Twisted & Sadistic vs. Team Desire

[Braddock]

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July 21st, 2023
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Off Camera
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It is a bright and shining day in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There is a sense of excitement in the air, excitement that has been building up ever since the 2023 Taking Hold of the Flame event. This excitement has come to a boiling point, all building up to what begins tomorrow night; Rise To Greatness, the biggest event of the SCW calendar year. Adding to what is already the biggest night of the year for Supreme Championship Wrestling is the fact that this is the twentieth annual Rise To Greatness. This is a milestone for this great promotion and every single wrestler on the roster wants to showcase their very best stuff, they want to put on the performance of a lifetime. For Glory Braddock, Rise To Greatness takes on a different meaning this year. The British Bombshell has been with SCW for nearly five years and in that time she has claimed every singles championship available to a competitor save for the Underground Title, which is not exactly her cup of tea to begin with; however, what this does mean is that she can now begin a new mission. Her mission being to claim the SCW World Tag Team Championship and thus add her own name to the list of elite superstars who have become Supreme Champion. The Supreme Championship is her goal, but it isn’t just to stroke her own ego. Glory Braddock views this as a challenge. This particular Supreme Championship mission will be especially challenging because of the fact that she has been a singles competitor for several years now. Glory will have to conquer a division that she has not been a part of for a long time. Lucky for her, she has the best tag team partner anyone could ask for; namely, her on again and off again friend Brittany Lohan.

Braddock knows that what makes Brittany the best possible tag team partner is the one thing that initially made them heated rivals; the fact that they are polar opposites. Lohan is a power house, driven by aggression, and some would say is a monster. Glory Braddock is a pure wrestler who is agile and quick. Glory also knows that when paired together, she and Brittany bring out the best in one another. When facing one another as opponents they put on some of the best matches in the business. When they were first forced to work together, they ended up dominating the tag team scene and never once looked back. Three times in three separate companies they have won tag team gold. Glory hopes that they can find that magic one last time, win one more tag team championship, and by doing so Glory Braddock would have earned herself the status of SCW Supreme Champion. The Playgirls were the first to fall at the feet of Twisted & Sadistic. But that was just step one. Now they face a much stiffer test, one that includes Katie Steward, who has the same goal as Braddock; to become Supreme Champion. Glory believes that if she and Lohan can do to Team Desire what they did to The Playgirls then maybe they will have a real shot of staking a claim to a future SCW World Tag Team Championship Match.

This is where the excitement comes in. Glory Braddock can feel the excitement in the air. Rise To Greatness begins tomorrow with the pre-show, Hall of Fame, and eventually the main show. During that weekend of action, Glory and Lohan will face Team Desire and she knows that they must win. A defeat would be a huge setback for The British Bombshell in her quest for Supreme Championship status. Braddock though feels confident in herself. She knows from their victory over Colleen and Aisling that they still have the tag team chemistry. And all this week Glory Braddock has been preparing for Katie and Gigi Steward. She has been planning to dash their dreams while advancing her own.

Glory’s husband, Kurt Logan, has been very supportive of his wife throughout her SCW career and he hopes that this will ultimately lead to the icing on the cake, the completion of her journey since signing with SCW nearly five years ago. He, too, has felt the excitement in the air since arriving in Toronto. There have been tense moments all week but not today. Today he and Glory have been planning to relax. After all, there is nothing else to do except wait for the bell to ring. As part of his plan to relax Kurt finds himself swimming in the indoor swimming pool at the Courtyard Hotel in Toronto. Kurt himself was once a wrestler but he has since retired. Still, he likes to stay in shape and one such way he keeps in shape is by swimming. He is swimming laps this very moment. As he swims he spots some movement out of the corner of his eye. He stops swimming and turns towards where he spotted the movement. He watches as his wife, the lovely British Bombshell herself, comes walking over wearing, at the moment, only a white towel. She approaches the side of the pool and drops the towel on the ground, revealing her purple bikini. Kurt grins as he swims over towards her. He stops at the side of the pool where Glory is. He looks up at her.

“Hot damn…” he whistles “...I am one lucky guy.”

“Yes, yes you are.”

“What’s this? A little ego?”

“Maybe…” Glory shrugs her shoulders “...what’s it to you, love?”

“Oh nothing. I happen to agree. If you got it, flaunt it. And you definitely HAVE IT!”

“That’s so sweet of you to say, love.”

“Why don’t you come down here and give me a kiss?” Kurt points to his cheek. Glory shakes her head.

“No way.” She points at her own cheek. “Why don’t you come up here?”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“You asked for it.”

