Post by Jazmyn Rain on Nov 12, 2017 22:53:58 GMT -5
“Ignorance Shields Reality”
Date: November 12, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is sitting down at an unidentified French quarter restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. Outdoors and alone on the restaurant porch, the GCW Global Champion sits on a chair, feeling highly confident in herself going into her match tonight with Matthew Shields. Like before, her confidence isn’t wavering despite knowing the reputation of her opponent. Wearing a black dress that exposes her shoulders a tad, the Charlotte native looks at her feet and the matching Mary Jane shoes she is wearing before looking back at the camera, chuckling as she begins to speak her mind again.
Jazmyn Rain: You know, I have to admit that I am quite flattered when this happens. Wait, you all don’t know what I’m talking about, right? You know that moment when your opponent decides to do a little research on you and makes a bunch of assumptions and judgments and suddenly, the idiot in question knows everything about you? It’s flattering, knowing that Shields would try to go to such great lengths to try to get to know me, but hearing his words about me, I recognize his words as a bunch of mere ignorance on his part. Yeah, I’m not fazed by it. I’ve been through this rodeo how many times in my career? Clearly, with the way Shields is talking, he thinks that this match is going to be a walk in the park. He thinks that because in his eyes that I’m the “least important Guardian” that I am going to be a pushover. Well, ask every single foe and adversary I have ever had a long term feud with whether or not I’m a pushover. They are all going to have the same answer: “NO”. Hell, a select few of them are even going to tell you that I proved them wrong and Shields, whether it’s tonight, next Sunday, next month, next year, whenever… you ARE going to be the one admitting that I proved you wrong and come hell of high water, I WILL silence your arrogance and I WILL make you regret that you ever cast me aside as the “least important Guardian”.
Thanks for the free motivation by the way…
Jazmyn pauses to take a deep breath, releasing any anger she may have had over that comment.
Jazmyn Rain: But as far as the other stuff that you have said. Where in the world do I begin? Okay, I know where to begin. When I break down the words of another, I always start from the top and work my way down. First off, Adrien isn’t blowing smoke up my ass and even then, I don’t NEED anyone to do that. TWO-time GCW Global Champion now, by the way. I think that speaks for itself, does it not? “Oh but it’s not here”. Save that unoriginal retort for someone dumber, Matt, especially since you bragged about your early career and what people saw you as when you came into this business, but more on that later. Right off of the bat, you’re already showing your ignorance. And it would continue when you compared YOUR upbringing into the business with mine. Hey, earth to Shields, not EVERYONE starts out as a highly touted prospect at the age of 17. Not EVERYONE grows up wanting to be a professional wrestler. I admit that I didn’t. It wasn’t in my plans initially as evidenced by my late start. Does it matter if you’ve been doing this longer than I have or how much younger you are than me? NO! Does it matter that people didn’t think I would amount to anything? NO! Does it matter that you had people blowing smoke up your ass… hey, there’s a bit of irony for you… tapping you as a future main eventer almost from the word go? I may not have the experience that you have Matt, but I have been around long enough. I”ve seen plenty of people come in with all the hype in the world surrounding them, people acting like they were going to be the next big thing and that they’d be a main eventer for years to come only to wither away with little to nothing to show for it. It’s happened here in NGW on a few occasions also. I remember when I was watching from the sidelines when Chuck Matthews was treated like a big deal when he first came here, and with all due respect to the guy and to his friends, he wasn’t terrible, but he didn’t quite live up to that hype.
I have also been around long enough to see people like me: people who come in and the masses don’t see anything in them for some prejudiced reason: because they’re not part of some famous wrestling family, because they did not train at a certain wrestling school, or whatever stupid reason it is. They think that they are just going to be forgotten and out of the business within 3 years and then those unheralded wrestlers wind up becoming multiple time world champions. But of course, you and your ignorance can’t get past the “late bloomer” tag with me and you think that just because your upbringing in this business was different, and admittedly, better than mine, that you have the advantage over me. Matt, I’ve beaten loads of former world champions. I’ve even beat the same wrestler that trained me in all of her 15 years of combined Indy and mainstream experience. There’s nothing that is going to stop me from adding you to the list of other former World Champions I’ve beaten in my career. You’re so much better than me, but you keep comparing the differences between your career and mine… which… if you REALLY ARE that much better than me, why do you feel the need to do such a thing to begin with?
