Match #1: Singles Match vs. Veronica Taylor (Steel Cage SCU Showcase Match), Result: WIN

Match #2: Singles vs. Andrea Hernandez, Result: LOSS

Match #3: Singles vs. Tempest, Result: LOSS

Match #4: Fatal Four Way vs. Alice Knight vs. Mercedes Vargas vs. Royal Purple (#1 Contender Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: LOSS (Alice Knight pinned by Royal Purple)

Match #5: Singles vs. Ruby Steele, result: LOSS

Match #6: Tag Team Match w/ Mark Cross vs. Amber Ryan and Despayre (Blast from the Past Opening Round Match) Result: LOSS (Krystal pinned by Amber)

Match #7: Singles Match vs. Char Kwan, Result: DRAW (Double DQ after repeated interference)

Match #8: Triple Threat vs. Candy vs. Bea Barnhart (Qualifier Match for Bombshell Roulette Title Match), Result: WIN (Bea Barnhart pinned by Krystal)

Match #9: Singles Match vs. Mercedes Vargas, Result: WIN

Match #10: Triple Threat vs. Royal Purple vs. Violet Amelia Holt (Briefcase Bonanza Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: TITLE WIN (Krystal opened her briefcase last and revealed title)

Match #11: Non-Title Singles Match vs. Bella Madison, Result: WIN (DQ via Outside Interference from Mercedes Vargas)

Match #12: Singles Match vs. Maki (Mud-Pit Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: WIN (first defense)

Match #13: Triple Threat vs. Maki vs. Bea Barnhart (Ultimate X Over the Pool Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: WIN (Maki and Bea Barnhart eliminated simultaneously)

Match #14: Triple Threat vs. Bella Madison vs. Mercedes Vargas (Hardcore Rules Roulette Title Match), Result: WIN (Mercedes Vargas pinned by Krystal)

Match #15: Singles Match vs. Bella Madison (Glitter Light-sabre Duel Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: WIN

Match #16: Singles Match vs. Seleana Zdunich (Disney Chamber Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: WIN

Match #17: Rematch vs. Andrea Hernandez (Champion vs. Champion non-title match), Result: LOSS

Match #18: Five Pack Challenge vs/ Johanna Krieger vs. Bella Madison vs. Seleana Zdunich vs. Bea Barnhart (Graveyard Match for Bombshell Roulette Title) Result: WIN (Elimination Order: Bea Barnhart, Seleana Zdunich, Bella Madison and Johanna Krieger)

Match #19: Singles Match vs. Char Kwan (Hardcore Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: WIN

Match #20: Non-Title Match vs. Diamond Steele, Result: LOSS

Match #21: Rematch vs. Mercedes Vargas (non-title Champion vs. Champion), Result: WIN

Match #22: Tag Team Match w/Jessie Salco vs. Team Hero (Glass Bulbs Match), Result: LOSS (Krystal pinned by Keira)

Match #23: Singles vs. Keira Fisher-Johnson (Hardcore Rules Bombshell Roulette Title Match), Result: WIN

Match #24: Tag Team Match w/ Jack Washington vs. Sam Marlowe and Supreme Machine (Blast from the Past Opening Round), Result: LOSS (Krystal submitted to Sam)

Match #25: Special Guest Referee: Diamond Steele, Singles Match vs. Keira Fisher-Johnson (Diamond's Rules Bombshell Roulette Title Match), Result: LOSS

Match #26: Singles vs. Amber Ryan (non-title Street Fight), Result: LOSS

Match #27: Singles vs. Evie Jordan, Result: WIN

Match #28: Fatal Four Way vs. Mercedes Vargas vs. Myra Rivers vs. Sam Marlowe (Number One Contenders Match for World Bombshell Championship), Result: LOSS (Mercedes Vargas pinned by Myra Rivers)

Match #29: Six Pack Challenge vs. Amber Ryan vs. Bella Madison vs. Sam Marlowe vs. Alicia Lukas vs. Keira Fisher-Johnson (Queen For a Day Ladder Match) Result: LOSS (Amber won the right to be Queen for a Day)

Match #30: Singles vs. Diamond Steele (upgraded Scaffold Over the Piranha Tank Match), Result: WIN (Diamond sent into tank)

Match #31: Singles Match vs. Kat Jones (Stretcher Match for Bombshell Roulette Title), Result: LOSS

Match #32: Tag Team Match w/ Ariana Angelos vs. The Metal Maniacs, Result: WIN (Iron Maiden pinned by Ariana Angelos)

Match #33: Tag Team Match w/ HB Carter vs. Zoey Lukas and Miles Kasey (Strange Bedfellows Tag Team Match), Result: WIN (Miles Kasey pinned by HB Carter)

Match #34: Singles Match vs. Kayla Richards (Bombshell Internet Title Match), Result: LOSS (Kayla's first defense)

Match #35: Singles Match vs. Sam Marlowe, result: WIN

Match #36: Fatal Four Way vs. Sam Marlowe vs. Alicia Lukas vs. Diamond Steele, (#1 Contenders Match for World Bombshell Championship) result: LOSS (Sam Marlowe pinned by Diamond Steele)

Match #37, Tag Team Match w/ Ariana Angelos, vs. Team Hero result: LOSS (Krystal pinned by Keira)

Match #38: rematch vs. Mercedes Vargas, result: WIN

Match #39: Singles vs. Masque (World Bombshell Championship Match), result: LOSS

Match #40: Singles vs. Roxi Johnson, result: LOSS

Match #41: Tag Team w/ Ariana Angelos vs. Masque and Avalon Blackthorn (Tag Team Santa's Bag Match), Result: LOSS

Match #42: Open Invitational Scramble vs. Ariana Angelos vs. Zoey Lukas vs. Seleana Zdunich vs. Crystal Caldwell vs. Mackenzie Page vs. Dawn Warren vs. Chelsea LeClair vs. Eaven Maloney, (Bombshell Roulette Title Match), result: LOSS (Crystal Caldwell escaped with title)

Match #43: Rematch vs Roxi Johnson, result: LOSS

Match #44: Singles vs. Dawn Warren, result: LOSS

Match #45: Singles vs Chelsea LeClair, result: WIN

Match #46: Mixed Tag Team Match w/ Casey Williams vs. Zoey Lukas and J-Mont (Blast from the Past Opening Round Match), result: LOSS (Casey pinned by J-Mont after outside interference from Tempest)

Match #47: Rematch vs. Seleana Zdunich, result: WIN

Match #48: Rematch vs. Tempest, result: LOSS

Match #49: Tag Team Match w/ Alexandra Callaway vs. London Underground (Charlotte Elliot and Mackenzie Page), result: WIN (Krystal pinned Charlotte)

Match #50: Rematch vs. Dawn Warren, result: LOSS

Match #51: Singles vs. Whisper, result: LOSS

Match #52: Tag Team Match w/ Ruby Steele vs Keira Fisher and Whisper, result: LOSS (Ruby pinned by Keira)

Match #53: Singles vs Ruby Steele, result: WIN (Match stopped after Krystal broke Ruby's arm)

Match #54: Singles vs Roxi Johnson (No Disqualification match) result: WIN (Match stopped after Krystal knocked out Roxi with a pair of brass knuckles and went to continue her attack with a Steel Chair)

Match #55: Singles Rematch vs. Keira Fisher (Fate of the World Match), result: LOSS

Match #56: Singles vs. Georgie Robertson, result: WIN

Match #57: Singles rematch vs. Roxi Johnson (Streetfight), result: LOSS

Match #58: Battle Royal vs Sam Marlowe vs Seleana Zdunich vs Kat Jones vs Mercedes Vargas vs Tempest vs Ariana Angelos vs Luna Vanity vs Zoey Lukas (match for the newly vacated Bombshell Internet Championship), result: LOSS (Krystal was eliminated by Ariana in an attempt to eliminate Tempest, Ariana would go on to be the runner up and challenge winner Luna Vanity for the title at High Stakes)

Match #59: Singles rematch vs. Seleana Zdunich, result: WIN

Match #60: Singles vs Luna Vanity (World Bombshell Title Qualifier), result: WIN

Match #61: Singles vs. Bella Madison, (World Bombshell Title Qualifier), result: LOSS

Match #62: Fatal Four Way Match vs. Seleana Zdunich vs. Luna Vanity vs. Georgie Robertson (Golden Briefcase Match), result: LOSS (Georgie grabbed the briefcase)

Match #63: Singles vs. Alexandra Callaway, result: LOSS

Match #64: Tag Team Match w/ Tempest vs Courtney Pierce and Luna Pasilno, result: WIN (Tempest pinned Luna after Courtney walked out on the match)

Match #65: Fatal Four Way vs. Tempest vs. Luna Pasilno vs. Courtney Pierce (Fatal Four Way for the Bombshell Internet Championship) Result: TITLE LOSS (Courtney was pinned by Tempest to end her reign)

Match #66: Singles vs. Julianna DiMaria (non-title match), result: LOSS

Match #67: Singles vs. Bea Barnhart, result: WIN

Match #68: Singles vs. Erika Moore, result: LOSS

It’s been a crazy couple of months since I graduated from Hero Academy.

Between joining my first fed as a wrestler and said fed never airing my second ever match forcing me to look for another home fed, I’ve had a lot on my mind since the graduation match against Keira, and that’s not even getting into my personal life.

Right now I was in a sparring match with a newbie called Harper, apparently she was related to Jessie Salco. I wasn't sure how but she was damn good at the one thing I was bad at, namely submissions.

Keira: That’s it. Don’t hold back when it comes to a submission. Think of it as MMA.

Keira was outside of it, watching the two tussle as she watches them

Harper: Like MMA? Okay.

I tried to keep up with Harper but apparently she was an ameateur wrestling standout before she met Jessie, and anyone who’s seen me wrestle knows that submissions aren’t my strongest point and before I knew it? Harper had my leg in an elevated knee bar that had her pulling down on my foot for extra pressure, throw in the fact that that was my bad leg from my days as a soccer player in High School? Yeah, I was tapping in no time.

Keira: Let her go Harper, we want that leg in one piece for her match against Randy Ramon.

Harper nodded before letting go of my leg and helped me to my feet, I was limping a bit but nothing. I couldn't sleep off later and once Harper confirmed that I was okay she went over to Keira.

Harper: Just like you said, that leg gave her trouble all match!

Cassie:: Wait, WHAT?!

I hobbled over to the pair and Harper winced when she saw the look on my face.

Keira: Like I told you. Every wrestler has a weakness. Even me. Always try to exploit it, but do NOT ever injure them. That’s a huge No-No in wrestling. Take a breather, both of you.

Keira begins to go to her office, but stops for the moment. She turns to see Cassie, asking

Keira: Actually, Cass. My office. We need to talk.

Harper gave me a sympathetic look before she held down the middle rope for me so I could get out of the ring easier, Zoey was nearby and offered to help me into Keira’s office but whether it was stubbornness or me being focussed on Keira i ignored her, good thing too because as I entered Keira’s office I heard Zoey and Mei being called by Keri for a sparring match.

Keira: Close the door Cass.

I nodded before shutting it behind me.

Cassie: What’s up? Did Jenny attempt to buy the Go Gym again?

I asked maybe a bit too harshly, it was meant as another one of my dumb jokes but my frustration made it sound a lot harsher than I wanted.

Keira: No, don’t shoot the messenger on that one. Look, I can tell by your tone that you’re frustrated with me. More so since I’ve been using you more often to train the students here. Cass, you’re the first graduate of Hero Academy. I want you to set an example to the others. Not going around getting banned from diners! You know how much I’m trying to get you to see a SCW show LIVE!?

Keira’s tone was more serious than before

Keira: You wanna know why I’m so harsh on you!? Cause you remind me of myself when I was younger, before my parents were MURDERED!

I was about to retort on that first point about the diners, all that was was me standing up to a homophobic prick who had seen me getting a little affectionate with Zoey and Becky (not kissing mind you but it was obvious that we had the hots for each other) and yet we were the ones kicked out.

Cassie: Don’t you think I’ve had it rough myself? My aunt was murdered when I was nine, I didn’t find out until two years later when Krystal escaped her homelife!

Keira: You didn’t see her get murdered in front of your eyes because of Two robbers like I did. You didn’t try to get help for what happened, only for people to do nothing. YOU, YOU DIDN’T GO TO A CHURCH, SEEKING ANSWERS. ONLY FOR SOME PRIEST TO GIVE YOU A DEMON TO POSSESS YOU!

Keira slowly sits back down, saying

Keira: S-Sorry.

I ran a hand through my hair as i just stood there speechless, I usually had a reply for this but Keira’s outburst had left me stunned.

Cassie: Forget it, I shouldn’t have said anything! It’s just been on me and Char……..Krystal’s minds a lot lately because the tenth year anniversary of Krystal’s escape is this Christmas.

I leaned against the wall with my arms crossed just under my breasts, looking down at the floor as I thought back to that terrible day.

Cassie: I don’t even have that many memories of my aunt, by the time I was old enough to form memories, her shithole of a husband had already cut her from her friends and family! I admire Krystal for the strength she showed the day she escaped but I can’t say it hasn’t been tough.

I let out a deep breath before I glanced up at Keira.

Cassie: What do you want from me Keira? I’ve been kicking ass since I graduated, so what if I make the occasional dumb joke on Twitter? I’m just trying to bring some light to that dumb platform!

Keira: I know you’ve been kicking ass. I’m proud of you for that. But the things you say and do now, will come back to haunt you in the future. I’m also proud of you for standing up for yourself and I’ll take care of the diner thing. One call and Jenny’s lawyers will have that placed sued for sexual discrimination. I just don’t want you making mistakes that will hurt you in the long run. SCW is that example. If anything, I’m trying to get you back in for at least High Stakes.

Keira sighs a bit

Keira: Cassie, when you’re older. You’ll understand. Before you say it, trust me on this. I got the same speech you did, more so from Roxi. If she was in here, she’d say the same thing I’m telling you now.

I remained silent for a minute as I looked over at my trainer, my leg was still aching from the sparring match with Harper so I started standing on one leg, leaning the bad leg across my good one for support.

Cassie: Zoey told you the context behind that diner incident, right?

Keira: She did, I don’t think I would’ve been as politte as you, but she did.

