[Christian Underwood]

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[London Underground]

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Well it was obvious the boys had a whole lot of fun over the Christmas time but it back to business for me and Kenz. We have our biggest challenge we've had so far in this circus called the wrestling world - both figuratively and literary. We're pretty proud of what we've done so far but a win over Natalie McKinley, one of the biggest and most talented women in wrestling, and Lowri Moss, a woman who has future world champion at a huge place like SCW if it was still open or reopen in years to come, written all over her. This is why me and Kenz agreed to get involved in all this wrestling stuff, for the big challenges and it wouldn't be wrong of me to say this is huge. Who would have thought they'd be someone to really look up to in this wrestling world? We heard it was a world full of backstabbing bitches and people looking out for themselves but turns out if ya wanna make an impact and be respected anywhere you wanna go, be like Natalie. Still, gotta be in the same country as her to prove you can beat the best.

We join our foursome above the Atlantic Ocean, a flight heading towards Las Vegas late, or early depending or what time zone you're in, having left London at eight on Thursday night, only to land roughly at nine local time on Thursday night, time zones right? Crazy! We join our group just five hours in to the flight in the first class cabin. A long weekend in Vegas often brings out the people looking for a good time, making the regular cabin more like a scene from a frat house, then people relaxed.

Mackenzie and Charlotte sit on one side of the first class row, on the other, Daniel and Osbourne, Osbourne and Mackenzie taking up the window seats while Daniel and Charlotte sit in the aisle seats. Mackenzie seems preoccupied with earphones in, listening to music from the planes entertainment system, while Osbourne has his eyes closed, arm against the small window and head resting on his hand. Charlotte looks across at Daniel, who's eyes are randomly passing over a magazine, not completely reading it but using it to pass the time. Charlotte reaches across, tapping him on the arm, causing him to lower the magazine and look across at her.

"What's wrong?" He asks her.

"Nothing's wrong." She replies quietly, having respect for the few sleeping passengers around her. "I just have a question."

Daniel pauses, waiting for her to continue, but gives her a nod to indicated he's ready to listen.

"Why do you think SCW is really closing?" She asks. "Think it's money after the Australian tour?"

Daniel takes a deep breath, thinking for just a few seconds.

"I doubt it's money or to do with wrestling in Australia, but who knows, might be something Australian related." He says with an unknowing shrug. "But money, big time doubts that the company is skint."

"Ever since the announcement, it's bugged me." Charlotte says softly. "All I can think of is the money."

Daniel shakes his head firmly.

"Could be a million reasons, could be someone finally broke the staff's will to continue, could be backstage fighting where they've had enough, could be feeling like the best wasn't yet to come, could be them feeling like they was hitting cruise control and didn't like it." Daniel says speculating. "But money, wouldn't have thought so. I mean if it was money, there was enough people past and present who could have helped them out to turn a corner. Griffin Hawkins is a rockstar, worth a mint, could have thrown down to help money wise, as is Alex Rush and Kate Steele. Ben Jordan struck oil selling that boozer of his, J2H is well known for his wealth, even our old rival Travis Nathaniel Andrews has some serious green, bloke has properties and hotels all over the world. Even down the roster, Sam Marlowe's family is involved in oil I think and they know of Gabriel's wealth and probably ours if it ever leaked out what we paid just to be trained. Plus you got Synn who is good for a few quid."

Daniel shifts in his seat, turning more towards her.

"If they needed money, they wouldn't have had to look far to get it." Daniel tells her "Pretty sure that those two are savvy businessmen that have a world of contacts. Money don't feel like the reason to me."

"It's also weird they haven't put the place up for sale." Charlotte says turning towards Daniel. "Letting someone else take over."

Daniel shrugs his shoulders.

"Probably worried whoever they sold it to, would ruin the legacy." Daniel guesses. "Be a right shitter if after six years of your work, someone takes over and drags it down within six months. My guess is they've made their bread, come off better off, and stepping away. Contracts are getting paid up anyway, so they can't be broke, or they'd have gone bankrupt and left someone else to pay people up or however it works."

Charlotte nods satisfied at Daniel's answers, she knew he knew more than a little about business, regardless of never being in business school. She knew people like Daniel learned on the job and were probably better for it then becoming another turned out robot from business school.

"You're probably right." She tells him.

"Look." He starts. "Doesn't matter about whatever happens after Sunday, worry about what's gonna happen on Sunday, you two need to be focused."

"I am focused." Mackenzie voice says, causing Daniel to look past Charlotte to see Mackenzie with one of her earphones hanging out of her ears. "You two cackle on like old ladies sometimes, but I never lost focused."

Charlotte turns around to look at Mackenzie.

"How long have you been listening?" Charlotte asks.

"Long enough to hear about the contracts getting paid up." Mackenzie replies with a smile "Getting paid for the rest of the year without having to work, result."

"You'll still be working." Daniel says "Just for me back home until we figure out another way to break in to Vegas."

"Still..." Mackenzie says leaning forward "Free money, I ain't complaining."

"Stop thinking about the money." Daniel instructs her "And focus about walking out of Full Circle as champions. We all know Natalie is something like you've never faced before."

"I've been focused since the day Odette showed us who Natalie McKinley was." Mackenzie replies....

****TRAINING FLASHBACK****

It had to be done, one more chance to see where these ladies come from, the hard work they put in to be able to call themselves champions. A chance for people to see that it's not all about getting in the ring, learning to fall, learning to sell and learning a finisher. A lot more work goes in to becoming a wrestler than most think. Learning from people who came before you is a huge part on how to plan a match, just by watching people with styles almost the same. When it came to Natalie McKinley, she was a style all to herself.

