Blog: Almighty Fire
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How did this happen?
How did I do it?
It's amazing how far I've come at this point. Sometimes, I still think I'm in a dream. There's many girls on the roster who should be here in this position. Of all the people who could have been in my position at this point, of all the wrestlers that I went through to make my name in this company...they could never bear the awesome burden of being me. I've climbed the mountain so many times there isn’t much left for me to conquer.
At Into the Void VIII, the chance to make history once again, the chance to cement my name in the record books as the first-ever four-time Bombshell Roulette Champion, being under the bright lights and on the grandest stage, being recognized as the greatest Bombshell to ever wrestle in Sin City Wrestling. Taking back the Bombshell Roulette Championship just proves what I've been saying all along why I am that...damn...good.
The woman who was said to be irrelevant, past her prime, a has-been and was told it was time to hang up her boots, is now standing here an overall twelve-time champion.
It’s makes me wonder.
How far I’ve come.
Being here, in this moment once again champion for a seventh straight year is pretty humbling when I think about it. When it came down to who would leave Phoenix the Bombshell Roulette Champion, I was the one who prevailed, I was the one who took the opportunity that was given when I beat Amanda and Daniella V. Rodgers and and I was able to make the most of it.
I warned Samantha that I wasn’t going to back down, I told her that I was going to bring her world crashing around her and I did.
Now I'm back on top again.
The legacy of Mercedes Vargas lives on, my story continues as a new chapter has been written and now I'm moving forward to write the next one as the first four-time Bombshell Roulette Champion and it just feels good to know that I will forever be known as a part of that in the history books.
Nothing will ever take that away from me.
The best part of being a one-woman dynasty and having so much success... is the fact that you don’t have to prove anything. I could go out there and lose this belt in less than a minute to Apple Coren or Twisted Sister, but when the history books are closed... my name will still be all over them, more than any other woman in this company, past, present or future.
The records, the titles, the accolades and accomplishments, the things that made me great... I’ll always have those, win or lose those memories will always be there, and nobody can touch them. Nobody can knock me off this pedestal that I’m on, nobody can destroy the legacy that I built.
Not even Jessie Salco.
Does that bother you, Jessie? Not the fact that I have done so much in such a short time despite you being younger than me and having a ten-month start or that you'll never accomplish a fraction of what I've done. I'm talking about the one thing you're better at then me, better at than anyone.
Losing..
You're simply the best
Better than all the rest
Better than anyone
Anyone I ever met.
Let's look at it this way, by the time I add one or two more titles and eventually retire, you'll still be chasing that white whale because the Bombshell Championship is way out of your reach or just any championship. At no time was that fact proven during your pursuit two years ago when Evie Jordan was Bombshell Champion. Bad enough when I was champ. I literally just won the title and you were all but desperate to beat me or in this case get beat by me again. Remember when you sent out your idiot husband and your doofus brother-in-law to conduct a survey with the locals in Auckland, New Zealand or the ask-the-audience bit you did the following week in Sydney? How dumb was that especially when in the end you couldn't even win the four-way contendership? Same thing this time around, just won the Bombshell Roulette Championship.
Only this time around you didn't even have to earn a title shot. Marky-Mark - the same one who slapped an indefinite title ban on you that was only just lifted by Christian Underwood - gave you his blessing.
Maybe he has a soft spot for charity cases, I don't know.
That’s who you are, Jessie. It’s who you’re always going to be. You can go on and exaggerate as much you want. It doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, regardless of what you do, what you accomplish, you’re always just going to be a perennial loser. There’s a reason why I am a perennial winner and the winningest female in company history. There's a reason that people have been clamoring for months to face me in SCW. There’s a reason it’s my name on people's lips, and nobody even thinks about you or gives you the time of day.
You had a couple of wins here and there, a title win now and again. But often there were fluke wins than anything else. Every opportunity you've had, you've squandered. Sunday will be no different.
No matter how many times I’ve beaten you, here you are saying otherwise. I can't wait for Sunday, I can't wait for this to end, and it will be the end of everything. For me, it will mean that I finally get you out of my hair forever.
For you, it's going to mean for all those dreams of being seen anything than a doormat in the division will continue.
You're already a footnote in the history of SCW, Little Miss 100 Losses. You're about to be inducted on my checklist again. And maybe someday, one day, you're going to be the answer to a Jeopardy question.
Life is good, huh?
~~~
GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT, or so the saying goes.
Nine months is a long time, but the title drought of Mercedes Vargas is no more and now she is now part of the Winner's Circle by knocking off someone who was on it for many months. Mercedes could have taken shortcuts, she could have demanded facing champions, or even attack champions, but she wasn't the impulsive type. What kind of example would she set to the roster if she was another Crystal Zdunich? The worse one.
