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Myra Rivers v Adrienne Beaufort
« on: January 09, 2022, 03:33:26 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2022, 07:21:27 AM »
(Emerald was used with Todd’s permission, Carter was used with Chris’s permission)

Adrienne would end up losing her second match to Andrea but the French Bombshell would not have to wait long to find out what her third match was, and it would prove to be an even bigger challenge for her as she was taking on the longest reigning Bombshell Internet Champion Myra Rivers! Adrienne was definite underdog in this match but upsets had happened in SCW before, can Adrienne get the win?

Caleb and Katie’s house, Las Vegas, Nevada
Christmas Day 2021, 18:00pm

How did things get so out of hand so quickly?

Oh, wait, I know why, it’s because I had the nerve to accept Amber’s open challenge when she issued it earlier this month and suddenly I’ve gone from facing a fellow rookie in Chloe Benton to facing Andrea Hernandez in a non-title match and taking on Myra Rivers and Diamond Steele in a Triple Threat Match on my Supercard debut, which also happens to be my third ever match! I’m beginning to wonder how different things could’ve been if I had kept my mouth shut after Amber issued that challenge.

Even so. It could be a lot worse because the bosses could’ve fired me for hijacking the second show of the Supercard cycle!

Still there was some good that came from the last cycle and I don’t just mean the fact that I won my debut match, my search for a girlfriend seemingly ended almost as quickly as my wrestling career started as I started dating one of the Gemstones after we kissed on the Christmas Special a few weeks ago and sure, the fact that I’m facing Emerald’s boss at Inception V does make things a lot more awkward than it would’ve been otherwise but I’ll find a way to make this work.

Hopefully by the time Inception V rolls around.

”Okay, Christmas Dinner is in the oven!” I commented after closing the oven door and breathing a sigh of relief, French Christmas Dinner is a lot different than American Christmas Dinner (for one thing, the French version features a lot more seafood) so adjusting to how the Americans do it was one of my biggest challenges once I moved to the US, luckily for Katie, Caleb and Emerald it was a quick adaptation. ”Thanks again for letting me cook for you and Caleb Katie.” I added as I turned to my manager.

“Well, considering Caleb’s arm won’t be healed until the second half of 2022 and I nearly burned the house down the last time I tried to cook Christmas Dinner on my own, it was either this or takeout.” Katie admitted as she shook her head and I gave her a curious look upon hearing that last part, “It’s a long story but let’s just say that there’s a reason why I’ve left the cooking to Caleb ever since, regardless of the occasion.”

”You realize that I could teach you, right?” I asked with a raised eyebrow and Katie shook her head. ”I know I’m younger but my dad did teach me how to cook, it’s no issue, really!”

“Appreciate the offer Adrienne but I learned long ago that cooking isn’t for me.” Katie responded as she shook her head and I nodded before setting the oven gloves aside. “But I can keep an eye on the food for you whilst you go spend time with your girlfriend.”

”Are you sure?” I asked and Katie nodded without hesitation, I quickly removed my apron and set it aside before making my way to the door. ”If anything goes wrong, call me! I might be able to salvage it!”

“Will do.” Katie nodded before I made my way past her and into the rest of the house, Lemmy was waiting just outside the kitchen door and greeted me with all the excitement that you’d expect from a Labrador that smells food on you.

”Sorry Lemmy but the foods in the oven!” I apologized to the doggo before stroking him as I went past him, Caleb and Emerald were watching TV in the lounge and I quickly joined my girlfriend on the couch. ”Christmas dinner just went in, Katie’s keeping an eye on it for me!” I explained to them and Caleb nodded before Emerald gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.

”Smells amazing babe!” Emerald responded with a grin as I turned my attention to the TV screen which was showing the “Let It Go” sequence from Frozen. ”There was nothing on TV worth watching so Caleb decided to stick Disney+ on instead.” Emerald explained and I nodded, knowing full well that this damn song was going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the night.

”Or to be more specific, I decided to put it on and showed Emerald how to work the remote.” Caleb added as he motioned  to his arm which was still in a cast. ”Can’t really do much with my arm in a cast, I can’t even play with myself.” Caleb added and I quickly shared a look with my girlfriend. ”I meant video games I swear!”

“I can confirm that he meant video games.” Katie chimed in from the kitchen with a clearly amused voice. “For one thing, he didn’t need to play with himself when his arm was healthy and I was around!” Katie added and me and Emerald barely contained our laughter.

”You see?” Caleb added and we shook our heads in amusement before focussing on the Disney film. ”I hope Christmas dinner wasn’t too challenging for you Adrienne.”

”If you had asked me to do that after I had moved to the US from France, then yes, it would’ve been a challenge.” I responded with a shrug before adjusting my seating position a bit. ”But I’ve lived in the US long enough to be used to the American way of doing Christmas Dinner, even if this is the first time I’ve cooked it for more than one person!”

”If the smells coming from the kitchen are any indication then you should consider a job in the culinary industry, or at the very least Culinary School.” Emerald told me and I turned to my girlfriend. ”You know, if wrestling doesn’t work out for you and all.”

”Much as I love cooking, I do want my wrestling career to be a success.” I responded as I shook my head. ”That was the whole reason why I moved to the US in the first place.”

”True enough I guess, but at least you have cooking as a backup.” Emerald responded before we resumed watching the Disney Movie.

Most people move overseas in search for a new life, that was true for me as well, it’s just that my new life revolved around my love for wrestling, and now that I was two matches into my career I had a lot to think about.

On one hand, I at least kicked off my wrestling career with a win, on the other hand? I also kicked it off by rubbing the majority of the Bombshell roster the wrong way, could I redeem myself in 2022?

Adrienne’s apartment, Las Vegas, Nevada
New Year’s Eve, 2021, 23:45pm

The new year is just fifteen short minutes away, but that feels like a lifetime away.

So why am I not at any of the numerous parties that are being held to welcome in the New Year? Well, besides the COVID Concerns I’ve never been much of a party goer to be honest, sure I could spend time at the Gold Coast Casino alongside the other Go Gym Graduates and have a good time with them but I much prefer to spend the night alone playing on my Switch or baking something in the oven.

Saying that, there is a key difference this year.

”Thanks for coming over and keeping me company Penelope.” I thanked my girlfriend as I let the Scottish woman into my tiny apartment, I had to make sacrifices for my wrestling career and that included a large living space but hey, at least the rent is cheap! ”Didn’t feel right spending another New Year’s Eve alone after we started our relationship.”

”It’s no problem at all.” Emerald responded before I kissed her and let my girlfriend into my apartment, I closed the door behind me and followed Emerald into the lounge area. ”It was either this or spend the evening with the other Gemstones and even I can find them to be overwhelming.”

”That’s certainly one way to put it, I still can’t believe you let yourself get dragged into Diamond’s protests like that.” I responded as we sat down on the couch in front of my TV, it was relatively small and I mostly used it for when I felt like playing on the Nintendo Switch on the big screen but hey, it was better than nothing. ”You know you’re better than that, right?”

”I do but until I graduate from my training school Diamond’s my boss, I’m not about to risk being fired!” Emerald explained and I nodded sympathetically as I made myself comfortable on the couch. ”Come to think of it, do you have any way of telling the time? I don’t think that TV has a timestamp option.”

”I’ve got my Nintendo Switch and my iPhone has been set to remind me when it’s two minutes to midnight.” I explained before I dug my phone out of my pocket and showed it to Emerald, it was then that I realized that more time had passed than I thought because it had just gone ten to. ”It’ll be the New Year before we know it! Speaking of Diamond, how does she feel about you dating someone she’s facing at Inception V? I can’t imagine that she was too happy about that!”

”She wasn’t happy but I think we should be okay if I don’t try to interfere on your behalf.” Emerald explained and I nodded as I got the idea but I had to admit, there was some sexual tension building between us, have to admit, I’ve never had sex with another woman right as the new year begun either. ”She should come around to the idea once the match has happened, unless you pin or submit her to get the win.”

”Considering that Myra Rivers is in the match as well, that’s a big maybe.” I pointed out as I folded my arms and Emerald nodded as she got the idea. ”I suppose I could pull off an upset much like the one Jessie pulled off to earn her shot at Andrea Hernandez but Jessie is a lot more experienced than me.”

”Maybe but anything can happen in that ring.” Emerald responded before I got my phone out to check the time, five minutes to go until the new year. ”So, I’ve been thinking of a special way we can welcome in the New Year Adrienne.” Emerald added as she nudged up closer to me.

”Oh? What do you have in mind?” I asked before I set my phone aside and turned to face my girlfriend, and subsequently realized what she meant when I saw the look on her face. ”Oh, I see.”

”Can you think of a better way to ring in the New Year?” Emerald asked before she leaned in and kissed me on the lips, I kissed her back and before long what had started as a make out #session had escalated to us having sex for the first time. ”Who needs a party when we’re having the best celebration right here, right?” Emerald asked after she removed my crop top and I did likewise with her tank top.

”Happy New Year indeed.” I responded with a grin before we resumed kissing and I let myself fall backwards with Emerald on top.

I won’t fill you in on the explicit details of what we did after that point, all you really need to know is that by the time the clock struck twelve and the New Year was officially welcomed in, we were completely naked and having sex on my couch.

And no, there isn’t a better way to celebrate the New Year if you ask me!

Local café, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 5th of January 2021, 12:00pm

The New Year is finally here, as for how it’ll stack up compared to last year?

Well, I’m starting the New Year in a relationship so it’s already off to a good start (and that’s not counting the fact that I welcome in the New Year by having sex with my girlfriend) and things should be getting back to normal right?

Well, relatively normal, but I am at least having my first date with my girlfriend!

”Sorry I couldn’t book anything fancier for our first date Penelope.” I apologized to my girlfriend as we sat opposite each other in the café. ”But I left it so late that this café was the only one I could book.” I added and Emerald shrugged her shoulders before we glanced at the menu.

”It’s fine, I don’t really go for fancy things anyway.” Emerald assured me and I nodded in understanding before we decided on our drinks. ”Besides, we could always save that for Valentine’s Day.”[color]

”Just remind me to book that one in advance, trying to get a table for two on Valentine’s Day for Valentine’s Day is just asking for disappointment!” I pointed out and Emerald nodded in understanding as we set the drinks menu down and looked at the food menu. ”And to be honest, that would be the first disappointing thing about this relationship since it started.”

”Can’t argue with that.” Emerald responded before a waitress came over to take our drinks orders, we gave them and the waitress (who was admittedly pretty cute) went off to hand it in. ”Come to think of it, didn’t Ari start a relationship recently?”

”With that Brazilian guy? Francisco right?” I asked and Emerald nodded before I got the idea. ”You think we should ask them if they are up for a double date? Francisco does seem like a great guy whilst I am gay, I’ll admit, he is gorgeous.”

”Yeah I have to admit, Ari hit the boyfriend jackpot with him!” Emerald nodded in agreement before the waitress returned with our drinks, we had already decided on what we wanted to eat and once she had our orders she went over to the kitchen to hand them in. ”And you’ll have to teach me how to cook at some point.”

”I’ll see what I can do but everything I learned was from my dad, he’d be better equipped to teach you to be honest.” I responded with a shrug and Emerald nodded as she got the idea. ”He’s a head chef and culinary instructor, it’s literally part of his job description.”

”Maybe, and I’m not saying that he’s bad at his job, I was raving about the Christmas dinner you cooked me, Katie and Caleb to the other Gemstones.” Emerald admitted and that statement did cause me to blush a bit. ”But I’d still rather learn it from you.”

”Maybe next week, I need to get some time in at the Go Gym.” I responded with a shrug before offering my girlfriend a toast. ”Well, here’s to us!”[color] I added and Emerald grinned before accepting the toast.

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday the 7th of January 2021, 14:00pm

Back to business as usual for me.

Sure, the Christmas Break was great and all (beyond spending time with my new girlfriend obviously) but I had a Triple Threat Match to prepare for in the coming weeks and considering the wide experience gap between me and my opponents? I needed to get all the training I could so I could stand a chance, whether it was at the Go Gym or Jessie’s home gym because let’s face it, either would’ve been good for my preparation.

”Jessie was not kidding when she said that your kicks hurt like hell.” Krystal commented once we had finished sparring, watching on where both members of Team Go, Ariana Angelos and HB Carter, alongside fellow 2021 class graduate Caitlin and the Australian graduate gave her arms a shake to try to get some feeling back into them. ”If I didn’t already know that you were a karate black belt, I do now.”

”I try my best, that’s all I can say.” I responded with a grin before stretching my arms for a bit. ”You sure you don’t want to use kick pads?” I teased Krystal who shook her head before leaving the ring.

