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Sept 15, 2016 19:21:24 GMT -5
Post by bmac on Sept 15, 2016 19:21:24 GMT -5
September 15th, 2016
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The camera flashed on with a shot of Molly Reid, grinning as she sat there staring into the screen. She was wearing, perhaps ironically, a Zero McHannon t-shirt as she smiled again before beginning to speak.
“Hey guys! Guess who’s back? Well I didn’t really go anywhere, it’s just been a couple of weeks since I talked to you last. But yeah, Molly’s back baby. Feeling pretty good right about now if I can be honest with you. You know last time on Vertigo I had a match, and I mean it wasn’t a big match or anything. But still, it was a match, and it went as awesome as I expected. That Kevin Keller guy, you know, the guy making his debut here in FGA. I give people all the credit for showing up here and wrestling. But come on, if you’re gonna step in there with me at least give me a bit of a challenge. Keller got me a few times but I don’t think there was even a second where I felt in danger. And I don’t think anyone else felt there was either. That was a match that I had in control from start to quick finish. I ended it exactly when and exactly how I wanted to end it. Keller isn’t on my level and we could all see that. So that’s done, don’t need to spend any more time on him.”
“Now for the real stuff. I’ve been asked a lot last week about coming out and sticking my name in the hat for Fujiko’s Pride Championship. I’ll be the first to admit it, I haven’t exactly been known as an assertive wrestler over these past few years. After my first stint in IWF, I nearly died. And it wasn’t because of the matches I was in. It was because of the life I was living. I was a broken woman, depressed, an alcoholic, drug problems, you name it. My life was in shambles and the only thing that made me feel any better was wrestling. And I fought my god damn heart out in IWF during that first run, and I became the first and only female IWF Champion in company history.”
“But it wasn’t going to last. After taking some time off to heal injuries, I realized that I couldn’t keep living my life the way I was living it. I need a change, and so I changed. Took time away from the ring to make myself right. It wasn’t easy, but I did it. I got my head on right, I figured out what I was doing in life, and why it mattered. I was happy for the first time in years. So I decided to come back and wrestle again. And that’s pretty much where I’ve been for the past three years now. But I don’t think it’s any kind of secret that I haven’t been able to find the same level of success that I did when I first started in IWF. That first run I won ten matches and two titles, including the world championship. I lost just one match, and it was a tag team match in which my partner was more useless than a broomstick and he got pinned after I fought two-on-one pretty much the whole time. You know, a pretty successful first run. Then I come back and don’t do much. Sure I was the High Impact Champion, but I won it against a chick who was all but out the door to retirement. I defended it twice, once in a draw and the other was my last real big victory. After that, I lost some big matches for chances at titles. IWF closed and I joined SCW, and it was the same thing, as I’ve talked about before. Lots of chances, always coming close. Now here in FGA, it’s still the same thing. I get a big chance against Annie for the title, and I lose. I get a chance in the Frontier Lions Cup, and I can’t advance past the first round. Time after time I find myself in these matches and time and time again I’m left wondering what went wrong.”
“But I think I’m starting to realize why I’ve never been able to reach the same heights I did early on in my career. When I first started, I was taking whatever I wanted. If there was something I wanted, I’d go and take it. When I wanted Tiffani Michaels’ Queen of Wrestling Championship, I beat her up and insulted her until she gave me a chance, in which I beat her. Then when I wanted the IWF World Championship, I forced my way into a title match that wasn’t given to me and I won. I was assertive, I took what I wanted and I didn’t care about anything else.”
“But when I came back, I lost some of that assertiveness. Without that anger and hate that I had that first run, I found it hard to do anything other than sit back and take what was thrown at me. I never asked for a title shot, I never demanded a match, I just took whoever was put in front of me and said, yep, I’ll do it. To me, that was the biggest reason for my failures. These things weren’t things that I wanted so badly that I had to work for them. These were things that were granted to me and I simply said ok. Sure I was always motivated to win these matches, I’ve always been motivated to win matches. But in my mind, it didn’t matter nearly as much as it did to people like Annie or Karma clearly. I’m not saying that they think the same way, but they obviously were more motivated to win their matches against me than I was against them, because they beat me. Even if I lost, it was just a shot that someone else gave me. I didn’t feel any pressure, because I didn’t put myself in that position. I could lose and I’d convinced myself to just keep grinding and take on the next person they put in front of me. And if they gave me another chance, then I’d take on the person in front of me. Everything I did was just based on the next match. Every loss was just ‘on to the next one’. I was happy just competing in these matches, the results were neither here nor there in my mind.”
