The One vs. “Burned in Blood” Konrad Raab

[TheOne]

{PROMO}

The world witnessed its first complete surprise of the New Year, 2023, as Adam Allocco, Kimberly Williams, and The One, the collective group who referred to themselves as the "Strange Bedfellows" were able to put their differences and complete personality clashes aside to do something that nobody expected...

The threesome won the SCW 2023 Trios Tournament!

It was a moment that, going into the match, The One had many doubts about.  She had seen Adam and Kimberly, in her eyes, completely not taking what was ahead of them seriously and almost felt betrayed.  She felt that she had been used to hype up for their first match, and the same wasn't being done for the others in the subsequent matches.  But she was proven wrong.  She was shown that the pair she was teamed with, who are more "veteran" in SCW than she, were trustworthy to bring their A game, and do what was necessary to end up winning two cruicial matches in one night.

Now it brings on a lot of questions... What will The One do, as the renegade and apparent anarchist to SCW's top tier of talent, do with her contract?  Will she be quick, be maniacle, or decide to throw her opponent a curve ball and not alert them to her plans before they're already in play?  Regardless, she isn't someone who is predictable, and this level of "power" in her hands, creates an entire new level of unpredictability.

And moving forward, this is the feeling she wanted to instill in the entire locker room, as well as those who "call the shots," in Supreme Championship Wrestling...

Throughout my entire life, I have been doubted.  I have been looked at as an outcast, a weak link, and someone who didn't fit the mold that she was destined to fit.  I was also looked at as someone who was never going to be a "force" to be reckoned with in any forms of physical life.  I would never be able to win a fight.  I would never be able to step up and take control of a situation.  I was always the wallflower.  I was that person you forgot existed because I was standing in the corner, and easily forgettable.

The man I ook the title of The One from, he even thought it, and laughed at the idea that someone as "weak and feeble" as I, would ever amount to anything that could usurp his power.

Supreme Championship Wrestling looked at me, alongside Kimberly Williams and Adam Allocco, and again, thought that I would be the reason that the team came to a screeching halt, in achieving the goal of garnering the ultimate "Golden Ticket" in professional wrestling.  Nobody looked at me like someone who could contribute.  Nobody, even I believe my team, thought I would be even remotely beneficial to the success of the team...

I was, as always, expected to be the failure... The reason we didn't succeed... The walking eye-roll that talked a big game...

The One smirks.

The unpredictability of who I am, what I do, and everything I accomplish is EXACTLY what has made me the person I am today, and has given me the reputation that I carry with me as I walk through life day-in and day-out.  The idea that nobody knows what I am going to do, how I am going to do it, who I am going to do it to, it has defined who The One is both in SCW and outside as well.  It has been my trump card.  It has been my calling card.

It has been ME!

And right now, as I stand here with SCW's favorite term, an "Ultimate Opportunity," I know everyone is sitting there going, "What is The One going to do with this opportunity?"  And it's that question that makes this "Golden Ticket" so much more valuable than any championship, any singular accolade, any ANYTHING that most come into SCW with the goal of achieving.  This chance, this opportunity, to do as I did to that fucker in the past, who I took the title of The One from, is something that I get to make ALL of the decisions to.  I get the ability to decided the when, the where, the what, the how, and most importantly, the WHO, when it comes to the "cashing in" of my rightful contract for ANYTHING I want or desire.

But I'm going to be blunt...

I'm going to be honest...

I'm not going to be like others who think of this as a shortcut...

Because the truth is, right now, I have no idea what my plan is for this contract.  I have no idea how I am going to use it, and how it will benefit my ultimate goal here best.  Why don't I know?  Because I didn't think ahead.  I didn't plan like it was a foregone conclusion.  I waited until it was official to even let the TRUE idea enter my mind.  Sure I jokingly made references to outrageous matches I could make, but this is about more than just me.  This is about my goald, plans, desires, and LEGACY I want to leave on Supreme Championship Wrestling.  The implications for this are far greater than anything I could have imagined.  Hell, this is bigger than if I had won Taking Hold of the Flame and somehow been in the main event at Rise to Greatness.  This is a BLANK... FUCKING... CHECK... This is my chance to do ANYTHING... To let SCW, as a WHOLE, live at my whim, and whomever I choose to include, they're subject to whatever I think of as well...

