Holly Adams vs. Selena Frost

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The door to the Frost ‘Forever Home’ burst open with Deanna, wearing her runners, leading herself and Selena into the house. 

“Gerda?” Selena called out as she closed the door behind her. Almost immediately, the sound of movement was heard from the family room as the short, kind woman shuffled to the house entrance to meet the two women. “Where is-“ Selena started.

“She’s up in her room.” Gerda assured. “Possibly asleep.”

The Snow Queen didn’t wait for that last past, instead bounding up the stairs, dress slippers and all. Deanna, on the other hand, returned her attention to their neighbour and sitter, who immediately began speaking.

“She was coughing and sneezing most of the afternoon, but when she had a fever of 101, I called Dr. Gray and had him come down the street to pay a house call. He said there’s a flu bug going around the school, which is probably what she has – children are more susceptible to it.”
“Thank you.” Deanna smiled.
“Thank you?” Gerda asked, surprised. “I’m sorry I ruined your date night, dear.”

“No.” Deanna shook her head. “We’re not just frisky lovers anymore.” She stated off-handedly, casting her eyes up the steps where Selena had gone. “We’re parents now.” A smile graced her lips before she turned back to Gerda. “You can head home, Gerda. Selena and I have it from here.”

The elder woman gave a nod before excusing herself from the house, Deanna closing and locking the door behind her. She only took a moment to remove her running shoes before she was making her way up the stairs as well. Reaching the second-floor, she moved to the room she knew was her eldest daughter’s before opening it.

Immediately, she spied Selena, her wife, kneeling over Elsianna, holding her hand to Elsa’s forehead.

“And she loved the picture.” She heard Elsa say to Selena. “I got a gold star!”
“I’m so glad, snowflake.” Selena smiled, moving her hand to caress her daughter’s face. “You did such a good job.”
“Thanks to you and mom.”
“We just followed your instructions.” Selena tried. “But I think you’re going to need to stay away from school for a day or two. At least till you’re better.”
“Do I have to stay in my room?” Elsa asked in a rare moment that displayed her true age.
“Yes.” Selena nodded. “You don’t want to make your brother or sister sick, do you?”

Slamming her eyes shut, Elsianna shook her head briskly.

“We’ll bring up the television tomorrow so you can watch movies and such.” Came the assuring voice of Selena.
“Okay…” Elsianna nodded before turning away from Selena to cough into her pillow.
“Oh, my poor girl.” The platinum-blonde smiled sadly, reaching out again to run her knuckles against her eldest daughter’s cheek gently. “I’m going to make you some tea to help you sleep.”

Carefully, she pushed herself to her full height but didn’t move as the child’s voice intercepted her. “Mother…” she spoke, her voice raspy and harsh in tone but not intently so. “Can you and mom stay with me until I fall asleep?” she asked, stifling another cough.

The answer come almost instantly. “Of course.” Deanna replied for both her and Selena, moving to the other side of the bed to sit beside Elsianna. “Of course we will…”

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It was midnight by the time Deanna and Selena got him to their small rental in upper Manhattan, the pair immediately taking a shower (separately, Selena had insisted) and changing into their nightclothes. The storm continued to rain with thunder and lightning outside, but neither woman moved from their spot at their respective bedroom doors. They simply gazed at one another.

“How come neither of us can go to bed?” Deanna asked with a playful smile, crossing her arms over her dark-green t-shirt.
“No idea.” Selena threw back as she leaned against the wall beside her bedroom door. “Maybe we should just say good night and see each other in the morning.”
“Great idea!” Deanna smiled, skipping over to where Selena stood. “Go ahead.”
“Beauty before age.” Selena countered.
“It was your idea.” Deanna threw back.

Biting her lower lip, Selena exhaled a long breath. “Did you have a good time?” She asked, her insecurities showing.
“Of course I did.” Deanna swore, reaching out to take Selena’s hands into hers. “You?”
Selena nodded. “Enough to go on another?”

“Of course.” Came the answer. “But…” Deanna took a deep breath, looking down to gaze at Selena’s hands, which she held. “I think it’s only fair to tell you, Selena, upfront and honestly…” another shaky breath. “I’m pretty sure I’m falling for you, okay? I’m falling pretty hard and I’m falling pretty fast.” 

Sapphire eyes widened at such honesty, the Snow Queen’s mouth opening just to hang open for a few seconds, words failing to form. “I…”

“You don’t have to say it back!” Deanna assured her, placing a hand over the open mouth. “But I have to be fair to both of us. I need you to know that’s what’s happening to me. Hasn’t changed since that kiss at Flawless.”

