hey ashley hey
Jul 21, 2016 15:16:46 GMT -5
Post by bmac on Jul 21, 2016 15:16:46 GMT -5
July 19th, 2016
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“I seriously still can’t believe you’re here,” Molly said as she leaned back in her chair, looking across the room at the woman sitting across from her. “It’s been what, like three, four years?”
“Something like that,” responded Ashley Borden as she too leaned back on the couch that she was sitting on, trying to relax with the big smile on her face. “I lost track of time.”
Ashley was an old friend of Molly’s, the oldest of all her wrestling friends. Molly had actually met her before she had even started wrestling. Ashley occasionally trained at the same gym Molly did years ago and they quickly bonded. She was a star of the late No Limits Wrestling Federation, which later became IWF when the wrestlers overthrew an egotistical and maniacal owner and CEO, a man whom Ashley had actually been engaged to. She wrestled in IWF and even won a championship there, but was never really able to regain her former glory. She never admitted it, but Molly was fairly sure that it was Ashley who convinced IWF to sign her to a contract all those years ago. Then just before Molly was set to make her IWF debut, Ashley vanished. Her house was abandoned, social media deleted, nobody had any idea where she had gone. That was about four years ago. Molly had eventually almost forgotten about her, assuming that she had started a new life somewhere to escape what had been a crazy and at times dangerous old one. And now, here she was. Sitting on Molly’s couch a few weeks after appearing in her backyard out of nowhere.
“Yeah…” Molly said as she thought about the past four years. “So you’re still not going to tell me what happened these last four years?”
Ashley grinned, “I probably will, just not right now. I had to go deal with some things and it took a little longer than I expected. I really wanted to call you or text you or something. I just...I couldn’t.”
Molly shook her head. “Don’t even worry about it,” she replied, “you gotta do what you gotta do.” Lord knows Molly had done her fair share of things that she really couldn’t explain to anyone. Sometimes things were just better left alone. “Obviously you took care of everything you needed to then?”
“Sure did,” Ashley answered. “And the first thing I did was fly back here.”
“Yeah...sorry I had to dip so quickly after you got here. If I had known I wouldn’t have scheduled anything but...yeah,” Molly said. Almost as soon as Ashley had shown up Molly had to leave for Philadelphia to train, then to Amarillo for Vertigo, then overseas to visit Laurel. It was a whirlwind kind of two weeks but that was Molly’s life these days. “You do ok these last two weeks?”
“Yeah!” Ashley replied as she stood up from her seat to go grab her phone off of a table nearby. “Thanks for letting me stay here. I guess you can’t just leave a house for four years and come back to it like nothing happened.”
Molly laughed. “Yeah I think they kind of frown at that.” Ashley grinned and laughed alongside Molly as she sat back down. “Well I don’t know what your money situation is or whatever, but you’re welcome to just move in here if you need a place to live.”
“Serious?” Ashley asked, her grin turning to a more serious look.
“Yeah absolutely,” Molly said, “this house is so huge and I have so many rooms that literally serve no purpose unless I have a bunch of guests sleeping over. Plus I miss having roommates.” Molly said as she grinned at Ashley.
“Awww Molly you’re such a sweetheart,” Ashley stood up again and walked over to Molly, wrapping her arms around her and giving her as tight a hug as she could possibly give. Molly smiled and reciprocated the hug for a few moments until she broke it and the two women sat back down on the couch.
“Don’t even mention it, like I said I miss having roommates and this house is so lonely. You’d actually be doing me a favor by moving in.” Molly wasn’t home all that often these days, but that was mostly because she felt so lonely at home. She liked travelling because she got to see her friends. But if she had Ashley living with her she’d be able to spend more time at home and not be too sad.
“Well thanks again. Really appreciate it,” Ashley said with a big smile on her face. She leaned back and kicked her feet up onto the table in front of her. “So...four years. Damn. And you’re still wrestling?”
