Post by Julianna DiMaria on Jan 13, 2018 18:28:52 GMT -5
“I AM WCG”
The following is a blog published by WCG West Coast Champion Julianna DiMaria on January 13, 2018, the day she is set to defend the West Coast Championship at Ascension in her hometown of San Diego against Donovan Basch.
“So tonight’s the night huh?
Yeah I know what I am going up against in Donovan Basch. Everyone is hoping he wins and that’s fine with me. I’ve been through so much in my life where all people want to do is see me fail. Sometimes, I feel like my parents even want me to fail so they could have an excuse to yell at me or whatever. They’;re already considering this the “ascension” of Donovan Basch because they think I’m going to be going into this arrogant, thinking that I am invincible. But no, that’s not the case at all. I’ve been in this situation far too many times to count in this early part of my career. I’m not going in there thinking that I’m going to have a hometown advantage. The crowd is going to boo the hell out of me because even my own hometown can’t stand the sight of me. No, I’m going in there the same way I went in against Ryan Keys at Rise and the same way I went into my defense against Karari Makelah last month: with my back against the wall. And you know what both of those matches have in common?
I WON THEM BOTH!
I’m no idiot. People think I’m dumber than I actually am because of the way I portray myself, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even I know that I am at my best when I am feeling the way I am feeling right now. I’d be stupid to ignore that fact. Donovan can go ahead and mock me for losing to Adrien Cochrane at Homecoming, but the fact of the matter is, when I lost that match, HE lost this one. Why? Because had I beaten Adrien, I would have gone into this match completely overconfident and that would have cost me my championship that I worked so hard for. But now? Losing to that sorry son of a bitch in the fashion that I did has not only put my back against the wall once again, but it has me focused on what matters. Basically, losing to Adrien was the WORST thing that could have ever happened to Donovan Basch. So, while you all prematurely crown him and while he makes a big deal of HIS “ascension”, let me fill you in on MINE!
I walked in here with a chip on my shoulder, just like everyone else that came to this company when NGW opened up WCG. I made some early mistakes, I admit that. Thinking Rachel and Jess would be good friends was stupid on my part. It was that chip on my shoulder that drove me to a win against Danni and Rachel in that triple threat match. Losing to Keys twice sucked though, and seeing Rachel get the attention I craved in the early going was just as bad of a feeling. But it made me part of who I am as a wrestler. It wasn’t an easy climb to the top, I’ll tell you that much. Remember that stretch when the only people I’d face were either Ryan Keys or the Messiahs? Yeah, that was REALLY annoying. But I BUSTED MY ASS to get better!
Remember how I was the one that represented this company in the Super Falcon Cup?
Remember how I did it again in the AFI?
So I didn’t win either tournament, but I DID gain valuable big match experience… experience that Donovan Basch can’t speak of because this is the first time he’s ever been in this very situation. Yes, he won the right to become the number one contender. Great. But it’s one thing to win contendership and another thing to win the championship. Believe me, I know this. I had to go through Keys himself to get BOTH!
Yet, my career is a “dumpster fire”?
Losing to Adrien was my first loss since that stupid tag match with Melina, Austen and Jason and that was quite a while ago.
“Dumpster fire”?
Before Homecoming, I won against Karari and beat everyone in front of me, including Alan Envy, now a member of the NGW roster.
Again… “dumpster fire”?
I was able to attract so much attention to the point where even half the NGW roster even hates my guts and they’re starving for me to get to the main roster so they can have an opportunity to kick my ass.
I’d say my career is in GREAT shape, but of course, people like Donovan bully and judge over what they see on the surface. It’s BENEATH the surface that counts and really, all anyone’s ever done is scratch the surface. They think they know me, but they really don’t. I think Jimmy is one of the few people that actually DO know me. Anyway, I don’t want to ramble. Allow me to continue with my point here. I HAVE LAYERS, DAMN IT! These layers reveal how hard I’ve worked to get to where I am. Being the “Queen Bee” of WCG wasn’t something that was handed to me overnight and yet, nobody respects what I had to do to get here and those same people ridicule me for lashing out the way I do. It’s to the point where the perception is that without the WCG West Coast Championship, I have nothing left.
Those idiots that say that couldn’t be any more wrong.
This whole concept of ME being on some kind of “downfall” is being blown COMPLETELY out of proportion. Have I NOT shown that I am capable of bouncing back?
Did I NOT bounce back from Donovan screwing me over against the Messiahs to retain my title against Keys?
Did I NOT bounce back from those two humiliating defeats to Keys to beat him on a road show to get ONE MORE CHANCE at the title? Did I NOT win at that one last chance?
Did I NOT avenge my AFI loss to Karari by beating her to retain my title?
What “downfall” is there? Even if I DO lose the championship, it’s not like I am ever going to be displaced as the greatest champion to ever grace WCG! Seriously! And I’M the one that acts like the sky is falling?