“I…” Selena tried, steeling herself as best as she could – if nothing else, because Deanna deserved such honesty returned. “I can’t say it yet, Deanna.” She sighed. “I want to. Gods, do I want to… but I can’t just yet. Not till I’m beyond certain…” And I’m willing to risk having my heart shattered again…

“It’s okay.” Deanna smiled. “I can wait. And I will.” Reaching up, as in the car, she adjusted a stray hair of platinum-blonde behind Selena’s ear. “It’s more than worth it.”

With one last gaze, Deanna turned to head to her room-

“Wait!” Selena rushed the few steps to catchup with her girlfriend. Soon as Deanna spun around, Selena took her hands into hers. “I…I…” she stammered a little before taking a deep breath. “Maybe I love you.” She whispered. “Maybe soon, I won’t need to use the word ‘maybe’.”
“Or maybe it will mean something else.” Deanna smiled. “Maybe.” 

Standing on her tiptoes, the redhead gently kiss Selena’s jaw before disappearing into her room, leaving the Snow Queen to walk the steps necessary to enter her room. Soon as the door was closed and locked, however, she found herself leaning against the door and sliding down to sit on the floor. 

Maybe…she had said maybe tonight – on their first date. And Deanna had promised her there would be others… “Odin help me…” she whispered to herself. Because she was going to need all the help she could get.

Because Deanna wasn’t the only person that was falling hard and falling fast.
And if this kept up, Selena knew without a doubt, then no longer needing ‘maybe’ to describe her love for Deanna wasn’t a matter of ‘if’… but ‘when’…

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Young Elsianna slept quietly, only letting out the occasional cough in her sleep. Watching her, Deanna and Selena stood, the shorter Deanna leaning with her back against Selena’s front, the Snow Queen’s arms wrapped around the redhead’s waist.

“She’ll be alright.” Deanna whispered. “Gerda said it was just a little bug.”
“I figured that when I felt her temperature.” Selena sighed. “So much for date night.”
“Least it took our minds off things for awhile.” Deanna mused, reaching up to caress Selena’s face with her hand. “You feeling better?”

Slowly, Selena shook her head. “I’m still worried.” She admitted. “But that’s kind of been taken over by worry of our daughter.”
“Sort of puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?”

The Snow Queen nodded. “Win or lose – even if she makes all of SCW hate me with her lies…I’ll still have them.” She gestured towards Elsianna with a tilt of her head. “And this house.”
“And me.” Deanna purred, nuzzling her head against Selena’s face.
“I pray that I will always have you.” Selena whispered, kissing her beloved’s temple. “Maybe I love you.”

“Maybe I love you.” Deanna whispered, taking her date’s hand and leading them to their bedroom. “And maybe I always will…”

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The camera opens up to the empty interior of the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, the site for the first SCW pay-per-view of 2022: Body, Heart and Soul. With SCW having finished the previous year in a controversial fashion as it had at End of the Year event, tickets have continued to sell for seats, as well as for pay-per-view viewing at home! The world is prepared to witness one of two possible scenarios: either the continue growth and presence of The Brand, or survival of the SCW standard that defines “Supeme Championship Wrestling”. However, as the camera takes in, the arena is currently empty, devoid of the ticket-goers. The tech and ring are all set up and it is in the middle of the ring that the viewers can spot the single woman standing there amidst the arctic blue and white lights. 

She wears a leather jacket, blue jeans and a magenta sweater, the SCW World Championship resting comfortably on her shoulder as the shot changes to a closer one, capturing the contemplative expression of the world champion and Face of SCW: The Snow Queen, herself, Selena Frost.

Body… Heart… And Soul… She speaks, her words calm and soft but still strong. An event of SCW’s past brought back from out of nowhere! Thrust back into the new year, the new age, be it by popular demand or by the nostalgia the board of SCW must be feeling. For the first time in eight years, Body, Heart and Soul has returned to SCW!

There is no denying the excitement in Selena’s voice as she speaks. And to give you guys some perspective, I wasn’t even around when this pay-per-view came through here! This is the first time that I will be performing on this show!

You want more history? The last time this show was here in SCW? Hall of Fame guys like Christian Savior were still around! Monsters like Blitzkrieg haunted the SCW halls. The top stable was the Pinnacle, comprised of Syren, Ravyn, Tommy Valentine, and David Helms – a stable that thought themselves superior to every other person that came here and every person that watched at home.

