The video begins and we see the inside of the home of the now former SCW World Champion in Malibu, California. Syren sits in the middle of the picture, dressed in a ‘It’s Good To Be a Bad Girl’ Ravyn Taylor t-shirt, with a disappointed look on her face. “Hey guys. So, I won’t start this video out with a lie, this is not where I wanted to be right now. I’m not talking about physically, obviously. I’m talking about professionally. This Wednesday on Breakdown I get to do something that I always love to do, I get to team with Ravyn, Dark Fantasy gets to reunite for the first time in what feels like forever, and we get to go out to that ring and perform and show everyone that we are now and always have been one of the greatest tag teams this company has ever known, and that is going to be a whole lot of fun! I can’t deny that. I’m psyched about that opportunity because opportunities like this don’t come along all that frequently anymore. But I don’t get to walk out to that ring on Breakdown in Hartford carrying down that ring the thing I worked for more than a year to win back, because a few weeks ago in Tokyo on Supreme Saturday my reign as SCW World Champion – my fourth reign as SCW World Champion – came to the most disappointing of endings,” she says with a sad look. “And guys, I guess the first thing I need to say about that is congratulations to Rachel Foxx. They’re not words I wanted to say but they need to be said. In Tokyo I gave her everything that I had but she’d been working for that opportunity for a very long time and on that night I think maybe she was just unstoppable. I give her full credit, and I have no excuses.”

She smiles and shakes her head. “Yah, that’s right, I’m not going to sit here and make excuses. I’m also not going to sit here and make threats. Hell, I’m not even going to throw my toys out of the cot and demand a rematch ‘or else’. Do I want a rematch? You’re damn right I want a rematch! I worked for a whole year to win that belt back, I beat everyone in that year including Rachel Foxx, and I want another chance to go out there and prove that I can do it all over again. Am I going to get a rematch, however? Apparently not. I guess I’m not that lucky. And I’ll be honest guys, losing the title in the first place sucks, but knowing that I’m all the way back to where I started, knowing that I went through everything I did in the last year just to get knocked all the way to the bottom again, and hearing the same tired people demanding the same opportunities over and over again sucks even more than losing. But if there’s one thing you can guarantee about me it’s that being knocked down is not the end of my story,” she says with a little more confidence in her voice. “You know when I was training way back in 2009 – a lifetime ago – with Ivy Knight she used to tell me one thing that I’ve always taken to heart. She used to tell me that the REAL definition of a champion isn’t in the success you have but in coming back from losses and if she’s right, if that’s what defines a champion then you can bet your ass I’m going to work my hardest to be the greatest damn champion I can be because I am coming back and I still have my sights set on one thing: the Rise to Greatness main event!”

“No way it’s easy to get there, right? There’s only two paths to it. The first is at Taking Hold of the Flame, in doing something I’ve never managed to do before but have come oh-so-heart-breakingly-close to doing. The second is to earn a rematch, to reclaim the title and to walk into Rise to Greatness to defend it on the grand stage. The odds of doing either? Well, right now they’re pretty slim, but c’mon, since when have the odds for stuff like this ever been in my favor? If I gave up every time the odds were against me I’d have curled up into a ball of despair and self-loathing a long, long time ago. But the fact is that in order to come back, in order to get my chance to headline in Milwaukee on July 24th, I need to start making statements, and that’s what I’m intending to do on Breakdown against not one-woman worthy of making a statement against but two,” she says before smiling and nodding her head. “And c’mon, I mean when it comes to Forsaken that’s exactly what we’re dealing with. We’re dealing with a team who proved when they had their opportunity that they were one of the most naturally cohesive teams out there, a team with chemistry and unity that just seemed to come naturally to them. There are teams out there who work every day and still struggle to find the same cohesive partnership that Dawn and Selena had from the very beginning, and that’s definitely not something you can underestimate because in spite of everything they’ve been through you’ve got to believe that underlying natural cohesion is still there, and on top of it is now two women who’ve got experience in some of the biggest matches in the company.”

