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July 20th, 2020
Miami, Florida
Off Camera
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The meaning of the term the best laid plans of mice
and men is that no matter how carefully something is planned out, it might
always fail or go wrong. The term the best laid plans of mice and men finds its
origins from the poem 'To a Mouse' which was written by Robert Burns in the
late 1700s. Glory Braddock’s initial plan last Saturday was to bring
herself closer to her mother by joining the Catholic Church and, at the same
time, eliminate some of the guilt she had been feeling by donating money to the
church. It made perfect sense to The British Bombshell. She spent
so much time and effort, and money, blackmailing and bribing her way to
corporate power, this way she can get give back monetarily and surely that
would eliminate her guilt.
Unfortunately for Glory Braddock things did not go
as planned. Instead of eliminating the guilt, Braddock only added more
guilt to her already overwhelmed conscience. The priest, Father
Sebastian, was clearly disappointed that Glory was trying to “buy her way to
salvation” as he put it. Glory’s mother, Mary, who she was trying to
rebuild a damaged relationship with, was also disappointed. Mary informed
her that could not always just throw money at a problem and expect it to go
away so easily. Mary insisted that professional, psychiatric help is what
Braddock really and truly needs.
Psychiatric help isn’t what Glory wants,
though. Admitting that she needs psychiatric help is the last thing Glory
wants to do, which is why she has been trying to keep it a secret from anyone
and everyone that she is currently seeing Dr. Frederick Fitzgerald, a local
psychiatrist in Miami, about her post traumatic stress. In an ideal world
The British Bombshell never would have gone back to him but she did. She
went crawling back, seeking his help. All he wanted in return was a
promise that she would not give up so easily on the treatments.
Glory Braddock has thus far kept her promise to
continue with these sessions, even if she doesn’t like it one iota. The
British Bombshell is humiliated with the thought that she needs psychiatric
help. Yet it is an indisputable fact. She has lost control in
recent weeks, months even, and if nothing is done then her mental state of mind
will only get worse.
“What do you see?”
That is the voice of Dr. Fitzgerald. He sits
in his comfortable black swivel chair but he is not at his desk. He is
sitting right next to Glory Braddock, who is lying down on the red comfortable
sofa. He has several ink blots in his hand. Braddock is trying her
best to take this seriously. She really and truly is. But she is
finding it very difficult to take this or the hypnotherapy he suggested
seriously. Still, deep down in her heart and soul, Glory wants to believe
that she can do this on her own, that she doesn’t need any help from this
psychiatrist.
“I see a greedy psychiatrist trying to make money
by telling me how I feel…”
“I wish you would take this more seriously, Ms.
Braddock.”
“At least I answered you this time.”
“This is true.” He puts
the ink blot away and produces another one. “What do you see?”
“An ink blot.”
Dr. Fitzgerald sighs and puts the rest of the ink
blots away. He stares at his patient with a disappointed gaze, much like
the disappointment she felt from Mary and Father Sebastian Saturday, only this
time she doesn’t care. She doesn’t care about what this psychiatrist
thinks about her.
“I am disappointed in you, Ms. Braddock.”
“Too bad.”
“We had made such good progress our last two
sessions. You were really opening up to me and we were close to figuring
this out. But now you seem so closed off now. What is wrong?”
“None of your business.”
“Actually it is my business.” He
smirks. “That is what you’re paying me for.”
Glory rolls her eyes. She watches as Dr.
Fitzgerald rolls in his chair back to his desk. He presses the button
from a week ago, the one the started the soothing classical music, and sure
enough, the music returns. Last week she was almost immediately induced
but this week is different. Glory is so angry and frustrated that the
music takes awhile to do its job. Dr. Fitzgerald is unrelenting and just
keeps up the pressure.
“Just relax, Ms. Braddock. There is no need
to be so angry. Just be calm. Listen to the music and relax.”
Braddock rolls her eyes. She considers just
for a moment about the possibility of making a snide remark but decides against
it. She just remains silent. Dr. Fitzgerald, however, continues
pressing the issue…
“Shut your eyes, Ms. Braddock, and just relax…”
Glory does indeed shut her eyes. Several
moments pass before Dr. Fitzgerald feels confident that his patient will
cooperate. “Tell me, Ms. Braddock, why are you so tense? What has
upset you?”
“My mom.”
“Your mother upset you? Well then, let’s
discuss your family life. Tell me about your family.”
