Post by Chelsea LeClair on Apr 12, 2021 22:45:17 GMT -5
“I am a two time world champion…” Chelsea LeClair states with a bit of a disbelief, but this is nothing compared to the first time she had won a world championship when she had won it back in GCWA. She happens to find herself in her ‘trophy room’ so to speak, which is small, but it’s definitely grown quite a bit over the last year. She walks around the room with the camera following her, taking a quick glance at the GCW Tag Team Championship.
“There was one point where I thought that this was going to be the only championship that I would ever win… and it wasn’t even a singles championship at that. I mean, it was great that Andrea Hernandez and I won the tag team titles in GCW being friends for as long as we were, but after we split and she went on to have the success that she’s been having, I really, REALLY began to doubt myself a lot. There she was, doing all of these amazing things and it felt like I was in her shadow and being second best all of the time, so I self-destructed over it and everything. But, eventually, you learn and you grow… but holy crap, to have won what? Five singles titles in the last year?”
Chelsea pauses and takes a long look at the OCW Women’s Championship, locked in a glass display case, from a distance.
“You would think that I’d feel like I have it made but the real truth is, I don’t. It’s great that I’ve won these championships but there’s a bit of an asterisk to them that bothers me. Like… when I won the OCW Women’s Championship… it was part of a tournament I was in. I never faced a woman the rest of the tournament, so I never got to defend it and when the tournament was over, so was OCW as it went back into the grave. But, it’s alright… you keep moving and you experience the taste of being a singles champion. It’s a thrill…”
Chelsea moves along in her trophy room, stopping on a replica of the GCWA North American Championship that she would win next.
“...and then when I won this title here, I proved that it was no fluke. I proved that I was a star on the riseI even managed to get a title defense on the biggest show on the GCWA calendar to further prove myself and prove that I had turned around my career and become a legitimate professional wrestler after all the years of struggle. But… I only got to defend the title once because I wouldn’t be GCWA North American Champion much longer… that’s ‘cause…”
Chelsea moves along, looking at a replica of the GCWA World Championship…
“I won that…”
Chelsea doesn’t seem to be bothered by looking at the championship anymore as she had been in recent months.
“Until the Ides, this title haunted me. Oh sure, it was great winning it when I did. It was the most amazing feeling in the world shocking everyone, stunning the champion before me and beating what everyone in GCWA was proclaiming as unbeatable and that was the greatest feeling of my life… but until now, I couldn’t look at the GCWA World Championship with happiness. I lost it a month later in my first defense and for months, I felt like it was nothing to be proud of. It felt like everything was a fluke. For weeks, it felt like everything was just a Cinderella story and that everything was about to become so bad and so wrong for me again. I thought for a few weeks that my wrestling career was about to become a case of ‘Flowers for Algernon’ syndrome and you’re a REAL smart cookie if you get that reference by the way…
But now? Since the Ides? My experience in GCWA with the World Championship wasn’t such a burden to me anymore. I’m no longer haunted by that experience of how things went for me and how I just never wanted to go back there in the last few months of its existence. I suppose that proving myself as being above that organization has really allowed me to reset that perspective.”
Chelsea pauses and walks over to a hook that consists of another title, though this isn’t a replica, this is the actual thing.
“Then… I won this crown jewel in HKW… the Tapout Championship. This title represented so much for me because it proved TWO things: one, that my success in 2020 wasn’t a fluke after all and that I had proven myself to be so much more, and two, that if you endure adversity long enough, you’re strong enough to do great things because holy hell, HKW was and is a trip. I had so many chances to break through the ceiling. I failed… gosh… how many times? I lost count. I had my chance to get to the next level and I couldn’t… until I finally broke through and I won this title… of course… the title you all came to see… is this one…”
From an empty cabinet, Chelsea grabs a burlap sack , opens it, and pulls out the Sin World Championship that she just won at the Ides. Of course, she’s got a bright smile on her face as she slings it over her shoulder experiencing the highest confidence that she’s ever gotten a chance to experience.