Kurt takes in a deep breath and dives under the water. Glory isn’t sure what he is doing right now. Is he going to exit the pool? Sort of. It all becomes clear as Kurt quickly reaches out of the pool with both hands, grabs hold of his wife, and pulls her into the pool with him. Kurt is the first to surface followed by Glory who is now soaking wet. Kurt is laughing hysterically and Glory just spits water into his face.

“Bloody hell!”

“Don’t get upset. I thought you loved a good prank or two?”

“Fair enough…” Glory grins as she swims over to Kurt. She kisses him on the lips. “...is that what you wanted?”

“Yep.”

“Good, because now I owe you one.”

“Owe me what?” Kurt asks curiously.

“Payback for pulling me into the pool.” Glory says winking playfully.

“Right.” He chuckles softly. “Glory The Prankster can’t let anything die, can she?”

“No, no I can’t.” She looks over at the other end of the pool. “How about I start getting my payback with a race?”

“Swimming?” Kurt arches a brow. “You know I’d smoke you.”

“I doubt that. In fact, I’m willing to place a bet.”

“Money?”

“No.” She shakes her head.

“Then what are we swimming for?”

“Position.” Glory says with a snarky grin on her face. Kurt nods his head.

“I love that idea.”

“Then go!” Glory splashes water in his face, blinding him as she gets a head start.

“Hey!” Kurt starts swimming along after her. The race is on but the unfair advantage was all Glory needed. She gets to the other side of the pool first followed by her husband. Glory and Kurt both are laughing hysterically.

“Slow poke.”

“Yeah? Well someone had an unfair advantage.”

“So what?” Glory kisses Kurt again. “There. Does that make up for it?”

“Sure does.” He says. “I love you, Glory.”

“Love you too, Kurt.” She sighs deeply. “Our hotel is lovely, you know that?”

“Yeah. And this pool has been incredible for my exercise. We’ve been lucky to get it all to ourselves today.”

“I agree. I enjoy swimming when it’s quiet like this.” She sighs deeply. “It gives me time to think.” She is now staring off into the distance. Kurt knows his wife very well and he can tell that something is on her mind.

“What are you thinking about right now?”

“Nothing.”

“You’re a terrible liar.” He says grinning. “You’ve been quieter than usual lately. This time of year, Rise To Greatness, you’re usually ecstatic. Some of that excitement is there but you’re not as loud or boisterous as usual. Is something wrong?”

“It’s nothing really.” She insists, shaking her head.

“No, it’s something. I know you. You’re not having doubts this late in the game? About you and Brittany? Twisted & Sadistic?”

“Oh no, not at all.” Glory laughs lightly, softly. “I mean, there was some concern early on if me and Britt could pick up right where we left off and still be that same dominant force we once were. But after Breakdown, after we took down Colleen and Aisling, I just felt it. You know? I felt that chemistry, I felt that old Twisted & Sadistic energy return. And Britt, she is my ideal tag team partner. I don’t have the power, she does. She’s not a technical marvel, but I am. I am confident that we can beat Team Desire at Rise To Greatness. In fact, I am confident that we will beat them so decisively that SCW management will have no choice but to consider us as potentially next in line for a tag team title opportunity.”

“You certainly sound confident, more confident than you’ve ever been lately. So if that’s not the problem then what is? Maybe I can help?”

Kurt asks. Glory doesn’t answer. Instead she swims towards the shallow end of the pool. Kurt follows. Once she gets close enough she starts to climb out of the pool. Kurt follow suit, exiting the pool. Kurt follows his wife over to where they dropped their towels. Glory lays her towel out on the pool side and lies down on it. Kurt does the same with his towel and lays down next to her.

“What’s wrong, Glory?”

“I had always thought of myself as a good person. Have I done wrong before? Of course. Have I made mistakes? Of course. But I always had taken solace in the belief that everything I ever did was with good intentions, that or I was just influenced or corrupted by others. Point is, I never felt as if deep down inside I was a bad person.”

“I agree. I don’t think you are a bad person. You have made mistakes but are you a bad person? No.” Kurt states. Glory sighs deeply. She is definitely troubled.

“See, I’m not so sure anymore.”

“What do you mean?”

“You know Francis, right? Francis Taylor.”

“Your corporate president.”

“We have known each other much longer than that, mate. We were the best of friends growing up. But it wasn’t just the two of us, it was me, Francis, and a woman named Melody.”

“Who is Melody?”

