Post by Freya Kane on May 29, 2016 21:58:50 GMT
This business can do things to you. Do things to your mind, to the way you think, and the way you present yourself to the audience, to the crowd, and to the people in the back. All you need to do is take a look at my so-called friend Kate Steele, and you’ll see what this place can do to people. Most of all, it is what greed can do….what the lure of championship gold can do….more specifically…
The IWF Shield Maiden.
You see, the Diamonds Championship is where we all want to be. It’s the end goal, the “endgame” so to speak but we all know that to get to that point you have to mean something, you have to have done something that puts you on that level, and a lengthy reign as the Shield Maiden? Well that is perfect, right? I mean it did the exact thing I’m talking about for Kayla Richards…
Not that her shoes are exactly ones to follow in.
The point is still valid. Mrs Conway pays attention, and if you prove you can handle being Shield Maiden, well then that just puts you right in contention. A shining star, that Kathy Conway cannot ignore, and it is the path I intend to walk, but make no mistake. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Shield Maiden itself, I held that championship once, and it made my life….I finally felt like I’d accomplished something, and that I’d become the star I felt I was destined to be….and then I lost it, just as quickly as I gained it.
That will not happen again.
I will reclaim what was once mine, and I’ll go through anyone to do that.
~~~
[March 17th, 2016]
It had been a long day. A long, emotional, painful day. First of all, one of my mentors, one of the men who trained me down at the IWF Performance Center announced to the world that he had cancer. None of us knew that he was going to announce it, nobody even knew that he had it….except Roberto Verona, obviously, but he let Spike do things on his own terms. You have to respect that, no matter what you might think of the old man. Then….well, then Paige Garcia sucker punched me and tried to take me out before our match this Sunday at Night of the Immortals.
What. A. Bitch.
Never in my life would I have thought that Fiona would have come to my aid. That girl earned a lot of my respect that night, and my thanks….BUT! The night wasn’t over yet. I’d gone backstage after the end of the show, gone to meet up with my travel buddy Warren. I figured he might need someone to talk to after everything went down with his Dad. That, was when he dropped the bombshell on me (don’t think I don’t see the irony in that!) he wants to move back to Boston, to help look after Spike…..
And he wants me to go with him.
Ugh...talk about mind blown, right? I mean, it was only a few weeks ago that Spike confronted him at Rob Diamonds house. Now he wants to move back? ….though I’ve heard that Spike’s house is like HUAAAAAAAGE, he’s got an epic pool, like...wings, like, several houses attached to one. Aaaaaand it’d be rent free. You know, as an “up and coming” wrestler, you want to save as much cash as you can. If we’re going to be travelling back to Boston after every show? I’d rather not have to pay rent….so….I think I’m going to go with him, but I’m not sure yet.
I mean, it’s not like I have a life here in Chicago, right? I go to the PC to train, when I can….if not, then I’m on the road. Maybe this is for the best? I get to keep Warren as my bestie, and I can help him with his pops. Hey, maybe Spike can still drop some old school knowledge bombs while I’m there, you know?
You never stop learning.
I’ll never forget that, first thing he ever taught me…
You never stop learning…..
~~~
Paige….
I get the distinct feeling that you don’t like me, I’m not quite sure why. Not sure what I’ve ever done to piss off the mean girls of IWF. I mean, you dropped me hard and kicked me out of the Iron Maiden, only to lose to Fiona - maybe that’s the reason? Maybe it’s the irish connection? Who knows, right? Then ….you attack me before we even get to the ring. You tried to take me out before our TAG TEAM match could even begin. You attacked me, from behind, and tried to take me out Paige, you know what that says to me?
You’re scared.
I know I must have insanely large grapefruits to say something like that, right? But let’s be honest Paige, why else would you do that? I mean, you said so yourself - there was no beef between us. Besides the fact that I’m coming to take your title from you, and that got you all twitchy didn’t it? You underestimate people, and you pay the price. You underestimated Fiona McFly, hell, we all did….and look at her now, getting a Diamonds Championship shot at the biggest show in IWF history. You’re jealous, aren’t you? In your mind you believe it should be you fighting Eternity for the Diamonds title, but instead...you have to face little old me, and instead of having everything to gain?
You have everything to lose.