Now, eight years later… Hall of Fame guys like Josh Hudson and Shilo Valiant are still around. Monsters like the Jackals haunt the SCW halls, apparently the stable of the year is the Brand, comprised of Holly Adams, Cid Turner and Giovanni Aries – a stable that thinks of themselves superior to every other person that comes out here and every person that watches them…

A knowing smile breaks across Selena’s features as she turns her gaze towards the camera. The more things change, am I right? And I’ll give props to the Brand. It takes a lot of arrogance for a group of people to stand there and say “we can give you happiness for X payments of $X9.99”, doesn’t it? Because what those people are really saying is “we are so much better than you and we know it”. 

And that’s what Holly Adams has been screaming about over and over again to anyone that will listen! That is what she has been displaying month after month on Breakdown, on Twitter, on her little TV show – the fact that she takes on so much, suffers so much and we don’t. 

I mean – this woman had the brass, as a selling point, to say that, even if you buy her ‘product’, you’ll never be as happy or as good as her or The Brand, but you’ll be your ‘best’. The Snow Queen shakes her head at such logic. Seriously? That sounds more like a statement of failure on the Brand’s part if they can’t promise the same level of success and happiness that they’ve ‘achieved’ – isn’t their ‘success’ their whole selling point?

The platinum-blonde shrugs as she walks along the inside of the ring. But why shouldn’t Holly be happy? She’s on the cusp of “becoming the World Champion”! That’s what she’ll have you believe. That she’s the “REAL World champion”! The “REAL Face of SCW”, right? Yes! All of The Brand seems to know it – the rest of SCW? Still trying to figure the logic out on that. But that’s what you’ve been promoting since End of the Year, right, Holly? In-between needing what? Six episodes to get to the ‘season finale’ of your show? 

Knowingly, a laugh escapes Selena as she shakes her head. Holly Adams needing a month and six times the time in front of a camera to make a point. Holly Adams needing more time than the Avengers finale, Harry Potter finale, and the Twilight finale COMBINED to get to her point… shocking.

Taking a moment, Selena leans against the turnbuckle, keeping her eyes on the camera. Because what has these last few weeks been about to you? What has Holly Adams been talking about? The fact that I’ve beaten her ‘golden boy’ Cid Turner twice? Nope. The fact that I’ve managed to hold the world title in the longest reign of 2021? Nope. The fact that I’m the 2021 Female Wrestler of the Year and not her? That I’m the woman that won the ‘Unbelievable Main Event’? Nope. 

What’s been most important to Holly Adams is that everyone HAS TO KNOW that I’m the baddest, most evil woman on the planet. That I’m the bad guy in her storied ‘rise to the top’.

No, really, just ask her, or listen in. Or, if you’re really into it, buy her movies, buy her show on whatever network has it, buy her parody, she’ll tell you just how ‘righteous’ she is and how ‘bad’ I am. Hell, this woman basically broke the law a couple of weeks ago on Breakdown trying to prove it.

For a moment, Selena’s expression grows serious as she runs a hand through her platinum-blonde hair. Yeah, we all saw it – she ADMITTED to it. She bugged the world title just to try and get some conversation of me and Deanna so she could ‘prove’ my ‘evilness’…and no charges were pressed. No punishment was doled out for such unethical and illegal actions… but I’m the bad guy, right?  

A smirk comes to Selena’s lips. That isn’t a slight to SCW management. The point I am making is that Holly fails to realize is that she is being protected. That all of this, her getting her title shot at End of the Year, the result of that match, and getting another match against me at Body, Heart and Soul – Holly Adams is being protected. Protected by Cid Turner and Gleebnorb, protected by Cookie, protected by Giovanni Aries, protected by every person in that cast of Desperate-Housewives-rejects.

Holly Adams is being protected against any and every shortcoming she has to the point where she doesn’t just try and make the rules here – she believes she can do it just as easily as she did in that little “Wizard of Oz” parody. Holly Adams believes that if she says it, it must be true! That if ‘the great’ and ‘beloved’ and ‘favourited’ Holly Adams decrees it, the high-exalted saint Holly Adams says it so, it must be so!

