The video begins and we see the inside of a hotel room. The room is nothing special; the only notable thing about it is a piece of art hanging on the wall just off centre of the camera that seems to be a local picturesque waterfall. In the middle of the picture sits Syren. She’s dressed in a pair of black pants and a pink t-shirt with writing across the front that reads ‘I don’t lie – I just like to give the truth an extreme makeover’. She smiles somewhat weakly at the camera. “Hey everyone,” she says softly before hesitating for a moment. “So, there’s only one place that I need to begin when it comes to this video, but it’s really not a place that I want to revisit. That’s two weeks ago on Velocity, the Chase for the Crown, and my elimination from the tournament. There’s something you should know about me before I start – I really, really hate to lose. Like, seriously, hate it. But losing in a match like that, losing when an opportunity like that is on the line? If you win that tournament you make a name for yourself, and a name in FFW is something I’m severely lacking at the moment. I know most of you guys just see me as Maddie’s friend, Maddie’s partner, that Blondetourage member. The fact that you even call Maddie the ‘leader’ only shows how little you do know me. If I’d won that tournament you would know me. I’d have opportunities. I’d have chances. Right now I have nothing, and it sucks. I keep thinking back to the last Velocity and running it over in my mind and I swear it’s like an obsession. I can’t stop thinking about it.”

She shakes her head slowly. “There are times when I want to scream, there are times when I want to cry, I’m just in such a horrible place over it because you have no idea how much I wanted it. But it’s gone. I need to move on, right? Before I do there’s one more thing I need to do, and that’s say thank you. Thank you to everyone who supported me before Velocity. Thank you to everyone who believed in me. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me, whether it was on Twitter, backstage or on the street. Genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support and I’m sorry that I let you all down. And now, just like everyone else, I get to watch at Unstoppable and think about what could have been, and that’s going to suck worse than anything else,” she says before letting out another sigh. “But it’s time to move on. Now unlike other people I’m not going to sit here and claim that ‘it means nothing’ and ‘I never wanted it anyway’. I know plenty of others would. I know they’d belittle it. I know they’d turn their backs on everything they said and claim they’re better than it anyway. I’m not going to do that. Instead I’m just going to try and move forward and carve out a new opportunity for myself somewhere else, and find a new way of introducing myself on the big stage to the FFW faithful. And believe me there is nothing that I want more than to find a way of introducing myself on the big stage to the FFW faithful. This week though I have an opportunity to go some way toward that, in a trios match.”

She smiles to herself. “I love tag team wrestling. I’m a four time World Tag Team Champion. I wish it was more. This week though is extra special for me though because this isn’t just an opportunity to compete in tag team action; this is an opportunity to team up with my two favourite people. This is an opportunity to team up with Maddie McTaggert, my Blondetourage tag team partner, and Ravyn Taylor, my Dark Fantasy tag team partner, in the trio known for good reason as Infamous. That’s because the three of us before were infamous in so many ways. We weren’t good people. We took shortcuts. We hurt people. We took advantage of anything and everything. I don’t think Maddie and Ravyn ever met a rule they didn’t find a way to bend to the point that it almost broke. I’ve always tried to stay away from that, but I’ll admit there was a period in my career where I was slightly less respectful than I am today. This time out though, the new Infamous, is going to be different. This time it’s not going to be about cheap tactics, underhanded techniques and backstabbing. This time it’s going to be about something that I do as well as anyone else, and so do my partners this week – wrestling,” she says proudly. “And I know you all find that hard to believe. This is a match featuring Maddie McTaggert, right? There’s no way this is going to be about wrestling. You’re wrong. This week she’s promised me. Now that might mean nothing to all of you, but it means everything to me!”

“I didn’t come here to be Holly Adams’ replacement. Holly is one of my best friends. I love her to death. But Holly is a narcissistic bitch, and I’m not. I came here for two purposes. The first was to prove that the slogan on the t-shirts and isn’t just for show, that I am amongst the best, if not outright the Best Female Wrestler in the World. Last time out I disappointed myself. This time I don’t intend a repeat performance. The second reason though was for Maddie. I know the way you see Maddie, but she’s more than you see her as. She’s passionate. She’s driven. She’s talented. She doesn’t show you any of this because of the things she does. This week she’s going to. This week Maddie is going to prove to the world how good she can be! This week it isn’t about her war with Kate, it isn’t about her stance against the Ultraviolence division. This week is about the three of us. This week is about showing the world what we can do when we stand together. And this week, make no mistake about it, we ARE standing together. We may not have the same views. We may not have the same ambitions. We may be headed down very different paths. But when I get in to the ring this week there is NOBODY else in the WORLD I would rather be in that ring with than Maddie and Ravyn. I trust them both COMPLETELY. Can our opponents this week say the same thing?” she asks, tilting her head a little in curiosity. “I’ve seen what’s happened lately, and quite honestly I’m going to give a one word answer: no.”

