Post by Jazmyn Rain on Nov 25, 2017 15:09:11 GMT -5
“Friend or Foe?”
Date: November 25, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is now in Atlanta, Georgia and after a bit of time celebrating her recent positive wave in her wrestling career, the two-time GCW Global Champion is definitely ready to get back to work. More importantly, the events of Convergence come to mind and they set off a little anger in her as she reflects on how she was going to get a chance to win a Five Lakes Championship match which was, of course, cruelly torn away from her. With much on her mind, and with much she has learned since that night, despite how serious Jazmyn is taking the match at hand, she remains upbeat and confident about her chances as she begins to express her mind.
Jazmyn Rain: I have to admit, I’m definitely running on a high right now. Not only did I finally become a two-time GCW Global Champion, but hey, there was definitely some celebrating to be had not just of the fact, but the fact that my father is now cancer free and gave me something to really be thankful about for Thanksgiving. But as much fun that has been had with the celebrations and the 20 questions and all of that, there comes a time where I have to get right back to the swing of things and start taking care of business again. Last Dissension, I will admit that it didn’t go the way I could have hoped for. Sure, I didn’t lose to matthew Shields, but obviously, I wasn’t looking to beat him by disqualification. I didn’t like being on the receiving end of such a beating and I was hoping to put up more of a fight than I did, but there’s a small detail that shouldn’t be forgotten and that’s the fact that through it all, I was able to stand under my own power. Of course, that’s without mentioning that just the day before, I had been in a chamber match to regain my Global title over in GCW, but I’m not offering an excuse for the way things went down. If anything, I’m stating that it’s a testament to the strong person I’ve become. The old Jazmyn would have succumbed to all of that pressure and wouldn’t have even made it out of the chamber at all, but this has been a year where I’ve grown so much and again, pardon the Thanksgiving pun, but that’s really something to be thankful for.
So now… going into Resurgence, which is quite a fitting name for a show for me if you’ve followed my story long enough… it’s de ja vu all over again. Another NGW Pay-Per-View, and another chance to face Trixie, once again with the number one contendership to the Five Lakes Championship at stake. Trixie, you and I both know that it should have been me and not Jack Tillman facing you at Convergence. What happened there wasn’t just an absolute travesty for me, but it was a travesty for you too. You were completely prepared to face ME that night, NOT Jack and it’s a damn shame and a half that things went down the way that they did. Otherwise, who knows. The fans were nonetheless the biggest losers throughout all of this as they were robbed of a match that they were looking forward to seeing. The good news is, for both of us and for them, they’re getting that match tomorrow. But the bad news is, for you anyway, you’re once again going to fall short in your quest to win the Five Lakes Championship.
I hate to say that though, I really do. I do like you as a person after all. But, business is business at the end of the day.
Jazmyn takes a pause and a sigh, continuing to think about the events of Convergence.
Jazmyn Rain: All of that being said, there is one big difference between us as far as Convergence goes. Albeit with all the nonsense surrounding it, at least YOU still got your chance to compete for the Five Lakes contendership while I never got that chance. In essence, this is your second chance at this. Does it ever cross your mind that perhaps, this could be your last shot? Does such a possibility make you nervous? I admit that it would make me nervous if I were in your situation. Surely, the question of how many more chances you’re going to have has to be weighing on you somewhat. You know that if you don’t win this match tomorrow, it may be a while before you get to this point again. In that essence, the pressure is on you. Me, on the other hand? Yeah, I’ve got so much to live up to and all, but I have already dealt with some heavier pressures here in NGW than what I am feeling right now. I’ve grown confident in myself to not be so hung up on “what if I lose?”. If my adventures in GCW have taught me anything, it’s that anything is overcomeable. After what happened at Convergence, I had to face up to the challenge here in NGW and I did just that with a win over Ruby Lance. Matthew Shields, though I didn’t win that match the way I wanted, learned a lesson to never underestimate me again even though his ego is too big for him to ever allow him to admit that.