“I’ve got TWO missions as the Sin World Champion: cement myself as the franchise star of the Sin brand and be a fighting, defending champion that’s going to knock it out of the park because hell, I’ll be damned if I go through that GCWA World Championship experience all over again and lose it on my first defense. That’s not going to happen. In fact, it’s not even JUST about that. For all of the titles I’ve won over the last year, do you know how many times I’ve actually defended ANY of them? ONCE! Oh sure… OCW shut it down, oh sure, HKW went on hiatus right after I won the thing and I can’t control things like that… but that bothers me. I want to prove that I can be a strong champion. I’ve proven that I am a legitimate professional wrestler, but damn it, I want to prove that I can be a legitimate champion too especially since I’ll always go down on record as the first ever Sin World Champion. I’ve got to do whatever it takes to set the bar for what the brand is going to be all about and I get to usher in this new era by proving that I have everything that it takes to set that bar high.
And it all starts with YOU Chase Blackley… and I don’t want to be ‘that girl but… WHO?
I’m sure you are a talented wrestler because you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t but I had to do a double take when I saw the card because I wasn’t sure if I was having a belated April Fool’s prank played on me or something. You’ve been on the roster for a month or so and you haven’t done anything to make your presence felt. You’ve literally been signed, drafted to Sin and that’s it. There have been some open opportunities that you could’ve jumped into and yet you didn’t. Do you actually CARE about this business, Chase? Do you actually WANT to be a professional wrestler? That’s something that you need to think about and this is coming from the stupid, empty headed California girl that had wanted to use this business as as springboard to Hollywood when she first started. It’s a shame, Chase, because I’ve heard about your story and if you really put it out there, it could be one of the most unique stories in this company and really get the crowd behind you.
I understand that serving in the military can be a very harrowing experience because many go to war and they come back, never to be the same again, because it wrecks them mentally. I hope you’re not one of those cases, Chase, but at the end of the day, business is business and as the Sin World Champion, I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do in order to stake my claim as the star that this brand is going to build itself around in a new era here in Revo1 Wrestling. Mental illness isn’t something to play with and while it wasn’t caused by military experiences, I’ve had my battles with them too so I totally feel where you are coming from and what your journey is going to be about. I had to win my battles against them to become the wrestler and the champion that I am today. So yeah, I hope that somehow, someway, as we go along with this match, I inspire you to be someone in this business because I would never wish what I’ve been through on anyone.
I’ve been up and down and I’ve learned so much about myself in the last year Chase, and you’re going to see that first hand when we meet. You’re going to see an example of what a champion and what overcoming adversity is all about and I hope and pray that you take something out of this experience but I want to make it clear that I am not going to go easy on you. I hope you show up and bring your best because I would hate for my first match as a world champion in Revo1 Wrestling to be disappointing because of an opponent that just didn’t have their heart in it for whatever reason. The world’s going to find out a hell of a lot about you Chase, and they’re going to learn a hell of a lot about me too because this is my chance to prove that I can be the champion that I’ve yet to prove that I can be. You are the perfect opponent for me all things considered… and when Sin comes, I am going to prove exactly how much I can shine being a world champion and the torch bearer of the brand. So all in all, Chase, get ready for a different kind of war that you’re not used to just yet…
I know I am…
And I know that when the dust settles, the one that wins the battle at the end of the day is going to be me! I didn’t win this title to be a one and done champion. I didn’t win this title to catch another bad break and leave doubts about me open and out there. I won this championship so I can erase all doubt and all questions about my viability as a championship wrestler and my first test, my first step, is defeating you tomorrow night. I’ve told you all what kind of champion that I am capable of being at my fullest potential…
Well… tomorrow night?
It’s time to SHOW it, not just tell it!