“But over the past little while, my mindset has been changing. I started watching old matches. I started to remember the fun I had back in my early days. I remember the pressure I felt before the big matches because they were matches that I put myself in. If I failed, that would be on me. I went through all the effort to get myself into the position that I was in, I didn’t want to fail. I couldn’t fail. Not when I was putting everything on the line like that. And you know what? It worked. That pressure fueled me. It drove me to the success that I had. Because I did it all myself. I was assertive, I was aggressive, I got after it. There was no sitting around and letting things happen. That’s why I was so successful.”
“I’ve grown tired of losing. It sucks. There’s nothing worse than losing again and again. I’m starting to realize that. All these losses pile up and I’m done with it. I’m not going to keep losing and then just moving on to the next match. No more just sitting back and letting things happen and shrugging along with them. No, from now on Molly Reid is going out and getting what she wants. Last week, while I was sitting backstage getting ready for my match, I saw Fujiko come out to the ring and start talking about her match with Riley Owens. Then imagine my surprise when I saw Savannah come out and start talking about deserving a shot at her Pride championship. Then Mark Storm. Then Noelle. Then Envi. At that point, I’d had enough. All these people were claiming that they deserved a title hot, but to me, none of them had done enough to say that they were truly deserving of a shot. So I went out there and I told everyone how I felt. That if any of those in the ring deserved a shot, then so did I. So I went out there and said exactly that.”
“And this wasn’t just something I was saying to disparage anyone. I respect all of the people in that ring save for one of them, and I’m pretty sure you all know who that one is. They’re all great wrestlers. But I truly believe that if any of them deserve a shot, then I should too. I mean let's just look at it from each of them.”
“Savannah Taylor, she came out there and was talking about their draw at Above and Beyond as if it was an actual tie and there was no clear winner and they would need a rematch to decide who truly was better. I think it’s pretty clear that she just wasn’t quite remembering what happened at Above and Beyond after what happened to her afterwards, but allow me to refresh everyone’s memory about it. That match didn’t end with both women laying there and the time running out. The ref was counting to three with Savannah on her back and then the time ran out. Savannah didn’t move until after Fujiko had gone backstage. She was completely out. She was saved by the bell. Did Savannah wrestle a great match? Of course she did. She really pushed Fujiko and there were a few times where I thought she might actually pull it off. But in the end, she was the one getting pinned, and she was the one who would’ve lost that match with no time limit. There was no great dispute about it. Certainly not enough to say that it was worthy of a rematch just to see who would be the rightful winner. Just because Fujiko didn’t technically win the match, doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a clear winner. This was simply a case of Savannah wrestling a great match, but coming up short in the end, only to be saved on a technicality. That’s not exactly the greatest reason to rematch.”
“Then Mark Storm came out and presented his case. And Mark’s got a pretty decent case. He’s been on a real hot streak over the last little while. And he’s right, he did make it further than any of us did in the FLC, including Fujiko. But again, Fujiko should’ve advanced. But that’s not the point. Take a look at our opponents. Fujiko had to wrestle Savannah, and we already know what happened there with those two putting on a great match. I had to to fight Karma, a former champion and we all know what happened to make me lose that match. And then Storm got to fight Yun Goeun. Now I’m sure that once upon a time Yun was a great and successful wrestler. But that time seems to have passed. This year in FGA matches she’s got two wins and nine losses. For those keeping track, that’s the worst record in FGA this year. Her matches haven’t exactly been the top notch of competitiveness. Put any of us, Fujiko, Savannah, me, against Yun in the FLC and we’re moving on to the second round as well, I guarantee it. So using that as a reason for this match doesn’t exactly make me a believer. Plus, it irked me hearing him talk about how hard he worked. Newsflash Mark, we all work our damn asses off out there. How dare you try to say that you’ve worked harder than anyone else. Each one of us has been out there busting our asses to put on great matches. We’ve all worked hard. You claiming to work the hardest is neither a fact, nor a reason to deserve a title shot.”
