The video begins and we see footage playing on a television screen from a few weeks ago at Rise to Greatness of Josh Hudson looking under the ring and pulling out a steel chair. We see him slide it into the ring and then climb into the ring himself. We see him lifting up the chair and driving it down into the back of Syren, knocking her to the mat helplessly. We then see him setting up the steel chair, and the look of enjoyment on his face as he sets up Syren to use the chair against her, and then we hear the reaction of the crowd as from almost out of nowhere, as the cliché goes, we see Hudson nailed in the face with a superkick. That’s where the video pauses before we hear giggling. “Oh wow, you know what, I’ve seen that moment about forty times in the last month and I swear it just gets sweeter and sweeter every time I pay it,” Syren says in amusement before the camera turns from focusing on the television set to focusing on Syren, who’s sat on her couch with the remote in her hand. She’s wearing a pink mini-skirt and black ‘HEARTBREAKER’ t-shirt. She looks down at the shirt before smiling at the camera. “And you know what? I can’t help but think that this shirt is the single most appropriate thing to be wearing while I’m watching this video, am I right? I mean we know what this represents. We know who this represents. We know that in all of SCW history there’s only ever been one guy who’s been known as the Heartbreaker, and yet at Rise to Greatness it was me who broke a whole bunch of hater’s hearts. And it was thanks to that one guy.”

She smile happily, kissing her fingers and tapping the logo on the shirt before nodding proudly. “So, you know, I haven’t gotten to make too many television appearances since then, and when I have I’ve had other stuff to talk about, but now that I’m here and my lovely, lovely husband is filming me, I can talk about whatever I want, and I want to start by talking about CHBK’s miraculous return at Rise to Greatness, and the night that this ‘virus’ broke the heart of a legend in this business,” she says before nodding happily. “Yah, you heard me Josh, I called you a legend. I’ve never denied that. You are a legend. But I am no virus. I am no infection. And you’ve known that all along, haven’t you? But it took until Rise to Greatness for all your words, all your anger and all the bullshit you’ve had to say about me to finally be finished. You did all you could at Rise to Greatness sweetie, I’ll give you credit for that. We put on a hell of a match. There were times there where I really did think you were on the verge of beating me. But I wasn’t about to give up to anyone, least of all to you. Not after all you did. Not after what you tried to take from me. And now… well, now your worst nightmares are probably coming true. I mean, you don’t want people talking about me, right? You hate that idea. You hate that idea that people could be focused on me and not your friends. Whoopsie. So I guess inviting Alex back at Rise to Greatness was probably the LAST thing you wanted from me then, huh? Because, you know what, I think he’s still pretty popular. What do you guys think?”

She beams happily before nodding her head. “Yah, I think he is. And you know what? I’ve never really been one who did the whole ‘manager’ thing. I mean sure, there was a time when I had Autumn Valentine at ringside with me, but she wasn’t really so much a ‘manager’ as a friend who hoped, one day, to make it big in this business, and I wanted to do all I could to support that. So did Ravyn. And, as one half of Dark Fantasy, there was also Marcus. Remember Marcus? I loved him. He was sweet. But on my own, doing things my way, whether I was part of Infamous, part of Pinnacle, or just out there on my own there’s one thing I’ve been proud of throughout my career and that’s that I have done this on my own. I’ve done this on my terms. I’ve made a career for myself by doing things my way. That hasn’t involved jumping people in the back. That hasn’t involved weapons at every opportunity. That hasn’t involved demeaning myself or what I stand for. I’ve done things my way and I’ve been damn proud of the results. Yet I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for Alex,” she says, nodding her head in acknowledgement of the truth. “Dark Fantasy wouldn’t have been what we were if we didn’t have CHBK pushing us in the beginning. We may have opposed pretty much every decision he made, but we wouldn’t have become the infamous – pun totally intended – tag team we became if we didn’t have that motivation pushing us. He made us who we were by pushing us, and when he joined with us he made us better than we could have hoped to have been.”

