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Off Camera
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The
Sisterhood has hit a major league slump in recent weeks, suffering losses to
The Brotherhood, Adrenaline Rush, The B&B Experience, and a loss in
Scaffold Scramble at Rise To Greatness.
For most athletes, a slump is a slump; simple as that. You fight through
it and you persevere. You eventually hit
your stride again and you get back to your winning ways.
The Jones
women, however, are not like most athletes.
Angelica and
Kayla are used to being on the winning side of most encounters. They are used to standing victorious when
that final bell rings. They are, after
all, two time SCW World Tag Team Champions.
But in their mind, they certainly don’t look like former tag team
champions. In the mind of Angelica and
Kayla, they look more like rank amateurs trying to scrape up their first victory. In their minds they are making dumb mistakes
that veterans of their caliber should not be making.
It could be
a case of their ego making them think that they should be doing better than what
they are currently doing, or maybe the Jones women have a legitimate point that
they are making a bunch of mistakes that they shouldn’t be making; either way,
Angelica and Kayla definitely want to get back to their winning ways and in the
process remind the SCW universe that The Sisterhood is still a force to be
reckoned with.
Apocalypse
will be their opportunity to do just that; for Angelica and Kayla are set to
face off against two former world champions in the form of Amy Chastaine and
Kennedy Street.
A veteran such
as Angelica Jones knows what a match of this magnitude means. It isn’t for any championships or a contender’s
spot, it is just about pride and, for Angelica and Kayla specifically, it is
about showing that they haven’t lost a step.
It is about steering the Sisterhood ship back onto the right path
towards yet another tag team championship in SCW.
Perhaps that’s
what frustrates her the most on this day in Oklahoma City. This is the site of SCW Apocalypse, where she
and Kayla will attempt to get back to their winning ways against Amy and
Kennedy, and she knows of dozens of things she could be doing right now to
prepare…
…watching
tape…
…talking strategy
with Kayla…
…working out
in a gym…
…but Angelica
is doing none of that. Instead she finds
herself seated in the lobby of a hotel, the hotel she is staying while in
Oklahoma City. She is waiting on the
arrival of her sister Kayla’s foster brother Oliver Hardy Jr.
Angelica
doesn’t much trust Hardy anyway. It was
under the care of Oliver’s father, Oliver Hardy Sr., that Kayla was physically
and sexually abused. Angelica knows that
her sister hasn’t told her every story of the horror that was living under the
Hardy Household. She can only imagine
the terror and pain of it all. While
Kayla may trust Oliver Hardy Jr. and while he may swear he is nothing like his
father, Angelica will never trust him fully.
Chalk that
one up to Angelica being an overprotective older sister.
Initially
she told Oliver Hardy to shove it up his ass when he asked to meet her here
today, but he insisted this was important and it had to do with Kayla’s
well-being. Reluctantly Angelica finally
gave in and agreed to meet with him here today.
Angelica is
tapping her foot impatiently. She casts
a quick look at the watch on her wrist.
Where is he? Almost as if on cue
she turns towards the front revolving doors and spots Oliver Hardy Jr. walking
through, looking refined in a button down silk Carolina blue shirt and black
dress pants. He scans the lobby and
eventually spots Angelica, seated on a comfy leather sofa. He smiles and waves politely as he approaches
Jones.
“Hi Angelica!” He says extending a hand,
expecting a shake. “Thanks for agreeing
to see me.”
Angelica
looks up at his hand with a rather annoyed look on her face and then looks up
at Oliver and rolls her eyes.
“You told me my sister’s well-being was at
stake.” She responds. “It isn’t like
I have much of a choice.”
“Right, I guess not…” Oliver’s voice
trails off as he awkwardly pulls back his hand, realizing that Angelica is
refusing to accept the handshake “…uh,
may I sit down?”
“Sure.” Angelica scoots over some,
allowing Oliver room on the sofa, it is the least she can do. “It is a free country.”
Oliver nods
his head and then sits down next to Angelica. “Thanks again for agreeing to meet me, Angelica. I know you don’t trust me, but you can
believe me when I say that I do care about Kayla and that I am worried about
her.”
“You’re right, I don’t trust you,”
Angelica snarls “because as a teenager
she was under your family’s care. She was
supposed to be taken care of; yet she suffered severely for years at the hands
of your father. You say you’re not like
him, you say you’re different. Maybe you
are, maybe you’re not…”
She shakes
her head “…but I don’t believe you,
Oliver, not yet. You will have to earn
my trust.”
“And I truly hope to earn that trust,”
he remarks “but that’s not important right
now. What is important is Kayla’s
well-being.”
“Right, you mentioned that already.” Angelica
says, sounding frustrated. “What is wrong
with her that she has mentioned to me but apparently she’s shared with you?”
“Not so loud,” Oliver chides in a hushed
tone “I’d rather the world not know about
the Hardy family’s dirty laundry.”
“Too late for that!” Angelica says,
chuckling.
“In any event,” Oliver continues “did Kayla tell you that members of the
Hardy family are seeking my dad’s ashes?”
“No, she didn’t.” Angelica answers,
shaking her head. “But what’s the big
deal about that? Can’t you just give them the ashes?”
“Well that’s the problem.” Oliver says,
shaking his head. “It isn’t that simple. Apparently
dad had a last minute change into his will making Kayla one of the heirs and
executors of his estate.”
“One of them?” Angelica says with an
arched brow.
