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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 4:50:38 GMT -6
Victoria Salinas is alone at the Glacier Park resort that she’s been staying at during her honeymoon following her wedding to Gavin. She’s mentally prepared for the trip to China that is going to take place the next day, but deep down she is feeling the obvious sadness in leaving behind who she considers the love of her life for quite some time. This is, at least, something she’s used to considering she’s on the road all the time but it doesn’t make things too much easier as she exits the building to overlook the spacious view of Glacier Park. She takes in the setting knowing that she’s seeing it for one of the last times. Deep down though, there’s an aura of confidence in her that she’s familiar with. She feels like she’s ready… finally.
Voice: Fancy seeing you one last time…
Victoria turns to find her old trainer, and admitted father figure, Mr. Holliday approach her. Victoria gives a slight wince when he gets to her.
Victoria: Yeah… I guess you’re not busy making out with my mother at the moment.
Victoria follows up with a nervous laugh.
Victoria: I know I mentioned you as a father figure, but I didn’t mean it literally.
Mr. Holliday: Well… you took it better than Casey did, that’s for sure. We were going to tell you… we just didn’t know how.
Victoria: How long have you and my mother been… you know… “seeing each other”?
Mr. Holliday: About six weeks…
Victoria: Well then… I’d say that’s awkward that I’m only knowing about it now but then again, Casey and I walked into both of you making out in the back room so…AND...I just realized that if you two got married… Casey and I would be sisters… OH GOD! ANYWAY…
Mr. Holliday: That didn’t ruin your big day, did it?
Victoria: No. That wasn’t even the worst part. Granted, Jazmyn and her “maid of honor” crap wasn’t even enough to bring it down. So… this is it. I’m back on the grind tomorrow and… I actually want you to come with me… to China.
Mr. Holliday: Your motivation isn’t to separate me from your mother, is it?
Victoria lets out a lighthearted laugh.
Victoria: NO… it’s not that. You taught me so much. You nurtured me. You molded me into a champion and you’re the person that helped me discover my potential. I feel as though I need you to help me discover the wrestler that I am meant to be for the rest of my career. For most of my time in this business… I was focused on realizing a dream, being a champion, inspiring the downtrodden that suffered like I did growing up and those are all brilliant, wonderful things. But, I’ve never focused on my full potential as a wrestler. Really… inspire the masses, look pretty, win championships, perform my best in high pressure situations… that was me. But I realize that as a wrestler… I haven’t fully matured mentally. That’s why I need you… to help me find that. I’m picking up puroresu and British strong style and I’m hitting the ground running on that… but I want to learn to wrestle with my brain and my wits and not so much my heart and my emotions.
Mr. Holliday: I see…
Victoria: I had lost my confidence for so long because I wasn’t getting the results I wanted… and I wasn’t… because… part of it was being distracted, part of it was missing GCW, part of it was my emotions getting the better of me. My confidence just hadn’t been there…
Mr. Holliday: Since the wedding, you’re definitely glowing.
Victoria: What? I’m not pregnant…
Mr. Holliday: Not THAT kind of glowing… I was talking about glowing with confidence… as if marrying Gavin gave you a whole new set of eyes to see the big picture with. This newfound happiness of yours has you feeling better about yourself doesn’t it?
Victoria smiles and nods.
Victoria: It really does! He’s changed my life for the better and I know it’s going to translate to the ring sooner rather than later and I know having you train me again would help me so much!
Mr. Holliday: I know how much you want this. I know how much you want to evolve and experience the success you’ve had in the past… and that you definitely will again. I’m in, Victoria. I nurtured you into a champion before and I’ll do it again!
Victoria’s eyes light up with joy.
Voice: Are you sure that’s best for her, Darren?
That familiar sounding British voice removes the joy from Victoria’s eyes as two familiar faces approach them. A young blonde walks behind the older British man that Victoria isn’t as happy to see.
Victoria: Mr. Riley…
Blonde: Hi Vicky! Guess what?
Victoria: Hayley… long time no see. Last time I saw you, you ruined Casey’s ceremony and I kicked both you and Mr. Riley out of the academy.
Mr. Riley: Yes, and now you’re both sharing a company!
Victoria: WHAT?
Hayley: Yep! I’m in MWE now! I just thought I’d let you know that. Don’t worry, you were always one hell of a mentor to me and you won’t have to worry about student besting teacher anytime soon. Riot for me! No hard feelings about any of that… seriously. And thanks for the wedding invite… it was GREAT!
Mr. Riley: Yes… indeed. I just wanted to clarify that what we did was nothing personal against you, Victoria. It was all that rank, arrogant, self-centered…
Mr. Holliday: That’s my daughter you’re about to denigrate, Shawn. Besides, why are you here? What do you mean if me training Vicky again is the best thing for her?
Mr. Riley: Darren, I know how this is going to work out. You’re going to coddle and “nurture” Victoria just like when she was a student years ago. You’ve got a father’s love for her and it interferes with any sort of possible rational thought you could ever have as a trainer. Yes, she is your most successful student ever but someone in her situation doesn’t need “nurturing”. What she needs is blunt, brutal honesty.
Victoria: You can do that without the name calling, by the way. I didn’t like the way you talked to me when I was a student.
Mr. Riley: No, but it made you stronger… besides, I have far too much respect for you to resort to that. The type of training you need isn’t the “hold your hand” type of training that Darren would give you. The type of training you need is something a little more… cerebral… honest… to the point… especially since you’re taking up two new wrestling styles that require a lot of focus and a lot of mental energy. I don’t mean to brag, but back in my day when I was wrestling across the pond…
Mr. Holliday: Wait… Shawn… are you suggesting that YOU train Victoria?
Victoria’s eyes widen with surprise… and a little bit of fear.
Mr. Riley: Why yes, that is exactly what I am proposing. Considering I’m joining Hayley on her travels I figure why not have the convenience of working with both of them. I think they can both learn something from each other.
Hayley: What am I going to learn from Vicky? How to have a confidence crisis?
Hayley scoffs and laughs but Mr. Riley isn’t amused.
Mr. Riley: Hayley, you know I think very highly of you and you were always my favorite, but have some respect will you?
Hayley pouts with annoyance.
Hayley: Sorry…
Victoria: Look… Mr. Riley… no offense but…
Mr. Riley: Save it. What? You’re not confident enough to work with me? Is that it? Yes, I was hard on you back then, but it was for the greater good. Look at the wrestler you eventually became! British and Japanese strong styles aren’t just something you master overnight, Victoria. It’s not like Lucha Libre or technical wrestling where you can put your heart and soul into your craft. No… you need to be cerebral… you need to learn how to win the mental battles in the trenches… Darren doesn’t have the experience in that… not that I do. You may not like my methods, Victoria… and that’s fine. If you really want to learn, if you really want to know how to mentally master your craft, you step out of your comfort zone and you let me mold you into the complete wrestler I’ve known you could be from the moment I met you.
Victoria lets out a sullen breath, still feeling conflicted.
Mr. Riley: Darren, you know I’m right.
Victoria: But… I…
Mr. Holliday: Vicky…
He wraps an arm around her to give her some assurance.
Mr. Holliday: He’s right.
Victoria: What?
Mr. Holliday: I’d coddle and nurture you too much and you don’t need that. I remember that’s what I did with Casey and while she’s had an amazing career, I realize that it left her mentally unprepared and woefully immature at times. You need to step out of that comfort zone. Remember, that’s how you became “vainglorious” in the first place. I know that you and Shawn were on tense terms last time you saw each other… and I understand that he can be harsh sometimes… but I have to think about what’s best for you. Training you would be selfish of me when the best thing for you to do is to let Shawn teach you what I can’t teach you. You’re better off, Vicky. I want you to trust me on that.
Mr. Riley: You’re a good man, Darren. I’ll make sure she finds her full confidence again and becomes better than ever… that is… if she allows me to.
Victoria: Okay…
Victoria takes a deep breath.
Victoria: I’ll trust you on that.
Mr. Riley: If you’re not busy right now we can go over some things.
Victoria: Yeah, that’d be great actually.
Victoria and Mr. Holliday exchange a hug before the latter turns and walks away from the scene.
Mr. Riley: Victoria, I understand that this decision was hard for both of you… but it’s the best one.
Victoria: I trust Mr. Holliday that it is.
Mr. Riley: Very well then! Let’s get started!
Victoria is still slightly unsure about the whole situation, but deep down in her heart she knows that this is for the best no matter how reluctant she is to admit it at the moment.
A short time later…
Victoria and Mr. Riley are sitting across from each other at the table while catching up with stuff.
Victoria: It’s been hard going through what I’ve been through over the last year and a half… but after my wedding, I feel so new… like my confidence is coming back. I guess… that’s it for us catching up.
Mr. Riley: And it’s time for me to be blunt with you…
Victoria winces with some nervousness, but nods her head in confidence.
Mr. Riley: Do you know why you’ve been “stuck in mediocrity”? Wait, you know that. Feeling “homesick” over GCW, the divorce distractions, the lack of confidence, multitasking between being a wrestler and running a wrestling school. They’re all factors. The better question would be… “do you know why you lack confidence?”
Victoria: Well… not winning the big matches like I used to doesn’t help…
Mr. Riley: And that’s just it…
Victoria: What? Not winning the big matches?
Mr. Riley: No… that you’re caring too much about the wrong fucking thing. Let’s break down the timeline. You left your ex and the reaction from your old peers was overwhelmingly negative. You cared FAR too much about what they thought of you. In fact, if it wasn’t for that… you’d STILL be in GCW right now. You left because you cared too much about what they thought of you.
Victoria: You’re right… I did…
Mr. Riley: You threw in the towel… you lost your last match in GCW before you left… not that you had a chance to win that because your confidence was already gone. You held this inner fear of branching out and taking on new competition and in HYBRID… it showed. Someone on that roster called you a “pathetic woman”... you cared FAR too much about that and you let it get to you and next thing you know, that same person pins you in a tag match.
