The Boston Massacre

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Off Camera

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The grin on the face of the Boston native Angelica Jones will probably have to be surgically removed as she walks down the halls of the Fed-Ex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.  Breakdown has recently come to a close and she was successful in defeating Tommy Valentine, a former SCW World Champion and current number one contender to the SCW Adrenaline Championship.  It was this match and this win in particular that means a great deal more to her than her match at the premier show of the year, Rise To Greatness, in which she faces Justin Davis.

What’s so great about this match in particular?  Defeating Valentine, a hugely successful wrestler in SCW, proves that she can get the job done without her sister Kayla.  And it opened the eyes of the SCW management team.  It opened them to the extent that now her match against Davis takes on a far greater meaning and purpose.  No longer is this simply a battle of egos between two proud Bostonians; this is now a match to see who will get the next opportunity to compete for the SCW Adrenaline Championship.

Gold is what makes Angelica’s world go around in the world of professional wrestling.  She needs it so that she will feel as if she has truly accomplished something.  The fact that she was put on the Rise To Greatness card against Justin Davis in what she thought was a “piss break match” irritated her to no end.

Yes, Davis did issue the challenge and she did accept, but she was expecting the match to be on a Breakdown or on a house show.  A superstar of her caliber should have a bigger match than a mere “Boston challenge” on the biggest show of the year.  As a result of these feelings, Angelica never really took her match against Justin Davis seriously…

...until now.

Now she has a reason to win.  Now this match against Justin Davis has a greater purpose than just to show who is the better fighter out of Boston.  By winning this match, Angelica will position herself in line for an Adrenaline Championship Match against Christy Matthews or Tommy Valentine, whoever is successful at Rise To Greatness.

But she has to defeat Justin Davis in the Boston challenge first, a task which Angelica is quite confident that she can succeed in.  Outside of Tom Brady, she is the greatest talent in the New England area; just ask her yourself.  No one can match her; just ask her yourself.

Why wouldn’t she be smiling?  Everything has gone well for her tonight and she hopes things will continue to go well as she heads into Rise To Greatness to face Justin Davis…

“Get back here!”

…but perhaps not everyone is completely happy with her actions as of late.

Angelica has already changed from her ring gear back into her street clothes.  She is wearing a long black floral print maxi skirt and flip flops with a long sleeve red sweater.  Her gym bag is in her right hand.  She turns around towards the direction of the familiar voice she just heard, and sure enough her thoughts are confirmed…

…her sister Kayla Jones storms her way, also changed back into her street clothes, consisting of denim jeans, black boots, and a black “SCW” t-shirt. Based on the look on Kayla’s face, the younger Jones sibling appears to be more than a little perturbed.  Kayla motions for her older sister to approach her.

“Get over here, Angelica.  We need to talk.”

Angelica rolls her eyes as she obliges, making her way over to her sister.  Once there, she drops her gym bag and folds her arms over her chest.

“What’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong?”

Kayla repeats the question, blinking partially out of curiosity and partially out of pure shock that the question would be asked.

“Did you seriously ask me that?!”

“Yes, what’s wrong Kayla?  I want to know because I truly don’t see anything wrong right now.”

“Really?  Well allow me to name some things right off…”

Kayla holds up one finger.

“Number one, you have been doing everything you can to trash Supreme Championship Wrestling and its flagship premier event Rise To Greatness…”

Angelica shakes her head rather calmly.

“Wrong, sis. I have not trashed Rise To Greatness.  I am very excited about competing at Rise To Greatness, but the match I’m in, well, that’s a different story altogether.”

“If Rise To Greatness means so much to you, then you should be grateful to be involved in any way.”

“I am a big star, Kayla.  We both are.  We deserve so much better, and I deserve better than Justin Davis.”

Kayla rolls her eyes.

“Right, you’re so humble, which I guess justifies you trashing SCW as a whole?”

“Absolutely.”

Kayla sighs.  She slaps her forehead out of frustration.

“I thought we had decided to turn over a new leaf.  I thought we had decided to change.”

She looks up at her older sister.  Kayla has a sense of regret and disappointment written across her face.

“Maybe I was wrong to think you could change?”

Kayla turns to walk away but Angelica reaches out and grabs her by the arm and pulls her back.

“Whoa!  Hold on right there, Kayla…”

“What is it?”

