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Supercard Archives / “The Retirement Tour Part III: Not So Different.”
« on: August 20, 2023, 07:24:26 PM »
(Keira was used with her handlers’ permission)
It was the week of Violent Conduct and what could possibly be the last title defence of Jessie’s career as the thirty three year old was taking on Alexandra Callaway in what would be one of (potentially) many title vs. career matches as she had stated that she was ready to retire but wanted to see her title reign through to the end first! Will Jessie’s reign continue or will Alexandra be the one who ends it and her career?
Wondering through the streets of a town in Yucatan, Mexico
Saturday the 19th of August 2023, 17:14pm
It’s funny, isn’t it?
Eleven years ago when SCW debuted the Violent Conduct name I wasn’t even on the card, for reasons that where never made clear to me at the time (and I doubt Mark and Christian remember why they left one of their youngest female wrestlers off the card all these years later) and the same thing happened last year, then again I gave up my spot in a filler match against Sam Marlowe to Krystal but like I said, I at least had a reason.
Fast forward two years from the first Violent Conduct and me and Amy were defending the Bombshell Tag Team Titles against The Mean Girls in one of many matches against that damn group, that ended up being the end of me and Amy’s reign that night, will the same be said for my Bombshell Roulette Title reign eleven years later? Off course, I have more at stake heading into the match against Alexandra Callaway than I do going against the Mean Girls, for one thing I have my retirement at stake this time around.
So what will be different this time? I’m entering Violent Conduct XI as the Bombshell Roulette Champion and I’ll be leaving with that title around my waist, as for what happens beyond that? Who knows? I’ve got a couple of ideas in mind, one of which involves the conclusion of another match on the card and no, I don’t mean the Roulette Contenders Match between Luna and Seleana and it goes without saying that I have a vested interest in that match as well as my own anyway!
And much like the match between Luna and Seleana and my match against Alexandra, that particular plan depends on the winner of the match and that’s all I’ll reveal for now.
Anyway, as I walked through the streets of the town the SCW talent were stuck in whilst we were in Mexico for Violent Conduct I ran into Keira who wasn’t exactly in a good mood.
”Still worried about Sin?” I asked the Team Hero member who nodded as we started walking alongside each other. ”I don’t know what concerns me more, Sin or Young Justice trying to get in the action.”
“Harper and Cass are two of my best students, the fact that they won their first titles in their rookie years confirms that.” Keira responded as she shook her head and I nodded in agreement. “But they are not ready for Sin and I refuse to let them join Heyley Chambers on the injured list, problem was that they have legit reasons to be here thanks to EWC.”
”Yeah no, I looked it up, the show they are booked for is in Monterrey, that’s a lot closer to the US/Mexico Boarder than Yucatan is!” I responded as I shook my head before showing Keira the results of my Google Search, Yucatan is on the Mexican coast, Monterrey is a land locked area, do you see the problem yet? ”In other words, their claims that they have a legit reason to be in Mexico fall apart when you realize that they are on the wrong side of Mexico!”
“Well, maybe they’ll get the hint and stay in that part of Mexico for the week………” Keira trailed off as we saw a pair of familiar girls nearby, one American, one Italian Australian, what do they have in common? Oh just the fact that they are Hero Academy graduates. “YOUNG JUSTICE?!”
”Oh shit.” Cassie cussed upon seeing us and once Harper spotted us they tried to leg it in the opposite direction, naturally we gave chase.
Being a lot younger than me and Keira, Harper and Cass did have a lead on us, but they forgot one fact, me and Keira had been in the town for over a week, they had literally just got here, and that allowed us to use our familiarity with the area to corner the girls in an alleyway. “I told you girls to stay away from Mexico.” Keira commented as she walked up behind the two girls and they realized that they had hit a dead end. “And Jessie told you as much when you had your vid chat with her last week, yet here you are.”
”We have legit reasons to be in Mexico!” Cassie asserted as the twenty year old flipped some of her long black hair over her shoulder but me and Keira shook our heads. ”You know Young Justice’s tag team debut has been booked for the next Rampage!”
”That show is in Monterrey, that’s over a day’s travel from here.” I pointed out as I ran a hand down my face whilst Keira started marching over to Harper. ”You girls aren’t fooling anyone! We know you’re here to fight……” And then, it happened, before Harper could even get a word in Keira punched her across the face, not hard enough to draw blood or even knock Harper to the ground but the shocked looks on Harper and Cassie’s faces said it all. ”WHAT THE HELL KEIRA?!”
“You really think you’re ready to take on Sin?!” Keira demanded as Harper recovered from the shock only to get another punch, this time to her exposed midriff, both girls were wearing crop tops which made sense given how fucking hot it was. “That was TAME compared to what Sin will do to you two, I will not lose my two best students to that monster!”
”You may have trained us but you’re not the boss of us Keira!” Harper asserted and I just shook my head, yep, my stubborn, hot headed nature definitely ran in the family. ”We fought off Sin when she tried to go after Makayla, we can do it again!”
”And we didn’t come all the way here for nothing.” Cassie added and I sighed before I walked up to the young Aussie. ”We can handle ourselves Keira! You just got to give us a……..” It was my turn to lay into one of Keira’s students, this time it was Cassie and I delivered a solid punch to her jaw. ”Oh, what? Now you’re getting in on the “beat up rookies” action?”
”Cass, you’re not in your rookie year, Harper is, second? Call this tough love because it’s clear that my words aren’t getting through to you.” I responded as I looked at the slightly taller girl, Cass was 5ft 3, I’m 5ft 2, there wasn’t really much of a difference in height between me and the younger woman. ”We’ll pay your way over to Monterrey but we want you girls out of the area before the weekend’s over……..”
My ultimatum was cut off when Harper’s foot barely missed my head as she tried to use her martial arts expertise to try to fend off Keira in self-defence, did it work? Briefly because Keira wasn’t expecting her protégé to start throwing kicks at her, then again I doubted that either Keira or Harper ever thought that this was a possibility either! ”Heh, forgot that I have a black belt in taekwondo, didn’t you?” Harper asked as I ducked under another kick from her, I needed to have the talk where I pointed out to the kid that said black belt meant that her legs were classified as lethal weapons but that would wait for another day.
