The video begins and we see a close up of a British flag. The camera zooms out and we see the flag isn’t hanging anywhere but instead is being held by none other than Alexander Crowe, the professional name of Alexander Cannon. Alexander holds the flag with pride before looking down at it and smiling. “Femme Fatale Wrestling fans, welcome to the United Kingdom,” he says in his English accent, a confident smile on his face. “And yes, it is still the United Kingdom. It was a little close there, a lot of doubt over the future of it, but it turns out more people do agree that we’re ‘Better Together’. And nowhere says ‘Better Together’ more than this place right here. This morning we’re in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Now there’s a lot of history in this country, a history of violence, a history of political and religious beliefs causing mayhem, a history of turmoil. There was a long period where people weren’t safe here from their own people, and it wasn’t international terrorists who were causing the problems, it was normal people. It was neighbours fighting with neighbours. It was Christian’s fighting with Christian’s. It wasn’t a good place to be. But now things are very different. We’ll never forget the history that occurred here, but we can look to the future, we can look forward with hope and excitement and tonight that’s what a lot of people in Belfast are doing. They’ve come from both sides of the border, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and they’re united under one banner, and that banner is FFW.”
He takes the flag and drapes it around his shoulders proudly. “Tonight in the Odyssey Arena the Irish fans are going to see a show of shows,” he says with excitement in his voice. “Tonight, the fans in the arena and all of you watching at home are going to see a revenge match, you’re going to see a dream match, you’re going to see a match three years in the making, but you’re also going to see an entirely different kind of war. You see Northern Ireland knows all about turmoil, it knows about disagreements, it knows about conflict between two sets of people who are so similar that it’s almost crazy that they can’t get along but they can never see eye to eye because of small differences. That makes it a perfect place for tonight’s match between one half of one of the most exciting teams in FFW today, the Rocking Kitten’s, represented tonight by Gabrielle Crimson, as she takes on one half of another of the most exciting teams in FFW today, and a team I’m a little biased toward I will admit, Dark Fantasy, represented tonight by the woman I love, a four-time tag team champion in her career to date and a three time World Heavyweight Champion, I just don’t think I have enough nice things to say about the woman I’m here to introduce. Ladies and gentlemen don’t let me take any more of your time. Allow me to introduce to you my girlfriend, a potential future contender for the FFW Unity Tag Team Championships, and a woman who’s not exactly popular with her opponent tonight, Syren.”
The camera turns around and Syren smirks in to it. You can see she’s trying to look professional, but she’s unable to stop smiling after that introduction. “Ok, so now I have to figure out how I’m going to follow THAT up,” she says with a laugh. “Hey guys, welcome. Like Alexander said, we’re in Belfast this morning and we’ve been having a lot of fun here. Like all of you guys I’ve heard about the craziness and the history here, I’ve heard about the violence and the bombings, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I love British people – I mean duh, right? – and I love British fans, they’re so crazily passionate about wrestling that’s just amazing to perform in front of them, but this is my first time in Northern Ireland so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I’ll tell you what I found. I found some of the most devoted fans I’ve ever met. I found some of the kindest, nicest people I’ve ever seen. And tonight is a pretty big night, so it’s going to be amazing when we step out inside the Odyssey Arena tonight and we hear passionate, vocal fans cheering their favourite wrestlers, whoever they may be. Tonight, as Alexander already alluded to, there’s not so much a battle of good and evil but more a battle of people with differences. I mean sure there’s some good and evil tonight, but when Misty takes on Jennifer it’s not about good and evil, and when I face Gabrielle I like to think it’s also not about good and evil, it’s about momentum, it’s about heart, and it’s about finding out who’s better. These are the kinds of challenges that I’m in this business for!”