Molly laughed. “If you can believe it. I’ve had a handful of breaks in there though. Had to take a year off after I almost died in a match in IWF. Then came back to IWF and was doing well there until it shut down. Eventually joined Sin City Wrestling but didn’t like it all that much and got hurt so took more time off. Now I’m back wrestling in FGA and I couldn’t be happier about it.” Molly really loved being in FGA. She hadn’t enjoyed wrestling this much since her first run in IWF. It just made her feel like what she did wasn’t work. It was easy to get up and train and wrestle when she was somewhere that she truly wanted to be. “So yeah, been in FGA since January and loving it still.”
“That’s awesome,” Ashley smiled, “you kicking ass there?”
“Well I wouldn’t say that, but I’m doing pretty well I think. Won more than I’ve lost but I could still be a lot better.” Molly said, thinking about her recent defeat to Annie in particular.
“Champion yet?” Ashley asked.
Molly shook her head, “Nah. I had a chance like a month ago against my friend Annie for her title, but I couldn’t get it. Thought I had her right where I wanted her but just made one stupid mistake and she took advantage and caught me...” Molly trailed off again as she thought about the match. Eventually she shook herself out of the trance. “But it is what it is. Annie’s awesome and I couldn’t be happier for her that she’s still champion.”
“Damn, you’ve changed Molly Reid,” Ashley said with a smirk on her face. “The old Molly wouldn’t rest until she had that title belt wrapped around her waist and Annie’s body crumpled under a mess of broken tables and chairs.”
Molly smiled faintly as she thought back to her early wrestling days where that was more or less the case. “That Molly died out when I dealt with my alcoholism. It was pretty easy to hate everyone and do all that shit that I did when I was so drunk I barely remembered it. Besides, Annie's like my best friend. I would never do anything like that to her” Molly thought back to those days. Her life was a mess and she took out everything in her wrestling. Cheating, attempting to injure, caring only about winning, all those things that Molly wasn’t proud of used to be what she was best at. She had come a long way from where she was four years ago, and she was extremely proud of who she had become since then.
Ashley nodded her head along with Molly, “I’m just kidding anyways,” she said, “you gotta do you. Proud of ya either way.”
Molly grinned widely upon hearing that. “Thanks Ashley.”
“So what’s up now, you got a match coming up or what?”
“Yeah!” Molly exclaimed, probably too loudly. She took a deep breath to calm herself down. “On Saturday I’m fighting Salem Cartier for a chance to be in the Frontier Lions Cup.”
“The hell’s that?” Ashley asked quizzically.
“Oh right," Molly said, realizing that Ashley would have no way of knowing what that was, "it’s a tournament in FGA. It’s an eight-wrestler tournament held at the Above and Beyond pay-per-view in August. So to win you have to win three matches in the same night. The winner gets an automatic world title shot. This week’s match against Salem is a qualifying match, so the winner gets entered into the tournament at Above and Beyond.” Molly explained.
“Nice, so this week is like a must-win for you then isn’t it?” Ashley asked, mostly rhetorically. “Need me to break this Salem girl’s kneecaps for you or anything?”
Molly laughed at Ashley’s suggestion, even though she seemed extremely serious about it. “No, please. Salem’s my friend, we actually tagged together and won last week. So I’m excited to just go up against her and challenge myself.”
“Damn, wrestling sure has changed since I’ve been gone. Not sure I ever considered anyone a friend when I was in the business.” Ashley said with a serious look. But eventually she smiled. “Except you babe.”
Molly giggled as Ashley made a big show about giving her a hug. “Yeah but we never wrestled and I’m sure if we did you’d have no problem caving my face in with a metal pipe if that’s what it took to beat me.”
“...no comment,” Ashley said laughing as she broke the embrace. “Well hey, whatever you want to do, I’m sure you’ll kick ass on Saturday and then crush it in the tournament when that comes.”
“I hope so,” Molly said, “you’re gonna come watch right?”
“Well duh, I wouldn’t miss your big match for anything,” Ashley said, smiling.
“Awesome!” Molly exclaimed. It would be nice having that support there with her. Hopefully she could put forth a good strong performance in the ring and beat Salem and earn herself a spot in the tournament.
