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Jessie had retained the Bombshell Roulette Title over Laura Phoenix in Rome and had wasted little time in announcing another open challenge, this time for the Go Home Show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!  That challenge would ultimately be answered by Georgie Robertson whose last match was a Queen for a Day qualifier against Zoey Lukas that she would ultimately lose, but that wasn’t all there was to the story.

Jessie shocked the wrestling world during the Climax Control that emanated from Beijing, China by announcing her pending retirement, citing accumulated injuries from over a decade of wrestling a high-flying style and a feeling that she couldn’t change her wrestling style this late in her career, however Jessie planned to see the Roulette Title reign through to the end, as soon as she dropped the title to another Bombshell she would hang up the wrestling boots for god! Can Jessie turn this into a farewell tour? Or will Georgie end the career of a Bombshell a decade older than her?

Driving up to Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 31st of July 2023, 17:00pm

So yeah, last night I cut a promo I never thought I’d ever cut.

Tell you the truth? Ever since the bosses decided to screw me out of my fourth title reign by not only awarding Johanna Krieger a rematch two weeks after I beat her fair and square but they refused to make the Roulette Title Match at that year’s High Stakes a Triple Threat because reasons, retirement’s been on my mind because I didn’t see any way that I could turn things around! Don’t get me wrong I take great pleasure in the fact that Johanna would never touch another title for the rest of her SCW Career because it was her bitching and moaning that led to the rematch.

What can I say? Karma’s a bitch! And if you ever wondered why I’m perpetually angry when cutting promos, bullshit like that is why!

But for a while I put the thought of retirement out of my mind, I worked through 2021 while engaging in feuds with Evie Jordan and Char Kwan, two feuds that I would win but wouldn’t amount to much in the grand scheme of things, I wouldn’t get a sniff at another title until the tail end of the year where I qualified for the Bombshell Internet Championship match at Inception V against Andrea Hernandez and, well, the fact that I still have only one Bombshell Internet Title reign to my name should tell you how that went.

Then something happened in 2022, I’ve wrestled the past fifteen years as a Highflyer and last year was no different, but my nagging injuries have started to catch up with me, my career was revitalized by my feud with Melissa and my retirement date got put off again! And as 2023 raged on I wondered how long I could put off my retirement date, then I won the Bombshell Roulette Title on a random Climax Control in Scotland.

And to quote an underrated Disney movie, I pretty much went “oh yeah, it’s all coming together!”, but I couldn’t just announce it right off the bat, for one thing, I needed to make sure that the reign was going to survive the first defence and with Kim Pain waiting for me at Into the Void in London? I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but I retained, and then I retained against Luna in a return match where the roles of champion and challenger were reversed, then came the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match against Laura and Mercedes, another match I won by outsmarting the opposition.

At this point we’re up to my last successful defence against Laura in Rome, and at this point I felt comfortable enough to make the announcement, my first and last ever title reigns would be with the Bombshell Roulette Title.

And now to deal with the fallout.

”Krystal’s whole antics since Blaze of Glory, Keira’s return, my retirement announcement and now The Troll’s won a fucking match!” I muttered to myself as I got out of the car and went to retrieve my suitcase, I wasn’t in action this week so I retuned to Vegas to answer any questions Harper, Shane and Jake had! Off course, Harper was in Chicago for her official EWC Debut which meant that I’d be answering her questions over vid chat later, for now? I was ready to relax. ”What I wouldn’t do to be a fly on the wall for when Mark and Christian start arguing over the nominations for “Holy Shit/WTF Moments” of the Year!”

With that sentence I grabbed my suitcase and made a beeline for the front door, the door opened before I reached it and the first “person” to greet me was our rescue dog Titan, the Chow-Chow was happy to see me off course but the next person I saw was Shane. “Hey babe, I have just one question.” Shane greeted me with a frown as I stroked the dog and I sighed when I realized what he was going to ask. “When were you planning to tell us about your retirement plans?”

On one hand? The royalties from over a decade of wrestling for Sin City Wrestling, Honor Wrestling, PPW and Uprising? That alone would set us for life, especially since SCW owned the Honour Wrestling tape library thanks to the merger back in 2018, but it was still a valid point. ”I couldn’t tell anyone for two reasons, one: I needed to make sure that I would go through with it, two: I couldn’t risk word getting out before I was ready! I’ve already had Keira, Amy and Kat try to talk me out of this and don’t even get me started on Christian’s reaction.” I responded with a frown before Shane took the suitcase from me. ”Me and Christian haven’t gotten on in years but we’ve always respected each other, I don’t think he took the news well.”

“You and Mercedes are the only wrestlers left from SCW’s early days I’m not surprised.” Shane responded as he shook his head before leading me into the house. “Me and Jake aren’t mad, we just have questions, Jake can better articulate his question when he finishes his Twitch Stream.” Shane added and I nodded knowing that Jake usually streamed around this time. “Also, I don’t know if you guessed but Harper’s still in Chicago for her EWC debut.”

”I figured as much because whilst the match isn’t for another ten days but she wanted to check out Chicago’s metal scene.” I nodded in response before I heard footsteps coming down the stairs, heavy ones, that could only mean one person. ”Oh, hey Jake.” I greeted my older stepbrother who nodded in response. ”Shane said that you have your own question for me after the announcement yesterday.”

“Just one, should I just go ahead and move back to Florida?” Jake asked and I frowned, the whole reason Jake had accompanied me on the road (after Katie outed me as a recovering drug addict in my first ever promo I might add) was to make sure that I didn’t relapse, if I retired as I was now, a thirty-three-year-old woman who’s been sober for over a decade? Yeah, I could see why he was asking this.

Still needed to set the record straight though. ”I know I announced my retirement last night but the retirement date is still pending.” I responded before retrieving the Bombshell Roulette Title from my bag and sling it over my shoulder. ”As soon as I drop this title to another Bombshell, that’s it, my career will be over, I’ll finally get those injuries looked at by a professional and focus on opening that Bar and Grill but until then?” I asked before patting the title. ”I’ll defend this for as long as possible.”

“Even though you’ve got an open challenge for that title coming up, and a title match at Violent Conduct if you survive that.” Shane reminded me as I turned to my husband. “Georgie Robertson is a Pitbull in the ring, either Alexandra, Bea or Seleana could beat you for the gold.”

”Georgie Robertson has faced me twice and failed to beat me both times, I’m surprised you were able to say Bea or Seleana could beat me considering my record against both woman, out of those four-woman Alexandra is the only one I’ve never faced.” I responded as I folded my arms and Shane and Jake nodded. ”And Alexandra is in the same boat as Laura as a newcomer to the Bombshell Division who I wanted to wrestle from the moment they arrived in SCW.”

“Can I just ask one thing Jess?” Shane asked as I headed towards the staircase to take my stuff up and I turned to him. “This isn’t a ploy to try to have kids, is it?”

I could barely believe that Shane had asked me that, just to get it out the way? Me and Shane have been a couple for a decade, off course we’ve had sex! Including that one time on Climax Control that I REALLY don’t like talking about! But in the past decade of trying I’ve never come up as pregnant once, at one point I even consulted a doctor to see if I could have kids and, well, I could, me and Shane had just had bad luck over the past decade.  ”NO! For fuck’s sake, what kind of woman do you take me for Shane?!” I demanded as I turned to Shane who quickly backed off. ”The main reason for my retirement is my accumulated injuries, if I do get pregnant once I hang up the wrestling boots for good? It’ll be a happy accident!” I added before facepalming. ”Okay, that came out all kinds of wrong but you understand where I’m coming from, right?”

“Off course and I’m sorry I offended you but it was just on my mind since your interview with Rocky aired.” Shane responded apologetically and I nodded.  “Do you plan on video calling Harper later?”

She won’t be back from Chicago for another ten days and I plan to chat with her before this Sunday’s Climax Control, needless to say? That’s on the cards.” I responded with a nod before I went ahead and took my stuff upstairs.

That said? As offended at Shane’s question as I was? It left me thinking, should I get pregnant? I’m thirty-three, Shane’s thirty-four, we’d be having the kid late in our lives, how late depended on what I lost the title off course but it was doable.

That, off course, depended on whether I ended up having twins or not, but we’ll cross that bridge if/when we came to it.

Jessie’s room, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 1st of August 2023, 16:00pm

Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing the right thing by Harp.

The girl’s talented as all hell, especially for her age and experience level, and she is clearly passionate about the wrestling business as anyone who has talked to her about the subject for more than five minutes can tell you, but the fact remains that she’s still a rookie wrestler and will be for a few years from now, combine that with taking one look at what Krystal/Sin has been doing to rookie wrestlers over the past few months. And I can’t help but worry for her safety.

That was part of the reason for this call, the other reason? You should know that already.

”Sorry we didn’t get a chance to chat yesterday Harp but I was jetlagged from the flight back from China.” I apologized to Harper after she answered my video call, the kid was still in Chicago for her first official EWC Match and, well, said match was taking place next week, by the time she returned to Vegas I was likely to be headed to Rio de Janeiro for the final Climax Control of the cycle. ”Chicago treating you okay?”

”Can’t complain too much, haven’t ran into any of the guys from Red Sun Wasteland or Tyrant God but I know it’s a big city.” Harper responded with a shrug and I nodded in response. ”So, you’re really going through with this retirement thing aren’t you?”

”Yes and no, the one crucial detail that you and everyone else missed is the fact that I said I’ll retire when my Roulette Title Reign ends.” I responded as I shook my head before holding up the title. ”It could be Georgie that ends it, it could be Alexandra because there’s no way in hell Seleana or Bea are getting past her that dethrones me, it could be whoever the bosses decide to throw at me in the run up to High Stakes, my money’s on that new girl Julia DiMaria? She’s been tearing it up since she signed with the company.”

”Your money’s on her being a future challenger or being the one to end your reign and career?” Harper asked and I shrugged my shoulders as if to say both. ”But I saw your convo was Kat, the one where you brought up the possibility of getting one last World Bombshell Title shot, do you think the bosses will go down that route if the reign survives Violent Conduct?”

”Who the fuck knows? That was just me spit balling ideas! Besides, that doesn’t seem possible at the moment.” I responded with a shrug and Harper nodded. ”The Bombshell Title is being defended against Keira on Sunday, if Keira wins then she’ll defend against Krystal/Sin and the thought of that thing holding the top title in the company makes Masque’s reign of terror seem pleasant! If Courtney retains, then she’ll still go on to defend the title at Violent Conduct, against who is anyone’s guess!”

”Either way, the chances of you reaching the top are slim right now?” Harper asked and I nodded in response. ”With all that in mind, I just wish you had told me before last week’s Climax Control! I’m good at keeping secrets!”

”You’re also in a friendly rivalry with Cassie, in fact you just formed your own version of Team Hero with Cassie! That girl’s one of the biggest chatterboxes I know and you know she would’ve blabbed about my plans to someone!” I pointed out and Harp went to counter my point but couldn’t find the words. ”To put it simply, I needed to wait until I was ready to announce my retirement and I didn’t want word getting out before I was ready, Cassie is a sweet girl but word definitely would’ve gotten out if you had told her.”

”Yeah, I guess you’re right, and I’d get Cass on this vid chat if she wasn’t in Greece for that mystery opponent episode of Rampage.” Harper responded and I nodded in understanding before giving her a confused look. ”I never told you about that episode did I? Long story short, Cass won’t know who her opponent is until she shows up for that Rampage episode.”

”And I can already feel a headache coming on at the mere thought of trying to promote that!” I admitted as I rubbed my head in pain. ”But seriously Harp, can you shoot Cass a message? See if she’s free to join?”

”I think it’s about 11:00pm over there but I’ll see what I can do.” Harper responded with a nod before getting her phone out and texting Cass, a few minutes later and the Aussie had joined the call.

”Hey Grandma Jess!” Cass greeted me and I groaned, I should’ve guessed she’d be in Sassy Cassie mode after my announcement. ”Off to the retirement home already?”

”One, call my Grandma Jess again and I’ll tell Team Hero about the time you snuck into Hero Academy with your girlfriends for a threesome in the women’s locker room!” I warned Cass and she quickly shut up. ”Here’s a hint kid, next time you do that, don’t blab to Harp about it!”

”Oh sure! Throw me under the buss why don’t you?” Harper protested and I merely shook my head. ”And the other thing?”

”Look, you girls may have different personalities and wrestling styles, but when I look at you now I see that the wrestling business has a bright future.” I responded and the two girls quickly straightened up upon hearing that. ”My career isn’t going to last past this title reign, we all know that, and I want you two to carry that torch into the future for me once I hang up my wrestling boots.”

”Are you tell us to join SCW after you retire?” Cassie asked and I shrugged before shaking my head. ”We’ve got enough on our plates thanks to EWC.”

”Rampage and Prime aren’t bi-weekly, besides, I never said anything about joining SCW.” I responded as I shook my head. ”The bosses signing you two would make sense on paper sure, Cass? You would be the latest in a long line of PWS: Apex talent to join SCW and Harp? You’ve proven that you can win titles in Kingdom Come Wrestling and that’s not even getting into your familial connections to established Bombshells, but the choice is ultimately yours.”

”Would the bosses even hire another Wolfe after what Krystal did to that girl last week?” Cass asked and I paused, admittedly I hadn’t thought of that! By some miracle, Hayley had managed to escape Sin’s public workout with minor injuries and would be able to walk/wrestle again even after getting Powerbombed onto the ringsteps repeatedly, but it was going to be a long road to recovery for her. ”Not to mention all the other shit Krystal has done, for fuck’s sake she attacked the commentary team!”

”Yes, you’re Krystal’s half-sister, but you were also one of the first victims of Krystal’s rampage, if that’s not evidence that you and Krystal are completely different women I don’t know what is.” I responded as I shook my head and Cassie nodded as she realized that I had a point. ”Besides, we don’t even know if the bosses are you going to merge SCW with PWS: Apex like they did with Honour Wrestling back in 2018 so for all we know the choice could be out of your hands anyway.”

”I didn’t even think about the last part but you have a point there.” Cassie nodded in agreement as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”I can’t speak for Harp but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it, right now I’m focussed on this Mystery Opponent bullshit!”

”I already told her about the gimmick for your next Rampage appearance Cass.” Harper chimed in and Cass nodded as she got the idea. ”I’m in the same vote as Cass, minus the familial baggage stuff since it’s been a few years since you royally pissed off the bosses.”

”I don’t know about that, Christian seemed pretty upset with me when I made the announcement.” I admitted with a shrug and the two girls nodded. ”All I’m going to say now is no matter where you girls end up? Remember the positive lessons I’ve taught you and avoid my mistakes like the plague.”

I didn’t really need to say anything else on that subject because Harp and Cass were both smart girls (and a smart ass in Cass’s case) and the memory of the title shot ban of 2018 was still fresh in their minds, Cass would have to sign off soon afterwards because it was getting late over in Greece and me and Harp would end the call there.

The future really is bright, isn’t it?

Jessie’s hotel room, Cuzco, Peru
Monday the 7th of August 2023, 09:00am

Last night’s Climax Control gave me answers, some I wanted, some I didn’t.

Let’s start with the big one, Alexandra Callaway was officially challenging for the Bombshell Roulette Title at Violent Conduct in two weeks’ time after beating Bea Barnhart and Seleana Zdunich in a Triple Threat Roulette Qualifier, considering Alexandra is someone I’ve had my eye on since she arrived in SCW for this year’s Blast from the Past Tournament and I was disappointed that she was late to the party in accepting my open challenge for Rome? That worked out pretty well.

As for the answer I didn’t want? Well, that came from Georgie.

For as down on her luck as the Brit has been she is definitely full of herself, more importantly she thinks that she’s too much  for me to handle even though we’ve wrestled twice since she signed with SCW last year and I’ve beaten her both times.

And then there’s her interpretation of my little chat with Mercedes, she seems to think that I hand picked Mercedes as my challenger, I only have one question: does that idiot actually know what the term “open challenge” means?

When I say the future’s bright, I refer to the likes of Cassie, Ariana, Harper, Carter, Eiley. Oliver Zahn, young guys who are forging their own path through this fucked up business whilst having the smarts to know the ins and outs, I’m not referring to someone as stupid as Georgie who thinks that I am in a hurry to wrestle Mercedes Vargas again.

At least Mercedes got her ass kicked by one of those young guns last night in her match against Eiley.

”Gotta love it when fucking idiots look at a situation and still manage to get everything wrong.” I commented to myself as I watched Georgie’s promo from last night’s Climax Control via the replay, I wasn’t due to check out for another couple of hours and the flight to Rio was an eight hour and twenty minute connecting flight that would  take up the rest of the day, in other words? I was planning to get my promo done whilst I was still in Peru due to time constraints but I still had other things to do, such as packing my stuff away first! Luckily for me I did that last night leaving only a change of clothes out my nightwear out and leaving only my laptop to be packed. ”The sooner I can get past Georgie and focus on Alexandra, the better!”

My train of thought was interrupted by a Facebook messenger video call from Harp and I quickly answered it before my cousin appeared on screen. ”Heya Jess! How’s Peru treating you?” Harper greeted me and I grinned before answering.

”Well, for one thing that interview I did with Rocky almost got me in trouble with the local authorities because we didn’t realize that it was illegal to film anything on the actual citadel until we were halfway up the mountain.” I admitted as I shook my head and Harper nodded as she got the idea. ”By that point it was too late to reschedule the interview and we had already dragged SCW’s camera crew up with us so we were careful to film our interview as far away from the citadel as we could without jumping off the mountain! And before you ask, I don’t know how Krystal/Sin got around that, I suppose she didn’t actually show the citadel, just the view from the top of the mountain, either that or none of the local authorities had the balls to arrest a demon.”

”You know that argument Rocky and Pussy had over interviewing Sin in Jordan?” Harper asked and after wining at the thought of being punched down the hallway by Sin I nodded. ”I’m picturing a similar argument between the local police over who’d arrest Sin.”

”Heh, yeah! You arrest her, no, you arrest her, no you arrest her!” I responded with a laugh as I shook my head. ”I don’t know if Peru has any extradition treaties with the US but I doubt the Peruvian Government will go to that much trouble for what’s probably the local equivalent of a misdemeanour even if they did, off course I’m talking about after Team Hero get rid of Sin for good.”

”Didn’t you say that Krystal has duel US/Australia citizenship anyway? If that doesn’t muddy the waters of any extradition process, nothing will.” Harper commented and I had to admit the kid had a point there. ”Also, first you talked about retirement, now you’re talking about pregnancy?”

”Harp? When you get to my age and you still haven’t given birth to a kid, either it’s on your mind or your just happy to be in a childless marriage, assuming your married by that point.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper nodded. ”Me? I thought me and Shane were going to settle on Titan being the closest we had to a kid, but after Shane asked me about it last week? It’s been on my mind but I’m not saying that I’m going to try to get pregnant immediately after I call it a day on my wrestling career! We will be trying to have a kid once all is said and done though.”

”Doesn’t mean it can’t happen by accident, doesn’t it? My parents were honest enough with me to tell me that I was the result of an unplanned pregnancy.” Harper admitted and that caught me off guard for a minute, I didn’t know the kid’s parents that long before they were killed but I didn’t think they’d be that honest with their daughter. ”Even then, they waited until I was out of high school before they told me, took me a bit to come to terms with it but I had accepted it long before we met.”

”I’m not surprised and don’t worry Harp because whilst the pregnancy may have been unplanned but you’ve been doing your parents proud since you started your wrestling career.” I assured Harper and she grinned in response. ”I had better go, I need to get my promo for the Georgie Match done before I fly out to Rio because that’s an eight hour flight that’ll take the rest of the day, see you when I get back to Vegas next week with or without my title.”

”See you then.” Harper responded before she ended the video call and I focussed on preparing my promo.

Jessie’s hotel room, Cusco, Peru
Monday the 7th of August 2023, 10:35am

*promo time*

End of an era?

”So, the cat’s out of the bag, my career as a professional wrestler is on life support.” I admitted after turning on my laptop’s webcam and leaning back. ”Retirement has been on my mind for a couple of years now, but certain events put me off the idea, the feud with Melissa and my Hall of Fame induction were two such events and I thought my Roulette Title reign was going to be another such incident.” I added as I held up my title. ”That was until a couple of weeks ago, after I retained this title over Laura and issued another open challenge for the Go Home show if my career is going to come to an end then I’m going to end it on my terms and with a bang! And more importantly? Not with me losing this tile to a disrespectful punk like Georgie Robertson.”

Here we go.

”I don’t understand you Georgie, we’ve wrestled twice already and both times you not only failed to promote the match but got your ass kicked by me! In fact I was your first opponent on Climax Control during last year’s Violent Conduct cycle and you went from a promising debut against Levana Cade to a crushing defeat at my hands, yet you saw fit to answer my challenge for the Roulette Title defence in Rio?” I asked before I shook my head. ”And not only that but you went and disrespected not only me but Kim, Luna, Laura and Mercedes by saying that I had faced lesser talent?”

What a joke.

”The only person I agree with on that list is Mercedes but I’ll get to why in a minute, Laura? The same person who kicked your head into the middle of next week to get her first title shot in SCW? Does that make you a lesser talent as well? Kim may have disappointed me with her lack of promotion for my first defence in London but she still put on a far better fight against me than you did in either of our previous encounters, Luna’s career may have had its ups and downs since it started in SCW but she did something that you couldn’t, she won the Roulette Title on her first try.”  I added before putting the title to the side. ”Granted, Luna lost the title to me two weeks later but I beat her by outsmarting her, and your statements about me and my competition thus far tell me that you will be much easier to outwit.”

And that’s being polite.

”In fact, let’s circle it back to your comments about my little confrontation with Mercedes in China, you really think I handpicked Mercedes as my challenger before you came along?” I asked before scoffing as I shook my head. ”Georgie do you even fucking know what an open challenge is? It’s a challenge to anyone on the roster, literally anyone who stepped up could’ve taken me on, you, Mercedes, Janet the Makeup Lady, Ariana, Ms. Rocky Mountains, Pussy Willow, anyone! There was no handpicking going on that night Georgie! And really, if I had a deal like Kayla had until she picked Aleesha as her next challenger, do you really think Mercedes would be my first choice?!”

Nope!

”I started issuing these open challenges in search of competition, Mercedes is so far past it that she left any wrestling skill she had miles away! In other words Georgie? Before you open your mouth and talk shit about things you don’t know anything about? Maybe, just maybe, ask someone in the back for clarification first! Would they have gotten annoyed with a rookie asking a question like that? Probably, but it would’ve saved you the embarrassment of making an ass out of yourself!” I stated bluntly as I ran a hand through my hair. ”But please, continue to dig yourself deeper when it comes time to actually promote this match Georgie, I mean this match came about because you put your name out there, it would be a shame if you went quiet on us for the third match in a row!”

And there it is!

”I’ve been called a choke artist several times over the course of my career but you Georgie? You may be the biggest choke artist I’ve ever seen.” I stated as I leaned forward on the desk. ”At least I have championship reigns to my name, at least I have had memorable feuds that will be talked about for years to come, at least I have more than a few Year End Awards to my name, at least I have done enough to enter the SCW Hall of Fame!” I added as I held up my hand with the Hall of Fame ring on it. ”But what about you Georgie?”

Good question.

”Your first title shot was at last year’s Violent Conduct, a match you lost after Ariana pinned you to win the Bombshell Roulette Title, then you scored the biggest win of your career with that surprise win over Roxi Johnson, what have you done with that momentum? FUCK ALL! There are young men and women in this business who would kill to gain the kind of momentum you had after that win but you let that momentum slip through your fingers when you failed to dethrone Crystal Hilton at Blaze of Glory!” I stated with a frown on my face. ”You know who that shot should’ve gone too? ME! I earned that shot at the start of the Blaze of Glory cycle by winning a #1 Contenders match, but rather than schedule it for Blaze of Glory as advertised they booked my shot two weeks later with the winner going on to face you at the PPV, I had to start some shit on twitter to get that match against Devona whilst you got a free ride because of one fluke win!”

What a waste.

”They say youth is wasted on the dumb, I’d say the same goes for talent and in your case Georgie? You have the youth and the talent but none of the smarts to really do anything with it!” I added as I folded my arms. ”And before you say it Georgie, your win over Roxi was a fluke because if you had the smarts to take advantage of the momentum you gained from that win I’d at least have some respect for you because who knows? Maybe you would’ve been the one to dethrone Crystal instead of Luna? But instead? I’m left facing a disrespectful little bitch on the road to my next real challenge!”

You heard me.

”I don’t know if you were paying attention last night on Climax Control but Alexandra Callaway is waiting to meet either of us at Violent Conduct in Mexico! I’ve already promised Alexandra that I will meet her there to defend this title and I’m not about to let some idiotic Brit get in the way of me and that promise!” I added before shaking my head with a frown on my face. ”I’d even go as far to say what exactly have you done to earn this shot if it weren’t for the fact that it came about because of my open challenge! Your most significant win of recent memory was over Ariana Angelos at Summer XXXTreme, Ariana’s a good kid and a former champion but she hasn’t been herself since she failed to dethrone Roxi so can we really call that a challenge?”

I don’t think so.

”Because if beating a girl going through a crises of confidence counts as an achievement then this business is oven more fucked up than I thought!” I added as I shook my head with a frown on my face. ”Since then? You failed to capitalize on that momentum again when you took on Zoey Lukas in a Queen for a Day Qualifying Match and had to be scraped off the matt once all was said and done! But that’s the story of your wrestling career isn’t it Georgie? You gain some serious momentum but when the time comes to take advantage of it? You flop harder than that Sound of Freedom movie!”

Oh yeah, I went there.

”Haven’t heard of it? Don’t look it up, it’s Qanon Propaganda at its quote unquote finest!” I added as I shook my head. ”Obviously that description doesn’t fit you Georgie but I think the analogy is otherwise accurate, if this is my final match then at least people will look back at my career and think that I was an all-time great, when you call it a career and people look back at what you achieved Georgie? You’ll be nothing more than a footnote, a name that has faced the likes of Roxi Johnson, Amber Ryan yours truly but with nothing to show for it as far as in ring accomplishments go. It’d be sad if you weren’t so pathetic Georgie.”

The harsh truth.

”and even IF you dethrone me Georgie, what exactly are you going to do you’re your first ever title reign? Have a long one? You wish! Don’t forget Georgie that even if you beat me, Alexandra Callaway will be waiting for you at Violent Conduct and she’s ten times the wrestler you ever were, at least I have a decent chance of retaining over Alexandra, you?” I asked with a smirk on my face. ”I reckon you’ll be lucky to last five minutes with Alexandra!”

It's that simple.

”But again, that’s reliant on you doing something that you’ve failed to do twice over the course of your SCW Career and that’s defeat me.” I added as I shook my head with a frown on my face. ”These next few matches will be more than just title defences to me Georgie, these will be the stops on my retirement tour with this match being dubbed “The Retirement Tour Part One: Over as Soon as it Starts?” but the answer to that question is a firm no.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”You know what the sad part is Georgie? When I look at you I see a reflection of me when I was your age, young and talented but in serious need of a reality check! For me it was the fact that nothing in this world was owed to me and that I had to fight for everything I wanted, but you?” I shook my head before hoisting the title over my shoulder. ”You need to smarten up and fast if you want to be known as anything other than someone who just couldn’t cut it in the ring, unfortunately for you Georgie? I’m far more interested in striking you down with Blood Lightning than teaching you anything, that’s’ what you get for being a disrespectful punk! I’ll see you in the ring!”

I turned off the webcam as the scene fades.

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Climax Control Archives / “The Old Guard Duke It Out!”
« on: July 10, 2023, 11:23:21 AM »
(Keira was used with her handler’s permission)

Jessie would go on to retain the Bombshell Roulette Title being only the third Bombshell to successfully retain the title in the Ultimate X Match joining Seleana Zdunich and Krystal Wolfe in that exclusive club! However Jessie wasn’t just satisfied with that, on the day of the show Jessie announced that in the event of her retaining the title over Laura and Mercedes she would be hosting an open challenge on the next Climax Control.

Fast forward almost a week and Christian Underwood would remind the Bombshell Roster of Jessie’s open challenge, several names came forward starting with Ruby Steele (which was shot down by all involved) but it came down to Laura and Seleana, ultimately Laura answered the challenge first and the match between the two veterans was set for the first Main Event of the Seven Wonders tour taking place in Rome whilst Seleana would get a consolation prize of a Queen for a Day Qualifying Match against Mercedes, can Jessie win?

Beside the pool. Sun Princess Cruise Liner, the High Seas
Monday the 3rd of July 2023, 14:00pm

Summer XXXTreme was certainly an event that happened.

Ultimately only two of the titles being defended tonight would change hands, namely the World Heavyweight and the Internet Championships and no, I don’t count the Mixed Tag Titles, those things were already vacant heading into the event, which off course means that I’m still the Bombshell Roulette Champion having beaten Laura and Mercedes by once again being the smartest wrestler to hold a title in recent times.

Don’t ask where I found a ladder big enough, that’s a long story!

But now I have other things on my mind, earlier today I had issued an open challenge for the next Climax Control that would be relevant if I walked out the champion, in case you haven’t guessed yet this challenge is for a shot at the Bombshell Roulette Championship and now that my reign has emerged from the match intact, I have to admit, I’m wondering who will step up.

Especially since SCW’s doing it’s second tour of the year, but rather than touring a single country like last year’s Indian Tour this tour was going all over the place with a theme like the Unsolved Mysteries tour, where was it taking us?

First show would see me return to Italy, this time to the eternal city Rome, the Ancient City of Petra in Ammann, Jordan was next followed by The Great Wall of China and Macca Pichu then we were visiting the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and it was culminating at Chichen Itza in Mexico, haven’t figured out what the theme is yet? I’ll tell you, it’s a Seven Wonders of the World Tour!

I swear Christian just picks these locations at random and then tries to pick a theme! Don’t believe me? Just look at the last tour! We went from Canada to Barbados to two nights in Scotland to Romania and finally London! But hey, at least I get to enjoy some authentic Italian food again!

”Kim in London, Luna in Las Vegas, Laura and Mercedes last night.” I muttered to myself as I looked at the pool where I had defended the title yesterday, we were set to depart the ship within the hour leaving me alone with my thoughts. ”And now whoever accepts my open challenge in Rome, I’m going to be a busy woman by the end of this tour,”

”I mean, you didn’t have to put out that open challenge but you did anyway.” Harper commented as she walked up to me wearing a more revealing outfit than she usually did due to the hot weather, off course her KCW TV Title was proudly displayed over her shoulder whilst my SCW Bombshell Roulette Title was around my waist. ”Not saying that I want to go after it but I’m curious, does the open challenge thing apply to outside talent like that big clusterfuck at the beginning of the year?”

”I made sure to check with Christian before I put out that tweet, he’s okay with me doing these open challenge matches but only he has the power to announce matches that potentially involve outside talent, so no, you can’t answer the challenge and neither can Cassie or Chelsea for that matter.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper nodded in understanding, and then I realized something. ”Where is Cass anyway? I haven’t seen her since Friday night.”

”Cass had to depart the cruise early, her official EWC debut had to take priority.” Harper explained and I nodded in understanding remembering Cassie casually mentioning the Scars and Stripes PPV on Twitter (which is still one of the best event names I’ve ever heard). ”Her plan is to catch the replay as soon as she’s back stateside so she doesn’t fall behind on the goings on in SCW, but I did text her to let Cass know what happened in Krystal’s tag match.”

”Ahh yes, the match with Krystal’s sudden but inevitable betrayal!” I responded as I rolled my eyes and Harper gave me a curious look. ”I know the one thing everyone talks about as far as Krystal’s 2021 goes is her reign with this title……….” I trailed off as I patted the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”But am I the only one who remembers that feud she had with Ruby? I understand that she needed a partner at the last minute and that Alexandra was busy even if she hadn’t burned her bridges with her but was Ruby really her best choice.”

”I think it was less “best choice” and more “first one who volunteered”, not trying to play Devil’s Advocate but Krystal probably thought teaming with Ruby was better than going it alone against Keira and Whisper.” Harper pointed out and I had to admit, her argument had some sound logic behind it. ”Speaking of Ruby, do you think the bosses will let her accept your open challenge after she failed to promote two matches in a row?”

I had no answer to that question really, well, none that involved words because I instead nearly doubled over from laughter. ”Are you serious about that question Harp? Because The Troll in a woman’s wrestling attire has a better chance at challenging me! And that idiot managed to set a new record for fastest elimination tonight!”

”One: thanks for that mental image, two: good point, three: no seriously, that mental image will haunt my nightmares, four: seriously where’s the brain bleach?!” Harper protested and I shook my head because Harper wasn’t alone in suffering from that mental image. ”Think either Laura or Mercedes will step up? Try to get another crack at you?”

”On one hand, they could, on the other, it’s an open challenge and we’re hardly the only three members of the Bombshell Roster.” I pointed out before I started listing off potential names. ”Just off the top of my head? Alexandra Callaway, Luna Vanity, Eiley, Bobbie Dahl, Ariana Angelos, Seleana Zdunich, Bea Barnhart, Krystal Wolfe, any of those women could step up to challenge me and with the exception of Bea, they’d all be worthy challengers.” I added before we saw the ship coming into port. ”We’ll talk more on the flight back to Vegas but those are just some that I’ve got my eye on heading into the next tour, my goal is to reach a hundred days but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to work my ass off to get there!”

”You’ll hit the hundred-day mark on the 25th of July, right?” Harper asked after doing some math in her head and I nodded. ”That’s still a whole month away.”

”That whole month is going to sneak by you before you know it, next week is the post-Supercard week off with the first Climax Control scheduled for the 16th, two weeks after that? I’ll hit the hundred-day mark.” I responded with a grin and Harper nodded as she got the idea. ”And before that? A certain Aussie is turning twenty the same week as the next Climax Control.”

”Trust me, Cass is even more excited for that then she is for her EWC Matches!” Harper responded with a grin and I nodded as we made our way towards the departure area having already unpacked our stuff. ”And that was before Cass found out that it’ll take place in Italy, turns out she has some Italian heritage in her.”

”I had suspected as such when I first met Cass, I was wondering why her complexion was so much darker compared to Krystal’s, same goes for her mom, or aunt as the case may be.” I responded with a shrug before we grabbed our bags. ”Either way I’ll be on hand to help make sure she has a killer birthday party!” I added before we left with the rest of the passengers, SCW wrestlers and production staff.

Fast forward a week and after wondering if they had forgotten about my open challenge Christian made a tweet asking if anyone wanted to step up to challenge me for the title, Ruby jumped at the chance first but was shot down just as quickly leaving the door open for Laura and Seleana to step up, ultimately Laura beat Seleana to the punch by literally minutes and a match that i had wanted since Laura’s arrival in SCW was officially on!

There was one little wrinkle as Alexandra Callaway threw her name into the hat too late to affect the outcome, but her name was still added to my list of potential challengers meaning that this tour would be an interesting one, as for Seleana? She was facing Mercedes in a Queen for a Day Qualifier Match, no matter who won that match it would eliminate one persistent title challenger from my pool of title contenders and with the other qualifier taking place between Zoey Lukas and Georgie Robertson?

Yeah, I had a few matches to keep an eye on when we reached Rome!

Jessie’s hotel room, Rome, Italy
Monday the 10th of July 2023, 17:00pm

There and back again.

Last time me and Harp were in Italy was the week before the Summer XXXTreme Cruise and that was on her employer’s dime because she had just made her EWC debut in Pompeii, now the shoe’s on the other foot and we’re vacationing in Rome on SCW’s dime.

And they say wrestling’s a sport with no upside!

Anyway, we arrived a few hours ago and were currently getting settled in, Rome was a city with a lot of history, that went without saying, but we still needed to plan things out.

”Okay, either we’re doing the food or history first.” I commented to Harp as she sat down on the edge of my bed and I sat down at my laptop. ”And I checked, there isn’t an option to do both!”

”I’m leaning more towards the food, and I did do a bit of research on my own.” Harper responded as she got her phone out and I gave her a suspicious look, still remembering how she said that fish and chips were overrated in a crowded British café. ”No, my research didn’t come from Cass, even if it did, she’s never been to Italy before either so we’re in the same boat.”

And yet she insisted on celebrating her 20th birthday here in Rome, the irony, it burns. ”I suspect that her birthday is taking up most of headspace, anyway, so how did you research for this trip?” I asked Harper and she showed me the YouTube channel on her phone. ”Vincenzo’s plate?”

”The channel is ran by an Italian chef who lives in Australia, his content ranges from cooking tutorials to reaction videos and, most importantly for us, food tours of Italy.” Harper explained and I nodded as I got the idea. ”He’s an old school kind of guy, probably mid-fifties at a guess, so he’d know what he’s talking about.”

”As far as sticking to traditional Italian recipes? Sure, but it is good to get the perspective of a Italian chef for our second trip to Italy.” I nodded in response before looking up the YouTube channel. ”Don’t suppose you have someone for the other counties on this tour, do you?”

”Couldn’t find any in English for Jordan or Peru, for Brazil I figured we were better off relying on Francisco since he’s from Rio De Janeiro and I didn’t even bother with China.” Harper responded as she shook her head and I nodded in understanding. ”What with China’s strict censorship laws and all.”

”We’ll cross Peru, Jordan and Chine when SCW comes to those areas, and Francisco does seem like a good shout.” I nodded in agreement before letting out a yawn, it had been a long flight from Vegas to Rome after all. ”Any idea when Cass is flying in?”

”She said that she, Zoey and Becky were flying out this morning, US Time, they should be arriving by tomorrow.” Harper explained and I nodded in response. ”Why? Got something in mind for them?”

”No, just curious, besides I haven’t really had time to get anything for Cass.” I admitted with a shrug and Harper gave me a curious look. ”What with me trying to get this Bar and Grill off the ground and all.”

”Oh yeah, almost forgot about that.” Harper admitted as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”Do you have a name for it yet?”

”Currently leaning towards Neon Nights, just got to think of a way to make it legally distinct enough from the Black Sabbath song to avoid a lawsuit.” I responded with a shrug and Harper nodded. ”But I’ll cross that bridge when the time comes, I think it’s time we hit the town in search of something to eat!” I added and Harper grinned before we left my hotel room and went out to look for something to eat.

Rome’s Ultimate Party, Rome, Italy
Tuesday the 11th of July 2023, 14:00pm

Remember when I first met Cass? The kid was eighteen and a wrestling trainee at the time, well, two years have passed and now we’re hosting her twentieth birthday for her!

Rome’s ultimate party was just that, a bar and club crawl that would take us all over the city, our guide for the day was a local by the name of Alessandro and he was eager to greet me, Keira and Harper.

“Ahh welcome, welcome ladies.” Alessandro greeted us warmly as we approached the guy. “You must be with Cassandra’s group yes?”

”She prefers either Cass or Cassie but yeah, we’re with her group.” I responded with a nod as I motioned to Keira and Harper. ”It’s her twentieth birthday today so we want to make this feel extra special.”

“I’m confident that we will make it a birthday to remember.” Alessandro responded as he rubbed his hands together enthusiastically right as a cab pulled up behind us and Cassie, Becky and Zoey got out of the car, Cass was wearing a big, obnoxious birthday hat on her head and that let Alessandro know who the birthday girl was immediately. “All together now!”

I strongly doubted that Cassie was expecting to be greeted by a rendition of Happy Birthday when she showed up, she cringed at first but decided to roll with it by the end. ”Aww, thanks guys!” Cassie responded with a grin as Alessandro walked up to the young woman. ”And you must be the host?”

“Indeed I am and you are positively glowing in the day of your birth Cassie.” Alessandro responded with a grin before he lead us to the limo. “I understand that you live in America but Italy’s drinking age is eighteen so you can drink to your heart’s content!”

Or until she passes out, whichever came first! Once we were in the back of the limo Cassie made herself comfortable next to her girlfriends and we sat opposite them as Alessandro took us on our first trip. ”Thanks again for setting all of this up.” Cassie thanked us and we grinned in response. ”After the year I’ve had I’m ready to kick off my first day as a twenty-year-old in style.”

“If your talking about Krystal, don’t, just focus on having a good time on your birthday Cass.” Keira instructed her and Cassie nodded eagerly in response. “And it’s no problem at all, you were the first Hero Academy graduate to win a title, you’ve earned this!”

”I just hope the celebrations for my nineteenth birthday in September will be just as lit!” Harper responded with a grin and whilst I did silently judge her for describing something good as “lit”, I did have some plans for when Harper turned nineteen, our train of thought was interrupted when Cass got a notification on her phone and she checked it. ”I thought your mom said no phones?”

”That was my mom’s idea, I overrided her by pointing out that it was my birthday and how else was I supposed to post selfies.” Cassie responded as she shook her head and I noted that it was a good thing that I had Harper’s phone on me before handing her phone back, then we saw the look on Cassie’s face. ”Annnnnnnnnnd Jenny Tuck left me a birthday present in my bank account!”

”And this is my surprised face.” I responded as I shook my head whilst deciding not to ask just how much money Jenny had sent Cassie, knowing Jenny? It was a lot. ”And don’t spend that all at once.” I added and whilst the younger girls talked amongst themselves I tuned to Keira. ”Chelsea really isn’t backing down from Krystal huh?”

“She’s as stubborn as her porn videos are popular and I think Christian’s learning that the hard way.” Keira nodded in response with a frown on her face and I nodded in response. “Me? I’m just worried that something will happen, something is wrong with Krystal and that is becoming clearer by the day.”

”Either way, we had better be prepared for anything at this rate.” I nodded in response to that statement before we continued on our way and honestly? I wish my twentieth birthday was half as good as this! Alessandro was a hell of a host and we were taken to some of the best places in the city.

But I had one other thing on my mind, something that would take me to a place that connected with Rome’s distant past.

The Roman Coliseum, Rome, Italy
Wednesday the 12th of July 2023, 11:00am

*promo time*

Fitting isn’t it?

”The Roman Coliseum, thousands of years ago, this building played host to Gladiator Fights, either against each other or wild animals, now I’m not expecting SCW to pit me or any of the other roster members against wild animals unless a stupidly specific stipulation gets added to the Roulette Wheel for this Sunday’s Main Event but here’s what I do expect to happen.” I stated as I walked around the Roman Coliseum with my arms crossed. ”Me and Laura Phoenix are going to show the younger Bombshells what happens when The Old Guard Duke it Out!”

This will be good.

”Do I really need to bring up the last time we faced off Laura? It was literally in my last defence of this title!” I commented as I held up the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”The match that not only continued my reign but allowed me to continue my streak of being one of the smartest women in wrestling! Because if I had tried to climb the structure and go after you two then we wouldn’t be having this conversation! Either you got eliminated and Mercedes won her first singles title in fuck knows how long or Mercedes choked in a title match yet again and you won your first singles gold! But neither of those scenarios happened, did they? Instead, I became the third Bombshell Roulette Champion to walk out with the gold still around her waist!”

And then?