Mostly because once the surprise wore off Keira caught Harper’s foot literally inches away from her head. “I didn’t forget Harper, just never expected that you would use those skills against me.” Keira added before tightening her grip on Harper’s foot and the teenager grimaced in pain. “And more importantly? I know your weaknesses, if you can’t beat me then what chance do you have against Sin when she’s at full power?”
”Why can’t you trust me and Cass? We just want to do the right thing!” Harper asserted as she hopped on one leg and Keira shook her head. ”It’s not like Sin’s going to bring my parents back from the dead anyway!”
I immediately facepalmed when Harper said that, sure, her parents were murdered earlier in the year, but she knew better than anyone that Keira had been there herself! It was how Sin came to be after all, the moment I looked up Keira simply pulled Harper in by the leg she had caught before blasting Harper in the nose with a punch! As soon as Harper hit the ground I could immediately tell that Harper’s nose was broken and bloody. “Harper, you are one of my best students and I expect great things from you and Cass down the road.” Keira said in a low voice as Harper clutched at her bloody nose, Keira offered her hand to Harper to help her up which she took, this ended up being a big mistake because Keira turned that into a hammerlock and cranked up the pressure to the point that the broken nose was the least of her worries. “But if you EVER say something like that again you will never be welcome back at Hero Academy! Do I make myself clear?!”
”Are you trying to break my arm back there?! Let me go!” Harper grunted in pain as Keira kept up the pressure. ”Or is the Krystal/Sin situation getting too you more than you want to admit? Are you becoming……….”
“Finish that sentence and I WILL break your arm!” Keira interrupted Harper but quickly came to her senses before letting go of Harper’s arm and shoving her away from her, Harper stumbled a bit before steadying herself and giving her arm a shake. “Sorry Harper but I couldn’t let that comment go, I know you and Cass want to do the right thing but this isn’t your fight.”
”It became our fight when Krystal attacked me to kick off the whole saga! It became Harper’s fight when Krystal threatened to break our arms through that freaky gif.” Cass asserted and I just shook my head, Harper on the other hand seemed ready to let it go. ”We didn’t come all this way for nothing, I used most of my last EWC paycheck on this fight!”
“I’ll have Jenny reimburse you it, and Harper whilst she’s at it.” Keira responded before she turned to Harper, but before either could say anything else I quickly chimed in.
”Before we do anything else? We’d better let a doctor look at her nose and arm.” I commented as me and Cass turned to the other two women and they looked up. ”I visited a hospital last week to get my nagging injuries looked at, I can drive us.”
”And tell the docs what exactly? A broken nose isn’t exactly an easy thing to explain away never mind the pain in my arm.” Harper commented as she used her hand to stop the blood flow. ”Come to think of it, didn’t Christian get his nose broken by Seleana a few years ago?”
“He did, and Seleana nearly got fired for it, plus that was on TV.” Keira nodded in response before sighing. “We’ll tell the doctor that you were in a brawl, they doesn’t need to know the details.” Keira added before we left the alley.
Our little heart to heart brawl with Young Justice would end up being a moot point, because when word reached Christian that they were in Yucatan to possibly go after Sin he put his foot down and threatened to have them arrested on sight if they showed up to Climax Control! When Keira tried to assert that it would be fine, Christian said that he was sick of outside talent getting hurt on his shows! When I pointed out how well that worked when SCW was in Rome at the beginning of the cycle? He pointed out that the rich bitch (his words, not mine) Jenny Tuck interfered and that he would sue Jenny if she pulled another stunt like that.
Two things were certain though, one: Christian was off Jenny’s extensive “people to send truckloads of money too when I get bored” list and two: Young Justice weren’t about to risk their careers like that, not when they signed with an international touring company a couple of months ago!
Local hospital, Yucatan, Mexico
Saturday the 19th of August 2023m 18:30pm
I hope to god the girls don’t end up as stubborn as me.
The stories of my stubborn streak are the stuff of SCW Legend at this point! No matter how many people told me that I didn’t belong in the main event after many, many tries to win the World Bombshell Title I persevered until the bosses stepped in and literally banned me from getting title shots for a whole year! Granted there were other factors and said ban didn’t stop me from participating in that year’s Blast from the Past Tournament (though I am curious as to how that my title shot ban would’ve been affected by my win if my team did win the tournament but I digress) but the message was clear.
Christian eventually lifted the ban off course, after a year of increasingly desperate attempts to get around the ban (and I maintain that that never should’ve happened) but the point is? The fact that Cass and Harper chose to fly out to Yucatan to fight Sin despite warnings from both me and Keira made me worried that they’d eventually end up going down the same route as me.
And trust me, I know how soul crushing that bullshit can be.
“Well Ms. Mason I have good news.” The doctor (a different one from the one who treated me the week before, for one thing it was a female doctor) told the kid as we watched on, me and Harper were sitting in chairs whilst Keira was leaning against the wall. “Your nose should heal within a few weeks and we’ve stopped the bleeding, as for your arm? That suffered minor damage, that should heal up by the end of the day, now you said that you got your nose broken in a brawl?”
”Err, yeah, some guys picked a fight with me and didn’t think that little old me knew martial arts.” Harper responded with a nod as she leaned back. ”Not the first time my black belt in taekwondo has saved my ass but I thought I read that Yucatan was supposed to be a safe place?”
“It is, but that doesn’t mean we don’t get criminals down here, they are not nearly as vicious as the drug cartels though.” The doctor nodded before she handed Harper a prescription for painkillers. “Speaking of drugs, these painkillers should help you manage the pain just hand it in to the pharmacist.”
”The instructions will be in English right? I can’t speak or read Spanish.” Harper admitted sheepishly and the nurse gave her a reassuring nod, knowing my own experience from last week>? The staff were prepared for the possibility of having to treat foreigners like us so that shouldn’t be a problem. ”So, I’m good to go?”
“Si, just don’t get into any more brawls, I can see that you workout but you might not get so lucky next time.” The doctor responded before she left us alone, once we were sure that the doctor was well out of earshot Harper sighed.
