Post by Jazmyn Rain on Aug 6, 2017 21:46:22 GMT -5
Passion
Date: August 6, 2017
Hours before Glory: One Night Only, is set to begin in Memphis, Jazmyn Rain finds herself alone in her locker room, casually dressed for the moment in a light pink dress and some knee high black boots. She stands by the lockers, taking in the atmosphere in the hours leading up to One Night Only and ultimately, her upcoming match against John Blade and Alicia Hixx. Jazmyn realizes the camera is rolling and she has a confident smile on her face before she takes a deep breath to immerse herself in the moment. Once she is in said moment, she begins to express her thoughts one last time before One Night Only is set to begin.
Jazmyn Rain: I’ve been asked so many questions this week from those that have wanted to get to know me better. Among them, I’ve been asked why I do what I do. I’ve been asked why, after everything I’ve been through over the years in this business, why I keep coming back. I’ve been asked why I care so much about the sanctity of this business, why I stuck with trying to make it as a professional wrestler despite all of the criticism that they threw at me when I first started, why time after time when I deal with the occasional harsh critic, I’m able to avoid letting it get to me and why I can pull through the toughest of times and also, why I came to Redemption Wrestling even though I’m already employed elsewhere. On the surface, those questions seem complicated, but at the end of the day, it boils down to one word. It’s a word that a former enemy of mine in GCW HATED because he never had it himself. It’s a word that can define the career of a wrestler in a positive or a negative fashion when the time comes for them to leave this business. What’s the word I am talking about? PASSION! That’s what! That one word is the answer to all of those questions that I have. I love this business more than practically everything in the world other than the Lord himself and my own family. Professional wrestling gave me a purpose that I was lacking when I found myself in a quarter-life crisis a couple of years after college when I couldn’t get my child therapist career off the ground for lack of experience and lack of luck. I owe much of my adulthood to it and I have no issue admitting that. This business, yes, it’s put me through some of the harshest times of my life, but it’s also brought me my biggest blessings.
That’s how this business ends up working at the end of the day.
I don’t want to see professional wrestling get torn apart by self-centered tyrants calling themselves kings and queens. I hated the fact that this business once employed someone that only wrestled for the money and nothing else, not caring about what makes this sport as great as it is. It saddens me when I see someone abuse this business for their own personal gain by trying to make this all about them when they forget that there were people from the first day they walked into wrestling school helped them get to where they are today. So Myra Lynwood, my trainer, and I are on some very awful terms and she’s done some horrible things to me over the years, but that doesn’t mean I hate her. She’s the one that showed me the way even though sadly, she herself forgot about what she taught me. I don’t want to see the very sport that gives me every ounce of happiness in the world run down by people like that. This is why I speak out against the Destroyers, the Carolines, and so forth and why I admit that I am concerned a little about the attitude that Trixie, my tag team partner, is showing with that New Generation division list that she has. If I never became a professional wrestler, I have no idea what I’d be doing with my life. Passion is the reason why I’m the Guardian Angel, why I’m willing to protect this business against everything that I just described. Helping the helpless and inspiring others is something that warms my heart more than anything and this business is my vehicle for that. THAT is what I “use” this business for. I don’t do it for the money. I don’t do it for the spotlight. I do it to be the best that I can be for the people that need that inspirational lift because I’ve BEEN where many of my fans are and have been at some point in their lives. This is why if you’re an ally, you’re an ally for life unless you decide to betray me.
Then again, I suppose I have a passion for helping and inspiring people in the first place. After all, I DID go to college to become a behavioral therapist for the children. I wanted to help them grow and become responsible, productive adults. That was my dream at first, but sadly, that didn’t happen. I can never be a selfish person. Granted, I went through a phase where all I did was hurt, burden and upset people a few years ago, but for the most part, I’ve always held the best interests of others at heart above my own best interests. Without this passion, I could never come back from the worst of the worst of my career. My family actually never wanted me to come back to this business believing that wrestling was what drove me to the drugs to begin with. But I was PASSIONATE enough to come back despite their concerns. As soon as I got out of rehab almost four years ago, the first thing I wanted to do was start training and prepare myself for a return to the ring and I kept pushing for it even though there were promotions that kept rejecting me due to my “baggage” from before when I fell apart and succumbed to a cocaine addiction for a few months. I admit that the industry I am trying to protect and give back to has put me through some of the worst, yes. I’d be a fool to overlook that. But it’s all worth it to me!