So to just put an "ease" to the question floating... The One doesn't know what she plans to do with her Trios Contract... And if you want my mentality right now... It's not in the forefront of my mind, either...

Now I know that will make a lot of you cringe.  I know a lot of you out there will be annoyed that I didn't think ahead and come up with some grand idea, like a gauntlet match for every title, a pajama party, or a pillow fight for the World Title.  But the fact is, SCW doesn't stop existing once the Trios Tournament ends.  SCW doesn't stop acting when the winners are declared.  So I am not going to subject myself to putting the cart before the horse when I don't even know if the horse has been bridled up.  I don't know where this contract is going to provide me the most "value" yet.

So my goal is to wait...

My goal isn't to make the first move...

Because SCW doesn't stop for me, NOW management has to decide where they view The One...

Management has to decide if I am to be taken seriously...

So the fact is, because I have what I have, I now have a lot of power and now I can put it in the hands of others to help me see where they view my worthiness.  They could, outright, see this is as a big moment.  They could provide me with a path to things I don't have to use this contract for.  Or they could be scared for what I am going to do, and begin to make rash decisions.  Regardless, this contract is my desire to make the changes at the TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN that I have been CLEAR that has been my focus.  So the bosses... They get to make the next move in this game of chess...

And I won't lie... Heh... Their next move is quite intriguing...

The One runs her hands through her hair, pulling it back, as if she was going to put it in a ponytail, but not.

You see, the bosses have thrown me into an Underground Rules match, and it's something I don't quite know how to interpret, and I'm not reading into.  I'm not stupid.  I know they heard my thoughts on the brutality of the Underground Division, and how I didn't see myself quite fitting with the mold.  But that was right after THE most brutal match of my entire, short, wrestling career.  Since then, I've had time to watch and reflect on what the Underground represents, and how it's not just about brutality, blood, guts, and violence.  Instead, it's about the purest form of unpredictability and how one...

The One pauses, and smirks.

Unpredictability... That seems like a term that has made its presence known several times tonight, am I right?  Maybe the Underground is somewhere that The One can thrive because of the simple fact that it's all about how unpredictable you can be with your opponent.  As I said, it's not defined by violence, unless that's your plan.  It's a place that opens its doors to WHATEVER you want to bring to it, in order to win.  It's about the psychology, and not just the brutality.  It's about who can benefit by being more unpredictable to their opposition, that defines the Underground.

There are no rules...

You don't have to be crazy...

You don't have to be evil...

You just have to outwit and pull out the stops your opponent didn't believe you would or could!

And going into Breakdown, going into my next DIRECT focal point, that is where I plan to put my focus.  It's with a man named Konrad Raab, who I put all of my decision making into, and not into a contract that, I have plenty of time, to make a move on.  Whereas, I have mere days before I walk into a match of unpredictability with someone who seems to love to refer to himself as "Burned in Blood."  Now on the surface, how?  How is anyone burned in blood?  I haven't seen blood to be flammable.  I haven't seen blood to be something people use to ignite a bonfire, when they don't have a quick starter.

So what is "Burned in Blood," Konrad?

I'll tell you what it is, sir.  And I won't mince words.  It's a lot like being The One.  It's a nomenclature.  It's a name.  It's something that you're known as, but in the grand scheme of things means nothing.  What is "Burned in Blood?"  What is "The One?"  They're names that hide our true identities, but unlike with me, you have your name that the world knows.  You have your identity BESTOWED upon you.  I don't have that.  But I have a title.  I have a nickname.  And it's one that sound menacing and sounds very impressive.  Much like "Burned in Blood."

