James Evans vs. Kimberly Williams

[The Matt]

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November 8th, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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It’s Wednesday, just a few days away from SCW Under Attack. That night, Kimberly Williams be facing one of her greatest threats to her reign as Underground Champion when she defends her title against James Evans. Evans has seemed a little unhinged as of late with his mission to bring an end to violence in SCW. Kimberly is no stranger to unhinged people. She, herself, is quite unhinged. But what makes James extra dangerous is his backup, the four individuals who follow him everywhere he goes, the so-called House of James. With Underground rules in place, Kimberly knows she will have to deal with the numbers game. She does not anticipate or expect James to fight one on one. He has used this four people as his own personal weapon in the past. No doubt he will use them again to try and dethrone Kimberly at Under Attack. The Woman Scorned has already made plans for how she will deal with the inevitable numbers game and, eventually, take down Evans to retain her SCW Underground Championship. It is something she must do. She must win, because despite her own front of joy and carefree attitude, Kimberly recognizes the very real threat James Evans poses. He has threatened to try and end the Underground, something that Kimberly considers to be her own legacy, a legacy she has carved out with her own blood and flesh, and she does not want to see that legacy brought to an end anytime soon. Kimberly is passionate about the Underground and will fight to her dying breath to keep it intact.

Whenever Kimberly is passionate about something, she will go to great lengths to protect it. She will even sacrifice herself, if necessary, to save it. And the Underground is just one thing Kimberly is passionate about. The Queen of the Death Match is also passionate about her family. Family was once a foreign concept to The Woman Scorned. For her entire childhood and teenage years, the only family she knew was her foster parent Emma Floreschu. But Emma was a sociopath who never truly cared about Kim. She never raised her or treated her with the proper care she needed. As a result Kim grew to become a violent, unhinged monster. It would take the love shown by her real family, her identical twin sister Marie Jones and their mother Angelica Jones, to break through Kimberly’s psyche and bring some sense of normalcy and stability to The Woman Scorned. Kim knows full well had it not been for her family, she might have doomed to prison or worse. She knows that she cannot fully repay her family, but she is fiercely loyal to them and will do anything she can to help them.

This is why Kimberly is so upset over what her twin sister, Marie Jones, has done. She knew that Marie had been suffering from depression as of late, due to the fact that she has been a single mother for so long and her wrestling career has taken a major hit. But Kim isn’t a psychiatrist. She isn’t a therapist. She has no idea how to treat that. All she can do is just be there for Marie and try her best to comfort her, to convince her that everything will work itself out. Unfortunately Kim couldn’t do it. Kim didn’t see the obvious signs before her until it was too late. Marie has fallen under the spell of a charismatic cult leader named Raul Alfaro who has her convinced that her purpose in life is to serve him and his Inner Peace Enlightenment organization. What really drives Kim crazy is the fact that this isn’t the first time Marie got caught up with this group. Years earlier Marie was again feeling depressed when she was first approached by Raul. She met him, met one of his followers, Julianna Buchanan, and everything seemed fine. Until Kim happened to unearth the truth about the organization, that it was just a front for Raul’s sex cult. He never cared for Marie, Julianne, or any of the other girls in the group. He just wanted to use them for his own gain.

Marie had left, as had Julianne, and Kim had hoped everything with Raul and Inner Peace was over. But recently Kim learned that Marie had been renewing a romantic relationship with a recently resurfaced Julianne. This raised red flags for Kim but before she can do anything, Raul had already put his plan into motion. He and Julianne had convinced Marie to return to the Inner Peace fold. Now as if dealing with James Evans and his crazy cult of loonies in SCW wasn’t enough, Kim also has to deal with the cult that has ensnared her twin sister. But with just days away before Under Attack, Kimberly realizes that her priorities must be set in order. She will defend against James at Under Attack. That cannot be delayed. She must first successfully defend her championship, then she can resume her focus on trying to save her sister. Assuming her sister can be saved at this point.

