The video begins and we see an increasingly familiar sight, inside the hope of Zoe Sperling and Ravyn Taylor in Malibu, California, where we find Syren standing on a podium as the Miss Universe theme song plays in the background. She has tears in her eyes and a crown on her head and she’s rejoicingly waving as the sound of applause is heard in the background. The music and applause abruptly ends however as Syren looks at the camera and smirks. “Oh c’mon, you didn’t really think that’s how this was starting, did you?” she asks before laughing and jumping down off the podium, tossing the crown to one side and picking up the SCW World Championship which she proudly places across her shoulder. “Who wants to be Miss Universe when you can have this? And guys, I have this… again. I know, it’s getting totally tiresome, right? Or, you know, it’s not. Well, not for me anyway, I can’t speak for all of you. Now I’m not going to start this thing with a whole celebration, or a long speech, or anything that insulting. You guys know me better than that. If you guys were watching this past Wednesday you know how I wanted to start my title reign, and that’s with a fight. What can I say? It’s what I do best. But it’d be a little bit wrong if I didn’t start off my first video of my fifth reign as World Champion by acknowledging exactly that, the fact that I am the SCW World Heavyweight Champion for the fifth time in my career, and I had to fight my way through hell and back to earn it. I knew that would be the case. I knew it would be tough. I knew James Evans was going to give me the fight of my life. Everything I knew was right, including that I could beat him.”

She smiles proudly, looking at the title for a moment out of pride and simply because she seems to genuinely love the fact that she’s once again in possession of it, before looking back to the camera. “See I knew going in I couldn’t match James for aggression. I knew I couldn’t match him for bloodlust. I knew I couldn’t make him for rage or strength. But I also knew the single most important fact in this business, and a fact that’s worked for me and against me so many times – you don’t need to decimate the other person, you don’t need to bloody them, you don’t need to rip them limb from limb, you don’t need to leave them cripple, you just need to drop them to the mat for three short seconds. That was my plan going in last Sunday. I had to survive James Evans. I had to survive whatever he could throw at me. I had to survive every bit of aggression he had. And I did. It wasn’t easy, but I did. Hell, you guys saw the match, right? I was in serious pain the next day. Seriously, SCW did some photos with me that next day and if I could find the ones where I look like I’m in too much pain to stand up straight then you’d know how much I hurt all over. But yet I had a plan and I executed it. I didn’t need to cripple him. I just needed three seconds,” she says with pride again, this time purposefully looking at the title on her shoulder, “and it led to my fifth World Championship reign. And guys, here’s the truth, I could not be happier right now. But that doesn’t mean this thing is over. Oh no, it’s definitely not over. Because I have a target on my back, and… well, James made damn sure I may have won the battle but he was the one that walked away.”

She looks completely serious and fired up. “Fact is I didn’t want to start my title reign with a celebration on Wednesday. I wanted to start it by continuing where we left off. That’s why I did what I did. That’s why I called out James Evans. That’s why I challenged him to a fight. I didn’t get what I wanted. That’s ok though, because it’s only made me want it more,” she says with determination and smile spreading across her face. “See I know the hunger he has inside of him. I know the rage that’s driving him. It’s the same thing that drives me, and so many others on this roster. He wants to be the best. He’s willing to rip and claw through whoever he has to in order to get that. Well, last Wednesday night in Boston he didn’t have to search far for me… and yet he didn’t come get what he wanted. So does that mean he’s done with me, and with this? Does that mean he’s focusing on something else? I’m worried the answer might be yes, and that’s why I went and found the woman with whom I hear he’s been obsessing and I made her an offer. It’s an offer I stand by one hundred percent. See from the moment I first met her I’ve liked Amy Chastaine. I don’t like everything about her, I admit that. I didn’t like the fact that she talked down to me. I definitely didn’t like the fact she thought I’d throw a match on purpose. But I respect her as a competitor. I respect her as a wrestler. I respect her as a fighter. And some of us… well, sometimes we need to stick together when the monsters come to get us.”

