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April 27th,
2017
SCW House
Show
Off Camera
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Kayla Jones
and her older sister Angelica both got their start in the so-called “sport of
kings”, professional wrestling, around the same time in 2003, and yet it wasn’t
until November of 2009 that they first teamed together as The Sisterhood. It was then, in their debut match as a tag
team, that they defeated Eric Sailes and Michael Wallace at the Motor City
Wrestling pay per view Deliverance to become the MCW World Tag Team
Champions. The Sisterhood would rule the
tag team division for five months until a neck injury sidelined Kayla Jones and
forced The Sisterhood out of action.
Four years later, Angelica would convince Kayla to return to the ring
for another tag team run, this time in Global Division of Wrestling, where The
Sisterhood would defeat another sibling pair, Sophie and Mark O’Brian, to win
the GDW World Tag Team Championship. Two
years later Angelica and Kayla would earn even more tag team success in yet
another company, Global Championship Wrestling, defeating Seek and Destroy to
become GCW Global Tag Team Champions.
Angelica and
Kayla were really gelling as a tag team once again. Victories continued to pile up until they
reached what they saw as the pinnacle of their tag team success; the Supreme
Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. Twice Angelica and Kayla won SCW tag team
gold; the first time defeating Simon Lyman and Donovan Kayl, the second time
defeating Shaun Cruze and AJ Helms.
Certainly
Kayla and Angelica both would love to make a third run at the SCW World Tag
Team Championship. They have a good case
to make; they are the former SCW World Tag Team Champions and they could argue
that they are owed a rematch. Although
they could easily earn one in a number one contender’s match. Either option would suit The Sisterhood just
fine.
Unfortunately,
that won’t be happening anytime soon.
Fatal Fortunes took that decision away from the Jones family when
Angelica was drawn for a singles match and Kayla, in an ironic twist of fate,
was drawn for a tag team contender’s match with Ravyn Taylor as her tag team
partner.
This really
was the last thing The Sisterhood needed, for tensions had already been
building due to Angelica’s recent relationship with Aphrodite Noel, a woman
whom Kayla did not trust and had no problem vocalizing her concerns about
it. This new twist, Kayla getting a new
tag team partner to challenge for the tag team titles, just adds more layers to
an already troubling situation for the sisters.
Kayla had
hoped that Angelica would be ok with it. It isn’t as if Kayla wanted any of
this. She would much rather be
challenging for the tag team titles with Angelica, but fate dealt Kayla these
particular cards and she is a professional and so, with Ravyn as her tag team
partner, she will challenge for the gold on Breakdown.
Angelica doesn’t
see it that way and it was evident to those closest to her, her oldest daughter
Marie and Angelica’s sister Kayla, based upon how cold Angelica acted backstage
after the Fatal Fortunes edition of Breakdown had come to its conclusion. Then Angelica left suddenly and separately,
on her own, leaving Marie and Kayla in the dust.
Marie
Annabelle Jones was noticeably concerned about her mother’s state of mind. Kayla promised to find her and sort things
out about their current situation…
The Rimrock
Auto Arena in Billings, Montana may not be as impressive as Madison Square
Garden, but it is certainly an adequate building to host the Supreme
Championship Wrestling House Show one day after the Fatal Fortunes edition of
Breakdown. This is where we find Kayla
Jones, standing in front of the entrance of the Auto Arena, wearing an off the
shoulder floral print crop-top silhouette and a matching maxi-silhouette button
front floral print skirt. Her feet are
encased in a pair of simple sandals. The
younger member of The Sisterhood waits here on Angelica Jones. She was unable to find her last night but
Angelica is scheduled to be here for the House Show, so Kayla figured she would
find her here.
And if she
arrived early enough to catch Angelica before too many other people got here to
interrupt them.
Suddenly she
perks up to attention as, off in the distance, she spots her oldest sister
exiting a rental car. Angelica Jones,
dressed much simpler than her sister in a pair of denim jeans, flip flops, an “SCW”
t-shirt, and her signature black leather jacket, approaches the entrance with a
gym bag in hand.
Immediately
Kayla rushes down the stairs in an attempt to confront her sister before she
gets away…
“Angelica!”
Is Angelica
ignoring Kayla or does she legitimately not hear her? Either way, she continues walking as if she
heard nothing. Kayla picks up the pace
and calls out again.
“Angelica!”
Angelica
makes a sharp turn as if to get away from Kayla. The younger sibling notices this.
