01-18-2023, 12:59 AM
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[VOYAGERS]
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[Camera is live. Alexis Quinne is seated on the couch inside a hotel room. The walls were beige with a slew of frames mounted on the dining room walls; ranging from a newspaper front page of Urban Meyer hoisting up the National Championship to a dark silhouette of the skyscappers in downtown Columbus. There was a gold chandelier illuminating from above. The floors were smoky; faded greys and whites. Alexis leaned into the grey couch with a black "VOVYAGERS" hat with the words in bold white letters, almost covering her eyes. Her long black hair were braided in pigtails. A white tank top and black leggings completed her look. Her eyes glare at the camera as she adjust in her seat, straightening her posture.]
Alexis: Yo.
[She presses her pointer and middle finger together before tapping her forehead saluting.]
Alexis: Yo. Cassie. You just had to pick the perfect time to drop the MPW TV belt. You could have put that on the line against me, you know. I would have beaten you for it, start making some trips to the UK, defend it there. Bring it back to the States and defend it here. Could have been fun.
[Alexis shrugs her shoulders.]
Alexis: Could have been fun. You had to expect that ROWEN and Vanessa was going to pull something, right? That's just wrestling 1 on 1. The way those two get down, you had to expect that ROWN and Vanessa was going to get dirty. I mean you tried pulling ROWEN's tights so you had some idea. You play with dirt, Cassie. You get dirty.
Or maybe you didn't. You were getting high on your own supply. Cassie Two Belts. TV belt in one hand, tag belt in the other. Super rookie right.
Oh well.
[Alexis' lips curl to the side. She brings her left hand to rest on the bottom of her chin.]
Alexis: All of this, the two titles, the match with ROWEN, stuff like that, didn't happen in SCW. So there's a section of people wondering what I'm talking about. But the world of pro wrestling is more than just SCW. Cassie is international. I'm ribbing her for over her belt but she's out here, wrestling in the UK and winning belts. She just got another gig in Pro Wrestling Apex. FFP. Conquest. These companies all over the world are lining up to put your pen to paper, Cassie. That doesn't happen if you're trash.
[Alexis reaches up with her right hand, grabbing the tip of her hat and pushing it upward a bit. Her brown eyes are revealed. Her facial expression is neutral with a wry smirk.]
Alexis: Thursday night, here in Columbus, you know. Breakdown. It's you and me. We've never been in the same ring but I feel like i know you. Have seen a lot of your matches. I'm a fan honestly. There's a lot of speed and quickness. Just seeing you whip off the ropes. Bombing people from the top. That 630 with the spin on it. Could never do anything like that. When you're on that turnbuckle, you got a lot of options. A lot in that toolbox. I watch some of these pre tapes of yours and you know, you got your chest puffed out and you got your girlfriends with you. It's cute.
[She snickers while wiping her nose.]
Alexis: When you were going at YUYU, yelling at her. I'M THE FUTURE OF PRO WRESTLING! I'LL CUT A BITCH! That sent me, honestly. It reminded me of this girl from San Francisco who use to collect daggers and be obsessed with Chucky. She use to ay all types of shit to people. Still does.
You do this long enough. You watch as much wrestling as I have and you last as long as I have and there comes a point where you see these mini versions of who you were when you were younger. In your profile pic on Twitter, that's basically my gear. Down to the long socks. I don't know if you're a fan of mine. You know, there's a lot of similarities. There's a lot of pride. Not many come from Australia. Wanting to represent your school. Hero Academy. I get it. Every step I take, the whole Bay Area is with me. I carry them with me. There was a lot of pride, for me, that I represented GG [Golden Gate Wrestling Academy].
[Alexis presses her lips together.]
Alexis: When I was 19 I thought I knew everything. I'm 30 now and I think I know everything. I can hear it with you. You're figuring shit out but you think you've learned a lot. You've learned. Sure. If I touch the hot stove and get burned, I learn not to touch it again. You went through the school, you're traveling the world, wrestling. And yet, Cassie, you still don't know shit.
[Alexis tightens her face.]
Alexis: There's a lot of rehearsing. Saying lines in front of the mirror. Trying to find the right match. I mean I use to do it too. Whatever sounded cool, I would just say it. Pint Sized Awesomeness. It just sounded like I was a bad ass and I ran with it.
Rebel Princess.
What's your war, solider?
[Alexis strokes her chin.]