Pressure on me? Not a chance. I know that I can, and that I WILL win this match. In fact, winning or losing this match isn’t really the thing I am struggling with the most, Trixie. The thing that I’m struggling the most with, in fact… is you. Friend or foe is the question I’ve been asking myself this entire week.
Friend? Well, we DID team up once and get a win at the One Night Only show a few months back. We also did train together once.
Foe? I think tomorrow epitomizes that.
I admit though, Trixie, that I’m not sure whether to trust you or not. As I’ve said before, we come from very different walks of life. We have polarizing ideologies when it comes to this business. You’re not necessarily a “fight the good fight” kind of wrestler. You branch out to expand your name and your brand and there’s not a darn thing wrong with that. You’ve got an attitude that will either soar you to the high heavens or sink you straight to hell and maybe being so bold might give you an advantage over me, but I’m going to let you in on a little secret here. You know why I’ve been able to pull through in big matches as of late? You know why that’s not going to be a trend that’s going to fade away anytime soon? One of those reasons is physical. You’re wrestling what? 150 matches a year for many different promotions? Again, not a bad thing, but that’s something that catches up to you. How much do you have in you physically to take this match from be? Hell, how much do you have in you PSYCHOLOGICALLY at this point?
Surely, this long wait you’ve endured for the Five Lakes Championship HAS to be frustrating and no episode for you was more frustrating than Convergence when the whole Jack Tillman nonsense caught you completely off guard.
Jazmyn pauses again, sighing and shaking her head expressing a little bit of empathy and sympathy for Trixie.
Jazmyn Rain: But I can’t be looking at this through the “friend” filter of the proverbial rose-tinted glasses. I have to look at reality a little more. I need to see this match for what it actually is, rather than for what I want it to be and Trixie, what happened to you at Convergence may have been a crummy twist of fate and I can bet that’s going to fuel you tomorrow, but for all the match experience you have accumulated this year across so many companies from NGW to EWC and so forth, you don’t quite know how to deal with adversity and I think that’s something you overlook. You think overcoming and defeating adversity is all about training harder and punching faster and stronger in your next boxing session? It’s MORE than that. Try having a world championship cruelly robbed from you because of someone you had feelings for then enduring the 20 month wait I had to have to get it back, all while growing as a person and becoming something in this business beyond your wildest imagination. How about dealing with the pettiness of some of your critics doing everything they can to make you look like you’re the worst person on the face of the earth because your “existence bothers them”.
This IS a cruel business, Trixie, and even YOU know that. That’s why this match tomorrow, I have to treat you like a foe and not a friend. I admit that it’s hard for me to say what I am about to say, but we’re not friends tomorrow and we’re not even close. Another day? Maybe. But not tomorrow. I know you want this just as much as I do and I hate that I have to take this from you, but at the end of the day, that’s the way things go sometimes. If this was Honey or Adrien, this wouldn’t be any different and I’m sure the feeling is mutual if you were to ask either one of them. And that’s the “x-factor” in all this… who can psychologically handle their fair share of adversity the best? With my recent experiences, I know I have you beat on that and THAT’S why I’m going to win tomorrow and become the number one contender for the NGW Five Lakes Championship. I took a beating from Shields and walked away under my own power, I had to go through five others in a chamber match from the opening bell to regain my Global title and just those two recent events alone tells me all I need to know.
You’re going to give me hell, and you’re going to give me a fight, but you’re not going to give me anything I can’t overcome especially since you’re the one with more to lose than I am. So tomorrow, with that pressure on you and with me in a nothing-to-lose situation, in front of a Southern crowd at that for somewhat of a home field advantage, add on my confidence and my ability to endure the worst adversities this business can throw at me, I think… no I KNOW… that it’s all going to add up for a win for me tomorrow!
Sorry Trixie, nothing personal!
Jazmyn stands up after speaking her final words and she shuts off the camera having said everything needed to be said for the time being. The confident GCW Global Champion keeps focusing on the match ahead at Resurgence as the day goes along.
