Post by Jazmyn Rain on Jul 13, 2017 0:48:29 GMT -5
Counting Blessings
Date: July 12, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is sitting down on her couch at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina sporting a casual pair of jeans to go along with a Carolina blue colored sleeveless top that complements her long, brunette hair. The former GCW Global Champion is going through some thoughts as she looks down at her matching boots before looking up toward the camera. With the journey she’s been on personally and professionally in the last year, Jazmyn is not taking her Redemption debut lightly. If there were any nerves that were overwhelming her, she just calmed them by taking a deep breath and expressing a confident smirk on her face before she begins to express what’s going through her mind.
Jazmyn Rain: It’s been coming for awhile, longer than one may think. I’ve had my eye on Redemption Wrestling for a long time, watching from afar as a fan while I was fulfilling my duty in GCW doing everything I could to defend and protect the company from every evil that dared to be tyrannical and dared to tear down the traditions and the sanctity of this business. Now, don’t get me wrong. Ever since I began to keep up with the happenings here, I’ve seen some great things. Names like Yujiro Fujiwara of course, are the first names to come to mind. I’m also talking about people like Honey, people like Aiden Morrow, and while they’re not here anymore, people like the Karloffs and of course, not to mention recent additions like Adrien Cochrane and Stacy Sterling. From what I have seen of those that I mentioned, it’s brought a smile to my face knowing that if this company and this business is led by those names, the future is in bright hands. Unfortunately, just like GCW, Redemption has its fair share of tyrants. It was difficult watching Matt Shields be such, and it’s not just him. Caroline O’Hara? Coda? Kayla Richards? I can never deny the talent those names have, but I don’t approve of the way they conduct themselves and I don’t condone of their agendas, I’ll tell you that much.
But that’s why I’m here… to fight against those types of wrestlers and ensure that this company retains the bright future that it has in this business. I am confident that at some point in time, I will come face to face with these threats and when I do, mark my words! They are NOT getting an easy fight from me. I know that there have been some that have come to this company and have left a similar message, but believe me when I tell you that I am committed to the cause. I didn’t come here for the luxury of being a two-company wrestler. I came here to fight against these threats and these evils just like I have back in GCW, with resounding success by the way. Whether I am overcoming my own demons in the form of an opponent that had always had my number, whether I am being a catalyst in the demise of TWO factions that tried to take over, whether I am slaying a career-long dragon that had never wanted me to succeed, or whether I silence the doubters and overcome twisted lies and criticism from self-absorbed, self-proclaimed “benevolent queens”, I know deep down that I can take on ANYONE in this company, especially those that want to ruin and destroy what is being built here or those that want to have it all for themselves, look them in the eye, and defeat them in the heat of battle!
After all, that’s why they call me the “Guardian Angel!”
Ironically though, I’m not facing Matthew Shields. I’m not facing Caroline O’Hara Birchill. I’m not facing Coda. No, I am facing someone more similar to me. In my Redemption Wrestling debut, in my own hometown, I am taking on the Jew Blazer and he is no slouch. He’s got a shot at Caroline’s New Generation Championship at a future date. I’m not going to lie, there are SOME nerves, but at the same time, I am incredibly excited for this. To make my debut in my hometown, in front of my friends and family, against someone contending for a championship with the opportunity to possibly put myself in that race for the New Generation title myself? That’s no small debut and I can promise you all that I am going to make the most out of it. You haven’t had it too easy lately, have you Blazer? Trust me, I can relate. I’ve had my fair share of shortcomings throughout my career. It took me eight attempts in a world championship match to finally win one of my own and even then, after a four-month reign, I had it torn away from me in a heartbreakingly cruel fashion. I can feel your pain of being robbed by Caroline when she cheated to retain the New Generation Championship against you recently. I can feel the frustration of coming up short to become a number one contender like you did last Glory in the main event. You’ve got so much on your plate right now as you try to get your revenge on Caroline and while I respect you for where you come from and how you handle your adversity, I’m going to be honest with you and tell you that having me across the ring from you this weekend isn’t going to make things any easier. It’s incredible, and also fitting, how my first opponent in Redemption is someone so similar to me.