That’s what brings me here!
Yes, I know that tonight I am fighting an opening match. Sure, for a former world champion like myself, that’s not necessarily desirable, but that’s okay. I see it as getting the opportunity to make the first impression of the night and make it a lasting impression. It doesn’t matter whether or not I’m opening or closing the night, I have always tried to be about making the most of what I have, no matter how much, or how little. It’s only a matter of time until I start making enemies, as is natural in this business. But, I’m not afraid. How could I be? I’ve been through some of the cruelest events imaginable. I’ve been involuntarily institutionalized, I’ve had the rock bottom of my life parodied, I’ve had a world championship robbed from me by my worst enemy of the time due to assistance from a man I had romantic feelings for at the time and my own trainer and former best friend. I’ve lost “I Quit” matches that I never actually quit and gosh, I can go on and on but the point I am trying to make is, not everyone is capable of overcoming that and pushing on. I say that with regret because I seriously wish everyone had it in them, but go through just ONE item on the laundry list I just made there and it’s hard to overcome. But I’ve overcome not just one, but ALL of those things.
Again, that’s the PASSION in me that has helped me pull through that. Every time I’m in that ring, my soul is on fire and my heart is engulfed in a glow that is inescapable. I go in there knowing that I’m inspiring so many people to overcome whatever is bringing them down. It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world every time I have the PRIVILEGE to experience it and that experience is even BRIGHTER when I accomplish something that I know all of my fans are going to look at and go “WOW, I KNOW I can go out there and achieve something just as good if not better than what I saw in this world. Does that answer some of your questions? I know you’re all still getting to know me and such and that’s fine. I know some of you are listening to what I am saying right now and you’re feeling sick to your stomachs because you HATE what I’m about. That’s fine because I know that I’ll be meeting you in that ring one day. Blade, Hixx, hell even Trixie are going to experience my deep, blue blooded passion once I’m in there tonight. To the “good guys”, you’re going to see exactly what I can do for you and for this company and… well… I promise you I’m not a Stacy Sterling rip off…
...I’ve heard the comparisons, just saying. *lauighs*
And to the “bad guys”, you’re going to see exactly why I’m a threat to your… excuse my language… bullshit even though you’re all going to have your egos shoved so far up you know where you’re going to be too much of cowards to admit that I am someone worth monitoring even though I just barely arrived in this company. You’re going to see exactly how I can beat you and protect this company from people like you and believe me, the more you know me, the more you’re going to hate me. That is… if my words up to this point aren’t making me enemies among that bunch to begin with….
As for you two, Blade and Hixx… you’re not “bad guys”. “Basic”, but not “bad”. Are you guys ready to experience a passion that you’ve never felt before? I have my doubts, but I’m not underestimating either one of you. Trixie and I are going to do whatever it takes to get this win tonight and ultimately, we’re going to be the two standing tall when it’s all said and done. I may have been denied my first Redemption victory in my own hometown, but tonight? It’ll happen and then you’ll all truly see what I can do with my brightest passion at my fullest potential.
Tonight, I’ll make sure we come away winners and show the world the bright future I have, Trixie has, and Redemption has. Tonight is going to be one hell of a night and even though I’m in the opener, I am going to make damn sure that those in Memphis have something to remember from me.
Jazmyn takes a deep breath, confident in the words she just spoke. She’s got a determined, happy look in her eyes, indicating that she’s in a very good place with herself and her passion for this business. A short time later, she stands up and walks over to the camera to shut it off and start focusing on Glory coming up in just a matter of hours.
