03-30-2023, 09:47 PM
OOC: OK, this might be a bit unorthodox, but this is how I'm hoping to have this go if it's alright because I just don't have the time to do two completely separate CDs so that each character can have one. The CD for this piece is something I'm hoping will be allowed to count for both Luz and Amelia. After that, they each have an individual promo that will hopefully allow for some variation in how they're scored for this insane match. This is the best compromise I could come up with to keep telling my story and being happy with what I'm doing with it while still trying to give each character a fair chance of their own in this thing. Good luck everyone! May God help us all...
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CD (ideally counts for both Luz and Amelia simultaneously)
Retribution was ending, and The Light In The Darkness found themselves in their locker room without the SCW World Tag Team Championships.
It was a surreal moment in its own right for the couple. While they may have lost, it could be argued that they had nothing to be ashamed of. After all, they had just stolen the show with two of the best wrestlers in SCW today, pushing themselves far beyond their limits while pushing the Frosts to do the same. They had come dangerously close on several occasions in that match to pulling it off, and in the process, they had weathered just about every shot Selena and Deanna had thrown at them and kept getting right back up time and time again. They could only hope that performance made it loud and clear to the Face of SCW just how badly they wanted this in spite of the heated words that had been exchanged between the two sides. Equally as important to them was the fact that if anyone, wrestler or fan, didn't really know who Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz were before tonight... well, they sure as hell knew now, and there was no denying that they belonged here in Supreme Championship Wrestling.
As Selena had predicted, however, the two ladies were now sitting together in their locker room, still getting their bearings after the war they had just gone through. They had already decided that they'd change and shower once they got back to the hotel because they were far too exhausted to bother with it right now, especially as bigger issues weighed on their mind. Selena's words rang clearly in their heads, reminding them of the choice that was now presented to them. They already knew the answer they were going with, because there was no way in hell they were going to take this loss so hard that running away again thinking they weren't good enough would even be an option. Not after the match they'd just put on.
The issue now was how to present it.
Selena had asked that the tandem find them on the next Breakdown and tell them, face-to-face, that they weren't going anywhere and would bounce back stronger than ever. Luz and Amelia had every intention of doing just that, and were even open to putting the ball in the Frosts' court by telling them they would refuse to challenge for the Tag Team Titles until Selena and Deanna themselves, and ONLY Selena and Deanna, told them to their faces that they believed The Light In The Darkness were now ready to succeed them as champions and they wanted a round two in order to see if that was truly the case. While the Adrenaline Title match earlier in the night had already set up an order for the next four contenders to those titles, Luz and Amelia didn't want to simply believe they could prove they were finally ready to take that next step and lead the tag division within that time span and were willing to still take a big step back to prove how serious they truly were about becoming the competitors that SCW truly needed right now.
That had been the plan at least... and then they'd gotten word early in the show about the next Breakdown being entirely dedicated to the Trios cash-in of Kimberly Williams and the absolute madness that it was going to result in. Given that they were told every champion would have to participate to defend their titles and everyone who had competed in a championship match at Retribution and walked away empty-handed were specifically named as participants for the “match,” it created a scenario where everything they had just gone through against the Frosts felt irrelevant, and that left a very sour taste in their mouths.
“I don't get it,” Luz admitted after the couple had sat together in silence for the past several minutes collecting their thoughts and resting their bodies. “I can understand wanting to spread Underground Rules through SCW since she loves that style of wrestling... I can even understand wanting to shake things up and keep all the champions on their toes. This... as far as I understand from what we were told... this just sounds like a high scale temper tantrum to make everyone suffer.”
“It wouldn't be the first time we've had to step outside our comfort zone a bit and get a little more 'hardcore' in the ring,” Amelia noted, a bit of a daze in her voice still as she leaned against Luz while still clearing the cobwebs after eating the Burnout that led to their defeat. “This whole thing though... it not only throws a wrench into what we wanted to do, but it goes against everything we stand for as far as wanting to conduct our business. We just failed to become Tag Team Champions and we certainly haven't proven ourselves worthy of challenging for any of the other titles yet, potentially aside from the TV Title since it has to have a new challenger every week. We don't deserve to be in this match, but I guess Kim wanted to make sure all her bases were covered for maximum chaos.”
“Hell, even if we had won tonight, this mess would kind of prove Selena's point about us not being ready to lead the tag division yet, though in a way I doubt even she would've agreed with,” Luz said with a hint of frustration. “Imagine us actually winning tonight and becoming champions, only to immediately lose the titles in our first defense roughly a week later unless we somehow try to manipulate the setup to guarantee we finish in the exact spots we'd need to guarantee we'd retain both title belts. That might be one of the most bullshit things I've ever heard of, and I had to go out of my way to ensure my own boss would let me have a fair match against you so we could have a proper one-on-one match all those years ago.”
“I don't even want to think about having to do that, or the idea of manipulating anything period,” Amelia groaned. “That's the kind of shit my parents would gladly take advantage of. The idea that we'd have to do that if we wanted to make sure we walked out of this being Tag Champions together, assuming we even wanted to go for those belts specifically when we both know what we really need to do after tonight... I can't hold my tongue on this Luz, I fucking hate this whole setup and how much it sounds like a stunt my parents would pull just to try and either spite me or set me up for their idea of 'greatness' while trying to cut you out of the picture entirely.”
“If we're being honest and not holding anything back?” Luz replied. “I fucking hate everything about this too, especially how it invalidated everything we just put ourselves through out there to make the statement we needed to make tonight, win or lose.”
The two of them fell back into silence as they let this moment wash over them. While swearing was nothing new to either one of them, dropping F-bombs was something Luz preferred to keep to a minimum because even she had to admit it just sounded wrong in her voice. Whenever she felt it was necessary to drop one despite that, you knew it was a situation where it was truly appropriate and it certainly added more weight to this situation.
Considering both women, Amelia especially once she'd broken free of her parents' control, had built their entire careers out of wanting to truly earn everything they fought for, everything about this match spat in the face of who they were and what they were trying to achieve.
The fact that this did feel like one of those gambits that lined up perfectly with any of the desperate ploys Aleister and Ophelia Blythe had utilized over the years to get their youngest daughter “back in line” only reminded them of the other problem at hand. While there was a certain catharsis to knowing Ophelia had just lost her private investigator and would be getting no further insight into Amelia's life outside the ring going forward, there was still a great deal of concern for what she planned to do with the information she had been given.
That wasn't even touching on whatever role she and her husband may or may not have had to play in putting Luz on the radar of this Caleb White guy that he hired that same investigator to dig as deeply as he could into her and now it was somehow being used to create some sort of illusion of her that was deceiving whoever Caleb was willing to direct it towards.
While the couple weren't sure if they were going to take Ryan Lumis up on an offer he'd given to work for them in any capacity pro bono to undo the damage he'd done through all of this, they were at least grateful that Ivy and Gage didn't even hesitate in offering to see what they could dig up about everything to set the record straight. It was their way of trying to put them at ease and keep their focus on the opportunity they'd had tonight, and it only proved just how badly Luz and Amelia needed friends like that in their lives. The difference between that and how they'd managed to fare before when it was mostly just the two of them against the world was night and day, and having people on their side was going to make a world of difference in trying to share the truth of whatever the hell was going on here.
“...do you think they've reached out?” Amelia suddenly asked.
“Hm?” was Luz's response, though the timid tone Amelia had used was not lost on her.
