Post by Jazmyn Rain on Dec 10, 2017 22:54:15 GMT -5
“Why We’ll Win”
Date: December 10, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is now in Tampa, Florida and in the hours leading up to Warfare, the current, two-time GCW Global Champion is gathering her final thoughts. She’s reflecting through some moments in her career drawing from as many past experiences that she can that she knows could very well help her in this match tonight. She thinks about all of the friends she’s ever made and the battles that she has fought alongside them, whether they are tag team matches, or matches like the elimination one that she is going to face tonight. Taking some deep breaths, Jazmyn expresses her final thoughts knowing that she’s going to be quite bold with what she’s about to say.
Jazmyn Rain: As soon as this match was announced, I’ve had a couple of questions that have been running through my head. The first one is obvious. “HOW are we going to win?” Notice that I am asking how we’re going to win and not if we’re going to win because deep down, I know we’re going to do just that no matter what any of the other three teams throw at us. The other question that has been running through my head is “What do the Guardians have that the other teams don’t?” Now, I’m no idiot. I may not have the experience that a 33 year old wrestler would typically have, but I’ve been in my fair share of team battles. After all, I’ve been able to win two tag team championships in my own right. Seven months ago, I even led a team, admittedly a makeshift one, against the “big bads” of GCW in a four on four battle. I know I know, there was no cage involved. It was one team of four instead of three. You don’t need to tell me that part. That team featured three people that aren’t in GCW anymore now, for one. And while I got along with one of them just fine considering he’s engaged to one of my friends there, the other two were assholes that were in it for themselves. Common enemy, so it worked out. We still won, but unsurprisingly, we all drifted apart after that. That team that I led in GCW wouldn’t be able to last in a match like this.
But that’s not the team I’m part of going into tonight now, is it?
No, that would be the Guardians, a collection of world class wrestlers, each with their own quirks, their own weaknesses and their own pros and cons. Adrien, Jessica and I all make a great team and I know that the Guardians is FAR more than just some movement to rid NGW of the Destroyers and their tyranny, no, the Destroyers are a family. Yes, I know that Kayla Richards has talked about “family” in her words from earlier, but the Destroyers don’t have the bond that we share. I know that when I walk into that cage with those three, they aren’t just three friends, they are friends for life. I know Goldstein and I have had our issues and such and there’s no doubt that there is going to be some questions about whether we can gel as a team or not but I trust him more than I trust that team I led in GCW seven months ago with all due respect to those wrestlers. I know that this will be the first time that I have ever teamed with Jessica and there’s going to be some questions about that, but again… two tag team titles under my belt, each with a different partner. Trixie and I were able to co-exist despite the questions, were we not? No need to say anything about Adrien and I considering that we have teamed together before, obviously. Granted, it was one time and the critics are going to come flying out of the woodwork for that but there’s one action from that previous time that we teamed together that everyone is overlooking.
Jazmyn pauses and winks, clearly knowing the thoughts she has up her sleeve before she begins to express them.
Jazmyn Rain: Everyone talks about how Avery and Alex won that four way tag team match in St. Louis and yes, everyone mentions what Adrien did when he, for all intents and purposes, sacrificed a potential win for my own safety. But what people overlook is the IMPACT of that action and the effect that it had on me. Before that happened, nobody had ever done such a thing for me. Albeit, I am rarely in the situation that I was in that night, but still. Adrien showed me so much with what he did for me on that night. He showed me that this collection of wrestlers is more than just that, more than just a team, it’s a FAMILY. It was one of the first times I had ever experienced such a gesture when I was the one that was in trouble and my other friends, both in NGW and GCW, they would have done the same thing if they were in the situation Adrien is because time and time again over the last 16 months, that’s precisely what I’ve done for my friends whenever they are in trouble. I’m usually the one doing the saving, you know? But see, that wasn’t the only time in NGW I have experienced such a thing. Let’s fast forward to when I had my one on one match with Matt Shields. I was bloodied, yes. I was practically beaten for a while, that’s a fact that I can’t deny. But what nobody talks about very much is how that situation could have been so much worse than it actually was. But you know why it wasn’t?