It’s not just with shortcomings in title matches and having a championship torn from you in a heartbreaking fashion, it’s also the fact that you started out in this business as a tag team wrestler just like I did six years back. Like you, I wasn’t taken that seriously initially. Heck, even my first employers didn’t take me seriously. I had to rise from a pretty steep bottom. I lost count of all the people that told me I couldn’t make it in this business because I started training as late in my life as I did. There aren’t many people in wrestling that start out training at the age of 25, have their first match ever a few months shy of their 27th birthday and end up being a success and that’s without mentioning a two-year hiatus in between due to some other personal demons I had to battle. In fact, my first place of employment took me so seriously, my first match ever was an evening gown battle royal on a house show which… I didn’t even win… so imagine my embarrassment there. They wouldn’t give me a chance outside the tag team division until my partner got injured… sound familiar? And then, late in my rookie year, I won my first singles championship and I hope, Blazer, that when you get your shot at the New Generation Championship, you do the same thing because relating to a story like yours makes me want to root for you all the way.
Unfortunately, sorry to say… I can’t root for you this weekend. Business is business! We both know that! Our backgrounds and how we came up in this business may be similar, our experiences may be familiar, but at the end of the day, I didn’t come to Redemption to lose and I especially didn’t come to lose my debut in my own hometown. I respect you as a competitor and as a person from what I know of you. I respect that you’ve overcome much teasing and taunting growing up and through your career as I have. I’m not looking at you as someone that’s only 150, I’m not underestimating you because of your frame like other opponents have. I’m definitely NOT going to be looking past you just because you’ve got more notoriety as a tag team wrestler and because you’ve hit a slight rough patch in recent weeks. That’s not the way I roll. Cliche as it may sound, I bring my very best against anyone on any given night because anything less than my best, I’m letting down everyone and everything that I fight for. With what I’ve managed to overcome on my journey to get to this point, I’m more spiritually strong than I’ve ever been and that spirit is only getting stronger. I’ve overcome not just titles being robbed from me, I’ve overcome prior drug use, I’ve overcome every single doubter that ever said no to me, and I’ve even had to overcome one giant obstacle getting back into this business because when I first attempted to come back from my former drug issues, wrestling promotion after wrestling promotion kept shutting me out because I was “too risky” to sign but I kept on working and I kept on fighting until I finally got back in two years and four months ago with GCW. I was blessed with a second chance and with the amazing things I’ve done in GCW to this day, that’s what’s led me here.
I come here, Blazer, in the middle of a… pardon the pun… redemption journey of my own. Every day I fight my doubts, my demons, my insecurities, sometimes even my own past and I may lose some battles here and there, I may not win every match, but it’s not going to stop me from achieving my own redemption and rising back to the top so I can become a world champion again. I bring a spiritual perspective to the phrase “tough as nails”, Blazer. It’s because of everything I just mentioned that I can’t and won’t underestimate you. You’ve had to deal with the naysayers and the critics just like I have. You’re going to be an excellent first test for me, no doubt, but in the end, you’re going to realize why in some respects, I’m my own unique brand of superheroine! Come Glory, Redemption will witness a new genesis of the Guardian Angel as she takes flight for the first time and Blazer, you get to experience this personally. This weekend is my first flight in Redemption as I begin my journey to the top, putting every tyrant, leech, wannabe royal and straight up rotten ego in this company in their place. You may not fall into any of those categories, but I’m not taking it easy on you this weekend.
Bring the good fight on Sunday, Blazer, because I know I will, just like I always have!
Jazmyn takes a deep breath and has a confident smile on her face for a few seconds in spite of the battle she knows she’s in for on Sunday. After letting a few seconds pass to let her own words sink in, the brunette beauty stands up to turn off the camera, satisfied with the words she had to say about her huge, hometown Redemption Wrestling debut!