“You know if they were a threat to anyone back when they first got together, if they were a more-than-capable tag team back when they were first starting out, then you throw in the experience Dawn has amassed since by becoming Women’s and World Champion on the same night, on experiencing numerous defenses against some of the best women’s wrestlers on the roster, and in proving herself competitive against anyone on any occasion, and you add to that the belief that Selena Frost brings to the table every single time she steps up to it and the experience she’s gained from competing all around the world and what you’ve got in front of you is an absolutely deadly combination in the making. In fact, when you really think about it, if Dawn and Selena could stay on the same page they could be a threat to any tag team in this company, past or present. Individually they’re both mainstays of any division they want to be in, so together why couldn’t they be one of the most successful teams in company history?” she asks with genuine enthusiasm before smiling at the camera. “Of course it’s not quite that simple because what they’re facing this week is the return of arguably the most successful team in company history: Dark Fantasy. Collectively Ravyn and me have set records as a team. Individually we’ve set records as well. Between the two of us we’ve got six reigns as SCW World Champion to our names, and the longest title reigns in three different divisions. Individually we’re record breakers. But I have ALWAYS believed we’re best when we’re together!”

She smiles and nods her head. “Yah, I can already hear what you’re going to say, but let me take a second and clarify that for you. Ravyn and me have been individuals. We’ve been separated. We’ve fought different battles. We’ve stood miles apart. And yah, I think we both did a pretty good job of that. But together, on the same page, lending support to one another, fighting for one another, watching one another’s backs and giving everything for one another, we’re ten times what we are apart. We always have been. There’s a reason that Dark Fantasy did everything that we did and it’s not just because we were a great team inside the ring but it’s because we’ve been a way better team outside of it! And, aside from a little period a while back, that has never changed. Whenever I’ve needed Ravyn she’s always been there for me, no matter what I was going through or what she had to face. When she’s needed me I’ve always given her my undying love and support. And that hasn’t always been easy. I mean duh, last year we were practically in competition against one another at Apocalypse, we were two of thirteen with the task to pull down that title belt – a belt pulled down by Dawn Lohan, I’d like to point out – and yet in that match it wasn’t ‘everyone woman for herself’, it wasn’t partner versus partner, in that match like during that WHOLE period I wasn’t out there to screw over Ravyn but to support her until the end,” she says with a smile. “You see that’s what we do. That’s what we’ve always done. And that’s why we’re here today.”

“It’s also why we are who we are today. When I needed Ravyn back in 2014, when SCW needed Ravyn back in 2014, she stepped up to do the right thing despite believing at the time that nobody would thank her for it. You guys did though. You guys thanked her. You guys saw her for what she is. You saw how special she is, in spite of herself at times, and you guys got behind her. I’m eternally thankful to you for that. But this Wednesday guys you’re going to need to get behind her again, and me, because the challenge we’re up against is not going to be an easy one, and yet together we’re going to face it down and together we’re going to overcome it,” she says with confidence. “And I talked to Ravyn about this match and about Dawn Lohan’s part in it, and she said that she’s going to have words for Dawn, something that I have no doubt about because Ravyn does love her words, but she’s not the only one who does. See I’ve known Dawn a long time. I’ve respected her a long time as well, not just because of mutual friends, not just because of occasional alliances, but because I know where she came from, I know who she trained with, and I know that Ivy doesn’t train anyone she doesn’t see a whole load of potential in. That’s how I knew from the very beginning that Dawn had the talent to be anything she wanted to be if she kept her head screwed on and worked for it. Right now however – and I know it’s not my business only it kind of is – she’s shooting in entirely the wrong direction.”

“Do I think she’ll take my word for the fact that Ravyn can’t have attacked her because she was actually with me the whole time? No, I don’t think she will despite it being the truth because I don’t think she wants to. I think she’s got the bit between her teeth and she’s convinced herself that Ravyn is responsible for what happened and maybe there’s no convincing her otherwise. And I know as a fact that me teaming up against her isn’t going to help change her mind. Hell, it wouldn’t change my mind if the situations were reversed so I can’t fault Dawn for feeling that way either. But there’s a reason I stuck up for her, a reason I’m standing on this side of the divide alongside her, and that’s because in this case Dawn is wrong and Ravyn is right and when the truth comes out I know I can stand here justified for my faith in my wife,” she says with pride and a little nod of her head. “But Dawn, I get why you believe the things that you do. I get why you initially believed Ravyn was responsible. What I don’t get is why you continue to believe that now. I mean I know a thing or two about the situation you’re both in, and I don’t mean the whole backstage attack thing although I do know a LOT about that, and quite honestly Dawn I’m disappointed in you. See I know Ravyn’s done questionable things. I know she’s done horrible things. I know the moniker of ‘Bad, Bad Girl’ is both her being her, being funny and teasing people, but it’s also earned from the negative and ‘bad’ things she’s done throughout her career. But Dawn, she’s not exactly ALONE in that, is she?”