July 21st, 2016
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The screen flicks on to a shot of Molly Reid, smiling in a chair as she looks into the camera. She’s wearing her “Only Clean Shirt” shirt and you can see the ocean in the background as proof that she’s at her Santa Monica home.
“Hey guys! Good to be talking to y’all again especially after my last match at Vertigo. Kinda got back to my winning ways with a nice victory. And I know it didn’t really mean anything in the grand scheme of things, like it wasn’t for any belt or any contendership or anything. But still, to get a win over Mark Storm and Fujiko Mine, the current Pride Champion, that means a lot to me. They’re both phenomenal wrestlers who have achieved so much in their careers. Fujiko is a champion, she’s one of the best wrestlers in this company right now and that’s an indisputable fact. It means a lot to my confidence going forward, knowing that I can compete against champions in this company.”
“But now I can move on to this week. And what a huge week it is for me. And for a bunch of others in FGA, like Mark and Fujiko and people like Chandler Scott and Chris Bond. It’s our chance to qualify for the Frontier Lions Cup at Above and Beyond. This is a huge opportunity for me. If I can qualify for the tournament then I’ve got a chance to win not only the Frontier Lions Cup trophy, but also a guaranteed world title shot. That’s huge, like so huge. You look at the people who have won the tournament before and it’s a who’s who of success. People like Sean Sands, Cordy Stevenson, Tony Carmine. Truly some of the best of the best have gone through this tournament and now I have the chance to get myself into it. It’s something that I definitely can’t afford to let go to waste.”
“It’s been a rough stretch for me in wrestling since IWF closed down. Sure I’ve won plenty of matches in that time and I consider what I’ve done since then a success. But at the same time, there’s been a lot of letdowns. I’ve had chance after chance, and I’ve never really capitalized on them. I’ve been so close to getting over the hump but never actually been able to do it.”
“When I first joined SCW, I was quickly given a shot at the Heritage Championship after a hot start. And in the match, a four corners match, I was in control for much of it until I made one mistake and Don God took advantage and somewhat stole the win from me. Then when I got my one-on-one shot with him, once again I found myself in control before another late-game mistake cost me. Two title shots, two good performances by me and yet nothing to show for it. Then I went on to challenge Conor Blackburn in a match that could have propelled me high in the company. But instead I got injured and lost in rather spectacular fashion. And then I came back to FGA, and well, we all know what happened at All Star Showdown. Much like my other title opportunities, it was a match that many thought I had in the bag. I wasn’t tired, I wasn’t weak, I wasn’t slowing down. I knew what I wanted to do and I had everything under control. But then there was that one mistake. That one tiny mistake that changed everything. One error and Annie capitalizes and forces me to tap out. Once again I was THIS close to winning a championship in a company other than IWF, and once again I fell short. I couldn’t do it. I failed.”
“These losses pile up and they definitely get to me. I’ve been down on myself before, but never like I was after I lost to Annie. I know how rare it is to get chances in this business. So rare that when you do get a chance, you sure as shit better take advantage. And I’ve had like four big huge chances in my wrestling career over the past couple years and I’ve capitalized on exactly zero of them. Yeah, it fucking sucks. It pisses me off to look back and see how close but yet so far I was. I’ve always said I want to fight the best of the best here in FGA. Well that isn’t going to happen if I keep throwing away opportunities given to me. I can’t keep falling short like I have. I can’t keep failing.”
“That’s why this match against Salem means so much to me. If I lose this match and can’t qualify for the Frontier Lions Cup, then what am I? I’m just another wrestler who wasted an opportunity. Only I’m one who’s wasted more than one opportunity. Then I start getting less chances because why would they give an opportunity to someone who just can’t ever take advantage of one? I totally get it and it makes sense to me. I wouldn’t give chance after chance to someone unless they could take advantage. If I can’t qualify for the FLC, then I lose yet another chance to fight the best of the best. That’s something I just cannot let happen.”
