The video begins and we see what appears to be a living room, presumably inside the home of one of the members of Dark Fantasy. The camera rolls for a moment and we see Ravyn Taylor and Syren walk in to the shot. Syren is dressed in a pink t-shirt with the slogan ‘SECOND TO NO MAN’ across the front of it while Ravyn is dressed in a shirt adorned with the American flag. She has a smirk on her face as she looks down at the shirt and then back up at the camera again. Syren almost ignores the mischievous look on her partner’s face as she begins. “So it’s officially the beginning of a new year and with the beginning of every new year comes new challenges, new adventures and new opportunities. The beginning of every year is the chance to put the previous one behind you, it’s a chance to forget the past and to focus on the future, but before we can begin the first FFW show of 2015 I feel like we need to address what happened on the last one of 2014, and I feel like I need to say thank you,” she says softly and sincerely. “I genuinely want to thank FFW for giving us an opportunity last month, but more than that I want to thank Alysson and Gabrielle. The last few months they’ve shown us what they’re all about, they’ve given everything against us at every turn and they’ve bested us on more than one occasion during our rivalry. They’ve pushed us to be better. They’ve pushed us to prove ourselves to them, to FFW management, to all you guys watching every week but most of all to ourselves. We had a hell of a crazy ride with them, and I don’t think it’s over quite yet.”

Ravyn grins and shakes her head slowly. “No, I don’t think it’s over either,” she says with a smirk across her face. “Over the last few months I got to understand a little about these two women, I got to witness the commitment between them, the enduring bond between them, and then I saw the announcement that they’d tied the knot and I almost sent them congratulations via Twitter, but I stopped myself because I got the impression that words on a feed with no context would seem hollow, perhaps even become misinterpreted. Now it’s no secret that I don’t particularly like either one of them as individuals – it would be hard to do that after the rivalry that we endured with them and the comments made by them – but they both earned my respect as competitors and as a result I wish them all the best, and I mean that. Dark Fantasy was my entire life a few years ago, Dark Fantasy was the culmination of everything that I’d worked for, and then as we pursued other things it drifted apart – WE drifted apart – and when we reunited as a tag team we needed a challenge to rise to again. There’s something to be said for undefeated streaks against lesser wrestlers, it’s an impressive way to make your mark on a new company or an industry as a whole, but you learn nothing about yourself until you challenge yourself, and the Rocking Kittens gave us the challenge we needed. The rivalry with them also gave us something that we both longed for: opportunity. And now, on February 28th, we get our opportunity.”

“Yah, we do,” Syren says with a smile and a nod. “On February 28th at Chaos Theory 2015 we get the opportunity that we wanted, we get the opportunity that we worked for, when Dark Fantasy challenge the always impressive KO/TO for the Unity Tag Team Championships in front of a sold out crowd in Portland, Oregon. It’s going to be a wild ride for sure, and there is nothing that we want more than to end that wild ride with victory on that night, but that’s a long way off in the future yet and there are plenty more challenges to come before then. Our first challenge comes this Saturday night in fact when Dark Fantasy head to one of my very favourite places in the entire world, Honolulu, Hawaii, to compete as part of the very first Breaking Point of 2015, and this is a match I’m excited about for so many reasons. First of all it’s Hawaii and while I can only think of one or two matches I’ve ever had there professionally I’ve got a lot of personal history in Hawaii. I’ve had some great memories there, and some that were great at the time but don’t seem so great when I look back at them now. But there’s a lot of history there, there’s a lot of culture there, and honestly it’s exciting to think that we can head over there for Saturday night and compete there. The second reason that I think we’re both excited about this match is that it’s an opportunity. We spoke last year about feeling like outsiders. We spoke last year about feeling on the outskirts. Well, Saturday night is a chance to do something about that by competing on the very first show of the year.”

“There were some who were surprised by those comments,” Ravyn says with an almost curious look in to the camera. “There were some who questioned why we’d feel that way, but doesn’t everyone in the situation that we’re in? We entered FFW as outsiders. We came from afar with only one ‘friend’ here, someone almost universally despised by all. To walk in the door and immediately make that association set us apart from the rest of the roster and immediately put us on an uphill struggle to prove something. We had to prove that we were different. We had to prove that we were willing to fight for what we wanted. We had to prove that individually or as a team Dark Fantasy was not another clichéd clique of cheerleader-esque high school bullies. That was difficult. We were shown nothing but disrespect because of our association, so it made fitting in and become accepted that little bit harder. But as Zoe already said, another year has come now and a chance for a new beginning is upon us. Next month we get our first championship opportunity, a chance to establish ourselves in the history books of FFW as the genuine article in a way that those that we once associated with never could. For us there is little that matters more than that, but in order to establish oneself one cannot only win the bigger matches when the championships are on the line. In order to establish a legacy, in order to create a name for oneself then one must overcome every obstacle in their path. So on Saturday night when FFW heads to Honolulu then Dark Fantasy have an obstacle to overcome.”

