Know When to Say When
L O S A N G E L E S ♦ C A L I F O R N I A
Present Day
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It’s late afternoon. Mercedes sits on the stoop outside her city apartment. Cars are heard speeding down the street. Children are heard laughing and playing. Mercedes is cold, bundled up in dark apparel reflecting her gloomy mood. She stares off, as if the busy world around her doesn’t exist. She leans on the steps watching the world pass by.
“Another year draws to a close, another December and final SCW show. Except this one…this feels a lot more different this time. When they say this is the final show, well, this is the final show. In a little more than a month, the final SCW show in history will take place in mid-January next year. It’s a little crazy just thinking about it, at least for me. It’s funny that this time of year, we pause and reflect on what has come and what is yet to be. A time to be thankful. And while there just as more reasons to complain, there is so much more worth celebrating
“CC 200. Another milestone in the history of Sin City Wrestling. CC 200 is 200 episodes of the longest episodic show going on today. Now, truth be told, I wasn’t around for the first 51 shows, but I’ve been around for practically every other show over the last four years and with that, I’ve had my own historic moments. At the 100th Climax Control, I defeated Traci Patterson and Zuri Chastain to not only retain the Bombshell Roulette Championship, but also set the new record as the most defending champion of all time. At the 25th supercard at Into the Void IV: Arabian Fights, SCW’s first-ever trip to New Delhi, India, Delia Darling and I retained the World Bombshell Tag Team Championship. At the 125th Climax Control, I defeated Raynin and Amy Marshall in a triple threat – when they were both champions at the same. At the 175th show, I led myself and Max Burke to advance past the first round of this year’s Blast from the Past, defeating Trish Newborn and James Tuscini. So you kinda get the idea that I’ve had some pretty historic moments. But not every moment has been special.
"That I’ve been fortunate to spend the final four years of SCW’s tenure and accomplished so much in that time surprises even me sometimes. And now, everything will come to a close on the last Climax Control of 2017 and SCW history. 200 shows is more than just a milestone, it’s an achievement that many upstart promotions hope they could even match, especially with new companies sprouting almost daily. I’ve been lucky to live through another December show. Not many Bombshells who debuted the same year I did in 2013 can say that. I’m the only Bombshell from that class that is still active today. Roxi Johnson retired more than a year ago and yet she will be back inside the six-sided ring for the first time since vacating the Bombshell Roulette Championship two weeks after winning it from Veronica Taylor and thus becoming one of the only three Bombshell Grand Slam Champions in history. Just so happens she and her wife Keira will be part of the huge Survivor Series elimination match set before the co-main event.
“As for me, I’m been fortunate to be in my fifth December show since 2013 and, truth be told, history hasn’t been too kind. I’ve alternated wins and losses since that time. Most recently I lost the final match of 2016 in a tag match with Veronica against Kate Steele and Melody Grace. Funnily enough, neither Melody nor Kate for that matter is on this weekend’s card, but Kate’s stablemates are. Now, I guess this would be the perfect time where I rattle off my opponents in my match or take little pot shots at everyone in the field and saying they don’t stand a chance in hell or, maybe, start talking myself up, but where’s the fun in that? We have a newcomer looking to make a statement and make a name for herself, a Hall of Famer hoping of reliving her glory days, a megalomaniac obsessed with winning the world title despite not once ever being proving to be world champion material, and someone not so new who just lost the only home she ever knew when the Bombshell Champion set her RV on fire. Everyone knows what’s at stake; everyone knows what they’re fighting for. Regardless of what anyone says, winning a battle royal, much less any multi-person match requires a degree of luck to pull off.
"Do I think I can win this thing? Sure. Am I going to end up with my hand raised? I can’t give a definite answer to that, but while I won’t guarantee victory, I will guarantee the pursuit of it. Confidence is a necessary trait to have in wrestling, but overconfidence is the kiss of death. Sunday, whatever happens in that battle royal, happens. Win, lose or draw, I will leave Sin City Wrestling with my head held high, knowing that I accomplished practically everything that there is to do in an SCW ring.
And that is something no one can take away from me.â€
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