Jazmyn pauses to sigh and shake her head as she continues to reminisce about Shields’s words.
Jazmyn Rain: Let’s play Round 2 of “Does it Really Matter?”
Yes, as the world champion in what was then known as Redemption, you thrived. You made it big in Japan and became a star. Full credit to you. So yeah, I did buckle under the pressure five years ago and fell on hard times. Does it really matter? Does it really matter that I crumbled and collapsed out of actions for two years? Heck no it doesn’t! At least I can look back on that and openly talk about it without fear because that adversity made me who I am today. It’s OKAY to show vulnerability. It’s OKAY to be an actual human being every now and then for subterfuge sake. But hey, this is the biggest coward in NGW we’re talking about. Showing human compassion is something he’s too afraid to do, right? Wanna compare World title reigns hotshot? Sure, bring it on. But as far as my reign goes, you know, with my first world title and all, again, the pressure got to me. But I never ran away. Heck, losing that title actually made me better and stronger in the long run. Hey, hold on a second here… you spend ALL this time bringing up the NEGATIVES of my past, trying to use it all against me, but NOWHERE in your spiel of ignorance did you mention the NOW of my career. Yes, what you mentioned before has a strong degree of truth to them, yes, I have displayed tendency to crumble under pressure, but here’s the thing… you bring up the sins of the OLD Jazmyn Rain. NOWHERE in your spiel of ignorance did you mention anything POSITIVE about my career and holy hell, of course you wouldn’t. Spin doctor in the house, y’all! Why don’t you mention how I conquered my demons and grew stronger to the point where the pressure doesn’t break me anymore? Why don’t you mention how I’ve made my way to NGW through all of these experience? Why don’t you mention that I caused the disbanding of a stable just like the Destroyers, or the fact that I got my revenge on every demon that robbed me of the Global title I just regained in Los Angeles?
Okay, I think it’s pretty damn obvious why.
Because in your mind, you think you’re THAT much better than me and saying ANYTHING positive about me would put a serious, massive dent in your little bullsheep narrative, wouldn’t it?
Jazmyn pauses and scoffs.
Jazmyn Rain: Coward…
Jazmyn chuckles for a bit before she continues.
Jazmyn Rain: Oh but here’s my favorite part of this entire ignorant nonsense. What was it that you said about… hmm… it’s on the tip of my tongue… OH… this thing about how I’m hiding behind a persona and how there’s an EVIL within me!
OH MY GOD!
I'M SO EVIL!!!
Okay, enough sarcasm… let me tell you something Shields, I’ve heard that WAY too many times over the last twenty months. Do your research again and learn about how someone with evil intentions tried to break me to the point of snapping back and succumbing to old, psychological demons that I have long since vanquished and how I took her on in an I Quit match with her wanting me to use weaponry against her, but I NEVER did… and I WON, ending her little mind game once and for all. The era of my career where I would crack and break under the pressure of the limelight has come and gone and it’s best that you catch up with the current life and times of Jazmyn Rain, again… TWO-TIME GCW Global Champion now… because otherwise, you’re going to pull a KMart and be left in the dust!
You’re facing someone who HAS fallen before, yes, but it’s not what kills you, Shields. It’s what makes you stronger! I wouldn’t be who I am today if I had never dealt with the incredible adversity and unbelievable odds that I have faced throughout my life and career. A saying that a wise person once told me, speaks for itself: “from the ashes of despair, an angel rises and spreads her wings”. I AM that angel that rose from the ashes of my past to become a better, stronger person and wrestler and I’ve been soaring… I’ve soard to the Global Championship in GCW, I’m going to soar to the heights of the Five Lakes title and tonight, I face the evil in front of me and I give it the very fight of my life. You can clip my wings, you son of a bitch, but they always grow back… and they always grow back stronger than the old ones.
There’s nothing you can do, or say, to instill fear into me because I’ve already overcome my worst fears.
Tonight, I bring you out of your ignorance, I introduce you to reality and knowing that we’re going to be battling each other a hell of a lot from here on out, you’re going to be introduced to EVERYTHING Jazmyn Rain is truly about!
Jazmyn has a determined expression on her face as she stands up to shut off the camera. Her spirit, her conviction and her passion continue to remain steady and strong. She knows that going into Dissension, she really does have nothing to lose.