Syren nods her head in agreement, looking at Ravyn as she speaks and then turning back to the camera when it’s her turn to continue. “Yah, I mean we don’t want to be outsiders, you know? We don’t want to be ‘that team that nobody really likes’. We don’t want to be the team that sits at their own table in the cafeteria – to use the whole high school thing again – and bans everyone else from sitting with us because we think we’re superior and everyone else is inferior. Now that’s not to say that we want to sit at the popular table, I mean is there even a popular table? There’s a whole bunch of cliques, and a whole bunch of people who all hate the same people, but is there necessarily a popular table? I don’t know, but I do know that we want to prove ourselves, we want to establish ourselves, and we want to be accepted,” she says passionately. “That’s not easy to do when you’re an outsider in a new place, but like Ravyn said in order to do that we’re willing to fight to prove ourselves not just in the big matches but in EVERY match. We want to make our impact in 2015, we want to make our names in this company in 2015, we want the entire roster to know who we are by the time the year is done, and to do that we need to rise to every challenge. We want to stand for something. Our first challenge to rise to in 2015 is ‘In Canada We Trust’, a duo of Canadian supremacists who already stand for something, and it seems to be standing for telling the world that Canada is in every way superior.”

“Now don’t get me wrong, I’m so not going to stand here and give the normal speech that most American’s give about Canada,” Syren continues, shaking her head at the idea of spouting the clichéd anti-Canadian speech she’s heard so many times from others. “I know there are a lot of jokes out there about Canada, but just as Hawaii has some amazing significance in my life, so does Canada. For most of my career I’ve worked for a Canadian company, and while the majority of their shows were in the United States they do hold more in Canada than the average promotion, so I’ve had a lot of trips to Canada for professional reasons. I’ve had some of the best matches of my life in Canada, but I’ve also had one of the worst. In 2013, at the biggest show of the year, I lost the biggest match of my life in Toronto, and it’s something that haunted me for a long time. At first I thought losing that match would destroy me. At first I thought losing that match meant my entire world was over. But the reality is that losing that match had one major effect – it made be stronger. It forced me to rise up. It forced me to work harder than I ever had before. It forced me to become a better, stronger person. It forced me to find out a lot about myself. Professionally Canada – whether it’s Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta or even Quebec – has always given me exciting experiences with passionate wrestling fans. Nobody loves wrestling more than Canadian fans it seems. And personally Canada has given me so much as well. I got married in Canada after all.”

She turns to Ravyn and smiles at that memory. Ravyn smirks as well before looking back in to the camera and looking down at her shirt again before grinning back at the camera. “Ah Canada, so many memories, so many good times, so many fun encounters as well. My ex was Canadian. We spent a lot of years together. He taught me a lot. He was a proud Canadian as well, just as I’m a proud American, and it caused a few clashes of culture, especially when it came to politics. We could never agree when it came to discussing politics. We could never agree on the finer points, being from such vastly different backgrounds, and while I’d love to tell you differently considering I grew up in Detroit, so close to the Canadian border and yet so far from it as well, there is a vast difference between our two countries,” she explains. “But when I was younger there were places I went in Detroit where I’d stare out across the river and every time my life got bad – which was often – I used to wonder if I made the break to Canada how different things could be. Canada was, in many ways, my escapist fantasy. The problem I always found was that while I’ve always enjoyed Canada, rarely have I enjoyed the company of Canadians. Now that may be an insult to many but the reason I’ve rarely enjoyed the company of Canadians is because the vast majority of those I’ve spent any time with have been professional wrestlers, and when it comes to professional wrestlers from Canada there’s always been an elitist thing going on there.”

“Now it may not be true of all Canadians, I’m sure there are some who break the proverbial mould, but there are so many who believe themselves superior, so many who think that they’re better trained, so many with a chip on their shoulder and so many who look down their noses at Americans,” the brunette continues, grinning as she does so. “Now I’m wearing this particular shirt today because I’m looking to prove a point. I’m fully aware of the patriotic nature of the American people. There are many so-called ‘flag wavers’, those who praise everything about the country, those who cry out ‘God Bless America’ at every opportunity, but you rarely find such a breed in this business. You don’t often come across anyone who dubs themselves ‘The American Icon’ and yet ‘The Pride of Canada’ is so overused it’s almost clichéd. ‘In Canada We Trust’ is a living, breathing example of everything I find wrong with Canadians in the wrestling business. Their ambition is to ‘prove that their home country is the best in the world’ and they do this by demeaning others, by cheating at every opportunity, by taking shortcuts and by egotistical statement after egotistical statement. ‘The Pride of Canada’ and ‘Above Average’, two monikers I find myself struggling not to laugh at. Is that how it is, ladies? Is Ashley truly ‘Above Average’? Coming from a family like the Whitmore family, with all the success that they’ve garnered, one would think that the supposedly intellectual amongst them would come up with a more impressive moniker and purpose in life than claiming to be ‘above average’ and wanting to show how great Canada is.”