Gabriel and Odette's gym was equipped with the state of the art equipment, and a couple of wrestling rings, but there was a little more then that to it. A video room located just off the gym was not often seen by many but part of how detailed orientated Gabriel and Odette was when it came to their students, learning from others was a big part of their strategy, getting their charges ready for any challenge that lies ahead was part of their plan. This was standard for their training but today, the women of London Underground were to see something they had never seen before, pure power.

Odette Stevens stands next to a wide screen television, a remote control in her hand as Charlotte Elliot and Mackenzie Page sit in the front row, closest to the screen, in the second row, Daniel J Morgan and Osbourne sit side by side. At the back of the room, Gabriel stands, holding his son, Lucas, if his arms.

"Right." Odette says with her Australian accent cutting through the silence. "I've shown ya so many different styles of wrestlers you guys will be faced against in the future. You've seen the high flyers, which makes up about seventy percent of women's rosters all over the world, because of size, you've seen the technical ones, but one I'm gonna show ya now is a rare thing in our sport. Someone with put power and ability, unlike no other in the wrestling world."

Mackenzie rolls her eyes as she looks towards the screen, not knowing what to expect but feeling more than confident.

"This women is the hardest hitter in women's wrestling." Odette continues "Built to dominate a division. This is Natalie McKinley."

Odette presses a button on the remote control to show Natalie McKinley, causing Lucas to smile at the back.

"Nat!" He says with excitement.

Gabriel messes with his hair.

"Yeah boy." He says with a proud smile, seeing his son can remember faces at a young age.

The four members look at each other, surprised by Natalie's build and sheer presence on the screen.

"Fucking hell." Mackenzie says surprised as the film starts rolling.

"That is using the gym as a church." Charlotte adds.

A smile crosses Osbourne's face as he sees Natalie almost taking an opponents head off with a huge clothesline on the screen.

"Your kinda woman, Os." Daniel says, looking at the bigger man.

Osbourne looks towards Daniel and tilts his head before looking back at the screen, not wanting to miss the action.

"Natalie is one of the strongest women in professional wrestling today." Odette says as the group continue to watch. "If not the strongest. Her style is unlike any other. The stuff she can do, not many women can. For her size, she's not slow in the ring, she has a wrestling brain and the saying that she can tear you apart, it's not just for intimidation."

The women watch on, enthralled by what they're seeing as they watch Natalie effortlessly pick up an opponent over her head like she was a rag doll and toss her across the ring. Without trying, their admiration for Natalie grows as she dominates her opponents on the screen.

"It's fairly obvious where the strengths lie with better built women." Odette explains "But it's not your job to be like that, it's your job to be able to look at her and be able to counter everything she can throw at you."

"Be faster then her." Mackenzie says with a shrug. "Not rocket science."

"But she's no slouch in the ring." Odette says with a smile. "She's not like a typical big man, she's a lot quicker then that. One second she's ten feet away from you, next second, she's throwing you over her shoulder."

The two women think for a few seconds.

"Hit her harder." Charlotte says.

"She can take a lot of punishment." Odette says with a look towards Charlotte.

"Yeah." Mackenzie adds "But you can't build muscle on a chin. Doesn't matter how much you bulk yourself up to be anywhere else, there is no training to put muscle on a chin."

Odette looks back towards Gabriel who smiles at his wife, neither expecting that answer. The two future Bombshell Tag Team champions look at the screen in front of them as Natalie comfortably lifts a woman over her shoulders with ease and drops her with a fallaway slam.

"It's probably unfair I'm showing you Natalie." Odette admits "Because she is something special, she's not your typical power wrestler, she has that extra thing that sets her apart."

"No shit." Daniel comments. "It's the first time I've ever seen Os glued to a screen."

Daniel waves his hand in front of Osbourne's face, but his eyes are more focused on Natalie on the screen.

"Either way..." Odette says ignoring Daniel's comment. "If you want to be the best, you have to watch the best. If you can come up with a way to get through a match with Natalie without serious injury and still being able to move the next day, then you've done something right."

"I don't know about being able to move the next day." Mackenzie says. "But right there is my dream opponent...."

****BACK ON THE PLANE****

"Well that came true for ya." Daniel says as he looks across the aisle.

Mackenzie and Charlotte nod in agreement with their boss.

"I can't wait." Mackenzie responds. "Facing Natalie is a big challenge and if we over come it, it would be a great fucking way to end."

"Yeah." Charlotte agrees. "From the day we saw that, I knew at that point that somewhere, somehow, we had to face her. She's probably had the piss ripped out of her for her size all her life. You don't get to look like that and not have some dick pick on you for it. Watching her in those tapes all that time ago, you can't help but respect the woman."

"Look..." Daniel starts "She is not the only woman in that match. Lowri Moss is pretty decent too."

"I've watched up on Lowri." Mackenzie says. "I know there's something about her that screams out that she is the future of wrestling."

"Can't argue that." Charlotte adds. "I've watched a lot of her, every day since this match got agreed and I'm not stupid enough to think she's a breeze either. She has more than a little talent, better than half this roster. Shit, if she stayed here instead of where ever she works, she could have been in a much bigger match then taking us on."

"Good to see you two have been putting in the homework." Daniel says with a sense of pride in his voice. "Philosophy from day one, drilled in to us is know your opponent."

"Lowri Moss." Charlotte says. "Twenty two years old from, Llanelli, Wales, ten miles from Swansea if ya care about that kinda thing. Been a wrestler for less than eighteen months, went to Cardiff University, and works for United Kingdom Wrestling Federation based in our backyard, but won the Sussex County Championship Wrestling Hudson Cup in November.... How's that for knowing thy enemy?"