“…we did change.  I did change.  I am no longer the person who mocked and ridiculed this business.  But just because I changed doesn’t mean I can’t call a spade a spade.”

Angelica releases her grip on Kayla as the younger sibling locks eyes with her older sibling.  Angelica’s intensity seems to be kicked up a few notches, despite the fact that her demeanor and voice remain completely and totally calm.

“I’m going to tell you something, Kayla, and it’s something I should not have to tell you because surely you know this already.  Long before SCW, I had been busting my ass for professional wrestling.  I busted my ass for Global Division of Wrestling, Motor City Wrestling, Future Wrestling Alliance; I single handedly rescued the Global Frontier Crown from the Goofballs of Wrestling.  And now I’m here in SCW and I have been busting my ass for SCW ever since I arrived.  And then recently Justin Davis rears his ugly little head with that dumb little Boston Challenge of his.”

Kayla blinks out of curiosity and confusion.

“Dumb little Boston Challenge?  Angelica, you ACCEPTED that challenge!”

She points a finger at Angelica in an almost accusatory manner.

“You stepped up and accepted that match before myself or Corey even had a chance!”

Angelica nods her head.

“You’re right, I did, and you know why I did?  I thought the concept was the stupidest thing ever.  A Boston Challenge to show how tough Bostonians are?  Big deal.  I don’t need to do anything to prove how great we are.  The conception and birth of the United States America took place in Boston.  While other colonies were busy playing with themselves, we were fighting the martial law and iron fisted rule of the British Government.  Which NFL football team has consistently been great, won multiple Super Bowls, and is always in contention to win more?  The New England Patriots.  Yes, Bostonians are tough, and there is no need for a match to prove it.”

Angelica sneers.

“I accepted the match because Justin Davis had the nerve to think he could actually hang in the ring with us!  What’s this noise, this bullshit, about a fight to see who is the best wrestler or fighter out of Boston anyway?  I’m the best in the world, Kayla.”

She firmly, and yet not too hard, smacks Kayla on the chest.

“And if I’m NOT the best in the world, then I’m the SECOND best in the world and YOU, Kayla Marie Shawna Jones, are the best in the world.  But my point is, you and I, The Sisterhood, we are number one and number two in the entire world.  This whole crap about who is the best in Boston was offensive to me.  I wanted to teach him a lesson in respect.”

“Great, fine, if that’s how you want to look at it, then fine.  But you’ll get to at Rise To Greatness.”

Angelica shakes her head.

“Yeah, right, well, that’s the problem.  I never would have accepted this stupid match had I realized it would be scheduled for Rise To Greatness.  I expected this half-assed Boston challenge would take place on a Breakdown.  I’d humiliate him, humble him, and move on to bigger and better things at Rise To Greatness.  Beating up Justin Davis on Breaking was fine, but beating him up on Rise To Greatness?  Not worth my time.  This match at Rise To Greatness, as it was, it was just the piss break match.  And a legend like me deserves far better than the piss break match.  If I’m going to take the piss break match, I need purpose.”

She grins knowingly.

“Oh but now, I have a greater purpose than just beating some respect into this son of a bitch.  I may have been “trashing SCW” as you so eloquently put it, I may have slightly disrespected the match, the event, and Davis himself by calling our match the piss break match, but guess what?  I opened the eyes of SCW management.  I made them sit up and take notice.  And then I sealed the deal by defeating Tommy Valentine here tonight.  Now my match at Rise To Greatness is for a shot at the SCW Adrenaline Championship.”

Angelica wraps an arm around her sister’s shoulder.

“Just think about it, sis.  Just think…you beat Alexis Quinne, but what happened after you lost Jake Starr?  Where were you placed?  Did SCW even consider you at all?”

Angelica waits for an answer but Kayla just remains stoic, staring forward, not even staring at Angelica.

“Well?  Did SCW consider you for a spot at Rise To Greatness at all?”

“No…”

“Right, you had to go out there and make your own spot.  You involved yourself in the women’s division.  But Kayla, you know as well as I do that you are better than the women’s division.”

Kayla pushes her sister’s arm away.  Kayla takes a few steps back.

“No, not this…not right now…”

“Kayla, listen…”

“No, you listen!”

Kayla points a finger at Angelica.  Kayla is clearly getting agitated.