Cassie: Point still stands, right?

Keira nodded before I let out a deep breath, I blew a stray strand of hair away from my eyes before glancing over at Keira again.

Cassie: Only reason I got banned from SCW was because I argued with Carter, an argument he started.

Keira: It still wasn’t a good look, on you or my Academy.

I sighed as I brushed some hair over my shoulder.

Cassie: I’m just trying to find my voice as a wrestler, I don’t want to just be known as Krystal’s high flying cousin, I want to forge my own path!

Keira: I know you do. You will, you graduated for a reason. Give it time. Your path isn’t forged within a day.

I let out a deep breath as I thought over the past few months, from my debut against Lisa too my upcoming match against Randy, not to mention my outside the ring stuff.

Cassie: Still haven’t talked to mom about that incident in New Delhi.

I sighed to myself as I looked at the ceiling.

Cassie: So what? You want me to tone down the dumb jokes on Twitter or just watch what I say in public? Because that hipster in Starbucks was asking to be owned!

Keira: At least a little bit. Cause one day, you’ll be in the same position I’m in. Once you’re in the position I’m in, you’ll see the same thing and the words will come back.

Cassie: Feels like we’ve been in here forever.

Keira: Something like that, just one last thing Cass, you almost called Krystal Charlotte didn’t you?

Cassie: Err, yeah, that’s her birth name, she had it legally changed before she moved to the status……..

Keira: And it’s usually a sign that she feels she can trust you, right?

I blinked a couple of times as Keira walked up to me.

Cass: When?

Keira: During that week you, Krystal and Makayla spent at the Team Hero compound, after she lost the Bombshell Roulette Title to me? Rachel called her Charlotte and she told us the whole story.

Cassie: How did I miss that?

Keira: I think you were playing video games at the time, some of the more explicit ones.

Cassie: Err, yeah…….

I looked at the floor again but Keira picked up my head via my chin and lifted it.

Keira: Cass, you’re one of the best students of the game I’ve ever seen and your potential is limitless, don’t squander it for the sake of a dumb joke, promise?

Cassie: I promise.

Without another word I followed Keira out into the gym, Harper was back wrestling again, this time against Zoey but I had a lot on my mind as I watched the two trainees go at it.

(Carter was used with Chris’s permission)

In spite of the controversy surrounding Krystal taking the place of Jessie in the planned match between Sam Marlowe and Jessie, Krystal had managed to get the win over Sam in an impressive showing and the night would prove to be a good one for the Go Gym in general, Ariana won her first ever singles title when she dethroned Melissa by pinning Georgie Robertson and Carter would make Todd Williams submit to his own finisher and with the final PPV of the calendar year, High Stakes XI right around the corner you could bet that the three would need all the momentum they could get!

That would prove to be especially true for Krystal as she was in action at Climax Control #341! Her opposition were all women that she was familiar with to boot, Sam, Diamond Steele, and Alicia Lukas! The prize? The honour of being Masque’s next challenger at High Stakes XI! High Stakes X was a monumental night for Krystal as not only had she retained the title over Char Kwan and avenged Char’s attack on Ariana, but she had proposed to her girlfriend Makayla, the pair getting married a few months later! This match would be a fantastic way to continue that trend if she could get past three former World Bombshell Champions! Can Krystal win?

Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Friday the 31st of January 2014, 16:45pm

What I’ve told you is only part of the story.

The day of my escape from my trainwreck of a homelife would probably have gone down as one of the most hectic days of my life if I had never entered the wrestling industry but that’s not to say that it isn’t up there with some of my more hectic days, when Makayla picked me up, she drove me right to the hospital and after she explained my situation to the nearest nurse it wasn’t long before I was seen too.

Nor was it long before the police were called really because whilst I was in my late teens, I was still a minor and there was a LOT of questions that needed to be answered before I could even think about turning over the video, I took of my dad murdering mom to the cops.

“Okay Charlotte, if you’ll just step onto the scales so we can weigh you please.” The doctor in charge of my care instructed me and I did so, it should go without saying but I wasn’t the athletic, ripped woman that you know today, in fact I was the complete opposite and when my weight was read, the doctor did a double take. “This can’t be right?”

”What?” I asked the doctor point blank as I turned to him, the look on his face was a mixture of confusion and horror which only concerned me more. ”I know I’m under a hundred pounds soaking wet but……...”

“That’s not the issue, young lady if this reading is correct then you are dangerously underweight, if you lost any more weight than you’d be considered anorexic.” The doctor informed me, and I had to do a double take when I heard that but looking down at my skinny as fuck body? Yeah, it was starting to fall into place. “Are you trying to starve yourself?”

”Hell no! I’m not happy with how skinny I am!” I asserted as I brushed some of my hair (which was still my natural red hair colour at the time) before I stepped off the scales. ”It’s like Makayla said, my dad’s been trying to kill me for the past two years, if I had stayed in his house any longer, I’d be a corpse in his back garden!”

“I understand how upset you are, but I still need to examine you for injuries before I let the police speak to you.” The doctor responded before we spent the next hour having so many x-rays done that, I honestly lost count and each one backed up my story 100%, once that was all done, he left me with Makayla for a while and I turned to my future wife though at the time she was merely a friend from school.

”You realize that you never had to do any of this, right?” I asked Makayla, and the Greek-Australian girl shook her head. ”I mean, what could one of the hottest girls at school possibly want with the loner goth girl with anger issues a mile wide?”

”It’s like I said when we first got to know each other, you looked like you needed a friend.” Makayla responded with a shrug, and I grinned in response. ”Are you sure that you don’t have any family that can take you in?”

”There’s only one I can think off the top of my head and they live over in Greenock, I have a little cousin on my mother’s side up there.” I explained as I shook my head and Makayla nodded as she got the idea. ”But Cassie will be turning eleven in a few months and I’m sure their financial situation isn’t great because of it.”

”We’ll figure something out, even if it means me putting you up in my apartment.” Makayla assured me, and I grinned before the doctor returned with the police officers that had been sent down, not that I ever learned their names. ”Something wrong?”

“With your friend, absolutely, and these police officers are here to make sure that her parents are arrested.” At that point I froze in my hospital bed, in all this time I had somehow neglected to tell them what had happened to my mom. “Rest assured Charlotte, they……...”

”Mom was just as much a victim as I am!” I interrupted the doctor, and the two officers shared a look. ”She tried to help me escape two years ago on Christmas day, but somehow my dad got wind and…….” I trailed off at which point the male officer came up to me.

“Charlotte, this is important, what happened to your mom?” The officer asked and I let out a deep breath as I got my phone out. “This isn’t the time for you to go on Social Media.”

”I know and I’m not, I couldn’t get signal here even if I wanted to anyway.” I grumbled as I got the video ready. ”You’ll find my mom’s corpse buried in a shallow grave the back garden, and I have video evidence that my dad killed her.” I explained before playing the video, I could barely bring myself to watch it myself but the look on the officers’ face said it all.

The next few days were a blur for me, before I knew it my dad was being put on trial for child abuse and murder and more of his victims were being discovered elsewhere in Adelaide, about a week later I officially moved in with Makayla and in a way, she set me on my current path.

In case you ever wondered why I hate the situation that Carter has found himself in so much, now you know.

Backstage at Violent Conduct VIII, New Delhi, India
Sunday the 4th of September 2022, 19:30pm

Where the hell is he?!

This is supposed to be the biggest moment of Ariana’s wrestling career to date, the moment where she’s in line to win her first ever singles title and at a Supercard to boot! You’d think that Carter, Ariana’s best friend and one of her oldest friends in the business thanks to the fact that they trained at the Go Gym at the same time, would have joined me and the others near the gorilla position to cheer on Ari as she fought for the Bombshell Roulette Championship!

Instead, Carter was nowhere to be seen, and five minutes into the match I took it upon myself to look for him.

To say that this was no small feat was putting it mildly, the Indira Gandhi Arena was a large stadium that SCW had sold out in minutes! The capacity for the place was 14,343 people and if that doesn’t give you an idea of just how fucking huge this place is, I don’t know what will.

Off course, being an SCW Roster member meant that I could go all over the place in my search for Carter and even the places I couldn’t go like the men’s bathroom I hung around and asked whoever came out if they had seen Carter but that proved fruitless as well.

I almost gave up the search and returned to the gorilla position when I spotted him, Carter was among a crowd of wrestlers and staff members who were watching the Bombshell Roulette Title Match on a monitor, unfortunately that meant that I couldn’t confront him about either his absence at the gorilla position or Laz without causing a scene, so I casually pulled up a chair next to him and made myself comfortable.

”Ari’s giving it the fight of her life.” I commented to Carter in a low voice, and he nodded silently, I couldn’t tell if Carter hadn’t realised that it was me (which I doubted, I was the only Australian woman on the roster and my thick Aussie accent was instantly recognizable to most people) but I continued regardless. ”She really wants that title, doesn’t she?”

”She’s worked hard for it!” Carter nodded in agreement as we watched the action though the fact that he hadn’t so much as glanced at me did concern me. ”If Melissa retains tonight then Ari will make her work for it……...” It was at that point that Carter turned to me and promptly shot up from his chair. ”KRYSTAL?!”

Ms. Rocky Mountains and Pussy Willow glanced over their shoulders at us when they heard Carter’s voice but again, I was hoping to avoid making a scene, even if seeing the nasty bruises on Carter’s face had me screaming internally. ”Not so loud Carter.” I responded as I pinched the bridge of my nose in annoyance and whilst the interviewers returned their attention to the action on screen, I continued. ”People have been looking for you, you realize that right?”

”Yeah, I’ve been getting that a lot.” Carter responded as I glanced up at the action, I had missed most of the match because I was looking for Carter and whilst I knew I could catch the replay as soon as I returned o Vegas, it still annoyed the hell out of me. ”What do you want?”

Again, the only thing keeping me from causing a scene was my desire to keep things civil, even IF said desire was eroding away faster than The Troll’s “match” against J2H at last year’s Summer XXXTreme. ”What I want is what Ari wants! Don’t you think you should be there to greet your bestie once the match ends………”

My sentence got cut off by a massive cheer from the crowd ad I looked up just in time for Justin to announce that Ari had won the match and the Bombshell Roulette Title and well, it didn’t take long for me to join in the cheers as I watched my friend celebrate the biggest win of her career to date, as the crowd dissipated though I realized that Carter had used the distraction to get the hell away from me and my conversation.

”Carter? CARTER?!” I called out to him but there was no response, wherever Carter was, he was long gone, Rocky and Pussy had stuck around following the match and I turned to them. ”I don’t suppose you ladies saw where Carter went, did you?” I asked the interviewers who shook their heads.

“Sorry Krystal but no, we just assumed that he had left with the rest of the crowd.” Rocky apologized sincerely and I let out an aggravated sigh. “What was going on between you two anyway? It looked like he wasn’t happy to see you!”

”It’s complicated, that’s all I can say for now.” I admitted, and the two older women nodded in understanding, I glanced up at the screen again and saw that Ari was doing a victory lap around the ring, not that I could blame her off course, she deserved to have her moment after reaching such a milestone in her career, but that did help me as well. ”I had better head back to the gorilla position I want to be there to celebrate with Ari.”

“Tell her we said congrats.” Pussy responded and I nodded before I walked off, I had managed to get back in time for Ari to return to the backstage area following her huge win, Carter was there thankfully but he didn’t say much, he just greeted Ari with a warm, congratulatory hug and I think Ari chose to stay quiet about the bruises to avoid spoiling the moment, but the look she was giving me after the fact told me that Ari had seen the bruises as well.

As an abuse survivor, I had a sinking feeling that I knew what was happening, Laz was trying to isolate Carter from his friends and family, my dad had done the same thing to my late mom , but we still needed to end this before the abuse got any worse.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 11th of September 2022, 18:30pm

Don’t get me wrong, India is a beautiful country, and the Indian tour was certainly one of the most memorable of recent times, but I was glad to be home.

And this might go without saying but my win over Sam, as huge as it was, wasn’t the main focus once we were back stateside, first we tried to have an intervention for Carter using what we had observed at Violent Conduct VIII as evidence that Laz was mistreating him (and I’m being EXTREMELY generous with that description), but it didn’t go well. It didn’t mean we were giving up the fight to get Carter out of that situation, but it had become clear that it wasn’t going to be as easy as we thought.

The other thing off course, was the fact that Ari had won her first singles title that night which required a celebration at the Gold Coast, I’m not going to comment too much on our states after the party but let’s just say that the only sober ones were Cassie and Becky which boiled down to the fact that the Gold Coast Cassino will allow underage drinking when pigs will fly! Aside from those incidents and a graduation/marriage proposal at Hero Academy (which me, Ari and Jessie were looking after whilst Roxi recovered from her match against Masque) the week had been pretty uneventful all things considered.

Well, aside from a new addition to the house.

”Garrus, Tali, dinner’s ready!” I called out to the two dogs, and they came racing into the room, that’s right, two! During the Supercard break we had gone down to a local rescue centre intending to adopt a female dog around the same age as Garrus, originally we wanted to get another shepherd but the shelter didn’t have any in Garrus’s age range (namely late puppy/young adult) so we compromised and got a Golden Labrador who was a little bit older and renamed her Tali to keep the Mass Effect theme naming going.

The two dogs watched impatiently as I put their bowls down separately, Garrus was still on puppy food, so I had to make sure that he was served first to make sure he didn’t try to eat any of Tali’s dog food and the two dogs woofed it down in no time. ”Glad to see Garrus and Tali are getting along!” Makayla commented as she walked into the kitchen and looked at the two young dogs. ”We are certain that Tali is spayed, right?”

”We got her from a rescue centre so she should be.” I responded with a nod as I stroked both dogs. ”Any word on the new Climax Control Card yet?”

”Haven’t seen anything on Twitter, and you haven’t got the new card text yet.” Makayla responded with a shrug as we walked out of the kitchen with me leaving my new phone in there with the dogs. ”It is normally around this time that the card gets announced, isn’t it?”

”After post Supercard breaks? Yeah, they usually are……...” I trailed off as I began to regret setting my new phone’s ringtone to the doorbell sound and predictably the two large dogs raced out of the kitchen to see the phantom at the door. ”Set my ringtone as the doorbell sound, I said, it’ll be fine I said, the dogs will be fine, I said!”