“You three may have something in common this week and that’s a mutual hatred of one of your opponents, but this week when it comes to true unity I’m not sure you guys are really as together as you have been in the past, and we all know you’ve been together in the past. While I can talk about Dark Fantasy and the Blondetourage, you guys have your own bonds, don’t you? The Whitmore Sisters, the bond of family. You don’t get more together than family. You guys have a bond that will last a lifetime, whether you want it to or not. You’ve known each other forever. You’ve grown up together, trained together, travelled together, and you fight for each other. I know how that is. I know what it means to fight for the people you love. When you see them get hurt it does something to you that just doesn’t happen with another partner. You long to get in there even more, to protect them, to help them. That makes you dangerous. But it’s not just a sisterhood we’re up against this week; it’s also an established tag team in your own right as well, Pure Adrenaline, Misty Whitmore and Kate Steele. Oh yah, I know all about you guys. I know how good you’ve been when you’ve worked together. You guys have got a bond as well, a bond that goes beyond just partners, right? You fight for each other as well. You trust in each other. You believe in each other. But that was all before. That was all in the past. And as much as you may want to see things differently, things ARE different now, aren’t they?”

She nods her head slowly. “Can you trust Kate the same way you always could? I know how you’ll answer that. You’ll tell me you can. Of course you’ll tell me you can. Why would you admit to anything else? I mean god, what kind of person admits that they’re not sure about their partner the day of the match? But away from the cameras, away from the public show of unity, away from the public desire to defeat Maddie and ‘her Blondetourage teammates’, can you really trust her?” she asks, shaking her head. “I’m sure you thought you could, but then how many times has she shown how unpredictable she can be lately? How many times has she acted for her own interest? How many times has she faced a choice between the right thing and the wrong thing, and picked the wrong option? You know what I’m talking. I’m talking about the lies, the deception, and the deceit. That’s not what you want in a partner. You don’t want to look at them and have them tell you one thing to your face when you know that they’ve acted against what they’ve said before, and they have no reason not to do so again. And don’t get me wrong Kate, we all make mistakes, I know that better than most. I’ve done terrible things in my past, things I regret. I’ve made horrible choices. I’ve faced those same scenarios and I’ve chosen to lie to people’s faces as well, and I know why I did it. I did it because it was easier. I did it because it was easier to say what they wanted to hear than to tell them the truth. So how do they know that’s not happening right now?”

“Have you told them that you’ve got their backs this week? Have you told them that your personal issues won’t affect this match? Have you told them that your head is completely in the game? Which game is that, Kate? Is that the game with Maddie? She destroyed your title. She’s been a thorn in your side. She’s done everything she can to manipulate you. Is that what you’re thinking about this week, or are you compartmentalising all of that for a few weeks time? What game is it? Is it the music career? Is it the numerous other promotions? Honestly, I have to wonder if your head is in the game at all this week simply because I have to wonder if you even remember which game it is you’re in this week. You’re a busy girl, pulled in so many directions. So have you really prepared for this match? Do you really know what you’re up against? Or do you just say that to your ‘friends’ because it’s what they want to hear?” she asks, in part accusingly but in part almost apologetically. “That’s what you do when you lie to people, right? You tell them what they want to hear. And Misty and Nicole, what’s she told you this week? Has she told you she’s focused? Has she told you she’s going to prove herself? Has she told you that nothing matters more to her? And does she mean it? She’s lied to you before. She’s lied to the world. She’s good at that, we all know that. What if she’s doing it again? Can you really trust her? Believe me; I know how funny this sounds coming from me given that I trust Maddie this week. But think about it. Do you trust her?”

“There’s nothing more important in a match like this than trust. You’ve got to turn to that apron and have absolute faith in the people you’re teaming with, or it doesn’t work. If one of them doesn’t have their head in the game, if one of them isn’t committed, if one of them is out there for ANY reason other than the team as a whole, then that slight hesitation, that momentary inaction, can make the difference between winning and losing. And I know Kate’s heard all this before. I know people have doubted her before. And I know she’s come good before. But see the common word in all of that? Before! She hadn’t lied to you all before. You trusted her before. Can you trust her this week?” she asks before shrugging her shoulders. “I don’t know the answer to that, but it’s something I can’t help but wonder. Believe me, she’ll need to have her head in the game this week girls. She’ll need to be focused. She’ll need to give one hundred percent, because that’s what we’re coming with and we have EVERYTHING to prove this week. Maddie’s not exactly on a hot streak right now. I’m coming off a loss that’s hurt me more than anything. And Ravyn’s looking to make her mark and establish herself. We have EVERYTHING to gain this week, and you three? You have everything to lose. You’re the ones with the reputations. What will they say about you all if you fail? What will the locker room say about you all? Maybe next week it won’t be apologising, maybe next time it’ll be your turn, huh?”

