Polly Playtime vs. The One

[TheOne]

{PROMO}

Sometimes, when times are tough, it is smart to step away for a brief moment and gather your thoughts and recapture the mentality you had when you first started your mission.  And honestly, that is what I am glad I got the opportunity to do.  I got to step away, even for a couple of weeks, and rethink and reanalyze things.  Why did I need this?  Simple... I have become the epitome of the definition of "mid."  I have become everything I worried I would become and it happened with me watching it the whole time...

The One makes a high pitched, mocking, voice.

"But The One, you've said you've become complacent before"

The One returns to her normal voice.

And I would say you're right.  I've said a lot of this before, when I felt myself needing to reset.  And the fact is, I am woman enough to say it was all talk.  I never DID anything about it.  I never set myself on a path to change.  Instead I just used it as a talking point... Something to talk shit about... And that was it.

I never actually changed...

I never did anything but talk...

Am I magically changing now?  I don't know.  I have to go out there and DO it, versus just say it's happening.  I have to go out there and SHOW the world that things are changing.  And the fact is that my future in Supreme Championship Wrestling IS going to be full of changes.  That, I can promise.  And it all will revolve around two events... This United States Championship Tournament, and also, what everyone is clamoring about, Taking Hold of the Flame.

Before I get into what is directly in front of myself, let me explain why Taking Hold of the Flame will mark the transition of The One... It will mark the magical ONE YEAR mark from when The One debuted in SCW, and made it to the final 10 competitors in her debut.  It'll mark the night where I have the chance to reflect and react to what one year has brought.

Will that night be "mid" as well?

Will that night mark something special?

The truth is, I don't know.  I don't know how it will feel knowing that one year prior I had stepped out of my comfort zone and entered a world that I never had even sniffed in my life.

But regardless, that moment is going to happen.

I am going to have to go out there and look at myself one year after I made one of the most memorable and talked about debuts in the history of this historical organization.  I was a nobody.  I was a newbie.  I came in with vignettes and hype surrounding me, and I went to the final 10 people of the ultimate endurance match in professional wrestling in my FIRST MATCH.  People took notice.  People began to realize I wasn't just a schmuck or another copycat of someone else who had previously had success in SCW.

I wasn't a Street...

I wasn't "Infamous..."

I wasn't a "Frost..."

I AM The One...

So I was someone who everyone began to look at with a curious eye because this wasn't something they had been used to seeing.  And with all of my talk, I was making a splash and making a loud noise in a world where the only sounds were repetitive and the equivalent to white noise at that moment.

So come the battle royal... Come the one year anniversary of The One... I plan on changing the landscape again.  I plan on changing MY FUTURE again.  And it may not just be with the opportunity at a main event spot at Rise to Greatness only...

The One smirks.

... I also have the opportunity that night to win the United States Championship, if I can make my way through this little tournament that Supreme Championship Wrestling has put me in.

And let me say... A tournament, in SCW, seems to be something I will say I do have quite the track record in...

The One smirks again.

... I mean, let's be real.  What has been my biggest success here?  What is THE MOMENT that showcased The One on the biggest stage, with success?

A tournament...

A tournament with something MAJOR on the line...

And it's that tournament that still gives me time to come up with the match that I want, with whatever options, stipulations, et cetera, that I want... And it was the Trios Tournament...

I was put in a match with people who didn't think much of me, who didn't think I could hang, and didn't think I would be an adequate partner in the battle.  And what happened?  We won.  We came out ahead and now there is still this contract I am holding in my back pocket for the right moment to cash in when I want, and how I want.  And it's a representation of what, honestly, I feel is something I do have a successful track record in, and like I said that's a tournament...

And wouldn't you know the United States Title is being decided... IN A TOURNAMENT!

Now before I get too in the weeds about this, let's be candid about something.  I'm probably not the favorite.  I'm probably not the likely winner.  In fact, I'm probably one of the biggest long shots in the tournament itself.  But the fact that this nobody could win the Trios Tournament in her first try, as an effective nobody and underdog, makes me think that maybe... Just maybe... I can defy the odds again and come out at Taking Hold of the Flame as BOTH the United States Champion AND the person to main event Rise to Greatness, just one year into my career...

