Harpin’ On With Harper, Backstage at Climax Control 414, Reno, Nevada
Sunday the 12th of January 2025, 23:00pm
*on camera, start vlog, promo part one*
As Harper starts the latest Vlog we can see that sees a bit amused by the match type she got thrown into by the Roulette Wheel tonight.
”You know, growing up on military bases because of my dad’s military service, later being a High School Standout in Amateur Wrestling and a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do? I have most definitely always been a tomboy!” Harper commented as she positioned the camera to show the evening gown that she had to wear tonight against Bea and Alicia. ”Give me jeans and a t-shirt over a dress or, in this case, an evening gown any day of the week! I guess I can blame that on my loss at least, I’m not used to moving around in those things, never mind wrestling!
At least Alicia stripped Bea to win the match and not me! But now I find myself in a situation where I’m teaming with someone else who lost tonight against the person who beat her and the person who was the internet champ before her partner! And Cassie has a lot of reasons to be mad at Aleesha after how their title match ended tonight!” Harper stated as she shook her head. ”First title match in SCW and that idiot in a cape makes a mockery of it! I’d be throwing hands at the ref too, fuck the rules, that was bullshit!”
Harper stated bluntly as she flips some hair over her shoulder.
”So why am I in the match? Presumably because I have teamed with Cassie beforehand, in and out of SCW, while Bella and Aleesha are going from title rivals to tag team partners without a choice! But that leaves us with one question: what happens if Young Justice wins?” Harper asked with a curious look on her face as she leaned back in her chair. ”Right now the only thing that’s known for certain is that Aleesha has made it known that she wants Bella as her next challenger because she hates how her title match ended at the Christmas Special.
I mean, you earned that shot for the Christmas Special, what the hell did you expect?” Harper asked with a dismissive shrug. ”That aside, I’m sure Cassie has a few things to say about that challenge! But what about me? Where do I stand as far as this match goes? The closest connection I have to Cassie’s beef with Aleesha and, to a lesser extent, Bella, is that I was Cassie’s opponent on the night she earned her title match against Aleesha, though personally? If Young Justice had to fight each other to get in the title scene, why does Bella get to have a free ride to a rematch? I thought rematch clauses weren’t a thing in SCW!”
*end vlog*
Josh’s Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 15th of January 2025, 17:00pm
It was early in the evening at Josh’s Gym in Las Vegas and Harper is just wrapping up getting her reps in for the day under Josh’s supervision.
”So, have you heard from Cass about the fine?” Harper asked as she took a break from her workout and turned to Josh. ”I know you offered to help her pay for it before she headed back to Reno.”
“I may not agree with how Cassie conducted herself in the title match Harper but I disagree with Guy With a Cape’s refereeing methods all the same.” Josh responded as he shook his head and Harper frowned as she folded her arms. “As for the offer? She hasn’t gotten back to me, she threatened to not pay it out of protest but I just pointed out that it could end in her getting fired instead.”
”I never understood SCW’s intergender rules anyway, literally every other fed under the sun has women wrestling men but suddenly it’s immoral in a fed based in and named after Sin City?” Harper asked as she started pacing around the ring a bit. ”For god’s sake, I won my first title in a tables match against a guy but a woman slapping a guy, referee or not, is suddenly a step too far?”
“I’ll admit, there’s arguments to be made for both sides there.” Josh nodded in agreement and Harper just shook her head. “Also, didn’t KCW go under not long after you won the Tv Title?”
”That was unrelated to my reign, I never even had my first defence of the title.” Harper pointed out with an annoyed sigh. ”I mean the promoter was kind enough to let me keep the title after they officially shut their doors but it still stung.”
“Which is why you keep it on your mantlepiece at the loft and it’s the only one of the three titles you won in your rookie year that you still hold.” Josh commented before he got a text and checked it. “Cassie’s found a way to pay the fine without being too out of pocket, refuses to elaborate why but says she’ll explain before Climax Control on Sunday.”