”You get the dogs settled down and I’ll get your phone.” Makayla responded as she shook her head and I went to answer the door, either it was a coincidence that Cassy and Becky had chosen to show up at that moment or it was a false alarm, either way the dogs had a real reason to be excited!

”HI DOGGIES!” Cassie greeted the dogs so loud that I could hear her from the other side of the house and managed to put the Las Vegas Strip to shame with how loud she was! I opened the door and the two dogs circled around the teenage girls happily. ”Hey Krystal, I know your waiting for the new card, but I had to come see the doggies.”

”And I had to come along.” Becky added, and I shook my head with a chuckle before letting them and the dogs in, at least Cassie seemed to be doing better after what happened back in New Delhi! ”So, any sign of the card yet?”

”None yet, we’ll know soon enough though.” I responded with a shrug as I lead the girls into the living room with the dogs not far behind. ”This isn’t like last year’s High Stakes Cycle where I’m basically expecting to see action!”

”Yeah, for one thing Ari has the title you defended at Disneyworld!” Cassie pointed out and I let out an aggravated sigh as I messaged my temples. ”Too soon?”

”Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for Ari but the end to my title reign is still a sore spot for me!” I admitted as Makayla entered the room with my phone in hand. ”Besides, it’s been months since my last singles match against Keira, it’s not really too soon!”

”Maybe so, but your next title reign could start sooner than you think, it just comes with a hell of a caveat.” Makayla chimed in as Tali walked up to her for some fuss and my wife passed the phone too me. ”Just to save you some time, it is the second to last match on the card!”

”Sounds pretty big!” I responded not realizing how big an understatement I had just made until I saw the match, if I were drinking anything Garrus would be doing a full body wag to get it off him. ”Me, Sam, Diamond and Alicia, winner gets a World Bombshell Title Shot at High Stakes XI!?”

”Yeah, I’d say that’s pretty big! So, what’s the Main Event?” Becky asked, and I showed her the match. ”Masque vs. Mercedes II, I’m sure she’s thrilled to face her again but how did she earn it? Her last win was over Candy!”

”It’s probably that combined with her draw with Masque last cycle, even if it was a Double DQ due to things getting a little out of control.” I pointed  out and Becky had to admit that I had a point. ”Regardless of who wins the Main Event I’ll be in for a hell of a match if I win on Sunday.”

”If you win, the field for this match is really stacked!” Makayla pointed out and I had to admit that my wife was right. ”Your title reign speaks for itself at this point but you’re in there with three former World Bombshell Champions! Plus, your hatred for Diamond hasn’t really died down.”

”Considering it’s a dispute between a British and an Australian woman, it might take the UN intervening for us to finally bury the hatchet!” I joked getting a laugh out of the other three women, the conversation diverted from there but one thing was certain, I had a hell of a fight on Sunday.

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 12th of September 2022, 12:30pm

Last night was fairly uneventful after the card was announced, but there was one thing lingering from the Indian tour that I needed to clear up with someone and luckily Cass had popped back over this afternoon.

”You forgot your phone AGAIN?” I asked with an exasperated sigh as Cassie grinned sheepishly, even so I let my teenage cousin back into the house and followed her as she looked for her phone. ”At this rate Cass, we’re going to have to find a way to sow it into your skin!”

”Please don’t! I’d prefer not to be prodded by the SCP Foundation!” Cass joked as Tali and Garrus came up to her with their tails wagging. ”At least there’s no chance of me stumbling onto a similar situation to the New Delhi incident, right?”

”Right.” I responded as I let out a deep breath, the incident with Carter back in New Delhi had been playing heavily on my mind since that day and returning to the states hadn’t helped. ”Been meaning to talk with you about that actually, well more specifically the argument we had as I went to beat the shit out of Laz!”

”I had a feeling this was coming!” Cass sighed before finding her phone in the living room but rather than leave she sat down on the couch, and I sat down opposite her. ”I know emotions were running high that evening but what I said about looking up to you? I meant every word of it! It’s why I ran to Keira when you started to let Matthew and Marty control your decisions towards the end of your title reign!”

”And if there’s one thing, I wish I could undo from last year’s High Stakes, it’s me getting in contact with that prick! Even if it did lead to us meeting, and me becoming a millionaire overnight……...” I sighed to myself as I ran a hand through my hair, even compared to the incident with Tempest that was easily my biggest mistake of the Roulette Title Reign even if it worked out in the end. ”But why didn’t you say anything about that sooner?”

”Never had a reason too really! You returned to your old self after you lost the Roulette Title and I was happy being your sidekick for a while, for lack of better word!” Cassie admitted as she let out a deep breath and I nodded as I got the idea. ”But then I left my phone in Carter’s suite back in New Delhi and well, you know the rest! Does Carter know that I know what happened between him and Laz?”

”When me and Ari tried to intervene last week, we went out of our way to avoid mentioning you by name, instead calling you a mutual friend, he didn’t say whether he brought it or not but the rest of the conversation turns into a blur once the shouting matches started.”.” I explained to Cass and whilst she winced at that last part, Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”You did the right thing by telling us Cass, make no mistake about that, it’s just going to take a while before we can get Carter to see the light!”

”I get that, I still regret not jumping to Carter’s aide, but I get that.” Cassie sighed as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”I haven’t gotten around to talking with mom about that incident, just haven’t had a chance too with how hectic things have been since I returned from New Delhi!”

”Sooner you talk to her about what you witnessed, the better! I don’t mean to come off like a nag but trust me Cass, keeping it bottled up will only hurt you in the end.” I explained to Cass and whilst she hesitated, Cass nodded in agreement when she realized that I had a point. ”Something I learned the hard way when my Roulette Title reign was coming to an end!”

”That interview you cut after losing in the Blast from the Past opening round……...” Cassie realized as she gave me a significant look. ”How much of that was your pent-up frustration boiling up to the surface?!”

”Honestly? Most of it, I had dealt with naysayers a lot during my losing streak, but I brushed off their comments because I wanted to avoid stepping on any toes.” I sighed as I thought back to the dark times that were my early SCW career. ”It didn’t help that Makayla was still living in Australia for most of it because it meant that I couldn’t talk to her regularly and well, trying to match up vid chats with someone in a country that’s a day ahead of you is a bitch!”

”Tell me about it!” Cassie sighed as she leaned back, I knew she had at least two living sets of aunts and uncles living back in Australia (and no, I’m not counting my dad) and whilst I couldn’t remember if I was her only cousin or not, the point still remained. ”You thought on how you plan to combat Masque if you win on Sunday?”

”I need to win the match first, and I don’t need to tell you how difficult the Fatal Four Way will be! Especially since it’s Anything Goes!” I pointed out and Cassie nodded in response. ”As for Masque? My usual tactic is to go to Gabriel for advice, but I don’t think even he’s dealt with anyone like Masque before! Her record isn’t spotless but the trail of victims she’s left in her wake speak for itself!”

”You’ll find a way, I’m sure! Masque isn’t unbeatable, she’s just a bitch to defeat!” Cassie nodded in response before she stood up, phone in hand. ”Thanks for the talk Charlotte, but I had better head home before mom starts to worry! Plus, I’ve got my driver’s test today and I need to be ready for that!”

”Just remember that I’m only a phone call away if you need to chat.” I reminded my cousin as I motioned to her phone and Cassie nodded before she left the house with her phone, I honestly don’t know where I’d be without that teenager to keep me in check and I’d rather not think about it!

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 12th of September 2022, 18:30pm

*promo time*

Jessie was letting me use her gym for some extra reps after the Go Gym closed for the day, and I figured “why not” and used it for my promo setting.

”I have a question about SCW’s history, one that I’m not even sure if Mercedes herself can answer, when was the last time every single title changed hands on the same night?” I asked as I leaned against the ring ropes. ”Seriously, no one who entered Violent Conduct VIII as champion walked out of that event as champion, but as happy as I am for my fellow Go Gym Graduate Ariana Angelos winning her first singles title that night, by far the most infamous moment has to go to Masque for how she won the World Bombshell Championship! But that’s left me and three other Bombshells with a golden opportunity!”

This will be good.

”All I need to do to grab that opportunity for myself is defeat not one, not two but three former World Bombshell Champions in a Fatal Four Way Anything Goes Match that’ll see the winner challenge Masque at High Stakes XI, and who is my competition? Sam Marlowe, Alicia Lukas, and Diamond Steele! No matter who walks out with that title opportunity in their sights, this match is going to be a barn burner!” I added before I let out a deep breath. ”And considering how bad my year’s been since I lost the Bombshell Roulette Title, capping off the year like that will be a dream come true! I just have to climb Mt. Everest first so, let’s get too it, shall we?”

Starting with Sam!

”Is it anyone’s surprise that I’m starting this promo segment with Sam? Controversy surrounding our match at Violent Conduct VIII aside, she was my most recent opponent and my most recent win!” I stated as I brushed some hair over my shoulder. ”And sorry to disappoint you Sam but I’m not about to swap out with Jessie so I can wrestle a badly disguised Christina Rose! Even if a World Bombshell Title Shot weren’t at stake I’d wrestle this match in a wheelchair if I had too! And you know from our match at Violent Conduct VIII that I’m a fierce competitor which leaves one question.” I asked as I flipped some of my hair over my shoulder. ”Can you use that knowledge?”

Good question.

”You gave me a hell of a fight at Violent Conduct VIII even if the situation with Jessie seemed to confused you more than anything! But with that match still fresh in our minds, can you use the knowledge you gained from wrestling me to book your ticket to High Stakes XI?” I asked as I folded my arms. ”Because that’s a double-edged sword Sam, any knowledge you gained from our match will be matched by knowledge I gained from sharing a ring with the woman whose Roulette Title records I broke! And this Sunday’s match will be a true test to see if we can use that knowledge to get the win but personally? I like me odds a hell of a lot more than I like yours!”

Next up is Diamond!

”We meet again Diamond! The last time we faced off, I left you sleeping with the fishes, all because we got on Christian’s bad side and Amber let him chose a stipulation for our match, fun times, right?” I asked sarcastically as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”What was it I said after I turned you into human sized fish food again? Oh yeah, the grudge will likely never go away but for now our beef is settled! Paraphrasing a bit? Sure, but my you should know by now that I can hold one hell of a grudge and getting to deny you a title shot at the biggest show of the year? Yeah, that would be pretty sweet revenge, wouldn’t it?”

Dish best served cold!

”Revenge is a dish best served cold, people who embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves, are there any other sayings about revenge that I’m forgetting? Wait, here’s one, the best revenge is massive success!” I added with a grin as I paced around the ring. ”You can thank Frank Sinatra for that little quote! And going on to win the World Bombshell Championship would be a great success, wouldn’t it Diamond? To leave you in the dust whilst I win the biggest prize in the Bombshell Division? That revenge will be sweet after I defeat you on Sunday Diamond!”

Last up is Alicia!

”I haven’t forgotten about Alicia, in all honesty I’m only saving her for last because she’s the only opponent in the match who I’ve yet to face one on one, who knows? Maybe that’ll change once the new year rolls around? But we’ve got a while to go before then!” I started as I leaned on the ring ropes. ”Alicia, I’ll give you credit for managing to break a losing streak, albeit one that allowed my friend Ariana to win her first singles title in a roundabout way, but to go from Christina Rose in a costume that a Scooby Doo villain would laugh at to three of the best Bombshells in the division? Yeah, seems the shoes on the other foot, isn’t it?”

Tides have turned.

”For the past couple of months, those who have beaten you have gone on to challenge for a title but it wasn’t until Ariana beat you that someone made good on that momentum, I intend to follow in Ariana’s footsteps in that regard.” I added as I flipped some hair over my shoulder. ”As I said, the shoes on the other foot, you got the win over Christina Rose but she’s wearing a mask so it’s totally not her guys and the bosses seem to have added you to this match as a result, but the question is can you make good on that momentum? No, because I’ve got momentum of my own to make good on!”

My key to the kingdom!

”This isn’t the first time I’ve been in a four way match for a shot at the World Bombshell Title against three decorated older women, looking at you Greece Lightning Tour, but it is the first such match that I’m entering with any kind of momentum and I’m not letting it go to waste!” I stated as I folded my arms. ”Alicia, Sam, Diamond, I’m willing to bet that the Vegas betting odds have either of you three as the ones to win this match and challenge either Mercedes or Masque at High Stakes XI, but those odds aren’t always reliable especially in a sport like this and as far as I see it? This is my moment to shine!”

It's that simple.

”Because when opportunity knocks, I answer! And this opportunity is practically banging down my door right now! Alicia, Sam, and Diamond have all been at the top of the food chain in the Bombshell Division before and I’m sure that they are itching for a chance to return to the top again, but there’s just one problem with that ladies!” I said as I held up my right index finger to illustrate my point and then pointed it towards me. ”This isn’t a Triple Threat Anything Goes Match! it’s a Fatal Four Way Anything Goes match and I’m in the mix! And I plan to be a spanner in the works of whatever hopes either of you three had of winning that title again because honestly? I think it’s high time that some new blood got that opportunity, don’t you?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”I’m sure I can predict what your answers will be, some variant of the phrase “hell no”, but it’s not like I care about the opinions of my opponents when it comes to winning a match like this!” I stated before I left the ring and walked up directly to the camera. ”Because I’m everything you gals aren’t! I’m young, hungry and I’ve yet to reach the top of the Bombshell Division mountain! But that all changes this Sunday at Climax Control #341 where I  not only out last three other former champions but I book my ticket to the World Bombshell Title Match at High Stakes XI, and as I turn the page on this chapter of my SCW career, I’ve got my sights firmly set on started a whole new golden chapter as I enter 2023 as the new World Bombshell Champion! And I don’t care who gets in my way as I start down that path because they will all be brought down with the Down Under Thunderbomb courtesy of Krystal Wolfe!”

I left Jessie’s home gym as the scene fades.

Krystal and Ariana would get the win at Summer XXXTreme X when Ari pinned Twisted Sister and with the start of the new cycle AND SCW’s first ever full tour of India things were going to be interesting for the SCW Superstars and Bombshells over the next two months between now and Violent Conduct VIII, and that proved especially true for Krystal Wolfe and HB Carter on the opening show of the cycle.

