Post by amyzing on Oct 1, 2015 6:09:56 GMT -6
Amy Zing stands in the green room of her local television station she is making an appearance on to promote the UWA and her return on the station’s wrestling show. It is really a small room with some snack foods and water. She has the UWA Television Championship seated on the table as she paces a bit, holding a bottle of water.
She sets the water down and picks up the title. She looks at the plate which bears her name for the second time, the first time that has ever happened in the UWA.
“Would it be inappropriate to make some sort of comment about a phoenix rising? I really am not totally sure. I mean, I do use a lot of references to phoenixes in regard to myself. I was technically out of action for a few weeks with Bob Brooks going on about how he ended my career or took me out. And I guess I did come back at Raising Hell and I did take the Television Championship back, even though I never lost the title and he sort of just beat me up and took it, then he got injured and I showed up to try and get him to give me the title back, then he attacked me and I kicked him. I suppose I should feel bad about doing that when consider that he is technically injured, but it is kind of hard considering he attacked me first, and then tried to attack me at Raising Hell. I had to sit at home and listen to him call himself a champion and then try to give the title to Lacey Roberts. I admit that Lacey is a great wrestler and was great as Television Champion, but, I beat her, and the title is mine until I lose it. There is a bit of a feeling of redemption to this, taking the title from Bob. I mean I guess I could use make a phoenix reference with the whole being out and coming back thing, but I don’t know if that seems too much or somehow inappropriate. It does fit the situation, but it does sound a bit boastful if I were to go on about being the phoenix rising from the ashes to soar high once more. It does work, and it does fit the situation, but it does seem a little boastful, and I really have no idea if I am going to fly high or if I am going to crash and burn. I’ve been lucky with being relatively injury free, but things happen. I suppose I could make the phoenix reference, but it seems a little much for me. It’s really been more about my willingness to get up from a defeat than it is anything else, such as a scenario like this. It works, but just doesn’t feel right.”
Realizing that she is now rambling, Amy closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Exhaling slowly, she opens her eyes, regaining her focus and train of thought.
“Sorry, let me start over.”
“The Hong Kong Sensation” Amy Zing raises the UWA Television Championship high into the air, holding it above her.
“Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, I have risen!”
She lowers the title, draping it over her shoulder as she bites her lower lip and making a face as she thinks about what she just said.
“Yeah, see, I know it works, but it really just doesn’t feel like me in that it hardly seems like something I would say. I really don’t know why, because I do use a lot of phoenix references, such comparing myself to one and in two of my big moves. Yet to actually come out and say something like I have risen from the ashes like a phoenix feels a little grandiose for me to do. It does work, but it just feels wrong for me to say, which is really weird, because one would think it would totally work, but somehow, just doesn’t.”
She shrugs and then smiles.
“Still, it is great to be back. I really did miss being here and being in the ring. I am really looking forward to getting back into the ring, getting back into action and, most importantly, defending the UWA Television Championship, which hopefully I do better than last time. Last time, I lost the title in my first defense, which was a bit embarrassing after what Lacey said about me, but I would like to think I did make her eat her words after our last match after she talked about how inferior I was compared to her, and yet, I ended up winning the match and the title. Still, I do hope she and Bob return, because I do believe they may want me in the ring and I would love to show him why it was that I won this title and not him.”
She sighs and shakes her head a little bit. Her eyes move down towards the UWA Television Championship on her shoulder.
“I feel that I should address some of the things Bob Brooks said about me. Maybe I didn’t earn the title shot. Maybe the fact that people cheer me for some reason is what got me the title shot. Maybe I never deserved either opportunity at the UWA Television Championship, but regardless, I was granted the shots and I made the most of them. I never claimed to be the best, and never will. I never set out to make history, yet somehow I did it twice in the span of a year. I truly feel blessed with everything I have been given, everything I have earned and each day I get to live my dream and for all the support my fans have given me.”
Amy looks up from the title.