She nods again in acknowledgement. “I would not be here today if not for all the people who’ve helped me. I wouldn’t be here today if not for Ivy Knight, who taught me about this business. I would not be here today if not for Lucas Knight, who helped teach me things I couldn’t imagine when I was young and naïve in this business. But more than anyone else I wouldn’t be here today without CHBK, the one influence on my career who’s taught me not just about wrestling inside the ring but about the wrestling business outside of it. He’s one of the greatest minds this business has ever seen, and when I needed advice in the old days I knew there was nobody better to turn to than him. So, when I needed advice this year, when I needed someone to help tell me what I could do to achieve the things I wanted to achieve, who else was I going to turn to?” she asks before smiling happily. “I’m just thankful he said yes. I’m thankful that he agreed to take me under his wing, to help push me like he did all those years ago, and to help me achieve the things I want to achieve here and now. I’m even more grateful that he acted as an equaliser at Rise to Greatness, that one ill-turn from Josh deserved an equal one from him, but if you thought that Rise to Greatness was going to be it then you’re wrong. He’s back, and I’ve never been prouder than working with a LEGEND of this business. And, like I said, he’s been pushing me. He’s been guiding me. And with that guidance I’m going to get back what I lost last year, and I’m going to once again stand atop the world in SCW.”

She nods proudly before hesitating and smiling a little. “Do you guys think that I’m showing weakness by asking Alex for his help? I’m not. Do you want to know what I think weakness is? I think weakness is being so arrogant that you can’t admit the things you don’t know. I think weakness is being so self-absorbed that you can’t believe that there is anyone in this world who can make you BETTER just by telling you how things really are. I am not arrogant, and I am certainly not so self-absorbed that I can’t admit how much I don’t know. So, I sought him out, I asked him to help me, and he agreed. The Heartbreaker is back, and I’m so very proud to say that I’m working with him,” she says happily. “But I’m also proud to say that Rise to Greatness was me ending a chapter in my career that’s dragged on for most of 2017. But it’s finished now. It’s done. And I’m more than ready to finally move on. That’s what I intend to do this Sunday. This Sunday I intend to step into the ring once again, looking for a fresh story, looking for fresh objectives, and looking to start climbing that ladder that I was knocked off of earlier this year. What could make a better start to that journey than taking on Bree Lancaster in the middle of the Chesapeake Energy Arena this Sunday? I don’t know the answer to that… do you? Truth is I don’t think there is one. I think taking on Bree this Sunday is the PERFECT start to my ninth year in this business, and the perfect way to re-establish myself as the top contender for the winner of Ace Marshall and Selena Frost this Sunday.”

She smiles at that thought. “Now I’m not going to lie, I do have a favourite in that match, so for personal reasons I want to see one of them win it, but for professional reasons it doesn’t matter to me which one walks out as the winner, all I know is that whoever one does is the one I want to face. Whichever one leaves with the belt this Sunday will be the top star in SCW right now, and there will be a whole bunch of people gunning for them. So why me? I’ll show you why this Sunday,” she says with a wink. “There’s nobody better to show you against than Bree Lancaster either. I have personal reasons for that – I don’t like her, I don’t like her attitude, I don’t like what she stands for and I despise some of the things she’s done to get to where she is – but professionally I respect the hell out of her. She’s proven, show after show, that she’s one of the top performers in this industry because she knows how to do that very special thing. She knows how to win. When the lights are on bright and the pressure is on, she knows how to get the job done. You may not like her methods, but you’ve got to respect someone who can get over that finish line as often as she has, right? And, a few months ago, there was the whole SCW Board of Directors who respected that. That’s why they put her in the spot that we ALL wanted to be in. That’s why they named her the number one contender to the SCW World Heavyweight Championship, and it’s why there were so many people who believed – Bree-lieved? – that she could get the job done.”

She lowers her head a little. “Ultimately though she couldn’t,” she says with a hint of sympathy. “She had that dream that we’ve all had, that longing that we’ve all experienced, to rise to the very, very top and as someone who’s done that, as someone who’s had that opportunity to prove themselves as the best I can tell you that getting that close only makes you want it EVEN MORE than you wanted it before. It makes you hungry for it. It makes you obsessed with it. And I know, more than anyone, how that feels. So Bree, believe me when I tell you that I felt your misery that night. I know what you went through. And while you did a damn good job of making yourself the centre of attention at Rise to Greatness, while you made sure there wasn’t a single person in that arena who WASN’T talking about you throughout the night, I know that you’d still have traded all of that and more for the right to walk out to that ring last and defend the World title in the main event. You didn’t get that chance, and right now you’re probably looking at this match with me as a chance to catapult yourself back up there, ready for another shot, right? Well, bad news for you, because I’m looking at this match as a chance to pin the former number one contender in the middle of the ring this Sunday and make the statement to the world that as much as you want another shot, I want it more. As good as you are at getting over the finish line, Bree, this Sunday I intend to make the statement that I’m better. And as much as you’re no doubt determined that that title will be yours soon enough, I’m even more determined that it’ll be MINE before then.”