Why? Because the two Go Gym Graduates were competing in a Strange Bedfellows Tag Team Match against Zoey Lukas and Miles Kasey! What WAS a Strange Bedfellows Match? Well, it was a standard tag team match on paper but with one major twist, all four competitors would be competing in their sleep wear! Within legal boundaries off course but it presented an interesting challenge for the four world class competitors but can the Go Gym Graduates get the win?

Krystal’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday the 17th of July 2022, 18:00pm

Well, that was fun.

At the rate it’s going? The Summer XXXTreme Cruise might be my favourite SCW event and I’m not just saying that because it was the event I attended as a fan back in 2015, between getting to relax on a cruise all week and hanging out with fans before the show starts (not to mention the events the bosses have us doing) it’s proven to be a ton of fun, even if my event (trivia night) proved to be such a flop that they let me help Jessie with her Karaoke duties instead.

Hey, they can’t all be winners.

Speaking of winners, all in all Summer XXXTreme ended up being a good night for the Go Gym for the most part, me and Ari got the win over The Metal Maniacs and the only downside was Levana Cade losing (again) to the newcomer Georgie Robertson but she’ll find a way back onto the card somehow despite being the Go Gym’s biggest choke artist, what’s that? I’m being harsh towards my fellow graduate?

Levana peaked when she reached the Blast from the Past semi-finals and hasn’t been able to reach that same success level since, it’s harder not to look at her that way unfortunately.

There was other big news coming out of the event as well, Chrystal snapping in her eternal quest for attention and Masque finally being defeated in singles competition by Roxi being the most notable and I’d be lying if I said that I wouldn’t want a taste of the Internet Gold myself but I had to wait for Roxi to inevitably vacate the title first, and away from the ring?

Well, my younger cousin Cassie fell in love with another woman on the last day of the cruise, which also happened to be her nineteenth birthday, so yeah! It was a pretty good cruise for my friends and family all things considered.

[font color=#00FFFF]”Okay, let’s do a quick checklist before we head off to Mumbai.”[/color] I commented after we had seemingly packed the last of our stuff, we had a long ass flight ahead off us (20 hrs to be precise) and we wanted to make sure that we didn’t leave anything behind. [font color=#00FFFF]”My wrestling gear?”[/color]

”First thing you packed.” Makayla reminded me and I nodded as I turned to my wife who was sitting on the couch in front of the suitcase, Cassie was sitting a bit further down the couch exchanging texts with her new girlfriend Becky as she had already done her packing at her parents’ place. ”Same goes for toiletries.”

”Considering I got the runs the last time I had Indian takeout, I think we’d be in trouble if you hadn’t packed that.” Cassie chimed in and I chuckled whilst Makayla just shook her head. ”Speaking off, I was looking up Indian cuisine earlier, can you believe that most of my favourite Indian dishes aren’t even Indian?”

”Yeah, from what I understand from Makayla it’s a lot like Americanized Greek Food, the authentic stuff can’t be beat.” I responded and Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”And as the one who trained to be a chef and was one briefly before the Ring Rust Café flopped, she would know.”

”It was a good place, but it could never recover from the controversy that surrounded it’s opening night.” Makayla responded with a sigh as she shook her head. ”Also Cass, the Indian place you ordered from had a one star review on Yelp, you had no one to blame but yourself for that!”

”Details, details! Not my fault that the regular Indian place I order from had closed for the day due to a death in the family.” Cass responded with a shrug and we shook our heads before I got a text. ”And I managed to bring that place down to a negative star rating once my tummy stopped doing acrobatics!”

”Didn’t even think that was possible, the negative star review, not your tummy doing acrobatics.” Makayla chuckled before seeing the look on my face. ”They’ve sent out the first card of the Indian Tour, haven’t they?”

”Yeah and I’m going through it now! Candy’s got Twisted Sister in her return match, Lachlan Kaine’s returning against Hitamashi, Georgie Robertson’s making her Climax Control debut against Jessie………..” I trailed off as I read my next match over and over in my head, where the bosses high when they came up with this? If so did they raid Cass’s stash or Scott Oliver’s stash, or worse, both. ”Strange Bedfellows Tag Team Match, me and the debuting HB Carter against Zoey Lukas and Miles Kasey.”

”Strange bedfellows?! Look, I know Kasey’s a gorgeous guy and all but they realize that your married right? Zoey I’m not sure on and Carter’s dating Laz so what’s the deal?” Makayla asked with a surprised look on her face before I showed her the match description with my thumb pointed towards the fine print. ”All four participants must wrestle in their best legally binding sleep wear?!”

There was an awkward silence between us as it set in, hell the strange stipulation had caused Makayla’s Greek side to shine through her accent briefly, that silence was soon broken by Cassie nearly dying of laughter, followed by her falling off the couch. ”OH MY FUCKING GOD! THAT IS GOING TO BE EPIC!” Cassie roared in between fits of laughter and I glared over at my younger cousin. ”That is totally karma for you dragging me to countries were weed is illegal!”

”I’ve only dragged you to two such countries and technically you LIVE in a country where weed is illegal! You’re lucky that Nevada has recreational use legal, even if you are underage!” I pointed out and Cassie quickly shut up. ”Guess I’m going to have to pack an extra pair of pyjamas because there’s no way in hell I’m sleeping in the same set that I wrestled in! especially in a country as hot as India!”

”Just try not to make it too hot, or do I need to remind you of the “legally binding” thing?” Cass reminded me and I shook my head, I had checked the weather in Mumbi ahead of time, it was going to be cloudy for most of the week with rain on Sunday but temperature wise? It was nearly thirty degrees over there. ”Just sucks that I can only be in India for one week because I’m about to enter my final training stages at Hero Academy.”

”Don’t get us wrong, we’re proud of you Cass, especially after all the crap you endured at the PTA Gym.” Makayla assured her and Cassie grinned in response. ”But it’ll suck not having you around, at least you’ll have Becky to keep you company.”

I’m not sure if my wife noticed it but Cassie’s expression turned to one of worry when Becky was brought up, we both knew that it was Cassie’s first relationship and if there was any issues from her parents about Cass dating another woman, I would’ve heard it and they would’ve head from me luckily for her I decided to changed the subject. ”And if you have trouble finding work after graduation somehow, feel free to namedrop me! Being a relative of a Go Gym Grad and a former champion carries a lot of weight.”

”Thanks Charlotte!” Cassie thanked me and I grinned in response, Makayla left the room shortly afterwards to make sure that all of her stuff was packed for the trip and for lack of better term, Cassie pounced. ”Charlotte, I know you started fating Makayla when you were around my age so can I ask you for some dating advice?” Cass asked awkwardly and I nodded before sitting on the couch opposite Cassie. ”This probably goes without saying but it’s about Becky.”

”I was about to say, seeing someone else already?” I teased my cousin who responded by playfully flipping me off. ”What’s the problem? I thought things were going great between you two, even after she admitted that she couldn’t make the India trip.”

”And they are, but I’m starting to worry that things are going too quickly between me and Becky.” Cassie sighed before kicking off her boots and laying down on the couch, god I’m starting to feel like a shrink! I’ve got enough problems of my own! ”We met on the last day of the cruise, that was this past Monday AKA my nineteenth birthday, since then we’ve been on a couple of dates, had a few first kiss opportunities interrupted, twice by you, and we’re already calling each other girlfriend, as in lovers, I don’t know, is that too fast by today’s standards?”

I was starting to wish I had left this to Cass’s parents, I love her like a sister but in the end, I’m just her older cousin and she’s their daughter, if anyone would have the right advice for Cassie it was them but they wouldn’t be seeing her in person for a week due to the India trip. ”Cass, I was there when you first met Becky remember? You two hit it off right away! Unfortunately, I don’t know if any advice I could give you would be more helpful than any you’d get from your parents.”

”And the next time I see them will be when we touch down in Mumbi tomorrow and I video call them.” Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”Okay, somehow ignoring the fact that we’re related, do you have any woman advice? You know? Girl to girl?”

”Hope you’re not expecting something out of a Romantic Comedy, can’t stand those things!” I responded with a chuckle and Cassie grinned before sitting up to flip her hair out as it had started to get tangled. ”As cliché as it is, listen to your heart, it’s clear as day that you and Becky are crazy for each other but I’m sure she’ll understand if you want to slow things down Cass, especially as your about to spend a week in India.”

”Thanks Charlotte.” Cassie thanked me as she sat up and not long after that Makayla entered the room ready to leave for the airport.

Hero Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 19th of July 2022, 08:15am

Soooooooooo yeah, remember that part about Cassie coming with us to India? Well, she did, for not even half a day!

You guys should know by now that Cassie is a wrestling trainee and has been for just over a year now, Christian was right to say that she had training commitments off course but we had no idea how right he was because I got a call from Keira back in Mumbai that can be summarized in one sentence: “Krystal, you remember that Cassie’s graduation match is today right?”, I knew the day would come eventually off course, Cassie wasn’t going to remain a trainee forever and she would graduate eventually, so why were we travelling to India when we knew that?

Aside from my SCW commitments? The simple fact that that Keira had told me this weeks ago (as in, during the lead up to Summer XXXTreme X’s Go Home Show) and in all the chaos that had ensues since then I had completely forgotten! Same goes with telling Cassie!

To make a long story short, I dragged a half asleep Australian Teenager out of her hotel bed, told her to get dressed and pack her wrestling gear whilst I booked an emergency flight with Kayfabe Airlines, flew back home to Vegas, stopped by her parents’ house so that Cassie could get changed into said gear and be ready to go as soon as we arrived at Hero Academy and probably broke the speed limit at least once whilst driving her to Hero Academy.

Luckily it was still early in the morning by the time we returned to Vegas (around seven fifteen I’d say) so there wasn’t that much traffic, foot, car or anything in between! And how did it go? Well, blood was spilled between Keira and Cassie but in the end, I was no longer the only wrestler in my family.

And frankly? I couldn’t be prouder of her!

”Seven years ago, I thought my final exam as part of my Go Gym training was brutal.” I commented as I entered Cassie’s room in the medical wing and my cousin, who was still wearing her wrestling gear and had a bandage on her nose, grinned when she saw me enter the room. ”You just made that look like graduating kindergarten and have emerged stronger for it! How do you feel Cass?”

”I’ll say one thing, sparring matches don’t really do much to prepare you for the real thing, do they?” Cass asked with a grin as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. ”As for how I feel? Rough but I guess that’s something you get used too after a while? If nothing else I managed to hold my own with a veteran of the sport.”

”Cass, I don’t mean to undermine your achievement out there, but I’ve wrestled Keira four times and twice in singles competition, I could tell that she was holding back even after you busted her nose.” I responded as I shook my head and Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”I doubt Keira will admit it publicly, we both know that she’s a proud woman, but I think deep down she wanted you to succeed just as much as I did.”

”Yeah, I guess that makes sense.” Cassie commented before the medic finished his check up on her. ”What’s the news doc? Is the rebel princess ready to go?”

Not sure if Cass had caught on but I did raise an eyebrow when she called herself “The Rebel Princess”, I knew she had changed her profile name on Twitter to include that nickname but I didn’t think much of it. “Well, the good news is Cassandra that your nose isn’t broken, Keira likely just caught a blood vessel in your nose with that kick, give it a couple of days and you’ll be right as rain.” The doc assured her and my nineteen year old cousin grinned broadly. “Might leave a cool scar.”

”And scars have looked cool on exactly zero women.” I responded as I shook my head with a chuckle. ”Other than that, she’s free to go?” I asked the doc who nodded in response prompting Cass to hop off the medical bed and follow me to the parking lot. ”I’m flying back to India first thing in the morning via Kayfabe Airlines, we need to celebrate your graduation and you need to start shopping around for a home fed ASAP., not to mention your official ceremony on Friday.” I explained to Cass who nodded as she got the idea. ”Also, Rebel Princess?”

”I knew that would come up eventually, I wanted my own brand for when I graduated and the 420 Gal was funny for a time but it could only get me so far.” Cass admitted with a shrug and I had to wonder if she had been listening to what Hero Academy’s trainers had to say because I knew they had been saying the same thing. ”And well, I’m rich and I’m a rebel, Rebel Princess fits me to a T!”

”Yeah, I guess it does.” I commented with a nod as we reached the parking lot and returned to my car, once the doors was closed and Cass was in the passenger side seat and I was in the driver’s I turned to my younger cousin. ”Look Cass, I know you’re a lot smarter than your stoner activities would lead anyone to believe, but today marked the start of the rest of your life, it’s not going to be easy but if anyone can apply herself to this crazy sport, it’s you.”

”Watching you over the past several months in SCW has helped me prepare for that but I know there’s a lot for me to learn.” Cass nodded in response and I nodded as I rested my hands on the steering wheel. ”There’s still a lot more for me to do to prepare myself, I need a place of my own, I need to know how to drive, I can’t have my parents or you drive me to every show! What would the other wrestlers think?”

”I get what you’re saying, first impressions are important, but you’ll shut up any doubters when they see what we already know, that you are a natural in the ring.” I assured my cousin and Cass nodded as the teenager got the idea. ”I can arrange for you to have driving lessons as soon as I’m back in the US next but I have no idea when that could be, might want to talk to your parents about it in the meantime, sae with getting your own place.”

”Yeah, I’ll do that as soon as I’m back home, once I’ve broken the news that I’ve graduated off course.” Cass nodded as she got the idea. ”Anything else or are we going to spend all day in the parking lot?”

”I don’t know, I kinda like the view of your favourite Wendie’s.” I joked as I pointed out the chain fast food restaurant that Cassie had been frequenting since the PTA Gym days. ”But I do have one last thing to say before I take you home, anything happens, good or bad, you have my number, same goes for Keira and Roxi and off course your parents! Don’t keep things bottled up because that’s one of the worst things you can do as a wrestler.” I commented before letting out a sigh. ”Trust me, I know!”

”And I’ll take “things that cover way too many topics to list” for $200! Oh look, the daily double!”! Cassie joked and I had to admit, whilst the joke was in bad taste, it was enough to get a laugh out of me. ”You don’t want me to repeat your mistakes, right?”

