The video begins and we see not the inside of a home in Malibu, nor the inside of a hotel room in Montreal, but rather a tanned looking Syren sitting on a beach with a smile on her face. She’s dressed just in a bikini and at her side rests the SCW World Championship. She waves at the camera before taking a deep breath. “So, you’re probably wondering where I am, right? That’s for me to know. Let’s just say that I’ve been under a lot of pressure lately. I think the whole SCW roster have, with one of the most hectic, most action packed but most successful tours in SCW history ending with shows in Cape Town, South Africa and Paris, France, that rocked the world and brought SCW to places we’ve never been. And honestly, you guys, getting to experience that whole thing was incredible. Getting to step out in front of fans in three different countries, on two different continents, including for the first time ever getting to bring SCW to Africa, was an experience I’ll cherish for the rest of my life. But after one of the busiest periods in SCW history, after spending weeks before Apocalypse getting ready and honestly getting a little fearful, and going through that kind of INCREDIBLE experience I figured it was time to treat myself,” she says before grinning at the camera happily. “Just FYI I feel super relaxed right now. I guess you could call the last few days a honeymoon period for me, but don’t you guys worry, I may be relaxing right this moment but there won’t be any relaxing when we get to Montreal on Wednesday night.”

She nods, smiling proudly as she picks up the SCW World Championship and holds it up to the camera. “That’s because on Wednesday night I’ll be back to doing what I do, I’ll be back to stepping into the ring for the biggest matches against the best opponents in the world, I’ll be back to representing SCW with every fibre of my being, and we’ll be entering one of the most exciting weeks in SCW. This week we’re going to see incredible clashes, we’re going to see the best in the world fighting for position, people putting themselves in contendership for the Elimination Chamber, people vying for the chance to fight for this title, and we’re going to kick off this week with a match in Montreal that honestly never gets boring to me. We’re going to kick off this week of excitement in Montreal with the continuation of a rivalry that’s been going for more than six years. In Montreal this Wednesday you guys are going to get the next chapter in the rivalry between the Blood-Stained Joker, the Entertainer, the Showman of the Spotlight, the four-time SCW World Champion, Shilo Valiant, and the woman who – with all ego aside – may have been his biggest rival over the past six years, the Best Female Wrestler in the world, the current and five-time SCW World Champion, Syren. And if you guys can’t be excited for a match like that then seriously, what the hell is wrong with you?” she asks jokingly before patting the World title. “But while there’s no doubt this match on Wednesday is about our history it’s also about our present, and it’s about this!”

She takes the title and places it proudly across her shoulder. “This is what everyone in this company wants to hold. It’s what they go to bed thinking about. It’s what they wake up and train for. It’s what they think about when they push themselves harder in the gym, getting those extra reps in by thinking about one day holding the single most iconic title in this business and one that everyone around the world recognises with just a glimpse. But when it comes to Shilo Valiant and Syren this title is more than that. When it comes to Shilo Valiant and Syren this title is more than just desire. This title is obsession! And I’ve known Shilo Valiant a long, long time and I know I can speak for him as much as for myself when I say that it doesn’t matter to either one of us how many times we’ve held this belt, it doesn’t matter how long we’ve held it, it doesn’t matter who we’ve faced, it doesn’t matter what we’ve done, it doesn’t matter where we’ve been, it doesn’t matter what events we’ve headlined, the MOMENT that we lose this title the both of us have the exact same mind-set and that’s getting it back again. In that way Shilo and me have always been the same. We’ve had the same drive. We’ve had the same determination. We’ve both wanted nothing more than to be the BEST and not just by holding this title, not just by beating anyone for this title, but by proving it against EACH OTHER,” she says, passion in her eyes and a smile on her lips. “You see I know Shilo as well as I know myself and I know, just like me, the one thing he wants more than anything in this business is not just to be the World Champion but to do it at MY expense!”

She nods. “We’ve got that same drive. We’ve got that same passion. But as similar as we are in those respects that’s where the similarities between us end, because if the last six years has proven anything about the two of us it’s that the way we go about winning this title, the way we go about proving ourselves, and the things we want from each and every day as champion could not be more different. For six years Shilo and I have pushed each other to be better than we were before, but while that’s made me into the woman I am today, the woman who sits before you right now, and while I like to think success as widened my outlook, put things in new perspectives and humbled me, those same successes have just driven Shilo to be… well, to be even more Shilo, am I right?” she asks before laughing and shrugging her shoulders. “Seriously you guys, I know you shouldn’t use a word to describe that word, Ravyn always tells me off for that, but when you’re describing Shilo Valiant you just have to be because there’s nobody else in this world like him. He’s an entertainer, I’ve always given him that, and he’s one of the best the world has ever known. The United States Championship and World Championship reigns prove that. The fact his legend rings out around here proves that. The fact that competitors all across the world know his name proves that. But throughout all of that, throughout six years of competition, six years of success, six years of wins and losses Shilo Valiant has never changed. He’s never grown. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to humble him. And despite six years of competition against him I can tell you this: even in spite of everything I STILL hate him. I do. I just can’t like him.”