“I love Salem. She’s someone I consider a friend. And I always will consider her a friend. Not only is she a friend, but she’s a phenomenal wrestler. One of the best in FGA in my opinion. She can do so many things in that ring that I have to watch out for. It’s going to be a challenge because she’s so quick. Is she quicker than me? I guess we’ll find out for sure Saturday night, but I know she’s quick as hell regardless. I got to see what she can do up close and personal last week when she was my tag team partner. I mean you all saw the match, you know what she did and what she can do in that ring. She was just named the number one contender for Annie’s Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship. Yeah, the very same belt that I couldn’t win at All Star Showdown. Now Salem has the chance to do what I couldn’t and dethrone Annie. So yeah, I don’t think I need to go into any more detail about how good Salem is. She’s really good.”
“But that’s exactly what I want. I want to wrestle the best of the best. I want to step into that ring and have to battle my goddamn heart out. I want to have to dig as deep as I can deep to come out on top. Salem is going to push me to my limits. But I’m going to push right back. As far as she is going to go, I’m going to go further. I’m never going to stop. Because that’s what I do. Even when I don’t win, my opponent is leaving that ring exhausted and beaten down and knowing how hard they had to work to get over me.”
“This match against Salem is everything. This is yet another chance for me. I’ve had so many chances before and they’ve all been for naught. But not this time. I’m not letting this one go to waste. I need this win. I need to be in that Frontier Lions Cup tournament at Above and Beyond. Need it. More than anything I’ve ever needed before. I need to prove to everyone that I can get over that hump and take advantage of an opportunity. I need to show the world and everyone in FGA that I’m not just someone who wins and wins until it actually matters and then blows it away. No more choking for me. No more letting chances slip through my grasp. No more taking control of a match only to make one mistake and find myself on the losing end. It stops this Saturday in Tucson. Salem’s an incredible wrestler who deserves everything she’s got. But I have to prove to myself that I can do this. I have to show myself that I can take advantage of an opportunity. I’m not going to let this go to waste. I’m going to come at Salem with the entirety of myself. Everything I’ve got I’m putting into this match. There’s nothing I want more than to be in the Frontier Lions Cup, and I’m going to stop at nothing to make sure that happens. No matter what it takes, no matter how deep I have to dig, I have to get into that tournament. Get ready Salem, because this Saturday night in Tucson, we’re going to have a battle for the ages. I know you’ll be ready. See you then.”
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“I seriously still can’t believe you’re here,” Molly said as she leaned back in her chair, looking across the room at the woman sitting across from her. “It’s been what, like three, four years?”
“Something like that,” responded Ashley Borden as she too leaned back on the couch that she was sitting on, trying to relax with the big smile on her face. “I lost track of time.”
Ashley was an old friend of Molly’s, the oldest of all her wrestling friends. Molly had actually met her before she had even started wrestling. Ashley occasionally trained at the same gym Molly did years ago and they quickly bonded. She was a star of the late No Limits Wrestling Federation, which later became IWF when the wrestlers overthrew an egotistical and maniacal owner and CEO, a man whom Ashley had actually been engaged to. She wrestled in IWF and even won a championship there, but was never really able to regain her former glory. She never admitted it, but Molly was fairly sure that it was Ashley who convinced IWF to sign her to a contract all those years ago. Then just before Molly was set to make her IWF debut, Ashley vanished. Her house was abandoned, social media deleted, nobody had any idea where she had gone. That was about four years ago. Molly had eventually almost forgotten about her, assuming that she had started a new life somewhere to escape what had been a crazy and at times dangerous old one. And now, here she was. Sitting on Molly’s couch a few weeks after appearing in her backyard out of nowhere.
“Yeah…” Molly said as she thought about the past four years. “So you’re still not going to tell me what happened these last four years?”
Ashley grinned, “I probably will, just not right now. I had to go deal with some things and it took a little longer than I expected. I really wanted to call you or text you or something. I just...I couldn’t.”
Molly shook her head. “Don’t even worry about it,” she replied, “you gotta do what you gotta do.” Lord knows Molly had done her fair share of things that she really couldn’t explain to anyone. Sometimes things were just better left alone. “Obviously you took care of everything you needed to then?”
“Sure did,” Ashley answered. “And the first thing I did was fly back here.”