There’s pressure on my shoulders, I’m not naive enough to not realise that. This is my big shot, I either make it, or I sit back on the shelf. I’ve been given a second chance, and it wasn’t handed to me, I had to earn it. I defeated the very woman who took my championship from me, the very woman you defeated for that championship. I earned the right to make it to the biggest show of my life, to finally make it, once and for all. Remind the world what potential I have inside of me, and what I bring to the Diamonds division. You and your sister? You’ve had your chance. You’ve played cheerleader, you’ve played bully….now it’s time for you to play stepping stone.
As I step over you, on my path to greatness.
I’m not overlooking you Paige I know how big of a threat you are, I’ve felt the brunt of your physicality. I’ve been left looking up at the lights by you, but that wasn't’ when I was focused on you. I was distracted, I never paid you the attention you required….I, ultimately, was seduced. There were two prizes up for grabs, and I was so star stricken, that I couldn’t grab either of them. Kate might be pissed that she lost her title, but I simply showed up to make the numbers, and made a laughing stock out of myself. I will NOT let that happen again. I will give you everything I have come Night of the Immortals Paige. I’ll give you one hundred percent of everything I possibly can, my mind, my spirit, my heart, whatever it takes. To the point where, I either walk away as the new Shield Maiden…
Or leave knowing I gave you everything I possibly could.
I’m not afraid to lose, as scary as being dropped from the card really is? As long as I give my all, I know that I can be proud of myself. For, that is all I can do, is give everything I can, and just hope and pray that what I have trumps what you have. That is all I ask Paige, give me a fair fight, just you versus me….and we’ll lay it all out on the table, see who the best really is…
Or are you chicken?
Paige….
I get the distinct feeling that you don’t like me, I’m not quite sure why. Not sure what I’ve ever done to piss off the mean girls of IWF. I mean, you dropped me hard and kicked me out of the Iron Maiden, only to lose to Fiona - maybe that’s the reason? Maybe it’s the irish connection? Who knows, right? Then ….you attack me before we even get to the ring. You tried to take me out before our TAG TEAM match could even begin. You attacked me, from behind, and tried to take me out Paige, you know what that says to me?
You’re scared.
I know I must have insanely large grapefruits to say something like that, right? But let’s be honest Paige, why else would you do that? I mean, you said so yourself - there was no beef between us. Besides the fact that I’m coming to take your title from you, and that got you all twitchy didn’t it? You underestimate people, and you pay the price. You underestimated Fiona McFly, hell, we all did….and look at her now, getting a Diamonds Championship shot at the biggest show in IWF history. You’re jealous, aren’t you? In your mind you believe it should be you fighting Eternity for the Diamonds title, but instead...you have to face little old me, and instead of having everything to gain?
You have everything to lose.
There’s pressure on my shoulders, I’m not naive enough to not realise that. This is my big shot, I either make it, or I sit back on the shelf. I’ve been given a second chance, and it wasn’t handed to me, I had to earn it. I defeated the very woman who took my championship from me, the very woman you defeated for that championship. I earned the right to make it to the biggest show of my life, to finally make it, once and for all. Remind the world what potential I have inside of me, and what I bring to the Diamonds division. You and your sister? You’ve had your chance. You’ve played cheerleader, you’ve played bully….now it’s time for you to play stepping stone.
As I step over you, on my path to greatness.
I’m not overlooking you Paige I know how big of a threat you are, I’ve felt the brunt of your physicality. I’ve been left looking up at the lights by you, but that wasn't’ when I was focused on you. I was distracted, I never paid you the attention you required….I, ultimately, was seduced. There were two prizes up for grabs, and I was so star stricken, that I couldn’t grab either of them. Kate might be pissed that she lost her title, but I simply showed up to make the numbers, and made a laughing stock out of myself. I will NOT let that happen again. I will give you everything I have come Night of the Immortals Paige. I’ll give you one hundred percent of everything I possibly can, my mind, my spirit, my heart, whatever it takes. To the point where, I either walk away as the new Shield Maiden…
Or leave knowing I gave you everything I possibly could.
I’m not afraid to lose, as scary as being dropped from the card really is? As long as I give my all, I know that I can be proud of myself. For, that is all I can do, is give everything I can, and just hope and pray that what I have trumps what you have. That is all I ask Paige, give me a fair fight, just you versus me….and we’ll lay it all out on the table, see who the best really is…
Or are you chicken?
Well howdy there pardner.