“But, as I was saying, I am back and ready to step into the ring. And I get to finally do that at Monday Night Mayhem when I face Craven in my first match back.”
“The Hong Kong Sensation” smiles pleasantly, like someone addressing a friend they have not seen in awhile.
“Hello Craven.”
“How are you doing? How have you been? I saw Raising Hell. It’s really unfortunate what happened. I really hope you are doing okay. How is Fraser Freeman handling it? He seems like a nice guy, and what happened to him seemed really tough. I hope he’s doing alright and handling it okay. How is Skylar? I feel like I have not seen here in forever. Is she still out on injury? I apologize, but I do not recall the details or nature of her injury, and I feel bad I don’t, because she was a nice person the few times I met her. I think Raising Hell last year was her last match. Is she okay? I mean, I kicked her in the head and she’s been out for a year, so I am really hoping it wasn’t my fault, because I would feel bad.”
“You know what I find rather funny? You and I have done this before. We have had a match against one another prior to this. If I recall, we wrestled last year after I made my debut and you won that match. Although, there is a long list of people who have beaten me in a match, so it is not exactly as if you are in some sort of elite company. Still, you did win, and I will not try to take that away from you.”
“Although, it was rather odd that you had beaten me in one of my first matches in the UWA, and we ended up being tag team partners for one match later on.”
She stops talking, looking like she forgot something.
“Did I ever say thank you for that? I believe I did, but if I did not, then I would like to say thank you for teaming with me and helping me out in a tag team match. Maybe we should consider that open contract Sang Réal has?”
She pauses and then shakes her head.
“Then again, maybe we shouldn’t. I really don’t have anything against you or Freeman or Silver Baron, but the Sin City Knights is not my thing, and it really seems that just about nearly everyone on the UWA roster just hangs out at your place. That is kind weird when you think about it. It really is. Have you not noticed that? I certainly have. And have one a few occasions had to listen to people tell me I should be a girl working the club as opposed to a wrestler, and I do not appreciate that. So maybe we shouldn’t try for the UWA Tag Team Championships after having only one match as a team together.”
Amy shrugs and readjusts the title on her shoulder.
“So here we are again, Craven, stepping into the ring to face each other. As I said, last time we face each other, you won. I cannot take that away from you. I am not going to come out here and make excuses as to why I lost that match. I lost and you won. It happens. It may happen again. But, and I do apologize for this, I have no intentions of making it easy on you.”
She smiles for a moment, but it quickly fades.
“Yes Craven, I would like to consider you a friend. I mean, at the very least, I don’t think we are enemies. I don’t know if we are friends. I would like to consider you one, but if that is not mutual, then maybe associates or at the very least co-workers. Well, we are definitely co-workers in that we work for the same company, but then again, that applies to everyone here. Maybe a well wisher, although I don’t really know if you actually wish me well, or just don’t wish me any harm. I think acquaintance may be the most accurate term for our relationship. I don’t know.”
“You and I did wrestle, but we did also team up and I think we did pretty well. But, that was then and this is now. Now we have to wrestle against each other, and truth be told, I am looking forward to it, I really am.”
“The reason I am looking forward to it is because I want to see if I can beat you this time around. I think I can beat you Craven. I really do believe that I can beat you. However, the real challenge is making that into a reality. I believe I can make it a reality.”
“You are a great competitor, Craven. I am not going to argue against that. It would be weird if I did as I just said it. You have the heart and the drive, and I respect that. Sooner, rather than later, people are going to notice that and you are going to be huge. That’s all I have. Heart and driven are all you really need.”
“And maybe, just maybe, that’s what our match will come down to who has the most heart, the most drive to win the match. Maybe it’s arrogant to believe that I have more heart and more drive than you do Craven, but you know what? I think just once I want to allow myself to be a bit arrogant, because I know I have heart and I know I have drive.”