“At least this Wednesday night, however, Amy won’t need to worry too much about the monster coming after her. At least, I hope not considering he’s meant to be in Oslo this Wednesday while Amy and me are meant to be in Sydney. Still, my offer stands and if she wants to feel a little bit safer then she’s more than happy to stay with Ravyn and me… even if she will also be likely staying with her challenger. Weird situation, right? But whatever, it’s not like they’re enemies either,” she says before smiling. “And what can I say, I consider myself a friendly kinda girl. I stick up for those who need it. I fight for those who need it. I’ve fought for this company. I’ve fought for my friends. I’ve fought for my wife. I haven’t always done that alone either. And that brings me to Selena Frost, a woman I’ve previously fought alongside, and against, often enough to have a hell of a lot of respect for. This Wednesday night it’s back in the ‘against’ camp though as she’ll be teaming with her friend and I’ll be teaming with mine – well, she’s a bit more than a friend, but you get what I’m saying. See this week while the monsters are scheduled to be in Europe, Dark Fantasy are scheduled to be in the middle of that ring in Sydney up against Platinum for my first match as a five-time World Champion, and I’m pretty excited about it. I mean it’s been a hell of a year for me. Lots of ups. Lots of downs. And it’s been the same for Selena too, right? She’s had some crazy highs this year, including success in the biggest tournament in this business, Best of the Best, but she’s had some lows as well. I get that. But she wouldn’t be her if she didn’t know how to take the good with the bad.”

She smiles. “That’s something we’ve got in common. Another thing we have in common is a fire and determination to win. In fact, that kind of sums up every woman in this match right here. There’s not one of the four of us that aren’t going in that ring ready and willing to give everything we have to succeed, who aren’t willing to leave every single bit of it behind to do that, but it takes a special kind of woman to be humble during all of that. It takes a very special kind of woman to win that biggest tournament in wrestling and NOT let it go to her head. I’ve made no secret of my respect for Selena in the past, and Breakdown only gave me more of that. Fact is I’m a little disappointed that this Wednesday isn’t me versus her one on one, to give her a chance to prove herself, to give her a chance to shine as bright as I know she can, and most importantly to give her a chance to truly EARN a shot at this title,” she says with a nod and a smile. “But she says she’s not ready. I’m not sure if that’s just her being humble, or if she knows something we don’t… or maybe even if Ravyn’s right. Yah, I know what Ravyn thinks about her. I know Ravyn thinks she says the right thing and doesn’t live by those words. I think I need to disagree with her on this one though. I don’t think Selena is saying the ‘right’ thing. I think Selena is speaking from the heart. That’s what I choose to believe, and in truth it’s what I hope as well, because if she is, if she’s genuinely serious about continuing her hard work, about continuing to fight against every challenge that comes her way, not only will it not be long before she’s challenging for this title, but when she wins it she’ll make a hell of a champion.”

“Now whether she’s ready for the shot at the top spot I can’t tell you. Only she can tell you when she’s ready. But I do know as a fact that she’ll be ready for this Wednesday. I know she’ll be ready for Sydney. I know she’ll be ready to leave it all in the ring, and I want her to know that I will as well. And I’ve heard the talk about the water cooler about this match,” she says before smiling a little. “Well, there’s not actually a water cooler, but whatever. I’ve heard the talk about this match. I know what people are saying. They’re saying it’s a chance for Selena to prove herself against Ravyn and me, but it’s also a chance for us to prove ourselves against her. That’s what’s going to happen this Wednesday. I’m not going to stand here and talk down about her. I like her. I respect her. And I have a lot to prove against her. See for me being the World Champion isn’t about holding this title up high and celebrating and proclaiming myself the best. That’s never what it’s been about. For me being the World Champion is about stepping in the ring against the biggest and the best and fighting them. I see Selena Frost across the ring from me, I know that’s what I’m getting, and that means as much as I like her, as much as I respect her, this Wednesday night I’m fully intending on knocking her teeth out if that’s what it takes to keep her down. I mean, I hope it won’t go that far, but… you know what I’m saying. Because that’s what I’m willing to do. That’s how far I’m willing to go. And my question, for all the things she’s had to say, is how far is Selena really willing to go?”

She looks at the title and then back at the camera. “See, that’s the thing about what people say. When they tell you that they’ll do whatever it takes to claim this title, when they tell you they’ll move heaven and earth, when they tell you they’ll fight until there’s no air left in their lungs, you KNOW how far they’re willing to go. You know what fight they’ve got in them. You know what they’re willing to do. When they give a speech like Selena though, when they say they’re not ready, when they set their aims lower… I don’t know, maybe it’s the competitor in me, maybe it’s the fact that I’m just so totally used to EVERYONE gunning for this title that I find it hard to believe she’s not, but it’s hard to tell what they’re willing to do. I want to put that to the test this Wednesday. I want to test the Snow Queen. I want to test the Queen of the Triad. I want to know if all the nicknames and all the titles been given and she’s given herself are worth it. And Sydney gets to witness that. And they get to witness so much more,” she says with another smile. “Because this Wednesday I want to test Selena, and I want to test myself. I want to push Selena, and I want to push myself. I want to prove to the world what I can do, while also showing what she can do as well. I want to bring out the BEST in Selena Frost, so that I can overcome it. But it’s not just Selena I want to bring out the best in, It’s her partner as well, because everything I’ve just said about Selena? I’m pretty sure none of that is true for Sienna.”