P.S., my championship is NOT an accessory. This is what I mean when people seem to think I don’t have layers. As the WCG West Coast champion, all I’ve done is draw more eyes to the product. It’s the first championship that I have ever won. Why would I ever take it for granted considering the origins of my RISE to the championship? Seriously. Every time this championship is at stake, I have put my heart and soul into this, but nobody talks about my heart and soul, do they? All they ever talk about is my “attitude”, my “immaturity” and my “diva behavior”. It’s not just because of my parents that I’m driven to succeed either, though they have a role in this considering that nothing ever seems to be good enough for them.
Oh but Julianna isn’t allowed to be a victim, is she?
Donovan talking about everything HE’S had to suffer through, but again, LAYERS.
I’m going to say it again so it permeates through your thick skulls.
LAYERS!
I bet his parents never expected so much out of him the way my parents had done out of me throughout my entire life? I bet if he was in the situation that I’ve been in with these random non-title matches on the OPENING MATCH of Unscripted for instance, he’d be making every excuse in the book of why he’s defended the title “only” twice. I don’t control what the people in charge book. I’m not Kaylee or Mercedes. I don’t have the power to pick my opponents. The most I can do is request a match or a defense against someone and even then, it’s no guarantee that it’s going to happen now, is it? Of course, I am just beginning to see the IRONY of Donovan pulling the “slander” card against me when all he did there was slander me. I’ve “ducked him”?
REALLY?
He’s the one that has lacked the initiative to stand up to me all this time unless it was something like a blindside assault like the one he pulled after I defended my title on the last Hype. Oh but I “haven’t accomplished much”. I’ve done so much more than Ryan ever did and so much more than HE ever could.
I AM WCG!
I AM WCG!
I AM WCG!
My time with the torch ISN’T over!
Don’t overlook MY ascension… the one I had to endure to be where I am today, to be WCG’s biggest star and main attraction. Because nobody handed me my spot: I EARNED IT! I didn’t inherit this spot, I FOUGHT for it! And Donovan wants to take it all away from me AND take credit away from me?
That’s not going to happen!
I am going to humble him, silence him and crush his dreams.
Whatever it takes!
He’s dealing with me when my back is against the wall and for my opponents that is NEVER a good thing!
Somehow, someway, in my hometown, I WILL remain West Coast Champion!
Why?
Because I AM WCG!
And that will continue to be FACT as long as I say so!
#FuckYouAll
#OFFLINE
The following is a blog published by WCG West Coast Champion Julianna DiMaria on January 13, 2018, the day she is set to defend the West Coast Championship at Ascension in her hometown of San Diego against Donovan Basch.
“So tonight’s the night huh?
Yeah I know what I am going up against in Donovan Basch. Everyone is hoping he wins and that’s fine with me. I’ve been through so much in my life where all people want to do is see me fail. Sometimes, I feel like my parents even want me to fail so they could have an excuse to yell at me or whatever. They’;re already considering this the “ascension” of Donovan Basch because they think I’m going to be going into this arrogant, thinking that I am invincible. But no, that’s not the case at all. I’ve been in this situation far too many times to count in this early part of my career. I’m not going in there thinking that I’m going to have a hometown advantage. The crowd is going to boo the hell out of me because even my own hometown can’t stand the sight of me. No, I’m going in there the same way I went in against Ryan Keys at Rise and the same way I went into my defense against Karari Makelah last month: with my back against the wall. And you know what both of those matches have in common?
I WON THEM BOTH!
I’m no idiot. People think I’m dumber than I actually am because of the way I portray myself, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even I know that I am at my best when I am feeling the way I am feeling right now. I’d be stupid to ignore that fact. Donovan can go ahead and mock me for losing to Adrien Cochrane at Homecoming, but the fact of the matter is, when I lost that match, HE lost this one. Why? Because had I beaten Adrien, I would have gone into this match completely overconfident and that would have cost me my championship that I worked so hard for. But now? Losing to that sorry son of a bitch in the fashion that I did has not only put my back against the wall once again, but it has me focused on what matters. Basically, losing to Adrien was the WORST thing that could have ever happened to Donovan Basch. So, while you all prematurely crown him and while he makes a big deal of HIS “ascension”, let me fill you in on MINE!
I walked in here with a chip on my shoulder, just like everyone else that came to this company when NGW opened up WCG. I made some early mistakes, I admit that. Thinking Rachel and Jess would be good friends was stupid on my part. It was that chip on my shoulder that drove me to a win against Danni and Rachel in that triple threat match. Losing to Keys twice sucked though, and seeing Rachel get the attention I craved in the early going was just as bad of a feeling. But it made me part of who I am as a wrestler. It wasn’t an easy climb to the top, I’ll tell you that much. Remember that stretch when the only people I’d face were either Ryan Keys or the Messiahs? Yeah, that was REALLY annoying. But I BUSTED MY ASS to get better!