Selena shrugs. Say what you will about me – eight years I’ve been here – I’ve never been protected by anyone. I didn’t have protection when Trinity Street fractured my ribs. I didn’t have protection when Xander Valentine slammed me against the metal of a cage or when I had a crate dropped on my foot. I didn’t have protection when I was told to put my hair on the line. I didn’t have a gaggle of cast mates catching me when Giovanni Aries threw me off that scaffolding or when Regan Street smashed my head open with a monitor or scarred my back with a barbed-wire-cat-o-nine-tails.

Eight years of that and being told I would ‘never’ make it this far – and yet every person that’s said it? I’ve beaten. Every person that’s said I was ‘protected’ and they would ‘crush me’? I beat. Every person that broke, scarred or smashed up my body? I’ve beaten and come out of it to the point where I am standing here as the SCW World Champion!

Lifting her free hand, Selena gestures to the camera. Where are your scars, Holly? I know! I know! You had a ‘bad fall’ that took you out of an Adrenaline championship months ago, right? You got yourself a little owie from that nose job that took you out for several weeks… From another match where you spent most of it hiding in your pod and scrambling away while crying for help. But where are your scars, Holly? Where is the blood, the scars, and the busted bones that you have given for SCW? See, you talk about about ‘freeing SCW’ and ‘doing right by SCW’, yet you take weeks off because your nose is off. You hide behind protective gear. You hide behind your Brand…

The world champion gives a quiet pause to let her words sink in.

See, Holly, for weeks and weeks now, you’ve been trying to flash that bright light on me, telling everyone to ‘look my way’ and trying to expose me. All so that nobody turns that light around and points it at you.

And yet, and this is why I love the SCW Universe, they do what they want and that’s why they boo you despite your supposed ‘millions’ of followers that picked you at End of the Year to face me. And when they look at you, they see what I see, Holly.

A cheaply created bootleg.

Sapphire eyes scan down, as if the world champion is scanning her upcoming opponent. I mean, look at you, Holly! You stole Syren’s whole ‘stable to protect her’ bit! You stole the basic “Selena is a fraud” bit that Infamous made famous eight years ago – and still uses to this day! You stole Kennedy Street’s ‘protective gear’ bit when she faced me years ago at Rise to Greatness five years ago. You stole Shilo Valiant’s bit of parodies that he was doing back in 2011 and 2012. You stole Katie Steward’s personality, Syren’s personality, Sienna Swann’s personality, and, if you order now, you’ll get a Bree Lancaster-style add-on where Holly celebrates her greatness on Twitter, her TV show and every SCW show - her own special Hollyday! 

She paused, her hand tight on the title over her shoulder, the other extended to the camera. They boo you, Holly, because they see what I see and they know what they are in for whenever you come out. The disrespect, the BS, and the wrestling that mocks and devalues what SCW stands for.

And the funniest thing of it all, Holly? Is that you fail to see that without them? Without these people that you’re insulting by telling them what to think? That you insult with your varying priced product - They’re the only reason you’re here right now!

Turning towards the stands, Selena eyes the empty seats, the camera shifting to take in the sight of the empty chairs. You know, I’ve been doing this segment for years and people have asked me several times why I don’t do what Holly Adams does. Why don’t I fill the arena with people, or insert some cardboard cut-outs or edit in some ‘audience feed’ to make myself seem popular…

Her free hand resting on the nearby rope, Selena shakes her head. The reason I don’t do that is because this, right here? This is how I set my mind right. This is how I stay grounded. This empty arena? This reminds me who holds the real power – the real destiny of SCW and its superstars. Because without the people, without the SCW Universe? This…she gestures with a circular motion with her free hand. All this is is an empty arena… all this is is an empty ring…

Her gaze returns to the camera. It is the people that come here and sit in those empty seats, the people that tune in around the world, THEY are the ones that transforms all of this into Supreme Championship Wrestling. They hold the keys to this kingdom, they ALWAYS have and ALWAYS will!

Turning back around fully, Selena’s glare is cold, directed at her nay-sayers. That is why I will never be ‘evil’ or ‘lie’ to them like you want, Holly. Because without them, there is no SCW. There is no Selena Frost the wrestler, and there sure as hell isn’t a Brand or a Holly Adams.

But you? You smirk and do your stupid parade wave and say that you’re entitled to be here. That you’re entitled to be the world champion. That you’re entitled to be the ‘Face of SCW’ while I no longer deserve it…

A smirk forming on her face, Selena lowers her head a little to laugh a bit before lifting it back up. Let me make this clear for you, Holly. I didn’t get that name by making a fancy pin on photoshop and shoving it down people’s throats on Twitter. I didn’t get it by begging SCW Universe “Please! Call me it! Please use it! I wanna be The Face of SCW!”. I didn’t get it by yelling at the fans to call me it or use it or whatever while I hid behind an Ipad, a green screen and a doctor’s note. 