“I see where this is going and I don’t want to discuss this.  We already agreed that we would go our separate ways.”

“We make mistakes all of the time, sis, and that was a mistake on our part.  We never should have broken up The Sisterhood.  We never should have abandoned the tag team division.  The tag team division needs us now more than ever.  And more importantly…”

Angelica reaches out and takes hold of Kayla’s hand, squeezing it tightly.

“…we are stronger together.  We are stronger when we are united.  I don’t mean to get involved in your business all the time, sis, I don’t mean to disparage your GCW Global Tag Team Title reign with Victoria Salinas, but be honest with me, especially now while no one is around and no one is here to tattle this on social media…which team is better?  You and Vicky, or The Sisterhood?”

 Kayla sighs and motions to herself and Angelica.

“You and me…The Sisterhood.”

“Exactly.  Now think back to when we first began teaming in SCW.  We were unstoppable.  We held the tag titles of two different companies simultaneously.  We were SCW and GCW Tag Team Champions at the same time.  Wasn’t that amazing?”

Kayla grins knowingly.

“Yeah, it was a pretty amazing feat…”

“And we can do it again.  But we need to be committed to reuniting The Sisterhood.”

Kayla frowns.

“Ok, that sounds good, but Angelica…we both are in number one contender matches at Rise To Greatness.  If we both win our singles title contender matches, what then?”

“Then we win them.  And we’ll take those singles titles too.  BEFORE we broke up SCW management threw me in that damned Shot of Adrenaline Tournament and they threw you in a US Title Match against Ravyn.  They’re not above putting us in singles matches anyway, regardless of whether we WANT singles matches or tag matches.”

Kayla sighs, remembering not too fondly of their squabbles with SCW management.

“Yeah, I know this…”

“So what do you say?  Regardless of what happens at Rise To Greatness, we are going to bring back The Sisterhood and once again dominate tag team wrestling.”

Kayla and Angelica stare into each other’s eyes for quite a long time.  A few tense moments pass before Kayla finally embraces her sister in a tight hug.

“You’re right…we never should have left tag team wrestling…and it’s time we reunited The Sisterhood.”

“And this time, there will be no stopping us.”

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On Camera

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A large cylindrical building towers high above its surroundings in Foxborough, Massachusetts.  In the center at the top is the New England Patriot logo with “The Hall” written below it.  Then we see a red overhang and underneath it the same New England Patriot logo with “The Hall” written down.  To its left is The Patriots Pro-Shop and to the right is the entrance to The Hall itself.  This is Patriot Place, where Patriots Nation gather to celebrate their team.  Standing there out in front of this famous building is none other than one of the team’s most famous celebrity fans, SCW superstar Angelica Jones.

Jones is wearing a sophisticated black stretch-knit boat neck sheath dress, a dress that gives off the impression that this Boston native is all business.  Her feet are encased in black high heeled pumps.  Black sunglasses cover her eyes.

“SCW’s premier pay per view event, Rise To Greatness, the event we live for, is now just around the corner.  Despite my attitude in recent weeks, I am truly honored and privileged to be able to compete at Rise To Greatness.  I look forward to showing off my talents, my abilities, and my skills in front of the SCW fans in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.”

Jones shakes her head.

“No, I am not in Milwaukee just yet.  There are a few more stops on the road to Rise To Greatness.  And one of those stops includes this place behind me…”

She turns and motions towards it in a game show girl fashion.

“…you should recognize this place, Justin Davis, but just in case the rest of you do not recognize this place, allow me to inform you that your eyes are now beholding Patriot Place.  Considering Justin Davis and I are competing in a Boston challenge at an event known as Rise To Greatness I thought that the most appropriate setting for me on this particular day would be right here at the home of the team that epitomizes greatness not only in Boston but in all of the NFL…”

She grins knowingly.

“…The New England Patriots!”

Angelica lets it soak in but that smile on her face slowly but surely begins to fade.  Replacing it is an almost disappointed frown.

“Unfortunately, with greatness comes jealousy.  People become jealous of who you are and the success you have had.  Clearly the other teams in the NFL, as well as Roger Goodell himself, are all jealous of the New England Patriots.  Why else would they have continued to push this deflate-gate scandal until the end of the earth until they found a judge who would agree with them and, thus allowed them to penalize the Patriots and Tom Brady?  That was unjust and unfair, and you always have a few options at your disposal when an injustice has been done.  You can either complain about it or you can do something about it.”