“Honestly, Noelle is probably the one person in this match that I didn’t shake my head at her reasoning. She made a solid point. They’ve had two matche before and are split down the middle, one win apiece. A rubber match just makes sense, especially with a title on the line, could you imagine? But here’s the thing. Fujiko’s been wrestling at the top of her game for months now. Mark’s been wrestling his ass off. Savannah’s been putting in work. I’ve been doing everything I can. Noelle’s been out of action and is just coming back. She had her first match last week. Why should she get to jump the line just because she had good matches in the past with Fujiko? Yes she’s a great wrestler, and yes she didn’t have a choice in being gone as long as she was. I’ve dealt with injuries before too, I know how shitty they can be. But you can’t just come back and pick up exactly where you left off. Who knows how those injuries may have changed Noelle? Maybe she can’t do some of the things she used to be able to do. Maybe she’s still rusty after all that time off. You just never know how someone is going to be after an injury, so to give her a title shot right away, without having her prove to people that she’s ready to go? Seems a bit crazy to me.”
“Finally, there’s this guy Envi. I don’t think I need to sit here for hours and explain everything about this guy, although I could. Let’s be real. There is nothing that Envi has done here in FGA to make anyone believe that he rightfully deserves any chance to wrestle for any kind of championship. Envi’s had what, three matches here? You’ll excuse me if I don’t recognize the names of the guys he’s beaten, Liam Graves and Rick Young. Then he finally gets to wrestle someone good in Mark Storm. Spends all week telling everyone that he can that Mark Storm sucks. Then promptly loses to Mark Storm. Look, I obviously have personal bias against Envi. Here’s a guy that had absolutely no business inserting himself into my business. He’s friends with Annie I guess or whatever, he seemed like a nice guy, so whatever. I didn’t really care at first. Just kinda weird but harmless. But then he wasn’t harmless. Then he felt the need to get involved in my match at Above and Beyond. A match I told him countless times to stay away from. And what did he do? He distracts me and costs me the match. Maybe I wouldn’t have won regardless. But Envi didn’t even let me have the chance to find out. He was too focused on thinking only about himself, he didn’t even consider the consequences. Or even worse, he did know the consequences and just didn’t care. So I’ll be damned if a guy like Envi, who cost me a chance to fight for the title, him and his ‘I’ve beaten two scrubs’ record gets a title shot over me.”
“So all these guys and ladies are talking about why they deserve a title shot. But what about me? What about Molly. Nobody in FGA has more wins than I do this year. Nobody. I’ve wrestled high level competition all the way through. Just look at the people in this match. I’ve beaten Storm multiple times. In fact every time I’ve stepped foot in the ring against Mark Storm, I’ve beaten him. Savannah I’ve never faced, but I’ve always wanted to. I know that I can beat her. Noelle, sure she’s great, but while she’s been out injured I’ve been out there every week for this company. Envi is just fucking Envi. None of these people deserve a chance over me. Not one of them. Hell, I even beat Fujiko in a match a few weeks back. So needless to say, I wasn’t just going to sit back and do nothing about it. If they were out there demanding shots with those reasonings, then of course I’m going to go out there and demand mine. Like I said, no longer am I sitting back and letting things happen. The Molly of a few months ago would’ve just stayed in her locker room and let whatever happened happen.”
“But I’m sick and tired of that. I want to make a name for myself here in FGA. It took me a while, but I finally realized that I’m not going to accomplish shit if I just sit back and take everything as it’s given to me. When I saw my chance I took it. I walked onto that stage and I told everyone why I should be in this contender’s match. I said that if anyone in that ring deserved a shot, it should be me. And now I get to prove that Saturday night. Winning the five-way fray gives me a shot at Fujiko and her Pride Championship. I’m not going to let that go to waste.”
“Because this is different. This isn’t a shot that was given to me. This is an opportunity that I demanded. That I fought for. This is something that I did, nobody else. Everything is on me now. This is the pressure that I used to thrive under. This is what I’ve been searching for these last couple years of wrestling. This is what I was missing. The fire. It’s been lit under me now, because I’m taking things that I want. If I lose, it all comes back on me and I’m absolutely not going to let that happen. Everyone else in that ring, they’re all phenomenal wrestlers. But I didn’t place myself in this match for fun. I’m not going to be happy win or lose, as long as it’s a good match. No, I know it’s going to be a good match. But I’m not walking out onto that stage, down that ramp and into that ring to put on a good match. I’m getting in that ring to win.”
