My New Goal

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The first few loud chords of “Haunted” by Taylor Swift begin to play.  The scene then opens up backstage in what appears to be a television studio, but we are not in color, we are in black and white, with the exception of a few red splotches here and there, almost as if stains across the camera lenses.  “Haunted” slowly quiets down just a little, just enough so you could hear someone speak.  That someone who is about to speak steps into view from stage right wearing a red skirt that stops just above the knee, a leopard print blouse, a matching fur coat, and black high heeled pumps.  Sunglasses are on over her eyes but that’s not the only accessory that is clearly visible to the naked eye.  Due to the mini-skirt this lovely ginger is wearing a titanium knee brace on her right knee.

Yes, this is Marie Annabelle Jones, the crown jewel of Silas World and the leader of The Ginger Nation.  Based on the scowl on her face, you can tell that she is not in a very pleasant mood right about now.  No doubt we are about to hear all about it.

“Drew Bryant is a tyrant and is guilty of a crime that is far worse than any war crimes you can imagine.  He is guilty of crimes against gingers and it all began back at the draft special….”

She holds up one finger “…first the son of a bitch STOLE me from Silas Mason and RIOT!  You knew that Silas had the first draft pick, you KNEW that he was going to pick me, and you used the distraction caused by Brittany Lohan as an opportunity to sneak in and steal his draft pick?  To steal HIS crown jewel?  Granted, it’s like I said before, I can’t hardly blame you for wanting me on Uprising.  I am not just any Jones, I am THE GREATEST Jones in the entire Jones wrestling family.  I am the top star in this company.  I am a living legend and I still have decades left in my career.  Of course you would want me on Uprising.  That doesn’t make what you did right.  You committed theft.  You STOLE from my agent Silas Mason!”

She holds up a second finger “…secondly, you discriminated against me.  How so?  I mean, it’s quite easy to see.  I made some very simple requests from you, I wanted to be traded to RIOT, I wanted an Uprising Title shot if I HAD to stay on Uprising, and you never listened to a damn one of my requests.  And don’t say I’m getting the same title shot everyone else is.  That’s utter bullshit.  I am a one percenter.  I am better than the rest of them.  I shouldn’t have to qualify to get into that match and I shouldn’t be forced to stay on Uprising.”

She holds up a third finger “…and finally, you screwed me over on the debut Uprising show.  Yeah, Silas World was out there running amuck, I give you that, so if that’s your logic behind banning them from the arena then that’s fine, but you ALLOWED Scott Cannon to come down and help out Vanilla Skyy?”

Jones shakes her head. “Yeah, that’s it; that is the final straw.  I am not taking it anymore.  Because you can push someone just so far until they reach their breaking point.  I have reached my breaking point, Drew.  You all joke about the ginger snaps…well this ginger has snapped and you’re not going to be laughing about what I do on Uprising.”

“Do I care about your half-assed qualifying matches?  No.  Do I care about your half-assed Uprising championship?  No.  I don’t care anymore.   I am past the point of caring about winning and losing.  All I care about is hurting people.”

She taps her knee brace. “This bad boy right here, gifted to me by Silas Mason, is a great way to give people concussions or take them out of the game outright.  Tay-Tay wants it back so badly, doesn’t she?  Well I’m not hiding, sweetheart.  I’m not hard to find.  In fact, soon I’ll be coming to RIOT myself to kick your ass.”

“In the meantime, I’m going to use this and my lethal fists and feet to put down anyone and everyone who gets in my way, friend or foe, ally or enemy, it doesn’t really matter.  Like I said, my goal here on Uprising has changed.  I have a new mission and it isn’t to win the Uprising Championship. I am going to make Drew’s life a living hell.”

“Derek…Amanda…Vanilla…one of you will make it to the world title match and congratulations on that, but I promise you that whichever one of you does make it to the world title match will have to be stretchered out there because I’m going to leave you in traction this coming Uprising!  That’s my goal for this Uprising world title circus.  I’m going to do all I can to ruin it for Drew Bryant.”

She points a finger at the camera. “And they can all blame it on you, Drew Bryant.”

“I warned you, Bryant, that I could be your worst enemy or best friend.  You chose to make me an enemy.  You chose to push your weight around, you chose to be the bully by trying to force me to compete in a title qualifying match I didn’t even want to be in.  Hell, I tried to sell my spot in the title qualifying match to Gavin Taylor.  Gavin actually WANTED to be on the card but was not booked.  I don’t WANT to represent Uprising as its champion but he does!  You know, the smartest thing to do would have been to let the deal go through, take me out of the match and put him in.  Hell, even my own opponents, Vanilla Skyy included, agreed with me.”

“But your stubborn pride got the best of you.  You just couldn’t let me have my way, could you?  Drew Bryant always has to have the last world, Drew Bryant always has to have it his way no matter what anyone else thinks.”

She snickers. “And people think Silas Mason is bad…”

“I’ll compete in your little match, Drew.  I’ll jump through your hoops this one final time.  But I guarantee you that by the time Uprising has come to a close, I will get what I really want, and what I really want isn’t another match against Vanilla Skyy…what I really want isn’t the Uprising world championship…what I really want is to be off of Uprising television…”

Kimberly Williams

Some people like to say that if you’re not in this sport to be the best, to be the world champion, then what are you even in this sport for?  They like to say if you’re not in this sport of wrestling to be a champion then you should find another sport.  I don’t quite angry with them and there are many athletes in this industry who wouldn’t agree with them, either.  Laurel Anne Hardy comes to mind and she has been a tremendously successful athlete, yet she has never held a world title and never wants to hold a world title.

Yes, most of the time the championship gold will take precedence over anything and everything else.  For nineteen of the twenty people competing for spots in the world title match on Uprising, this is about the gold and I don’t blame them one iota for wanting that gold.  That’s the right goal for them.  But there also comes a time, rarely but they do exist, when you have to look at the bigger picture.

My sister, Marie Annabelle Jones, is looking at the bigger picture right now.  Her bigger picture is one that is painted red with revenge.  Vengeance and retribution is on the mind of my hate-filled half-sibling, revenge against those who have wronged her on the Uprising brand of IWC.  Revenge against Drew Bryant.

I wish all nineteen of the competitors on Uprising the best of luck…I wish you luck because you’re going to need it.  And I feel a special pity towards Derek Marks, Vanilla Skyy, and Amanda Blaze, the poor pathetic fools who have to deal with my pissed off sister on Uprising.  This could have been dealt with another way.  But your boss, Drew Bryant, made it personal.  And now she’s going to end it…personally…