”So can we keep the specifics of that whole incident off social media? If the other students know why I got my nose broken in Mexico I’m never living it down.” Harper requested and we shared a look, and by we, I meant me and Keira because Cassie was in full agreement with Harper. ”Please?”
“On one condition, you two will spend the rest of the week with me and Jessie but before Violent Conduct you both fly over to Monterrey for the next episode of Rampage.” Keira insisted and I nodded in agreement, the girls however went to protest. “Don’t push your luck, your already on thin ice because you disobeyed us to fly out in the first place!”
”And even if you do stick around, Christian has said that you will be arrested on sight if you show up to Violent Conduct because he’s sick of outside talent getting hurt on his shows.” I added and the girls sighed in defeat knowing that they were fighting a losing battle. ”We didn’t bother asking if that covers any supernatural bullshit Sin comes up with but I doubt the local police are paid enough to get involved with a demon like that, if I’m wrong then the Mexican police have bigger balls than SCW’s security force!”
”Yeah, I guess, wait, demon?!” Harper asked after doing a double take and I shared a disbelieving look with Keira, did the kid really come this far without knowing that she was potentially dealing with a demon?! ”I knew something weird happened in Rome but I didn’t think it was THAT weird!”
“Harp? It’s a long story and frankly? I just want to be done for today after that fight we had.” Keira responded as she messaged her forehead in annoyance and I nodded in agreement. “And for that matter Cass? Did you know about Sin being a demon?”
”I was never a hundred percent on the details, only that Sin was bad news and Taylor Parker showed up to last year’s High Stakes dressed as her because the date happened to coincide with Halloween and all.” Cassie explained as she shook her head and me and Keira nodded as we got the idea. ”Back when I had that dream where Krystal appeared with those weird demonic cat eyes? I thought that was it, then those same eyes showed up at the first Climax Control of the cycle and you know the rest.”
“Okay, Jess if you want to fill in Harp on the details feel free, I’ll do the same with Cass.” Keira added and I nodded in response as I looked over the two girls. “I’m guessing you girls sorted out accommodation?”
”We managed to snag two ground floor rooms at the same hotel SCW’s using, figured a “hide under their noses” approach would be best.” Harper explained and I just sighed as I shook my head. ”Well, that and all the other hotels in the area were either fully booked or too expensive, even with our EWC Contracts.”
”Maybe you should’ve taken that as a sign that this was a bad idea! If nothing else, that will make finding you two a lot easier once we know your room numbers.” I responded with a frown on my face and the two girls exchanged awkward looks. ”Be glad we’re not telling Christian because I’m sure he’d find some way to boot you out of the country before you can ruin his show!”
“Trust us, we’ve known him for years.” Keira added and that was all the girls needed to know before we finally left the hospital.
Harper’s hotel room, Yucatan, Mexico
Sunday the 20th of August 2023, 09:00am
So yeah, yesterday was pretty eventful.
As it turned out, Harper and Cassie’s rooms were literally right next to each other and just down the hall from the reception desk,, if nothing else it made me and Keira’s task of trying to find their hotel room that much easier.
Right now the plan was to meet the girls for breakfast and try to make mends for everything that happened last night, but since Keira was still asleep I used the opportunity to fill Harper in on as much info as I could about Sin.
”So, just to get the obvious out of the way.” I commented as I entered the hotel room and Harper sat down on the bed, now that we had gone through the whole Sin mythos we were just trying to get caught up on everything. ”How’s your arm and nose?”
”Arm’s a lot better, and my nose has stopped bleeding at least.” Harper responded as she brushed some hair over her shoulder and I nodded as I folded my arms. ”Can’t say I was expecting to be assaulted by my own trainer when me and Cass decided to fly out.”
”It’s like I said to Cass, that was tough love, nothing more.” I assured Harper who nodded in response. ”Though what you said about your parents? You had to know that that was going to hit close to home, right?”
”That was uttered under frustration! Not my fault Keira took it so personally!” Harper asserted and I just shook my head, yep, the hot headedness definitely ran in the family. ”And I only started throwing those kicks in self-defence, I wasn’t about to late Keira attack me unchallenged!”
”Just so we’re clear, you’re aware that your martial arts training means you’re legs are classified as lethal weapons, right?” I asked bluntly and Harper nodded in response. ”And you’ve known this for how long?”
”Since I decided to give Martial Arts a try, my parents sat me down and explained all that when I asked them if I could take up taekwondo classes.” Harper explained as she glanced to her side and I leaned over, I hadn’t noticed but her martial arts uniform and black belt were hanging up on the dresser. ”That’s my dobok, it’s what taekwondo practitioners like me call their uniform, do means way and bok means clothing.”
”So, Way Clothing in other words?” I asked and Harper shrugged her shoulders as if to say, “pretty much”. ”Your parents must’ve been proud when you got your Black Belt.”
”Like you wouldn’t believe! They attended my ceremony and everything, shame that that was when my dad’s service in the army was about to end and I had to find a new teacher in Vegas.” Harper explained happily before letting out a sad sigh. ”Next month will be my first birthday since my parents were murdered, I thought I thought getting through Mother’s, Father’s and Veteran’s Day was tough but that’s going to make those events feel like a walk in the park.” Harper added as she lowered her head and I just said nothing, instead placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. ”And after that is Christmas which will be a whole new can of worms.”
”What? Your parents didn’t celebrate Halloween?” I joked getting a laugh out of Harper before she shook her head. ”Kid I’m going to tell you the same thing I told you on those previous days, you are not alone, you have me, Jake and Shane to talk too, you have Keira to talk too, you have the other Hero Academy graduates to talk too, hell you have your fellow wrestlers to talk too.” I added before pausing and shaking my head. ”Everyone except The Troll, only the Saviours like that utter moron at this point.”
”Ugh! Don’t even get me started! That idiot is the reason I stopped posting selfies on Twitter, I can only take being called a narcissist by a shit wrestler with his own title belt for so long!” Harper groaned in response and I nodded in agreement, I don’t like selfies to put it mildly but there was no way around it, Wank was bullying Harper and the Saviours were too busy kissing his fat ass too see it. ”What’s worse is? If I ever sign with SCW, I’ll literally have to put up with him on a weekly basis, no counting PPVs of course.”