I got this name because I showed up week after week, month after month, despite the injuries, the pain, the bumps, the setbacks, the losses, all of it! I show up, I fight on my own, I win or lose on my own and I strive to be better each and every day. I showup grateful to them and to SCW for what they have given me and respective of their place in this company, as the keepers of the keys. And when it came time for SCW to chose someone to stand by what those three letters stand for? When they could have chosen Syren or Regan or Kelcey or Amy Chastaine or dozens of others, The SCW Universe were loud and very clear, shouting “We Believe!” at the top of their lungs.

Taking a moment, Selena lowers the SCW title off her shoulder to hang at her side. But you, who were given this opportunity by them, you who chose to ‘hedge your bet’ rather than show your respect to them for choosing you to face me – you have the gall to blame me because your Brand screwed things up? You have the gall to try and make it about my morality?

She scoffs. That’s fine, Holly. My morals have been dissected and mocked and twisted around by people who were far more cunning in their argument and far more dangerous in their approach than you. I’m still here. I’m still fighting and I’ll still be here when this match is over and I’m still the World Champion. I’ll still be here, fighting for what Supreme Championship Wrestling means.

Because at the heart of the matter, that is what matters the most to me. That is what I love, that is what I am about. You and Giovanni have been making a lot of noise since End of the Year – we’ve all read it, heard it and seen it… and you may be right! Hell, ‘GiGi’ may be right!

This might be a ‘Night in Denver’ scenario, where the ‘millions’ of Holly Adams’ fans come out in droves and boo me right out of the building like they did at Apocalypse! Maybe, out of those millions, you really DO have people that will jump the barricade and get involved with my matches. Maybe, from those millions, you really do have people that want you to win the SCW world championship tonight!

I mean – why not? You’re easily more attractive than me. You play to the ‘model-look’ better than me. I can’t rock a facemask with rhinestones in it or a bikini or low-cut top like you can, and let’s face it, you pull off ‘fake-blonde’ better than anyone I know.

And in this ring? You got skills. I’ve said it before. Hell, you said it! You’ve only lost one one-on-one match in all of 2021! And with names like Syren and mine on that list, that says a lot. A hundred plus days as Adrenaline champion! There’s no limit to how far you can go, Holly!

Selena looks away for a second before wincing her face muscles as if in thought before turning back. Here’s the point I’m making, Holly. It may not be ‘millions’, but I believe you really DO have your fans. And when it comes to them, I could try and do what you have tried to do with my True Believers and ‘turn them’ towards me. I could write an expose on you. I could Tweet and subtweet and reply tweet and image tweet and retweet every hour by the hour. I could write parodies of movies and sub in some actors to play my friends and my opponents! I could turn my life into some exaggerated, vapid display for television! I could declare myself a hundred different things this way and that… I will NEVER win over those fans loyal to you.

The Snow Queen holds out a finger to pause the audience reaction. But unlike you, that doesn’t bother me. Unlike you, I am not concerned with those kind of fans. Those fans, Holly, are people that cheered when Giovanni Aries tried to screw me out of our match. Those fans, Holly, are the fans that cheered when Cookie and Cid got involved. And those people, Holly, are as desperate as you are to see you as the world champion. So desperate that they will settle for any way to make that happen and not give a damn about what the world title means. What SCW means…

Those are not the fans that I am concerned with, Holly. her lips forming a fine line, Selena shakes her head.

I am concerned for the fans that believe that the word ‘supreme’ means something and not “how many friends do I need holding my hand to win a match”. I’m concerned for the fans that wear the colors of their favourite superstar proudly because they want to see that superstar meet THEIR standards of wrestling and rise above all others to stand at the top of the mountain! I am concerned for the fans – the men, women, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters – that have shouted loudly “We Believe!” every time I step in this ring and I say “this is what I am about! This is what I believe in! This is what I will bring to SCW!”.