“Yeah...sorry I had to dip so quickly after you got here. If I had known I wouldn’t have scheduled anything but...yeah,” Molly said. Almost as soon as Ashley had shown up Molly had to leave for Philadelphia to train, then to Amarillo for Vertigo, then overseas to visit Laurel. It was a whirlwind kind of two weeks but that was Molly’s life these days. “You do ok these last two weeks?”
“Yeah!” Ashley replied as she stood up from her seat to go grab her phone off of a table nearby. “Thanks for letting me stay here. I guess you can’t just leave a house for four years and come back to it like nothing happened.”
Molly laughed. “Yeah I think they kind of frown at that.” Ashley grinned and laughed alongside Molly as she sat back down. “Well I don’t know what your money situation is or whatever, but you’re welcome to just move in here if you need a place to live.”
“Serious?” Ashley asked, her grin turning to a more serious look.
“Yeah absolutely,” Molly said, “this house is so huge and I have so many rooms that literally serve no purpose unless I have a bunch of guests sleeping over. Plus I miss having roommates.” Molly said as she grinned at Ashley.
“Awww Molly you’re such a sweetheart,” Ashley stood up again and walked over to Molly, wrapping her arms around her and giving her as tight a hug as she could possibly give. Molly smiled and reciprocated the hug for a few moments until she broke it and the two women sat back down on the couch.
“Don’t even mention it, like I said I miss having roommates and this house is so lonely. You’d actually be doing me a favor by moving in.” Molly wasn’t home all that often these days, but that was mostly because she felt so lonely at home. She liked travelling because she got to see her friends. But if she had Ashley living with her she’d be able to spend more time at home and not be too sad.
“Well thanks again. Really appreciate it,” Ashley said with a big smile on her face. She leaned back and kicked her feet up onto the table in front of her. “So...four years. Damn. And you’re still wrestling?”
Molly laughed. “If you can believe it. I’ve had a handful of breaks in there though. Had to take a year off after I almost died in a match in IWF. Then came back to IWF and was doing well there until it shut down. Eventually joined Sin City Wrestling but didn’t like it all that much and got hurt so took more time off. Now I’m back wrestling in FGA and I couldn’t be happier about it.” Molly really loved being in FGA. She hadn’t enjoyed wrestling this much since her first run in IWF. It just made her feel like what she did wasn’t work. It was easy to get up and train and wrestle when she was somewhere that she truly wanted to be. “So yeah, been in FGA since January and loving it still.”
“That’s awesome,” Ashley smiled, “you kicking ass there?”
“Well I wouldn’t say that, but I’m doing pretty well I think. Won more than I’ve lost but I could still be a lot better.” Molly said, thinking about her recent defeat to Annie in particular.
“Champion yet?” Ashley asked.
Molly shook her head, “Nah. I had a chance like a month ago against my friend Annie for her title, but I couldn’t get it. Thought I had her right where I wanted her but just made one stupid mistake and she took advantage and caught me...” Molly trailed off again as she thought about the match. Eventually she shook herself out of the trance. “But it is what it is. Annie’s awesome and I couldn’t be happier for her that she’s still champion.”
“Damn, you’ve changed Molly Reid,” Ashley said with a smirk on her face. “The old Molly wouldn’t rest until she had that title belt wrapped around her waist and Annie’s body crumpled under a mess of broken tables and chairs.”
Molly smiled faintly as she thought back to her early wrestling days where that was more or less the case. “That Molly died out when I dealt with my alcoholism. It was pretty easy to hate everyone and do all that shit that I did when I was so drunk I barely remembered it. Besides, Annie's like my best friend. I would never do anything like that to her” Molly thought back to those days. Her life was a mess and she took out everything in her wrestling. Cheating, attempting to injure, caring only about winning, all those things that Molly wasn’t proud of used to be what she was best at. She had come a long way from where she was four years ago, and she was extremely proud of who she had become since then.
Ashley nodded her head along with Molly, “I’m just kidding anyways,” she said, “you gotta do you. Proud of ya either way.”
Molly grinned widely upon hearing that. “Thanks Ashley.”
“So what’s up now, you got a match coming up or what?”