”And then I kept a promise, because before the show began I said I would host an open challenge for a Bombshell Roulette Title Match at the next Climax Control if my reign survived the Ultimate X Match! Ruby tried to put her name forward as a challenger and got shot down, you beat Seleana to the punch by literal minutes and Alexandra was late to the party! There’s also Luna who thought about going after me again but decided against it, you know what that tells me Laura?” I asked as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”It tells me that we need to show these youngsters how it’s done! We need to show them that we’ve still got it! And before the obvious gets brought up? Yes, I know Alexandra is forty, yes I know she looks fucking amazing for her age! But she’s yet to compete in the Bombshell Roulette Division! And neither have you, me? I’ve been a part of this division since the days of Misty, Kittie and Karina Koji!”

A long list.

”And those are just the names that put themselves forward for a title opportunity, there’s a lot of names that are out there chomping at the bit! Do you see what I mean Laura? We need to set an example for the rest of the Bombshell Roster, we need to make the bosses glad that they put us in the Main Event because no one in their right fucking mind will want to follow our title match on Sunday!” I added as I folded my arms. ”Obviously the Roulette Wheel will play a huge factor because I’ve seen it create matches that are equally brutal and creative and just plain bizarre! But with our combined talents Laura? We’ll put on a match of the year contender no matter what the wheel stops on!” I added before resting the title over my shoulder and folding my arms. ”But now we’re getting down to the nitty gritty, because there’s no way in hell I’m leaving Rome without this title!”

Sorry to say.

”Let me make one thing clear Laura, my respect for you as a competitor is still there, but we both know that respect only goes so far in this business!” I added as I ran a hand through my hair. ”We will tear the house down, there’s no doubt in my mind about that, I made a motherfucking meme about it and everything! But in the end there can only be one winner and this title won’t be going anywhere! When we faced off at Summer XXXTreme I achieved one of the goals I had set out for myself at the beginning of the last cycle, make it to the cruise and retain the title, you want to know what my goal is this time around? I’d better get it out of the way now because it’s going to happen a lot sooner than you think!”

Go on, guess.

”One hundred days, that’s right, the one milestone that has eluded me over the course of my Sin City Wrestling career, I want to make it to one hundred days as champion!” I stated as I patted my title. ”Now let’s do some math here, my reign started on the sixteenth of April, during the penultimate show of the last international tour at that, that was three months ago and by my math, my reign has to survive until the 25th of this month for me to reach that goal, trust me Laura, there’s nothing I won’t do to ensure that my reign lasts until the third week and I will do whatever’s necessary to retain my title over you!”

It's that simple.

”Who knows? Maybe I’ll do another open challenge for that week to celebrate? Or maybe I’ll just enjoy the week off, or maybe the bosses will book me in a title defence regardless, either way, I’m making it to that hundred-day mark!” I added as I walked to the centre of the arena. ”To paraphrase one of my favourite modern Power Metal songs: I am gladiator, queen of this burning sand, and this Sunday night Laura? You will bow before your queen!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”But just because you’ll bow doesn’t mean you won’t give me one hell of a title defence along the way!” I added as I smirked to myself. ”It’s weird, because even though I’ve been the Bombshell Roulette Champion for a little under three months now it still feels like I just won this title from Luna Vanity! And so far? All my challengers bar one have been my fellow veterans, Kim Pain, you and Mercedes Vargas! Luna’s the outlier for obvious reasons but after I strike you like Blood Lightning Laura? I hope that my next defence will be against a young, hungry Bombshell, until then? See you on Sunday in the Arena!”

I walked off with my camera as the scene fades.

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Climax Control Archives / “History Won’t Repeat Itself.”
« on: May 16, 2023, 10:53:04 AM »
(Gabriel was used with Mark’s permission)

Jessie broke a decade long curse at Into the Void by retaining the Bombshell Roulette Title in her first defence against Kim Pain in a Submission Match but with SCW returning to Las Vegas for the first time since Blaze of Glory XI one question remained, what was next for Jessie? Well, Jessie decided to take her destiny into her own hands, issuing an open challenge for the next Climax Control and putting the Roulette Title on the line.

And who would answer the call? None other than the same woman Jessie defeated to win the title in the first place, Luna Vanity! Luna had managed to get the win over Alexandra Callaway in a Barbed Wire Match at the PPV so the Louisiana native at least had the fact that she had won on her side, can Jessie get the win and retain? Or would Luna become a two-time champion?

Jessie’s home. Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 15th of May 2023, 18:00pm

There’s no place like home.

The Unsolved Mysteries Tour was interesting to say the least, definitely one of the more unique tours I’ve been on since joining SCW in 2012! But if it was to be remembered for anything, it was the fact that outside of the top two belts none of the champions who entered the cycle as champion came out of it with their reigns intact, the title I hold changed hands twice in the same cycle for crying out loud!

Granted, Goth’s situation couldn’t be helped as he was forced to vacate due to injury and the same could be said for Melissa who was entering her rematch with Kayla with that in the back of her mind but that doesn’t excuse Alexander or Crystal, does it?

That brings me to my first match of the Summer XXXTreme Cycle and my second defence, I issued an open challenge on Twitter looking for someone to defend my title against for SCW’s grand return to Las Vegas, I was hoping to get some fresh competition but instead? My challenge was answered by the very woman I beat to win this title! But at the same time? I couldn’t blame Luna for jumping at this opportunity.

Anyone who has followed my career over the past eleven years would be quick to call me a hypocrite if I did, what can I say? The way my first reign ended stung in a way that only my Hall of Fame induction could heal and I’ve been wearing this Hall of Fame ring above my wedding ring for eight months now, but it’s for hat same reason why I’d be opening myself up to hypocrisy accusations if I ever dared to call out a young wrestler for jumping at the chance to get a title shot! At least Luna waited until I issued the open challenge before trying to avenge her reign.

I said before that I saw a lot of myself in Luna, didn’t think the similarities would be this striking!

”How long is that kid going to take?” I wondered to myself as I put Titan’s freshly filled dog food bowl on the floor and the puppy (used liberally because Titan was eight months old and almost a full grown dog at this point), yesterday was Mother’s Day, normally a happy time for people around the world, unfortunately for Harp this was her first Mother's Day since her parents were murdered and she flat out admitted to having a rough time on Twitter, throw in the fact that she was working an Empire Pro show the same day and yeah, Harp needed a shoulder to cry on, and  I told her to pop by the house as soon as she returned to Las Vegas. ”Wonder if Keira got to her first.”

“Wouldn’t surprise me.” Shane shrugged his shoulders in response as he entered the kitchen and I nodded in agreement. “Keira’s been protective of her charges since she opened Hero Academy and Harper is one of her best students.”

”Time will tell if she ends up being a better student than Cass but we’ll see.” I responded with a nod as I got clear of Titan and walked up to my husband. ”She’ll need all the help she can get considering what Mother’s Day will mean to her going forward, especially with that ladder match on Saturday.”

“Her total matches aren’t even in the double digits yet and she’s already competing in a Ladder Match for a title, ever get the feeling that you were born in the wrong decade Jess?” Shane asked me and I shrugged my shoulders in response. “You know how painful your first few matches was back in the Gator Bait Wrestling Days.”

”It also took me about a year and a half to get anywhere near the level of talent I am at these days.” I responded with a frown as brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Sometimes a newcomer will end up being a prodigy like Cass and Harper, other times? Well, just look up any of my early matches! Pretty much the only thing I could do competently was throw a dropkick!”

“Too be fair, that was a pretty sweet dropkick.” Shane assured me and I gave him a grin in response, then before we knew it Titan abandoned his dog bowl to go racing towards the front door which could only mean one thing. “Unless Jake’s ordered takeout that would be Harper.”

”If Jake was ordering takeout then he would’ve asked us if we wanted anything, it’s definitely Harper.” I pointed out and Shane nodded as he got the idea before I went to answer the door, getting past Titan wasn’t as easy as it used to be because whilst he was the runt of the litter, Chow Chows are  not small dogs by any means and I had to squeeze past an animal that nearly went up to my waist to get to the door.

At the very least, I confirmed that it was Harper and she was overjoyed to see the dog. ”HEY PUPPY! Look at how big you’ve gotten.” Harper greeted Titan with a big grin on her face as soon as I opened the door. ”Hey Jess! I guess the days of you picking up Titan are over huh?”

”Unless I find a way to swap bodies with Jake? Pretty much!” I responded with a chuckle before I pushed Titan back with my hand on his chest to let Harper in. ”And I’m not even going to get into the psychological effects of a guy as big as Jake swapping minds with a woman as small as me would have! Anyway, I think you know why I called you here Harp.”

”Yeah, sorry I was late! With my ladder match for the FCW Great Lakes Championship taking place on Saturday I wanted to get as much training as I could and Keira wanted to check on me.” Harper apologised as she entered the house and I nodded whilst making a mental note to have Shane buy State Lottery Tickets tomorrow. ”You were right, it was good to get it off my chest but it doesn’t change how much yesterday sucked.”

”Kid I spent most of my childhood without a biological mom, trust me, you’re not alone.” I sighed in response before leading Harper (and Titan) into the lounge, Shane got Harper a dink when she asked for one and once we were all comfy (with Titan laying down at Harper’s feet) I took a moment to think of how to start. ”So, how did that chat with Keira go?”

”It went well, Keira just wanted to make sure that I was okay after, well, you saw my tweet.” Harper responded with a sigh as she brushed some of her dirty blonde hair over her shoulder. ”She also gave me and Cass new versions of our wrestling gear! I’ll be debuting mine at FCW Homecoming and Cassie will be debuting hers at PWS: Apex Destiny.”

”That Open Invitational Match she mentioned on Twitter right?” I asked and Harper nodded to confirm that it was the match in question. ”Did Cass mention that it was open to outside talent like when SCW did the same thing at Inception VI or just PWS: Apex talent?”

”She didn’t say, only that it was a match for a title held by Candy, yes, the same Candy that made you fight for the World Bombshell Title in a Food Fight Match, and that it was PWS: Apex’s biggest show of the year.” Harper responded before she started stroking Titan with her foot. ”Even if it is open to outside talent I’ve got my own problems, namely the ladder match that’s happening the same night.”

”And I don’t want to tire myself out ahead of my rematch with Luna.” I nodded in understanding before pausing to consider my next words. ”So you’re doing okay after your first Mother’s Day without your mom?”

”As okay as I can, but as much as yesterday sucked, Father’s Day is going to be even harder for me! Even after dad left the army I was always more of a Daddy’s Girl.” Harper sighed and I winced knowing that that was coming up next month, though I could’ve guessed the part about Harper being a daddy’s girl since she was wearing her army jacket today. ”How do you deal with this stuff Jess? I thought I had gotten over the five stages of grief by the time I buried my parents but yesterday brought my mood down big time!”

”It never gets easier Harp! I never even met my birth parents but I still raise a toast to them every mother’s and father’s day.” I sighed in response and Harper nodded sadly as she lowered her head. ”Best you can do is keep them in your memories every time you go out there and wrestle, maybe even dedicate your first title win to them if and when that happens and yes, that includes this Saturday’s title match.”

”I know I’ve got my dad’s old dog tags somewhere in my apartment, they were included in my inheritance so I’d have a keepsake of him.” Harper explained after thinking for a minute and I raised an eyebrow at that. ”Think FCW will let me wear those dog tags to the ring?”

”Serena seems like she’s a decent person so I can’t imagine her objecting to the idea.” I responded with a nod and Harper grinned. ”Just don’t be surprised if Killian starts choking you with them, Ladder Matches are No DQ by design and you know he’ll take every shortcut he can.”

”True enough I guess, but that same logic means I can kick him in the balls every time he tries so should be fair game really.” Harper responded with a grin and I chuckled as I shook my head. ”Was there anything else you wanted to chat about? O want to get home and play Tears of the Kingdom.”

”Just one thing before you go help Link rescue Princess Zelda from Gannon for the millionth time.” I commented and whilst my joke did get a laugh from Harper she regained her composure in no time. ”Remember my chat with Gabriel? On the night that I won the Roulette Title?”

”How can I forget?” Harper asked as she shifted her weight before Tita got up and walked into the kitchen presumably hungry again. ”I nearly fell out of my computer chair when I heard that I could’ve trained at the Go Gym if you had tried to reach out to Gabriel, why do you ask?”

”We caught up again after the show, talked about Krystal’s actions that night, what it meant for the Go Gym’s future, all of that fun stuff, but Gabriel did ring up one thing.” I explained and Harper nodded as she leaned forward. ”Whilst he understood that between me being on the tour and you going through something that no one as young as you should go through we wouldn’t have time to do so back then, now that our schedule has cleared up, he extended an invitation to us to come by and check out the Go Gym’s facilities, as well as chat with Gabriel about your bright future as a wrestler.” I added and, well, my next bit was practically unnecessary because Harper’s face lit up like a Christmas tree at that idea. ”His words, not mine, now from what I remember from when Ari and Krystal came by here regularly, the Go Gym has similar opening/closing times to Hero Academy meaning that it's definitely closed by now, but you up for visiting it tomorrow?”

”Like that needed to be asked?” Harper asked with a big grin on her face and I nodded in agreement. ”The gym that trained Fenris. Devona, London Underground, Ariana, Carter, Evie and, unfortunately, Krystal? How can I say no?”

”I’ll have to call ahead and make sure Gabriel’s expecting us but we should be good to go.” I responded before I felt my stomach rumble as did Harper. ”And on that note, Shane, have you started dinner yet?”

“I was waiting for Harper to arrive but yeah, I’m starting it now.” Shane nodded in response before we left the lounge to go join him in the kitchen.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 16th of May 2023, 11:00am

Never thought I’d see the inside of this place.

Outsiders weren’t generally allowed in the Go Gym  unless you met one of two requirements, you were a wannabe wrestler wanting to learn from some of the industries best wrestlers or you had called ahead to let them know you were coming, in me and Harper’s case? It was a bit a bit of both.

Considering some of the things I’ve said about some of SCW’s most popular stars, I thought for the longest time that my banishment from the Go Gym would last until either the day I died or the day I called it a career, whichever came first really! So it was a surprise in some respects to see Gabriel greet me warmly.

”Glad to see you accepted my invitation Jessie.” Gabriel greeted me and a few of the trainees looked up in surprise when they heard my name but they paid us no mind as they saw me and Harper chatting with Gabriel. ”And Ms. Mason, it is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance at last.”

”Just call me Harper and the pleasure’s all mine.” Harper responded with a nervous laugh as she glanced around the building. ”It looked a lot bigger when SCW used it to host Climax Controls during the pandemic.”

”You’d be surprised at what moving the equipment around to transform this into an arena will do.” Gabriel chuckled before he started showing us around. ”The Go Gym has produced some of the best wresters today because we use state of the art equipment, rings, exercise, the whole nine yards, tell me Harper, how does Hero Academy stack  up?”

”Honestly? About the same level, Keira and Roxi have poured a lot of money into their school.” Harper explained and having been in both schools myself? I had to agree with Harper on that. ”So do you get classes or just take on individual students?”

”A bit of both, sometimes we get a bunch of students at once and we call them the class of whatever year they enrolled, though with the 2020 class that produced Adrienne we had to roll that class into the following year due to the pandemic.” Gabriel explained as he showed us around before stopping in from of a female student who wasn’t paying attention. ”But most of the time we get individual applicants, that was what happened with Krystal and Kelly here is another example.”

“Did you say something?” The girl asked with a thick Irish accent as she looked up and quickly straightened when she realized that her trainer was talking to her. “Sorry Gabriel, I was in my own world getting warmed up for my next workout.”

”It’s fine Kelly, I was just showing Jessie and Harper here around.” Gabriel explained at which point I stepped forward, I could tell the kid was a fan of mine, why? Well, she became star struck when I approached her. ”You’re a fan of Jessie’s aren’t you? Almost to the same extent as Ariana’s Team Hero fandom.”

“Heh, yeah, just a bit.” Kelly responded sheepishly whilst desperately trying to keep her cool. “Sorry, I was a huge fan of yours growing up Jessie, I was even the president of the Jessie Salco Fanclub in Northern Ireland.”

”I have a Fanclub in Northern Ireland?!” I asked with an amused look on my face before Kelly let out a nervous laugh. ”I’m flattered kid but I’m just here as an observer today, if anyone’s here to get some reps in its Harper here.” I added as I motioned to Harper and Gabriel nodded as he got an idea.

”Then I believe its settled, Harper why don’t you spar with Kelly for a bit, I want to talk with Jessica in the meantime.” Gabriel suggested and the two girls nodded enthusiastically before they got into the ring, whilst they went at it Gabriel lead me into his office and I glanced around. ”I haven’t been able to catch all of Ms. Mason’s matches since her graduation but I must say, Keira and Roxi have done an excellent job teaching her.”

”They can’t take all the credit because I helped out by having the kid get some extra reps in at my home gym.” I responded with a shrug as I walked around the office for a bit before sitting down on the chair. ”I’m glad I was able to get Harper to come here because there’s been one question on my mind since our conversation in Scotland, namely how exactly was Ariana able to redeem my reputation around here.”

”That is a fair question, and one I will answer to the best of my ability, I’d call Ariana in to answer it herself but she is still spending time with Carter’s family in Seattle.” Gabriel explained and I nodded knowing that those two had been inseparable since they graduated from the Go Gym, I didn’t know all the details but it was personal enough for Carter to be more than just a “gay best friend” to Ariana. ”Ariana has always been someone who tries to see the best in everyone she meets, that has had its negative effects because it took her being disowned by her parents for her to realize that they were abusing her but that hasn’t changed her stance, even after your rocky first meeting.”

”Son of a Bitch…….” I muttered to myself after hearing that, as an abuse survivor myself? That hit close to home. ”Look, I know she’s a sweet kid but even you have to know that Ariana can be naive at times, or do I need to remind you of how her promo battle against Roxi went?”

”No, you don’t, when Ariana returned to Vegas we had a long talk about her second promo.” Gabriel responded as he shook his head and I nodded as I shifted my weight. ”I understood why she was so upset because everything she said about her Team Hero fandom was true, including her goal to be good enough to challenge Roxi for the World Bombshell Title on PPV, but Roxi exposed that whilst she has come a long way, Ariana isn’t at that level yet.”

”At this point? Who is?” I asked pointedly and Gabriel nodded in agreement. ”So she turned my reputation around by talking me up a lot, is that basically it?”

”Essentially yes, the fact that we made amends on the day of your first title win in years was merely a happy coincidence.” Gabriel nodded in response to and I brushed some hair over my shoulder as I followed along. ”And that brings this meeting full circle, as Luna has used your open challenge to get a rematch for the title.”

”I get the feeling that this is the part where Ariana or Krystal, back when she was welcome in this building, would ask you for advice on beating Luna.” I commented dryly and Gabriel nodded to confirm that was the case. ”Except I have a lot more experience than either of those girls and I have beaten Luna before, for fuck’s sake, Krystal was a teenager and Ariana a pre-teen when I made my SCW debut, plus I’ve beaten Luna before.”

”You could’ve been wrestling for twenty years and my advice would still be here if you wanted it, besides past success doesn’t always mean you’ll keep that momentum going, just look at Krystal’s history with Keira.” Gabriel pointed out and I nodded in response, though I couldn’t help but wonder if Krystal would’ve preferred to lose the title to Keira on PPV in hindsight. ”Luna will be out to prove that the end of her first reign was a fluke and your experience doesn’t matter to her, it’s up to you prove her wrong.”

”And I bet the fact that we’re facing off in the Main Event helps that, in fact if I’m right then this is Luna’s first Main Event since she signed with SCW.” I pointed out that fact and Gabriel nodded to confirm that fact. ”Others have thrived under their first Main Event spotlight and I have no doubts that Luna will embrace this chance to show off her talents but it’ll be in a losing effort.”

”I have no doubt that you will.” Gabriel nodded before he stood up and I did likewise. ”Shall we see how Ms. Mason is doing?”

”We’ve been in here for what? Ten minutes? I’ll be surprised if she’s still sparring with that Irish girl.” I commented as we made our way to the door and Gabriel nodded as we made our way to the door. ”Then again, I have seen her in the mosh pit at a Warbringer show, she can go hard if she wants to.” I added before we left the office.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 16th of May 2023, 11:30am

Have I mentioned how much Harper reminds me of myself? Well, when me and Gabriel emerged from his office I could see more similarities now than I saw when Harper was training.

She and Kelly had been going at it for a while now and if you had told me that this match was taking place at a televised show I’d believe you, Harper was already at that level obviously but Kelly? I wasn’t sure how long the Irish girl had been training at the Go Gym but her level of talent was a good indication of why the Go Gym had the reputation it had gained over the years.

Still, it was easy to see that they were winding down and Harper had hit the Breakdown to score the win just as we had emerged, Gabriel approached the ring apron after the two girls shook hands as a display of sportsmanship and I made my way over to Harper’s corner after she backed up into it.

”So kiddo, how’d you fare against Kelly?” I asked Harper after passing her a water bottle, the kid gladly took it and started taking several gulps. ”She looked pretty tough from what I saw at the end there.”

”Let me put it this way, no disrespect to Keira, Roxi or the others at Hero Academy but I’m wondering how much better I would’ve been if I had enrolled here instead of Hero Academy.” Harper admitted as she wiped some sweat from hey brow and I raised an eyebrow at that. ”Kelly’s only been enrolled at the Go Gym since mid-January and she had no problems keeping up with me.”

“Don’t sell yourself short Harp.” Kelly responded after she took a sip from her own water bottle. “You were no slouch yourself and Keira and Roxi have clearly trained you well.”

”Appreciate that.” Harper responded with a grin as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, I had seen this before, namely when she was interacting with Tommy back in Grand Junction and it usually meant that Harp was developing a crush on someone, in this case Kelly, whether or not Kelly swung that way remained to be seen. ”So Gabriel? What happens now? I was invited here as I guest after Jessie’s convo with you after all.”

”You are free to keep coming here Harper, besides Kelly is merely a trainee.” Gabriel explained with a nod and Harper grinned when she heard that. ”No offence Kelly but I want to see how Harper does against some of our graduates, Devona, London Underground, Tempest, Ariana, perhaps even a kicking competition with Fenris.”

”I’ll take a rain check on that sparring match with Tempest, and I think we both know how such a match with Tempest would end for me.” Harper responded with a nervous laugh before she glanced over at me. ”What about Jess? Will she be allowed to train here?”

”That’s a more complicated issue.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper gave me a curious look. ”I’ve got Ariana on my side but I haven’t exactly done a lot to make myself well liked by the other graduates, it’s gonna be a slow process.”

”And that is such a long story that it would take the rest of the day to recount it.” Gabriel nodded in response before he motioned to the two girls. ”Harper, Kelly? Take five, you two just had a gruelling match and someone else will want to use that ring eventually.” Gabriel instructed the girls and they nodded before they got out of the ring, Harper walked over to a nearby bench to sit down and I quickly joined her.

”So, moved on from Tommy already?” I teased her and Harper blushed furiously when she saw the look I was giving her. ”I know Kelly’s cute and all but you seem to be moving fast.”

”I was wiping some sweat off the back of my neck, that’s it.” Harper insisted and I gave an amused look prompting her to sigh. ”Besides, I don’t even know if Kelly swings that way! Look, the problem with Tommy is that he lives in Grand Junction and I’m not about to move from Las Vegas when my kid siblings needs me here! Whilst I’ve been bi-curious for months I’m still figuring stuff out in that regard.”

”You’ll figure it out eventually, for now? You’ve got at least two title matches to prepare for.” I reminded Harper and she nodded in agreement. ”And I’ve got a title defence to prepare for on Sunday.”

”Looks like we’ve both got hard work ahead of us.” Harper responded as she brushed some hair over her shoulder and I nodded in response. ”But it’ll be worth it, tight?”

”If you make the most of them? Yeah.” I responded and Harper grinned in response, the rest of the day was spent watching Harper train for her matches and I even got the occasional sparring match in after borrowing some gear from a student with my measurements.

All to prepare me for a rematch where the shoe was on the other foot.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 16th of May 2023, 21:00pm

*promo time*

Welcome home.

”The Unsolved Mysteries tour will likely go down as one of the most memorable tours in years, and that’s without taking into account the fact that almost every title changed hands at least once.” I said as I held up my Bombshell Roulette Title. ”Yet ironically come the PPV the only title that changed hands was the title Goth was forced to vacate! But in the course of that tour, I ended a three-year long title drought to win this title for the fifth time, and then I went onto break another curse of mine when I retained the title over Kim Pain! I was feeling so good about myself that I figured “fuck it, why not” and put out an open challenge to defend the title when SCW returned to Vegas! And who answered the call?” I asked as I lowered the title and rested it on my shoulder. ”The same woman I defeated for the gold, Luna Vanity!”

This will be good.

”Luna, not even five minutes after the match was announced and you were already complaining about how your reign ended, I’m not saying that I don’t get it because I’ve been a one and done champion more times than I care to count but not even I complained this much after my first reign ended and that match ended with two other Bombshells jumping me and literally throwing me in a fucking dumpster!” I exclaimed as I let out a deep breath. ”And yes, the stipulation was “Dumpster Match” but I don’t want to go on a tangent about that, frankly I could rant about that Team Erick bullshit all day if I wanted too! Basically Luna, if you thought being tied around a ring post and walloped with a chair was a bad way to end your first title reign? Just remember that it could be a lot worse!”

Don’t get me started.

”But let’s change the subject a bit and actually talk about our first title match, you were obviously on a high after not only breaking your losing streak but winning your first ever title, trust me, that’s a feeling you’ll only experience once and remember for the rest of your life, but you want to know what truly makes a champion? How they react when it’s all over.” I stated as I patted my title. ”That little story I told you? I let that memory consume me for ten straight years, I was on a mission to not only get that title back but get the reign I was denied just because some idiot got a little power hungry! I burned a lot of bridges on that mission but none more so when I got my first taste of World Bombshell Title Gold! It took me getting inducted into the Hall of Fame last year for that ten-year-old wound to finally heal and right now? I’m focussed on making amends.”

Meaning?

”You want to know what’s first on that agenda Luna? Having the title reign that I was denied at the age of twenty-three ten years later! And after seeing some of the young guns like Krystal Wolfe and Ariana Angelos have reigns that I would’ve killed for when I was younger? It’s made me more fired up than ever to make good on that promise! I’m not naïve enough to think that the bosses won’t let me go a few weeks without a defence, that was the whole reason why I issued that challenge in the first place, but the real question remains.” I stated as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Will history repeat itself? Will you defeat a Hall of Famer to win this gold again? Will I go back to square one?”

Here's your answer!

”The answer to both questions is no! History won’t repeat itself!” I said as I started to pace around my ring. ”You caught lightning in a bottle when you dethroned Crystal in Barbados Luna and thank god because that many named idiot does not need more accolades to boost her ego! But you won’t get so lucky against me! I’ve been in SCW long enough to have seen practically every stipulation that can possibly come up on the Roulette Wheel and unless the bosses come up with something new, get it added to the wheel and it lands on that stipulation? Nothing that thing can throw at me surprises me anymore, it’s all about how you adapt your strategy after the fact, even if it’s on the fly like in a Falls Count Anywhere Match but whilst you may complain about me rambling on about my in-ring experience? Well, unfortunately for you Luna? That’s my key to retaining the gold!”

And going beyond.

”Believe me when I say this or not Luna but I’ve got plans beyond this title match, something that I’ll elaborate on this Sunday night at Climax Control, and I know what you’re about to say, I have to get past you first, right Luna?” I asked with a scoff as I folded my arms. ”I’ve already proven that I can outsmart you Luna, it’s the whole reason why I’m holding the Bombshell Roulette Title and your trying to win it back! It’s only by way of my open challenge that I have to prove that I can beat you again and whilst I may add a disclaimer that whoever challenges me the next time I do an open challenge has to be a fresh opponent, I will relish the opportunity to put an arrogant rookie through the ringer again!”

It's that simple.

”Complain all you want about how I defeated you in Scotland Luna, but the one thing that truly defeated you was your arrogance, you thought I’d just be a stopgap for you between then and Into the Void, instead the only thing that stopped was the timer on your title reign.” I said as I held up the Bombshell Roulette Title. ”There’s no conspiracy about that Luna. It’s just a damn fact! Sooner you accept that, sooner you can move on with your life but I guess I have to beat some sense into you, don’t I Luna?” I asked before I lay down the title at my feet and folded my arms. ”Well, if that’s the case, welcome to the school of hard knocks, I’m your professor of realty checks Jessie Salco and your about to get a lesson in violence!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Because if you think for a single fucking second that the world will take your side just because your first title reign lasted two weeks then you are in serious need of a reality check Luna!” I added before I sat down in front of my title and the camera zoomed in on me. ”I learned ten years ago that the world doesn’t owe you shit, it just took another ten years for that harsh lesson to finally sink in! Luna? Or Sunday night you will learn that same lesson and I hope to god that it sinks in for you before I turn forty because trust me bitch, I’ll still be the cynical hard ass that I am today when my career finally starts to wind down! And after I strike you like Blood Lightning come Sunday Night? You’ll wish that you had stepped aside and let someone else have a shot at me!”

I stood up with my title and left the ring as the scene fades.

4
Climax Control Archives / “Lightning in a Bottle.”
« on: April 10, 2023, 05:34:50 PM »
In the weeks that followed Jessie’s win over Georgie Robertson Jesse would see little action as the focus shifted to this year’s Blast from the Past Tournament! However that didn’t mean Jessie wasn’t present on the shows as she had made a point to confront Krystal Wolfe about her recent actions, something made worse by her rather unceremonious expulsion from The Saviours, a group Krystal had betrayed Team Go to join.

However one other thing happened in the intervening weeks, Crystal defended her Roulette Title against the down on her luck Luna Vanity when SCW stopped off in Barbados for the second show of the tour, many expected the Hall of Famer to retain the title but Luna would go on to shock everyone in the Bar Room Brawl Roulette Title Match where she won not only her first match in SCW but her first title! Now Jessie was scheduled to serve as Luna’s first challenger for the title at the penultimate Climax Control of the tour, once again taking place in Scotland! Can Jessie finally win the Roulette Title?

Jessie’s Hotel Room, Scotland
Monday the 10th of April 2023, 14:00pm

Last night’s Climax Control was definitely an eventful one.

From the destruction of The Troll to the first quarter finals of the Blast from the Past Tournament there was definitely a lot to talk about as we headed into the second date in Scotland, at a place even more obscure than the island that just hosted last week’s Climax Control.

How obscure? According to the card preview, Grantown-On-Spey had never hosted a wrestling event before, hell before I started looking it up I was half expecting the bosses to ask the competing wrestlers to use Airbnb!

But there was one other reason I was excited for next week’s show and I wasn’t talking about the fact that it was one of the last shows of this weird as all hell cycle (seriously, we went from Canada to Barbados to two weeks in Scotland with dates in Romania and London to come, you can’t make this shit up!), I was getting another shot at the Bombshell Roulette Title this week and if you think that means a rematch with Crystal?

You’d better go watch the Barbados episode, because Luna Vanity dethroned Crystal Caldwell to win the title in a strong contender for upset of the year! Yes, even stronger than Georgie’s win over Roxi, for one thing Luna hasn’t shown herself to be a choke artist yet.

”J2H and Devona vs. Ariana Angelos and Oliver Zahn, I know what team I’m rooting for.” I commented to myself as I read through the card again, aside from my Roulette Title Match, the Bombshell Internet Title being defended in the main event between Kayla Richards and Melissa and the Blast From The Past quarter finals being decided there wasn’t really much to write home about on this show, at least on paper, I was sure me and the rest of the roster would find a way to make it entertaining. ”Anything to strike a blow to that arrogant little prick’s ego is fine by me.”

My train of thought was interrupted by a Skype call and I looked at it, it was from Harper so I answered the call as soon as I got it. ”Hey Jess, just calling to wish you a belated Happy Easter.” Harper greeted me once I answered the call and I grinned in response, Harper was a full-fledged wrestler now and was set to make her pro-wrestling debut later this week if I wasn’t tied up with SCW I’d head down there to support her. ”Also I caught last night’s Climax Control and things are getting pretty heated between you and Krystal huh?”

”You just noticed?” I asked teasingly and Harper shook her head with a grin. ”I don’t know what’s going through Krystal’s mind but from what I saw? Getting kicked out of The Saviours has sent her even further off the deep end.” I added as I leaned back in my chair, it was times like these that I wish I had a psychology degree because maybe then I’d have some idea of what Krystal was going through. ”Main concern for me is her daughters, because she’s practically building Makayla’s case for sole custody of Rachel and the twins for her if Makayla goes through with the divorce.”

”So that wasn’t a lie?” Harper asked as it dawned on her and I nodded in response. ”Are you sure Makayla will go through with it? After everything she and Krystal have been through together?”

”Take it from someone who’s been married for the past eight years kid, you don’t just leave divorce papers lying around the house for the hell of it.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper nodded as she got the idea. ”I asked Makayla about it and she said that she’d almost consider aborting the twins if she wasn’t so late into her pregnancy, Krystal’s actions since Blaze of Glory XI have had a serious effect on her.”

”What gets me is that Krystal says she’s doing this to secure a better future for herself and her family but is that really worth going nuclear on all the bridges she’s built?” Harper pointed out and I winced thinking back to the entirety of 2018 and how similar actions on my part resulted in one of the worst years of my wrestling career. ”I just struck a new didn’t I?”

”It’s fine Harp, I just wish that you never get as desperate as I did in 2018.” I assured her and Harper quickly nodded in agreement. ”Speaking of titles, I take it you saw the card for the second Scotland date?”

”Yep, I read through it right before I called you, your serving as Luna’s first challenger.” Harper nodded in response as she shifted her weight. ”I know she joined SCW at the beginning of the year but what do you make of Luna?”

”In some ways, I see myself when I first joined SCW when I look at Luna, we’re both brunette female wrestlers from a southern state who specialize in high flying.” I admitted with a shrug as I gave the matter a bit of thought. ”Off course there’s some differences, and I don’t mean the fact that she’s from Louisiana and I’m from Florida! Luna joined SCW in her rookie year whilst I was a few years into my career when I was scouted by SCW.”

”And I wasn’t even ten years old at the time.” Harper admitted with a sheepish grin and my eye twitched as I made a mental note to check for any grey hairs before I checked out of the hotel. ”I just made you feel old, didn’t I?”

”And further reaffirmed that if I ever try for kids of my own, it’ll be after I hang up the wrestling boots for good.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper grinned sheepishly. ”look, I thought I was on a high when I finally won my first match all those years ago but Luna just broke her losing streak by winning her first title, I don’t think I need to say that this will be a massive confidence boost for her.”

”Yeah, I haven’t even had my first match yet and the idea of that has me excited, then again said first match will be on PPV and it’s a triple threat with title implications, need I say more?” Harper asked and I gave the kid a sympathetic look, I know I teased her on Twitter for complaining about that when my first match was against the Slamazon and took place in a high school gym but it was easy to see that she was getting the jitters already. ”Any tips? I remember your first match in SCW being a Triple Threat which you lost.”

”I may have lost the match but I outlasted both of my opponents, beat one of them to win my first title and got in the Hall of Fame, I’m not even sure if Ms. Evangelista and Alexis Morrison are still around.” I responded as I shook my head before thinking for a minute. ”My main advice is to make sure you’ve got your eyes on both opponents, Triple Threats are tricky matches to win because there’s never a guarantee that you’ll win the match even after hitting your finisher.” I explained as I brushed some hair out of my eyes and Harper nodded in response. ”And as this is your debut match, you need to use it to make a statement, show the higher ups that they made the right choice by signing you to that contract even in defeat.”

”I guess that makes sense, no one wants to be known as the girl who choked in her first ever match.” Harper nodded in agreement before she checked the time on her iPhone. ”In any case, I’d better get going, bakery’s opening soon and I’m running low on sweet treats.”

”And I’m sure Tommy will be glad to see you.” I teased her and Harper looked away from the screen trying (and failing) to hide the fact that she was blushing like a madwoman. ”I’ve got to get going as well, checkout time is at three thirty and I’m really cutting it close for time.”

”I keep forgetting that you’re a few hours ahead of me due to being in Scotland and all but yeah, I’ll talk to you later.” Harper nodded in response as I want to end the call. ”Probably once you’re in Grantown-On-Spey.”

”The place is on the other side of Scotland so in all likelihood it’ll be a few hours from now after a plane ride.” I admitted after checking the distance on Google and Harper nodded. ”See you then.” I added before Harper ended the call on her end and I went about gathering my stuff together for checking out of the hotel.

I had never even heard of this place before SCW announced that it’s fourth show of the Unsolved Mysteries Tour was taking place there, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but then again this tour has been full of surprises, just to reiterate what I said earlier, we had gone from Canada to Barbados to two nights in Scotland and we had dates in Romania and London just around the corner.

General consensus was that the tour was all Christian’s idea and I had to wonder if this would be the last time Mark ever let Christian chose the destinations and theme for SCW’s tours! Especially since this tour coincided with the Blast from the Past Tournament!

That wasn’t the only thing it was coinciding with though because if I had any say in it? It’d also host the first “one and done” reign in the Bombshell Roulette Division since Keira won the gold from Krystal.

The Craig Bar, Grantown on Spey, Scotland
Monday the 10th of April 2023, 18:30pm

Remember when I made those yearly trips to Bloodstock? Yeah well, the night before I went to that festival I would check out the local bars in Derbyshire and since we’re in Scotland for the second week in a row I figured I may as well check out a local one here in Grantown on Spey.

And this is a place that’s apparently famous for it’s pies, well, locally famous at least, and I hadn’t eaten yet so fuck it! Why not?

As I entered the bar I had a good look around, didn’t look that much different from the bars I had been too back in the US at least, there was a pool hall, some darts and the locals were chatting amongst themselves as I approached an empty seat at the bar.

“Good evening miss.” The bartender greeted me as I looked up from the menu and saw that he was cleaning a glass. “Can I get you something to drink?”

”Soda please, I’m driving.” I responded and the bartender, who judging from the surprised look on his face, wasn’t expecting to hear an American accent today, nodded before he prepared my drink. ”This seems like a pretty quiet place.”

“Aye, not much goes on here, there’s that big wrestling promotion that’s hosting an event here on Sunday but I’m not a fan to be honest.” The bartender responded with a nod before he handed me my drink and I paid for it with a fiver. “Is that what brings you here?”

”You could say that.” I responded with a nod before I took a sip of my drink. ”So, the promotion chose to host a show here because of a local unsolved mystery, the Grey Man? Anything you can tell me about it?”

“Eh, I’m familiar with the legend your talking about but that creature’s supposed home is under two hundred miles away.” The bartender shrugged his shoulders and I nodded, I had made the trip out to the lake where the first unsolved mystery of the tour was based around and I was planning to visit this mountain at some point. “It’s full name is the Big Grey Man I’d tell you the name in Gaelic but I doubt you know how to pronounce it.”

”Yeah, I know someone who does speak Gaelic but she’s back across the pond.” I responded as I shook my head before glancing around the pub again. ”So, what’s special about this big grey man exactly?”

“Very thin, over ten feet tall, hence the name, dark skin and hair with long arms and broad shoulders, my son describes it as being like an SCP, whatever that is.” The bartender explained and I nodded before taking a sip from my drink, “The creature tends to remain unseen in the fog but if you do go up there, be on the lookout for a sense of unease followed by the sound of crunching gravel.” The bartender responded and I paused to give it some thought. “So, whereabout in America are you from?”

”Miami, Florida, but I haven’t lived there full time in years, these days I call Las Vegas my home.” I explained before I pointed to one of the pies on the menu. ”On a related note? I’m starving, can I get something to eat?”

“Sure, what do you want to order?” The bartender asked before he took my order and rung it through to the kitchen, admittedly the pie I tasted was pretty good, wasn’t a fan of the mushy peas it came with though and I still needed to ask Miles what the Brits saw in mushy peas.

I still had one last destination for the night though, the mountain itself, I wasn’t planning to go all the way up the mountain mid you because, well, I don’t have the appropriate equipment for such a task and I’m not about to try to film a promo from atop a mountain peak but I was going to check out the area and try to find a good place for said promo.

And if this Big Grey Man did show up? Well, it would probably be the most memorable promo of my wrestling career at least!

Loch Etchachan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Monday the 10th of April 2023, 19:30pm

Well, they weren’t kidding when they said this was a big mountain.

I wasn’t sure what exactly I was going to expect when I left the pub and drove off towards the mountain that’s serving as the basis for this week’s stop on the Magical Mystery Tour, at least when I visited the lake that was supposed to be the home of the creature that served as the mystery for the first show of the cycle I was greeted with beautiful views, rentable boats, even several wineries in the area.

But here? Well, all Google pointed me towards when I checked this place out was nearby hiking trails and a nearby loch (no, not loch ness, that’s not exactly close to the mountain), to be fair? This was a National Park and I guess I should’ve expected this!

After trying to figure out just where I was going to cut my promo for a while I decided to visit that loch thinking that I could clear my head near the lake.

”Curse my fucking curiosity.” I grumbled to myself as I sat on the grass facing the loch, it’s at least a beautiful place but I was starting to regret not saying “fuck it” and just film my promo in my hotel room. ”Well, I can’t turn back now, I’ll be spending most of my spending money on gas to get back to the hotel.”

“You always speak to yourself?” I didn’t even realize that there was another woman in the same area but I looked up, she must’ve been at least a decade younger than me and was an attractive girl with long black hair in a ponytail and blue eyes, though her accent quickly identified her as a local. “Because I’m pretty sure that’s a sign of insanity.”

”It’s either that or trying the same thing over and over.” I responded as I shook my head and the Scottish girl nodded. ”I’m guessing you’re a local based on that accent.”

“Eh, local as in I’m from Edinburgh and travelled up for the SCW show.” The girl responded with a shrug and my ears perked up when I heard that, did she not even realize that she was talking to an SCW Hall of Famer? “Sure beats the city life.”

”I wouldn’t know because I’ve been a city girl for most of my adult life.” I responded as I shook my head before I stood up and turned to her. ”But you say that you’re an SCW fan and yet you don’t realize who you’re talking too?”

“Should I?” The girl asked before she got a better look at my face and her eyes went as wide as dinner plates. “Holy shit, you’re Jessie Salco?!”

”I’ll sign your autograph later I’m just trying to get a feel of the mountain this week’s mystery is centred around.” I responded with a shrug as I looked over the younger woman. ”You know anything about it?”

“Err, no, I’ve never even heard of the place before this week’s show was announced.” The younger woman responded as she shook her head before glancing in the direction of the mountain. “I wanted to attend last week’s show at Flannen Island but my brother caught Covid and I couldn’t make it.”

”Yeah, I know what that’s like.” I responded as I blew a stray strand of hair out of my eyes thinking back to the ill-fated homecoming tour of 2020 and how I had caught Covid when SCW stopped by England, which was also the last time I visited the British isles appropriately enough. ”I’m guessing you got a negative test?”

“My partner wouldn’t let me make the trip up without it.” She responded before checking her iPhone. “I had better get going, but I’ll see you at the show, right?”

”Well, I am scheduled to challenge for the Bombshell Roulette Title so yeah.” I responded with a nod before the young women went to leave. ”I never caught your name by the way.”

