I’d hate to have to spit in your face for the second time this year! As I said, the Vegas Odds say that you’ll be the first one out, but with your husband enjoying his first singles title reign it begs the question of whether your motivation to join your husband in a sort off Roulette Title Power Couple will overcome that, spoilers! No, no it won’t!”

It’s that simple.

“It’s been five months since I won the Roulette Title, in that time I’ve had five defences with this five pack challenge being defence number six, fitting isn’t it? Johanna, Bella, Seleana, Bea, in front of me I have three worthy challengers and Bea Barnhart, anyone else would’ve baulked at such a challenge but not me because ii there’s any title defence that will solidify my status as NOT a fluke champion, it’s this one!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Okay guys, promo stream is almost over, thanks for tuning in, I’ll make sure to get the VOD sent in to the bosses, and as for Johanna, Bella, Seleana and Bea, I know that you will all give me everything you’ve got to win my title, but it won’t be enough, and who knows? Maybe I’ll launch each and everyone of you into the grave with the Down Under Thunderbomb courtesy of “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe, long may I reign!”

I ended the stream as the scene fades.

(Gabriel was used with Mark’s permission)

Krystal had retained her title at Violent Conduct VII defeating Bella Madison in a Glitter Lightsabre Duel Match, however much like the post Summer XXXTreme IX Climax Control she wasn’t resting on her laurels just yet as apparently, defending a title at Disneyworld was on Krystal’s bucket list and wouldn’t you know it? That was exactly where Climax Control 311 was emanating from! Christian Underwood was back from his vacation to boot and was hell bent on dismantling everything his interim replacement Candy had put in place during his absence.

Did that mean Christian was going to ignore Krystal’s request? Far from it! The Aussie Bombshell was defending her title again, but this match may prove to be her biggest challenge since she won the title, namely Seleana Zdunich! The Swedish Bombshell’s accomplishments were nothing to sneeze at either, not only was Seleana a former Roulette Champion in her own right but a former World Bombshell Champion as well having ended Alicia Lukas’s first reign, can Krystal retain?

Backstage at Violent Conduct VII, Anchorage, Alaska
Sunday the 5th of September 2021, 23:00pm

Another one bites the dust.

Bella gave me the toughest fight I’ve had yet for the Bombshell Roulette Championship tonight, but I still walked out the champ, for those keeping count at home, that’s four defences I’ve had and six challengers I’ve turned away (with two of those matches being multi-person matches) so you’d think I’d take it easy, right? The next Climax Control is taking place at Walt Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida so maybe I’ll take Makayla into the tunnel of love with me and call it a night after I brag about the title defence?

Who am I kidding? You should know that I live for competition by now!

As soon as I saw that Disneyworld was the first stop on the road to High Stakes IX I knew what I wanted to do, defending a title at the Happiest Place on Earth was a bucket list item of mine dating back to when I made the decision to enrol at the Go Gym and train to become a wrestler, I didn’t care who it was against, just as long as I could check that off my bucket list.

After all, what’s another defence, right?

“Man, that main event might be the wildest match I’ve watched as a wrestler.” I commented as I got into the driver’s side of the rent-a-car that Makayla was occupying. “Makes me wonder what it’ll take for Amber’s reign to end.”

“It’ll certainly take more than a Food Fight Match, that’s for sure,” Makayla chuckled as I started up the car and my theme song started blaring. “Speaking of reigns, are you trying to top Myra’s title defence total or are you just addicted to defending that title on the first Climax Control of the cycle at this point?”

“You saw my tweet, didn’t you?” I asked as I put my seatbelt on, and Makayla nodded before showing it on her iPhone. “You know defending a title at Disneyworld has been on my bucket list since I enrolled at the Go Gym Maka, don’t give me that!”

“I know, but I’m worried about two things.” Makayla responded as she put her phone back in her pocket and held up her two fingers. “One, that you’ll get burnt out and with your autism diagnosis, that can only lead to bad things, two, that you’ll get injured and have to vacate the title even if you successfully defend it at Disneyworld, after how much work you put into winning that title I don’t want either scenario playing out Charlotte.”

“I hear you, but it’s not like I’m jumping straight into my next defence.” I responded as I shook my head. “The post Supercard break weeks do tend to fly by quicker than the regular weeks but that’s still a week off to recover and regain my bearings, especially after everything that’s happened over the past couple of weeks! Injuries though? Those are impossible to prepare for and I think you know why.”

“That maybe true by wear and tear is a thing.” Makayla pointed out and a frown appeared on my face as it dawned on me. “You are in great shape, don’t get me wrong, but your great shape doesn’t provide you with total protection from injuries.”

“I’ll ask Gabriel about it after the card for Climax Control 311 is announced anyway.” I responded before I finally started to drive off. “Besides if I am defending the title, he’ll want to talk to me about my next challenger.”

“Point, and until then we had better pack for Disneyworld.” Makayla responded with a grin as she rested her head against the headrest. “I’ll be sure to take all the good Disney video games with us.”

“So, most Kingdom Hearts games, anything for the SNES and Genesis and Ducktales? Or are we not counting the TV shows?” I asked and Makayla laughed in response. “And I now have the Ducktails theme stuck in my head.”

“Life is like a hurricane in wrestling.” Makayla laughed before I drove off humming the ducktales theme along the way.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 19th of September 2021, 15:00pm

I said it once and I’ll say it again, the post Supercard break weeks just go by so quickly that I’m surprised that they even bother with them to begin with!

Still, we’re here on the last day of the Supercard break week and I’m at my computer waiting for one thing, the next Climax Control card and whether I’d be getting my request or not! Me and Makayla had finished packing our things for the trip about an hour ago so that was the main thing that was on my mind.

Though I am wondering who they can throw at me at this point.

“So, Charlotte, any sign of the card yet?” Makayla asked as she sat next to me, Makayla kissed me on the cheek, and I grinned before returning the favour with a brief lip kiss. “Wasn’t the last card post Supercard card announced at six?”

“You mean the card for Climax Control 306? Yeah but we both know that the times can fluctuate.” I responded with a shrug as I refreshed my e-mails again. “Hopefully if I am defending the title it won’t get changed at the last moment like that Fatal Four Way Match which turned into a Triple Threat Match.”

“Speaking off, I’ve heard rumours that Violet’s coming back.” Makayla commented before shifting her weight. “Maybe she’ll be your next challenger.”

“Maybe, I did call her out during my promo for that Triple Threat.” I nodded in agreement before I finally saw the e-mail I was waiting for and clicked on it. “You were right about Violet returning, just not against me, Bella’s got her in the opener!”

“Considering Violet snatched her spot in the Triple Threat that led to your title reign from Bella’s hands, there’s bound to be some animosity there.” Makayla nodded as I scrolled through the card and found my match, it was at that point that I let out a low whistle. “Seleana Zdunich, seems the bosses are starting to throw the big guns at you.”

“I’ll say, Seleana’s a former champ in her own right and was trained by her wife, she’ll likely be even tougher than Bella.” I nodded in agreement before letting out a deep breath. “On the other hand, it isn’t Myra Rivers, I’d be a lot more worried about facing her, especially since I referenced her Internet Title reign during my interview with Rocky at Violent Conduct.”

“You’d at least give Myra a hell of a fight.” Makayla assured me before she frowned. “Have you spoken to Carter since the Violent Conduct Pre-Show? Outside of D&D?”

“No and I’m not really in a hurry to talk with him, I know from the last time we had a falling out that he’ll need time to cool off.” I responded as I shook my head. “As bad as it sounds, I had forgotten that Tempest was a Go Gym graduate when I made that tweet about Bella’s match against her, it was only after Carter replied that it clicked and by then it was far to late to delete the tweet because the damage was done.” I added before Makayla frowned.

“And what about him calling you Charlotte on SCU TV?” Makayla asked and my frown deepened. “It was the Violent Conduct Pre-Show and the SCW Universe’s eyes were all over it.”

“Don’t you think I know that?!” I asked before running a hand through my hair. “I didn’t realize that he had overheard the argument with Gabriel until he brought it up but when we do patch things up, I’ll explain to him why I’m not comfortable with too many people knowing my birth name, I already explained it to Ari and whilst she is in the circle of those who can call me Charlotte, Carter’s going to take a bit more time, and since it’s a glorified sausage fest at this week’s Underground, I can’t try to patch things up with him this week.”

“The time will come and hopefully you’ll emerge from the other side stronger friends for it.” Makayla nodded in agreement before she went over to the couch. “You want to unwind with some Battletoads co-op at least?”

“Battletoads? CO-OP?! You do remember how balls breakingly hard that game is normally, right?!” I pointed out and Makayla nodded enthusiastically. “Just saying, if you consider that an “unwind” game then how do you view Dark Souls?”

“Do you really want me to answer that?” Makayla asked and I shook my head before joining my girlfriend on the couch.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 20th of September 2021, 11:00am

Climax Control might be taking place at the Happiest Place on Earth this week, but that isn’t stopping me from getting my training in at the Go Gym.

Me and Makayla will be flying out to Orlando tomorrow morning and checking in to our hotel at Disneyworld but since I’ve been allowed to return to the Go Gym following the spat with Gabriel a few weeks ago, things have been back to normal, even if Tempest and Carter continue to avoid me due to everything that happened in the lead up to Violent Conduct VII, but after I did a few rounds with Katie, Caitlin and Adrienne Josh let me know that Gabriel wanted to see me in his office and this time it wasn’t a disciplinary hearing.

At least I hoped it wasn’t.

“I think it’s safe to call Violent Conduct VII a rather eventful show for you.” Gabriel commented after I closed the door behind me. “I apologize for Carter learning off your birth name Charlotte, I will be talking to him about it when I have the time.”

“Honestly Gabriel? I’d rather he’d hear it from me and not a secondary source.” I responded as I folded my arms before sitting down in the chair. “But we both know that wasn’t the reason you called me in, either you’ve seen the card for Climax Control at Disneyworld II, or you’ve heard about it from one of the trainees.”

“Indeed, you’ve got your fifth defence lined up and with all due respect to Maki, Bea Barnhart, Mercedes Vargas and Bella Madison, Seleana Zdunich should prove to be your toughest challenge to date.” Gabriel explained and I nodded in agreement. “She is a former Roulette Champion in her own right and a former World Champion to boot, she won’t make things easy for you on Sunday night, that you can be sure off.”