“That’s right,” Oliver says, nodding his
head and motioning to himself “I’m the
other heir and executor. What this means is that I alone cannot grant them
permission to take dad’s ashes. I have
to have Kayla’s permission as well.”
“I still don’t see the problem, Oliver.”
Angelica says with an exasperated, impatient look on her face. “If you and Kayla are getting along as
nicely as you two claim you are, it shouldn’t be difficult to agree to hand
over the ashes and get this issue settled.”
“Once again you think it’s simple but it’s
not that simple,” Oliver sighs “and
this is where Kayla’s well-being comes into play…”
“What do you mean?” Angelica demands.
“Look, Angelica, I’m sure Kayla told you
many stories about what happened to her when she lived with me and dad. And
they were all true. But she didn’t tell you everything and she didn’t tell you
how truly damaged she was and still is as a result of the trauma. The truth is, she doesn’t realize how damaged
she is…”
“You’re scaring me, Oliver.” Angelica
says, an angry look forming on her face “so
just get on with it. What’s wrong with
my sister?”
“Maybe it was the Hardy family coming back
into her life brought back those traumatic memories and something snapped.” He
taps his head. “Something snapped in her
head.”
Angelica
Jones leans back and tries to take it all in.
It is difficult for her to accept what Oliver just told her. Quickly she shakes her head.
“No, impossible.” Angelica says, trying
to deny what Oliver just told her. “This
can’t be true. Kayla has always been the
most mentally strong of the two of us.”
“I may be wrong about this, Angelica, and I
truly do hope I’m wrong, but from what I’ve observed recently I think I’m
right. That’s why I wanted to tell you;
because I think I am right, that something is wrong.”
“Then why don’t you talk some sense into
her?” Angelica says with vitriol dripping from her voice. “You’re the one who knows the Hardy history.”
“Yes, that is true, but unfortunately she
isn’t listening to me.” He says, shaking his head. “I think you may have better luck getting through to her. You have been where she is, you beat your
mental problems and became a better person for it. Plus, as you’ve said before, you’re her
sister…I’m not really her brother…”
His voice
trails off as a look of sadness spreads across his face. That last look seems to convict
Angelica. She suddenly starts to feel
bad for how she’s treated Oliver recently.
Maybe he’s right? Maybe Kayla
does need help. If she does, and if
Oliver is right, then Angelica needs to hurry.
But first…
“I still don’t trust you, but Oliver,”
the scowl on Angelica’s face turns into a warm smile as a tear forms in her eye
“Kayla is damn lucky to have a brother
like you.”
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On Camera
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Times have
changed in this industry. And not
necessarily for the better. When I got
my start it was all about the spirit of competition. I mean, yeah, there were the grudge matches
from time to time, and there were also people who stooped to any low in order
to win…and I won’t deny the fact that I was among those who did whatever it
took to win…but that wasn’t the norm. It
was mostly about two proud competitors getting into the squared circle to find
out who was the best.
These days
it seems that you have to hate one another for anyone to be interested in what
you’re doing. These days it seems that
you have to be a controversial, backstabbing little bitch in order to have a
top spot on a wrestling card.
But perhaps
we can change that? Perhaps together
with my sister, Kayla Jones, we can have a good old fashioned tag team match
against two people I have the utmost respect for in the form of Amy Chastaine
and Kennedy Street; a match not about ego or grudges, but a competitive tag
team match to see who is the best.
Kayla and I,
we’ve always prided ourselves on being among the absolute best in tag team wrestling. We would like to think that when we hang up
our wrestling boots in Supreme Championship Wrestling that the name Sisterhood
will always be remembered and spoken with awe and reverence. More than anything, we want to know we’ve had
a positive impact upon the tag team division.
Unfortunately,
I cannot say that The Sisterhood has had that positive impact upon the tag team
division. At least, not the impact I
would like to have. We haven’t been
competing at the level we know we can compete at, we haven’t been wrestling
like the two time SCW World Tag Team Champions.
And perhaps, we haven’t been behaving like former two time SCW World Tag
Team Champions either.
That’s what
makes Apocalypse special for me. This is
a chance for The Sisterhood to turn things around, not just in terms of getting
back to our winning ways but in terms of our actions outside of the ring. And you know, win or lose, we’ll put on a
hell of a show, we will show the wrestling world outside of SCW what tag team
wrestling is all about. And I couldn’t
think of anyone better to put on a show with than Amy and Kennedy, two athletes
I have tremendous respect for.
Amy,
Kennedy, I do respect you for what you both have done, overcoming your demons,
and in the case of Kennedy, changing your ways.
I have had my own struggles with both myself throughout my life, but I
have come out on top. And while I do
respect both of you, I will also guarantee you that I will fight tooth and nail
to make sure I come out on top in this battle at Apocalypse.
Slumps
happen in this business, we get that, and right now The Sisterhood is in a
major slump. You two happen to be in the
wrong place at the wrong time because we need this win, we need it more than
you can possibly imagine. And I can most
definitely speak for my sister when I say that we are prepared to sacrifice our
bodies, our everything, in order to pick up this win and get back on track.
Will it end
like we want? I can’t predict the future
and I won’t make any promises. What I
will promise is that you will get the absolute best of The Sisterhood at
Apocalypse, I can promise that we will tear down the house at Apocalypse, I
promise we’ll steal the show. And I
promise that we’ll kick your…
…actually,
no, that’s my sister’s line…
…see you at
Apocalypse.