“My parents...” Amelia hesitantly clarified. “Since it's no secret that SCW is for sale and Mr. D seems to not be limiting himself to anyone who's had prior involvement with the company, I wouldn't put it past them to put in a bid. They'd be petty enough to do it to try and force me back into their mold, my mom is a master at knowing exactly what to say to convince anyone to believe her words, my dad knows this business better than most out there and can use that to better their chances, and then the obvious one... you know what kind of money I came from Luz, and what I managed to take with me when I thought I'd finally cut them off for good was just barely enough to get us set up in a nice place together and ensure we wouldn't be in trouble while we got ourselves established a bit more. That barely made a dent in their bank accounts and they'd still have money to spare if they managed to get Mr. D to sell it to them.”
“It'll be a cold day in Hell before I let that happen,” Luz immediately responded, her stern tone leaving no room for argument. “I don't know if your parents have reached out yet as potential buyers, but if they have then they're buying this company over my dead body and I will make sure Mr. D knows that loud and clear.”
“You mean WE will make sure of that,” Amelia clarified, her voice still a little shaky considering she'd just started spiraling a bit but she was doing her best to latch onto Luz's determination to pull herself back from the brink. “As much as I loved that old promotion in England, I hated how much influence my parents had on it that they could abuse as they saw fit because it's where my father established his legacy. I refuse to go through that again, especially here.”
Luz nodded and planted a gentle kiss on Amelia's forehead to help ground her even more. “Same goes for that Caleb guy. I don't know what his deal is or what kind of game he thinks he's playing, but he seems to have a good amount of money to throw around as well and I just know that an SCW under his vision, based on what we've learned so far, would be an SCW that's going to drive everyone away and kill this company.”
Amelia nodded in response to that as she and Luz agreed that they needed some rest after the battle they'd had tonight. To some degree they had an idea of how they wanted to proceed but needed to sort out the extra hurdles that Kim's Trios cash-in had created for them now. Plus, as tempting as it was to see if they could find the Frosts before they left so they wouldn't need to wait until the next Breakdown and figure out how to follow through on their word, they had a feeling what they needed to say wouldn't come off as genuine considering emotions were still running a little high after all four of them had given everything they had tonight and then some. Allowing time to pass would only confirm just how serious they were about how they wanted to move forward after this major setback.
Luz sent a text to Gage that she and Amelia were heading back to the hotel, and he quickly responded back that he and Ivy would meet them there since they knew the couple had to be exhausted beyond belief and likely wanted to just crash as soon as they got back. After making sure their stuff was packed up, the two girls helped each other through the backstage area and out to the parking lot. To anyone who watched them pass, the effects of the war they'd been through were easy to see, considering Amelia was still on jelly legs after the Burnout and Luz had taken an immense amount of punishment for a significant portion of the match. It definitely took them a lot longer than they would have liked to get to their rental car and load it up, but it would all be worth it once they got some much-needed rest and could start reevaluating with clearer heads.
“Well, that didn't pan out well for you two, did it?”
Luz almost wanted to groan at the sound of the familiar voice, but she bit her lip as she and Amelia turned to see the same guy who had approached them in the parking lot not that long ago and tried to hit on Amelia. To say that they were not in the mood to deal with this tonight was an understatement, but this guy seemed to carry an extra swagger tonight that was only ticking them off more.
“I thought we made it pretty clear to you already that Luz is my girlfriend and I'm not interested in you even if that wasn't the case,” Amelia growled as she leaned against the side of the car.
“Look, I understand that you're just confused-” he started to say, but Luz was having none of it tonight.
“We don't care what Amelia's parents have told you dude,” she spat. “She's not interested and never will be, and I don't have a whole lot of patience to spare right now for your homophobic bullshit. Do us both a favor and kindly go bother someone else before we ask for security to deal with you.”
“Security?” the man scoffed. “Of course you wouldn't be able to deal with me yourself. This is why Amelia needs a strong, handsome man-”
“Does the fact that we just went through a grueling war out in that ring not register to you?” Amelia jumped in. “Or anything we told you the last time we saw you, for that matter? I know my mom's desperate to put me back on some sort of leash, but this is pathetic even for her.”
“If you want to do anything for us,” Luz followed, “then maybe you can fill in a few blanks about this interaction you said you had with me weeks ago, because I sure as hell don't remember and I'm being extremely nice when I say you're probably being used and have a chance right now to do something nice for a change and then walk away.”
“I don't get you two,” the guy responded. “Calling me names when it's painfully clear you both want me. I mean, you-” he pointed to Luz, “-seemed receptive to the flirting I did with you last night and you-” he pointed to Amelia, “-clearly need someone like me to save you.”
The guy kept going on like this, but Luz and Amelia just tuned him out as they felt like vomiting at the sound of every word that left his mouth. Given that their bodies were screaming at them to just lay down and rest already, they opted to start getting in the car and leave this guy behind. He was insufferable the first time around and somehow it had only gotten worse having to meet him again. No amount of having to put up with this guy in any capacity was worth the potential answers he could give them.
Unfortunately, he snapped out of his ego stroking speech long enough to realize they were about to ditch him, and he desperately reached out to grab Amelia by the wrist. Luz saw this and immediately began to move back around the car before he really crossed some lines, but someone seemed to beat her to the punch as before he could get a hold of her, the guy found himself jerked back into a position that was all too familiar to Amelia.
“So, what are your intentions with our baby sister?”
“And we're not interested in how much you think you're God's gift to life or anything our mom told you to say.”
“Or anything that leaves your mouth, for that matter.”
Amelia's jaw dropped as the guy struggled to get out of the standing position for the Blight Choke, the only thing saving him from being a goner right now being that he hadn't been pulled to the pavement for it to be fully locked in. Still, the guy didn't seem to acknowledge any of their words until Amelia fully clued him in on who had stepped in.
“Ed! Em!”
“Hey sis,” Emily Blythe cheerfully replied as she stepped out from behind the grapple that was going on, moving to join Luz in checking on Amelia.
“Sorry if we interrupted,” Edward Blythe added as he started dragging the guy away while maintaining the half nelson. “But we saw our dear baby sister in trouble and just had to jump in. Jokes aside, you two don't deserve to be harassed by this slimeball after putting on one of the best tag matches we've ever seen.”
“Seriously,” Emily said as she turned to glare at the aforementioned slimeball. “It's painfully clear our mom's got an awful eye for potential suitors if she thought this guy had any sense of integrity. You must feel real tough taking advantage of two world-class athletes when they've got no gas in the tank, huh pal?”
“I was just-” the guy started to plead before attempting to throw his head back, but Edward saw it coming from a mile away and let the guy go so he could duck the shot. He quickly grabbed his wrist however and pulled him in as his twin ran up from behind, leading to the two dropping the guy on the concrete with a flapjack/leaping reverse STO combination they called the Double Vision. The guy was left to groan as he tried to get up, only to collapse back to the pavement as the twins helped each other up and stretched themselves out a bit.
“Wasn't expecting to actually do that outside of wrestling, but the guy had it coming,” Edward admitted with a bit of a groan as he cracked his back.
“Mom sure knows how to pick them,” Emily added with a roll of her eyes before she returned her attention to Amelia and Luz. “You alright?”
“We're fine,” Amelia replied as she took a few deep breaths, immediately holding Luz close as both of them took a second to calm down after what had just happened. “What... what are you two doing here? And why haven't I been able to get a hold of you for the past month or so?”