For now, Williams finds herself at the home of her mother, the woman who has been managing her career over a year now, Angelica Jones. Kim is wearing black denim jeans, her feet are bare, and she is wearing a black ‘Queens of Chaos’ t-shirt. She is lying down on a comfortable cream colored leather sofa. Pacing the floor is her anxious, clearly upset mother, Angelica Jones. The Matriarch of the Jones Family is dressed in a black maxi skirt, a red blouse, and black patent leather high heeled pumps. Tears are flowing down Angelica’s face, expressing just how upset she truly is over the recent events in the lives of her twin daughters.

“This is all my fault!” Angelica exclaims, shaking her head.

“It isn’t your fault, mom.”

“I should have done something more.” Its almost as if she didn’t even bother listening to Kim, as Angelica just continues her ranting and raving. “I should have been there for her. I should have…”

“Shut up!” Kim exclaims as she throws her legs over the side of the sofa and sits up. “It isn’t your fault!”

“I should have been more involved in her life.” Angelica says quietly as she wipes tears from her eyes. “But I just ignored her…”

“You weren’t ignoring her, mom. You did everything you could do.”

“I could have done more.”

“Wrong.” Kim insists. “I mean, yeah, I suppose you could have just reattached those apron strings and continued to be her overprotective mommy. But would that really have helped? I may not have grown up in the most stable or orthodox of homes, but even I recognize that at some point you have to let go of your children. Once they are adults, once they have grown up, you have to let go and let them make their own decisions and then let them deal with the consequences of their decisions. So you are not to blame.” Kim sighs as she shakes her head. “If anyone is to blame, its me. She is my sister. I should have protected her.”

“The argument works both ways, Kim.” Angelica says quietly. “Like you said, once they are grown, you cannot make decisions for them. You cannot protect them. And you are NOT responsible for Marie’s actions.” Angelica sits down next to her daughter and wraps an arm around her shoulder to comfort her. “In fact, if it hadn’t been for your quick thinking, we might not have known Marie was in trouble. At least now we know what she’s gotten herself into and we have a chance to possibly save her from herself.”

“Thanks for the nice words, mom.” Kim sighs and then shakes her head. “But I still feel responsible. I got her out of this mess once. I knew how creepy and conniving this Raul guy was.” She growls angrily. “I should have cut his fucking throat when I had the chance, and belive me, I had many chances.”

“No!” Angelica exclaims, slapping Kim. “Murder is never the answer! All it does is put you in trouble! If were to kill Raul and police were to find out, not only would your career with SCW be over but your life as you know it would be over.”

“But..”

“No.” Angelica shakes her head. “Remember, your nephew Sean needs you. He needs you right now more than ever. You cannot afford to get yourself into trouble.”

“Fair enough.” Kim nods her head in agreement.

“Speaking of Sean, how is he taking it?”

“He’s taking it as well as can be expected.”

“What does that mean?” Angelica asks curiously. “Have you told Sean where his mother is?”

“No.” Kim shakes her head. “I’m trying to be as vague as possible. Luckily, Marie has recently built a reputation for herself for being gone for days, even weeks on end. So its not too unusual for Sean.”

“But how long can you go without telling him the truth?”

“I’m not sure he’s ready for the truth.” Kim shrugs her shoulders. “So I’m gonna drag this shit out as long as I can.”

“You may not have a choice.” Angelica points out. “Sean is a smart kid. He’ll figure out something is wrong eventually.”

“Yeah, I know.” Kim nods her head. “And I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. But I cannot do anything about Marie right now. At least, not until she is ready to talk. Since she isn’t willing to talk, I need to put her and this whole situation to the side, at least momentarily. Because I have another cult to deal with in just a few days.”

“You mean James?”

“Who else?” Kim smirks. “Sorry, mommy, but I’m gonna have to murder your BFF.”

“Remember what I just said about murder?”

