Post by Julianna DiMaria on Apr 28, 2017 0:59:13 GMT -5
Bitterness
Date: April 27, 2017
Julianna DiMaria is sitting on a chair on a second floor balcony of her parents’ home. She wears an angry expression on her face, ignoring the oceanside setting behind her as her back is turned toward it. Even a few weeks later, Julianna is still dealing with the sting of being ubnable to become the first ever WCG Champion. She looks down on the floor, twiddling her thumbs a bit, slightly biting her lower lip, trying to do the best she can to stay strong and stay vigilant in light of what took place three weeks ago. She squints her eyes, holding them shut for a bit, doing whatever she can to move past the experience in Ontario and the denial that she’s had to overcome ever since. Opening her eyes again, she stares right at the camera, letting out an annoyed sigh which indicates her reluctance to even make an on-camera statement. She straightens her shoulders and stretches out her palms before calmly putting them on her lap. She takes a moment to hear the road of the ocean behind her and the chirping of the seagulls in the San Diego night sky for a bit before she gathers and expresses her thoughts.
Julianna DiMaria: I’m going to preface this by saying that I am far from the greatest of moods right now. In fact, I can’t say I’ve been too happy for a consistent stretch ever since Origins happened a few weeks ago. Yeah, this is me straight up saying that I’m very bitter and I’m still not over it. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go the stereotypical route many wrestlers in our business do by complaining and whining and making excuses and blaming management for some nonsensical conspiracy theory that they are out to get me or some garbage like that. As much as it pains me to admit, Ryan Keyes was the best wrestler that night and he, and not me, is the first ever WCG West Coast champion and just that alone STINGS, even though I have a chance to claim the championship for myself in about a week or so. The fact that HE and not I, gets to forever call himself the first ever WCG World Champion is a big time ego bruiser. That was supposed to be MY night! Hell, OUR night! Rachel, Jessica and I were supposed to be the three that went all the way to the end to fight for that championship amongst ourselves, but as soon as Trenton Kelvin eliminated Jessica to win the first battle royal, I knew that this night was definitely not going to go as planned.
Julianna pauses, glancing on the ground and and shaking her head for a brief moment before she looks back up at the camera and continues.
Julianna DiMaria: But did I let that deter me? Hell no! I had my own battle royal to win, and it was the battle royal with the most participants at that. There was so much chatter about Keiji Fujiwara, all this hype about Cynthia Machado and Ruby Rose, all this talk about Gunner Wahl, but nobody really gave ME much of a chance did they? Even knowing that Jessica wasn’t going to be in that main event, I STILL did what I had to do. I eliminated Keiji, I took out the precious Ruby Rose and I defeated Miss Flash Her Ass on Twitter to make it to the main event. I figured two out of three wouldn’t be so bad. I was confident that at least Rachel would win her battle royal and we’d be able to outnumber Trenton Kelvin. And then she got taken out by Ryan Keyes. So, the stage was set in the main event. It was all up to me now. Again, I wasn’t deterred. I gave it everything I had. I felt that I had it. I remember how it felt to touch that title for the first time when I came so close to being able to unhook it. I remember getting ready to experience the biggest nirvana of my youjng life…
...but painfully, what I remember most about Origins? I remember how it was all taken away from me, by you, Ryan Keyes…
Julianna takes another pause, wincing a bit, expressing the fact that her ego is still healing from that bitter defeat.
Julianna DiMaria: This is the part where I congratulate you once again. You may have been better than me that night, but I know that you’re NOT better than me period! You may go down in the books as the first ever WCG West Coast champion and nobody, not even me, will ever be able to take that away from you. However, you’re going to go down in the books as the person that was conquered for the inevitable to occur. You may have beaten me once, but I’m not going to let it happen again. You bruised my ego and for the moment, stalled my ascension to making WCG my world to reign in and there’s no chance in hell I am going to forget that anytime soon. You may have won then, but of course, this is where I COULD downplay it and say “anyone can win a ladder match”. Granted, you can say the same about a battle royal, but I am not going to make that statement because downplaying you and what you accomplished that night is not only unfair to you, it’s also unfair to me. What you managed to accomplish was no fluke, I will be open, honest and fair about that. However, I am going to see to it at Hype that what you accomplished at my expense is going to be short lived! I’m going to remember that bruised ego you gave me, I am going to remember that pain you caused me, not just physically in that ladder match but psychologically when you took something away from me that I wanted so bad, and I’m going to keep as much of it as bottled up as I can, and when that time comes to clash in that ring, with that championship on the line, I am going to unleash it all on you, make you feel what being a “dead fish” is like as my father would always say, and when it’s all said and done, you are going to experience the very same, cold, painful bitterness that I’ve had to deal with. It’s gotten better with time Ryan, but when it’s all said and done, when I take that championship from you, you are going to regret what you put me through at Crossroads: Origins.