”Worry about that if/when the time comes, and if they decide to book you against either of your trainers obviously.” I assured Harper and she laughed nervously in response to that idea, she’d be the first to tell you that wrestling Team Hero as part of her graduation day gauntlet was tough enough to begin with but in a proper wrestling match? Considering I’ve never gotten a win over Team Hero (the closest I got was a double count out win at the tail end of 2021) I couldn’t blame her for being nervous at that prospect. ”Until then? I think we’ve waited long enough for Keira and Cass so shall we grab breakfast? If they are waiting for us then perfect, if not, their loss.” I added and Harper quickly nodded in agreement before we left her hotel room.
Wondering through town, Yucatan, Mexico
Sunday the 20th of August 2023, 18:00pm
*promo time*
Here we go.
”Eleven years ago I wasn’t even on the original Violent Conduct card, why? Fuck if I know, and I’ll be surprised if the bosses remember why either! My point is, a lot can happen in eleven years, I’ve gone from a recovering drug addict turned wrestler to a woman who’s well over a decade sober, a Hall of Famer, a multiple time champion, including this bad boy five times over.” I stated as I held up the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”And someone who’s honestly looking at her wrestling career and wondering one thing, what’s there left for me to accomplish? At the very least my retirement will be under my own terms and Alexandra? You have to defeat me to not only win this title but to retire me as an in ring competitor, can you do that?”
Good question.
”The reason I opened this promo with that spiel is simple, I wanted to lay out just what was at stake, not just for Alexandra but for whoever comes after her should she fail to get the job done.” I stated simply as I rested the Roulette Title over my shoulder. ”Eleven years, multiple championship reigns, a Hall of Fame ring, multiple year-end awards, there’s little I haven’t done as an SCW Bombshell, and yet I have challengers lining up down the block to challenge me! It’s almost like this title means a lot more than some people think! I already proved that fact beyond a shadow of a doubt when me and Laura tore the house down for this title in Rome and now I get to do it all over again when another veteran Bombshell who’s older than me, but the question is Alexandra, can you do what Laura couldn’t? Can you dethrone me? Can you end the career of a Bombshell who’s been in SCW since the Climax Controls were in the double digits?”
I don’t think so.
”We may respect each other Alexandra but I’m a Bombshell who pays attention, don’t think I haven’t noticed how much of a roller-coaster you SCW career has been thus far, only two wins, including several losses to Bea fucking Barnhart? Not exactly the most auspicious of starts, is it?” I asked before shaking my head. ”I’m not exactly one to talk mind you, I lost my debut match, was forced to take a drugs test that made me miss the majority of the first ever Summer XXXTreme Cycle and when I finally got booked again at that show? Not only was I teamed with the woman who beat me in that Triple Threat in a Bombshell Tag Title Match, yes, that was a thing back then and I don’t know why the bosses refuse to bring the gendered tag titles back, but she proved to be a useless partner and I didn’t get my first in SCW until the show after Summer XXXTreme, in other words Alexandra? We’re not so different.”
With some exceptions.
”Admittedly I was in my early twenties when I joined SCW and the fact that you look like you’re in your early twenties when in fact, you just turned forty is practically a running gag at this point Alexandra, but the similarities are there.” I admitted as I folded my arms with the title resting over my shoulder. ”Who knows? Maybe if you were part of the original Bombshell squad ten years ago we would’ve been friends, or rivals, or somewhere in between, that is generally how my friendships with fellow wrestlers tend to go admittedly, just ask Keira Fisher or Amy Santino.” I added as I brushed my hair over my shoulder. ”But our friendship will only matter when it comes to how we treat each other from bell to bell next Sunday, with respect, otherwise? We both know what’s at stake.” I said as I rubbed my title’s front plate. ”And I’m not giving this up without a fight!”
Nope.
”One thing I forgot to mention during my history lesson was how most of my title reigns went, off the five reigns with this title? Only two made it past the first defence, this one and my reign back in 2017, my Bombshell Internet Title Reign? Ended after one defence, same goes with the Bombshell Tag Title reigns, it’s pretty bittersweet that the reign I’ve been after for years will end up being my last, isn’t it?” I commented as I shook my head. ”But if anything, that just fuels me more to keep this going as long as I can! Alexandra you are a hell of a wrestler, but the one to end my reign? Sorry Alex, but I don’t think so!”
Sorry.
”And don’t get me wrong Alex, I say that with the upmost respect for your talents as a wrestler and for all the years you’ve put into this business, I’ve been active for fifteen years myself, I know the sacrifices you have to make to get ahead in this game better than anyone else on the roster.” I said as I held up my five extended fingers making sure to use the hand with my Hall of Fame and Wedding Ring on it. ”Along the way I found time to meet my husband through a dating website and we’ve been together almost as long as I’ve been in SCW, notice how I never once brought up a maternity leave? That was one sacrifice I had to make, never tried for kids and right now my dog Titan is the closest I’ve got, in the end those sacrifices earned me my spot in the Hall of Fame and there’s little I won’t sacrifice to retain my title next Sunday!”
It's that simple.
”If anything I just hope the wheel stops on something other than a Submission Match variation, those are getting old by now I swear!” I added as I shook my head. ”But whilst we’re not getting any younger Alex? The Bombshell division is, and tits title will be a standard bearer for future stars of the Bombshell Division once I’m done if I have anything to say about it, why? Because this was the first title I ever won, not just in SCW but in general! Alex, I know we’ll tear the house down at Violent Conduct but I’m not giving up my title that easily, not after everything I’ve done to get to this point in my career!”
And with that I decided to wrap things up.
”We can at least rest easy Alex, knowing that we’ve left women’s wrestling in a much better state than we found it in, but at The Retirement Tour Part III: Not Do Different? The only thing that’ll matter is who comes out as champion.” I stated as I held the Bombshell Roulette Title high above my head. ”And I will stop at nothing to ensure that my reign and career live to see another day whilst you are struck with Blood Lightning and I retain the gold! See you next Sunday Alex and be ready for a fight!”
