Colleen MacDonald vs. Glory Braddock

[Braddock]

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February 18th, 2025
London, England
Off Camera
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Dogfight in Dusseldorf did not turn out the way The British Bombshell had hoped. Glory Braddock was well on her way to a successful Adrenaline Title defense against Dexter Grant but he had cheat throughout, constantly raking her eyes, and in the end using the ropes for extra leverage to steal the championship. She had hoped to put Dexter in her rearview mirror but now, after Dusseldorf, she cannot just let that slide. Now, after Breakdown has come to a close, The British Bombshell knows that she will get her rematch for the SCW Adrenaline Championship; but it won’t be a traditional Adrenaline rules match. It will be a Disconnect Match, whatever that is. Dexter, of course, is keeping it close to the chest, hoping to get any advantage he can get, knowing that he is nowhere near as good as The Best in the World. Yet before she can focus on her rematch, she has another champion in her sights; the Underground Champion Colleen. Glory Braddock has no love lost for Colleen due to her past relationship with Polly and Aisling. The Playgirls and Polly had given The British Bombshell hell two years ago. In March of 2023 they tried to smother her to death. They are owed a beating and Glory Braddock, still angry from Dusseldorf, looks forward to take out her frustration on Colleen.

Still, The British Bombshell has other problems she knows that she must attend to before she can turn her attention to Breakdown and Colleen. Glory Braddock recently learned that the person behind the stalking was none other than Sophie O’Brian. Sophie and Glory have always had a tumultuous relationship but, despite their ups and downs, they remained friends. Sophie has been Glory’s longest, oldest best friend for as long as she’s known. Sophie O’Brian has always been close to the Braddock family. In fact, it was Glenn Braddock, Glory’s father, who helped Sophie and her older brother Mark escape an abusive family life under their drunk and abusive father George O’Brian. Glory, Sophie, and Mark all graduated together from the Braddock Wrestling School. Sophie has long credited the Braddock family for saving her life. This is why it baffles Glory, why it confuses her to no end, as to why Sophie would target her like this; why would Sophie stalk Glory and do things that would frighten her family, maybe even endanger her family? Why would someone who claims to care for and honor the memory and legacy of Glenn Braddock now do something to recklessly endanger Glenn’s family?

This is what bring The British Bombshell out to her late father’s grave in London, England. Glory is dressed in a light beige denim jacket with visible seams and stitching, which is slightly worn, giving it a casual, lived-in feel. The jacket has two chest pockets with buttoned flaps. Underneath, she wears a simple pale pink or off-white t-shirt. She is also wearing dark blue, form-fitting jeans with visible stitching and belt loops, though no belt. Her hands are gently clasped together at her waist, with her fingers lightly intertwined. Her long blonde hair is loosely tied back in a casual, messy bun, with a few strands falling gently around her face. She has a solemn, contemplative expression as she gazes downward at a gravestone in front of her. Braddock is outside in an open cemetery with numerous tombstones of varying sizes and shapes in the background. Some headstones are more prominent, while others appear smaller and blend into the distance. The cemetery is surrounded by lush greenery, with large trees casting dappled shadows on the well-maintained grass. The sunlight filtering through the trees creates a soft glow, emphasizing the natural beauty. The particular gravestone in front of her is simple (just like her father would have wanted) and weathered, with a smooth, curved top. It has a gray, slightly rough surface, and the name “Glenn Braddock” is inscribed on the face.

“It’s time like this I wish I could just go to your school and see you there. I know if I could see you there you would have some great advice on how to handle all of this…I lost the Adrenaline Title. I stupidly agreed to those dumb rules of his for my rematch. I have to face Colleen on Breakdown. She’s a reigning champion, I know I can beat her and that would be very important. But I can’t focus on all of that…not on Dexter, not on Colleen, none of it.” Braddock sighs and shakes her head. “I can’t focus on it, dad, because of all the people to give me problems, my best friend Sophie is giving me grief.”

She pats the headstone gently. “I don’t get it, I really do not. Sophie and I grew up together. We were closer than friends, we were practically sisters. And you saved her. You saved her and her brother Mark from that abusive prick of a father George O’Brian. You gave them both the tools and resources necessary to survive, to make it on their own, so that they could escape their father and that horrific life they were living. You gave her everything…our family gave her everything…so why is she doing this? Why me?”

Glory Braddock pauses and stays silent, almost as if she were anticipating a specter, a ghost to appear and give her a response. Obviously nothing comes. She just chuckles momentarily as she spends some more quiet time alone with her father. But then she hears the rustling of leaves coming from behind her. The British Bombshell suddenly turns around and is somewhat startled to find Sophie O’Brian herself approaching. Sophie is wearing a sophisticated outfit that consists of a long-sleeved, fitted jacket with a structured silhouette, adorned with horizontal stripes and intricate woven detailing that gives it depth and dimension. The matching skirt, cut to a short length, maintains the same textured pattern, creating a cohesive and polished look. A standout feature of the outfit is the high-neck embellishment at the collar, which incorporates a black and white geometric beaded pattern that contrasts elegantly with the rest of the ensemble.