“In my wrestling career, I’ve speared someone through a flaming table, I was tackled through a solid wall, thrown down a staircase, my ribs broken by a baseball bat to the stomach, my spleen ruptured from being thrown off construction scaffolding, my lung punctured by jumping off the stage set and into a pile of broken tables, my neck nearly broken being thrown through a glass screen and off of the stage. I’ve been battered, broken and bloody over and over again. I suffered through all of that and kept going because none of that was going to hold me down. I put my life on the line because that’s how badly I wanted to win. That’s the Molly that the fans want to see. That’s the Molly that I want to be. The one that doesn’t know how to lose. The one that takes what she wants and embraces the pressure that comes with it. I’ve gone away from that in recent years, but I’m starting to find it again. It all starts this Saturday night in the five-way fray match. This title shot is mine. Nothing is going to stop me and nobody is going to stand in my way. See you Saturday night guys. Get ready for the Molly you’ve been missing.”
September 15th, 2016
*OFF CAMERA*
Molly hung up the phone, still laughing about the joke she had heard at the end of it. Sam, her personal assistant, looked over at her from her seat.
“Who was that?” she asked.
“Oh just Ashley,” Molly replied as she sat down and flipped on the TV. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Sam frowning. “What?” she asked back.
Sam looked up and shook her head, “It’s...it’s nothing.”
“Come on, you can tell me anything Sam.”
Sam thought for a moment before finally speaking. “I just...I think you should be careful around her. I know she’s your old friend and all, but something just doesn’t seem right about her.”
Molly shook her head. “Don’t be ridiculous Sam, Ashley’s awesome.”
“I just think you should be careful Molly. I don’t trust her.”
Molly shook her head again. Sam was probably just speaking out of jealousy because Molly had been spending a lot more time with Ashley than with her lately. “Whatever Sam, you just don’t know Ashley like I know her.”
“Alright Molly, just don’t say I never warned you.”
Molly nodded her head and turned back to the TV. Sam didn’t know what she was talking about. Ashley was one of Molly’s best and oldest friends. She was the one person that Molly knew she could trust.
*ON CAMERA*
The camera flashed on with a shot of Molly Reid, grinning as she sat there staring into the screen. She was wearing, perhaps ironically, a Zero McHannon t-shirt as she smiled again before beginning to speak.
“Hey guys! Guess who’s back? Well I didn’t really go anywhere, it’s just been a couple of weeks since I talked to you last. But yeah, Molly’s back baby. Feeling pretty good right about now if I can be honest with you. You know last time on Vertigo I had a match, and I mean it wasn’t a big match or anything. But still, it was a match, and it went as awesome as I expected. That Kevin Keller guy, you know, the guy making his debut here in FGA. I give people all the credit for showing up here and wrestling. But come on, if you’re gonna step in there with me at least give me a bit of a challenge. Keller got me a few times but I don’t think there was even a second where I felt in danger. And I don’t think anyone else felt there was either. That was a match that I had in control from start to quick finish. I ended it exactly when and exactly how I wanted to end it. Keller isn’t on my level and we could all see that. So that’s done, don’t need to spend any more time on him.”
“Now for the real stuff. I’ve been asked a lot last week about coming out and sticking my name in the hat for Fujiko’s Pride Championship. I’ll be the first to admit it, I haven’t exactly been known as an assertive wrestler over these past few years. After my first stint in IWF, I nearly died. And it wasn’t because of the matches I was in. It was because of the life I was living. I was a broken woman, depressed, an alcoholic, drug problems, you name it. My life was in shambles and the only thing that made me feel any better was wrestling. And I fought my god damn heart out in IWF during that first run, and I became the first and only female IWF Champion in company history.”