“From day one I walked in here not with a chip on my shoulder like soooooo many other girls, not claiming I was going to dominate the entire roster, not claiming that I was better than everyone else that came along, but instead with something to prove. You all know my nickname, right? That’s a nickname earned in five years of competition, in winning three World Championships, and in going out in front of fans over and over and over again looking to back it up every time in the ring. You see I didn’t just wake up one morning and decide ‘oh hey, I’m better than everyone else, so I’m going to give myself a nickname that reflects it’, and believe me I’ve dealt with enough bitches in five years who thought they were queens and princesses to know how damn disrespectful that can be. But the moment I walked in here and I had that nickname and I called myself the BEST FEMALE WRESTLER IN THE WORLD I knew there was going to be people who’d tell me I was wrong, I knew there was going to be a whole line of people who looked to step up and knock me down, and I embraced that,” she says with a smile. “I’m not here to TELL you that I’m the best, or even one of the best, I’m here to SHOW you that when it comes to competition in that ring there is nobody who gives more than me, there is nobody who works harder than me, and there is nobody who bounces back like me. And have I always done that? No. The truth is I haven’t even gotten started yet. But I’m going to, make no mistake about that.”
“I didn’t get to compete at Sin & Sacrifice. I didn’t get a match that I wanted. But I was there, and NOT being on that show makes me even more determined that I’m not going to miss out again. I already know that I won’t be missing out next time though, right? Because when Anarchy hits Dallas, Texas for the first time I won’t be waiting until a week before to find out if I’m lucky enough to get a spot on one of the big shows, instead I’ll be walking out in a number one contenders match for the Unity Tag Team Championships against my opponent tonight and her partner. And this thing between us has gotten a little bit crazy, right? It has gotten all too personal. Dark Fantasy has been criticised, mocked and belittled. We’ve been told that we’re not good enough. We’ve been told that we’ll never be good enough. Ravyn’s been called evil, I’ve been told I cry too much, and yet on December 6th the former contenders to the Unity Tag Team Championships, a team full of confidence thinking they were going to become the team of teams by holding both the Trios and Unity Tag titles at the same time – it would have been an INCREDIBLE accomplishment guys, I’ll admit that I was a little sad for you that it couldn’t happen, but only a little – get a chance to earn another shot, and Dark Fantasy gets a chance to earn our FIRST one,” she says with confident and pride. “And on December 6th I’m going to do everything I can to make this happen, because this is an opportunity I don’t want to slip away from me.”
“But I’m not looking exclusively to the future right now. I’m not training for December 6th. I’m not thinking tag team wrestling. I’m not overlooking what I have right in front of me, and that is a match against Gabrielle one on one. Now December 6th is going to be huge, December 6th is going to be one of the biggest nights of my career – and yah, I’m a three time World Champion just as Alexander said, but yet December 6th I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say is going to be one of the biggest nights of my career because it means that much to me – but tonight, in Belfast, in front of these fans, in front of these people, and against Gabrielle Crimson is the most important match I’ve had so far,” she tells the camera passionately. “Tonight I’ve got everything to prove against a girl who done nothing but criticize me at every turn. Neither Gabrielle nor Alysson have ever had a nice thing to say about me. They’ve been so quick to jump on what they believe are flaws. They’ve been so quick to threaten, so quick to belittle and so quick to show off, and I bet it felt great to show off. You’ve still got those Trios titles, right? You still love them, right? You still love reminding us that they’re yours, right? And you’ve been confident lately. You were confident that you’d beat us, and you did. Bravo. Now I could complain, I could bitch, I could jump on Twitter and point out that Alysson became a hypocritical whore in our last match and run my mouth and say it wasn’t fair, but I’m not going to do that. Instead, I’m going to do this.”