Victoria: It was all downhill from there in HYBRID for me… I just… I didn’t feel like the same wrestler. It wasn’t them… it was me. I should have been more successful there… but I was so busy hurting over GCW and missing it so much that I anchored myself. Being gone from there… from my home… it really did make me feel worthless… and pathetic…
Mr. Riley: Your self-awareness is incredible, I’ll give you that.
Victoria responds to this with a confident smirk.
Mr. Riley: By the time you got to MWE, you had no confidence left in you and it’s this vicious, stupid cycle: no confidence… you lose a match… you dwell on it and play victim… which by the way for a wrestler and a woman of your stature… it’s honestly sad, disappointing and incredibly immature of you to revert back to that skittish, whiny, little girl I met back in 2007 that wanted everyone to feel sorry for her… no wonder you lost Beth Driver’s respect. You should be very ashamed of yourself for carrying yourself this way for so long.
Twelve years ago, this harsh criticism would have left Victoria shattered. But here… she’s nodding and going with it.
Victoria: I was. I’m not going to apologize for disappointing you because the way to move forward isn’t to be sorry, but to be better. I own it. I was being immature about all this.
Mr. Riley raises his eyebrows in surprise.
Mr. Riley: Let’s run down a few of those moments… you lost the match to Kelsey Spencer and the first thought that crossed your mind was “I want to retire”. Playing victim. Cheated by Duke Andrews… you couldn’t wait to get out of Vegas fast enough because that city was a “trigger” for you because of well… “that marriage”. The triple threat with Driver and Reeves… GOD, that was a bloody massacre… not the outcome but how you reacted to it and the way you defeated yourself BEFORE the Driver match… I was honestly wishing that you were in front of me so I could beat the snot out of you. What kind of attitude is “I should probably be done with this if I don’t win this match”? For fuck’s sake Victoria, if I were Gavin, I would have honestly dumped you for that because why would I want to marry someone who had a self-esteem worth less than Sierra Leone’s currency at that point?
Victoria: Again, you’re right.
Mr. Riley: That Driver match… maybe the referee missed a kickout… maybe not… but the outcome was disappointing, I know that. You fight so hard against one of the best and you fall short. Are you going to play victim again? Are you going to care about the wrong thing and bitch about the referee like a pathetic child? Or are you going to be woman enough to let it roll off your back and become stronger for it? Because if you’re going to be that whiny, immature, woe-is-me, unconfident little bitch you’ve been, then working with you would be an honest, sad waste of my time.
Victoria: Mr. Riley… I know what you’re doing. You’re taking these jabs at me the way you’ve done the last few minutes… you’re drilling me with the harsh truth… pushing my buttons… you’re testing me, aren’t you? To see if I’m going to make the same mistake I’ve been making of “caring for the wrong thing”? You can take every jab at me that you want. You can call me out. You can tell me how much I’ve disappointed you… but I don’t care. Yes, I’ve messed up and been less than what I’m worth. I own that and I wear it not with shame, but with confidence. What I care about right now is learning from my mistakes and being better for it.
Victoria takes a confident, assured pause while Mr. Riley is beaming with pride, glad that she’s getting it.
Victoria: I swear on the love of my life that I’ll never behave like that again. I will be strong… and I will be better than I’ve ever been at any point in my career…
Mr. Riley: Good! Very good. You passed the test with flying colors. I’ll see you in China… where we begin the proper training…
Mr. Riley stands up from the table and leaves Victoria alone at the scene. Once he leaves, she has a wide smile on her face, beaming with the confidence she had been missing for a long time…
...and a confidence that she’s thrilled to have back again!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 0:16:32 GMT -6
February 2011
Dallas, Texas
“You might be the PRW World Champion, Vicky but you ARE entering hostile territory here…”
Julia Rivera talks to a then 22-year-old Victoria Salinas just one month into the first world championship reign she’s ever had. She’s dressed in sophisticated glitz and glamour with her ‘vainglorious’ era in full swing. With her world title over her shoulder, Victoria scoffs at the idea of hostile territory. She’s full of confidence, somewhat bordering on arrogance though she was largely unaware of it.
Victoria: Hostile territory? Pfft. Sure.
Any trace of the young, shy Montana girl is virtually gone.
Victoria: Just because it’s Larry Doane’s hometown… whatever…
Julia: The last time he faced you, he beat you for that Money in the Bank contract that he has now.
Victoria: So? That was in July before I broke out. He’s not beating me. Did you watch his promo? I’ve seen better material out of the silly prizes they put at the bottom of the Captain Crunch box. You realize who you’re talking to, right? PRW World Champion? Prodigal megastar? The woman that made her own mentor in Luciana Verdoza her bitch?
Julia doesn’t react, though she’s concerned for her friend’s overconfidence.
Victoria: Larry won’t even be in this business two years from now. What did he say about me in his trash promo again? Never mind, not important. I need to destroy him with my own...
Victoria walks away while Julia stays behind with concern.
Julia: So young… so very young. The dangers of being a first time world champion at the age of 22. She’s nothing like the shy girl that she was… but I hope that someday she doesn’t let this “vainglorious” thing get to her head…
LATER THAT NIGHT…
Victoria isn’t well liked in Dallas, though this being Larry Doane’s hometown has a lot to do with that. Still, her confidence is so strong that she’s not letting the slightly negative reaction she’s getting deter her…
Victoria: I don't wrestle to be a role model, I wrestle because it's what I love to do and love me or hate me, you people are going to see that on display when I defeat your pathetic 'hometown hero' tonight on his own turf because nothing is more ego crushing than that....I have earned this title, and with the title the privilege to call myself the best wrestler in the world and I know that makes all of you in Dallas tick but I don't give a damn, because I don't wrestle to please crowds. Tonight, you're all just going to have to accept that I… much to the dismay of all you people… am and always will be… FAR superior to your trash human being known as your hometown hero. Hey Larry… when I’m done with you… you won’t even be able to jerk off over yourself much less jerk off over me so take several fucking seats, will you?
Victoria drops the microphone and hears some boos from the crowd.
Victoria (thinking): I hate that bastard and I’m going to make sure he’s NEVER superior to me!
LATER…
Ring Announcer: Here is your winner…. Victoria Salinas!!!
Victoria just chuckles to herself as she looks down at Larry Doane who is writhing in pain. Larry looks back up at her and Victoria gives him the middle finger showcasing an immaturity that she had back then as a result of being completely new to the stardom she’s just attained.
Victoria: Take that, you fucking piece of shit! Eat shit and accept your place: always looking up at ME!
Larry: ...why do you got to be like that?
Victoria: Doesn’t feel so good when YOU’RE on the other end of your own bullshit, eh Larry? Loser!
Victoria rolls out of the ring to celebrate, literally raising the title over her head and figuratively rubbing Larry’s nose into the title that he’d never win.
November 24, 2019
Victoria and Mr. Riley are watching back that footage on the night that she defeated Larry Doane and established herself as superior to him from that point forward. While Victoria would definitely take pride in this victory, there’s a piece of her that appears perturbed by some of the footage that she saw.
Victoria: Is there a reason why you’re showing me this?
Mr. Riley: This is part one of today’s lesson… say it with me now…
Victoria: Confidence… but I’m not exactly proud of the way I behaved. Are you sure this is a good example? Because I saw far more of Hayley in that then I did me.
Mr. Riley: You remember Larry, right? The bloke that gave you a hard time? The bastard was bringing down your confidence in 2010 because he was ahead of you in the world title race. He even won a world title contract at YOUR expense. I know you don’t care for him anymore and he’s completely irrelevant to you know, but he was ahead of you because you were jittery and unconfident. What we saw… while it bordered on arrogance, yes… was a much more confident Victoria that knew exactly that she was going to win. That’s why once you broke through, won your first world title and with all the confidence in the world, beat Larry… he was never that close to catching up with you again. With time comes maturity and you showed a great deal of it last week. You’re finally mastering the art of balancing confidence with wisdom. You certainly knew nothing of such an art back then.
Victoria: Right…
Mr. Riley: May I remind you that your vignette was also brilliant? I loved it. The symbolism… the way you closed the door to your struggles in a way to show that they weren’t going to affect you anymore. It was well done. Now, I’m going to test your confidence here by mentioning… a little bit of a… “wrinkle” with your last match…
Victoria: A wrinkle? What are we talking about?
Mr. Riley: Helena Noir, of course. There was a bit of a distraction that may have cost Joey Leclair. So, I pose you the question. Did that distraction cost him? Did that help you?
Victoria shakes her head as she expresses a bit of annoyance at the mention of this “wrinkle”
Victoria: She didn’t touch him and I can say for a fact that with the way I was wrestling in that match, I was going to beat Joey Leclair whether Helena Noir showed up or not.
Mr. Riley: Really? And how do you figure?
Victoria scoffs and smirks.
Victoria: Did you see his pre-tape? He was far more focused on proving something to Helena more than he was on wrestling me. She didn’t even NEED to show up. I had it won before the bell even rang. He’s focusing on whatever grudge he has going on and I was focused on getting things on track. I had that killer instinct to take advantage of the gift that he gave me, not that I need one to beat anyone in this business.
Mr. Riley can’t help but smirk in his own right.
Mr. Riley: You’ve nailed it right on the money. The fact that you have the confidence to say what you did is a really good sign and that’s the kind of attitude and the wisdom you’re going to need if you’re going to be a champion again, in particular, a six time world champion. Now then… let’s get in the ring and work on your impressively maturing mental prowess…
Victoria: Good. I could use a bit of practice.
Mr. Riley: If Darren was training you, you wouldn’t even have the perspective that you do right now.