“It is my heart, my drive, and the support of all my fans, through everything, all the highs and the lows, standing by me, that brought me here, to the place I am today. I have been out of action for months and I want nothing more right now than to step back into the ring and remind everyone why I am simply Amy Zing, and I have every intention of doing that. Win, lose or draw, I fully intent to show everyone why I am simply Amy Zing because I have a few weeks to make up for and I am really eager to get started making up for lost time.”
“And yes, I know I could start making up for that lost time with my shoulder down on the mat and the referee counting three, and a loss in my first match back, but you know what? I don’t care. I lose, then I lose, and if I win, then I win. I’ll be the first to tell you my win/loss record is not the best here, but I’ve never had the best win/loss record in the world, and that has never bothered me. As long as I never give up, and I never quit, then I believe I have never truly lost.”
“Heart and drive Craven, that’s all you and I have. People constantly underestimate me, claiming I lack passion and telling me again and again that I do not belong in this ring, that I have no business being in wrestling, and I end up kicking their head off and beating them, or at least showing them that I do belong here, because I refuse to give up. I refuse to quit. People underestimate you; look at you like you are just there in the background and that you are just some sort of third wheel in the Sin City Knights. But you are not. You are more than that and people are going to realize that some day. This could be the moment when they see it.”
“I’m back, Craven. I missed the one year mark of my debut due to being out of action, and I am ready make that lost time up. I have had a year I never thought I would have that saw me win a title, twice. People said I would never win the first title, but to have one three titles in my career, to be the first UWA Television Champion, the first two-time champion and the first two-time Television Champion in UWA history, all in about a year’s time is truly something I never thought would happen to me.”
“Craven, maybe we are friends and maybe we are not, I would like to think we are. Maybe this entire match is just going to come down to who has the biggest heart, and who has the most drive. I really don’t know. What I do know is that I am back and I am ready. I know you have beaten me before, and I know that I can beat you. I know that I am the UWA Television Champion and I know that I am going to try and kick your head off. And most importantly, I know for a fact that I am coming to Monday Night Mayhem to show you, everyone in the locker room and all the fans watching at home and in the arena why I am simply Amy Zing.”
Amy adjusts the title on her shoulder. There is a knock on the door and a stagehand peeks in to let her know it is time as the scene fades out.
She sets the water down and picks up the title. She looks at the plate which bears her name for the second time, the first time that has ever happened in the UWA.
“Would it be inappropriate to make some sort of comment about a phoenix rising? I really am not totally sure. I mean, I do use a lot of references to phoenixes in regard to myself. I was technically out of action for a few weeks with Bob Brooks going on about how he ended my career or took me out. And I guess I did come back at Raising Hell and I did take the Television Championship back, even though I never lost the title and he sort of just beat me up and took it, then he got injured and I showed up to try and get him to give me the title back, then he attacked me and I kicked him. I suppose I should feel bad about doing that when consider that he is technically injured, but it is kind of hard considering he attacked me first, and then tried to attack me at Raising Hell. I had to sit at home and listen to him call himself a champion and then try to give the title to Lacey Roberts. I admit that Lacey is a great wrestler and was great as Television Champion, but, I beat her, and the title is mine until I lose it. There is a bit of a feeling of redemption to this, taking the title from Bob. I mean I guess I could use make a phoenix reference with the whole being out and coming back thing, but I don’t know if that seems too much or somehow inappropriate. It does fit the situation, but it does sound a bit boastful if I were to go on about being the phoenix rising from the ashes to soar high once more. It does work, and it does fit the situation, but it does seem a little boastful, and I really have no idea if I am going to fly high or if I am going to crash and burn. I’ve been lucky with being relatively injury free, but things happen. I suppose I could make the phoenix reference, but it seems a little much for me. It’s really been more about my willingness to get up from a defeat than it is anything else, such as a scenario like this. It works, but just doesn’t feel right.”
Realizing that she is now rambling, Amy closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Exhaling slowly, she opens her eyes, regaining her focus and train of thought.
“Sorry, let me start over.”
“The Hong Kong Sensation” Amy Zing raises the UWA Television Championship high into the air, holding it above her.
“Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, I have risen!”
She lowers the title, draping it over her shoulder as she bites her lower lip and making a face as she thinks about what she just said.
“Yeah, see, I know it works, but it really just doesn’t feel like me in that it hardly seems like something I would say. I really don’t know why, because I do use a lot of phoenix references, such comparing myself to one and in two of my big moves. Yet to actually come out and say something like I have risen from the ashes like a phoenix feels a little grandiose for me to do. It does work, but it just feels wrong for me to say, which is really weird, because one would think it would totally work, but somehow, just doesn’t.”
She shrugs and then smiles.
“Still, it is great to be back. I really did miss being here and being in the ring. I am really looking forward to getting back into the ring, getting back into action and, most importantly, defending the UWA Television Championship, which hopefully I do better than last time. Last time, I lost the title in my first defense, which was a bit embarrassing after what Lacey said about me, but I would like to think I did make her eat her words after our last match after she talked about how inferior I was compared to her, and yet, I ended up winning the match and the title. Still, I do hope she and Bob return, because I do believe they may want me in the ring and I would love to show him why it was that I won this title and not him.”
She sighs and shakes her head a little bit. Her eyes move down towards the UWA Television Championship on her shoulder.
“I feel that I should address some of the things Bob Brooks said about me. Maybe I didn’t earn the title shot. Maybe the fact that people cheer me for some reason is what got me the title shot. Maybe I never deserved either opportunity at the UWA Television Championship, but regardless, I was granted the shots and I made the most of them. I never claimed to be the best, and never will. I never set out to make history, yet somehow I did it twice in the span of a year. I truly feel blessed with everything I have been given, everything I have earned and each day I get to live my dream and for all the support my fans have given me.”
Amy looks up from the title.
“But, as I was saying, I am back and ready to step into the ring. And I get to finally do that at Monday Night Mayhem when I face Craven in my first match back.”
“The Hong Kong Sensation” smiles pleasantly, like someone addressing a friend they have not seen in awhile.
“Hello Craven.”
“How are you doing? How have you been? I saw Raising Hell. It’s really unfortunate what happened. I really hope you are doing okay. How is Fraser Freeman handling it? He seems like a nice guy, and what happened to him seemed really tough. I hope he’s doing alright and handling it okay. How is Skylar? I feel like I have not seen here in forever. Is she still out on injury? I apologize, but I do not recall the details or nature of her injury, and I feel bad I don’t, because she was a nice person the few times I met her. I think Raising Hell last year was her last match. Is she okay? I mean, I kicked her in the head and she’s been out for a year, so I am really hoping it wasn’t my fault, because I would feel bad.”
“You know what I find rather funny? You and I have done this before. We have had a match against one another prior to this. If I recall, we wrestled last year after I made my debut and you won that match. Although, there is a long list of people who have beaten me in a match, so it is not exactly as if you are in some sort of elite company. Still, you did win, and I will not try to take that away from you.”
“Although, it was rather odd that you had beaten me in one of my first matches in the UWA, and we ended up being tag team partners for one match later on.”
She stops talking, looking like she forgot something.
“Did I ever say thank you for that? I believe I did, but if I did not, then I would like to say thank you for teaming with me and helping me out in a tag team match. Maybe we should consider that open contract Sang Réal has?”
She pauses and then shakes her head.
“Then again, maybe we shouldn’t. I really don’t have anything against you or Freeman or Silver Baron, but the Sin City Knights is not my thing, and it really seems that just about nearly everyone on the UWA roster just hangs out at your place. That is kind weird when you think about it. It really is. Have you not noticed that? I certainly have. And have one a few occasions had to listen to people tell me I should be a girl working the club as opposed to a wrestler, and I do not appreciate that. So maybe we shouldn’t try for the UWA Tag Team Championships after having only one match as a team together.”
Amy shrugs and readjusts the title on her shoulder.