“But it wasn’t going to last. After taking some time off to heal injuries, I realized that I couldn’t keep living my life the way I was living it. I need a change, and so I changed. Took time away from the ring to make myself right. It wasn’t easy, but I did it. I got my head on right, I figured out what I was doing in life, and why it mattered. I was happy for the first time in years. So I decided to come back and wrestle again. And that’s pretty much where I’ve been for the past three years now. But I don’t think it’s any kind of secret that I haven’t been able to find the same level of success that I did when I first started in IWF. That first run I won ten matches and two titles, including the world championship. I lost just one match, and it was a tag team match in which my partner was more useless than a broomstick and he got pinned after I fought two-on-one pretty much the whole time. You know, a pretty successful first run. Then I come back and don’t do much. Sure I was the High Impact Champion, but I won it against a chick who was all but out the door to retirement. I defended it twice, once in a draw and the other was my last real big victory. After that, I lost some big matches for chances at titles. IWF closed and I joined SCW, and it was the same thing, as I’ve talked about before. Lots of chances, always coming close. Now here in FGA, it’s still the same thing. I get a big chance against Annie for the title, and I lose. I get a chance in the Frontier Lions Cup, and I can’t advance past the first round. Time after time I find myself in these matches and time and time again I’m left wondering what went wrong.”
“But I think I’m starting to realize why I’ve never been able to reach the same heights I did early on in my career. When I first started, I was taking whatever I wanted. If there was something I wanted, I’d go and take it. When I wanted Tiffani Michaels’ Queen of Wrestling Championship, I beat her up and insulted her until she gave me a chance, in which I beat her. Then when I wanted the IWF World Championship, I forced my way into a title match that wasn’t given to me and I won. I was assertive, I took what I wanted and I didn’t care about anything else.”
“But when I came back, I lost some of that assertiveness. Without that anger and hate that I had that first run, I found it hard to do anything other than sit back and take what was thrown at me. I never asked for a title shot, I never demanded a match, I just took whoever was put in front of me and said, yep, I’ll do it. To me, that was the biggest reason for my failures. These things weren’t things that I wanted so badly that I had to work for them. These were things that were granted to me and I simply said ok. Sure I was always motivated to win these matches, I’ve always been motivated to win matches. But in my mind, it didn’t matter nearly as much as it did to people like Annie or Karma clearly. I’m not saying that they think the same way, but they obviously were more motivated to win their matches against me than I was against them, because they beat me. Even if I lost, it was just a shot that someone else gave me. I didn’t feel any pressure, because I didn’t put myself in that position. I could lose and I’d convinced myself to just keep grinding and take on the next person they put in front of me. And if they gave me another chance, then I’d take on the person in front of me. Everything I did was just based on the next match. Every loss was just ‘on to the next one’. I was happy just competing in these matches, the results were neither here nor there in my mind.”
“But over the past little while, my mindset has been changing. I started watching old matches. I started to remember the fun I had back in my early days. I remember the pressure I felt before the big matches because they were matches that I put myself in. If I failed, that would be on me. I went through all the effort to get myself into the position that I was in, I didn’t want to fail. I couldn’t fail. Not when I was putting everything on the line like that. And you know what? It worked. That pressure fueled me. It drove me to the success that I had. Because I did it all myself. I was assertive, I was aggressive, I got after it. There was no sitting around and letting things happen. That’s why I was so successful.”
“I’ve grown tired of losing. It sucks. There’s nothing worse than losing again and again. I’m starting to realize that. All these losses pile up and I’m done with it. I’m not going to keep losing and then just moving on to the next match. No more just sitting back and letting things happen and shrugging along with them. No, from now on Molly Reid is going out and getting what she wants. Last week, while I was sitting backstage getting ready for my match, I saw Fujiko come out to the ring and start talking about her match with Riley Owens. Then imagine my surprise when I saw Savannah come out and start talking about deserving a shot at her Pride championship. Then Mark Storm. Then Noelle. Then Envi. At that point, I’d had enough. All these people were claiming that they deserved a title hot, but to me, none of them had done enough to say that they were truly deserving of a shot. So I went out there and I told everyone how I felt. That if any of those in the ring deserved a shot, then so did I. So I went out there and said exactly that.”
“And this wasn’t just something I was saying to disparage anyone. I respect all of the people in that ring save for one of them, and I’m pretty sure you all know who that one is. They’re all great wrestlers. But I truly believe that if any of them deserve a shot, then I should too. I mean let's just look at it from each of them.”
