Statera vs. One/Kinneck vs. Rated X

[TheOne]

OOC Note: My CD will be cross-posted for both matches, but the promos will be different.  So I am posting my promos for each match first, then will post the CD before the deadline.  I verified with Olek this was OK as long as I notated it across my posts for clarity.

Second OOC Note: For clarity this promo references the CD so if there is confusion read the CD first, I am just writing this part second.

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{PROMO}

Inside the parking garage outside the arena which is to house Rise to Greatness, there is an uneasiness surrounding Kirsten Scott and her posse.  It's led them to find a place of solace where "The One" can simply look out, overlooking the city and ponder what is really going on, as she prepares for everything going into this momentous night in her career, and it isn't too long before this crew is caught up to, and filmed for television.

I wish I knew what to say... Honestly...

I do...

We are at the eleventh hour before Rise to Greatness, and I stand here completely unsure of what to expect in either of my matches.  In one, I have to deal with a legacy in this industry, and his family.  In the other, that same family returns, alongside other opposition.  The question that I wish I knew the answer to, though, is simple...

Am I fighting them both alone?  Or will in that second match, the one that will be one of the biggest matches of the night, have my friend, my PARTNER, Pro, by my side?

I don't know...

I truly... Don't... Know...

You see apparently I am facing an unexpected punishment for the fact that I was finally given the opportunity to embrace who I was, and leave my "Scarlet Letter" moniker in the past.  While it may be a nickname, I am effectively being punished for allowing "The One" to not be the one thing that defines me.  Pro apparently feels that by embracing by name, I've turned my back on her.  She's feeling like I have actually done something that is the complete antithesis of the trust we had built.  She sees "The One" and Kirsten Scott as two different people, and not one in the same.

So the fact of the matter is, I don't know if she will be there.  I don't know if she will feel comfortable showing up and teaming alongside me, or feel I completely betrayed her.  And that hurts.  It hurts a lot.  It hurts because I see Pro for who she is.  I see her for the strong-willed, and powerful woman she is.  I see her as the protector she is.  I see her for EVERYTHING she is and for some reason she doubts the same in me.  And it's unfortunate, you know?  It's unfortunate because I did everything I could to be straight and be myself with her.  I didn't realize that a name would be so detrimental to our relationship.  I thought we both saw the reality in front of us, and how alike we were...

And maybe I was, for once, too naive?

Maybe I should have kept my walls up and not been here, actually feeling hurt, like I have lost a friend.  Yeah, I have my family, behind me, and they are everything to me.  Just like Nicole and Ducky are to Pro.  But the reality is, I saw her as someone who I felt would be that friend inside the business, and also outside, who would also see me for me, and create a "partner in crime" as we aimed to do our job in reshaping SCW for the better...

But again... Maybe I was too naive?

The reality is I may be doing something that I don't know how many people have done in the history of Supreme Championship Wrestling, when it comes to Rise to Greatness... I may be walking into TWO championship matches as a lone wolf, and one match, be outnumbered, effectively four to one.  And I won't lie... That's an intimidating scenario.  That is something that makes me realize that this year could be a year I walk away from Rise to Greatness not feeling so great.  But that also makes me realize that the scenario itself creates something that EVERYONE wants, when it comes to this highlight of the SCW calendar...

OPPORTUNITY!

Having been facing out toward the city as she talked initially, she turns and looks directly into the camera.

You see a lot of people would run in this scenario.  They would go to Mr. D, ask for the chance to bow out of one or both gracefully, making excuses about how both situations are just not very fair.  I mean, let's be clear, Ace's little brother flat out said I should expect his elder brother to run interference for him, to quote, "not help him, but hurt me."  And now that I am potentially flying solo into a Tag Team Championship match on the biggest stage of MY CAREER, I'm walking in with my back against the wall, and a lot of people would run and ask for some sort of deferral to another day.

But that's not who I am...

That's not who "The One" was...

That's not who Kirsten Scott IS!

Because like I said whether my name is "The One," Kirsten Scott, Anita Manns, or Emma Rhoids, I am the same damn woman I have been since I walked into this company with the same damn mission, and that is to turn things around for the BETTER.  I am the same person who has called out nepotism at every opportunity, and I am NOT stopping because my name changed, and nor is my attitude toward those who fall into that category.  You're all still pieces of shit to me.  You're all still part of the CANCER that has not been irradiated away here.  And I am still on my mission to see SCW return to the prominence it once had.

