Samantha Raine hates to sit on the sidelines—especially when it’s not actually necessary. Especially, especially when she’s going to be at the show anyway, but the management team decided that her extremely high level of fatigue warranted being left off the last couple of shows as a precaution, to make there was nothing seriously wrong with her and that she didn’t jeopardize the safety of any of her potential opponents. It made Samantha wonder where this of management team was when Angelica Jones’ mental health was a concern when she nearly completely destroyed Stacy Singer-Young’s knee and then set her fire, or when Angela Jameson was enraged with them to the point that she took a pair of bolt cutters and attempted to shatter Samantha’s hand, or when Brittany Lohan decided to throw Faith De Luca from the rafters during the Insanity Cage match? Where was all the concern then?
Where was the concern? Samantha at the time was carrying the company on her back? Where was the concern for her friends? They were all reliable employees. It can be argued that The GDW isn’t the SCW and shouldn’t be held to the same standard as SCW, because the latter is the big time and the GDW was just the small time.
It’s funny how often that the rest of the SCW roster tries to shame Samantha and her friends; they have downplayed everything that they have done, they won’t acknowledge their pasts, but then spoon feed them everything that they have ever done over and over again. Regan Helms, is the guiltiest of that sin, but that’s a closed chapter… for now.
The SCW for lack of better terms is a ball buster/back breaker of a company. This is the same company that fined Samantha for playing a practical joke on Sienna Swan’s friend, but Samantha never forced her to do it. She did so willingly, but Samantha isn’t SCW born and bred like Regan. Opps, opening that Pandora’s Box again… Samantha’s prank was harm, but Regan continually broke rules, but seemingly never faced any consequences from her actions. She wasn’t stripped of the title until she refused to defend it against AJ Helms, she wasn’t suspended until she attacked Mr. D.
Needless to say whether some are willing to notice it or not, but there is some level of double-standards at play within the SCW. However, that’s all for another day and another rant. Samantha Raine, as you can probably guess was backstage last Breakdown, even though neither she nor Minka Pressler (Crissy Gardner) had anything to do with the show. Just as she was backstage the Breakdown before that when her friend took on AJ Helms for the chance to wrestle for the SCW TV title.
Which to date is one of three titles that Samantha hasn’t challenged for since signing with the SCW. The other two are obviously the World Championship, and the tag team championship, because until Minka made her return to the company, Samantha doubts that she would have been able to find a partner to challenge for the titles willingly unless it wasn’t like a lethal lottery type of draw to make the teams.
Since Minka’s return to the company, Samantha’s number of tag team matches has tripled as a result. Which is easy considering the fact that it had been zero and now they have faced The Brotherhood of the Sith, The Stewards, and now on the upcoming edition of Breakdown they get the pleasure of taking on the returning Red Empire. However, that was still a week away and neither one of them could wrap their heads around the Television title match.
“What the hell was that?” Minka exclaimed, the moment she saw the referee call for the bell on the disqualification.
“I’m not sure… definitely a new one on me.” Sam said, with half a smirk on her face. Both ladies, have been in the wrestling business a while, but they have never seen someone fight tooth and nail to win a title opportunity to throw it away blatantly like that before.
“If he was just going to pull that crap he should have let me win our damn match.” Minka said, her face was starting to get a little red with “anger” as her temper was raising by the moment.
“He probably didn’t know that he was going do that last week.” Ash chimed in, from behind the two veterans. Samantha shrugged her shoulders at the notion, because she could be right in that regard, but there was no telling what was going on through the head of the Helms on a good day. However, Ash’s little comment didn’t seem to help calm Minka in the slightest.
“That doesn’t matter, but at least I would’ve have went down with honor.” Minka yelled, as everyone in their little “group” knew how much she loved to fight and win, but she also took great pride in going down with honor when she was defeated.
“It sucks that you didn’t get the title shot, but look at least you can take solace in knowing that he didn’t win the title off of beating you.” Ash said, again from behind both women and the moment that she said it she regretted it. Even Sam knew that she was about to get it from Minka in the moment and could only shake her head at what was about to happen.
However, Minka even though she spun around to face Ash with both of her fists clenched and ready to throw down with Mike Tyson. She never took a swing at Woody’s protégé and Patience’s assistant. Instead, she just stormed off away from the trainee and Samantha who were both just left dumbfounded in the moment.
“You are so fucking lucky right now.” Sam said, with a nervous smile on her face.
“I know… I so thought that I was dead.” Ash said, after she took a hard gulp.
“In the future, might be a good idea not to piss off one of sparring partners.” Sam added, and the moment that Ash processes what the former GDW Undisputed champion had said to her… her face when pale white in the moment. It was still more than possible for Minka to take her head clean off her shoulders.
“You think you can be my sole sparring partner for a while?” Ash asked, as some of the color started to return to her face.