She smiles before letting out a sigh. “Now, I could honestly sit here and rant and rave about you all night long. I could tell the world why I don’t like you, what I think about all the shit you’ve pulled with Blake Mason at your side, what I thought about that egotistical showcase at Rise to Greatness, and how little I appreciated you trying to turn an opportunity for so many into a night about you. Yah, I’m referring to the ‘Bree-Show’, something that didn’t sit well with me ever since it was announced and something that sits even less well with me when I think about Sunday night. You see, Sunday night is a bit of an anniversary for me. Apocalypse 2009 was my first ever involvement with a pay per view event. Now it wasn’t my first official pay per view main-card appearance – that came in October at Under Attack – but it was my first pay per view experience, because eight years ago at Apocalypse I fought a woman named Taylor Summers, someone you’ll probably arrogantly dismiss as someone you’ve ‘not even heard of’ but someone who back in 2009 was the biggest match I’d ever had to that point,” she says truthfully. “Fighting her was an honour for me. Beating her on the Apocalypse pre-show set me up for everything that I’ve become since then. I’ve never forgotten that experience, and I know that there are so many young talents out there who’d kill for that kind of opportunity today, so when I saw the ‘Bree-Show’ and the ‘spectacle’ that that became, when I saw that rather than focus it on those young talents trying to make it big in this business you did… well, what you did… it left a bad taste in my mouth, and one I haven’t forgotten.”

She sighs and rolls her eyes. “But that’s what you’re about, right Bree? You’re about you. You’re about what you think you deserve. You’re about what you think you’ve earned. Well, this Sunday you’ve earned a match with Syren. It’s going to be a lot of fun, because by the time it’s over I intend to have dropped you on your face in the middle of that ring, given you the ‘Total Makeover’ you’ve been crying out for over the last few months, and hoping against hope that when that happens I won’t have to listen on Breakdown while you rant and rave about how little I mean and about how unimportant that victory is, but that on Breakdown you’ll actually be humbled by the experience,” she says before laughing and shaking her head. “Yah, somehow I doubt that. I know you too well to think that. I know you too well to think that you could ever nod your head and admit that you were beaten by the better woman. I guess you’re not unique in that regard either, given your recent back and forth with Tina Valentine, huh? You beat her and you’re the best thing ever. She beats you and she’s a dirty, rotten cheat and everything was against you and it just wasn’t fair. Yah, you’re going to tell me there were mitigating circumstances, but sweetie how many ‘mitigating circumstances’ have you ignored in the past to proclaim yourself the victor and the greatest thing since Sliced Bread Number Two? That’s one of the differences between you and me. Yah, I may get angry after a loss. Yah, I may want to get back in that ring and fight them again. But I’m also capable of acknowledging that on that night that person was better than me, that they had what it took to get past me, and I’m capable of RESPECTING them for that.”

She sighs again. “That’s something you’ve still got to learn, Bree. But… well, you’re hardly unique in that regard either. Now the fact is that I could sit here and talk about you all night, and tell the world all the reasons I dislike you, but I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to spend all night detailing what I think about you, because come Sunday night it won’t matter what I think about you. It’ll only matter what I do about you in that ring. And on Sunday night I intend to bring my very best, I intend to put on the performance of the night, and I intend to break another heart in the middle of that ring,” she says with a smile. “This time it’s your heart on the line, sweetie. This time it’s your dreams riding up against mine. In Oklahoma City it’s Bree Lancaster testing herself against Syren, and one of us is walking out the winner. The one who does puts themselves in the driving seat. The one who does grabs the attention of SCW management and forces their name into consideration for the winner of the main event. Now maybe neither of us will get that opportunity after Apocalypse, but that’s not going to stop me fighting this match like it’s the most important of my career. That’s how I’ll treat it on Sunday, and I’ll treat you like the most important opponent of my career as well. This Sunday I’m going to rise to the occasion, not because this is a personal battle where I have revenge on my mind and a point to prove like the last few months, but because this is the opportunity for me to kick off my ninth year with the win over you, to make a statement to the world one more time, and to stand in the middle of that ring while my music plays with one message for you all: they’ve tried to take me down, but I’m back and better than ever. This Sunday, I’m showing the world one more time that you might knock me down, but that I’ll bounce back time and again and prove I am UNSTOPPABLE!”

She smiles happily before tapping the shirt again. “Time to break another heart in Oklahoma. You wouldn’t miss that, would you? See you there, guys.”

She blows a kiss at the camera and the scene focuses tight in on her before fading out, with the replay button flashing up on the screen as the video ends.