“Yeah!” Molly exclaimed, probably too loudly. She took a deep breath to calm herself down. “On Saturday I’m fighting Salem Cartier for a chance to be in the Frontier Lions Cup.”
“The hell’s that?” Ashley asked quizzically.
“Oh right," Molly said, realizing that Ashley would have no way of knowing what that was, "it’s a tournament in FGA. It’s an eight-wrestler tournament held at the Above and Beyond pay-per-view in August. So to win you have to win three matches in the same night. The winner gets an automatic world title shot. This week’s match against Salem is a qualifying match, so the winner gets entered into the tournament at Above and Beyond.” Molly explained.
“Nice, so this week is like a must-win for you then isn’t it?” Ashley asked, mostly rhetorically. “Need me to break this Salem girl’s kneecaps for you or anything?”
Molly laughed at Ashley’s suggestion, even though she seemed extremely serious about it. “No, please. Salem’s my friend, we actually tagged together and won last week. So I’m excited to just go up against her and challenge myself.”
“Damn, wrestling sure has changed since I’ve been gone. Not sure I ever considered anyone a friend when I was in the business.” Ashley said with a serious look. But eventually she smiled. “Except you babe.”
Molly giggled as Ashley made a big show about giving her a hug. “Yeah but we never wrestled and I’m sure if we did you’d have no problem caving my face in with a metal pipe if that’s what it took to beat me.”
“...no comment,” Ashley said laughing as she broke the embrace. “Well hey, whatever you want to do, I’m sure you’ll kick ass on Saturday and then crush it in the tournament when that comes.”
“I hope so,” Molly said, “you’re gonna come watch right?”
“Well duh, I wouldn’t miss your big match for anything,” Ashley said, smiling.
“Awesome!” Molly exclaimed. It would be nice having that support there with her. Hopefully she could put forth a good strong performance in the ring and beat Salem and earn herself a spot in the tournament.
July 21st, 2016
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The screen flicks on to a shot of Molly Reid, smiling in a chair as she looks into the camera. She’s wearing her “Only Clean Shirt” shirt and you can see the ocean in the background as proof that she’s at her Santa Monica home.
“Hey guys! Good to be talking to y’all again especially after my last match at Vertigo. Kinda got back to my winning ways with a nice victory. And I know it didn’t really mean anything in the grand scheme of things, like it wasn’t for any belt or any contendership or anything. But still, to get a win over Mark Storm and Fujiko Mine, the current Pride Champion, that means a lot to me. They’re both phenomenal wrestlers who have achieved so much in their careers. Fujiko is a champion, she’s one of the best wrestlers in this company right now and that’s an indisputable fact. It means a lot to my confidence going forward, knowing that I can compete against champions in this company.”
“But now I can move on to this week. And what a huge week it is for me. And for a bunch of others in FGA, like Mark and Fujiko and people like Chandler Scott and Chris Bond. It’s our chance to qualify for the Frontier Lions Cup at Above and Beyond. This is a huge opportunity for me. If I can qualify for the tournament then I’ve got a chance to win not only the Frontier Lions Cup trophy, but also a guaranteed world title shot. That’s huge, like so huge. You look at the people who have won the tournament before and it’s a who’s who of success. People like Sean Sands, Cordy Stevenson, Tony Carmine. Truly some of the best of the best have gone through this tournament and now I have the chance to get myself into it. It’s something that I definitely can’t afford to let go to waste.”
“It’s been a rough stretch for me in wrestling since IWF closed down. Sure I’ve won plenty of matches in that time and I consider what I’ve done since then a success. But at the same time, there’s been a lot of letdowns. I’ve had chance after chance, and I’ve never really capitalized on them. I’ve been so close to getting over the hump but never actually been able to do it.”