”Need to get some feeling back in my arms before I can spar with you again.” Krystal responded before she made herself comfortable at ringside. ”But I will advise anyone who even thinks about sparring with Adrienne to grab a pair of kick pads first!”

”I don’t think I’ve had a chance to spar against you Adrienne, so I volunteer.” Ariana decided before grabbing two of the kick pads and rolling into the ring, right as Caitlin got a notification on her phone. ”But considering that she’s in a Triple Threat Match, shouldn’t she spar against two people at the same time? Granted there’s no one in the room on the experience level off Diamond or Myra but…….”

“Not a bad idea but that won’t be necessary.” Caitlin interrupted as the Texan woman made her way to the ring and leaned on the apron. “You know the old saying, card subject to change and all that! Well, Diamond’s had to pull out of the Triple Threat Match, and it’s been changed to a single’s match! Got it straight from Christian’s Twitter account!”

”Really?” I asked with a surprised look on my face before grabbing my phone and checking it, as I did I saw Krystal checking her phone to confirm it. ”Well, my chances of winning just went down dramatically!” I sighed once I saw the tweet for myself and the other Go Gym Graduates gave me a surprised look. ”I was already up against it when it was me against Diamond and Myra, but now? The odds are really stacked against me when you considering how long Myra has wrestled for.”

”Yeah, you said yesterday that you were about four when you made her debut? Meanwhile I was seven years old!” Ariana nodded before turning to Caitlin. ”You’re about to turn twenty two right?”

“Not quite, my birthday’s in April.” Caitlin responded as she shook her head. “Best you can hope for is catching Myra off guard I think but given her veteran status that’s easier said than done.”

”Yeah, why not ask Adrienne to make Fenris laugh whilst you’re at it!” Krystal responded with a laugh and I shook my head in response. ”You’ll do fine Adrienne, even if you lose this match, it’ll be a great learning experience for you.”

“Hopefully a better learning experience than your challenge to Amber at least.” Carter commented and I gave him a mock death glare for it. “And no, we’re never letting you live that down!”

”Keep talking Carter and I might just volunteer you to be my sparring partner after Ari!” I commented as I looked at my nails playfully and Carter gulped. ”This is just me being curious but what would you say to that?”

“I’ll suddenly remember that Laz wants his ironing done, on the other side of Vegas!” Carter responded quickly and we shared a laugh in response before I started my session with Ariana.

Jessie’s home gym, Las Vegas Nevada
Saturday the 8th of January 2022, 18:00pm

*promo time*

New Year, new me?

”Last month when I debuted for Sin City Wrestling and made my wrestling debut in general I never thought that my second and third matches would be against some of the best wrestlers SCW has to offer, but one instance of “open mouth, insert foot” later and I’ve gone from facing Chloe Benton in my debut to facing Andrea Hernandez in my second ever match to, well originally I was facing Myra Rivers and Diamond Steele in my third ever match but Diamond had to pull out so I’m facing Myra in a singles match instead!”

Yeah, things escalated pretty quickly.

”I’ll admit that there is some part of me that wonders how things would’ve been different if I had never tried to accept Amber’s challenge but what’s done is done and I guess I have to live with the consequences of those actions now, don’t I? I won’t be doing this promo alone because I’ve enlisted the help of a woman who’s been helping me with my training since I tried to accept Amber’s challenge, isn’t that right Jessie?”

Jessie nodded as she stepped into view.

”Well you are using my basement gym for your promo so it’s only right!” Jessie responded before I sat down on the ring apron to make myself comfortable. ”So, how this will work is that I’ll ask you questions about facing Myra and you’ll answer, are we clear?” Jessie asked me and once I nodded to confirm that I did understand her she continued. ”How about we start with this, how do you feel about facing Myra?”

”How do you think I feel?” I asked with a sigh as I ran a hand through my red hair. ”I’m an eighteen year old rookie competing in my third ever match against someone who’s wrestled since I was four in Myra Rivers! There’s no way around the fact that I am the underdog in this match and me winning this match will be nothing short of an upset against someone with Myra’s experience and talent!”

”Upsets can happen in wrestling, just look at how I earned my Internet Title Match.” Jessie pointed out and I nodded in agreement before she continued. ”But do you believe you can win?”

”Easier said than done, I can tell you first hand that my confidence took a big hit when Amber refused my challenge and I lost my second match to Andrea.” I admitted with a deep breath and Jessie nodded. ”But on the other hand? The reason I accepted the challenge from Amber is because I wanted a chance to prove myself against the best! I didn’t get my chance to do that against Amber but if that means that I’m getting a chance to prove myself against Andrea and Myra? So be it!”

”All you can really do is pick yourself up then.” Jessie responded and I nodded with a frown. ”Even so, Myra had some vicious battles against Amber, and she didn’t exactly mince words when she referenced that during a segment!”

”What do you expect me to say? She was right to call me out for trying to accept Amber’s challenge, you know, despite the fact that it was an open challenge to the Bombshell Roster but I guess my rookie status makes me exempt from that somehow!” I grunted in annoyance before shaking my head. ”You’ve faced Myra before and you know how tough an opponent she is, but I’m not backing down from her! The only thing she has over me is age and experience but her age won’t do her much good if she can’t keep up with me.”

”Forgive me for saying but you seem bitter about that situation.” Jessie pointed out and I quickly shook my head in response. ”You’re not? Then why are you saying those things?”

”I’m saying it because I’m sick of being treated like I’m in the wrong even though I’ve made it clear that I never would’ve accepted that challenge if Amber hadn’t cut that promo but sure, blame the rookie for trying to step up when the World Bombshell Champion makes an open challenge!” I grunted in annoyance before letting out a deep breath. ”Myra, the only thing you got right when you addressed me in that promo was that I was trying to cut in line, yet I see no one saying the same thing about Johanna Krieger doing the exact same thing! I guess hypocrisy is rife in the Bombshell division but it’s as I said, I wanted a chance to prove myself against the best and if that means taking you on? So be it!””

”Yeah but are you sure your ready for this?” Jessie asked and I turned to her. ”I’ve been wrestling since I was eighteen and she gave me a hard time, just saying!” Jessie added and I let out a deep breath.

”I’ve been asking myself the same thing since the match was originally announced as a Triple Threat, and those doubts have only doubled since Diamond was taken out of the match!” ” I responded before shifting my weight. ”But I guess I should’ve known that I’d inevitably face the best SCW had to offer when I signed with the company two months ago, I just didn’t think that it would be during my third match as a professional wrestler! But if Myra thinks that I’m backing down from this, she’s wrong!”!”

””I don’t think the question is whether you’re backing down from this or not, rather if you can hang with someone like Myra!” Jessie responded and I let out a sigh as I realized that she was right. ”You said it yourself, there’s no getting around the fact that you’re the underdog in this match!!”

”Oui, and that was before Diamond pulled out! But I may be new to the business but I’m not naïve, I know what Myra is capable off and I know full well the kind of fight that I can expect from her, all I can hope to do at this point is hope that I can keep up!”!”/color] I responded before I folded my arms. ”But here’s the thing Myra, miracles can happen in the wrestling and at Inception V I’ll be out to bounce back from my loss to Andrea a few weeks ago, I just hope that you are ready for the non-title fight of your life because I will give you nothing less!”!”

”Okay, that covers everything.” Jessie responded as she went to step out of shot. ”Floors all yours for the closing statements.” Jessie added before she stepped out of view and I took a deep breath.

”One woman is the longest reigning Bombshell Internet Champion, and then there’s me! The French Rookie who is in her third ever match! I may as well have a big flashing neon sign right above my head that reads “The Underdog” in big, red and green letters but I’m not about to back down from this challenge and if Myra thinks that I’m easy pickings then her age must be getting to her already!”

It’s that simple.

”It’s true that I’m the rookie in this match but I’m the rookie who was trained by the Go Gym, a training school that has produced the likes of Fenris, Krystal Wolfe, Tempest, the list goes on but the one thing that they have in common is the fact that they are all former and current champions! It’ll likely be a while before I win my first title but I’ll be putting in the work to get to that point in each and every match that I’m put in and this is no different! Myra would be a fool to underestimate me because of my inexperience but don’t take my word for it!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”Because I prefer to let my actions speak louder than words! And who knows? Maybe that effort will be enough for the rookie to win the day? Myra is the obvious favourite to win the match but I’ve spent most of this promo being interviewed by someone who’s proof that upsets can and will happen in wrestling! Myra, I’ll see you at Inception V but until then I implore you to remember that whilst “The French Rose” is beautiful in bloom, you should beware her sharp thorns!”

I entered the ring with Jessie to start my training as the scene fades.

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“I didn’t rest on my laurels following my win over Char Kwan. I went to Colorado and I got some extra training from Kim Pain, an associate of Kat Jones, Mac Bane among others… all for ONE LAST CHANCE at a world championship in 2021…”

Festivus In Florida 2

12/29/2021

I began to reflect on the tables match I had on night one of Victoria Salinas’s supercard event against my ex-boyfriend Jayson Schneider, remembering this match and the crap I heard from him going in through my internal thoughts…

“I’m going to end your career. You are worthless. SCW should not employ you on their roster. You will never be a world champion again. You will always be the so close yet so far bitch…”

“Throughout the match, he tried to fill my head with these lies over and over again. Did I waver? No. I wasn’t going to let him beat me or be a part of my life any longer! My trainer, Scott Lockley, always reminded me that I should always stay strong in the face of adversity.”

I reflected on the moment where I dove off the top rope and gave Jayson a somersault cutter from the top rope right through a flaming table.

“Suddenly, I found myself ONE WIN AWAY from a world championship! Now, I had to go through 14 other women in both a battle royal and a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match should I survive to the final two in order to get the world championship I had starved for, for so long.”

12/30/2021

I remembered the end of the battle royal phase where Ryleigh Ruin eliminated someone else, leaving her and I as the final two in the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match.

“I can do this…” I thought to myself. “I KNOW I can do this! Remember what Amber Ryan kept telling you this past summer… remember how she told you that you will never be enough, remember all those horrible, nasty things she said about you that nearly drove you out of this business… take out all of that bitterness, that anger, that frustration out on this BITCH and show her what being a world champion is ALL ABOUT!”

I was hurting badly during that match. Ryleigh targeted my ankle constantly. There were moments during the match where it seemed like I was about to lose. But never for even a nanosecond did I feel like I was in danger of losing. Ryleigh was a therapeutic opponent for me considering how similar she was to Amber: loved to talk a bunch of shit, loved to bring people down to feel better about herself, and willing to be as violent as possible to win. For me, beating her and winning this world title wasn’t just about getting that world title I fell short of winning in SCW, but it was a therapeutic healing I needed. Mr. Lockley taught me so much about silencing the critics.

The joy poured through me when I grabbed the FESTIVUS World Championship from the rafters and dropped down to the mat. But my journey wasn’t over yet…

“YOU DON’T DESERVE IT!” Victoria Salinas would tell me repeatedly as she assaulted me after the match and abused her power on her own show to force me to defend the world title I won against her right then and there, after I had gone through hell. “Fuck you, I DO deserve it” was my thought process as a few wrestlers rebelled against her and I recovered, also remembering what my trainer had told me about how I define me…


“Nobody else writes your story but you…” he’d say.

And when I recovered thanks to help from the uprising against Victoria, I would nail her with the Rebel Bomb, get the three count and keep the world championship I had just won. I closed the two night event in Orlando, and 2021, as a world champion.

I will NEVER forget the joy that flowed through me when I came to terms with what I had accomplished. I had endured two nights and four different matches each with a varying degree of hell attached to it to become a world champion! Backstage, the joy was amazing!

“I love you so much…” Adrianna said to me when we exchanged a huge embrace. I wasn’t crying, but she was. She, more than most, knew the pain that I had to endure for years to achieve this moment. “I never doubted you for a second. What you did out there wasn’t just the Rebellious Vixen doing what she’d done for years, it was an EVOLUTION!”

“This is just the beginning…” I was quick to remind my sister! Our conversation didn’t last too long without more familiar faces jumping in.

“You’re damn right it’s just the beginning…” I heard my best friend Jazmyn Rain say as we exchanged a hug and she told me ‘congratulations’.

“That was so INSPIRING!” Chelsea LeClair, my former protege, said to me as we exchanged a hug as well. “I’m so lucky and so blessed to have been mentored by someone like you. If anyone deserves this, it’s YOU!”

The joy within me really got me to smile the widest that I had in years. Years of pain, mostly psychological, some of it self-inflicted, began to melt off of me.