“Oh, right! I’m Andrea.” Andrea responded with a nod as she went to leave the area. “See you around.” She added before leaving the area, I hung around for a bit longer before I stood up and headed back towards my car expecting to see Andrea in her car as I did.

Except my rental car was the only car around, and there were no signs that anyone else had parked in the area! I looked around the area and scratched my head.

”Did she walk here? This loch is in the middle of nowhere.” I wondered to myself before I got in my car, I figured now was as good a time to find a place near the mountain to film my promo because it was at least distracting enough from, well, whatever that was.

Which would get even weirder when I returned to Grantown-On-Spey and upon asking the receptionist about Andrea, I would find that no one fitting her description had checked in, I didn’t have enough time to check the other hotels in the area and The Craig would be long closed for the night by the time I got home so I put that out of my mind for now.

Maybe I’m starting to lose my mind in my old age?

Lohig Ghru, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Monday the 10th of April 2023, 21:30pm

*promo time*

Here we go again.

”The things I do for this promotion, I’ve gone the extra mile for the second match in a row because this time? I’m filming this promo from a fucking mountain pass.” I stated as I panned the camera around the area. ”And I’m only doing it here because I’m ill-equipped for a trip up Ben Macdui so this will have to! But it’ll be worth it when I dethrone Luna Vanity this Sunday on Climax Control.”

This will be good!

”Luna, there’s no way around it, you shocked the world two weeks ago, not only ending your losing streak but dethroning Crystal Caldwell to win your first title! I’ll give credit where it’s due, that’s a hell of a way to stick a middle finger up at anyone who was dismissing you as a failure.” I added as I folded my arms. ”But I do have some veteran advice for you, do with it what you will, winning titles is one thing, defending titles is another and if you don’t believe me? Ask your friend Alexander Raven!” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Or better yet? Take a good, long look over the past ten years of my SCW career!”

Consider this an education.

”If you don’t have time to go over ten years’ worth of wrestling programs, allow me to fill in the blanks!” I added as I started to pace around. ”Four-time Bombshell Roulette Champion, one time Bombshell Internet Champion, three-time SCW Bombshell Tag Team Champion, and people wonder why I got into the Hall of Fame last year! But whilst those accomplishments look impressive on paper, let’s take a closer look at them! My Roulette Title reigns? Only one made it past the first defence, my sole Bombshell Internet Title reign? Ended in a fucking tag team match which, you guessed it, was the first defence, as for the tag title reigns? I don’t even remember the first one with Becky “Ragdoll” Jones when I was part of Venom and Vice, either it’s been a long ten years or the tag team was that forgettable, you make the call! And the reigns with Amy were some of the best times of my career but they were cut short as well.” I added as a grin crept over my face. ”Seeing a pattern yet Luna? It’s less common nowadays but one and done title reigns have happened in SCW before, I was just unfortunate enough to be the most frequent victim of that damn curse! Sorry to have to disappoint you Luna but your reign will be remembered as another one and done defence!”

Shame really.

”Let me just make one thing clear, I’m not here to talk down what you accomplished two weeks ago, there’s no one on the Bombshell Roster who knows how difficult it is to hold onto titles than me and there is part of me that wants to see you be the latest young Bombshell to break that curse.” I added before I shook my head. ”Am I getting soft in my old age? I fucking hope not, I’m only thirty-three! But maybe it’s because I know from first-hand experience how soul crushing it can be! The truth is Luna is that your career got one hell of a shot in the arm when you won that title, retaining it against Bombshells who are eager to test the new champ?”

Just try it!

“That’s a different story entirely, and unfortunately for you, you are looking at a Bombshell who’s been wrestling since most of the roster was learning their ABCs and like that Jackson Five song? Pinning you will be as easy as 1…….2…….3!!!!” I added as I held up my three fingers to drive the point home. ”To anyone who has that song stuck in your head, sorry, not sorry! It’s a guilty pleasure of mine! Luna this is your chance to prove yourself as a champion and if I were you I’d be picking Alexander’s brain as much as I could because whilst he might be an ass, he does know what it takes to retain your newly won title!”

It could save you.

”It could mean the difference between thriving as champion or being seen as a failure! Or as the last young Bombshell I challenged for that title once put it? You’ll either soar higher or be shot down in flames!” I added as I folded my arms under my bust. ”As a Bombshell who’s been there more times than I care to admit? I want to see you succeed with that title, as your challenger? I want to be the one to dethrone you and possibly enter Into the Void XI as a champion! What that will mean for you and Alexandra remains to be seen but I’ll take you both on if it means surviving the first defence for the first time in years! Off course, there is one big obstacle standing in my way of that goal!” I added as I made a fist with my hand that had my Hall of Fame ring on it. ”You!”

Good luck!

”Because trust me Luna, if the rules permit it and I get to bend the rules however I see fit? Then that’s exactly what I’ll do!” I stated as flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Off course, the same applies to you and you proved during your division debut that you can adapt to any scenario that’s thrown in front of you, but I will be out to show that even in my second decade as a wrestler I can still hang with the younger Bombshells and wrestlers in the wider wrestling world! I’d say, “just ask Georgie Robertson” but let’s face it, we’ll be surprised if that choke artist ever shows up again in SCW!”

What a waste.

”I won’t waste another breath on that choke artist so let’s refocus on the one thing we are here to talk about, you, me and the Bombshell Roulette Title!” I added as I made a belt motion around my waist. ”The last time two championships were on the line on the same episode of Climax Control was when you won the title whilst Roxi retained hers in the Main Event, now I couldn’t give a damn about who walks out with the Bombshell Internet Title this Sunday night but if history repeats itself and I dethrone you whilst Melissa retains over Kayla? Well, that would be poetic, wouldn’t it Luna?”

It's that simple.

”You captured lightning in a bottle when you challenged Crystal for the title Luna, the question is, can you do it again when you defend it against another SCW Hall of Famer?” I asked rhetorically as I started making my way down the mountain pass and towards my rental car. ”That’s the question that’ll be on everyone’s lips when Rocky spins the wheel on Sunday and decides what match type we get stuck with, I’ve been around long enough to have seen practically every possible match under the sun come up on that wheel there’s little that can surprise me at this point but there’s one way you can surprise me Luna, retain the title!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”But here’s the thing, anyone who’s seen me wrestle knows how tenacious I am, sometimes that has been to my detriment but other times? Well, I’ll refer you to earlier in the promo when I was listing off my accomplishments in the ring! Who knows Luna? Maybe ten years from now, you’ll be exactly where I am, an old soldier of the Bombshell Division challenging a newcomer who just won her first title?” I asked as I started to leave the area. ”If you do make it this far? Remember to worship your path because nothing else could’ve gotten you to that point but be prepared to be struck like Blood Lightning this Sunday when I take the Bombshell Roulette Title from you! I’ll see you in the ring, at the bar, at the mountain, wherever the Roulette Wheel takes us, so long as it gets me closer to that title!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

5
It had been a long few weeks.

Since I took that bet on myself and signed up for a wrestling event that was happening well before my graduation from Hero Academy I had been training hard at Hell’s Gate alongside Jessie and (unfortunately) Krystal but it was all with one goal in mind, making sure I was ready for the big day!

It’s been four weeks since I left Las Vegas for Grand Junction, Colorado and now I was back, ready to face a challenge that no other graduate had faced, Cassie had faced Keira alone, Sarah had taken on her now with Chelsea, me? I was facing Jessie, Keira and Roxi in a gauntlet match. If I failed just one, that was it, I was going back to square one.

“I’m here.” I called out to the dark academy and glanced around, then the lights came up. It shows the three women in the ring, Jessie, Roxi and Keira. The three look at Harper as Keira says

Keira: It’s time. I hope you got enough training for this. Cause going to be honest with you. We’re not taking it easy on you. AT ALL!

I did my best to hide my nerves under a veil of confidence as I removed my jacket and entered the ring. I watched the three veterans talk amongst themselves before Jessie started the match for them and Team Hero retreated to the outside.

“So, whenever you're………” Jessie didn’t even let me finish as she charged in for a clothesline, my training from my amateur wrestling days kicked in and I ducked the attack before grabbing Jessie’s arm and locking in an arm bar before transitioning into an arm drag.

“Well, at least Whisper’s trained you well.” Jessie commented before she rolled me over and went for a kick, I ducked and we were at a standstill. “But don’t forget, I trained at Hell’s Gate too, kid!”

Keira and Roxi watch as she could see Jessie giving Harper the fight of her life. At the moment, to show that anything could happen, Keira reached out and grabbed Harper’s ankle. She looks up and says

Keira: You took your eye off the ball!

“Oh, we’re playing it like that huh?” I asked with a scoff before Jessie charged in with a dropkick, connecting to the butt of my jaw and sending me rolling to the apron, Jessie went to continue the attack but i could her with a jumping kick before leaping into the ring and hitting Jessie with a DDT spiking my older cousin down, I glanced over at Team Hero and saw that they were chatting amongst themselves and grinned. “What was that about taking your eyes off the ball?” I called out to them before running up the turnbuckle and hitting both members with a flip dive knocking them down.

“Not bad, but maybe take your own advice!” Jessie called back and before I knew it she had floored me with a dive of her own, this time over the top rope. Keira slowly gets up, helping Roxi up at the same time. She sees Jessie entering the ring and Harper slowly getting up, but her back turned. Keira, to show that anything can happen in a match if you’re not careful, goes over and shoves Harper into the turnbuckle post, making sure she hits it, but not getting injured. Keira backs away, giving a smirk from it.

Keira: Always be mindful of your surroundings. Especially in a no-win situation.

Roxi takes the chance and grabs Harper, throwing her back into the ring. I looked up and saw Jessie giving Team Hero a disapproving look, apparently none to thrilled about the outside inference, then I saw the clock.

“One more minute…….” I muttered and the three veterans noticed the clock.

“Huh, so it is.” Jessie commented before grabbing my arm. “Good luck surviving one minute in this!”

It was The Punishment Due, Jessie’s tribute to Megadeth and more specifically, her favorite song by them! But rather than being an amazing Thrash Metal track, it was a Triangle Choke! The same move she had just beat Georgie Robertson with on Climax Control.

But i was out to show that i wasn’t a choke artist like Georgie was, i immediately started fighting the submission hold trying to get out of it lest i gave whoever was coming in next an advantage.

Then the buzzer went off right as I was about to fade, Jessie’s five minutes were up and she released the hold. “Are you still with us, kid?” Jessie asked and I groaned in response. “Okay, who’s up next?”

Roxi goes up to the edge of the ring and enters. She places her hand on Jessie’s shoulder, nodding as Keira looks on. Jessie exits as Keira quickly goes to her, whispering

Keira: I’m sorry for that. But you and I know too well these things happen, sadly. I’ll make it up to the both of you.

I overheard Jessie and Keira talking as I used the ring ropes to pull myself up, Roxi waited for the timer to reset before she went right at me but acting on instinct I dropped the top rope down at the last second sending Roxi to the outside, by this point Jessie and Keira had left the ring and rather than dive out after Roxi i opted to follow her out finding her leaning against the ring steps in a seating position! I delivered some martial arts kicks to Roxi whilst she was down but on the last one? Roxi moved at the last second and I kicked the steel steps.

“FUCK ME THAT HURT!” I groaned as the sharp pain shot up through my leg, Roxi wasted little time in throwing me back into the ring and whilst I could still move about, I was hobbling on that leg, I bet Whisper would be none to pleased about this! Keira and Jessie would come back, seeing that 2 minutes were left. Roxi looks at Harper and slowly grabs her by the hair. She gives her a hard DDT to knock Harper down. Roxi slowly climbs up and sees Harper still down. She wastes time, but still launches the Ray of Hope and hits Harper with it. Before she could pin, time was up. Keira sighs as she knew she was next. She looks at Jessie and nods, knowing that this won’t be easy. Keira rolls under as Roxi rolls out. She looks down at the prone Harper, saying

Keira: Are you still with us? Cause you still got me….

I grit my teeth as I felt the pain in my leg and pretty much had to use Keira’s outfit to pull myself up at this point because it was the closest thing I had.

“Oh yeah? Let’s see how you like this!” Without hesitation I tripped Keira up and locked her in the elevated knee bar submission that I had developed, on the Suplex Island app I had called it “Sorry About Your knee” because I didn’t have an official name for it, but I was now calling it the Slaytanic Panic.

And i didn’t even care if i was using my bad leg to apply the hold because I was running on adrenaline at that point! Keira does groan at this, but she turns herself slowly to see the flaw in it. She takes the leg that was free and positions it. She takes her foot and kicks Harper’s bad leg a few times to get out of it. Keira was in a bit of pain, but she stands and grabs Harper by the hair. She takes her foot and hits Seven Sins on Harper, the edge of her boot accidentally cutting Harper’s forehead. Keira could be seen muttering a “Shit!” in a mouthful tone because of it, Jessie seeing it, knowing Keira didn’t mean to. She looks down to see if Harper was bleeding cause of it

As soon as the Seven Sins hit I could tell that Keira had cut my forehead open, of course as a martial artist I knew that getting kicked in the head was not fun but on the other hand? Yeah, I was bleeding! Not heavily but still bleeding quite a bit.

I glanced at the clock and saw that there was just under a minute left, I pulled myself up to my feet and returned the favor with my own Taekwondo style kick to Keira spinning her around! At that point I grabbed Keira’s arms and hit her with the Ripcord Cutter that I had named the Crowd Killer, but as I spun her around into the ripcord I saw that my kick had cut her open as well.

Remembering the horror stories I had heard from Cassie’s match? I went for the Slaytanic Panic again, this time out of a panic. Keira could see her own blood dripping. She looks and before she could try to hit her finisher, Keira backs away and slaps Harper across the face. She rushes, grabbing Harper by the head, bouncing off the ropes and hitting the Deadly Sin. 20 seconds left, Keira doesn’t go for the pin, instead, she grabs Harper’s legs and wraps them, getting ready. She looks down and says to Harper

Keira: It’s over….

Keira turns and locks in the sharpshooter, making sure Harper was near the middle of the ring, I could see the time above me just under twenty seconds left, I wasn’t about to be the first student to fail their first graduation match, leg pain or no leg pain, blood or no blood.

Somehow I managed to get one leg free and kicked Keira's leg to knock her off balance. She still had a grip on my bad leg though and I kept kicking away.

Right when it seemed hopeless? The buzzer went off, I had survived the full five minutes. Keira finally lets go and stands. She leans down, helping Harper up as Roxi and Jessie get in the ring to help as well. They help Harper to the ring ropes, letting her out as they all were now on the floor, standing. Keira smiles, saying

Keira: Sorry for going all out like that. We’ll fix you up. Congrats, kid. You passed. You’re now a graduate of Hero Academy as well as the first woman to survive three of the best women in Wrestling History!

“Somehow I doubt they’ll be students lining up to be the first to beat four of the best, or even five!” I joked as I tried my best to not put weight on my bad leg, my wrestling career was in front of me, but I still had one last thing to do. “My parents’ funeral is tomorrow, I bet that will make this look like child’s play.”

Keira: You got this. You’re one of the strongest trainees I have ever had the honor of training.

Roxi: Agreed.

Keira: Just be careful tomorrow. That’s all I ask

Harper nods on this as the scene fades

6
Climax Control Archives / “Wasted.”
« on: March 21, 2023, 07:07:35 AM »
(Kat and Whisper were used with permission from their handler)

Blaze of Glory XI didn’t end the way Jessie had hoped as Devona got the win after a close match, albeit with interference from Teddy Warren but now Jessie had other things on her mind, namely the upcoming Unsolved Mysteries tour which also happened to be hosting this year's Blast from the Past Tournament! Jessie effectively announced her retirement from the tournament when it was announced but that didn’t mean that Jessie wasn’t in action at the first show of the cycle.

And her opponent was the woman who challenged Crystal Zdunich for the Bombshell Roulette Title in Jessie’s place, Georgie Robertson! Georgie put up a tenacious fight against the Hall of Famer which ended in failure as Crystal was still champion and set to defend against Kim Pain in the near future! Can Jessie go two for two against Georgie?

Whisper’s home. Palisade, Grand Junction, Colorado
Monday the 20th of March 2023, 09:00am

Just when you thought you knew a person.

I thought the drama surrounding Blaze of Glory would begin and end with Harper’s situation, instead? Things got out of hand almost as quickly as the show began, from Krystal joining The Saviours and everything that surrounded that drama and my defeat at Devona’s hands (no thanks to Teddy Warren) Blaze of Glory XI proved to be a rather impactful event! Then again, it is an SCW PPV, what more can I expect?

Since then, me and Harper have been staying in Colorado with Whisper so we can train at her Hell’s Gate gym, the fact that Krystal has been training here since she turned her back on the Go Gym hasn’t been lost on us but to the Aussie’s credit she’s gone out of her way to be cordial towards us during our stay, whether that was out of respect for Whisper or just good old-fashioned pragmatism was anyone’s guess.

Off course, I had other things on my mind, the first card for the new cycle was announced yesterday and I’d almost be tempted to call my rematch with Georgie Robertson a grudge match.

Georgie has had an interesting year so far, she started it off with a massive upset win over Roxi Johnson at Inception VI, a win that she was able to parley into a Roulette Title Match at Blaze of Glory and, well, the fact that she isn’t listed as champion should tell you how that went for her! But why do I have a grudge against the kid? Simple, I had earned a shot at the Bombshell Roulette Championship at the start of the Blaze of Glory Cycle and I was under the impression that my match against Eaven Maloney was for a shot at Blaze of Glory, instead? I main evented the Climax Control that took place two weeks later, which I lost.

In other words, I feel that Georgie was gift wrapped a title shot for a fluke win and the results speak for themselves, if I had challenged Crystal for the title then Kim Pain would be gearing up to challenge me for the title instead.

Wrestling is full of moments like these, where you sit around and ask yourself “what if?”.

”Morning Titan.” I greeted the puppy as he stood up and greeted me with a wagging tail, as Whisper and Kat owned several dogs of their own (all Rottweilers) me, Harper and Krystal had been allowed to bring up our dogs with us, the three Golden Labs and one German Shepherd were all sleeping downstairs whilst Titan slept in my guest bedroom as he was the smallest of the bunch, then again, by this point he was almost full grown and whilst there were definitely bigger dog breeds out there, Titan was by no means a small dog. ”You have a good sleep boy?” I asked the puppy who jumped around happily.

”Jess, are you decent?” Harper’s voice rang out as I stroked the dog and I shook my head as I looked down at the night gown I had slept in. ”Whisper’s about to put breakfast on.”

”Tell her that I just woke up and will be downstairs in a couple of minutes.” I called back to Harper before I lead Titan to the door to let him out so I could get some privacy, Harper, being the dog lover she was, was all too happy to se Titan as she stroked the dog. ”Any word from this week’s Blast from the Past competitors?” I asked after I got dressed and Harper shook her head.

”I didn’t see anything but then again, it’s still early in the week, Krystal has made it abundantly clear that she plans to put the rest of the Bombshell Roster on notice at Climax Control though.” Harper explained as she shook her head and I nodded with a frown, even though we had been living with the Aussie since she joined The Saviours Krystal hadn’t exactly been forthcoming about just what was going through her mind when she attacked Cassie and Ariana. ”She was kind enough to gift me one of the gaming pcs she brought with the fine money though, just need a chance to get it set up.”

”I’ll see if I can find time to help out with that but I’ve got a flight to British Columbia to catch later, I had never even heard of the first stop on the tour before but according to the bosses it was featured on Unsolved Mysteries.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper nodded as she hot the idea. ”I know it’s a city in Canada but it’s not like it’s one of Canada’s wrestling hot spots like Calgary or Toronto.”

”Yeah, and it’s not like Canada’s a small country either.” Harper nodded in agreement before she stood aside to let Titan head down the stairs since, well, he was still a growing puppy and needed his food. ”I’m just waiting to pop bye the bakery again, Tommy did say that he was getting a new delivery in.”

Ahh yes, Tommy, ever since me and Harper had come up to Colorado last week Harper had been visiting a local bakery over in Grand Junction alongside Hell’s Gate, it wasn’t until Friday that I had accompanied her to the bakery and saw her getting flustered whilst talking to a male member of the bakery’s staff who happened to be around the same age as her.

I had been around the block enough times to recognise the signs of young love and to be fair? Tommy was a good-looking kid, not ripped like the majority of the guys who work for SCW but I doubted that most parents would object to their daughter bringing him home to meet them, obviously Harper was an exception to that because, well, her parents had been dead for three weeks now but you get the idea

Harper off course, tried to deny it, Tommy was hardly her first boyfriend and I suspected that the fact that her last relationship ended when she found her boyfriend in bed with three cheerleaders didn’t help, but she wasn’t getting that past me. ”Tommy again huh?” I asked with a teasing tone and Harper quickly regretted bringing him up. ”I’m sure you are looking forward to tripping over your words again.”

”I told you Jess, I don’t have a crush on him and he’s not my boyfriend!” Harper adamantly asserted himself not realizing that two other older women were right behind her. ”He’s just a boy who happens to be my friend! That’s it!”

“And we’ve heard that same story told a hundred times Harper.” Kat Jones teased her and Harper, already a little jumpy from how flustered she was getting, nearly jumped out of her skin before we saw Kat and Whisper standing behind us with amused looks on their faces. “It’s honestly kinda adorable.”

”I’m going to keep saying this until I’m blue in the face, aren’t I?” Harper sighed in annoyance and I shared an amused look with the other two older women, at least the smell of delicious cooked food was enough to break Harper’s train of thought. ”Breakfast is ready already?”

“Why do you think we came up here.” Whisper nodded in response as she motioned towards the stairs. “You an either argue about how much you like Tommy or you can go downstairs before breakfast goes cold, your choice Harper.”

”Is there really a choice?” Harper asked before sighing in resignation before we followed them downstairs.

I wouldn’t stay at Whisper’s home for long once I had breakfast in me as I had a flight to catch soon afterwards, Harper still wasn’t feeling up to attending wrestling events due to the recent events in her life combined with the fact that she needed to train for the graduation match but one thing was certain, she wasn’t about to see me taste defeat again.

Jessie’s hotel room, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Monday the 20th of March 2023, 17:00pm

I’ll give Kelowna this, for a city I’ve never even heard off before, it’s a nice enough place.

However the main draw of this week’s show (not counting the show itself off course) was the lake where the mystery was centred around, I had gotten the basic information from a tweet by HB Carter and well, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it.

The mystery in question was the Ogopogo, a mysterious water creature that apparently inhabited Lake Okanagan and had convinced the locals so much that they had it put on the Endangered Species list, so far, so good right?

The lake itself was pretty fucking big and honestly? Pretty beautiful, it was surrounded by gardens, wineries and had boats that you could rent to go out onto the lake itself, now, did I encounter in Ogopogo there? No, guess that species is endangered for a reason, but I was tempted to take some pictures and send them to Shane, Jake and Harper to show them what they were missing (as Jake and Shane was busy looking after Harper’s kid siblings back in Vegas) but there was one slight problem with that idea.

In all my excitement to get to the lake and check it out? I had left my phone in my hotel room, which was even more glaring because I did remember to take my phone charger and cable with me to make sure that I wouldn’t have to worry about battery life.

Granted it was only a fifteen-minute drive from Kelowna to the lake but it was still an annoyance.

”Of all the fucking trips to leave my phone behind for.” I grumbled as I returned to my hotel room and quickly found my phone on the desk next to my laptop, fortunately it still had decent charge even after I had taken the cable with me but knowing how long I was planning to spend of my return trip to the lake at, well, the lake I knew it was better to be safe than sorry, translation? I was going to let it fully charge before plugging the phone into my charger and leaving with all three items.

Knowing that that would give me a bit of alone time I took the opportunity to check on my Twitter feed and I had to laugh, Harper kept finding ways to push herself further down the rabbit hole as it related to whether she had feelings for Tommy and it had gotten to the point that Kim, Mac and Keira had gotten in on the conversation, the main takeaway I got was that Mac and Kim were really overprotective of the younger talents since they planned to check out Tommy to see if he was right for the kid and had already done so with Miles and Carter.

Granted Miles was a wrestler whilst Tommy’s only connection to wrestling was his fandom but still, and it did make me wonder if they would’ve given Shane the same treatment when I started dating him, just as a reminder? Me and Shane started dating during my second year in Sin City Wrestling, back when I was twenty-three years old and hadn’t turned into the cynical bitch you know and (mostly) love today.

Before I could dwell on that any further though a Facebook messenger call came through and when I saw it was Harper I answered it. ”Hey Jess, how was the lake?” Harper greeted me once I answered the call and I grinned in response.

”Well, I didn’t think such a picturesque place would be the setting for such a weird mystery but here we go! I might rent a boat and go out to the middle of the lake to cut my promo on Georgie to be honest.” I admitted with a grin before I looked at my phone. ”But I think the bigger question is, how’s Tommy?”

Harper closed her eyes for a moment and sighed, I did wonder if she was planning to keep the ruse up for as long as she remained in Colorado and if she did have feelings for Tommy, whether it would be a long-time thing or not considering how far Vegas was from Colorado. ”I argued enough times about that on Twitter that I’m pretty sure the whole wrestling world is convinced that I’m interested in Tommy in that way and since I’m currently at Hell’s Gate, I don’t want to get into a verbal argument either.” Harper responded as she turned the phone around to show the training facility. ”Whisper granted me a fifteen minute break to call you and I’m not about to waste it.”

”Probably a good call but honestly Harp? What’s stopping you from pursuing Tommy if you do have a crush on? Hypothetically speaking.” I asked Harper and she paused to think about her answer. ”He’s young, good looking, around your age, seems like a sweet kid, what’s not to love?”

”Well, as much as I’d hate using that as an excuse, I’m still reeling over my parents’ deaths. For one thing, but even without that in mind?” Harper asked as she brushed a stray strand of hair over her shoulder. ”What if he’s gay? Or taken? I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being gay since I’m still bi-curious and all but that would destroy any chance I had at dating him, and I’m not about to play home wrecker either.”

”I at least understanded the point about your parents, I’ve seen for myself how badly that’s affected you, as for the other stuff?” I asked before shifting my weight. ”Whisper’s been using that bakery for years and she’s been straight with us since we arrived at Hell’s Gate, pun not intended, do you think she’d lead you on like this if she knew that Tommy was off the table for either of those reasons?”

“Your right, I wouldn’t.” Whisper chimed in as she stepped into view and Harper winced. “I understand why your saying that Harper but trust me, he’s good to go, if your interested in dating him that is.”

”No comment.” Harper responded bashfully and it was still as adorable as ever, was I like that when I was her age? Been so long that I’ve honestly forgotten. ”And then there’s the issue of long-distance relationships.”

“Shane was living in Florida when we made the connection and he dropped everything to move to Vegas.” I responded with a reassuring grin and Harper did seem at ease with that. ”Look, the worst thing that can happen is that he says no, there’s plenty more fish in the sea Harp and with your looks? You’ll find someone who loves you in that way eventually.”

”Maybe, for now I just want to focus on my training and getting the funeral over and done with ASAP.” Harper admitted and I nodded sympathetically before Whisper took the phone from her. ”Oh sure, take the phone from me.”

“Sorry Harp, but I will keep this brief.” Whisper apologized before she turned her attention to me. “I know she’s been on her best behaviour since joining The Saviours but keep an eye on Krystal at Climax Control all the same, I can’t really get a read on her motives or plans right now.”

”As a wrestler who snapped in the past? It can be hard to gage what’s going through their minds, and that’s without taking into account that Krystal got an autism diagnosis during her second year as a Bombshell.” I responded as I shook my head and Whisper nodded in agreement. ”In my case, it was the stress of all my World Title campaigns failing to get the result I wanted, in Krystal’s case? Maybe it’s something similar, like not being able to follow up that record breaking reign with another in the months that followed.”

“Could be, no one can deny that she had a lot of pressure on her shoulders after the Roulette Title Reign ended.” Whisper nodded in agreement before she called Harper over. “I’ll see what I can do here at Hell’s Gate but Krystal’s leaving for Canada first thing in the morning, my time is growing short I’m afraid.”

”Do what you can, until then I’ve got a lake to take pictures off.” I responded as I held up my phone to the laptop’s webcam and once I said my goodbyes to Harper I was soon off.

Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
Monday the 20th of March 2023, 18:00pm

Well, at least this time I remembered to bring my phone with me.

Then again considering Kelowna’s in a coastal region of British Columbia I had to admit that there was plenty of ocean pics that I could’ve taken along the way but at the end of he day? The lake that the whole show was based around was my main destination.

And I’m sure the bosses would host the show in the middle of the lake if they could find away to make it work logistically, especially since I doubted most of the roster wanted to swim out to the ring for their matches on Sunday.

As I finished taking pictures of the local scenery I sat down at a nearby bench to go over my camerawork, not exactly professional photography but the pictures came out clear enough for the most part.

”Taking these pictures was the easy part, the hard part will be deciding which ones to upload to Social Media and send to Harp, Jake and Shane.” I muttered to myself as I looked through the pictures on my iPhone’s camera roll not really taking any notice of the world around me, at least until an older couple walked by me and shook their heads.

“Another millennial glued to their phones rather than enjoying the natural beauty around them.” The old woman scoffed and I glanced up at them, I know I look a decade younger than I actually am but to mistake me for a millennial? “No wonder the world’s going to crap.”

”Blaming young people of their phones for the world’s problems rather than literally anything else is certainly a flex.” I deadpanned as I glanced up at the older couple catching their attention. ”Especially when I was going over the pictures I was taking on my phone of the surroundings! Also? I’m thirty-three, I’m a little too old to qualify for being a millennial.” I added and the older man held his hands up apologetically.

“Apologies miss, we meant you no harm.” The guy apologised and I just shook my head in response. “And I must say, you don’t look a day over twenty three.”

”Yeah, I’ve heard that before.” I responded as I rolled my eyes before pocketing my phone. ”Look, you guys probably guessed it already thanks to my accent but I’m an American tourist trying to find out more information on the local legend of the lake.” I added before checking my phone to make sure that I had the correct pronunciation. ”Ogopogo?”

“Well, you came to the right place, the Ogopogo lives in the lake, at least according to local legend.” The old woman informed me and I nodded as I got the idea. “Anything specific you want to know miss?”

”Just call me Jessie or Jess, but never Jessica, I never liked the sound of my full first name.” I responded before I stood up and walked over to them, the old guy was at least a foot taller than me whilst his wife didn’t look much taller than me, part of me was wondering if I was talking to an older, Canadian version of me and Shane but I set those thoughts aside for the moment. ”I just want some general information on the creature, I’m also doing some promo work for the company I work for.”

“Oh, you work for a tourism agency?” The old guy assumed and I didn’t feel like correcting him at the moment, wrestling may be big in Canada but I doubted that it was a universal thing. “Well Jessie, I don’t know what I could tell you that you couldn’t find via a Google search but the Ogopogo is a 50ft sea serpent with dark, smooth skin, a body thicker than a telephone pole and it moves at incredible speeds with an incredibly powerful tail.”

Wasn’t quite sure what to make of that description, it almost sounded like a rejected boss for a video game to me in all honesty. ”That’s all well and good, but what can you tell me about the history behind the creature?” I asked as I glanced out towards the lake. ”Because I bet a story like that dates back to before Canada was settled.”

“You’d be correct, it has it’s origins in First Nations folklore, our version of your Native Americans.” The old woman nodded in response and I found myself lost in thought for a moment, the lake was big, but could it really host a creature of that size? “These days the Ogopogo has a role in the commercial and media representation of the area.”

Off course it does. ”Leave it to capitalism to try to monetise an old folk tale.” I scoffed ass I shook my head before I folded my arms. ”I think I’ve got all the info I need, my bosses at SCW should be happy at least.”

“SCW? Oh my stars, we’ve been talking to Jessie Salco this whole time?!” The old man realised and when I glanced over at them they both had big grins on their faces. “Apologies Jessie but our grandchildren are big fans of SCW and you specifically, do you think you can sign an autograph for them?”

”Wouldn’t want to disappoint my young fans.” I said with a shrug before I signed their autographs, before they went on their way however I had one question. ”So, I’m interested in renting a boat to go out into the lake for my promo shoot, what’s the going rate?”

“Depends of how long you plan to rent it for but the cheapest you can go for is just under $530.” The old guy informed me and I nodded, about ten years ago I would’ve balked at paying that much for a promo shoot but I’ve saved up a good amount of money over the past eleven years. “Sorry if you were hoping for something a bit cheaper but you get what you paid for.”

”I suppose so, and it’s fine, I’ve got quite a bit of spending money on me.” I responded as I shook my head and the older couple nodded before we went our separate ways, if this was how the first show of the cycle was going then I couldn’t wait to see how the tour was going to progress.

Out in the middle of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
Monday the 20th of March 2023, 19:00pm

*promo time*

$600 Canadian Dollars well spent.

”I have to admit,  when SCW announced that the theme for the first tour of the year would be Unsolved Mysteries, I didn’t really know what to think off the bosses basing their tour around their night of binge watching Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix! Especially when I found out that the first stop had nothing to do with any murder mysteries and more to do with a local folklore tale.” I admitted as I walked around the boat thankful to the other boat renter for agreeing to film my promo for me. ”But here I am out in the middle of Lake Okanagan, apparently the home of the subject of the first subject of this tour the Sea Serpent Ogopogo and whilst I doubt that something as big as that thing could realistically live in a lake even as big as this, there’s one thing that I have no doubts in my mind about, Georgie Robertson is the biggest example of wasted potential in the company’s recent history!”

Here we go.

”Am I being harsh on the kid? Even by my standards? No, when I was her age I won the Bombshell Roulette Title on my first try all the way back at Blaze of Glory II, Georgie on the other hand came up short against Crystal whatever her name is this week!” I added as I shook my head before leaning against the edge of the boat. ”I’m sure some people will say that fighting Crystal for the title is very different from wrestling Alexis Morrison and Faith for the gold but my point still stands for one reason, this is the same girl who kicked off the year with the upset of the fucking century! This is the same girl who beat Roxi Johnson in a match that everyone assumed that Roxi had in the bag from the moment it was announced!”

What a waste.

”And if the past few weeks have proven anything, it’s that Georgie’s win over Roxi was a fluke and that it’s unlikely to happen again if they do meet up in the ring.” I stated as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”You can probably imagine my reaction to the news that I would be facing Georgie on the first show of the cycle just based on what I’ve spent the past couple of minutes talking about alone but trust me when I say that I have a lot more to talk about as I relates to Georgie.” I added before glaring at the camera. ”In fact? Let’s start with the elephant in the room, the fact that you got the title match at Blaze of Glory XI that should’ve been mine.”

And they call me entitled.

”And before anyone points it out, I’m well aware of my history with title matches and ones that I haven’t exactly earned, well this is one of the few instances that I can say I earned a title match folks! I beat Crystal’s sister in law Eaven to earn that shot and was lead to believe that it would take place at Blaze of Glory! Instead, it took place at the third show of the cycle and in the main event no less! And trust me, if I had won the title from she of many names I’d be taking a very different tone to this promo!” I added as I started to pace around again. ”But you Georgie? Your match against Roxi wasn’t for a title match and frankly? With all due respect to the Bombshell Roulette Division, if Roxi was competing for a chance at the title I’d be wondering what she did to piss off the bosses enough to get demoted that badly!”

One shot, one opportunity.

”You only got that title match because of a fluke Georgie and before you ask “how was my win over Roxi a fluke?” Georgie? Your planned match against Mercedes Vargas got cancelled, your non-title match against Amber Ryan may have showed you to be a tenacious competitor but you still lost and off course, I’ve already talked about the match against Crystal at length, after all, I was one of the Lumberjills hanging around the ringside area.” I stated as flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Trust me Georgie, I want you to prove me wrong because I was in the same situation ten years ago when I won my first title in SCW! I had to prove to my peers that I wasn’t a fluke, sadly I never got the chance because two other Bombshells just had to get involved in my first defence and throw me in a dumpster, no I’m not being metaphorical, that was the literal stipulation that the wheel stuck me with! Ironically one of those Bombshells would end up becoming one of my best friends in the business and inducted me into the Hall of Fame last year but that’s another story!” I added before pausing. ”Or is it?” I asked as I held up my ring finger that had my Hall of Fame ring on it. ”You see this Georgie?”

Take a good long hard look at it.

”I was in your spot ten years ago and this is the culmination of ten years of hard work, determination, blood, sweat and tears! Most Bombshells  would’ve quit if their first title reign ended like mine and this is the reward I go for sticking by it for a little over ten years.” I added before putting that hand in my pocket. ”I bring it up because if you don’t let your failure to capture singles gold get you down? This could be you ten years from now, a respected Bombshell, a Hall of Famer, a multiple time champion, all you need to do is put the work in Georgie and trust me, I’ll be the test you need to see if you can cut it in the ring! Whether or not your tenacity brings you closer to your second win of the year or makes you eat another defeat remains to be seen, doesn’t it?”

We’ll see, won’t we?

”This is why I get so angry when I see Bombshells get opportunities that could’ve been mine only to waste them, the fact that I actually earned the shot we’re talking about just adds more fuel to my fire!” I added before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”No one’s denying that your talented Georgie, they’d be a fool to do so at this point let’s be honest! But at the same time? You’ve had a roller coaster of a rookie year, you’ve had your highs like your two title matches on PPV and your lows like most other matches you’ve had in SCW, consider this an ultimatum, get your shit sorted out or you won’t be long for the company, trust me kid, I’ve worked for SCW for over a decade, I’ve seen more Bombshells like you come and go than I care to count, either grab the brass ring or fall by the wayside!”

It’s that simple.

”What this match ultimately boils down to is who should’ve gotten that title match at Blaze of Glory, in other words? I’m going to show the bosses that they shouldn’t have wasted that opportunity on you Georgie!” I added as I folded my arms. ”That’s right, wasted, if only they had realised just how much of a fluke your win over Roxi was, maybe we could’ve avoided this whole drama? But they didn’t and we are in this situation, and if the past few weeks didn’t prove my point about you being a fluke Georgie? Then this match will go a long way to doing just that!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”After all Georgie, I beat you once, what’s to stop me from repeating history?” I asked hypothetically as I leaned against the side of the boat. ”And don’t say you because we both know that’s a bold-faced lie! This might be my first match of the cycle but trust me kid, the ending won’t differ from how our first match ended in the slightest because once I strike you like Blood Lightning? I’ll be back to my old winning ways whilst you be back to being the fluke you are! See you on Sunday kid.”

I got my iPhone back from my unofficial cameraman and turned off the video as the scene fades.

7
(Whisper was used with permission from Kat)

I didn’t think Blaze of Glory XI could get more dramatic than the week leading up to the event, boy was I wrong.

Between Krystal turning her back on her friends and joining The Saviours (effectively being banned from the Go Gym in the process) and Teddy Warren costing Jess the match against Devona it was definitely an interesting show that made me wonder what the next cycle had in store for the Bombshell Roster.

Then again, if there was one thing I could take away from the lead up to Blaze of Glory, it’s the murder of my parents.

But alas, their funeral is set for the first week of April and I’ll be doing an eulogy for the event, I guess if nothing else it’ll be good practice for cutting promos in front of crowds for when I graduate from Hero Academy which is why me and Jess have been spending the past week here at Hell’s Gate in Colorado, I knew I needed to be prepared for the gauntlet against Jessie, Roxi and Keira but I also knew that training with the same girls wouldn’t truly prepare me for the challenge ahead of me in two weeks’ time.

But I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t the only benefit my time at Hell’s Gate had on me.

”Okay, another day, another training session.” I commented as I got out of Jessie’s rent car and turned to her, the Hell’s Gate parking lot was pretty big and it didn’t look like the rest of the students were here yet, Saviours members or not. ”And hopefully a day that’ll be a lot less painful than sparring against Whisper.”

”Again, I did warn you that agreeing to that sparring match was going to end painfully.” Jessie reminded me and I rolled my eyes before I adjusted the beanie hat that I was wearing today, I’ll worry about any hat hair later. ”Actually? I wanted to ask you something Harp.” Jessie added and I turned to her, ”It’s been three weeks, how have you been doing?”

I should’ve seen this coming really, I’ve been trying to persevere since my parents were murdered but I’d be lying if I said that it was easy, I let out a sigh as I leaned against the car’s bonnet. ”I’m definitely past the “five stages of grief” phase but it’s been hard, there’s no real point in denying that! But training here has helped me in one way.” I added and Jessie motioned for me to elaborate. ”It’s helped me get my confidence back.”

”Your confidence?” Jessie asked with a confused look on her face before it hit her. ”Your talking about the fact that you were training at Hero Academy when it happened, aren’t you?”

”I don’t know if I would’ve made any difference if I had stayed home that day, but my confidence took a massive hit in the days that followed their deaths.” I elaborated with a sad sigh as I folded my arms. ”Signing myself up for Suplex Island II was part me betting on myself and part me trying to get that confidence in my abilities back, but whilst that helped? Training here over the past week helped me the most.”

“And I’m glad to hear it.” We glanced up upon realizing that Whisper had just showed up for the day and it didn’t take me long to realize that she had heard everything. “As tragic as their deaths were, you have to move past it sometime.”

”I know, just didn’t think it’d take me coming down to Colorado for it to happen.” I nodded in responded with a nod as I turned to the retired wrestler. ”Truth is? I was hoping that my parents would be present for my first ever match, they had finally come around to the idea of me as a wrestler on the day they were killed which just makes it all the more tragic.” I added before I wiped a tear from my eyes at which point Whisper put a comforting hand on my shoulder.

“Never forget that your parents can see you. Hear you. They are always with you.” Whisper assured me and I glanced up at the much older woman. “They are proud of the woman you are becoming little one. And here you have family that will be there for you and it extends to beyond those you have seen so far.” Whisper added and I let a small smile creep onto my face as I heard her comforting words.

”You really do see something in Harp, don’t you?” Jessie chimed in with a grin and we turned to her. ”That explains how we didn’t have to pay anything to train here at least.”

“I see something in both of you, otherwise I never would’ve invited you and Harper up to Colorado.” Whisper explained and that did seem to make sense now that I thought back over the past week. “Harper is showing that Keira and Roxi were right when they saw something in her and whilst you have been wrestling for over a decade Jessie, you have shown that you are still willing to learn new tricks.”

”As long as those tricks aren’t “roll over” I’m not complaining.” I joked getting a chuckle out of the two older women. ”But thanks for the kind words Whisper, I feel more ready than ever to jump into the wrestling world now.”

“You will make a great champion one day Harper and don’t you forget it.” Whisper nodded in agreement before motioning to the Hell’s Gate building. “So then, shall we get started?”

”Never thought you’d ask!” I responded before we followed Whisper into the building.

8
It’s been three days, when the fuck is this nightmare going to end?!

Friday started off so well, my parents had finally come around to the idea that wrestling was my future, the trainers at Hero Academy had nothing but praise for how well I was doing as I prepared for my graduation match and my fellow students were excited to see another student graduate after it had been so long since Sarah graduated.

Then those two police officers arrived at the academy asking for me and my world came crashing down.

