Post by Alexis Caffrey on Jul 31, 2017 4:33:30 GMT
As we fade in, we see my lovely wife Alexis, sitting Indian Style on the ground in front of me, and she’s doing the motions to the “Itsy Bitsy Spider”.
The itsy bitsy spider…
She notices the camera.
Oh...hey...I was just thinking about how Paige reminds me of the itsy bitsy spider. How you might ask? Well, that’s pretty simple, but she’s an airhead, so I guess I have to spell it out for her right?
She motions her hands as the spider crawling up the spout.
You see, just like the spider, Paige has climbed the ranks of the IWF rather quickly. She won the Shieldmaiden and went on to hold it longer than anyone...until we saw Eternity...that bitch. Then she won the Diamonds Title, and actually managed to hold it a week longer than me...bitch. So like the spider, she was on top of the world...until Night of the Immortals when that little blue-haired beat dropping fairy, beat her for the Diamonds Title, and just like the rain...Paige’s life came crashing down.
She wags her finger in my direction behind the camera.
But silly Pandora wasn’t the storm that caused the rain.
She points to herself.
That was me.
She let’s out a laugh, maniacal in nature, yet still playfully pleasant.
And it didn’t have to be this way Paige. I congratulated you on becoming the champion, and made a silly little joke about taking care of my baby or I’d have to come take it from you. That’s when things went crazy. That’s when our sisterly bond broke. I got my match, you cheated, and here we are in this whole little dilemma that we’re in.
She points to herself again.
I took you in. I taught you everything you know, but trust me little girl, as you’ve been finding out week after week, I haven’t even begun to show you everything that I myself no. After all, the teacher can’t show her pet everything...she has to let her free, into the world to discover her own path.
I was proud of you Paige. I felt like I raised you up in this business well, and when I set you free you did me proud...then you slapped the hand that led you. You turned your back on me, on our relationship that we had, something so strong that the baddest of forces in the world tried to break it and couldn’t succeed.
She points into the camera.
You couldn’t let your jealousy go Paige, you let it consume you, and now? Now, you’re on the wrong side of the monster. You’ve pissed off the true queen, and when I’m done with you, and there’s nothing left for you to do but sulk in misery, you’ll just wish that I said...OFF WITH HER HEAD!
She stands up with a quirky smile on her face before waving and skipping out of sight.
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“Self Reflection”
I was running through the streets of Cologne, Germany. A girl needs to stay in shape after all. I was running along the Rhine River, a fence to my one side, and it was time for a break, and a moment to take in the scenery. I looked over the river, leaning on said fence, and for some reason, I couldn’t help but wonder how I was so lucky.
How did I get here?
My thoughts became audible for a moment as I stared out over the water. It took a long time to get here, and a long, winding, twisting route to do so. I came to wrestling as a novice. Sure I loved the sport, I loved the entertainment value, but I didn’t exactly think my frail little body was cut out to make it. So as you all know I did the next best thing...became an agent. I entered NCW and that’s where I met the love of my life. That’s where my world got turned upside down, that’s where everything started going right.
I walked over to a bench and had a seat.
He believed in me when I didn’t even believe in myself.
Mike and I started dating, and I watched how he trained. I saw the passion in his eyes, and it was a passion I shared deep down within myself, but never knew how to act upon it. Sure I had connections, but I needed something, someone to push me, and he was always the one. He caught me checking him out as he worked out, trying new holds on a trainer in the building and asked if I wanted to get in the ring.
I couldn’t help but laugh as I sat there on the bench.
What a moment that was.
I remember back, nervous as can be as he enticed me with his charm to come into the ring, and it all began from there. I learned the basic, bumping, simple holds, striking...without actually punching someone directly in their face...though that didn’t always go as planned. I remember thinking to myself, all those times I wanted to punch someone in school, or make someone pay for making a remark about my mother after word got around my high school that her jobs were...well…”jobs”. I remember as I torqued in on a headlock that this was quite possibly the best outlet of frustration, of anxiety, of any rage that I would have...and it was legal...THIS WAS GREAT!
I remember hearing the words “You’re a natural from the man who would marry me.” A smile crossed over my face as the words echoed in my ears, even now.
Damn right I was.