Adrien and Honey.
They risked their own sakes for my own… even WITH being a man down in light of Alechs’ departure from NGW.
THAT is FAMILY for you! In this business, you protect that family, always!
Turn the tables around. If one of the Destroyers were in the same situation, would Matt Shields have done the same thing? Maybe if it was Kayla. But what if it was Jack that had left NGW and Coda was in the situation I was in with say, the Midnight Horsemen, beating her down. Would Jack and Kayla have saved Coda? Would they have risked life and limb for her? NO! You know what they would have done? They would have let the Midnight Horsemen beat the holy crap out of her because the Destroyers? That’s no family. That’s all facade. I’d even be willing to bet that Kayla and Matt would abandon each other if necessary. If it was easier for one to regain or retain the title, they’d let the other get fucked up beyond all reasonable repair. That’s a couple that will turn on each other in a heartbeat. You call THAT a family? You call THAT a bond? With someone like Coda on their team, with the morals she has… better morals than the others mind you… the Destroyers aren’t a family. The Destroyers are a ticking, self-destructing time bomb.
They don’t have the bond that we do. Knowing that, I can say with confidence, and with the understanding that they could prove me wrong tonight by finding a way to win, that they lack that bond to win. If they had to choose between “family” and themselves, they would choose themselves in an instant. Luckily for them, they are not the only team guilty of this.
The Midnight Horsemen? What kind of bond could they have? I have no question that Scotty would take a bullet for Ruby and defend her to the death. But would Mason Moore do the same? Would Billy Danielson do the same? I have my severe doubts about that one. What if Scotty had to choose between saving Billy or Mason or saving Ruby? He’d choose Ruby every time and then the other two would be upset because he didn’t save them. As I’ve said before, you’ve got three arrogant sons of bitches on that team, forgive my foul language, and a humble as pie Nebraska sweetheart. How could they possibly have a sustaining bond knowing damn well that Ruby, with all due respect to her being the one fine person in that group, could very well be the Yoko Ono of the group that can drive a wedge between them with or without any fault of her own? I’m surprised that nobody is really looking into that. That’s a situation that, under the wrong circumstances, could turn against them.
And “Team AA”? Sure, we don’t know who the fourth member is, and sure, they own a tag win over the Guardians, but as I made reference to a few days ago, that competitive rivalry with Alex and Avery could indeed be their Achilles heel! How could two friendly rivals share a common bond for too long? How do we know one isn’t going to turn on the other just to get ahead of them. Not even Yujiro Fujiwara would be able to help that situation if he happened to be the mystery fourth member. I kind of feel sorry for Daisy in that sense. I’m sure the possibility has at least crossed her mind. I’d say that Team AA has the most fragile bond of the four teams. Yet, they’re not to be counted out. But the Guardians? Sure, there are the fair questions of Goldstein and I considering our recent past with each other, but aside from that, is there any potential pitfall for us? When you REALLY think about it, who REALLY has the strongest, cohesive bond among the four teams?
WE DO!
Which team of four is most like a family in this match?
OUR TEAM!
And THAT is EXACTLY why we WILL win! For me, this isn’t about the glory or the potential title shots or rewards that comes out of this. This is about the battle that my family and I are going to fight together against three other teams that want to win this match just as badly as we do. This is about the bond that we are going to take with us all the way to the end of our careers. This is about the experience we are all going to share, win or lose. This is about the people we are going to inspire when we all come together and find a way to achieve this victory against all odds!
You mess with my ‘family’, you mess with me!
To the three other teams, let’s go to war!
To my three teammates, my NGW ‘family’... let’s fight this battle together.
Let’s WIN this battle together.
And let’s show the world EXACTLY what the Guardians are all about!
Jazmyn retains a confident expression on her face, clearly believing the words she just said as she shuts off the camera and begins her final, mental preparations for the massive battle ahead with the Guardians.