“Of course just the fact that you’re up against Maddie may be more than enough motivation for you all. We know what she’s done to Kate, but what about everything she and Holly did to Misty. What about the beat downs? What about the ‘makeover’? What about throwing her out of a building? What about the horrible comments, the demeaning words and the losses? Oh yah, Misty has a ton of motivation going in to this. If I were in her position I’d be longing for this chance. Is she though? Is she motivated? Or is she distracted by everything going on with Kate? Are Kate’s issues the thing that she’s really focused on? Again, she’ll tell me not. Again, she’ll tell me that she’s focused entirely on this match. But is she? We’ll find out,” she says, smiling a little before looking more serious, more humble. “Honestly though Misty, you may choose not to believe this considering I’m ‘one of them’ in the eyes of a lot of the locker room due to my association with Mads but getting in the ring with you this week is an honour. Like I said before, you’ve already made your name in this company. People know who you are. You walk out to that ring and everyone respects you. I want that. You’ve been where I want to go as well. You’ve been Television Champion. You had a nice run with it as well, what was it, four months? You impressed people. You got the attention of the world. You have no idea how jealous I am of that. You have no idea how much I want that for myself.”

“It’s not just you either. Your sister is a hell of a competitor too. I’ve watched her matches. She’s technically sound, amazingly talented, able to snap off moves in the blink of an eye but able to get down to the ring as well, tie you up, make you scream in pain. She’s a threat in the ring without doubt. And you, Misty? You’re the compliment to that. You’ve got the technical ability mixed with the ability to take to the air. You throw in Kate and her ability to brawl and fight with the very best of them and you three have got the ultimate package this week, a Trios team truly to stand against anyone else. But so have we. None of us are fans of Ultraviolence. None of us are brawlers. But Maddie, when she wants to, can grapple with the best of them, Ravyn is the smartest woman I’ve ever known and has a plan for every situation, a truly natural leader in the ring, and me? Well, just like Misty I can go on the mat and take it to the air. There’s a reason that the t-shirts have the slogan they do after all,” she says, nodding her head confidently. “This match this week is going to be a hell of competition. It’s going to be a fight. And it may come down to that one moment, that one split second, that one decision that everything rests on. If that comes, and if I need to turn to my corner, I know that both Ravyn and Mads will be there for me. I trust them. I believe in them. So let me ask one more time girls, can you say the same? When push comes to shove, when its crunch time, when you’ve got to put everything on the line... do you trust your partner?”

“I’m a former four-time Tag Team Champion. I don’t say that to brag, I say that to tell you that I know what it takes to get it done in tag team wrestling. And I know talent, and competition, when I see it. You girls have talent. All of you do. You’re going to be competition. But that’s not something I’m afraid of. I came to this company for competition. I answer a lot of questions on Ask.fm. It’s kind of fun. One question that came up recently is one I want to address right now. Someone asked me, now that I was a part of FFW, if I still believed that I was the Best Female Wrestler in the World. Let me answer that for you right now. Yes,” she says, with a nod. “I still believe it. I have to believe it. I’ve spent five years trying to prove it after all. But the thing that makes me the best isn’t that I win every match, it isn’t that I hold every championship, it isn’t that I’m the strongest, or the toughest, or the meanest, or even the most technically sound. The reason that I’m the best is that I have ambition, I have heart, and I never give up on the things I want. This week I want to bounce back. This week I want to put the Chase behind me. This week I want to team with my two best friends, I want to show the FFW audience what Dark Fantasy can do, I want to show you all that the Blondetourage is way more than the Meanest Girls EVER was, and I want to face three girls all of whom I’m a little jealous of for the things they’ve done and the fame they have in this company. I’m the best because I have passion, and that never fades. This week, I’m going to demonstrate that passion. And this week, when it’s over, maybe I’ll be holding my head in disappointment again, but maybe I won’t. Maybe this week I won’t be jealous of the three of you, maybe this week it’ll be you who gets to watch on as we Stand Tall, and JUST BE JEALOUS!”

She smiles and nods at the camera before reading forward and kissing the lens. The video ends there and the replay button flashes up on the screen.