Date: November 25, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is now in Atlanta, Georgia and after a bit of time celebrating her recent positive wave in her wrestling career, the two-time GCW Global Champion is definitely ready to get back to work. More importantly, the events of Convergence come to mind and they set off a little anger in her as she reflects on how she was going to get a chance to win a Five Lakes Championship match which was, of course, cruelly torn away from her. With much on her mind, and with much she has learned since that night, despite how serious Jazmyn is taking the match at hand, she remains upbeat and confident about her chances as she begins to express her mind.
Jazmyn Rain: I have to admit, I’m definitely running on a high right now. Not only did I finally become a two-time GCW Global Champion, but hey, there was definitely some celebrating to be had not just of the fact, but the fact that my father is now cancer free and gave me something to really be thankful about for Thanksgiving. But as much fun that has been had with the celebrations and the 20 questions and all of that, there comes a time where I have to get right back to the swing of things and start taking care of business again. Last Dissension, I will admit that it didn’t go the way I could have hoped for. Sure, I didn’t lose to matthew Shields, but obviously, I wasn’t looking to beat him by disqualification. I didn’t like being on the receiving end of such a beating and I was hoping to put up more of a fight than I did, but there’s a small detail that shouldn’t be forgotten and that’s the fact that through it all, I was able to stand under my own power. Of course, that’s without mentioning that just the day before, I had been in a chamber match to regain my Global title over in GCW, but I’m not offering an excuse for the way things went down. If anything, I’m stating that it’s a testament to the strong person I’ve become. The old Jazmyn would have succumbed to all of that pressure and wouldn’t have even made it out of the chamber at all, but this has been a year where I’ve grown so much and again, pardon the Thanksgiving pun, but that’s really something to be thankful for.
So now… going into Resurgence, which is quite a fitting name for a show for me if you’ve followed my story long enough… it’s de ja vu all over again. Another NGW Pay-Per-View, and another chance to face Trixie, once again with the number one contendership to the Five Lakes Championship at stake. Trixie, you and I both know that it should have been me and not Jack Tillman facing you at Convergence. What happened there wasn’t just an absolute travesty for me, but it was a travesty for you too. You were completely prepared to face ME that night, NOT Jack and it’s a damn shame and a half that things went down the way that they did. Otherwise, who knows. The fans were nonetheless the biggest losers throughout all of this as they were robbed of a match that they were looking forward to seeing. The good news is, for both of us and for them, they’re getting that match tomorrow. But the bad news is, for you anyway, you’re once again going to fall short in your quest to win the Five Lakes Championship.
I hate to say that though, I really do. I do like you as a person after all. But, business is business at the end of the day.
Jazmyn takes a pause and a sigh, continuing to think about the events of Convergence.
Jazmyn Rain: All of that being said, there is one big difference between us as far as Convergence goes. Albeit with all the nonsense surrounding it, at least YOU still got your chance to compete for the Five Lakes contendership while I never got that chance. In essence, this is your second chance at this. Does it ever cross your mind that perhaps, this could be your last shot? Does such a possibility make you nervous? I admit that it would make me nervous if I were in your situation. Surely, the question of how many more chances you’re going to have has to be weighing on you somewhat. You know that if you don’t win this match tomorrow, it may be a while before you get to this point again. In that essence, the pressure is on you. Me, on the other hand? Yeah, I’ve got so much to live up to and all, but I have already dealt with some heavier pressures here in NGW than what I am feeling right now. I’ve grown confident in myself to not be so hung up on “what if I lose?”. If my adventures in GCW have taught me anything, it’s that anything is overcomeable. After what happened at Convergence, I had to face up to the challenge here in NGW and I did just that with a win over Ruby Lance. Matthew Shields, though I didn’t win that match the way I wanted, learned a lesson to never underestimate me again even though his ego is too big for him to ever allow him to admit that.
