The video begins and we see a hotel and out the window we can see the iconic and unmistakable Las Vegas skyline. The hotel room itself doesn’t seem that exciting however, and we see another unmistakable sight in the room, that of Zoe Sperling, better known to the wrestling world as ‘Syren’. She smiles at the camera and nods. “Hey everyone, welcome to Las Vegas, Sin City, the Gambling Capital of the World, and the Capital of Second Chances,” she says, a sly smirk on her face. “And isn’t it then perfect that this is the sight of my ‘second chance’, my second match with the woman who knocked me out of the Chase for the Crown and a match that while it may not have anything on the line means more to me than any other I’ve had so far. And the reason it means that much to me, the reason that it means more to me than the Chase matches, than the Trios match last week or any other is simply that this is my chance to prove something. Everyone who heard from me last time knows that I didn’t take that loss particularly well. I don’t like to lose at the best of times, but to lose when so much is on the line, and to let so many people down, really hurt me. I felt like my whole run in FFW was put back after that loss, and in many ways I still feel that way. This week though I have a chance to at least save some pride, and to prove something to myself. I tried my best in that match, and I lost. That’s what hurts more than anything. It’s not that I went in there thinking I already had it won, it’s not that I went in there underestimating my opponents, I went in and tried my best and I couldn’t get the job done, and that haunts me.”

She takes a deep breath before letting it out as a sigh. “I guess at this point I should probably stop and give some congratulations. Congratulations to Reiha. I don’t think I actually said that yet. No matter how I feel about you, no matter how the fans feel about you, and no matter what you may have said or done, on that night a few weeks ago you were the best competitor in that match. I’ve got no excuses to offer. I’m not going to blame the loss on anyone or anything. We all went in to that match looking to make a statement and it was you who made it. You got the job done. With all the respect in the world I say to you congratulations on making it to the final, I wish I could be joining you. Congratulations on the win, but don’t think for even a moment that because you did it before that means you can do it again,” she says, shaking her head slowly. “You see I’ve been in this business for a pretty long time now, I’ve been wrestling for close to five years now and I’ll be celebrating my sixth year in the business soon – I know there are people who’ve been doing this longer, but there are a lot of people who don’t even make it that far – and there’s a lot of things I’ve learned in that time. I’ve learned about respect for the business, respect for your opponents, respect for officials and respect for everything that happens in that ring. I’ve also learned that what defines us in this business, what separates those who go on to greatness from those who don’t, is not the inability to lose a match, but how you come back from that loss.”

“As much as people may like to believe it, nobody can remain undefeated forever. No matter how good you are, no matter how hard you work, no matter how talented you are nobody can go their entire career without ever losing a match. Everybody loses. But what separates people is how they deal with that loss. There are those, like my tag team partner Maddie McTaggert, who handle it in one way. They’re the kind of people who dismiss it, who wave it off, who say that it didn’t matter and who claim that they didn’t even really care about the match anyway. They’re the kind of people who talk down about opponents, who make excuses, and who do everything they can to save face. We all know people like that, don’t we? Then there is the other kind of people. They’re the ones take responsibility for the loss, who admit that they didn’t get the job done, and rather than trying to save their ego in any way they can they go away, they regroup, and they come back stronger. Last week on Velocity, teaming with Maddie and Ravyn, I came back stronger. It wasn’t enough. Last week on Velocity we did what we needed to do, we got our first win as a team, but it couldn’t ever undo the loss I suffered two weeks earlier. Nothing can ever undo that loss. But I did come back stronger than I was, and this week I need to come back even stronger than that,” she says with a nod. “And I’m going to need to as well, because like I said before I don’t have any excuses, Reiha was just better, but that was a three weeks ago. That was not tonight!”

She shakes her head. “Tonight is a whole different match. Tonight is a whole different set of circumstances. And tonight there’s a whole different pressure on me as well. Tonight I have the pressure on me to go out there and prove I can beat Reiha, and that’s something I want to do more than I can explain. The pressure is on, the pressure to prove something even with nothing on the line, but then there’s also pressure on my opponent as well. It was Reiha who talked a big game before, Reiha who talked down to me like so many others have talked down to me, who let her ego control her mouth, who mocked our opponents in the tag team match, who talked down to them and then talked down to me. She had a lot to say, and I guess you could argue that she backed it up in the ring, but this time around what happens if she talks down to me again, and this time the result isn’t the same?” she asks, laughing a little and shaking her head slowly. “That’s what I don’t understand about people like Reiha. It’s a conversation I’ve had with Maddie, but I never got an answer out of her either. I asked Maddie the same question I’m going to ask right now: what happens if you run your mouth, what happens if you talk a big game, and then you lose? What happens if you look down your nose at an opponent and you make the big promises, and then you get beaten in the middle of the ring? I’ll tell you what happens, and it won’t be self-reflection and learning from your mistakes. It’ll be excuses.”