“You can blame dad for that one,” Emily admitted, not even bothering to hide her frustration. “The night that new Empire stable debuted, some of its members attacked us backstage and dragged us off. Dad convinced everyone it was all part of the show to sell the idea that we were being 'abducted to be convinced to join them' but in reality we were pretty much put under house arrest with him, mom, and a bunch of those goons making sure we couldn't leave the house or have any way to contact anybody.”
“And here we were thinking your parents couldn't find new lows to sink to,” Luz sighed. “Between that and the private investigator that was spying on Ames, they might as well have burrowed beneath the surface of the Earth and become mole-people by now.”
“Oh, we heard all about that bullshit while we were... well, screw my usual desire to joke about it, they basically kidnapped us and sold it well enough that even law enforcement refused to believe us when we told them,” Edward growled. “That only pissed us off more that they've gotten this desperate to drag us back to repair the family image that literally only they care about.”
“Any idea what they're planning to use that dirt on me for?” Amelia had to ask. “Also, how did you guys actually get away?”
“An oversight on mom and dad's part,” Edward revealed. “When The Empire recently invaded that one promotion in Mexico that Luz originally came up in, that crazy old dude leading them called for every wrestler to go to make a more convincing show of force. Mom's the only one that didn't go because someone had to stay behind with us, and two beats one every single time.”
“As for the dirt,” Emily continued, “she and dad are apparently planning to use it as fodder for The Empire's proverbial ace, some guy they refer to as 'The Golden Prodigy' that no one knows much about aside from the fact that he's apparently Caleb's nephew. Apparently the plan is that once they've got enough of a stranglehold on the British scene and a good foothold in Mexico, they're going to have him lead an invasion into SCW specifically to drag your career and life through the mud until you're so broken you'll think coming back to them is the only option you have to salvage anything.”
It might have been the fact that she was still exhausted and a little out of it from the Tag Title match, but Amelia could only blink as she tried to process this plan because, honestly, it didn't sound like the kind of thorough plan that her parents would normally concoct. This 'Golden Prodigy' attempting to make any sort of impact in SCW to try and destroy her would already be met with resistance not only from Luz, but also a sizable chunk of the roster she knew were going to immediately want the guy's head taken off just from what they knew of The Empire's end goal for professional wrestling. Plus, who was to say he would immediately be able to start gunning for her pending wherever she and Luz were in their SCW careers by that point? Not to mention that he would inevitably have to prove himself against her in the ring when push came to shove.
The thought of Kim Williams turning the guy into a human pincushion for daring to take her precious hardcore wrestling away from her elicited a small chuckle from her that got everyone else raising an eyebrow, though that would probably be the only time she'd think of Kim in a positive light for the foreseeable future.
“That sounds... like a pretty terrible plan, not going to lie,” Luz stated what Amelia was thinking.
“Yeah... mom and dad actually didn't come up with that one,” Edward admitted. “They're on board and doing their part only because all of their efforts to get Amelia back have clearly failed thus far, so they're putting their faith in Caleb's nephew for this 'brilliant' idea.”
“The only reason we're concerned that it might actually work, stupid as it sounds, is because of whatever the hell Caleb himself is managing to pull off on the side,” Emily added.
“Does that have anything to do with people telling me I've shown up in places I clearly haven't?” Luz asked.
The twins exchanged looks, clearly showing concern before Emily nods and Edward pulls out his phone.
“We stole them back before we fled from the mansion, in case you're curious,” he said before either Luz or Amelia could address the fact that he had it after they'd said they were taken from them.
“Good thing we did,” Emily added, “because you have to see this to believe it Luz.”
After a moment, Edward seemed to find what he was looking for before turning his phone around and playing a video for the couple to see. It was a match from the company in Mexico where Luz's father had become a household name and she had started building her own legacy. While she didn't recognize one of the competitors in the match, the other caused her to do a double take. Even Amelia's eyes went wide as they saw a luchadora foregoing the typical aerial style that was synonymous with lucha libre in favor of a more grounded and technical style that displayed a lot of moves and holds that were staples of the Blythe family.
The wrestling attire, all the way up to the mask design, was perfectly identical to Luz, save for the white and gold design that seemed to be the overall style of members of The Empire from what they'd heard.
The luchadora's appearance beyond the gear was so much of a mirror image that she could easily pass as a long lost identical twin Luz never knew about.
Worst of all... this woman was actually competing under the name of La Pequeña Luz.
Luz Promo
As our scene opens up, the first thing we notice is one of those mannequin heads that are used to display any sort of headwear. This one is wearing a white and silver luchador mask that covers the entire head and only leaves holes for the eyes and mouth, and the sides of the mask bear the design of angelic wings cradling the head. Closer inspection of the mask reveals a few inconsistencies that make it clear that this mask is a replica of someone's actual mask, but that's for the best given who this design is synonymous with. Someone who knows the significance of this mask all too well is La Pequeña Luz, who slowly steps out of the darkness and into the spotlight that shines down upon the table this mask rests upon. She puts her palms on the table and looks down at it, memories flickering through her mind as she speaks.
“At Retribution, a little fact about me was mentioned for the first time on-air... a fact that may not mean a whole lot to many of you, but to Mexican culture and especially to me, it's a fact that means everything. One of the moves I performed in that match was originally a finishing move of the late great El Espíritu Angélico... the man that I was proud to call mi papá growing up. In lucha libre, these masks we wear are more than just gimmicks. We become the characters we portray, and both inside and outside of that ring we are revered throughout the country as real-life heroes and villains, always becoming far more than just wrestlers. And El Espíritu Angélico? He ranks among one of the greatest heroes to ever grace the squared circle.
My father was a man who always went out of his way to do the right thing, building himself into a reliable force you could always count on to defend the honor of himself, his family, his country, the companies he devoted his career to... you name it, it meant something to him and he never backed down from a challenge to defend it because to him, doing so was just as disgraceful as losing his mask. He was a man who literally gave his life for this business... and more importantly to me, he's the man who not only brought me into this world, but encouraged me to embrace the lessons he had to share with the wrestling business, allowing me to both follow in his footsteps but also forge my own path and build my own legacy.
That's why what Selena Frost had to say going into our Tag Title match at Retribution stung, because... truth be told, she wasn't wrong. When Amelia and I got put on the shelf two years ago, we took that so personally that it rattled our confidence. We thought it would be best to step away from SCW and rebuild instead of coming back as soon as we'd recovered to try again. I did it to support my partner and to get my own head screwed back on straight, but the fact of the matter is that I ran away when things got too tough... something my father never did. That said, I am not my father, nor will I ever be. But I can use what he taught me growing up to make sure that I become the luchadora that I want to be, and it's about time I started taking one of his greatest lessons more to heart.
After all, what's the point of having something to fight for if you have second thoughts about actually being able to put up that fight?”
Luz takes a deep breath before her gaze turns up to the camera, a fire burning in her eyes that holds more power than her usual cheerfulness ever could.
“Selena, Deanna, I want to hope you're listening right now. At Retribution, the two of you were the better team, I will not deny that. You were right... we weren't ready to take that next step yet. I know you challenged us to find you on this upcoming Breakdown and tell you, to your faces, that we're not going anywhere this time, to make it loud and clear that you knocked us all the way back to the bottom of the mountain and want to see how we respond. I don't think any of us expected the mess we all find ourselves in because of a certain someone, but I will say it now as I'm sure Amelia will as well once she speaks her piece, but we are also more than willing to meet you two before Breakdown to say this to your faces like we promised since the show itself probably won't give us that chance now. I swear, on my mask and all the honor that it represents to lucha libre and to myself, that The Light In The Darkness isn't going anywhere. We're here to stay, we're going to fight back from our loss to the two of you, and we'll even put the decision in your hands.