“When I first joined SCW, I was quickly given a shot at the Heritage Championship after a hot start. And in the match, a four corners match, I was in control for much of it until I made one mistake and Don God took advantage and somewhat stole the win from me. Then when I got my one-on-one shot with him, once again I found myself in control before another late-game mistake cost me. Two title shots, two good performances by me and yet nothing to show for it. Then I went on to challenge Conor Blackburn in a match that could have propelled me high in the company. But instead I got injured and lost in rather spectacular fashion. And then I came back to FGA, and well, we all know what happened at All Star Showdown. Much like my other title opportunities, it was a match that many thought I had in the bag. I wasn’t tired, I wasn’t weak, I wasn’t slowing down. I knew what I wanted to do and I had everything under control. But then there was that one mistake. That one tiny mistake that changed everything. One error and Annie capitalizes and forces me to tap out. Once again I was THIS close to winning a championship in a company other than IWF, and once again I fell short. I couldn’t do it. I failed.”
“These losses pile up and they definitely get to me. I’ve been down on myself before, but never like I was after I lost to Annie. I know how rare it is to get chances in this business. So rare that when you do get a chance, you sure as shit better take advantage. And I’ve had like four big huge chances in my wrestling career over the past couple years and I’ve capitalized on exactly zero of them. Yeah, it fucking sucks. It pisses me off to look back and see how close but yet so far I was. I’ve always said I want to fight the best of the best here in FGA. Well that isn’t going to happen if I keep throwing away opportunities given to me. I can’t keep falling short like I have. I can’t keep failing.”
“That’s why this match against Salem means so much to me. If I lose this match and can’t qualify for the Frontier Lions Cup, then what am I? I’m just another wrestler who wasted an opportunity. Only I’m one who’s wasted more than one opportunity. Then I start getting less chances because why would they give an opportunity to someone who just can’t ever take advantage of one? I totally get it and it makes sense to me. I wouldn’t give chance after chance to someone unless they could take advantage. If I can’t qualify for the FLC, then I lose yet another chance to fight the best of the best. That’s something I just cannot let happen.”
“I love Salem. She’s someone I consider a friend. And I always will consider her a friend. Not only is she a friend, but she’s a phenomenal wrestler. One of the best in FGA in my opinion. She can do so many things in that ring that I have to watch out for. It’s going to be a challenge because she’s so quick. Is she quicker than me? I guess we’ll find out for sure Saturday night, but I know she’s quick as hell regardless. I got to see what she can do up close and personal last week when she was my tag team partner. I mean you all saw the match, you know what she did and what she can do in that ring. She was just named the number one contender for Annie’s Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship. Yeah, the very same belt that I couldn’t win at All Star Showdown. Now Salem has the chance to do what I couldn’t and dethrone Annie. So yeah, I don’t think I need to go into any more detail about how good Salem is. She’s really good.”
“But that’s exactly what I want. I want to wrestle the best of the best. I want to step into that ring and have to battle my goddamn heart out. I want to have to dig as deep as I can deep to come out on top. Salem is going to push me to my limits. But I’m going to push right back. As far as she is going to go, I’m going to go further. I’m never going to stop. Because that’s what I do. Even when I don’t win, my opponent is leaving that ring exhausted and beaten down and knowing how hard they had to work to get over me.”
“This match against Salem is everything. This is yet another chance for me. I’ve had so many chances before and they’ve all been for naught. But not this time. I’m not letting this one go to waste. I need this win. I need to be in that Frontier Lions Cup tournament at Above and Beyond. Need it. More than anything I’ve ever needed before. I need to prove to everyone that I can get over that hump and take advantage of an opportunity. I need to show the world and everyone in FGA that I’m not just someone who wins and wins until it actually matters and then blows it away. No more choking for me. No more letting chances slip through my grasp. No more taking control of a match only to make one mistake and find myself on the losing end. It stops this Saturday in Tucson. Salem’s an incredible wrestler who deserves everything she’s got. But I have to prove to myself that I can do this. I have to show myself that I can take advantage of an opportunity. I’m not going to let this go to waste. I’m going to come at Salem with the entirety of myself. Everything I’ve got I’m putting into this match. There’s nothing I want more than to be in the Frontier Lions Cup, and I’m going to stop at nothing to make sure that happens. No matter what it takes, no matter how deep I have to dig, I have to get into that tournament. Get ready Salem, because this Saturday night in Tucson, we’re going to have a battle for the ages. I know you’ll be ready. See you then.”