“Melody Murphy. She was a good friend of mine once upon a time and she is the exact opposite of the type of person you would think I would associate with. She was stuck up, prissy, a fashionista, wealthy, and she was very attractive…and she knew it. She loved to rub it in everyone’s faces. And Francis and I? We were just like her. Hell, Francis still is like her, to be honest. But yeah, that’s who we were, Kurt…a trio of stuck up mean girls. Three bitches.” She catches a quick glance at her husband. “That’s who you married.”

“That’s who you WERE…not who you are, not who you grew up to become.”

“Did I? Kurt, look at my past. Me and Britt are teaming up again, right? We’ve reformed Twisted & Sadistic and we’re going to take out Team Desire at Rise To Greatness. Look at how I was with Britt. I was much more ruthless and aggressive around her. Teaming with Brittany, working closely with her, it brings out a much more aggressive side of me. I become much more sadistic. Hence the name, Twisted & Sadistic. And then there’s that time when I micromanaged my company…”

“That was a long time ago.”

“Not really.” Glory shakes her head. “I was a cutthroat corporate fat cat ruining whatever lives I had to in order to maintain control of the company. I got that from my adoptive mother, Aphrodite Noel. To this day whenever I am around Aphrodite, I lose whatever will power I have and I become completely obedient to her. I would stab my best friend in the back if she asked me to. I am that devoted to her.” She sighs deeply. “Do you get where I’m going with this, love? Have I really grown and changed into a good person or am I still that same fool who is easily influenced and corrupted?”

“Everyone is capable of good and evil. It is human nature. No one is pure good or pure evil. It’s as simple as that. You shouldn’t be surprised that you are, at times, capable of some evil.” He smiles warmly. “But on the whole, there is a lot more good in you than bad.”

“There’s more.”

“What?”

“Melody has returned. She’s returned and wants to partner with me and Francis.”

“What does she want to do?” Kurt asks curiously.

“She wants to invest a large sum of her own vast wealth into the company. She wants to grant us access to resources and connections she has that we don’t. On the face of it there’s no way this is a bad deal for the company.”

“Well if she can be a benefit to the employees working for you and Francis then by all means, you should work with her. Put whatever feelings you have, whatever past you share with her, just put it behind you. You can be business partners and not necessarily like one another.”

“It’s easier said than done. But Melody and I had a bad falling out when we were kids, Kurt. I was pregnant with Melinda in school. Melody turned on me. She betrayed me. I became the focus of her harassment. Now she’s back and is trying to convince me things are different. On top of that, she’s dating Matthew.”

“Matthew Taylor?” Kurt asks.

“Yes. And I am concerned for him. Matthew is not the type of person Melody would ever date, not in a million years. Hell, in school she terrorized him despite the fact that she was best friends with his sister.”

“And Francis was ok with it?” Kurt laughs. “Speaks highly of Francis…”

“Exactly. Now I’m worried because I believe something else is afoot here.”

“You think Melody has an ulterior motive?”

“Right.” She sighs. “I just wish I knew what it was.”

“Whatever it is, whatever agenda she may have, I am confident you will figure it out. Just like I am confident you and Lohan will win at Rise To Greatness. Just like I know that you, Glory Braddock, are NOT a bad person. Maybe you used to be but you are not that person anymore. Whoever this Melody is? You are not like her.”

Glory sighs. “I hope you’re right.”

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July 22nd, 2023
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
On Camera
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It is bright outside in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is finally the day; Rise To Greatness, the first day of this epic twentieth anniversary event. One of the many individuals participating in this event is standing front, center, and ready; “The British Bombshell” Glory Braddock. Braddock is wearing a light purple babydoll style dress with short puff sleeves a square neckline and a hem that stops just above the knee. Her feet are encased in brown sandals and sunglasses cover her eyes. Her long blonde hair hangs down to past the shoulders. A confident grin is on her lovely face.

“We are here in Toronto and the time has come for Rise To Greatness. It is so appropriate that Rise To Greatness is in Toronto this year, the home of Supreme Championship Wrestling, the place where it all began for this great company, and in a nation so rich with wrestling history. Times like this, places like this, it makes me think of my own history, because much like SCW revisiting its history by returning to Toronto, I am revisiting my own storied career, not just in SCW but my entire wrestling career. See, ladies and gentlemen, I am no stranger to this business, as you all are very well aware of by now. I have been at it for over fifteen years. Over fifteen years of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this business and I am proud of each and every one of those years. But now I am going back to square one, now I am going back to year one.” She holds up one finger. “Year one for Glory Braddock, my rookie year, it may have started with an incredibly unexpected singles success, but the middle and end of my rookie year was dominated by an enormous run as a tag team competitor.”