Date: November 12, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is sitting down at an unidentified French quarter restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. Outdoors and alone on the restaurant porch, the GCW Global Champion sits on a chair, feeling highly confident in herself going into her match tonight with Matthew Shields. Like before, her confidence isn’t wavering despite knowing the reputation of her opponent. Wearing a black dress that exposes her shoulders a tad, the Charlotte native looks at her feet and the matching Mary Jane shoes she is wearing before looking back at the camera, chuckling as she begins to speak her mind again.
Jazmyn Rain: You know, I have to admit that I am quite flattered when this happens. Wait, you all don’t know what I’m talking about, right? You know that moment when your opponent decides to do a little research on you and makes a bunch of assumptions and judgments and suddenly, the idiot in question knows everything about you? It’s flattering, knowing that Shields would try to go to such great lengths to try to get to know me, but hearing his words about me, I recognize his words as a bunch of mere ignorance on his part. Yeah, I’m not fazed by it. I’ve been through this rodeo how many times in my career? Clearly, with the way Shields is talking, he thinks that this match is going to be a walk in the park. He thinks that because in his eyes that I’m the “least important Guardian” that I am going to be a pushover. Well, ask every single foe and adversary I have ever had a long term feud with whether or not I’m a pushover. They are all going to have the same answer: “NO”. Hell, a select few of them are even going to tell you that I proved them wrong and Shields, whether it’s tonight, next Sunday, next month, next year, whenever… you ARE going to be the one admitting that I proved you wrong and come hell of high water, I WILL silence your arrogance and I WILL make you regret that you ever cast me aside as the “least important Guardian”.
Thanks for the free motivation by the way…
Jazmyn pauses to take a deep breath, releasing any anger she may have had over that comment.
Jazmyn Rain: But as far as the other stuff that you have said. Where in the world do I begin? Okay, I know where to begin. When I break down the words of another, I always start from the top and work my way down. First off, Adrien isn’t blowing smoke up my ass and even then, I don’t NEED anyone to do that. TWO-time GCW Global Champion now, by the way. I think that speaks for itself, does it not? “Oh but it’s not here”. Save that unoriginal retort for someone dumber, Matt, especially since you bragged about your early career and what people saw you as when you came into this business, but more on that later. Right off of the bat, you’re already showing your ignorance. And it would continue when you compared YOUR upbringing into the business with mine. Hey, earth to Shields, not EVERYONE starts out as a highly touted prospect at the age of 17. Not EVERYONE grows up wanting to be a professional wrestler. I admit that I didn’t. It wasn’t in my plans initially as evidenced by my late start. Does it matter if you’ve been doing this longer than I have or how much younger you are than me? NO! Does it matter that people didn’t think I would amount to anything? NO! Does it matter that you had people blowing smoke up your ass… hey, there’s a bit of irony for you… tapping you as a future main eventer almost from the word go? I may not have the experience that you have Matt, but I have been around long enough. I”ve seen plenty of people come in with all the hype in the world surrounding them, people acting like they were going to be the next big thing and that they’d be a main eventer for years to come only to wither away with little to nothing to show for it. It’s happened here in NGW on a few occasions also. I remember when I was watching from the sidelines when Chuck Matthews was treated like a big deal when he first came here, and with all due respect to the guy and to his friends, he wasn’t terrible, but he didn’t quite live up to that hype.
I have also been around long enough to see people like me: people who come in and the masses don’t see anything in them for some prejudiced reason: because they’re not part of some famous wrestling family, because they did not train at a certain wrestling school, or whatever stupid reason it is. They think that they are just going to be forgotten and out of the business within 3 years and then those unheralded wrestlers wind up becoming multiple time world champions. But of course, you and your ignorance can’t get past the “late bloomer” tag with me and you think that just because your upbringing in this business was different, and admittedly, better than mine, that you have the advantage over me. Matt, I’ve beaten loads of former world champions. I’ve even beat the same wrestler that trained me in all of her 15 years of combined Indy and mainstream experience. There’s nothing that is going to stop me from adding you to the list of other former World Champions I’ve beaten in my career. You’re so much better than me, but you keep comparing the differences between your career and mine… which… if you REALLY ARE that much better than me, why do you feel the need to do such a thing to begin with?