Victoria: I don’t know about THAT…
Victoria rolls her eyes as she and Mr. Riley leave the room.
Victoria (voice over): He’s not wrong… back then, I had all the confidence in the world. Looking back isn’t ALL bad when you’re looking at the bright spots. The reason why I had become such a decorated champion to begin with is the fact that every time I stepped into that ring, I went in there, win, lose or draw, and believed that I was the best damn wrestler in the world. In my earlier vainglorious years, this bordered on arrogance, I won’t deny that. I wasn’t a favorite of the locker room at that time. My career waves don’t lie… when I’m doing so well, my confidence is sky high. When I’m in my stretches of dominance, it’s hard to break my confidence. I’m going on long win streaks, I’m breaking records, I’m winning championships, and all of that great stuff. But when I’m not doing so well… there goes that confidence. Granted, the two times I lost it were due to mitigating factors but that’s no excuse. In order to maintain that confidence in me, I have to do more than just get on a winning streak again.
I have to stay mentally and psychologically sharp. I need to work on me as a person as much as me as a wrestler. It’s a good thing I am learning to fight with my head instead of my heart…
A couple of hours later…
Victoria is standing in the middle of a training ring with Mr. Riley who is putting a blindfold over her eyes. A generic, local wrestler is standing nearby.
Victoria: Now THIS is a new kind of training…
Mr. Riley: Yes… this is a good read of your senses. The most psychologically proficient wrestlers don’t rely on what they see alone. They also rely on their other senses… what they hear… what they feel. So, what’s going to happen is, without seeing anything at all, you’re going to sense your opponent and you are going to respond with your natural instinct.
The local wrestler begins to walk around Victoria in a circle.
Mr. Riley: Trust your senses… hone in on your target… focus… focus…
Victoria doesn’t move as the local wrestler continues to walk in a circle around her. Using only her brain and her senses, she hones in on where her training adversary can be. She has a tense pause to herself as the local wrestler stops behind her and walks backward, pulling out a set of brass knuckles and dressing his fist with them before slowly moving back toward her.
Victoria (thinking): I’ve got you…
The moment the local wrestler gets close, Victoria surprises him with a quick grab from behind and a forward leap into a cutter that takes him down to the mat. The wrestler rolls toward her and on just instinct alone, she traps him in a cross armbreaker and pulls back to cause the wrestler to yell out on pain. She hears him tapping out on the mat which causes her to let go. Mr. Riley is quick to help her up considering she’s still blinded.
Mr. Riley: Do you have a better understanding of how to detect a potential cheating opponent?
Victoria: I felt him step back… I knew he had something up his sleeve and the moment I felt him come closer, I knew he was right behind me…
Mr. Riley: Very good, yes. Knowing what’s coming is the best way to have a psychological advantage over your adversary. Now…
Mr. Riley leads Victoria to the corner.
Mr. Riley: I need you to lie down.
Victoria: Sure…
Victoria complies with this and lies in the corner.
Mr. Riley: Now, in this situation, you’re going to deal with one of six possible scenarios with one of two possible choices of what you do from here. You can either choose to stay down, or you can choose to stand up. From there, you figure out exactly what your opponent is going to do and counter accordingly. Ready?
Victoria: Go for it…
The local wrestler prepares himself on the other side of the ring. He slowly walks up to Victoria who chooses to lie down. The wrestler delivers a stomp to the chest and tries again, but Victoria rolls under the bottom rope and holds on to cause an effective rope break. The wrestler steps back toward his corner while Victoria rolls back in position. Again, she chooses to stay down. The wrestler loses it and runs toward the corner…
Victoria (thinking): Oh please… I can feel you running…
The wrestler attempts a corner slingshot splash, but Victoria counters with a double knee to the chest causing the adversary to roll away and hold his gut in pain. He slams his fist into the ground before he recovers to collect himself. Victoria chooses to stand up.
Victoria (thinking): If I don’t hear anything, he’s going to try to suplex me. If I hear him coming, he’s thinking some sort of corner move…
Her back is toward her opponent who is growing frustrated. He carefully walks her way and she grabs the top rope. Sure enough, he tries grabbing her from behind but she’s prepared. A back elbow sends him stumbling back. He steps back while Victoria turns around in the corner.
Victoria (thinking): Here comes a charging attack…
The wrestler tries to spear her in the corner, but again she moves out of the way. She jumps at him from behind, grabs him and takes him down with a legsweep. The opponent rolls away and Victoria stays down.
Mr. Riley: That’s 4 of the 6…
Victoria doesn’t react as the wrestler stands and calmly walks to the corner. He takes a step on the bottom rope causing Victoria to chuckle… which does unnerve the opponent a bit…
Victoria (thinking): I heard that bottom rope squeak…
The wrestler gets to the top rope and tries a moonsault. Victoria blocks this with another double knee to the chest. She can hear the opponent get really pissed off.
Victoria (thinking): When all else fails, fuck it, go for the pin…
The moment she senses him bending down to try to pin her, Victoria shocks him with a surprising small package and Mr. Riley drops down and counts out loud to three. The wrestler kicks out a second later and yells out “GOD DAMN IT” before he just gets fed up and rolls out of the ring. Victoria sits up and removes her blindfold, the first thing in her sight being an impressed Mr. Riley.
Mr. Riley: Wasn’t as difficult as you thought, was it? You’re definitely displaying a great aptitude for relying on your senses. It’s more complex than that, for sure but that’s just the basics of it.
Victoria: It sure as hell helps when the other guy is fighting on his frustrations. I know this isn’t an exact science… but thanks for teaching me that. I’ll be sure to practice that as much as I can before Wednesday.
Victoria rolls out of the ring and begins to walk away, but she takes a pause to turn back to him.
Victoria: I’m starting to feel like a smarter wrestler already…
Turning back, she walks away leaving the facility entirely.
Victoria (voice over): Step one? Win. Step two? Win again. The last time I put any sort of win streak together… even two in a row, I was still wrestling at Hybrid. It’s time to put an end to that. I know Carmine Reaper is a hall of fame member in another company… I know he has issues with Gavin Grimes. Me, personally? I don’t care for that too much. All I care about is continuing to build the momentum that I started with my win over Leclair. Time to further inspire those trying to get back up after being knocked down, as I was constantly before my wedding… by showing them what being resilient and strong is all about!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 5:35:30 GMT -6
December 2, 2019
Victoria Salinas is in a glowing, happy mood while she’s on the phone with someone.
Victoria: Yeah… China hasn’t been so bad. Obviously, I wish you were here too. I miss you…
Victoria lets out a sigh as she’s clearly longing for the person on the other end.
Victoria: I don’t know everything… but something about our wedding, everything about us, it changed me. I feel like a totally different wrestler now and I mean that in a good way.
Turning to her right, she spots Mr. Riley in the lobby with her.
Victoria: ...I have to go. I love you so much! I’ll see you soon!
The phone call with Gavin ends and Victoria goes to talk to Mr. Riley who seems to have a more stoic expression on his face than anything.
Mr. Riley: Someone’s training real hard right now…
Victoria: What? I can’t talk to my husband?
Mr. Riley: Just a brief reminder to not be distracted from the mission, that’s all. I trust you nonetheless. You have one of the finest work ethics I’ve ever seen. Now, have you taken some time to soak in your last win?
Victoria: Carmine Reaper. Tough opponent. I got a big confidence booster of a win, to say the least.
Mr. Riley: Yes, that’s the short version of it. But there’s more to it than that. After all, even though he’s working off his rust, Carmine has had a reputation for years as one of the finest performers of his time. He is after all… a Hall of Fame wrestler like you are… you in GCW and him in NGW… or well… he WAS a Hall of Fame wrestler.
Victoria: Was?
Mr. Riley: NGW in their “infinite genius” decided to kick him out of their Hall of Fame… for some reason… I don’t know why. I imagine it was bullocks and politics because I can’t think of a reason why they’d want to do something like that.
Victoria: Hey, let’s not miss the point here. A win over someone who has Hall of Fame credentials and is considered a big deal on top of a win over one of MWE’s brightest up and comers. I’d say that’s a LOT to soak in… for the better, of course. I wish I had a match on Wednesday though. You know me. I hate riding the pine.
Mr. Riley: No match means more training, I’d say. At least you understand that. Hayley was pitching a fit over not being booked on Riot.
Victoria: She’ll grow up… soon, I hope.
Mr. Riley: Yes, I bloody well hope so. I’d hate for her to turn into another…
Riley takes a pause and narrows his eyes at someone he’s noticing in the doorway of the lobby. Victoria looks in the same direction and her eyes widen in shock.
Mr. Riley: ...another one of THAT…
Mr. Riley is clearly detesting the presence of one Valentina Madison.
Valentina: You know what’s funny… the one person in the academy you hated more than anyone has a career because of me. In other words, I really don’t need your stuffy old Alfred snark. Mind pouring your tears over tea and crumpets, mate? Would ya like some fish and chips with that?
Mr. Riley: What in god’s name are you doing here, you worthless excuse of a human being?
Valentina: I just want to talk to Vicky. It’s very important.
Mr. Riley: Well unless someone in her family died, I don’t see the reason why anything that comes out of the mouth of the disgrace to wrestling once known as “Hood Rat” Tina Valentine would be important…
Victoria: Shawn…
Mr. Riley: I’m sorry, Vicky but you know my feelings. Once toxic, always toxic. I don’t know how in the hell you forgave her for everything she put you through a few years ago.
Victoria: It’s fine. I’ll deal with it. Can you give us a minute?
Mr. Riley bites his lower lip with some old anger he’s been carrying for some time.
Mr. Riley: I don’t give a damn how close you two have become since then, but I will NEVER forgive her for what she put you through and for what she put the Academy through. She should be in JAIL for what she did to Darren when she mugged him in his own office and allowing that disgusting, cancerous daughter of his to even exist in this business which is WAY worse of a crime...