It was an overjoyed feeling to FINALLY get over the hump and NOT be that “so close, yet so far” wrestler I had been dating back to my awful experiences in UWA. Yet, there was this pull in my heart that was also telling me that this was just a preview of my destiny to come in SCW…

“Now that I know I can win a world championship the right way, it’s time to do the same in 2022! There’s not a woman on that roster that is going to stop me! It’s time for the Rebellious Vixen to shine the brightest she ever has in her career…”

New Year’s Day

Just a couple of days removed from my world championship victory at Festivus in Florida, I took a trip to the one place where it all began for me: the Lockley Wrestling Institute… or what was left anyway. The gym and the ring were still in good shape but my old wrestling school was largely in disrepair otherwise. I was inside of the training ring kneeling down in the center of it. Memories of my training and my beginnings were flooding my thoughts. I had the Festivus World Championship laid out in front of me and as I looked at my reflection in the newly won title, I saw myself at the young age of 18 busting my ass and training as hard as I could to break into the mainstream. I saw Lockley coach me, mentor me, teach me and encourage me to be great. I reflected on the day that I left his school for good and the best advice he ever gave me…

“The best way to be successful in this business is to be you…” I said out loud, remembering those words loud and clear. I looked up at the ceiling and the sky at this point. “I will never forget that you taught me that.”

I took a deep breath before I began to talk to my late trainer in spirit.

“This world championship that I won is because of you and I will never stop appreciating what you did for me. I won this world title the other night because I was ME! I didn’t pretend to be anything else. I didn’t feel the need to fake anything. What the fans saw at Festivus in Florida was me at my absolute best and in my purest form… what YOU helped me find when you were training me. Gosh, 2021 had its ups and downs. I had my 350 day title reign in SCW. But when Adrianna’s accident happened, the year really turned upside down. It was set up perfectly for me to win the world title on my BIRTHDAY, for HER… and I didn’t. It crushed me… and Violent Conduct was worse. I remember when I wanted to quit after that, but the piece of you that’s in my heart wouldn’t let me do that and I am so grateful that you didn’t let me quit. I’m grateful as hell that you pushed me to keep going after that frustrating loss to Roxi. I’m so thankful that you helped me find the Rebellious Vixen again…”

I took a pause and a deep breath, going through my sentimental feelings toward my trainer and father figure as I looked down at the world title. My heart was filling up with pure emotion at this point.

“Your teachings pulled me through the absolute worst. I would’ve never been able to get over Amber Ryan if it wasn’t for you. I’m going to tell you something Scott…”

I paused and picked the Festivus world title off the mat, placing it on my lap.

“...when I touched this championship for the first time and when I realized it was going to be mine, after my mother, you were the first person that I thought about. You were the person that I wanted to make proud…”

The emotions in my heart were starting to pour through me. When I remembered that this was the first world title I had won after he had passed on and that he died while I was being the most evil bitch in the business and cheating my way toward my previous world title, my eyes started to glisten. I was still happy, but guilt was beginning to enter my heart as well.

“This is what you wanted for me…” I said as tears started to stream down my face. “...to shine at my brightest one more time before you died… and you never got to see that because I was too busy being such a horrible person in GCW and winning their Global title by dirty tricks and cheating my way to it. You even DIED on the day I won THAT title and ever since I found out you had died, I’ve felt so HORRIBLE and GUILTY about it. You died being SO disappointed in me…”

I was starting to lose it a little bit more at this point as the tears started to flow faster. I was starting to feel my heart break knowing that he couldn’t be alive to see what I had accomplished at Festivus in Florida 2.

“I’m HAPPY that I managed to win a world title the right way, but I’m so heartbroken that you couldn’t live to see it. I wish you were there, Scott. You were like my dad to me! I wish that you would be here right now and we’d be having a celebration, having a drink or two, and talking about how far I’ve come and how proud of me you are. I wish we could laugh and smile and talk about how the best is coming for me. I wish you could be here for me to encourage me to keep being at my best and to tell me how much you believe in me. God, I’m going into a big year in SCW right now and I’ve got so much I want to do. I want that World title there SO BAD after that double heartbreak with Amber. I SO wish you could be here on this journey I’m about to embark on because while I’m confident, I’m also scared of failing and letting you down again. This journey I’m about to begin called 2022 would’ve been a GREAT time for you to be here. What if I come up empty in 2022? What if I go into Inception and some unexpected setback happens? NO… HELL NO! You would NEVER want me to think like that… especially after I just won this world title. 2022 will be different for ONE BIG REASON: because I go into it having the ONE thing that I NEVER had any year before: the knowledge of what it means to be a champion through everything you ever taught me…”

“My father would’ve been happy to see you come around just now…” I heard the voice of his son, Scott Lockley Jr., say. I quickly dried my eyes to see him standing by the ring apron while a part of me was feeling embarrassed.

“How much of that did you hear, Scotty?”

“Pretty much everything,” he said with a soft sigh. “I know that my father and you meant the world to each other and it’s quite satisfying to see that you want to honor him after you won that world title through all the adversity you had to deal with not just at the event, but the whole year. Mind if I join you there?”

I shook my head and Scotty entered the ring with me.

“Miranda…” he began, causing me to stand up and pick up my title to look at him more directly while knowing that the usage of my full first name meant something serious was about to be said. “... don’t you dare regret that he’s not here physically. You and I both know that if he were still alive, he would be incredibly proud of you. In fact, with how far you have come in the last few months, it concerns me that you still regret the fact that my father died while you were going through a hard time in GCW so to speak, especially now that you won your fifth world title.”

‘I was… having a moment…” I said with a sigh. “I miss him so much and it’s because of that, that I still regret that I was such a horrible person when he had died. I STILL feel horrible that I even WON a world title doing the opposite of everything he taught me and being everything he never would’ve wanted me to be. It’s one of the few regrets I am still carrying with me knowing that I was letting him down as he passed…”

“Don’t be so ridiculous…” Scotty responded to me, surprising me. Inside, I was starting to feel a little bit awful that I still carried regrets that Scotty and I likely both knew that I shouldn’t be carrying anymore. “Miranda, what you were at the time that my father died and all of the awful things you were doing is a burden that you have to let go of now. You proved to the world that you are light years better than that and most importantly, when you won that championship that you are holding right now, you proved it to yourself too. You not only found the Rebellious Vixen again, you have grown her into something spectacular.”

“I know I have and I appreciate you telling me that. But that’s not going to change the fact that he was so disappointed in me when he died…” I said, as I began to tear up again.

“Can I let you in on a little secret, just for your own sake?” he asked me.

“Shoot.”

“My father and I had so many conversations while he was on his deathbed. As it turns out, there was one that was about you…”

Hearing this caused me to widen my eyes in surprise.

“He talked about me?”

Scotty nodded and continued.

“When we talked about you, my father predicted that you and I would reconnect again at some point. He expressed faith that the darkness that you were going through at the time was something that you were going to overcome to be stronger and better than before.”

The tears that were going down my face turned from sorrow to joy the moment I heard that. The guilt that I was feeling over him was starting to fade.

“REALLY?” I said in a surprised, slightly shrill voice. “He said that about me? Your father, on his deathbed, had THAT much faith in me at my worst that I was going to turn things around and be better than ever?”

Scotty nodded with a bit of a smirk on his face. I gasped, feeling a bit shocked, but definitely happy.

“Oh my god…” I said as I wiped away a tear. “Scotty, that means so much to me, more than you could ever know. He believed in me during a period where it was impossible for me to believe in myself!”

“Yes, he sure did. He had nothing but good things to say about you. He was never upset with you for the way you were carrying yourself in GCW. In fact, he was never disappointed in you at all…”

“I can’t right now…” I said joyfully as I clutched the world title to my chest. “If you’re making this up, I’ll kill you!”

“Trust me, I’m not. I’d never lie about my father. He never felt like you let him down. Sure, he wasn’t happy that you were acting the way you were in GCW, but he never held a grudge. Heck, he never got angry with you at all. My father understood that at the time, you were going through so much pain that was making you act that way. He knew that there were issues that were holding you down that had turned you into the monster that you were at the time. He understood that you had so many issues within yourself that you had to work out. He never wanted to cut you off or distance himself from you. He had the door open for you the entire time knowing that there would be a day where you would come down and seek him out. Sadly, yes, he died before that day ever came. But when you came to my father’s house a few years ago and we reconnected, I was stunned… not just because I was seeing you for the first time in years, but because my father was right. My father’s prayers were answered the day you came to that door.”

“...he prayed for me?”

“Once he realized he wasn’t going to make it, yes. He prayed for internal peace and strength for you. Those prayers were answered even further when you won your world title.”

“I need a moment…” I said through my happy tears. I looked up at the sky, directing my emotion and the conversation toward my trainer in the sky. “I love you so much! Thank you for having so much faith in me from day one. As if I wasn’t inspired enough already, the first person that ever had faith in me had faith in me until his dying breath. Scotty, do you realize how much that inspires me? He gave me EVERYTHING I needed to be successful. He stood up for me. He gave me so much, even faith that I probably didn’t deserve. I love that man so much, Scotty. If only he was my actual father and not the asshole that raised me…”

I stopped talking for a moment, continuing to let out my happy tears. I was surprised when I felt Scotty’s arm come around me. He pulled me into a warm, soft, brief embrace, both touched that I praised his father so much and happy for me that I was able to come around and begin to move past the guilt that I had carried for years.

“For what it’s worth, Myra… he really did see you as the daughter he never had.”

I chuckled for a bit while I soaked in the warmth that was going through my heart again. Looking at my Festivus world title again, my soul began to drown in inspiration. At this point, I was beginning to feel loved more than I ever had in any moment since before my mother had passed away. The sadness and the guilt was long gone. Inside, I was feeling so amazing about myself. For the first time in my career, hell the first time in my life, I was beginning to feel like a champion. For the first time ever as a professional wrestler, the purpose of me being in this business was starting to be realized.

“Scotty, I think for the first time in my life, I can look in the mirror and tell myself ‘I love you’. I was born to be a champion and your father’s destiny was bringing out the champion that was always in me. He gave me the greatest gift a wrestler can ever have and now? I don’t want to make up for my wrongs to him. I want to repay him! I want to give back! I want to find the BEST way to ever thank him for EVERYTHING he’s ever done for me! Scotty…”

I looked around the gym and the ring, noting the disrepair the Lockley Wrestling Institute was in. There was a slight moment of sadness seeing it in the shape it was in, but the inspiration in my soul gave me an amazing idea.

“...I want to bring this school back… and run it… for him!”

Scotty found himself stunned by this, but in a happy way.

“Miranda, I appreciate that. You do realize that it’s going to cost…”

“I don’t care about the cost! I want to bring back the school… for HIM! It’s my big gift to him for all the amazing things he’s done for me.”

“It’s a hell of a gift and you have my support on that. The greatest gift of all you can give him? Be you!”

“Of course! The best way to be a champion is to be me, just like he taught me!”

“Your world title there is a testament to that. However, it’s only the beginning. You know that you’re capable in SCW now… to win the world title there too. The proof is literally in your hands. What you accomplished in Orlando is a preview of a destiny that awaits you in SCW.”

Without even thinking about it, I walked up to Scotty and happily gave him the biggest hug that I could.

“You’re so right… on all of that! Thank you!”

“The best is yet to come…” he said as he returned my hug.

Now?

I was feeling like I was ready to kick off 2022 and the journeys I was about to embark on: giving back to my beloved trainer and becoming the SCW Bombshells World Champion I believe in my heart now more than ever I am destined to become.

January 8th, 2022

Back home in Miami, I had the Festivus world title on my lap.

“The best part of my career is just getting started…” I thought to myself.

“Mommy…” Kimberly, my daughter, said to me in surprise. “When are you gonna play Mario Kart with me?”

“In a few minutes, sweetheart!” I said with a smile. “Just give me five, okay?”

“Okay…” Kimberly says, then gasps when she sees my world title. “It’s so pretty!!! Well DUH it is when you’re the one that has it!”

I laughed at this. “Thank you.”

“Can I hold it?”

“Of course!” I said, as I handed Kimberly the title. “HEY! Take it upstairs and keep it for a little bit! It’s your title too, sweetheart! I won it for you too! Run along! I’ll see you in a little bit!”

“OKAY!” Kimberly says with excitement as she runs up the stairs with the title. I took a deep breath soaking in all the happy vibes I was going through. Suddenly, I felt this cold, near-freezing sensation sweep my neck and shoulders as if someone was embracing me. I looked around and obviously didn’t see anyone.

“I’m proud of you…” I heard from someone that wasn’t even there. “...I will always be proud. Keep creating your destiny...”

“...Scott?!?!?!”

My eyes widened with surprise and that near-freezing sensation disappeared.

“...was that you? Did I actually hear you or did I imagine it in my head?”

I wasn’t freaked out for long, taking another breath and smiling when I remembered the words I just heard.

“I believe in the destiny I am about to create in 2022… now more than EVER!” I said with confidence.