“I mean duh, are you so innocent? They say that she without sin should cast the first stone and sweetie I hate to be the one who points this out to you but you are in NO WAY without sin. But you’re trying to be a better person, right? You’re trying to a more positive person. You’re trying to stand for something else. And I get that. I, more than anyone, totally get that! Yet you want forgiveness for the things you’ve done and you’re not willing to give that same respect to others? You’re not willing to admit there’s even the POSSIBILITY that you’re wrong? That upsets me, and not just because it’s about Ravyn but because it’s systematic of a much wider problem around here. And it’s a problem that I’ve been trying to fight. It’s the ‘me first’ problem. It’s the self-absorbed problem. It’s the problem that so, so many people around here only see their own side in everything, they think they’re right no matter what, and they don’t see the damage they do. They don’t see the people who look up to them as role models and the damage they do with their self-absorbed attitudes. And sweetie that’s what you’re doing right now. You’re doing damage to yourself, to Ravyn and to everyone else. You want forgiveness? I get that. You want to put the past behind you? Totally understandable. But you don’t have the right to hold on to HER past while asking everyone to forget about YOURS. That’s not the way it works! And so if you need a reason for me standing by her side figuratively as her supporter and literally this Wednesday it’s right there!”

“I’ve got to admit however that standing across the ring from Selena Frost is going to be weird. Or, well, it would have been weird until recently. See it wasn’t that long ago that I don’t think I could have fought against Selena. It wasn’t that long ago that Selena literally sacrificed herself for me, not just to help our team win inside the Elimination Chamber but to save me from getting my skull beaten in as well. And I was so grateful for that. I was so thankful for that. I didn’t think I could find a reason to motivate myself to face off against a woman who’d do that. Then… well, then I guess ‘Platinum’ happened,” she says before letting out a sigh. “Everyone knows my problems with Regan Street, right? They’re not exactly a secret. She had an affair with my boyfriend. She broke me in so many ways. And as much as I’ve moved on from that, as much as I’ve tried to forgive and forget, I can’t do either. I can’t, not while Regan is still being Regan, not while Regan is still being the arrogant bitch she’s always been, not while she’s jumping me in the back and getting in my face rather than working hard and EARNING her chance like I did, and so it makes it pretty easy for me to see Selena Frost as an enemy when every single day all I see from her and all I hear from her is endless praise and love for her current ‘best friend’. And that’s not me drawing a line in the sand, that’s not me saying ‘it’s her or it’s me’, it’s me explaining the fact that Selena Frost credits Regan Street with opening the door for her to be who she is instead of, you know… the four-time World Champion!”

“It’s hard to give respect to someone when you feel disrespected by them. Do I think there’s anything malicious in it? No. I don’t think Selena is purposefully trying to upset me. I don’t think she’s going about trying to create a problem between us. But it does make it super easy for me to want to drop her on her face when she’s doing all this stuff, you know? And that’s what I want to do this week. That’s what I’m longing to do this week. Because I’m a big believer in paying respect to the past. That’s why, in spite of how I’ve never liked her, I still respect everything Katie Steward has done. It’s why as much as it upset me to lose I’m willing to nod my head and tell Rachel Foxx she deserves that title. And it’s why I feel disrespected when the same respect isn’t returned in kind by girls like Selena,” she explains before smiling again. “But that’s what this business has become all about, isn’t it? It’s not about respect and competition. It’s about self-promotion and ego, two things the ‘Queen of the Triad’ knows so very much about. And that does make it super easy this week to find motivation not just to get back up on my feet, not just to overcome two fantastic, world-class competitors on Breakdown, not just to prove to the world that together there is nothing quite like Dark Fantasy, but to go up against a woman who’s disrespected my wife and woman who’s disrespected me, to step into the ring against them both, to fight to prove myself and to start at the bottom and work my way ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TOP! And that’s what I’m going to do. Because Selena Frost may be ‘the Queen’ but, in shameless self-promotion style, she’s going up against the BEST FEMALE WRESTLER IN THE WORLD and the team looking to prove they deserve the moniker of greatest tag team in SCW history, and on Breakdown we intend to prove our worth, and ensure anyone who doubts us can BE TOTALLY JEALOUS!”

She smiles and nods her head. “A champion is defined by the way they come back, and guys on Breakdown you’re going to see why whether I’ve got a title belt or not I’ll always be a champion!”

She kisses the camera before the video ends and the replay button flashes up on the screen.