You’re the champ, you’ve got the championship and sadly for you, that means you have that target on your back. Can you handle that pressure, Ryan? You know damn well that I am NOT the only one on the roster that is gunning for you. You know that after me, you have the likes of Keiji potentially waiting and let’s not forget this rivalry that’s playing out with you and Trenton Kelvin. I’m damn sure that he is just as bitter, hell, maybe even MORE bitter than I am about the ladder match because while losing may not have been the worst thing in the world for him, losing to YOU… it HAD to have been. Don’t you worry about Jessica Hardy or Rachel Redding getting involved. I don’t see them as my minions or anything, don’t worry. I wouldn’t want them to interfere on my behalf. The last thing I want to do is win that West Coast Championship that way because ultimately, I want to prove that in MY world, I AM the very best: no asterisks, no ifs, ands or buts about it, no doubt, no excuses. I am giving you that much. Embrace it, take it in stride, do whatever you want to do with it because let me tell you something, Ryan, that is the ONLY respect you are getting from me. Once that bell rings, there’s no mercy from me. I admit that you’re probably going to see more of my father’s mean streak out of me at Hype, but don’t focus all your energy on that. I’m warning you now. Delaying my inevitable ascension is going to be the biggest mistake you’ll ever make in your career. You’re going to wish that you just stepped aside and let me claim that championship because considering all that I have planned for you… well…
Julianna pauses for a bit to scoff and chuckle before she resumes her on-camera thoughts.
Julianna: Let’s just say that my mother might even hate me for what I might do to you and while I hate to upset my mother, I highly doubt being a lady full of sophistication and grace is going to take me far in this match. If you thought I was driven a few weeks ago, imagine how driven I am now. All you did, in addition to what I’ve mentioned before, is anger me. On top of that, all you did was make me hungrier than ever. You’ve driven me to a point that I’ve never had to be in my career or even in my life. Failure, Ryan, is not a word in neither of my parents’ dictionaries and it sure as hell isn’t a word in mine either. Trust me when I say that when it’s all said and done, I will not only be your first challenger, I will also be your last and if GOD FORBID you beat me again and get to see your second, third, fourth and so forth title defenses, I will be your BEST challenger because I know, deep down, with the bloodlines that I have, with the foundation that I have as a professional wrestler, and with my youth and my room for even further growth, that I can, and I WILL overcome and conquer every single member of this god damn roster. It started with Rachel and Danni in the three way on the first Hype, it continued in the battle royal and you should have ended it in the ladder match, but you didn’t. Here I sit, ready to head to Mexico for GOL’s Super Falcon Cup tournament in the morning, NOT the West Coast Champion representing WCG as I was expecting myself to be, ready to make you wish that you did.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive you for what you put me through a few weeks ago. You’re never going to get rid of me, Ryan. I want you to get used to that sentiment because I’m here to stay for many years to come. I guess at the end of the day, it’s only fitting that my first ever mainstream ONE ON ONE match is challenging for a championship, right? This time, I AM going to cash in, and I AM going to me heading out of Irvine with the championship hoisted above my head and you are going to give it your best efforts, I will give you that, but those efforts aren’t going to be enough against a young woman who is on her way to greatness! I’m claiming my world on May 6, Ryan. But for now, that world is yours. You’re the West Coast Champion for about 9 more days at least. For now, I’ll leave you with this one bit of advice.
Julianna pauses with an angry pout on her face, expressing the determination that she has to be the West Coast Champion along with some of the bitterness she is still experiencing.
Julianna: Enjoy it while it’s still yours, Ryan…
Julianna’s angry eyes slightly widen.
Julianna: Because Saturday after next…
Julianna takes one final pause to smirk and chuckle.
Julianna: That world is going to be MINE!
Julianna takes a deep, angry breath, blowing off some more steam. She looks back down on the ground, squinting her eyes shut and reflecting on the ladder match for a few brief moments. Then, she looks back up at the camera, stands up, and then walks toward it to shut it off, having said her piece about the upcoming Hype event and her challenge for the WCG West Coast Championship for the time being!