At this point, I went upstairs to play Mario Kart with Kimberly feeling nothing but the brightest joy I’ve experienced in years!

January 15th, 2022

FROM MY NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL

The cameras came on and I was beaming with all the joy in my heart as I held a microphone in my hand and had my Festivus World Championship wrapped around my waist. I was standing on the sands of a beach that was in front of the Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel located in its namesake city not far from Miami. It was a chill, yet calming evening and my bright mood was shining through as I began to speak.

“Happy new year! Let me tell you something, I am EXCITED for Inception because for me, I’m about to start the most challenging journey of my career! However, coming into 2022, I know in my heart NOW more than EVER that I AM going to tackle the journey, overcome anything in my way and have the most rewarding year of my career, EVER! Anyone and anyone may want to bring me down and that’s fine but I know that I AM one of the best wrestlers in this company and that I am destined to win the Bombshells World Championship and I am going to give it the best that I’ve ever had to make that dream come true and it ALL starts with Adrienne Beaufort. I’ll get to her in a bit, but I want to acknowledge that I’m here at the Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel, the site of where I had my FIRST EVER Independent wrestling match on my 19th birthday back in 2003. I was nervous as hell, but also excited because I knew that it was the start of a special journey for me and it’s only fitting, going into my first match of 2022, to come back here and… I’ve got some guests with me…

The shot pans to show a woman, a young man and an older man standing behind me.

“It’s great to see you again, Myra!” The older man stated.

“It’s great seeing you again too, Joe! Joe here was the promoter of the Indy company I wrestled for! The man next to him is Zay, who wanted my autograph after my first match…”

“Sup y’all! This is Myra’s first ever FAN here!”

“And the lady is Melanie, who happened to be my opponent that night. Wasn’t I a natural when I won, Melanie?”

“Yeah yeah, rub it in…” she says with a playful eye roll.

“I wanted to talk to you all for a brief minute to share with the fans my start in the business and to REALLY connect with them on a level that I haven’t connected with before. So, a couple of questions. When you first met me, what was your first impression of a young, naive, and stubborn Miranda Lynette Rivers when she walked into that building to have her first real wrestling match ever?”

“Myra… damn…” Joe begins with a laugh. “You were a pain in the ass, let me tell you. It was youth and inexperience, I get that. But when you walked in telling me that you were destined for greatness and that wrestling the opening match was an insult, I thought you had an obnoxious attitude because you really acted like you didn't want to pay your dues. You wanted to go straight to the top right away. I’m glad you grew out of that, but please teach your opponent a lesson in paying your dues. She reminds me of the parts of you that I don’t like. Adrienne Beaufort had no business cutting the line the way she did then spitting in the faces of those that tried to help her. It’s sickening!”

“Now, let me keep it real right here…” Zay begins. "You looked like one of those stereotypical Barbie bitches that didn't seem like anything special. I thought you were never going to make it because you seemed generic to me. Now, your girl Adrienne over there in Sin City Wrestling, I see nothing special about her. Like, for real. Who the fuck does she think she is? She’s just another metal chick like Jessie and Krystal, but the big difference with her is she’s some martial artist and that’s supposed to make her special? Yeah… no… you at her age were WAY above her level!"

"I wanted to beat the shit out of you because you thought you were too good to be here all because of who your mother was.” Melanie reminds me to my slight regret. “You thought coming out of Lockley's gym made you better than us. But you outgrew that. That girl you’re facing? UGH! The way I see it, she walks around with the attitude that coming from GO Gym makes her something but I don’t see it. I think going straight to SCW is going to ruin her career."

“Interesting thoughts. And… yeah, I admit that I definitely was quite a bit like Adrienne when I was her age. Compared to then, what’s your impression of me now considering how I’ve grown out of being, for lack of a better term, an obnoxious, self-absorbed brat?”

"You turned out to be one of the greatest talents I've ever had working for me and I was not surprised that you've made it as far as you have” Joe said, causing me to smile. " Over time, you developed some wisdom about our business. Wisdom to know what wrestling is all about made you who you are and someone like Adrienne lacks that which is why she says and does stupid things that get her in trouble."

"You're one of my favorite wrestlers ever and you've got the best spirit in a wrestler I've ever seen.” Zay adds. "Adrienne doesn't have that spirit that you do with how she tries to cut the line and tweet about nonsense like who she kissed under the mistletoe and all of that irrelevant bullshit!”

"You're one of the best wrestlers of my generation, honestly. You humbled yourself to learn and grow.” Melanie adds. "Adrienne doesn't have that humility to shut up and pay her dues. But, when you’re done with her, perhaps she’ll start to develop that. Here’s hoping! You on the other hand, haven’t even peaked yet"

“Thank you so much for your kind words and your thoughts guys! It was great seeing you again!”

There was a quick hug with each of them before they departed. From there, I spoke directly to Adrienne.

“Adrienne, you seem like a good girl and you seem like someone that REALLY wants to be part of this business. Yeah, what you just heard may have been true, but the point I wanted to make is two-fold. I wanted to get the perspective of a fan, promoter and a wrestler about what they think of you, and I wanted to put things into perspective for you on how this business really works. I WAS very similar to you when I was your age. I wanted to rush into big time glory and championships. I wanted everything to happen for me so fast. I wanted to take on the biggest and the baddest right out of the gate. I didn’t understand the value and the meaning of working your way up the business. Adrienne, compared to ME, you’ve had it LUCKY! Whereas YOU came to Sin City Wrestling straight out of GO Gym with the training that you have and no Indy experience, I had to wait ONE YEAR before I even had an INDEPENDENT WRESTLING MATCH and then I had to pay my dues and bust my ass in the Indies for FOUR AND A HALF YEARS before I FINALLY hit the damn mainstream with NSWA. Advantage ME right out of the gate. You didn’t have to go through the grind that I did and therefore, you don’t have the ability to appreciate what it takes to be a champion in the business nearly as much as I do. Yeah, I called you out for a reason a few weeks ago when you made that stupid mistake of trying to call out Amber and it wasn’t just for what I said. I’d be a hypocrite if I didn’t mention that yeah, I made the mistake of wanting to rush up the ladder too when I got started myself, but I didn’t go right after the fucking world champion like you did. You haven’t even EARNED a match against the world champion and you’re already alienating your bosses one match in? Not smart!”

“I was HOPING that getting booked against Andrea and being all but thrown into the fire was going to teach you something. I really do! I mean that. Perhaps going through the Andrea experience was going to give you a stronger work ethic and make you appreciate everything that the business about. But sadly, I don’t think it did. Let me ask you something, Adrienne. Aside from training at Go Gym most likely, what did you do to prepare yourself for our match? What did you do to get ready for 2022? What work did you put in during the holiday break to be a better wrestler? What I did? I got the FUCK out of my comfort zone and trained HARDER than before training with someone that I would’ve never imagined to train with in Kim Pain and LEARNED how to be mentally tough and to address the ONE weakness that had been holding me back for years! I went to Orlando, for a massive supercard that one of my former peers put together and I beat the SHIT out of my ex-boyfriend in a tables match, setting him on fire. I busted my ass through a battle royal and endured so much shit in a TLC match not just to win THIS world title you see around my waist, but to KEEP IT! I sure as fuck put in WORK for 2022. What did YOU do, Adrienne? Tell me something that you did to grow. Don’t tell me about Go Gym. Everyone in their right mind would train during the holidays. Did you go above and beyond?

I don’t see it. I don’t see tweets of you training. I don’t see you talking about what you are planning on doing to be a better wrestler. No, I see you do nothing but tweet about mainly dumb things and tweeting about this relationship with Emerald. Last Climax Control, did you talk about Andrea and the lessons you learned from facing her? You didn’t. Hell, you didn’t even mention Andrea by name. You were talking about how nervous you are about our match and how you were HOPING that you would have something easier for your third match. Are you fucking kidding me, Adrienne? I don’t take it as an insult to ME personally, but if you REALLY want to be someone in this business, you don’t SAY things like that. Sure, it’s OKAY to FEEL like you want an easier match, but when you go out and say that you wish you had something easier for match three, it comes off as you don’t want the challenge. It really comes off as if you don’t WANT to bust your ass to make it up the ladder. You know who MY third SCW match was when I first came here? AMBER RYAN… and I was facing her coming off of a LOSS in my second match. Not ONE TIME did I sit there and say “well, I wish I had it easier”. FUCK THAT! You know what I did, Adrienne? I EMBRACED that challenge, took it head on and I BEAT AMBER RYAN! THAT is what the FUCK you do when you face a challenge that the powers that be here throw at you. You don’t lament and wish you had it easier. Compared to just about everyone on the roster, you’ve had it EASY! It took ME almost 18 YEARS to go from training to SCW while YOU came here at JUST 18! Don’t WISH about EASIER since you have a golden opportunity being on this roster so damn young.

Last Climax Control, would it have HURT YOU to at least SHOW like you give enough of a crap? If you’re not openly wishing for an easier match at Inception, you’re kissing Emerald, someone who is aligned with Kate Steele, under the damn mistletoe and creating a fucking predictable soap opera. Yeah, THAT is going to go over real well with Kate! That’s the thing with you Adrienne, you don’t have your priorities straight. Not that there's anything wrong with dating or anything, but how do you expect to move up the ladder when you don’t have your priorities straight and when you don’t seem to have the proper mentality for the business? The only people that go straight from wrestling school to the big leagues at such a young age are prodigies and you and I both know that you wouldn’t consider yourself a prodigy. You create your own destiny in this business Adrienne, and I hate to say it, but if you continue to go down the path that you are going on… so unfocused and stirring up trouble with the wrong people like Kate and Amber, you are going to end up with a shorter career not just in Sin City Wrestling, but in our business entirely. The way you’re going, you’re putting yourself at risk of being out of the business by the age of 22… not because you’re not good enough. You HAVE to be talented to be on THIS roster at YOUR age I’m sure… but because you’re showing signs of not being smart enough yet. I’m not calling YOU stupid, but you have made some stupid decisions already that have drawn the ire of our bosses. You carry around this attitude, and I understand it may not be intentional and you may not realize this, that you are taking the business that I love and that I have cried, bled and suffered for, for granted and that’s something that doesn’t sit well with me.

Are you going to tell me to fuck off too just like you did with Jessie a couple of CC’s back when you threw her less than stellar record in her face when she was trying to help you?

For your sake, I hope you don’t. You said that you heard my message loud and clear, but did you?

Because your actions since then don’t seem to indicate that. Your choice to date Emerald knowing it wasn’t going to sit well with Kate is a lack of WISDOM on your part. It’s a move that is going to have Kate wanting to beat the shit out of you and considering how badly you alienated the Bombshells locker room by going straight for Amber right away, there are going to be very few women back there willing to help you. The lack of SPIRIT within you is obvious. It’s one thing to WANT this like you do, but it’s a completely different thing to SAY that you want this and ACT like you want this and considering how you lamented the fact that your third match here isn’t an “easier match”, that REALLY concerns me because that’s NOT acting like you want this. That’s acting like you want everything to be easy! You think it was easy for ME when NSWA was throwing me into the fire against some of their best up and comers right way? NO! And even THEN, while I admittedly was very immature as a rookie, I STILL didn’t act like that or whine about not having an easy third match. Your expressed desire to have it easy and your actions toward Amber and how you recently treated Jessie is proof of a lack of HUMILITY on your part too. I get it, that was me too at first. But when I struggled in the early going in NSWA, I shut my mouth, worked on what needed to be worked on and paid my fucking dues.

Paying your dues is EMBRACING the challenge I bring to you at Inception… not wishing you had an easier opponent because let me tell you something sweetheart, this is the toughest women’s division in wrestling and you’ve got to be so much tougher than that to make it and be a champion here. Inception for me is showing this company that I’m about to start the best year of my career here and that THIS title around my waist WILL, one day, be the SCW Bombshells World Championship. I’ve had to endure SO MUCH this past year to be as strong and as smart as I’ve become since my misadventures with Amber and I had to go through HELL to be the Rebellious Vixen again and I KNOW, starting with you, I WILL have to go through HELL to get the ONE championship I am MORE motivated than EVER to have! That’s how you pay your dues in this business young lady, and come Inception?

I’m going to teach you that lesson, and many more lessons, about how this business, especially the Sin City Wrestling Bombshells division, really is! My destiny starts with YOU… and I already know you don’t want this match nearly as bad as I do…

With the blazing inferno tearing through my heart and soul and with my motivations being as bright as ever, I shut off the YouTube feed knowing that I am far from done.




