January 16th, 2023
Stockton, California
It had been an eventful day the night before but Crystal Zdunich had managed to accomplish everything that she had set her mind on. Not only did she shock the world by showing her face in a company that nobody expected her to show back up in but she also managed to win the Roulette Championship on her first night back. Life was definitely good as the Zdunich couple were racing back to Los Angeles in a fully customized 2023 Pink Corvette. Crystal sat in the passenger’s seat as Seleana sat proudly in the driver’s seat. Crystal won her ECWF World Women’s Championship around her waist, her Splat Multiverse Championship was against a shoulder but in her hands was the SCW Roulette Bombshell Championship. A huge smile escaped her lips as Seleana was going 85 miles per hour with the sun rising behind them. Crystal flicked her hair back as she looked back at her wife.
“OMG SELEANA… CHICKIE… MY LITTLE SWEDISH FISHIE… I DID IT!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT… I GOT MY JOB BACK IN SCW!!!!!!! NOT ONLY DID I GET MY JOB BACK BUT I AM ALSO A CHAMPION!!!!”
Seleana smiles as she looks back at her wife. She just shakes her head as she giggles in response.
“I know… You are very excited ja?! Wait until we get back to Hollywood. I have a big celebration party lined up for you. Chloe put the whole thing together. Alexandra and Aurora are both excited. Brittany seems happy and Halo is also keen to celebrate with you. I am proud of you…It’s good to see you smiling again…”
Crystal nods her head as she slowly turns her attention back over to her wife. She nods her head as she looks back at Seleana speeding and flying by random cars.
“Thank you so much… I know I am happy but to be honest I need to thank you for all of this. I don’t know where I would be without having you as my wife. I know I put you through so much Seleana and I am tired of hurting you. I am tired of not being able to express my emotions or to hide who I really am from you. I should never be like that. Being in that hospital after Bella attacked me made me do some serious soul searching, and I don’t ever want to be in that situation ever again. I don’t want people to look down at me for being selfish and that I don’t care about anything…”
Crystal shakes her head as she looks back at her wife.
“Truth is I have always cared about everything. Even when I try to act like I don’t I am very appreciative that you are the one who has stayed the course and been by my side. I don’t deserve you but I am happy that I have you. You are my forever and words can’t express how much you mean to me. I am happy that we get to raise a daughter together…”
“Not just a daughter chickie… Two daughters, a son, and a granddaughter…”
Crystal nods her head back at Seleana as another smile escapes her.
“Exactly, and I am happy that you have made my kids your very own, and I know they respect you and call you mom. I have been in like twelve relationships but yours is the authentic one. I can be myself and you have really brought the best out of me. You have also helped me gain the courage to bring the woman that people don’t see to the surface, and gave me confidence to be that woman in front of the cameras. I love you and I can’t thank you enough…”
Seleana keeps driving as her blonde hair just blows in the wind.
“Estrellita I will always tell you the truth. Life is what you make of it but main important thing is that you always can’t please everybody. As long as you are sincere and are yourself that’s all that matters. Just love those who really love you. To those who hate you, just pray for them. One day they will see that you are sincere. You can’t force it though you just need to let things happen naturally…”
Crystal nods her head as she lets a long sigh in return.
“I know… I feel like people still won’t take me as being real. I know it’s a long way to fix things with Kat Jones. Part of me feels like forcing it because I don’t really have many friends. I gave her that black leather jacket out of love but when I was acting at my worst I didn’t help the situation. She ignored the warnings of everybody else and tried to see beyond what people told her about me. In the end all of them were right… I guess I can’t be trusted…”
“No Star… That’s not true at all. Aurora trusts you with everything. Before that her mom trusted you to raise her as her very own and you didn’t have any problem standing up to her criminal father. On top of that our entire family supports you so that’s all that matters. Now isn’t the time to feel depressed though. You have a lot of reasons to be happy. After all you just won the Roulette Championship so let’s celebrate that shall we?!”
Crystal looks at her championship as she a frown emerges from her face.
“Should we really be celebrating it though, after all I only won this title because Ariana hit me with a super kick and I managed to fall through the door with the title in my hand. That’s how anybody and everybody is going to take me winning this title. It’s not how I wanted things to go…”
“Ja… That may be true but important thing is you have job. You now have more opportunities to showcase that you deserve to be employed and champion…”
Crystal shrugs her shoulders.