Backstage at Into the Void VIII, Mercedes Vargas takes the slow walk through the cold, dimly lit and winding halls of Grand Canyon University Arena for what will be the last time tonight. She does a mental checklist coming out of the cramp communal space that was the women's dressing room armed with her luggage and eating a bag of M&Ms.
So it may have come to the surprise of many that Mercedes once again reigns as Bombshell Roulette Champion when she already won this championship a record three times. With history about to be made, the SCW Hall of Famer would be a fool to let this opportunity pass her by and she wasn't going to let it slip through her fingers.
There was just something about Arizona that was mystical when it came to the Bombshell Roulette Championship. Jessie Salco beat Chelsea Payne for the title in Prescott Valley in June 2017. It was last year in Tucson where Samantha Marlowe beat Evie Jordan for the title at High Stakes. Mercedes always got a kick out of being here too. It was almost five years ago in this state where her third Bombshell Roulette reign began in Yuma, when the Mean Girls reached their peak. Mercedes outlasted then-champion Necra Octavian Kane and fellow challengers Natalie McKinley and Joanne Canelli.
She got to leave Arizona still undefeated in title matchea, got to leave with another victory and got to leave with another I-told-you-so moment, at Samantha's expense.
The standard wrestling ring is 20x20, the ropes basic cordage wrapped in tape. The floor simple canvas layers topping a metal frame. There is very little give or bounce. Now imagine doing a shooting star press from off the ladder and your skin impaled by hundreds of thumbtacks down below. Not a pretty sight and certainly not for the faint-hearted, the chances were high that this match would get a disclaimer label ahead of time once it was released for the replay on the SCW website and the social media sites. There was probably a shortlist as it is as SCW award season was a few short months away. With a rabid fanbase such as SCW, it wouldn't be a surprise to see this match on a list of match of the year contenders. Mercedes doubted it, but such as in wrestling, anything can happen.
Landing on thumbtacks is probably the last thing Mercedes imagined Samantha wanted to do go through on a Sunday night, much less a trip to a local area hospital. The blood was real. The unimaginable pain just as much. Losing the title after a historic run was worse than both of these things and probably wasn't in her plans either.
Mercedes has doggedly pursued history, stringing wins one after the other, as she was chasing yet another milestone that would soon be hers alone in company history. The night she captured her first championship was overwhelming as anyone winning their first championship will tell you. Of course, now she's gotten quite used to it. The night Mercedes captured her first championship in SCW pales in comparison the night she captured her twelfth.
Tomorrow morning throughout the off week following Into the Void, Mercedes was sure not many in the locker room would care about her accomplishment, even less would be willing to share her excitement over the victory. There was sure to be even fewer sharing their opinion on their Twitter accounts.
She didn't care either way because all that mattered was what she was carrying in her luggage, and that championship gold once again.
Good things comes to those who wait. Better things come to those who don't. But the best things come to those who worked for it.
For Mercedes Vargas, it wasn't easy, but it was worth.
And well worth the wait.
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S A N T A M O N I C A • C A L I F O R N I A
"Next time Mother Nature wants to be cruel, could we at least have an advanced warning?"
The scene fades on Mercedes Vargas standing in what is, or rather was, the usual hangout spot for her and her castmates who look on forlorn.
Irma: I'll always remember McGuilicutty's specials. They never skimmed on the soup of the day. Never.
Ricardo: We had a lot of brainstorming sessions here. I still have my first playscript with the bistro stain right in the center.
Mercedes: Remember when I had awful cold that never went away? I thought I saw my life flash before me.[/i]
Irma: I think it was catagious. We all caught it within a week.
Ricardo: Memories light the corners of my mind.
Mercedes takes off her fendora hat and looks down in solemn reflection. Ricardo and Irma does the same.
Mercedes: To McGuilicutty's...
S A N T A M O N I C A • C A L I F O R N I A
It's Not Whether You Win or Lose
Present Day • L O S A N G E L E S, C AL I F O R N I A
[REC•]
The scene fades in on Mercedes Vargas sitting leisurely in an arm chair, polishing her championship in her Los Angeles residence. It’s been almost two weeks since the Into the Void pay-per-view and her successful title match win. By the bemused smile on her face, we're not sure if it's due to recent events or because it's the start of a brand new reign, but it's something at least. As if on cue, Mercedes stops momentarily as she looks up at the camera while absently places her championship on the coffee table. She has her hands on the folded straps, a firm grip on the championship belt.
"Mercy's back, back again. Mercy's back, tell a friend.
"I told you this day would come. I told you that I would make history. I told you that I would become the SCW Bombshell Roulette Champion. No, wait, the fo-fo-fo-four time SCW Bombshell Roulette Champion. And I told Samantha Marlowe that I was the only thing standing between another successful defense and her reign coming to an end."