I walked off as the scene fades.
It was the week of Violent Conduct and what could possibly be the last title defence of Jessie’s career as the thirty three year old was taking on Alexandra Callaway in what would be one of (potentially) many title vs. career matches as she had stated that she was ready to retire but wanted to see her title reign through to the end first! Will Jessie’s reign continue or will Alexandra be the one who ends it and her career?
Wondering through the streets of a town in Yucatan, Mexico
Saturday the 19th of August 2023, 17:14pm
It’s funny, isn’t it?
Eleven years ago when SCW debuted the Violent Conduct name I wasn’t even on the card, for reasons that where never made clear to me at the time (and I doubt Mark and Christian remember why they left one of their youngest female wrestlers off the card all these years later) and the same thing happened last year, then again I gave up my spot in a filler match against Sam Marlowe to Krystal but like I said, I at least had a reason.
Fast forward two years from the first Violent Conduct and me and Amy were defending the Bombshell Tag Team Titles against The Mean Girls in one of many matches against that damn group, that ended up being the end of me and Amy’s reign that night, will the same be said for my Bombshell Roulette Title reign eleven years later? Off course, I have more at stake heading into the match against Alexandra Callaway than I do going against the Mean Girls, for one thing I have my retirement at stake this time around.
So what will be different this time? I’m entering Violent Conduct XI as the Bombshell Roulette Champion and I’ll be leaving with that title around my waist, as for what happens beyond that? Who knows? I’ve got a couple of ideas in mind, one of which involves the conclusion of another match on the card and no, I don’t mean the Roulette Contenders Match between Luna and Seleana and it goes without saying that I have a vested interest in that match as well as my own anyway!
And much like the match between Luna and Seleana and my match against Alexandra, that particular plan depends on the winner of the match and that’s all I’ll reveal for now.
Anyway, as I walked through the streets of the town the SCW talent were stuck in whilst we were in Mexico for Violent Conduct I ran into Keira who wasn’t exactly in a good mood.
”Still worried about Sin?” I asked the Team Hero member who nodded as we started walking alongside each other. ”I don’t know what concerns me more, Sin or Young Justice trying to get in the action.”
“Harper and Cass are two of my best students, the fact that they won their first titles in their rookie years confirms that.” Keira responded as she shook her head and I nodded in agreement. “But they are not ready for Sin and I refuse to let them join Heyley Chambers on the injured list, problem was that they have legit reasons to be here thanks to EWC.”
”Yeah no, I looked it up, the show they are booked for is in Monterrey, that’s a lot closer to the US/Mexico Boarder than Yucatan is!” I responded as I shook my head before showing Keira the results of my Google Search, Yucatan is on the Mexican coast, Monterrey is a land locked area, do you see the problem yet? ”In other words, their claims that they have a legit reason to be in Mexico fall apart when you realize that they are on the wrong side of Mexico!”
“Well, maybe they’ll get the hint and stay in that part of Mexico for the week………” Keira trailed off as we saw a pair of familiar girls nearby, one American, one Italian Australian, what do they have in common? Oh just the fact that they are Hero Academy graduates. “YOUNG JUSTICE?!”
”Oh shit.” Cassie cussed upon seeing us and once Harper spotted us they tried to leg it in the opposite direction, naturally we gave chase.
Being a lot younger than me and Keira, Harper and Cass did have a lead on us, but they forgot one fact, me and Keira had been in the town for over a week, they had literally just got here, and that allowed us to use our familiarity with the area to corner the girls in an alleyway. “I told you girls to stay away from Mexico.” Keira commented as she walked up behind the two girls and they realized that they had hit a dead end. “And Jessie told you as much when you had your vid chat with her last week, yet here you are.”
”We have legit reasons to be in Mexico!” Cassie asserted as the twenty year old flipped some of her long black hair over her shoulder but me and Keira shook our heads. ”You know Young Justice’s tag team debut has been booked for the next Rampage!”
”That show is in Monterrey, that’s over a day’s travel from here.” I pointed out as I ran a hand down my face whilst Keira started marching over to Harper. ”You girls aren’t fooling anyone! We know you’re here to fight……” And then, it happened, before Harper could even get a word in Keira punched her across the face, not hard enough to draw blood or even knock Harper to the ground but the shocked looks on Harper and Cassie’s faces said it all. ”WHAT THE HELL KEIRA?!”
“You really think you’re ready to take on Sin?!” Keira demanded as Harper recovered from the shock only to get another punch, this time to her exposed midriff, both girls were wearing crop tops which made sense given how fucking hot it was. “That was TAME compared to what Sin will do to you two, I will not lose my two best students to that monster!”
”You may have trained us but you’re not the boss of us Keira!” Harper asserted and I just shook my head, yep, my stubborn, hot headed nature definitely ran in the family. ”We fought off Sin when she tried to go after Makayla, we can do it again!”
”And we didn’t come all the way here for nothing.” Cassie added and I sighed before I walked up to the young Aussie. ”We can handle ourselves Keira! You just got to give us a……..” It was my turn to lay into one of Keira’s students, this time it was Cassie and I delivered a solid punch to her jaw. ”Oh, what? Now you’re getting in on the “beat up rookies” action?”
”Cass, you’re not in your rookie year, Harper is, second? Call this tough love because it’s clear that my words aren’t getting through to you.” I responded as I looked at the slightly taller girl, Cass was 5ft 3, I’m 5ft 2, there wasn’t really much of a difference in height between me and the younger woman. ”We’ll pay your way over to Monterrey but we want you girls out of the area before the weekend’s over……..”
My ultimatum was cut off when Harper’s foot barely missed my head as she tried to use her martial arts expertise to try to fend off Keira in self-defence, did it work? Briefly because Keira wasn’t expecting her protégé to start throwing kicks at her, then again I doubted that either Keira or Harper ever thought that this was a possibility either! ”Heh, forgot that I have a black belt in taekwondo, didn’t you?” Harper asked as I ducked under another kick from her, I needed to have the talk where I pointed out to the kid that said black belt meant that her legs were classified as lethal weapons but that would wait for another day.