Alexis: Your mug is everywhere in every promotion but you're fighting the man right? There's rooks I know in the Bay making shit. But these companies can't run fast enough to lock you down.
Rebel Princess.
[Alexis scoffs.]
Alexis: Yeah....yeah. Hungry like a wolfe.
Cool.
[Alexis smacks her lips.]
Alexis: It's all good now though, right? The honeymoon phase. You get signed. You get that first taste. You're making more money than you ever have and you're wrestling in front of thousands of people. There's millions that watch SCW every week. It goes real quick from nothing to something. What happens when the party ends??
[Her head tilts to the right. Her eyebrows narrow.]
Alexis: What happens when you taste some losses? When the book is out and everyone starts adjusting to how they wrestle you. And they take away all the stuff you want to do. I'll do you one better, what happens when shit doesn't get fun anymore and you know, maybe you get screwed over by someone you trust.
What happens then?
[Alexis rubs her face.]
Alexis: You were in high school, like, what? Two years ago. Jesus.
[Alexis shakes her head.]
Alexis: Fuck me.
[An incredulous expression appears on her face.]
Alexis: Fuck me. I don't know if you liked science class. I hated it unless we were blowing up shit or doing Einstein stuff with chemicals and what not. You ever see those little posters and it has...it has like the ecosystem, you know? And it just shows the cycle of everything. Well in pro wrestling, there is also an ecosystem. I' the middle child. Cassie. Not old enough to be considered a legend or past my prime. Not young enough to be called a rookie. I've done some things but I haven't done everything. And then underneath, there's wrestlers like you. Young, on the come up, looking to climb that ladder.
You go home to, what? You live with your parents still? I'm generally asking. Do you? I get the feeling from the way you talk life is great. You have no worries. No struggles. Good for you. I'm barely home. I'm either at a hotel a few days prior if I'm wrestling. Or I'm flying on my dime to go see live wrestling with my own eyes. Me and Angela always have the camera rolling. You know, VOYAGERS work and all that. Sometimes I'm in PR with Big Papi and I'm sleeping on the mats in his little school because first thing in the morning, I'm hitting the ring and I'm scrapping.
When i do go home, it's me, myself, the big screen where I watch more wrestling and the canvases I paint on to make money.
[Alexis throws her arms up.]
Alexis: That's what I do. That's what I choose to do. The last rookie I wrestled, I went in thinking I had it figured out. Oh Amelia Stone's gonna come after the arm. That sets up her finish. And then she went after my leg and then when I put her in the Jack in the Box, I didn't have enough to hold her and she flipped it on me.
[Alexis shakes her head.]
Alexis: You think you know and then pro wrestling reminds you you haven't learned shit. There is no such thing as half assed pro wrestlers. You're either in it or not. Through sickness and health. Through the highs and the lows. I've been the half assed wrestlers, jaded by everything. It sucked and I sucked in the ring. I've been all in and let a rookie get the best of me. Your lost your first title. I've lost the World title. I've lost best friends. In the ring. Out of the ring. One of my uncles just passed away. He had cancer and I told myself I was goin to see him. But I'm grinding the tape. I'm traveling the world. i'm training. i'm in the stands, watching wrestling.
I beat myself up a bit not making the time to go see him in the hospital. But this is what I chose. This is my life, really. This is what it is. And the best of the best Cassie, that's what it is. I've heard so many people say they're the future of the business. I heard Alex Young say that and he lasted like a few months. I heard Lexi Von Aaron say that she was the future and she lasted like two years. AJ Helms was basically the golden child and you can't find him to save your life.
Thursday, I'll see how much you want to wrestle. How much you really want it. We'll see. We're trained killers, Cassie. I could break a man's arm off the street. I could break your arm. If it means winning and advancing towards what I want to do, that's what it'll have to be. I put the man hours into this. I have fallen in and out and back in love with pro wrestling and I will never cheat it. I'll never cheat the young guns who are weekend warriors, just breaking in. I won't cheat the people, who expect to see us do what we do. And i won't cheat you Cassie, who's stepping into the ring with your hopes and dreams and fears.
Will you even be here in the next year? There's so many flameouts. So many comets. They burst off and then they're gone. And through eight years and a two and a half year break, I'm still here. What will you be? Who are you? Who is Cassie Wolfe? We'll see. They know who Alexis Quinne is.
If I send you back to your Mom and and your sister in a sling, then that's just a causality of pro wrestling.
See you then.