As the rest of you know, the training was worth it, becoming a two time Diamonds Champion, winning the Iron Maiden, and being one of the winners in the Survival of the Fittest as my husband was the year before. I mentored the Garcia Twins, and now that one of them was ready to spread her wings and fly away from the nest, I had to show her what the real world was all about. She wouldn’t get away with rubbing my nose in the fact that she was Diamonds Champion while I was gone. She wouldn’t get away with flaunting her superiority. She wouldn’t get away with pissing me off…
I shook my head as I stood up.
She’ll pay.
I turned and ran off, the camera watching me as I turned the corner and vanished before the feed goes dead.
********************************************
Paige…
The scene comes to and Alexis is leaning up against an old brick wall, somewhere in the city of Cologne where we were to perform this weekend.
Sweetie, lovely, mannequin girl...I did like you. Hell, I loved you like a sister I never had, and you took all that love, all that affection and you threw it back in my face. Well, you literally smacked me in the back of the head with my beautiful baby, the Diamonds Title, and proceeded to both verbally and physically tell me that you don’t need me anymore. You’re ready to spread those wings and fly away. You’re the beautiful butterfly who has broken free from her cocoon and is ready to flutter off and be pretty and fantastic and all that other crap.
She tilts her head to the side, shaking it in a negative fashion.
You didn’t say the magic word Paige. You didn’t ask for your hall pass, and I hate to break it to you my little pupil, but school isn’t out for summer. There’s one more class to take, one more lesson to be learned before I release you from my grasp.
Humility.
A slight chuckle emanates as she can’t help but think of their great times together.
Paige, I was wrong. I never taught you this lesson because I never thought you were going to need it. I never thought you’d let your head blow up like a helium balloon and carry you off in the breeze.
I was wrong.
You need this lesson in humility...you need it perhaps more than anyone else in this entire company, and as I am your teacher, I promise you that you better pay attention to the lesson, otherwise I’ll have to continue teaching it to you over, and over, and over again, and trust me Paige...I don’t want to do that.
I don’t want to have to hurt you just because you’re too dumb to listen.
Listen my pupil...learn...and then...maybe then...you’ll finally be able to leave the nest. Then...MAYBE...you’ll have graduated...with honors.
She waves at the camera before it cuts to static.
The itsy bitsy spider…
She notices the camera.
Oh...hey...I was just thinking about how Paige reminds me of the itsy bitsy spider. How you might ask? Well, that’s pretty simple, but she’s an airhead, so I guess I have to spell it out for her right?
She motions her hands as the spider crawling up the spout.
You see, just like the spider, Paige has climbed the ranks of the IWF rather quickly. She won the Shieldmaiden and went on to hold it longer than anyone...until we saw Eternity...that bitch. Then she won the Diamonds Title, and actually managed to hold it a week longer than me...bitch. So like the spider, she was on top of the world...until Night of the Immortals when that little blue-haired beat dropping fairy, beat her for the Diamonds Title, and just like the rain...Paige’s life came crashing down.
She wags her finger in my direction behind the camera.
But silly Pandora wasn’t the storm that caused the rain.
She points to herself.
That was me.
She let’s out a laugh, maniacal in nature, yet still playfully pleasant.
And it didn’t have to be this way Paige. I congratulated you on becoming the champion, and made a silly little joke about taking care of my baby or I’d have to come take it from you. That’s when things went crazy. That’s when our sisterly bond broke. I got my match, you cheated, and here we are in this whole little dilemma that we’re in.
She points to herself again.
I took you in. I taught you everything you know, but trust me little girl, as you’ve been finding out week after week, I haven’t even begun to show you everything that I myself no. After all, the teacher can’t show her pet everything...she has to let her free, into the world to discover her own path.
I was proud of you Paige. I felt like I raised you up in this business well, and when I set you free you did me proud...then you slapped the hand that led you. You turned your back on me, on our relationship that we had, something so strong that the baddest of forces in the world tried to break it and couldn’t succeed.
She points into the camera.
You couldn’t let your jealousy go Paige, you let it consume you, and now? Now, you’re on the wrong side of the monster. You’ve pissed off the true queen, and when I’m done with you, and there’s nothing left for you to do but sulk in misery, you’ll just wish that I said...OFF WITH HER HEAD!