“So here we are again, Craven, stepping into the ring to face each other. As I said, last time we face each other, you won. I cannot take that away from you. I am not going to come out here and make excuses as to why I lost that match. I lost and you won. It happens. It may happen again. But, and I do apologize for this, I have no intentions of making it easy on you.”
She smiles for a moment, but it quickly fades.
“Yes Craven, I would like to consider you a friend. I mean, at the very least, I don’t think we are enemies. I don’t know if we are friends. I would like to consider you one, but if that is not mutual, then maybe associates or at the very least co-workers. Well, we are definitely co-workers in that we work for the same company, but then again, that applies to everyone here. Maybe a well wisher, although I don’t really know if you actually wish me well, or just don’t wish me any harm. I think acquaintance may be the most accurate term for our relationship. I don’t know.”
“You and I did wrestle, but we did also team up and I think we did pretty well. But, that was then and this is now. Now we have to wrestle against each other, and truth be told, I am looking forward to it, I really am.”
“The reason I am looking forward to it is because I want to see if I can beat you this time around. I think I can beat you Craven. I really do believe that I can beat you. However, the real challenge is making that into a reality. I believe I can make it a reality.”
“You are a great competitor, Craven. I am not going to argue against that. It would be weird if I did as I just said it. You have the heart and the drive, and I respect that. Sooner, rather than later, people are going to notice that and you are going to be huge. That’s all I have. Heart and driven are all you really need.”
“And maybe, just maybe, that’s what our match will come down to who has the most heart, the most drive to win the match. Maybe it’s arrogant to believe that I have more heart and more drive than you do Craven, but you know what? I think just once I want to allow myself to be a bit arrogant, because I know I have heart and I know I have drive.”
“It is my heart, my drive, and the support of all my fans, through everything, all the highs and the lows, standing by me, that brought me here, to the place I am today. I have been out of action for months and I want nothing more right now than to step back into the ring and remind everyone why I am simply Amy Zing, and I have every intention of doing that. Win, lose or draw, I fully intent to show everyone why I am simply Amy Zing because I have a few weeks to make up for and I am really eager to get started making up for lost time.”
“And yes, I know I could start making up for that lost time with my shoulder down on the mat and the referee counting three, and a loss in my first match back, but you know what? I don’t care. I lose, then I lose, and if I win, then I win. I’ll be the first to tell you my win/loss record is not the best here, but I’ve never had the best win/loss record in the world, and that has never bothered me. As long as I never give up, and I never quit, then I believe I have never truly lost.”
“Heart and drive Craven, that’s all you and I have. People constantly underestimate me, claiming I lack passion and telling me again and again that I do not belong in this ring, that I have no business being in wrestling, and I end up kicking their head off and beating them, or at least showing them that I do belong here, because I refuse to give up. I refuse to quit. People underestimate you; look at you like you are just there in the background and that you are just some sort of third wheel in the Sin City Knights. But you are not. You are more than that and people are going to realize that some day. This could be the moment when they see it.”
“I’m back, Craven. I missed the one year mark of my debut due to being out of action, and I am ready make that lost time up. I have had a year I never thought I would have that saw me win a title, twice. People said I would never win the first title, but to have one three titles in my career, to be the first UWA Television Champion, the first two-time champion and the first two-time Television Champion in UWA history, all in about a year’s time is truly something I never thought would happen to me.”
“Craven, maybe we are friends and maybe we are not, I would like to think we are. Maybe this entire match is just going to come down to who has the biggest heart, and who has the most drive. I really don’t know. What I do know is that I am back and I am ready. I know you have beaten me before, and I know that I can beat you. I know that I am the UWA Television Champion and I know that I am going to try and kick your head off. And most importantly, I know for a fact that I am coming to Monday Night Mayhem to show you, everyone in the locker room and all the fans watching at home and in the arena why I am simply Amy Zing.”
Amy adjusts the title on her shoulder. There is a knock on the door and a stagehand peeks in to let her know it is time as the scene fades out.