“The New England Patriots will do something about the injustice done to them when the season starts.  They will dominate the first four games, even without Tom Brady.  Now I felt as if an injustice had been done to me when SCW had stuck me and Justin Davis in a piss break match at Rise To Greatness.”

Angelica nods her head.

“Yes, Davis, it is a piss break match.  I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the reality of our situation is that SCW just needed a spot for us to fill, and they threw us on the card.  It’s really that simple.  I don’t really give a damn about you, Davis, but I can tell you right now that I deserve better than that.  I deserve better than the piss break match.  I deserve better than to just be randomly thrown on the card at Rise To Greatness.”

She pats herself on the chest.

“I AM greatness, Davis.  Just like the New England Patriots represent greatness in professional football, I represent greatness in professional wrestling.  I deserve better than what I got at Rise To Greatness.  And I did complain about it, I admit, but I also went and I did something about it.  I went and defeated Tommy Valentine on Breakdown.”

“Tommy Valentine is a former SCW World Champion and he is the current number one contender to the SCW Adrenaline Championship.  He is on the verge of becoming Supreme Champion if he can defeat Christy Matthews at Rise To Greatness.  I defeated him on Breakdown.  I beat his ass on Breakdown and yet he gets the title opportunity but not me?  I didn’t have to say a word at that point.  SCW management clearly saw that something was wrong and they immediately fixed it.  Now, our Boston Challenge at Rise To Greatness, it is to determine the next number one contender to the SCW Adrenaline Championship, all because I defeated Valentine.”

Angelica smirks confidently, almost arrogantly.

“You’re welcome.”

“Now perhaps I sounded a bit conceited and arrogant or self-serving but the fact is that now our match has now taken on a whole new meaning.  Before, it was just Justin Davis and Angelica Jones, two Boston warriors with egos clashing to see who is the better fighter.  But now our match is to see which one of us will take that next step, one step closer to a championship?  And for me, that kind of incentive is something I can definitely get behind.”

Jones removes her sunglasses, showing the intensity in her eyes.

“I have to be champion, Justin.  Championships are what drive this sport, not competition alone.  Competition does play a big role but we all have something we’re fighting for, a goal we want to accomplish.  We don’t just fight because we love pain.  Contrary to popular belief, this sport is not full of masochists.  I fight to prove that I am the best and I need the championships to prove that I am the best.”

“Love them or hate them, the New England Patriots, Boston’s team, is still respected for the many Super Bowls that they have won.  Do you really believe that they would be as respected if they had won ZERO Super Bowls?  Do you think they would be taken seriously if they had won ZERO championships?  I’m sorry, but it’s not just competition that drives this sport or any sport for that matter.  Competition AND the desire for championships drives this sport.”

“Now I single handedly gave our match purpose by adding the promise of a future championship opportunity to the mix.  Now people will care a hell of a lot more about our Boston challenge because they know either you or me will be getting a shot at the Adrenaline Championship when the match is over.”

She smirks knowingly.

“Or to be more precise, I will get a shot at the Adrenaline Championship when this is over, because not only do I believe that I am the best wrestler to come out of Boston, but I believe that I am the best wrestler in the world.  And if you want a fight, if you have the nerve to challenge me to a match at Rise To Greatness, then I will gladly accept and I will gladly kick your ass at Rise To Greatness.”

Jones points at the camera.

“It is your funeral, after all.  You were the one who issued the challenge to any member of the Jones family.  My daughter Corey is preoccupied with other things right now, my sister Kayla is far too merciful.  And perhaps you were banking on one of them accepting this challenge?”

She shakes her head.

“You weren’t so lucky.  The Dragon accepted your challenge.  The dangerous member of The Sisterhood, the sadistic violent member of The Sisterhood accepted your challenge.  So if you wanted a fight, you got it, because now this is no longer the Boston challenge, this is The Boston Massacre…”

Angelica places the sunglasses back over her eyes.

“Unhappy Boston!  See thy son deplore, thy hallowed walks besmeared with guiltless gore, while faithless, murderous Jones stretches her bloody hands, like a fierce barbarian grinning over her fallen prey, approve the carnage, and enjoy the day…”

The camera fades to black.