It’s been three days since my parents were murdered and it was still taking time to process, Keira wasn’t even allowing me to return to Hero Academy until the time was right but neither of us knew when that was going to be and, my graduation match had been put on hold indefinitely and Keira pretty much told me that it would happen the moment I was ready to return to Hero Academy, but at this rate? I’ll probably turn nineteen long before that happens.

I must’ve fallen asleep on the couch whilst watching TV last night because that was where I was when I woke up, not in the guest bedroom I had picked out but rather staring at the living room ceiling and with a blanket over me.

Said blanket was promptly thrown off when I sat up with a start, a look of panic on my face for a brief second as it sunk in.

“Hey, hey, easy there Harp.” Shane calmed me down when he saw me sit up abruptly  I didn’t exactly need a mirror to know that my hair and clothes were a mess but Jessie’s husband still brought me a hot drink. “You’ve been through a lot, no one’s blaming you for crashing on the couch.”

”I get that, it’s just something I’ve never done in the past eighteen years I’ve been alive.” I responded before taking the hot drink from Shane and taking a sip. ”That hit the spot!”

“It’s my hot chocolate recipe, it always helped Jess whenever she lost a title, logic dictates it would help you in a far more serious situation.” Shae nodded in understanding before  I took another sip. “And if nothing else, you got your first full eight hours since the incident.”

”Never taking those for granted again, that’s for sure.” I sighed as I glanced down at my cup and then set it down on the table. ”There’s still part of me that’s waiting for this fucking nightmare to end, but I know that’s wishful thinking.”

“It’s been tough on all of us Harp, you should’ve seen Jake’s face when we were told what happened, his heart broke for you kid.” Shane sighed in response as he sat down on the chair opposite the couch I had been sleeping on. “Though my and Jessie have been wondering if you were going to return to Hero Academy once all is said and done.”

”I’ve been thinking about that since I moved in, but I think it goes without saying that the impending funeral costs are at the forefront of my mind, but I will finish my training.” I sighed before I took another sip from the hot chocolate. ”It’s what my parents would want, the sad irony is that the last morning I saw them alive? They went out of their way to stress how proud they were of me for following my dreams, after months of being against it, they had finally turned around and were fully supportive of me following Jessie into wrestling.” I let out a sad sigh as a wiped away a tear from my eye. ”Now they’ll never get to see me wrestle my first ever match, and for what? Some thugs could try to score some drugs using whatever money my parents had in the house?!” I sobbed again as I lowered my head. ”It’s not fair! This shit is not fucking fair!”

”Trust me when I say this kid, it’s better to let it all out now than to keep it welled up inside.” Jessie’s voice rang out and we glanced up seeing Jessie come down the stairs. ”I know you want to be strong for the kids, but you’re just going to do yourself more damage in the long run..”

”You were listening to that whole rant, weren’t you Jess?” I asked in a low voice and Jessie nodded to confirm it before she joined us in the living room. ”First Kata breaks her leg and now this, I just know 2023 is going to be a shit year for me at this rate!”

”You don’t know that for certain, it’s up to you to turn this year around, remember that.” Jessie reminded me and I let out a deep breath as I realized that my second cousin was right. ”And even after you, the kids and the dogs move out? We’ll be here for you no matter what.”

”You have no idea how much I needed to hear that, thanks Jess.” I sighed before Jess passed me a hairbrush so I could at least fix my hair. ”I’d better go get changed into some fresh clothes.”

“Good idea.” Shane responded with a nod before a headed upstairs to get changed, though I did overhear them talking one last time beforehand. “Do you think she’s going to be okay once all is said and done?”

”Way too early to tell, that rant was a classic case of the “anger” stage of grief, not I fucking blame her.” Jessie responded as she shook her head before she retrieved the blanket that had inadvertently thrown onto the floor earlier. ”One of these days I’m going to ask you for that Hot Chocolate recipe.”

“And maybe I’ll give it.” Shane responded and for the first time in a couple of days, I managed a slight laugh before I headed into my guest bedroom to get changed.

9
Character Building Roleplays / Wounds of War, a Harper and Jessie RP
« on: February 14, 2023, 08:21:29 PM »
I never wanted this to happen.

Me and the Polish twins enrolled at Hero Academy about a month apart from each other but my life would quickly become entangled  theirs as I pretty much became their babysitter once their attitude and behaviour problems became known! Kata was the worse of the two with Aniela being more of a follower than anything else but I soon learned that they were nice girls once you got past their issues.

And I’d be the last one to admit it but I was developing a crush on Kata! It didn’t hurt that she was an out lesbian and I had been bi-curious for years! The incident last week may have been the final nail in the coffin of any relationship we could’ve had anyway but we were still friends.

Which is what makes Kata’s injury during training hurt even more.

I had been working with Kata over the past few weeks to prepare for my graduation match in two months’ time as she was one of the few trainees who could keep up with me in the ring at this point, during one such sparing session I suggested a spot where Kata would run up the turnbuckle after a failed charge and execute a backflip, either landing on her feet or hitting a moonsault press! It worked perfectly the first time around and it became a fixture of Kata’s sparring matches.

Only yesterday? She landed wrong and broke her leg, it should go without saying but she was in no shape to continue training after that injury and it was a mystery as to whether she would be able to return to training after her recovery time or if she would have to give up on her wrestling dream! All because I suggested a cool spot for her!

Yeah, I’ve been feeling pretty crappy since she suffered her injury! Hell the other students at Hero Academy have been feeling that way since the injury happened because whilst she was a troublemaker, no one wanted to see that happen to Kata.

”Your mom said that you were here today.” I heard Jessie’s voice and I glanced up at my older cousin as she entered the waiting room and walked up to me, this time around the normally cynical veteran had a sympathetic look on her face and it didn’t take me long to figure out why. ”Then I saw your tweets on the subject, Sarah was right when she said that that kind of thing tends to happen during training but it doesn’t make it any easier.”

”I’ve been feeling guilty as fuck since Kata’s injury happened.” I admitted to Jessie as she sat next to me and I did my best to ignore the dirty looks I got dropping that f-bomb. ”I know you didn’t exactly have a high opinion of them after what happened last week, but I never wanted that to happen to Kata, I never should’ve suggested it to Kata in the first place.”

”Kid, you had no way of knowing that would happen! Based on what Keira told me, it was a freak accident and no one’s to blame.” Jessie tried to assure me and I just sighed as I ran a hand through my hair. ”All we can hope is that she makes a full recovery and returns to training once she’s healthy enough to do so.”

”I know! But it’s still something that could’ve been avoided ten times over.” I sighed before a nurse walked up to me.

“Ms. Mason? You can see your friend now.” The nurse informed me and I nodded before I stood up. “I don’t recognise your friend.” The nurse added as she motioned to Jessie and she shook her head.

”You don’t watch Sin City Wrestling or UPRISING, do you?” Jessie asked the nurse who shook her head  in response. ”All you need to know is that I’m a famous wrestler and Harper here is my younger cousin.”

“You must live an exciting life ma’am, I just need you to sign the visitor’s form before I let you accompany Harper.” The nurse commented off handily but Jessie said nothing else on the subject before signing the form and handing it back to the nurse. “Okay then, Ms. Mason, Mrs. Salco, follow me.”

”Nothing like being called Mrs. Salco to make me feel old.” Jessie sighed as she followed me and the nurse to Kata’s room and I shook my head with a grin.

”Every other word that comes out of my mouth makes you feel old Jess.” I chuckled as I glanced over at Jessie who shook her head with a grin. ”But thanks for coming to check on me.”

”Trust me kid, I’ve been there, done that and got the t-shirt, if you are a potential last opponent of a wrestler forced to retire due to injury then that feeling of guilt never goes away.” Jessie responded as she shook her head and I sighed in response. ”But sometimes we’ve got to carry the wounds of war with pride to get stronger.”

”Even if those wounds are from guilt because an opponent broke their leg in a sparring match against you?” I asked Jessie and she nodded in response before we reached the hospital room, I ended up spending the entirety of visitor hour with Kata even after she told me that she didn’t blame me for what happened, it didn’t make the sight of the athletic girl with her heavily casted leg suspended in the air any sadder.

10
Climax Control Archives / “Who Is The True Legend?”
« on: February 08, 2023, 10:52:58 AM »
(Keira was used with her handler’s permission)

When Jessie defeated Eavan Maloney at the first Climax Control of the year, most assumed that the title shot that resulted from said match would happen at Blaze of Glory, the participants in the match included! Imagine Jessie’s surprise however when the title match between herself and the Bombshell Roulette Champion Crystal Zdunich was booked for the third show of the year AND was the Main Event of the evening!

What did that mean for the title match at Blaze of Glory? Simple, Georgie Robertson had scored the upset of the year so far at Inception VI by beating the former World Bombshell Champion Roxi Johnson and was getting a title shot as a reward, her first shot since Violent Conduct VI in fact! Can Jessie finally win her fifth Bombshell Roulette Title?

Arriving at Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 6th of February 2023, 18:00pm

To say that this Supercard Cycle has taken a turn is certainly an understatement.

After I beat Eaven to earn a Roulette Title shot back at Climax Control #351, I thought my plans for the rest of the cycle were set in stone, something that was reflected last night at Climax Control #352 when I did some hype work for the match against Crystal including interrupting her cute little bit with the Roulette Wheel.

See, I thought the #1 Contenders Match against Eaven was for a shot at the title at Blaze of Glory, not Climax Control #353!

But alas, the bosses have flipped the script on me and Crystal’s latest rematch, my Roulette Title Shot is set for the Main Event of this week’s show, and just to twist the knife further? Whoever wins the title match on Sunday will defend the title against Georgie Robertson!

Look, I know the kid just scored one hell of an upset win over Roxi at Inception VI, but she also had her match against Mercedes cancelled because neither woman promoted it! Now granted, I don’t know the full story here but this isn’t the first time she’s gone AWOL on us having failed to promote her first Climax Control match which was also against me! I mean, I’m not one to tell the bosses how to do their jobs but to me it would make more sense to have Crystal defend the title against Georgie this week and save my match for the PPV!

Then again for all I know they had to change up some plans because of the double no show! Need to work on getting a spy into SCW HQ!

”Okay, going to have to get some training in for the latest match against the bitch of many names.” I commented to myself after pausing the Spotify playlist and getting out of the car, Shane had realized that he was short of ingredients for tonight’s dinner and mostly because I had been cooped up inside for most of the day I ended up volunteering myself to go down to the shops and get what we needed. ”Okay, meat from the butchers? Check, fish? Check, veg? Check! Fruit? Check!”

“Has your husband turned you into his errand girl or something?” I glanced up upon hearing the female Polish accent and saw the Polish twins from Hero Academy Kata and Aniela, the girls had talent but they had attitude for days to go along with it and I rolled my eyes at Kata’s comment. “Seems unfitting for a Hall of Famer, no?”

”I wasn’t aware that you girls had been hired by the bosses to spy on the personal lives of their Hall of Famers.” I responded as I shook my head before moving over to the boot. ”If you two are looking for Harper, she isn’t here, she told me that she went straight home after she finished at Hero Academy today.”

“Oh, we know, we were her training partners today.” Aniela chimed in as the younger of the twin sisters walked around to the boot. “But we were thinking, Harper’s graduation date is set for late Match/early April but she’s been rather coy about who she wants as her graduation opponent, maybe you can talk to Keira about her facing us?”

”You two are Keira’s students, if you wanted to ask her that you should’ve done it at Hero Academy.” I responded as I glanced up at the twins at which point I realized that Kata had dropped her purple hair look and let her hair go back to it’s natural color which, frankly, was a much better look for her. ”Besides that, a two on one handicap graduation match doesn’t exactly sound fair to me, I’m not about to agree to that and I doubt Keira will either.”

“We figured you’d say that Jessica.” Kata responded whilst ignoring the annoyed look I was giving the teen for referring to me by my full first name. “But you might want to see how Harper feels about that.”

Okay, that set off alarm bells in my head, I knew the twins were troublemakers but the tone Kata had used caused me to spin around to face her. ”What the hell are you talking about?!” I demanded but the twins left without another word, I focussed on getting the rest of the shopping into the house first before I facetimed Harper. ”Hey kid, you’ll never guess who just stopped by my house for a little chat.” I greeted Harper once she answered the FaceTime call.

”Santa Clause? The Tooth Fairy? The Easter Bunny? Some weird amalgamation of all three?” Harper asked and I shook my head at all of her guesses though the last one did make me chuckle. ”What? You said to guess!”

”That was on me, I’ll give you that much.” I admitted with a dry chuckle before sighing. ”It was Kata and Aniela, they said that they wanted me to ask Keira to try to persuade you to select them for your graduation opponents.”

”And I’m guessing you shut that shit down faster than you can say “graduation matches are supposed to be one on one affairs and decided by the student who’s about to graduate”?” Harper asked with a frown and I nodded in response, which only caused the eighteen-year-old more confusion. ”So, why the FaceTime call? You interrupted my game of Horizon: Forbidden West.” Harper added as she turned her phone around to show that she was playing the PlayStation exclusive on her PS5.

”Sorry about that, I’ll try to keep this as brief as I can.” I apologized and Harper nodded in understanding once she turned the phone back around to face her. ”But Kata said something that set off alarm bells in my head, she implied that they were going to do something to force your hand.”

”I bet she was super vague about it as well!” Harper responded as she let out a deep breath. ”Jess, I know three things about Kata and Aniela first hand, one: they are talented, two: they have the ego to match their talent and then some and three: when it comes to stuff like that? They are all talk! They never follow through on threats like that!”

”So they are wannabe tough girls, right?” I summarized and Harper nodded in agreement. ”We’d better keep an eye on them just in case, they left the scene after they said that without another word.”

”I’m scheduled to do a promo class tomorrow, maybe you can pop down and ask Keira then?” Harper offered and without many other options I nodded in response. ”So, can I get back to my game and see you tomorrow?”

”See you tomorrow kid and enjoy your game! Wanna meet up at the parking lot?” I offered Harper who nodded in response before I hung up to help Shane pack away the stuff.

Hero Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 7th of February 2023 11:00am

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been here, much less been inside the Hero Academy building.

The last time I was at Hero Academy was when Harper was trying to push herself through the injuries she had sustained at Melissa’s hands (and feet) which Keira put a stop too in no time even going as far as to march Harper out of the building for her own good! Now that Harper was off the injured reserve list and back to her old training regimen I saw no need to come back here, at least until certain Polish twins paid me a visit yesterday.

As me and Harper arrived at the training facility we sure Kata and Aniela among the other students but the girls were too busy training to take any notice of us, it didn’t take us long to find Keira either and the other member of the Hall of Fame Class of 2022 looked up when she heard me clear my throat.

“Jessie? Wasn’t expecting you to drop by.” Keira commented once she saw me and whilst a few nearby trainees looked up when they heard my name most of them were either too busy watching the training session or too shy to ask me for an autograph, the rest being the ones who were training in the ring. “What brings you here?”

”Can we talk about this in private?” I asked Keira as I motioned to Harper and Keira nodded before telling one of the other trainers to take over for the time being whilst she took me and Harper into her office. ”So, a couple of your trainees paid me a visit yesterday, two of your troublemakers.”

“Let me guess, Kata and Aniela?” Keira asked with a frown and I nodded in response before making myself comfortable in the seat in front of Keira’s desk, Harper meanwhile merely opted to lean against the wall with her arms crossed. “Those two are far from the only troublemakers here at Hero Academy but they are by far the worst, thing is they’ve taken to wrestling almost as quickly as Cassie or Harp did and they will be the next ones to graduate after Harper.”

”Well, that puts their visit in a whole new context.” I responded as I shifted my weight. ”The twins paid me a visit yesterday and tried to persuade me to talk you into having them be Harper’s graduation opponents, I don’t think I need to point out why that didn’t work out for them but Kata implied that they were going to do something terrible to Harp if they didn’t get their way.”

”For my part? I pointed out that the twins are usually all talk when it comes to situations like this after Jess Facetimed me.” Harper chimed in and we turned to the eighteen-year-old for a second. ”Besides, I’ve been the one keeping them out of trouble since they enrolled, why would they risk that when my graduation match is right around the corner?”

“Besides that? I’m going to need more than just your word before I do anything about this.” Keira added and, well, let’s just say that I had anticipated her saying that. “These are serious allegations but I can’t proceed without any proof.”

”Funny you should say that because there was one thing the twins forgot to take into account.” I responded before reaching into my bag and producing a security tape. “You know how I used my Bloodstock 2020 money for a Home Gym after that festival got cancelled by the pandemic? Well, I still had a couple of grand left in my account after paying for the equipment, ring and for the basement to be renovated so that I had enough room down there for everything, I used it to buy the best home security system I could afford at the time which included hidden cameras facing the front entrance and driveway and back garden, and guess what those cameras picked up yesterday?”

“The twins paying you a visit?” Keira asked and I nodded to confirm Keira’s suspicions, she motioned for me to hand her the tape so she could view it for herself, I had seen Keira angry before because we had been rivals almost as long as Keira had been with SCW even if we patched up our differences after I got attacked by Sin in late 2020 I knew it was best to not get on Keira’s bad side, unfortunately for the twins they had done just that when Keira had finished watching the tape Keira put a hand to her earpiece and seconds later Kata and Aniela walked into her office with annoyed looks on their faces.

“This had better be good! Our training session was going so well!” Kata commented at which point they noticed me and Harper. “Jess? Harp? Why are you here?”

”I think you know why I’m here.” I responded before I motioned to Keira, Keira motioned the twins forward and when they saw the tape all colour drained from their faces. ”I’ll let Keira take it from here.”

“Thank you Jess.” Keira nodded in response before she turned to the twins. “You remember when I injured Cassie the other week? After all the stuff she was saying on Twitter and after she insulted Roxi? That would be tame compared to what I’ll do to you two if you went through with your threats!”

“We weren’t going to go through with it!” Aniela quickly chimed in and Keira shook her head. “Why would we do anything to hinder Harp? She’s been the one keeping us out of trouble since we got here!”

”I don’t know? Jealousy that my graduation date was before yours?” Harper responded as she folded her arms and the twins shared a look. ”Don’t think I haven’t paid attention to what you were saying between our sparring matches yesterday, most of it may have been in Polish but I was able to get the jist of it from your body language!”

“Which begs the question, what am I going to do with you?” Keira added and the twins gulped before they turned to her. “You see girls? If you had gone through with your plan without paying Jess a visit yesterday? I would’ve expelled both of you faster than I expelled Taylor! And if I was feeling especially angry? I would’ve talked to Harper about pressing charges for assault, which would mean a possible deportation back to Poland!”

”Except it never proceeded past some vague threats.” I added as I leaned back in my chair. ”Obviously I don’t run this training school, but that’s even worse for you girls because I’ve seen Keira when she’s angry, you wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.”

“Marvel comics reference aside? Well, you two had better start grovelling.” Keira added and the twins shared a panicked look. “You didn’t attend the orientation because you didn’t feel like it, you deliberately antagonised Sky about her older sister and the fact that she had sex with Fayth in one of the rings, for all your talent you two have been nothing but a nuisance since you got here.” Keira added and the twins gulped. “Give me one good reason why this incident shouldn’t be the straw that broke the camel’s back? Tell me why I shouldn’t expel you two on the spot?”

”Can I just say something?” Harper chimed in and we all turned to her. ”I know that they have been a handful but away from Hero Academy? Me and the twins had become friends, rivals, even…….” Harper trailed of before she said the last part. ”My point is? I know they are better than this! Please, just give them one last chance Keira!”

Keira took a moment to take in everything that Harper had just said before she turned to the twins. “Frankly? You two should be buying Harper dinner because she has just talked me into giving you one last chance.” Keira added before she got some paperwork out. “You girls were set to graduate on the twenty sixth of April, right? Well, not anymore! I’m moving your graduation date back to October.” Keira announced and the twins went to protest. “It’s either this or you won’t graduate at all because I gave you the Taylor Parker treatment, choose your next words carefully girls!”

The twins shared another look before accepting their punishment and leaving the office without another word. ”I had better get going to promo class.” Harper said clearly flustered by the whole situation before she went to leave the office.

“I’ll be with you in a few minutes Harper, just need to talk to Jessie first.” Keira responded and Harper glanced over her shoulder before nodding and leaving the room. “I’m guessing you caught on to Harper’s hesitation when she was defending the twins?”

”Yeah, and it doesn’t exactly take a genius to figure out that there’s something more than friendship going on there!” I responded as I shook my head. ”Kata outed herself as a lesbian not long after me and Harper met her and Aniela for the first time, and Harper’s hardly been secretive about the fact that she’s been bi-curious since she caught her boyfriend cheating on her! Real question is, is it just a crush or did something happen between Harper and Kata?”

“I didn’t pick up on any signs that pointed one way or another and I’ve been out of the closet for years, but if something did happen then why the threats?” Keira wondered to herself before shaking her head. “But after the Cassie incident? I’m not taking any chances with my students, either hey iron our their attitude problems or I do that for them, and if that fails?” Keira asked before taking a sip from her drink. “Well, they won’t be students anymore.”

”Yet another reason why I’m against the idea of opening my own school! Frankly I don’t know how you and Roxi handle it, much less places like the Go Gym, Jet City, Hellsgate or Wolfslair!” I added as I let out a deep breath, ”And off course, all of this is happening the same week that I’m challenging Crystal for the title! What is it that the Aussie Krystal says? Fate has a twisted sense of humour?”

“That sounds about right!” Keira nodded in agreement as she gave me a significant look. “And I’m guessing that your Roulette Title match being moved to this week’s Climax Control messed with your plans somewhat?”

”Not to a great extent, I figured I was going to spend the next few weeks hyping up the latest rematch with Crystal, wrestle the odd match here and there, maybe even join commentary for her matches like Ari did last week.” I responded with a frown as I folded my arms and Keira nodded. ”Instead the rematch is Main Eventing this week’s Climax Control and the match at Blaze of Glory will be against the same girl who beat Roxi at Inception VI.”

“If it was against someone else who was in that open invitational match I could at least understand, but whilst the upset win did wonders for Georgie’s stock in SCW she has been inconsistent as demonstrated when her match against Mercedes got cancelled last week.” Keira nodded in agreement as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. “Not exactly the first time I’ve questioned the motives behind the bosses’ actions.”

”And not the only title controversy that emerged from last night’s show, or do I need to remind you of a certain time limit draw?” I asked Keira and she shook her head in response. ”The Blaze of Glory card will be an interesting one as the weeks progress, that much is certain.”

“Agreed, for now though? I had better go attend Harper’s promo class.” Keira responded before she stood up and went to leave the office. “Are you coming with me?”

”I may as well! Better than hanging out in your office for the rest of the morning/afternoon.” I responded before I stood up and followed Keira out of her office.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of February 2023, 18:00pm

We’re just over halfway through the week and things have been crazy already.

Following the incident on Monday and the fallout from said incident yesterday the rest of the day went by without much incident as Harper was able to train after her promo class and Kata and Aniela were seemingly scared straight by the meeting with Keira, really the only question that was hanging over my head was whether Kata and Harper had sex at some point before the incident.

If they did and Harper ghosted her afterwards (which was unlike Harp for a number of reasons) then that would go some way towards explaining why they tried that whole stunt but that was ultimately none of my business and I did have a Roulette Title Match to prepare for! And it just so happened that Harper wanted to get some extra reps in to prepare for her upcoming graduation match.

”Okay Harp, I know you’ve come a long way but this won’t be the same as you training with the other girls at Hero Academy.” I said as Harper rolled into the ring and started warming up using the ring ropes. ”For one thing? Even if you take away everything I’ve achieved in an SCW ring I’m still a lot more experienced than any of the trainees you work with!”

”Considering I saw you taking off your Hall of Fame ring? I’d be worried if you weren’t.” Harper joked with a grin and whilst I glanced over at the ring which I had left on the ring apron she did have a point. ”Other than that? I’m ready when you are.” Harper added and I nodded before we started our sparring match, to say that Harper had come a long way since I met her back in October was an understatement and a credit to Keira as a trainer, same went for the other trainers at Hero Academy for that matter, and whilst I was clearly the more experienced off the two Harper had little issue keeping up with me.

After about twenty minutes of sparring I called for a water break and Harper agreed before we left the ring to grab our water bottles. ”You’ve definitely come a long way in a few short months Harp.” I commented before taking a sip of my water bottle and Harper grinned in response. ”Just some kinks top work out over the next couple of months and you’ll be ready for the big time.”

”I’ll admit, I did spend a bit too long trying to perfect my finishers rather than focussing on the basics so that’s probably where I need to iron out the most kinks in my game.” Harper admitted once she had finished her sip and yeah, I had noticed that as well, that tends to happen when a trainee zeroes in on their finishers as early as Harper did and Harper was no exception. ”That said, I have been wondering a couple of things since I got back home from Hero Academy yesterday.”

”I’ve got at least half an hour before Shane puts dinner on so why not?” I asked rhetorically after checking the time on my iPhone. ”Shoot away kid!”

”Okay, would you have been so harsh on the twins as Keira was yesterday?” Harper asked and whilst I was thinking of an answer she moved on to her second question. ”And do you think me and Kata would make for a cute couple?” I chose the exact wrong time to take a sip from my drink when Harp said that and combined with what was implied during the meeting at Hero Academy yesterday I was left wondering if she had spoken to much.

Not like that was going to stop me from answering honestly. ”Honestly Harp? I know the twins are beautiful girls and all but trust me, with their attitudes? You can do a LOT better!” I responded and Harper nodded with a blank expression on her face. ”And no, I would’ve been harsher on the twins if I was in Keira’s shoes, they might not be following through on it but those were some serious threats and they were lucky that Keira showed them mercy.”

”I guess your right on both counts.” Harper admitted with a nod before she motioned to the ring. ”We’ve got some time left before Shane starts dinner, right? Wanna resume sparring?”

”I was hoping you’d say that.” I responded with a grin before we returned to the ring and resumed training.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 8th of February 2023. 21:00pm

*promo time*

A long time coming.

”Climax Control 282, Las Vegas, Nevada, 18th of October 2020,, to anyone else that was just another pandemic era Climax Control but for me it’s a night that has been playing over and over again in my head for the past two/three years or so, why?” I asked before grinning to myself. ”It was the night that I won the Bombshell Roulette Championship for the fourth time and whilst that reign was cut short by the former champion throwing a temper tantrum and the bosses listening to her whines for some fucking reason, that date still marks the day that I last held a title in SCW! Not for lack of trying mind you because anyone who’s been paying attention to SCW over the past three years knows that I’ve been grinding away to break that drought!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”That brings us to this Sunday’s Main Event!”

Here we go.

”Two weeks ago I won a #1 Contenders Match for the Bombshell Roulette Title defeating Eaven Maloney to earn the title shot against her sister in law Crystal Zdunich! I thought this match was going to be scheduled for this year’s Blaze of Glory, instead? It’s been scheduled for this Sunday’s show.” I added before shrugging my shoulders. ”You’d think they’d save a title matchlike this for a Supercard but if this means that I get to cut Crystal’s title reign as short as any of my title reigns? So be it!” I stated before grinning broadly. ”Because if there’s one Bombshell who no one wants to see as champion, it's you Crystal!”
A bitter pill that’s hard to swallow.

”There’s been a lot of talk over the years as to which champion won their title because they got lucky or it was a fluke, I know my last reign with the Bombshell Roulette Title has been called a fluke when the truth is Johanna got cocky and it cost her but that’s beside the point! But you Crystal? You’re the first champion in quite some time who can claim that they won the title merely because they got lucky.” I added as I folded my arms. ”Correct me if I’m wrong but you can’t get much luckier than literally winning a title because you fell ass backwards into the parking lot! It’s a shame because I wanted to see Ariana continue to thrive as the champion but no, you couldn’t sit by and let a younger, more talented wrestler steal your spotlight couldn’t you Crystal? The open invitational match was your ticket in and you took advantage of it to take the title for yourself!” I added as I spat to the side. ”All because you’re a self-absorbed bitch who can’t stand anyone but you being in the spotlight!”

At least I’m honest.

”You see Crystal, you’ve fooled yourself into the delusion that you are a changed person, that the Crystal who brutally attacked Chloe Benton is gone, that the Crystal who attacked her wife for a World Bombshell Title Shot is dead and buried, that the La Rosa Ardiente mask is long gone, but the only person you’ve rally fooled is yourself!” I stated as I folded my arms. ”Do you really think you have anyone fooled Crystal? No one else in the Open Invitational fell for your bullshit! I may disagree with Alicia Lukas on many fronts but the one thing we do agree on is that your act got tiresome years ago!” I said as I paced around the ring with a scowl on my face. ”The reason no one buys into your “I’m a better person” bullshit is because you’ve done this before!”

A trip down memory lane.

”I brought this up on Climax Control but you remember our Chamber of Extreme Match Crystal? I remember it well you were a goody two shoes back then as well but once again? No one brought that bullshit and many of our co-workers cheered when I beat the shit out of you.” I said as I formed a fist with the hand that had my Hall of Fame ring on it. ”I wish I could say that I still have the blood-stained brass knuckles from that attack but let’s be honest, that’s not exactly sanitary, isn’t it? But you see what I’ve got on my hand instead, don’t you Crystal? My Hall of Fame ring! When I faced you as La Rosa Ardiente I openly questioned how a blithering idiot like you got into the SCW Hall of Fame before me, only now we’re both in the Hall of Fame, has my opinion changed?” I asked before shaking my head. ”Fuck no!”

Same old, same old.

”Say what you will about some of my antics over the past eleven years, but there’s always been one constant! What you see on your screens when I’m wrestling or filming a seg for Climax Control or a PPV is what you get! I’ve always been myself, for better or fucking worse!” I added as my frown deepened. ”But you Crystal? You were never good enough to stand out from the pack on your own merits, there were Bombshells on the roster who outclassed you in every way even back when you first joined! The only way you ever stayed relevant was to constantly reinvent yourself with stunt after stunt and this latest reinvention is no different!” I added before shaking my head. ”Is this even the real Crystal Caldwell at this point? Or is the real you long gone? Replaced by yet another imposter? No matter who it is I’ll happily kick your ass all over that ring for the Roulette Title!”

It's that simple.

”Or hell, we’ve seen the Roulette Wheel take the participants to some crazy locations, who’s to say that it’d stop there? Karaoke bars, junkyards, swimming pools, strip clubs. No matter where the wheel takes us I will kick your ass so hard that it causes you to develop a whole new personality if it means winning a title that I’ve long been denied a lengthy reign with!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”I may be thirty three but when I take the title from you Crystal I’ll prove that I can hold it just as long as some of the young whippersnappers that have held it in the three years since I’ve last held that title! Maybe I’ll break the Aussie Krystal’s record in the process? Who knows? But what I do know is this, this Sunday’s Main Event will ask one important question!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

“Who Is The True Legend? A hard working, dedicated yet cynical metal chick who is late into a career that was revitalized last year? Or the ultimate attention whore who couldn’t stand the thought of anyone but her being in the spotlight?”” I asked before leaving the ring and walking up the camera. ”That’s the question we’re going to answer this Sunday in the Main Event of Climax Control 352 Crystal and the answer is as clear as day o anyone who’s hair dye hasn’t started seeping into their brain yet, it’ll be the metal chick who’s about to end a three year title drought by striking the attention whore like blood lightning! I’ll see you in the ring Crystal, keep that title warm for me!”

I left the home gym as the scene fades.

11
Climax Control Archives / “Back in the Saddle!”
« on: January 23, 2023, 11:28:24 AM »
Jessie’s first match of 2023 didn’t go as planned, as Melissa won the Iron Woman Match 3-2, however because Jessie had gotten sick of the long feud by this point, the two women agreed to call a truce officially ending the feud and letting them enter the New Year with a clean slate! For Jessie that meant jumping back into the title scene as the Bombshell Roulette Title had changed hands in the Open Invitational Match as Crystal Caldwell was now the new champion!

Only problem is that Jessie had to earn the shot in a Roulette Rules Match! And on top of that, her opponent was someone who hated Crystal almost as much as she did, the new champion’s sister-in-law “The Warmonger”. Eaven Maloney! Eaven had made her SCW debut during the Open Invitational Match meaning that if Eaven won the match, she would get a second shot at the title! Can Jessie win?

Local metal show, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 22nd of January 2022, 18:00pm

I’m getting too old for this shit.

I’m not talking about wrestling before anyone asks or Alicia Lukas starts celebrating, but I’m talking about metal gigs like this! The show was being headlined by two out of town bands from Illinois, the Death/Thrash Band Crimson Rage and the Deathcore Band Red Sun Wasteland with local support and in my younger years I would’ve been right at the front of the crowd headbanging along with the band and even running into a circle pit or two. Now, I’m 33 and my younger years are way behind me so I’m just content to watch the band from the back of the crowd with a beer in my hand these days.

That same principle does not apply to my younger cousin Harper, because the kid has been at the front of the crowd since the opening act’s set began! Well, I guess I can’t fault her enthusiasm if nothing else!

But this was far from the only thing on my mind this week, because I’ve had a bit of an exchange with a new Bombshell on the block over the past week, she’s technically had her debut match already because she was among the many Bombshells who took part in the last Bombshell Roulette Title Match at Inception VI and had a bone to pick with the woman who not only won the match but walked away with the title by the skin of her teeth.

I’m off course talking about Eaven Maloney and her sister-in-law Crystal Caldwell! Now, I happen to like Eaven based on my Twitter interactions with her and the fact that she is hated by Ms. Toxicity herself Alicia Lukas only adds to that fact! But there was an argument to be made that she was crossing a line by going after a title before she’s even had her singles debut yet. One that Christian had brought up no less! I had a feeling that I was going to end up facing one of the new girls at some point over the next few weeks but if Twitter was any indication? Eaven was going to be the first in line and there might be a championship opportunity tied too it!

Considering how close I got to dethroning Ariana back in November? Yeah, I’m eager for another shot! But Eaven’s an unknown quantity because whilst I knew her by name and reputation, I had never actually seen her wrestle.

And with the potential match likely being Roulette Rules? Who knows if this will be a straight up wrestling match! Last year saw matches held at pet stores, karaoke bars and pools just to name a few!

I do wonder how the bosses come up with half these stipulations sometimes!

”I was thinking the other day how much that kid reminded me of myself when I was her age.” I commented to Jake and Shane as we watched Harper enjoying the show and I made a mental note to get her painkillers for the following morning. ”I thought that just applied to her passion for wrestling, but now I see that she shares my love and passion for metal music as well!”

“Yeah well, she is your cousin.” Shane responded with a shrug as he returned with drinks for all of us, beers for me, him and Shane and a soda for Harper since she was still underaged and all. “Only makes sense that you share some things in common with her.”

“Considering we didn’t even know she existed until the last week of October? The resemblance is pretty uncanny.” Jake nodded in agreement as the frontman for the opening act (Savage Death) closed out the set as they headed to the back to out their equipment back and then return to hang out in the crowd, in the meantime Harper returned to us with a massive grin on her face. “If I didn’t know any better I’d say that this was an energy release after Melissa’s attack.”

”I wasn’t allowed to train for the rest of the year, do you really think mom would let me go to a gig?” Harper asked as she brushed some hair over her shoulder and we had to admit, she had a point. ”Besides, I’ve been following Savage Death since I found their debut EP on Bandcamp the other week! When I learned their they were playing in Vegas I had to attend!”

”Just do me a favour and send me a link to their Bandcamp page later.” I responded with a grin earning a surprised look from Harper. ”What? They actually sounded really good! I can get behind their brand of Death/Thrash!”

”Right when I was about to double check that you hadn’t been replaced by an imposter to boot!” Harper joked and I shook my head with a chuckle before I got my phone out, intending to look them up on Bandcamp, but that was derailed when I realized that the loud music had made me miss the new card text. ”And judging from the look on your face, you either just got the new card text or missed it due to the set.”

”The latter, though to be fair I only missed it by a couple of minutes.” I responded with a nod before I read the text, aside from Michael “I Will Beat The Shit Out Of An Interviewer If He Doesn’t know My Name” Harris every new person who had joined over the Inception VI build-up was in action at the first Climax Control of the year but it was Eaven Maloney’s match that caught my attention, after all, I was her opponent! ”Quick question Harp, has Team Hero had a chat with you yet about title shots and earning them?”

”Err, yeah, literally the first week I started at Hero Academy, apparently they wanted to get that talk done early because of your reputation.” Harper responded with a shrug and whilst I did raise an eyebrow at that I set it aside as Shane handed Harper her drink. ”Why do you ask?”

”Because my little Twitter convo with Eaven about the new Bombshell Roulette Champ has led to a #1 Contenders Match being booked.” I responded and it was my turn to get surprised looks, not just from Harper but Jake and Shane as well. ”And not only is it Roulette Rules but Crystal Caldwell is on commentary for the match!”

”Well, at least that probably means the wheel won’t produce anything too crazy.” Harper responded with a chuckle but I shook my head, knowing the Roulette Wheel and it’s unpredictability? Anything was possible. ”So, is it the Main Event or semi?”

”It’s not even the semi-main event! That honour’s going to Calvin Harris and Austin James Mercer! And the Main Event us a grudge match between HB Carter and Bill Barnhart over comments Bill made about Carter’s broken finger.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper nodded as I got the idea. ”As for why I asked about Team Hero? Sometimes, the squeaky wheel approach works!”

”And other times it can backfire horribly.” Harper nodded as she got the idea before the second band of the night took the stage and Harper grinned before setting her drink down. ”And that’s my cue to try to get back to my original spot! See you after the set!” Harper added before she ran back to her original spot.

Got to love being that youthful sometimes!

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 23rd of January 2022, 18:00pm

Spoiler alert: I ended up being right on the money as far as Harper needing painkillers after last night’s show was concerned, but at least she had fun.

But for me? This week was all business, after I lost the Iron Woman Match to Melissa at inception VI I knew I needed to get back on the winning track ASAP least the first cycle of the year becomes a carbon copy of last year’s! Albeit without the Blast from the Past Tournament because the bosses have decided to break tradition this year by not announcing it before Inception VI! Not that I planned to compete because I was too old for that by this point.

Plus Krystal’s put her name down for the third year in a row, give the Aussie points for persistence I guess but at least she doesn’t have a washed-up ex-wrestler and his equally washed-up manager pulling her strings this time!

As for what my focus is on? Well, you should know that already! And speaking of the Bombshell Roulette Division the now former champion was getting is some extra reps at my home gym.

”Look, I know you’ve been frustrated with how your reign ended.” I said as I hopped onto the apron to address Ari who was standing across the ring from Harper and the kid was here for pretty much the same thing as Ari. ”But part of being a champion is how you pick yourself back up after you lose the belt! You may not be in action next week as you were hoping but that doesn’t mean you get to go easy on your training!”

”I don’t know if I should laugh or feel insulted at the insulation that I was going to go easy on my training in the first place! With or without the title!” Ariana responded with a chuckle before she turned to Harper. ”And Harper? I know you started at Hero Academy in October and that your training was derailed by Melissa’s attack, but how far along are you?”

”Well, I don’t mean to brag but Keira does consider me to be one of the best students of the current crop!” Harper admitted with a grin as she continued to warm up for the sparring match. ”I’m not saying that I’m at your level yet Ari but I have managed to keep up with Keira in the ring.”

”Good, that means I can have some fun here!” Ari responded with a grin as I hopped off the apron. ”And don’t feel too bad about the whole ”not on my level” thing, this is my fourth full year as a wrester and I am a former champion!”

”Yeah, you held the title that Jessie’s competing for a chance at this Sunday.” Harper responded and Ariana frowned, she was a sweetheart but it was clear that the end of her reign was eating away at Ariana. ”Ready when you are!”

”Let’s rock and roll!” Ariana responded with a grin before the two women started sparring, Harper was clearly coming a long way in her training and I was wondering if Melissa’s attack had lit a fire under her much like Char Kwan’s attack on Ari did back in 2021 but in any case she had little issue keeping up with the four-year veteran. ”Are you sure you’ve only been training since October?” Ariana asked as the two women called for a break and Harper backed off. ”Because if that’s true then you’re coming along ridiculously fast.”

”In my defence? I was the best amateur wrestler on my high school’s team and I’m a black belt in Taekwondo.” Harper admitted as she brushed some hair away from her eyes and Ariana nodded as she got the idea. ”My Taekwondo classes were stopped by the pandemic but I started incorporating my kicks into my training at Amy’s suggestion.”

”Given Amy’s own Martial Arts background? I’m not surprised, wouldn’t mind seeing those kicks in action though.” Ariana nodded as she got the idea at which point I walked over and grabbed the kick pads. ”I see you’ve come prepared Jessie!”

”I’ve had these things since Adrienne was a member of the SCW roster.” I explained as I passed them to Ariana and she put them on. ”After her release I didn’t really have that much use for them because he had stopped coming here even before she moved to New York, at least until Harper started showing off her kicks at Hero Academy.”

”Those things have come in handy to be fair.” Harper admitted as she got ready to start throwing kicks. ”Ready when you are Ari!”

”Just watch where you aim those kicks, I think Carter and Francisco will have words for you if my head ends up in the next state over!” Ariana joked and Harper grinned before they started sparring again.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 23rd of January 2022, 19:30pm

The sparring matches were over but neither Ariana nor Harper were ready to go home just yet so they were sticking around for a bit.

Harper was off helping Shane prepare dinner as late as it was leaving me and Ariana waiting in the lounge and since Jake was up stairs on his Gaming PC playing some games that left me and my fellow former Bombshell Roulette Champion Ariana to chat.

”I was so close to getting out of Inception VI as the Bombshell Roulette Champ.” Ariana sighed in annoyance as she lay down on the couch. ”Only to lose it to a game of Tug of War! After the things I did to retain my title against you, Seleana and Melissa that is just one huge anti-climax!”

”Trust me, as someone who’s first reign was ended by me being jumped by two other women and dumped into a dumpster, it can get a lot worse!” I pointed out and Ariana nodded in understanding. ”Besides it’s like I said during your sparring sessions with Harper, part of being a champion is how you get back up after losing the belt! Off course, now I’m facing a newcomer for the belt you just lost!”

”I didn’t think I was going to get a rematch with Crystal right off the bat, but I am wondering what the bosses have in store for me now that the reign’s over! If anything!” Ariana responded with a shrug as she let out a deep breath. ”As for your match with Eaven? I’m rooting for you for two reasons, one: your long overdue for a title reign and two: I at least know a lot more about you than I do Eaven! The most I know about Eaven is that she’s Crystal Caldwell’s sister-in-law!”

”And if their Twitter exchanges were any indication? I almost wish the Jerry Springer show was still a thing so we could get them on it!” I responded with a chuckle and Ariana laughed in response. ”But I’ve heard of Eaven’s reputation and the fact that she wrestled Adrienne in CU:LT, she’s a brutal and talented wrestler and I’m going to have to go all out to get that shot at Crystal.” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”And then there’s the elephant in the room, Crystal’s on commentary for the match!”

”Yeah, I’m wondering if you guys will be able to keep your cool or will you and Eaven drop all pretences and beat the crap out of Crystal.” Ariana responded and I had a good chuckle at that idea. ”Have you given any thought to the Blast from the Past Tournament?”