“I guess so unless SCW makes an announcement that they will strip me of the championship. Now that I got what I wanted I want to work my ass off to prove that I like being in SCW. I want to wrestle alongside you and be among the best of the very best. That is my one dream and it’s what I want to do more than anything in the world.”
Seleana grins as she keeps her eyes on the road.
“Christina… Just relax. You are already the best of the best. At least that is how me and Aurora view things, and honestly that is all that matters. Now celebrate this win. You are Crystal Hilton! Scream it for the world to hear, give the people something to see. Show them who you are…”
Crystal grins as she looks back at her wife.
“Good point… Although it’s Crystal Zdunich and I am happy being your wife. I think now is the perfect time to showcase that I am a champion!!!!”
“Wait Christina what are you doing?!”
With that Crystal takes her seatbelt off and she stands up. She holds her Roulette Championship proudly in the air which draws the attention of nearby cars. Some of the cars passing her give her a wave while men driving huge tractor trailer trucks sound their alarms proudly. Other cars pass her and we can see men rolling their windows down. Crystal grins as she looks at them and flashes them her boobs. This results in horns sounding loudly as Seleana looks over at Crystal and sighs in return.
“Christina sit down! When I said celebrate I meant when we get back to Los Angeles! It’s a five hour drive to get back home and it is going to look really bad to see a woman of color acting crazy in a flashy car like this. They are going to think we are drunk and…”
Crystal just shakes her head as she cuts her off and proceeds to flash her boobs to her wife.
“Lighten up! It’s all about the fun. Just go with the flow my Swedish Fishy. Besides you watch too much television. We aren’t going to get pulled over by the cops and if we do it’s because you are speeding. It won’t be because of me…”
Seleana swerves into a different lane. She immediately focuses back on the road as she turns her attention to Crystal.
“You can’t do that! I need to focus to drive! Let’s save all of that for when we get home. Once we get there we can have all the fun we want…”
Crystal however isn’t one to listen as she stands up on her chair. She begins to twirl her championship proudly in the air. She spins it around and around which draws the attention of nearby drivers. One driver gets close to the car and that is when Crystal lifts her shirt off and flashes the man behind the wheel.
“I AM THE ROULETTE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD… I AM GOING TO CELEBRATE!!!”
Crystal raises her title up and she points at it passionately. The man smiles back in return and it isn’t long before she sees red and blue flashing lights from that same vehicle.
“….Fuckkkkk….. It’s an unmarked car Seleana… Drive… Drive…. Get away from them!!!!”
“But I don’t want to go to jail chickie… I am going to pull over…”
Despite what Crystal wants for Seleana to do the blonde pulls the car over. Even though the damage has already been done Crystal decides to put her seatbelt on. She places her hands on the dashboard so that they are in clear view. Crystal looks at her wife as she shakes her head.
“Seleana just put your hands on the steering wheel so they can see them. Don’t make any sudden movements and let me do most of the talking. As long as we do that things are going to be fine. Trust me baby I promise I won’t let anything happen to you…”
A few moments go by and it is at this moment that we can see somebody walking up to the car. They walk towards Crystal’s side of the car and take a long glance at her. Crystal just sighs as she shakes her head in response and quickly speaks.
“Officer just to let you know my hands are on the dashboard. I am NOT making any sudden moments. My wife is innocent and I am sorry for any trouble that I might have caused…”
The officer looks at Crystal as he glares at her with daggers in his eyes.
“Do you have any idea at why I pulled you over?!”
Seleana is very nervous as she has never been in this situation before she looks over at the officer and has tears in her eyes.
“I am so sorry! I tried to get her to stop but she just wanted to have fun. I am sorry policeman. We didn’t mean to break any rules. My wife is just…”
“SELEANA!!! Be cool… Remember what I said…”
She turns her attention over to the officer and smiles.
“I can’t recall officer, please enlighten me. Just give us the ticket so we can be on our way…”
The policeman just shakes his head with an evil grin.
“Oh so you want to be a wise one?! Step out of the vehicle…”
Crystal exits the car and Seleana is all tears as she begins to scream. The officer looks down into Crystal’s eyes as he begins to speak.
“There is so much I have on you. Showing off public indecency, you are a distraction on the road. This vehicle was swerving, and of course speeding. You didn’t have your seatbelt on. There are so many infractions and laws that you broke…”
“…Yes officer… I am sorry… It is all my fault. My wife had nothing to do with this so if you have to punish somebody…”
The officer just keeps his eyes locked on Crystal as a wicked grin escapes his lips.