She hesitates before backtracking a little. “Wait, I don’t mean to say that Sienna isn’t a great wrestler or any of that. She is. What I mean is that while I have questions about how far Selena will go, I have absolutely no doubt how far Sienna will. She’s shown that. Even in her short career to date she’s shown that she’s willing to leave it all in there to get what she wants, and she’s been damn good at it. Look no further than two Women’s title reigns, including overcoming Katie Steward and everything that entails – and believe me, I know everything that entails, Katie and I go way back and we’ve never liked each other either – and you get Sienna Swann, a woman lacking no confidence… and frankly I like that about her. Ok, I’m not super sure I like the whole ‘Beautiful Angel’ thing but I don’t have anywhere near as much of a problem with is as some. What I like about her is the fight she’s got in her. She’s come a long way after all, from being used by an asshat to establishing herself as a dominant force in the Women’s division. She’s made no secret of what she wants, and I respect that. She’s also fired up right now, and that’s something that’s exciting for me,” she says with a smile. “I mean, it means she’s going to come at this match with all the fire and intensity that she’s got, right? And that’s what I’m looking for. Right now she feels cheated. She feels conned. She’s angry. She wants to correct the mistake that she believes history made. And I’ve been there. I know that feeling. I know the FIRE it lights under you.”

She hesitates for a second. “Fact is, I’m not sure how I feel about what happened between Bree and Sienna. I don’t think I’m in the best position to judge. I definitely don’t expect my opinion to matter between them. Sienna went for Bree. Bree was carrying an injury. Did she exaggerate it? Did she just take advantage? Or did she do everything she needed to get what she wants? Whatever it was, it’s left a bad taste in Sienna’s mouth, and that’s something I’m more than happy to help with this Wednesday,” she says with excitement. “What other people call complaining, I call passion. What I saw on Breakdown? That was passion. Sienna’s angry. She was angry after Katie and her ‘Brat Pack’ did what they did to her to cost her the Women’s title the first time. She was justifiably enraged by that. Who wouldn’t be? She’s angry again now. But there’s something about fighting angry that’s never a good idea. All that rage in her, all that passion in her, can come out in good ways and bad. When you’re up against Dark Fantasy though history has proven it’s probably not a great idea to be thinking about someone or something else because history has also proven that the two of us have no problem taking advantage of anger, opportunity or anything else. That’s kind of why I’m on the fence about what happened with Bree. Part of me says it was smart. Part of me says it was wrong. And part of me wants to see the two of them meet up again and settle it. But a much bigger part of me wants to see Sienna channel that rage and anger into something more this week.”

“When she first burst onto the scene it was as ‘the next World Champion’. No doubt there’s still a big part of her that believes she’s capable of that. That’s what I mean by none of what I said about Selena is true for Sienna. She’s not holding herself back. If the opportunity came up, she wouldn’t just jump at it she’d knock down anyone in front of her to claim it. Where Selena thinks she’s not ready, Sienna thinks she was ready a long time ago. You don’t, after all, think you’re an angel if you don’t want to flap your wings and try to fly. I know Sienna wants the chance to fly. I also know that when she does this Wednesday I’ll be there to cut those wings and take her down to the ground and give the ‘Beautiful Angel’ a Total Makeover. See what I did there? It was a beauty joke,” she says before laughing and shaking her head. “This Wednesday I’m hoping she flaps her wings. This Wednesday I’m hoping she brings everything she’s got, that she comes trying to prove herself, trying to prove that former status, and trying to prove that she’s ready to go with the best in the world, because this Wednesday, against Selena, Ravyn and me, that’s exactly what she’s stepping into the ring with. I want to know if she’s ready. I want to know what she’s got. Because you guys know I have NOTHING but respect for the Women’s division, it’s where I started, it’s where my heart will always be, and I want to see what the woman who thinks herself the top of that division can do against the woman who right now is top of the world. See Sydney, you guys know what I want. I want a fight. This Wednesday I think I’m going to get one. This Wednesday it’s going to be Platinum, the Beautiful Angel and the Snow Queen, against Dark Fantasy, the Bad, Bad Girl and the five-time SCW World Champion, and Ravyn and me are coming for a fight, and to prove that individually or together we are UNSTOPPABLE!”

She giggles happily. “God, I love saying that,” she says to herself before smiling at the camera. “I mean the five-time World Champion bit. It totally rolls of the tongue, right? See you Wednesday, Sydney.” She smiles proudly then, holding up the World title as the scene fades out and the video ends, with the replay button flashing up on the screen.