“My first tag team partner was named Carrie Storm. She and I called ourselves The Allies, playing off the fact that she was all American and I was British, and we won four tag team titles in my first two years as a professional. But I would go on to prove that I could be a successful tag team with just about anyone. In my career I have been a ten time tag team champion with four different partners. And as far as Supreme Championship Wrestling goes, I think the fact that I am a back to back Trios Tournament winner solidifies that I can still dominate tag team wrestling with any tag team partner you put me with. Put me with my worst enemy, I’ll make it work. Put me with a rookie fresh out of the academy, I’ll make it work. But at Rise To Greatness, I do not have an enemy or a rookie I have to deal with.” She grins knowingly. “I am working with the absolute best tag team partner I have ever had…Brittany Lohan.”

“Britt and I always have brought out the best in one another regardless of whether we were enemies or allies. Hell, we started out as enemies, we started out trying to destroy each other. That all changed with Orlando Cruze…rest in peace…in his infinite wisdom decided to pair us together. I still have no idea why he did that but in doing so he sealed the fate of the tag team division in Motor City Wrestling. We would go on to not only win the MCW Tag Team Titles, but we also won every…single…championship available to a competitor. Every single division had to go through Twisted & Sadistic. And it wasn’t just a fluke, it wasn’t due to lack of competition. We repeated that performance in Global Division of Wrestling and Future Wrestling Alliance. Everywhere Twisted & Sadistic went, we would win their tag team championships. Everywhere we went, we would bring Hell on Earth to some poor unfortunate souls.” She waves playfully at the camera. “Hi Colleen…I’m sorry, but I really enjoyed doing that to you on Breakdown.” She points a finger at the camera.

“Katie, Gigi, now it’s your turn.” She takes her sunglasses off and casts them aside. “I’ll grant you one thing, you have been chasing the Supreme Championship much longer than I have; you have been just short of those tag team titles, the one championship that eludes you, that keeps you from claiming that all important elite status here in SCW, you have been short of those tag titles much longer than me. I suppose that lends a little bit of credence to your claim that Britt and I are just lowly copycats of Team Desire.” She shakes her head. “The problem with that kind of logic is it flies right in the face of the reality that you Stewards are flighty. You are fickle. You lot do not know what real responsibility is all about. You just show up here in SCW whenever it suits you, compete for a couple months, and then bail out whenever things get too hot in the kitchen. Katie, GiGi, you two really are just a couple of gold diggers. You really are that person just chasing shiny little trinkets.” Braddock pats herself on the chest.

“I have been in the trenches of SCW since I signed with the company nearly five years ago. I haven’t taken any breaks, I didn’t quit only to poke my head out from hiding around Rise to Greatness season. I have been here each and every week competing against the very best SCW has to offer. Sometimes I experience the joy of success, other times I meet with defeat, but nevertheless I am always here, I am always giving SCW and its fans my one hundred and ten percent effort, and I never ever give up on them.” She points a finger at the camera. “Unlike you, unlike Team Desire, that disappears for months and months only to reappear at random moments throughout the year. It makes me wonder if Team Desire really takes any of this seriously?” Braddock shrugs her shoulders.

“Hell, the fact that you’re trying to make this into some documentary series, running around with camera crews and bullshit like that, that furthers cements in my mind the idea that you really do not care about the importance of what you’re chasing. First of all, the tag team division itself holds a very special place in my heart and the heart of wrestling fans everywhere. Tag Team wrestling is a deep seeded tradition. Yet you treat it as some small bit part in your hollywood drama? And by winning the tag team titles, you…or me…become Supreme Champion. The names in this company who have been Supreme Champion reads like a who’s who of Supreme Championship Wrestling…”

“...Jake Starr…”

“...Amy Chastaine…”

“...Selena Frost…”

“...Regan Street…”

“...James Evans…”

“...David Helms…”

“...I could go on and on. The names on that list are legends. And you treat it as if it’s a joke.” Glory shakes her head. “This isn’t some joke, Supreme Championship means you are one of the very best to ever do it in this company’s history and I intend to achieve that status, I intend to reach that pinnacle. And tag team wrestling, the deep seeded tradition that helped to put my own name on the map, tag team wrestling means a great deal to me. This is definitely not a joke to me and it is not a joke to Brittany, either. So bring your camera crews, Katie, catch it all on tape for your stupid little docudrama series or whatever the hell you wanna call it. The problem is your little docudrama will no longer be about your quest to become Supreme Champion. It will be about Twisted & Sadistic sending Team Desire back into exile. It will be about Twisted & Sadistic putting Katie and Gigi back on the shelf.” Braddock shuts her eyes. “Sic Semper Tyrannis…”