”So many members of the Bombshell Roster still view me as an egomaniac because of my Bombshell Roulette Title Reign, the saga with Matthew doesn’t help.” I admitted with a nod and Cassie said nothing but the look on her face said that she understood perfectly. ”Shall we go?”

”Let’s!” Cassie nodded before we drove off to deliver the good news to Cassie’s parents.

Wondering the streets of Mumbai, India
Wednesday the 20th of July 2022, 16:00pm

*promo time*

This will be interesting.

”India, I’ll admit that I don’t know as much about the Subcontinent as I do about Greece! Don’t have any Indian relatives and last I checked my wife was Greek-Australian, not Indian-Australian! Not saying it couldn’t happen because Australia’s kind of a melting pot in that regard but India is still playing host to SCW’s first full tour of the Subcontinent and I’m finding myself in a unique tag team match on the first show!”

And that’s saying something!

”Let’s look at the match on paper for starters, it’s me and fellow Go Gym Graduate, SCU alumni and all around good guy HB Carter teaming up to take on Miles Kasey and Zoey Lukas! Already this match looks great on paper, Zoey’s been impressive since her debut, Miles has been a constant title contender for a damn good reason and me and Carter? Well, our reputations precede us at this point even though this is Carter’s official SCW debut!”

However!

”But, there’s one big elephant in the room and no, I’m not saying that because we’re in India! This is a Strange Bedfellows Match! We will be wrestling in our pyjamas! Somehow I doubt my training at the Go Gym prepared me for a match like this but then again, my Roulette Title Reign proved that I am nothing if not adaptable! So, let’s talk about the other parties in this match, shall we?”

Starting with Carter.

”Carter is someone I’ve had more than my fair share of arguments with but he’s also one of the funniest guys I know and a hell of a wrestler to boot, this will be his first official match and it’s my job to help him ensure that his Climax Control debut goes the same way as his  bestie’s SCW debut during the Greece Lightning Tour and I know you’ll be watching this match closely Ari, all I can say is good look on that “Can a Greek Girl make Spaghetti Carbonara better than an Italian Chef” video that you can look forward to me and Carter kicking ass and chewing bubble-gum, and we’re all out of bubble-gum!”

Next up is Zoey.

”Zoey is someone that it can be argued, has the most to prove in this match because out of the four of us, she’s been in SCW for the shortest amount of time and yes, I’m counting Carter’s SCU Time in that! Her past two matches proved that she’s not one to be underestimated, getting the win in her debut against Jessie Salco and helping her sis get an important win over the Gem Stones, but what’s next for you Zoey?”

Good question.

”That’s the question on everyone’s mind since that match because Alicia’s beef as far as we can tell has been settled! I’m sure she’ll be the first to correct me on that but until then the question hangs above your head and this match won’t be a good start for you Zoey, excuse this will be the first match where you will suffer the bitter taste of defeat but don’t worry, I’m sure a local chef has just the thing to wash it down!”

Next up is Miles!

”Miles, arguably the catalyst for this match and for the sole crime of being a gorgeous guy with a nice butt! How I got roped into this is a mystery to me to be honest, I’m a married woman and I’m married to another woman for that matter!” I said as I held up my wedding ring for emphasis. ”And like I just said, even I’ll admit that I can see why Miles has so many people drooling over him!”

Wait.

”Not literally because one, that’s weird and gross and two, Covid is still a thing! Joking aside Miles has repeatedly proven why he’s not just a pretty face, body or butt, and no I’m not even going to comment on a certain pair of equipment between his legs, if we saw THAT during the match my partner would never recover! But that aside, it’ll come down between him and Carter who I’m sure is just giddy with excitement over this match and I’m confident that Carter can get the job done!”

It's that simple.

”This is easily the weirdest match of my career to date and that’s a career that includes a Bombshell Roulette Title Reign so take that for what you will! But Zoey and Miles would just be as formidable if they were wrestling in their underwear and the same goes for me and Carter and so, weird stipulation or not, we are going to have a hell of a match but that just leaves the big question, who wins? Well, stranger things have happened!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way, any SCW fans with crushes on myself, Carter, Miley or even Zoey, for as short as her tenure has been, are going to be the real winners of the match but as for the participants of the match? My last match ended with a win under the Team Go Brand and this match won’t be any different as I turn the page on this weird chapter of my SCW career and welcome Carter to SCW with a win! See you strange bedfellows on Sunday!”

I walked off as the scene fades.

What a night it was.

I mean granted, last night was one of those nights where I wish I had been born a day earlier because getting to celebrate my nineteenth birthday during the Summer XXXTreme event would’ve been amazing but the pre-birthday party in the ship’s nightclub was more than worth it, throw in the fact that SCW was going to be touring India for the next two months and Krystal was already planning to take me and, well, things couldn’t be better.

We’re not set to depart from the ship for a couple of hours yet so I still had some time to sleep in! it definitely helped that Krystal shilled out for me to get one of the few balcony rooms after the champs took the rest and whilst I did wonder if the now former champions (Kat Jones, Jack Washington, Matthew Knox, and Masque) would have to give up their balcony rooms

As for my plans for a sleep in? Yeah, no, that got interrupted by a knock at the door.

”Ugh, please just five more minutes!” I groaned as I used my pillow to cover my ears, unfortunately whoever was at the door wasn’t cooperating with that idea as they knocked again. ”Can’t you at least give me some time to get dressed and fix my hair?!” I called out to the knocker after glancing at myself in the mirror, I wasn’t sleeping naked before you ask but the only thing I had on was a nightgown and my long black hair was a mess to put it nicely.

”Sorry Cass, you may be the birthday girl but you’ve already missed breakfast.” Krystal called back and I groaned, off course it was my older cousin and probably her wife Makayla, I doubt anyone else in the ship even knew where my cabin was! ”You can get dressed and fix your hair afterwards!”

”I am totally making you pay for this during the India tour Charlotte!” I grunted in response before I finally got out of bed and answered the door.

And off course, how else would they greet me but with the Happy Birthday song! Frankly, I’m just glad that they didn’t sing it to me through the door! ”See? Was that so hard?” Krystal asked once the song finished and I shook my head, though my mood did lighten when I saw the massive stack of birthday presents that Makayla and Krystal had brought with them. ”We did consider getting you these gifts during the pre-birthday party last night but with how hectic Summer XXXTreme was we figured opening them this morning made more sense.”

”Not counting Kat’s present I take it?” I asked as I glanced over at the leather jacket that was hanging over the back of the chair that was in front of my laptop, I had tried it on and it fit perfectly but it was way to hot for me to wear it and, well, I’ve never been to India but I’ve heard that it can get pretty fucking hot so I was probably going to leave that at home for the two month tour if I didn’t bring it with me. ”Sorry, I appreciate it, but you know I’m not a morning person! Now can I please get dressed and fix my hair before I open my presents?”

”Go ahead but there is one thing.” Krystal told me and I glanced over at her. ”I know it’s the last day of the cruise and all, but I managed to snag us a lunch reservation at the fancy restaurant on the upper deck.”

”Krystal said that you’ve always wanted to try lobster.” Makayla added and my grin grew wider. ”And guess what? They serve it in the restaurant! Once you’ve gotten dressed and straightened your hair out, thought from what I can see, it doesn’t look that bad by bed hair standards, we’ll take you up there.”

”Now you’re speaking my language!” I responded with a grin before we moved my presents into my cabin and I started getting dressed. ”Fancy restaurant, I should probably avoid my typical “teen girl rebel with tattoos in a crop top designed to show off my pierced navel” look.” I commented to myself before I picked out my outfit.

*an hour later*

Part of me doesn’t want this cruise to end but my parents would probably get worried sick if I stayed here and they probably have their own presents for me waiting back home anyway! As for the meal at the restaurant? Best birthday meal EVER! I’m not kidding, that surf and turf dish (a ribeye steak with a lobster head compound butter and lobster medallions with a fries) was to die for and it was almost worth missing out on my weed for a week for!

Speaking off, I had better google weed laws in India, because SCW’s about to go on a two month cruise of that subcontinent and that would be even more painful than the five weeks in Greece!

”Great! Yet another country were weed is illegal for some fucking reason!” I grunted in annoyance after doing a quick google search on weed legality in India, the more I go overseas, the more it becomes clear that I’m probably going to have to give up Weed because once I graduate from Hero Academy and become a full time wrestler? Yeah, there was no way I’d be able to keep my weed habit up once I started going international.

I let out an annoyed huff before I kicked off the wall I was leaning against and grabbed my suitcase, I had gotten changed out of the dress I wore to the restaurant and into a crop top and jean shorts before packing away the rest of my stuff knowing that Krystal would be waiting for me, I just had to stop and do my research for India! However, I wasn’t looking where I was going and I bumped into someone, a fan from the look of things because I didn’t recognize her from the SCW roster. “Sorry, I wasn’t looking where I was going!” She apologized as we regained our footing.

”Don’t worry about it, I wasn’t looking either.” I admitted before I got a good look at the woman, she looked to be the same age as me and had long dark brown hair, and now that I had time to process it, I realized that she was Australian too, albeit from a different part of the country from me and Krystal. ”So, you’re from Darwin, right?” I guessed and the other woman nodded.

“Yeah, well my family is, they moved to Las Vegas when I was still a baby.” She admitted before she got a good look at me and realized who she was talking too. “Wait, you’re Cassie aren’t you? Krystal Wolfe’s little sister?”

”Not quite, I’m her cousin but we are practically sisters.” I corrected her before I helped her up and holy crap, she was gorgeous! But since I didn’t know if she was straight or not, I didn’t blurt that out, at first because I was getting flustered as all hell. ”But yeah, I think you’re hot! Wait, no, I meant gorgeous! Oh god damn it! I’m Cassie!” I blurted out and the other woman laughed in response.

“You’re really hot yourself! Makes me glad to be a lesbian I guess!” Oh god damn it! If I wasn’t flustered before I was now! “My name’s Rebecca, maybe we can meet up for something back in Vegas?”

”What? You mean like a date?” I blurted out whilst blushing like a madwoman and Rebecca laughed.

“I guess you could call it that, can I have your number?” Rebecca responded with a grin before we exchanged numbers, Rebecca took the time to check the time on her phone and nodded. “I had better get going but great meeting you Cassie!”

”Yeah, same!” I responded with a nervous laugh as I watched her leave.

”Cassie’s got a girlfriend! Cassie’s got a girlfriend!” If I wasn’t blushing before, I was now because I realized that my older cousin had been watching that exchange from down the hallway. ”Cassie and Becky sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G!”
”Charlotte, I swear to god, I will throw you overboard if you don’t stop teasing me!” I warned my cousin as I glanced over at her and Krystal laughed in response. ”And she’s not my girlfriend!”

”Oh please Cass, if you were blushing any harder I’d think you had gotten sunburnt!” Krystal responded with a good natured grin and I just shook my head. ”But seriously, you’ve wanted a soulmate for how long and you got someone that good looking? You’ve just won the lottery ten times over and I’m happy for you!”

”Just please stop with the childish teasing! I know I’m the birthday girl but I thought you were the oldest!” I grunted in annoyance and Krystal laughed before patting me on the head. ”I’m guessing you came to get me?”

”Pretty much but I had to sit back and watch young love bloom! Only thing missing was popcorn!” Krystal admitted and I grinned before we headed off to depart the ship.

Celebrated my nineteenth birthday on a cruise ship and got a potential girlfriend in the process? Yeah, things were looking up.

(Gabriel was used with Mark’s permission)

Krystal would come up short in her efforts to win Queen for a Day, in fact that match was won by none other than Amber Ryan and this week at Climax Control was her turn to rule the roost! This year’s King Mark Cross had come up with some creative stipulations for his turn as king but whilst Amber’s match choices were certainly more traditional compared to Mark’s, there was one match that had Krystal’s undivided attention.

Or at least, the match that was originally advertised, the match was set to be between Krystal, Keira Fisher, and Diamond Stele but after Keira was forced to pull out it was changed to a one on one match between the other two women in the match! Krystal and Diamond had a lot of history between them starting from when Diamond beat Krystal in her return match and later ending Krystal’s Roulette Title Reign on her eighth defence against Keira, this wasn’t a perfect rematch as Diamond lost the Bombshell Roulette Title to Kat Jones at Into the Void X but Krystal didn’t care as long as revenge was hers, can she get the win?

Backstage at Climax Control 331, Los Angeles, California
Sunday the 29th of May 2022, 18:00pm

This was an eventful night to say the least.

Let’s start with the obvious, Kat Jones managed to break the first defence curse by defeating Seleana Zdunich in a Roulette Rules Bar Room Brawl that probably got all SCW living wrestlers past and present banned from the establishment for life, I may have to test that theory the next time SCW stops by the City of Angels! Aside from that, all the crazy matches Mark Cross came up with lived up to expectations and even better? Jessie got the win for her and Knox against Levana and Mark in the Tag Team Blazing Tables Match that served as the Main Event.

Yeah, I’d say that put a damper on any plans Mark might have had for Knox.

All that aside, we all knew what was next, Amber’s Queen for a Day episode was next week and I was off two minds about it, one: Amber was probably going to go for more subdued matches than Mark did, two: Amber was going to use her powers in the cliché way of booking herself a World Bombshell Title Shot, granted I’ve made no secret of having similar plans myself but there’s a key difference, I was setting my sights a lot lower, namely at the Bombshell Roulette Title.

To be honest my plans didn’t really move beyond that, I wanted to make sure I won the Queen for a Day Match before I started brainstorming the rest of the card and, well, the fact that it’s Amber’s Queen for a Day episode and not mine should tell you everything you need to know about that! It did leave one big question hanging above my head though, the King for a Day Match saw two of my friends competing (Ariana lost to Kayla Richards and Jessie won the aforementioned Main Event), did Amber have any plans for me or was she leaving that up to the bosses?

There was only one way to find out and that was to wait for the new card text.

”That was a hell of a Main Event.” I commented as I started gathering my stuff up and Cassie started grabbing her now empty snack packages. ”Literally in Levana’s case.”

”Two losses in a row to a woman who many see as SCW’s perpetual underachiever, that’s got to sting.” Cassie nodded in agreement as she grabbed her stuff and threw it in a bag so we could drop it off in a recycling bin on the way back, Cass may be a stoner with a permanent case of the munches (and yes, that was why she had all those snacks with her) but she did care about the environment at least. ”So what’s the plan? Fly back to Vegas and train at the Go Gym?”