Daniel looks at her, impressed by her knowledge.

"Sussex County Championship Wrestling?" Daniel says in a questioning tone. "That's a mouthful and half."

"We're not just pretty faces, Daniel." Mackenzie says with a smile. "We have Lowri well scouted."

Daniel looks at the two women and nod slowly.

"Well do yourself a favour." he starts. "Keep watching them, watch them until you feel like you've already been in the ring with them. They've only been in one SCW match since we've been here so it's not a lot to go on, but You Tube everything you can find on them and just keep watching."

The women nod towards Daniel.

"And while you're doing that." Daniel says with a smile. "I'm gonna think back to what happened that afternoon after you watched Natalie for the first time."

Charlotte and Mackenzie look at each other, a horrified look on their faces as they look back towards Daniel.

"You wouldn't!" Mackenzie says firmly.

"Too late..." Daniel replies.

****BONUS FLASHBACK****

I did say The Stevens' were very detailed orientated. Training doesn't just end at when you get out of the ring as you saw earlier, but they take it further. They get you ready for every aspect of the wrestling universe, opponents, how to handle fans, interviews and one thing that most people crave when they get in this business.... Photoshoots. That's all well and good for people who wanted to be wrestlers their entire lives, they dream of standing in front of the camera and smiling or scowling to put themselves over, but for four people who have done what they've done on the quiet, due to the nature of their business, this was unknown territory. They didn't fear much in their life, but avoiding cameras unless needed was a big rule in their own business. Today, they were gonna have to change that.

"You need to get comfortable in front of a camera." Odette says in a demanding tone. "It's part of wrestling to have your face on magazines and promotional pictures."

"They'll know what I look like from the television." Mackenzie argues.

Odette stands with Mackenzie Page and Charlotte Elliot where a camera is set up with a green screen backing, while Gabriel stands away with Daniel and Osbourne, just watching the conversation.

"You need to be able to do this." Odette explains. "They'll be promo pictures of you to sign at fan events. You'll have to be comfortable standing in front of a camera, so they can copy the pic hundreds of times for you to sign."

"Can't I  just practice signing my name over and over?" Charlotte asks.

Odette firmly shakes her head.

"No." She tells Charlotte "This is something that comes along with wrestling. Companies get paid for you to appear at places for the fans to take pics so you gotta get comfortable with it, or you'll be stuck opening cards forever cause no one will want to see you."

The two women exchange looks and look back at Odette.

"Fine!" Mackenzie says finally giving in to Odette.

Odette smiles at the duo.

"Good." She starts. "Your costumes are in the dressing room. You'll know what one's yours, I put a name tag on them."

The two women look at each other confused and back to Odette.

"I thought we just had to stand in front of the camera and smile." Charlotte queries

"I don't do smiling." Mackenzie adds.

"No ladies." Odette says, trying to withhold a smile. "You need to be in costumes. I mean we don't have wrestling gear for you yet, so we have costumes for you, to get you ready for any camera situation."

Odette points towards the dressing room door and the women reluctantly walk towards it. Daniel looks towards Gabriel.

"What's all that about then?" He asks.

"Well we don't know what you're gonna wear when it comes down to it." Gabriel explains. "So we've thrown together a few costumes to get you to learn about being able to give the needed facial look you need, no matter what you're wearing."

Daniel tries to soak in the information from Gabriel as they wait for the women to reappear. Ten minutes pass before the dressing room door finally opens to see an unhappy Mackenzie and Charlotte appear.

"I feel like a fucking idiot." Mackenzie growls towards Charlotte.

"You look a lot worse than you feel." Charlotte responds.

As Mackenzie stares at Charlotte with angry eyes, the camera pans out to see Mackenzie dressed as a Tinkabelle style fairy, and Charlotte dressed like a waitress from a sixties diner.

"I am not doing this!" Mackenzie says with a growl.

"You look just fine." Odette reassures her

Daniel bursts out in laughter, drawing a look from Gabriel. Gabriel leans in close and whispers to Daniel.

"I wouldn't laugh just yet." He says holding back a smile. "Synn picked out your costume Tarzan."

Daniel's eyes widen as he swallows hard, looking back at Gabriel...

****BACK ON THE PLANE****

"That's bullshit!" Mackenzie says.

"You can't stop the flashback there!" Charlotte adds.

"Can, will and have." Daniel says with a smile. "This ain't about me, me and Os are done for the week, this one is all about you."

"Fucking robbed." Mackenzie comments as she turns around, her eyes idly looking out of the plane window.

"Well don't worry about that right now." Daniel tells them. "When we get off this plane, they'll be a camera waiting in the limo for you two to talk about your upcoming match, so if I was you two, I'd use the rest of this flight to take a look at a few more matches and figure out what you're gonna say. Time to wrap up our SCW promotional career thing."

Daniel laughs to himself.

"Promotional..." He says with a chuckle. "I almost sound like Odette...."

****IN THE LIMO****

Well the women did listen to their fearless leader and did spend the remainder of the flight watching and learning a little more about Lowri Moss, refreshing themselves on Natalie McKinley, and figuring out what they had to say in their last ever SCW promo, their last chance to sell a match on not only the SCW world, but on the world beyond.

Both women look relaxed as they sit side by side, the limousine moving through the streets of Las Vegas. The camera focuses on both of them at the same time, but the relaxed Charlotte starts.

"One last time, we get to sit and talk about opponents." She starts. "One more time I get to talk about someone I get to beat, and to be fair, couldn't have been better opponents to talk about."

Mackenzie nods her head, her face steely looking.