Date: December 10, 2017
Jazmyn Rain is now in Tampa, Florida and in the hours leading up to Warfare, the current, two-time GCW Global Champion is gathering her final thoughts. She’s reflecting through some moments in her career drawing from as many past experiences that she can that she knows could very well help her in this match tonight. She thinks about all of the friends she’s ever made and the battles that she has fought alongside them, whether they are tag team matches, or matches like the elimination one that she is going to face tonight. Taking some deep breaths, Jazmyn expresses her final thoughts knowing that she’s going to be quite bold with what she’s about to say.
Jazmyn Rain: As soon as this match was announced, I’ve had a couple of questions that have been running through my head. The first one is obvious. “HOW are we going to win?” Notice that I am asking how we’re going to win and not if we’re going to win because deep down, I know we’re going to do just that no matter what any of the other three teams throw at us. The other question that has been running through my head is “What do the Guardians have that the other teams don’t?” Now, I’m no idiot. I may not have the experience that a 33 year old wrestler would typically have, but I’ve been in my fair share of team battles. After all, I’ve been able to win two tag team championships in my own right. Seven months ago, I even led a team, admittedly a makeshift one, against the “big bads” of GCW in a four on four battle. I know I know, there was no cage involved. It was one team of four instead of three. You don’t need to tell me that part. That team featured three people that aren’t in GCW anymore now, for one. And while I got along with one of them just fine considering he’s engaged to one of my friends there, the other two were assholes that were in it for themselves. Common enemy, so it worked out. We still won, but unsurprisingly, we all drifted apart after that. That team that I led in GCW wouldn’t be able to last in a match like this.
But that’s not the team I’m part of going into tonight now, is it?
No, that would be the Guardians, a collection of world class wrestlers, each with their own quirks, their own weaknesses and their own pros and cons. Adrien, Jessica and I all make a great team and I know that the Guardians is FAR more than just some movement to rid NGW of the Destroyers and their tyranny, no, the Destroyers are a family. Yes, I know that Kayla Richards has talked about “family” in her words from earlier, but the Destroyers don’t have the bond that we share. I know that when I walk into that cage with those three, they aren’t just three friends, they are friends for life. I know Goldstein and I have had our issues and such and there’s no doubt that there is going to be some questions about whether we can gel as a team or not but I trust him more than I trust that team I led in GCW seven months ago with all due respect to those wrestlers. I know that this will be the first time that I have ever teamed with Jessica and there’s going to be some questions about that, but again… two tag team titles under my belt, each with a different partner. Trixie and I were able to co-exist despite the questions, were we not? No need to say anything about Adrien and I considering that we have teamed together before, obviously. Granted, it was one time and the critics are going to come flying out of the woodwork for that but there’s one action from that previous time that we teamed together that everyone is overlooking.
Jazmyn pauses and winks, clearly knowing the thoughts she has up her sleeve before she begins to express them.
Jazmyn Rain: Everyone talks about how Avery and Alex won that four way tag team match in St. Louis and yes, everyone mentions what Adrien did when he, for all intents and purposes, sacrificed a potential win for my own safety. But what people overlook is the IMPACT of that action and the effect that it had on me. Before that happened, nobody had ever done such a thing for me. Albeit, I am rarely in the situation that I was in that night, but still. Adrien showed me so much with what he did for me on that night. He showed me that this collection of wrestlers is more than just that, more than just a team, it’s a FAMILY. It was one of the first times I had ever experienced such a gesture when I was the one that was in trouble and my other friends, both in NGW and GCW, they would have done the same thing if they were in the situation Adrien is because time and time again over the last 16 months, that’s precisely what I’ve done for my friends whenever they are in trouble. I’m usually the one doing the saving, you know? But see, that wasn’t the only time in NGW I have experienced such a thing. Let’s fast forward to when I had my one on one match with Matt Shields. I was bloodied, yes. I was practically beaten for a while, that’s a fact that I can’t deny. But what nobody talks about very much is how that situation could have been so much worse than it actually was. But you know why it wasn’t?