“Savannah Taylor, she came out there and was talking about their draw at Above and Beyond as if it was an actual tie and there was no clear winner and they would need a rematch to decide who truly was better. I think it’s pretty clear that she just wasn’t quite remembering what happened at Above and Beyond after what happened to her afterwards, but allow me to refresh everyone’s memory about it. That match didn’t end with both women laying there and the time running out. The ref was counting to three with Savannah on her back and then the time ran out. Savannah didn’t move until after Fujiko had gone backstage. She was completely out. She was saved by the bell. Did Savannah wrestle a great match? Of course she did. She really pushed Fujiko and there were a few times where I thought she might actually pull it off. But in the end, she was the one getting pinned, and she was the one who would’ve lost that match with no time limit. There was no great dispute about it. Certainly not enough to say that it was worthy of a rematch just to see who would be the rightful winner. Just because Fujiko didn’t technically win the match, doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a clear winner. This was simply a case of Savannah wrestling a great match, but coming up short in the end, only to be saved on a technicality. That’s not exactly the greatest reason to rematch.”
“Then Mark Storm came out and presented his case. And Mark’s got a pretty decent case. He’s been on a real hot streak over the last little while. And he’s right, he did make it further than any of us did in the FLC, including Fujiko. But again, Fujiko should’ve advanced. But that’s not the point. Take a look at our opponents. Fujiko had to wrestle Savannah, and we already know what happened there with those two putting on a great match. I had to to fight Karma, a former champion and we all know what happened to make me lose that match. And then Storm got to fight Yun Goeun. Now I’m sure that once upon a time Yun was a great and successful wrestler. But that time seems to have passed. This year in FGA matches she’s got two wins and nine losses. For those keeping track, that’s the worst record in FGA this year. Her matches haven’t exactly been the top notch of competitiveness. Put any of us, Fujiko, Savannah, me, against Yun in the FLC and we’re moving on to the second round as well, I guarantee it. So using that as a reason for this match doesn’t exactly make me a believer. Plus, it irked me hearing him talk about how hard he worked. Newsflash Mark, we all work our damn asses off out there. How dare you try to say that you’ve worked harder than anyone else. Each one of us has been out there busting our asses to put on great matches. We’ve all worked hard. You claiming to work the hardest is neither a fact, nor a reason to deserve a title shot.”
“Honestly, Noelle is probably the one person in this match that I didn’t shake my head at her reasoning. She made a solid point. They’ve had two matche before and are split down the middle, one win apiece. A rubber match just makes sense, especially with a title on the line, could you imagine? But here’s the thing. Fujiko’s been wrestling at the top of her game for months now. Mark’s been wrestling his ass off. Savannah’s been putting in work. I’ve been doing everything I can. Noelle’s been out of action and is just coming back. She had her first match last week. Why should she get to jump the line just because she had good matches in the past with Fujiko? Yes she’s a great wrestler, and yes she didn’t have a choice in being gone as long as she was. I’ve dealt with injuries before too, I know how shitty they can be. But you can’t just come back and pick up exactly where you left off. Who knows how those injuries may have changed Noelle? Maybe she can’t do some of the things she used to be able to do. Maybe she’s still rusty after all that time off. You just never know how someone is going to be after an injury, so to give her a title shot right away, without having her prove to people that she’s ready to go? Seems a bit crazy to me.”
“Finally, there’s this guy Envi. I don’t think I need to sit here for hours and explain everything about this guy, although I could. Let’s be real. There is nothing that Envi has done here in FGA to make anyone believe that he rightfully deserves any chance to wrestle for any kind of championship. Envi’s had what, three matches here? You’ll excuse me if I don’t recognize the names of the guys he’s beaten, Liam Graves and Rick Young. Then he finally gets to wrestle someone good in Mark Storm. Spends all week telling everyone that he can that Mark Storm sucks. Then promptly loses to Mark Storm. Look, I obviously have personal bias against Envi. Here’s a guy that had absolutely no business inserting himself into my business. He’s friends with Annie I guess or whatever, he seemed like a nice guy, so whatever. I didn’t really care at first. Just kinda weird but harmless. But then he wasn’t harmless. Then he felt the need to get involved in my match at Above and Beyond. A match I told him countless times to stay away from. And what did he do? He distracts me and costs me the match. Maybe I wouldn’t have won regardless. But Envi didn’t even let me have the chance to find out. He was too focused on thinking only about himself, he didn’t even consider the consequences. Or even worse, he did know the consequences and just didn’t care. So I’ll be damned if a guy like Envi, who cost me a chance to fight for the title, him and his ‘I’ve beaten two scrubs’ record gets a title shot over me.”