“Isn’t this lovely…” Sophie says with sarcasm dripping from her voice. Glory rolls her eyes.

“How’d you find me?”

“Oh do not be so dumb.” Sophie remarks. “You are very predictable, you know that? Every single time the stress piles on, every time the pressure builds, you go running to your father. Even now, when he’s dead, he still cannot get away from you running to him with your problems as opposed to you dealing with them yourself.”

“You don’t know anything about me.”

“I know you better than you know yourself, Gloria. You lost the Adrenaline Title to a pathetic fool who doesn’t belong in a wrestling ring. You are scheduled to face a woman who gave you fits years ago. And of course you just learned that your best friend was stalking you.” Sophie smirks knowingly. “Yes, of course you would go running to dear old dad.”

The frustration within The British Bombshell is beginning to reach its boiling point. Glory Braddock manages to maintain her composure, but it is clear that she is annoyed just by Sophie’s mere presence here.

“What do you want?”

“I already told you, Gloria.” She points a finger at The British Bombshell. “I want you.”

“Enough with the vague, cryptic, bullshit.” Glory snaps back out of frustration. “Just be plain. Spell it out for me. What the hell do you want from me? Why have you been stalking me and my family? What is this all about?”

“You wish for me to spell it out in plain English?” Sophie shrugs her shoulders. “Very well, I suppose I can do that…and here I thought you were smart enough to figure it out.”

“Sorry we can’t all have genius level IQ’s like you, mate.” Glory rolls her eyes with annoyance.

“Silence.” Sophie states plainly. “Silence and listen. That’s the problem, you have never listened to me before. That’s your sister’s problem too. Glenn Braddock, for all of his magnificence and brilliance in the world of professional wrestling, was an abject failure when it came to his children. You and Julia were both failures.”

“Failure?” Glory scoffs. “I could list off all of my accolades but I will just point out one. I am a Supreme Champion in SCW but you, Sophie…you didn’t last a year in SCW before you were released and now you wrestle for GCW and the only reason you still wrestle there is because I own the place and out of the goodness of my heart, because of close you have been to my family, I made sure to keep you in a job.” She sneers. “But keep pushing my buttons and I may let you go.”

“See what I mean?” Sophie smirks. “You won’t listen.”

“Fine.” Glory sighs. “Talk.”

“Your sister, Julia, she never took wrestling seriously. She just fell into it because it was expected of her. And you, you were always a chameleon. You were a prim and proper mean girl in school because your friends were prim and proper mean girls. When your parents split up and your father gained full custody of you and your sister, you again changed. You became daddy’s little tomboy and only then did you take wrestling seriously, only then did you seem to care about following in his footsteps. Then you met Aphrodite Noel, she became a mentor of sorts when she taught you a thing or two about backstage politics that even your father didn’t know, and like the chameleon you are you adopted some of her mannerisms as well.” Sophie shrugs her shoulders. “Who is the real Glory Braddock?”

“I suppose this is going somewhere?”

“It is.” Sophie nods her head. “You see, Gloria, I always have known what I wanted and I took it. Unlike you, I was not some chameleon who changed on a whim. I have been and always will be the master of your father’s teachings. I am the true heir of Glenn Braddock’s wrestling legacy.”

“So is that what this is about?” Glory demands. “We have had this argument over and over again, Sophie. We both attended my father’s wrestling school. We both had the same teachings. And that final lesson, the one you are obviously referencing, we both heard the same words. A wrestler is, him or herself, the greatest of weapons. Use what you know wisely. I interpret that as meaning don’t just go out there and cripple someone because you can. You disagree. I have been respectful about this disagreement but you keep bringing it up. You keep wanting to have this argument and Sophie, mate, you are never going to change my mind.”

“You won’t even entertain the possibility that I might have something new to teach you?” Sophie asks with a knowing grin. “You entertained Aphrodite Noel’s nonsense and even the nonsense of fools like Ace Marshall and Regan Street.”

“Ace and Regan were Trios partners, not like I had much of a choice there.” Glory remarks.

“Nevertheless, you entertain the verbal vomit that come from them but you refuse to consider mine? You refuse to consider allowing me to teach you what your father’s lessons really meant? Because that is all I want.”

“You want to be my teacher? My mentor?” Glory seems incredulous. “That’s ridiculous.”

“Well that’s what it’ll take to get me to go away.” Sophie answers. “Be my student, just temporarily, and I will leave you alone.”

“Sophie, you paid someone to stalk me. You terrorized me family. You know what that makes you? It makes you a terrorist. And I refuse to negotiate with a damn terrorist.”

“Where have I heard that before?” Sophie chuckles. “Oh well, if you refuse to humor me, then do me this one simple favor; admit that you were never your father’s best student.”

“What?” Again Glory is incredulous. “That’s it?”