“But out of all of the crimes you committed the biggest one that you did was being part of the heist of the century. I am a huge fan of yours and last night you walked into Inception and stole the Roulette Championship. It is exciting to see you back on SCW programming and you brought a smile to my little girl’s face…”
Crystal opens her eyes in amazement.
“Wait a minute you are a fan?!”
“Yes… And she is one of the biggest ones… I know you are excited and I am going to let you both off with a warning…”
He grins as multiple police cars pull up beside the Zdunich vehicle. Crystal is confused as she looks at him.
“And what is this all about?!”
“I called some backup. Consider this a motor parade to make sure that you get home safely. California state troopers are going to escort you home. Enjoy your win, I am happy to see you back in SCW, and please don’t ever leave us again…”
With that Crystal smirks as she gets back into the car. She blows a kiss to the cop.
“Don’t worry whatever autograph you want I am going to make sure I give it to you so that you can give it to your little girl. Thank you for being a fan and I won’t ever forget this…”
With this in mind Crystal stands up as she raises her championship high into the air. She looks at her wife as a wicked grin escapes her lips.
“Everything is going to be alright my Swedish Fishy… Please hit the gas…. LOOK OUT WORLD THE NEW ROULETTE CHAMPION HAS ARRIVED!!!!”
The sirens could all be heard going off one after another. Crystal smiles warmly as she spins her championship around in a circle. Seleana hits the acceleration as the police escort lights blink back and forth. It was definitely going to be a great day for the Zdunichs.
Wow…
I am going to be completely honest with all of you. I have certainly come a long way since I debuted for SCW back in 2015. When I first came to this company I was in a place where I truly hated the woman that glanced at me in the mirror. I was unhappy with myself and I wanted to hide behind a mask. I put on the identity of La Paloma and it was something that I carried when I used to wrestle over in Mexico. I know to everybody it might have seemed like I was doing it for my father. I wanted to bring the tradition of Lucha Libre to SCW and I wanted to live up to his legacy.
As I made my debut in SCW I realized that I wasn’t really doing it to honor him or what I grew up with. I wanted to run away. I was hiding and I was uncomfortable with being Crystal Hilton. I didn’t like that I had left NCW and I had made many enemies on my way out. I guess being allied to one of the most hated women in wrestlers in my best friend Zelda Knite had caused hatred to be aimed at me. I remember being in SCW and having to hear Amy Marshall tell horror stories of how she was happy to be free from Crystal Hilton.
Deep down I wanted to cry on the inside because that wasn’t the image that I wanted to portray. I didn’t want to be remembered for being a bully. I wanted people to look upon me as being a great wrestler but that never seemed to be the focal point when it came to me. I sat under the mask of La Paloma for a few months and I knew that deep down I wanted to have my name back. I wanted to be myself and that’s when I tossed it to the side so that Crystal Hilton could emerge.
Amy hated that I was on this roster but I didn’t care. I just built myself up and I vowed to be the best wrestler that I could possibly be. It was then in one of my very first feuds within SCW that I ran into a woman named Jessie Salco.
Back then Jessie Salco could only look at me as being who she thought was a member of the mean girls. I guess my friendship to Mercedes Vargas had automatically made me part of the group in her eyes but I was never in the group nor did I ever want to be in it. It was part of the notion of how she viewed me and it made me sad because I thought that SCW was going to be the place where I could escape the notions of how people viewed me in the past. We have had that conversation about eight years ago and here we are in the present and the story is still the same.
I know that the entire world wants to point the finger at me to push this narrative that I am this Bitch, and I will be honest I can admit that I did act in that way. I acted in that way because I felt that it gave me power. I felt like it was the only way to get respect, and if people couldn’t love me for who I was I didn’t mind hiding behind a character.
Obviously with my actress background I could always portray the role of anybody that I had put my mind of. I shocked the world when I beat Natalie McKinley and I became the Roulette Champion. I defended my title against those who I felt weren’t in my league and I gained a level of cockiness. I felt untouchable and I never saw myself coming down from that high I was riding. Little did I know that it would all come crashing down when Keira decided to cash a contract on me!