"To be the best, you've got to beat the best and on Sunday, we get to face the best." Charlotte continues. "I know you're probably sitting there thinking about what makes these two the best when they haven't done a thing in SCW. You need to look beyond that and see what they bring to the wrestling world. Now we listened to Daniel on the plane and we watched a lot more of Lowri Moss and when you think of the future, this girl has it all, she has more at her age than most people have after a thirty year career, she has everything it takes to be the biggest star in the world."

Charlotte stops for a few seconds.

"But then again, so do we." She says confidently. "Now I know she'll be back on my side of the world soon, continuing to do what she does best, and I don't know if we're ever gonna step in the ring again, but Lowri will be returning home with that feeling of emptiness in the pit of her stomach, knowing that for all the high praise we can give her, she will still be on the losing end of this one. Not that we know a whole lot about losing because it's not something we've ever done. We've beaten everyone and it doesn't matter how talented Lowri is, how big she's gonna be in the future, the hear and now tells the story of London Underground, the team that will put a bump in her road, the team that will send her home on the losing side."

Another pause.

"You must be on top of the world right now Lowri with the knowledge that you was head hunted by Daniel to face us in our last match." Charlotte says honestly. "He could have picked anyone for us to face, anyone in the wrestling world, but you was the name he wanted to team with Natalie. It's no secret Natalie has a lot of friends in the wrestling world, he could have picked anyone, but your name was mentioned, you was his number one target to team with Natalie. There's two way of looking at this. He either wanted us to have an easy ride, or he wanted us to beat someone worth a damn. I'll go with the latter but it doesn't change the fact that you will be beaten, no matter how much talent you have in that little body of yours. You wasn't just brought in to give us that challenge, you was brought in so that we look so much better after we've done sending you back to the valleys disappointed. It was a smart move on Daniel's part, because you're here for us, you're here to make people remember us."

Charlotte smiles.

"Bragging rights... I do love bragging rights over other Brits, especially our poor relatives on the side." Charlotte says with a firm nod of her head. "Believe me, England will be alive with pride once more while you will be wondering how it all went wrong. Think of Euro 2016. Gareth Bale gave you hope, only for Jamie Vardy to have a party and Daniel Sturridge to deliver that knock out blow. That sums it up for this match."

Charlotte holds a finger up.

"Right now, you have that hope." Charlotte explains. "But one you step in that ring with us, that's where we start the party and by the end of it, knock out blow and England will be celebrating again."

Charlotte leans back confidently.

"Thanks for coming all this way though Lowri." Charlotte says with a slight nod. "But like that game, I will be sending you home disappointed."

Charlotte looks towards Mackenzie.

"I get to talk about the one we begrudgingly admired while training?" Mackenzie asks.

Charlotte nods towards her and Mackenzie turns her head to face the camera.

"I don't say this that often..." Mackenzie says, looking thoughtful. "But the second I saw Natalie McKinley, she drew something out of me that not many have and that is instant respect."

Charlotte shakes her head slowly, not sure she believes what she just heard.

"Everything about her showed what a woman can be." Mackenzie continues. "Strong, powerful, can kick the shit out of people, the opposite of what society thinks women should be, but there she was on that screen proving she can flip the middle finger to the modern world and say fuck you. That is everything I've been my entire life, everything I've ever wanted to be and I knew as soon as I saw her, our paths would have to cross. She's a lot like me, proving that you don't need to be weak, and looked after to have people know who you are, we're both alpha females."

Mackenzie waves her finger.

"That is the problem." Mackenzie says softly. "Problem with two alphas in one place, someone's gonna be knocked down a level. I've spent my whole life with people trying to knock me down for one thing or another and it hasn't worked and I've proved over and over that a woman can make it if she really wants something and what I really want is to be the dominant one, the alpha, the one everyone looks up to. That used to be you Natalie. When you was here taking care of business but you haven't been here for a long time, but I have. I filled that role of being the alpha woman here. Mikah ain't shit, whingy bitch constantly trying to work out if she's gonna quit, Crystal whatever her name is was so bi everything it seems, she couldn't figure out if she was meant to be good or bad, The Fallen lot, completed it mate, but you Natalie, you was the real top dog of this place. Now I am who you used to be, with the volume turned up."

Mackenzie points upwards to prove her point.

"You was the bad arse." Mackenzie says. "Now I am and I have even intention of showing you the right amount of respect for teaching the women past and present of SCW how to be empowered, but that doesn't change anything, I still will walk out of Full Circle with the championships with the biggest scalp of our career, just by defeating you."

Mackenzie pauses for a second.

"Respect only goes so far." Mackenzie says seriously. "But our championships, go far beyond respect. The two things we want to be remembered for is beating you and for being the last ever SCW Bombshell Tag Team champions, and they go hand in hand so come Sunday, we'll be fighting for both dreams. We will be the ones that get those dreams."

Mackenzie leans back in her seat as the car continues to move.

"It may look like a mismatch, but this short arse woman is gonna show ya, we didn't get these titles just for the sake of it." Mackenzie says looking down the camera. "We got them because we work twice as hard as everyone else here. We take no one lightly, and we've put more in to knowing about you, then you know about yourself. Everything you got, we got a counter for because we have no intentions of ever having a loss on our record."

Charlotte nods in agreement with Mackenzie's words.

"Charlotte thanks you both for being here." Mackenzie says as Charlotte nods her head up and down. "Daniel thanks you for accepting the challenge, I'm sure Os would too but he's been a bit quiet since his outburst the other week and I thank you both for showing up when so many other teams wouldn't have the jewels to do so. I thank you for the challenge you're gonna bring, but don't think that you have a chance of returning to Wales with our titles. We're taking them back home to England where they belong."

The two women look confidently down the camera as it starts to fade out, bringing an end to the SCW and possible wrestling careers, of all four members of London Underground.