Pressure on me? Not a chance. I know that I can, and that I WILL win this match. In fact, winning or losing this match isn’t really the thing I am struggling with the most, Trixie. The thing that I’m struggling the most with, in fact… is you. Friend or foe is the question I’ve been asking myself this entire week.
Friend? Well, we DID team up once and get a win at the One Night Only show a few months back. We also did train together once.
Foe? I think tomorrow epitomizes that.
I admit though, Trixie, that I’m not sure whether to trust you or not. As I’ve said before, we come from very different walks of life. We have polarizing ideologies when it comes to this business. You’re not necessarily a “fight the good fight” kind of wrestler. You branch out to expand your name and your brand and there’s not a darn thing wrong with that. You’ve got an attitude that will either soar you to the high heavens or sink you straight to hell and maybe being so bold might give you an advantage over me, but I’m going to let you in on a little secret here. You know why I’ve been able to pull through in big matches as of late? You know why that’s not going to be a trend that’s going to fade away anytime soon? One of those reasons is physical. You’re wrestling what? 150 matches a year for many different promotions? Again, not a bad thing, but that’s something that catches up to you. How much do you have in you physically to take this match from be? Hell, how much do you have in you PSYCHOLOGICALLY at this point?
Surely, this long wait you’ve endured for the Five Lakes Championship HAS to be frustrating and no episode for you was more frustrating than Convergence when the whole Jack Tillman nonsense caught you completely off guard.
Jazmyn pauses again, sighing and shaking her head expressing a little bit of empathy and sympathy for Trixie.
Jazmyn Rain: But I can’t be looking at this through the “friend” filter of the proverbial rose-tinted glasses. I have to look at reality a little more. I need to see this match for what it actually is, rather than for what I want it to be and Trixie, what happened to you at Convergence may have been a crummy twist of fate and I can bet that’s going to fuel you tomorrow, but for all the match experience you have accumulated this year across so many companies from NGW to EWC and so forth, you don’t quite know how to deal with adversity and I think that’s something you overlook. You think overcoming and defeating adversity is all about training harder and punching faster and stronger in your next boxing session? It’s MORE than that. Try having a world championship cruelly robbed from you because of someone you had feelings for then enduring the 20 month wait I had to have to get it back, all while growing as a person and becoming something in this business beyond your wildest imagination. How about dealing with the pettiness of some of your critics doing everything they can to make you look like you’re the worst person on the face of the earth because your “existence bothers them”.
This IS a cruel business, Trixie, and even YOU know that. That’s why this match tomorrow, I have to treat you like a foe and not a friend. I admit that it’s hard for me to say what I am about to say, but we’re not friends tomorrow and we’re not even close. Another day? Maybe. But not tomorrow. I know you want this just as much as I do and I hate that I have to take this from you, but at the end of the day, that’s the way things go sometimes. If this was Honey or Adrien, this wouldn’t be any different and I’m sure the feeling is mutual if you were to ask either one of them. And that’s the “x-factor” in all this… who can psychologically handle their fair share of adversity the best? With my recent experiences, I know I have you beat on that and THAT’S why I’m going to win tomorrow and become the number one contender for the NGW Five Lakes Championship. I took a beating from Shields and walked away under my own power, I had to go through five others in a chamber match from the opening bell to regain my Global title and just those two recent events alone tells me all I need to know.
You’re going to give me hell, and you’re going to give me a fight, but you’re not going to give me anything I can’t overcome especially since you’re the one with more to lose than I am. So tomorrow, with that pressure on you and with me in a nothing-to-lose situation, in front of a Southern crowd at that for somewhat of a home field advantage, add on my confidence and my ability to endure the worst adversities this business can throw at me, I think… no I KNOW… that it’s all going to add up for a win for me tomorrow!
Sorry Trixie, nothing personal!
Jazmyn stands up after speaking her final words and she shuts off the camera having said everything needed to be said for the time being. The confident GCW Global Champion keeps focusing on the match ahead at Resurgence as the day goes along.