Jazmyn pauses to sigh and shake her head as she continues to reminisce about Shields’s words.
Jazmyn Rain: Let’s play Round 2 of “Does it Really Matter?”
Yes, as the world champion in what was then known as Redemption, you thrived. You made it big in Japan and became a star. Full credit to you. So yeah, I did buckle under the pressure five years ago and fell on hard times. Does it really matter? Does it really matter that I crumbled and collapsed out of actions for two years? Heck no it doesn’t! At least I can look back on that and openly talk about it without fear because that adversity made me who I am today. It’s OKAY to show vulnerability. It’s OKAY to be an actual human being every now and then for subterfuge sake. But hey, this is the biggest coward in NGW we’re talking about. Showing human compassion is something he’s too afraid to do, right? Wanna compare World title reigns hotshot? Sure, bring it on. But as far as my reign goes, you know, with my first world title and all, again, the pressure got to me. But I never ran away. Heck, losing that title actually made me better and stronger in the long run. Hey, hold on a second here… you spend ALL this time bringing up the NEGATIVES of my past, trying to use it all against me, but NOWHERE in your spiel of ignorance did you mention the NOW of my career. Yes, what you mentioned before has a strong degree of truth to them, yes, I have displayed tendency to crumble under pressure, but here’s the thing… you bring up the sins of the OLD Jazmyn Rain. NOWHERE in your spiel of ignorance did you mention anything POSITIVE about my career and holy hell, of course you wouldn’t. Spin doctor in the house, y’all! Why don’t you mention how I conquered my demons and grew stronger to the point where the pressure doesn’t break me anymore? Why don’t you mention how I’ve made my way to NGW through all of these experience? Why don’t you mention that I caused the disbanding of a stable just like the Destroyers, or the fact that I got my revenge on every demon that robbed me of the Global title I just regained in Los Angeles?
Okay, I think it’s pretty damn obvious why.
Because in your mind, you think you’re THAT much better than me and saying ANYTHING positive about me would put a serious, massive dent in your little bullsheep narrative, wouldn’t it?
Jazmyn pauses and scoffs.
Jazmyn Rain: Coward…
Jazmyn chuckles for a bit before she continues.
Jazmyn Rain: Oh but here’s my favorite part of this entire ignorant nonsense. What was it that you said about… hmm… it’s on the tip of my tongue… OH… this thing about how I’m hiding behind a persona and how there’s an EVIL within me!
OH MY GOD!
I'M SO EVIL!!!
Okay, enough sarcasm… let me tell you something Shields, I’ve heard that WAY too many times over the last twenty months. Do your research again and learn about how someone with evil intentions tried to break me to the point of snapping back and succumbing to old, psychological demons that I have long since vanquished and how I took her on in an I Quit match with her wanting me to use weaponry against her, but I NEVER did… and I WON, ending her little mind game once and for all. The era of my career where I would crack and break under the pressure of the limelight has come and gone and it’s best that you catch up with the current life and times of Jazmyn Rain, again… TWO-TIME GCW Global Champion now… because otherwise, you’re going to pull a KMart and be left in the dust!
You’re facing someone who HAS fallen before, yes, but it’s not what kills you, Shields. It’s what makes you stronger! I wouldn’t be who I am today if I had never dealt with the incredible adversity and unbelievable odds that I have faced throughout my life and career. A saying that a wise person once told me, speaks for itself: “from the ashes of despair, an angel rises and spreads her wings”. I AM that angel that rose from the ashes of my past to become a better, stronger person and wrestler and I’ve been soaring… I’ve soard to the Global Championship in GCW, I’m going to soar to the heights of the Five Lakes title and tonight, I face the evil in front of me and I give it the very fight of my life. You can clip my wings, you son of a bitch, but they always grow back… and they always grow back stronger than the old ones.
There’s nothing you can do, or say, to instill fear into me because I’ve already overcome my worst fears.
Tonight, I bring you out of your ignorance, I introduce you to reality and knowing that we’re going to be battling each other a hell of a lot from here on out, you’re going to be introduced to EVERYTHING Jazmyn Rain is truly about!
Jazmyn has a determined expression on her face as she stands up to shut off the camera. Her spirit, her conviction and her passion continue to remain steady and strong. She knows that going into Dissension, she really does have nothing to lose.