“No…admit you were never your father’s best student and then lose the Braddock name. You’re married, right? You’re married to that fool Kurt Logan? Take his name. But whatever you do, lose the Braddock name and let me have it, because like I said, I am the true heir of the Braddock family legacy, I know your father’s teachings better than you, and if you won’t even consider letting me teach you, then you do not deserve to carry the name.”

The British Bombshell has now lost it. Her anger has boiled over. She slaps Sophie hard across her cheek. The force of the slap rocks O’Brian backward a few steps. Glory glares daggers right through Sophie’s heart and soul. Despite all of this, Sophie eerily laughs it off, as if she was unphased. Glory Braddock points at Sophie.

“Get out.”

“Leave? We were having so much fun.”

“I’m warning you, Sophie. Leave.” Glory says strongly, angrily. “You terrorized my family, all because of this stupid disagreement we have always had for so damn long, and now you have the audacity to come here, to my father’s grave, and bring it up again? I am tempted to beat your ass right here and now.”

“In front of dear old dad?” Sophie smirks as she motions to the headstone. “All I want, Gloria, is for you to humor me. I want you to do the one thing you very rarely do and that is to listen. You don’t even have to agree with me. Just hear me out, listen, and after you have heard everything I have had to say, you can go on living as you were.”

“And you would finally drop this?” Glory asks. “You would leave me alone?”

“I promise.”

“I somewhat doubt that.” Glory shakes her head. “You have crossed a serious line, Sophie. You paid someone to stalk me, to terrorize my family. You think you’re in the clear but you are overconfident. You could get caught. And even if you have a strong alibi, I could still ruin your career. Remember, I am the only reason you still have a job in this business.”

“This is true…” Sophie nods her head “...yet I still find myself not only gainfully employed but also not in jail. Which leads me to believe that you have a soft spot for me deep down in your heart.” She snickers. “So what do you say, Gloria? Entertain me. Once, for old times sake!”

Glory Braddock knows she should tell authorities that Sophie is the mastermind behind the stalking of her family. Or if not, she should at least ruin her career, she should do something to stop Sophie, to make sure she is no longer a threat. Yet Sophie is right, Glory still does have a soft spot for this sociopath. They were friends for such a long time. Since they were little girls they were best friends. They grew up together, went to school together, trained at Glenn Braddock’s Wrestling School together, broke into professional wrestling together. Those closest to Sophie believe that she has gone over the edge, that she really has lost it. Glory, knowing of Sophie’s most recent actions, would be hard pressed to argue against that. Still, she doesn’t want to believe that her best friend is too far gone to help. Glory wants to believe that she can somehow find a way to help Sophie.

“I don’t…” Glory shakes her head “...I don’t know, Sophie.”

“That was not a no…” she snickers “...you did not reject my offer, that is good. That is progress.”

“All you want me to do is listen?”

“That’s all.”

“And this insanity of yours…”

“It’s over.” Sophie promises. “I would lie to others but I would never ever lie to you, Gloria. Not to you.” Sophie approaches Glory. She takes her hands and gazes deep into the eyes of The British Bombshell. “Your father meant a lot to me. When he passed away, that was the first time in a long time I cried. I haven’t shown much in terms of emotion since then, either. What happened to me growing up, the horrors I endured and witnessed, I am not fully capable of showing much emotion. But your father meant that much to me that he did get through to me, he…and by extension you and your sister…were more like my true family. I hurt me deeply when he passed away and ever since then I have only wanted to help. I wanted to return the favor by helping you the same way your father helped me. Please, Gloria, let me do this.”

“Even if you are serious, Sophie, the way you went about this was completely insane.” Glory remarks, quickly pulling her hands away from Sophie. “What you did was criminal!”

“I’m sorry?” Sophie says playfully.

“It’s not as simple as that, mate.” Glory sighs and shakes her head. “But I’ll tell you what, you do mean a lot to this family, and we have been through hell before and come out ok.”

“Slightly singed by ok, nevertheless.” Sophie agrees with a nod of her head.

“So all I can say is that I will consider it.”

“You will?” Sophie’s face seems to light up. Glory quickly shakes her head, hoping to temper Sophie’s enthusiasm.

“That is NOT a yes!” Glory remarks.. “I’m just agreeing to think about it because you’re right, we do have a past, we have been closer than friends, more like sisters…”

“Yes…” Sophie’s voice trails off, even cracks a little.

“So I agree to think about it.” Glory answers. “I will let you know my decision soon.”

“When?”

“Soon.” Glory states. “That’s all you’re getting.”

“Honestly? That’s more than I expected to get.” Sophie playfully bows. “Thank you, Gloria.”

Sophie O’Brian turns and starts to walk away. Glory Braddock never takes her eye off of her. She has known Sophie her entire life but lately she has been different, she has been far more dangerously eccentric than usual. Even today, here at the cemetery, something seemed off about her. Glory suspects that there is something else to all of this, something Sophie is holding out on, something she is refusing to say. Glory wishes she knew what it was. The only way she can find out is to play Sophie’s game. But her game is a deadly one. Is Glory going to risk her soul just to help Sophie?