“That’s up to Woody to decide depending on what skills he wants to focus on.” Sam said, she knew that it was something that Ash didn’t want to hear in the moment, but it was something that had to be said. There are only so many days that that can work on the stuff that Sam excel at like Submissions and finesse moves before they need to go to Minka for her power and striking offense and defense.
“I think I’m going to go find Woody and Patience… right now.” Ash said, before she starts to take off heading in the opposite way that Minka took off in.
“Probably be a good idea…” Sam said, but Ash never word a single word of it as she was already gone. Sam was just too focused on watching the rest of the show to notice that the she was gone.
“FUCK!” Minka yelled, as she swung her right fist slamming it in to the side of a production crate. The crate shifted with the punch thankfully due to the fact that it was on rollers, but Minka still felt a pop in her knuckle. She couldn’t feel it in the moment that to the adrenaline that was pumping through her veins, but she could tell from first glance at the middle knuckle that she dislocated her finger.
Which just the sight of that was enough to get her smirking and laughing, because she knew in this moment that most of the roster would be running for the trainer’s room. Minka on the other hand with having grown up with a mother that was a nurse, her background in fighting in underground fights, and of course having an abusive ex-boyfriend she picked up a thing or two about fixing dislocation. So without batting an eyelash and without giving her adrenaline levels to dip any she relocated her finger in mere seconds.
Even though she couldn’t feel the pain from it at the moment she could already see it swelling. So she held he hand to her chest just above her heart, as that will help minimize some of the swelling, but she needed to find some ice quickly. After taking a look around to get her bearing on where she was in the arena to figure out where catering was, but before she could take a step in any directions…
“You’re hopeless.” Said a familiar voice, which belongs to another friend, Patience Young. Patience knew Minka even better than Samantha did despite the fact that Sam was Minka’s first tag team partner. They weren’t together very long and never accomplished anything… unlike Patience’s partnership with Minka. They were former tag team champions a couple times over and spent years together.
“Here to lecture me?” Minka asked, as she turned to see Patience standing right behind with an ice pack in her hand. Without saying another word to her friend, Patience handed the ice pack to Minka. Minka quickly placed it on her swelling knuckle that’s also starting to bruise.
“What you do your body is all on you.” Patience said, with a smile as she was accustomed to these little temper tantrums. She knew that it would blow over quickly, especially if Minka was able to hit something like she has already. However, she still needs to remind her that actions like that could end up costing not just her, but Samantha more down the line. “Though, was punching that crate worth potentially losing your next match? Or better yet, your next tag team match?”
“It’s just a dislocation. I’ll be fine by next week.” Minka said, as she knew how fast she was going to be able to bounce back from this type of injury. Could it still hurt next week when she clocks someone with her fist? Probably, but it’s nothing that she hasn’t had to fight through before and under fewer rules than in the SCW.
“You’re missing the point… what if it was it broken?” Patience asked, Minka and for a couple of moments she was lost in what to say. She didn’t think about what would happen if it was broken. She just knew that she needed to hit something and even though it would have been much easier and safer to hit Ash… she couldn’t do that to her.
“Okay… I didn’t think it through, but it’s not broken and neither is Ash’s face.” Minka says, “All is well and next week whether if it’s just Sam, me, or the two of us in tag team action we will totally kill it.”
“Still not the point, but I should know better that you are going to be you no matter what.” Patience said, with a half smirk on her face.
“Hey what’s that supposed to mean?” Minka yelled, when she realized that Patience had said.
“Nothing.” Patience said, as she quickly turned away from Minka and started to brisk fully walk away from her friend. Minka not one to let go of what her friend said takes off after her. In a moment the both of them were full fledge running through the arena halls weaving in and around the stage hands that were working trying to keep the show going smoothly.
Sam Raine: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been a little on both Crissy and I since we’ve been in the SCW. It’s definitely been a learning curve from the places that we are used to, but with time we’re only going to get better.
Crissy Gardner: Maybe not good enough to challenge for the tag team titles, because Samantha and myself have our own goals we want to accomplish before conquering the tag team division.
Sam Raine: Which conquering it is what we would do. Crissy is a former tag team champion with my cousin.
Crissy Gardner: Hey Sammy, don’t forget that you are a seven time tag team champion with multiple partners. So to say that we could take the tag team division would be an understatement.
Sam Raine: This week we take on Red Empire… what a name.
Crissy Gardner: Hey don’t hate it, because our former team name wasn’t much better.
Sam Raine: Yeah, but Law and Disorder was at least marketable.
Crissy Gardner: There you go again talking about marketing… not everything is about the money.
Sam Raine: Yeah well everything isn’t always about the fight either.
Crissy Gardner: In this line of work it is always about the fight.
Sam Raine: Whatever, Red Empire… be prepared, because it’s about time…
Crissy Gardner: For some disorderly conduct!
Sam Raine: Not what I was going to say!
Crissy Gardner: I know, but it isn’t all about you either.
Sam Raine: You better be glad I love you like a sister.
Crissy Gardner: I love you too.