Remember how I was the one that represented this company in the Super Falcon Cup?
Remember how I did it again in the AFI?
So I didn’t win either tournament, but I DID gain valuable big match experience… experience that Donovan Basch can’t speak of because this is the first time he’s ever been in this very situation. Yes, he won the right to become the number one contender. Great. But it’s one thing to win contendership and another thing to win the championship. Believe me, I know this. I had to go through Keys himself to get BOTH!
Yet, my career is a “dumpster fire”?
Losing to Adrien was my first loss since that stupid tag match with Melina, Austen and Jason and that was quite a while ago.
“Dumpster fire”?
Before Homecoming, I won against Karari and beat everyone in front of me, including Alan Envy, now a member of the NGW roster.
Again… “dumpster fire”?
I was able to attract so much attention to the point where even half the NGW roster even hates my guts and they’re starving for me to get to the main roster so they can have an opportunity to kick my ass.
I’d say my career is in GREAT shape, but of course, people like Donovan bully and judge over what they see on the surface. It’s BENEATH the surface that counts and really, all anyone’s ever done is scratch the surface. They think they know me, but they really don’t. I think Jimmy is one of the few people that actually DO know me. Anyway, I don’t want to ramble. Allow me to continue with my point here. I HAVE LAYERS, DAMN IT! These layers reveal how hard I’ve worked to get to where I am. Being the “Queen Bee” of WCG wasn’t something that was handed to me overnight and yet, nobody respects what I had to do to get here and those same people ridicule me for lashing out the way I do. It’s to the point where the perception is that without the WCG West Coast Championship, I have nothing left.
Those idiots that say that couldn’t be any more wrong.
This whole concept of ME being on some kind of “downfall” is being blown COMPLETELY out of proportion. Have I NOT shown that I am capable of bouncing back?
Did I NOT bounce back from Donovan screwing me over against the Messiahs to retain my title against Keys?
Did I NOT bounce back from those two humiliating defeats to Keys to beat him on a road show to get ONE MORE CHANCE at the title? Did I NOT win at that one last chance?
Did I NOT avenge my AFI loss to Karari by beating her to retain my title?
What “downfall” is there? Even if I DO lose the championship, it’s not like I am ever going to be displaced as the greatest champion to ever grace WCG! Seriously! And I’M the one that acts like the sky is falling?
P.S., my championship is NOT an accessory. This is what I mean when people seem to think I don’t have layers. As the WCG West Coast champion, all I’ve done is draw more eyes to the product. It’s the first championship that I have ever won. Why would I ever take it for granted considering the origins of my RISE to the championship? Seriously. Every time this championship is at stake, I have put my heart and soul into this, but nobody talks about my heart and soul, do they? All they ever talk about is my “attitude”, my “immaturity” and my “diva behavior”. It’s not just because of my parents that I’m driven to succeed either, though they have a role in this considering that nothing ever seems to be good enough for them.
Oh but Julianna isn’t allowed to be a victim, is she?
Donovan talking about everything HE’S had to suffer through, but again, LAYERS.
I’m going to say it again so it permeates through your thick skulls.
LAYERS!
I bet his parents never expected so much out of him the way my parents had done out of me throughout my entire life? I bet if he was in the situation that I’ve been in with these random non-title matches on the OPENING MATCH of Unscripted for instance, he’d be making every excuse in the book of why he’s defended the title “only” twice. I don’t control what the people in charge book. I’m not Kaylee or Mercedes. I don’t have the power to pick my opponents. The most I can do is request a match or a defense against someone and even then, it’s no guarantee that it’s going to happen now, is it? Of course, I am just beginning to see the IRONY of Donovan pulling the “slander” card against me when all he did there was slander me. I’ve “ducked him”?
REALLY?
He’s the one that has lacked the initiative to stand up to me all this time unless it was something like a blindside assault like the one he pulled after I defended my title on the last Hype. Oh but I “haven’t accomplished much”. I’ve done so much more than Ryan ever did and so much more than HE ever could.
I AM WCG!
I AM WCG!
I AM WCG!
My time with the torch ISN’T over!
Don’t overlook MY ascension… the one I had to endure to be where I am today, to be WCG’s biggest star and main attraction. Because nobody handed me my spot: I EARNED IT! I didn’t inherit this spot, I FOUGHT for it! And Donovan wants to take it all away from me AND take credit away from me?
That’s not going to happen!
I am going to humble him, silence him and crush his dreams.
Whatever it takes!
He’s dealing with me when my back is against the wall and for my opponents that is NEVER a good thing!
Somehow, someway, in my hometown, I WILL remain West Coast Champion!
Why?
Because I AM WCG!
And that will continue to be FACT as long as I say so!
#FuckYouAll
#OFFLINE