“Maybe but let’s look at those two titles reigns.” I responded before shifting my weight. “Seleana’s Roulette Title Reign happened because Christina was given power over that edition of Climax Control, the only way that the deck could be more stacked in Seleana’s favour in that Fatal Four Way Match was if Christina had appointed herself as the Special Guest Referee and that World Title reign?” I asked before shaking my head. “Do I even need to point out the circumstances behind that? Christina managed to make Jessie look like a saint with that stunt!”

“Yes and Christian’s vendetta against Seleana at the time was not helping matters.” Gabriel nodded in agreement before frowning. “Speaking of Christian, you had better watch yourself now that he is back from vacation.”

“What? Because I called hum out on his own show?!” I asked with a scoff before patting my title belt. “I may have admitted that I panicked before making that Tweet about Tempest’s match but that doesn’t change the fact that he was putting words in my mouth to make the situation worse, or do I need to remind you of Tempest’s attack on Bella?”

“No, you don’t, but even so, whilst you are one of the company’s champions he is your boss, and he might decide to make an example of you with or without that belt.” Gabriel warned me and I nodded in response. “That reminds me, before you arrived here I got a series of missed calls from a woman by the name of Kirsty, said that she was your sister?”

My mood darkened when I heard that, I had gotten missed calls as well, but I had chosen to ignore them. “Half-sister, same dad, different mom, or victim knowing how much of a scumbag my dad is.” I explained before shifting my weight. “She first made contact with me a few years ago, said she needed money so I sent over what little I could at the time, she spent it on drugs, and I nearly got in trouble with the police for it.”

“Not exactly a healthy relationship then.” Gabriel summarized in what had to be the biggest understatement that had been uttered in the Go Gym and I nodded. “She also said that she had a daughter, it seems your niece is in trouble.”

That caught my attention. “Rachel?!  What the hell is going on exactly?!” I asked and Gabriel shook his head. “I’ll explain, when I met Kirsty originally she was a crack addict and a prostitute, she had gotten pregnant, you do the math.”

“She had gotten pregnant by one of her Johns?” Gabriel asked and I nodded in response. “I suppose the child has health issues stemming from that?”

“Like you wouldn’t believe, she made contact with me again right before I won the title at Into the Void X, apparently she had gotten clean and when I met up with her during week two, she looked great! Well, great for a recovering drug addict.” I explained and Gabriel’s expression darkened. “I don’t like that look Gabriel.”

“You have every right to be concerned, she claimed to have relapsed.” Gabriel explained and I shook my head. “Has she been in contact with you since Into the Void X?”

“I saw her here and there, but I haven’t spoken with her at length, especially after SCW went on the road again.” I explained and Gabriel nodded as he got the idea. “Did she mention a guy by the name of Ryan? He’s the kid’s father and when I ran into her the first time around, I convinced him to pursue custody of the child.” I explained and Gabriel shook his head. “I need to get to the bottom of this, but this is the wrong week to do it, I’ll be in Orlando from tomorrow and that’s not even getting into the title match!”

“Perhaps it is time you pursued getting custody of the child for you and Makayla.” Gabriel suggested and I gave him a significant look. “You are a couple, are you not?”

“A lesbian couple that isn’t even married vs. a relapsed crack whore who is the child’s biological mother, if we get a republican judge I think we might give him/her a stroke.” I deadpanned in response and Gabriel chuckled. “I’ll talk with Makayla about it when I return home later because this is obviously not something that we can do lightly, she knows the situation between me and Kirsty at least so I won’t have to explain that part to her.”

“You clearly have a lot to think about in the coming weeks, I just worry that it’ll affect your performance as Roulette Champion.” Gabriel pointed out and I nodded in agreement. “She made contact with you when your reign started, don’t let her be the end of your reign.”

“Easier said than done, considering who my challenger for the title is this week.” I sighed before I stood up. “I’d better get back to training, since I’ll be in Disneyworld for the rest of the week things are going to be pretty relaxed from tomorrow unless Kirsty follows me down to Florida.”

“Let us hope that she doesn’t.” Gabriel nodded before I left his office.

Krystal’s autograph signing, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 20th of September 2021, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Just because I won’t be in Florida until tomorrow doesn’t mean I’m not doing stuff for SCW, in this case it was an autograph signing that I had set up at a local game store in Vegas and well, now that the autograph signing had wrapped up I figured I may as well use this as the setting for my promo as I put the Roulette Title on the table.

“Let’s get this out of the way, no, I’m not in Orlando yet, I won’t be in Orlando until tomorrow because I had an Autograph signing to do here at Shiba Games in Vegas, not to mention getting in some last minute training at the Go Gym earlier but that brings me to my match this week and more importantly my next Roulette Title defence as this week I’m defending the SCW Bombshell Roulette Championship against Seleana Zdunich!”

This will be tough.

“I don’t think I need to point out why Seleana will be my toughest challenger to date on Sunday night, not only is she a former Roulette Champion in her own right but she is a former World Bombshell Champion and whilst a lot has been said about how those reigns started, both with a little help from her wife Christina, the fact still remains that she has what it takes to win titles, holding onto them is a different matter as I can obviously attest too, so the question is, am I worried?”

Nope.

“When I won this title in April I said that I’d be willing to face anyone on the roster for the title, five months have past since then and in that time I’ve defended this title four times with this weekend’s title match being defence number five and whilst Seleana is a significant step up from some of my previous challengers I’m not backing down, both because I’m a fighting champion and because defending a title at Disneyworld has been on my bucket list since I enrolled at the Go Gym.”

Let’s talk about that, shall we?

“Speaking off, I do find it funny how the preview for this week’s card said that I wanted to defend the SCW Bombshell Roulette Title at Disneyworld and how that was on my bucket list, just to set the record straight here, if you go back to my original tweet I said a title, not this title specifically because it’s like I said, I added that to my bucket list after I enrolled in the Go Gym and I’m glad that SCW has fulfilled my request, which off course begs the question, Disneyworld is the Happiest Place of Earth huh? But this Sunday, who will be happier leaving the park? Me, or Seleana?”

Good question.

“And you know, as much as I want to say that it’ll be me because well, I’ve been on a roll since I won this title from Royal Purple at Into the Void X, this match has me thinking otherwise because Seleana is unlike my other challengers to date! Unlike Maki and Bella, she’s held a title, unlike Bea, she held that title for more than five minutes and unlike Mercedes, she can still go in the ring as has been demonstrated by Seleana time and time again.”

But I’ve also demonstrated that last part.

“I’ll be the first to admit that my first six months in SCW were the worst six months of my professional wrestling career because it’s hard to look back on those months in a positive light when I not only struggled to get a win for months on end but had the unenviable task of facing Amber Ryan in the opening round of the Blast from the Past Tournament but since the draw to Char Kwan I have not only turned my luck around but I’ve showed the SCW Universe exactly what I can do in the ring!”

And then some!

“I hope you’ve been paying attention to the Bombshell Roulette Title scene since I won the title Seleana because if you haven’t and have based your preconceptions of me on the first six months of my SCW career, then you’ve essentially turned what was supposed to be the biggest test of my SCW Bombshell Roulette Title reign into the easiest match of my title reign! You see Seleana, those six months left me with one hell of a chip on my shoulder and everyone saying that my reign wouldn’t last long didn’t help! Well, here we are, several months later, I’m still the Bombshell Roulette Champion and I’m still on my first reign!”

But wait, there’s more!

“And not only that but I didn’t suffer a single loss since I won that qualifying match! So, tell me Seleana, was do those facts tell you about me? Because if I were you, I’d be starting to get worried, after all I used that chip on my shoulder to motivate myself through the past several months and I’ve come out the other side not only a stronger woman but a more determined Bombshell Roulette Champion who won’t give up this title without a fucking fight!

Six months of losses is one hell of a motivator!

“This chip on my shoulder has seen me through five months as an undefeated Roulette Champion and as far I’m concerned? I reckon that I’m good for another five or even six months with this thing around my waist! Seleana, I know what you are capable off and I know that I’ll have to fight tooth and fucking nail to leave Disneyworld as the Bombshell  Roulette Champion which begs the question, do I have any preferences for the infamous Roulette Wheel this time around?”

Just the one.

“Now obviously, I’ll have no say in this, but I reckon a falls count anywhere match in Disneyworld would be pretty fucking epic! How else am I going to beat the crap out of another woman around Disneyworld and not get arrested/banned for life from Disneyworld in the process? But again, that’s all down to the Roulette Wheel and what it stops on but at the very least I can look forward too an epic match against a former World and Roulette Champion!”

It’s that simple.

“But that epic match can only have one winner and honestly? I like my chances heading into this match, I’ve been on a roll since I won the opportunity to compete for this title at Into the Void X and I think the past several months of Bombshell Roulette Title defences in SCW speak volumes about how well that has gone for me! Are you my toughest challenge to date Seleana? Absolutely, am I going down without a fight?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Absolutely not! It’s like I said earlier Seleana, that chip on my shoulder has been the primary weapon that’s seen me through the last several months of my Roulette Title Reign and I don’t want it to end anytime soon! I know you’ll give me a hell of a match for this title, to the point where I wouldn’t even be that mad about losing it to you IF that happened but that’s a big if because if I have my way, I will bring you down with the Down Under Thunderbomb, courtesy of “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe your SCW Bombshell Roulette Champion, long may I reign!”

I left the store with my title to head home as the scene fades.

(Gabriel was used with permission from Mark)

Bella Madison had done it she had won three straight matches in a row and was now set to finally challenge Krystal Wolfe for the title at Violent Conduct VII! However, her last victory in the gauntlet was a pyrrhic victory as not only was she facing one half of the Mixed Tag Team Champions Tempest, but Krystal had enraged Tempest prior to the match by offering to interfere on Bella’s behalf, worse still? Krystal was advertised as being on commentary for this match!

Those facts made the match between Bella and Tempest all the more dangerous and it seemed that Tempest had the match won after hitting the Amazon Prime on Bella, but Tempest wasn’t done, tying up the defenceless Bella in the ring ropes whilst propping her against a turnbuckle and brutally attacking her! Tempest would get disqualified for shoving the ref giving Krystal a chance to save her now challenger from a further beating but that begged the question, would Bella, who was medically cleared for the title defence, would be healthy in time for the match? And can Krystal retain the title?

Backstage at Climax Control 306, Los Angeles, California
Sunday the 1st of August 2021, 23:00pm

So, has it sunk in yet?

Three defences, two on Climax Control and one on PPV, against a Hall of Famer in Mercedes Vargas, a former Mixed Tag Team Champion in Bella Madison, someone who, whilst never holding a title, had proven to be a persistent force in Maki and Bea? I don’t know how that bitch still keeps getting title shots left and right and I’m still waiting for the bosses to slap her with a title shot ban for the stunt she pulled at Climax Control 304, but the point still remains.