Mostly because once the surprise wore off Keira caught Harper’s foot literally inches away from her head. “I didn’t forget Harper, just never expected that you would use those skills against me.” Keira added before tightening her grip on Harper’s foot and the teenager grimaced in pain. “And more importantly? I know your weaknesses, if you can’t beat me then what chance do you have against Sin when she’s at full power?”
”Why can’t you trust me and Cass? We just want to do the right thing!” Harper asserted as she hopped on one leg and Keira shook her head. ”It’s not like Sin’s going to bring my parents back from the dead anyway!”
I immediately facepalmed when Harper said that, sure, her parents were murdered earlier in the year, but she knew better than anyone that Keira had been there herself! It was how Sin came to be after all, the moment I looked up Keira simply pulled Harper in by the leg she had caught before blasting Harper in the nose with a punch! As soon as Harper hit the ground I could immediately tell that Harper’s nose was broken and bloody. “Harper, you are one of my best students and I expect great things from you and Cass down the road.” Keira said in a low voice as Harper clutched at her bloody nose, Keira offered her hand to Harper to help her up which she took, this ended up being a big mistake because Keira turned that into a hammerlock and cranked up the pressure to the point that the broken nose was the least of her worries. “But if you EVER say something like that again you will never be welcome back at Hero Academy! Do I make myself clear?!”
”Are you trying to break my arm back there?! Let me go!” Harper grunted in pain as Keira kept up the pressure. ”Or is the Krystal/Sin situation getting too you more than you want to admit? Are you becoming……….”
“Finish that sentence and I WILL break your arm!” Keira interrupted Harper but quickly came to her senses before letting go of Harper’s arm and shoving her away from her, Harper stumbled a bit before steadying herself and giving her arm a shake. “Sorry Harper but I couldn’t let that comment go, I know you and Cass want to do the right thing but this isn’t your fight.”
”It became our fight when Krystal attacked me to kick off the whole saga! It became Harper’s fight when Krystal threatened to break our arms through that freaky gif.” Cass asserted and I just shook my head, Harper on the other hand seemed ready to let it go. ”We didn’t come all this way for nothing, I used most of my last EWC paycheck on this fight!”
“I’ll have Jenny reimburse you it, and Harper whilst she’s at it.” Keira responded before she turned to Harper, but before either could say anything else I quickly chimed in.
”Before we do anything else? We’d better let a doctor look at her nose and arm.” I commented as me and Cass turned to the other two women and they looked up. ”I visited a hospital last week to get my nagging injuries looked at, I can drive us.”
”And tell the docs what exactly? A broken nose isn’t exactly an easy thing to explain away never mind the pain in my arm.” Harper commented as she used her hand to stop the blood flow. ”Come to think of it, didn’t Christian get his nose broken by Seleana a few years ago?”
“He did, and Seleana nearly got fired for it, plus that was on TV.” Keira nodded in response before sighing. “We’ll tell the doctor that you were in a brawl, they doesn’t need to know the details.” Keira added before we left the alley.
Our little heart to heart brawl with Young Justice would end up being a moot point, because when word reached Christian that they were in Yucatan to possibly go after Sin he put his foot down and threatened to have them arrested on sight if they showed up to Climax Control! When Keira tried to assert that it would be fine, Christian said that he was sick of outside talent getting hurt on his shows! When I pointed out how well that worked when SCW was in Rome at the beginning of the cycle? He pointed out that the rich bitch (his words, not mine) Jenny Tuck interfered and that he would sue Jenny if she pulled another stunt like that.
Two things were certain though, one: Christian was off Jenny’s extensive “people to send truckloads of money too when I get bored” list and two: Young Justice weren’t about to risk their careers like that, not when they signed with an international touring company a couple of months ago!
Local hospital, Yucatan, Mexico
Saturday the 19th of August 2023m 18:30pm
I hope to god the girls don’t end up as stubborn as me.
The stories of my stubborn streak are the stuff of SCW Legend at this point! No matter how many people told me that I didn’t belong in the main event after many, many tries to win the World Bombshell Title I persevered until the bosses stepped in and literally banned me from getting title shots for a whole year! Granted there were other factors and said ban didn’t stop me from participating in that year’s Blast from the Past Tournament (though I am curious as to how that my title shot ban would’ve been affected by my win if my team did win the tournament but I digress) but the message was clear.
Christian eventually lifted the ban off course, after a year of increasingly desperate attempts to get around the ban (and I maintain that that never should’ve happened) but the point is? The fact that Cass and Harper chose to fly out to Yucatan to fight Sin despite warnings from both me and Keira made me worried that they’d eventually end up going down the same route as me.
And trust me, I know how soul crushing that bullshit can be.
“Well Ms. Mason I have good news.” The doctor (a different one from the one who treated me the week before, for one thing it was a female doctor) told the kid as we watched on, me and Harper were sitting in chairs whilst Keira was leaning against the wall. “Your nose should heal within a few weeks and we’ve stopped the bleeding, as for your arm? That suffered minor damage, that should heal up by the end of the day, now you said that you got your nose broken in a brawl?”
”Err, yeah, some guys picked a fight with me and didn’t think that little old me knew martial arts.” Harper responded with a nod as she leaned back. ”Not the first time my black belt in taekwondo has saved my ass but I thought I read that Yucatan was supposed to be a safe place?”
“It is, but that doesn’t mean we don’t get criminals down here, they are not nearly as vicious as the drug cartels though.” The doctor nodded before she handed Harper a prescription for painkillers. “Speaking of drugs, these painkillers should help you manage the pain just hand it in to the pharmacist.”
”The instructions will be in English right? I can’t speak or read Spanish.” Harper admitted sheepishly and the nurse gave her a reassuring nod, knowing my own experience from last week>? The staff were prepared for the possibility of having to treat foreigners like us so that shouldn’t be a problem. ”So, I’m good to go?”
“Si, just don’t get into any more brawls, I can see that you workout but you might not get so lucky next time.” The doctor responded before she left us alone, once we were sure that the doctor was well out of earshot Harper sighed.