“I know, I know, but this is the Underground. Anything goes. And I’m not sure if anyone told the hypocritical Mother Theresa Evans, but wrestling is not ballet. Accidents happen. I can’t control what happened if and when I bash his skull in with a chair, cut him up with barbed wire, throw him onto tacks and glass.” A sinister grins forms on her face. “Oh the wonderful ideas I have for Jimmy! See, this is the kinda thing that puts me back into a good mood.”

“Maiming people puts you in a good mood?” Angelica asks with an arched brow.

“Well yes! I mean, I can’t maim Raul. You said so yourself. But I can legally maim Jimmy Evans.”

“Yeah. Well it isn’t going to be as easy as you make it sound. Trust me, I know.”

Kimberly rolls her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, I know. You and Jimmy used to be besties. You know all about him and he knows all about you. You were tag champions before. Redemption. Hurrah!”

“We knew one another before we were tag team champions as Redemption.” Angelica points out.

“Jimmy and Angel sittin’ in a tree! F-U-C-K-I-N…”

“Stop it!” Angelica shouts. “Not like that! It’s…” she sighs “...you weren’t the only one in therapy for anger issues.”

“I wasn’t in forced therapy for anger. I was in forced therapy because I kidnapped my sister and took her place. Get it right.”

“Yes, and I was in therapy for murdering a man.” Angelica wipes some renewed tears out of her eyes. “I had lost my mind out of rage, I was damn lucky the jury believed me that I had gone insane, otherwise I would have gotten the needle. Or at least life in prison. Point is, Kim, you and I aren’t that different. We have had to deal with rage and our own points of insanity at some point. So has James.”

“So he really is a nutcase? I’m right!” Kim shouts happily. Angelica shakes her head.

“Maybe you are but there is more to him than that. And if you want to retain your SCW Underground Championship at Under Attack, then it would behoove you to follow my advice. Few people in SCW today know James Evans better than I do.”

“Alright, alright, you got me there.” Kim nods her head. “So what would you have me do?”

“Well for starters, he will do his homework. He will study you. So he already has an idea of what to expect out of you. Your best strategy to counter that is do something unexpected.”

“Chaos then, right?”

“You could put it that way, yes.” Angelica nods her head.

“I can totally bring the chaos!” Kim grins devilishly. “What else?”

“James has always been ruthless. And now that he has followers, expect them to get involved. Come with a plan for how to counteract them.”

“Already got one.” Kim taps her forehead. “Right up there in my head. What other advice you got for me?”

“Honestly?” Angelica smiles. “Just be Kim. It hasn’t let you down before. It led you to four Underground Championships. It made you one of the most dominant Underground Champions in SCW history. So yes, just be Kim.”

“I can definitely do that!”

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November 11th, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia
On Camera
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The loud, harmonic, elegant sounds of an organ is heard playing within a grand, gothic style architecture of a church in Atlanta, Georgia. This isn’t your modern style service. This is more old school with traditional pews, kneelers, and stained glass windows lining the walls. Each and every pew is empty. The entire church is empty. And yet a few footsteps break through the sound of the organ music. Eventually the camera catches sight of a figure in a black hooded robe walking up the aisle.

“Ignosce mihi, Pater, quia peccaturus sum. Ignosce mihi, occisurus sum Jacobum Evans.” The voice, speaking in Latin, sounds feminine, indicating that the figure under the robe is female. The hooded figure makes her way up to the front and approaches the center. She turns to face the camera and then throws the hood and robe off at once, revealing her identity; none other than Kimberly Williams. The Woman Scorned is wearing torn denim jeans, a ‘Queens of Chaos’ t-shirt, and she has her SCW Underground Championship title belt wrapped around her waist, her HKW Bloodlust Championship title belt draped over her left shoulder, and her Zion Hardcore Championship title belt draped over her right shoulder. She has a big grin on her face as she waves furiously at the camera.