We know the Adrenaline Title match at Retribution set the order for the foreseeable future when it comes to Tag Title challengers, but that's not enough... even if the two of you are no longer champions, we want you to tell us when you think we're ready to carry that division on our backs. We want to prove ourselves to the Face of SCW, whatever it takes, that you believe we're ready to take that next step. We want to be able to meet the two of you in that ring again knowing that you are our final test to prove that you think we're ready and we truly are ready! I don't want to be here to simply collect championship gold, I want it to mean something when I get to hold it over my head and challenge myself to defend it against anyone who steps up and answer the call. And if a new owner comes along and has a problem with any of that? Then we'll just have to fight even harder to prove to everyone that we are what we say we are... The Light In The Darkness... that hope that SCW will have someone who's willing to step up and fight for it when push comes to shove.”
Luz lets her fiery gaze linger on us for a few moments before she pulls back from leaning on the table, running a hand along her mask as she lets out the kind of awkward chuckle that's trying to hide her frustration.
“All of that was our plan heading into Breakdown, anyway...
Regardless of whether we were booked to compete or not, we had planned on doing as Selena asked to take the first step in moving beyond Retribution and pushing to improve ourselves for the night where our two teams meet again and we prove how far we've come by topping our first battle. We were more than happy to put in the work to prove that someday we'll be ready to truly call ourselves champions, whether that be as a tag team or individually. But Kim Williams, desperate to make her mark trying to shake things up, has taken that away from us. Yes, a huge opportunity is right in front of both Amelia and myself with the chaos that Kim has unleashed... the problem is that it's not an opportunity we can rightfully say we deserve to have and spits in the face of the work we have put in up to this point.
This madness that Kim used her Trios contract for... it was revealed early enough that I knew going into the Tag Title match, Amelia knew, Selena and Deanna knew. Regardless of who won our battle that night, all four of us would immediately be caught in this crossfire. If we had defied Selena's prediction and won those titles, we would have been virtually guaranteed to prove that we weren't ready for what came next right because how, as a champion, do you prepare for a situation you can't possibly control to make sure you walk out having successfully defended your title? World Championship aside, that task is virtually impossible, especially so regarding the Tag Titles because she went and made sure each belt is being 'defended' separately. Last I checked, some team randomly thrown together with barely any chemistry wasn't why those titles exist in the first place, but that's exactly what we're probably going to get once this thing is all set and done.
With all of that said, it would have been easy for Ames and I to go out and simply throw that Tag Title match at Retribution. I mean, it would keep all four people in match healthy for this thing, and we'd both basically be getting another shot kind of anyway, so why not? But we didn't do that... even knowing what awaited us, win or lose, The Light In The Darkness still walked out to that ring and gave the House of Frost everything that we had, and they responded in kind. Dare I say, the four of us stole that whole show and proved exactly what tag team wrestling is all about! What wrestling, period, is all about! And yeah, it sucked that we didn't win on that night, but we still pushed ourselves well beyond our limits anyway because if the Frosts wanted us to prove ourselves, then we all know that actions speak far more than words ever could! The words we have to say to Selena and Deanna now are merely the exclamation point on our actions from Retribution, and regardless of how much we all took out of each other, I can guarantee that none of us regret the match we created and it won't stop any of us from walking into Breakdown and doing whatever we feel needs to be done.”
Luz slowly turns the mannequin head to virtually lock eyes with the front of the mask, almost as if she's gazing into the eyes of her father for guidance.
“Like I said at the start of this, mi papá was someone who never backed down from a challenge, and if I'm going to be made a part of this, then I'm not going to back down either. I want to make something clear right now... to me, this match isn't about ignoring the lessons of my loss from Retribution because there's championship gold in front of me all of a sudden. If I end up with one of those titles at the end of this thing, regardless of the circumstances, then I will tell its former holder right now that you'd better be ready for a fight to take that title back because that belt deserves nothing less, and I plan on embracing that moment to be a worthy champion to not only keep inspiring myself, but also Amelia and those fans and anyone else who wants to come and do battle. But this isn't about taking advantage of a championship opportunity I honestly don't deserve at this very moment... if anything, I embrace this challenge as a chance to see how well I fare against the very best that SCW has to throw against me, regardless of whether or not I score enough falls to walk out a champion as much as those titles deserve better, to see if I can put myself on people's radars and most importantly prove that I am not going to back down again in the face of a setback. That's not what my father did, and that's not what he would have wanted to see from his little light...
That said, don't think you're getting off easy for all of this Kim. Yeah, you may have designed this match to easily reclaim a title that you claim means everything to you, but I'm not blind to how easily your whims change just so you can say you got your way at the end of the day. After all, how can we forget the 'predecessor' to your unhealthy obsession with being Underground Champion in the form of the 'Lizard Championship'? I sure didn't forget when it cracked off my skull to the point that it concussed me and created this whole domino effect that's led me to where I am now, even if you weren't the one who pulled that trigger. I'm not afraid of this being 'your world' Kim, nor am I afraid of having to play by Underground Rules if it means getting a little payback for creating the tool that Adam Allocco used all that time ago to put me on the shelf. Maybe it'll help humble you a little bit so you can understand exactly the kind of mess you've created for everyone involved in this match just so you could leave your mark and claim you challenged the status quo.
I didn't need this match if I wanted to try and become SCW World Champion someday... all I need to do is keep pushing myself and I will earn that opportunity on nothing more than my own merits and the blood, sweat and tears that I left on that canvas to get there.
To everyone else in this match, including mi novia, I want you all to give me a challenge. I want you all to make me work for any and every fall that I have to earn over the course of this entire show. I want to prove that if I'm walking out of this Breakdown as a champion in any capacity, that I'm doing so with the foundation I need to build my own reign and treat that belt with the respect that it deserves, especially in the wake of all of this. I challenge any of you to try and snuff out La Pequeña Luz... because I'll only come out of this stronger when all is set and done.”
With that, Luz pulls the replica of her father's mask off the mannequin head and plants a gentle kiss on it, saying something in Spanish that we don't quite make out as she starts walking backwards until she has disappeared back into the darkness, ready to emerge again come Breakdown and prove that she belongs here in SCW the right way this time... by not backing down from this challenge.
Amelia Promo
Our scene opens up in what looks like a wrestling ring set up in someone's home gym, one that clearly shows the wear and tear of the devoted training needed to be in the business today. Sitting cross-legged in that ring, almost in a state of meditation, is Amelia Blythe. All the battle wounds from the incredible tag team war between The Light In The Darkness and the House of Frost are on full display as she takes a moment to run a hand along her jaw, the very area that got jacked by Deanna's Burnout to end that battle. A few deep breaths later, and Amelia is opening her eyes and putting her full focus on us, the determination in her gaze palpable.
“What does wrestling mean to me? If you had asked me that question when I set foot in a ring for the very first time, the answer I'd have given would absolutely rub a lot of people the wrong way. I would have claimed that I was here to be a champion, to outwrestle everyone put in front of me and prove the dominance of my family name because that is the only path that was ever made available to me in my life. It didn't matter if I ever wanted to wrestle at all or not, because my sole purpose for being born was to be the next link in the chain that was my family's legacy. At least, that's what I was made to believe growing up.