And Chase, I hate to say it because I really think you’ve got a hell of a story coming into this…
But the battle that is going to happen tomorrow is a battle that you just won’t be able to win…
Chelsea maintains a stoic focus, clearly proud of how far she has come along the way, as she begins to make her exit from her growing trophy room. Shortly after she departs, the scene fades to black.
“There was one point where I thought that this was going to be the only championship that I would ever win… and it wasn’t even a singles championship at that. I mean, it was great that Andrea Hernandez and I won the tag team titles in GCW being friends for as long as we were, but after we split and she went on to have the success that she’s been having, I really, REALLY began to doubt myself a lot. There she was, doing all of these amazing things and it felt like I was in her shadow and being second best all of the time, so I self-destructed over it and everything. But, eventually, you learn and you grow… but holy crap, to have won what? Five singles titles in the last year?”
Chelsea pauses and takes a long look at the OCW Women’s Championship, locked in a glass display case, from a distance.
“You would think that I’d feel like I have it made but the real truth is, I don’t. It’s great that I’ve won these championships but there’s a bit of an asterisk to them that bothers me. Like… when I won the OCW Women’s Championship… it was part of a tournament I was in. I never faced a woman the rest of the tournament, so I never got to defend it and when the tournament was over, so was OCW as it went back into the grave. But, it’s alright… you keep moving and you experience the taste of being a singles champion. It’s a thrill…”
Chelsea moves along in her trophy room, stopping on a replica of the GCWA North American Championship that she would win next.
“...and then when I won this title here, I proved that it was no fluke. I proved that I was a star on the riseI even managed to get a title defense on the biggest show on the GCWA calendar to further prove myself and prove that I had turned around my career and become a legitimate professional wrestler after all the years of struggle. But… I only got to defend the title once because I wouldn’t be GCWA North American Champion much longer… that’s ‘cause…”
Chelsea moves along, looking at a replica of the GCWA World Championship…
“I won that…”
Chelsea doesn’t seem to be bothered by looking at the championship anymore as she had been in recent months.
“Until the Ides, this title haunted me. Oh sure, it was great winning it when I did. It was the most amazing feeling in the world shocking everyone, stunning the champion before me and beating what everyone in GCWA was proclaiming as unbeatable and that was the greatest feeling of my life… but until now, I couldn’t look at the GCWA World Championship with happiness. I lost it a month later in my first defense and for months, I felt like it was nothing to be proud of. It felt like everything was a fluke. For weeks, it felt like everything was just a Cinderella story and that everything was about to become so bad and so wrong for me again. I thought for a few weeks that my wrestling career was about to become a case of ‘Flowers for Algernon’ syndrome and you’re a REAL smart cookie if you get that reference by the way…
But now? Since the Ides? My experience in GCWA with the World Championship wasn’t such a burden to me anymore. I’m no longer haunted by that experience of how things went for me and how I just never wanted to go back there in the last few months of its existence. I suppose that proving myself as being above that organization has really allowed me to reset that perspective.”
Chelsea pauses and walks over to a hook that consists of another title, though this isn’t a replica, this is the actual thing.
“Then… I won this crown jewel in HKW… the Tapout Championship. This title represented so much for me because it proved TWO things: one, that my success in 2020 wasn’t a fluke after all and that I had proven myself to be so much more, and two, that if you endure adversity long enough, you’re strong enough to do great things because holy hell, HKW was and is a trip. I had so many chances to break through the ceiling. I failed… gosh… how many times? I lost count. I had my chance to get to the next level and I couldn’t… until I finally broke through and I won this title… of course… the title you all came to see… is this one…”
From an empty cabinet, Chelsea grabs a burlap sack , opens it, and pulls out the Sin World Championship that she just won at the Ides. Of course, she’s got a bright smile on her face as she slings it over her shoulder experiencing the highest confidence that she’s ever gotten a chance to experience.