”My only thoughts regarding the tournament is that I’m too old to even think about signing up.” I responded with a shrug earning a surprised look from Ariana. ”And from what I heard Krystal’s already put her name forward for the tournament.”

”Yeah, she said as much on Twitter.” Ariana responded with a nod before she sat up on the couch. ”I was thinking about signing myself up but I don’t want to wrestle her twice in a row, as crazy as the scramble match got off course.”

”And people wondered why I never signed myself up! Especially after it was revealed that the Iron Woman Match against Melissa was the match immediately preceding it.” I responded with a slight laugh as I ran a hand through my hair. ”Even if I won the match I wouldn’t have been in any shape to take part! If this is going to be an annual thing as Christian promised then maybe I’ll sign myself up for next year’s invitational but until then? I’m wondering what 2023 will have in store for me!”

”You and me both!” Ariana responded before Harper came into the room with a big grin on her face.

”Dinner is served!” Harper told us and we shared a grin before we stood up and followed her out of the lounge.

Ariana may have been the sweetest Bombshell in SCW but I wasn’t sure if she was being a hundred percent honest about her feelings regarding the end of her title reign! Don’t forget that I was a lot like her when I first joined SCW but the way my first reign ended set me on the course to being the cynical veteran I am today, I was hoping to help Ariana avoid that fate because as much as I taunted her about being too innocent for this business, I didn’t want her to lose that innocence.

After all, in a business as fucked up as this, we need the occasional ray of sunshine.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 24th of January 2023, 11:00am

*promo time*

Happy New Year I guess.

”To say that Inception VI didn’t go as planned for most of the roster would be accurate, wouldn’t it? Not only did I lose the Iron Woman Match to Melissa but the only person no one wanted to see as champion again ended up as champion.” I stated as I walked around the ring. ”No Amber, I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about Crystal Caldwell, the woman who won that gigantic clusterfuck of a Bombshell Roulette Title Match and dethroned Ariana but now an opportunity presents itself, not just for me but for another woman who competed in the Open Invitational Match, a woman who just so happens to be Crystal’s sister-in-law!”

Awkward!

”That’s right, my first Climax Control match of the year pits me against Eaven Maloney in a Roulette Rules #1 Contenders Match with the champion herself doing guest commentary, way I see it? No matter who wins this match, Crystal’s reign won’t be long for this world but I’ll save that for after I beat Eaven.” I added as I leaned on the ring ropes with a grin on my face. ”I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not that familiar with your work Eaven but your reputation and accolades speak for themselves, multiple time champion in several different feds? You’ve done that, a Hall of Famer? You’ve done that, a ten-year veteran of the sport? Well, that’s something we have in common!”

A mirror match you say?

”Off course someone with a reputation for winning belts in other feds is going to come into SCW with a lot of expectations, but to say that you rubbed people the wrong way by calling out Crystal right off the bat when your debut match was the Open Invitational is putting it mildly because even Christian had to call you out on that and he isn’t exactly a saint!” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Trust me Eaven, I’ve worked with that man for the past ten years of his life, Mark’s the nice one but Christian is the sassy asshole boss and to be frank? I can count the number of times that I’ve seen eye to eye with him on one hand!”

Such is life!

”Pretty sure the only reason he keeps me around is the fact that I’m one of the few remaining original Bombshells left on the roster but you get the idea Eaven, Christian may be a pain to deal with but he’s always been someone who rewards loyalty, well, him and Mark at least!” I added before adjusting a bra strap. ”But there is one thing I’m curious about Eaven, are you familiar with how the Roulette Divisions work? Because you may have competed for the Roulette Title in your debut but that scramble match was hardly a traditional Roulette Rules Match because if it was then you’d know just how random the wheel can be! To summarise: no two Roulette Rules Matches will ever be the same, before each match the stipulation will be decided by a spin of the wheel and we’ll be stuck with whatever the wheel throws at us!”

Unpredictability at its finest.

”It could be a straight up Submission Match, it could be a Lumberjill Match, hell it could even be something extreme! Or we’ll end up wrestling twelve mini matches in one night and yes, that has happened before! Ask one of our interviewers Ms. Rocky Mountains about that match because she’s also the official wheel spinner and her arms were killing her by the end of that match!” I added before grinning to myself. ”And as a four-time Bombshell Roulette Champion? I’ve seen practically every stipulation under the sun, in fact this year marks the tenth-year anniversary of my first ever title reign, does that make me feel old? Hell yes! But it also means that there’s nothing that could surprise me about the wheel at this point!”

Hopefully I won’t eat my words.

”That’s the opposition you face on Sunday Eaven, someone who has not only held the Bombshell Roulette gold before but has seen her fair share of matches over the years! But then again, you’ve apparently been an outside observer of SCW for years and you’ve been following my career in that time, you should know all of this Eaven.” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”But it’s one thing to have the knowledge, it’s another thing entirely to use it effectively! Can you do that Eaven?”

Good question.

”And trust me, I’m well aware of the fact that the same question can be thrown back at my face considering how long I’ve been a part of this division but I have the proven track record in SCW to back up my knowledge and this is unfamiliar territory to you Eaven.” I added before chuckling to myself. ”I guess there’s only one way we’re going to find out for sure Eaven, go out to the ring, embrace whatever the wheel throws at us, put on one hell of a match and maybe even throw the illustrious champ herself into the wheel face first, anything can happen, right?”

It's that simple.

”Well, almost anything! Because as much as I respect you Eaven this match comes with two goals for me, bounce back from the loss at Inception VI and set my targets on Crystal and the end of her title reign, I know you’ll have the same goals as me and I’m well aware of the fact that you have your own problems with Crystal Eaven and it appears that they go beyond the typical in law bullshit, but it’s going to take more than a family feud to keep me from achieving my goals!” I added as I left the ring and walked up to the camera. ”So Eaven? Before you go all Hatfield and McCoys on Crystal just remember one thing, you shouldn’t look past your opponent no matter who’s on the outside making noise!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Because otherwise you’ll find yourself in a rocky situation where you let your anger at the current champion prevent you from earning the right to face her! Sorry to inform you of this Eaven but unless you can keep your head on straight throughout the match then it’ll be me challenging Crystal and not you!” I added with a grin on my face. ”Well, sorry for you that is because I do like you a lot Eaven and part of that is the fact that any enemy of Alicia “Queen of Toxicity” Lukas is a friend of mine but that’s not going to stop me from getting back in the saddle by striking you with blood lightning on my way to my first title shot of 2023! See you in the ring Eaven!”

I left the home gym as the scene fades.

12
Character Building Roleplays / Dealing with Loss, a Cassie and Krystal RP
« on: January 04, 2023, 03:23:34 PM »
Funny how the roles can be reversed huh.

I first met Cassie during the height of the Roulette Title reign, back then she was a trainee with a lot of promise whose naiveté was being exploited by Matthew and Marty, now just over two years later? She was a champion in her own right and her first singles title reign had just ended over in MPW.

That wasn’t the problem, Cassie’s record as a wrestler was hardly spotless, but the way her TV Title reign had ended was, to make a long story short? She lost the belt after outside interference left her open to her opponent’s submission finisher and now someone who had earned a shot in a Battle Royal was getting a shot instead of her.

And cue a meltdown on Twitter that made Jessie’s World Bombshell Title campaigns look subtle! It resulted in her getting grounded as soon as she returned home (because she had argued with her mom apparently) and now she had snuck over to her girlfriends’ apartment with her puppy, a Switch, and a few games.

This is where I come in, as soon as her mom realized that Cassie had left with the dog her other stuff she called me to see if Cassie had gone to my house, after that it was a simple matter of getting the address of Zoey’s apartment from Becky when she said that they weren’t with them.

Cassie had often been my anchor in reality, now it was my turn to return the favour.

”28, 29………” I muttered to myself as I looked for Zoey’s apartment number before finally stopping at #30 and knocking. ”Becky had better be right about this!”

”Coming!” Zoey’s voice rang out before the young trainee answered the door and grinned when she saw me. ”Hey Krystal! What’s up?” The biracial girl asked and I frowned before looking past her.

”Is Cassie here?” I asked as I folded my arms and Zoey hesitated when she saw the look on her face. ”She’s not in trouble Zoey, I just want to talk to her.”

”Come in.” Zoey sighed before she stepped aside and let me in her relatively small apartment, I spotted a pair of dog bowls in the kitchen and that all but confirmed that I was in the right place. ”I haven’t seen Cass since she got back from England, but if you want a look around that’s fine.”

”And those dog bows in the kitchen are for your pooch I take it?” I asked Zoey and she froze upon realizing that she had been caught in her lie. ”Funny, I could’ve sworn I remembered you complaining about your landlord not allowing pets.”

”What’s the use?” Zoey sighed as she realized that I wasn’t buying her story for a minute. ”Cassie and Sandie are in that bedroom over there.” Zoey added as she motioned to the closed door. ”She told me to lie in case anyone came looking for her but I didn’t have time to come up with a convincing lie.”

”Gee, thanks!”[/font] Cassie grunted as she opened the door and looked up at me with a frown on her face, seconds later her puppy Sandie came racing out of the room to greet me and my demeaner took a complete 180, wouldn’t yours if you saw an adorable puppy? ”What do you want Krystal?”[/font] Cassie sighed and I gave Zoey a look that told her to give us some space and she did so leaving her apartment for the time being.

”Where do I even start?!” I asked as I ran a hand down my face. ”I understand why you’re pissed about how your TV Title Reign ended but threatening to ruin Lola’s shot because she’s getting it instead of you?!”

”THAT IDIOT WON A BATTLE ROYAL, I DEFENDED THAT TITLE AGAINST HALF THE FUCKING ROSTER AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?!” Cassie snapped at me as she started pacing around the apartment. ”For fuck’s sake, I screwed up my chances of getting past the opening round of the British Heavyweight Title Tournament because I defended the title in the opening match rather than ask the bosses to scrap the title defence for that week!”

”Didn’t you tell me that you weren’t aware that that was an option?” I asked pointedly and Cassie didn’t budge from her position. ”And regardless of how Lola earned that shot, she still earned it, can’t you be happy for her?!”

”I would if Rowen weren’t such a thieving bitch!” Cassie grunted as she started to pace around and Sandie looked at her owner with what I could only describe as the canine equivalent of a concerned look, I knew Labradors had expressive faces from owning Tali but I didn’t think they got that expressive. ”BUT NO! She couldn’t beat me on her own and she’s treating it like she outsmarted me! If this happened during my soccer career, she wouldn’t have a fucking career!”

”That doesn’t excuse acting like a bitch to everyone else on the roster! Lola’s a lovely girl but the way you’ve treated her? She may as well be the devil just because she’s getting a shot instead of you!” I pointed out to Cass and she grunted in frustration. ”Is it because you got robbed or is it because another girl is getting a title shot instead of you? I didn’t come all this way to get bullshitted around by a nineteen-year-old!”

”Oh! Like you can talk!” Cassie said as she marched up to me and poked her finger into my chest. ”Or do I need to remind you of how you acted towards the end of your title reign?”

”You mean the time when I had Matthew and Marty pulling my strings? When you had to run to Keira to get me back to reality?!” I counted back as I put her hand down and Cassie growled. ”I had two carnie scumbags manipulating me back then! What’s your excuse? Ever since you graduated from Hero Academy you’ve gone it alone!”

”Get off your fucking high horse Charlotte, your ego was out of control long before they entered the scene!” Cassie added as she started to pace around. ”Those idiots will get what’s coming to them eventually and…………” Cassie’s rant was interrupted mid-sentence when Sandie cried out in pain and our eyes glanced down at the puppy, the little thing had lied down at my feet with her back legs leaning to the right and her front back leg had just been stepped on by Cassie as she had paced around. ”Oh my god! Sandie I’m so sorry!” Cassie’s anger had disappeared in an instant, replaced by concern for her Labrador puppy as she knelt down to check on her.

I took the moment to sit down next to my teenage cousin and watch her demeaner as Cassie checked on the puppy, luckily there hadn’t been any serious damage to Sandie’s leg because the pup was back on her legs within seconds but it had been enough to bring her back to reality. ”You know your mom’s worried sick, right?” I asked as Cassie started to calm down and she glanced over at me. ”She told me that she had called you at least ten times after she realized that you had gone.”

”I knew she would, but I didn’t want to deal with that so I left my phone off.” Cassie admitted with a sad sigh as she stroked the Labrador puppy. ”I was on such a high as the TV Champ but to see it come crashing down because someone couldn’t beat me on their own? I just exploded!”

”Now you know how I felt after I got eliminated from last year’s Blast from the Past Tournament.” I sighed as I rested my arm on my leg. ”But your better than this Cass and you know it! Your mom grounded you because she hoped you’d see the error or your ways before you acted on your threats!”

”I’m a nineteen-year-old champion who travels internationally on a weekly basis, how exactly does she plan to enforce that?!” Cassie asked as she shed a few tears of frustration and I sighed before I stood up. ”I need a place of my own, I can’t be known as the champion who still lives with her parents for much longer!”

”And me and Makayla will give you any help you need with that.” I assured Cassie before I offered my hand to pull her up and she took it, once she was back on her feet I motioned towards the door. ”But for now? I’d better get you home, I’ll talk to your mom about the whole grounding thing and helping you get a place of your own.” I added and Cassie gave me a thankful hug before we gathered her things and left.

Cassie still had a bright future in the business, it was up to me to make sure that she didn’t squander all her potential because of one bad night.

13
Climax Control Archives / “Christmas Cheer is in Short Supply.”
« on: December 07, 2022, 06:16:37 PM »
(Keira was used with permission from her handler)

To say that Jessie’s match against Mercedes Vargas didn’t go as planned was an understatement as not only did Jessie lose to the Argentinian Bombshell but she did so moments after her younger cousin Harper Mason was attacked by Melissa! Jessie would get her revenge the following week on Climax Control interfering in Melissa’s non-title match against Masque after the referee had been knocked loopy.

Tensions were undoubtedly high between Jessie and Melissa heading into the Tie-Breaker Match but first? Jessie was in action on the final show of the year aptly named “Winter Wonderslam” where she was taking on another Bombshell who had challenged Ariana Angelos for the Bombshell Roulette Title, Seleana Zdunich! There was a lot of talk about who would challenge Ariana at Inception VI and Seleana, who had challenged Ari twice, was a name in top contention and a win here would certainly cement the Swedish Bombshell’s name! But can Jessie win?

Hero Academy Parking Lot, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 6th of December 2022, 16:00pm

Sometimes I think that youth is wasted on the stubborn! I should know, I was stubborn as all hell when I first arrived in SCW ten years ago.

But aside from that? I’m beginning to think that my stubbornness is rubbing off on Harper! Everyone saw Melissa’s attack on Harper two weeks ago on Climax Control, something that is lucky to not be suspended for I might add, but what you haven’t been privy too is Harper’s attitude in the immediate aftermath of that attack! She was discharged two days after the attack with instructions from her doctor that she should take it easy and wait until the new year rolled around before she picked up from where she left off.

I’ll give you a wild guess as to what she did instead! She went back to Hero Academy almost immediately and she initially took it easy, then Cassie won her first two titles within days of each other!

As happy as I am for Cass, it didn’t take a genius to figure out that her success had lit a fire under the backsides of the other trainees at Hero Academy, Harper included, that culminated in a match between Harper and Fayth Kross that, according to Keira, exposed the fact that Harper was trying to train through an injury and after refusing to relax the kid got put on the injured reserve list and I’m here to pick her up.

Why me and not her parents? Because Harper’s parents work 9-5 jobs and I don’t! And when I explained the situation to them, they were happy to let me pick her up on their behalf.

Speaking off the kid………

“I’m telling you Keira! I can still go!” I looked up from my phone upon hearing Harper’s frustrated voice and saw Harper arguing with her trainer as Keira was marching Harper out of the building. “Fayth got in a lucky shot, that’s it!”

“Harper, you may be one of my best students off the current class but don’t insult my intelligence.” Keira warned her as Harper turned to face her trainer. “You were working at half speed in your sparring match against Fayth, even those kicks you threw at the punching bag were a lot sloppier than they should’ve been considering your Taekwondo background! I’m putting you on the injured reserve list until the second week of the New Year and that’s final!”

”Trouble in paradise?” I asked the pair and they looked up to see me walking up to them. ”Because I can’t say that I’m thrilled about having my training for the match against Seleana interrupted by this!”

“Sorry Jessie but this was the only way we could get Harper to stop pushing herself.” Keira sighed as she turned to me and I nodded as I got the idea. “Harper initially did some light workouts and drills after she returned from injury but after Cassie’s title win? She tried to get back into the ring way before she was ready! And she somehow convinced Fayth to go against my orders.”

“I could’ve taken her down if not for that lucky shot!” Harper insisted and I just shook my head. “Besides, Jessie gets to wrestle every other week and she’s made no secret of her nagging injuries.”

”Kid? I’m at the point of my career where my nagging injuries are a basic fact of life, you’re not even out of training school yet, we are not the same!” I responded with a frown as I folded my arms and Harper turned to face me. ”You’ve still got the rest of your life and career in front of you, me and Keira don’t want it to go to waste because you caused yourself a career ending injury from pushing yourself too hard and that’s putting it nicely!”

“You’ll thank us for this one day, trust me on that.” Keira added and Harper let out a frustrated sigh upon realizing that she was in a losing battle. “As I explained to you in my office, your on the injured reserve list until the second week of January, and I will only let you train again if you get the all-clear from my medical staff, understood?”

“Understood.” Harper sighed when she saw the look on Keira’s face. “But what the hell am I supposed to do in the meantime? I know I’m taking up the guitar but I can’t practice that around the clock!”

”If you want to get good at guitar? You will practice often, but since we don’t want you to get Repetitive Strain Injury on top of everything else? I’ll find you something to do.” I responded and Harper nodded before getting in the passenger seat of the car and closing the door behind her. ”I feel like I should apologize for her behaviour Keira, if I had never taken her to that episode of Climax Control none of this would’ve happened.”

“You had no way of knowing that Melissa would do that, but I see what you mean.” Keira nodded sympathetically as she glanced over at Harper. “It’s like I said, Harper’s been Hero Academy’s best student since Cassie was training here, but I had to put my foot down before she made her injuries any worse.”

”I haven’t even let the kid use my home gym since she was attacked for that reason, otherwise this would’ve been caught sooner.” I admitted with a nod before I let out a sigh. ”Want me to slowly ease her back into training as the weeks pass? Keep you updated on Harper’s progress?”

“I was going to suggest that anyway, much as she needs to rest I don’t want Harper to spend the first few weeks back shaking off any ring rust.” Keira nodded in response before I made my way over to the driver’s side. “Besides that? After Cassie’s success, we’ve gotten a wave of new applications, I’m going to be busy setting them up for orientation.”

”So Harper’s essentially being held back a class because of her injuries?” I asked Keira and she nodded after a moment’s hesitation. ”If I don’t see you at Winter Wonderslam, have a good Christmas Keira.”

“You too Jessie.” Keira nodded before she returned to her gym and I got in the driver’s side seat and turned to Harper.

It was obvious that, as right as me and Keira were to do this, the situation had upset Harper quite a bit, and once again I felt my motherly instincts kick in. ”If you want we can stop by your favourite ice Cream shop on the way back.” I offered Harper and she briefly glanced up as she let her guard down. ”I’ll even let you chose the music.” I added as I motioned to my car’s dashboard and Harper’s expression lightened up a bit.

“So long as we don’t talk about that argument, I won’t complain.” Harper responded before she got her phone out and started playing some Deathcore through her Spotify account.

Was I really that stubborn when I was Harper’s age? I’ll have to ask Jake when I get back, but first? We needed to get back!

Lappert’s Icer Cream, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 6th of December 2022, 16:30pm

Good thing Harper had been to this place a few times because I doubt I had ever found it on my own, still once we had made our choices and sat down we got to chatting.

“I guess there’s one benefit to being put on medical leave from Hero Academy.” Harper sighed as I made myself comfortable opposite her. “It’s that this place is usually closed by the time I leave Hero Academy.”

”Well, that and you getting a chance to rest properly.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper rolled her eyes. ”Look, you’re a smart kid but I still can’t figure out why you thought you could keep up that ruse forever, your trainers would’ve caught on eventually.” I pointed out and Harper sighed as she rested her hand on her chin.

“Who said it was a ruse? I honestly thought I’d be able to work through the injuries and come out stronger once the dust was settled.” Harper admitted and I started to think back over the past two cycles. “Instead? I got hit with one lucky shot from a trainee who doesn’t even have a fraction of my talent and Keira hit the panic button almost immediately.”

”First off, don’t diss your fellow trainees like that, Fayth’s working just as hard as you to be the best wrestler can be and I know you’re better than that!” I chastised her and Harper lowered her head in shame as she realized that I was right. ”And that’s saying nothing off the attitude you’ve had since the attack, or do I need to remind you of that “Fayth’s sex toy” comment you directed at Skylar?”

“Those two had been total bitches to me ever since Keira caught them fucking in a wrestling ring.” Harper responded and I made a mental note to thank whoever was watching this scene that there were no kids within earshot of Harper. “What was I supposed to do? Sit there and take it whilst not standing up for myself?!”

”Standing up for yourself is one thing, slut shaming a lesbian couple is another and yes, their actions were disgusting, it doesn’t make that comment right.” I responded and Harper let out a deep breath before she leaned back in her chair. ”You remember that dream match Roxi had at Climax Control #341?”

“The one against Stacy Jones? What about it?” Harper asked and I paused to consider my answer.

”Stacy’s a hell of a wrestler but that dream match could’ve easily never happened for one reason, I don’t know all the details but earlier this year she suffered a potentially career ending injury.” I explained to Harper who nodded as she started to get the idea. ”She’s made a complete recovery but in my experience? Nine times out of ten, if an injury has the potential to end a career, it does.”

“Now that you mention it, I remember a few girls had to drop out of my high school wrestling team because they got injured, but it was more often that they found out the sport wasn’t for them and tried something else.” Harper admitted with a shrug and I had to admit, that sounded about right, and it went double for professional wrestling too. “But I’m worried that by the time I do get back to Hero Academy after being cleared that I’ll have to spend at least a couple of months having to work off the ring rust!”

”Keira’s already thought of that, she asked me to slowly ease you back into training as the month went on.” I informed Harper and she grinned in response. ”Speaking of training, are those Polish girls behaving themselves?”

“Well, they managed to have a sparring match with Fayth and Skylar that didn’t end with a broken nose so that’s progress at least.” Harper joked and I had a good laugh at that one. “Seriously though, once it became clear that Keira wasn’t going to let me return to Hero Academy until I was medically cleared I warned them that I wouldn’t be around to have their backs for the rest of the year, I asked Zoey to keep me updated when she isn’t going to England with Cassie.”

”And I’m sure Keira will have words for them if they do misbehave.” I responded before I let out a sigh. ”Look kid, I know you hate this situation but we ultimately have your best interest at heart, getting time to rest your injuries will mean the difference between having a long and storied career once you graduate and having a career cut short due to injury.”

“I know! It just sucks because outside of guitar? I’ll have nothing to do for the next month or so.” Harper sighed in frustration and I shook my head. “And yeah, I know Hero Academy would’ve broken for the holidays, this year it’s closing on the 18th and reopening on the 2nd.”

”Trust me kid, we’ll find something for you to do in the meantime! Now, shall we go order?” I asked and Harper grinned before we went up to place our orders.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 7th of December 2022, 16:00pm

If nothing else, Harper was in better spirits today than she was when I picked her up from Hero Academy yesterday, but the past day or so had confirmed one thing, it wasn’t just her wrestling or music taste that was causing me to see a lot of myself in Harper, and I’m not saying that because we’re related through my biological mother either.

What I mean is that if Harper’s any indication? Then my stubborn streak runs in the family, hell she’s acting a lot like I did when I was her age, stubbornness, and all.

Off course, it was my stubbornness that set me on my current path because, much like Harper, my family was against the idea of me pursuing wrestling as a career, if Keira hadn’t literally marched Harper out of Hero Academy yesterday then I fear that she would’ve pushed herself to far and made her injuries worse, and given how young she is, both as a person and a wrestler? Yeah, any injury at this point had the potential to be life changing and not for the better.

But she is showing an interest in other stuff, like cooking off all things!

“Okay Harp, if your serious about learning how to cook food perfectly you’ve come to the right place.” Shane informed my teenaged cousin as she joined him in the kitchen and I watched on from the dining table, turned out that Harper’s present from her parents (aside from her other guitars) was being made to find her own place in the New Year and whilst me, Jake and Shane were more than happy to help her with that, we did want to make sure she knew the basics, starting with cooking, “Without having to pay an arm and a leg to go to culinary school I mean!”

“Yeah, sending me to Hero Academy cost my parents enough money as it is, I think culinary school on top of that would be a step too far.” Harper admitted as she watched Shane get his equipment and seasoning’s out. “Plus I’ve heard enough student loan horror stories to turn me off that idea entirely! Including from my own mom!”

”Don’t even get me started on that student loan bullshit, it would my argument with your parents after the attack seem pleasant!” I responded with an annoyed sigh and Harper and Shane quickly nodded in agreement. ”But yeah, even though he has no culinary training, Shane is an excellent cook! He’s even applied to compete on MasterChef a couple of times.”

“Namely Seasons 6 and 7, in hindsight I don’t know if I could’ve competed with Shaun but after two failed applications I gave up on that idea.” Shane added before he went over to the fridge to see what was available. “So Harp, how do you like your steaks?”

“Medium Rare or bust.” Harper responded with a grin as Shane got out a pair of big ribeye steaks that he had gotten from our local butcher. “Starting me off on steaks huh?”

“Steaks are easy to cook well and fuck up in equal measure but if you can nail a perfect medium rare by cooking alongside me then the rest should be a breeze.” Shane added before he turned his attention back to me. “Jess, we’re going to be a bit busy over here, you mind preparing a side dish.”

”I’ll see what I can do but there’s a reason why you’re the cook in this house Shane.” I responded before I went over to the fridge to see what was in it. ”Mushrooms, spinach, ricotta, prawns. I hope your idea isn’t for me to do a ravioli because that’s the only dish that’s coming to mind as I look at this stuff.”

“Don’t worry, I know ravioli’s not exactly your forte, there’s a garlic and herb compound butter in the side draw, grab that and the prawns and we can make this a surf and turf dish.” Shane instructed me and once I saw what he was referring too I grabbed the two items. “I’ve got enough veg for the side over here so close the fridge door for now.”

”Wil do.” I responded before I used my shoulder to close the fridge door and before long I was cooking my prawns alongside their steaks. ”These are pretty big prawns how many do you want per serving?”

“Two per serving should be plenty.” Shane responded after seeing how big the prawns were, after a while the meal was coming along well with Harper following Shane’s directions as well as she could. “So, how was the training going before the attack?”

“It was going well, and then the attack happened.” Harper responded with a frustrated sigh as she gave her steak a flip. “I still maintain that Fayth got a lucky shot in and that Keira hit the panic button as a major overreaction.”

”Not getting into that again Harper, but I trust the word of a veteran like Keira a lot more than I trust someone who isn’t even out of training school yet.” I responded as I shook my head and Harper rolled her eyes. ”This will be for your own good in the long run, trust me!”

“Sooner I can get back to training, the better.” Harper grumbled under her breath and me and Shane shared a look before we continued to cook the dinner.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas Nevada
Thursday the 8th of December 2022, 11:00am

*promo time*

Merry fucking Christmas!

”It’s supposed to be the season to be jolly, right?” I asked as I paced around the ring with my arms crossed. ”You know? Christmas is right around the corner and all? Well, I haven’t had much to be Jolly about! I lost my Roulette Title Match again Ari, what was meant to be my rubber match against Melissa ended up being our second match in the trilogy, my cousin Harper got attacked by Melissa to get to me in a tactic so successful that it cost me a match against Mercedes Vargas and to top it all off? This year in general has been a bad one for me, but I can at least cap it off by beating a former Bombshell Roulette and World Bombshell Champion, right Seleana?”

Clash of the former champions.

”That’s right, my last match of 2022 is against the woman I pinned to secure my title shot against Andrea Hernandez at the beginning of the year, funny how that works out!” I commented before shaking my head. ”Seleana this isn’t our first meeting, first one on one meeting in a while? Sure, but we’re wrestled before and most of the time? You found a way to come out on top! What’s going to change this time? Because I already know that having this.” I added before holding up my hand with my Hall of Fame ring on it. ”Doesn’t automatically mean that I’m going to win every match I get booked in, just ask Ari and Mercedes!”

About that………

”Speaking of our resident Greek American Champion, there’s been some chatter over who her first challenger of 2022 will be! Now, looking at this match, I could see either of us getting the nod because we’re both former Roulette Champions.” I admitted as I brushed some haor over my shoulder. ”But on the other hand? We’ve both had our shots against Ari, two in your case, and she’s beaten us both so maybe the bosses have a fresh challenger in mind for Ari? We won’t know that until Sunday Night off course but a win here for either of us would possibly put us in contention, wouldn’t it?”

Who needs it more?

”If that is the case Seleana then we need to ask ourself one question, who would benefit more from another shot at Ari? Me, who hasn’t held a title since 2020 or you who also hasn’t held a title since 2020 but has had far more success in terms of long title reigns?!” I asked as I leaned on the ring ropes before shaking my head. ”On the other hand? I’m in no hurry to repeat the debacle that surrounded the Bombshell Roulette Title at High Stakes XII and I’m sure Ari’s in agreement, does that that I’m going to let you get the win so I can focus on Melissa?”

What do you think?

”Hell no! There’s a better chance of The Troll winning a beauty pageant after putting on his girlfriend’s makeup, a wig and his mom’s favourite dress!” I added before shuddering a bit. ”If I’ve just given my viewers nightmares with that mental image, sorry! Trust me when I say that I’m suffering for that sentence as well! But back to less horrifying mental images and yes, I know that bar’s so low to the ground that you could step over it!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”To make a long story short Seleana? I have too much pride to let anyone get the better of me without me putting up a fight first! Mercedes was lucky that she faced me after Harper’s attack but since Harper won’t be attending Climax Control for a while? You won’t have that on your side!”

Whether she wants such an advantage though?

”But you see Seleana, this is why your marriage to Christina is so damn baffling! Christina will literally use every dirty trick under the sun to stay relevant, up to and including attacking you to get in the World Bombshell Title scene, you on the other hand? Since you joined SCW in 2018 you’ve shown yourself to be an honourable competitor, even during that time where Christina practically gift wrapped the Bombshell Roulette Title for you! It’s commendable for sure but I have a question, does it leave you without a killer instinct?”

It's that simple.

”You haven’t held a title since your Roulette Title Reign ended, not for lack of trying off course because you’ve been someone the bosses view as a person they can rely on as a good first challenger for any new champion and that was when you didn’t earn those shots in matches, but you haven’t been able to pull the trigger on any of those shots.” I stated before making a hand gun gesture with my hand and imitating the action of firing a bullet, even blowing away the imaginary smoke for effect. ”Same can be said for me admittedly, but my exploits in pursuit of a title have gone down in infamy over the years I have the killer instinct in me to get the job done Seleana, something you surely lack!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”I’ll be the first to admit that Christmas Cheer is in Short Supply hear at the Salco household, you try keeping a cheery façade after a teenaged relative was just attacked, but getting the win on the last show of the year would definitely get me on the right track for 2023 and Seleana? As much as I respect you, you’re the only one standing in my way of that goal!” I said before I left the ring and walked up to the camera. ”Way I see it Seleana? Either you get the fuck out of my way or be struck like Blood Lightning courtesy of the SCW Hall of Famer Jessie Salco! Either way? I’ll see you in the ring!”

I left my home gym as the scene fades.

14
Ow, my fucking head!

Jessie was probably going to blame herself for what happened at Climax Control last night, she had told me to keep my guard up in case Melissa tried anything and with my taekwondo background? I could’ve held my own against Melissa, at least for a little while.

Instead? My damn sweet tooth got to me and I went to the nearest vending machine to get a snack, and before I knew what was happened Melissa blindsided me ramming my head face first into the vending machine’s glass to knock me loopy before beating me up and dragging me off! By the time I had regained my senses, I was tied up to a chair and gagged whilst Melissa had a camera crew on hand to record her cou de gras.

Now I’m awake again and at a hospital in Los Angeles, pounding headache and all! The first thing I heard when I came too? My parents, and they weren’t happy.

“We trusted you Jessie!” My dad shouted angrily from the other side of my hospital room and I groaned as I sat up, my parents had been against the idea of following in Jessie’s footsteps from the very start but I had assured them that I was in good hands with Jessie, why wouldn’t I think that? She’s been a wrestler since I was three years old! “Last night’s show was supposed to be the best moment of Leanne’s life and instead she’s in the hospital!”

I groaned to myself as I leaned back in my bed, in case that didn’t give it away? Harper was my middle name, my birthname was Leanne but as I grew older, I just flat out hated my first name so I started insisting that everyone called me Harper! My parents did come around to the idea eventually, even IF it took me refusing to answer to the name Leanne, but they usually used my real first name when a situation was serious.

I guess it doesn’t get much more serious than their eighteen-year-old daughter being hospitalized at a wrestling show, right? ”I’m sorry but I can’t be everywhere! I told Harper to keep an eye out in case Melissa tried anything but clearly, she waited until the right moment to strike!” Jessie’s voice rang out and I sighed, at least she wasn’t backing down from my parents.  ”And besides that, I had no reason to suspect that Melissa would even stoop that low! Attacking a non-wrestler is usually grounds for suspension without pay in SCW!”

“Well, clearly you were wrong.” My mom responded and I just shook my head wondering if it was going to fall to me to alert them that I had woken up, aside from the fact that I had woken up late last night and put out a tweet asking about the number of that size 7 boot that hit me! Luckily, I didn’t have to due anything because a nurse came in to check on me after brushing past Jessie and my parents.

“Oh good, you’re awake.” The nurse sighed with relief as I messaged my forehead, at which point Jessie and my parents looked up to see that what the nurse way saying was true. “We’re going to keep you for observation overnight Harper, that was a nasty kick you took, but you should be free to leave first thing tomorrow morning.”

“Good, the boredom’s already killing me!” I responded with a groan and as soon as the nurse left Jessie and my parents walked into my hospital room and Jessie closed the door behind them. “Hey guys, I know a lot happened last night but………”

“Leanne, we told you that wrestling was too dangerous and you didn’t listen! Now you’ve been hospitalized after attending a show as Jessie’s guest.” My mom interrupted me and I didn’t even get a chance to groan about my real first name being used before mom continued. “Wrestling is no place for a young lady like yourself! We want you to pull out of Hero Academy!”

I just stared at my mom in shock when she said that second part and a quick glance up at Jessie told me that she had been blindsided by this as well. “Let me get this straight.” I started as I ran a hand down my face. “I got hurt several times when I was on the amateur wrestling team, I got hurt several more times when I was practicing taekwondo but the one time that I get hurt after I start my wrestling training and you go into panic mode?!”

“Leanne please, just listen to reason.” My dad chimed in and I turned to him with a frown on my face. “Those prior accidents were no one’s fault but your own, you got attacked by another woman last night.”

”Melissa attacked Harper, Leanne, whatever her name as, to get to me, when I offered Harper a chance to attend last night’s show as my guest I had no reason to believe that she’d be attacked because my bosses at SCW take attacks on non-wrestlers seriously.” Jessie responded as she walked up to us with her arms crossed. ”Or to put it another way? Wrestlers have been indefinitely suspended for attacking non-wrestlers, without pay! The only reason Melissa wasn’t slapped with a suspension is because I insisted on it!”

Okay, I was definitely going to ask Jessie about that, but I needed to put this matter to rest. “Mom, dad, I know your just trying to look out for my best interests but I’m not giving up my wrestling dream! I’m eighteen years old, I’m not a kid anymore! Just because I still live with you guys doesn’t mean you can still dictate what I do in my day to day!”

The looks I gave my parents as I said that made one thing clear, not only was dropping out of Hero Academy out of the question but I wasn’t about to let this incident get to me , after another hour they left my hotel room for a bit and Jessie took the bedside chair that my mom was occupying. ”Kid, I just want to apologize for what happened last night, I knew Melissa would try anything she could to get under my skin………” Jessie trailed off before shaking her head. ”I can’t even say that I couldn’t have seen that coming, I’m a veteran of this sport, I’ve seen similar tactics be used over the years!”

“There’s only one person I blame and that’s Melissa, and frankly I just want to get discharged ASAP so I can train.” I sighed as I ran a hand through my hair and Jessie could only give me a sympathetic look for that. “I want to attend the year end show but I’ll probably give this week’s show a miss.”

”I’ll see what I can do, but the bosses might decline on the off chance that she tries that again.” Jessie responded as she shook her head and she was right off course. ”Just try to take it easy, if anyone needs some excitement right now it’s Cassie because she won her first title last night.”

“Holy shit! Really?!” I asked before I went straight to Cassie’s twitter feed on my phone and sure enough, there were Cassie’s tweets about being a tag team champion with someone called Blaze Darling. “At the rate we’re going? Hero Academy might be a serious challenger to the Go Gym in terms of producing champions! Remind me to congratulate Cassie in person when I see her.”

”Think Krystal will beat you to the punch there but I’ll pass the message along.” Jessie responded as she shifted her weight. ”I know the nurse said that you’ll be discharged tomorrow so I’ll try to get us back to Vegas ASAP, Keira will pay a visit later as well. But try to relax.”

“I’ll try.” I sighed as I shifted my weight. “And if you find any sweets? Send them my way.”

”Will do.” Jessie responded before she stood up and left my hospital room.

15
Climax Control Archives / "Same Old Song and Dance!”
« on: November 21, 2022, 10:52:55 AM »
Jessie went into the Roulette Title Match against Ariana with a plan, namely, to try to use her status as the sweetheart champion against her by way off attacking her from the offset once the wheel stopped in Black Friday Brawl, however it wasn’t enough for the veteran Bombshell to win the title as Ari’s reign would survive for another week which left one big question, what was next for the two Bombshells?

Well, after two weeks of waiting Jessie got her answer, a match against Mercedes Vargas! The back and forth between the two veteran Bombshells was almost as old as SCW itself and with Jessie’s tiebreaker match against Melissa set for the first show of the New Year (the annual Blaze of Glory PPV) Jessie was in search of a momentum boost as the year winded down, can the Hall of Famer from the 2022 Class beat the 2X Hall of Famer?

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 17th of November 2022, 16:00pm

It’s certainly been a week.

I had a plan heading into the Roulette Title Match against Ariana, the fact that the wheel landed on a stipulation that allowed me to bend the rules a little bit was just a happy coincidence as far as I was concerned, but all my planning couldn’t account for just how tenacious a competitor Ariana was and after being Hurricanranered from the second floor to the ground floor and then having a full-grown woman crash on top of me for her Corkscrew Shooting Star Press finisher?

Yeah, I think it’s safe to say that both me and Ariana were thankful to have the week off after our title match! The Go Gym has enough on it’s plate with Krystal’s title match against Masque in any case!

Since then I had managed to talk my teenaged cousin into getting a Twitter account by pointing out to Harper that it would be a decent way to build up connections in the wrestling business and get some eyes on her for when Harper’s graduation match at Hero Academy came up, whilst I doubted that Harper’s graduation match wouldn’t happen until we were well into the New Year (she did start right before High Stakes XII after all) Harper’s training was coming along great and the kid was proving to be a natural in the ring.

So imagine my surprise when Harper texted me to inform me that Twitter had locked her account for the day! Over a joke post about gimps to boot! After Harper’s training for the day at Hero Academy had wrapped up I texted her back asking if she had any frustration to work out at my Home Gym and, well, here she is kicking the hell out of a punching bag!

”If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that punching bag owed you money.” I commented as I watched Harper’s workout and the teen grinned sheepishly in response. ”So, you literally can’t do anything on your Twitter?”

“Can’t tweet, can’t replay, can’t quote tweet, can’t DM anyone, can’t even like!” Harper responded with an annoyed sigh as she paused her workout music playlist, which, to my annoyance, consisted mostly of Deathcore acts. “I can still view my notifications so it’s not like I’ll have a million notifications when I get my account back tomorrow!”

”You’d probably spend the rest of the day catching up on stuff if you did.” I commented with a shrug before Harper resumed her workout and resuming the playlist, according to her it was playing “Angel or Alien” by Born of Osiris, not that I could tell you the difference. ”Meant to ask actually, you didn’t learn to kick like that when you were on your amateur wrestling team, did you?”

“My opponents on the wrestling mat would probably complain if I did.” Harper responded with a laugh as she leaned against the punching bag’s stand. “But nah, when I wasn’t stretching other girls’ limbs I was practicing Taekwondo! Managed to get up to a second-degree black belt before my lessons stopped due to the pandemic but it was like riding a bicycle, once you learn it, you can’t really unlearn it.”

”I suppose that makes sense, though Keira did mention that you had started incorporating your kicks into your training.” I commented as I looked at the punching bag, it was a good thing that I had a decent punching bag because I think Harper’s kicks would’ve sent it flying by now. ”Right after your sparring match against Amy at that, but I’m sure that’s a coincidence!”

“I’d be lying if I said that if it was.” Harper admitted with a shrug as she brushed some hair over my shoulder. “But me and Amy were talking after our training session wrapped up, when I mentioned my Martial Arts background to her she suggested that I incorporate it into my wrestling style! I don’t kick as hard as someone like Fenris but my opponents probably won’t see my kicks coming!” Harper added before she remembered something. “Wasn’t there a French girl with a martial arts background who signed with SCW around this time last year? Black belt in judo and karate?”

”Adrienne? Yeah, she was a graduate of the Go Gym but since leaving SCW she moved to New York with Caleb and Katie Storms.” I explained with a nod as I started to get the idea. ”I ordered some kick pads from Amazon after a sparring match with her left my arms feeling like they were going to fall off but I’d have to search for them because I haven’t had to use them since her release from her SCW contract.” I admitted as I looked around the home gym trying to remember where I had put it. ”We’ll give them a go once I find them at the rate you’re going the punching bag is going to have a permanent imprint of your foot.”

“Not sure if it works like that, but you’re probably right.” Harper admitted with a sheepish grin before I went off to find the kickpads.

It was easy to make comparisons between Harper and Cassie, both were teenaged cousins of successful SCW Bombshells who had proven to be a natural in the ring and had come from athletic backgrounds (amateur wrestling and Tae Kwon Do for Harper, soccer for Cassie) but personality wise? They couldn’t be more different, Cass was a class clown whilst, if nothing else, Harper was a teacher’s pet.

Yet Harper was the one who got her Twitter account locked for the day and not Cass, funny how things work out.

Hero Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 21st of November 2022, 08:00am

Last night’s Climax Control was certainly something.

With Christina literally being carried out on a stretcher after her Street Fight against Bella (and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t watching that with a bag of popcorn in hand) and the champions retaining their belts in the penultimate matches of the night, it seemed like the title scenes were going to be pretty static heading into the New Year, something I’m sure Ari is grateful for considering she’s facing Amber Ryan in her return match this week.