“So all these guys and ladies are talking about why they deserve a title shot. But what about me? What about Molly. Nobody in FGA has more wins than I do this year. Nobody. I’ve wrestled high level competition all the way through. Just look at the people in this match. I’ve beaten Storm multiple times. In fact every time I’ve stepped foot in the ring against Mark Storm, I’ve beaten him. Savannah I’ve never faced, but I’ve always wanted to. I know that I can beat her. Noelle, sure she’s great, but while she’s been out injured I’ve been out there every week for this company. Envi is just fucking Envi. None of these people deserve a chance over me. Not one of them. Hell, I even beat Fujiko in a match a few weeks back. So needless to say, I wasn’t just going to sit back and do nothing about it. If they were out there demanding shots with those reasonings, then of course I’m going to go out there and demand mine. Like I said, no longer am I sitting back and letting things happen. The Molly of a few months ago would’ve just stayed in her locker room and let whatever happened happen.”
“But I’m sick and tired of that. I want to make a name for myself here in FGA. It took me a while, but I finally realized that I’m not going to accomplish shit if I just sit back and take everything as it’s given to me. When I saw my chance I took it. I walked onto that stage and I told everyone why I should be in this contender’s match. I said that if anyone in that ring deserved a shot, it should be me. And now I get to prove that Saturday night. Winning the five-way fray gives me a shot at Fujiko and her Pride Championship. I’m not going to let that go to waste.”
“Because this is different. This isn’t a shot that was given to me. This is an opportunity that I demanded. That I fought for. This is something that I did, nobody else. Everything is on me now. This is the pressure that I used to thrive under. This is what I’ve been searching for these last couple years of wrestling. This is what I was missing. The fire. It’s been lit under me now, because I’m taking things that I want. If I lose, it all comes back on me and I’m absolutely not going to let that happen. Everyone else in that ring, they’re all phenomenal wrestlers. But I didn’t place myself in this match for fun. I’m not going to be happy win or lose, as long as it’s a good match. No, I know it’s going to be a good match. But I’m not walking out onto that stage, down that ramp and into that ring to put on a good match. I’m getting in that ring to win.”
“In my wrestling career, I’ve speared someone through a flaming table, I was tackled through a solid wall, thrown down a staircase, my ribs broken by a baseball bat to the stomach, my spleen ruptured from being thrown off construction scaffolding, my lung punctured by jumping off the stage set and into a pile of broken tables, my neck nearly broken being thrown through a glass screen and off of the stage. I’ve been battered, broken and bloody over and over again. I suffered through all of that and kept going because none of that was going to hold me down. I put my life on the line because that’s how badly I wanted to win. That’s the Molly that the fans want to see. That’s the Molly that I want to be. The one that doesn’t know how to lose. The one that takes what she wants and embraces the pressure that comes with it. I’ve gone away from that in recent years, but I’m starting to find it again. It all starts this Saturday night in the five-way fray match. This title shot is mine. Nothing is going to stop me and nobody is going to stand in my way. See you Saturday night guys. Get ready for the Molly you’ve been missing.”
September 15th, 2016
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Molly hung up the phone, still laughing about the joke she had heard at the end of it. Sam, her personal assistant, looked over at her from her seat.
“Who was that?” she asked.
“Oh just Ashley,” Molly replied as she sat down and flipped on the TV. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Sam frowning. “What?” she asked back.
Sam looked up and shook her head, “It’s...it’s nothing.”
“Come on, you can tell me anything Sam.”
Sam thought for a moment before finally speaking. “I just...I think you should be careful around her. I know she’s your old friend and all, but something just doesn’t seem right about her.”
Molly shook her head. “Don’t be ridiculous Sam, Ashley’s awesome.”
“I just think you should be careful Molly. I don’t trust her.”
Molly shook her head again. Sam was probably just speaking out of jealousy because Molly had been spending a lot more time with Ashley than with her lately. “Whatever Sam, you just don’t know Ashley like I know her.”
“Alright Molly, just don’t say I never warned you.”
Molly nodded her head and turned back to the TV. Sam didn’t know what she was talking about. Ashley was one of Molly’s best and oldest friends. She was the one person that Molly knew she could trust.
