Peaches #10 - Red Carpet Rumble

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“I’m tryin’ not to think too much,” Peaches admits somewhat bluntly, albeit in a hushed tone, as she’s sitting in the airport departure lounge at Raleigh-Durham airport, “while I’m sitting here waiting for the next flight to LA since I missed the first one…” she shakes her head and sighs, “…’cause someone tried to take a handgun on the plane. Seriously, just…” she grumbles before recomposing herself.

“But I’m tryin’ not to think too much about where I was this time last year. But when I think of being the number one contender to PPW Crossfire Championship, or about to become the Queen of Yesteryear,” Peaches says, wistfully, smiling at the memory of winning that battle royal, “an’ I compare that to where I am now?”

“But I wouldn’t change a thing.”

“An’ that sounds awful, I know,” Peaches stumbles over her words, “an’ I miss PPW, I loved my time there. But right now there ain’t no place I’d rather be than in 3GW. Even if I’ve gotta miss being at Dan’s side in Boston on Saturday night, even if I miss him kicking Jaxson Blade’s ass all over that ring…” she chuckles, “...I gotta.”

“I’ve already said everything I need to ‘bout Macy Dover an’ our match on Friday. But we’ve gotta go again on Saturday night. Us and eighteen other all getting the chance to become the first ever 3GW Paramount champion!”

“An’ that’s worth missing one match for…” she admits, weighing up in her mind how selfish that sounds.

“‘Cause I’m looking at the names in this thing; ain’t nobody denying people like Becker Gaines, Terrence Tillman, or Shintaro are dangerous. Ain’t nobody saying Cyncity, Emily, or even Macy…” she pauses before winking at the camera, “…if she makes it to night two! Nobody’s gonna say they ain’t got a chance to win this. An’ even the outsiders like Echo, Mercy, Rab…”

“An’ I guess me.”

“I’m an outsider in this, right?” Peaches asks her cell phone, “An’ I get it, I do. I ain’t been winning as many matches as I’d like. I didn’t come in with all this hype like Avaset. I ain’t wrestled for the huge companies like Jenny or Cyncity. I ain’t been main eventing the 3GW shows like Becker an’ that lot. An’ all I’ve got is the cliché ‘bout having more heart than anyone out there. Sorry Maritza! It’s why when I take the losses to guys like Prince MacRear or Dooder3G, I pick myself up an’ try again.”

“It’s why way back when, when PPW closed, I went to LDFC to work my way up to FGA on my own accord. I coulda gone straight there an’ teamed with Dan,” Peaches pauses, “but then he might not’ve won Dynamic Duos with Cordy. An’ he wouldn’t be the FGA World Tag Team Champion. But I wanted to earn my spot on the main roster.”

“Which is what I set out to do,” Peaches states, “went something like 0-4, but I tried. An’ I never gave up. I took what ShiMa, MacRear, The Systemic – I took what they had to give. Just like I have here. Just like I will tomorrow, an’ Saturday. An’ beatin’ Mace tomorrow is gonna be great, it really is. But the crowning moment of this weekend would be getting my hand raised at the end of the Red Carpet Rumble. An’ becoming the first ever 3GW Paramount Champion.”

“An’ showing all them people who thought I’d never amount to nothing, that I can do this. I’ve done something like this before, when I won the Queen of Yesteryear battle royal in PPW. There ain’t nothing stopping me from doing it again,” Peaches pauses again, “except me. An’ my doubt, an’ my fears. That maybe Jae Ramsey gets the better of me again. That Macy Dover might eliminate me. That Keegan Hightower or Gabi Beltran tosses me outta the ring.”

“Well I’m gonna ruin Jae’s chances of happiness, and Mace ain’t beating me on either night. An’ Gabi, Keegan, Lyndon, Susan, Mercy, ain’t none of them gonna stop me. You can all need this. You can all deserve this. You can all want this with all your heart.”

“But ain’t none of you want it as much as I do. Becker can have his fifteen minutes. Bueno Club or the Gold Star Connection can become the tag champs. But Saturday night, I’m gonna become the 3GW Paramount Champion. This is my home, this is my time, an’ damnit, I ain’t gonna waste another chance to shine.”

“So 3GW, look out, ‘cause this weekend I’m beating Macy Dover, an’ I’m becoming the first ever Paramount Champion. Just you wait an’ see!”