vs. Tommy Cook

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Off Camera

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“Why do I continue to do this?”

That’s the voice of Jessica Jones, The Archangel.  Where is she?  That’s hard to say.  Based upon the surroundings, it appears to be a boiler room of sorts, perhaps at a wrestling venue where she is competing tonight; she does, after all, compete for two premier wrestling organizations: Global Championship Wrestling and Motor City Wrestling.  But where is this enigma, this mysterious individual who by her own admission still has yet to find herself?  A closer study will find the ravishing red head standing over by a set of heavy doors against a brick wall.

“I keep trying…and trying…and failing…”

Wherever she is, the echoing of her voice and her loud musing would seem to indicate that she may be alone…

…you’d be wrong.

Standing a few feet behind her is an old friend of hers, Summer Newman.  The two have had a unique relationship. They have been allies for the longest time, fighting through a variety of difficult situations including Jessica’s wars for her family’s honor, Summer’s wars for her family’s honor, Jessica stood side by side with her friend when Summer was forced to be the cheerleader valet of a vain, male chauvinist wrestler; but they went their separate ways after they broke free.  Summer found herself caught up in a new movement, the Pure Class movement.  Jessica at first resisted but now, once again, finds herself together with her old friend.

“You keep trying because you wish to succeed.  And success is a noble goal, not just for yourself but for the cause of Purity and Class.  Your success in Motor City Wrestling will bring a spotlight to our cause.  People will pay attention.”

Summer reaches out and places a hand on her friend’s shoulder. “No, you didn’t win the Motor City Championship, and it is a damn shame you were overlooked in being put in the title match at Deliverance, but think about it like this…you beat Jacob Laymon one on one, you beat Drew Stevenson one on one, now you’ll defeat Tommy Cook one on one.  You will eventually make them all sit up and take notice.”

Jessica turns around to face her friend.  The Archangel sighs and shakes her head. “I wasn’t talking about my wrestling pursuits, Summer.”

“Oh?  Well what’s troubling you?”

“My family.” Jessica says with a disappointed sigh. “You have no idea how much I sacrificed for them, how much I fought for them, and yet one of my sisters in particular, Marie, seems willing to throw it all away by placing her trust in the hands of a psychopath like Kimberly Williams.”

“I remember Kim.” Summer says, nodding her head.  “She did perpetrate some rather disturbing acts against your family, if I recall.”

“Disturbing is an understatement.” Jessica says, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “She broke into my mom’s house and threatened her life and the life of my little sister Kelly.  She kidnapped Marie and held her captive for months.  And who was there both times to save the day?  Who was there both times to run Kimberly away from my little sister and later on to find my older sister Marie and subsequently make Kimberly pay for what she did?”

Jessica pats herself on the chest. “Me, I was the one who did it.  Now Marie is trying to reform Kimberly.  She claims Kimberly is ‘good’ now…”

She shakes her head “….well I don’t buy it, but that’s not the worst part.”

“What is the worst part?” Summer asks, arching her brow.

“The worst part is that…” Jessica sighs as she has difficulty uttering these next words “…Kimberly is my half-sister, too.”

“I thought her mother was Emma Storm?”

“That’s what we all thought, but we recently discovered that Angelica Jones is Kimberly’s mother.” Jessica shakes her head.  “I mean, it’s easy to go along looking at Kim as just another psychopath but it’s entirely different when she’s family.”

“I see.” Summer says sympathetically. “But just know that no matter what happens with your biological family, you have a new family, a true family, with Pure Class.  Ms. Austin and Ms. Inglewood will guide you, just as they guide me, and they will guide you far better than Angelica ever did.  Remember that Pure Class is there for you.”

Jessica smiles. “Thank you Summer, I may need to remember that in the future…”

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On Camera

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So British Strong Style has arrived in Detroit?

That’s excellent.  I look forward to seeing what British Strong Style is all about.  Throughout my career, Tommy, I’ve fought everyone with every kind of special talent and their unique style and I managed to adapt with each and every one of them.  It didn’t matter to me if they wanted to be hardcore or if they wanted to take to the air like a glorified jet plane.  It didn’t matter to me if they wanted to use a power based offense or mat wrestle me. I have always been able to hang with the biggest and baddest and best of them all.

You and your style won’t be any different.  I’ll be able to hang, I’ll outwork and outwrestle you, and at the end of the day, I’ll drop you.  Just like I dropped Jacob Laymon.  Just like I dropped Drew Stevenson.

Ultimately it doesn’t matter how big or bad you are, because a good technical wrestler will, in the end, wrestle anyone down to the mat and, who knows, they may even may make them submit?

I’m not going for a submission only, Tommy.  I’m looking for the win whether I get it by pin fall or submission.  But I won’t take the win by any means necessary, because unlike the corrupted individuals running rampant in this company, that have defiled this great company’s once honorable name, I do not need to take shortcuts and cheap tricks to take down the likes of you, Tommy Cook.

I just need to keep on doing what I’ve been doing since I arrived in Detroit for Motor City Wrestling; take the fight directly to you, right in your face, without backing down, without giving up.  You are bigger and no doubt badder than me, I’ll give you that, but you can’t kill my heart and my passion for this sport and this company.  No one can kill my passion.

That’s why I still fight despite everything that has happened since Purgatory.  That is why I still fight despite being screwed out of the Motor City Championship, despite not getting added to the Motor City Title Match at Deliverance when I’ve already beaten the former champ, despite watching the scum of the earth unite to protect a woman who clearly thinks she needs protection in order to rule this company.

My heart and my passion, my drive for this sport, will not let me give up, Tommy, and if all of that can’t stop me, then neither can you.  You can knock me down and I’ll get right back up and keep coming.  You can knock my lights out and I’ll get right back up and keep coming.

I’m your worst nightmare, Tommy, because I’m the one wrestler who you can’t bully, you can’t keep down, who you just cannot force into submission with your Strong Style.  I am The Archangel and purity is coming for you, Tommy, whether you like it or not.

Come and place your bets…Dobranoc…