[Natalie McKinley]

 <FONT COLOR="#00b052">‘Are you sure that I can trust Natalie?’</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#664300">‘Why wouldn’t you be able to trust her?’</FONT>
Backstage at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, on the evening of Saturday 23rd December 2017, Lowri Moss is seen sipping from a bottle of water. It is Night Two of Final Frontier, one of the biggest shows in the Frontier Grappling Arts calendar, and ahead of her match later on, Lowri has already changed into her ring attire, which consists of a black two piece outfit with matching knee pads and boots. She is heading back towards the locker room, when she comes across Natalie McKinley, herself an FGA alumnus. Dressed in a pair of light blue jeans and a yellow sleeveless t-shirt, Natalie smiles pleasantly at her compatriot.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Hi, Lowri.’

Lowri gives a cursory smile, as she responds in a neutral tone of voice.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Hello, Natalie.’

Natalie picks up on Lowri’s matter-of-fact tone, and frowns slightly.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Is something the matter? I thought you would be happy to see me, after I agreed to the match with London Underground at Full Circle.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Yeah, sorry, I’ve just got a lot on my mind.’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Let me guess - your match with Dom?’

Lowri simply nods. In the penultimate match of the night, she will be in a grudge match against Dom Harter.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Well, I was just on my way towards catering, to fetch some ice.’

Now it is Lowri’s turn to frown.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘What do you need ice for?’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘For the champagne I brought with me, which we are going to be drinking later to celebrate Molly winning the undisputed title.’

This causes Lowri to raise an eyebrow.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Who’s “we”?’

Natalie gives a nonchalant shrug.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Me, Molly, Annie, Do-’

Realising what she was about to say, and who it is that she is talking to, Natalie stops herself from finishing the name of the man who has been tormenting Lowri for the past few months; Lowri smiles despite herself, and nods her head knowingly.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘That’s what I thought.’

There is a small sigh from Natalie.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Look, Lowri, I…’

Her sentence trails off, unsure of what to say next. A brief, awkward silence follows, until Lowri speaks again.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I knew that you would be here to support Molly, to cheer her on in the main event - and I’m fine with that. But if you’re going to be spending the night hanging around with her and The New Murder, does that mean you’ll be rooting for Dom rather than me?’

Natalie is somewhat taken aback by Lowri’s question.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘What?!’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I mean, you’re hardly likely to be cheering for me while you’re surrounded by the rest of his crows, are you? I think that would be a bit of a conflict of interest, wouldn’t it?’

Natalie takes a moment to consider Lowri’s statement, before responding.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘You’re friends with Annie, aren’t you?’

Lowri nods.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Yes, like you.’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘And tell me, who do you think she’ll be rooting for in your match?’

Lowri scoffs at the question.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Come off it, Natalie. That’s different, and you know it is. Dom’s her boyfriend; I wouldn’t expect Annie to root for me over him, just like if Molly was my opponent, I wouldn’t be expecting you to root for me over her. But for you to root for Dom over me…’

Natalie interrupts Lowri.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘I didn’t say that I would be rooting for him.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘You didn’t deny it, either.’

Natalie puts her hands on her hips and looks down at the floor, not saying anything.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I remember, not that long ago, seeing you repeatedly antagonise Dom on Twitter. But now, because of your relationship with Molly, you and he are what - friends?’

Natalie looks back up at Lowri, with a wry smile on her face.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘I’m not sure I would go that far. I admit that in the past there were certain tweets I sent to him just to try to push his buttons, but Dom is one of Molly’s best friends, so yeah, I’m trying to be more amicable towards him now.’

Lowri takes a drink from her bottle of water, as Natalie continues.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘I’m in a difficult situation here. I’ve seen what Dom has done to you and to Neal, and I can completely understand why you would want to get even with him - if I were in your shoes, I would be out for revenge too. But you need to understand that I don’t want to do anything that could potentially mess things up with Molly; I really like her, Lowri, and so if I have to cheer for one of her best friends, in a match in which his opponent just happens to be someone that’s going to be my tag team partner in a few weeks’ time, then I’m sorry, but I guess that’s what I’m going to have to do.’

Another uncomfortable silence follows, with Lowri again being the one to break it.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Not that your private life is any of my business, but I seem to recall you saying previously that you weren’t into girls.’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Yeah, well, I guess I was just in denial about that.’

This is not much of a revelation to Lowri.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I wonder how Molly would react if she found out that you carry a torch for Fujiko.’

Natalie gives Lowri a stern look.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘You wouldn’t…’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Don’t worry, I won’t say anything to Molly about it. She probably wouldn’t want to listen to anything that I had to say anyway, but I’m sure that if she did find out that you have a crush on someone that has been a rival of hers in the not too distant past, then that would go down like a lead balloon, and while I’m not quite sure how to feel about you right now, I don’t want to ruin your relationship with Molly.’

As Lowri sips some of her water, Natalie tucks a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘You know, talking about your match with Dom reminds me of a match that I was involved in a couple of years ago, which caused Simon to be torn between rooting for me and rooting for one of my opponents.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Oh yeah? Who was the opponent in question?’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Roxi Johnson.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘She and Simon are pretty good friends, aren’t they?’

Natalie nods.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Yup.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘So who did he end up backing, you or Roxi?’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Me.’

A self-satisfied smirk then crosses Natalie’s face.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘And he backed the right horse.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘It doesn’t surprise me to hear that Simon knows where his loyalties lie.’

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘What, and you think that I don’t?’

Lowri ponders how best to respond to Natalie, but she decides instead to just dodge the question.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Well, I have a match to finish getting ready for - and that ice of yours isn’t going to fetch itself; enjoy your night with your friends in The New Murder.’