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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2022, 09:27:24 PM »
(Emerald was used with Todd’s permission)

Inception V was right around the corner and so was Adrienne’s PPV Debut! The eighteen year old French Go Gym Graduate was facing seemingly insurmountable odds as she was facing the longest reigning Bombshell Internet Champion Myra Rivers in what was originally a Triple Threat Match with Diamond Steele as the third woman in the match but that changed after Diamond pulled out! Can Adrienne score the upset win?

Go Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday the 15th of January 2022, 14:36pm

Am I ready for this?

I’ve been training hard since my first Supercard Match was announced (and subsequently changed due to Diamond pulling out of the match) but the same applied to my debut match against Chloe Benton last month and no offence to Chloe but Andrea Hernandez and Myra Rivers are in another class entirely! And I lost my match to Andrea! So yeah, since that loss I’ve been having serious doubt about my SCW career.

Should I have taken the same patch Krystal took when she graduated? Tour the indies for a few years and then make my SCW debut? Krystal’s accomplishments since joining the SCW Roster speak for themselves which only furthers the question plaguing my mind, did I join SCW too soon into my wrestling career?

Granted, I did it out of necessity really, after Caleb’s injury at High Stakes XI Katie needed someone who could bring in the income since Caleb couldn’t work and Katie, despite her Go Gym Training, isn’t ready to compete in the ring yet, but it could always be worse I guess! I mean, my career could’ve gone the way of Taylor Blazer.

”So, how’s it going?” I glanced up from my turn at kicking the punching bag and saw Ari walking up to me having just had a sparring session with Krystal. ”You were kicking that bag pretty hard.”

”Just giving them a workout and making sure I haven’t lost any of my kicking power since the match against Andrea.” I admitted as I turned to the Greek-American woman. ”It’s going pretty well and has helped me work out more than a few lingering doubts in my mind.”

”What lingering doubts?” Ari asked with a concerned look on her face, and I sighed before motioning for her to follow me into the women’s changing room knowing that it was likely to be empty at this time, when we entered the women’s changing room and confirmed that we were the only women in there I turned to her. ”Don’t feel comfortable admitting this in front of everyone else, huh?”

”You can say that again Ari,” I sighed before sitting down on one of the benches. ”In all honesty? Since the Amber Ryan incident and the whole fallout from that, there’s been one question that’s been plaguing my mind: did I join SCW to soon into my career?” I admitted as I folded my arms and lowered my head and Ari remained silent for a good minute. ”I’ll be the first to admit that me trying to accept Amber’s challenge was partially me on a high from winning my debut match but all I really did was make an enemy of most of the Bombshell Locker Room and anger the bosses.”

”Adrienne, do you mind if I be completely honest with you?” Ari asked and I motioned for her to go ahead. ”I’m still on the side of the majority of the Bombshell Roster, you tried to cut in line way too soon!”

”What the hell was I supposed to do? Sit back and ignore an open challenge?!” I demanded as I ran a hand through my hair. ”I said it before and I’ll say it again, if Amber had never said that I would’ve kept my mouth shut and who knows? Maybe my first few weeks as a member of the SCW Roster would’ve been a lot quieter! But no, Amber issued the challenge and because I was riding on a high from my win over Chloe, I tried to accept it.”

”And we all know what happened next.” Ari nodded sympathetically as I let out a frustrated sigh. ”To be frank? I’m still surprised you weren’t fired on the spot for hi-jacking an episode of Climax Control but that’s in the past, Krystal’s SCW Career got off to a rocky start and she’s bounced back tremendously, you’ll find your footing eventually. I’m sure of it.”

”Maybe, but there’s still the elephant in the room.” I responded and it didn’t take Ari long to figure out what I meant. ”My Supercard debut was tough enough when my opposition was Myra and Diamond, but now that I’m facing Myra on her own? I’d say that I have a hell of a hill to climb if I want to win my match next Sunday but it’s more like I have a mountain to climb instead.”

”Yeah but let’s face it, the only time you’re ever going to have an easy match on a SCW Supercard is if you’re facing someone like The Troll.” Ari pointed out and I chuckled in response before nodding in agreement, ”Even if you lose the match against Myra, you’ll still put on a hell of a match and who knows what’ll happen if you actually pull off the upset and get the win?”

”Ari, I know you’re trying to make me feel better, but we both know that that’s a huge if.” I pointed out before the door to the women’s changing room opened but we didn’t look up, Ari instead moved to the side in anticipation of someone trying to walk past her. ”I still don’t know if I did the right thing by signing that SCW Contract when I did.”

”If you’re having doubts about the match against Myra, I think I have a good remedy.” We glanced up and saw Krystal standing at the doorway that led into the women’s changing room, and it became clear that the Australian woman wasn’t coming in to get changed into her street clothes. ”We’re scheduled to spar together, remember?”

”Would you believe that I completely forgot about it?” I asked the Bombshell Roulette Champion sheepishly and Krystal shook her head with a chuckle. ”Truthfully? I wanted to get some things on my chest and I didn’t want anyone else in the Go Gym to overhear.”

”Having doubts about your SCW career so far?” Krystal asked and I was taken aback as the Aussie gave me a significant look. ”Adrienne, I was going through the same thing this time last year during the lead up to my Supercard debut, if anything I had it worse because I was still going through my losing streak at the time! You’ll get over it it, trust me on that!”

”Speaking from experience Krystal?” Ari asked and Krystal nodded without a moment’s hesitation. ”Maybe this will be what Adrienne needs, someone she can take her frustrations out on?”

”Need I remind you that I’m a black belt in two Martial Arts disciplines?” I reminded the two older women as I stood up and walked over to Krystal. ”I’m just saying, I’m the last person who you want as a sparring partner when her motivation is “I have frustrations to work out”!”

”And I know from experience just how much your kicks hurt! But I will be using kick pads this time.” Krystal nodded before motioning for me to follow her. ”Aside from that? I’m ready when you are.”

”I guess it couldn’t hurt! Lead the way!” I responded before me and Ari followed Krystal out of the women’s changing room.

The sparring match with Krystal would end up being just what the doctor ordered, any lingering frustration on my part was worked out in no time at all and I felt readier than ever to take on Myra.

Off course, sparring with a fellow Go Gym Graduate is one thing, taking on a woman with more experience than me, Ari and Krystal combined was another thing entirely but I felt a lot more confident about my chances now that any frustrations I had were gone for the most part.

Local Butches, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 17th of December 2022, 11:00am

Only the best.

I realize that’s a broad statement but in this case, it’s for something special, I’m having a dinner date with Emerald later in my apartment and I’m doing all the cooking so naturally I’m getting the food on the day, which is easy enough since neither of us have any food allergies.

”Pork or beef, what do I chose?” I commented to myself as I looked over the selection of meats that the butcher had on offer, the protein for Emerald’s meal had already been picked (salmon) which left me to pick a meal for myself and both options looked really good, Katie was with me as Caleb had used this butchers himself a lot but she wasn’t paying that much attention.. ”It’s for a date so maybe I should go for something a bit more expensive?” I asked myself catching the butcher’s attention.

“Well, if it was me I’d go for the rib-eye but it’s your choice.” The butcher commented and I glanced up at the older man. “And whoever he is, he’s a lucky man.”

”Oh, I’m not dating a man.” I responded with a nervous laugh and Katie glanced over at us. ”I’m dating another woman, and it’s my first time cooking for her so I want to make a good first impression.” I added and the butcher nodded as he got the idea.

“Adrienne literally only started dating her girlfriend before Christmas, they haven’t been dating long.” Katie chimed in and the butcher nodded as he got the idea. “She’s been stressing about this date for the past couple of days.”

“I’m not one to judge, my son is gay as well.” The butcher nodded in understanding and I grinned in response. “So, are you shopping for yourself or the lovely lady?”

”Me, Penelope’s meal has already been brought.” I explained and the butcher nodded as I looked over the options. ”She’s having salmon so I figured I may as well get myself a meat product to cook for myself.”

“And if you were straight, I’d be calling you a woman after my own heart.” The butcher responded with a grin and me and Katie shared a laugh. “My recommendation is still the ribeye though.” The butcher added and that helped me make up my mind.

”I’ll have a ribeye then, eight ounce please.” I responded and the butcher nodded before he went to cut me an eight ounce ribeye, he soon returned with the meat cut to my specification and I paid for it before he put it in its packaging. ”I’m more comfortable cooking beef than I am pork anyway.”

“Then you made the right choice.” The butcher nodded before I paid for it using my card and minutes later we walked out with the steak in the bag.

”Okay, that just leaves the ingredients for the dessert.” I commented after checking my list and Katie looked at my list from over my shoulder. ”Thanks again for your help Katie.”

“Hey, what are friends for right?” Katie assured me and I grinned in response before she realized something. “Freshly made Sticky Toffee Pudding in half an hour? Isn’t that a bit too ambitious?”

”Well I was the woman who decided to bake a chocolate cake whilst SCW was in Arizona last month!” I responded with a grin before shaking my head. ”That aside? I found a recipe for a quick sticky toffee pudding online! Looks just as good as the regular version and featured most of the same ingredients, I know I can get this done!”

“I’ll take your word for it! You are a talented baker after all.” Katie nodded in understanding before we made our way over to the car. “Next stop: my local grocers.”

”Lead the way!” I nodded with a grin before following Katie to her car.

Adrienne’s apartment, Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday the 17th of January 2022, 18:00pm

The last time I was in this situation was completely different.

By which I mean I was in my apartment with Emerald because last time we were in my apartment together, it was new year’s eve and we were literally welcoming in the New Year with a bang! But this time we’re keeping our clothes on because I was fulfilling a promise to her.

In other words, I was cooking dinner for her, yeah, this is the dinner date I mentioned earlier! And no, Christmas Dinner doesn’t count, that was with Caleb and Katie,, this meal is just the two of us and the only thing missing is the candles but I digress.

”Salmon is being confit for Penelope, steak’s ready to go for me.” I commented to myself as I went over my checklist for the dinner date, Penelope had arrived half an hour ago right as I was doing my prep for the meal and after the pleasantries and kisses were exchanged she left me to my work. ”Only thing that hasn’t been prepped is desert but that shouldn’t take me too long.”

”Whatever your cooking smells amazing babe!” Emerald called out from the living room and I grinned when I heard her voice whilst I started the dessert prep. ”Are you sure you don’t need my help with anything?”

”No, I have everything under control.” I assured my girlfriend as I finished the dessert prep and got got a pan ready to sear the rib-eye steak. ”Steak’s about to go on and the salmon shouldn’t take too much longer, we’ll be eating out each other in no time.” I commented before blushing like a madwoman. ”EATING OUR MEALS! Not eating out each other!”

”Yeah, we’re saving that for dessert!” Emerald responded with a augh and I shook my head with a chuckle. ”Or for when we meet up on New Year’s Eve!”

”We’re not even doing that! The dessert is the last thing I need to put on!” I called back to her once I regained my composure before seasoning one side of the steak and putting it in the pan that side down, and (after washing my hands) seasoning the other side whilst it cooked in the pan. ”Once my steak’s cooked to medium rare and the sides are on the go I’ll put the sticky toffee pudding in the oven!”

”Hope it tastes as an amazing as it sounds.” Emerald responded before I continued to cook without saying anything else, once the puddings were in the oven and our respective meals were plated up I joined Emerald in the living room. ”That looks AMAZING!”

”What can I say? It pays to have a dad who is a head chef in France!” I admitted with a grin before we dug into our food which, well, it was as amazing as it looked. ”Hope you have enough room for dessert, the sticky toffee pudding should be done in about half an hour and I’ve got my phone in there set to go off when that half an hours up.” I explained and Emerald nodded.

”I definitely want to try his cooking if SCW ever goes to France!” Emerald responded with a grin and I nodded in agreement. ”So, you ever think about the future?”

”De[ends on what you mean? If you’re thinking about my future in SCW then all the time.” I admitted with a sigh before I took our empty plates into the kitchen for me to wash up later. ”As for our future? I don’t know, our relationship is barely a month old!”

”I was talking about our future and believe me, I know.” Emerald nodded as the Scottish woman leaned back in her chair. ”But we’ve both seen how quickly relationships can progress in wrestling, and I think our next step should be buying a house together.”

”Maybe we should wait until I have more than one win under my belt.” I responded as I returned to the living room to see Emerald had stood up and turned to face me with her hands against the table in a way that said that she was about to sit on it. ”Take it from me, the winner’s purse is much nicer than the loser’s purse.”

”I don’t doubt that for a second.” Emerald responded before she walked up to me and kissed me and well, it was starting to look a lot like the last time she was in my apartment. ”But the wait will be worth it to be with someone as beautiful as you Adrienne!”