But me? Well, despite losing my latest Roulette Title Match, it was fair to say that I got the luck of the draw between me and Ari.

Why? Because I’m facing Mercedes Vargas yet again! Appropriate considering that I beat Mercedes and Bea in that ladder match to get that shot in the first place but between that and facing a girl who’s literally only been wrestling for a few months in UPRISING? Yeah, I’m not complaining!

If nothing else, kicking Mercedes’s overrated ass will never get old!

As for why I’m here this morning, Keira had invited me to go over the basics with some of the trainees and show that despite two female trainees having sex in a training ring (yeah, I know, I would’ve expelled them too) the latest batch of students were taking their training seriously.

If you asked Harper then she’d tell you that she felt like she was the only one taking her wrestling training seriously but that’s neither here nor there.

”Okay, I want to see two of you go through your paces in a sparring match.” I instructed the trainees and almost immediately Skylar and Fayth, the two trainees who had fucked in the wrestling ring and were now a lesbian couple, put their hands up. ”I appreciate your enthusiasm girls, but Keira would prefer it if you’d you’re your clothes on!”

“We learned from our mistakes from the last time we did that!” Skylar protested as her thick southern accent rang out, wasn’t quite sure if it was a Texan or Georgian accent and frankly? I couldn’t be bothered to ask her, her girlfriend on the other hand? Well, there was no mistaking the accent of someone from New Zealand, let’s leave it at that! “And Keira’s had us spar together since that incident!”

”Well it’s good to know that you’re not going to completely emulate the works of Chelsea Skye and Sarah Blaze.” I commented dryly and I could’ve sworn that I had spotted Harper scoffing in the background, teacher’s pet or not, my little cousin definitely shared my sense of humour. ”But Keira told me that she wants you two to train with different partners today, anyone who complains gets to be Harper’s training buddy and she told me that she wants to work on her kicks today!” I added and Skylar and Fayth shared a look as it sunk in, to say that Harper’s kicks had gained a reputation worthy of her status as a second-degree black belt in taekwondo was an understatement. ”Your choice girls, either you pick your own partners or I pick them for you! And trust me, you won’t like my choices!”

“I’ll pair up with Kata.” Fayth quickly decided as she glanced over at the Polish girl, her full name was a bit longer but no one could pronounce it correctly so the short, purple haired girl just told everyone to call her Kata for short. “I can handle her a lot better than Harper.”

“I’ll happily make you eat those words, maybe even include some salt to taste.” Kata chuckled in response and I shook my head, Kata’s Polish accent was far from the thickest in the room but it still took me a minute to realize what she was saying.

”Fayth, Kata, you are off in ring two.” I instructed the girls and they quickly nodded before they headed off in that room. ”Harper? Keep an eye on them, just in case Fayth tries any funny stuff.”

“Will do.” Harper nodded before she jogged over to the ring to keep an eye on the trainees with the other trainers.

”Okay Skylar, your turn.” I added as I turned to the blonde girl who tried to keep a brave face as she looked over the other female trainees. ”I’ll give you the same warning I gave Fayth, either you pick your partner or I do and you don’t want me to pick your partner!”

“Well if Fayth’s going to beat up her sister, I’ll take Aniela.” Skylar quickly decided as she glanced over at Kata’s twin sister (sporting her natural auburn brown hair colour) and the Polish girl scoffed as she rolled her eyes.

“You fuck in the training ring once and you think your hot shit?” Aniela asked and I had to supress a chuckle at her comment. “Fine, I’ll take you down faster than your girlfriend after a few drinks!”

”How about we cut it with the slut shaming Aniela? Unless you want me to get Keira in here!” I warned her and Aniela quickly shut up before I assigned the two girls to ring three and once the rest of the students had their assignments I joined Harper in watching Fayth and Kata go at it. ”I take it the poster children for humility are doing fine?” I asked Harper as I watched them spar, it was clear that Fayth was on another level compared to Kata but the Polish girl was quickly coming into her own.

“Fayth came into the match with her usual bravado but she can at least back it up in the ring.” Harper nodded in response as she glanced over at me. “Kata still has a long way to go but the passion is there, same goes for her twin sister.”

”Considering how far they’ve travelled to train here? I’m not surprised.” I responded as we watched the two girls exchange some basic wrestling holds and considering Kata started only last week? She was holding her own, even did a decent arm drag. ”Any word on the ones who were egging on a fight last week?”

“Heard about that huh?” Harper asked as she shook her head and I nodded in response. “Aaron’s doing well but he’s a bit behind the other male students, Kata and Aniela were the main culprits in terms of egging on the fight and the rest are trying to keep their heads down and stay out of trouble.” Harper added as we watched Fayth’s control of the sparring match get wrestled away by Kata as she reversed a headlock and turned it into an arm wringer. “Are we going to stick to the basics or are we actually going to see why you two are so highly touted?”

“What’s the matter Harp? Still sore that I knocked you the fuck out?” Fayth taunted my younger cousin who rolled her eyes before grinning as Kata took the initiative and started a sequence that showed off more of their athleticism.

”That’s more like it!” I commented with a grin before the training matches were brought to a screeching halt by a loud argument between Skylar and Aniela in one of the other training rings. ”Can’t go a week without an argument huh?” I asked as we glanced over and saw the two students having a heated argument. ”At least their passionate.”

“Passion or not, we’d better break that up before they come to blows.” Harper responded and I nodded in agreement before we marched over to the ring where Harper and Aniela were having a shoving match, I nodded to Harper and she rolled into the ring before getting between the two students. “Can we please go a week without an argument?”

“THAT BITCH STARTED IT!” Skylar asserted as she tried to push past Harper but Harper was quite a bit stronger than her and it was a moot point, I spotted that the sparring match between Fayth and Kata had ended abruptly and Kata had come over to see what was going on. “She said that I was no better than my sister!”

“My sister tells the truth for once.” Kata responded as she rolled into the ring and Skylar turned to her. “Off course, Taylor was never so much of a slut that she fucked another girl in the ring so I guess that means your worse than her………”

The next thing Kata knew? She was on her back, clutching her freshly broken nose in pain as she glared up Skylar and I shared a look with Keri before we quickly got in the ring. ”Do you want to be expelled from this school? Because that’s a good way to get expelled from this school Skylar!”

“Couldn’t have put it better myself.” Keri nodded in agreement before she had Harper pin Skylar against one of the turnbuckles and I enlisted Zoey’s help in keeping the twins on the other side of the ring. “Kata, Aniela, laps, now!”

“We’re doing laps when that cunt broke my nose?!” Kata demanded giving me even more reason to not open my own training school. “Not to mention my broken nose!”

”The nose wouldn’t have been broken if you had never stuck it in a place it never belonged kid, will be a valuable life lesson if you ever graduate.” I responded as I flared at the girl and she quickly backed off when she saw the look on my face. ”Saying that? We should get that nose looked at, just in case.”

“Good idea, you and Harper take them to the medical wing.” Keri nodded in response and Harper looked up upon hearing her name. “Harp, when you get back your sparring with Skylar.”

“Finally, someone on my fucking level!” Skylar scoffed at which point Aniela spat at her. “You really going to let that nasty bitch get away with that?”

“Aniela, spit at another student again and you’ll be expelled on the spot! Understood?” Keri warned her and Aniela quickly backed off, once things had settled down e and Harper took the Polish girls to the medical wing to get Kata’s nose looked at.

Hero Academy Medical Wing, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 21st of November 2022, 10:00am

How Keira and Roxi have the patience to put up with this shit, I’ll never know.

I still remember what it was like when I was training in Florida, frankly wrestling schools can be no different from wrestling promotions in terms of the egos that brew there and how the clash of egos was going to escalate into a full-blown fist fight.

The fact that Keira wasn’t here today didn’t help hence why me and Harper had taken it upon ourselves to try to help Keri keep order, key word being try.

”So, what did we learn girls?” I asked the two Polish girls as Kata had her nose tended too by the medic, Aniela had been left unscathed so she was just watching her sister getting tended too. ”When talking too an already angry wrestling trainee?”

“Don’t egg her on by insulting her?” Kata grunted as she glanced up at me, she did seem to regret her actions but for now I couldn’t tell if it was because of her broken nose or because she was genuinely regretting it. “It’s not my fault she and Fayth forced Keira to order a new wrestling ring because they couldn’t keep their hands out of each other’s………well, you know.”

“I’d say enlighten me to be a smartass but there’s no point.” Harper responded as she shook her head before sitting down next to the medic to look at Kata. “Look, I was just as disgusted at their actions as anyone else but we are trying to move past that incident!”

“If they were truly committed to that, Skylar and Fayth should’ve been expelled the moment Keira caught them.” Aniela chimed in and we turned to the (technically) younger of the two sisters, wasn’t sure of the details myself but from what Keira told me? Aniela had been born two minutes after Kata. “I mean hell, Kata got expelled for having sex with her girlfriend back in Poland!”

”That sounds a little extreme.” I responded with a raised eyebrow and Kata shook her head.

“I met her at a girl’s boarding school and we were having sex on the head teacher’s desk, completely forgot about the security cameras.” Kata admitted as she glanced over at me before the medic finished checking her nose and gave her the all-clear. “We broke it off right there and then, lost track of her after we moved to the US to train here.”

”Probably for the best, long-distance relationships and all that.” I sighed as I folded my arms and the three younger women nodded in agreement. ”So, are you bi or lesbian?”

“Nah, I’m a vagiterian through and through, Aniela’s the straight one.” Kata admitted as she shook her head and I did notice a look on Harper’s face to indicated that she had something on her mind. “Kinda got blown out of the closet once the reasons for my expulsion became public knowledge, but I don’t care! I was going to come out after I graduated anyway! That incident just sped up the process.”

”That doesn’t make the fact that you were outed against your will okay Kata, you know there’s a strong support system here.” I responded and Kata said nothing for a good minute, just stared off into space. ”And plenty of gay students here too, hell Keira’s been an out lesbian for years.”

“Yeah, yeah, I know, I shouldn’t keep this stuff bottled up.” Kata grumbled before she stood up abruptly and motioned to her sister towards the door. “We’d better get our punishment over and done with sis.”

“No argument there.” Aniela responded before the twin sisters left the room, me and Harper followed them out soon afterwards at which point I turned to her.

”Something on your mind Harp?” I asked as she looked deep in thought and Harper glanced up at me. ”You’ve been quiet since Kata admitted that she was forced out of the closet.”

“Just thinking about my own sexuality, my last relationship with a guy ended after I caught him in bed with three other women.” Harper sighed in response as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. “Especially after that shooting at the gay nightclub in Colorado Springs over the past weekend.”

”You’ll know what the answer to that is when the time is right, same goes for when you’ll come out.” I assured her and Harper grinned in response. ”And you’ll have your bi cousin’s support at the very least.”

“Thanks Jess.” Harper responded with a grin before we walked off.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 21st of November 2022, 15:00pm

*promo time*

Here we go again!

”Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, in singles action it’ll be Jessie Salco taking on Mercedes Vargas and you’ve already stopped me.” I commented as I shook my head with a frown on my face. ”How many times are we going to have this same old song and dance Mercedes? Our unofficial rivalry is one that’s almost as old as SCW itself and even managed to briefly cross over into Honour Wrestling when SCW went on hiatus in 2018, it's a tale as old as time and I’m getting sick of repeating the same chapters!”

Seriously!

”And yet, not even a month after we faced off in that Triple Threat Ladder Match alongside Bea, here we are again! At least this time, we’re not fighting for a future title opportunity especially with the end of the year being just around the corner!” Small miracles right? But I had to keep focussed as I leaned on the ring ropes. ”But there’s the thing, we’re both coming off losses in title matches and with the new year being within spitting distance? We’re both in need of a serious momentum boost before we make any tentative plans for the New Year and since my first PPV Match of the New Year has practically been set in stone? I need this win to get some momentum going against Melissa!”

What will it hold for us?

”At this point I’ve faced you so many times that even my arguments against you are becoming tired and dated, your spent, your beast years are behind you, you cling to whatever relevancy your title wins from years ago has afforded you, honestly Mercedes, I could go on and on but I won’t!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Honestly, the only reason the bosses keep you around these days is so that they can say that they still have a Hall of Famer on the roster and that she’s a member of a “legendary” stable which would be all well and good if it weren’t for my induction at High Stakes XII and the fact that your so called legendary stable managed to drag down the Bombshell Division’s reputation for excellence by its mere existence!”

No prizes for guessing what I’m talking about.

”A reputation it’s only just managed to rebuild after Veronica fucked off to lesser wrestling feds, Delia fucked off to god knows where and Liz Smalls is back in Kindergarten!” I added as I spat to the side. ”The fact is Mercedes is that you’re a relic of a bygone era struggling to keep up with the modern crop of Bombshells, your last title reign only exists because Goth had nothing better to do and the Mixed Tag Team Division was basically dead by that point! Every time you are given a title opportunity that you’ve done fuck all to earn, you blow it! You blew it against Masque, if it weren’t for my pride, you would’ve blown it against Ari and just two weeks ago, you blew it against Kayla, sooner or later the bosses will realize what everyone else already knows, you are useless!”

Honestly!

”And people dare to call me the choke artist of the Bombshell Division when Mercedes fucking Vargas exists! If there’s a bigger joke in the modern Bombshell Division, I would love to fucking hear it!” I added as I shook my head. ”It’s like I said when we faced in the Triple Threat Match Mercy, you exist as a body for younger, hungrier and better Bombshells to beat on their way to better competition! Krystal proved that fact to be true when she kicked your ass at High Stakes XII and I’ll continue to prove that this week on Climax Control!”

It's that simple.

”How many times do I have to teach you this lesson old lady?” I asked before shaking my head. ”I’ve gone from quoting historical figures to quoting an overused SpongeBob SquarePants meme! But hey! At least it’s still a lot more relevant than you Mercedes! Because at this point of your career, you are the cockroach of the Bombshell Division! No matter what your betters in the division do to you, you keep coming back for more! Maybe they should book you against Bella Madison next? She seemed to stamp out the other Bombshell Division cockroach when she beat Christina on Sunday!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”But until then? I’ll happily deal you yet another loss for you to add to your records, which would mean something if you were good at keeping them! But alas, you’re not!” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”And as long we keep getting booked in this same old  song and dance? I’ll keep striking you like Blood Lightning on my way to a victory in that squared circle! See you in the ring for your latest ass kicking Mercy!”

I left my home gym as the scene fades.

16
Climax Control Archives / “The Story Ain’t Over!”
« on: November 07, 2022, 11:00:18 AM »
(Amy and Josh were used with permission from their handlers)

The war was over, Jessie had defeated Melissa in the Chamber of Extreme to bring their feud to an end capping off a night that started with the wrestling veteran being inducted into the Hall of Fame! However Jessie wasn’t taking a break even after her Hall of Fame Induction because during the lead up to High Stakes XII Jessie had defeated Mercedes Vargas and Bea Barnhart to secure a #1 Contenders Match for the Bombshell Roulette Championship against Ariana Angelos on the same night as the Chamber of Extreme.

Jessie was presented with a choice by Christian, either have Ariana added to the Chamber of Extreme and have it made a Triple Threat Match for the Bombshell Roulette Title or delay the title match to the following Climax Control, Jessie, too the shock of anyone who had followed her wrestling career, opted to put off the title match and instead focus on resolving the issues between her and Melissa leaving Ariana to defend her title in a rematch with Seleana Zdunich instead! Ariana retained the title over the Swedish Bombshell and now they were set to clash at Climax Control! Can Jessie kick off her post Hall of Fame career with a title win?

Backstage at High Stakes XII, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 30th of October 2022, 18:00pm

Been a while since I cried like that.

I’m not afraid to admit that I was a bundle of nerves heading into the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the fact that Alex Jones was being inducted first (and inducted himself because off course the egotistical bastard did) did set aside some of my worries but when Amy was called up to the podium to induct me? Yeah, my nerves came back with force.

As for the speech itself? It was a rollercoaster of emotions, I laughed, I cried (a lot), I made the audience laugh a couple of times, it was definitely going to be the defining moment of my wrestling career! But it did leave me with one big question: what was left for me to do?

If I was part of the 2021 class that answer would’ve been a lot easier, set my sights on the World Bombshell Title, (hopefully) win it and call it a day on my career once the reign ended! I’ve spoken at length about the nagging injuries that I’ve accumulated over the past ten years so it’s not like I don’t have a good reason to call it a day.

There’s just one problem with that, I was going to retire after Into the Void XI, I was planning to announce it at that Climax Control and take on some kind of backstage roll in the company, then Mark Cross booked me in the Main Event of his King for a Day Episode in a Tag Team Match with the then newly crowned World Heavyweight Champion Matthew Knox, I’ve never been one to leave a partner high and dry especially when Mark’s partner was Levana “peaked at the BFTP Semi-Finals” Cade, and then I met a certain rookie called Melissa.

You should know the rest of the story by now, I’m set to take on Goth’s fiancé Melissa tonight in the Chamber of Extreme and in the intervening time I’ve joined UPRISING as a wrestler, someone who’s on the verge of retirement doesn’t join a new fed out of the blue like that so yeah, my story isn’t ending with the Hall of Fame induction.

As I said at the end of my speech, this isn’t the end of my story, it’s just the end of a decade long chapter!

“Take it from the person you inducted in 2015.” Amy commented as she walked up to me, the Hall of Fame ceremony was over and Belinda and Jason were running down the High Stakes XII card, I usually tuned out this part of the show by playing some music through my headphones but after my Hall of Fame induction I was too emotionally charged to even think about that. “Tonight’s a night that you’ll look back on for the rest of your career Jess.”

”At least until they get around to inducting the Metal and Punk Connection as a team, though I think Team Hero will get the Team induction first.” I responded with a grin before we slapped hands and Amy pulled my into a tight hug. ”Only two things left to do tonight, find Ari before her title defence against Seleana and beat Melissa in the Chamber of Extreme.”

“The card rundown just started; you’ll have plenty of time to find her.” Amy pointed out before Joshua Acquin walked up to us with a grin on his face. “Don’t worry Josh, you’ll get your Hall of Fame induction one year.”

“I don’t mind waiting if it means my friends get what they deserve.” Josh responded as he shook his head before turning to me. “And Jess? No matter what anyone says that Hall of Fame induction was well deserved.”

”At this point the only ones not saying that are Alicia Lukas and The Troll, Alicia’s so over the hill that I’m not even sure her sister takes her seriously and, well, The Troll’s just that, a troll, I just wish he had stuck to the YouTube Comment Section.” I added with a grin getting a laugh out of the two former SCW wrestlers. ”Shame that you’ve ruled out returning to SCW full time Amy, who knows? Maybe the Metal and Punk Connection will reunite in UPRISING?”

“Stranger things have happened, especially since we own the Metal and Punk Connection trademarks.” Amy responded with a shrug and I nodded in agreement. “So, out of Seleana and Ari, who do you think you can beat for the title?”

”That’s a tough question, I’ve only beaten Seleana once and that was the match that got me my shot at Andrea at the start of the year, Ari would be a fresh opponent and we wrestle the same style but depending on what the wheel stops on it might not matter.” I responded with a shrug before getting my phone out to text Shane. ”Hey Shane, do you have the thing for Ari?”

“Thing for Ari?” Josh asked with a confused look on his face before he remembered what day it was. “Oh yeah, Ari’s birthday is tomorrow, isn’t it?”

”Yep, the kid’s turning twenty-two, depending on what the wheel stops on for her match she might be too sore to do much celebrating.” I nodded as Shane texted me back to confirm that he had it and was waiting for me to collect it in the arena’s cafeteria. ”Still wild to me that a girl who was a preteen when I made my SCW debut will potentially be defending the title I won a year after my debut against me at the next Climax Control! And I thought Cassie made me feel old!”

“If nothing else, it confirms that wrestling’s future is in good hands.” Amy pointed out and yeah, I couldn’t really argue with that, especially when I had an eighteen-year-old cousin training at Hero Academy. “Sure Cassie can be a brat at times but from what I’ve seen of her? That kid’s future is bright!”

”Trust me, I had a hand in Cassie’s early training, I know exactly how good she is and how bratty she can be!” I responded with a slight chuckle before motioning with my head to the hallway behind me. ”I need to go grab that present for Ari and Shane’s waiting for me in the cafeteria, want to grab something to eat whilst we’re there?”

“Sounds good to me.” Josh nodded in agreement before I lead them away from where we had met up.

Most wrestlers would likely call it a day on their career after getting a Hall of Fame induction, I know Keira was planning to at the very least but from what I heard she was planning that long before this year’s class was announced, not me though.

I still had plenty to give as a wrestler and only one goal left to achieve in my SCW career, it should be pretty obvious what I’m talking    about, after all, it’s the title that led to me winning the Most Hated and Feud of the Year awards in 2018 but for now? I was content to give the Bombshell Roulette Champion a hall of a defence at the next Climax Control.

Whether that champion was a Greek American sweetheart who was one of the best highflyers of her generation or a Swedish Blonde Bombshell who I had clashed with in the past remained to be seen.

Jessie’s living room, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 31st of October 2022, 11:00am

There are things life that’ll never get old, being greeted by your doggo every morning, the feeling after winning a title, seeing The Troll get humiliated in the ring for the 50th time this month, but as of this morning I can officially add another thing to that list.

After the Hall of Fame induction ceremony last night me, Alex, Keira, Griffin and Erick all received our Hall of Fame plaques in the backstage area, the same one that I had posted to Twitter after High Stakes XII went off the air and combine that feeling with the fact that I was done with Melissa after last night’s win in the Chamber of Extreme and I was feeling too emotional to put the plaque on the mantlepiece last night.

Okay granted, I was also sore as fuck following the Chamber of Extreme Match but I knew what I was getting into when I challenged Melissa to that match! Whether the same could be said for Melissa remained to be seen, especially since the rookie sensation had gone quiet on Twitter following her defeat but Goth’s fiancé was the farthest thing from my mind right now.

”Okay, just got to move the Most Hated Award from 2018 over to the side……..” I muttered to myself as I started to make room on the mantlepiece for my Hall of Fame plaque, Harper, Jake, Shane and Titan wee watching on from behind me and whilst the other humans in the room were all taller than me (Harper’s 5ft 5) but considering what this meant to me? Yeah, I wasn’t about to let anyone ese do this. ”May as well move the Feud of the Year award from the same year next to it actually, I mean they are essentially for the same thing!”

“Are you sure you don’t want our help Jess?” Shane asked as Titan let out a yawn before lying down on the floor next to my feet. “You are the shortest person in the room, and that’s not counting Titan!”

”Considering Titan’s a puppy, the runt of his litter and can’t jump as high as other dogs of his size because of his legs? I’d be worried if you were counting Titan!” I responded before I reached down to grab the Hall of Fame plaque as Harper passed it to me. ”Besides, considering what this means to me? I’d much rather do this myself!”

“Keira wasn’t kidding when she described you stubbornness.” Harper muttered to herself and I gave my younger cousin a playful glare as I started putting the Hall of Fame plaque into place, as for why Harper’s here and not at Hero Academy? Even if Keira and Roxi weren’t recovering from their match at High Stakes XII Hero Academy was closed for some renovations today and tomorrow and Harper literally showed up asking if there was anything she could do to avoid dying from boredom. “And hopefully I’ll be able to put my own plaque up someday.”

”I’ve heard nothing but praise from your trainers at Hero Academy so it could happen.” I responded before I adjusted the plaque a bit so that it looked just right, Harper grinned broadly when she heard that and once I was happy with how the plaque looked I stepped down from the stool that I was using to help get myself up high enough whilst being mindful of Titan’s paws and tail. ”So what now? Anyone have a good horror movie we can watch since it’s Halloween and all?”

“We could try the Saw franchise.” Harper suggested with a shrug and I rolled my eyes, I was going to have to introduce the kid to some 80s slasher flics at some point! “Those are my usual go to on Halloween!”

”I said GOOD horror movies, not an overly complicated franchise dedicated to torture porn!” I corrected Harper and the teenager grinned sheepishly as Titan went off to start eating his puppy food. ”Between that and your love for Deathcore I’d almost ask how we’re related Harper.”

“I’ll turn you on to that genre eventually Jess!” Harper responded with a grin and Jake shook his head with a chuckle.

“Trust me Harper, we’ve tried! The only Deathcore act she likes is Brand of Sacrifice.” Jake responded and I rolled my eyes in response. “Even when Deathcore acts have played at Bloodstock she always insisted that we check out a band on the New Blood stage instead!”

”And we’ve discovered some killer bands through that stage.” I countered before I turned to Harper. ”Speaking off, if we ever go back to Bloodstock we definitely need to take you.”

“As great as that would be, I’d rather focus on my training for now.” Harper responded and I nodded in understanding, at least the kid had a good head on her shoulders for now. “Anything else we can do today? You already said that your too sore for training.”

“We may a well see if there’s anything worth watching on Shudder.” Jake responded and we nodded in agreement as we went to the TV room to see what was on.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022, 15:00pm

Considering that I’m a newly minted Hall of Famer? This past week has been pretty quiet, not helped by the new Hell’s Kitchen episode being delayed by a week because of the World Series.

The other thing that didn’t help? UPRISING not booking me for my second match at one of their shows again already reminding me of my first few weeks as an SCW Bombshell back in 2012! Granted that was a four-week waiting period instead of a few months but I digress! I at least know what I’m doing for my next SCW match and, well, I’ve known that for weeks! The only thing I didn’t know was who I was challenging for the Bombshell Roulette Champion.

Well, I didn’t know that before High Stakes XII aired, and my match against Ariana was still going ahead.

All in all High Stakes XII proved to be a very successful night for me and my friends, off course it started off with my Hall of Fame Induction but at the end of the night? Myra Rivers remained the only Bombshell to ever beat me in the Chamber of Extreme, Krystal defeated Mercedes in a brutal grudge match and of course, Ariana retained the Bombshell Roulette Title over Seleana Zdunich in a Spider Web Match.

Ariana was proving to be a worthy Roulette Champion, but now that the match had been made official there was one thing that had me concerned, Melissa, apparently she had raised a stink over the officiating in the Chamber of Extreme Match and was looking for a rematch, possibly for the title.

Melissa was back in action as well taking on Diamond Steele later in the card, combine that with the returns of O’Malley and Matthew Knox and the Bombshell Internet Championship being on the line against Mercedes (and not Krystal for some reason) and it seemed the bosses were going all out as they headed towards the end of the year.

Fitting, because it seemed like I was going to have to go all out if I wanted to beat Ariana for the title.

”Harper, Cass, take five.” I called out to the two teenagers as I came down the stairs, Cass was getting some training in ahead of her upcoming PPV debut against (and I shit you not) Magical Cosmic Princess YUYU and Harper? She may have been an American Cass with a talent for submissions but the kid had literally just started her training and still had a long way to go before she was ready for prime time. ”Managed to convince an old friend of mine to help with the training.”

”And this old friend would be who exactly?” Krystal, who had been keeping an eye on the two girls whilst I was upstairs, asked as she leaned on the ring apron. ”Because that covers a lot of Bombshells, including from back in the day when these two were still preteens!”

”Gee, thanks for making me feel old Krystal!” I responded as I rolled my eyes before I finished my descent down the stairs and the three younger women saw that Amy was with me. ”Now where did I put that “I’m In My Prime” gif.? Anyway, Amy was in the neighbourhood and she felt like helping you girls train.”

”You didn’t tell her about my bad leg, right?” Cassie asked with a concerned look on her face, I had heard of an incident at Hero Academy involving Cassie and Harper from, well, Harper but Harper didn’t really elaborate on it and Cassie didn’t seem that forthcoming with information either. ”Other than that, it’ll be good to have a different sparring partner.”

“Yeah, I can only stretch Cass out for so long before it gets boring.” Harper teased the older teenager and Cassie gave her a playful glare in response. “So how are we deciding who gets first crack at Amy? Because it think we’d be here all day arguing over that.”

“As flattered as I’d be to have two young wrestlers fighting over who gets to train with me, I don’t mind either way.” Amy chuckled in response as she came up to the ring alongside me and I joined Krystal at ringside, I had noticed that the Aussie clearly had something on her mind but whatever it was she wasn’t telling. “Hell, I’ll even tango with Krystal if she’s up for it.”

”If you don’t mind we wrestling in my street clothes, I wasn’t anticipating getting to train today so I didn’t bring my gear.” Krystal responded with a shrug before Harper and Cassie talking it out for a bit. ”Almost a year since the whole Matthew Kennedy debacle started, where does the time go?” Krystal asked herself as Harper and Cassie had a quick game of “rock, paper scissors” and it was decided that Harper would get first crack. ”I’d almost say that Cassie made that whole mistake worth it but even that’s debatable.”

”Gee, thanks Krystal!” Cassie responded as she rolled her eyes before the teen rolled out of the ring to join us. ”Besides, it hasn’t been that bad, you at least got to cross off a few more names from the bucket list since you lost the Bombshell Roulette Title to Keira.”

”True but at least Ari’s thriving as champion.” Krystal pointed out before the two Aussie women turned to me. ”Though I think it’s safe to say that Jessie will be Ari’s toughest challenge yet.”

”Ari’s proven herself to be a worthy champion but if I have anything to say about it? Ari will learn that nice girls finish last on Sunday.” I responded before I glanced over at Harper and Amy, Amy seemed to be in control of the match as they traded submissions, nothing too fancy considering Harper’s experience level but it was well executed on both sides. ”So, what happened between you and Harper at Hero Academy Cass?”

”It’s a long story.” Cassie said dismissively but when she saw that I wasn’t going to back down Cassie sighed. ”Me and Harper had a sparring match under Keira’s supervision, Harper quickly took control of the match thanks to my lacking submission skills and it ended after Harper got my bad leg in a nasty submission.” Cassie explained before she let out a dep breath. ”And then I learned that Keira had told Harper about my bad leg and, well my frustration with being made to run laps for every funny tweet I post probably would’ve reached a boiling point if not for a heart-to-heart chat I had with Keira in her office.”

”Keira showed me the tape of that sparring match, Cassie isn’t kidding when she called Harper’s submission nasty.” Krystal chimed in as we watched Harper use her amateur wrestling skills to take control of the match from Amy. ”I mean, Cassie’s ego did need to be brought down a bit but I don’t think I would’ve gone that far!”

”Hello Mrs. Pot, I want you to meet Mrs. Kettle, she wants to talk about how black you are.” Cassie muttered under her breath but before Krystal could retort I directed their attention to the ring where Amy and Harper were exchanging kicks. ”I see you haven’t lost your touch in Muay Thai.”

“Harper’s submission game is good for her experience level but I want to see how good she is at striking.” Amy responded as they moved on from kicks to strikes and Harper did seem to have some martial arts training as she was able to keep up with Amy, after a dew minutes of that Amy called time on the session. “That was fun but I think Cassie’s waiting long enough!”

”No argument from me!” Cassie responded before she rolled into the ring, Harper left the ring to allow Cass enough room to spar with Amy and it was a much faster paced affair considering Cassie’s faster paced style.

Between Ariana, Krystal, Cassie and Harper, the future of women’s wrestling seemed to be bright indeed.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022, 18:00pm

*promo time*

From one youngster to another.

”Throw your soldiers into positions from which there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight.” I opened the promo with yet another historical figure quote as I shook my head. ”I can’t even say that I googled that Sun Tzu quote, I first heard it through the Sabaton song “The Price of a Mile” which is easily the most harrowing Power Metal song I’ve ever heard, but at High Stakes XII Melissa found herself in such a situation when I had her beat, either submit or risk permanent damage as I stabbed her with that broken kendo stick! Just remember Melissa, you agreed to that match, you knew what you were getting into and yet you still had the nerve to criticise the refereeing? Focus on trying to get back on the winning track before you come after me or Ariana! You do have a match against Diamond Steele this week after all! Speaking of, now that High Stakes XII has passed I can finally have my title match against the young Greek upstart so, let’s jump right into it, shall we?”

Youth is wasted on the stubborn.

”I’ll admit Ariana, when you won the title at Violent Conduct VIII I had my doubts about you as a Roulette Champion, after all, a total sweetheart like you carrying the flag for the Bombshell Roulette Division? Either you were going to learn the hard way that it’s a dog-eat-dog world in the Bombshell Division’s title scenes or you were going to thrive.” I commented as I leaned on the ring ropes with a grin on my face. ”Seleana was not you’re your first test as champion but your first defence to boot, you passed that test with flying colours, Melissa was up next and she took the fall for you in your second defence, literally! And if it weren’t for that Chamber of Extreme Match, I would’ve been your third challenger at High Stakes XII but instead, you got a rematch with Seleana and, well, the fact that I’m promoting a title match against you and not Seleana says it all, doesn’t it?”

And that brings us to this match.

”You’ve defended your title against a variable who’s who of the Bombshell Roulette Division Ari, even Melissa managed to turn a few heads when she won the title on her first try, but you still have a lot to learn about this business kid.” I added as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”As of last Monday, you are the same age I was when I first signed with SCW ten years ago so the comparisons between us are even more apt, wouldn’t you say? But as good as Seleana is and as ruthless as Melissa can be, something we can both attest too, you haven’t faced someone with my experience level in a Bombshell Roulette Title match yet and trust me Ari, I’ve been around long enough to see it all.”

And done it all for that matter.

”Hell, I was there when the division started, I saw the early defences of that title first hand and I’ve seen a lot of stipulations come up on that accursed wheel, from the relatively benign to the kind of matches that could only come up during a drinking session featuring Mark Ward and Christian Underwood! If you’ve you got a better answer for how something like the Karaoke Catastrophe Match come about, I’d love to hear it!” I added as I paced around the ring. ”But if nothing else Ari, you’ve proven that you can and will adapt to any match that is thrown at you, Submission? Use a few pointers you picked up from Fenris to get the win, Falls Count Anywhere? Fight back and take the match title quite literally to get the win, Spider Web Match? Easily your most unorthodox title defence to date but you still thrived and you still retained, what will it take for the cracks in the armour to appear Ari? Because if nothing else, you’ve proven that Gabriel and Odette were right on the money when they started training you.”

Youth vs. experience.

”If I have anything to say on the matter? Then your first ever title reign won’t even make it to a hundred days Ari.” I commented as I folded my arms. ”Don’t feel too bad about it kid, my first reign didn’t even get past the first defence all those years ago, circumstances surrounding that defence aside off course, you’ve already lasted longer than any of my reigns as champion, something that I’ll look to rectify when my reign starts on Sunday but I know that you won’t give up the Bombshell Roulette Title that easily, so I’ll be in for a fight, that much is obvious, but I do have a question for you Ari.” I stated as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”How ruthless can you be?”

Good question.

”If you want evidence of how far I’m willing to go to win a match, just look at the Chamber of Extreme Match at High Stakes XII, or any of the Chamber of Extreme Matches that I have taken part in since I started doing them, I did you a favour by opting to delay the Roulette Title Match I earned in that Ladder Match until this week’s show because I spared you from that match’s brutality.” I said before leaning on the ring ropes. ”But in doing so, it forced me to ask that question because so far Ari? It seems the Roulette Wheel has taken it easy on you, the harshest title match you’ve faced is a Falls Count Anywhere match, something that’s practically a staple of the Roulette Division, you haven’t truly been tested yet and I have a feeling that that will change soon, I guess that brings me to something you brought up in your first promo as champion.”

Using her words against her? How quaint.

”Will you continue to soar higher or be shot down in flames after four defences? That’s the question you asked when promoting your first match against Seleana and I think it’s apt considering that you’re up against one of the original Roulette Champions.” I frowned to myself as I thought back to my early SCW career. ”Granted when I won the title for the first time, I was the 7th ever champion, not even among the first five names to hold that belt, but everyone starts somewhere, right Ari? I mean, our first meeting wasn’t exactly friendly and look at where we are now, proof that time heals all wounds and all that! But this Sunday our friendship will have to go out the window, both if you wish to continue your reign and if I want to start my first title reign since the dark days of 2020, I can set aside friendships for the sake of winning a title, can you?”

The million-dollar question.

”I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you are too pure for this fucked up business Ari, but the thing is? I think that will be the cause of your downfall as champion!” I stated plainly as made a belt motion with my hands. ”As your friend? I want to be proven wrong! I want to see this young upstart continue to thrive as her first championship reign continues into 2023! But as your challenger and opponent? It’s been too long since I held a title and if I have to exploit your kindness to take that title from you then believe me, I will! Sorry kid, it’s nothing personal, just business! But all the same? I hope you keep that phrase in mind when we clash on Sunday night!”

Why?

”Because wrestling is a cutthroat business and those who thrive often have to leave their friends in the dust at best, stab them in the back at worst! And I stand by my opinion that you are too kind to even think about that!” I said as I folded my arms. ”And you know what? I’m going to do something that I rarely do for my opponents, I will dare you to prove me wrong Ari! I dare you to show that under your nice, bubbly and sweet persona, you can be a ruthless bitch if you put your mind to it! I fare you to look at whatever the wheel throws our way and say that you can match my brutality strike for strike! I dare you to prove once again that you are not a fluke champion and that you earned that title at Violent Conduct VIII because believe me kid, I will make you fight to retain that title on Sunday!”

It’s that simple.

”When I said that the Hall of Fame induction was just the closure to a decade long arc for me, I meant it! And unfortunately for you Ari? The story ain’t over!” I said before I left the ring and walked up to the camera. ”You’re a good kid Ari, big heart, bigger upside, massive amounts of potential and talent all contained in that little body of yours! But you have a lot left to learn and I teach at the School of Hard Knocks! This Sunday I will give you a lesson in violence that will make Violent Conduct look like a regular PPV because you need to realize that the nice girl act won’t save you forever kid! And who knows? Maybe you’ll realize that just in time to save your title reign?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Or maybe my decade of wrestling experience will prove to be too much for you to handle? Only one way to find out I guess!” I added as I flipped my hair over my shoulder. ”Ari, be ready! Be ready for the fight of your life! Be ready for me to bring brutality that you have yet to deal with in an SCW ring no matter what the wheel stops on! And be ready to fight back if you want to retain that title because I am hell bent on ending this two-year long title drought! And most of all? Be ready to be struck by Blood Lightning when I take the Bombshell Roulette Title from you on Sunday! See you then kid!”

I left my home gym as the scene fades.

17
Climax Control Archives / “An Offer I Can’t Refuse?”
« on: September 26, 2022, 03:02:29 PM »
Jessie would kick off the High Stakes Cycle on a high note, earning the win over La Rosa Ardiente and getting Melissa to agree to a rubber match between the two women at High Stakes XI in the infamous Chamber of Extreme Match! Only condition? Neither Jessie nor Melissa could touch each other until then! Jessie would go on to explain her actions the following week as well as explaining why she chose a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte to close out that segment.

But Jessie had more issues than which historical figure she was going to quote next this week as the veteran was one of three women competing for a chance to challenge Ariana Angelos for the Bombshell Roulette Championship at High Stakes XI taking on fellow veterans Bea Barnhart and Mercedes Vargas! Ariana had successfully retained the Bombshell Roulette Championship in her first defence over Seleana Zdunich in a Submission Match and whilst the young Bombshell had another defence lined up in the coming weeks her first challenger on PPV was yet to be determined! Can Jessie win? And what would it mean for the proposed Chamber of Extreme Match?

Arena Cafeteria, Reno, Nevada
Sunday the 25th of September 2022, 18:45pm

What else is a girl supposed to do when she isn’t booked?

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated the week off following my win over La Rosa Ardiente AKA Christina Rose in a Scooby Doo villain costume at the start of the cycle but thanks to my non-aggression pact with Melissa last week I had to admit, things were getting boring quickly and if I wasn’t booked for next week’s show I’d probably die of boredom, or at least that was what I would say if I didn’t have my debut match for UPRISING coming up.

But even after joining a new company to spread my wings, SCW was still my home, it was this fed that gave me my first real shot at the mainstream over ten years ago and despite all the things I’ve put up with over those past ten years, I was pretty much an SCW lifer by this point! So, whilst I waited for my next opportunity to kick some ass in the ring, I took the time to watch my co-workers in the Bombshell division, including a certain champion who was a month away from her twenty second birthday defend her title for the first time.

Why yes, watching Ariana wrestle does make me feel old, why do you ask?

”Ooof, Seleana’s submission looks painful, wonder if Ari can fight out of it?” I wondered to myself as I watched Ariana’s title defence against Seleana Zdunich on the monitor in the cafeteria, admittedly a Submission Match was far from the nastiest match type that the Roulette Wheel could dish out, but it did in fact force two high flying wrestlers out of their comfort zones, then again Ariana was proving that she had picked up some tricks from hanging out with Fenris because she was able to match the more experienced Seleana hold for hold.

I was so enthralled by the on screen action that I had failed to notice a familiar pair of Australian women enter the cafeteria and sit down at the table next to me, which was surprising since A: Krystal was the only Australian Bombshell on the roster and B: I had helped Cassie with her training when she was still a student at the PTA Gym but that didn’t last long as they cheered when Ariana retained the title. ”Yes! I’m so glad that Ari managed to get past the first defence!” Krystal cheered at which point I glanced over at the pair, something seemed off about Cassie, not in the “I took the wrong bag of weed” way that you’d likely expect from a stoner like her but more like “I’m pissed off about something” way, trust me I’ve been there. ”And no post-match bullshit to ruin Ari’s moment!”

”Still sore over Bea Barnhart stealing your title after the first defence Krystal?” I asked the Aussie Bombshell at which point Krystal and Cassie glanced over at me. ”I’ll remind you that it could always be worse, it could’ve ended like my first ever reign did!”

”Exaggerated details and all?” Krystal teased me, and I rolled my eyes, I probably wasn’t going to live that incident down for the rest of the year. ”Will be interesting to see who they put her up against next in any case.”

”There will be some serious contenders lined up, Bea will probably get a look thanks to her win over Candy at least.” I commented with a shrug as we continued to watch the show, it was then that I noticed that Cassie’s mood hadn’t improved even after Ariana retained the title. ”So, what’s up with Cass?”

”I had an argument with Carter because I dared to tell his friends that he’s being abused by his boyfriend.” Cass responded with an annoyed sigh as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”I was just minding my own business when he started yelling at me out of the blue! And then Krystal took his side!”

”I took no one’s side! I was trying to break up that argument before it escalated into a fist fight!” Krystal asserted as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance and I just shook my head, Krystal was in the right here because whilst Cassie was a trained wrestler, she wasn’t employed by SCW (well, the one with Sin in it’s name at least) and that could have serious repercussions for Krystal as the teenager was Krystal’s guest, at the same time though? I couldn’t blame her for standing up for herself like that. ”And if you’re going to continue arguing with SCW talent then you’re going to get banned from SCW events like I said, and yes I do mean the SCW that employs me, Jessie and Ariana!”

That was one consequence I hadn’t taken into account, Cassie was fairly popular among the SCW roster members, not just for her ties with Team Hero, myself, Krystal, and Ari but being a joy to be around in general, but that wouldn’t stop the bosses from barring her from attending SCW events if she continued to be a problem! Luckily, it was first offence and I doubted that Cass would get any serious repercussions from it aside from a stern talking too when she inevitably Tweeted about it. ”Look, what’s done is done and maybe Cass should try to focus on her upcoming debut for the other SCW like I’m doing for UPRISING but until then? Try to stay out of trouble, and that goes for both of you! We both know how much of a hothead you can be, Krystal.”