Lowri goes to head off towards the locker room, but Natalie grabs her arm, stopping her. She looks Lowri in the eye.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘I’m not your enemy, Lowri.’

Lowri stares back at her.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Maybe not. But I’m not exactly sure that you’re my friend, either.’

Lowri then yanks her arm free from Natalie’s grasp, and as she walks off in the direction of the locker room, the scene switches to inside the living room of the home of Simon Jones, in Cardiff, on the evening of Friday 29th December. Simon can be seen sat on an armchair, wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a grey t-shirt, while Lowri is sat on an adjacent sofa, now dressed in a pair of navy blue jeans and a black hoodie; she repeats the question that she could be heard asking Simon earlier.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘So, like I said, are you sure that I can trust Natalie?’

Simon takes a moment to think carefully about his answer, before replying.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘I think it would be wise not to judge Natalie by the friends she keeps. In fact, do you remember when I won the SCW tag titles with Ben Jordan, in what turned out to be my final match?’

Lowri nods.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Ben and I won the titles by beating Tim Staggs and Connor Murphy, two members of The Nobodies. At the time, Natalie was close friends with Celeste North, another one of The Nobodies, but in spite of that, she made it clear she wanted me and Ben to win the match, as she knew how much it would mean to me to win the tag titles.’

With Lowri remaining silent, Simon carries on.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Similarly, the main reason Natalie accepted this match with London Underground is because she knows how much winning the bombshell tag titles would mean to you. Regardless of what social circle Natalie is currently a part of, when she shows up at Full Circle, I don’t think you’ll need to worry about the possibility of her screwing you over to curry favour with Molly Reid, or whoever else, I think the only thing on her mind will be winning the match, and those titles.’

Lowri thinks over what Simon has said. She then picks up on something.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I notice how you said Natalie was friends with Celeste “at the time;” did she burn that bridge, or did Celeste?’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘From what I understand, Natalie did. I don’t know the full details though.’

Lowri resists the temptation to say that does not surprise her. Instead, she asks Simon another question.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘When you and Ben Jordan won the tag titles, that was about six months after Natalie had cost you the chance to become the first ever three-time SCW Heavyweight Champion, wasn’t it?’

Simon closes his eyes and nods his head.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘You talked about Natalie knowing how much it meant to you to win the tag titles, as well as her now knowing how much it would mean to me to win the bombshell tag titles, but she also must’ve known how much it would’ve meant to you to make that particular piece of SCW history, and yet she was the one that stopped it from happening.’

As Simon reopens his eyes, he lets out a sigh.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Natalie would be the first to admit that she has made some bad choices in the past. What she did at Summer XXXTreme III though...she had to do it to pay off her gambling debts.’

Simon then rubs his chin, as something crosses his mind.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Correct me if I’m wrong, but a few months ago, when SCW announced two battle royals to crown new men’s and women’s tag champions, after both pairs of titles had been vacated, wasn’t Natalie the one that suggested you and her enter yourselves into the match, rather than the other way round?’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘You are correct, although that was before she started spending time with people who are adversaries of mine.’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Natalie’s sole reason for suggesting the two of you enter that battle royal was because she wanted to help you win the first title of your career, and while you’ve got your doubts about her at present, I believe she still wants to help you accomplish that. However, I also think there’s now another reason for her to want to defeat London Underground, and win those titles.’

Lowri frowns.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘What’s that?’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Actually, it’s to do with something you said prior to the match you had with The Elders. You talked about Natalie having left SCW because she was unable to emulate the success I had there, and from having spoken to her subsequently, there’s definitely some truth to that. Most people in wrestling measure success in championships, and all Natalie has to show for her time in the sport is one reign as the Bombshell Roulette Champion - a reign that lasted just eight weeks.’

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘That’s still one more title than I have to my name.’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘And like I said, Natalie wants to help you change that. She also wants to double her own number of titles though. Whether or not she chooses to continue her career in wrestling beyond Full Circle remains to be seen, but I know she wants to have something else to show for her efforts besides the roulette title, and so she’ll want to beat London Underground almost as much as you do, so that she can get her hands on one half of the tag titles.’

Simon takes a breath, before continuing.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘And as for you, Lowri, I know you’re probably getting sick of hearing this, but you’re going to win plenty of championships in your career - the bombshell tag titles will just be the start.’

That comment brings a broad smile to Lowri’s face.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Thanks, Simon.’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘No problem.’

Lowri leans forward, and looks down at the floor.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I want to believe I can trust Natalie, and everything you’ve said has given me some reassurance, but I’ve still got these doubts at the back of my mind, because of the people she has been mixing with.’

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘I can understand that, Lowri. And that won’t necessarily hinder your chances of winning the titles.’

Lowri lifts her head up, looking towards Simon.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘There’s a bit of a myth that to be a successful tag team, you and your partner need to get on well with one another, but I’ve been in enough tag team matches to know that’s not the case. The two biggest rivals I had during my time in SCW, and possibly during the whole of my career, were Casey Williams and Sean Jackson. They’re also two of the many different tag team partners I had while I was in SCW. Now, I felt the same way about them that you feel about Dom Harter - and I daresay the feeling was mutual. However, when I was forced to team with Sean Jackson, that didn’t prevent me and him from being able to win the match, and as for Casey, he and I almost won the tag titles, about two and a half years before I won them with Ben Jordan.’

Simon edges forward in his chair.

<FONT COLOR="#664300">Simon:</FONT> ‘Lowri, you don’t need to get on with Natalie; you don’t need to like her. You just need to be able to put aside your feelings, and coexist with her for the duration of the match - you do that, and you can win the bombshell tag titles.’