If I was a fluke champion, I would’ve lost this title to Maki in my first defence, but here we are, just over a month later and I’ve survived my third defence against Mercedes and Bella, so the new question is, who’s next?

I think we all know who I want to be next!

“Krystal that match was brutal!” Makayla told me over the phone as I was facetiming her from the medic’s office, though I had texted her first to make sure she knew not to refer to me by my birth name since I was still in the presence of strangers. “But you retained! How are your challengers?”

“Mercedes took the worst of it, most of my time here was spent hearing her swear in Spanish as the thumbtacks were removed from her back!” I responded before shifting my weight and Makayla nodded. “Bella was fine, comparatively speaking at least, if anything she was disappointed that another chance at singles gold was stolen from her by Mercedes, unintentionally or not, they are just keeping me here to make sure that I’m okay.”

“There’s no one else in the arena?” Makayla asked and I shook my head.

“Ariana stuck around after the show, beyond recovering from the attack by Amy she wanted to make sure that I was okay and call an uber for me since we agreed that I was too banged up to drive home and she’s in the middle of taking her driver’s test.” I explained as I ran my free hand through my hair, off course by the time of Climax Control 310 I would know that she had passed said driving test with flying colours but that was a few weeks away.

“You know what people are going to be asking following tonight’s show, right?” Makayla asked and I nodded immediately knowing what she was on about. “Who’s the next Bombshell to come after your title?”

“Ideally? Bella, we’ve wanted this rematch for two months now and it’s well overdue in my opinion.” I responded with a nod before I noticed the medic walking up to me. “But it could be anyone really! Aside from her being one of the nicest people on the roster, what exactly is stopping Candy from using her temporary position to get that title shot that she’s been well overdue for?”

“I doubt Candy has any real power, Mark might let her book a few matches here and there but putting herself in a title match? I doubt Mark would let her go that far.” Makayla responded as the medic approached my bed. “And don’t get me wrong, I agree with you on Candy regarding a shot at the Roulette Title, but would SCW have lasted nearly ten years, not counting the hiatus in 2018, if it was run by idiots?”

“If it was, I doubt it would’ve even lasted a month, let alone nine years.” I nodded in agreement before the medic cleared his throat.

“I’m sure your eager to see your girlfriend, Krystal.” The medic stated and I nodded without hesitation. “And I have good news, your free to go and Ariana is calling the Uber as we speak.”

“Thank god, I’m starting to get some serious pins and needles in my legs!” I grunted as I rubbed my right leg before swinging my legs over and hopping off the bed. “Did I really need to stick around this long?”

“Mark wanted to make sure that you were okay, the Roulette Division might be at the bottom of the totem pole in SCW, but you still represent the company.” The medic nodded and I grinned before grabbing the title from the bedside table. “He did ask me to let you know there might be something in store for you and Bella though.”

“And the news keeps getting better!” I exclaimed with a big grin on my face before I slung my title over my shoulder. “Makayla, we’ll talk when I return to the hotel, I would say “we’ll see what happens later” but honestly? I’m too sore for any sex right now and I doubt it’ll get better once I’m back at the hotel.”

“Don’t worry about it, I was watching the Main Event, remember?” Makayla assured me and I grinned before we blew each other a kiss. “See you at the hotel!” Makayla said as she went to hang up.

“See you at the hotel.” I echoed before we hung up on each other, once my phone was in my pocket, I swiftly made my way out of the medic’s office and saw Ariana there to greet me. “Three defences down, god knows how many to go.” I commented with a grin as I started walking alongside Ari.

“Here’s too many more defences along the way!” Ariana nodded in agreement before we left the arena.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 28th of August 2021, 18:00pm

This has not been a good week.

The Climax Controls that followed my successful title defence in LA were uneventful for the most part, hell I spent more time wrestling in SCU throughout this cycle than I have wrestling in SCW and I’m the Bombshell Roulette Champion! The most interesting development that’s happened since the title match was the start of Bella’s gauntlet starting with Apple Coren and then moving onto Azurine Vebbins and finally ending this week against a fellow Go Gym Graduate of mine, Tempest.

It wasn’t long after the third and final match (and me joining commentary was confirmed) that I opened my big mouth and said that I would interfere in the match if it called for it! Tempest has been quiet on the issue as far as Twitter goes (I don’t even know if she has a Twitter account) but the fact that she had been avoiding me when I turned up to train at the Go Gym? It hadn’t gone unnoticed, by me or the current crop of trainees.

And as it turned out, my trainer had picked up on it as well.

“Err, Krystal?” I glanced up and saw the French trainee Adrienne approaching me with a serious expression on her face. “Gabriel wants to see you in his office, now.”

“Why do I get the feeling that he’s not going to wish me luck in my next defence?” I asked with a grunt before taking another swig of my water bottle, putting the cap back on and setting it down on a nearby chair. “Did he say why?”

“Only that it was a behavioural issue, but I wouldn’t keep him waiting.” Adrienne responded as she brushed some of her red hair over her shoulder. “He had THAT look on his face.”

Shit, I know exactly what this is about. “If anyone wants me, I’ll be in the middle of getting read the riot act.” I grunted before I made a beeline for Gabriel’s office, sure enough my trainer was in there sitting behind his desk and sure enough, he was angry at me. “I’m not going to insult your intelligence by asking what this is about.” I commented dryly once I had closed the door behind me and Gabriel said nothing, simply motioning for me to take a seat, I did so, and Gabriel didn’t wait for me to say anything else.

“As perceptive as ever, aren’t you Charlotte?” Gabriel asked and I nodded without a word. “Before you graduated you were told one thing, to always look out for your fellow students, it was also one of the first things you said on your first episode of Underground.” Gabriel added and I instinctively braced myself. “And yet, here you are, ready to cost Tempest her match against Bella Madison so you can get your rematch with her!”

God damn it. “Gabriel, I’ve been called out on those Twitter comments by practically everyone under the sun! Even Ari chewed my ear off for it when we met up the other day and we both know that she’s one of the sweetest girls to graduate from this training school!”

“I am well aware of that I have been asking around.” Gabriel nodded before his face, somehow, turned even more sour. “But you are letting your personal feelings get in the way of the lessons I ingrained in you from the start! First you spat in Bea Barnhart’s face in the last cycle, and now this?! I thought I warned you about letting your success get to your head.”

“You did and I’m not!” I insisted as I folded my arms, but I could already feel my temper rising to a boiling point. “You know how long I’ve wanted this rematch with Bella for, and up until this week? She’s had easy opponents! No one’s exactly clamouring for an Apple Coren World Bombshell Title run and Azurine Vebbins stopped giving a shit months ago!”

“I will admit that I was shocked to see Tempest serve as Bella’s third and final opponent myself, there was a long line of opponents I was expecting Bella to face in the third match, and Tempest was at the bottom.” Gabriel admitted with a nod, and I took a deep breath. “But are you so unsure about Bella’s abilities in the ring that you will go as far as to interfere in her match? And Christian brought up a good point because that could backfire and get Bella disqualified…….”

Oh, here we go. “Have you been reading that comment thread by any chance?” I asked and Gabriel paused before nodding. “Then you would’ve seen Christian blatantly putting words in my mouth at every fucking opportunity! If anything happens to Bella in this match, he’s just as culpable as Tempest as far as I’m concerned!”

“I understand your anger, Charlotte.” Gabriel responded as his voice went low. “But I have worked with Christian for years, both as a wrestler or a trainer at this school and right now? I trust his word over yours, there was nothing hypothetical about what you were saying, and you only backed down after Bella made it clear that you should stay behind the commentary desk…….”

It was at that point that it happened, the event that would shape my mood not only for the rest of the week but heading into Climax Control as well. “CUT THE FUCKING CRAP GABRIEL!” I snapped at him, and Gabriel paused mid-sentence. “You never gave Tempest this bullshit when she attacked Team Go before their first match as a tag team, and trust me, I asked after I watched that on TV! Is this really a disciplinary meeting or are you worried that your golden girl might, god fucking forbid, lose a match against someone who’s ten times the wrestler she is?!”

“Charlotte, I am warning you now.” Gabriel said as his eyes narrowed. “Do not even begin to suggest that I show bias towards any of my students, I treat them all with the same brush and if Fenris was in this situation I would be having this conversation with him as well!”

“You mean you’d be making empty accusations against the guy who practically put this school on the fucking map?!” I demanded with a sceptical look on my face. “London Underground may have come first but outside of dominating the tag team ranks they haven’t done shit! Once Fenris exploded onto the scene people started to actually care about this school!” I added before promptly standing up and heading to the door. “I don’t need this bullshit! I’ve got a tournament match to prepare for!”

“Charlotte, this conversation is not over!” Gabriel said sternly and I said nothing in response. “The moment you leave this office is the moment you are barred from this school until the week before Violent Conduct VII, think about what you’re doing!”

“Are you fucking serious?!” I demanded as I glanced over my shoulder at my trainer. “I’ve got an important match coming up on SCU this week and you’re barring me from these facilities?!”

“This is not a threat I’m making lightly.” Gabriel continued as he leaned forward. “Either you calm down and we continue this conversation like adults, or you find somewhere else to train!” Gabriel added and I paused with my hand on the door handle.

But ultimately, I stood my ground. “Get fucked Gabriel!” I snapped at him one final time before swinging the door open and storming out, middle finger in the air as I headed straight to the women’s changing room not caring one bit about the looks, I was getting. “I didn’t exactly have round the clock access to the gym before I joined SCW/SCU, and I did just fucking fine!”

At that point, Gabriel left his desk and raced to his office door. “Charlotte, wait!” Gabriel called after me, but I was done listening by this point, whilst I was getting changed Gabriel turned to Ari who had watched my outburst. “Ariana, she is not welcome in this building until the build to Violent Conduct starts.” Gabriel instructed her and Ari turned to him. “But I need you to keep an eye on her all the same.”

“Are you sure?” Ariana asked and Gabriel nodded without hesitation. “What happened in there exactly?”

“I won’t go into details, but it’s clear to me that Charlotte still has a lot of anger issues stemming from her upbringing.” Gabriel added as he returned to his desk. “And it’s also clear to me that we severely underestimated how damaged her childhood left her.”

“Is she going to be all right?” Ariana asked and Gabriel shrugged his shoulders.