Victoria: ...did I just hear that right?
Mr. Riley: I’m sorry… I’ll go now.
He finally leaves, leaving the two old friends, and once bitter enemies, alone.
Valentina: Someone’s stuck in 2015. How are you?
Victoria: Great… but what about you? Is everything okay? You came all the way to China to see me so something’s up.
Valentina starts to look sad at this point.
Valentina: I don’t know where to begin…
Victoria: Look, if this is about what Mr. Riley was saying to you then I’m sorry. I know that the war we had a few years ago was extremely personal and you hurt so many people that I cared about but really, it’s water under the bridge with me. I’ve told you this many times.
Valentina: No, I’m not worried about him. Funny you bring this up. Maybe I should address the elephant in the room that we’ve never talked about… you know… the whole “2015 thing” where I dragged you down with the “Slay Revolution” crap. You did hurt me too, you know.
Victoria: I know, beating the crap out of you while you were drunk wasn’t the best way to get through to you.
Valentina: No, not that. I’m talking about when you broke my heart a few months later.
Victoria: What? I did? How?
Valentina: You broke my heart when you chose your ex over me.
Victoria is understandably confused.
Victoria: What does that have to do with our friendship? I don’t get it.
Valentina: Vicky, you know I’ve always loved you, then and now.
Victoria: Right, but I still don’t get why that would break your heart considering you’ve always seen me as one of your bes...OH…
Victoria raises her eyebrows in surprise.
Victoria: ….ooooooooh. Well, that would make sense. I didn’t realize you… saw me that way…
Valentina: Look, I really don’t want to make this awkward for you so can we just get to the bottom of why I’m here now? This other thing… I REALLY don’t want to dive into it especially since you just got married again.
Victoria: Right. What is it that brought you here? Why are you so glum all of a sudden?
Valentina: I’m retiring.
Victoria’s eyes widen again, but this time in a more shocking fashion.
Victoria: What? Why? You’ve had a really solid year. Sure, there was a bump in the end and sure… you still haven’t gotten that world title you’ve so desperately wanted but I truly think that 2020 will finally be your time. You’re that close and you’re going to retire?
Valentina: It’s not because I want to, Vicky… it’s because I have to. Remember a few years back when a certain someone mangled my knee so bad? How I was supposed to never wrestle again? How it’s a miracle that after what happened to me, I managed to avoid a whole knee replacement? Well… the bill for that miracle came due. Basically, it’s been diagnosed as degenerative. I’m fucked, Vicky. My career is over… or well, it’s about to be considering it’s been recommended that I never wrestle again if I want to avoid a knee replacement… or something even worse than that.
Victoria is expressing a mutual glum feeling herself upon hearing the news.
Victoria: I’m so sorry…
Valentina: I’ve still got one more match in me though…
Victoria: Tina, you shouldn’t put your long term health at risk just for one match. It’s not that important…
Valentina: It is to ME! I had to sign away a LOT of liability and insurance nonsense to get one more match and that’s what I’ve got. New Year’s Eve, I’m wrestling one more match. It’s going to be my last one and it’s going to mean the world to me because the person I want to face in that match is YOU.
Victoria: ...what? Tina, I can’t…
Valentina: Really? I thought those two wins you’ve gotten over two big deals in MWE would have made you so much more confident in yourself. You’re telling me that you don’t think you can beat me?
Victoria: No… not that. I’d never turn down a match with you… but not like this. I can’t agree to this. I’m not going to hurt you.
Valentina: You’re FINE, Vicky. I signed away liability, remember? You’re immune from legal action if something were to go wrong.
Victoria: I’m not going to hurt you. If something were to happen… that’s guilt that I don’t know I can live with…
Valentina: I see… so the wrestler that I always aspired to be but never even got CLOSE to being is making excuses to avoid me, is that it? Vicky, let’s call it like it is, okay? There’s a part of you that can’t stand me. In one form or another, you’ve always seen me as beneath you and the thought of you losing to me just makes you sick, doesn’t it? How DARE the five-time world champion ever lose to some big choker who never lived up to her potential, right? You figure that you have nothing to gain from this and that if you lose to me… ME of all people… the confidence that you’ve built up? Why… it’ll be gone and leave you crying like a bitch again on social media every time you lose, wouldn’t it?
Victoria’s beginning to go from feeling sorry for Valentina to being angry at her at this point.
Victoria: Don’t push me.
Valentina: You of all people, Vicky, are the LAST person that even has any RIGHT to have any confidence issues! In your selfish, neurotic bullshit before you got married again, you lost that perspective. Maybe I did some good things in 2019 and even held a title briefly but for fuck’s sake, I would have LOVED to have YOUR 2019. Do you realize how many wrestlers like me would LOVE to have the career you’ve had, Vicky? You with your five world titles and I’ll NEVER be able to get close to that? You and your dream wedding with the love of your life and I doubt I’ll ever have that. Everything you have… I’ve ALWAYS wanted and I’ll never have it but YOU have CONFIDENCE ISSUES? WOW… you know, I expected so much better out of you but I guess new adversity in dealing with new competition is just a LITTLE too much for you isn’t it? Things don’t go your way, so that gives you the right to complain and cry about it like an entitled little bitch, is that it?
Victoria: ...why are you doing this?
Valentina: Because it’s about time you see the OTHER side of the coin, Vicky! With everything you’ve done, no matter how much of a victim you are, you’ll ALWAYS have it better than someone else… and it sickens me to say that you’ll ALWAYS have it better than ME. You should be grateful for what you’ve had. But nooo… back to being vainglorious, right? Back to using such a shallow word to “inspire people”? The only reason you went back to having that word in your dictionary again is this sad, pathetic attempt to hang on to the glory days and sure enough, the definition of the word came out of you when you were crying like a little bitch!
“Confidence issues”. PLEASE!
No wonder Bethany Driver got sick of you and treated your match with her as “just another match”. Until you got married again, all you had done this entire year was disappoint me. You weren’t mediocre because you’ve been titleless for so long or because you’ve dealt with more adversity than you’re used to. No, you were mediocre because of the way you were HANDLING that adversity. And it sickens me because… well… I DON’T know why but it DOES.
Victoria: I do…
Valentina: Right, SURE you do.
Victoria: Because it reminds you of yourself, doesn’t it?
Valentina is left dumbstruck and stunned by what she just heard.
Victoria: I’m not even going to try to dispute what you just said to me because there wasn’t a lie in anything you said. Yeah, I own my mistakes. I own the fact that I overreacted to the adversity I was dealing with. I take full responsibility for letting that adversity destroy my confidence for so long. This whole “last match” thing isn’t an “honor” thing for you, is it? It’s just so you can have ONE last chance at being better than me.
Valentina: When have I ever been about “honor”, Vicky?
Victoria: And that’s exactly WHY you never lived up to your potential… that “fuck everyone else, I’m always the victim” attitude you’ve always had. You’re the one trying to cut to my core just to get me to wrestle you one last time.
Valentina: Is it working?
Victoria narrows her eyes from a complete lack of amusement.
Victoria: When I’m done with you on New Year’s Eve, you’re going to wish it didn’t.
Valentina just chuckles at this.
Valentina: THAT’S the Vicky I know. You taught me a lot, I’ll give you that. But now it’s time to you to learn from me!
Victoria: Right… like I COULD learn anything from someone who never “got it”.
Valentina: Shame…
Valentina turns her back toward Victoria and begins to leave.
Valentina: You really would have been one hell of a hate fuck, Vicky… you know, with all the tension in the air and everything…
Victoria: You’re sick…
Valentina: Tell me something I don’t know…
Valentina walks away from this point, just satisfied with the fact that she got the “final match” that she wanted. Victoria just shakes her head and reflects on what just happened, particularly all of the words that she heard regarding her confidence issues that cut deep into her.
Victoria: She wants confidence? She’s got it. Maybe retiring her is the only way she's ever going to "get it"...
Taking a deep breath, she walks out of the lobby herself and moves on with her day.
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December 9, 2019
Mr. Riley: I don’t understand why you had to make such a rash judgment…
Shawn Riley isn’t in the most thrilled mood ever as he and Victoria have a discussion in his own hotel room. Hayley Halsey, Victoria’s former protege back at the Seattle Wrestling Academy, is right there with him.
Mr. Riley: You’re actually giving that THING a match on New Year’s Eve? A match that she doesn’t even deserve? Vicky, you’re building up your confidence. Do you have any idea how much damage losing to someone like Valentina Madison would do? She’s beneath you. She’s a fucking waste of talent. The bitch had so much potential and she wasted it on being a fucking hood rat. Do you forget how she dragged you down with that Slay Revolution debacle?
Victoria: I remember that quite well. You don’t need to get into the story about how I wanted nothing but to help her four years ago. I saw that potential in her! I knew everything that she had and I wanted to do everything I could to bring it out of her and help her be the main eventer she had every ounce of potential to be…
Hayley: ...and the main eventer she never became because she was being such a fucking dumbass!
Victoria: Hayley…
Mr. Riley: It was a bit crass… and a bit… AMERICAN… but Hayley is right, you know. Nothing you ever did for her worked because she never had the passion or the heart to apply herself. You did beat her up in a hotel room while she was drugged off of Heineken and Xanax for a reason.
Victoria: I did… and I wish that I didn’t. Listen… I know what she is. I know the hell that she put me through years ago…
Mr. Riley: The hell she put US through years ago… with what she did to Darren… with how she threw the academy for a loop as a result. She assaulted your MOTHER, Victoria. This woman deserves all the bad karma in the world for everything she’s done and as far as I’m concerned, I feel no sympathy whatsoever for her degenerative knee condition and the fact that she can’t wrestle anymore. She deserves to suffer and I feel sorry for the poor soul that’s taking her on as her manager. It’s not you, is it Hayley?