Not only did she beat me but she managed to take the Roulette Championship from my grasp. With that one lost I was no longer relevant and had to subject myself to losing to women like Melanie Gabrielle, Lucy Seraphina and so many others. It took me a while to pick myself out of that funk but eventually I did so and we know how things picked up from there.
5 World Championships later which I might add I am the ONLY one to ever accomplish that in this company. I unified the Internet Championship with the World Championship, and I even have a Blast From The Past win under my belt. My career has gone in an amazing direction and it has all blossomed into being a Hall of Famer. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
I have done it all and now eight years later here I am as the Roulette Champion.
A lot of stuff is running through my head. I could be upset because here I am as the entry level champion, and I know people are probably expecting for me to just get into the notion that I feel I am above a championship but to be honest I don’t feel like that at all. I was without a job… I was fired not because of what I did wrong but because of what I didn’t do.
I didn’t put in the effort that everybody has been accustomed to seeing from me and I know quite often it had felt like I was a waste of a roster space. Bella might have decimated me inside of a wrestling ring but to be quite honest my career had been long dead before that. It was dead because I didn’t care anymore. I had no passion and something was lacking.
It was in that hospital when I finally realized what was important to me. I love my family, I love my wife, but most of all I love wrestling. When it was taken away from me I lost control of myself. I could only think of trying to do everything in my power to get it back. That invitational match presented me with my one way ticket in and I took advantage of the situation.
Everything paid off and I am happy to have a job again. I know people will look at me and try to question how I won the match and that I got lucky. They might call me a fake champion but I have now come to the realization that words never mattered. What does matter is what one does in the ring and your actions speak volumes.
My actions show that I want to be here and I won’t let anybody tell me any differently. So now that brings me to this match and it seems like I will be in the main event on Climax Control against Jessie Salco with the winner going on to face Georgie Robertson. A lot is at stake here but before anybody can even look at Blaze of Glory I have to look at the current situation.
How is it going Jessie?! It seems like things have come full circle and I now have to step into the ring against you. I want to give you some credit before beating my sister-in law Eavan Maloney was no easy task. She is one of the toughest women I know and you ended up beating her. Congratulations on that. I respect you a lot because I know you are one of the pioneers who have put your entire all into SCW.
I am happy that you have finally got into the Hall of Fame because you have had quite the successful career. You have been a big pioneer of the Roulette division, and you have also had a great tag team run with Amy Marshall. Nobody will ever argue about what you bring to the table.
However this is my issue with you Jessie. You are quick to jump on the band wagon when people start talking me down you want to talk me down. You want to act all buddy, buddy with Eavan when she was saying bad things about me. You then feel you want to add your two cents in that I am fake, and that nobody will believe that I am for real or what have you.
I thought you would be in a place where you would actually formulate your own thoughts but I see that things haven’t changed in eight years. Back then you were lashing out at me for being a Mean Girl and now you are just following the crowd in trying to talk me down. In your eyes I might be the worst person in the world but maybe that is your biggest issue.
You spend too much time trying to be a follower or trying to be in a position to have wishful in thinking that good things are going to happen. Everybody in the world has sins and it’s quite foolish for you to look at the dirt in my eyes when you have a plank in your own. You constantly bring up bad stuff that I did to Seleana…
Yes I did turn my back on Seleana like four to five years ago and since then I moved on from that, but you want to rehash that shit over and over again like that’s been my biggest sin within the last year.
Hell Despy’s dad even said I cost his son a chance at winning the Blast at the Past tournament which is more relevant. I did throw a big temper tantrum when I lost to my own wife and thus I hurt Chloe in the process. I done some messed up stuff and I won’t run away from what I did. I will own that shit because it’s part of character growth and it’s who I am.
You however are stuck like a mouse in a maze and you keep running in the same path over and over again. You done some messed up stuff as well. You are the same woman who betrayed one of your closest friends and stable mates in Kate Steele because you couldn’t compete for a championship. Did you forget that?!
Or how about the fact that you were banned from competing in championship matches for a long time so you tried to find loop holes in order to be a champion. You were happy when Honor merged with SCW because that meant you got to keep your title and that put a smile on your face.
I used loopholes as well and when Christian fired me I did wrestle under Rosa Ardiente. It wasn’t because I wanted a title or anything to do with it. I just wanted to keep my job because I love being in this company so much. I was willing to do whatever it took to be in this company.
So when I walked into that invitational match and I fell through the door, as much as I don’t really like how it went down I can’t help but be ecstatic. It’s not because I am champion but it’s for the mere purpose that I have my job and I have my livelihood back.