”I need to know what I’m training for first, and with Amber in charge? That could mean anything.” I responded before getting the new card text and grabbing my iPhone, I spent a good couple of minutes skimming through the card before I spotted my match. ”Oh boy, Cass do you want the good news or the really bad news first?”

”Depends, is the bad news me making my wrestling debut against Tempest, Masque, Ms. Jon or all the above?” Cass asked dryly and I shook my head, even if Cass had graduated by now she wasn’t even a roster member. ”Okay, good news first.”

”Good news is, I’m getting Keira and Diamond in a Triple Threat Match.” I explained and Cassie grinned broadly, knowing just how badly I had wanted a match with Diamond since she cost me my Roulette Title Reign. ”The really bad news? Well, Amber booked Chloe in her first match back since that match against Masque during the Greece Lightning Tour, you know, the one that turned into a scene from a slasher movie?”

”Yep! The end of that match still gives me nightmares! But how does that concern you? I thought Christian put Chloe on indefinite suspension for snapping at……….oh no……….” Cassie trailed off as it hit her like a ton of bricks. ”Christian’s choosing the stipulation for the Triple Threat Match, isn’t he?”

”Yep, the guy who created the Scaffold Over the Piranha Tank Match is getting a choice over this match! And knowing him, he’s going to try to top that match!” I exclaimed as I threw my hands into the air in frustration. ”And here I thought my time with crazy stipulations ended with my Bombshell Roulette Title Reign!”

”Guess the only thing you can do is promote the match and see what he comes up with.” Cassie shrugged her shoulders and I nodded in agreement before we stood up and got ready to leave. ”What time do I need to be up for the flight to Vegas?”

”9:30 at the latest, if you’re not outside me and Makayla’s hotel room by then I’ll send her over to your room to wake you up.” I warned my teenaged cousin and Cassie nodded as she got the idea before we left the room and headed to the car.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 30th of May 2022, 15:00pm

Well, that was a turnup for the books.

Me and Cass were well on our way to Vegas via Kayfabe Airlines when I got the text from Christian, initially I thought that it was him telling me what I could expect from the Triple Threat Match but I was at least partially right, Keira had to pull out and the Triple Threat Match was now a one on one match between me and Diamond, Christian was still deciding the match’s stipulation so I wasn’t getting off completely scot free but that didn’t matter.

What mattered was that I was getting my revenge against Diamond and my win back! After an entire cycle of watching from the side-lines I was getting the match that should’ve happened at Blaze of Glory X, with all due respect to Keira, the Bombshell Roulette Title Match at that show should’ve been between me and Diamond with me retaining, but we all know what happened instead.

All that’s missing is a tie breaker match between me and Keira but that’ll happen soon enough.

Even so, some old habits can’t be broken, like my chats with Gabriel.

“Well, well, I can’t think of a more apt example of a “Monkey’s Paw” match.” Gabriel commented as I entered his office and I grimaced before sitting down opposite him. “On one hand Charlotte, you are getting your long awaited rematch with Diamond Steele, but Christian has your fates in his hands.”

”So does Amber if you think about it.” I commented as I shifted my weight. ”She gave Christian control of this match as a compromise so she could get Chloe in her first match since her matchup against Masque, but Amber had to know about Christian’s reputation for coming up with the most sadistic stipulations this sport has seen in years.”

“Amber is coming up to the second anniversary of her SCW debut, if she doesn’t know what Christian is like by now I’ll be shocked.” Gabriel nodded in agreement as he shifted his weight and I frowned as I folded my arms. “But as hard as it is Charlotte, you must focus on Diamond for now, you have waited months to get you hands on her again and you likely won’t find out what sinister concoction of a match Christian has brewed up until the match starts.”

”I know, this isn’t exactly my first match against her.” I responded with a nod as I leaned back in the chair. ”The first match against her was the start of that experiment with Matthew and Marty as my managers, we both know how that ended in more ways than one but I can safely say that I am in a better headspace now than I was back then! I know that’s not saying much mind you but getting married to Makayla helped to refocus me.”

“Getting married does have that affect on people, just look at my marriage to Odette as an example.” Gabriel nodded in agreement after thinking for a minute. “Off course, I’ve been married to Odette since 2014 and your marriage to Makayla isn’t even a year old yet, these things will come in time Charlotte.”

”I don’t doubt that for a second, as for my match against Diamond? The only thing I’m worried about is Christian’s stipulation for the reasons I’ve already mentioned, so long as I get my hands on her and the gemstones are on the other side of the country, there won’t be a problem!” I responded and Gabriel nodded in agreement. ”And we both know that’s easier said than done.”

“If you want evidence of that, look no further than the match that ended Diamond’s reign with the Roulette Title, Kat had to deal with Diamond, Emerald and Ruby on route to winning her first title in SCW.” Gabriel commented with a nod as I thought through my options in my head. “Perhaps this is one area where Christian’s stipulation can work to your advantage?”

”He creates something so fucked up that the Gemstones would rather face Tempest in a handicap match than interfere?” I asked and Gabriel chuckled before nodding. ”Don’t get me wrong, I’d watch that match with a bag of popcorn in my hands, but it’ll take something big to keep them away from me and Diamond’s match! Especially since it was never mentioned if they were banned from ringside.”

“That does seem to be a significant oversight and perhaps your right, Christian does have something in mind to keep Diamond’s band at bay.” Gabriel responded with a nod as I stood up to go resume my training. “All the same, I’d keep my eye out for them if I were you Charlotte, and as for Christian’s stipulation, I might have a solution.”

”I’m listening.” I responded as I folded my arms and turned to my mentor/trainer.

“You spent the second half of 2021 and the first few months of 2022 as the Bombshell Roulette Champion, in that division the competitors don’t know what match they are in for until Ms. Rocky Mountains spins the wheel, unless it’s something that’s become a tradition much like the Ultimate X Over the Pool Matches at Summer XXXTreme off course.” Gabriel explained and I nodded as I started to get the idea. “You achieved remarkable success in that division despite those challenges, if you approach this match like you would a Roulette Rules Match………”

”Then I’ll be prepared for whatever Christian comes up with, at least on paper.” I responded with a nod as I got the idea before I leaned against the wall. ”In practice? If I tweet that idea out then Christian might take it as a challenge and up the stakes considerably.”

“Then feel free to do that, take credit for the idea if you must, see if he takes your bait, either way, you have a tough road of you this week Charlotte.” Gabriel responded as I went to leave his office. “You had best be prepared for a bumpy ride.” Gabriel added and I nodded before I left his office to resume my training.

Krystal and Makayla’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 30th of May 2022, 18:36pm

It felt good to be home.

The Greece Lightning Tour was a mixed bag, for the first time in a year I went a whole cycle without winning a match and whilst I only had two matches throughout that cycle but one was a World Bombshell Championship qualifier and the other was the Queen for a Day Match, two high profile matches in their own right! Greece itself was beautiful and it more than lived up to the hype that Ariana wouldn’t shut up about once the tour was announced (and that was before she got her showcase match and full time SCW contract) but in the end, I was just happy to be back in familiar surroundings.

At least until SCW announces another international tour! Preferably Australia!

”Makayla, I’m home!” I called out to my wife as I entered my house, it didn’t take long for my German Shepherd Puppy Garrus ran up to greet me with his tail wagging and I set my bag down to stroke him. ”Makayla?”

”I’m in the kitchen! Still testing out the slow cooker I got for my birthday!” Makayla responded as she poked her head out from the kitchen and I grinned before following the puppy into the kitchen and kissing my wife. ”I take it you heard the news about your match at Climax Control?” She added as I opened the coke can up and took a sip.

”If you mean that Keira’s out of the match and it’s just me and Diamond then yeah, I heard.” I responded before helping myself to a coke can from the fridge and sitting down at the kitchen table. ”Unless Diamond pulled out and the bosses are scrambling to find a new opponent for me with Amber’s help whilst I was driving home from the Go Gym, I think I’m up to date on everything Climax Control related.”

”At least until another wrestler pulls out, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen.” Makayla responded as she shook her head. ”Least we give Hayley Halsey more fuel.”

”Yeah, I’ve already had enough of that idiot’s tweets for today.” I responded as I shook my head. ”How are Rachel and Cassie doing?”

”Cassie seems to be doing well at Hero Academy, but that shouldn’t be a surprise, Rachel on the other hand?” Makayla said with a deep breath and I braced myself as I went to take a sip out of my drink. ”I think she wants to follow in your footsteps and become a wrestler when she’s older.”

It was touch and go but somehow I was able to avoid spitting out the can’s entire contents onto the kitchen table. ”Please tell me your kidding?!” I asked Makayla and she shook her head. ”Makayla, she has so many health problems that we couldn’t let her go to school after we got custody of her last November and that was when the pandemic was dying down! Besides, how do you know that’s what she wants? She’s three and a half!”

”Charlotte, I heard banging from upstairs earlier, right after you left for the Go Gym, and I went to investigate thinking that either Garrus had accidentally knocked something over or that Rachel had fallen over.” Makayla explained and I nodded as I got the idea. ”Garrus met me at the bottom of the stairs so that ruled the doggo out, and when I went upstairs I saw Rachel practicing wrestling moves on her toys, basic slams mostly but I’ve seen enough matches to be able to tell them apart!”

”And that was where the banging was coming from?” I asked and Makayla nodded. ”She’s seen me wrestle before so it could be a simple case of her imitating what she’s seen her aunt/mom do, if this continues into her pre-teens though? Then we’ll need to have a serious talk with Rachel about it.”

”Agreed, and luckily for us that’s still a quite a few years off! Who knows if SCW will still be around by then?”  Makayla responded with a shrug as she checked on her food. ”Also assuming that schools like Hero Academy and the Go Gym will still be open by then.”

”True, by the time Rachel’s old enough to officially train, Gabriel, Odette and Team Hero will be old enough to collect pensions and Team Hero might officially retire from wrestling by then, they’ll probably still look amazing because Keira and Roxi don’t seem to age but still.” I joked and Makayla chuckled in response. ”Seriously though, much as I hate the cliché. Hopefully, this is just a phase and she’ll be back to playing with her barbies like a normal girl in no time.”

”One can only hope I guess, anyway dinner should be ready soon.” Makayla added and I grinned before taking another sip from my drink.

Go Gym Parking Lot, Las Vegas Nevada
Tuesday the 31st of May 2022, 13:00pm

*promo time*

An old score to settle.

”There is a saying that originates from a French author, now I don’t pretend to understand a word of French so Adrienne, if you’re watching this, don’t worry, I won’t be butchering the French pronunciation! The saying in question is “revenge is a dish best served cold” and it’s an apt saying for my first match since the Greece Lightning Tour, why? Because this is a match I’ve wanted since the Blaze of Glory X Cycle and for one very good reason, this match is against Diamond Steele, the woman who ended my Bombshell Roulette Title Reign.”

But first………

”I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out two key facts about this match, one: this was originally a Triple Threat Match that featured Keira of Team Hero but she had to pull out, still waiting on that tie breaker Keira but I’ll take this match as a consolation prize! The other key fact us that this match was booked by the Queen for a Day Amber Ryan and to make up for the fact that she went ahead and booked Chloe Benton in the opener, she’s letting Christian pick the stipulation for this match!”

Ohhhhhh boy.

”For those who might not remember for whatever reason, Christian gained some notoriety for creating the Scaffold over the Piranha Tank Match! He created that match for Violent Conduct VI back in 2020 and I’m pretty sure that Miles Kasey still has nightmares about that match! And if Christian’s tweets have been any indication, he’s looking to top that match! But do you know what? Fine, if that’s what it takes for me to get my revenge on Diamond Steele then I’ll embrace whatever fucked up stipulation Christian comes up with!”

Back to business.

”And I’m sure that statement won’t come back to bite me in the ass! Anyway, Diamond in case anyone needs a refresher on why I’ve been so fucking eager for any measure of revenge on you, spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with our first match back in November but it has everything to do with how you officiated my last match as Bombshell Roulette Champion! You can try to rewrite history all you want Diamond but the fact is that you screwed me out of what should’ve been my ninth defence against Keira and reaching the three hundred day mark! Was that incident ultimately for the best because it brought me back down to earth? Yeah, it did, however I can hold onto one hell of a grudge!”

Don’t believe me?

”If you don’t believe that for some reason Diamond, ask Char Kwan or Bea Barnhart about the consequences of pissing me off! Or better yet, go back and rewatch the title match between you and Keira at Blaze of Glory X, more specifically, my attack on you after you had won the title! I’m generally a friendly person but if you get on my bad side then you’ll wish that were literally anywhere else on Earth right now than across the ring from me! And to think, you could’ve avoided this by staying out of my business.”

You heard me.

”You got the win over me back in November, fine! I’m through calling that win a fluke, but rather than leaving me and Keira be you decided to stick your nose where it didn’t belong and that caused a domino effect that has led us to this moment! I hope for your sake Diamond that Christian decides that he’s feeling merciful when he comes up with the match type for our match on Sunday because that might just be the one thing that saves you from my wrath!”

Don’t count on it!

”However I have to admit, this isn’t a perfect revenge by any means, no what would make it perfect was if you had retained the Bombshell Roulette Title over Kat and I was serving as your third defence but we both know why that isn’t the case Diamond and besides, it’s like I said on Twitter, as long as literally anyone but you is holding onto a title Diamond then I’ll be happy! Hell, I’d even take a title reign from The Troll over you!”

Yeah, I said it!

”I apologize in advance if that mental image makes anyone wake up in a cold sweat, even if that person is Christian but hey, it needed to be said! And Diamond? This match between us needed to happen sooner or later, we just had to have a queen go mad with power for the second yar in a row for it to happen I guess! But at the end of the day Diamond, you’ll just have one thing to remember when I am kicking your ass on Sunday.”

Just one.