“Damnit, Angelica, I know you can hear me!”
Finally
Angelica stops walking and turns to face Kayla.
“What do you want, sis?”
“We need to talk.”
Angelica
looks down at her wristwatch.
“Can’t it wait? I am scheduled to appear tonight.”
Kayla rolls
her eyes.
“Bullshit, Angelica. The show doesn’t start for a few more
hours. You have time left and you damn
well know it. So stop making excuses.”
“Excuses for it?”
“Excuses for why you don’t want to talk.”
“There’s nothing to talk about, Kay. I really don’t know what you’re doing here
badgering me like this.”
Kayla
frowns.
“Look, Angelica, I think we all know what’s
wrong. Marie and I both were worried
about you last night when you left the way you did…”
“You shouldn’t have worried. I was fine.”
Kayla shakes
her head.
“No, you weren’t. You were not fine and it was painfully clear
to anyone with eyes that you were upset about something and I think we all know
what that something is.”
She reaches
out and places a hand on Angelica’s shoulder.
“We need to quit ignoring the elephant in
the room.”
Angelica
sighs and nods her head. Kayla is right,
there’s no use denying it. The recent
development in the tag team title picture has taken its toll on the
siblings. Even though Angelica wants to
deny it, she wants to deny it with all of her heart and soul, but she knows she
cannot deny it. It is true and she and
Kayla must deal with this problem before it becomes too big of an issue.
“Fine, let’s talk.”
Kayla turns
and motions for her sister to follow.
Angelica follows Kayla towards the steps that lead up to the entrance of
the arena. They sit down next to one
another on the first step. Kayla takes
in a deep breath and sighs…
“I think we all know that this all boils
down to the SCW World Tag Team Championship, right?”
“Does it?”
Angelica
shrugs her shoulders.
“I’m not honestly sure that it does just
boil down to the SCW World Tag Team Championship. I mean, I admit that’s an issue I have right
now, but there are other issues as well between the two of us, specifically one
that you still haven’t managed to deal with.”
Kayla arches
her brow out of curiosity.
“And what is that, pray tell?”
“Don’t play dumb, sis. I know you don’t like Aphrodite.”
Aphrodite
Noel, of course, is Angelica’s girlfriend.
Kayla rolls her eyes at this accusation.
“Don’t be ridiculous. I already told you I was going to give the
two of you a chance…”
“You say that and yet you have done nothing
to prove it. You avoid us when we’re
together.”
Kayla’s eyes
narrow as she responds rather sarcastically…
“I’m giving you two lovebirds your alone
time.”
“See?
You’re not giving us a chance at all.
I’m beginning to wonder if you don’t approve of Aphrodite or if you just
don’t approve of me sleeping with women in general.”
“Oh don’t you dare go trying to label me as
homophobic. You’ve slept with Brittany
Lohan and Lindsey Carter and I never said a damn thing. So don’t try to say I have something against
your lifestyle, Angelica, because that would be low.”
Angelica
nods her head.
“Fine, I’m sorry, but you say there’s
something wrong with you and I and you’re getting ready to pin it on me taking
issue with your tag team title match.
And the thing is, I admit that I do take issue with you teaming with Ravyn
to get a tag title match without me…”
She pokes
Kayla in the chest.
“…but you won’t own up to taking issue with
my relationship with Aphrodite.”
Kayla nods
her head.
“Yes, I do have an issue with Aphrodite, but
my issue with her is because I don’t trust her.
I worry that she’s going to hurt you.
But you’re not happy for me getting a shot at the tag team titles and
why is that? Because you selfishly want in
on it too?”
Angelica
shakes her head.
“It isn’t like that.”
“Then tell me how it is. Tell me what problem you have with me teaming
with Ravyn.”
“Kayla I…”
Angelica
sighs out of frustration and stands up.
“…actually, never mind! This is pointless!”
“Angelica, wait!”
Kayla shoots
up as Angelica starts to walk up the steps.
Kayla follows her in a hurry.
“Don’t walk away from me!”
At the top
of the steps Kayla steps in front of her older sister, blocking her path.
“We’re not done. We’re going to settle this.”
“Why?
What’s the point? You’re going to
get your tag team title match. Why don’t
you focus on that? God knows you and
Ravyn will need to somehow get on the same page for that. You shouldn’t be wasting your time with me.”
Kayla takes
her sister’s hands and squeezes them tightly.
“Maybe it’s because I hate seeing us like
this? Maybe it’s because I want to fix
things?”