You haven’t experienced that pain so before you sit on your high horse and try to talk me down. Why don’t you refocus and actually look at things from another angle. Jessie you are a very talented woman. Hell on multiple occasions you have managed to beat me and I will say that you have had my number. I won’t deny that.
However what you haven’t done is when it mattered the most and when a championship was on the line you have never beaten me. I have always been the favorite in situations like this and you don’t come close to what I bring to the table.
Besides here I am eight years removed from when I debut in this company and I am happy to be the Roulette Champion. You on the other hand are here because this is ALL you have got going for you. You are a woman who is content with being the gatekeeper in SCW. You are the one that people need to go through in order to prove that they can make it in this company.
However when people look at me they acknowledge me as being the absolute standard. I am the main event measuring stick and I am the one that people are chasing after. Do you understand how important it is being a five time World Champion?!
Oh… I forgot… YOU WOULDN’T KNOW because you have NEVER built yourself up into being that. You were practically here from when this place came to fruition and during all of that time you couldn’t win one World Championship?!
Misty, Vixen, Roxi, Electra Styles, myself, Mikah, Melody Grace, Alicia Lukas, and Amber Ryan.
The list goes on and on with so many great people that have held that title and yet your name isn’t mentioned on any of the lists. It’s a damn shame really because all that means is that you really aren’t as good as you might think yourself to be. Hell even Mercedes Vargas was a World Champion and she happens to be a woman that everybody makes fun of all of the time but she can at least say she has accomplish her biggest of dreams.
You can’t say the same thing.
You are a hypocrite Jessie and the world doesn’t revolve around you. It doesn’t and it never did. Your biggest wins happened in the Chamber of Extreme matches. You beat me before and you even beat a lot of other women who are legit Hall of Famers.
What’s the point of those wins when you beat somebody at the end of their career or when they don’t care anymore?!
It’s like you are just Floyd Mayweather… You spend all of that time ducking real challenges and real fights, and when people really don’t care anymore or when opponents seem like they are regressing that is when you are quick to want to look for a challenge.
It’s pathetic and I thought you were better than that. In my eight years of being in this company I have definitely been through some shit. I have won so many World Championships, I practically had about eight or so name changes and I have tried my best to be successful. I have definitely been through a lot and have been in the main event of a High Stakes or two, or hell maybe even three.
How many times can you honestly say you have been in the main event of a Super Card?! How many times can you say that you have been the focal point of the entire division or even the entire company?!
While you are sitting there to contemplate an answer I can say with all of my heart that I have been that Bitch. I have been in that position multiple times and it is something that I can say that it is bound to happen more times than often within a given year.
That has always been me and it will always be me. I am the Roulette Champion and I am going to defend that title with everything that is beating inside of me.
For you the title is just another trinket… It’s your way to showcase you are this bad ass metal chick who can rock out and what have you. However for me being the champion is the way that I am able to keep my job. There is no telling that Christian and Mark might try to fire me as soon as I drop the belt. I don’t ever want to be in a position where I can’t wrestle for SCW ever again. It would hurt me in so many ways and I don’t want to do that to my fans.
The SCW fan base has started to build their trust in me and I can’t afford to lose their faith. They love me and I love them so much. I will go out to that ring and give them the entire world plus more. This is my second run with the Roulette Champion and this is my chance to prove that I am a fighting champion.
I want to showcase why I am SCW’s workhorse and this is my clear cut way to prove that I am worthy of being a woman who gives a shit about what she is doing.
I could try to be like you and live in the past Jessie. I can harp on shit that is old and things that might not be relevant anymore but left isn’t about what happened yesterday. It’s about looking towards tomorrow, and it’s about what the present holds.
I always felt I was too good to be in the Roulette division again. However I am reminded of what Sam Marlowe put into this division. I thought she was crazy for never wanting to move her way back up to the World division again but this division of Roulette rules aren’t for the weak of heart.
It’s for women who are workhorses and for women who live their life trying to be unpredictable and ready for anything. I want to be that woman. I don’t want the same old, same old. At Climax Control I will be the best Roulette Champion I possibly can be.
I will beat you Jessie and I will go on to make a new legacy for myself. Best of luck Jessie but on Sunday you will see that this Rose will always blossom.
I am the burning rose… FLAME ON…. IT’S SHOW TIME.