That is why I am going to win tonight, Holly. That is why I have to win tonight. Because you’ve already made it clear what happens if you become world champion. We go back to the days of Infamous, Pinnacle, Monarchy, etc. We go back to the days of Sienna Swann, Bree Lancaster, Syren – days where people booed and demanded change – demanded legit wrestling… and the world champion was too busy primping and preening herself to listen. Too busy flaunting her success to care… where the letters of SCW didn’t mean a damn thing to the supposed world champion because she ‘didn’t do anything that nobody else wouldn’t have done’…

Selena holds out her hand. That is why I have to win tonight, Holly. Because I refuse to let that willingly happen again.

And I’m not going to be like your friend ‘Chardonnay’ and say it’s going to be easy, because it’s not. You think that I’m just going to beat your ass and that will be that? You think I’m as arrogant as you are? I’m not. I’m going to kick your ass, Holly, but I’m also going to get my ass kicked… she smiles knowingly.

I’m going to be hit with everything that The Brand can throw at me. Giovanni’ll come out and hit me with The Third Eye! Cid’s gonna come out and hit me with a weapon, because THAT hasn’t gotten old in almost a year. Cookie will come out and hit me with either a weapon or her indecisiveness. And you… you’re gonna hit me with every move that you can – the Beauty Killer, the Hostile Makeover,  the Blonde Ambition! All of the Brand standing and cheering you on…  You and the Brand are going to beat me up on a scale that may make even Xander Valentine envious!!

Unfettered, the Snow Queen shakes her head. That isn’t your problem, Holly. That won’t be your problem tonight. You’ve made it very clear how good you are at beating opponents down, ESPECIALLY with The Brand helping you out. The real challenge for you is not that you can beat me down or bloody me… it’s you being able to keep me down.

Because despite your wins over me, that is one thing you – in your obsession to ‘expose me’ have failed to do. You, with your friends crying out “she’ll beat Selener Frost with ease”, still, after so many tries have failed to do.

See, you’re not just trying to become World Champion at this point. You’re not just blindsiding me with a parody where you declare some kind of witch hunt this go around. You need to deliver tonight, Holly. You need to not only beat me but ‘expose me’ somehow. You’ve got to show all of SCW exactly how I’m worse than a cowardly, desperate woman that hides behind her team and her ‘injuries’ and her ‘facemask’. 

All I have to do is beat you. Selena smiles. You have to remove ALL doubt from the minds of SCW that I am this ‘evil incarnate’ you’ve spent so much money and time trying to reveal! All I have to do is beat you. You have to back up every single accusation you’ve thrown my way, every line and every assertation…

And all I have to do is beat you.

Her smile grows as she heads to the center of the ring. Because if I can hold on, Holly – if I can take that huge ‘Brand-beating’ that is headed my way and still keep going! If I can survive you and Giovanni and Cid and Cookie and Gleebnorb and whoever else you’ve got in your pocket, if I can somehow rise above all of that and win… then not only do I silence The Brand once and for all, I silence Holly Adams!

Holding up a finger to contemplate, Selena suddenly points that finger towards the audience seats. Or rather… THEY will silence Holly Adams! Because it won’t matter how you spin it, Holly. It won’t matter how you have your cameramen edit it. It won’t matter how you try and justify it – every time you open your mouth to talk about it, THEY will drawn you out with their voices. Shouts of “We Believe! We Believe!”

All I have to do… is beat you.

She gestures to the ring she stands in. This, right here, tonight? This is truly going to be the finale of all of this, Holly. Of the Brand disrespecting the world title, disrespecting SCW and cheating the SCW Universe of what it deserves to see. And unlike you, Holly, I’m not going to need six episodes to make it happen. I won’t need a team of editors or a Brand-style army to make it happen.

All I need… is to beat you.

Whether it’s emphatic or by the skin of my teeth. Whether it’s undeniable, irrefutable, or an ending that could go either way, all I have to do, Holly Adams, is beat you. And you’re the biggest disappointment in SCW history! The biggest letdown in SCW history! The biggest liar in SCW history!

I fight you, I beat you, and then I will take the SCW world title, I will head out of this arena with my wife – I might even give her a kiss in front of the SCW Universe. she winks at the camera.

Tonight, Holly, you and the Brand are going to beat me down. You will do everything you can to ‘expose’ me – to make me fit the mold you have tried to force me into. But one way or another, I am going to be leaving with the world championship. I am going to be leaving still the SCW world champion. I am going to continue through 2022 as THEIR SCW World Champion.

Believe it, Holly. Because one way or another… I am going to beat you.

The camera focuses on Selena once more as she holds up the world title closer to her face. A knowing smile breaks across her features before it all fades to black.