“I can’t say, but right now, Charlotte needs a friend more than anything else, and the only person your closer too is Carter.” Gabriel added and Ariana nodded before she went after me as I left the gym.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 28th of August 2021, 18:45pm

In truth? My house wasn’t that far from the Go Gym, hell there was times where I’d just walk to the Go Gym because I felt like I needed the exercise and I’d still get there in time for when the Go Gym opened that morning! So, why did it take me about twenty five minutes to get from the Go Gym to my home on that day? Take a fucking guess!

The last thing I wanted was to enter my home angry and say something that I would instantly regret to Makayla, so I instead just sat outside my home in my car waiting to cool off whilst having some power metal play through my car’s speakers (in this case, it was “In a Heartbeat” by Volturion) but once I felt like I was ready to go inside I stopped the car and did just that.

“Was wondering what had taken you so long.” Makayla admitted when she saw me enter through the front door as she got dinner ready. “I know traffic can get bad in Las Vegas, but I didn’t think it could get that……...” Makayla trailed off when she saw the look on my face. “What happened?”

“What didn’t fucking happen?!” I grunted before I made my way to the living room and plopped down on the sofa. “You know how you said that those Twitter comments were going to bite me on the ass? I think you should start going to the casinos more often!”

“Let me guess, Tempest told Gabriel about the Twitter thread and he chewed you out?” Makayla asked and I nodded without hesitation. “Not the first time you’ve been chewed out, but if it was resolved peacefully, you’d be in a much better mood.”

“I can never get anything past you, can I?” I asked before leaning back in the sofa. “Not only did Gabriel take Tempest’s side but he also took Christian’s side, I exploded at him and before I knew it? I won’t be able to use the Go Gym’s facilities until the week before Violent Conduct VII!”

“Even though you’ve got your second round match in the Angel Kash tournament coming up?!” Makayla asked and I nodded with a frown. “What are you going to do? If you don’t train Helena will walk all over you!”

“You know I’m not into that kind of kinky shit, and I’m pretty sure Helena isn’t either!” I scoffed in response and Makayla chuckled at that. “I’ve trained with Jessie before and she’s here in Vegas until tomorrow last I checked! Her home gym doesn’t have the same facilities as the Go Gym, but it’ll do.”

“Will it though? I know Jessie has been considering opening up her own training school once she retires but she doesn’t have the experience training people that Gabriel or Odette have.” Makayla responded before pausing. “Did Odette say anything about the outburst?”

“If she was at the Go Gym today, I didn’t see her.” I responded with a shrug before shifting my weight. “But I have had a bunch of missed calls since I left the Go Gym, all from Odette, I think it’s safe to say that she had a chat with Gabriel after I left.”

“Knowing Odette, she just wants to check in on you.” Makayla nodded as she got the idea. “She was one of the first people you confided in about your childhood after you moved to the US.”

“Her and Gabriel actually, who’d have thought that wrestling trainers would be a much cheaper alternative to shrinks, am I right?” I responded half-jokingly and Makayla chuckled. “I don’t remember the specifics, but I was having a bad day and it was affecting my performance during training, Gabriel and Odette picked up on it and called me into their office and, after some prodding, I told them the whole story, the bad days at the gym stopped after that and I graduated near the top of the class.”

“Sounds like you were keeping things bottled up for too long and they realised it if you ask me.” Makayla shrugged her shoulders before she returned to the kitchen to check on the food. “Just had a thought actually, do you think your childhood affected you in more ways than you realise?”

“What do you mean?” I asked as I stood up and joined Makayla in the kitchen. “Considering that there’s a 50/50 chance that I’m a child by rape, I don’t think my dad gave enough of a shit about me to send me to see a shrink if that’s what you’re asking.”

 “Trust me Charlotte, I know but that’s not what I mean, well partially at least.” Makayla nodded in understanding before I sat down at the kitchen table. “But between the Team Go incident, Bea stealing your title and the argument with Gabriel, I’ve been wondering if you missed a chance at getting diagnosed with a developmental disorder.”

“What? You mean like Autism or Asperger’s?” I asked and Makayla nodded, any other time I might have dismissed that idea but now that I was thinking about it? “It would make a lot of things about me make a lot more sense in hindsight, like how I threw myself into training and video games without a care for anything else, but how would I go about getting diagnosed? It’s not something that’s readily available for a young adult like me, especially not in the middle of a pandemic!”

“I’ll do the necessary research over the weekend you just worry about your appearance on SCW.” Makayla assured me and I grinned in response. “Speaking off, we’re traveling up to Seattle first thing in the morning, if you want any time alone, even if it’s just a trip up to a café or something, just say.”

“After how my week’s gone, I might need it.” I grunted before resting my arm on the back of the chair. “And who knows? Maybe I’ll run into Caleb whilst I’m there!”

“At least then, you’d have someone to vent too.” Makayla nodded in agreement before she resumed cooking the food.

Local café, Anchorage, Alaska
Monday the 30th of August 2021, 12:00pm

You’ve heard of the phrase “everything that can go wrong, will go wrong”? Well, that partially sums up my feelings towards last night’s Climax Control!

I’m not even talking about the fact that Andrea is through to the finals of the Bombshell Internet Title Tournament against Mercedes (and knowing Mercedes, she’ll half ass this title match as well) nor was it the fact that the men’s tournament is ending with a Triple Threat (honestly? I’m just glad to see Caleb in the title picture again) but what I am talking about is the fact that whilst Bella “won” the final gauntlet match against Tempest by disqualification after Tempest shoved the ref.

The only reason why “won” is in quotation marks is because Tempest had Bella dead to rights after hitting her with the Amazon Prime, but because of my big mouth she proceeded to brutally attack Bella after tying her up in the corner and in my opinion? The only reason that Bella’s medically cleared to compete in this title match is because Jacob’s disqualification gave me enough time to get Bella free and out of the ring, as for what happened after? To be honest? I wasn’t paying that much attention.

I caught that the Mixed Tag Team Title Match between Tempest and Austin James Mercer and Chrystal Zdunich and J2H had been made official, just to make that clear, but I was a lot more interested in getting Bella to the medic’s office at that time, something that was sped up when Malachi rushed up to help me.

At least now I can unwind with my girlfriend before my next defence, and at least one hanger on.

“Ari, I know you said Gabriel asked you to keep an eye on me.” I sighed as we sat down at an outside table at the small, unassuming café. “But is this really necessary?”

“You’ve been a wreck since Bella’s match against Tempest Krystal, like it or not, I’m worried about you.” Ariana shrugged as she made herself comfortable next to Makayla and the two Greek women grabbed a menu each. “Hell, the rest of the Go Gym Graduates are worried about you, it didn’t take long for word of your argument with Gabriel to spread.”

“I’m not even going to ask how Fenris responded.” I grumbled as I quickly decided on a drink. “K might be a decent guy once you get to know him, but he’s about as blunt as they come!”

“To be honest? I haven’t had a chance to chat with him anyway, he’s busy training at the Go Gym for the match against Jack Washington…….” Ariana trailed off before seeing the look I was giving her, the fact that I can’t use the Go Gym for a whole week is a very sore spot for me. “Sorry, I completely forgot.”

“Forget it, let’s just get our orders in.” I responded as I shook my head and almost on que, the waitress came up to take our orders, once she had them, she went off to give them to the kitchen and bar. “I take it you saw this week’s Underground card Ari?”

“It was one of the first things I saw when I woke up this morning, frankly I’m surprised that they have you teaming with Carter given what happened last week.” Ariana nodded in response before the waitress came over with our drinks, soda for me, water for the two Greek women. “Carter has said that he’s willing to set aside any differences you’ll have with him if it means a clean sweep for the Go Gym.”

“That’s good at least, though I don’t think I need to point out what my priority is.” I responded before motioning to the title belt around my waist, after a while Makayla and Ari started having a conversation in Greek and despite being Makayla’s girlfriend and Ari’s friend, I couldn’t speak or understand a word of their native language, so I alternated my attention between my phone and my drink whilst that was going on, until………

“HEY!” All three of us looked up simultaneously to spot an older woman, sporting a classic “Karen” hairdo and proudly wearing a “Biden is not my President” badge on her jumper, oh joy, I can see where this is going from a mile away! “This is America, speak English.”

“Isn’t America supposed to be the land of the free?” I chimed in as I glanced over at the woman who, at a guess, had to be late forties at most. “My girlfriend was having a nice, civilised conversation and……”

“Oh, great, a foreigner and a gay person!” The “Karen” responded, and I was about to snap at her much like I did with Gabriel. I’m pretty sure the only reason that she wasn’t using stronger language than “gay person” was because we were out in public and whilst my jacket was hiding my muscles, Ari had no such jacket, and her toned arms were on full display. “You illegals are everything that’s wrong with this country! Go back to New Zealand!”

“Okay, first off, I’m Australian and yes, there’s a fucking difference!” I corrected her as I went to stand up. “Second, I moved over here legally, so did my girlfriend for that matter, and third…….”

“Krystal, let me handle this.” Ariana quickly interjected and when I saw the look on her face I shrugged before I took a big gulp of my drink. “You want a lesson un the Greek language?” Ariana asked as she turned to the older woman and didn’t give her a chance to respond. “Do you know what the word “Malaka” means?” Ari added and me and Makayla shared a look, I knew exactly what the word meant.

“Err, no, I don’t.” The Karen responded after thinking for a minute and Ari’s grin grew wide. “Go on, tell me!”

“Well, it was a variety of meanings, but it literally means “Man Who Masturbates”, in other words, a wanker!” Ari responded and it was at that moment that I barely kept my drink from spilling out of my mouth from the spit take, Makayla on the other hand nearly died of laughter which wasn’t helped by the look on the Karen’s face. “Now fuck off and let us enjoy our meal in peace!” Ari added and the Karen stormed off.

“Okay, after the week I had, I needed that shit!” I responded with a laugh before high fiving Ari and Makayla did likewise. “Maybe your worth keeping around after all Ari.”

“What do you mean “maybe”?” Ariana asked with a mock pout, and we all laughed in response.

Krystal’s hotel room, Anchorage, Alaska
Monday the 30th of August 2021, 16:00pm

*promo time*

Story time folks!

“I covered this on Twitter yesterday in the lead-up to Climax Control 310 but back when I first won this title at Into the Void X, there was quite a few Bombshells predicting that I wouldn’t get past defence number one, that I’d be yet another one and done champion, tomorrow marks my hundredth day as champion and I’ve survived not one, not two but three defences of this title! Including the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match at Summer XXXTreme IX which has seen more Bombshell Roulette Title Reigns ended than it has seen successful defences! And yet people can’t accept the fact that I’m not a fluke champion!”

But I digress.