”The feeling’s mutual Penelope.” I responded before I returned the kiss and before long we were back on my couch having sex, albeit with me on top this time, however it didn’t get as far as it did on New Year’s Eve this time, and it was for one simple reason. ”Oh shit, the puddings!” I cussed before I rolled off my girlfriend and ran into the kitchen upon hearing the alarm, thankfully I had heard it just in time as the puddings were finished. ”We’ll have to finish that later, but dessert is ready.”

”I’d complain if your cooking wasn’t the consolation prize Adrienne!” Emerald responded with a cheeky wink and I grinned before I plated up our desserts.

Caleb and Katie’s home, Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday the 18th of December 2022, 10:00am

*promo time*

So, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this done in SCW but I’m doing a fan-mail opening vid as a part of my promo, Katie’s going to be asking me questions if the match against Myra comes up and given that said match is next Sunday, well, that was inevitable! The plan was that after a few questions about Myra I’d start my promo for thew match.

“Okay, next question is from Carlos down in Florida.” Katie commented and I nodded in response as I waited for the question. “Hey Adrienne, big fan of yours since your SCW debut but how do you think you’ll fair against Myra on Sunday?”

”I’m over a month into my wrestling career and I’ve already got a big fan?” I asked with a slight laugh and Katie chuckled before nodding. ”Myra is right, SCW has one of the fiercest women’s divisions in wrestling! Some might say that I threw myself to the lions by signing up right after I graduated from the Go Gym but I am ready for this and Myra’s in for a surprise if she thinks otherwise.”

“I still think there’s going to be a few people thinking that but that’s just me being a realist.” Katie responded with a shrug before she opened another piece of fan mail for me., the next question wasn’t related to my match against Myra (it was from a French wrestling fan thanking me for having some French representation on the international scene as opposed to a French-Canadian) and once I replied to that one we moved on. “Michael from London, England asks: do you see yourself holding a title by the end of your first full year as a wrestler?”

”That’s a tough question, especially when you look at the three women who are the champions in the singles ranks, Krystal, Andrea and Amber are among the best in the business.” I responded as I shook my head and Katie nodded. ”But I guess my match on Sunday will be a good test of that, Myra is the longest reigning Bombshell Internet Champion for a good reason and I’m facing her in my third match as a wrestler, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous but I feel I’m ready for this!”

“If you’re not going to back yourself, who will, right?” Katie asked and I grinned before nodding in agreement. “Okay, next question is from HungDaddy69.” Katie commented with a sigh before looking at me. “Want to place any bets on whether it’s a dick pic?”

”I’d be shocked if it wasn’t, just throw it away and move onto the next one.” I responded before thinking for a moment and turning to the camera. ”Be honest Myra, is that how you’re approaching this match? Just another opponent to get past as you fight your way to the top? Don’t be so foolish, I earned those black belts and I graduated from the Go Gym fair and square, I’d like to think that you wouldn’t underestimate me given your veteran status but who knows at this point? All I know is that I’ll give you a hell of a fight!”

“Wasn’t expecting that but it is a good Segway into the next question.” Katie commented dryly and I nodded as I waited for the next question. “Steven from Ontario, Canada asks: has your training at the Go Gym prepared you for a match against someone like Myra?”

”I’d like to think so, the Go Gym is designed to produce the stars of tomorrow and that includes me.” I commented before turning to the camera again. ”That is exactly what this match is about Myra, the star of tomorrow AKA me vs. the star of yesterday AKA you, and it’s easy to say that your experience will win you the day but in practice? Your experience can only take you so far!”

“Okay, since you’re jumping into your promo already, go ahead, the floors yours.” Katie informed me and I grinned before I got started on my promo.

”You know for a contact sport, wrestling by its very nature carries a lot of “what if” scenarios with it, what if I had come to my senses whilst I was typing that infamous tweet? What if I had decided to drop the challenge to Amber when the bosses told me too? What if you had won the World Bombshell Championship at Summer XXXTreme IX?” I covered my mouth in mock shock when I realized what I had just said. ”Oh, I’m sorry, did I strike a nerve Myra? Good, how do you think I felt when you talked down to me?! Because let me tell you, that wasn’t fun!”

“Wait, what?!” Katie asked as her jaw hung open. “When did Myra talk down to you Adrienne? She’s one of the nicest women on the Bombshell Roster!”

”And she is, when other people aren’t “cutting in line” that is! I explained why I tried to challenge Amber last month over and over but did the rest of the Bombshell Roster listen? No, they just saw a brash rookie trying to cut her to the top after winning her first ever match, reasons be damned! And then they saw me pout after Amber declined my challenge!” I scoffed as I shook my head. ”It’s almost as if the Bombshell Roster has their heads so far up their backsides that they can’t pay attention to what the others are saying! I thought you’d be different Myra, I thought you’d at least understand where I was coming from but no, you went and joined the chorus of Bombshells treating me as if I was in the wrong for accepting an open challenge!”

I let out a deep breath as I ran a hand through my gair.

”I’m going to be completely honest with you Myra, this frustration of mine has been building up since my loss to Andrea last month, the only reason I hid it so well was because I wasn’t booked in a match for the rest of the month after my defeat at Andrea’s hands!” I let out a deep breath before I continued. ”So yeah, I guess this is all coming out! I am sick and tired of being told that I was in the wrong for accepting Amber’s open challenge! I mean seriously, what part of “open challenge” don’t you understand?! Was I supposed to ignore it because I was one of the new girls in SCW at the time?! You said it yourself Myra, SCW has one of the fiercest women’s divisions in all of wrestling so when Amber issued that challenge, I saw it as a chance to prove myself, to prove that I belong here, that I am worthy of my spot on the Bombshell Roster! And I’ll say this until I’m blue in the cheeks but that never would’ve happened if Amber had never issued that challenge!”

I commented as I shook my head.

”But she did, and through some weird butterfly effect, I am facing the woman Amber faced in an Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match! Funny how fate works out, isn’t it Myra? But you know what would be even funnier?” I asked before leaning forward. ”Me, eighteen year old Adrienne Beaufort in her third ever match beating thirty seven year old wrestling veteran Myra Rivers! I’m not even going to take a guess at how many matches you’ve competed in over the years but I think it’s safe to say that it’s well over a hundred, right? But more importantly, this will be the match where the veteran got beat by the rookie!”

It’s that simple.

”I didn’t expect to come into my first Supercard match this angry but I guess all the naysayers got to me, I am looking forward to our match Myra, that much is certain but I am on a mission come Inception V!” I said before flipping some hair over my shoulder. ”That mission is to get my second ever win over a woman who’s been wrestling longer than I’ve been alive! Myra, this match may as well be the equivalent of me climbing Mt. Everest in my wrestling gear but I will rise to the challenge and I will beat you this Sunday!”

And with that I decided to wrap things up.

”And if the bosses were shocked when Jessie earned her title shot last month, imagine their reaction to me beating you this Sunday? If we hear a pair of loud thuds, we’ll know that they fainted in their office!” I commented before I shook my head. ”I’m not wishing that on the men who sign my pay checks, but I am out to shock the world this Sunday and if that involves beating you Myra? I’m all for it! Just remember that whilst “The French Rose” Adrienne Beaufort is beautiful in bloom, you should beware of her sharp thorns!”

Now that the promo portion of the vid was over we resumed reading fan mail as the scene fades.

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"Fueled By Destiny: Part 2"
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2022, 12:16:35 PM »
1-8-2022

This wasn’t the first time I visited the grave of Scott Lockey, my trainer. But this time, knowing what I knew now about how he never lost faith in me even when I was going through my worst as he died, this was a very different feeling. The last few times I’d been at his grave, I did nothing but mourn and feel regret. But this time? I felt peaceful and happy. I was smiling with pride as I began to speak to him at his grave.

“Scotty told me that you never lost faith in me and that you know that I’d come around and be what I am today. I can’t say I’m surprised. You put up with me and my stubborn ways for so long, much longer than anyone else would and honestly, much longer than you probably should’ve. You looked out for me from day one. When I was younger, I was so stubborn and hardheaded. I wanted to take on the world so fast and I was so impatient every time you told me that my time would come. I used to be such a brat back then…”

I could only laugh when I had some brief flashbacks of how impatient and stubborn I used to be…

7-18-2004

“What do you MEAN I can’t go to this tryout, Mr. Lockley? You realize they are a GLOBAL company right?”

On my 20th birthday, after just one year of Indy experience, I wanted to take on the world. Lockley however, shook his head, clearly annoyed by my impatience.

“It’s not your time yet, Miranda…”

“I EARNED this tryout through all of the hard work and dedication I’ve put into my craft the last two years and you’re telling me it’s NOT my time? How can it NOT be my time when a FUCKING GLOBAL COMPANY is interested in me?”

“You’re just not ready for it.”

“UGH! Why are you ALWAYS hard on me? You seem to push me harder than you do the other students. You ALWAYS single me out, treat me worse than everyone else and find an excuse to get on my ass! You WANT to get in my way ALL the time! WHY?!?!?!?!”

“This attitude you are giving me is exactly why you’re not ready and why I won’t let you go to that tryout. I’m trying to help you, yet you complain all the time. You wouldn’t be doing that if you really were READY! You’re the best student I’ve ever had with the greatest potential unlike anyone I’ve ever trained. I want to do EVERYTHING in your best interest to bring the BEST out of someone that is a generational wrestler in the making. You may not see it yet, but I AM looking out for you and I DO want the best for you. You trust me, right?”

I gave a reluctant nod and an annoyed sigh.

“Fine… I give. I’m sorry…” I said with tears in my eyes. “I just want my opportunity so bad!”

“It will be worth the wait…” he says as he wraps an arm around me for comfort. “I promise. You have no idea the greatness that you are destined for…”

7-18-2008

Lockley’s predictions would come true as during my rookie year on the mainstream, I was already a triple champion. With the WXWF Women’s and World Championships and the NSWA Women’s Championship in my grasp, I wasted no time heading to his home and showing off the hardware.

“You were right, Scott! I never knew the greatness that I was destined for! A world title and three championships already? Wow! This really is a dream come true!”

“I always knew that from the first time I saw you work in my ring that you were a prodigal, generational talent. I am ecstatic for you to see you attain so much success!”

I smiled, loving the feeling of validation I was receiving from someone that I admired and respected so much.

“However, you still have work to do and dues that need to be paid,” he said, catching me by surprise. Suddenly, my smile faded and my happiness was replaced by confusion.

“I’m a triple champion. I know the first three months of my mainstream career were a struggle but ever since I won that ladder match in late March, I’ve been on fire. Isn’t what I’ve accomplished already enough to say that I’ve paid my dues?”

“Oh Miranda… so young, so very young. It’s not just about winning championships. It’s about the impact along the way and where you make it. Don’t forget that on the mainstream, technically, you’re STILL a rookie… a highly prodigal rookie, yes, but STILL a rookie. The progress is great, but you’re not there yet. You won these titles in NSWA and WXWF but honestly, you CAN be in better companies with tougher competition. YOU CAN beat said tougher competition. Those two companies aren’t financially stable. They won’t last the year. You need to test yourself against better wrestlers…”

“...you’re still being hard on me…” I said with a whining sigh.

“I want the best for your career…and I just don’t see it happening where you are applying your craft. Deep down, you know you can do better…”

7-18-2009

“Didn’t I tell you that you could do better?” he asked me as I visited him on my 25th birthday, not even a month removed from winning the PRW World Championship.

“You were right. I DID need to test myself against tougher competition and that’s why I went to PRW. Now? Two time world champion coming off a Hell in a Cell victory.”

“You’re a made star now…” he said, causing my eyes to light up with joy. “I’m proud of you! You paid your dues and busted your ass to make this happen. You’ve got the brightest of futures ahead. Your greatest destiny is still far into the future.”

“Thank you for everything you’ve ever done for me…” I said as we hugged each other. “I finally get it now… everything you tried to teach me.”

“No matter how successful you become, I’ll always be here for you whenever you need me!”

“Thank you, I appreciate that so much!”

1-8-2022

“I wouldn’t be here without you…” I said as I kneeled by his grave. “Even though I’ve been a ‘made star’ for years now, my greatest destiny is STILL into my future and I’m not going to stop until I achieve it. I promise you that I WILL repay you for everything you’ve ever done for me and the biggest way to do that is achieving that greatest destiny: winning the SCW Bombshells World Championship.”

I pulled out a picture of myself with the Festivus World Championship that I had won just over a week prior and I laid it down on his grave as a touching tribute to him.

“My hardest journey begins now…and I know that somehow, you’re STILL going to be here for me!”

I blew a soft kiss toward his grave, showing love to the man I consider a father figure before I left the cemetery ready to continue the journey I was about to embark on…

1-15-2022

Following my previous promo against Adrienne, I was inside the Ft. Lauderdale Grand Hotel, at the very spot where I had my first Independent wrestling match, signing autographs for my fans. My heart was warm at this experience, happy that I was connecting with them again. Some of the fans were even giving me feedback on the promo I just released.