She continues to nod and looks straight into the lens, but she wore a hint of a smile. She ran her hand through her hair, then looked out for a long moment, pensive, before returning her attention to the camera.
"And now that I have this piece of gold on my shoulder, it seems like everybody wants a title shot now. Kate Steele wants a title shot only because Alicia Lukas stomped out her world title dreams in her hometown back at Blaze of Glory. Kate Steele had all the pomp and circumstance, getting her garage cover band together, hyping up those London fans into thinking "it's coming home." at London Brawling II. At least Kateykins and England have one thing in common, underperforming at the world's stage.
"Bobbie Dahl wants a title shot because she been on a roll lately. I'd consider it. This time around she's been on fire since her first stint two years ago. Think if she squashes Trinity Jones this weekend, she should be line for a title shot. And I wouldn't be surprised if Samantha Marlowe wants back the title I beat her for just two weeks ago.
"This weekend, though, I'm facing someone you should all know, someone I should know. The one and only Jessie Salco. Yes, the same Jessie who was pinned by Kate in the triple threat with Seleana yet is still getting a title shot against me. I don't know if it's a coincidence or convience, but if Mark Ward wants me to embarrass Jessie like I have in the past, I have absolutely no problem doing that on the first Climax Control after Into the Void this weekend."
She nods her head slowly, then rubs her hands expectantly. No, this wasn't the main event. To Jessie Salco, it might as well be considering that she's back to getting regular title matches again. It had to count for something. You take the small victories whenever you can. Well, in that case, Mercedes would act accordingly.
"Before I get to talk about my match, let me address the big elephant in the room, and that's Crystal Zdunich. Crystal has been blowing up my mentions on Twitter, she's been dropping my name on Climax Control and pay-per-view. She's so desperate to get a match with me that she went out of her way to go to Argentina - that's got to be a 12-15 hour flight from LA - to deface a limited edition poster with my face on it. And here I thought she wanted people to pay attention to her. She wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.
"Well, Crystal, if you want my answer to your challenge..."
Pausing for a moment, Mercedes has a thoughtful expression on her face before she addresses the camera again.
"...you're going to have to wait to hear what I have to say with the rest of the world."
Mercedes shakes her head with disgust.
"Now, Jessie, don’t think I’m going to go on ad nauseam on why I’m better than you, I think we both know your place. I’ll say this much, while we've faced each other in SCW for what seems like forever, I’m not at all surprised that you're already thinking you've got this match won. Maybe it's because you think you've beat me for the Internet Championship three years ago at Blaze of Glory, or that you and Amy ended my first World Bombshell Tag Title reign. To that I say, good for you. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Personally, this match wouldn't even need to happen. you just be given the belt and take the earliest flight right out of Primm, Nevada. If it were a perfect world.
"Sorry, flat-earthers."
Laughing to herself softly, Mercedes shook her head.
"When I say that there's no nights off in the women's division, I mean it. But it takes serious effort to lose 100 career matches. That takes serious effort though Jessie makes it look so easy. Jessie is always going on about how Mark and Christian are the worst owners ever because they're not giving her the one million title shots she thinks she's owed. She went as far as saying that she had a better career in Honor. Yet she's a seven-time champion in SCW.
"Always blaming somebody else because you weren’t good enough, always pointing the finger at somebody person claiming it was all their fault when you just weren’t good enough to make it happen.
"You're a one-time Bombshell Internet Champion, three-time World Bombshell Tag Team Champion and a three-time Bombshell Roulette Champion. The reason you got to hold the Honor Legacy Championship for so long in Honor then in SCW because I was going through the roster like Hurricane Katrina in Honor and Alicia Lukas was busy holding the top women's world title.
Do you seriously think that's going to change in SCW?"
Mercedes mouths the word “no” while shaking her head firmly. Her eyes piercing through the camera lens.
"I’m sorry to have to be the one to bring this up on the day before your seventh anniversary in SCW. I’m sorry to have to be the one who kicks you back down that pit when you feel like you’re so close to climbing out. It won't happen Sunday, and not at my expense, that I promise you."
Mercedes brush her hands over the championship’s center plate. Tilting her head forward, she looks directly into the lens.
"You wanted to face the best, well it doesn’t get any better than yours truly. Sunday, Jessie, just like what I did to Apple, Ella, Amanda and Daniela, Trinity, and Samantha, you're going to be an example, a message, a reminder, and perhaps a little preview, to the women of SCW. And that message?"
There’s a cocky half-grin on her face as she now speaks in Spanish.
"Cuando te metes con el major, hundirás con los demás."
When you mess with the best, you go down with the rest.
Throwing a wink at the camera, Mercedes turns and walks off in the direct of the museum as the scene fades.
***Fade***