But now? If you were to ask me that question, I would answer that wrestling means a chance to write my own story, free of the expectations put upon me for my entire life. I would say that every failure is an opportunity to learn and improve so that I can treat this business with the respect it deserves, and not just through what I can do in that ring. It's not a perfect process... you don't go through everything that I endured at the hands of my own parents trying to turn a human being into an almost literal wrestling machine without having a few mental scars that come back to haunt you every now and then.
It's those very scars that put me in a bad state of mind when I was injured almost two years ago, fearing that I might never get to step into the ring again and had failed to find my own way in this sport so that I could properly appreciate everything that goes into making wrestling what it is today. I let all of it get to me, as did Luz, and instead of coming back to SCW as soon as we were medically cleared, we thought the smarter move would be to take some time away to rebuild ourselves so we could come back stronger than ever. In hindsight, it was just a fancy way of saying we ran away while trying to justify that it wasn't exactly what Selena Frost was truly correct about all along. For as much as our two sides respect one another, she and Deanna didn't mince words in addressing us leading up to Retribution... and it was the wake-up call that Luz and I truly needed.”
Amelia slowly stands up and takes a moment to stretch out, the sound of joints popping echoing throughout the room as she releases whatever tension had built up in her body from meditating prior to this.
“I'm sure a lot of what I have to say right now will mirror that of my girlfriend, but that's what happens when we decide that a situation like the one that awaits us on Breakdown is best tackled individually. One thing we can both agree on, however, is that Kim Williams has thrown a major wrench into what we had hoped to do on this show. Selena and Deanna beat us fair and square at Retribution after all four of us gave everything that we had and then some... after what Selena, in particular, had to say, Luz and I did a lot of thinking and felt that we were finally ready to address her and Deanna, to their faces as they requested, and tell them that Retribution 2023 will not be the last that they, or SCW, have seen of The Light In The Darkness. They want us to prove that SCW can rely on us, especially in these times where the future of the company is uncertain as Mr. D looks around for a new owner to run the ship. We had planned on doing just that, but with the entire show now tied up with a mess I'll address shortly... I don't know if we'll get the chance to see them before the show begins or if it'll have to wait until the next Breakdown, but I'll say it now anyways.
Luz and I aren't going anywhere. Not this time. We lost... we gave the fight of our lives against the Frosts and it wasn't enough, and we're OK with that. If we let it get to us and walked away again, then what was the point of even coming back to try again in the first place? That match we wrestled out there in front of a record-setting crowd is proof, even in defeat, that we belong in SCW, and the longer we keep pushing ourselves here, the better we'll get so that we can be at that level that people like Selena and Deanna believe we can reach. Retribution wasn't our time, and we've made peace with that. As for when our time will be? Maybe you two can answer that question. Hell, we want you two to be the ones to answer that question! Not Mr. D, not the board, not whoever the new owner may end up being, but you! We pushed ourselves beyond our limits at Retribution and I can only hope that was proof of how much being here means to us and how much it would mean to be a team that you can be proud of being your successors someday in carrying the tag team division and inspiring others to come together and keep the fires of tag team wrestling burning bright for years to come.
You're the Face of SCW Selena... set the bar for us so we can clear it and prove to you and Deanna just how much this means to us and how hard we're willing to fight to be that hope that SCW needs to survive these turbulent times. Tell us when you think we're ready for that final exam to prove that our time has finally come, and Luz and I swear on our careers to the both of you that when that date arrives, what we did at Retribution will be a warm-up by comparison.”
Amelia gives a genuine smile to the camera, making it clear how much she wants to be able to tell the Frosts that face-to-face and plans to do so when the opportunity arises, just as she and Luz promised. That smile fades, however, when her thoughts turn toward the reason why she can't just have that the way she and Luz would have wanted to have it come Breakdown.
“Of course, Breakdown currently provides a problem, because Kim Williams thinks that by using her Trios contract to incite mass chaos is the perfect way to shake things up. She made sure to specifically note that all champions heading into Retribution along with everyone who challenged for a title on that pay-per-view card were listed to cover her bases, effectively rendering half of that card moot. Not that it stopped her from trying to interject herself into the main event to get her Underground Title back early despite virtually guaranteeing that she'll walk out of Breakdown with that title back in her possession.
You want to talk about that title being your legacy Kim? As someone who was supposed to be the latest in a legacy regarding my family name, I can confidently stand here and call bullshit on your take of what it means to create a legacy for yourself. I rejected the family legacy that was toxic to me in favor of creating one of my own, getting help from people who truly care about me and want to push me to be my very best without being afraid of failure. If I do fail, then it's an opportunity to learn and grow so I can get better for my next match and keep improving from there. The TV Title reign I had, short as it was, is something I earned, and I want that to be the case for every opportunity I have for the rest of my career. I want to earn it with my bare hands in that ring, giving everything that I have and more for this company and this sport, so when I do become a champion again I can wear that title with pride and know that if I challenge anyone in the locker room to give me their best shot, they'll step up and give it to me because that's what this company needs.
Having a meltdown because you didn't immediately get a rematch when you lost that title because Owen Cruze had the World Title and his next challenger for that to prioritize? Picking a fight with Alexis Quinne because she challenged Owen for that title? The aforementioned incident where you tried to hijack the Retribution main event to force a title defense despite Owen having another title he was about to defend? If that's the legacy you want to leave behind regarding the Underground Title, then you have no right to complain when people call you out on your inability to move on.
Funny how you claim that this is about giving opportunities to people who might never get them, and yet the one title that's an exception to that claim is the one that only you can win by scoring a single fall in this match. What if other people in this match wanted to try going for the Underground Title too? As far as I'm concerned, trying to 'shake things up' has only painted a target on your back because you decided to make this easy on yourself instead of admitting that maybe the Underground division could use some fresh faces hunting for that gold. Hell, you made the point that this entire thing is meant to put the Undergound on full display by forcing everyone to fight under its rules, and yet the very title that symbolizes all of that is the only one you're willing to play gatekeeper over. What happens when you lose that title again Kim? With no Trios contract to fall back on and having to work all the way back up to challenge for that title again, would you actually do it and watch the division get some new life breathed into it?”
Amelia shakes her head, knowing that Kim would never accept that route as long as she believed that she, and she alone, could create a legacy with the Underground Title, effectively becoming the very thing she was trying to eliminate with this very concept in the first place.
“I'll admit, this isn't what I wanted to do come Breakdown. That has nothing to do with the fact that this whole thing is Underground Rules because despite my style and background, I have no qualms about getting involved in an environment like this if necessary and I'll find a way to hold my own. But Luz and I both agree that this match goes against what we wanted to prove, especially after Retribution. Here we are, technically with another shot at the Tag Team Titles even though we gave it our all to claim them at Retribution and that wasn't our night to reach the mountaintop. What right do we have to immediately get another shot at those belts, and how would it be fair that even if we had won Luz and I would've been staring down another short reign because... let's be honest guys, how do you expect anyone to be able to actually control the scoring of this match to get the title they want, World or otherwise?
If there is any silver lining to technically being named for this match, it's the fact that I can at least take this opportunity to prove myself against the very best on the SCW roster.