“That was so passionate and inspirational…” a fan said to me as I signed an autograph for her. “...there aren’t many wrestlers like you around!”

“You represent what this business should be about!” another fan said. “I hope you teach Adrienne a lesson in what it takes to be a professional wrestler! Humble her, will ya?”

“Personally, I think you were too hard on Adrienne…” fan #3 said as I signed his autograph, much to my surprise. I heard some gasps from nearby and I looked at him wondering how to respond. “For fuck’s sake, she’s just a kid.”

I looked around to see the other fans give this one a dirty look.

“With all due respect, I’ve never been the kind of wrestler to sugar coat anything…” I explained to him. “...I didn’t come up in this business with people sugar coating anything for me and serving up the business on a silver platter. There were some things that were probably harsh, sure. But I stand by them. Adrienne is someone that needs to know exactly how it is in this business and at Inception, I’ll show her myself… the hard way…”

"I respectfully disagree with you…” the fan states as he leaves. I didn’t react to that encounter as I finished up my autograph session. Still, that interaction stuck with me.

“...and in that video, I was the LIGHTEST one on Adrienne. Everyone I interviewed earlier was harsh as fuck to her…” I said to myself. “Was I REALLY hard on her?”

“Personally?” I heard an adult female voice come from behind me. “I don’t think you were hard ENOUGH on her…”

I could only chuckle when I turned to see Melanie, one of the three people I interviewed in my promo, and the first wrestler I ever faced on the Independent scene.

“Hey Melanie…” I said with a smile. “I’m not surprised to see you here considering we wrestled in this very spot.”

“I can’t believe that UNGRATEFUL fan… you go out of your way to give him an autograph and he slaps you in the face whining about how you were ‘too hard’ on Adrienne Beaufort?” Melanie asks with a disgusted scoff.

“The only way I would’ve been harsher on Adrienne is if I reverted back to my GCW persona and abused her like I did my proteges…”

“Okay, you don’t need to do THAT… I’m just saying!”

“I never thought I’d say this considering I used to be such a brat on the night that we wrestled each other here…”

“Don’t get me started on all the whining and bitching you did that you were wrestling HERE and not the mainstream scene, or how you kept saying backstage before the show that you were too good to be Indy because your mother was a wrestler and because Scott Lockley trained you, or how you wanted me to carry your bags because you were destined to be a mega star, or… do you want me to continue?” she laughed as she asked that.

“No…” I said with an eye roll and a laugh. “I’m sorry, Melanie. I was in over my head. Like I was trying to say… the younger wrestlers these days… they don’t make them like they used to. Most wrestlers these days don’t even pay their dues in the Indies anymore…”

“You got THAT right… and there aren't as many Scott Lockleys of the world as there once were. You really were fortunate to be blessed with a trainer like him. That’s why when we wrestled here, I was SO disappointed that you had such an OBNOXIOUS attitude because I thought Lockley trained you WAY better than that…”

“He did… but I was very shortsighted and unappreciative of what he was doing for me at the time. He kept warning me as I was training that wrestlers in the business weren’t going to stand for my attitude and I often laughed it off like nothing, having such a big ego and all. I know that when we wrestled, I defeated you and everything…”

“DON’T REMIND ME…” Melanie says with a sarcastic laugh.

“...but you beat my ass pillar to post. I didn’t feel like a winner. I didn’t feel like I had something to brag about. I was sore for days. You showed me what wrestling life was REALLY like in that ring and after I wrestled you, I never had that ‘easy’ mentality that I did. I had a black eye, I had bruises all over my back, my jaw was swollen… you did a number on me and the way I was treating you? Yeah, I deserved that. I may have won that match against you, but you humbled me and I want to thank you for doing that to me because I started to gain a better appreciation for how the business is.”

Melanie is surprised to hear this, but she smirks in stride.

“I appreciate that, Myra. I don’t regret it a bit because you and your ‘ADRIENNE ATTITUDE’ really needed that. I’m honored that even though we only wrestled ONE time in front of an audience of like 40 people in this hotel, that I made some positive impression on your career… even if, sadly, mine never made it past the Indies…”

Melanie sighs, obviously lamenting this.

“Nineteen years grinding in the Indies, still doing it because I love it so much, yet knowing that at 39, I’m too old to ever break mainstream.”

“I’m so sorry Melanie. You were a great wrestler and you really deserved to be under the bright lights…”

“Don’t be sorry. I’m fortunate that I’ve been able to do something that I love for so long. As much as I wish I had my opportunity, I’m at peace with my career now… especially knowing that I was the first opponent of one of the greatest women’s wrestlers of her generation. Wrestling you is the highlight of my career and I’ll take it any day seeing what you have grown to become over the years!”

I was feeling touched at the respect Melanie just gave me.

“Do me a HUGE favor though… seriously…”

“Yeah? ”

“PLEASE and I emphasize PLEASE… do the SAME thing to Adrienne that I did to you… I’m not saying to beat the shit out of her, I’m saying… PLEASE humble her because she’s in SCW doing what I never got to do and she’s throwing it away and taking it ALL for granted and it makes me fucking SICK! In fact, Adrienne is someone that represents what I am LOATHING about the business and that’s the fact that the young kids that come up NOW in this business have ZERO appreciation for this sport. This ‘new generation’ of wrestlers like Adrienne and Brayden Hilton is really so SOFT and ENTITLED and UGH… it’s NOT the way things were when you and I were training to be wrestlers. It’s sad, really.”

“You are being a bit aggressive with your point… but I DO see the point you’re trying to make. I don’t envy Adrienne for it, but she really does have it easier now than I did when I was her age.”

“Before, we had to bust our asses in training and a few years in the Indies, now you've got all these softies like Adrienne going straight from training to the big leagues with all these second generation millennial crybabies like Brayden Hilton getting a free roster spot because of who their parents are. It’s NOT good for them because they are paying WAY less dues than we did and they have LESS knowledge of what it takes to BE something in this business. Even YOU, Myra, when you were Adrienne’s age, wouldn’t cut the fucking line the way she tried to do…”

“Yeah, even I knew better for the most part. My eight year old daughter wants to follow in my footsteps and be a wrestler too and me personally? I wouldn’t let her go to SCW right out of training because she wouldn’t learn anything about paying dues. I’m not saying Adrienne won’t or that Go Gym is bad, but I would want to train her the way Scott Lockley trained me.”

Melanie’s eyes light up, happy to hear this.

“GOOD! If you raise and train her that way, she’ll be so much better than Adrienne and Braydon, two fucking STUPID and self-absorbed CHILDREN who NEVER put in the work WE did when we were their age and were SERIOUSLY LUCKY that they had the connections that they did. Lockley would’ve seen those kids and been disgusted himself.”

“Mel… I was lucky myself to even HAVE someone like Lockley. Honestly, while I get you, calling my opponent stupid names doesn’t fix anything. What’s going to help is me beating Adrienne and showing her what the grind of this business is like, just like you, and other opponents I wrestled along the way, did to me. I’m not going to abuse her or run her down. I’m going to teach her. I want Adrienne to learn from me in this match because that’s how I’m going to give back to this business and make sure that the future of this business is in good hands. I don’t want to destroy the future generation, I want to nurture it and leave this business in a better place than before because that’s what Lockley would’ve wanted from me. That, along with winning that Bombshells World title, is how I am going to repay him…”

Melanie sighs, softening up a bit. She does smile at me for a moment, clearly showing some admiration for me.

“I admit, this whole thing you’ve got going on with giving back to Lockley is truly inspiring. You’re doing everything you can to honor him from that world title to this match. I’m so astounded by the brilliant wrestler, and even stronger and better person you’ve become over the years. You’re going to make an amazing Bombshells World Champion someday. Your selflessness and humility that you’ve developed over the years inspires me so much…”

“Thank you… and that’s without mentioning that I’m working on reviving the Lockley Wrestling Institute and running it myself to train wrestlers. I’ve already hired some people to rebuild the school and everything!”

“WOW, someone’s being daddy’s little girl over here…”

I playfully rolled my eyes at this while she had a laugh to herself before she continued on.

“No, it’s so awesome that you want to give back to him so much. If there is ANYTHING I can do to help you on your journey of ‘giving back’ and achieving your greatest destiny… anything at all… I will stand by your side and I will do anything I can to make it happen! I mean that!”

I smiled as I suddenly got a spark of an idea in my head…

“...you want a job?”

“Sorry?”

“When the school opens again, I mean. I could use a co-head trainer after all!”

Melanie was completely floored and surprised by my offer to the point where she shocked me by pulling me into a warm, huge hug that I would’ve never expected from someone who was so prickly and opinionated about the ‘new generation’ of wrestlers nowadays.

“THANK YOU! Oh my god THANK YOU, Myra! I’d love that! THANK YOU! This is the perfect opportunity for me! Together, we can fight the entitlement epidemic that is infecting the ‘new generation’ of wrestlers like Adrienne!”

“So you accept?”

“OF COURSE!” Melanie said with excitement as she let go of the suffocating hug that she gave me. “This is like a dream come true for me! You have no idea how grateful I am that you gave me this opportunity! You didn’t have to do that for me!”

“Yes I did, Melanie.” I said, much to her slight confusion. “What you did for me in my first Independent match in this very hotel is something that I will never take for granted. You gave me so much that night, more than you can ever realize. You did me a favor for my wrestling career and for the path I’ve always been destined for. I wanted to return the favor you did for me today!”

“I appreciate it Myra, more than you can ever know. I promise you that you are not going to regret this and I will do whatever it takes to help you on your journey! Let’s make your dreams come true, okay? I’m behind you every step of the way. Need an extra training partner? I’m your girl! Need some advice to help you when things seem bleak? I’m here for you!”

“Thank you, Melanie! I’m so glad to have you on my team!”

“The feeling is mutual, Myra. Hey, let’s celebrate with some drinks while we’re here! It’s all on me!”

“I’m game for that!”

Melanie and I left the very scene in the Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel where we had wrestled against each other in my first Independent wrestling match ever 18 and a half years ago to find the nearest bar the hotel could offer. We had a pretty solid celebration all in all, but as I spent more time with her, I was truly becoming excited for how bright my future was really becoming and I was starting to feel like I was really on my way to finally becoming a complete professional wrestler.

Later…

After my celebration with Melanie, I was looking at myself in the mirror of my hotel room with the Festivus World Championship slung over my shoulder. As I looked in the mirror, I was smiling as I was realizing how strong I was becoming. The inspirational energy that I was feeling in my heart continued to grow and for the first time ever, I wasn’t feeling any regrets about any part of my career at all, especially the GCW days where I was one of the most hated people in wrestling. In the mirror, I could see my career flash before my eyes in reverse, starting with the world title I had just won, going through my Chamber of Extreme win with Jessie Salco, my 350 day title reign, the battles with Amber (which were not killing my mood anymore), the night I had won the Internet Championship, my debut win over Bella Madison and the rest of my career prior to SCW all the way to my first day of training on my 18th birthday.

I was visualizing my 18 year old self in the mirror for a moment, remembering where I had started from and realizing how much I’ve truly grown over the years.

“I love you so much...” I said to my younger self in the mirror. I took a pause, reflecting on my Festivus in Florida world title win “...let’s create our greatest destiny yet…”

My happiness was only feeling brighter, my confidence was only growing, my spirit was only strengthening and from it all my belief in my desire and my destiny to become the SCW Bombshells World Champion was beginning to blossom.

I knew in my heart that Inception was going to be the night that the Rebellious Vixen in her purest form was about to do the same…

1-21-2022

I hadn’t left Miami yet when I was filming my next YouTube video at a location I was keeping hidden for the time being. With the Festivus World title over my shoulder, I was facing the cameras still feeling incredibly strong and confident. My poise was at its peak as I began to express my thoughts.

“Adrienne, this Sunday? You really are going to learn a lesson or two when we compete against each other. Like I’ve said before, I appreciate the initiative that you want to take and I get why you wanted to go after Amber straight away and everything. But take it from someone that has BEEN where you are at before. That initiative and wanting to rush yourself to the top of the sport too soon DOES have some consequences that could be severe. When I first hit the mainstream myself 14 years ago, I made the same mistake. I want you to see me make that mistake… and the consequences I paid for it. Can we roll the footage, please?”

I paused as the YouTube video cut to some flashbacks to my NSWA days I was about to reveal to the world…

NSWA Event (Late February 2008)

A basic bitch blonde holding the NSWA Women’s Championship is in the center of the ring, the fans booing her as she cuts the same old promo she did every single week.