“I’m married to Kurt Logan who is a wonderful
step-father to my daughter, Melinda Braddock. I have a sister Julia who I do
not get along with. I have cousins...Angelica Jones and Kayla Jones-Snow.”
“Do you get along with your cousins?”
“Yes but we’re distant. We don’t talk much.”
“Are they from your mother’s side of the family or
father’s?”
“Mother’s.”
“Describe your relationship to your mother.”
“Strained. She divorced my father when I was
still young. I was angry with her for leaving us but I’ve been trying to
repair the relationship. I recently decided to become a Catholic because
she is a Catholic. I thought it would form a bond between us.”
Dr. Fitzgerald nods his head. “It’s a nice
thought. How did that go?”
“She thinks all that I’m doing...from joining the
church and making donations to the church...is just my way of paying off my
guilt.”
“Is she right?”
“...yes…”
Dr. Fitzgerald pauses to consider what he just
heard. A few moments later he stops the music. Immediately Glory
sits up and turns around in the sofa to stare at the psychiatrist.
“Ms. Braddock, you are angry with your mother but I
also sense that you are angry at yourself. You feel disappointed in
yourself. I sense some inner turmoil, in a sense you are fighting
yourself. All because of the guilt you feel, your mind is telling you
that the actions you have taken recently are justified but your heart tells you
that you are wrong. And your entire problem lies with the fact that you
do not know which to trust...your heart or your mind.”
As much as she doesn’t want to admit it, the
psychiatrist makes a lot of sense. The British Bombshell sighs deeply and
shakes her head. “What do you think I should do?”
“Maybe you need another sounding board.”
“A what?”
“A second opinion, my dear. You have been to
your mother, a church, and to me, all seeking out an answer to a question you
cannot seem to answer yourself. Just find someone you trust and pour your
heart out. See what they think. Trust me, getting this off of your
chest will make you feel better.”
Glory ponders the words of her psychiatrist for a
few moments. Then she smiles as an idea enters her mind. “You know
what they say...confession is good for the soul…”
“Indeed it is, Ms. Braddock.”
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July 24th, 2020
Miami, Florida
Off Camera
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Time is not a friend or ally to The British
Bombshell. Glory Braddock knows that tomorrow is the beginning of the two
day extravaganza known as Rise To Greatness. Tomorrow is the pre-show and
hall of fame ceremony. Glory Braddock’s scheduled match, an Adrenaline
Championship Match against rising star and reigning champion Peyton Rice, is
set to be on the main show, Rise To Greatness itself, on Sunday. But
despite not being scheduled, Supreme Championship Wrestling no doubt expects
The British Bombshell to put in an appearance for the entire event. Many
have already made their way to Minnesota in preparation for the event but Glory
Braddock is still in Miami.
Why the delay? The British Bombshell has been
dealing with a guilty conscience that has been triggering her post traumatic
stress. Glory wants this and any other distraction out of her mind so
that she can focus entirely on Peyton Rice at Rise To Greatness. Besides,
as much as Glory wants to become Adrenaline Champion, there are some things
that are just more important than her career. One of them is repairing a
broken relationship with her mother.
This early morning in Miami, Florida at Corpus
Christi Catholic Church is the time and place for The British Bombshell to take
the next important step to repairing that damage. For a long time she and
her mother, Mary Ford, had nothing in common at all whatsoever. But now
Glory is going to become a Catholic, just like her mother. But then that
action in and of itself raises the question; why is Glory doing this?
It is a question that has been asked of her
multiple times ever since she made her intentions known. Braddock herself
isn’t entirely sure of the honest answer, even as she sits here in the empty
Corpus Christi Church, in the back pew next to her mother, staring up at the
front of the Church at the massive crucifix hanging high up in the front.
To one is a statue of The Blessed Virgin Mary and to the other side is a statue
of St. Joseph.
Glory Braddock grew up as a member of the Church of
England. This was primarily because of her late father, Glenn Braddock,
who raised her and refused to let her be anything else but a member of the
Church of England. This sudden change, Glory claims, is because she wants
to bond with her mother, Mary Ford. She claims this is her way to help
repair the damage that was done. But is this secretly, subconsciously,
just a way to wash away any guilt she feels at what she has done lately?
There’s plenty of reason to feel guilty.
Glory blackmailed Meagan Collins into working for her, into doing her dirty
work for her. She blackmailed members of her company’s board of directors
and bribed others, all in order to gain control over them. Then to keep
control and to ensure no one could challenge her corporate power, she had her
own sister locked up in a mental ward on false charges. Glory Braddock
has always viewed herself as a hero but these aren’t the actions of a
hero. These are the actions of a criminal. What happened to Glory
Braddock?