Date: August 6, 2017
Hours before Glory: One Night Only, is set to begin in Memphis, Jazmyn Rain finds herself alone in her locker room, casually dressed for the moment in a light pink dress and some knee high black boots. She stands by the lockers, taking in the atmosphere in the hours leading up to One Night Only and ultimately, her upcoming match against John Blade and Alicia Hixx. Jazmyn realizes the camera is rolling and she has a confident smile on her face before she takes a deep breath to immerse herself in the moment. Once she is in said moment, she begins to express her thoughts one last time before One Night Only is set to begin.
Jazmyn Rain: I’ve been asked so many questions this week from those that have wanted to get to know me better. Among them, I’ve been asked why I do what I do. I’ve been asked why, after everything I’ve been through over the years in this business, why I keep coming back. I’ve been asked why I care so much about the sanctity of this business, why I stuck with trying to make it as a professional wrestler despite all of the criticism that they threw at me when I first started, why time after time when I deal with the occasional harsh critic, I’m able to avoid letting it get to me and why I can pull through the toughest of times and also, why I came to Redemption Wrestling even though I’m already employed elsewhere. On the surface, those questions seem complicated, but at the end of the day, it boils down to one word. It’s a word that a former enemy of mine in GCW HATED because he never had it himself. It’s a word that can define the career of a wrestler in a positive or a negative fashion when the time comes for them to leave this business. What’s the word I am talking about? PASSION! That’s what! That one word is the answer to all of those questions that I have. I love this business more than practically everything in the world other than the Lord himself and my own family. Professional wrestling gave me a purpose that I was lacking when I found myself in a quarter-life crisis a couple of years after college when I couldn’t get my child therapist career off the ground for lack of experience and lack of luck. I owe much of my adulthood to it and I have no issue admitting that. This business, yes, it’s put me through some of the harshest times of my life, but it’s also brought me my biggest blessings.
That’s how this business ends up working at the end of the day.
I don’t want to see professional wrestling get torn apart by self-centered tyrants calling themselves kings and queens. I hated the fact that this business once employed someone that only wrestled for the money and nothing else, not caring about what makes this sport as great as it is. It saddens me when I see someone abuse this business for their own personal gain by trying to make this all about them when they forget that there were people from the first day they walked into wrestling school helped them get to where they are today. So Myra Lynwood, my trainer, and I are on some very awful terms and she’s done some horrible things to me over the years, but that doesn’t mean I hate her. She’s the one that showed me the way even though sadly, she herself forgot about what she taught me. I don’t want to see the very sport that gives me every ounce of happiness in the world run down by people like that. This is why I speak out against the Destroyers, the Carolines, and so forth and why I admit that I am concerned a little about the attitude that Trixie, my tag team partner, is showing with that New Generation division list that she has. If I never became a professional wrestler, I have no idea what I’d be doing with my life. Passion is the reason why I’m the Guardian Angel, why I’m willing to protect this business against everything that I just described. Helping the helpless and inspiring others is something that warms my heart more than anything and this business is my vehicle for that. THAT is what I “use” this business for. I don’t do it for the money. I don’t do it for the spotlight. I do it to be the best that I can be for the people that need that inspirational lift because I’ve BEEN where many of my fans are and have been at some point in their lives. This is why if you’re an ally, you’re an ally for life unless you decide to betray me.
Then again, I suppose I have a passion for helping and inspiring people in the first place. After all, I DID go to college to become a behavioral therapist for the children. I wanted to help them grow and become responsible, productive adults. That was my dream at first, but sadly, that didn’t happen. I can never be a selfish person. Granted, I went through a phase where all I did was hurt, burden and upset people a few years ago, but for the most part, I’ve always held the best interests of others at heart above my own best interests. Without this passion, I could never come back from the worst of the worst of my career. My family actually never wanted me to come back to this business believing that wrestling was what drove me to the drugs to begin with. But I was PASSIONATE enough to come back despite their concerns. As soon as I got out of rehab almost four years ago, the first thing I wanted to do was start training and prepare myself for a return to the ring and I kept pushing for it even though there were promotions that kept rejecting me due to my “baggage” from before when I fell apart and succumbed to a cocaine addiction for a few months. I admit that the industry I am trying to protect and give back to has put me through some of the worst, yes. I’d be a fool to overlook that. But it’s all worth it to me!