“But let’s rewind the clock back a bit, shall we? All the way back to my first match as champion! That match was against Bella Madison whilst she was feuding with Mercedes Vargas after Mercedes attacked her and cost her the spot in this year’s Queen for a Day Match, I don’t think I need to remind you that Mercedes cost Bella the match by attacking me causing a disqualification! Now that was a non-title match but ever since then, I promised that any rematch between us would be for the title provided that I was still champion if/when we met again, as it turned out, we didn’t have to wait that long after I retained the title against Maki and Bea Barnhart.”

But there was a caveat.

“In hindsight, I guess it should’ve been obvious that they wouldn’t give away a title match between us on free TV so instead, we got a match that was initially advertised as a Fatal Four Way between us, Violet Amelia Holt and Mercedes for the title which got dropped down to a Triple Threat after Violet pulled out, obviously I retained the title but that successful defence left a burning question in everyone’s mind, when will the rematch between Krystal Wolfe and Bella Madison for the Roulette Title take place? It didn’t take long for us to get that answer, did it?”

Not long at all.

“To get this shot, you had to run a gauntlet of three Bombshells Bella and initially? Your competition was so lame that I’m surprised that they even bothered with the formalities, Apple Coren is someone who hasn’t been taken seriously in years, Azurine Vebbins stopped giving a shit months ago but then came the third match which put you against Tempest and then, a classic case of open mouth, insert foot happened when I said that I would interfere if needed.”

Where’s a time traveling wrestler when I need one?

“Just to be clear, I wasn’t being serious when I said that I’d interfere but Christian had to jump down my throat and put words in my mouth and before I knew it, you gelt the need to tell me not to interfere and it drove a massive fucking wedge between me and Gabriel, AKA me and Tempest’s trainer, owner of the Go Gym and Hall of Famer but more importantly, it drove Tempest to attack you even after she had you dead to rights.”

And it’s all my fault.

“I’ll admit, I was entering Climax Control 310 in a foul mood to say the least but Tempest’s attack on you Bella was the last thing I wanted to happen, and I only wish that I had done something to stop it a lot sooner! If it wasn’t obvious before Bella, I’m blaming myself for everything Tempest did to you after hitting the Amazon Prime but thankfully my intervention is likely what’s allowing this match between us to finally take place, well that and Tempest getting herself disqualified, and even if Mercedes vs. Amy is the official opener to the show, we’re opening things up for the SCW side of the event and that’s good enough for me!”

And the match?

“I can’t speak for the rest of the roster but the way I see it? We’re poised to steal the show before it even begins Bella and that was why I was talking about interfering in the Tempest match to begin with! It wasn’t that I doubted your abilities as Christian would have you believe, I wanted to ensure that you were at 100% when the time came for our title match and whilst that is still up in the air, the way I see it? We’re still going to put on one of the best matches of the night regardless of what the wheel lands on!”

And then there’s that.

“The Roulette Wheel can be a nasty bitch at the best of times, but at Violent Conduct? Why don’t we ask Miles Kasey how fun it was to get munched on by piranhas after the wheel stopped on “Christian’s Choice”? Thankfully for us, Christian’s on vacation and with any luck, Mark hasn’t added “Christian’s Choice” to the wheel this year, though after the bullshit he gave me last week, that would be typical! But regardless of what that wheel stops on two things are clear, we’re going to have a hell of a match, and I’m going to retain the title!”

It’s that simple.

“Don’t get me wrong Bella, when we get together for this match? Magic will happen in that ring to the point where we may as well go up to Miles and Agostino and tell them “good luck following that boys, you’re going to need it” but since I won this title, I’ve been on a roll that shows no signs of slowing down and whilst this rematch won’t end the exact same way as our first match Bella, it’ll end with my hand being raised as the winner!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“After all this waiting and the attack on you by Tempest, I hope your ready to bring your a-game to this match Bella because I’m bringing nothing less than mine! This isn’t like my defence at Summer XXXTreme IX where I defended this title against a bitch who had tried to steal it from me and Maki, instead this is a match built on our mutual respect for each other! But by the end of the night, I will bring you down with the Down Under Thunderbomb courtesy of “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe, your Bombshell Roulette Champion! Long may I reign!”

I went to start my stream as the scene fades.

(Os was used with Mark’s permission, Carter and Aron were used with Chris’s permission)

It was the week of Summer XXXTreme IX and for Krystal. It was not just her first Summer XXXTreme as a member of the SCW Roster but her first PPV as a champion! But Krystal would have to fight to keep that title around her waist as Maki and Bea Barnhart were eager to wrestle that title from around her waist! Maki had served as Krystal’s first challenger at Climax Control 304 in a losing effort whilst Bea had stolen the title from Krystal following the match only for Krystal to take things into her own hands and take back the title the following week, can Krystal retain?

Krystal’s balcony suite, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the high seas
Sunday the 11th of July 2021, 18:00pm

Ugh! If I hear that fucking chorus one more time I’d be half tempted to jump overboard!

In case it wasn’t obvious, me and Makayla are now checked into our balcony suite on board the Sun Princess Cruise Liner ready for a week of rest and relaxation before I defend the Bombshell Roulette Title at Summer XXXTreme, or at least I will be once the fucking football’s over.

“Just our luck that we got the suite next to the football fans.” Makayla sighed as she got her laptop set up, I was on my gaming/streaming PC (because I’m not about to let this cruise stop me from streaming) making sure my equipment was in working order.

“Tell me about it, the rest of the roster doesn’t know what a real sport is.” I responded as I rolled my eyes before double-checking my mic. “By which I off course mean, Rugby.” I added before I heard that guitar lick again. “That’s it!”

“You’re going to complain to them about the noise?” Makayla asked as I got Grove Music on and searched for Within Temptation, I looked up and shook my head.

“Knowing my luck? We’re next door neighbours with Mark Ward and before I know it, I’m stripped off the title, taken off the card and slapped with a title shot ban that makes Jessie’s ban look like a slap on the wrist!” I responded as I started playing the live double album “Elements”. “So instead, I’m combatting that shit song with Within Temptation!”

“Seems like overkill if you’re using that to combat a poorly sung song about football!” Makayla scoffed with a laugh before I made sure to put it as loud as I could. “Everything set up for the stuff we discussed earlier?”

“D&D and the retro video game tournament?” I asked before motioning to a suitcase in the corner. “My retro consoles, games and associated stuff is in there, Mark Cross has already said that he’s going to crush everyone at Street Fighter.”

“Real question is, which version?” Makayla asked as she turned to me.

“I brought as many versions as possible that I could find in my collection, I’ve already cleared both that and the live show with the cruise staff.” I responded as I typed away at my computer. “Each console has its own TV that I tested to make sure that it works on it, barring any technical issues this should go smoothly.”

“Don’t jinx it, we both know that if anything can go wrong with tech, it will.” Makayla reminded me and I nodded before I picked up from where I left off.

Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the high seas
Monday the 12th of July 2021, 18:00pm

Oh, the fun we’ve had.

It didn’t take long to get a set-up close to what Critical Role used for live shows set up in one of the lower decks and well, the only requirement for fans/fellow wrestlers who wanted to check it out was that they’d wear masks during the show, which was being live broadcast to my Twitch channel, largely because I had been considering this idea for a while and this seemed like a good place to test run it.

“Okay, you guys are in the castle waiting for the king to grant you access to the dragon’s mountain top lair.” I explained to the party as I went over my notes, Carter was sitting next to Ari and Makayla was sat next to me with Os and Aron sitting on the far side of the table. “As you enter the king’s court, you see that he is accompanied by his beautiful queen and his offspring, Prince Erick and Princess Eloise, what do you want to do?”

“How is the prince?” Ari asked and the party collectively groaned, she was still playing her bard Meri though now she had multiclassed into Cleric, don’t ask. “Looks wise I mean?”

“He has clearly inherited his mother’s good looks but if he has noticed you, he seems more concerned with stately matters.” I explained before putting on my best authoritarian male voice. “You have entered my lands to slay a dragon? Why would we rely on foreign adventurers when our armies are just as capable?”

“Your highness, if I may.” Carter chimed in as he cleared his throat. “We believe this dragon to be an adult blue dragon, if not an ancient one, if you send your men after this beast your armies may be decimated.”

“Make a persuasion roll.” I informed Carter out of character, and he did so, picking up his D20 and rolling it.

“That’s a sixteen on the die with no bonuses.” Carter informed me and I nodded before checking the DC.

“Luckily for you, that matches the DC.” I responded before getting back in character. “Very well, I will need to consult with my war council but as you have travelled far, I will allow you to stay in the castle for the night.” I responded in character and the party nodded. “Several hours pass and you are escorted to your rooms on the second floor of the castle, what do you want to do?”

“What floor is the prince on?” Ari asked and I sighed, it was part of her characters backstory that she would seduce every prince she came across in search for her prince charming and when I started the campaign, I had no idea how literal Ari was being.

“He’s on the fourth floor.” I responded before getting a map of the castle out. “Prince Erick and Princess Eloise sleep in their private quarters up here, the king and queen sleep on the sixth floor at the very top of the castle right here.” I added as I pointed to the floor in question and then I saw the gleam in Ari’s eyes. “I’ll remind you that the king posted guards outside your door, and they are not going to let you go up to the prince’s quarters!”

“Fine, guess I’ll climb up the side of the castle, Spider-Man style.” Ari responded and I gave her an odd look.

“Ari, that would require an athletics check with disadvantage, your strength stat is so low that it’s a Negative 3 penalty.” I reminded her as I messaged my forehead with my free hand. “You are welcome to try but if you fail, that’s a lot of damage.”

“And before you ask, I won’t cast featherfall on you if you fail.” Aron chimed in after checking his character sheet, but Ari was determined as she rolled two D20s.

“Okay, first role was a natural twenty, but this is disadvantage so that’s probably going to waste.” Ari responded before she rolled her other die, and when it stopped her jaw dropped. “NO WAY!”

“TWO NATURAL TWENTIES ON A DISADVANTAGE ROLL?!” Carter exclaimed as he stared at Ari’s die in disbelief. “Where was that luck when we were fighting the Troll in the last session?!”

“Luck of the draw sometimes, and just to clarify, the Troll was a Dungeons and Dragons monster long before Gabriel Thomas Wank joined the SCW Roster to avoid being kicked out by his mom.” I responded before turning to the audience briefly to clarify that. “Okay, so you manage to scale the outside of the castle wall, there is considerable difficulty because you are not the most physically adapt member of the party.” I added before turning to the others. “Everyone except Ari, roll perception checks to see if you hear Meri climbing the castle wall, I’ll do the same with the guards outside her door.”