“Hi there, Jim Jones!” She snickers. “You know something, Jimmy? I’m not just the Queen of the Death Match. I am not just The Woman Scorned. I am not just three belt Kimmy. I am also a scientist.” She nods her head. “Its true! On Breakdown, I just wanted to test my hypothesis, I wanted to see if Pain could fly!” She sighs and shakes her head. “Alas, my hypothesis was proven incorrect. He cannot fly. But on the bright side, apparently I did prove that hot sauce to the eyes really does burn! Just ask your little minions in that cult of yours.” Williams nods her head. “Now I get it, you don’t like it when you’re called out for being a cult. But face it, you meet all of the criteria. You have indoctrinated members willing to blindly obey your every command, the House of James is a totalitarian society with a self-appointed, often charismatic and messianic leader, who believes that the ends justify the means.” Kim points a finger at the camera.

“You meet all of the criteria for being a cult. Well, all except the whole charismatic leader part. Seriously, Jimmy, you are boring. You are dull. Hell, your best shot at beating me for the Underground Title at Under Attack is making me tap out due to fear of being bored to death by you. Seriously! You are that fucking boring! You’re also so very unoriginal. I mean, is being a messiah, god, or cult leader or whatever the new fad in wrestling today? I think I’ve fought three of you messiah types in the span of one month. But it isn’t your dullness that bothers the most. It isn’t even your lack of creativity that bothers me the most. What bothers me the most is the same thing that bothers me about all of you religious types.” The Woman Scorned sneers.

“You are a hypocrite. I guess that also fits in with the whole criteria of being a cult, because most cult leaders and religious types are hypocrites and so are you, Jimmy. You preach to anyone willing to listen about how you want to eliminate violence from professional wrestling…or at least from SCW, anyway…well that makes you either incredibly stupid or a hypocrite. For starters, Jimmy, wrestling is a combat sport, which means that unless we all transition to thumb wrestling, then there is no escaping violence. And even if we did outlaw the death match stuff, even if we outlawed the Underground and just did straight up wrestling, you still have violence.”

She places her own hands around her own neck. “I could get you a head lock and squeeze your damn head until it pops. VIOLENCE!” She grabs hold of her arm and roughly pulls at it. “I could snatch hold of your arm and pull it out of its damn socket…VIOLENCE!” She pats her knees. “I could get you a leg lock and break your legs…VIOLENCE!” She pats her back. “Or I could break you in half with the submission hold my mother taught me, The Angel’s Arch…THAT IS VIOLENT! And if you don’t believe me, just ask my new bestie Cassie Wolfe.” Kimberly winks at the camera.

“Face it, Jimmy, you cannot remove violence from professional wrestling. It will always be there. If you hate violence then you need get your ass out of this business. Just go ahead, turn in your pink slip and quit. Leave. Hang up the boots and retire. Do us all a big fucking favor and take your boring old ass out of my wrestling ring for good. Because if you are not in this business for the violence then you are in the wrong damn business. But what really gets me is your strategy for removing violence from wrestling.” She snickers nastily. “You want to fight violence with violence? Now how fucking hypocritical is that? Now what’s REALLY funny is that you won’t even do the dirty work yourself. You send your little scooby gang to fight your battles. Pain, Lues, Mordred, Harker…they are your weapon. They fight your battles. Which means you are not just a hypocrite but you are a chicken shit. You are too damn scared to fight this battle on your own.” Kim scowls angrily, with hate dripping from her every word.

“Look into these eyes, Jimmy! These are the eyes of someone who believes in her cause! And for over two damn years I have been fighting on the front lines for my cause! In those two plus years I brought back and elevated the Underground Championship to one of the most prestigious hardcore titles in professional wrestling! I did not rely on thugs, minions, or goons to fight my battles! I did all of my fighting myself! And you had best believe, Jimmy, that I will fight to my very last breath to fucking take you down at Under Attack!” Williams slowly turns her angrily scowl into a more of a sinister grin. “But you, you don’t fight your own battles anymore. What happened, Jimmy? Did your balls fall off? You have a cult to do your dirty work. And I fully expect to have to deal with your four mousekateers at Under Attack. Because that’s what you do. You send others to fight on your behalf. And somehow you think that protects you from having to be violent yourself. Somehow you think that helps you maintain this facade of turning away from violence.” Williams shakes her head.