”So can we keep the specifics of that whole incident off social media? If the other students know why I got my nose broken in Mexico I’m never living it down.” Harper requested and we shared a look, and by we, I meant me and Keira because Cassie was in full agreement with Harper. ”Please?”
“On one condition, you two will spend the rest of the week with me and Jessie but before Violent Conduct you both fly over to Monterrey for the next episode of Rampage.” Keira insisted and I nodded in agreement, the girls however went to protest. “Don’t push your luck, your already on thin ice because you disobeyed us to fly out in the first place!”
”And even if you do stick around, Christian has said that you will be arrested on sight if you show up to Violent Conduct because he’s sick of outside talent getting hurt on his shows.” I added and the girls sighed in defeat knowing that they were fighting a losing battle. ”We didn’t bother asking if that covers any supernatural bullshit Sin comes up with but I doubt the local police are paid enough to get involved with a demon like that, if I’m wrong then the Mexican police have bigger balls than SCW’s security force!”
”Yeah, I guess, wait, demon?!” Harper asked after doing a double take and I shared a disbelieving look with Keira, did the kid really come this far without knowing that she was potentially dealing with a demon?! ”I knew something weird happened in Rome but I didn’t think it was THAT weird!”
“Harp? It’s a long story and frankly? I just want to be done for today after that fight we had.” Keira responded as she messaged her forehead in annoyance and I nodded in agreement. “And for that matter Cass? Did you know about Sin being a demon?”
”I was never a hundred percent on the details, only that Sin was bad news and Taylor Parker showed up to last year’s High Stakes dressed as her because the date happened to coincide with Halloween and all.” Cassie explained as she shook her head and me and Keira nodded as we got the idea. ”Back when I had that dream where Krystal appeared with those weird demonic cat eyes? I thought that was it, then those same eyes showed up at the first Climax Control of the cycle and you know the rest.”
“Okay, Jess if you want to fill in Harp on the details feel free, I’ll do the same with Cass.” Keira added and I nodded in response as I looked over the two girls. “I’m guessing you girls sorted out accommodation?”
”We managed to snag two ground floor rooms at the same hotel SCW’s using, figured a “hide under their noses” approach would be best.” Harper explained and I just sighed as I shook my head. ”Well, that and all the other hotels in the area were either fully booked or too expensive, even with our EWC Contracts.”
”Maybe you should’ve taken that as a sign that this was a bad idea! If nothing else, that will make finding you two a lot easier once we know your room numbers.” I responded with a frown on my face and the two girls exchanged awkward looks. ”Be glad we’re not telling Christian because I’m sure he’d find some way to boot you out of the country before you can ruin his show!”
“Trust us, we’ve known him for years.” Keira added and that was all the girls needed to know before we finally left the hospital.
Harper’s hotel room, Yucatan, Mexico
Sunday the 20th of August 2023, 09:00am
So yeah, yesterday was pretty eventful.
As it turned out, Harper and Cassie’s rooms were literally right next to each other and just down the hall from the reception desk,, if nothing else it made me and Keira’s task of trying to find their hotel room that much easier.
Right now the plan was to meet the girls for breakfast and try to make mends for everything that happened last night, but since Keira was still asleep I used the opportunity to fill Harper in on as much info as I could about Sin.
”So, just to get the obvious out of the way.” I commented as I entered the hotel room and Harper sat down on the bed, now that we had gone through the whole Sin mythos we were just trying to get caught up on everything. ”How’s your arm and nose?”
”Arm’s a lot better, and my nose has stopped bleeding at least.” Harper responded as she brushed some hair over her shoulder and I nodded as I folded my arms. ”Can’t say I was expecting to be assaulted by my own trainer when me and Cass decided to fly out.”
”It’s like I said to Cass, that was tough love, nothing more.” I assured Harper who nodded in response. ”Though what you said about your parents? You had to know that that was going to hit close to home, right?”
”That was uttered under frustration! Not my fault Keira took it so personally!” Harper asserted and I just shook my head, yep, the hot headedness definitely ran in the family. ”And I only started throwing those kicks in self-defence, I wasn’t about to late Keira attack me unchallenged!”
”Just so we’re clear, you’re aware that your martial arts training means you’re legs are classified as lethal weapons, right?” I asked bluntly and Harper nodded in response. ”And you’ve known this for how long?”
”Since I decided to give Martial Arts a try, my parents sat me down and explained all that when I asked them if I could take up taekwondo classes.” Harper explained as she glanced to her side and I leaned over, I hadn’t noticed but her martial arts uniform and black belt were hanging up on the dresser. ”That’s my dobok, it’s what taekwondo practitioners like me call their uniform, do means way and bok means clothing.”
”So, Way Clothing in other words?” I asked and Harper shrugged her shoulders as if to say, “pretty much”. ”Your parents must’ve been proud when you got your Black Belt.”
”Like you wouldn’t believe! They attended my ceremony and everything, shame that that was when my dad’s service in the army was about to end and I had to find a new teacher in Vegas.” Harper explained happily before letting out a sad sigh. ”Next month will be my first birthday since my parents were murdered, I thought I thought getting through Mother’s, Father’s and Veteran’s Day was tough but that’s going to make those events feel like a walk in the park.” Harper added as she lowered her head and I just said nothing, instead placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. ”And after that is Christmas which will be a whole new can of worms.”
”What? Your parents didn’t celebrate Halloween?” I joked getting a laugh out of Harper before she shook her head. ”Kid I’m going to tell you the same thing I told you on those previous days, you are not alone, you have me, Jake and Shane to talk too, you have Keira to talk too, you have the other Hero Academy graduates to talk too, hell you have your fellow wrestlers to talk too.” I added before pausing and shaking my head. ”Everyone except The Troll, only the Saviours like that utter moron at this point.”
”Ugh! Don’t even get me started! That idiot is the reason I stopped posting selfies on Twitter, I can only take being called a narcissist by a shit wrestler with his own title belt for so long!” Harper groaned in response and I nodded in agreement, I don’t like selfies to put it mildly but there was no way around it, Wank was bullying Harper and the Saviours were too busy kissing his fat ass too see it. ”What’s worse is? If I ever sign with SCW, I’ll literally have to put up with him on a weekly basis, no counting PPVs of course.”