But before I get to that grandiose thought of insanity... First there is step one, and it's a step that has tripped me up in the past.  It's a step that has frustrated me in the past.  And it's a step that has seemingly had the number of The One since their very first encounter.  Whereas some wrestlers say "IT'S SHOWTIME," for The One, "IT'S PLAYTIME!"

That's right... Polly Playtime and The One's paths are coming to a junction point again in SCW and if there was ever a time and place for The One to finally get to continue down the path instead of be spun out on the side of the road, it's this time because there's a lot of shit on the line here.  Unlike previous times, this one is probably the most valuable of a matchup that the two of us have had because the implications of it are quite large.  Polly has been doing quite good for herself, and shown that she is capable of standing up with some of the biggest talent in SCW.  She is proving to be something that I, honestly, am kind of proud of.

Why?

Because she represents that next chapter.  She represents why I came here.  She represents the FUTURE of SCW and is already showcasing her talents in front of everyone.  So I say this honestly, she deserves to be in this tournament.  She deserves an opportunity to move forward and continue her quest for another single's title.  She deserves to be recognized for what she is accomplishing every time she steps foot inside SCW's infamous squared-circle.

I still don't like the bitch...

The One chuckles to herself.

No... See I don't like people who make a mockery of me and what I aim to do myself, and Polly, you've done that time after time with me.  You've been that thorn in my side that won't come out, and I know you relish in that fact.  You relish knowing that you, maybe, just maybe, are inside my head and have me questioning IF I can defeat you.  But I don't question it.  I don't question anything.  I treat each moment like it's a new situation because I am a firm believer in one thing...

History isn't an indication and doesn't always repeat itself...

I mean, look at Finland... How many times have they been at war with the Soviets, and lost, and yet they still are their own independent nation?  Either "to the victor goes the spoils" means Finland doesn't have anything the Soviets wanted, and they just were bored that day, or Finland battled back and handled their business as well.

Either that or their language is just too damn confusing, and the Soviets said, "eh fuck it," ut I digress...

The point is, Polly, just because you've done what you've done to me in the past successfully doesn't mean guaranteed success is on the horizon this time.  And it never will.  I will always be the person who gets up, and continues to fight.  I don't care how much of a fool I look like, I will always come back better, stronger, and faster.  And this time, there is a BIG DIFFERENCE in our paths crossing... And it's what I eluded to earlier... I've had the opportunity to actually regroup and refocus.  I've been allowed to understand what changes need to be made for me to succeed and those changes will be forthcoming.

Not with you at Breakdown, but down the road...

See the true ability to change isn't like a light switch.  I am not just going to be able to flip it and become something new.  It requires the tearing down of something, the breakdown of the past and present, so that a new future can be shaped.  The mission will be the same.  The goals will be the same.  The way it is done and WHO embraces it will be what changes.  And through this tournament, through the opportunity to finally get this monkey off of my back, it will pave the way to Taking Hold of the Flame.

You see, Polly, this time IS different... This time WILL BE different... Because regardless of the outcome, win or lose, this tournament will mark the beginning of the changes in me that will redefine The One in the annals of lore in SCW.  You will be that first chapter in the new story of The One, whether I win or lose.  You will be the catalyst that sends me down a path for the finality of The One at Taking Hold of the Flame.  Now will that finality be marred by disappointment?  Or will it be, as I see it as the FINAL TRUTH to ever be told in life, where I walk out with another opportunity in my back pocket, and a championship around my waist?

For once, I listened to my Oracle and her prophecy.  I heard her give me the reality of what is going to happen.  And when the dust settles, and I get the monkey off my back that is also known as Polly Playtime, and then walk directly into the center of the "flame" burning at the core of Supreme Championship Wrestling, all that will be left is ash.  And emerging from the ash will be one thing and one thing only... The new reality we live in, embodied by the new Phoenix of SCW...

I am that FINAL TRUTH... Just like I've always been... Death... Taxes... And THE ONE!