“I hate to burst your bubble, ya moron, but ask any mob boss who has spent time in the slammer for murders that he didn’t actually commit himself. You may not have been the trigger man but you pointed the finger at your target and your House of James committed the violent act for you. You are just as guilty as them. You manipulate and take advantage of your own followers. I should add that to the list as yet another characteristic of a cult leader that you match.” She smirks knowingly.

“Now you are coming after me and my Underground Championship? You are coming to Under Attack threatening to end the Underground Division? There are a lot of flaws in your thinking, Jimmy. Even if you manage to pry this out of my cold dead hands,” she pats the Underground Title belt that is wrapped around her waist “do you really think that is somehow going to magically end the Underground? Do you think that by possessing this that somehow magically your vision of no more Underground will come to fruition? Oh, no, no, no! It just puts you right in the center of the storm! Like I said, I have rebuilt the Underground for over two years now and in that time I have attracted quite a few crazy, violent, lunatics to SCW who would love to have a crack at it. Sarah Wolf. Oktoberfest Raab. Hell, Alexis Quinn proved to me earlier this year that she is damn good in the Underground, she could probably take a stab at it again. I am the target now because I have the championship but if you win it, YOU become the target. Everyone will be coming after you, Jimmy. Your entire career while you hold this title will be centered around the Underground. You won’t be able to avoid this violence you claim to hate so much. And if you think you can either get away with just not defending the title or convincing CHBK to let you defend it in something other than Underground Rules then you are sorely mistaken. You are not Donald Trump and CHBK isn’t a MAGA voter ready to do whatever you ask or believe whatever garbage spews out of that damn trap of yours. That’s flaw number one, Jimmy. You winning this Underground Title doesn’t help you achieve your goal. Effectively, it ends your quest before it even begins.” She laughs maniacally.

“Do you really believe that winning this championship ends the Underground? You are delusional, my culty friend. Do you think that it will all magically cause psychopaths like me and Oktoberfest and that ooze drooling Sarah Wolf from trying to take years off of our lives by tearing one another limb from fucking limb?” She shakes her head. “Sorry, Jimmy, but even if there were no Underground and if there were no Underground Title, I would still be the Death Match Queen. I would still be rolling around in barbed wire, thumb tacks, stapling people in the ass, and enjoying every god damn minute of it!” Kim sneers nastily.

“Flaw number two is the fact that you decided to come after me. The mere fact that you threatened my legacy, something I have worked so damn hard to build. I poured blood, sweat, and tears into bringing back the Underground and becoming the Queen of the Death Match.” She quickly glances at her Bloodlust and Hardcore Championships on either shoulder and then looks back at the camera. “Now obviously I have since then branched out and cemented my Death Match legacy elsewhere in other promotions, but the Underground Division in SCW is special to me because it is here where I got my start. Here is where I truly found my niche, my sense of belonging. It is here where I found a place for myself within the Underground.” She scowls angrily. “Now if you and my mother really are close, or were close, then you should know how much it means to me that I have found acceptance. The fact that you are threatening to end the very thing that gave me that long sought after acceptance tells me that you are not only stupid, a hypocrite, and that you use and manipulate people, but it also tells me that you have a fucking death wish. You are threatening something that I love and that means you just pissed me off. I am a happy go lucky psychopath, but when push comes to shove I can also be one evil bitch. So tread lightly, Jimmy, because you have awakened The Dragon within me. I am coming to Under Attack not just to simply defend and retain my Underground Title, not just to defend my legacy, I am coming to Atlanta, to Under Attack, to end your fucking career.”