She stands up with a quirky smile on her face before waving and skipping out of sight.
********************************************
“Self Reflection”
I was running through the streets of Cologne, Germany. A girl needs to stay in shape after all. I was running along the Rhine River, a fence to my one side, and it was time for a break, and a moment to take in the scenery. I looked over the river, leaning on said fence, and for some reason, I couldn’t help but wonder how I was so lucky.
How did I get here?
My thoughts became audible for a moment as I stared out over the water. It took a long time to get here, and a long, winding, twisting route to do so. I came to wrestling as a novice. Sure I loved the sport, I loved the entertainment value, but I didn’t exactly think my frail little body was cut out to make it. So as you all know I did the next best thing...became an agent. I entered NCW and that’s where I met the love of my life. That’s where my world got turned upside down, that’s where everything started going right.
I walked over to a bench and had a seat.
He believed in me when I didn’t even believe in myself.
Mike and I started dating, and I watched how he trained. I saw the passion in his eyes, and it was a passion I shared deep down within myself, but never knew how to act upon it. Sure I had connections, but I needed something, someone to push me, and he was always the one. He caught me checking him out as he worked out, trying new holds on a trainer in the building and asked if I wanted to get in the ring.
I couldn’t help but laugh as I sat there on the bench.
What a moment that was.
I remember back, nervous as can be as he enticed me with his charm to come into the ring, and it all began from there. I learned the basic, bumping, simple holds, striking...without actually punching someone directly in their face...though that didn’t always go as planned. I remember thinking to myself, all those times I wanted to punch someone in school, or make someone pay for making a remark about my mother after word got around my high school that her jobs were...well…”jobs”. I remember as I torqued in on a headlock that this was quite possibly the best outlet of frustration, of anxiety, of any rage that I would have...and it was legal...THIS WAS GREAT!
I remember hearing the words “You’re a natural from the man who would marry me.” A smile crossed over my face as the words echoed in my ears, even now.
Damn right I was.
As the rest of you know, the training was worth it, becoming a two time Diamonds Champion, winning the Iron Maiden, and being one of the winners in the Survival of the Fittest as my husband was the year before. I mentored the Garcia Twins, and now that one of them was ready to spread her wings and fly away from the nest, I had to show her what the real world was all about. She wouldn’t get away with rubbing my nose in the fact that she was Diamonds Champion while I was gone. She wouldn’t get away with flaunting her superiority. She wouldn’t get away with pissing me off…
I shook my head as I stood up.
She’ll pay.
I turned and ran off, the camera watching me as I turned the corner and vanished before the feed goes dead.
********************************************
Paige…
The scene comes to and Alexis is leaning up against an old brick wall, somewhere in the city of Cologne where we were to perform this weekend.
Sweetie, lovely, mannequin girl...I did like you. Hell, I loved you like a sister I never had, and you took all that love, all that affection and you threw it back in my face. Well, you literally smacked me in the back of the head with my beautiful baby, the Diamonds Title, and proceeded to both verbally and physically tell me that you don’t need me anymore. You’re ready to spread those wings and fly away. You’re the beautiful butterfly who has broken free from her cocoon and is ready to flutter off and be pretty and fantastic and all that other crap.
She tilts her head to the side, shaking it in a negative fashion.
You didn’t say the magic word Paige. You didn’t ask for your hall pass, and I hate to break it to you my little pupil, but school isn’t out for summer. There’s one more class to take, one more lesson to be learned before I release you from my grasp.
Humility.
A slight chuckle emanates as she can’t help but think of their great times together.
Paige, I was wrong. I never taught you this lesson because I never thought you were going to need it. I never thought you’d let your head blow up like a helium balloon and carry you off in the breeze.
I was wrong.
You need this lesson in humility...you need it perhaps more than anyone else in this entire company, and as I am your teacher, I promise you that you better pay attention to the lesson, otherwise I’ll have to continue teaching it to you over, and over, and over again, and trust me Paige...I don’t want to do that.
I don’t want to have to hurt you just because you’re too dumb to listen.
Listen my pupil...learn...and then...maybe then...you’ll finally be able to leave the nest. Then...MAYBE...you’ll have graduated...with honors.
She waves at the camera before it cuts to static.
Well howdy there pardner.