“Are you really prepared for this, Gloria?”
“Of course, mom.”
“Is this really and truly what you want to do?”
Mary presses. “I don’t want you doing this just to make me happy.”
“I know, you and Father Sebastian made it
abundantly clear that I can’t do this for the wrong reasons. But I know
what I’m doing. And I want to do this.”
“Fair enough…” Mary
smiles warmly at her daughter “...and yes.”
“Yes what?”
“It does make me happy.”
That one statement right there makes Glory’s
day. If nothing else she did make her mother happy and she finally feels
a bond with her mother, one that she had long since lost. So if nothing
else, she has been successful in this regard; she has a relationship with her
mother. Now she is ready to join her mother’s church; the Catholic
Church.
As if on cue, a door can be heard opening and
shutting. Glory and Mary turn around in their seats and they spot Father
Sebastian entering the church and making his way towards them. Upon
entering the sanctuary he genuflects and then towards the front and then turns
to approach Glory and Mary. Father Sebastian has a warm, pleasant smile
on his face.
“Glory, Mary, how are you doing today?”
“We’re doing wonderful, Father.”
Glory answers. Mary nods in agreement with her daughter.
“Great. I hope I didn’t keep you waiting too
long.”
“Not at all.”
“Good. Well I already spoke with your mother
over there. Apparently you were baptized by a Catholic Priest already.”
“Yes she was.”
“Knowing how dad felt about Catholics I can only
imagine how he took that news.”
“He never found out.”
Mary says with a sly grin on her face.
“Baptism is considered so important in our faith
that parents are obliged to see that their infants are baptised within the
first few weeks just in case the unthinkable happens.”
Father Sebastian quickly answers.
“Well if that’s out of the way then what’s next?”
“Confirmation. Your very first communion in
the church. But before that, confession.”
Braddock nods her head. She’s heard of this
before but confession still confuses her. “What exactly is confession?”
“You’re just going into that box over there.”
He points over to the back of the church. “I’ll be on the other side
listening. Only I will hear. You confess any and all sins, leaving
nothing out.”
“Everything?” Glory
asks, arching a brow. The priest nods his head.
“Don’t be embarrassed. I’ve heard it
all. I’ve heard things that would make your skin crawl. And don’t
worry about any secrets getting out. I am not allowed to tell anyone
about what is said inside confession. Everything in that box is between
me, you, and God.”
“But why is confession so important?” Glory
asks.
“We need regular occasions for confession or we
will otherwise suffocate from all the secrets inside us and from the fear of
being judged and condemned. We need the opportunity to let another human being
know the complex, peculiar and sometimes desperately unimpressive reality
involved in being us.”
In so many words, Father Sebastian just summed up
what Glory’s psychiatrist, Dr. Fitzgerald, had said several days ago.
Telling someone else about her guilt and shame, telling someone else about her
problems, could help alleviate some of the pressure she is currently feeling
and enduring. Glory sighs deeply and nods her head.
“Ok then, let’s do it.”
Father begins to approach his end of the
confessional booth and he steps inside. Glory Braddock exits the pew and
approaches the confessional booth. She takes in a deep breath and then
steps inside as well. There is a thin wall separating the two and a tiny
veil where she can barely make out the priest and where they can communicate to
one another. Glory recalls how her mother and Father Sebastian taught her
to do this…
“Father forgive me, for I have sinned. This
is my first confession.”
“Very good. What are your sins?”
Where to begin? Glory Braddock thinks back to
her life but mainly sticking to the recent actions. She thinks back to
hiring Seth Rogers and how the information he dug up gave Glory the information
she needed to blackmail Meagan Collins.
“I hired a crooked private investigator to dig up
information on my enemies to use it against them. I used the information
to blackmail a woman into working for me. I had her dig up information on
members of my company’s Board of Directors so I could blackmail them into
taking my side at all times. I bribed a few of my Board members as well.”
“Lying...thievery...these are all sins but you must
remember that honesty and truth is what God wants from his children.”
Glory nods her head in agreement. She thinks
back to her sister Julia Braddock…
“I got my sister locked up in a mental ward based
upon charges that were completely false.”
“Family is a very important part of our life.
Why would you do this to your sister?”
“I was afraid of losing my power because of her.”
“Family is more important than power. You
need to make things right with your sister. Your penance will be to say
three Hail Mary’s for your sister. Can you do that?”
“Yes, Father.”