“I’ve got TWO missions as the Sin World Champion: cement myself as the franchise star of the Sin brand and be a fighting, defending champion that’s going to knock it out of the park because hell, I’ll be damned if I go through that GCWA World Championship experience all over again and lose it on my first defense. That’s not going to happen. In fact, it’s not even JUST about that. For all of the titles I’ve won over the last year, do you know how many times I’ve actually defended ANY of them? ONCE! Oh sure… OCW shut it down, oh sure, HKW went on hiatus right after I won the thing and I can’t control things like that… but that bothers me. I want to prove that I can be a strong champion. I’ve proven that I am a legitimate professional wrestler, but damn it, I want to prove that I can be a legitimate champion too especially since I’ll always go down on record as the first ever Sin World Champion. I’ve got to do whatever it takes to set the bar for what the brand is going to be all about and I get to usher in this new era by proving that I have everything that it takes to set that bar high.
And it all starts with YOU Chase Blackley… and I don’t want to be ‘that girl but… WHO?
I’m sure you are a talented wrestler because you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t but I had to do a double take when I saw the card because I wasn’t sure if I was having a belated April Fool’s prank played on me or something. You’ve been on the roster for a month or so and you haven’t done anything to make your presence felt. You’ve literally been signed, drafted to Sin and that’s it. There have been some open opportunities that you could’ve jumped into and yet you didn’t. Do you actually CARE about this business, Chase? Do you actually WANT to be a professional wrestler? That’s something that you need to think about and this is coming from the stupid, empty headed California girl that had wanted to use this business as as springboard to Hollywood when she first started. It’s a shame, Chase, because I’ve heard about your story and if you really put it out there, it could be one of the most unique stories in this company and really get the crowd behind you.
I understand that serving in the military can be a very harrowing experience because many go to war and they come back, never to be the same again, because it wrecks them mentally. I hope you’re not one of those cases, Chase, but at the end of the day, business is business and as the Sin World Champion, I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do in order to stake my claim as the star that this brand is going to build itself around in a new era here in Revo1 Wrestling. Mental illness isn’t something to play with and while it wasn’t caused by military experiences, I’ve had my battles with them too so I totally feel where you are coming from and what your journey is going to be about. I had to win my battles against them to become the wrestler and the champion that I am today. So yeah, I hope that somehow, someway, as we go along with this match, I inspire you to be someone in this business because I would never wish what I’ve been through on anyone.
I’ve been up and down and I’ve learned so much about myself in the last year Chase, and you’re going to see that first hand when we meet. You’re going to see an example of what a champion and what overcoming adversity is all about and I hope and pray that you take something out of this experience but I want to make it clear that I am not going to go easy on you. I hope you show up and bring your best because I would hate for my first match as a world champion in Revo1 Wrestling to be disappointing because of an opponent that just didn’t have their heart in it for whatever reason. The world’s going to find out a hell of a lot about you Chase, and they’re going to learn a hell of a lot about me too because this is my chance to prove that I can be the champion that I’ve yet to prove that I can be. You are the perfect opponent for me all things considered… and when Sin comes, I am going to prove exactly how much I can shine being a world champion and the torch bearer of the brand. So all in all, Chase, get ready for a different kind of war that you’re not used to just yet…
I know I am…
And I know that when the dust settles, the one that wins the battle at the end of the day is going to be me! I didn’t win this title to be a one and done champion. I didn’t win this title to catch another bad break and leave doubts about me open and out there. I won this championship so I can erase all doubt and all questions about my viability as a championship wrestler and my first test, my first step, is defeating you tomorrow night. I’ve told you all what kind of champion that I am capable of being at my fullest potential…
Well… tomorrow night?
It’s time to SHOW it, not just tell it!
And Chase, I hate to say it because I really think you’ve got a hell of a story coming into this…
But the battle that is going to happen tomorrow is a battle that you just won’t be able to win…
Chelsea maintains a stoic focus, clearly proud of how far she has come along the way, as she begins to make her exit from her growing trophy room. Shortly after she departs, the scene fades to black.