Lowri nods her head.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Okay, Simon. I can do that.’

She grins.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Because as unsure as I am about Natalie right now, one thing I am sure about, is I want to win those titles.’

And as the conversation between Lowri and Simon then goes on, the scene fades to black.


The scene opens inside Cathays Community Centre in Cardiff, and in particular a once abandoned bingo hall that is now a venue for wrestling. It is the afternoon of Tuesday 9th January, and sat in the the middle of a ring, on a black steel folding chair, is Lowri Moss, who is dressed in a pair of pale blue jeans and a white t-shirt.

Lowri gives the camera a pleasant smile, as she begins to speak.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘What’s occurring, Sin City Wrestling? Right now you find me sat here within the confines of this squared circle, but on Sunday evening, I’ll be back inside the six-sided ring, for a fourth and final time. After half a dozen years, and more than two hundred shows, it’s still hard to believe that we’re now less than a week away from what will be the last ever SCW show. With Full Circle being the last hurrah, it’s an occasion that could potentially be tinged with some sadness, although with a whopping fifteen matches in store, it seems even more likely that SCW will go out with a bang.’

Her smile broadens slightly.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Of those fifteen matches, the one that I’m most interested in is of course the match for the bombshell tag titles, in which Mackenzie Page and Charlotte Elliot of London Underground will be defending their titles against Natalie McKinley and yours truly. Regardless of whether or not I was competing for a championship, I would feel privileged to be a part of SCW’s final show. Ahead of the match that Natalie and I had with The Elders last month, I mentioned that in addition to the promotions I work for full-time, I often make guest appearances elsewhere. Last year I wrestled in nine different promotions, and while it remains to be seen how many promotions I’ll appear in between now and the end of December, given the magnitude of the occasion this Sunday, as well as what’s at stake in the match, I find it hard to imagine that any of the other one-off matches I have this year will be more noteworthy than the one at Full Circle.’

Lowri gently shakes her head.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘The fact that I’ve never been a permanent member of the SCW roster won’t make Sunday night any less special for me. I’m sure there are plenty of SCW stars, past and present, who would’ve like to have been able to be part of Full Circle, and while I’ve only been in three matches in the six-sided ring before now, that’s still more than a few of the others who’ll be involved in the show on Sunday. My first ever match outside of the UK took place in an SCW ring, and so whatever happens in my career, whatever I go on to achieve, this promotion will always have played a role, however small, in my development as a wrestler. Had things worked out differently, maybe I would’ve been part of SCW on a more regular basis, and maybe I would’ve eventually gone on to compete for the roulette title, or the internet title. That wasn’t to be, but now I find myself with the opportunity to go down in history as one half of the final Bombshell Tag Team Champions, and SCW regular or not, that’s an opportunity that I don’t want to let go to waste.’

The scene then switches to a gym somewhere in Denver, Colorado, on the morning of Thursday 11th January. In amongst all of the free weights, weight machines, and various other exercise machines, Natalie McKinley is seen sat on a flat bench, with her down; she is wearing a pair of black leggings, and a black crop top.

Natalie raises her head, to look at the camera, and then starts to talk.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘This might be the last time I ever record something like this - it’ll certainly be the last time I record something for SCW - and so I thought, what better setting to use than my natural habitat?’

She quickly glances around at her surroundings, before looking back to the camera.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘It may be a predictable choice for me, but predictable isn’t always a bad thing. Anyone who knows anything about me, knows how much time I spend in buildings like this. The gym is favourite place to be, and for more than seven years now, it’s where I’ve been every day, working my arse off, sweating and pushing my limits. I’m committed to being the best, or at least trying to be the best - although that’s not something I ever managed to achieve in SCW.’

There is an indifferent shrug from Natalie.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘During my reign as the Bombshell Roulette Champion - which was now almost three years ago - I spoke about the impact I wanted to make in SCW. I had won one title, but I wanted to go on to have even greater success; I wanted to have a prominent role in the bombshells' division - I wanted the spotlight to be on me. There are a variety of reasons why that never happened, but ultimately the one person that’s responsible for me not reaching the heights that I aspired to get to...is me. Now though, I have another chance - a final chance - to accomplish something in SCW. My on-off relationship with SCW has seen me go through a mixture of ups and downs, and while I never did come close to scaling the highest peak, beating London Underground on the last ever show to win the bombshell tag titles would be a more than satisfying way for me to finish this tale.’

Natalie gives a half-smile.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘It’s funny to think that having once been banned from SCW for the better part of half a year, I could now be one of their final champions. Mackenzie Page and Charlotte Elliot will have other ideas, but I’m ready to tear them apart to get what I want - and I’m sure Lowri is, too.’

The scene switches back to Lowri, sat in the middle of the wrestling ring in Cardiff.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘To fully understand my motivation for wanting to win on Sunday, you need to understand what I’ve been through up to this point. For me, this isn’t just any other title match - a win over London Underground would finally bring me the first title of my career. I’ve been wrestling for sixteen months now, but with how much I yearn to be a champion, at times it feels like my wait to win a title has gone on even longer that that.’

Lowri sighs.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘It was actually fifty-one weeks ago today that I had my first chance to win a championship, when I was one of twenty participants in a battle royal, on a show that took place in Guildford, not all that far from where Mackenzie Page and Charlotte Elliot call home; I made it to the final four, before being eliminated. Two months later I had another shot at the same title, at a show in Camden - even closer to London Underground’s neck of the woods - this time in a triple threat match, but again things didn’t quite go my way. Coming up short in those two matches was easy for me to get over though, as I had only been wrestling for a handful of months, whereas the winner on both occasions was someone much more well travelled and much more experienced than me; it wasn’t until later in the year that the heartache really began.’