“Good. Now say your act of contrition.”
“My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against You Whom
I should love above all things, I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance,
to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.”
“I grant you absolution in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
“Amen.”
Glory sighs deeply as she stands up and exits the
confessional. Once outside she sees Father Sebastian there, as well as
Mary. “Welcome to the family, Glory!”
“Thanks, Father.”
“Now I understand you have commitments this
weekend, correct?”
“Yes. In fact after this I’m going to pack
and then catch a flight to Minnesota for SCW Rise To Greatness.”
“Good luck with your match, Glory. When you
get back we can talk about confirmation and first communion. Ok?”
“Sounds good, Father.”
Glory Braddock turns and, with her mother, exits
the sanctuary. They are silent as they approach the front door and then
push it open to exit the church itself. They are still silent as they
descend the steps. It isn’t until they get down from the steps and to
a nearby bench when Mary breaks the silence, confronting her daughter.
“Well?”
“What?”
“Do you feel any better?”
Glory sighs and shakes her head. “No, the guilt
is still there.”
“Glory, I appreciate that you’re trying to help
yourself and to help me, but I still wonder if you are doing it for the right
reasons.” Mary motions to the bench. Glory sighs and sits down.
Mary sits down next to her and takes Glory by her hands. “You and your father
loved one another but we loved one another for the wrong reasons. I may
not look it now but back when I first met your father I was gorgeous. In
fact, early on in my life I was a model. Your father fell into LUST not
love. He loved my outward appearance. And me, well I wasn’t much
better. I fell in love with the legend that was Glenn Braddock.
Your father was well renowned throughout all of Europe as Britain’s
Best. He was a great wrestler, very famous during his era, and knowing
that I had the chance to date...and eventually marry...a living legend was too
much for my senses.”
Glory is stunned to hear this. Mary reaches
up and wipes tears from her eyes. “I realized our mistake too late, after we
had been married. But then I was pregnant with you and I had so hoped
having a child would bring us both back to reality. For your sake and for
Julia’s sake I gave the marriage a chance. But I saw having children
didn’t change him...or me...I feel guilty to this day that I ran out on you and
your father, I feel guilty for not giving you or your father another chance but
I felt I had to get out of that situation. I knew your father was lost
but I still wanted better for you and your sister. I just wasn’t willing
to stick around and see that you made it.”
A proud, motherly smile forms upon Mary’s face. “But
then you shocked me. You became BETTER than your father could ever hope
to have been. And no, I’m not talking about your wrestling
accomplishments, although they did supersede your father’s; what made you
better than your father wasn’t your fourteen world championships or any Hall of
Fame rings you own. What made you better than your father was the fact
that you did all of that and yet you still managed to put family first. I
remember the night when you first challenged Isis Derrida for the FWA World
Championship. Isis attacked your father, who was sitting ringside.
You had Isis on the ropes and you could have beaten him but you checked on your
father instead and that caused you to be counted out. That is my
daughter. That is the night you truly became better than your father and
truly became the Best in the World. And one thing your father never told
you but he did secretly admit to me, was that on that night he realized that he
never would have done the same thing. Your actions made him see the light
and helped put him on the path to redemption.”
Mary shakes her head. “But now...ever
since joining SCW, you have become something and someone I don’t
recognize. You’ve become your father. You’ve taken up the same
self-destructive path he took. That path led to the end of his career and
the end of his marriage. And Glory, I’m just afraid that the same may
happen to you if you don’t change your ways.”
The British Bombshell is stunned into silence by
the words of her mother. They are tough, harsh words but they ring true
with Glory Braddock. Still, a sense of pride fights back from admitting
it. Braddock is about to speak but that opportunity is taken from her
when a car comes screeching to a halt right up by the sidewalk of the
church. Before Glory and Mary can react masked gunmen step out and begin
firing.
“Mom!” Glory
dives to protect her mother, trying to cover her up and knock her out of the
way. It only lasts a few seconds but it seems like an eternity as the
gunmen complete their firing, and then get back in the car and speed away before
anyone can call the authorities. Glory is shaken, frightened by this
whole event, but she manages to pull herself up.
“Mom...are you ok?”
“I…” her
mother’s voice trails off. She seems pained. Glory looks down and
gasps in shock. Blood is pouring. Her mother has been shot.
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July 25th, 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota
On Camera
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We open just outside US Bank Stadium in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The excitement is growing with each passing
second, as tonight will begin the festivities that is the yearly Rise To
Greatness event, a two night event celebrating everything that is great about
Supreme Championship Wrestling. But you cannot talk about great unless
you are talking the greatest; or at least, in her mind she is the greatest.