The brunette rolls her eyes. Syren shakes her head. Once again it’s Ravyn who continues. “Looking at the two of you I can’t help but find comparisons between you and us. Ashley is the supposed intellectual, Mileena the technical workhorse. It parallels the two of us very nicely indeed. But while I’m not going to dispute Mileena’s technical prowess – she seems very impressive in that department – I do find myself wondering why any supposed intellectual would deem themselves ‘above average’, or why they’d embark on such a pointless quest. Now me, I like to play games, I like to get in people’s heads, I like to fuck with them and leave them never knowing quite what to think. To do that I’ve referred to myself as many things, but ‘slightly better than mediocre’ isn’t amongst them,” she says before rolling her eyes. “I had a sandwich last week. It too was ‘above average’, however it still wasn’t anywhere near worth the money I paid for it. Are you worth the money, Ashley? Are you far enough ‘above average’ that you’re worth all the hype, that you’re capable of delivering on this ideal of proving the worthiness of Canada? I’m not sure you are. Everything I’ve seen of you says you’re accomplished, it says you’re going to put up a fight, it says you might even have that x-factor that so many in this business lack, but then I read that you plan to showcase ‘brains, beauty and bitchiness’ and I yawn and lose interest, because I’ve heard it all before. Are you worth the money, Ashley? I already know your sisters are, but are you?”

Ravyn smirks again, shaking her head as though she doubts there’s a positive response to the question. Syren then shakes her own head, more at her partner than at anything else it would seem, before looking to the camera. “It seems this week we’re up against two girls looking to prove the supremacy of Canada, and it’s down to a girl from Detroit and one from Long Beach to do what we can do show America has a little fight in it too, and believe me we do,” Syren says before nodding her head. “Like I said, I don’t want this to be all about the United States against Canada, I don’t want to stand here making jokes about Canada, what I want to do is get in to that ring and prove myself, to test myself against a team I’ve read a lot about. I’m totally cool with the idea of Canadian patriotism, I’m totally cool with putting Canadian flags on your tights, on your tops, on your ring gear or on anything else you can find if that’s what makes you feel like you’re ready to go, but this Saturday night in Hawaii you’re going to need to be ready to go, because we will be. This Saturday night we’ll be looking for a challenge. This Saturday night we’ll be looking for a fight. This Saturday night putting your hand on your heart and reciting the Canadian national anthem won’t help you, getting in that ring and giving everything you’ve got is the only thing that will. You see girls you want to prove that Canada is superior, and that’s noble I guess, but Dark Fantasy are coming not to show America is better than Canada – I don’t believe one match between four people could ever decisively prove that anyway – but to show that we’re more than worthy of our status as number one contenders to the Unity Tag Team Championships.”

“We’ve got everything to prove this week and we’ll be going out there to deliver. Now Ravyn just spoke about her strength, and that’s her brain. She’s the smart one. You have that too, right? Ashley is the smart one. Well I’m the determine one. I’m the fighter, and the one looking to go out there on Saturday night not to prove American’s awesomeness but to STEAL THE SHOW and start off 2015 the best possible way it should be. I’m not going to stand here and question your logic or your purpose, I’m not going to stand here and mock your nicknames, I mean we’ve all got nicknames that can be mocked, right? Well, most of us do anyway,” she says before looking at Ravyn who just shrugs her shoulders innocently. “That’s actually kind of weird, you know I never realised before but the closest thing you have to a nickname is ‘Bad Girl’. But whatever, this match isn’t about nicknames, this match is about four women giving it everything they have, this match is about showing the world what tag team wrestling in FFW is all about, and if that means taking on the ‘Pride of SVW’ to show the pride that we have to represent FFW then that’s what we’ll do. There’s actually a lot that the four of us have in common, there’s actually a few really cool parallels between us, but this Saturday night there can only be one set of winners, there can only be one team who starts 2015 right, and I know you two will want it to be you, I know you two will want to prove a point, I know you two will want to throw in to doubt everything that Dark Fantasy is about, and I invite you to bring it on, I invite you to try to do exactly that, because this week Dark Fantasy intends to prove our pride in FFW and tag team wrestling, Dark Fantasy intends to show we’re so way more than above average, and in front of a sold out Blaisdell Arena on January 10th we’re going to give everything we’ve got, and if we win, if we leave victorious, if America triumphs then rather than being proud to be Canadian you can just BE TOTALLY JEALOUS!”

“It should be fun,” Ravyn says with a smirk and a nod to the camera. “See you there.”

Syren steps forward and kisses the camera lens before stepping back. With that the video comes to an end and we fade out to black before the replay button flashes up on the screen.