”I’ll keep that in mind, and I’m just glad that I broke up the argument before security had to step in.” Krystal admitted before taking a sip from her drink. ”And as for UPRISING? I caught their show last night because I heard that you had signed with the promotion, seems like you’d fit in well with their roster.”

”Why do you think I followed Amy there?” I asked rhetorically before we watched the rest of the show, well, aside from us occasionally leaving to do interview spots at least.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 26th of September 2022, 16:00pm

Well, things have gotten interesting.

Off the three wrestlers who had entered last night’s Climax Control as champions, the only one who had failed to retain the title was Keira as Kayla ended up becoming a two time champion, I wasn’t sure what Keira was going to do now or even what the Bombshell Internet Title scene was going to look like heading into High Stakes XI but I at least knew what I was doing this week on Climax Control and it was a match that had the potential to throw a spanner in the works.

I was right on one front, Bea’s win over Candy last night meant that she was getting a look at for a Bombshell Roulette Title Shot because whilst Candy had yet to recapture the magic that was her Roulette Title Reign, she was still a former champion and getting a win over her was still a big deal! So why do I bring her up? Simple, I was getting a look as well, as was Mercedes Vargas! The three of us were set to go at it in a Triple Threat Match where the winner would go on to challenge Ariana for the title at High Stakes XI.

Wish I had known about this match before issuing that challenge to Melissa two weeks ago!

Does that mean I’m not going to give it my all? Off course not! It’s been two years since I last held, well, any title really but my last Bombshell Roulette Title Reign was during the High Stakes IX cycle back in 2020 and you want to know the funny thing about this whole situation? My UPRISING debut match was announced overnight and it’s against someone with a similar name to my best buddy in SCW who, if you remember, was one of my only allies during that period, but last I checked Keira didn’t have any German relatives and my opponent is called Zelda Fischer, not Fisher.

Does that mean this is going to get confusing as fuck? Probably, does that also mean I’m likely going to make one or two video game jokes? Probably!

Anyway, back to SCW and the title situation I’m currently in, and it just so happens that the current champion was dropping by for a workout.

”So, if you win the Triple Threat on Sunday, you know I’ll have to stop coming here for the remainder of the cycle, right?” Ariana asked as she walked down the steps to the basement where I was making sure that the ring was in working condition. ”To avoid any conflicts of interest I mean! And that’s off course assuming that my reign survives the second defence.”

”I had a feeling that you’d say that after you told me that you were popping around.” I admitted as I tested the ring ropes and Ari, who was proudly displaying her title over her shoulder even in her street clothes, nodded as she got the idea. ”What surprised me was the fact that you opted to come here instead of the Go Gym, I was under the impression that spending so much time with Fenris was a key reason why you retained the title over Seleana last night!”

”And it was! Heck I’m tempted to add that submission I used to my signature moves, just trying to think of a good name for it!” Ariana admitted with a shrug as she set her title aside. ”But I take it you saw Miles’s comment thread on Twitter over the weekend?”

”The one where he called out Carter for back talking to Tempest after he interrupted her sparring match?” I asked to clarify which one Ari meant and the Greek American woman nodded. ”I was going to comment on it myself, but I couldn’t decide on which variation of “you fucking idiot” to use! What about it?”

”As you can imagine, things have been tense between me, Krystal and Carter since that incident, and Cassie’s argument with Carter didn’t help.” Ari explained as she sat on the apron and turned to face me. ”I owe a lot of my skills as a wrestler to the time I spent at the Go Gym but until things settle sown, me and Krystal are opting to stay away from there for the time being, less we cause another incident like the one that occurred last week! Krystal’s making up for it by training at Hero Academy, but I haven’t decided where I want to get my reps in it.”

”If that argument was anything to go by, you’ve made the right decision! Cassie looked ready to throw the first punch at Carter before Krystal stepped in.” I responded with a nod of understanding ass Ariana entered the ring. ”But at the same time, you said that you’re going to stop coming here if I win on Sunday, what are you going to do then?”

”That I haven’t figured out yet, Francisco has a training matt for when he’s practicing Martial Arts but it’s hardly a ring! And, well, any sparring session between me and him has the potential to turn intimate so yeah, there’s that too!” Ariana added with a sheepish grin, and I shook my head with a dry chuckle as I got the idea, oh to be young and in love again! ”I guess Hero Academy’s an option but I’m worried that Carter will try to say that I’m being disloyal to the Go Gym just because I’m using a different gym! I know he said something similar when Krystal brought Matthew and Marty into the fold last year and started hanging out at their gym.”

”And I’m sure the fact that the building that houses Hero Academy used to be known as the PTA Gym isn’t lost on him.” I summarised as I folded my arms and Ariana nodded reluctantly, it was clear that the situation with Carter was killing her and I guess my motherly instincts kicked in. ”Look, I know I’ve had to slowly rebuild my reputation with the Go Gym students because of certain actions I’ve taken over the years, things weren’t exactly peachy between us when you made your debut, but if anyone can find a way to make Carter see the light, it’s you and Krystal! And no, I don’t mean the Greek Angel’s light either.”

”You always have the right advice when it comes to situations like this.” Ariana sighed as she started to warm up and I had to admit, her words were having a positive effect on my ego. ”I know this is personal and rather sudden, but you ever thought about having kids of your own?”

”Honestly? More times than I care to count.” I sighed as I leaned against the ring ropes. ”But here’s the thing, you can start a relationship with a guy, even get married to him, no problem, but the minute you realize that you’ve missed a period and you need to take a pregnancy test? You have to put your career on hold for nearly a year, no wrestling promotion in their right mind will let a pregnant woman work s show in anything other than a backstage role and don’t even get me started on the time it’ll take for the body to heal, I’m not saying there’s a direct correlation between that and why this business tends to attract so many gay women but take it from me, you’re better off either waiting until your either in the later stages of your wrestling career to try or doing something similar to Krystal and adopting a kid if you want to be a mother that badly.”

”Never even thought about it that way but I guess it makes sense.” Ariana nodded as she got the idea. ”So what’s the plan with you?”

”Originally I was going to start trying after I achieved the Grand Slam, that’s part of the reason why I got so desperate to achieve that goal in my younger years.” I admitted with a shrug as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”But as I’ve gotten older? Well, my time for both of those goals is running out fast, right now me and Shane aren’t sure what we’re going to do when I do finally hang up the boots for good but when that time does come? We’ll figure something out.”

”And I guess me and Francisco will do the same, off course we’re still in our early twenties so it’s not like we don’t have our whole lives ahead of us.” Ariana commented with a nod unintentionally making me feel old and reminding me of my own mortality in the process, oh who am I kidding? Ari was a pre-teen when I made my debut, she makes me feel old whenever she gets into the ring! ”So, are we going to spar or are we just going to talk about family stuff all day?”

”I think you know the answer to that question already Ari.” I responded with a nod before we started sparring.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 26th of September 2022, 21:00pm

It was getting late by the time me and Ari finished our sparring session and aside from a quick break for dinner and breaks in between in general we were going at it pretty hard over those few hours, if anything else the fact that I could keep up with a woman nearly ten years younger than me did give me some hope for the fact that I still had a few years left in the tank.

But when the clock hit eight o’clock we both realized that we had spent way too much time in the home gym and called it a day, when we went back upstairs we found Ari’s boyfriend Francisco eating a snack in the kitchen whilst Shane did the washing up.

”I had heard that you were a good cook Shane, but I had no idea that you were this good.” Francisco complemented my husband and I spotted him grinning as he did the dishes, though neither of the two men noticed us as we entered the kitchen. ”You’re going to have to teach me how to cook one of these days so I can keep up with Ari.”

“Ari’s a lovely girl, but I think your setting the bar just a little low.” Shane commented as he shook his head and me and Ari shared a knowing look. “Sure, she’s a trained chef who’s spent time in the Gold Cost’s kitchen, but I’ve tested some of her recipes and of the five that I tested, three were inedible, one tasted decent if not a bit bland and the last was actually really good!”

”She’s also standing right over here.” Ari commented with a grin and the two men finally looked up to see me standing next to the taller but younger woman, Ari was using her free hand (as she was using her other hand to support the Roulette Title’s weight over her shoulder) to look at her fingernails playfully and it didn’t take them long to figure out why we were here. ”We finally finished off our training about an hour ago boys, we just needed to clean up Jessie’s ring after ourselves.”

”If you wanted our help, you could’ve just asked.” Francisco pointed out with a grin before Ari sat down opposite her boyfriend and rested the Roulette Title on the table. ”Besides, I’m sure Shane meant no ill will with his comments, right?”

“Right, right, I was just busting her balls, metaphorically speaking off course.” Shame quickly corrected himself as he shook his head. “So, what if I created a cooking YouTube channel as a rival to hers!”

”One of these days you’re going to do a crossover episode with Recipe 4 Disaster and your fandoms are going to implode!” I commented half-jokingly and Shane could only shake his head with an amused chuckle. ”Besides, are you sure it’s a good idea to bust the metaphorical balls of the current Bombshell Roulette Champion?”

“Maybe not but if all goes to plan on Sunday you’re going to be taking that title off her at High Stakes.” Shane responded as he shook his head with a chuckle and Ari gave him a playful glare. “But seriously, I am happy for you Ari, you know for winning your first singles title? I still remember Jessie’s first time!”

”I hope you’re talking about my first title win and not the first time we had sex!” I responded with a deadpan expression on my face and whilst the younger couple had a good laugh at our expense Shane just shook his head. ”Even so, it sucks that winning the Triple Threat on Sunday will mean that I potentially have to face you at High Stakes XI, much as I want that title again, having to face your friends with a title at stake can drive a wedge between friends.”

”Guessing you mean the Best of Three Series you had with Amy over the title?” Ari asked with a curious look on her face and I nodded in response. ”This is in response to my comment about potentially facing Krystal for the title, isn’t it?”

”I know you meant well but knowing how competitive Charlotte is? That could be a recipe for disaster, no pun intended.” I responded with a frown and Ari grinned in response. ”But if it does come down to us at High Stakes XI? May the best Bombshell win!”

”Wouldn’t have it any other way!” Ari responded with a nod and before long the young couple were off home.

If the year end awards had a category for “biggest sweetheart” Ariana would probably be in the running alongside Candy but that didn’t take away from how fierce a competitor Ariana was in the ting, and if it did come between us at the Supercard? I had to avoid treating her as a younger Bombshell to mentor and a friend, I had to treat her as my competition in a title match! Ari had been a tag team champion in SCU and had challenged for titles several times during her time down there, she knew what it took to win a title and hold onto it as she had demonstrated against Seleana the previous night and had demonstrated that she was a lot more adaptable in the ring than her three years of wrestling experience would tell you.

There was just one problem, Ariana was a lot like me when I first emerged on the scene in SCW, young dark-haired high-flying bombshell with a love for metal music? If Ariana had been born earlier in the year the parallels would be perfect but I had fourteen years of experience to Ari’s three and she would have to fight if she wanted to retain the title.

And I just had to fight off two other veteran Bombshells to earn that opportunity.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 27th of September 2022, 11:30am

*promo time*

What an interesting situation I find myself in.

”Just when I thought my goals for High Stakes XI were set in stone, the bosses threw in a curveball with my next match.” I commented as I walked around the ring with my arms crossed. ”Just imagine yourself in my shoes for a second, I issued a challenge for one final match between me and Melissa at High Stakes XI, brought back the infamous Chamber of Extreme match just to sweeten the deal, for fuck’s sake I googled a Napoleon Bonaparte quote before the show in case I got the answer I wanted!” I added before taking a deep breath. ”So, what’s changed?”

Take a guess.

”My next match has the potential to throw a spanner in the works of my plans for High Stakes XI! On the surface it’s a Triple Threat match between me and two Bombshells who have arguably been doing this just as long as I have! Namely Mercedes Vargas and Bea Barnhart! But it’s what’s at stake that makes things interesting for me, a title shot at the Bombshell Roulette Championship at High Stakes XI!” I let out a deep breath as I contemplated what that meant. ”Anyone who’s followed my career knows how passionate I am about winning titles. Just look at all the stunts I pulled in my quest to win the World Bombshell Championship, but my beef with Melissa has been doing on for months and if you ask me? It's high time that it came to an end!”

What’s a girl to do?

”Is this an offer I can’t refuse? If I didn’t have any plans for High Stakes? Absolutely! But the events of the cycle so far have left me with two huge questions hanging over my head, what do I want more? A chance to put my beef with Melissa to rest once and for all? Or a shot at the Bombshell Roulette Championship?” I used my hands to illustrate the two choices, the left representing my beef with Melissa finally being resolved and the right representing the shot at whoever the Bombshell Roulette Champion was come High Stakes XI. ”Quite the balancing act, isn’t it?” I asked as I moved my hands like a balancing scale to further illustrate my point. ”Let me make one thing clear, just because I want to end my beef with Melissa doesn’t mean that I’m not going to give this match everything I’ve got, not just to prevent Bea or Mercedes from getting their millionth title shot but because I’m a professional like that, so, let’s talk about my opposition!”

Starting with Mercedes.

”Off the three of us, Mercedes is the one who was most recently in title contention, unfortunately for her she was facing Masque and there wasn’t going to be a draw this time around.” I stated as I folded my arms. ”I caught your little promo at Climax Control Mercedes and whilst I don’t speak a word of Spanish I still understood the rest of it, whilst it is true that you didn’t tap our or get pinned by Masque, the fact remains that you still lost and you can try to dress it up s taking the new World Champion to the limit as much as you want but the fact remains that every time you’ve stepped into the ring with a champion this year, you’ve faltered!”

And that’s being generous.

”Blast from the Past Opening Round, you, and Shane Hawthorne vs. Hitamashi and Amber Ryan, World Bombshell Title on the line, how did it end? Shane took the pin but Amber still hit you with your finisher to deliver a statement! Summer XXXTreme, the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match, you, Kayla Richards, Kat Jones and Melissa, Bombshell Roulette Championship on the line, how did it end? Melissa was the one who departed the Cruise Ship as the champion but you were eliminated second,, I’m not even counting the times you were in contender matches like this one but it doesn’t paint a pretty picture, does it?” I asked bluntly as I leaned forward on the ring ropes. ”You briefly brought back the fire you had when you first arrived in SCW for that one match you won against Alicia Lukas but when push came to shove? You failed to reignite it again, and I don’t see this qualifier match being any different Mercedes!”

Prove me wrong.

”The fact is Mercedes is that you’ve been coasting on your past success for too long! You claim that you can lose without losing any credibility whilst bringing up accomplishments that you achieved years ago, the truth is Mercedes is that you don’t have any credibility left to lose!” I stated bluntly as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Time has not been kind to your abilities as a wrestler Mercedes whilst me? I’m like a fine wine, I’ve only gotten better with age and my win over La Rosa Ardiente or whatever name Christina is using this month was just the beginning, a fact that I’ll prove when I kick your tired old ass all over that ring!”

Next up is Bea.

”But whilst Mercedes may have had credibility once upon a time, the same can’t be said for the third woman in this match! At least Mercedes can coast off her past achievements as a wrestler but Bea? All she can coast off of is her husband’s accomplishments because her one reign with the Mixed Tag Team Titles was so brief and forgettable that I had to go into the SCW Title History to remember “oh yeah, Bea Barnhart held a title for a cup of tea!”, sad, isn’t it?” Sad may not be the word as I shook my head. ”No! Not sad, fucking pathetic!”

You heard me.

”How does this woman keep getting opportunities like this? Her last win was over Candy, a woman who’s SCW Career peaked with a Roulette Title Reign and even then, more people remember her for that job as interim boss she had last year than anything else!” I said as I shook my head. ”But I’ll save any further roasting of Candy for the off chance that I end up in a match against her because this is about the woman who recently beat her in a match and Bea? I’d say I’d hate to tell you this but the lie would be so fucking blatant that my nose would grow until it spanned the length of my basement, your recent accomplishment is beating Candy, Krystal Wolfe’s dogs could beat Candy! Compared to who me and Mercedes have tangoed with recently? It just further solidifies you as the odd Bombshell out!”

Case in point.

”As much as I harped on Mercedes for losing to Masque, she still faced the current World Bombshell Champion! Me? I became the latest person to kick Christina……..oops! I mean La Rosa Ardiente’s ass, you beat Candy!” I started a mock applause as I said the last part to drive the point home. ”Great job Bea, really great job! Is it any wonder why, for all your skill as a wrestler, that you are considered the bottom rung of the Bombshell division You’re right there alongside Char Kwan whose return has been met with as much fanfare as Battlefield Earth’s performance at the Box Office! Only difference between you, Char Kwan, and Battlefield Earth, is that Battlefield Earth is actually entertaining! Albeit in a so bad, it’s good way! And when I win this match against you and Mercedes, Bea? It won’t be a close, it’ll be like every movie critic savaging Battlefield Earth!”

What does this mean for me?

”Here’s one thing that irks me heading into this contender’s match, both of these ladies have had more title opportunities over the past two years than I have! My last title match on PPV was against Andrea Hernandez in January and on TV? We need only go back one cycle and look at my Roulette Title Match against Melissa! Mercedes got the nod for at least one World Bombshell Title Contenders Match and challenged for the title twice! Bea keeps getting opportunity after opportunity out of pity rather an any actual fucking merit! NO MORE! This is me putting my fucking foot down! I refuse to be overlooked for much longer, I have been in this company since some roster members were in puberty! I have more than earned getting some random match against a newcomer and Christina Rose under a bad Halloween costume, it’s time I took charge of my own destiny!” I grunted as I got out of the ring and walked up to the camera. ”And it starts with me beating up two women who are so spent that they can only coast off what they did in the past! Fitting, no?”

It's that simple.

”I started this year contemplating retirement due to nagging injuries, now? I’m reinvigorated and ready to take the wrestling world by storm again! And the first names on my hit list are Mercedes Vargas and Bea Barnhart!” I said as I folded my arms and glared into the camera. ”One name that used to carry respect in the Bombshell Division and Bea Barnhart, says it all doesn’t it? I could write a novel the length of War and Peace on why my opponents suck but I don’t have all day so I’m going to keep this short and sweet! Mercedes USED to be on my level but those days are long gone and she’s a shell of her former self! Bea, your barely worth the time and effort I’ve put into this promo but I’m only giving you’re the curtsy of my attention out of a misplaced sense of professionalism, don’t get used to it because at this point Bea? The only one that takes you seriously is that ugly mutt that Bill drags around!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Mercedes, Bea, if you’re wondering who you have to blame for reinvigorating my drive and passion over the past few months, her name’s Melissa and up until Violent Conduct VIII she was the Roulette Champion, coincidentally the same title we are competing for a chance at!” I said as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Make no mistake ladies, even if I don’t walk out of High Stakes XI the new Roulette Champion I’ll be entering 2023 with a new renewed focus and who knows what that year will bring for me? What I do now is what this focus will bring for the two of you! Pain and a lot of it and when I strike you like Blood Lightning, I’ll be booking my ticket to a title match against Ariana Angelos at High Stakes XI! See you in the ring!”

I left my home gym as the scene fades.

18
Climax Control Archives / "Nobody’s Fool!”
« on: September 13, 2022, 03:15:26 PM »
Jessie was originally scheduled to compete at Violent Conduct VIII, facing her old rival Sam Marlowe in singles competition, however the veteran Bombshell, for reasons known only to her, elected to pull out of the match to allow Krystal Wolfe to face her instead and enjoyed the night off on  the penultimate PPV of the year, but that didn’t mean that Jessie was taking a break! Far from it because Jessie would find herself in action on the next Climax Control.

Her opponent seemed to continue the recent trend of Jessie facing newcomers to the Bombshell Division, that is unless you believed that La Rosa Ardiente wasn’t the recently fired Christina Rose under a mask! Regardless of the speculation, the masked Bombshell had won her debut match against Char Kwan only to lose at Violent Conduct against Alicia Lukas who subsequently tried to unmask her only to reveal a second mask underneath! Jessie herself wasn’t buying the deception for a second but can Jessie win?

Gold Coast Cassino’s Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 5th of September 2022, 18:30pm

You’d think I’d have learned by now.

I’m many things, a veteran professional wrestler with over a decade of experience, a cynical bitch, a fan of heavy metal but someone who can hold her liquor? Nah, I couldn’t even do that when I first joined SCW in the summer of 2012 and I was still in my early twenties back then! But tonight, isn’t about me, it’s about one of the many wrestlers who became new champions last night at Violent Conduct VIII, someone who is a year younger than I was when I joined SCW (though to be fair, her birthday is on Halloween).

Let me make one thing clear, when I first met Ariana (namely when she was a nineteen-year-old rookie fresh from the Go Gym) things weren’t all that peachy between us! My reputation among the Go Gym Graduates was still tumultuous at best thanks to my actions during the entirety of 2018 and my attempts to complete the grand slam in years prior, combine that with the fact that she eliminated me in that costume Battle Royal that served as hers and Carter’s debut match? Well, I didn’t take that lightly to say the least!

But that was two years ago, and time heals all wounds (or so they say), me and Ariana are on much better terms these days thanks to my friendship with Krystal, even if said friendship was tested thanks to my poor choice of words during the cycle! And besides, the girl’s just won her first singles title in a manner not all that dissimilar to mine or Krystal’s starts to our first title reigns, namely in a Triple Threat Match on their first appearance at a PPV, Blaze of Glory II for me, Into the Void X or Krystal and off course, Violent Conduct VIII for Ariana!

Would I have preferred to e the one to dethrone Melissa when I challenged her? Definitely, or do I need to remind you that I haven’t held a title in just under two years? But that doesn’t mean I can’t be happy for Ari and hey, any excuse to get drunk is a good one.

”So Jessie.” Speaking off the former Bombshell Roulette Champion, Krystal’s thick Aussie accent drew my attention to her as the Australian woman sat next to me at the bar. ”I believe I owe you a drink!”

”What? For that Sam Marlowe thing? Forget it, I’ve had enough drinks in me to drown a horse and I’ve barely been here for an hour!” I insisted as I turned to the younger woman and Krystal shook her head. ”Honestly I’m just glad my pep talk worked!”

”You and me both.” Krystal responded before motioning to the bartender to pour her a glass of beer. ”So, I gathered that Ariana told you about the incident with Carter, what did she tell you exactly?”

I had a feeling this question was coming Krystal had at least kept her voice low to avoid ruining Ariana’s night, but I let out a deep breath before continuing. ”She told me that Cass had stumbled upon an argument that escalated into a domestic violence incident after our favourite stoner had left her phone in Carter’s suit.” I explained with a frown and Krystal nodded as she got the idea. ”She didn’t give many details beyond that.”

”Probably because she had no details to give.” Krystal responded as the bartender passed her a beer and she took a gulp after paying him. ”Here’s the thing, it’s true that Cass stumbled upon that incident, but she didn’t see anything, she merely heard the argument and got the hell out of there as soon as it turned nasty.” Krystal explained, and I nodded as I started to get the idea. ”The only reasons I believe her is that she’s both a trained wrestler and my youngest cousin, as a wrestler she’d know what sound is made when someone’s hit and for as long as I’ve known her as a young adult, I don’t think I’ve ever caught Cass in a lie.”

”True enough I guess, but you’re going to need solid proof to get Carter out of that situation.” I responded as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Personally speaking? Those bruises on Carter’s face set off enough red flags to cover the Las Vegas strip twice over before he even encountered Miles or Ben, even if I wasn’t a wrestler, I’d know that those aren’t the kind of bruises you’d get from falling over in the shower, but since Carter isn’t here, I’m guessing the intervention didn’t go as well as you hoped?”

”That’s an understatement, it quickly devolved into a shouting match between all three of us that ended in me and Ari heading back home having not achieved what we set out to do.” Krystal sighed before the Aussie took another sip of her drink. ”We need backup from his mom and grams, problem is there’s only a handful of people who have their numbers, Carter obviously but also the bosses and the owners of the Go Gym, he has them listed as his next of kin.”

”Let me guess.” I sighed before motioning to the bartender for a drink. ”You went to them trying to get the numbers, but they needed more proof?” I added, and Krystal nodded bitterly.

”We didn’t even get to the bosses because we thought we’d have better luck with Gabriel and Odette, they told us that as much as they understand our plight, these are serious accusations, and it was going to take more than what we had to convince them.” Krystal explained before she took a sip from her drink. ”They also told us not to bother going to the bosses because they’d tell us the same thing.”

”Makes sense, the Stevens have known Mark and Christian for years and vice versa, if anyone knows them inside and out, it’s them!” I nodded as I got the idea, it wasn’t an idea that I was happy with, but it still made the most sense to me. ”Look, this is supposed to be about Ariana’s title win, I get why your concerned about Carter, but we should avoid bringing down the mood all the same, for what it’s worth, I haven’t even relayed to Jake and Shane what I learned from Ariana, and they are usually my closest confidants when it comes to all things SCW.”

”In other words, the secret’s safe with you?” Krystal asked, and I nodded in response. ”Appreciate it, we’ve been trying to keep it on the downlow as much as we can, but the more Carter shows up to SCW events, the more people start to catch on that there’s something wrong with his relationship with Laz.” Krystal sighed in frustration, and I nodded sympathetically. ”If nothing else, we’ll have a lot more people on our side once things blow up between Carter and Laz.”

”It’s cliché as hell but it’s true, every cloud has a silver lining.” I responded before the conversation diverted towards other topics.

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 12th of September 2022, 11:00am

Home sweet home!

India was certainly an interesting experience and whilst I would’ve preferred to return to Las Vegas the new Bombshell Roulette Champion, you should know the current story surrounding that title by now, Ariana’s the new champ and my issues with Melissa remain unresolved.

Something I plan to rectify at High Stakes XI I might add but I’m getting ahead of myself! Unlike last year they haven’t announced anything for the final Supercard cycle of 2022, not even the location for the event! Though given that the next show is in Las Vegas I think it’s safe to say that they are staying within SCW’s homebase for the last Supercard of the year, which suits me just fine for several reasons.

One of which involves me joining a new fed.

”And there it is!” I commented to myself as UPRISING made the announcement that I had joined their roster, okay technically I signed the contract with them several days ago but their Twitter guy apparently had some real life issues to deal with first and announced my signing alongside a newcomer to the business called Mia Stevens, this will be a good time especially since Revolution 1 is set in Reno which was an hour’s flight from Las Vegas (hey, it’s either that or drive for eight hours straight).

So, why did I join UPRISING when my career in SCW has had a resurgence since my beef with Melissa started? Look, I’ve been in SCW since my early twenties, I’ve seen many Bombshells come and go over the past ten years, but rarely have they stuck around long enough to shake up the Bombshell division, it gets a bit stale wrestling the same women over and over and when I saw that my old tag team partner Amy Santino had joined UPRISING after SCU’s closure earlier this year, it was a matter of if, not when.

I’m not about to call it quits on SCW, I have a lot of unfinished business in the Bombshell division, this is just me spreading my wings and taking flight to a new fighting ground for me to test my skills.

“Christina commented on your match against her?” Jake’s voice interrupted my train of thought, and I looked up at my older stepbrother before shaking my head. “Or La Rosa Ardiente as she’s going by nowadays!”

”It would be one thing if her disguise was even remotely convincing.” I responded with a sigh as I turned to Jake and folded my arms. ”But not only is Christina wrestling the same style she’s always used but La Rose Ardiente literally translates to “The Burning Rose” AKA one of Christina’s many nicknames over the years! It’s like I said when she tried to tell me to set my sights on the World Bombshell Title again, it’d be like if I decided to put on a blonde wig and a mask, called myself Jessika Salconian and literally changed nothing else against me!”

“And I still say that you’d look hot as a blonde.” Shane chimed in as he walked into the kitchen and I shook my head in response, I was convinced that Shane was only saying that because we were married because I honestly couldn’t see myself pulling off blonde hair, wig or otherwise. “And I still say that Salconian sounds like a race from a bad Star Trek rip off.”

”Again, that’s the joke!” I insisted as I rolled my eyes, then again any humour in my joke pretty much died with my explanation off the joke. ”I’m not even sure if this technically counts towards my recent roll as Bombshell division gatekeeper because of how fucking obvious the deception is, at least my signing with UPRISING gives me a chance at facing new competition and wrestling men.”

“Oh, so that wasn’t a rumour?” Jake asked and I nodded before showing him the tweet from UPRISING announcing my signing. “I knew Amy joined their roster after SCU closed but I didn’t think you’d be joining them as well.”

”It’s a reduced schedule that I can do in between my SCW commitments. It’s a win-win if you ask me.” I responded with a grin as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”And with the exception of Andrea and Amy, it’s a roster full of talent that I’ve never faced before so it’s a chance for me to really test my skills!”

“I guess so, you can only wrestle the other Bombshell division mainstays for so long.” Shane responded with a nod as I took a sip from my drink. “Let’s hope it doesn’t speed up your nagging injuries.”

”So long as I check in regularly with SCW’s medical staff and they keep giving me a mostly clean bill of health, I’ll keep wrestling.” I responded as I shook my head before going on a mass follow spree of everyone on UPRISING’s roster that I wasn’t already following on Twitter. ”Do I dread those meetings on the off chance they don’t clear me to wrestle? Or worse, tell me that I have to retire due to injury? Off course, but I’ll keep going for as long as I can!”

“You’re going to find a way to wrestle out of a wheelchair one of these days, aren’t you?” Shane asked and I shook my head refusing to even think about the idea of me being confined to a wheelchair, thankfully the topic divulged from that point and Jake’s comment was quickly forgotten about.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 12th of September 2022, 20:00pm

Only downside to having this gym? The international tours.

I don’t think I need to tell you that flying back and forth from wherever SCW has whisked the roster away too and my home in Las Vegas is a pain especially when it’s to maintain the gym equipment and the wrestling ring, and since Krystal had asked me this morning if she could get some reps in at the home gym and use my ring for her promo against Sam, Diamond and Alicia we had to scramble a bit to make sure everything was working.

Luckily the cleaners that we had hired whilst we were in India had kept the gym equipment clean but that just left the ring, tell you the truth? Most cleaning companies don’t know what to do with a wrestling ring because it’s not exactly something they clean every day, my ring is smaller than most rings the major wrestling promotions like Sin City Wrestling and UPRISING use, but it still takes up most of the space in the basement meaning that cleaning it is a team effort between me, Jake and Shane.

Luckily when we explained this to Krystal she was more than happy to help if it meant that she could get to her promo faster and having the extra set of hands certainly helped.

”There is one thing for sure.” Krystal commented once her promo finished, and I returned to the basement having given her space to get it done. ”After we spent a good hour cleaning this thing? I’m never looking at First Blood or matches that end in bloodshed the same way again!”

”Having to maintain a ring does put those matches in perspective, doesn’t it?” I asked the Aussie as I finished my descent down the basement steps and walked past the gym equipment. ”Off course the companies have their own ring crews to help clean it up, having a private one can be more trouble than it’s worth! At least the training schools like Hero Academy and the Go Gym put their private rings to good use!”

”I still can’t see myself running a school like Hero Academy full time but true enough! I still can’t believe Team Hero gave us the okay to handle Sarah’s graduation.” Krystal responded referring to Sarah Blaze, the second Hero Academy graduate and girlfriend of professional wrestler Chelsea Skye, or at least she was Chelsea’s girlfriend before the graduation match. ”And don’t even get me started on the marriage proposal!”

”I’d say something about doing that stuff privately, but Shane asked me to marry him in a crowded restaurant and you asked Makayla at last year’s High Stakes!” I pointed out and Krystal went to retort but couldn’t find the words. ”Good thing it worked out for us in the end.”

”I’ll say! And judging from Chelsea’s Twitter things will likely work out just fine for them too.” Krystal responded as I approached the ring, and she leaned over the ring ropes to get a better look at me. ”I don’t know if that pep talk and that subsequent win over Sam was what led me to being added to the High Stakes Contenders Match but if it did then I owe you a beer, that said, I still have one thing that’s been bugging me since we got back from India.”

”Ask away.” I nodded in response and Krystal paused to consider her response.

”You never did reveal why you dropped out of the match against Sam and allowed me to take your place.” Krystal responded, and I nodded once I realized that the Aussie was right, I had alluded to it on Twitter but not a lot else had been said about the situation otherwise. ”Me and Ariana thought it was because you wanted to focus on costing Melissa the title, but you were nowhere to be seen even as Melissa’s last title defence was winding down.”

”Technically you did see me, I was in the gorilla position to greet Ari, remember? As for the Sam Marlowe thing, I can only wrestle the same woman so many times before it starts to get tedious!” I corrected her, and Krystal nodded as she realized that I was right. ”But back to your point about Ari's match and I get what you mean, I’m willing to bet that half the Vegas odds were on how I’d interfere in Melissa’s title defence, but do you remember when I won that title for the first time?”

”The match against Faith and Alexis Morrison at Blaze of Glory II, right? I remember it having more interference than I cared to count because it was a Team Erick Lumberjack Match, not to mention Gianni being the most corrupt special guest ref ever.” Krystal nodded after thinking about it for a moment and I sighed as I got into the ring ready to start sparring with the Aussie. ”You focus so much on how that reign ended that you rarely ever talk about how you won the title in the first place.”

”Whether I was exaggerating the circumstances behind my one and only defence of that reign doesn’t matter, because it’s still a sore spot for me.” I admitted as I warmed up against the ring ropes and Krystal did likewise as she got the idea. ”But that was the start of my first ever singles reign and it was marred by outside interference, I didn’t want Ariana to go through the same thing even if my beef with Melissa got turned up a notch during the India tour.”

”Kinda like me and how my reign ended, only that lasted a lot longer.” Krystal nodded and whilst my eye twitched at being reminded of the fact that none of my individual title reigns had cracked the hundred-day mark, she did have a point. ”Any words of wisdom for the Fatal Four Way?”

”It’s an anything goes match, so don’t be afraid to go the distance as far as brutality goes.” I instructed the Aussie and Krystal nodded as she finished her warmup. ”Aside from that? You’ve faced all three of your opponents before, Sam, obviously, is your most recent opponent but you know what Diamond and Alicia are capable off as well, use that knowledge to your advantage and you’ll be challenging either Masque or Mercedes in no time!”

”Either I face a woman who’s never beaten me or Masque, I don’t think I need to say who I’d rather face at High Stakes if I win the Four Way!” Krystal admitted, and I nodded sympathetically with her. ”Ready to start sparring when you are.”

”Never thought you’d ask.” I responded with a nod before we started sparring.

Walking down the Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 13th of September 2022, 09:00am

*promo time*

It’s early enough in the morning for the strip to be relatively quiet so I’m going to kick off my promo now.

”When I gave myself the “Gatekeeper of the Bombshell Division” moniker, it was in reference to a recent trend I had been noticing in my SCW Career, namely the fact that I had faced newcomers to the Bombshell Division.” I stated as I walked down the street with my hands in my battle vest’s pockets. ”It started as early as this year’s Blaze of Glory when I faced Masque who was still a fresh face to the division, but since I failed to win the Bombshell Internet Title from Andrea Hernandez at the start of the year, it’s a trend that has shown little sign of slowing down, if at all! Now if you are a gullible idiot, then you’d believe that my latest opponent continues that trend, but unlike a certain recently fired Bombshell who is wrestling under that mask I respect the intelligence of the SCW fans enough to not insult it to their faces! That’s right, I’m facing Chris………I mean La Rose Ardiente in this week’s Climax Control opener!”

Seriously!

”Christina, this is fucking embarrassing! There are Scooby Doo villains with more convincing disguises than you! La Rosa Ardiente? Give me a fucking break! When I learned that I was facing you on Climax Control this week I actually ran that name through Google Translate and guess what that came up as?” Go ahead, guess as I resisted the urge to bang my head against a nearby wall. ”The Burning Rose”, a nickname that you have used in the past, not only that but you couldn’t be bothered to even try to change up your wrestling style to help with the deception, whether this is a case of you thinking the disguise is truly fool-proof, in which case you are a bigger moron than I initially thought, or you are such a one dimensional wrestler that you can’t change your style! It’s sad really!”

This is ridiculous.

”How in the flying fuck did this woman get into the SCW Hall of Fame before me? And before someone points out that she’s done what I haven’t, namely hold the World Bombshell Title, believe me, I FUCKING NOTICED! There was talk of removing you from the Hall of Fame after you attacked Chloe on the Summer XXXTreme Cruise Ship Christina and how that hasn’t happened yet, I don’t know!” my rant did catch the attention of some city workers, but they ignored me when they realized that I was cutting a wrestling promo and I continued on my way. ”This moron’s disguise is so paper thin that I’m not even going to refer to her by her latest in a long line of fake names, La Rose Ardiente? Give me a fucking break, you may as well have one of those “Hi, My Name Is” badges on your gear with your name written in cursive, that’s how obvious the disguise is Christina!”

And now for the burning question! Pun not intended!

”And you did all this for what? Attention? Notoriety? Were you afraid that Masque was stealing all the attention from you, and you had to pull all these stunts to stay relevant? And what did it cost you in the end?” I asked point blank as I ran a hand down my face. ”What little respect you had from your piers? Seleana becoming even more estranged from you than she was already? Your job? I’d say your dignity but that went out the window when Jasmine pushed you for putting your hands on her! I don’t normally agree with Alicia Lukas on anything, but I guess a broken clock is right twice a day in this case because she was 100% right about you!” I paused before shaking my head. ”I’m not even going to comment on the whole ass thing because with tiny af boobs? That’d be a case of pot calling the kettle black!”

Anyway……….

”This isn’t the first time you’ve tried some bullshit stunt to stay in the spotlight and this ranks just below the time you beat up your wife just to get a World Bombshell Title Shot!” Just barely but that is a high bar to set for Christina’s bullshit as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”What’s that Christina? You were hoping that we had forgotten all about that? Too fucking bad! People harp on me for the stunts I pulled to get World Bombshell Title Shots, but I never sunk to the lows you have! Granted, that is mostly because my husband had to give up on his wrestling dream due to an injury he suffered during training but he’s still outside the wrestling business and I like it that way to because there’s less bullshit drama involved, yet you get a pass because you actually made good on those shots? No more, your chances are running out fast Christina but there is one thing that irks me about this whole bullshit situation? Go ahead, guess?”

I’ll wait!

”Times up! You want to know what really pisses me off about this whole bullshit? It’s not the laziness of the whole thing as Alicia so elegantly put it, it’s the fact that you are taking up a roster spot for this whole bullshit charade!” This is just sad, but I tried to remain professional as I walked down the strip. ”I just joined a fed called UPRISING in an attempt to spread my wings a bit and you know what I saw on their roster? Multiple young women who would do anything to be in your spot, but you have to be the centre of attention, didn’t you? You have to be in the spotlight don’t you Christina? We’ve had similar careers, but I keep myself relevant by working my ass off every time I get in the ring! You?” I scoffed as I shook my head. ”The only way you can stay relevant is to pull an outlandish stunt or invent a new persona for yourself, congrats on managing to combine the two this time around but you need to realize one thing about me Christina!”

It's that simple.

”I’m Nobody’s Fool and I’m sure as shit not being fooled by your latest round of restaurant quality bullshit!” Is anyone really fooled though? It’s a riddle for the ages as I came up to the end of the strip. ”Sooner or later the bosses are going to tire of your stunts Christina and where will you be then? You’re in enough feds that you’ll never be short on money, but SCW was the fed that made you the star you are, not the other way around, and this Sunday I’ll not only be out to kick your ass all over the Gold Coast Cassino, but I’ll be out to do the one thing that Alicia Lukas wasn’t able to do at Violent Conduct VIII!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Remove that ugly ass mask and any backups you’re wearing and unveil you as the second-rate Scooby Doo villain you really are!” I added as I shook my head with a frown on my face. ”Only we’re not going to need the Mystery Machine or the gang to solve this mystery! Christina, La Rosa, whatever your fucking name is, your latest reinvention is just sad and pathetic as all hell and once it’s been unveiled to the world, everyone will see you for the hack fraud you are! A one-dimensional wrestler who only got as far as she did because the fans wanted to see what crazy stunt she’ll pull next! Only the fans are tired of your bullshit Christina, and I’ll happily do everyone a favour when I strike you like Blood Lightning on my way to the win! See you on Sunday bitch!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

19
Climax Control Archives / “I’ve Been There!”
« on: August 03, 2022, 06:43:40 AM »
Following her win against Georgie Robertson during the opening show of the India Tour in Mumbai, Jessie’s issues with Melissa hadn’t seemed to have died down, if anything the fact that the rookie sensation won the Bombshell Roulette Championship at Summer XXXTreme had caused the tension between the two Bombshells to heat up culminating in a tense sit down interview during the second show of the cycle

The bosses have taken notice, and for the Main Event of the Bangalore show they had decided that it was the Bombshell Roulette Division’s turn to take centre stage after the men’s division Main Evented the opening show, it was Jessie vs. Melissa for the Bombshell Roulette Championship it what could prove to be the tensest match the division’s seen since Krystal Wolfe and Char Kwan faced off for the title at last year's High Stakes, can Jessie win the title for the record fifth time?

Backstage at Climax Control 337, Jaipur, India
Sunday the 31st of July 2022, 23:00pm

Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?

You know the story behind the situation I’ve found myself in lately, I’ve found myself falling into the role of the Bombshell Division’s Gatekeeper having faced off against several newcomers in a row, twice against Levana Cade, once against Zoey Lukas, once against Chloe Benton and most recently against Georgie Robertson! Off those four Bombshells I’ve only failed to defeat Zoey but her record is no longer spotless thanks to her recent Mixed Tag Team Loss even if Miles took the pin! However, there is the elephant in the room.

No, I’m not saying that because we’re on a two month tour of India!

My issues with Melissa date back to the last cycle where she was just another newcomer, impressive in her debut against Chloe sure but whilst Chloe is a sweetheart, she’s far from the toughest Bombshell on the roster! Then the qualified for the Bombshell Roulette Title Match at Summer XXXTReme by beating Ariana, then she got another win over Mercedes Vargas in a warm-up match that I was on commentary for.

You know the rest, before I knew it the young upstart Bombshell I’ve had issues with over the past couple of months was the new Bombshell Roulette Champion which left me with a conundrum, will I let her have her time in the sun as champion? Or will I set my sights on her new gold belt?

You already know the answer to that question, it was just a matter of when the Bosses booked the title match for.

”Fresh faces holding the Bombshell Internet and Bombshell Roulette Titles, yet Roxi retains.” I commented to myself as I watched Roxi retain the title over Diamond, Kayla had won the Battle Royal meaning that the two new faces on the title scene in the Bombshell Ultimate X Match a few weeks ago where now holding titles, and with Roxi vs. Masque II on the horizon the title scene was about to get interesting. ”This cycle is shaping up to be an interesting one.”