She lets out another, heavier sigh.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Last June, on the last Saturday of the month, I was part of a seven person ladder match. As the match neared its conclusion, I was at the top of a ladder, battling it out with the then-champion. But just as it looked as though I might be about to win my first title, the ladder was tipped over, and I was sent flying, crashing through two tables at ringside. As much as what happened hurt me physically though, it hurt for even more emotionally. I had told everyone beforehand that I needed to win that match, that I needed to win that championship, but I failed, and for a number of days afterwards, I felt miserable; it would be several days before I got over my feelings of failure.’

Lowri looks down at the canvas momentarily. She then looks back up at the camera, smiles, and continues.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘In mid-October, I was given another shot at the same title, this time in a one-on-one match. And the match was going my way until, with the referee having been knocked down, someone who has been the bane of my life for the past several months interfered, and gave me a piledriver onto a steel chair; rather than being disappointed, the circumstances of that loss left me feeling angry. I’m determined that come the end of the bombshell tag title match this Sunday, I won’t be experiencing any negative emotions - no anger, no disappointment, only jubilation.’

The scene switches back to the gym, and to Natalie.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘I’m not exactly in Lowri’s good books at the moment, due to some things that have gone on since this match was agreed to. However, whatever she thinks of me currently, my only intention is to win. She’s having doubts about whether she’ll be able to depend upon me, but I’m not looking to screw her over. I know how much winning those titles would mean to Lowri, and I don’t want to let her down - if anything, the fact that she’s questioning whether or not I’ll be a reliable partner just makes me even more intent on making sure that she and I beat London Underground.’

She gets up from the bench.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘That two rookies were able to become the Bombshell Tag Team Champions in their debut match says a lot about the state of the tag team division. I’ll give credit where it’s due though to Mackenzie and Charlotte, they still had to go out there and outlast five other teams - it’s not as if they were just handed the belts, they earned them, and since then they’ve been able to hold onto them. But on Sunday, they’ll be up against a duo that’s a bigger threat to their reign as champions than any team they’ve faced so far. That’s not something they don’t already know; they asked for this match because they know how much of a test Lowri and I will provide them with. The thing is though, I’m don’t think it’s a test that they can pass.’

Now Natalie is the one to shake her head.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘If either Mackenzie or Charlotte were to have a one-on-one match with Lowri, I can say indisputably that Lowri would win. What could possibly stop her from getting her hand raised on Sunday though is if London Underground are able to take advantage of the weak link of the team: me. Because as strong as I am physically, Lowri is the one with all of the talent. However, I am more ruthless than she is, I have more of a killer instinct - something that I’ll admit to having seen from both Mackenzie and Charlotte at times. Lowri plays by the rules, but I stopped being wholesome a while ago, so on Sunday I’ll be willing to do whatever it takes to ensure I don’t let Lowri down, and that she and I win the titles.’

The scene switches back to Lowri.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘In the relatively short time that I’ve been a professional wrestler, I’ve been through a lot of trials and tribulations; my resolve has been severely tested, but it has only served to make me stronger. A number of people have tried to break my fighting spirit, but they’ve all failed, and while Mackenzie and Charlotte are welcome to try their luck, I can guarantee that they won’t fare any better.’

Lowri stands up.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘However, I haven’t yet quite managed to win a championship. Instead all I have are stories of near misses, as well as a reputation for not being able to win the matches that matter. I’m confident that I’ll change that though. In fact, I’m going to change it soon, and I plan on starting the change this Sunday, by defeating London Underground.’

Again the scene switches to Natalie, in the gym.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘My biggest regret from my time in SCW isn’t that I never made it to the level of World Bombshell Champion. No, it’s that after agreeing to be Melody Grace’s tag partner, we then only ever had one match together as a team. Melody was always going to outgrow me, she was bound to be a successful singles wrestler, but I wish that we could’ve competed together as a team in more than just one match. Perhaps we could’ve even gone on to be Tag Team Champions; who knows?’

She gives a shrug.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘After Sunday though, I’ll be in a position to let go of that regret. There’ll be no wondering about what might have been. Because I have another partner that’s destined to be a star, and together, we’re going to win those tag titles. For the final time in an SCW ring...Mackenzie, Charlotte…’

She takes a deep breath.

<FONT COLOR="#d21034">Natalie:</FONT> ‘Nat...will tear you apart...again.’

As Natalie stares confidently at the camera, the scene returns to Lowri.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘There’s bound to be a lot of buzz on Twitter about the last ever SCW show - I’m sure #FullCircle will be trending on Sunday night. Some people will be boasting about their victories, while others will be reflecting on their losses.’

Lowri takes a few steps forwards, towards the camera.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘Whenever I go on Twitter, I always seem to see someone bragging about what titles that they’ve won, and with the wait that I’m having to endure for my first title, at best it makes me jealous, and at worst it makes me despondent; it’s time to put a stop to that.’

She takes more steps forwards, so that she is now stood by the ropes.

<FONT COLOR="#00b052">Lowri:</FONT> ‘I use the motto “Train, Fight, Win,” but that’s not just something that looks good on a t-shirt - they’re words I live by. I train every day, just like Natalie does, to be the best that I can be. And when I’m in the ring, I fight with everything I have. I know London Underground will being the fight to us, but we wouldn’t want it any other way. We’ll meet them head on; we’ll give as good as we get, and then some. And then, once it’s over, if I decide to tweet about the show, not only will I use #FullCircle, I’ll also be able to use #AndNew.’

And as Lowri leans against the ropes, smiling at the camera, the scene fades to black.