Date: July 12, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is sitting down on her couch at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina sporting a casual pair of jeans to go along with a Carolina blue colored sleeveless top that complements her long, brunette hair. The former GCW Global Champion is going through some thoughts as she looks down at her matching boots before looking up toward the camera. With the journey she’s been on personally and professionally in the last year, Jazmyn is not taking her Redemption debut lightly. If there were any nerves that were overwhelming her, she just calmed them by taking a deep breath and expressing a confident smirk on her face before she begins to express what’s going through her mind.
Jazmyn Rain: It’s been coming for awhile, longer than one may think. I’ve had my eye on Redemption Wrestling for a long time, watching from afar as a fan while I was fulfilling my duty in GCW doing everything I could to defend and protect the company from every evil that dared to be tyrannical and dared to tear down the traditions and the sanctity of this business. Now, don’t get me wrong. Ever since I began to keep up with the happenings here, I’ve seen some great things. Names like Yujiro Fujiwara of course, are the first names to come to mind. I’m also talking about people like Honey, people like Aiden Morrow, and while they’re not here anymore, people like the Karloffs and of course, not to mention recent additions like Adrien Cochrane and Stacy Sterling. From what I have seen of those that I mentioned, it’s brought a smile to my face knowing that if this company and this business is led by those names, the future is in bright hands. Unfortunately, just like GCW, Redemption has its fair share of tyrants. It was difficult watching Matt Shields be such, and it’s not just him. Caroline O’Hara? Coda? Kayla Richards? I can never deny the talent those names have, but I don’t approve of the way they conduct themselves and I don’t condone of their agendas, I’ll tell you that much.
But that’s why I’m here… to fight against those types of wrestlers and ensure that this company retains the bright future that it has in this business. I am confident that at some point in time, I will come face to face with these threats and when I do, mark my words! They are NOT getting an easy fight from me. I know that there have been some that have come to this company and have left a similar message, but believe me when I tell you that I am committed to the cause. I didn’t come here for the luxury of being a two-company wrestler. I came here to fight against these threats and these evils just like I have back in GCW, with resounding success by the way. Whether I am overcoming my own demons in the form of an opponent that had always had my number, whether I am being a catalyst in the demise of TWO factions that tried to take over, whether I am slaying a career-long dragon that had never wanted me to succeed, or whether I silence the doubters and overcome twisted lies and criticism from self-absorbed, self-proclaimed “benevolent queens”, I know deep down that I can take on ANYONE in this company, especially those that want to ruin and destroy what is being built here or those that want to have it all for themselves, look them in the eye, and defeat them in the heat of battle!
After all, that’s why they call me the “Guardian Angel!”
Ironically though, I’m not facing Matthew Shields. I’m not facing Caroline O’Hara Birchill. I’m not facing Coda. No, I am facing someone more similar to me. In my Redemption Wrestling debut, in my own hometown, I am taking on the Jew Blazer and he is no slouch. He’s got a shot at Caroline’s New Generation Championship at a future date. I’m not going to lie, there are SOME nerves, but at the same time, I am incredibly excited for this. To make my debut in my hometown, in front of my friends and family, against someone contending for a championship with the opportunity to possibly put myself in that race for the New Generation title myself? That’s no small debut and I can promise you all that I am going to make the most out of it. You haven’t had it too easy lately, have you Blazer? Trust me, I can relate. I’ve had my fair share of shortcomings throughout my career. It took me eight attempts in a world championship match to finally win one of my own and even then, after a four-month reign, I had it torn away from me in a heartbreakingly cruel fashion. I can feel your pain of being robbed by Caroline when she cheated to retain the New Generation Championship against you recently. I can feel the frustration of coming up short to become a number one contender like you did last Glory in the main event. You’ve got so much on your plate right now as you try to get your revenge on Caroline and while I respect you for where you come from and how you handle your adversity, I’m going to be honest with you and tell you that having me across the ring from you this weekend isn’t going to make things any easier. It’s incredible, and also fitting, how my first opponent in Redemption is someone so similar to me.