You have got to be kidding me. “Okay, that’s a five from me, with bonuses, so I’m fast asleep by this point.” Makayla responded as she and the others made their roles, Os held up a card that simply said “what Makayla said” whilst Aron and Carter rolled high enough to hear her. “What about the guards?”

“They are probably losing their jobs in the morning because I just rolled a Natural One.” I responded with an exasperated sigh and the crowd laughed as Aron and Carter mimicked poking their heads out the window.

“Meri, what are you doing?!” Carter called out to her in character as Pussy Galore, the Tabaxi fighter,

“I’m off to seduce my true love!” Meri called back and I got my dice ready to have the guards do another perception check with advantage because there was no way they weren’t shouting this.

“You’re going to hurt yourself!” Aron called out as Kristjan, the party’s wizard. “Physically and emotionally! It’ll be the last castle all over again!”

“Okay, Ari, keep making athletics checks as you climb up the castle walks, I’ve got another perception check to do, with advantage because you guys are clearly shouting these words.” I instructed the party and they nodded as I rolled my die. “ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!” I yelled out as I rolled a one and a two.

“You want me to put those dice in dice jail babe?” Makayla offered as she held up a box that had been marked “dice jail” and I wasted no time in passing the die down the table so that Makayla could put them in the box, meanwhile as I grabbed two fresh D20s Ari kept succeeding in her roles somehow until eventually.

“Okay, Ari, you have somehow made it to the fourth floor with no one hearing or spotting you.” I told Ari as I messaged my forehead in annoyance. “But you’re not at the prince’s window yet, you have to pass these windows first.” I said as I pointed to the three windows between Ari and the prince, it was then that I saw Carter and Aron chatting in character before they turned to me.

“I’m going to cast invisibility on myself and Carter’s character, then we’re going to sneak up to the fourth floor.” Aron informed me and Carter nodded to confirm it. “Because we’re basically along for the ride at this point!”

“Considering what Ari’s trying to do, that could’ve been worded better!” I pointed out and the crowd laughed as did Makayla. “Fine, make stealth checks with advantage, Ari, what are you doing?”

“I have no way of knowing which room the prince is occupying right?” Ari asked and I nodded as I started to get a sense for where she was going. “I’m going to peak into each room until I find the right one.”

I’m going to need alcohol for this. “Okay, make stealth checks as well as athletics checks Ari whilst I check my plans for each room.” I said before looking at the plans, whilst that was going on Carter and Aron successfully made it up the stairs. “The first room is Eloise’s room, make a perception check.”

“Got it.” Ari responded before rolling her die. “Nineteen with bonuses.”

“You see Princess Eloise all right, her royal garments are spread across the room, and you can hear moaning from the bed as Eloise is having a threesome.” I explained before rolling my D12, anything above or below six would determine the outcome and I rolled above. “With two of her handmaidens, I won’t go into detail, but it is a very steamy session.”

“Hmm, Eloise is a closet lesbian? Might be useful for blackmail later…….” Ari trailed off before noticing my raised eyebrow. “Not saying that out loud by the way.”

“That could’ve ended badly.” I mused before motioning Ari to move on. “Carter, Aron, where are you guys?”

“We are just passing Eloise’s room do we hear the noises?” Aron asked as he checked the castle’s map, I motioned for them to make a perception roll and they did. “Nope, I don’t hear shit!” Aron added as he held up his natural one.

“I, on the other hand, hear it clear as day.” Carter said as he held up the natural twenty. “Are there any guards posted outside her room?”

“No, it seems that Eloise gave them the night off, likely so she wouldn’t be interrupted.” I responded as I shook my head. “Why?”

“First I’m going to peak in to confirm that I’m not hearing things.” Carter explained before rolling high on the stealth roll and doing so. “And I’m going to lock the door so that she doesn’t get disturbed.”

“Not where I thought that was going, I’ll admit.” I admitted as Carter rolled high enough to go undetected. “Ari?”

“I make a leap to the next window.” Ari responded before making her roll, and then her face dropped. “Oh no, oh no, OH NO!”

“Don’t tell me you just rolled a one?” I asked and Ari nodded reluctantly, and I quickly turned to Aron. “Aron, Kristjan is a Divination Wizard, if he knows where Ari is approximately, he can save her from more than a few broken bones.”

“Just putting it out there that if he does fuck this up, I’m not healing her unless she gets knocked out.” Makayla chimed in as she shifted her weight. “Besides the fact that Keyleth’s asleep, this was bound to happen sooner or later.”

“Ahh, some of the old tough love huh?” I asked and Makayla nodded. “Aron, can you save her?”

“We’ll soon find out.” Aron responded before rolling his perception check with disadvantage. “Lucks on your side Ari, that’s a nineteen and an eighteen, I’m using my divination magic to turn that one into a sixteen.”

“You haven’t even reached Erick’s room and you’ve gotten lucky.” I joked getting a laugh out of my players and the crowd. “Okay, at first it looks like you’re going to slip but then you are caught by a familiar face. Price Erik.” I explained before putting on my best surprised male voice. “You’re that bard from the adventuring party, what are you doing?”

“I came up here to save you,” Ari responded before picking up her dice. “I’ve been in search for my prince charming all my life and I know you’re the one!”

“You’re trying to seduce him, whilst he’s trying to save you from a painful fall?” I asked Ari and she nodded without hesitation. “Make a seduction check, disadvantage because I can’t think of anything less romantic than this!”

“Hopefully, I’ve used up my last Natural One of the night.” Ari commented before rolling her die. “Nineteen and……...” Ari trailed off as her face lit up. “Natural twenty!”

I swear, the dice gods are laughing at me right now. “Then come inside, quickly, it’s not like my sister is the only one who can have flirtations.” I said as Erick before succeeding on a strength check to pull her into the room. “You find yourself in what looks like a study, there are numerous books lining the bookcases and a desk in the far corner which Erick indicates that he wants to plunder your cave of wonders on.”

“Her what?!” Aron and Carter asked simultaneously, and I shook my head.

“Me and Makayla watched a musical parody of Aladdin last night, would be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen if it weren’t for Bea Barnhart’s promos for my title match.” I responded getting a laugh out of the players and crowd. “Okay, let’s get this “performance” check over with.”

We made the rolls and stared at them for a good minute before looking up. “Please tell me you rolled higher than a one?” Ari asked and I shook my head.

“Sorry, used my last roll to save you from a painful fall.” Aron said as he threw his hands up. “So, do they even get passed the “over the clothes action” stage?”

“One way to find out.” I responded before rolling my D12, nope. “The mood is quickly soured when you notice a stain on the prince’s trousers, in the area that you were hoping to ride all night.” I explained before I started to portray a mortified Erik.

“I try to calm him down, that’s a charisma check, right?” Ari asked and I nodded before she made the roll. “This dice is going to dice jail.” Ari quickly announced as she held up her natural one and Makayla reached over with the box.

“Okay, I think it’s time that me and Pussy intervened!” Aron announced before making a kicking motion. “We’re kicking down the door, grabbing Meri and taking her back to her room before things get worse, and just to make sure that we get her back to her room safely, I’m casting Pass Without Trace on the three of us.”

“Okay, that’s a plus ten to any stealth rolls you make but I’ll still need you and Carter to make stealth check with triple disadvantage because his sister and two handmaidens are in this room, and two guards are posted outside his room.” I instructed them and they nodded before motioning that they were carrying Meri over their heads. “I’m going to see how the prince takes this in the meantime.” I added before picking up the D12 and rolling it to see how the prince took the whole event.

Oh, sweet mother fucking Jesus on a pogo stick. “Can I get some numbers from Aron and Carter? And a strong alcoholic beverage?”

“Do I even want to know?!” Os’s card read as he held it up and I shook my head.

“No Os, but you’re gonna find out anyway!” I sighed as Aron and Carter borrowed one of Os’s cards to write down their results, all higher than my set DC because I’m the plaything of the Dice Gods today! “So, Meri, I take it you’re protesting loudly to literally being carried back to your room?”

“Loud enough to probably interrupt his sister and the handmaidens.” Ari responded as she folded her arms and I chuckled. “I want to be there for the prince.”

“Yes, and if you are caught with the prince, we’ll be thrown into the dungeon faster than you can say “horny jail”!” Carter responded and I doubled over with laughter at his statement causing my head to briefly disappear behind my DM’s screen. “What’s on the third floor Krystal?”

“The third floor is mostly servant’s quarters, ranging from the kitchen cooks to the guards’ quarters.” I explained as I pointed to the third floor. “If there are any guards on this floor, they are off duty and likely fast asleep.”

“So, no need for a stealth roll?” Aron asked and I nodded before they made their way to the second floor. “Are the guards still posted outside Meri’s room?”

“Yep, and what they see is our favourite bard floating towards them with a pouty look on her face.” I explained and the crowd laughed at that mental image. “One guard was drinking on the job and he’s going to spend the rest of the night looking at his drink with a bewildered look on his face, the other is fast asleep because that’s my best explanation for why they failed their saving throw earlier.”

“Okay whilst the guards are distracted, we open the door, throw Meri onto the bed, barricade the window with the dresser and lock the door.” Aron explained and I nodded. “I take it that’s a strength check?”

“It is but you might want to leave that to Pussy since she’s the fighter and all.” I responded and Carter made his roll, off course it was a natural twenty. “Okay so you yeet Meri onto the bed so hard that she almost misses the bed entirely, then you effortlessly move the dresser in front of the window without much trouble and then lock the door.” I added before moving things forward to the next day. “Okay, you guys get your long rest and all your stuff back, however Carter, Aron and Ari are getting inspiration points.”

“Why Meri? She was the one who started that whole mess?” Aron pointed out and whilst Ari gave him a mock death glare, I shook my head.

“Because in all my time playing D&D, either as a player or a DM, that was some of the funniest shit I’ve ever seen!” I explained and Carter and Aron shared a look before shrugging as if to say “works for me” before they and Ari marked that on their sheets. “Even if the dice gods seemed to have it out for me in the worst way possible!”

“I’m almost afraid of what’s coming next.” Makayla sighed as I got ready for the next morning.

“Okay, so after you guys wake up and after you presumably unlock the door to Meri’s room.” I stated and Carter quickly nodded. “You hear a scream coming from the fourth floor.”

“All the way down here on the second floor?” Carter asked with a look of disbelief on his face. “I didn’t realize that The Troll’s mom lived in your game world.”