Many would dispute it, but Glory Braddock claims to be The Best in the World
and one of the attractions of this two night event is The British Bombshell
challenging Peyton Rice for the SCW Adrenaline Championship. It is but
one of many reasons that bring the fans here tonight to this extravaganza.
A few people are walking around in the
background but for the most part the scene is empty. A few moments later
The British Bombshell, the woman who some believe to be The Best in the World,
Glory Braddock approaches with a confident stride in her step. The blonde
haired Braddock beauty is wearing a little purple dress that hugs her every
curve and matching purple high heeled patent leather pumps. A confident
grin is etched across her lovely face as she stares into the camera.
“You want to know what I find wrong with this new
generation of wrestler? They just don’t know what’s best for them.
They ride the wave of enthusiasm because they are the fresh new thing in the
business, they are the big hit, they are popular, and they think that means
they are entitled to something. I’m here to tell each and every one of
them entitled tarts that they are entitled to absolutely nothing.” The
British Bombshell says this with utter disdain in her voice. Then she
motions to the arena behind her.
“They break into the business and experience dreams
of selling arenas such as this but then reality hits them like a ton of bricks
and they quickly realize that it isn’t as simple as that. Now you have
someone like Peyton Rice who at first glance you think may be different.
You think maybe she has a little knowledge in that pretty little head of
hers. The one other time I encountered her was when we were tag team
partners and I learned a great deal from my experience as her partner. I
left that match impressed with what she could do inside the ring and I left
thinking that perhaps she was on the right track towards a great and successful
career.”
The British Bombshell shakes her head. “Unfortunately
I was wrong. Peyton Rice suffers from a problem; too much success, way
too quickly. She rocketed to stardom in Emerge, becoming champion there,
and then moved up to Supreme Championship Wrestling where she became Television
Champion and eventually Adrenaline Champion. Many began to call Peyton
the future of SCW. Many look at her as the next Kelcey Wallace and how
can you not make that comparison when you have that manky git out there with
her every bloody night? Peyton’s problem is that this success has gone to
her head. She is believing this hype that the fans are feeding her.
She is believing the hype that Sasha and her marketing machine feed her.
She is believing the hype that Kelcey Wallace feed her. Now Peyton Rice
truly believes in her own hype.”
“Listen to me, Pretty Peyton and listen good, you
need a better guide, a better mentor, because Kelcey Wallace is leading you
down a wrong path. She looks at you and she sees two things; one thing
she sees is dollar signs and the money she can make off of your success.
The second thing she sees is the chance to live vicariously through you.
She knows that even if she made a miraculous comeback to the ring, which is
highly unlikely, she would fail miserably. She knows that her best days
are behind her. But you...when she looks at you she sees a little bit of
herself. She sees the chance to relive her glory days through you.
And I think you are believing it as well. You believe you can be just as
good as Kelcey once was.” A smirk forms upon Glory’s lovely face.
“Like I said, eventually reality will hit you like
a ton of bricks and that reality is me. If you want evidence that your
ego is getting the best of you just look at the mistake you made a few weeks
ago on Breakdown. Without a second thought you accepted my challenge for
an Adrenaline Championship Match at Rise To Greatness. Without even
bothering to consult with your Perfect Mentor you accepted my challenge.
That was a mistake because even Kelcey would have told you that you weren’t in
my league. Hell, Kelcey Wallace at her best wasn’t in my league.”
Braddock chuckles lightly. “But I’m
willing to forgive your naivete. I’m willing to forgive your
ignorance. After all, you’re still new, you’re still green, you’re still
getting started and you still have a long career ahead of you, kid. So
what I plan to do to you at Rise To Greatness isn’t just simply outwrestle you,
humble you, and take your championship away from you. That is just a
small part of what I plan to do at Rise To Greatness. What I have planned
for you, Peyton, is a reality check, the kind that a veteran like me can
provide. You see, Peyton, there are lessons about this business, harsh
lessons, that Kelcey won’t teach you because she doesn’t want to destroy your
innocence. But I don’t care about any of that bullshit. All I care
about is doing what is best for professional wrestling. What I care about
is making this sport a better place. What that means for you is opening
your eyes to the harsh realities of professional wrestling. What that
means for you is destroying that innocence and making you realize that your
hype is just that...hype...hype and nothing more. I hope you’re prepared to
take notes because at Rise To Greatness I will take you to school.”