”We’ve got to get her to move back to Vegas, much as I love Cass as a friend, traveling up to Reno just to hang out is fucking ridiculous.” Harper commented as she shook her head and Josh nodded in agreement. ”I mean, her relationship with Zoey and Becky ended some time before she joined SCW, the problems she had with Krystal through most of 2023 are water under the bridge, what’s keeping her eight hours away from us by car?”
“I don’t know but she has made it a goal to move back to Vegas and I will help her with that.” Josh responded with a nod as Harper stretched on the ropes. “No comment on her way around the fine?”
”Cassie is a lot of things, smart is one of them.” Harper responded with a shrug as she knelt down in a corner. ”I had a feeling she’d have a workaround but I don’t know why she’s being secretive about it.”
“I’m sure she has her reasons, but for now? Let’s focus on training for the match.” Josh commented and Harper quickly nodded in agreement before she did just that.
Harpin’ On With Harper, Josh’s Gym, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wednesday the 15th of January 2025, 21:00pm
*on camera, start vlog, promo part two*
We cut to Harper in Josh’s gym, sitting with her legs crossed.
”Aleesha is certainly full of herself isn’t she? She thinks she has it all figured out! That her next defence will be against Bella at Inception VI in a few weeks.” Harper scoffed as she shook her head. ”I thought the general rule was that the bosses make the title matches, not the champion or the challengers! Then again, exceptions do seem to be made for open challenges.
But this wasn’t an Open Challenge, this was a champion going into business for herself after a crooked ref handed her a first title defence on a silver platter!” Harper shook her head with a frown on her face. ”Funny, because I could’ve sworn Aleesha threw accusations at Cass for doing the same thing at the Christmas Special but I guess it’s only a bad thing when it doesn’t benefit you.”
Harper shakes her head.
”Wonder how long it’ll take me to go to every bookstore, library or places that sell dictionaries in general and put Aleesha’s mugshot next to the word “hypocrite”? And don’t even get me started on doing the same for online dictionaries!” Harper wondered to herself as she scratched her chin in thought. ”Probably the same amount of time Guy takes to rub his two braincells together! And then there’s Bella who’s being dragged into this after winning the first match of the year against Bobbie Dahl!
I mean, if we’re including people who have beaten Bobbie, shouldn’t that include Alexandra Callaway? Oh wait, she’s busy with Bea Barnhart for some reason, how about everyone who’s beaten Bobbie since she made her original SCW debut?” Harper laughs a bit at the thought. ”I mean, why not make it a Rumble? Jokes aside, I addressed this in my last vlog, why is a champion being allowed to call the shots? Is Aleesha really this blind to her own hypocrisy?”
Good question.
”I guess we’ll find out the answer if the match between her and Bella goes through, IF that is.” Harper stated as she stood up and folded her arms. ”Because I seem to remember the bosses not liking it when the wrestlers make choices without consulting them first and I don’t remember the bosses being mentioned once during Aleesha’s promo on Sunday Night.
What’s the matter Aleesha? Too busy dismissing Cassie as trash to even think about that?” Harper asked as she shook her head. ”Me and Cassie are better women than you’ll ever hope to be and no one will care about your reigns when they are over, and who knows? Maybe Young Justice will throw a spanner in the works by pinning you in this tag match? Christian’s one of the pettiest men I’ve ever met, you really think he wouldn’t screw with you little plans after you taste your first defeat? Think about it Aleesha!”
*end vlog*
Hero Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 16th of January 2025, 11:00am
We see Harper in Hero Academy with Hero Academy student and mutual friend of both Young Justice members Zara, taking a break after the two women had a sparring match in the ring.
”So Cass hasn’t been around all week?” Harper asked Zara who could only shrug in response. ”I know she’s been training at Josh’s gym whenever she’s made the trip down from Reno but with the Tag Team Match on Sunday?”
“You saw how her Internet Title Match went Harp, you really think Cass is in a good mindset right now?” Zara asked and Harper frowned before nodding. “Not to mention this tag team match essentially stemmed from that title match.”