Oh, if only it was that simple. “Is anyone going up to investigate the noise?” I asked and Meri quickly shot her arm up. “You make it as far as the bottom of the stairs to the next floor before the guards stop you.” I added before putting on my best gruff male voice. “Visitors aren’t allowed past the second floor.”

“I want to investigate that scream.” Ari responded before picking up her dice. “So, Meri’s going to put on her best “puppy dog eyes” face to try to persuade them, I do have decent charisma so this should work.”

“Go ahead.” I nodded and Ari made her persuasion roll, it was good but not good enough. “Sorry lady, king’s orders, the prince has been found hanging from the ceiling of his study with a suspicious stain around his crotch.”

“Ugh, fine………. wait, what?!” Ari asked as her jaw dropped and the others shared her sentiments. “My attempt at comforting him was so bad that he killed himself?!”

“Yep, blame the dice on that one!” I responded with a sigh and the players shared a look. “What do you want to do because you can see the guards who were posted outside Meri’s door being read the riot act down the hall.”

“We’re leaving!” Carter quickly decided and the others nodded in agreement just as quickly before they quickly left the castle. “We don’t need the king’s permission anyway!”

This is just the first session off the week, these shows will be held daily until we depart from the ship, I need a strong drink for the next session.

Krystal’s balcony suite, Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the high seas
Monday the 12th of July 2021, 21:00pm

*Promo time*

Needed to unwind after that session so here we are.

“As I said last week, Summer XXXTreme has been my favourite SCW event for years for personal reasons, and now I have my first ever PPV title defence at the show this Sunday night on the Ship of dreams against Maki and Bea Barnhart in what will likely be my toughest title defence to date for one reason, the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match! Now that I’ve had some time to think about it, I realize that all it’d take for me to lose this title is a simple splash in the pool!”

I stated before hoisting the Bombshell Roulette Title over my shoulder.

“But at the same time, that applies to Maki and Bea Barnhart! Hell, Maki is practically a case study in how easy it is to lose this match because all she did was lose her footing in last year’s match against Seleana, Jessie and Keira eliminating herself and Jessie in the process, now history has already repeated itself this year as Maki failed to dethrone me in my first defence just a few weeks ago but even with only three competitors in this match, can history repeat itself again?”

I wondered to myself.

“Then again, that raises another question, if Maki and Bea eliminate themselves from the match, does that mean I automatically win the match and retain the title, or do I still have to climb across the structure as a formality? Either way, I boarded this ship with the Roulette Title and, if Bea doesn’t learn from her mistakes the last time that she tried to steal the title from me, I’ll depart from the ship with the Roulette Title!”

And speaking of Bea.

“Bea, Bea, Bea, you think you can go about calling ME a fake person after you stole this title from me?! Who the fuck do you think your fooling? Your equally idiotic husband?! There’s a movie quote that I’d like to throw at you right now so listen closely: what you just said, is one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever heard, at no point in your rambling idiotic response where you close to anything that resembled a rational thought, everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it! I reward you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul!”

Taken from the only good Adam Sandler movie!

“Disinfect the title by taking it to Char Kwan? That excuse is so idiotic and brain dead that it makes The Troll look intelligent! Bea, I used to think that you were a smart person, even in comparison to Bill, but whilst Fenris wanted to buy your husband a bear after you and him finally won the Mixed Tag Team Titles at Into the Void X, I only want to get you so drunk that your promos are actually fun to watch, especially since that Mixed Tag Title win will be the closest, you’ll ever get to another title win!”

Where does SCW find these people?!

“Let me make one thing as clear as day, when I attacked you to take back the title that is rightfully mine at Climax Control 305, it wasn’t me showing you my true colours, in fact, if anyone was showing their true colours in that whole event it was you, Bea! No, instead, it was me showing two things, one: steal my title again and you’ll get worse than a simple punch to the face and two, you for the coward and bullshit artist you are!”

I added before shaking my head.

“Besides, if I wanted this title disinfected, I’d have taken it home, not to another Bombshell who’s had her eyes on this tittle since I won it at Into the Void X! Hell, I had to disinfect it myself when I returned home to get the stench of a perpetual loser off it! At the end of the day Bea, this whole episode of our SCW careers showed you for what you truly are, a coward and a snake! You know you can’t beat me for the Roulette Title, you know you can’t beat Maki for the Roulette Title and you sure as hell know that I’ll succeed in my second title defence! That was why you stole the Roulette Title and THAT is why you’ll fail to win a title again!”

And now onto Maki.

“Don’t think I forgot about my opponent with the shit taste in sports! Maki, you did come close to beating me for the title at Climax Control 304 and even I’ll admit that I don’t know how that Roulette Title defence would’ve gone if Bea wasn’t there to stick her nose in someone else’s business, but the facts remain the same! The history books will remember that Krystal Wolfe retained the Bombshell Roulette Title in her first defence against Maki!”

But enough about the past!

“But tell me Maki, have you ever heard the phrase “almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades”? Because whilst it is true that you were a hair’s breadth away from beating me for the Roulette Title it won’t count until you beat me for the Roulette Title and much like England in the Euros Final against Italy at Wembley Stadium last night, you may have come close but in the end, it’ll be your foreign opposition that takes the win!”

That’s right, I’m going there!

“What? Did you think I was ignorant of the Euros Final happening in England just because I bad mouthed the sport? Please, on Facebook I’m friends with several people that I first met on UK/European tours back before the world went to shit and on Twitter? Good luck escaping over half your fellow SCW employees losing their minds over the football game! Including you Maki, and whilst you will fail to win a title yet again in SCW, I do have one thing to say that will connect this little tangent about the world’s most overrated sport to my wrestling promo!”

There is a method to my madness.

“Let me put it this way, my room is right next to a passionate football fan’s room, and they were playing a certain song over and over in the lead up to that final, how does it go again? Oh yeah, football’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming! Pathetic, that song is one of the worst I’ve heard in a long time! But back to my point Maki, you see England didn’t bring Football home last night, did they? Instead, it’s going Rome, and this title is coming home with me and not you Maki but again, your used to failing to win a title in SCW by now, aren’t you?”

It’s that simple.

“I have one opponent obsessed with exposing the real me and one opponent obsessing over the inferior version of Rugby, yet they are more concerned with that than the one thing that SHOULD be their priority and that’s the title that I’m currently holding over my shoulder, the SCW Bombshell Roulette Title and this Sunday will be my second defence since I won it at Into the Void X, but it won’t be my last!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Bea, Maki, I’ve worked too hard over the past seven months for my first title reign to end after my second defence and at Summer XXXTreme IX on board the ship of dreams, this match will be a nightmare for the two of you! Bea can shout to the high heavens all she wants about how she didn’t steal the title from me and was going to give it back but if you believe her then I have a sweet deal on a bridge, just for you! And Maki? Her football team failed to win the Euros last night and this Sunday she’ll fail to win the title from me in much the same way, only this sport isn’t about kicking around a ball and falling to the floor at the slightest touch, it’s about kicking ass and after I send you both flying into the pool, I’ll retain the SCW Bombshell Roulette Title!”

I went to start my stream as the scene fades.

Krystal’s first match as champion didn’t go as planned, yes she won the match over Bella Madison but only after Mercedes Vargas got involved and cost Bella the match by attacking Krystal giving the Aussie the DQ Win, Krystal went on to offer Bella a rematch at any time and sweetened the deal by offering to put the SCW Bombshell Roulette Championship on the line against her but with Summer XXXTreme and the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match between her, Maki and Bea Barnhart right around the corner, she might eat her words.

 In fact, there was a chance that she might eat those words sooner as this week at Climax Control 304 was the show where Krystal’s first defence was set to take place and her challenger was none other than Maki, one of the women scheduled to challenge her at Summer XXXTreme IX! Even if Krystal lost, it didn’t mean that she was out of the title picture, it just meant that she would enter Summer XXXTreme IX as the challenger for Maki’s title! And Krystal had joined commentary for Maki’s last match, a Triple Threat Match against Candy and Char Kwan that she won! But Krystal wasn’t about to give up the title without a fight, can Krystal retain the title?

Backstage at Climax Control 302, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 13th of June 2021 23:00pm

It wasn’t meant to be this way.

It was the week of my first match as Bombshell Roulette Champion where I was competing in a non-title match against Bella Madison in the opening match and like I said, it was non-title, but I was treating it like it was a title match, and after a great match between me and Bella I had it well in hand.

And then Mercedes Vargas came out and struck me, resulting in a DQ win for me.

Bella then took the fight right to Mercedes and I was ready to join in the fray, why? Because I didn’t want to win my first match as champion that way! Bella would get her revenge later in the night by costing Mercedes the King Vinnie Battle Royal but that was out of my hands, and I had a lot to think about.

“Still fuming over the result of the opener, right?” Makayla asked over the FaceTime call as I sat in my car, my girlfriend knew me all too well as I was calling her to avoid a possible road rage incident on the way back home. “Do you know what you’re doing next week?”

“I’m not booked if that’s what you’re asking.” I responded as I shook my head. “Jessie’s facing Vargas in a Street Fight, Caleb’s got Lincoln Daniels in a Roulette Qualifier for the Ultimate X Over the Pool match at Summer XXXTreme IX but aside from that? Not a lot’s happening among my circle of friends this week.”

“Well, if they are holding qualifying matches for the men, it’s a safe bet that they are doing the same for the women, right?” Makayla asked and I nodded.

“Yeah, Triple Threat Match between Bea Barnhart, Candy and Char Kwan, I know who I’m rooting for in that match.” I added as I leaned back in the driver’s seat. “Maki has already qualified for the match, don’t ask me how but I guess that Triple Threat Match from last week was a stealth qualifier or something.”

“Aside from the fact that Candy and Char Kwan are getting second chances to qualify if that’s true.” Makayla pointed out and I had to admit that she had a point. “Which didn’t happen in the last cycle, Candy and Bea got one chance at joining you and Royal……...err I mean Faith Simpson at Into the Void X, same goes for Mercedes Vargas and Bella Madison.”

“Maybe they meant to hold qualifying matches earlier, but those plans got derailed by the Queen and King for a Day shows?” I offered with a shrug as that was the best answer I could come up with. “By the way, are you serious about getting a dog?”

“We both love dogs Charlotte, besides whilst you were at Climax Control, I was researching dog breeders in the Las Vegas area.” Makayla responded with a grin, and I sighed in response. “It’ll take some time but as long as this pandemic is going on, we’re stuck in Vegas for the foreseeable future.”

“And that would make looking after the pupper a lot easier in the short term.” I sighed in response before letting out a deep breath. “We’ll talk more about this in the morning, I know I said that Athena’s a lovely dog, but German Shepherds are high maintenance.”