“Lesson one, respect. Do you respect
me? I’m not sure because you certainly had the gall to challenge me to
prove myself? Bloody hell, the thought of me proving myself against you
is ridiculous. You’re the future, am I right? Well I’ve beaten many
“futures” of professional wrestling and sent them on a downward spiral to
irrelevance. I’ve made a career out of beating people like you who
thought that they were better than they actually were. Fourteen times I
took someone’s life long dream away from them. Fourteen times I have
ENDED someone’s long fought over career goal. So start showing some
damned respect to a woman who paved the way for someone like you to become as
good as you are.”
“Lesson two, keep your ego in check. Never
underestimate an opponent, my friend. You have just rushed into a match
against the single greatest submission artist in this company. Only
someone with a severe ego problem would do that. I learned from an expert at
the mat game. I took the ball he gave me and I ran with it. I expanded
his repertoire and became an even better mat wrestler than he was. If you
honestly think you can outwrestle me then you are definitely in for a rude
awakening at Rise To Greatness.”
Braddock smirks knowingly. “Just ask
Kelsai. She thought she could shock the world. She thought she
could go toe to toe with The Best in the World. Like you she was
naive. I humbled her on Breakdown. I locked her in Shekhinah Glory,
the deadliest variation of the triangle choke in this business, and Kelsai had
no choice but to tap or to pass out. To her credit she would not give up,
but in the end I turned her bright lights out. In the end I taught her a
lesson and that is exactly what I plan to do to you at Rise To Greatness.”
“Finally lesson three, and this one was the most
difficult for me when I learned it, but learning this lesson made me a better
person and it will make you a better person too. The third lesson is that those
who play by the rules never succeed. To succeed you must be ruthless and
cutthroat. You must be willing to do anything to accomplish your goals. My goal
is simple: make wrestling better. And I will do anything I have to in order to
achieve that goal. What will ultimately make this sport better is putting young
upstarts like yourself through the wringer at Rise To Greatness.”
Glory shrugs her shoulders. “I mean let’s face
facts, this business ultimately will belong to you someday. Someday you will be
the face of SCW. Whether I like it or not, this company’s future will
someday rest upon your shoulders. And unlike Kelcey, who just wants to
use you for marketing and to relive her glory days, I do care about the future
of SCW. So at Rise To Greatness it has become my responsibility to beat
the flaws out of you. It has become my responsibility to destroy your
imperfections. Because there is no way in hell I am going to allow you to
carry on as the future of this sport, let alone the future of this company, in
your current form. You need to be educated at the feet of The British
Bombshell.”
“Unfortunately for you, the only way for you to
learn these lessons is through physical pain as well the emotional pain of
losing your Adrenaline Championship. I don’t get joy out of hurting people like
you but I must do this for the greater good of professional wrestling. I am
wrestling’s one true hero. I am The Best in the World. And after Rise To
Greatness, I will be Adrenaline Champion.”
A low chuckle escapes Glory’s lips. “Best in the
World...that title started a lot of this. You challenged ME to prove
it. You had the nerve to challenge ME to prove that I am The Best in the
World. But you have no idea of who I am, Peyton. My father, the man
who trained me, he was known as Britain’s Best but it wasn’t a name he gave
himself. The fans called him that, his peers called him that. Just
like my father, I didn’t start calling myself The Best in the World. The
people started calling me that, my peers started calling me that, but unlike my
father I embraced it. Who am I to tell them that they were wrong when
they were clearly right? I have proven myself time and time again and
have earned my spot through hard work and dedication to this business.
But you’re just new. You’re still young. You’re inexperienced and
just a little arrogant. And that inexperience, that arrogance, that’s all
I need to take advantage of you and defeat you and take away your precious
championship and you will yet again suffer the feeling of loss...the loss a
competitor feels after losing a championship…”
Braddock nods her head “...I know it hurts
because I’ve felt it many times over myself. You should have learned
these lessons already by now after you other losses and defeats but maybe this
time it’ll stick. Maybe this time, after the schooling and education I
give you at Rise To Greatness, you will walk away a better competitor even if
you no longer have the championship around your waist. And maybe then
your eyes will be opened and you will see a better path forward. Or maybe
like all of the other “futures” that I have humbled and destroyed in the past,
you too will start down a path of abysmal misery and eventual
irrelevance. Quite frankly, I don’t really care what happens to you after
I beat you. Either way, this business and this company will be better off
when I take the Adrenaline Championship away from you.”