Date: April 27, 2017
Julianna DiMaria is sitting on a chair on a second floor balcony of her parents’ home. She wears an angry expression on her face, ignoring the oceanside setting behind her as her back is turned toward it. Even a few weeks later, Julianna is still dealing with the sting of being ubnable to become the first ever WCG Champion. She looks down on the floor, twiddling her thumbs a bit, slightly biting her lower lip, trying to do the best she can to stay strong and stay vigilant in light of what took place three weeks ago. She squints her eyes, holding them shut for a bit, doing whatever she can to move past the experience in Ontario and the denial that she’s had to overcome ever since. Opening her eyes again, she stares right at the camera, letting out an annoyed sigh which indicates her reluctance to even make an on-camera statement. She straightens her shoulders and stretches out her palms before calmly putting them on her lap. She takes a moment to hear the road of the ocean behind her and the chirping of the seagulls in the San Diego night sky for a bit before she gathers and expresses her thoughts.
Julianna DiMaria: I’m going to preface this by saying that I am far from the greatest of moods right now. In fact, I can’t say I’ve been too happy for a consistent stretch ever since Origins happened a few weeks ago. Yeah, this is me straight up saying that I’m very bitter and I’m still not over it. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go the stereotypical route many wrestlers in our business do by complaining and whining and making excuses and blaming management for some nonsensical conspiracy theory that they are out to get me or some garbage like that. As much as it pains me to admit, Ryan Keyes was the best wrestler that night and he, and not me, is the first ever WCG West Coast champion and just that alone STINGS, even though I have a chance to claim the championship for myself in about a week or so. The fact that HE and not I, gets to forever call himself the first ever WCG World Champion is a big time ego bruiser. That was supposed to be MY night! Hell, OUR night! Rachel, Jessica and I were supposed to be the three that went all the way to the end to fight for that championship amongst ourselves, but as soon as Trenton Kelvin eliminated Jessica to win the first battle royal, I knew that this night was definitely not going to go as planned.
Julianna pauses, glancing on the ground and and shaking her head for a brief moment before she looks back up at the camera and continues.
Julianna DiMaria: But did I let that deter me? Hell no! I had my own battle royal to win, and it was the battle royal with the most participants at that. There was so much chatter about Keiji Fujiwara, all this hype about Cynthia Machado and Ruby Rose, all this talk about Gunner Wahl, but nobody really gave ME much of a chance did they? Even knowing that Jessica wasn’t going to be in that main event, I STILL did what I had to do. I eliminated Keiji, I took out the precious Ruby Rose and I defeated Miss Flash Her Ass on Twitter to make it to the main event. I figured two out of three wouldn’t be so bad. I was confident that at least Rachel would win her battle royal and we’d be able to outnumber Trenton Kelvin. And then she got taken out by Ryan Keyes. So, the stage was set in the main event. It was all up to me now. Again, I wasn’t deterred. I gave it everything I had. I felt that I had it. I remember how it felt to touch that title for the first time when I came so close to being able to unhook it. I remember getting ready to experience the biggest nirvana of my youjng life…
...but painfully, what I remember most about Origins? I remember how it was all taken away from me, by you, Ryan Keyes…
Julianna takes another pause, wincing a bit, expressing the fact that her ego is still healing from that bitter defeat.
Julianna DiMaria: This is the part where I congratulate you once again. You may have been better than me that night, but I know that you’re NOT better than me period! You may go down in the books as the first ever WCG West Coast champion and nobody, not even me, will ever be able to take that away from you. However, you’re going to go down in the books as the person that was conquered for the inevitable to occur. You may have beaten me once, but I’m not going to let it happen again. You bruised my ego and for the moment, stalled my ascension to making WCG my world to reign in and there’s no chance in hell I am going to forget that anytime soon. You may have won then, but of course, this is where I COULD downplay it and say “anyone can win a ladder match”. Granted, you can say the same about a battle royal, but I am not going to make that statement because downplaying you and what you accomplished that night is not only unfair to you, it’s also unfair to me. What you managed to accomplish was no fluke, I will be open, honest and fair about that. However, I am going to see to it at Hype that what you accomplished at my expense is going to be short lived! I’m going to remember that bruised ego you gave me, I am going to remember that pain you caused me, not just physically in that ladder match but psychologically when you took something away from me that I wanted so bad, and I’m going to keep as much of it as bottled up as I can, and when that time comes to clash in that ring, with that championship on the line, I am going to unleash it all on you, make you feel what being a “dead fish” is like as my father would always say, and when it’s all said and done, you are going to experience the very same, cold, painful bitterness that I’ve had to deal with. It’s gotten better with time Ryan, but when it’s all said and done, when I take that championship from you, you are going to regret what you put me through at Crossroads: Origins.
