Selena Frost & Deanna Frost vs. Colleen & Aisling

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The camera fades in to reveal the interior of Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, the site for tonight’s episode of Breakdown. With the ‘special edition’ episode of last weekend’s past, there has not been much time for things to process as SCW returns immediately with the continuation of the fallout of Apocalypse.

The arena interior is empty, not uncommon for this promo-set, and a series of arctic blue and white  lights shine down on the ring that has been set up. As the draws closer through one or two fades, the lone woman can be seen seated on the turnbuckle, her long, red hair standing amidst the softer colors of the lights.

Surprise! the young Deanna Frost beams, waving towards the camera and the audience. I know, right?! ‘Didn’t we just see her last Breakdown? What’s she doing back here in her wrestling attire?’ Deanna observes herself, specifically the wrestling clothes she wears.

And that would be an amazing question. Nope, you’ve not stepped into some kind of worm-hole or extradimensional pocket and travelled back a few days. It’s me, Deanna Frost, and I am here because I am wrestling tonight for Breakdown, too! That’s right! I get a twofer! WOOO! she exclaims, raising her arm and whooping a little.

What? I’m excited. Aside from the SCW Television Champion, which is more because of the title itself, who else can claim that? And no, I don’t think it’s necessarily my ‘sparkling personality’ but rather the idea that SCW management seems to really love… because while I am booked again this week, it’s not like a few days ago last week when it was a singles match. She smiles excitedly, biting her lower lip.

Because… for the first time in many, MANY, months, I’m going to be participating in a tag-match…or rather… The House of Frost will be participating in a tag-team match! an excited giggle escapes her.

Okay, yes, I am excited! How can I not be? First of all, so much has happened since last time I got to team up with my wife! First, I got to hold two of SCW’s amazing championships in the Television and Underground championships. Second, Selena completed the longest reign of the SCW World title in SCW’s history. Third… her expression falters a little. We’ve both grown a lot through setbacks and hardships. Like it was made clear last Breakdown, I am no longer the Underground champion and Selena, who hasn’t been the world champion since the end of July, has had to return to protecting people in SCW and standing against those that… well, the ‘monsters’ of SCW.

The redhead sighs a little as her feet dangle off the turnbuckle. And I’ve had my share of monsters. Last week, Sarah Wolf tried to just brutalize me just because… well, because that’s what she does. And while I was able to walk away with the victory in that match, I’m still feeling some of the shots from that faceup. And as much as some people are questioning my sanity in taking on another match so soon after facing her, I just… I feel like I need to.

I mean, teaming with Selena is enough of a reason, but I’ll get to that. There’s also… okay, I don’t like that this place has people tasing other people or smashing forks into foreheads or whatever. I don’t like watching people smash people’s spines into paste with a chair or try and slice their faces open with maces.

But, I have to agree with my wife in this. Someone has to stand up for this place. Has to stand up for what the letters S-C-W stand for. Someone has to take a stand and say ‘this isn’t the way things should be’ or ‘we’re not going to play by such warped rules but with integrity and honor’. she places a hand over her chest. Because what about ‘dreams’? What about all that stuff about earning shots and working through skill and ability? What about things like ‘honor’?

And, yeah, The House of Frost hasn’t always succeeded in that, but look around! Aside from the bad stuff, there’s good stuff, too! Bree Lancaster and Alexis Quinne coming back to help Datura and expose The Brand? Ravyn being held accountable for her actions? Even people like Wolf and Raab, they get held to task too.

I guess my point is that… for all the bad stuff, I still can’t be more excited at being an SCW wrestler and teaming with my wife here in Mexico City! Because I said last week that I wouldn’t let one division ‘define’ who I was and what I could do. Last week, it was a brutal singles match! Now? I’m in a tag match! And you know what else? It’s against the former number one contenders for the SCW world tag-team titles in Polly’s Playgirls, Colleen and Aisling! I mean, talk about hitting the ground running for Selena and I!

A little excited, Deanna bounces on the top turnbuckle, her hands securing herself but holding the ropes. I mean, it’s no secret, or if it is, I’ve done a poor job in hiding it. One of the reasons I decided to transition from manager to wrestler is because I wanted to wrestle with Selena. I wanted to team with her and… Deanna closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. …And win the SCW World tag-team titles.

I know! It’s not new and it’s not ‘original’ but… I just want to, okay? I want to hold those titles with my wife. I want to be seen not as just ‘her wife’ but as her partner. I want to stand proudly beside my wife and…and… the redhead stops her rambling, takes a deep breath before smiling and chuckling a little. And I’m getting ahead of myself again. Not even one match and I’m trying to see the prize at the end of the finish line. I don’t even know how this is going to go.

Still… Slowly, the Queen’s Guard leans off the turnbuckle, hanging upside down on the outside of the ropes, the camera changing so it’s still on her face. Do you girls do the same? Colleen? Aisling? Are you looking past Selena and I and towards another shot at the tag-team titles? I mean, at Apocalypse, you made it clear how much you want them. You won a big match at Rise to Greatness to get your shot. And while you came up short against the Farmstead Friends, you clearly haven’t given up. So… She swings a little from left to right, even giving a shrug with her shoulders. What’s the plan? You want to make an example out of Selena and I? You want to state a message? Keep your status as the number one contenders?