She smiles at the camera and then begins applauding. “Congratulations ladies. You did what you told us you’d do. You beat Dark Fantasy. Now I’m going to tell you what I told Alysson she should have done before. I’m going to dare you to make it happen again. We’ve never taken you lightly, not for one moment, but that loss lit a fire under both of us. Neither Ravyn nor I like to lose. We hate it. We pride ourselves on being the best. We pride ourselves on being able to compete with ANY team. We pride ourselves on the fact that our records are second to almost no one in this business. And you ladies beat us in the middle of the ring, and it only made us more determined. It only made me more determined. Our first match together two against two in a long, long time and you took away from us the win we wanted, and for that I have to say congratulations, but I also have to tell you that no amount of bitching and complaining, no amount of comparing me to Maddie or any other blonde in this business, is going to stop me from coming at you HARD this week because I haven’t been in an FFW ring in a long time, I missed out on performing at one of the biggest shows of the year, and sweetie believe me when I tell you that right now there is NOTHING that I want more than to drop you on your face and pin your shoulders to the mat,” she says, looking intensely in to the camera. “And do you want to know why that is? Because I’m tired of you, I’m tired of the comparisons and I’m tired of being told how to be.”
“I’m also tired of the cocky little grins and all the cocky bullshit. You know the ones I mean, right? Those stupid grins on your faces when you tell us ‘we will, we will, rock you’,” she says in a mocking tone, imitating Gabrielle’s accent. “I mean seriously? You have no idea how annoying that is. What’s worse is when it’s stuck in your head for weeks and weeks and weeks. And it has been stuck in my head ever since that night. I’ve been itching for a shot at you again, either one of you actually. Because against you both I have everything to prove, don’t I? You were here first. You’ve been champions, both singles and Trios. You consider yourselves one of the top teams in the business. Now all of that I’m fine with, that EXCITES me, it EXCITES me that this week I’m facing one of the FASTEST girls in the ring, a girl who can pull moves out of NOWHERE, a girl who can pull off not only death-defying moves with ease but who can hit you with a Spear that knocks the wind out of you. I’ve heard the questions as well. How can someone that small hit you THAT hard? It’s just part of what makes Gabrielle a hell of an opponent, and an opponent that EXCITES me. But doesn’t excite me is holier than thou bullshit. What doesn’t excite me is being told how to be. What doesn’t excite me is being criticised at every turn for having loyalty toward friends. Honestly I don’t know what they’re hoping they’re going to get out of all this bullshit either. Are they seriously hoping they’ll say ‘oh, Ravyn is evil, she’s a Maddie McTaggert wannabe’ and I’ll go ‘oh my god, they’re right, sorry honey, we’ve only been together for FIVE YEARS but you’re dumped’.”
“How can I put this? No,” she says before rolling her eyes and laughing. “But that’s who you are. That’s what you do. You’re the cocky team who sings when they’re winning and dismisses everything like it’s irrelevant the moment they lose. And let me guess, right? I’ve already obsessed too much over you beating us. I should let it go. Oh my god, I mentioned that it happened, that means I’m crying and whining about it. No. I remember it. I remember every moment of that match. It’s what’s driving me right now. You hit me with the Crimson Spear, you took advantage of a mistake and you pinned my shoulders to the mat, and I’ve been thinking about that every moment since. I’ve had every thought imaginable going through my mind. Did I underestimate you? Did I take our momentum for granted? Did we train enough? Were we really in sync as much as we used to be? Could I have done something different? Was I at fault, or on that night in Mexico were you simply BETTER than we were? Do you want to know the conclusion I’ve come up with? You WERE better on that night. Tonight I’ve GOT to be better. I never take well to losing, but losing to the same opponent twice in a row? Losing to a future opponent in a match that matters as much as it will on December 6th? Losing to a champion when I’m working tirelessly to become one? These are all things that I can’t let happen. I’m not going to make some stupid proclamation about ‘showing you what greatness looks like’ but sweetie, tonight in Belfast it is my intention to beat you in front of the world, to pin your shoulders to the mat, and to have my hand raised not because you’re weak, not because you’re pathetic, but because you’re DAMNED GOOD but tonight I NEED to be better. If I am then you know what to do, right? BE TOTALLY JEALOUS!”
She kisses the camera before smiling at it. The scene ends then and we cut to black before the video ends and the replay button flashes up on the screen.