As much as this situation isn't what any of us would have wanted, if I'm going to be dragged into this then I refuse to back down and let people like Kim win because this is the game they want to play. That's not what SCW needs from The Light In The Darkness right now, and as much as I will openly admit that I don't feel I deserve any title at this moment after Luz and I just had a title shot, if I happen to walk out with a title then I will proudly defend it against its former champion to prove that I am ready to move on from my TV Title reign and be the champion I know I can be. But what I want the most out of this match is to once again give it my all against everyone, including my girlfriend because we respect the integrity of this business to the point that if we need to combat one another then we will hold nothing back, to see where I currently stand and what I need to work on so that I can reach the level I need to be at to be the wrestler I want to be. I know Luz is approaching this match the same way, and whether that means we keep working on ourselves as a tag team or we focus on our singles careers, we will prove that our place on the SCW roster is one we earned and we will keep proving we belong here no matter what challenges are thrown our way. So please... challenge me, keep pushing me harder than I've ever been pushed before, because the wrestler I become in the wake of that will proudly do her part in leading SCW into its future, no matter what that may be, because without those kinds of wrestlers... what will SCW have left when all is set and done?”
Amelia proceeds to crack her knuckles before she steps out of the training ring and heads out of the shot, ready to get back to work to prove both to SCW and to herself what kind of wrestler she wants to be, knowing that she will get there the right way as long as she keeps pushing herself and learning from her mistakes. If Luz can do it, then so can she, and that is the only way the both of them can truly become exactly what they say they are... The Light In The Darkness.
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CD (ideally counts for both Luz and Amelia simultaneously)
Retribution was ending, and The Light In The Darkness found themselves in their locker room without the SCW World Tag Team Championships.
It was a surreal moment in its own right for the couple. While they may have lost, it could be argued that they had nothing to be ashamed of. After all, they had just stolen the show with two of the best wrestlers in SCW today, pushing themselves far beyond their limits while pushing the Frosts to do the same. They had come dangerously close on several occasions in that match to pulling it off, and in the process, they had weathered just about every shot Selena and Deanna had thrown at them and kept getting right back up time and time again. They could only hope that performance made it loud and clear to the Face of SCW just how badly they wanted this in spite of the heated words that had been exchanged between the two sides. Equally as important to them was the fact that if anyone, wrestler or fan, didn't really know who Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz were before tonight... well, they sure as hell knew now, and there was no denying that they belonged here in Supreme Championship Wrestling.
As Selena had predicted, however, the two ladies were now sitting together in their locker room, still getting their bearings after the war they had just gone through. They had already decided that they'd change and shower once they got back to the hotel because they were far too exhausted to bother with it right now, especially as bigger issues weighed on their mind. Selena's words rang clearly in their heads, reminding them of the choice that was now presented to them. They already knew the answer they were going with, because there was no way in hell they were going to take this loss so hard that running away again thinking they weren't good enough would even be an option. Not after the match they'd just put on.
The issue now was how to present it.
Selena had asked that the tandem find them on the next Breakdown and tell them, face-to-face, that they weren't going anywhere and would bounce back stronger than ever. Luz and Amelia had every intention of doing just that, and were even open to putting the ball in the Frosts' court by telling them they would refuse to challenge for the Tag Team Titles until Selena and Deanna themselves, and ONLY Selena and Deanna, told them to their faces that they believed The Light In The Darkness were now ready to succeed them as champions and they wanted a round two in order to see if that was truly the case. While the Adrenaline Title match earlier in the night had already set up an order for the next four contenders to those titles, Luz and Amelia didn't want to simply believe they could prove they were finally ready to take that next step and lead the tag division within that time span and were willing to still take a big step back to prove how serious they truly were about becoming the competitors that SCW truly needed right now.
That had been the plan at least... and then they'd gotten word early in the show about the next Breakdown being entirely dedicated to the Trios cash-in of Kimberly Williams and the absolute madness that it was going to result in. Given that they were told every champion would have to participate to defend their titles and everyone who had competed in a championship match at Retribution and walked away empty-handed were specifically named as participants for the “match,” it created a scenario where everything they had just gone through against the Frosts felt irrelevant, and that left a very sour taste in their mouths.
“I don't get it,” Luz admitted after the couple had sat together in silence for the past several minutes collecting their thoughts and resting their bodies. “I can understand wanting to spread Underground Rules through SCW since she loves that style of wrestling... I can even understand wanting to shake things up and keep all the champions on their toes. This... as far as I understand from what we were told... this just sounds like a high scale temper tantrum to make everyone suffer.”
“It wouldn't be the first time we've had to step outside our comfort zone a bit and get a little more 'hardcore' in the ring,” Amelia noted, a bit of a daze in her voice still as she leaned against Luz while still clearing the cobwebs after eating the Burnout that led to their defeat. “This whole thing though... it not only throws a wrench into what we wanted to do, but it goes against everything we stand for as far as wanting to conduct our business. We just failed to become Tag Team Champions and we certainly haven't proven ourselves worthy of challenging for any of the other titles yet, potentially aside from the TV Title since it has to have a new challenger every week. We don't deserve to be in this match, but I guess Kim wanted to make sure all her bases were covered for maximum chaos.”
“Hell, even if we had won tonight, this mess would kind of prove Selena's point about us not being ready to lead the tag division yet, though in a way I doubt even she would've agreed with,” Luz said with a hint of frustration. “Imagine us actually winning tonight and becoming champions, only to immediately lose the titles in our first defense roughly a week later unless we somehow try to manipulate the setup to guarantee we finish in the exact spots we'd need to guarantee we'd retain both title belts. That might be one of the most bullshit things I've ever heard of, and I had to go out of my way to ensure my own boss would let me have a fair match against you so we could have a proper one-on-one match all those years ago.”
“I don't even want to think about having to do that, or the idea of manipulating anything period,” Amelia groaned. “That's the kind of shit my parents would gladly take advantage of. The idea that we'd have to do that if we wanted to make sure we walked out of this being Tag Champions together, assuming we even wanted to go for those belts specifically when we both know what we really need to do after tonight... I can't hold my tongue on this Luz, I fucking hate this whole setup and how much it sounds like a stunt my parents would pull just to try and either spite me or set me up for their idea of 'greatness' while trying to cut you out of the picture entirely.”
“If we're being honest and not holding anything back?” Luz replied. “I fucking hate everything about this too, especially how it invalidated everything we just put ourselves through out there to make the statement we needed to make tonight, win or lose.”
The two of them fell back into silence as they let this moment wash over them. While swearing was nothing new to either one of them, dropping F-bombs was something Luz preferred to keep to a minimum because even she had to admit it just sounded wrong in her voice. Whenever she felt it was necessary to drop one despite that, you knew it was a situation where it was truly appropriate and it certainly added more weight to this situation.
Considering both women, Amelia especially once she'd broken free of her parents' control, had built their entire careers out of wanting to truly earn everything they fought for, everything about this match spat in the face of who they were and what they were trying to achieve.
The fact that this did feel like one of those gambits that lined up perfectly with any of the desperate ploys Aleister and Ophelia Blythe had utilized over the years to get their youngest daughter “back in line” only reminded them of the other problem at hand. While there was a certain catharsis to knowing Ophelia had just lost her private investigator and would be getting no further insight into Amelia's life outside the ring going forward, there was still a great deal of concern for what she planned to do with the information she had been given.
That wasn't even touching on whatever role she and her husband may or may not have had to play in putting Luz on the radar of this Caleb White guy that he hired that same investigator to dig as deeply as he could into her and now it was somehow being used to create some sort of illusion of her that was deceiving whoever Caleb was willing to direct it towards.