Adios.
[FIN]
[VOYAGERS]
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[Camera is live. Alexis Quinne is seated on the couch inside a hotel room. The walls were beige with a slew of frames mounted on the dining room walls; ranging from a newspaper front page of Urban Meyer hoisting up the National Championship to a dark silhouette of the skyscappers in downtown Columbus. There was a gold chandelier illuminating from above. The floors were smoky; faded greys and whites. Alexis leaned into the grey couch with a black "VOVYAGERS" hat with the words in bold white letters, almost covering her eyes. Her long black hair were braided in pigtails. A white tank top and black leggings completed her look. Her eyes glare at the camera as she adjust in her seat, straightening her posture.]
Alexis: Yo.
[She presses her pointer and middle finger together before tapping her forehead saluting.]
Alexis: Yo. Cassie. You just had to pick the perfect time to drop the MPW TV belt. You could have put that on the line against me, you know. I would have beaten you for it, start making some trips to the UK, defend it there. Bring it back to the States and defend it here. Could have been fun.
[Alexis shrugs her shoulders.]
Alexis: Could have been fun. You had to expect that ROWEN and Vanessa was going to pull something, right? That's just wrestling 1 on 1. The way those two get down, you had to expect that ROWN and Vanessa was going to get dirty. I mean you tried pulling ROWEN's tights so you had some idea. You play with dirt, Cassie. You get dirty.
Or maybe you didn't. You were getting high on your own supply. Cassie Two Belts. TV belt in one hand, tag belt in the other. Super rookie right.
Oh well.
[Alexis' lips curl to the side. She brings her left hand to rest on the bottom of her chin.]
Alexis: All of this, the two titles, the match with ROWEN, stuff like that, didn't happen in SCW. So there's a section of people wondering what I'm talking about. But the world of pro wrestling is more than just SCW. Cassie is international. I'm ribbing her for over her belt but she's out here, wrestling in the UK and winning belts. She just got another gig in Pro Wrestling Apex. FFP. Conquest. These companies all over the world are lining up to put your pen to paper, Cassie. That doesn't happen if you're trash.
[Alexis reaches up with her right hand, grabbing the tip of her hat and pushing it upward a bit. Her brown eyes are revealed. Her facial expression is neutral with a wry smirk.]
Alexis: Thursday night, here in Columbus, you know. Breakdown. It's you and me. We've never been in the same ring but I feel like i know you. Have seen a lot of your matches. I'm a fan honestly. There's a lot of speed and quickness. Just seeing you whip off the ropes. Bombing people from the top. That 630 with the spin on it. Could never do anything like that. When you're on that turnbuckle, you got a lot of options. A lot in that toolbox. I watch some of these pre tapes of yours and you know, you got your chest puffed out and you got your girlfriends with you. It's cute.
[She snickers while wiping her nose.]
Alexis: When you were going at YUYU, yelling at her. I'M THE FUTURE OF PRO WRESTLING! I'LL CUT A BITCH! That sent me, honestly. It reminded me of this girl from San Francisco who use to collect daggers and be obsessed with Chucky. She use to ay all types of shit to people. Still does.
You do this long enough. You watch as much wrestling as I have and you last as long as I have and there comes a point where you see these mini versions of who you were when you were younger. In your profile pic on Twitter, that's basically my gear. Down to the long socks. I don't know if you're a fan of mine. You know, there's a lot of similarities. There's a lot of pride. Not many come from Australia. Wanting to represent your school. Hero Academy. I get it. Every step I take, the whole Bay Area is with me. I carry them with me. There was a lot of pride, for me, that I represented GG [Golden Gate Wrestling Academy].
[Alexis presses her lips together.]
Alexis: When I was 19 I thought I knew everything. I'm 30 now and I think I know everything. I can hear it with you. You're figuring shit out but you think you've learned a lot. You've learned. Sure. If I touch the hot stove and get burned, I learn not to touch it again. You went through the school, you're traveling the world, wrestling. And yet, Cassie, you still don't know shit.
[Alexis tightens her face.]
Alexis: There's a lot of rehearsing. Saying lines in front of the mirror. Trying to find the right match. I mean I use to do it too. Whatever sounded cool, I would just say it. Pint Sized Awesomeness. It just sounded like I was a bad ass and I ran with it.
Rebel Princess.
What's your war, solider?
[Alexis strokes her chin.]