She starts laughing before shaking her head. “I mean god, you guys, I try to like people. I really do. It’s hard sometimes but I try not to hold grudges. You guys know how much I hated Jake Starr, yet there was a period where I considered him a friend. But Shilo? No, it’s just not possible. Maybe that’s because for as long as I can remember Shilo has always been telling me I’m not good enough. Maybe that’s because no matter what’s happened between us Shilo has always believed himself better than me. Or maybe it’s because when it comes to that history, when it comes to six years of knowing everything about him, of witnessing everything that’s ever happened to him, I listen to him speak today and I honestly just laugh at some of the stuff he comes out with. I do. I used to joke he was using the wrong kind of paint for his face and it was rotting his brain, but god knows it’s more than that. See the thing is Shilo doesn’t say the stuff he says because he’s trying to be entertaining, I actually think he believes the crazy bullshit he comes out with is true,” she says before letting out a long sigh. “Right now, for example, I know he’s looking at me and telling everyone who’ll listen that he’s better. He’s telling everyone who’ll listen that I’m where I am because SCW ‘favour’ me and he’s where he is because he’s being ‘held back’. And that’s Mr D’s fault, obviously. I mean we all know that the boss has nothing better to do with every moment of his day than conspire against every single person on the roster who isn’t me, right? That’s just what he does. He has whole strategies in his office about how he’s going to hold down Regan Street and Kelcey Wallace and Shilo Valiant…”

She starts laughing again before shaking her head once more. “Seriously Shilo, c’mon, it’s 2016, please oh please get a new act? We’ve seen this one before. It wasn’t a smash hit back then. Now it’s just getting sad. It’s especially sad when you not only claim that all your problems are the fault of Mr D but that you believe there’s some crazed conspiracy against you when the reality is everything that’s happened to you hasn’t been the result of a planned attack against you, it’s been because of you. You’re the one stealing title belts. You’re the one refusing to accept losses. You’re the one holding out your hand making demands and then whining when you don’t get what you want, while me? I’m the one in that ring FIGHTING for what I want. You don’t see me crying. You don’t see me making demands. You see me getting out there, taking on the best this company has, and leaving it all in the ring. You think I’m the golden girl? No. Do you know how many times I’ve been given anything in my career? I’ve earned it, Shilo. I’ve earned every single chance I’ve had. I’ve earned it by winning contendership tournaments, by winning Trios Contracts, by winning Tactical Warfare matches, by winning Triple Jeopardy matches, by winning Triple-Threat Iron Woman matches on the BIGGEST stage in this business, and by taking the fight to the best in this business be they monsters, lunatics or warriors,” she says with drive and passion. “In seven years in this company Shilo I have NEVER stopped fighting, I have NEVER given up, I’ve been left in pools of my own blood, choked out in brutal submissions and attacked dozens of times by the best and the worst and still I’ve NEVER stopped fighting!”

“What about you, Shilo?” she asks, calming down a little before tilting her head to the side just a little and looking into the camera. “Can you sit there and say the same thing? Can you honestly stand there and tell me that you’ve given the same? No. Can you honestly tell me you’ve seized every opportunity put in front of you? No. Do you know how I know that? Because last year, for the first time ever four of the BEST World Champions this company has ever known – well, three as it turned out, but not the point – were scheduled to go up against one another on a battle ground to prove themselves as the greatest in history not with one victory over the others but TWO. Do you remember that? I do. I remember fighting you. I remember doing what I do, leaving EVERYTHING in that ring, and I remember pinning you. I remember having my hand raised. I remember proving, in front of the world, what I was all about. And yah sweetie, I remember you pinning me at Rise to Greatness. I remember you beating me for the title. Do you know what else I remember? That was Rise to Greatness Ten. One year later I won that title back. One year after that I beat arguably the best there’s ever been. A year later I beat two of the toughest women in this business. All that time I was fighting. All that time I was EARNING my spot. And you, sweetie? You were singing that same old song. Mr D’s holding you back. Mr D’s holding you down. It’s not your fault, you’re the best there’s ever been, it’s all his fault, it’s all a conspiracy and you should just be handed this… right?”