It’s not just with shortcomings in title matches and having a championship torn from you in a heartbreaking fashion, it’s also the fact that you started out in this business as a tag team wrestler just like I did six years back. Like you, I wasn’t taken that seriously initially. Heck, even my first employers didn’t take me seriously. I had to rise from a pretty steep bottom. I lost count of all the people that told me I couldn’t make it in this business because I started training as late in my life as I did. There aren’t many people in wrestling that start out training at the age of 25, have their first match ever a few months shy of their 27th birthday and end up being a success and that’s without mentioning a two-year hiatus in between due to some other personal demons I had to battle. In fact, my first place of employment took me so seriously, my first match ever was an evening gown battle royal on a house show which… I didn’t even win… so imagine my embarrassment there. They wouldn’t give me a chance outside the tag team division until my partner got injured… sound familiar? And then, late in my rookie year, I won my first singles championship and I hope, Blazer, that when you get your shot at the New Generation Championship, you do the same thing because relating to a story like yours makes me want to root for you all the way.
Unfortunately, sorry to say… I can’t root for you this weekend. Business is business! We both know that! Our backgrounds and how we came up in this business may be similar, our experiences may be familiar, but at the end of the day, I didn’t come to Redemption to lose and I especially didn’t come to lose my debut in my own hometown. I respect you as a competitor and as a person from what I know of you. I respect that you’ve overcome much teasing and taunting growing up and through your career as I have. I’m not looking at you as someone that’s only 150, I’m not underestimating you because of your frame like other opponents have. I’m definitely NOT going to be looking past you just because you’ve got more notoriety as a tag team wrestler and because you’ve hit a slight rough patch in recent weeks. That’s not the way I roll. Cliche as it may sound, I bring my very best against anyone on any given night because anything less than my best, I’m letting down everyone and everything that I fight for. With what I’ve managed to overcome on my journey to get to this point, I’m more spiritually strong than I’ve ever been and that spirit is only getting stronger. I’ve overcome not just titles being robbed from me, I’ve overcome prior drug use, I’ve overcome every single doubter that ever said no to me, and I’ve even had to overcome one giant obstacle getting back into this business because when I first attempted to come back from my former drug issues, wrestling promotion after wrestling promotion kept shutting me out because I was “too risky” to sign but I kept on working and I kept on fighting until I finally got back in two years and four months ago with GCW. I was blessed with a second chance and with the amazing things I’ve done in GCW to this day, that’s what’s led me here.
I come here, Blazer, in the middle of a… pardon the pun… redemption journey of my own. Every day I fight my doubts, my demons, my insecurities, sometimes even my own past and I may lose some battles here and there, I may not win every match, but it’s not going to stop me from achieving my own redemption and rising back to the top so I can become a world champion again. I bring a spiritual perspective to the phrase “tough as nails”, Blazer. It’s because of everything I just mentioned that I can’t and won’t underestimate you. You’ve had to deal with the naysayers and the critics just like I have. You’re going to be an excellent first test for me, no doubt, but in the end, you’re going to realize why in some respects, I’m my own unique brand of superheroine! Come Glory, Redemption will witness a new genesis of the Guardian Angel as she takes flight for the first time and Blazer, you get to experience this personally. This weekend is my first flight in Redemption as I begin my journey to the top, putting every tyrant, leech, wannabe royal and straight up rotten ego in this company in their place. You may not fall into any of those categories, but I’m not taking it easy on you this weekend.
Bring the good fight on Sunday, Blazer, because I know I will, just like I always have!
Jazmyn takes a deep breath and has a confident smile on her face for a few seconds in spite of the battle she knows she’s in for on Sunday. After letting a few seconds pass to let her own words sink in, the brunette beauty stands up to turn off the camera, satisfied with the words she had to say about her huge, hometown Redemption Wrestling debut!