That’s what brings me here!
Yes, I know that tonight I am fighting an opening match. Sure, for a former world champion like myself, that’s not necessarily desirable, but that’s okay. I see it as getting the opportunity to make the first impression of the night and make it a lasting impression. It doesn’t matter whether or not I’m opening or closing the night, I have always tried to be about making the most of what I have, no matter how much, or how little. It’s only a matter of time until I start making enemies, as is natural in this business. But, I’m not afraid. How could I be? I’ve been through some of the cruelest events imaginable. I’ve been involuntarily institutionalized, I’ve had the rock bottom of my life parodied, I’ve had a world championship robbed from me by my worst enemy of the time due to assistance from a man I had romantic feelings for at the time and my own trainer and former best friend. I’ve lost “I Quit” matches that I never actually quit and gosh, I can go on and on but the point I am trying to make is, not everyone is capable of overcoming that and pushing on. I say that with regret because I seriously wish everyone had it in them, but go through just ONE item on the laundry list I just made there and it’s hard to overcome. But I’ve overcome not just one, but ALL of those things.
Again, that’s the PASSION in me that has helped me pull through that. Every time I’m in that ring, my soul is on fire and my heart is engulfed in a glow that is inescapable. I go in there knowing that I’m inspiring so many people to overcome whatever is bringing them down. It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world every time I have the PRIVILEGE to experience it and that experience is even BRIGHTER when I accomplish something that I know all of my fans are going to look at and go “WOW, I KNOW I can go out there and achieve something just as good if not better than what I saw in this world. Does that answer some of your questions? I know you’re all still getting to know me and such and that’s fine. I know some of you are listening to what I am saying right now and you’re feeling sick to your stomachs because you HATE what I’m about. That’s fine because I know that I’ll be meeting you in that ring one day. Blade, Hixx, hell even Trixie are going to experience my deep, blue blooded passion once I’m in there tonight. To the “good guys”, you’re going to see exactly what I can do for you and for this company and… well… I promise you I’m not a Stacy Sterling rip off…
...I’ve heard the comparisons, just saying. *lauighs*
And to the “bad guys”, you’re going to see exactly why I’m a threat to your… excuse my language… bullshit even though you’re all going to have your egos shoved so far up you know where you’re going to be too much of cowards to admit that I am someone worth monitoring even though I just barely arrived in this company. You’re going to see exactly how I can beat you and protect this company from people like you and believe me, the more you know me, the more you’re going to hate me. That is… if my words up to this point aren’t making me enemies among that bunch to begin with….
As for you two, Blade and Hixx… you’re not “bad guys”. “Basic”, but not “bad”. Are you guys ready to experience a passion that you’ve never felt before? I have my doubts, but I’m not underestimating either one of you. Trixie and I are going to do whatever it takes to get this win tonight and ultimately, we’re going to be the two standing tall when it’s all said and done. I may have been denied my first Redemption victory in my own hometown, but tonight? It’ll happen and then you’ll all truly see what I can do with my brightest passion at my fullest potential.
Tonight, I’ll make sure we come away winners and show the world the bright future I have, Trixie has, and Redemption has. Tonight is going to be one hell of a night and even though I’m in the opener, I am going to make damn sure that those in Memphis have something to remember from me.
Jazmyn takes a deep breath, confident in the words she just spoke. She’s got a determined, happy look in her eyes, indicating that she’s in a very good place with herself and her passion for this business. A short time later, she stands up and walks over to the camera to shut it off and start focusing on Glory coming up in just a matter of hours.