”If you had called the match between me and Keira down the middle then this all could’ve been avoided! Instead, you couldn’t let sleeping dogs lie, you had to get involved, you had to have the wheel land on Diamond’s rules and if the wheel wasn’t rigged to land on that stipulation I‘ll be very surprised, you had to change the match type on a whim just to screw with me and Keira, you had to have the Josie and the Pussycats from Wish Dot Com run constant interference! You had to make my last match as Bombshell Roulette Champion all about you! And when you’re lying there bleeding from whatever fucked up idea Christian has cooked up, maybe, JUST MAYBE, you’ll realize that you made the biggest mistake of your life when you officiated that title match!”

It's that simple.

”That mistake was making an enemy for life out of a graduate of the Go Gym, the very building that I’m cutting my promo in front of, and this Sunday at Climax Control 332 Diamond, you’ll realize too late just how bad an idea that is when I beat you into the ground and win this match! Frankly? I had my nerves about it but since I’m treating Christian’s stipulation like I treated the stipulations on the Roulette Wheel when I was champion and being prepared for anything and everything? There’s nothing too violent that I won’t do to win this match!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”I have a young daughter Diamond, her name’s Rachel, and she’s three and a half, the reason I’m bringing her into this is because I hope to god that I NEVER HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TO YOU ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE MAY NOT LOOK AT ME THE SAME WAY AGAIN! As I turn the page on this chapter of my SCW Story, it’ll take a sharp detour into the realms of horror usually only seen in the Saw franchise because you Diamond had to go and piss me off! I’ll see you on Sunday bitch!”

I went back into the Go Gym to resume my training as the scene fades.

(Carter was used with permission from Chris, both members of Team Hero were used with permission from their respective handlers)

At 273 Days, Krystal’s record breaking reign as Bombshell Roulette Champion was over at the hands of Keira Fisher! However, the title change was not without controversy as the number one contender for the title Diamond was the Special Guest Referee for the match and the match was contested under Diamond’s Rules, which meant that the stipulations changed on Diamond’s whim and she was blatantly biased in Keira’s favour, still the two friends tore the house down and Keira came out the champion.

Despite this, the bosses were sticking to their guns by refusing to add Krystal to the Roulette Title Match at Blaze of Glory X leaving Krystal in much the same situation that she was in last year, despite this Krystal promised on Climax Control that the end of her title reign wasn’t going to be the end of her SCW career but that night didn’t end well for her either as Ariana was attacked by Amber Ryan during the show as retaliation for Carter costing Amber her spot in Blast from the Past the previous week, a tense stand off ensued only cooled down by the timely appearance of Cass but now, the bosses saw an opportunity.

The main event for the Go Home Show was a non-title street fight between Amber and Krystal, Amber’s challenger for Blaze of Glory had already been set and her name was Roxi Johnson of Team Hero fame but a win, even non-title, would be a huge way for Krystal to get back in the driver’s seat heading into Blaze of Glory X but beating Amber was no small feet even for someone of Krystal’s talents, can Krystal pull it off?

Backstage at Climax Control 323, Primm, Nevada
Sunday the 20th of February 2022, 20:00pm

This had to happen eventually.

I knew that I wouldn’t hold the Bombshell Roulette Title forever, sure it felt like I had held it forever after I had defended it nine times and for over two hundred days but I knew in my heart that someday the reign that made me as an SCW Star would end, and in some ways? I’m happy with how it ended.

Epic battle against Keira? Check, the stipulation changing on a near constant basis?
 Check, main event of Climax Control? Would’ve preferred to lose it on PPV if we’re being perfectly honest but I’ll take that as a consolation prize.

Or at least I would, if not one glaring caveat: I got screwed out of the title by Diamond, who was the Special Guest Ref for the defence.

I’m not sure what Kate’s motivations for screwing me over where, she got this title match because she beat me during the Inception V cycle and knowing that the bosses aren’t going to add me to the match just makes it feel that much worse, especially since I now know fuck all about what I’m doing at Blaze of Glory.

I’m getting flashbacks to last year’s Blaze of Glory, for those who need a reminder: I was left off that year’s card so no, it’s not a good feeling.

”I know that wasn’t how you wanted it to end Krystal.” I looked up and saw Cassie approaching me with a sympathetic look on her face. ”But Keira was right, you needed it.”

”Anything to bring me back to reality, huh?” I asked with a bitter sigh as I glanced up at my younger cousin, I know Cass is shorter than me but, well, I’m sitting down on a chair so what do you want from me? ”God, this cycle has just been the drizzling shits for me, hasn’t it?”

”You can say that again, before we go on.” Cassie commented before extending her arm out for a handshake and it didn’t take me long to figure out what she was looking for. ”We’re still friends, right? I know we had that big argument last week and the sequel to that earlier but we’re still cousins and………”

I slapped Cassie’s hand away before standing up, Cass looked confused for a second before I pulled her into a hug and well, that was all she needed for an answer really. [font color=#00FFFF]”Cass, your one of the few relatives of mine stateside that I get along with, and yeah, that includes your parents, I love you and nothing’s going to change that, guaranteed!”[/font]

”Thanks, I’ve been carrying that massive load all week, even when training with Team Hero.” Cassie responded with a grin as she returned the hug and after a few seconds we broke it and I sat back down. ”Off course, there’s the elephant in the room.”

”What I’m going to do now that I’m no longer champion? Mark already confirmed that they aren’t making the match for the Bombshell Roulette Title a Triple Threat, no matter what I do to Diamond between now and Blaze of Glory X.” I explained with an annoyed grunt and Cass nodded as she got the idea. ”And Carter cost Hitamashi his spot in Blast from the Past tonight so you can bet top dollar that Amber will be out for revenge next week.”

”Yeah, in that case, it’s less a question of if Amber will attack someone next week but who.” Cass commented with a nod before a look of horror washed over her face. ”Makayla works Sundays these days doesn’t she?”

”At the Ring Rust? Yeah, she’s been the head chef at the Las Vegas branch since it opened, why?” I asked before it dawned on me. ”You don’t seriously think Amber will attack a non-wrestler, do you?”

”With everything that woman’s done since she joined SCW in 2020? I wouldn’t put anything past her, even if it got her in hot water with the bosses.” Cass responded with a shrug and I nodded as I got where Cass was going with this. ”Luckily Makayla isn’t likely to show up next week, right?”

”Even if she took the night off from running the Ring Rust’s kitchen, she’d be looking after Garrus and Rachel back home so no, she won’t.” I explained as I shook my head and Cassie nodded as she got the idea. ”That doesn’t eliminate the possibility of Amber attacking Makayla away from the arena but I doubt even she would attack Makayla in front of her daughter or at her place of work.”

”Let’s hope your right, for both Makayla and Amber’s sakes, I’ve seen you angry and honestly?” Cass asked and I raised an eyebrow at her. ”It’s kinda scary.”

”Well, here’s hoping that it’ll be a while before I scare you again.” I responded before getting a text about next week’s card but I put it out of my mind for now. ”We’d better head back home, I’ve got a lot to process tonight.”

”Yeah, that much is obvious.” Cass nodded in response before I stood up and followed her to the Star of the Desert Arena’s parking lot.

Entering an arena with the title only to leave without it, this was a new feeling, the last time I experienced this was when Bea stole the title from me after my first defence but now? I had lost it in a match, for now Keira was the new champion.

What was next for my SCW career? I couldn’t tell you, not even now, but one thing was for certain, that Bombshell Roulette Title reign made me as far as being an SCW star is concerned and I wouldn’t take it back for anything

Only thing I would change was how it ended.

Backstage at Climax Control 324, Reno, Nevada
Sunday the 20th of February 2022, 22:00pm

How to make things go from bad to worse in one night.

Tonight’s show was a busy one for me to say the least, from addressing the fact that I was no longer champion to making it clear to Diamond that she was on my shitlist I wasn’t exactly sitting still for five minutes to put it mildly.

And then there was Ari’s attack at Amber’s hand, she had promised a life lesson for me and Carter, and now she had delivered.

Carter, naturally, was wrecked with guilt as we sat inside the medic’s office next to Ari’s bed, good news was that Ari was going to be all right as the attack from Amber wasn’t nearly as brutal as the one from Char back in October but I had a feeling that the bad news was yet to come.

”Guys, honestly, I’m fine.” Ari insisted as she sat up in bad, she was bruised and battered from the attack but it could’ve been a lot worse. ”You both know that I’ve been through worse, hell that’s a fact that dates back to before I graduated from the Go Gym.”

She had a point, it was well known that her parents didn’t exactly approve of Ari’s career choice and had made her chose between them and her wrestling career, they have since moved back to Pennsylvania and one thing was for certain, Ari knew that they were being abusive towards her, just not in the same way that my dad was abusive to me.

It fell to Carter to break the awkward silence. “Ari, we know that but it was my fault, if I hadn’t interfered in Amber’s Blast from the Past Match this never would’ve happened.”

”Just business.” I commented dryly and the two younger wrestlers turned to me. ”Amber’s been saying that all week, about the “life lesson” that she promised us, I guess she was too much of a coward to attack me so she went after you instead, I don’t know if you noticed Ari but I was ready to throw down with her.”

”And knowing Amber? You two would’ve brawled for the rest of the night, or at least until the cops were called.” Ari responded with a nod before the door to the medics office opened, I looked up and saw Cass entering the office snack in hand though considering that she hadn’t been smoking weed today I think it was less “Cass has the munchies” and more “Cass is hungry”. ”Good thing that Cass was there to stop the brawl before it happened.”

”Glad to be off service.” Cass responded before making herself comfy near the bed. ”I didn’t want my cousin to get arrested a few weeks before her wedding.”

”After the stunt she pulled tonight? It would’ve been worth it.” I sighed in response before I got a text and got my phone out. ”Still, you did the right thing Cass. I needed to be here with Ari, not out in the streets of Reno brawling with Amber!”

“That may be but that doesn’t answer the burning question, what will Amber do next week?” Carter pointed out with a frown as he motioned to Ari and I checked the text, sure enough, it was next week’s card and I went through it. “She attacked Ari tonight, what’s stopping her from doing something worse to Cass next week as a message to you?”

”Hopefully the fact that I’m a non-wrestler.” Cass responded with a shudder before my eyes lit up like a Christmas tree upon seeing next week’s Main Event. ”I’m making great strides with my training, especially after that week I had with Team Hero, but I don’t think I could take on someone like Amber.”

”You won’t have too.” I responded and the others turned to me with a confused look on their faces. ”The bosses are using the attack as an excuse to book me in next week’s Main Event against Amber, it’s non-title and it’s a Street Fight.”

“That match is going to be brutal.” Carter commented as it dawned on him. “We’ve all seen what Amber is capable off in a setting like that, throw in your anger and it’s going to be a match that neither of you will walk away from on your own, win or lose.”

”I’ve been in matches like that stipulation wise, don’t forget that I did begin the cycle as the Bombshell Roulette Champion.” I pointed out and Carter nodded as he got the idea. ”My go too should be “get as much training in at the Go Gym as I can” but I don’t think even that will be enough.”

“What are you suggesting?” Carter asked with a raised eyebrow and I turned to him. “I hope it isn’t the PTA Gym.”

”Carter, trust me, I’m not going back to that building after this week aside from picking up Cass.” I assured him and Carter nodded as he got the idea. ”I think training with Team Hero will be just the ticket.” I added and Team Go’s eyebrows shot up when they heard that. ”They extended the invitation to me and Cass during the lead up to my last Roulette Title Match, I don’t think it could hurt.”

“Any other time I’d question your loyalty to the Go Gym but I will agree, against someone like Amber? You need every advantage you can get Krystal.” Carter nodded in understanding as he got the idea. “You said it yourself, Team Hero are Hall of Famers for a reason and it was Keira who gave you your toughest challenge for the Roulette Title and took the title from you.”

”Setting aside the controversy surrounding that match off course.” Ariana nodded as she shifted her weight. ”But will it be enough?”

”Against Amber? All I can do is hope.” I responded with a nod before we, somehow shifted the topic away from that match.

This was my first match since losing the Roulette Title and it was a huge one, if anything that made it clear that the bosses had taken notice of how much my reign had done for me and my career.

Now it was up to me to prove that I belonged all over again.

Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida
Monday the 28th of February 2022, 15:04pm

The things I do for wrestling.

When I asked Team Hero if me and Cass could train with them they readily accepted but I’ll admit that SCW’s trip to Disneyworld last year was my first ever trip to Florida so after I dropped Cassie off at her parent’s house I realized one key thing, namely that I didn’t know where Team Hero’s compound was and I ended up asking Cass for the location, cue me heading home and realizing that the quickest route between Las Vegas and Tampa, Florida was a near five hour flight and that wasn’t counting stuff like check ins and going through Airport and well. I decided that it was better to just take Garrus. Makayla and Rachel with me.

And considering that we were traveling with a toddler, a German Shepherd puppy and my soon to be wife, things went by relatively smoothly! We even flew first class because whilst I am no longer the Bombshell Roulette Champion, I still have a lot of the money I earned over the past ten months I was champion and take it from me, between that and my Twitch channel, that was a lot of money.

”Travel to Florida with you guys, I said, it will be fine I said, nothing embarrassing would happen during the flight I said.” Cassie grunted in annoyance as we walked through the airport after going through the TSA and luggage collection, both went by relatively smoothly, the only thing that set off the metal detectors was Cassie’s navel piercing and considering that she was wearing a crop top that left most of her stomach exposed, that was easy enough to explain away. ”All I wanted to do was watch some porn, so what if I forgot to put the earphones in.”

”It’s like I said on Twitter Cass, you were lucky that we were in first class and that Rachel could sleep through a World War or two if she wanted too.” I reminded my younger cousin as Makayla grabbed the small dog carrier from the luggage and Garrus wagged his tail upon seeing us, it wasn’t long before he started barking excitedly catching the attention (and more than a few “awwws”) from most of the other travellers. ”Did you enjoy your flight Garrus?” I asked the puppy and he yet out an excited bark in response.

”Okay, I took his food, bowl, lead and doggie bags onto the plane with me via my carryon luggage so we should be all set.” Makayla chimed in as she carried Garrus’s carrier in one hand and the rest of the stuff in the other. ”Keira said that she was going to meet us at the airport, didn’t she?” Makayla asked and I nodded as we made our way through the airport.

”Yeah, she should be waiting for us in the Departure Lounge.” I nodded in response as we made our way towards the departure lounge. ”Try to not be too triggered if Keira calls you tiny Cass.” I teased my younger cousin and she pouted as the eighteen year old trailed behind us.