While the couple weren't sure if they were going to take Ryan Lumis up on an offer he'd given to work for them in any capacity pro bono to undo the damage he'd done through all of this, they were at least grateful that Ivy and Gage didn't even hesitate in offering to see what they could dig up about everything to set the record straight. It was their way of trying to put them at ease and keep their focus on the opportunity they'd had tonight, and it only proved just how badly Luz and Amelia needed friends like that in their lives. The difference between that and how they'd managed to fare before when it was mostly just the two of them against the world was night and day, and having people on their side was going to make a world of difference in trying to share the truth of whatever the hell was going on here.
“...do you think they've reached out?” Amelia suddenly asked.
“Hm?” was Luz's response, though the timid tone Amelia had used was not lost on her.
“My parents...” Amelia hesitantly clarified. “Since it's no secret that SCW is for sale and Mr. D seems to not be limiting himself to anyone who's had prior involvement with the company, I wouldn't put it past them to put in a bid. They'd be petty enough to do it to try and force me back into their mold, my mom is a master at knowing exactly what to say to convince anyone to believe her words, my dad knows this business better than most out there and can use that to better their chances, and then the obvious one... you know what kind of money I came from Luz, and what I managed to take with me when I thought I'd finally cut them off for good was just barely enough to get us set up in a nice place together and ensure we wouldn't be in trouble while we got ourselves established a bit more. That barely made a dent in their bank accounts and they'd still have money to spare if they managed to get Mr. D to sell it to them.”
“It'll be a cold day in Hell before I let that happen,” Luz immediately responded, her stern tone leaving no room for argument. “I don't know if your parents have reached out yet as potential buyers, but if they have then they're buying this company over my dead body and I will make sure Mr. D knows that loud and clear.”
“You mean WE will make sure of that,” Amelia clarified, her voice still a little shaky considering she'd just started spiraling a bit but she was doing her best to latch onto Luz's determination to pull herself back from the brink. “As much as I loved that old promotion in England, I hated how much influence my parents had on it that they could abuse as they saw fit because it's where my father established his legacy. I refuse to go through that again, especially here.”
Luz nodded and planted a gentle kiss on Amelia's forehead to help ground her even more. “Same goes for that Caleb guy. I don't know what his deal is or what kind of game he thinks he's playing, but he seems to have a good amount of money to throw around as well and I just know that an SCW under his vision, based on what we've learned so far, would be an SCW that's going to drive everyone away and kill this company.”
Amelia nodded in response to that as she and Luz agreed that they needed some rest after the battle they'd had tonight. To some degree they had an idea of how they wanted to proceed but needed to sort out the extra hurdles that Kim's Trios cash-in had created for them now. Plus, as tempting as it was to see if they could find the Frosts before they left so they wouldn't need to wait until the next Breakdown and figure out how to follow through on their word, they had a feeling what they needed to say wouldn't come off as genuine considering emotions were still running a little high after all four of them had given everything they had tonight and then some. Allowing time to pass would only confirm just how serious they were about how they wanted to move forward after this major setback.
Luz sent a text to Gage that she and Amelia were heading back to the hotel, and he quickly responded back that he and Ivy would meet them there since they knew the couple had to be exhausted beyond belief and likely wanted to just crash as soon as they got back. After making sure their stuff was packed up, the two girls helped each other through the backstage area and out to the parking lot. To anyone who watched them pass, the effects of the war they'd been through were easy to see, considering Amelia was still on jelly legs after the Burnout and Luz had taken an immense amount of punishment for a significant portion of the match. It definitely took them a lot longer than they would have liked to get to their rental car and load it up, but it would all be worth it once they got some much-needed rest and could start reevaluating with clearer heads.
“Well, that didn't pan out well for you two, did it?”
Luz almost wanted to groan at the sound of the familiar voice, but she bit her lip as she and Amelia turned to see the same guy who had approached them in the parking lot not that long ago and tried to hit on Amelia. To say that they were not in the mood to deal with this tonight was an understatement, but this guy seemed to carry an extra swagger tonight that was only ticking them off more.
“I thought we made it pretty clear to you already that Luz is my girlfriend and I'm not interested in you even if that wasn't the case,” Amelia growled as she leaned against the side of the car.
“Look, I understand that you're just confused-” he started to say, but Luz was having none of it tonight.
“We don't care what Amelia's parents have told you dude,” she spat. “She's not interested and never will be, and I don't have a whole lot of patience to spare right now for your homophobic bullshit. Do us both a favor and kindly go bother someone else before we ask for security to deal with you.”
“Security?” the man scoffed. “Of course you wouldn't be able to deal with me yourself. This is why Amelia needs a strong, handsome man-”
“Does the fact that we just went through a grueling war out in that ring not register to you?” Amelia jumped in. “Or anything we told you the last time we saw you, for that matter? I know my mom's desperate to put me back on some sort of leash, but this is pathetic even for her.”
“If you want to do anything for us,” Luz followed, “then maybe you can fill in a few blanks about this interaction you said you had with me weeks ago, because I sure as hell don't remember and I'm being extremely nice when I say you're probably being used and have a chance right now to do something nice for a change and then walk away.”
“I don't get you two,” the guy responded. “Calling me names when it's painfully clear you both want me. I mean, you-” he pointed to Luz, “-seemed receptive to the flirting I did with you last night and you-” he pointed to Amelia, “-clearly need someone like me to save you.”
The guy kept going on like this, but Luz and Amelia just tuned him out as they felt like vomiting at the sound of every word that left his mouth. Given that their bodies were screaming at them to just lay down and rest already, they opted to start getting in the car and leave this guy behind. He was insufferable the first time around and somehow it had only gotten worse having to meet him again. No amount of having to put up with this guy in any capacity was worth the potential answers he could give them.
Unfortunately, he snapped out of his ego stroking speech long enough to realize they were about to ditch him, and he desperately reached out to grab Amelia by the wrist. Luz saw this and immediately began to move back around the car before he really crossed some lines, but someone seemed to beat her to the punch as before he could get a hold of her, the guy found himself jerked back into a position that was all too familiar to Amelia.
“So, what are your intentions with our baby sister?”
“And we're not interested in how much you think you're God's gift to life or anything our mom told you to say.”
“Or anything that leaves your mouth, for that matter.”
Amelia's jaw dropped as the guy struggled to get out of the standing position for the Blight Choke, the only thing saving him from being a goner right now being that he hadn't been pulled to the pavement for it to be fully locked in. Still, the guy didn't seem to acknowledge any of their words until Amelia fully clued him in on who had stepped in.
“Ed! Em!”
“Hey sis,” Emily Blythe cheerfully replied as she stepped out from behind the grapple that was going on, moving to join Luz in checking on Amelia.
“Sorry if we interrupted,” Edward Blythe added as he started dragging the guy away while maintaining the half nelson. “But we saw our dear baby sister in trouble and just had to jump in. Jokes aside, you two don't deserve to be harassed by this slimeball after putting on one of the best tag matches we've ever seen.”
“Seriously,” Emily said as she turned to glare at the aforementioned slimeball. “It's painfully clear our mom's got an awful eye for potential suitors if she thought this guy had any sense of integrity. You must feel real tough taking advantage of two world-class athletes when they've got no gas in the tank, huh pal?”
“I was just-” the guy started to plead before attempting to throw his head back, but Edward saw it coming from a mile away and let the guy go so he could duck the shot. He quickly grabbed his wrist however and pulled him in as his twin ran up from behind, leading to the two dropping the guy on the concrete with a flapjack/leaping reverse STO combination they called the Double Vision. The guy was left to groan as he tried to get up, only to collapse back to the pavement as the twins helped each other up and stretched themselves out a bit.