She swings a little more. I mean, I can’t say I’m against that. I want to do the same. Like I said, I want to go wherever and everywhere in SCW. Any division. Any place. Like how Cid Turner jumped from tag, to world to Adrenaline in less than a year or how Autumn fought for the TV, World, Adrenaline AND Underground in the same amount of time! I mean…talk about being a wildcard!

And I also want to finally give The House of Frost some real credit as a tag-team besides what Selena and I can do individually. So, if you’re hoping to beat a former world champion and a fast-rising singles wrestler to do that… I can’t be upset because I want to beat the former contenders as a tag-team to show what Selena and I can do…

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

A voice falls over Deanna, as does a shadow as the redhead looks ‘up’ to see Selena Frost reach her from the outside of the ring. Like Deanna, the former World Champion is dressed in her wrestling attire, the black of her outfit contrasting with the white of her snowflakes and platinum-blonde hair.

Hey… she smiles at her upside down wife.
Hey! Deanna grins back.
Just… she gestures to the redhead.
Yep. Deanna nods. Hanging around.
Mind if I take over?
Be my guest.

With a smile, Selena leans down to capture Deanna’s lips in a full kiss that would make Tobey McGuire jealous. That taken care off, the Snow Queen moves past Deanna and slides into the ring, the camera following her as she pushes herself to her feet.

I agree with my wife, ladies. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to reaffirm your stance in the tag-team division and using us to do it. I mean, beating Deanna and I? That’s instant credit to you guys! That’s immediate attention and exposure! But I think that’s not what we’re in for. she shakes her head. You see – I know what losing a big match does to you, or what it can do to you. I’ve seen it in Owen Cruze, Regan Street, Sienna Swann, Xander Valentine, Syren. On and on…

She gives the shrug.

The doubt, the hesitation, trying to find a reason or someone to blame when it just wasn’t meant to happen. And I’ve been in the tag-division enough times to know how much of a ‘club’ it is. I had the Connection telling me for months that I didn’t belong there with Regan. That I didn’t deserve to be there…

And… her hand reaches for the ropes on the opposite of the ring from where Deanna is, the camera still on the former world champion. And it was all just one big distraction. A distraction of how afraid they were of Regan and I.

Selena shakes her head. And I think that’s what you two really are. I think you two are afraid of Deanna and I. Because you two clearly are an amazing tag-team. You wouldn’t have gotten as far as you did if you hadn’t. But Deanna and I coming into this division? Even the idea of it?

She turns her head towards the camera. That’s a game-changer. That’s a standard-changer. That’s a shakeup in the division that needs to happen. For SCW to see what ‘could be’ with The House of Frost being part of it…

Because I share my wife’s desires. The idea of Selena and Deanna Frost as the tag-team champions? It’s awfully tempting. And I know well enough that it takes time to earn that, but so what? It starts with a step and that’s tonight.

And that terrifies you, doesn’t it? she tilts her head. That maybe the standard of the tag-team division is going to change the same way the standard to the world title changed when the House of Frost got involved. That maybe it will become something bigger? Something better? Something that, maybe, Polly’s Playgirls won’t be able to keep up with?

Selena sighs, shrugging her shoulders. Cruel as that sounds – that does need to happen. The division needs a fine-tuning. That much has been clear given the makeshift teams that have been thrown together the last few months and the insanity that has engulfed it…

Still, I know better than Deanna.
HEY! The voice is off camera and Selena ignores it.

And I saw what you two did to the Farmstead Friends a few weeks ago. How you went beyond mere ‘retaliation’ and bleached Dancing Bear… all to state a message. But if you think that, then you must think that Deanna and I are on the same level as those tag-teams you beat or the childish minds of the tag-team champions?

Selena turns to glare at the camera. And that is your grave mistake, girls. Because Deanna and I, even when not officially “The House of Frost” on the bill sometimes, have fought wars together against the likes of masterminds like The Brand and Infamous. We’ve strategized how to deal with those too afraid to win on their own and that rely on interference or those that have run from us, too scared to lose to our standard of talent and faith.

In short, Colleen and Aisling? While you think you hold all the cards here tonight, you don’t. You don’t hold one card and that’s the wildcard. You don’t know what Deanna and I can do as a tag-team. How many hours we have put in training for this return. Training for this opportunity to not just tip-toe into this division, but kick the damn door down and make our presence felt!

Slowly, the Snow Queen makes her way away from the ropes and back towards the inside of the ring, specifically the corner where Deanna is, once again, perched on.

Because if there’s one thing I know, it’s how to turn a tag-team into world-class champions. It’s how to fight our way to the very top and make the world recognize – make them believe – that we belong here with you and the other teams.

Reaching her wife, Selena turns and leans her back into Deanna’s waiting arms, the redhead wrapping them around Selena’s shoulders.

And if there’s one thing Deanna knows better than most, it’s how to adapt and survive in a new division. So whether you want to show us what made you number one contenders or you plan to just use us to state a message as you did with the Penguin and Bear, we will adapt and we will fight our way to win this match.

A smile crosses Selena’s lips. Prepare yourselves, ladies. The standard of the SCW World Tag-team division is about to change forever… Believe it!

Deanna leans forward against and over Selena. Checkmate, bitches!

The camera fades on the two women before going entirely to black.