Hayley: I have a manager in waiting once we get to Japan… but… it’s NOT her. If I hired her, my career would self-destruct worse than that of Casey Holliday in Supreme Championship Wrestling…
Hayley and Mr. Riley both have a huge laugh about this… much to Victoria’s disdain.
Hayley: Point being… you have nothing to prove to her, Vicky. She doesn’t want her last match to be against you because of respect. Valentina Madison doesn’t know ANYTHING about respect. She only wants it against you so she can try to prove herself superior to you… and maybe to fulfill these… um… romantic fantasies of hers.
Victoria: Don’t remind me. It STILL feels awkward that her “love” for me is romantic and not plutonic…
Hayley: It’s all about being better than you, all it is. Bitch was ALWAYS jealous of you, Vicky.
Mr. Riley: I concur… especially with some of the things you told me about… that she told you.
Victoria: She wasn’t necessarily WRONG… the way I reacted to adversity was immature… and mediocre…
Mr. Riley: But does someone like her have any right to call you out on it? Vicky… if you’re doing this to shut her up… then this fight isn’t worth it.
Victoria: It’s not about shutting her up… it’s about making her get it… get what wrestling was always supposed to be about. That’s why she never lived up to her potential… because she never “got it”. When I’m done with her, she’s finally going to see the light that she refused to see because of her own stupidity. I’m not going to let her beat me. She’s not destroying my confidence… I never allowed her to… so why would I do that now?
Mr. Riley: For your sake, I hope you know what you’re doing.
Victoria: I do… trust me.
Victoria leaves Mr. Riley’s room with a lot to think about. Walking down the hallway, thoughts cross her mind.
Victoria (thinking): When Valentina and I first met… we were so much alike. Now? We couldn’t even be more different…
Flashback: November 2014
Victoria: So… I’ve heard about you…
Victoria, 26 years of age at this point and by this time, having become a two-time world champion, stands with the impressionable Valentina Madison… at the time going by a different identity of Tina Valentine and the IWC Queen of the Ring Champion. At this point in her career, Victoria just returned to the states after a year and a half long stint in Mexico and she’s about a month into her long tenure with Global Championship Wrestling. However… by this point, her arrogance is at her worst and she’s hated by wrestling fans.
Valentina: Yeah?
Victoria: Yeah. I hear you’re the next big star in wrestling.
Valentina scoffs.
Valentina: Duh!
Victoria: You think you’ve got it all figured out… with all that breakout potential you’ve shown. But you’re not me, honey. You don’t have the prodigal pedigree that I do. You’re looking at the most successful student her wrestling school has ever had… two time world champion by the age of 24, broke all three singles championship records for longest reign in PRW having two of the three by the time that company closed, I’ve never lost on a flagship Pay-Per-View… and in my debut in GCW, I owned Kayla Jones like my own personal bitch. Essentially… what I’m saying to you is… you’re good… but these comparisons that I’ve heard… those that compare you to me… honey, you’re not even in my sport, let alone my league.
Valentina expresses anger on her face, not liking what she just heard.
Valentina: Well, you’re certainly a bitch, I’ll tell you that much.
Victoria: The line starts right behind you, hon. If you’re lucky, you might actually stand out as hater number one.
Valentina: I don’t hate you. I admire you.
Victoria chuckles with nothing but conceited feelings.
Victoria: You admire me?
Valentina: How can I not? I love how you don’t give a FUCK about other people’s feelings! I just… don’t understand why you’re treating me this way.
Victoria: When you’re one of the best women’s wrestlers on the planet… you can treat anyone however you want. Don’t care. Wrestling isn’t about “FEELINGS”, Tina. Wrestling is about dominating EVERYONE and making them YOUR BITCH! My PRW peers didn’t like me because I was dominant and because people were tuning in to see ME in ALL my gorgeous vainglory! It’s about derailing the career of your competition by destroying their livelihoods. This jackass in PRW… Larry Doane his name was… he went out of his way to ALWAYS be superior to me… and then I won the world title he never won and I snapped his arm once… and after he came back, I made sure he never got close to me or the world title and I enjoyed every second of watching him hate himself for never being better than me and for never being a world champion. The distraught look on his face… every time I was better than him… it filled my heart with joy.
Valentina: Did you see my match in IWC with Cassidy Cage? I think I broke the bitch. I think I derailed her career so much so to the point where I drove her insane and she’ll never be the same again. I know exactly what you’re saying Victoria… because I DOMINATED Cassidy and made her my BITCH and GOD when she realized she was never going to be better than me… seeing her face about to cry… it was like Christmas…
Victoria and Valentina both have a laugh to themselves before Victoria wraps an arm around her.
Victoria: You know what… I like you! I can show you how to be me… how to be vainglorious… how to be the best damn main event star you’re destined to be…
Valentina: ...I’d love that!
Victoria: Great! You and me… we’re going to be the best of friends!!!
Victoria has an arrogant chuckle to herself, clearly enjoying this moment.
End Flashback.
Victoria (thinking): WOW… I really WAS full of myself back then. Talk about letting the fame get to my head. I’m so glad I long abandoned that mindset that I did. “Wrestling is about making everyone your bitch”. I really regret all that…
Victoria is about to have something else she may regret as she spots Valentina Madison standing by her hotel room. She’s not that pleased to see her.
Valentina: Hello, lover!
Victoria: What have I told you about calling me that?
Valentina randomly pulls out a pair of handcuffs from her coat and offers them to Victoria.
Valentina: How about I spank you until Tuesday, huh? Not like you’re getting action from your husband right now.
Victoria: Okay, now you’re really creeping me out.
Valentina: And once again, the theory that Victoria Salinas can’t handle a mind game proves very much true.
Victoria: Mind games? Is that why you’re here?
Valentina: No… I just want to know something. What changed between us? We used to be SO close. I looked up to you, especially when we first met. You taught me to never give a crap about the feelings of others all while you were dominating in GCW and didn’t give two fucks about anyone else. You were a terror… you were the most confident bitch in all of wrestling… you had the world by the balls. You broke so many hearts, made so many people despise you, so many men… and me… drool over you. You were the franchise. I aspired to be like you… and I took on YOUR confidence, YOUR methods… and then somewhere along the way, you abandoned them…
Victoria: You want to know what changed? It’s real simple. I grew up. You never did. I’m sorry, Tina, that I showed you the wrong way to conduct business…
Valentina: The WRONG WAY? Vicky… when you were THE bitch… the so called “wrong way” had you on a path of DOMINATION! NOBODY could touch you, not even me! You NEED to be that bitch again, that’s the only way you’ll ever regain your confidence AND your dignity! You won’t be able to win your sixth world title without it.
Victoria: If that’s the case, how come you never won ANY world title while you were going by my old vainglorious ways? Tina, that could never be me anymore. I treated so many people so horribly wrong. I was conducting myself as a total idiot, not a champion. I sold out and even now, I still regret it. I didn’t lose my dignity slumping through this year… I lost it when I was that immature, ridiculous “center of attention” that cared more about being beautiful than being a world champion and that cared more about breaking people’s spirits than helping those just like me build them to become champions themselves.
Valentina: Really? That’s what you think? GOD this is worse than I thought. Vicky, I not only wanted this match so I could have one more chance of being better than you, I wanted this match to break your spirit because I KNOW that you HATE the idea of losing to me and that beating you would shatter you. So… with your spirit being broken… you’d revert back to the “dark side”... the side where you belong… where you’re selfish, conceited and dominating everything all over again because…
Victoria: Shut up, Tina. I don’t want to hear another word of this. It was a phase… it’s not who I am. I can’t believe that’s your whole game… to “break my spirit” so I can be “bad” again…
Valentina: When you were “bad”, that was the most confident I’d ever seen you. You’ll finally realize why that’s what you need to be… when I beat you…
Victoria: It was never, ever about respect for you, Tina. This whole match? I always knew it was about some stupid, selfish ulterior motive. This was never about respect. This was never about friendship. This was always about you and your damn ego. I really do feel sorry for you.
Valentina: You feel SORRY for me? Vicky… wrestling isn’t about FEELINGS…
Victoria widens her eyes in shock when she hears those familiar words.
Valentina: Wrestling is about dominating everyone and making them your bitch! And hey, if I can’t make you my bitch underneath the sheets, I might as well do it in the ring right? Wrestling is about destroying the livelihood of your rivals and when I beat you, I’ll do just that by taking your soul from you. And don’t you DARE tell me how “wrong” everything I just said was… considering… well… when we first met, that’s exactly what you taught me.
Victoria: Then I guess when we have our match, I’ll teach you what I SHOULD HAVE taught you in the first place: the REAL truth about what wrestling is about… not that bullshit I fed you years ago. You’re not going to beat me, Tina… for all your talk about confidence, you NEVER had it… especially when it pertained to me. I’ll show you I don’t need to be that bitch I used to be in order to be confident… and my next match will be another sampling of that…
Valentina: Sure. Have fun with that.
Valentina turns and finally leaves Victoria alone. Victoria rolls her eyes and walks back into her own hotel room closing and locking the door behind her.
Victoria: She’s on the back of my mind now. I’ve got to focus on this triple threat… and further building that confidence again. Because at the end of the day? That’s the mission that matters. I’ll be one step closer to atoning for my sins in this business and proving I can be successful again… without resorting to wrestling for the wrong reasons…
Victoria lets out a sigh and continues to focus on her match to come at Millennium as her night continues on.
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December 18, 2019
An undefeated China tour.
It wasn’t what Victoria Salinas had expected going in but she’s nevertheless happy that she was able to finish out the year in Millennium on such a positive note. Night two of Way of the Dragon has ended and she’s just about packed up her things at this point not just to leave the building, but to leave to Seattle the next morning. But going through her phone, she realizes that she has a voicemail. Seeing that it’s from Valentina Madison, her New Year’s Eve opponent in Minneapolis, makes her feel a little disgusted. Still, she plays the voicemail nonetheless.