“Now maybe I’m totally wrong about this. Maybe Reiha is totally unlike everyone else. Maybe she does have a good head on her shoulders. Maybe if she loses this match this week it will make her better, maybe she will go away and reflect on it and she’ll gather her thoughts and she’ll head in to the final of the Chase for the Crown and she’ll be better for the experience... but somehow I’m not convinced she will. You see like I said I’ve been around for a while now and I’ve seen entirely too many people like Reiha. I’ve seen entirely too many people who pick up a book and think they know everything about it just by looking at the cover. And that’s the kind of girl Reiha Laine comes across to me as. In the ring she’s incredibly talented; I can’t take anything away from her there. She showed strength, she showed speed, she showed agility, she showed everything that you need to have in this business to be one of the all-time greats. She has so much ability, and I want to like her. I want to respect her, I really do. But then she ruins it by showing such little respect,” she says before shaking her head slowly once again. “When she talked before she wanted everything to be all about her. She thought the first round of the Chase for the Crown was all about her. What was it you said sweetie, that you ‘let’ me have the pin? Aw, thanks so much. That’s so generous of you. I don’t know what I would have done if you weren’t so incredibly kind. But why is it that you did that? Why would you show such ‘generosity’?”

“You need to believe that, don’t you? You need to believe that you let it happen. You need to believe that you were the team MVP. It couldn’t just have been a team effort. It couldn’t be that all four of us did our part, that all four of us delivered, that on the night we were the better team overall. You need to believe that it was all about you. And then you went out to that ring and you proved that it was all about you, you got the pin, and that must have felt so incredible for you. And if you go from that and you win the Chase for the Crown – something that’s entirely possible because you definitely have the talent to do it – then it’ll be all about you again, won’t it? But what if you go on and you win that match... after losing this one? I spoke about pressure. I mentioned the pressure was on us both, and that’s the pressure that’s on you. Because when you talk big, when you talk down to your opponents, when you want everything to be all about you then you need to deliver because if you don’t, if I beat you this week, then what does that say about everything you’ve had to say about me?” she asks, before smiling at the camera. “And what was there that you had to say about me? Well you did love to call in to question a moniker I have, a moniker that in five years in this business I have EARNED by taking on EVERY challenge, by winning championships, by proving myself in that ring week after week and never backing down, never running away and never phoning it in.”

“People like you don’t understand that,” she says, letting out another sigh. “People like you don’t understand what it means to want to earn the respect of your peers, to want to fight your way up the ranks, to want to prove yourself every single show. That’s why I signed on the dotted line in this company, that’s why I’ve tried as hard as I have, that’s why I took the loss three weeks ago as personally as I did, because I didn’t sign up for a paycheque, I didn’t sign up for an easy ride, I signed up to prove that that moniker you were so quick to talk down about is earned. But you don’t see it that way, huh? In your mind you beat me, and that means you proved it all wrong. I can’t be the Best Female Wrestler in the World because you’re better than me, right? Wrong. You’re not better than me. You did beat me, but you’re not better than me. There’s a big difference. And that ego of yours doesn’t let you understand the difference because to you they’re one and the same. To you that win proved I’m wrong about everything and you’re right. And like so many others if I beat you this week it won’t matter, right? If I beat you this week it won’t prove you’re wrong, because you beat me ‘when it mattered’ and this week it won’t matter. It won’t matter if you lose anyway. If you win then it’ll be party time again, and you’ll raise the roof in celebration. But if you lose, what happens sweetie? What happens if people start doubting you? What happens if you’re not as ‘superior’ as you like to think?”

“That’s the question I want you asking yourself this week, because you think I aim low? Wrong. If I was aiming low then I’d be finding a small little company in the middle of nowhere that I could go and compete in. If I was aiming low I’d be dominating rookies and guys who are close to retirement. If I was aiming low I’d be claiming I’m the best because I’ve beaten those who are beneath me. But I’m not aiming low. I came to FFW because of the talent here. I was excited about joining this company because it gave me the opportunity I craved not to TALK about being the best but to PROVE that I was. It gave me the opportunity to go up against the top female talent not just in one promotion but from the ENTIRE WORLD because THAT’S what this company represents. FFW attracts the top female stars from all over the planet. FFW attracts the very BEST to come and compete, to prove themselves and improve themselves. And you’re one of them Reiha. You’re part of this. Rather than talking down to everyone else, maybe it’s about time you took a look around and you realised what you’re a part of. Maybe, instead of acting like a spoiled bitch, you should take long, hard look around you and realise how hard EVERYONE here works. You claim to be a different breed, but you’re not sweetie. You’re just another egomaniac, another cliché ridden girl who thinks she knows better than everyone else. It’s sad as well, because in that ring you’ve got so much potential,” she says, laughing a little. “You know it as well, don’t you?”