Adrien and Honey.
They risked their own sakes for my own… even WITH being a man down in light of Alechs’ departure from NGW.
THAT is FAMILY for you! In this business, you protect that family, always!
Turn the tables around. If one of the Destroyers were in the same situation, would Matt Shields have done the same thing? Maybe if it was Kayla. But what if it was Jack that had left NGW and Coda was in the situation I was in with say, the Midnight Horsemen, beating her down. Would Jack and Kayla have saved Coda? Would they have risked life and limb for her? NO! You know what they would have done? They would have let the Midnight Horsemen beat the holy crap out of her because the Destroyers? That’s no family. That’s all facade. I’d even be willing to bet that Kayla and Matt would abandon each other if necessary. If it was easier for one to regain or retain the title, they’d let the other get fucked up beyond all reasonable repair. That’s a couple that will turn on each other in a heartbeat. You call THAT a family? You call THAT a bond? With someone like Coda on their team, with the morals she has… better morals than the others mind you… the Destroyers aren’t a family. The Destroyers are a ticking, self-destructing time bomb.
They don’t have the bond that we do. Knowing that, I can say with confidence, and with the understanding that they could prove me wrong tonight by finding a way to win, that they lack that bond to win. If they had to choose between “family” and themselves, they would choose themselves in an instant. Luckily for them, they are not the only team guilty of this.
The Midnight Horsemen? What kind of bond could they have? I have no question that Scotty would take a bullet for Ruby and defend her to the death. But would Mason Moore do the same? Would Billy Danielson do the same? I have my severe doubts about that one. What if Scotty had to choose between saving Billy or Mason or saving Ruby? He’d choose Ruby every time and then the other two would be upset because he didn’t save them. As I’ve said before, you’ve got three arrogant sons of bitches on that team, forgive my foul language, and a humble as pie Nebraska sweetheart. How could they possibly have a sustaining bond knowing damn well that Ruby, with all due respect to her being the one fine person in that group, could very well be the Yoko Ono of the group that can drive a wedge between them with or without any fault of her own? I’m surprised that nobody is really looking into that. That’s a situation that, under the wrong circumstances, could turn against them.
And “Team AA”? Sure, we don’t know who the fourth member is, and sure, they own a tag win over the Guardians, but as I made reference to a few days ago, that competitive rivalry with Alex and Avery could indeed be their Achilles heel! How could two friendly rivals share a common bond for too long? How do we know one isn’t going to turn on the other just to get ahead of them. Not even Yujiro Fujiwara would be able to help that situation if he happened to be the mystery fourth member. I kind of feel sorry for Daisy in that sense. I’m sure the possibility has at least crossed her mind. I’d say that Team AA has the most fragile bond of the four teams. Yet, they’re not to be counted out. But the Guardians? Sure, there are the fair questions of Goldstein and I considering our recent past with each other, but aside from that, is there any potential pitfall for us? When you REALLY think about it, who REALLY has the strongest, cohesive bond among the four teams?
WE DO!
Which team of four is most like a family in this match?
OUR TEAM!
And THAT is EXACTLY why we WILL win! For me, this isn’t about the glory or the potential title shots or rewards that comes out of this. This is about the battle that my family and I are going to fight together against three other teams that want to win this match just as badly as we do. This is about the bond that we are going to take with us all the way to the end of our careers. This is about the experience we are all going to share, win or lose. This is about the people we are going to inspire when we all come together and find a way to achieve this victory against all odds!
You mess with my ‘family’, you mess with me!
To the three other teams, let’s go to war!
To my three teammates, my NGW ‘family’... let’s fight this battle together.
Let’s WIN this battle together.
And let’s show the world EXACTLY what the Guardians are all about!
Jazmyn retains a confident expression on her face, clearly believing the words she just said as she shuts off the camera and begins her final, mental preparations for the massive battle ahead with the Guardians.