She drops the title off her shoulder, holding it out toward the camera like a challenge. “You want this, Shilo? Stop telling the world what you SHOULD have. Start PROVING it,” she says before slapping the belt over her shoulder again. “You’ve got your shot. You’ve got your chance. Supreme Saturday, you’re one of ten. You can go all the way. You can EARN that spot. And before then? Before then you’ve got another one. You want to show you’re better than me, Shilo? Stop SAYING it. Step up this Wednesday night and PROVE it. Show every single person inside the Centre Bell that you’re the man you’ve always been. Show every single person in that building you’re still the ‘Showman of the Spotlight’, because what I’ve seen lately isn’t the greatest of all time but a desperate thief unable to accept that champions like Amy Chastaine have stepped up and it’s not as easy as it used to be. It’s not. It’s really, really not. When you and me were stealing the shows, when we were headlining, when we were fighting each other across the globe in tag team wars or one on one, we were the BEST this company had to offer and we knew it. Now? Now this roster is stacked. Now there are bigger challenges than ever before. But instead of RISING to those challenges you’ve whined about being held back and tried to belittle everyone else and maybe once upon a time that worked, maybe once upon a time talking down about everyone else made you the star, but now? Now it just makes you seem bitter, Shilo. Yet this Wednesday you’ve got a chance to change that.”

“Do you think I haven’t heard every line you’ve got to say before? Do you think I’ve forgotten that I was the ‘Interim’ World Champion fighting month after month while you recovered from injuries and sneak attacked me every chance you got? I haven’t forgotten. How could I? Remember those Trios Contracts I talked about winning? I used one of them to make our match the BIGGEST match I could. I didn’t win. You didn’t win. Difference between us is I kept fighting. And while you’re so quick to tell me I’m not a ‘real’ five-time World Champion and that ‘Mr D wants people to forget that’ then go back to Apocalypse, go listen to Sharper and Knots, go listen to them talk about my accomplishments, go listen to them remind the world about that ‘Interim’ World title, and then come find me and ask me if I don’t think about that every single day. Difference is I didn’t lose a contendership match but get my shot anyway. I stepped up after you were hurt. I fought the BEST in the company. And I’ve moved on, proven myself over and over, and you’re still clinging to the past,” she says before letting out another sigh. “I’m done defending myself against you, Shilo. I’m done defending myself against your attempts to belittle me. I’m done defending myself against your attempts to talk down everything I’ve done in the desperate hope that you’ll be able to claim you’re better than me. You want to prove you’re better than me? Forget 2012. Forget 2013. This is TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN Shilo and I’ll be standing in the middle of a SOLD OUT Centre Bell this Wednesday night. Forget what used to be, let’s find out which one of us is better RIGHT NOW!”

She looks at the World title for a long moment before turning back to the camera. “You know I’m never going to get bored of you, Shilo, and I’m never going to tire of this. I look at the ten names on that list for Supreme Saturday and for different reasons I want to face all ten of them, but I look at yours and it brings a special kind of smile to my face. And this Wednesday for you it’s all about this title, it’s all about wanting to take it from me, but for me it’s about something else as well. For me this Wednesday is about a chance to break those delusions. I’m not talking about snapping YOU out of them. God, you’re crazy enough to think I’ve ever been scared to fight you? You’re beyond help. No, I’m talking about everyone else out there. I’m talking about those fans who might actually believe this madness. I’m talking about those fans who might actually have believed you were more deserving than Amy to hold the TV title. This Wednesday night I’m not fighting to prove anything to you but I am fighting to show them the truth,” she says with a determined look. “See, I want the world to know you’re one of the best there’s ever been. I want the world to know that you’re as good as you say you are, because you are. But this Wednesday I want the world to realise that it’s not you you’re wrong about but everyone else. This Wednesday, Shilo, I want to beat you in the middle of that ring and prove to millions around the world you’re wrong about Amy, you’re wrong about me, and you’re wrong about the conspiracy against you. This Wednesday I want the world to watch while you prove you’re everything you say you are, and I prove why I’m the one wearing this. That’s not because I’m the gold girl, Shilo. It’s because I’m always up for the fight, and it’s because while you’ve knocked me down in the past I’ve just kept rising up because when it comes to being the best in the world, sweetie, I’m UNSTOPPABLE!”

She slides the World title off her shoulder once more and holds it up proudly. “Worried about finding me? Don’t be. I’ll be the one in the middle of the ring holding this. You want it? I’ll see you there,” she says before smiling proudly. The camera tilts away then as it cuts out with the video ending and the replay button flashing up on the screen.