Angelica
shakes her head.
“You can’t fix this, Kay.”
“You won’t even let me try. You won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Angelica
pulls her hands away from Kayla’s grip and then drops her gym bag on the top
step. Angelica throws her hands up in
the air out of frustration.
“Fine, you want me to tell you what’s on my
mind? I’ll tell you.”
Kayla places
her hands on her hips and waits patiently.
Angelica sighs…
“Kayla, this is just…it’s just unfair…”
“What’s unfair?”
“Everything!
We bust our asses to redeem our
image in the eyes of the SCW universe and yet Shaun Cruze has the nerve
to judge us, when everyone knows that he is no saint himself. And the painful irony of losing our tag team
titles back to him and AJ Helms. That’s
not fair.”
Kayla nods
her head.
“I can see your point, but we accepted it
and we congratulated Honor Code and we moved on, with the understanding that we
would get another shot at the gold someday.”
“Exactly…”
Angelica
motions to herself and Kayla.
“…WE would get another shot, as in The
Sisterhood. But now, thanks to Fatal
Fortunes, The Sisterhood may not get a tag title match in a long time.”
Kayla sighs.
“Angelica, listen…”
“No, Kay, you listen. Angelica is your tag team partner. Not me. You two are going to be a formidable
team simply because you are both tag team specialists. If anyone can take those belts off of Honor
Code it would be you two. In fact, I’d
say that smart money is on you two becoming new SCW World Tag Team
Champions. And that means The Sisterhood
is on the shelf for a very long time.”
Angelica
shakes her head.
“I don’t foresee you and Ravyn losing the
titles.”
Kayla pauses
for a moment to take in everything that her older sister just said. The emotional outpouring did strike a
nerve. Finally Kayla nods her head.
“I get it, Angelica, I really do, but you’re
operating under the assumption that Ravyn and I are going to win. That’s not a guarantee. Shaun and AJ have had time to develop real
tag team chemistry and a true bond with one another. Now I ask you, do you think I can trust
Ravyn, knowing her history?”
She
chuckles.
“And I’m fairly certain Ravyn feels the same
way about me, considering the last time she and I shared the ring together…before
Fatal Fortunes, that is…I was kicking her teeth down her throat in an attempt
to become United States Champion.”
Kayla shakes
her head.
“I don’t really care what smart money says,
Honor Code are the favorites in my mind and Ravyn and I are the underdogs
because we have a hell of a lot of issues to deal with as a team before we
would even have a chance at beating them for the titles. So trust me, it isn’t some forgone conclusion
that Ravyn and I can win this.”
“I don’t care, sis. It still bothers me.”
Kayla
reaches out and places a comforting hand on her shoulder.
“Then I’ll tell you what, give me the word
and I’ll call Mr. D and ask him to find Ravyn a new tag team partner.”
Angelica’s
eyes grow wide with surprise. She wasn’t
expecting this offer from her younger sister.
“Kayla, I…”
“I mean it.
I will give up the tag title shot if that’ll make you feel better. I care about you.”
Angelica
shakes her head.
“No…don’t you dare give up that tag title
shot on my account.”
“But…”
“I mean it, Kay. Do not forfeit. Keep the title shot and win those belts. I know how badly you want those belts back. I want them just as bad. I’m not about to stop you from possibly
winning the tag titles…even if it is with someone else as your tag team
partner.”
Kayla grins
at the thoughtfulness of her older sister.
“Thanks,
Angel, that means a lot to me hearing you say that. And I promise you, win or lose on Breakdown,
there will be another day for The Sisterhood.
We will be three time SCW World Tag Team Champions. The Sisterhood is not dead yet.”
Angelica
sighs.
“Well we
disagree on that…”
Kayla is
struck curiously by that remark.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“You said The Sisterhood is not dead
yet. I’m not convinced.”
Angelica
walks past Kayla and towards the entrance.
Kayla chooses not to give chase this time. Perhaps Angelica just needs time to compose
herself, time to think? Either way,
Kayla does not like the way this ended.
Not one bit. But she cannot
continue to focus on this for too long.
Whether she likes it or not, she has to team with Ravyn Taylor and
together they will challenge Honor Code for the SCW World Tag Team
Championship.
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On Camera
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There is no
fate but what we make for ourselves.
That is a
famous line from the Terminator film series.