You see, Konrad, you and I, we aren't much different from one another.  You and I, in fact, are more alike than you probably realize.  We have names that hide who we are.  You've always had a nickname.  You've always had something to be known as, besides just "Konrad Raab."  So people have looked at you as whatever the nickname you throw out there is.  It's a persona.  It's a moniker.  It's an identity.  But it's not who you are.  It's not who the real Konrad Raab actually is.  It's like me... I'm just "The One," to the world.  Nothing more, nothing less.  I'm a nickname.  A moniker.  A front.  And that's what you boast yourself to be as well.  And I get that, man... You, like me, keep the real you hidden.  So we use monikers.  We use them to drive our PRESENT, but that's where our differences come to pass...

When I became The One, it was in the past.  It was the past that left me how I am now.  The present, SCW, people, et cetera, none of that has changed the fact that I am The One.  You on the other hand, you let your present affect you like its a new pair of underwear you're putting on.  You're changing monikers, changing nicknames, changing personas, all to try and revamp who Konrad Raab is.  Rather than embracing who YOU are, you have tried to invent a new version of who you want people to THINK you are.  And to a degree, when I became The One, I had to do the same thing, but I stayed true to it.  I remained true to who I was before, who I was in the moment, and who I became.

I see through your changes...

I see through your reinventions...

You're still Konrad Raab...

You're no different than you were when you joined SCW, minus the fact that you are more experienced in the organization...

But I see your soul, Konrad.  I see your actual personality.  I see who you actually are.  I know that the past defines who you can be today, but you trend to your present defining your present, and you're moving goalposts, swerving to try to be in the "right lane" of whatever you think you're supposed to be today.  Yet... You're coming up short.  You're just trying to come up with a new name, a new persona, a new reason for people to take you serious, and I see this and am planning to use the rules of the Underground to exploit everything about this part of your personality!

You see, I don't fear blood.  I may not like it, but I don't fear it.  You may embrace it, but that's you, today.  Not you when you first got here.  So that means it's just who you are representing today.  So I don't fear a man who can't just be honest with who he is.  I will never fear a man who decides on different names to try and make them more believable.

Nothing is more beileievable than one's self!  And you fear that about yourself, Konrad...

With the rules of the Underground, I will do everything in my power to bring you back to the REAL reality.  Why?  Because right now you live in a false world, and I believe you have a lot of promise in who you could legitimately become.  So I am going to do anything I can fathom, because the Underground doesn't restrict me, to knock these false personas out of you and bring the real Konrad Raab to SCW, so maybe he becomes the future, and not just someone who everyone remembers as a different nickname.  You don't need a nickname... And if I have to beat that mentality into you, and do things that may be outside of my desired wheelhouse in order to make you accept that reality doesn't require a name.  It's the same reality I'm working to accept, but for me, I have to earn it.  I have to prove myself.  You... You've proven to be a mainstay in SCW.

So I hope that by beating you, within an inch of your life, if necessary, I will free you of that mental block you've created for yourself.  I will hopefully create the Konrad Raab who doesn't have to live in this self-inflicted destructive world, but grow and become something bigger, better, and superior to this nicknamed shell of a human being that he has defined himself as.

Face it... The One is going to re-enter the Underground.  She's going to go into a place she flat out said she didn't fit.  But what she is going to do is something for the greater good.  She's going to bring out an SCW staple, who could represent the future of SCW, as themselves, and not like the past has suggested is necessary.  By any means necessary, once the smoke clears, once the blood is out of your eyes long enough to see straight, not only will The One be standing tall, but SCW will see a new Konrad Raab, that could mark the future of its roster, and mark another phase in my ultimate goal of bring SCW back to its foundation, and its greatness, not governed by a caste system or elitism...

Instead it'll be governed by life... Death... Taxes... AND THE ONE!

As per her usual, she flips her hood up on her hoodie, with the breath creating steam in the light of the night, and disappears into the shadows, making a bold statement about her opponent, who has become one of SCW's staples over the years.