”Do you always talk to yourself or does that only apply to title pictures?” I looked up and saw Ariana walking up to me, she was trying to hide it but it was clear that Ariana was frustrated with her performance in the Battle Royal, I’m no mind reader but having been in that situation more times than I cared to count over the past ten years? Yeah, I knew what was going through the young Greek-American Bombshell’s mind. ”Why were you watching my match anyway? Don’t you have Melissa to worry about?”

”Just because I’m feuding with the current Bombshell Roulette Champion doesn’t mean I can’t keep an eye on the other divisions Ari! Especially when you look at how the Main Event scene is developing.” I responded and Ariana went to retort but couldn’t find the words, I guess it was at that point that my motherly instincts took over even though Ari was eleven years younger than me because my expression softened as I walked up to the younger Bombshell. ”Look, competing for titles is never easy in SCW, especially not in a match as stacked as that Battle Royal, you’ll get your moment in the sun! I know it took me a while to get my first title!”

”Thanks, just wish I had lasted longer than “the Bombshell eliminated after Bea Barnhart!” Ari grumbled in response before we got the text notification on our phones, at this time of night and on a Sunday no less? Yeah, that could only mean one thing. ”Looks like the bosses have sent the new card out.”

”Wonder what’s in store for us next week?” I asked trying to lift Ari’s spirits up with my positive attitude in the process (what? I’m not a total bitch 100% off the time) and whilst I couldn’t tell if that had any affect on Ari we did check our phones. ”You’ve got a rematch with Alicia Lukas.”

”Just what I need, another tough as hell match.” Ariana sighed to herself as she leaned against the wall. ”Looks like it’s going to be a really good show otherwise! Zoey vs. Sam, my bestie against Miles in the opener which is practically a dream match for him and………” Ari trailed off as she went through the rest of the card and saw the main event. ”You might want to scroll down to the Main Event!”

That caught my attention, the normally bright and bubbly Ari was clearly feeling her frustration at that time so seeing the dead serious look on her face told me that I should follow her advice and I scrolled down. ”Well, I’ll be damned!” I commented with a laugh as I looked at the main event. ”Me vs. Melissa for the Bombshell Roulette Title, I thought for sure that they were going to save that for Violent Conduct!”

”That’s what me and Krystal thought as well, but this definitely throws a spanner in the works.” Ariana commented with a nod as she folded her arms. ”Think you can beat her for that record fifth reign?”

Now THAT was a loaded question. ”Can’t say I’ve ever faced a former kickboxing champion turned wrestler before, much less one that was trained by Goth.” I admitted as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”I’ve got her past matches to go back too but this will be Melissa’s first real test, if anyone knows how unpredictable the Roulette Wheel can be it’s me!”

”You at least have Roulette Division experience on your side, but good luck.” Ariana added as she went to run off. ”I’m off to find Carter and wake him up when he realizes that he’s facing Milo, see you in Bangalore!!”

”See you!” I called back before walking in the direction of the parking lot.

Well, at least I wasn’t facing another Georgie Robertson!

Outside Jessie’s hotel room. Bangalore, India
Monday the 1st of August 2022, 17:00pm

Funny how things change over time.

Before the pandemic August was usually when me, Jake, and Shane (plus whoever else was taking the trip) were gearing up for our yearly trip to the Bloodstock festival in the UK, that is still going on, the only thing related to Bloodstock that got cancelled by the pandemic was the 2020 festival but since then? I haven’t really had the desire to make the trip out! I don’t know if it was because I caught covid when SCW was doing the UK leg off the ill-fated Homecoming tour but even though I know that things are getting back to normal over there, I probably won’t resume my yearly trips until I do hang up the boots for good!

But alas, instead of making those final preparations, I’m preparing to challenge for the Bombshell Roulette Championship on Sunday Night, if I were still going to Bloodstock and I won the title I’d probably take it with me! (and no, I wouldn’t risk taking it to the festival grounds, I would’ve left it under lock and key in my hotel room), but there is a big obstacle standing in my way of that with or without the yearly trip.

Namely, the defending champion .

”And I thought that Yamoussoukro place in Africa was going to be the hardest place SCW visited as far as name pronunciations went.” I commented to myself as I looked at the name of the arena that was playing host to this Sunday’s Climax Control. ”The place hosting Climax Control this week isn’t that much of a mouthful compared to the other Indian arenas but it’s still a bitch to pronounce.”

”I think that African place still has it beat, it took me and Makayla at least ten attempts to get something that sounded correct only to find out that we had butchered it.” I heard a familiar Aussie accent ring out and I glanced up spotting Krystal doing what I was doing, hanging out outside my hotel room ready to head out. ”Basiclly imagine Jason Adams from that show’s intro but shared between two Australian women.”

”Why do I get the feeling that Makayla’s Greek side came out at least twice during that conversation?” I asked with a chuckle and Krystal laughed before nodding to confirm it. ”Meant to ask actually, how is Ari? I know she was frustrated after her performance in the Battle Royal!”

”She did mention running into you after last night’s Main Event and finding out about your respective matches in the process.” Krystal commented with a nod before she leaned against the wall. ”Other than what you saw? She’s fine, me and Carter gave her a pep talk after she mentioned her match against Alicia though to be honest? I’m more interested in your match.” Krystal admitted and I gave her a raised eyebrow in response.

”Going against a fellow Go Gym Graduate again?” I asked with a curious look on my face and Krystal shook her head. ”I saw that conversation with Ari, you backpaddled more than a politician caught in a major scandal!”

”Yeah but I like to think that I’m a hell of a lot more honest than the average politician! Besides, I’m just looking at it from how it will impact SCW cards down the road!” Krystal admitted as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”Don’t get me wrong, I love Ari but a second meeting between everyone’s least favourite wrestling veteran and a plucky Greek-American rookie with nothing at stake but bragging rights or a title match in the Main Event that pits a slightly less unpopular wrestling veteran against a rookie sensation? I know what I’m paying attention too! Especially since my Bombshell Roulette Title Reign gave my career the shot in the arm it needed?””

”Good to know I’m only a rung higher on the “wrestling veterans that are total bitches” totem pole than Alicia I guess! Otherwise? You make some good points.” I admitted with a nod and Krystal chuckled before I shifted the topic. ”You held the Bombshell Roulette Title a lot more recently than me, what’s your take on Melissa as champion?”

”We won’t know her true nature as a champion until her first defence, I guess that’s where you come in.” Krystal admitted with a shrug as she shifted her weight. ”Personally speaking? Melissa has been undefeated upon arriving in SCW, she won a title at her first PPV AND fourth match and she’s only getting started! I had the rookie year that most rookies would kill for but Melissa has had the start that I would’ve killed for!”

”I’d argue that point but considering that it took me until after the original Summer XXXTreme to win my first match in SCW? I have to agree!” I admitted as I shifted my weight and Krystal nodded in agreement. ”But aside from the Ultimate X Over The Pool Match all of Melissa’s matches so far have been standard fare, and this is the Roulette Wheel we’re talking about so who knows what it’ll land on!”

”Yeah I have nine title defences that prove how unpredictable the Roulette Division can be, though I still haven’t been able to shake the feeling that Diamond rigged the last one to screw over me or Keira.” Krystal commented as she shook her head before glancing over at me. ”But hey, if the wheel lands on Poolside Brawl you and Melissa will be guaranteed to look a hell of a lot better than Bill!”

”Thanks! I had just purged that from my memory!” I responded with a shudder and Krystal laughed. ”Besides THAT? That’s an incredibly low bar to set!”

”Yeah, you’re right, if I had set the bar any lower you could’ve stepped over it!” Krystal joked and as much as I hated THAT mental image, she was not only right but her comment did get a laugh out of me. ”Fancy joining me for dinner downstairs? Makayla’s sleeping off the fight and I’m too jet-lagged to even think about going street food hunting right now!”

”Sounds good, and I was going to go on a guided tour of Bangalore anyway, lot less walking involved if you’re interested.” I offered Krystal and it didn’t take the Aussie long to agree with the idea and we were soon headed downstairs.

Hotel Restaurant, Bangalore, India
Monday the 1st of August 2022, 17:45pm

I’ve had a lot of time to think.

By that I mean I’ve been thinking a lot about my title match against Melissa on Sunday Night, the last time I challenged for the Bombshell Roulette Title was back in 2020 and right after I was attacked by Sin, Johanna Krieger was the champ at the time having beaten Seleana Zdunich for the title three weeks prior at that year’s Violent Conduct and even without the attack by Sin most people were expecting a (relatively) easy first defence for Johanna based on my track record against the Wolfslair members in Mixed Tag Team Title Matches.

You should know the story by now, Johanna got cocky and it cost her the title, then she went and bitched to the bosses about a fluke win and got a rematch a few weeks later in which she retained the title, if you ask me the fact that that bitch hasn’t held a title since losing the Bombshell Roulette Title to Royal Purple at Inception III is karma at it’s finest but that’s beside the point, that brief Bombshell Roulette Title Reign would prove to be my last flirtation with a title reign for a while, not for lack of trying off course, my last attempt to win a title was during this year’s Inception PPV where I unsuccessfully challenged Andrea Hernandez.

Needless to say, I’m looking to break that streak on Sunday Night, off course, Melissa and Johanna Krieger are completely different beasts.

”So yeah, Cassie’s debut match went well, we’re just waiting for that episode to go on the air.” Krystal commented breaking my train of thought, I knew her younger cousin had wasted little time in finding a home fed and whilst the lack of activity from said home fed was worrying me I was glad that the little protégé had managed to find work so quickly. ”Jess? Did I interrupt your day dream?”

”Sorry Krys, I was just thinking about my history with the Bombshell Roulette Title for a bit.” I commented with a shrug before taking a sip of my drink. ”This year’s the tenth anniversary of my SCW Debut, but 2023 will mark ten years since my first title win.”

”That’s right, you won the title for the first time at Blaze of Glory II, didn’t you?” Krystal asked when she remembered that milestone in my SCW career and I nodded in response. ”And then that whole Team Erick debacle ruined it for you.”

”To be completely honest? If there’s two things I could change about my first two years in SCW, it would be these things.” I stated and Krystal gave me a curious look before motioning for me to elaborate on it. ”Number One: ask Jake to accompany me on the road from the outset instead of Katie, I love my stepsister but she was never that big a wrestling fan to begin with, and she used the legendary bloodbath between Misty and Roxanne as a convenient excuse to go back home to Miami as soon as possible. That and her revealing my past drug addiction on camera did harm my relationship with her for a while, to the point where I was relieved  that Jake was taking over the role of my babysitter.”

”I think I remember Jake telling Makayla that your extended family knows that your past issues with cocaine are far behind you and that he pretty much sticks around because he enjoys being around you and Shane.” Krystal commented and I nodded in response as I shifted my weight. ”Surprised you don’t have any long term health issues from that, cocaine’s one of the nastier drugs around.”

”Who said I didn’t?” I asked bluntly and Krystal gave me a surprised look. ”I don’t know the medical terminology but I have heart issues from my past drug use, have to take medication daily to keep my ticker in check and yes, the bosses know about this! After my drug issues were made public I figured I may as well come clean with the health issues that stemmed from it, thankfully the side effects are relatively minor as the medication tends to make me drowsy.”

”Considering that you still get booked regularly then the heart issues aren’t that serious if the medical staff keep clearing you to wrestle.” Krystal commented with a shrug and I nodded. ”I mean, Makayla won’t even risk going into wrestling because of her family’s history of heart issues.”

”The worst issues I get is occasional heart palpitations, and those usually happen in the middle of the night.” I explained as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”Luckily Shane shares a bed with me and knows to get my meds if the palpitations get bad but even incidents like that are rare.”

”Doesn’t mean that they won’t get worse as you get older unfortunately, but you are still relatively young.” Krystal commented and once she saw the look on my face after mentioning that she wisely decided to change subject. ”You never said what the second thing you’d change would be, didn’t you Jess?”

”Nope! We got side-tracked by my past drug issues and the health effects that come with them! I only request that you don’t relay this to anyone else less the bosses overhear.” I added before leaning forward. ”There isn’t a day that goes by when I wonder “what if I had joined Team Erick instead of Team SCW”, and after all the bullshit I endured from the bosses in the nine years since that debacle? I wish I were Team Erick in hindsight.”

”No wonder you don’t want the bosses to overhear that, Matthew was a member of Team Erick and Mark still holds a grudge against him.” Krystal commented with a nod before sighing. ”But do you really think your second year in SCW would’ve played out any differently?”

”I got attacked by half the Bombshell Locker Room during my first ever title defence because I was Team SCW.” I commented as I shook my head bitterly. ”I’m still bitter about that just under a decade later but I can’t help but wonder if things would’ve played out differently if I had joined Team Erick instead, who knows? Maybe that title reign could’ve extended too Hostile Takeover?”

”That is a big maybe, Team SCW had some of the best Bombshells of all time among its ranks and whilst Team Erick was no slouch in that department you would’ve had pissed off ex-NXT Teammates coming after you.” Krystal pointed out and I had to admit, the Aussie had a point there, off course, hindsight’s 20/20 and all that. ”You mentioned that you were thinking about the defence on Sunday?”

”Yeah, and how the last time I was the first challenger for the Bombshell Roulette Title was during Johanna Krieger’s reign in 2020, if you ask me, the fact that she hasn’t held a title since her second reign ended is perfect fucking karma for that bitch refusing to admit that her cockiness cost her the title and not a fluke win but besides that?” I asked before shifting my weight. ”Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

”I’d make a joke about your World Bombshell Title “campaigns” but that’s low hanging fruit.” Krystal responded as she shook her head and I nodded in agreement. ”You’re wondering if Melissa will fail to learn from Johanna’s mistakes?”

”As wrestlers they couldn’t be more different, but there is one edge Johanna has over Melissa as far as women I’ve challenged for that title goes, and that’s experience.” I responded as I shifted my weight and Krystal nodded as she started to get the idea. ”Melissa’s a rookie sensation sure, but what’s the keyword there?”

”Rookie.” Krystal realized as she got the idea and I nodded in response. ”You’re thinking that her inexperience will get the better of her sooner rather than later?”

”That’s the thing, it’s already started.” I responded as I leaned forward and Krystal gave me a curious look. ”Think back to her last match, the one where she won the title.”

”The Ultimate X Over The Pool Match, I was pulling for Kat to keep the streak of the reigning champs retaining going but we both know how that ended.” Krystal nodded as she got the idea. ”Wait, do you mean where Melissa had Kat up for that Suplex for a long time whilst Kayla scaled the structure?”

”Got it in one! If Melissa hadn’t abandoned that idea then Kayla never would’ve been in last week’s Battle Royal due to her winning the Bombshell Roulette Title then and there.” I explained with a nod as I leaned back. ”The thing with rookie sensations is that they are still prone to making rookie mistakes, Cassie will make them once she starts wrestling for real, Ari made one in last week’s Battle Royal and it cost her the match, there are other examples can list sure, but that makes my point pretty clear, doesn’t it?” I asked before a waiter finally came over to take our orders, we ordered our food and after apologizing because it was a busy night (which we had noticed) he walked off.

”Surprised you didn’t list Adrienne letting her success get to her head that early, unless you believe her when she says that she wanted to prove that she belonged.” Krystal commented and I shook my head, I did sympathize with Adrienne since I was the same age as her when I debuted but even I had to admit that that was not a smart choice even after Amber refused her challenge. ”Okay, what about me? I was a bit more experienced than the other recent Go Gym Graduates when I debuted for SCW, but many still consider me a rookie sensation.”

”You not only won a title in your first full year in SCW but you held it for the rest of the year and went undefeated for most of the reign, I’d say that more than qualifies.” I responded with a nod and Krystal grinned a bit at my ego stroking. ”As for your rookie mistakes, they were few and far between because again, you waited a few years before joining SCW, but one that sticks out to me was letting a carny scumbag like Matthew Kennedy influence you for so long.”

”No argument there! I’d say, “at least it led to me meeting Cassie for the first time since she was eleven” but I maintain that we would’ve run into each other eventually, if anything I wish I had met her before she started training because I could’ve used my name to get her in the Go Gym.” Krystal admitted as she shook her head and I had to agree, would’ve saved us a lot of headaches either way. ”I mean hell, you were there when I met up with her again, she was only a few months into her training but so far ahead of the rest of the class it wasn’t even funny.”

”The PTA Gym did an admittedly decent job of nurturing her natural wrestling ability, Hero Academy just refined it.” I responded with a shrug and Krystal nodded in agreement. ”And based on you and the other Go Gym Graduates? I’d say she would’ve gotten the best of both worlds right from the start if you had gotten to her first.”

”True enough, it was like for me when I enrolled at the Go Gym, natural wrestling ability runs in my family I guess.”  Krystal responded with a nod but before we could reminisce on the past more our starters arrived and we were soon more interested in our food.

Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore, India
Wednesday the 3rd of August 2022, 16:00pm

*promo time*

Promoting a combat sport match in a botanical garden, ironic, isn’t it?

”I don’t know if the fact that I beat Mercedes Vargas to the 200 SCW Matches Milestone, by a week mind you but still, gave it away or not, frankly I don’t give a shit, but I have been in SCW far longer than most of the modern Bombshell Roster! Hell, in some cases certain Bombshells were pre-teens at most when I made my SCW debut ten years ago!” I commented before chuckling to myself. ”Is there a point to this beyond making me feel old as shit? Off course there is! I may be one of the oldest active wrestlers on the roster but that just means that I have a decade of experience over most of the roster and that goes double for the current Bombshell Roulette Champion Melissa who will be competing in her fifth match on Sunday Night against me in the Main Event against me! Throw in the fact that her titles on the line and, well, the pieces start to fall into place, don’t they?” I commented before brushing some hair over my shoulder.

This will be interesting.

”You know it’s funny, I honestly can’t remember the last time that a rookie came into the promotion and had the start you’ve had Melissa.” I stated as I walked around the botanical garden. ”Is it it the fact that I’ve been around so long that all the former Bombshells start to merge into one? Don’t be ridiculous, no one’s going to get the likes of Bobbie Dahl or Sierra Williams mixed up with any single member of the Mean Girls that aren’t in SCW, it's just the simple fact that thanks to the past ten years of wrestling experience, I thought I had seen it all.” I commented with a shrug before leaning against a nearby tree. ”Then you came along.”

What a shock to the system that was.

”Before your debut I had Levana Cade pegged as a possible winner of this year’s Future Star of the Year Award, off course that was before she peaked at the Blast from the Past Semi-Finals and went into a tailspin that she hasn’t been able to recover from as of this promo but my point still stands, but after your first few weeks with the company Melissa? I’m not so sure.” I commented before I continued walking through the gardens. ”It’s no secret that you’ve had one of the best rookie years ever Melissa, not only have you gone undefeated since your arrival in SCW but you qualified for the Bombshell Ultimate X Match and won the thing were most people expected Kat Jones to retain the title and join Krystal and Seleana as the only Bombshell Roulette Champions to retain the title in that match, but let’s have a look at your competition up to this point.” I said as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”Shall we?”

Let’s.

”Chloe Benton, if you looked up the definition of underdog in the dictionary, you’d find a picture of Chloe right next to it! She has had the exact opposite run of luck to you Melissa, being fed to every other new Bombshell on the block for most of her career, you included! Ariana Angelos, a step up from Chloe for sure, but someone who’s still finding her feet after her move from SCU, Ari has a bright future in the business if you ask me, she just needs to start believing in herself more.”  I said before folding my arms. ”Mercedes Vargas, some might call her your first real test in SCW, a wrestling veteran who has done it all and then some, someone smart enough to identify that your main strength is your kicks and target them in the match to try to neutralize your kicking power, Mercedes still lost by submission but whilst me and Mercedes have never been friends, I’ll give her credit for having a good idea! And then, came the Ultimate X Match!” I said before smirking to myself. ”The match where the kinks in your armour started to show.”

I should explain this.

”You, Mercedes Vargas, Kayla Richards and the reigning Bombshell Roulette Champion Kat Jones, the match against Mercedes was your first real test then the Ultimate X Match was where you were pushed to the limit! It’s also when your biggest weakness started to show itself for the first time, and unfortunately for you Melissa, it’s not something you can get rid of that easily.” I commented as I shook my head. ”Don’t get me wrong Melissa, you are a rookie sensation and it’s clear as day that Goth trained you well but there is a keyword there and that’s “rookie”, I’ve seen it happen way to many times to count, we get these rookies who are natural talents in the ring, young wrestlers who are way too good for their experience level, but eventually their rookie status starts to catch up with them and they start making mistakes that wrestlers with a lot more experience can take advantage off, you nearly lost the Bombshell Ultimate X Match because you chose to see how long you could hold Kat Jones up in a Stalling Suplex not realizing that Kayla Richards was going after the title.”

Mistakes that won’t be forgiven.

”And too be honest? Whilst Kayla is a bitch, she did the right thing at that moment and I would absolutely do the same thing is her shoes.” I said as I shook my head. ”Your desire to show off your strength nearly cost you the title for which we are competing! Now I am fully aware that the likelihood of the Ultimate X Over the Pool Match is unlikely to come up because since that match’s inception I don’t think I’ve ever seen it on the Roulette Wheel.” I added before chuckling to myself. ”And now that I’ve said that the bosses are probably adding it to the wheel as we speak! But my point still stands Melissa, you’re a rookie and you are prone to making a lot more mistakes than a veteran like me, mistakes that someone with over ten years of wrestling experience can and will take advantage off!”

Someone like me.

”I know I have a reputation for being one of the Bombshell Divisions favourite punching bags due to my win/loss record, but the simple fact is that you don’t spend ten years in any industry, let alone the wrestling industry, without learning a shit ton of things about it! I guess that’s why I’ve been thrust into the gatekeeper position in recent weeks.” I chuckled to myself as I walked through the garden. ”You on the other hand Melissa still have a lot to learn about wrestling, by winning the Bombshell Roulette Title on your fourth ever match you certainly turned a few heads, mine included, but in the process you learned to run before you learned to walk.”

What do I mean by that?

”That’s the thing with rookie sensations like you Melissa, being so good right out of the gate leaves you and your ilk wanting the wrestling world at your fingertips before your out of the proverbial crib and winning the Bombshell Roulette Title this early in your career will certainly be good for your career! It might even net you this year’s Future Star of the Year Award and for the second year in a row it would be won by someone who won the Bombshell Roulette Title on their first try, but before you go comparing yourself to Krystal Wolfe I’m going to stop you there.”  I said as I folded my arms. ”Krystal is a good friend of mine but even she will admit that she made mistakes during her reign, it just took until her second cycle for those cracks to show, the cracks in you however have started to show barely three weeks you’re your reign.” I added before scoffing. ”New record? Maybe, but did you want to set that new record? I doubt it!”

That will be your downfall.

”In the end Melissa your reign will come crashing down because the bosses decided to put you against a veteran who’s motivated enough to go for a title that she thought she was done with, and you want to know the hilarious part Melissa?” I asked with a laugh before flipping some of my hair over my shoulder. ”You’ll have no one to blame but yourself when the dust settles and I’m holding the title for the fifth time in my career! You see, I wasn’t going to reveal this publicly but I want to turn the clock back to Mark Cross’s King for a Day Show this past May, you might remember it as the day when we first met, when I was set to team with Matthew “The Raven” Knox in his first match as World Heavyweight Champion against Mark Cross and Levana Cade in a Blazing Tables Match, Mark Cross likely didn’t even realize what he had done when he made that match but he forced me to make drastic changes to my plans.” I added before frowning. ”I was going to announce my retirement as a wrestler that night.”

You heard me.

”I’m not saying this because Kat Jones just announced her retirement, frankly this is something that’s been on my mind for most of the year but the truth is that I’ve got so many nagging injuries that every time I visit the SCW Medical Staff for a check-up I half-expect them to turn around and say that I’m one bad fall away from being in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, but when that match got announced I had to change my plans.” I said as I shifted my weight. ”My opinion on Matthew soured the week after, but I wasn’t about to leave my partner high and dry, and right before I won that match for my team we met for the first time and you unintentionally set me on my current course.”

Funny how things work out.

”Maybe it was the thrill of competing in such a dangerous match on a night that was meant to be my last as a wrestler? Maybe it was seeing someone so young take the Bombshell Division by storm? Either way, that night lit a fire under me that I thought was extinguished during the dark days of 2018 and suddenly I found myself more motivated than I’ve ever been.” I added before chuckling to myself. ”All because Goth wanted to introduce his fiancé/wrestling trainee to one of the Bombshell Division’s stalwarts, and here we are, just under three months later, ready to duke it out for the Bombshell Roulette Title.”

It's that simple.

”In a way I have to thank both Goth and Melissa and to a certain extent, Mark Cross, it was Mark that forced me to nix my retirement plans and it was Goth and Melissa that reignited the fire within me that had been extinguished for years! I guess you could say that they are responsible for my career renaissance!” I said as I paced around the gardens. ”But I don’t think Goth and Melissa have quite grasped the mistake they’ve made, because a motivated Jessie Salco won almost every title in the Bombshell Division, a motivated Jessie Salco went to war with some of the best wrestlers in the Bombshell Division’s history, a motivated Jessie Salco is exactly the worst person you can defend a title against ESPECIALLY when it’s your first defence and ESPECIALLY when it’s your first ever title defence.”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Make no mistake Melissa, if you do retain the Bombshell Roulette Title on Sunday Night it’ll be because I pushed you to the fucking limit and you roared back, determined to prove that you are not a fluke champion.” I added before chuckling. ”If it sounds like I’m speaking from personal experience, it’s because I am! I’ve been there so many times over the past ten years, trying desperately to prove my doubters wrong and that I’m no fucking fluke! The more desperate you get, the more susceptible you are to mistakes, that’s a lesson I’ve learned ten times over and when you combine that potential desperation with the fact that you are a rookie Melissa, it’ll just make you easier to hit like Blood Lightning by your next Bombshell Roulette Champion Jessie Salco, what comes next is up to you Melissa! See you on Sunday!”

I left the gardens as the scene fades.

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Climax Control Archives / “Old vs. New!”
« on: July 20, 2022, 08:40:25 PM »
Jessie would get the win over Chloe Benton albeit in unfortunate circumstances as Chloe would end up knocked out midway through the match forcing the ref to stop the match before it could get worse for the young rookie! Unfortunately for Chloe, things did get worse later that night as following Chrystal’s loss in the Domestic Disturbance Match against her wife Seleana, Chrystal snapped first by trying (and failing) to take it out on Jasmine but also attacking Chloe making her injuries worse!

Jessie had to set that aside for now though, because not only was the former Bombshell Roulette Champion Kat Jones set to take on Chrystal in a Street Fight but Jessie had her own match to worry about and one against someone who was also victorious at Summer XXXTreme, Georgie Robertson! The newly signed British Bombshell had picked up an impressive win over Levana Cade in singles action at the cruise but Jessie had a lot more experience than either Levana or Georgia having celebrated the tenth year anniversary of her SCW debut this past Wednesday! Can Jessie get the win?

Jessie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 17th of July 2022, 18:00pm

Funny how much of a difference a cycle can make.

At the end of the Into the Void XI Cycle, I was ready to call it a day on my wrestling career and if you don’t know the reasons why by now then you haven’t been paying attention! And really, the same can be said for the reason why I never even got to announce my plans at this year’s King for a Day Show but just in case you’ve forgotten, Mark Cross unintentionally threw a spanner in the works that were my plans when he booked himself and Levana Cade in a tag team match against me and the then World Heavyweight Champion Matthew “The Raven” Knox.

Needless to say, the joke was on Mark Cross when I scored the win for my team in that Blazing Tables Match and funnily enough, competing in the Blazing Tables Match relit a fire under me that had been extinguished a while ago.

I guess you could compare it to Mercedes Vargas after her program with Ms. Jon ended with Mercedes putting the monstrous Bombshell on the shelf, he only losses in the last cycle were just as the cycle ended and both were too the current Bombshell Roulette Champion and thorn in my side Melissa! And yes, that is the elephant in the room. Why did I show up after Melissa won this year’s Ultimate X Over the Pool Match and the Bombshell Roulette Championship?

Honestly, I thought my reasons were as clear as Cassie Wolfe’s love for weed but until my next confrontation with Melissa I have my own things to worry about.

”Gotta admit, Cassie and Becky actually make for a cute couple.” I commented to myself as I looked at the trainee’s personal Facebook page, but that was one thing that was on my mind. ”Cassie can’t honestly have that much time left in ger training, right? She told me, Ari, and Krystal when we met her for the first time that she had started her initial training not long after her eighteenth birthday, and the one year anniversary of that had just passed……..”

My train of thought was interrupted when I got a text on my phone and unlike when that happened when the King for a Day Show Card was announced I grabbed it almost immediately and when I saw that it was the first card of the Indian Tour I read through it. “Jess, has the new card been announced yet.” Jake asked as he entered my room and I looked up before nodding. “Great, who have you got?”

”George Robertson, the British Bombshell who debuted against Levana at Summer XXXTreme?” I reminded Jake when I saw that he didn’t recognize the name and he nodded when he remembered her. ”I was joking before when I described myself as a gatekeeper for the new blood in the Bombshell Division, but between Zoey, Chloe and now Georgie? It’s hard to nor see myself that way.”

“And you’re apparently the gatekeeper for new Bombshells whose names end in the latter e, either the sound or the actual letter.” Jake responded and I had to admit, I had somehow missed that but he wasn’t exactly wrong. “What do you make of Georgie?”

”She’s yet another overconfident newcomer, the only way she really stands out from the likes of Zoey is the fact that she’s English.” I commented as I shook my head before Jake made his way into my room and walked behind my computer chair. ”Her win over Levana was impressive, but Levana peaked when she reached the Blast from the Past semi-finals and has struggled to regain her lost momentum ever since, I’ll be her first real taste of competition.”

“Will be interesting to see how she handles someone as old and experienced as you, speaking of Zoey, did you see her tag team match?” Jake asked and I shook my head before grabbing my phone again to go over the card, when Jake said tag team match and Zoey I had assumed that the Lukas sisters were teaming up to take on the Diamonds again, hell if Twisted Sister wasn’t taking on Candy I would’ve assumed that The Metal Maniacs were taking on the Lukas Sisters instead.

Both answers were wrong, and if I had been drinking anything when I saw the actual match it would’ve ended up all over my computer desk. ”Zoey and Miles vs. Krystal and Carter in a Strange Bedfellows Match where they have to wrestle in their pyjamas, man I dodged one hell of a bullet!” I commented as I shook my head and Jake nodded in agreement. ”Especially since I tend to sleep naked even when I haven’t had sex with Shane!”

“And I’ll take facts that I never wanted to know about my step-sister” for $500, oh look the daily double!” Jake commented as he shook his head and I had a good chuckle at his expense. “Is that Cassie and her new girlfriend? They make for a cute couple!”

”Hmm? Oh yeah, I happened to stumble upon it when I was going through my personal Facebook wall.” I commented with a nod as I leaned back in my chair. ”Though I am wondering how much time Cass has left before she graduates, she started her initial training a few days after her eighteenth birthday, that was just over a year ago and my training took almost as long to complete.”

“Yeah, gotta figure that her graduation ceremony will be coming up, wonder how Team Hero will handle that kind of thing.” Jake commented with a nod of agreement as he folded his arms. “If it weren’t for the facts that Cass’s hair is longer and darker, she’s taller, lighter, has wrestling in her blood and is Australian I’d see her as a reincarnation of you from your rookie days.”

”The similarities haven’t gone unnoticed, let’s hope that she can avoid making the mistakes myself and Krystal have made during our careers.” I commented with a nod before closing the browser. ”Did you come up here for anything else?”

“Just that Shane said that dinner should be ready by half six.” Jake responded and I nodded as I got the idea. “He was inspired by last week’s MasterChef US to try to make a Vegan dish, I’m interested to see if he can pull it off.”

”If it is the one thing he can’t pull off then we know what he won’t be trying again.” I chuckled to myself as I shook my head. ”Let him know that I’ll be down in about twenty minutes, want to go through Bandcamp’s new releases in metal.”

“Let us know if you find anything good.” Jake commented before he left my room.

Revolution Tattoo Parlours, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 20th of July 2022, 15:00pm

They say that you regret tattoos as you grow older, well, I’m 32, I still have the tattoos I got early in 2012 and I still occasionally get them touched up hence why I’m here, but I know you have something else in mind, like why wasn’t I in India.

Truth is, whilst India is a place I’ve wanted to visit, I still had some affairs to square away here in Las Vegas, I knew from chatting with Krystal that it was a long ass flight (namely a little over twenty hours) and the plan was for me, Jake, and Shane to fly out to Mumbai tomorrow morning! Besides with a match ahead of me I had no problems staying here a bit longer if it meant I got a chance to train at my home gym.

As I neared my tattoo parlour I saw an older gentlemen storm out of the shop and by older I mean “probably saw one of Metallica’s first shows in person” old and as I got closer I heard him mutter something about “god damn millennial foreigner” before he stormed off down the street, I did briefly wonder who he was talking about exactly but decided to put it out of my mind before I entered the shop.

Or at least I did, until I realized that I know the quote unquote “Millennial Foreigner” very well.

”What was with that guy?” Cass wondered as the nineteen year old had her arm tattoos touched up and honestly? I had to resist the urge to run up and hug the kid! The biggest news to come out of Twitter so far as the wrestling world was concerned was that after everything she had put up with, Cass had finally finished her training and was now a full-fledged professional wrestler! I had helped with her early training alongside Krystal and Ari and the knowledge that she was growing up so fast was enough to eject a lot of pride in my heart, off course I knew full well that it wasn’t going to be easy for her, she was a naturally talented wrestler sure, but training could only prepare you for so much. ”All I said was that Metallica was dad metal!”

Oh yeah, that incident outside the shop made a lot of sense now! Not helped by her calling Dio dad metal when I was MCing Karaoke on the Summer XXXTreme Cruise Ship off course. “Some people still hold Metallica in high regard Cass! But you at least agreed that the Stranger Things finale rocked!” That tattoo artist responded and it was at that point that I decided to chime in on the conversation.

”Including a certain someone who helped you train early on!” I chimed in and Cass looked up and grinned broadly when she saw me, off course she couldn’t give me a greeting greater than that as the tattoo artist was still hard at work. ”You’ve had a hell of a week, haven’t you Cass?”

”You can say that again.” Cass responded and once the tattoo artist was finished she leaned forward, I couldn’t tell that she was wearing a crop top with a slumped shoulder strap due to the angle but when she leaned forward, I saw that clear as day, as well as the fact that she had gotten the Hero Academy logo tattooed onto her shoulder in a place where a bra strap wouldn’t obscure most of it, and it was left uncoloured which told me one thing. ”There wasn’t enough time to get the logo coloured in and my older tattoos touched up so I’m going to book another appointment to get it finished.”

”That’s the thing with tattoos kid, there’s never enough time to get everything you want done in one session.” I responded with a shrug and the tattoo artist nodded in agreement. ”And I’m guessing you got Team Hero’s permission to do this?”

”Made sure to ask their permission on Twitter before I made the appointment.” Cassie nodded in response before I took off my jacket revealing my sleeveless top which showed my tattoo covered arms. ”You getting your tattoos touched up?”

”Pretty much, been so busy with SCW and since I’m leaving for Mumbai tomorrow I figured I may as well get this done.” I commented with a nod as I hung up my jacket and it wasn’t long after that that the tattoo artist had finished working on Cass. ”We should definitely talk after I’m done because I know you have a lot to talk about Cass!” I added and Cass nodded in agreement.

”No argument from me!” Cass responded with a grin as she got off the tattoo chair and the artist got it ready for my appointment.

Local café, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 20th of July 2022, 17:00pm

My appointment was only a couple of hours long and it felt even shorter than that, I guess you get used to tattoo times after a while but once we had paid for our sessions I took Cass to a nearby café for a chat.

A chat that just reinforced my idea to open my own wrestling school.

”That graduation match against Keira was brutal, sparring matches don’t prepare you for the real thing.” Cass admitted before taking a sip of her drink and I nodded knowing exactly what the Aussie Teenager was talking about, it was something that I was all to familiar with from my days as a trainee. ”But I’ll but be damned if it wasn’t worth it in the end.”

”Graduating from training school is one of those rare wrestling accolades that you can only achieve once, and it won’t be topped until you win your first title.” I responded with a grin and Cass quickly nodded in agreement. ”I’m guessing a PTA Gym Logo Tattoo is out of the question?”

”I can’t even remember what the PTA Gym Logo was and even if I did? I’d be more likely to get a Justin Bieber tattoo!” Cass admitted and I nodded as I got the idea, it was clear that aside from Cyrus, Andreas and Lizzie she just wanted to pretend that the PTA Gym days never happened and she wanted to pretend that she was being trained by Team Hero from day one, not that I could blame her, I still remember that body-shaming incident and how no decent school would ever let something like that happen to any student, much less the only teenaged student. ”Did you ever put up with half the crap I put up with when you were training Jess? I know we’re going back ten years…….”

”Kid, we could be going back twenty years and my response would still be a firm no!” I responded firmly and Cass stopped dead in her tracks. ”Look, I know you had to make do with what you could and in an ideal world you would’ve followed Krystal into the Go Gym but you were way too good for the PTA Gym, both as a prospect and a person, Cyrus, Andreas and Lizzie are decent people but aside from nurturing your natural talent I could see that they were in over their heads when I visited the gym for the first time!”

”I didn’t want to think about it that way, but you’re totally right.” Cassie admitted as she shook her head. ”My parents gave me two options, either I waited until I turned twenty one and enrolled at the Go Gym using money they saved up over the years, or I make do with what I had last year, my impatient ass decided to go for the faster option.”

”That’s not to say that cheaper gyms aren’t good, the school I trained at was the cheapest in Florida but I turned out great, however it is a case of you get what you pay for more often than not and considering that Matthew was a millionaire before he got sued to oblivion should tell you everything you need to know about the PTA Gym.” I informed Cass and she lowered her head clearly running a through “What If?” scenarios through her head. ”You still would’ve been a natural talent at the Go Gym if you had waited another three years, only difference if you ask me is that you would’ve been old enough to drink!”

”And smart enough to avoid a drinking contest with Fenris! I’ve heard the stories from Krystal!” Cassie responded in her usual joking tone and I grinned glad to see her back to her usual self. ”I’ve already got one contract as a wrestler lined up, can’t wait to wrestle my first match.”

”You never forget your first time Cass, in more ways than one!” I assured Cass who grinned in response. ”And your other first time should come up soon! I’ve seen your posts about Becky!”

”I was worried that things were going too quickly between me and Becky for a while but we talked it out and agreed that we definitely want to keep it going.” Cassie admitted and I grinned in response. ”Between Becky and my burgeoning wrestling career? Things are on the up and up for me!”

”Just remember, you have friends you can contact if things hit rock bottom, including one who’s been doing this longer than you’ve been alive.” I responded and it didn’t take Cassie long to realize that I was talking about myself, she may be a stoner but she’s a lot smarter than people realize. ”Trust me, you should never keep things bottled up in this business, or real life for that matter.”

”Yeah, Krystal said as much after I graduated!” Cassie responded with a grin and I sighed in relief, at least Krystal had learned from making that same mistake when she hired on Matthew last November, even if said mistake led to us meeting Cass. ”Any advice you can give as a veteran to a newcomer like me?”

That was a question I had to think about, Cassie was a hell of a talent, especially for her age and experience, but a rookie was still a rookie. ”Straight up? Be yourself out there, don’t let others try to dictate what you should do as fat as your personality goes, in ring? Wrestle every match like it was for the World Title, because one mistake because you got overconfident can ruin everything you had planned!” I responded before taking a sip from my drink. ”And yes, I did have Krystal’s Blast from the Past Performances in mind when I said that.”

”You know, she hasn’t really commented on whether she wants to go for a third time next year, last year when she wasn’t talking about her reign she was talking about avenging her first round loss.” Cassie commented and I had to raise an eyebrow at that, wasn’t really sure what to make of it. ”Can’t tell if she’s keeping her cards close to her chest or if Krystal considers the tournament to be cursed for her.”

”Could be either of those things really, Krystal had that amazing title reign but she is still only twenty six, she has a long career ahead of her, I’m sure of it.” I responded before glancing at the menu. ”Want to get something to eat? My treat!”

”Never thought you’d ask.” Cass responded with a grin before we went over the menu.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 20th of July 2022, 21:00pm

*promo time*

This will be good.

”I suppose the big question on everyone’s mind is why the fuck aren’t I in India? Okay, some people aren’t as vulgar as me but the question still applied, simple fact is I had some stuff to square away before I flew out, the kind of stuff I couldn’t get done in a day but I will be flying out tomorrow for my first match of the Indian Tour and it is certainly a match because I’m once again facing a newcomer.”

I’m sensing a pattern.

”I joked before about being a gatekeeper for the new Bombshells in SCW, well I guess someone in management decided to take that joke seriously and made all my recent matches against fresh faces in the Bombshell Division! First it was Zoey Lukas, a match that I thought was made because she wanted competition for her first match, then there was Chloe Benton in what has to be the biggest misfire in wrestling merchandise in SCW history! Seriously Chloe, that wasn’t how I wanted the match to end and I wish you nothing but a speedy recovery from both that and the cowardly attack by Crystal Meth! But speaking of Summer XXXTreme, my opponent made her debut on the cruise and like me, she got the win, her name is Georgie Robertson and I’m serving as her opponent in her official Climax Control debut!”

I said before offering a mock applause.

”Congrats Georgie! You beat a Bombshell who hit her peak months ago and hasn’t been able to get out of her current tailspin ever since! But you’ll quickly find that I’m not as easy an opponent as Levana Cade, not only do I have just over ten years of experience wrestling in SCW  and fourteen years of general wrestling experience and the title reigns to back up my words tenfold! You’ll find your first REAL fight in me Georgie, and your first real test!”

Can you pass?

”It falls to you to show the world why you were on SCW’s radar in the first place when we meet in Mumbai Georgia! It falls to you to show whether you can handle the pressure and emerge a diamond, not to be confused with Diamond Steele, or crumble and suffer your first loss in an SCW Ring! You’ve had a taste of what level of talent the Bombshells bring to the table but you need to understand one thing Georgie!”

One very important thing.

”Going from Levana Cade to me is like going from a Happy Meal at McDonalds to a Beef Wellington prepared at one of Gordon Ramsay’s many, MANY restaurants and I don’t think you’re ready for a meal as mind blowing as that Georgia! Part of me wishes that you would prove me wrong but I’ve seen too many new Bombshells come and go over the years who flopped after winning their debut match! Thankfully, these days those examples are the exceptions rather than the rule and I hope to god that you don’t continue that trend!”

It's that simple.

”So in this battle of Old vs. New, will you break the cycle Georgie? Will you continue your hot streak or will you fall by the wayside like so many others before you? There’s only one way we can answer that and that’s to duke it out in the ring Georgie but just remember what I said, fighting the wrestling equivalent of someone who peaked in High School is one thing, fighting someone with credentials and experience?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”This is your sink or swim moment Georgia and I’m the lifeguard on duty, will you swim to safety or will I have to save you? That answer will become clear on Sunday night when I strike you like Blood Lightning in your official SCW debut match and I continue my winning ways into the new cycle! I’ll see you in the ring Georgie!”

I left my ring as the scene fades.

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