”It would be one thing if I was shorter than Jessie or Adrienne but no, she singles me out because I’m five foot three and one hundred and eighteen pounds soaking wet!” Cass complained as she flipped some hair over her shoulder in annoyance. ”Not like I don’t get enough teasing about that from the other students at the PTA Gym!”

”That reminds me, have you heard from Matthew and Marty since we told them about this trip?” I whispered to Cass who shook her head in response. ”Not even a call to say good luck with Team Hero?”

”Charlotte, they didn’t even have the decency to wish us a safe journey, I think they are preparing to wash their hands of the experiment with you.” Cass whispered back as she shook her head and I nodded remembering that well. ”And considering how quickly things went downhill for you and your title reign after they entered the picture? Good riddance! Even if it did lead to you entering my life.”

”No argument from me! Though it’s like I said, I think we would’ve found each other eventually.” I nodded in response before we entered the departure lounge and saw Keira waiting for us holding a sign, however as the sign read “Krystal, Makayla, Rachel and shorty” Cassie’s eye twitched for a good minute. ”Keira, I know this was last minute but again, thanks for agreeing to train me and Cass.” I greeted Keira as we walked up to the new Bombshell Roulette Champion and she grinned before setting the sign aside.

“It’s like you said, against Amber you need all the help you can get.” Keira responded before leading us to a waiting car. “How was the flight?”

”Considering how last minute it was and the fact that it involved flying Cass to a state were weed is illegal, relatively quiet.” I responded with a nod as we followed Keira to the car, Makayla passed Garrus’s carrier to Cass so she could carry him in her lap whilst we loaded the rest of the luggage into the boot. ”And since this is Garrus’s first flight ever, he was surprisingly cooperative.”

“Sounds like he was a good doggo.” Keira responded with a grin as she stuck a finger between the bars and Garrus licked it. “As for the weed thing, Cass was in Florida when we were building up to your last title match, she knows the drill.”

”Unfortunately.” Cass sighed as she and Makayla got in the back with Rachel and I got in the front with Keira in the front seat. ”Whatever, I went cold turkey for a week before, I can do it again.”

“Glad to hear it, we’ll talk more about what the week will entail once we’re at the Team Hero compound.” Keira nodded before she drove off.

Team Hero Compound, Tampa, Florida
Monday the 28th of February 2022, 16:00pm

AS jetlagged as I was following the flight from Las Vegas by the time we reached the Team Hero compound I was ready and raring to go, off course we had to get settled in first and Roxi was waiting for us at the door.

“As we discussed at Climax Control, the compound has enough room to house all of you for the week so the only issue is you guys choosing your rooms.” Roxi commented as she led us into the compound and we had a look around, it was definitely a big place, almost made my home back in Vegas look small by comparison. “Cass, you slept in the room directly facing the stairs last time, do you want that room again or do you want a different room?”

”I don’t mind either way to be honest.” Cass responded with a shrug as she looked around. ”I take it that it’s a safe bet that Krystal and Makayla will have their own room?”

“As long as they aren’t too loud when they are in bed together, that won’t be a problem shorty.” Keira teased us and me and Makayla had a good laugh in response, Cass on the other hand just rolled her eyes. “Okay, that will be the last height joke off the week, promise.”

”I hope so, otherwise I might find a conversation with Florida Man preferable!” Cass responded as she shook her head before grabbing her bags. ”I think I will take the room next to the stairs, I’m off to get my stuff unpacked.” Cass added before she made her way up the stairs, whilst that was going on Makayla let Garrus out of his carrier and the German Shepherd Puppy had a good sniff around.

And almost on cue, Team Hero’s two dogs, a Jack Russel named Buster and a mixed breed named Trixie, came racing into the room and made a beeline for their new canine companion. ”Looks like Garrus is making friends already!” Makayla commented with a grin as Garrus greeted the two older dogs happily. ”I take it you guys have a place where I can put Garrus’s food bowl?”

“Sure, I’ll show you where we keep Trixie and Buster’s food bowls.” Roxi nodded before she led Makayla out of the room and I watched as Garrus started play fighting with Buster.

“I’m glad that they left us alone so quickly.” Keira commented as the Bombshell Roulette Champion walked up to me with her arms crossed. “Because I’ve been meaning to ask you, how have you been since the title match Krystal?”

”Disappointed that my reign ended in such a bullshit way, not to mention failing to reach that three hundred day goal.” I responded as I shook my head and Keira nodded in understanding. ”And more than a little frustrated that I don’t know what I’m doing at Blaze of Glory, I was hoping that I’d find out yesterday but no matches were announced for me and I’m getting a little bit worried that I’ll be left off the card again.”

“They’ll find something for you to do, I’m sure of it, especially after the year you’ve had.” Keira assured me and I nodded in response. “And don’t worry, you’ll get your rematch with me sooner or later.”

”Good, because even if you’ve lost the title by then, I do want a tie breaker against you at some point.” I nodded in agreement before I made myself comfortable on the sofa and Keira sat down opposite me. ”I won at Inception V, you won at Climax Control 323, the bosses are probably figuring out where they should book the tie-breaker for as we speak.”

“I wouldn’t put it past them, they do try to book things in advance.” Keira nodded in agreement as she leaned forward. “Roxi is especially excited about training with you because your Amber’s last opponent before her title match.”

”I’ll try not to soften Amber up too much! Roxi is expecting a challenge from her after all!” I joked in response and Keira laughed before shaking her head. ”Besides, what I said at Climax Control about my title reign being the first chapter of my story in SCW? I meant every word of it, I’m not about to let the likes of Diamond Steele or Hayley Hensley get in my way of that.”

“I’m glad to hear it, and hopefully me and Roxi’s training will help you get to that next chapter.” Keira nodded in response before we heard the door to Cassie’s room open and looked up, seeing my cousin making her way down the stairs. “Everything packed away Cass?”

”Yeah, I pretty much put all my stuff in the same places I kept them the last time I was here.” Cass nodded as she made her way down the stairs, the three dogs wasted little time in racing up to her with their tails wagging and she bet over to stroke them. ”So, when will our training start?”

“After dinner, I bet you girls are starving after the flight.” Keira responded with a nod and me and Cassie went to respond but, well, our stomachs rumbling did that for us. “That answers that, Roxi will be handling dinner, Makayla’s free to help out if she wants.”

”We’ll see, Makayla has been cooking less at home since she took the head chef position at the Ring Rust Café.” I explained and Keira nodded as she got the idea. ”That job has fallen to me these days, luckily Makayla has been giving me some pointers.”

“Well, whatever happens, you’ll have some good food in you before we start training.” Keira nodded before we shifted the topic towards other matters.

Fan meet and greet, Tampa, Florida
Tuesday the 1st of March 2022, 18:00pm

*promo time*

The burning question.

”Well, here I am at my first meet and greet since I lost the Bombshell Roulette Title and my first one here in Tampa, Florida.” I stated to the crowd of fans who cheered in response. ”And to get the obvious question out of the way, the reason I’m here in Tampa, Florida when the next SCW show is back home in Las Vegas is simple, starting yesterday me and Cass have been training with Team Hero, for Cass it was so that she could get some extra training but for me? It’s about the Main Event of Climax Control 325.”

“The street fight against Amber?” A male fan asked and whilst I resisted the urge to respond with a sarcastic quip I nodded. “What are your thoughts on this match and how it came about?”

”Amber can complain about Carter costing her team their spot in Blast from the Past until the cows come home, it doesn’t change the fact that she attacked my and Carter’s best friend in retaliation when Ari had nothing to do with it.” I commented as I leaned forward on the desk. ”She wants to preach about professionalism and being humble when she pulls a stunt like that? Fine! I’ll kick her hypocritical ass up and down the Las Vegas strip and then some!”

“What about Diamond Steele? Do you worry that she’ll try to retaliate against you for attacking her after her win against Seleana last week?” A female fan asked and I shook my head in response.

”Diamond Steele is an idiot but do you really think that she’s dumb enough to mess with Amber? Carter only messed with Amber because of his issues with Hitamashi, difference there is that Amber can’t hit Carter without getting in trouble with the bosses!” I responded as I shifted my weight. ”But hey, if Diamond wants to send herself and the Gem Stones to their deaths at Amber’s hands, I won’t stop them! We all know that Adrienne can do better than Emerald when it comes to girlfriends anyway!”

“Say you get the win over Amber on Sunday, what will that mean for Blaze of Glory X?” Another female fan asked and I frowned in response.

”If the bosses weren’t so fucking stubborn about not budging on their plans, they would’ve made the Bombshell Roulette Title Match a Triple Threat because I got screwed over! But no, instead I’m left wondering what the hell do they have planned for me at Blaze of Glory X now that I’m no longer the champion.” I commented with an annoyed huff before continuing. ”If nothing else, I can use this match and win against Amber to show the bosses that I’m no fluke and that I earned my Future Star and Most Improved of the Year awards at High Stakes last November! Amber knows what I’m capable of in the ring but she hasn’t seen me in person when I’m pissed off, Char Kwan learned that lesson first hand when she attacked Ari and we all know how that match ended for her! My match against Amber won’t be any different.” I added before shifting my weight. ”One last question before I jump into my promo.” I told the fans and it didn’t take long for someone to stand up and ask me one.

“What does the future hold for you now that you are no longer the Bombshell Roulette Champion?” Another male fan asked and I grinned to myself before starting my promo.

”That’s a perfect Segway into my promo! After all Amber, that is the question most people have been asking since I lost the title, What the Future Holds for Krystal Wolfe? I’m not going to answer that right now, I’m going to save that for the end.” I stated before brushing some hair over my shoulder. ”Amber, this isn’t our first meeting in the ring but it is our first meeting in singles competition! The last time we faced off was in last year’s Blast from the Past and to say a lot has changed about me in that time is a fact! You know what’s also a fact?”

I stated as I shifted my weight.

”Let’s use a mutual friend as an example, because you play nice with the rookies in SCW, in particular, Chloe Benton and I bet you’d take her out for ice cream if you found the time, but if you faced Chloe in the ring, you’d destroy her, wouldn’t you?” I asked plainly before laughing to myself. ”That’s the problem with you Amber, in the ring you’re the same cold hearted bitch as you were towards Ari and if there’s one thing this cycle has exposed you as Amber, it’s SCW’s biggest hypocrite! You expound the virtues of being humble, being professional and staying out of other’s matches but the moment someone with a very real beef against your partner decides to do something about it, all professionalism is gone, suddenly you feel the need to teach that person a life lesson by attacking their best friend! You had to have known that I’d take exception to that because of how close I am with Ariana yet you did it anyway, and now here we are, facing each other in a street fight in the Main Event of the Go Home show.”

Funny that.

”I’ll repeat the same words I directed towards Char Kwan when she tried the same thing, you could’ve avoided this.” I commented with a chuckle before resting my head on my hand. ”This whole Street Fight could’ve been avoided if you had just left it at Carter’s apology but you didn’t, and it’s even worse because, and I can’t believe I’m defending Char Kwan, in Char Kwan’s defence, she didn’t know what the consequences are for hurting my friends and ending up in a match against me, but you? You have the benefit of hindsight, it’s not like it’s that hard to go back and rewatch the build-up between me and Char Kwan’s title match at High Stakes Amber but if you did, we wouldn’t be in this situation but alas, you had to go and push my “best friend got hurt” button, didn’t you?”

Big mistake.

”Throw in the fact that this is my first match since I lost the Bombshell Roulette Title and, well, it just gets worse for you, doesn’t it Amber?” I asked plainly with a grin on my face. ”Because now you’re dealing with a pissed off, motivated Go Gym Graduate with nothing to lose, everything to prove and gain from winning this match! You’ve been a dominant World Bombshell Champion I’ll give you that but all champions slip up eventually and this was your first slip up Amber, the first of many at that! We can’t pin the loss in Blast from the Past on you either because it was your partner that got pinned and as for your last title match? Please, did anyone not named Mercedes Vargas honestly believe that the title wasn’t changing hands that night?”

Probably not.

”Let’s face it Amber, you’ve had an easy ride this cycle, if anything the only person who’s had it easier is Andrea and she’s competing in her first match of the cycle on Sunday.” I commented with a grin as I leaned back. ”Your first match was against a Hall of Famer so over the hill that she can’t even win the Bombshell Roulette Title, much less your title, and your last Blast from the Past Match? Even if the title was on the line, you weren’t the one who got pinned! If anything, me and Roxi are your first real tests of the cycle, shame that it took to the end of the cycle for that to happen but what can you do, am I right? But there’s one problem with having an easy ride Amber.”

It's that simple.

”You get complacent! I should know all about that really! I got complacent as fuck during my last two months as champion and the same thing is happening too you, whether you realize it or not.” I stated as I leaned forward. ”That complacency was my downfall and it’ll be your downfall as well Amber, you said that I didn’t need help, I needed life insurance but that couldn’t be further from the truth, though I do have life insurance thank you very much, because against a pissed off motivated Go Gym Graduate? If anyone needs help, it’s  you Amber but because you’re such a cold hearted bitch in the ring, will anyone come to your aid?”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”I seriously doubt it, except maybe Diamond and the Gem Stones in retaliation for my attack on Diamond last week but we’ll see if they are dumb enough to do that.” I stated as I shifted my weight. ”So, what does the future hold for me? That is the question I asked at the beginning of this promo and what the future holds is very simple, a great and glorious future for “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe and that future starts this Sunday in the Main Event of the Blaze of Glory X Go Home show where I shock the world by beating you! The storm is coming Amber and you are not prepared to be struck down by “Down Under Thunder” Krystal Wolfe as I turn the page in the story of my SCW career!”

The meet and greet continued as the scene fades.

(Gabriel was used with permission from Mark)

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

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

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

Yep, ribs still hurt like a bitch!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What am I going to do with her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Back to business as usual.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*promo time*

Let’s get this show on the road.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s get him out of the way.

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

Here's the problem.

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

And now for someone I can actually fight.

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

Good question.

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

It's that simple./

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

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

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

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

It’s been a hell of a year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*just under an hour later*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*promo time*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

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

I resumed doing the podcast as the scene fades.