“I grew up around big dogs, I know what they are like.” Makayla nodded before she went to hang up. “See you when you get back babe.”

“See you.” I responded before we hung up on each other, now that I had calmed down significantly, I started the car engine and started to drive off as “In the Middle of the Night” by Within Temptation started playing. “If I ever snap because of all the bullshit going on in my SCW career, this will be my new theme song.” I muttered to myself before I pulled out of the arena.

Backstage at Climax Control 303, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 20th of June 2021, 18:00pm

That didn’t end the way I thought it would,

Going into that Triple Threat Qualifier, I had pegged either Candy or Char as the winners of that match but instead, Bea Barnhart pinned them both to pick up the win, at least I know who my first challengers are, assuming the bosses don’t do with my idea to defend the title against Bella Madison next week.

And I’m sure Char Kwan will have something to say about how she lost the Triple Threat Match, Candy? Nah, she’s too sweet and innocent to hold a grudge over losing a match like that.

“Bea Barnhart and Maki are my first challengers.” I muttered to myself as I watched the Street Fight between Jessie and Mercedes which was just as brutal as I expected. “Now all I need to do is to make it to Summer XXXTreme IX.”

“Krystal?” I looked up and saw a stage hand handing me the card for next week’s show and I took it from him, after I mouthed the word “thanks” to him he ran off.

“Shane Borderland vs. Brayden Hilton, when was the last time SCW had a double debut match?” I wondered to myself before the second match caught my eye. “Bella vs. Violet with Mercedes on commentary, guess that means the bosses didn’t go for my idea, still the fact that this match will impact the Summer XXXTreme Card either way makes it a must watch.” I muttered to myself before going over the rest of the card.

And it was then that I saw it. “Your first defence has been scheduled?” I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard Ari’s voice before I looked up and saw the younger Go Gym Graduate. “And it’s against Maki.”

“I just find it amusing that history is repeating itself.” I commented with a shrug before Ari sat next to me, “Jessie got a title shot at the Roulette Title at the Go Home Show for Summer XXXTreme VIII which would’ve meant that she going to enter the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match as either Champion or Challenger, we both know how that ended since Seleana didn’t lose the title until her match against Johanna Krieger but still.”

“At least Maki didn’t attack you to get the title shot this time.” Ari responded half-jokingly and I gave her an amused yet annoyed look. “Actually no, Jessie cost Seleana a Triple Threat Match to get her attention, didn’t she?”

“Yep, against Maki and Amber, it was non-title because otherwise? Amber’s first title would’ve been the Bombshell Roulette Title.” I added before adjusting the title over my shoulder. “Maki took the submission loss in that match, hopefully that’ll be a sign of things to come for our title match.”

“And you know Bea will be watching the match closely.” Ari nodded as the Street Fight ended with Mercedes winning after a Modified Black Rose Overdrive in the men’s bathroom. “When was the last time a catfight ended in the men’s bathroom?”

“Probably on some extremely specific Only Fans kink page.” I joked with a shrug as the camera cut to another part of the arena. “Seriously, Jessie will be feeling that for the next week at least.”

“Yeah, at least.” Ari winced once she realized that I was right. “Guess she took Jessie’s comments about her age to heart, then again Mercedes was wrestling when we were in diapers.”

“Feels that way at least.” I sighed before taking a sip from my drink. “I’m going to be training extra hard at the Go Gym next week, I don’t want to fall into the same trap that so many of my contemporaries have fallen into.”

“Losing the title on the first defence?” Ari asked and I nodded to confirm that that was what I meant. “And prove certain people like Andrea wrong.”

“That idiot doesn’t know what she’s talking about and isn’t half as great as she thinks she is.” I scoffed before taking a sip from my drink. “And I look forward to shutting her up!”

“And I look forward to watching you do just that!” Ari nodded before we shared a toast.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 21st of June 2021, 16:00pm

This is going to be a wild week.

The rest of the night at Climax Control 303 went off without a hitch, Brother David Shepherd picked up the win over Mac Bane in non-title action (ugh) and Myra Rivers pinned Christina Rose in the Main Event even after Amber Ryan tried to cost her the match by eyeing up the Bombshell Internet Championship within eyesight of Myra but that ended about as well as you’d expect! The match between Myra and Amber that’ll inevitably end with either of them vacating the Internet Title was scheduled for Summer XXXTreme as was my first title defence.

At least I don’t have to worry about vacating a title after winning my match.

But yeah, as Makayla said two weeks ago, we’re getting a dog! We’ve already decided on getting a large dog and the only issue is, what breed to get.

“German Shepherds are fiercely loyal.” I commented as I looked up the dog breed on my regular computer. “And are one of the most intelligent dogs around.”

“Yeah, but Labradors have just as much intelligence, without any of the aggression.” Makayla pointed out as she looked up her dog breed on her phone. “Besides, you love Caleb’s dog.”

“Lemmy? Yeah, he’s a great dog.” I admitted as I glanced over at my girlfriend. “Off course, the thing with Labradors is the fact that there are three different colour variations to choose from.”

“Black, Golden and Chocolate, Lemmy’s a Golden Lab, right?” Makayla asked and I nodded in response. “Maybe we should get one of the other variants.”

“From what I read, there can be multiple variants in the same litter, Katie said that Lemmy’s litter included a couple of Black Lab puppies.” I responded with a shrug as I searched the internet. “Either way, we should do some more research on this.”

“Definitely, won’t do the doggo much good if we go into this without a clue.” Makayla nodded in agreement before she walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek. “And we’ll have to figure out how we’re going to work around SCW’s schedule once they start touring again.”

“I don’t see the current schedule of keeping everything confined to Vegas ending anytime soon.” I responded with a shrug before I started searching again. “Not that I’m complaining since it makes streaming a lot easier.”

“If you want to drag your gaming PC on the road with you, I’ll be happy to help.” Makayla responded with a grin as she sat next to me. “And your other equipment off course.”

“I was about to say, I can’t really stream without my mic, webcam or capture card!” I responded with a grin before kissing Makayla.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas Nevada
Monday the 21st of June 2021, 18:00pm

*Promo time*

Well, I guess the honeymoon period is over.

“When the qualifying matches for the Ultimate X Over the Pool Matches at Summer XXXTreme IX were announced last week I was like “all right, my first defence will be at Summer XXXTreme IX and it’s against Maki and the winner of Bea Barnhart vs. Candy vs. Char Kwan” and well, I was half right, my first title defence on PPV will be at Summer XXXTreme IX against Maki and Bea Barnhart but my first title defence in general is this Sunday at Climax Control 304 and what do you know? Maki has jumped to the front of the que!”

This will be good.

“This is our first one on one match Maki but I have seen you in action before, namely at Climax Control 301 when I joined commentary for your Triple Threat Match against Candy and Char Kwan which, credit where it’s due, you won after roundhouse, or Makihouse, kicking Char’s head into the cheap seats after she had already taken out Candy, throw in the fact that that was apparently a stealth qualifier for the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match and well it seemed to set us on a collision course.”

I added as I shook my head.

“Maki, when you won that Triple Threat Match, I said that I was looking forward to your challenge whenever that would be , well, we know when that’ll be now and it seems that history is repeating itself at Summer XXXTreme IX because last year, Jessie Salco challenged Seleana Zdunich at both the go home show and in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match which also featured you and Keira Fisher, that didn’t end so well for you or Jessie, did it?”

Off course it didn’t.

“You know what they say about those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, well Maki for the second year in a row you are in the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for the Bombshell Roulette Championship and you’re getting a title shot just a few weeks before the show, will history repeat itself? Will you get simultaneously eliminated by Bea thus opening the door for me to win the match and retain the title in my second defence? And no, I didn’t stutter, I did say second defence because I have no intention of losing this title on my first defence!”

Stop me if you heard this before.

“I realize that this is something of a cliché but my first defence against Maki won’t be my last! How many new champions have said a variation of those exact words only to fail at the first hurdle since SCW? Way too many for even Mercedes Vargas to list! But occasionally, there’s one new champion that makes good on that promise! Myra Rivers has held the Bombshell Internet Title for over a year now and finds herself in a title vs title match against Amber Ryan at Summer XXXTreme IX, am I saying that I’ll hold this title for that long? No because you never know what could happen between now and Summer XXXTreme X but what I will say is that I am going to hold onto this well past the first defence and Maki? I know you’ll give me a hell of a fight, but the thing is Maki? I can give just as much as I can take!”

Actions speak louder than words.

“At the same time, I know what could happen, Bea Barnhart has eye on this match like a hawk and if my last match is anything to go by, she’ll likely try to interfere in the match! Only real question is, will she attack me and cost you the match Maki? Or will my winning streak end on a Disqualification? Or will the Roulette Wheel stop on a stipulation that means that Bea’s interference won’t end in a disqualification for either of us? Either way, we had better keep an eye out for Bill Barnhart’s hot wife!”

Seriously, how did he get her to date him, let alone marry him?

“But at the end of the day, she won’t matter until Summer XXXTreme IX because this match is between the two of us with my title on the line, I won’t lie and say that I’m not nervous heading into my first defence in general and not just for the Bombshell Roulette Championship, but I’ve been training for this since I won the title at Into the Void X! Not this specific match because, obviously, I didn’t know that this match was going to happen until this past week on Climax Control 303, but I knew my first defence was an inevitability, it was just a question of who that defence was against and well, it seems we were destined to face off ever since you win that Triple Threat Match!”

It’s that simple.

“It’s one thing to be a new champion heading into their first defence but it’s an entirely different thing to be a new champion heading into their defence of their very first title reign in SCW! At Climax Control 301 I promised that I will fight anyone for this title and Maki and Bea Barnhart just happen to be the first won in my path to holding this title for as long as possible! Maki’s getting a sneak preview of the fight I’ll bring at Summer XXXTreme IX to keep my title and this week will be the first of many title defences!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“The Honeymoon Period is over, and now I have to defend the title for the first time! I’ve had this title for a long time and well, my first defence was bound to come sooner or later! To put it in perspective, this is my fifth week as Bombshell Roulette Champion, and I will do everything in my power to not make it my last! Maki, I don’t know what you did to jump ahead of the que and get this title match but by the end of the night, Maki will wish that she had waited until Summer XXXTreme IX where I’ll defend the title against her and Bea Barnhart but before that match, I will bring her down with the Down Under Thunderbomb courtesy of “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe, your reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion, long may I reign!”

I went to start my stream as the scene fades.