You’re the champ, you’ve got the championship and sadly for you, that means you have that target on your back. Can you handle that pressure, Ryan? You know damn well that I am NOT the only one on the roster that is gunning for you. You know that after me, you have the likes of Keiji potentially waiting and let’s not forget this rivalry that’s playing out with you and Trenton Kelvin. I’m damn sure that he is just as bitter, hell, maybe even MORE bitter than I am about the ladder match because while losing may not have been the worst thing in the world for him, losing to YOU… it HAD to have been. Don’t you worry about Jessica Hardy or Rachel Redding getting involved. I don’t see them as my minions or anything, don’t worry. I wouldn’t want them to interfere on my behalf. The last thing I want to do is win that West Coast Championship that way because ultimately, I want to prove that in MY world, I AM the very best: no asterisks, no ifs, ands or buts about it, no doubt, no excuses. I am giving you that much. Embrace it, take it in stride, do whatever you want to do with it because let me tell you something, Ryan, that is the ONLY respect you are getting from me. Once that bell rings, there’s no mercy from me. I admit that you’re probably going to see more of my father’s mean streak out of me at Hype, but don’t focus all your energy on that. I’m warning you now. Delaying my inevitable ascension is going to be the biggest mistake you’ll ever make in your career. You’re going to wish that you just stepped aside and let me claim that championship because considering all that I have planned for you… well…
Julianna pauses for a bit to scoff and chuckle before she resumes her on-camera thoughts.
Julianna: Let’s just say that my mother might even hate me for what I might do to you and while I hate to upset my mother, I highly doubt being a lady full of sophistication and grace is going to take me far in this match. If you thought I was driven a few weeks ago, imagine how driven I am now. All you did, in addition to what I’ve mentioned before, is anger me. On top of that, all you did was make me hungrier than ever. You’ve driven me to a point that I’ve never had to be in my career or even in my life. Failure, Ryan, is not a word in neither of my parents’ dictionaries and it sure as hell isn’t a word in mine either. Trust me when I say that when it’s all said and done, I will not only be your first challenger, I will also be your last and if GOD FORBID you beat me again and get to see your second, third, fourth and so forth title defenses, I will be your BEST challenger because I know, deep down, with the bloodlines that I have, with the foundation that I have as a professional wrestler, and with my youth and my room for even further growth, that I can, and I WILL overcome and conquer every single member of this god damn roster. It started with Rachel and Danni in the three way on the first Hype, it continued in the battle royal and you should have ended it in the ladder match, but you didn’t. Here I sit, ready to head to Mexico for GOL’s Super Falcon Cup tournament in the morning, NOT the West Coast Champion representing WCG as I was expecting myself to be, ready to make you wish that you did.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive you for what you put me through a few weeks ago. You’re never going to get rid of me, Ryan. I want you to get used to that sentiment because I’m here to stay for many years to come. I guess at the end of the day, it’s only fitting that my first ever mainstream ONE ON ONE match is challenging for a championship, right? This time, I AM going to cash in, and I AM going to me heading out of Irvine with the championship hoisted above my head and you are going to give it your best efforts, I will give you that, but those efforts aren’t going to be enough against a young woman who is on her way to greatness! I’m claiming my world on May 6, Ryan. But for now, that world is yours. You’re the West Coast Champion for about 9 more days at least. For now, I’ll leave you with this one bit of advice.
Julianna pauses with an angry pout on her face, expressing the determination that she has to be the West Coast Champion along with some of the bitterness she is still experiencing.
Julianna: Enjoy it while it’s still yours, Ryan…
Julianna’s angry eyes slightly widen.
Julianna: Because Saturday after next…
Julianna takes one final pause to smirk and chuckle.
Julianna: That world is going to be MINE!
Julianna takes a deep, angry breath, blowing off some more steam. She looks back down on the ground, squinting her eyes shut and reflecting on the ladder match for a few brief moments. Then, she looks back up at the camera, stands up, and then walks toward it to shut it off, having said her piece about the upcoming Hype event and her challenge for the WCG West Coast Championship for the time being!