”Worry about that if/when the time comes, and if they decide to book you against either of your trainers obviously.” I assured Harper and she laughed nervously in response to that idea, she’d be the first to tell you that wrestling Team Hero as part of her graduation day gauntlet was tough enough to begin with but in a proper wrestling match? Considering I’ve never gotten a win over Team Hero (the closest I got was a double count out win at the tail end of 2021) I couldn’t blame her for being nervous at that prospect. ”Until then? I think we’ve waited long enough for Keira and Cass so shall we grab breakfast? If they are waiting for us then perfect, if not, their loss.” I added and Harper quickly nodded in agreement before we left her hotel room.
Wondering through town, Yucatan, Mexico
Sunday the 20th of August 2023, 18:00pm
*promo time*
Here we go.
”Eleven years ago I wasn’t even on the original Violent Conduct card, why? Fuck if I know, and I’ll be surprised if the bosses remember why either! My point is, a lot can happen in eleven years, I’ve gone from a recovering drug addict turned wrestler to a woman who’s well over a decade sober, a Hall of Famer, a multiple time champion, including this bad boy five times over.” I stated as I held up the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”And someone who’s honestly looking at her wrestling career and wondering one thing, what’s there left for me to accomplish? At the very least my retirement will be under my own terms and Alexandra? You have to defeat me to not only win this title but to retire me as an in ring competitor, can you do that?”
Good question.
”The reason I opened this promo with that spiel is simple, I wanted to lay out just what was at stake, not just for Alexandra but for whoever comes after her should she fail to get the job done.” I stated simply as I rested the Roulette Title over my shoulder. ”Eleven years, multiple championship reigns, a Hall of Fame ring, multiple year-end awards, there’s little I haven’t done as an SCW Bombshell, and yet I have challengers lining up down the block to challenge me! It’s almost like this title means a lot more than some people think! I already proved that fact beyond a shadow of a doubt when me and Laura tore the house down for this title in Rome and now I get to do it all over again when another veteran Bombshell who’s older than me, but the question is Alexandra, can you do what Laura couldn’t? Can you dethrone me? Can you end the career of a Bombshell who’s been in SCW since the Climax Controls were in the double digits?”
I don’t think so.
”We may respect each other Alexandra but I’m a Bombshell who pays attention, don’t think I haven’t noticed how much of a roller-coaster you SCW career has been thus far, only two wins, including several losses to Bea fucking Barnhart? Not exactly the most auspicious of starts, is it?” I asked before shaking my head. ”I’m not exactly one to talk mind you, I lost my debut match, was forced to take a drugs test that made me miss the majority of the first ever Summer XXXTreme Cycle and when I finally got booked again at that show? Not only was I teamed with the woman who beat me in that Triple Threat in a Bombshell Tag Title Match, yes, that was a thing back then and I don’t know why the bosses refuse to bring the gendered tag titles back, but she proved to be a useless partner and I didn’t get my first in SCW until the show after Summer XXXTreme, in other words Alexandra? We’re not so different.”
With some exceptions.
”Admittedly I was in my early twenties when I joined SCW and the fact that you look like you’re in your early twenties when in fact, you just turned forty is practically a running gag at this point Alexandra, but the similarities are there.” I admitted as I folded my arms with the title resting over my shoulder. ”Who knows? Maybe if you were part of the original Bombshell squad ten years ago we would’ve been friends, or rivals, or somewhere in between, that is generally how my friendships with fellow wrestlers tend to go admittedly, just ask Keira Fisher or Amy Santino.” I added as I brushed my hair over my shoulder. ”But our friendship will only matter when it comes to how we treat each other from bell to bell next Sunday, with respect, otherwise? We both know what’s at stake.” I said as I rubbed my title’s front plate. ”And I’m not giving this up without a fight!”
Nope.
”One thing I forgot to mention during my history lesson was how most of my title reigns went, off the five reigns with this title? Only two made it past the first defence, this one and my reign back in 2017, my Bombshell Internet Title Reign? Ended after one defence, same goes with the Bombshell Tag Title reigns, it’s pretty bittersweet that the reign I’ve been after for years will end up being my last, isn’t it?” I commented as I shook my head. ”But if anything, that just fuels me more to keep this going as long as I can! Alexandra you are a hell of a wrestler, but the one to end my reign? Sorry Alex, but I don’t think so!”
Sorry.
”And don’t get me wrong Alex, I say that with the upmost respect for your talents as a wrestler and for all the years you’ve put into this business, I’ve been active for fifteen years myself, I know the sacrifices you have to make to get ahead in this game better than anyone else on the roster.” I said as I held up my five extended fingers making sure to use the hand with my Hall of Fame and Wedding Ring on it. ”Along the way I found time to meet my husband through a dating website and we’ve been together almost as long as I’ve been in SCW, notice how I never once brought up a maternity leave? That was one sacrifice I had to make, never tried for kids and right now my dog Titan is the closest I’ve got, in the end those sacrifices earned me my spot in the Hall of Fame and there’s little I won’t sacrifice to retain my title next Sunday!”
It's that simple.
”If anything I just hope the wheel stops on something other than a Submission Match variation, those are getting old by now I swear!” I added as I shook my head. ”But whilst we’re not getting any younger Alex? The Bombshell division is, and tits title will be a standard bearer for future stars of the Bombshell Division once I’m done if I have anything to say about it, why? Because this was the first title I ever won, not just in SCW but in general! Alex, I know we’ll tear the house down at Violent Conduct but I’m not giving up my title that easily, not after everything I’ve done to get to this point in my career!”
And with that I decided to wrap things up.
”We can at least rest easy Alex, knowing that we’ve left women’s wrestling in a much better state than we found it in, but at The Retirement Tour Part III: Not Do Different? The only thing that’ll matter is who comes out as champion.” I stated as I held the Bombshell Roulette Title high above my head. ”And I will stop at nothing to ensure that my reign and career live to see another day whilst you are struck with Blood Lightning and I retain the gold! See you next Sunday Alex and be ready for a fight!”
I walked off as the scene fades.