“You all are JEALOUS of the GREATNESS that is MK Paradise: the greatest women’s wrestler in NSWA history! Personally, I’m bored. I’ve beaten EVERYONE there is to beat. I’ve been SO dominant that maybe I should cross over into the men’s ranks. What do you think? All the legends and future hall of fame women of this division? I have made them all my bitch! But, I am a GENEROUS champion so I am issuing an open challenge for next week! ANY woman back there… step forth!”

I burst through the curtains and wasted no time getting into the ring. MK was confused as I grabbed a microphone and glared right at her.

“You’re on!”

“HAHAHAHAHA! NO! I didn’t know the escort service was providing wrestlers now! Darling, I don’t even know who the fuck you are.”

“...I’m Myra Rivers… BITCH!”

“You’re not worthy of facing me! You’ve only been in NSWA for what? Six weeks? You think padding your record against NOBODIES makes you worthy of facing me? I look at you and I see someone that will NEVER amount to ANYTHING in this business!”

“How about I PROVE YOU WRONG by beating you for your title?” I screamed at her, angry that she was burying me at this point. “I’ll do ANYTHING to get my shot!”

“ANYTHING? Okay. How about this. I’ll put my title on the line next week, but if you lose? You have to be my French maid for a week, outfit and everything! What do you say?”

“YOU’RE ON” I said, without even thinking about it. MK just laughed at me before leaving the ring.

“See you next week, worthless rookie…”

NSWA Event: 3-3-2008

“And STILL NSWA Women’s Champion… MK PARADISE!”

MK sneered at me as she raised the title over her head. I lied in the corner, confidence broken, pride shattered…

NSWA Event: 3-10-2008

“Hurry up with that water, MAID!”

Wearing that french maid outfit as promised, I felt completely humiliated as I served MK Paradise her water in front of most of the NSWA locker room.

“Thank you! Here’s a tip.”

MK threw a penny into my face as the other wrestlers laughed at me.

“Now get on your hands and knees and admit that you’ll never amount to anything…”

My jaw dropped in shock.

“NOW… or I’ll have you fired from NSWA like the TRASH that you are…”

I cringed for a bit before I got on my hands and knees as directed.

“Admit it! You’ll never amount to anything!”

“...I’ll never amount to anything…” I said with tears forming in my eyes.”

“That’s right. You’ll NEVER amount to anything. Your destiny is ALWAYS being a bottom barrel BITCH! Turn around. Now!”

I reluctantly did so not knowing that another wrestler handed her a paddle. Next thing I knew, I was getting spanked with it multiple times while the locker room laughed at me. They all stepped out in front of me just to see me cry.

“This is what you get for having the AUDACITY and the EGO to challenge ME when you’ve done NOTHING to deserve it! Remember who the dominant female is around here you DOG!”

MK spit in my face. While I continued to cry, my humiliation was only getting worse with everyone pointing and laughing at me and even one of the boys flipping dollar bills toward me.

Present Day…

I was cringing a bit when I remembered that humiliation, but the resolve that I had to prove a point kept that fire burning as I continued to address Adrienne.

“Did you see that, Adrienne? That’s what can happen if you cut the line and take on a challenge too soon. It was humiliation for me and I’ll be honest with you, I almost gave up on professional wrestling after that. What if you actually DID face Amber in just your second or third match? You probably wouldn’t have been humiliated, but she would’ve beaten the holy shit out of you. She would’ve potentially ended your career. You’re lucky she even showed you any mercy at all. Your fate, had Amber not shown you any mercy, would be SO much worse and I showed you MY experience there because you are not someone that even CONSIDERS the consequences. THAT is something that is holding you back. Like my trainer once told me when I was around your age, you lack DISCIPLINE. You have to LEARN that your actions have consequences and based on what you said in your interview coming into this match, I don’t think you TRULY realize that. I’m not trying to run you down here, I’m actually trying to HELP you. I am trying to TEACH you what this business is about and what it’s going to take to be successful not just in Sin City Wrestling, but in professional wrestling as a whole. It boggles my mind that even NOW, you’re STILL defiant and you’re STILL hung up on the fact that you had so many people down your throat for cutting the line. You just won’t stop talking about Amber. I get it. You want to test yourself and you want to prove yourself, but believe me when I say that what happened to you at the end of that was for your own good. That experience that I showed you right now… even NOW that was hard for me to share, but I shared that because I don’t WANT YOU to go through the same thing I did when I first started out.

You have tons of potential, Adrienne. I don’t want to see that go to waste. You can’t spend so much time pining for Amber and lamenting that whole experience like you seemed to do for much of that interview with Jessie. You’re coming into this match lacking confidence and that’s a major reason why you’re not beating me at Inception. When you wonder how things would be different if you hadn’t tried to accept Amber’s challenge, that is a MAJOR indicator that you lack confidence. In this business, you have to own EVERYTHING that you do, even the mistakes. Yes, trying to accept that challenge WAS a mistake, but instead of OWNING that mistake, you choose to lament it and regret it and wonder if things are different. That’s NOT how you grow as a wrestler, Adrienne. The Amber experience I went through taught me that because I went into BOTH of those matches lamenting the past and regrets that I had that pre-dated SCW and I WILL make the argument that it cost me BOTH times against her to an extent. But do you see me standing here regretting that mistake? HELL NO! I OWN that mistake and owning that mistake has helped me grow so much in the last four months, more than I had in my entire SCW career pre-Amber.

Confidence, Adrienne… is going into this match saying ‘I’m going to overcome the challenge in front of me’, not wasting all this time acknowledging that you’re the underdog. And speaking of confidence, you even said straight up that Amber rejecting your challenge and losing to Andrea delivered a HUGE blow to it so you have admitted in a roundabout way that confidence is going to be a big issue for you going into this match. Think of it this way, what if Amber accepted your challenge and routed you out of the building and most likely left you in a hospital bed for a couple of months? Would your confidence not be WORSE than what it is now at this point? Hell, your confidence is lacking so badly that you say I had every right to call you out the way I did one minute, then the next minute you’re whining about how sick and tired you are of being treated like you were in the wrong. You admitted to Jessie that you have been questioning whether or not you are truly ready for this match and that when Kate was removed from the match, those doubts have doubled. It PAINS ME to see you act that way and it pains me even MORE to say what I’m about to say but when you make those types of comments, you’ve already lost this match in the eyes of many. How can you expect ANYONE out there to be confident in you going into this match when you’re not even confident in yourself? You’re coming into this match relying on MIRACLES and just HOPING you could keep up with me, not SKILL… miracles and hope. Hope doesn’t win you matches, Adrienne.

It KILLS ME that someone of your caliber is acting this way because when I was your age? Yeah, I did act the same way to a degree. You’ve truly shown some really big signs that you don’t even know your identity in this business yet and again, that is something that I can relate to because I hadn’t even discovered my identity when I first started in the NSWA 14 years ago. When I took on that challenge long before I was ready, I didn’t even know what I was fully capable of as a professional wrestler yet. Believe me, losing that match and being humiliated as a French made the next week shattered my confidence too. I had virtually ZERO confidence going into a ladder match in Las Vegas for a title shot against some of NSWA’s best that NOBODY gave me a chance to win. Pop quiz, Adrienne. Did I go into that match lamenting and regretting my humiliation and did I cut my promos going into that match as someone that was defeated and someone that was acting like she was outmatched? HELL NO I didn’t! I went into that match BELIEVING that I was going to win and I didn’t even MENTION the humiliation I went through because as hard as it was, I stomached that humiliation and I moved forward and guess what? I WON that ladder match and I got my big breakthrough moment that pushed me forward to the greatness that I have achieved since not just because I busted my ass to prove to MYSELF that I was capable and to prove to the business that I belonged, because I had nothing but FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE that I was going to win that match. I didn’t do interviews talking about how my previous match shattered my confidence, I was DEFIANT against EVERYONE that talked down to me like I was nothing and I rose up and silenced EVERYONE that brought me down.

They all got on my ass because I had the audacity to even THINK I had a chance of winning that ladder match, but did I give a shit? No. I stuck to my convictions and I made myself a star out of that. You lost to Andrea because, let’s be real honest here, you went into that match AFRAID! Deep down, despite whatever it was you said on camera and whatever it was you said to anyone that would listen, you were afraid because you felt like you were being thrown into the fire too soon and Andrea picked you apart and exposed that fear in you hook, line and sinker. You weren’t focused on defeating Andrea, you were focused on feeling like Mark and Christian were punishing you for running your mouth about Amber. You went into that match regretful about what you did with the Amber situation and worrying about our bosses not liking you. Just like this match with me, you defeated yourself before you even stepped into the ring with Andrea. Maybe if you’re going to have this attitude that you have going into matches with wrestlers of Andrea’s caliber and my caliber, you shouldn’t be trying to cut the line and trying to accept challenges that you’re not ready for? Did you ever consider that? You didn’t. I’m not going to call you names and say that you’re stupid, but that moment WAS your youth and inexperience getting the better of you and even NOW it’s STILL getting the better of you with the perspective you are coming into this match with.

Throwing yourself into the fire, then complaining about your confidence being shot when you were thrown into the fire against Andrea and failed is not only NOT the attitude to have for someone that is just getting started in this business, but it’s not going to make you many friends around here and I don’t give a crap if my comments toward you are drawing criticism for being ‘too harsh’. I’m telling you like it is in this business and come Inception, I’m going to PERSONALLY SHOW YOU how it is in this business. Here’s another two pop quizzes for you. What happened when I faced Roxi before High Stakes? She beat me. Why? Because I went into that match regretting and lamenting the Amber matches and having little confidence in myself. That’s when Jessie made her stupid ‘be better’ comments toward me and speaking of, here’s another pop quiz for you. Going into Chamber of Extreme against Jessie, was I going into it feeling like shit because of my losses to Amber and Roxi? NOPE! I tuned out ALL of that and I ended her Chamber streak. And hell, here’s one more pop quiz for the road: my last match against Roxi? The one that we drew in? Did I go into that worrying AT ALL about the match before where she beat me? NO! Because by the time I faced her again, I rediscovered my identity as the Rebellious Vixen in my heart. I didn’t listen to all the ‘underdog’ talk going around because in my heart, I KNEW I was good enough to beat Roxi. While I didn’t, a draw is STILL an improvement over a loss.

You’re talented enough to win a match against me, but you’re just not confident enough to do so and THAT, Adrienne, is going to be THE biggest difference between you and I at Inception. This match between us is nothing personal at all for me, but the fact of the matter is, this match for YOU is going to be MANY important lessons that you NEED to learn and you WILL learn. You’ll learn how to develop a true conviction for yourself instead of having all this bravado to try to cut the line one day, then spending the next week after that regretting it and complaining about how sick you are of people acting like you were wrong and how Amber broke your confidence when she rejected your challenge. You’ve got to be CONSISTENT and TRULY CONFIDENT in this business, Adrienne and I WILL teach you how to be that when I beat you at Inception. Sure, you’re someone that’s an obstacle in my way toward the ultimate goal of the Bombshells World Championship and everything, but at Inception, I am ALSO giving back to this business and to the person that trained me and taught me about this business, god bless his soul, by beating YOU and making sure that YOU come out of this as a better, stronger wrestler when it’s all said and done.

I don’t want to just beat you and call it a day, Adrienne. I want to TEACH YOU too! Once I am through with you, you’re going to learn what it takes to pay your dues and really be a professional wrestler. With all due respect to GO Gym and understanding that the likes of Tempest and Krystal come from there, there is only so much that they can teach you… and what I’m about to teach you is beyond what they could’ve ever taught you considering that training is one thing, but EXPERIENCE is another. Inception? Consequences are coming for you, not for what you did with the Amber situation, but for coming into this match with the attitude that you have about it with all of your worrying and regretting and whining about your confidence because of Amber and Andrea and all of that and showing you personally how much faith you TRULY lack in yourself. I know that you didn’t like the vitriol that you got over the Amber thing, or being booked against Andrea as a result of that, or that I’m saying what I’m saying to you, but that’s how it is in this business and you’ve got to learn how to tune out all the noise and to focus on YOURSELF and what YOU can do to create the best destiny for yourself possible…

Just like how I’m about to create mine… starting with you at Inception…

The destiny that I am about to create with that Bombshells World Championship in 2022 is what is going to fuel me to be at my very best against you knowing that in this division, there are no days off no matter WHO you face. I’m treating you like you’re Amber or Roxi because THAT is the mentality that is going to lead me to victory and eventually the title. I’m NOT sorry about the fact that I’m NOT taking it easy on you. Inception? You learn a VERY VALUABLE LESSON on what this business is all about…

I walk away from the camera at this point, fully confident in my abilities to be one step closer to my ultimate destiny and my abilities to teach Adrienne the lessons she needs to learn at this stage of her career.