”Don’t get me started, Guy’s biased officiating would have me ranting more than Cass.” I grunted in response to that statement and Zara nodded in understanding. ”I’m being dragged into this mess just like Bella, but unlike Bella? I lost my match last Sunday! I’m pretty much in this tag team match because me and Cass have teamed before.”
“While Bella and Aleesha were thrown together for the hell of it.” Zara nodded in agreement as she folded her arms. “But you realize the potential opportunities you and Cass could get if you do win, right?”
”Potentially pinning an unbeaten Bombshell Internet Champion? Albeit one with an asterisk next to her name thanks to the fact that she got injured in the middle of her first reign?” Harper asked and Zara nodded in response. ”Stevie Wonder could see the advantages of winning a match like that, off course I realize it! Especially if Aleesha gets pinned.”
“In other words, regardless of Cassie’s mental state you need to take this opportunity by the balls.” Zara advised Harper and Harper quickly nodded before Zara stood up. “Shall we get back to training?”
”Let’s.” Harper responded before they did just that.
Harpin’ on with Harper, Harper’s Loft, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday the 16th of January 2025, 21:00pm
*on camera, start vlog, promo part three*
As Harper prepares her final vlog of the day we see her in her loft with a grin on her face.
”When it comes down to it? Me and Cass are entering this match with different goals in mind, beyond the obvious goal of winning off course.” Harper stated as she leaned forward on her desk. ”Cass wants revenge on Aleesha for basically having a ref in her back pocket foe her first defence but me? I just want to teach the champion a lesson in humility.
Something she’s clearly lacked since she made her debut against Ariana in 2023!” Harper stated as she brushes some hair over her shoulder. ”But I can’t discount Bella, I’ve wrestled her before and I know she’s a hell of an athlete, I was actually happy for her after Bella won the Bombshell Internet Title at High Stakes but off course, Aleesha has to rain on her parade.”
Harper scoffs as she shakes her head.
”Does Aleesha really think people buy her story of using her title shot from the Rumble on Bella because she respected her? I have an easier time believing the Governments trying to ban TikTok because they care about people’s data being stolen all of a sudden!” Harper commented as she shook her head. ”The real reason is because you can’t stand anyone else being in the spotlight and you saw Bella as an easy target after she beat Julianna, isn’t it?
But sure, go on and on about how Cassie went into business for herself at the Christmas Special while acting like you can name challengers just because you feel like it!” Harper scoffed as she rolled her eyes. ”We see you for the hypocrite you are Aleesha and I feel sorry for Bella because she’s been dragged into this mess after one win! And I can’t wait to put you down on Sunday Aleesha!”
It's that simple.
”Now don’t get me wrong, I know from personal experience that Bella is sa fantastic wrestler and I’m not discounting her in this match, but it’s hard to see her when her partner’s a raging egomaniac with no self-awareness or decency!” Harper added as she leaned back in her chair. ”And what’s more? I’m not going to stand here and let Queen Afro belittle me when she fucked off for over a year rather than face any real challenge!
Yeah, I don’t buy the injury story either, it just seems too convenient for me!” Harper added as she folded her arms. ”And considering she hasn’t even addressed what Cassie’s said about her injury claims? Well, I’ll let you draw your own conclusion!”
And with that Harper decided to wrap things up.
”This match is basically between two hungry young women with nothing to lose, the former champ and an egomaniac who happens to be the champion, gotta love wrestling sometimes, what can I say?” Harper asked rhetorically as she shook her head. ”Well here’s one thing I can say, me and Cass look forward to handing Aleesha her first ever loss and Bella her first loss of the year because we’re not sitting idly by while a champion calls the shots on her own challengers.
I mean if champions could actually do that, why not The Troll or either of the Barnharts? Just saying!” Harper added before shaking her head. ”That aside? It’s high time that Aleesha had her taste of humble pie because the world needs a new hero and Young Justice will always be on hand to ensure that justice is served! See you in the ring Aleesha and Bella!”
Harper turned off her camera as the scene fades.