Valentina (voicemail): So… you think you’re the shit now because you’ve won four in a row? Good going. I’m about to break that streak in my last match that I am ever going to have. I know that I’m going to beat you on one knee. It’s a shame it had to come to this. We would have been so great together… and not JUST as tag team partners if you know what I mean. Your husband is the luckiest bastard in the world, I’ll tell you that much. He gets to live out everything I ever fantasized about. Can you imagine what that would have been like? Every time I see you, I do. I would have been the best you ever had! But alas… now I have to destroy you to make you stronger… because that’s how much I’ve always loved you! See you in Minneapolis, Vicky! Lots of love, and hugs and kisses… especially kisses…
Victoria feels disgusted hearing Valentina laugh in the voicemail before the voicemail ends.
Victoria: It’s all just mind games… really HORRIBLE mind games…
Victoria grabs her stuff and heads out, keeping her head up as to not allow this distraction to get to her.
December 20, 2019
Victoria is at SeaTac International Airport in Seattle not long after having gotten off the long flight from China. She’s a bit exhausted but she’s still very much in good spirits all things considered. It helps that she has just greeted Gavin, her husband, with a hug and this just makes her so much happier considering that she hasn’t seen him since she left for China.
Victoria: If only you knew how much I missed you…
They exchange a couple of kisses.
Gavin: Being separated from you was just as hard for me. By the way, you’re really glowing.
Victoria: Oh… um…
Gavin: Something wrong?
Victoria: Glowing… but… I can’t be pregnant. I know that the protection…
Gavin: Not glowing as in “pregnant”... glowing as in confident…
Victoria: Oooooh…
Victoria has a laugh to herself.
Victoria: Right. Well, going on the tear that I did in China will do that. Then again, ever since our wedding day, I’ve felt like such a completely different person… for the better. It’s like… our wedding… It made me feel whole again.
Gavin: That’s great!
Victoria: Being with you now is going to do so much wonders for me when I go to Japan… which…
Victoria lets out a sigh.
Victoria: I really don’t want to think about that right now because all I care about is spending time with you!
Gavin: It’ll be special. Listen, we catch up with our family for Christmas, take that detour in Minneapolis and when you’re done putting Valentina Madison in her place one more time… let’s just say that I got us booked for a 10 day vacation in a special place called Cancun…
Victoria: ...OH MY GOD! That’s where we reunited! How fitting!
Gavin: You deserve to relax and live life and be the best you can be! Of course, you have to put your stalker in your place. That girl needs some serious mental help…
Voice: That’s putting it mildly…
Victoria and Gavin are startled by the sudden presence of a young, 24-year-old Seattle native that the former knows very well.
Victoria: Casey…
Casey: Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt this beautiful reunion… and I’m not being sarcastic… you two are perfect for each other… but… I need to talk to you, Vicky.
Victoria: Is something wrong? Is your dad okay?
Casey: He’s fine… everything’s fine but… we really do need to talk.
Victoria: Gavin?
Gavin: Don’t worry about me. I waited how long for us to be together? What’s a few minutes?
Victoria smiles at this.
Victoria: Thanks!
She and Casey walk toward a more private corner of the terminal in which they’re located. Victoria, of course, is curious as to what her most successful protege has to say. Casey Holliday is someone that grew up admiring her. While things got very tense when Casey first went mainstream, they have long reconciled their differences and their relationship has become one of deep, personal respect… almost like a sisterly bond… which of course… goes beyond the fact that Victoria’s mother is dating Casey’s father.
Victoria: What’s going on?
Casey: Shouldn’t I be asking that question?
Victoria: What do you mean?
Casey: You’re wasting your time with that match against Valentina. You have nothing to prove to her. You’re far superior to her no matter how nice you are to ever express that out loud. I’m just concerned that… you know… you ARE going to lose to her and that… you’re going to… well… I’m just scared that if she beats you… your spirit will be broken so bad that you’re going to just give up on wrestling period. Hell, forget all the wrestling stuff for a moment, Vicky. Why are you even friends with her? Why have you gone out of your way over and over to try and help her? I get that you care about her but…
Casey pauses and sighs.
Casey: ...maybe I shouldn’t go any further. I’m sounding like a real hypocrite, aren’t I? I know I stabbed you in the back once before but…
Victoria: Casey, you were young, the pressures of SCW got to you, you had to handle the fire before you were ready for it… it happens. You were just lashing out.
Casey: But Valentina… Tina Valentine… Arabella Madison… Bella Valentine… whatever the FUCK she wants to call herself… it was WAY more than lashing out, Vicky. I don’t give a crap if you’ve forgiven her, but four years ago? Have you forgotten that she was the one that assaulted your MOTHER? It’s like you forgot that she dragged Allison into a broom closet and beat the shit out of her with a crowbar. It’s like suddenly, the fact that she tossed Julia Rivera, one of YOUR best friends, off the top of an 18-wheeler, doesn’t exist to you anymore. She tried to hurt you, she tried to destroy your relationship with…
...wait… that would have been a GOOD THING actually… disregard that…
Oh… and that’s not without mentioning what she did to ME!
Casey gives Victoria a stern, angry look.
Casey: Your forgiveness of her doesn’t take away the fact that she assaulted my dad and forced him into a hip replacement. It doesn’t change the fact that I spent the early part of my career having to collect money to pay for that surgery and all of the emotional turmoil I dealt with every time I felt like I failed him. I was 20 years old at that time Vicky… long before I was ever ready to be the breadwinner of my family…
The more Casey recalls what Valentina did to her father, the more her eyes fill up with tears.
Casey: Her actions ruined me for a long time, Vicky. Because it all got to me, my relationship with my family fell apart for a while. By the grace of god, it’s all been repaired but the domino effect of what she did to YOU… what she did to my dad… I’ll NEVER forget it… and I’ll NEVER forgive her for that! I can forgive what she’s done to you because you’ve forgiven her… but I can NEVER forgive her for how she destroyed my father’s health, my relationship with my family and the Seattle Wrestling Academy you and I both trained in and became what we are!
You can NEVER forget that and not ONCE has she EVER repented for ANY of it because if she did… she would have grown the fuck up by now but noooo… she’s STILL the same woman who just drags everyone down and makes everyone around her worse. She made you look like a FUCKING JOKE in IWC just by the fact that you associated with her!
Victoria: Are you saying, Casey, that I shouldn’t be friends with her?
Casey: As your protege and someone that looked up to you… and technically your surrogate stepsister… yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. The way you care about her… she doesn’t care about you. If she was really your friend, she wouldn’t be trying to shatter the same confidence you worked SO HARD to repair in MWE lately. If she really gave a shit about you, she wouldn’t be the same annoying, useless, forever-midcard piece of shit that she was in 2015. There is no honor in this match with her, Vicky. None. It’s about HER being better than you. She’s still the same IDIOT that sported fake tattoos in IWC, dressed like a fucking thug and walked around pretending to be black all while dropping the words “fuck” and “shit” and all the variations of said words 80 times each during her promos while she was saying “I’m da bestest up in dis Harlem heezy, y’all!” when all she’s ever been and all she ever will be is a POSER! She’ll never grow up, Vicky. She’s always going to be like this because she knows you’re too nice to cut the anchor loose.
Victoria: I’m glad you said that… honestly…
Casey: Yeah?
Victoria: Because for the last couple of years… I’ve thought the same thing. I find myself wondering if she’ll ever grow up. But… I STILL care about her so much… and I’ve never cut someone off permanently before… I just don’t have it in me…
Casey: I’m just trying to look out for you, okay?
The two stand up, with Casey giving Victoria a hug.
Casey: I love you… not like that… and especially not in this psychotic, twisted, sexual way that Tina “loves you” by the way… and I don’t want you to get hurt again…
Victoria: Thanks Casey… and I promise you that I won’t. I’ll keep in touch, alright?
Casey: You better… and on New Year’s Eve… you better win. If there’s someone in wrestling that doesn’t deserve a happy ending, it’s her.
Casey turns around and walks away from Victoria, getting on with her day.
Casey: Valentina Madison… fucking worthless piece of garbage… biggest wrestling bust this decade…
Victoria remains where she is at for the moment taking everything in, reflecting quite a bit on the good times that she’s had with Valentina over the years even through everything Casey just mentioned causing a conflicting feeling deep down inside of her as a result of Casey unlocking a truth that Victoria has been ignoring for far too long…
December 22, 2019
Victoria: I thought for a while that it was just Casey being Casey. Casey has always been smart but sometimes she can be a little aggressive and a little exaggerant. She really thinks Tina is poison…
Victoria sighs after she says this to Dr. Montgomery, her therapist, in their first session in a while.
Victoria: But she’s not TOTALLY wrong. Still… to just cut her off…
Dr. Montgomery: Let me ask you something, Victoria. Are you even getting anything out of this friendship with her anymore?
Victoria: What do you mean?
Dr. Montgomery: From the day you’ve met, you’ve always tried to help her. You’ve always tried to stick your neck out for her. You do everything you can for her to meet her main event potential and she never does… or should I say “did” at this point? She’ll make some progress for a while and then just fall back to the same old habits you’ve always tried to purge out of her. Hell, lending her Julia as an image consultant… that didn’t even work. You beat the ghetto out of her years ago… yet, it resurfaced briefly earlier this year. I’d say, Victoria, that she has no respect for anything you’ve tried to do for her and there’s a part of you that knows that.
Victoria lets out a sullen sigh.