“You know how good you are. You know how talented you are. You don’t need me to stand here and tell you, because you’re always the first one telling everyone else. Problem is you don’t know how good I am. You think wanting to be Television Champion is ‘aiming low’? Is that how little respect you have for me and for that title? No, there’s nothing ‘low’ about wanting to prove yourself! There’s nothing ‘low’ about wanting to fight your way up. There’s nothing ‘low’ about wanting to earn your spot. And that’s what I’m trying to do Reiha; I’m busting my ass every time I get the opportunity to step in to the ring to EARN that spot,” she explains, passion in her voice. “What you’re fighting for, the opportunity you’re fighting for in a few weeks, is an opportunity that ANYONE on this roster would love. If they don’t, if they share your attitude, if they think that the right to fight for the Television Championship is ‘aiming low’ then they’re in the wrong fucking business! But if you think that that’s all I ever want, if you think that that’s my end goal, if you think that I’ll swan off in to the distance happily if one day I do manage to achieve that then you’re out of your tiny, egotistical little mind. You know it’s not, just like I know it’s not all you want. The difference between us is that I want to do things the right way. I want to fight my way up. I want to prove myself at EVERY LEVEL of this company. I want to go out there and prove myself against anyone and everyone. And this week I am going to go out there and prove myself against you!”

“You see it all as a hierarchy, don’t you? You think the Television title scene is ‘low’. You’re wrong. Being a champion in this business is an honour, and one you’ve got to earn. That’s not what this week is about, but it is what it’s about for you in a few weeks, so you might want to listen closely to this, if there’s enough room with your ego in there to take in any new information. Being a champion in this business is an honour because you represent the company, you represent the division and you represent everyone who’s fought for that title before you. Fighting hard, proving yourself, earning your way up the rankings, that’s what this business is about, not big threats, egotistical boasts and claims of superiority. And this week, just like any other, I’m going to go out there and I’m going to leave EVERYTHING in the ring, I’m going to fight in this match with EVERYTHING I have because I know deep down inside that I can beat you Reiha, and this week I intend to prove that. And I know it won’t change history. I know nothing will ever give me back the opportunity that I missed out on, and I know I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my career, but this week I do have an opportunity to shut your mouth and prove to you that no matter how much you’ve judged me from that one little look you had, you’re so very wrong about me,” she says in a determined tone. “The thing I’m wondering, the thing I can’t stop asking myself, is what happens to all your beliefs if I do beat you?”

“The fact of the matter is Reiha that you’ve got a bright future ahead of you. At Unstoppable 5 you’re fighting in the finals of the Chase for the Crown. I hope you realise how much that means. I don’t just mean the tournament either, I mean the opportunity. I hope you realise how much it means. I hope you realise how hard they are to come by in this business. I hope you treasure the moment, that you put the effort in, that you go out there and give everything you’ve got because they’re rare. Opportunities in this business are so very rare. So are second chances. So in the Capital of Second Chances tonight, I intend to make the best of mine. Tonight on Breaking Point there’s nothing on the line except pride, but I’ve got a lot of pride to make back up,” she says, nodding her head slowly. “I know what you’re going to bring. I know how good you are. And I know that this time, just like last time, you’re planning on going out there, dominating, winning and celebrating. I know that with ‘DJ’ Reiha Laine there’s always a party, right? Well tonight I intend to stop that party. Maybe you’ll beat me again. Maybe you’ll go in to Unstoppable proving you ARE unstoppable. Maybe you’ll justify everything you said. Maybe you’ll show the world that do deserve it all. Or maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll fail this time. Maybe I’ll get a win over a woman who could quite possibly be a future Television Champion. No matter what happens though, there are two things you can guarantee tonight. The first is that I’m coming to that ring to give everything I’ve got, because I know I can beat you Reiha. As good as you are, I know I can. The second is that if I fail again I’ll fail with dignity, but if I win don’t make excuses, ok? Just do one thing: BE TOTALLY JEALOUS!”

She laughs and takes a step forward, kissing the camera before stepping back and waving. The scene fades out and the video ends, cutting to black with the replay button flashing up on the screen.