This line is so appropriate right now, because fate has certainly been
playing its games with me. I mean, it is
no secret that Angelica and I want to become three time SCW World Tag Team
Champions. It is no secret that there is
unfinished business between The Honor Code and The Sisterhood. And it is no secret that I would love to
finish that business once and for all with a celebration, standing side by side
with my sister Angelica Jones, after we’ve defeated Cruze and Helms for our
third SCW World Tag Team Championship.
But that isn’t
what fate had in store for me. I will receive
a shot at the SCW World Tag Team Championship on Breakdown from Louisville,
Kentucky. Oh but it won’t be
Angelica. It won’t be as a member of The
Sisterhood.
Fate, via
Fatal Fortunes, determined that my tag team partner would be Ravyn Taylor.
You know,
Ravyn is absolutely right in her assessment of the situation. It does take a long time to build up good tag
team chemistry and it does take a long time to build up trust between tag team
partners. The chemistry is one thing but
the trust factor? Well I won’t comment
on Ravyn’s history, but suffice it to say that the last time we shared a ring
together before Fatal Fortunes was in January of 2016…
…remember
that, Ravyn? I was challenging you for
the United States Championship. I kicked
your head off your shoulders a few times in the lead up to that match. But you had the last laugh. You beat me at Violence in Vegas to retain
the SCW United States Title.
I also can’t
blame her for not wanting to team with me.
Honestly, I would much rather be teaming with my sister. I love my sister a great deal, we’ve been
through a lot together, and there is nothing more I would want than to win my
third SCW World Tag Team Championship with her.
Unfortunately
I have to play the hand that I was dealt and Ravyn, you’re going to have learn
to do the same thing. Play the hand that
you’re dealt, because while fate may have dealt us this hand, while fate may
have put us in this situation, we can still make the best out of it, and
together we can become champions.
So many
people, from fans to our wrestling peers, think that you and I are the
favorites just because we’re tag team specialists. But I respectfully disagree. Shaun Cruze and AJ Helms have the
experience. Shaun Cruze and AJ Helms
have the chemistry and the trust. There
is only one thing that Honor Code has going against them right now...a controversy
surrounding Shaun Cruze and Taylor Chase…
…as a former
victim and witness of such violence myself, I have very strong feelings about
what happened. It happened to me and I
damn sure cannot stand seeing it happen to anyone else. Cruze, I will see you in the ring and when I
do, I will kick your teeth right down your throat. But professionally speaking, that whole
situation is going to an Achilles Heel for you and AJ, because that is the
topic of the day. That is on everyone’s
mind and no doubt it will be on your mind, serving as a distraction, leading up
to Breakdown.
Can you put
it out of your head long enough to defend those belts against Ravyn and I? Who knows?
But if not, your tag title reign is in serious jeopardy.
AJ, this is
the fourth time you boys and yours truly will climb into that squared circle to
face off. The only difference is I’m
trading out Angelica for Ravyn. We’ve
fought one another enough by now that we know each other quite well, AJ. And as much as I respect you, I also want
those tag team titles back. And I don’t
think I have to remind you what I’m willing to sacrifice in that ring in order
to achieve victory.
Putting the
distraction aside and putting my professional rivalry with Honor Code to the
side, let’s face facts…Honor Code currently is the best tag team in Supreme
Championship Wrestling. They’re good as
a unit and they are good individually.
Ravyn, you
and I are good individually. We’re also
good tag team wrestlers. But just
because we’re both good tag team wrestlers doesn’t mean a damn thing if we can’t
get it together ourselves. Now I can’t
speak for you, Ravyn, but one thing I do have going for me is that I really can
work anyone.
Fate is not
my master and I have proven that time and time again. Whether it be by random luck of the draw or
otherwise, I have won eight World Tag Team Championships in my career in
various companies with five different tag team partners.
And by the
way, two of those five individuals I won tag gold with were people who hated my
guts.
So can I
make this work? You damn right I
can. The ball is in your court,
Ravyn. If you’re willing to work with
me, then I can work with you, and together we will defeat Honor Code and we will
become SCW World Tag Team Champions and hell, maybe the experts will be
right? Maybe we can become one of the
greatest pairings of all time…
…or we’ll
crash and burn, we fall flat on our faces…
…we were
paired together by fate, but the fate of our tag team is now dependent on
us. There is no fate but what we make
for ourselves and the fate of our tag team will be decided by you and I, Ravyn,
and I know that if we work together, if we can get along, then we will kick
their teeth right down their throats and take home the SCW World Tag Team
Championship.