Alexis: Your mug is everywhere in every promotion but you're fighting the man right? There's rooks I know in the Bay making shit. But these companies can't run fast enough to lock you down.
Rebel Princess.
[Alexis scoffs.]
Alexis: Yeah....yeah. Hungry like a wolfe.
Cool.
[Alexis smacks her lips.]
Alexis: It's all good now though, right? The honeymoon phase. You get signed. You get that first taste. You're making more money than you ever have and you're wrestling in front of thousands of people. There's millions that watch SCW every week. It goes real quick from nothing to something. What happens when the party ends??
[Her head tilts to the right. Her eyebrows narrow.]
Alexis: What happens when you taste some losses? When the book is out and everyone starts adjusting to how they wrestle you. And they take away all the stuff you want to do. I'll do you one better, what happens when shit doesn't get fun anymore and you know, maybe you get screwed over by someone you trust.
What happens then?
[Alexis rubs her face.]
Alexis: You were in high school, like, what? Two years ago. Jesus.
[Alexis shakes her head.]
Alexis: Fuck me.
[An incredulous expression appears on her face.]
Alexis: Fuck me. I don't know if you liked science class. I hated it unless we were blowing up shit or doing Einstein stuff with chemicals and what not. You ever see those little posters and it has...it has like the ecosystem, you know? And it just shows the cycle of everything. Well in pro wrestling, there is also an ecosystem. I' the middle child. Cassie. Not old enough to be considered a legend or past my prime. Not young enough to be called a rookie. I've done some things but I haven't done everything. And then underneath, there's wrestlers like you. Young, on the come up, looking to climb that ladder.
You go home to, what? You live with your parents still? I'm generally asking. Do you? I get the feeling from the way you talk life is great. You have no worries. No struggles. Good for you. I'm barely home. I'm either at a hotel a few days prior if I'm wrestling. Or I'm flying on my dime to go see live wrestling with my own eyes. Me and Angela always have the camera rolling. You know, VOYAGERS work and all that. Sometimes I'm in PR with Big Papi and I'm sleeping on the mats in his little school because first thing in the morning, I'm hitting the ring and I'm scrapping.
When i do go home, it's me, myself, the big screen where I watch more wrestling and the canvases I paint on to make money.
[Alexis throws her arms up.]
Alexis: That's what I do. That's what I choose to do. The last rookie I wrestled, I went in thinking I had it figured out. Oh Amelia Stone's gonna come after the arm. That sets up her finish. And then she went after my leg and then when I put her in the Jack in the Box, I didn't have enough to hold her and she flipped it on me.
[Alexis shakes her head.]
Alexis: You think you know and then pro wrestling reminds you you haven't learned shit. There is no such thing as half assed pro wrestlers. You're either in it or not. Through sickness and health. Through the highs and the lows. I've been the half assed wrestlers, jaded by everything. It sucked and I sucked in the ring. I've been all in and let a rookie get the best of me. Your lost your first title. I've lost the World title. I've lost best friends. In the ring. Out of the ring. One of my uncles just passed away. He had cancer and I told myself I was goin to see him. But I'm grinding the tape. I'm traveling the world. i'm training. i'm in the stands, watching wrestling.
I beat myself up a bit not making the time to go see him in the hospital. But this is what I chose. This is my life, really. This is what it is. And the best of the best Cassie, that's what it is. I've heard so many people say they're the future of the business. I heard Alex Young say that and he lasted like a few months. I heard Lexi Von Aaron say that she was the future and she lasted like two years. AJ Helms was basically the golden child and you can't find him to save your life.
Thursday, I'll see how much you want to wrestle. How much you really want it. We'll see. We're trained killers, Cassie. I could break a man's arm off the street. I could break your arm. If it means winning and advancing towards what I want to do, that's what it'll have to be. I put the man hours into this. I have fallen in and out and back in love with pro wrestling and I will never cheat it. I'll never cheat the young guns who are weekend warriors, just breaking in. I won't cheat the people, who expect to see us do what we do. And i won't cheat you Cassie, who's stepping into the ring with your hopes and dreams and fears.
Will you even be here in the next year? There's so many flameouts. So many comets. They burst off and then they're gone. And through eight years and a two and a half year break, I'm still here. What will you be? Who are you? Who is Cassie Wolfe? We'll see. They know who Alexis Quinne is.
If I send you back to your Mom and and your sister in a sling, then that's just a causality of pro wrestling.
See you then.
Adios.
[FIN]