Dr. Montgomery: If someone really cares about you, would they do everything to try to wreck your life as she did four years ago? Would they be trying to break your confidence so you can be what THEY think you should be? If she was truly your friend, she’d accept you for who you are… not trying to push you back into the darkness. All these years, all she’s ever done is take without ever giving back or ever appreciating anything you ever did for her.
Victoria: It sucks because everything you just said is a hundred percent true.
Dr. Montgomery: Part of being strong and confident is doing what needs to be done even if it hurts someone else.
Victoria: I don’t want to hurt Tina…
Dr. Montgomery: I know you don’t… but you two have been nothing but a toxic cycle for years. She refuses to grow up because you’re still trying to be her friend and help her. Sometimes, to help someone… you have to hurt them. You have to break the cycle… because you and I both know that she won’t. Be confident in yourself to cut her off. You did all you could to help her. It’s not your fault that she never respected you or listened to you.
Victoria: Right…
She sighs.
Victoria: I have to do what needs to be done, no matter the cost. When we have our match… I’m going to beat her. And after I do that…
Victoria sighs again, this time carrying reluctance.
Victoria: I will never talk to her again. I’ll say my goodbyes and such but that’s it. I need to break the cycle. I can’t enable her to be the way she’s always been any longer. I’m not only going to have the confidence to beat her… but I’m going to have the confidence to stand up for myself and say goodbye.
Dr. Montgomery: And that’s all you can do for her now, Victoria…
Victoria: Yeah… it is. I’m too good to have an anchor like that in my life anymore. Saying goodbye will be harder than beating her, but I’m not going to let anything stop me from doing what I need to do for me and my career!
Victoria doesn’t say another word, allowing herself to think about exactly what’s going to happen on New Year’s Eve. Tough as it may be… she’s ready to rid her life of the one toxic person that had always been a threat to her confidence and well being.
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December 31, 2019
Victoria: When this is all over… I am going to tell her…
Victoria Salinas says this with a sigh as she begins to reflect on the long, roller coaster friendship she has had for so many years with Valentina Madison… AKA Tina Valentine. She’s telling this to her husband Gavin in the locker room as they wait backstage for Tina’s retirement show to start.
Victoria: I realize now… how toxic she is. How every time that I am around her… every time we’re near each other… she’s always dragging me down.
Gavin: How do you figure?
Victoria: So much evidence. IWC…
Victoria sighs, reflecting on that experience.
Victoria: The Slay Revolution… how much of a joke everyone saw me as. How the other two members were flops and comedy acts and the locker room was branding me as one of them despite being GCW World Champion at the time.
Gavin: You didn’t deserve to go through that…
Victoria: GCW… when I fell out of the world title picture and became irrelevant for so long because of everything she did to me… the betrayal, how she hurt those close to me, how she aligned with the schmuck I was feuding with at the time… how my confidence collapsed to the point where I relied on my heart far too much when I was in the ring…
Gavin: Hybrid…
Victoria: ...yeah… we weren’t on the same brand, but we were in the same company… and I was extremely mediocre there. She wasn’t involved in any of it… but just being on the same roster again… even BABYSITTING HER through her bullshit… stooping to her level to be her friend to try to help her when she never got it and never will…
Voice: And tonight… when she’s trying to drag you down all over again…
Victoria and Gavin look to see Casey Holliday walking in. She’s got a folder in her hands and anger on her face.
Casey: Trying to break your confidence and all… and with this latest scheme of hers too…
Victoria: What?
Casey: She’s a fraud, Vicky. This isn’t a “retirement” party… this is a “coming out” party… for HER and I’m not talking about “coming out” as in publicly coming out as LGBT… I’m talking about her boosting her career at YOUR expense…
Victoria: That’s impossible. She’s retiring tonight. She’ll never be able to wrestle again.
Casey: Read this…
Casey hands over the folder to Victoria.
Gavin: So… Veronica and Justin have completed their research I see…
Victoria: WHAT?
Gavin: Look, I didn’t trust this retirement thing at ALL… so I had Veronica do some medical research and Justin do some… investigative journalism to say the least… and… well… open the folder…
Victoria does just that, looking at the files inside.
Victoria: Medical report… monthly checkups… July 2019: clean bill of health, August: clean. September: clean. October: clean. November: CLEAN? DECEMBER: WHAT? Every monthly checkup she’s had in New York has been CLEAN! She’s not even hurt!
Casey: Turns out that she faked a serious injury, had a doctor she knew sign a fraudulent medical report and had it filed to the offices of her previous company so she would break their contract with them and leave.
Victoria: Why would she do that?
Casey: Because she was tired of being treated as a joke.
Gavin: That’s not all… there’s an anonymous leak…
Victoria looks at one last file…
Victoria: “Anonymous source in Brooklyn that is tied to Valentina Madison confirmed to me in private that her whole “retirement show” is a big scam. That she’s doing this to catch Victoria off guard so she can destroy her, break her confidence and subsequently turn her back into the Vicky she knew and deeply loved. She’s doing this to use Victoria as a launching pad to restart her career and kick it back into high gear so that she can be signed by MWE in this nefarious scheme to get to the top. Her cousin Cordelia will be there to try to help her interfere and they both plan on taking over MWE together… as part of a NEW Slay Revolution that they HOPE Vicky will join them in…”
WOW! I can’t believe this!
Victoria is completely stunned that Valentina would do such a thing. She hands the files to Gavin just as Tina Valentine herself walks in.
Tina: Vicky! Hi there, lover!
Victoria understandably cringes.
Tina: I just wanted to say what an honor it is for me to have my moment of glory against you… when I… as the Brooklyn Heights World Heavyweight Champion… AKA the TINA VALENTINE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION… go out on top by beating my all time favorite wrestler!
Tina is briefly interrupted by the sight of a younger, blonde woman walking in and standing next to Tina.
Tina: CORDELIA! How fun of you to join us.
Casey: Who are you?
Cordelia: I’m Cordelia Clark… you know, the cousin that Tina is going to manage after tonight? Hi, Vicky! I’ve heard SO much about you! It’s going to be a grand old time observing this main event. Actually… I want to talk to you in private.
Victoria: What? Why?
Cordelia: I want to know EVERYTHING about you!
Cordelia winks.
Cordelia: I want to pick the brain of a five time world champion like yourself… you know… get to know the struggles of this business a little more.
Tina: Isn’t she smart?
Cordelia scoffs.
Cordelia: I graduated from Princeton, of COURSE I’m smart!
Tina: Have at it then! Vicky, I can’t want to spank you all over the ring… hahahaha!
Victoria: Actually Tina… I want to talk to you about something. You stay. Gavin, leave those tax records with me. I need to find a safe place for those.
Gavin hands Victoria the folder before he and Casey walk out.
Tina: I guess I can’t blame you if you wanted an extra look at my boobs, Vicky.
Victoria furiously shoves the folder in her chest, catching Tina off guard.
Victoria: Explain that to me…
Tina: What? Your taxes?
Victoria: They’re NOT taxes you IDIOT! I want you to look inside that folder and EXPLAIN!
Tina: Explain what?
Victoria: Your LIES!
Tina: What lies?
Victoria: Don’t play dumb, Tina!
Tina: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Cordelia: You know… that thing where you faked your injury and this is all a “coming out” party for you!
Tina: CORDY!!!!!!!!!!!
Cordelia: Oops….
Tina: Vicky… it’s not what you think…
Victoria: Cordelia is only here to interfere in my match right?
Tina: That’s malarkey.
Victoria: Read the paper with the anonymous source, IDIOT!
Tina looks inside, reading the paper from the anonymous source. She and Cordelia are both stunned by this.
Tina: Who the HELL leaked this? Who the HELL spilled my secret plot? Are you KIDDING ME? How can you DO THIS TO ME, CORDY?
Cordelia: WHAT? I didn’t do anything! I swear to god!
Tina: So HOW does Vicky know, huh?
Victoria: I had some friends dig up the dirt, Tina. I KNEW something was suspicious! It’s ALWAYS something with you! ALL THE TIME! I may not have gone to college, but someone with a degenerative knee condition doesn’t move around as much as you do. There is NO WAY that someone with that type of condition you claimed you have would even be able to sign a liability waiver!
Tina: ...so who told… whoever this was that gathered this information?
Victoria: Justin… my best friend’s husband. Nice to know an investigative journalist, eh, Tina?
Tina: HOW COULD YOU LEAK THIS, CORDY?
Cordelia: I didn’t! I don’t even know who Justin is!
Tina: I only told TWO people about this plot… it was you and…
Voice: ME!
Tina turns and both she and Victoria are left in shock at the presence of Morgan, another of Tina’s cousins and Cordelia’s sister. Morgan briefly wrestled in GCW under the moniker of “Morgan Valentine”.
Tina: Morgan? What are you doing here? I didn’t invite you here.
Morgan: Vicky… I’m your “anonymous source”.
Tina: WHAT?
Morgan: Shut the FUCK up, Tina! Did you HONESTLY think I was EVER going to forgive you for sicing those bastard thugs on me in HYBRID and ending MY fucking career? Did you honestly think I was EVER going to allow you to ruin the career of my sister?
Cordelia: You’re not managing me, Tina. You never were. In fact, Morgan and I… once you lose to Vicky… we’re beating the shit out of you. You’re a disgrace to the family and I refuse to have ANYTHING to do with you, you piece of fucking trash! You fucking embarrassment! You fucking useless failure of a wrestler!
Morgan: Once Vicky beats you, Cordy and I are picking up the scraps.
Victoria: No…
Morgan: What?