So I say bring on the OPPORTUNITY...

Bring on the ADVERSITY...

Bring on ANYTHING YOU WANT...

Rise to Greatness is a night where battles like this are won and lost and if I am going to lose this battle alone, I am going to make sure everyone remembers the fact that I was able to fight like hell and hold my own until the bitter end.  People are going to realize that I am not just some run of the mill, newbie, who is trying to talk big so as to make a name for herself, but instead someone who is willing to FIGHT, willing to WORK, and willing to DIE for what she believes in.  I don't care about numbers games... I've always been outnumbered... So I don't care if the odds are so stacked against me Vegas doesn't even put odds on me in the match.

But what IS going to happen is eyes WILL be opened...

Whether Pro is there or not won't make a difference in that.  That doesn't demean her ability it just means that what I plan on doing will make a statement whether she is by my side making her own statement, or I am flying solo and the "one" people remember.  The fact is Bree Lancaster, Datura, Ace Marshall, and Ravyn Taylor will all be standing in opposition to what I want to accomplish.  They will be the four that try and prevent me, or Pro AND me, from achieving the ultimate goal which IS to win the SCW Tag Team Championships!

That's right, folks... I'm not going to pretend like the idea of me running solo changes my end game, here.  I am not going to pretend like I am not going to fight like hell to walk out of Rise to Greatness with, not one, but TWO, or maybe THREE, belts over my shoulders.  It's Rise to fucking Greatness, people.  It's the biggest night of the year.  It's the night where you kill or be killed for your chance to FINALLY shine.  So why would I let uncertainty keep me from doing EXACTLY what I was planning from the start?  Why would I let two teams who think their God's gift to everything stop me from trying to embarrass them and be the ONE PERSON who was able to stop them ALL?

Just think about if I succeeded...

Think about the tremors it would send through the foundation of SCW if I, or Pro and I, actually won...

The ripple effects would be enormous and everyone would be taking notice of us and for good reason.  And that is still the goal.  Even with uncertainty, I am going to do what I want to do and what I believe I CAN do.  This is a moment for me and I am not going to let it slip away because of any adversity.  I am not going to let people who have tried to make my life hell, like Ravyn and her flavor of the month, Ace, have the pleasure of knowing they kept me from achieving my goals simply because I let them run roughshod over my life.  I am not going to give them that enjoyment... No... I'm going to give them a nightmare scenario... I'm going to give them something they will wish never happened...

One way or another I'm going to make sure they do not walk out of that arena with championships over their shoulders, and look like foolish pieces of garbage for ever crossing my path!

Kirsten takes a deep breath before, again, looking out over the city of Toronto, and then slowly back at the camera.

Face it... All of you... I know I that I'm the weakling in the heard being chased by the predators.  I know I'm the slowest because I have the most riding against me.  But I don't care.  It doesn't change the fact I will turn and face adversity head on, and win, or die trying.  None of you intimidate me.  None of your numbers change my mindset.  This is a game of kill or be killed and I've faced more adversity than four shady characters all hoping to keep the past alive.

And none of them succeeded...

So when I walk out of that curtain, alone or with Pro by my side, I will look at the four of you as my prey.  I'll reverse the situation on you and make you MY bitches for the night.  I'll make YOUR lives hell for the night.  I'll be the one doing everything in my power to just ruin your respective nights one by one.  And what will each of you do in return?  Before all is said and done, some of you, if not all, will run for your lives.  You'll run hoping that I don't chase after you.  You'll quickly leave your "partners" in your wake, realizing that the night has turned from a numbers game to survival of the fittest...

And nothing is more dangerous than a cornered animal with nothing to lose!

Because I have nothing...

But I have EVERYTHING to gain...

Prepare for me to come out swinging and aiming for every critical area you each have on your bodies because if I land one blow, that will be one less person in my path to victory and overcoming the odds.  Because when I walk out there, I'm not walking out there to just have a great match and a great night.  I'm not just going out there hoping to put on a show like many before me.  I'm going out there to WIN.  I'm going out there to cement my name in the SCW history books AGAIN, by hook or by crook, I don't fucking care.  I'm going to do it my way, and you're all going to stand in awe when a little bitch from the Midwest shows up on YOUR TURF and handles HER BUSINESS.  Because at the pay-per view I am doing one thing and one thing only... I'm RISING to FUCKING GREATNESS!

Because I am "The One..." I am unstoppable... And like DEATH and TAXES... And Sunday night, I'M UNBREAKABLE!