Victoria: Don’t do that. Don’t stoop to her level. Be better! Be an example for your sister. Cordelia doesn’t know how harsh this business can be sometimes. This year? You’ve seen it. It really crushed my confidence for quite some time. It doesn’t matter how good you are… this business is always going to find a way to be harsh and brutal. It’s always going to find a way to torment you. You know that, Morgan. You experienced it at the hands of your own cousin when she ended your career. You’re a smart girl. I know you never had a chance in wrestling… I know Tina robbed you of it. I know you want a chance to redeem yourself… to redeem your family. This isn’t the way. Just cut the cord… and move on… be better. Teach Cordelia everything you know, guide her. Be her manager… be her sister… do everything you can to help her. Show her that there’s a better way to avenge your family than by doing this…
Cordelia: She’s right, Morgan.
Morgan: ...but…
Cordelia: Honestly? Is Tina even WORTH IT? She’s nothing to me. Let’s do this the right way, okay? I WANT to do this the right way… not like this…
Morgan: ...you’re right, little sis. She’s not worth it. Let’s get out of here.
Tina: ...Morgan? Cordy? Cousins?
Morgan: I don’t know you like that!
Morgan snaps her fingers and gives Tina the hand to the face signal before walking out.
Cordelia: What she said.
Cordelia does the same thing Morgan just did, adding a scoff at the end of it.
Victoria: You disgust me, Tina.
Tina: I’m going to make you PAY FOR THAT!
Victoria walks out of the room feeling utterly disgusted… angry… and wanting to destroy her so-called “friend” even more…
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THE MATCH
Tina and Victoria are in the ring, both of them angry for different reasons. Tina is angry for her plot blowing up in her face, Victoria is pissed off for Tina lying to her and making a complete fool out of her with how she strung her along. At this point, she realizes that Tina is never her friend… and never was. She also realizes that if she’s to boost her confidence to its max… she has to win this match. The referee raises Tina’s “Brooklyn Heights World Championship” in the air which draws no reaction out of Victoria as the bell rings…
DING! DING! DING!
Victoria comes out charging at Tina, but Tina decks her with a lariat that shakes the ring. Tina essentially takes over from there as she continues to pound Victoria into the mat without letting her breathe. Victoria seems to be completely out of it in the early going as Tina is using her suplex game to dominate the match. Tina shows no mercy with moves like a corner splash, a butterfly suplex and a tilt-o-whirl backbreaker! Tina goes for the cover after the latter move, but Victoria is able to kick out at two.
Tina: Not bad, lover...
Tina isn’t having it as she focuses more on a ground game. A bow-and-arrow is just the start of a technical assault on the lower back as Victoria continues to struggle. A surfboard would only follow from there and then Tina drills Victoria with a double knee backbreaker. Again, she goes for a cover, but Victoria kicks out. Tina gets Victoria in a double underhook position and tries to lift her up, but Victoria counters by breaking free and getting a desperate roll up that Tina kicks out of, at two.
Tina is able to stand, but Victoria counters with a knee to the chest. She begins to get back into the match with a striking offense and Tina’s now the one in some danger. She then begins to utilize her speed as she keeps Tina from fighting back with some running strike moves like a running forearm to the jaw. Victoria eventually goes for an impact move, nailing Tina with a tornado DDT and getting a cover, but Tina manages to kick out again. Victoria drags Tina to the corner and goes for a corner slingshot splash, but Tina blocks it with her knees. Again, Tina gains control focusing on the chest area. Victoria is struggling to catch her breath, especially after a gutbuster that she has to kick out of after a two count. Tina beats her from corner to corner and then gives her a ring-shaking belly to belly suplex. Another cover, another kickout. Tina tries an abdominal stretch, but Victoria counters it. Victoria begins to fight back. Some punches are traded, then Victoria connects with a chick kick out of nowhere. Following up with the Spirit Breaker, she covers, but Tina kicks out again.
Victoria attempts to lock on the Vainglorious Victory, but Tina blocks it, lifts her up and then… SICKENING VERTABREAKER! The cover is made and… NO, Victoria grabs the bottom rope at the last second. Tina can’t believe it as she climbs to the top rope. She attempts a frog splash, but Victoria rolls out of the way. Tina stands up but Victoria gives her a Busaiku knee kick doubling her over.
Victoria: It’s about time you learned this lesson, Tina…
She steps back and lets Tina be vertical again only for Victoria to double her over again with a second Busaiku knee kick…
Victoria: DON’T…
Punt to the chest by Victoria…
Victoria: EVER…
Victoria knocks her down with a spinning back elbow…
Victoria: fuck with me…
She drags Tina up to a vertical base.
Victoria: AGAIN!
Another hard knee to the gut, followed up by the VANITY BREAKER! Victoria turns her over and gets the emphatic, and academic, pinfall and the three count.
WINNER (and NEW “Tina Valentine World Champion”): Victoria Salinas
Victoria stands up, not even feeling a sigh of relief, but feeling quite angry. Not even the satisfaction of beating her is enough.
Victoria: Sorry Tina… you’re BENEATH ME! Always have been, always will be! You’re NEVER dragging me down again! You’ll NEVER poison my confidence again!
Victoria is suddenly handed Tina’s former title.
Referee: That’s yours now…
Victoria: Whatever…
Victoria doesn’t seem to care about that as she rolls out of the ring and takes the title with her.
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Post-match…
Victoria looks at the title she won from Tina, still not knowing what to make of it. Her husband is with her and he gives her a kiss on the cheek to help her calm down.
Gavin: I’m sorry you had to go through that.
Victoria: It’s fine. I feel like I’ve purged a demon in a sense. She was NEVER good for me… EVER! I should have just stopped at forgiving her. I should have never tried to be her friend after that. That’s on me.
Gavin: I guess you’re a six time world champ now, right?
Victoria: I’m not going that far… but hey, I guess I TECHNICALLY won a title this year. Whatever… I’ll be sure to win a real one in 2020. It’s about time I became a true champion again and I hope in MWE, I get a shot sooner rather than later.
Gavin: I’m just glad it’s over now… between you and her…
Victoria: No… it’s not over yet. There’s still one more thing I have to do. I need to tell her that it’s over… that she’s not a part of my life anymore. Hold this…
Victoria hands off the title to Gavin as she begins to make her way to Tina’s locker room.
Meanwhile…
Tina Valentine is in the locker room… broken and shattered.
Tina: I can’t win… I can NEVER win…
Tears start to stroll down her face.
Tina: Why do I have to be mired in mediocrity? ALL the time? Why am I never good enough? Why must I suffer? Why can I never be the main eventer I’ve always wanted to be? Why can I never win the big matches?
Voice: Funny… you sound just like Vicky did when she hit rock bottom…
Tina looks up and sees Casey Holliday with a lead pipe in front of her.
Casey: Except… you’re not at rock bottom yet.
Tina: Casey… look, I’m really not in the mood to talk…
Casey: No? Funny, because that’s all you ever knew how to do was talk. Vicky always showed you mercy… but I won’t…
Tina: What?
Casey: You want to fake an injury? Fake a retirement? How about I RETIRE YOU, HUH?
Tina: Casey… really… why are you coming at me like that?
Casey: I’ve waited FOUR YEARS for this moment…
Tina: What?
Casey: My father…
Tina’s eyes widen in shock.
Casey: I’m Casey Holliday… you assaulted my father… PREPARE TO RETIRE!
Casey whacks Tina right across the chest with the pipe causing her to collapse to the floor.
Casey: HOW DOES IT FEEL, BITCH?!?!?! HOW DOES IT FEEL? HUH?!?! HAVE YOU FELT WHAT MY FATHER DID WHEN YOU DID THIS TO HIM?
Casey continues to beat down Tina with the pipe.
Casey: YOU WANT TO FAKE A KNEE INJURY? HOW ABOUT I BUST YOUR KNEE IN 10 PLACES, YOU VAPID WHORE?!??!?!
Casey takes a swing at the right knee.
Casey: THIS IS FOR MY FATHER… FOR MY FAMILY… FOR THE SEATTLE WRESTLING ACADEMY!!!!!
Casey takes a second swing at the knee and she’s about to take another, but Victoria grabs her from behind, preventing her from doing so.
Victoria: ...REALLY?
Casey: LET GO OF ME, VICKY!
Victoria turns Casey around and lets her go.
Victoria: Casey… get out!
Casey: She doesn’t DESERVE your compassion!
Victoria: Trust me on this, okay? I understand you wanted your pound of flesh too… for your dad. But this isn’t the way. You’re better than this!
Casey sighs, looking disappointed, but nevertheless she nods in understanding before she leaves. Victoria helps Tina up to sit her down.
Tina: You didn’t have to do that… you saved me… again! You really are a true friend and I’m so sorry for everything I ever put you through. You can forgive me, right?
Victoria: Of course…
Tina: I know I’ve done nothing but mess up… and so many times you’ve bailed me out. But this time for sure… I promise… things are going to be different! I’ll be better! We can team together in MWE… we can take over together! I know we can do this Vicky… you and me…
Victoria: I want to believe that… but I don’t. It’s the same cycle every time. Inevitably, because of your twisted, sexual obsession with me, you’re going to stab me in the back and we’re going to be warring against each other all over again. You’re toxic, Tina… to my career… to my confidence… I’m done.
Tina: What?
Victoria: I’m not doing this anymore. You’re not my friend. Friends don’t try to make someone else something they’re not. You never accepted who I really am. I’m done with this toxic cycle… I’m done with you… for good. You need to move on with your career and figure out your identity in this business… you need to quit living in the past and dragging everyone around you down. I want you to stay away from me… for good. Stay away from my friends. Stay away from my family. Honestly? Every time I help you and prop you up… I’m just enabling you to be your worst. For you… for me… it’s best that we never have contact with each other again…
Goodbye, Tina.
Tina offers no reaction, or words, as Victoria walks out of the room and shuts the door behind her. Sighing, she’s finally able to express a smile.
Victoria: Now? I feel like I can finally be confident in myself…
Victoria walks down the hallway… at last being fully confident in herself… at last ditching the one toxic relationship in this business that wasn’t allowing her to be...
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