“Wasn't expecting to actually do that outside of wrestling, but the guy had it coming,” Edward admitted with a bit of a groan as he cracked his back.
“Mom sure knows how to pick them,” Emily added with a roll of her eyes before she returned her attention to Amelia and Luz. “You alright?”
“We're fine,” Amelia replied as she took a few deep breaths, immediately holding Luz close as both of them took a second to calm down after what had just happened. “What... what are you two doing here? And why haven't I been able to get a hold of you for the past month or so?”
“You can blame dad for that one,” Emily admitted, not even bothering to hide her frustration. “The night that new Empire stable debuted, some of its members attacked us backstage and dragged us off. Dad convinced everyone it was all part of the show to sell the idea that we were being 'abducted to be convinced to join them' but in reality we were pretty much put under house arrest with him, mom, and a bunch of those goons making sure we couldn't leave the house or have any way to contact anybody.”
“And here we were thinking your parents couldn't find new lows to sink to,” Luz sighed. “Between that and the private investigator that was spying on Ames, they might as well have burrowed beneath the surface of the Earth and become mole-people by now.”
“Oh, we heard all about that bullshit while we were... well, screw my usual desire to joke about it, they basically kidnapped us and sold it well enough that even law enforcement refused to believe us when we told them,” Edward growled. “That only pissed us off more that they've gotten this desperate to drag us back to repair the family image that literally only they care about.”
“Any idea what they're planning to use that dirt on me for?” Amelia had to ask. “Also, how did you guys actually get away?”
“An oversight on mom and dad's part,” Edward revealed. “When The Empire recently invaded that one promotion in Mexico that Luz originally came up in, that crazy old dude leading them called for every wrestler to go to make a more convincing show of force. Mom's the only one that didn't go because someone had to stay behind with us, and two beats one every single time.”
“As for the dirt,” Emily continued, “she and dad are apparently planning to use it as fodder for The Empire's proverbial ace, some guy they refer to as 'The Golden Prodigy' that no one knows much about aside from the fact that he's apparently Caleb's nephew. Apparently the plan is that once they've got enough of a stranglehold on the British scene and a good foothold in Mexico, they're going to have him lead an invasion into SCW specifically to drag your career and life through the mud until you're so broken you'll think coming back to them is the only option you have to salvage anything.”
It might have been the fact that she was still exhausted and a little out of it from the Tag Title match, but Amelia could only blink as she tried to process this plan because, honestly, it didn't sound like the kind of thorough plan that her parents would normally concoct. This 'Golden Prodigy' attempting to make any sort of impact in SCW to try and destroy her would already be met with resistance not only from Luz, but also a sizable chunk of the roster she knew were going to immediately want the guy's head taken off just from what they knew of The Empire's end goal for professional wrestling. Plus, who was to say he would immediately be able to start gunning for her pending wherever she and Luz were in their SCW careers by that point? Not to mention that he would inevitably have to prove himself against her in the ring when push came to shove.
The thought of Kim Williams turning the guy into a human pincushion for daring to take her precious hardcore wrestling away from her elicited a small chuckle from her that got everyone else raising an eyebrow, though that would probably be the only time she'd think of Kim in a positive light for the foreseeable future.
“That sounds... like a pretty terrible plan, not going to lie,” Luz stated what Amelia was thinking.
“Yeah... mom and dad actually didn't come up with that one,” Edward admitted. “They're on board and doing their part only because all of their efforts to get Amelia back have clearly failed thus far, so they're putting their faith in Caleb's nephew for this 'brilliant' idea.”
“The only reason we're concerned that it might actually work, stupid as it sounds, is because of whatever the hell Caleb himself is managing to pull off on the side,” Emily added.
“Does that have anything to do with people telling me I've shown up in places I clearly haven't?” Luz asked.
The twins exchanged looks, clearly showing concern before Emily nods and Edward pulls out his phone.
“We stole them back before we fled from the mansion, in case you're curious,” he said before either Luz or Amelia could address the fact that he had it after they'd said they were taken from them.
“Good thing we did,” Emily added, “because you have to see this to believe it Luz.”
After a moment, Edward seemed to find what he was looking for before turning his phone around and playing a video for the couple to see. It was a match from the company in Mexico where Luz's father had become a household name and she had started building her own legacy. While she didn't recognize one of the competitors in the match, the other caused her to do a double take. Even Amelia's eyes went wide as they saw a luchadora foregoing the typical aerial style that was synonymous with lucha libre in favor of a more grounded and technical style that displayed a lot of moves and holds that were staples of the Blythe family.
The wrestling attire, all the way up to the mask design, was perfectly identical to Luz, save for the white and gold design that seemed to be the overall style of members of The Empire from what they'd heard.
The luchadora's appearance beyond the gear was so much of a mirror image that she could easily pass as a long lost identical twin Luz never knew about.
Worst of all... this woman was actually competing under the name of La Pequeña Luz.
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Luz Promo
As our scene opens up, the first thing we notice is one of those mannequin heads that are used to display any sort of headwear. This one is wearing a white and silver luchador mask that covers the entire head and only leaves holes for the eyes and mouth, and the sides of the mask bear the design of angelic wings cradling the head. Closer inspection of the mask reveals a few inconsistencies that make it clear that this mask is a replica of someone's actual mask, but that's for the best given who this design is synonymous with. Someone who knows the significance of this mask all too well is La Pequeña Luz, who slowly steps out of the darkness and into the spotlight that shines down upon the table this mask rests upon. She puts her palms on the table and looks down at it, memories flickering through her mind as she speaks.
“At Retribution, a little fact about me was mentioned for the first time on-air... a fact that may not mean a whole lot to many of you, but to Mexican culture and especially to me, it's a fact that means everything. One of the moves I performed in that match was originally a finishing move of the late great El Espíritu Angélico... the man that I was proud to call mi papá growing up. In lucha libre, these masks we wear are more than just gimmicks. We become the characters we portray, and both inside and outside of that ring we are revered throughout the country as real-life heroes and villains, always becoming far more than just wrestlers. And El Espíritu Angélico? He ranks among one of the greatest heroes to ever grace the squared circle.
My father was a man who always went out of his way to do the right thing, building himself into a reliable force you could always count on to defend the honor of himself, his family, his country, the companies he devoted his career to... you name it, it meant something to him and he never backed down from a challenge to defend it because to him, doing so was just as disgraceful as losing his mask. He was a man who literally gave his life for this business... and more importantly to me, he's the man who not only brought me into this world, but encouraged me to embrace the lessons he had to share with the wrestling business, allowing me to both follow in his footsteps but also forge my own path and build my own legacy.
That's why what Selena Frost had to say going into our Tag Title match at Retribution stung, because... truth be told, she wasn't wrong. When Amelia and I got put on the shelf two years ago, we took that so personally that it rattled our confidence. We thought it would be best to step away from SCW and rebuild instead of coming back as soon as we'd recovered to try again. I did it to support my partner and to get my own head screwed back on straight, but the fact of the matter is that I ran away when things got too tough... something my father never did. That said, I am not my father, nor will I ever be. But I can use what he taught me growing up to make sure that I become the luchadora that I want to be, and it's about time I started taking one of his greatest lessons more to heart.
After all, what's the point of having something to fight for if you have second thoughts about actually being able to put up that fight?”
Luz takes a deep breath before her gaze turns up to the camera, a fire burning in her eyes that holds more power than her usual cheerfulness ever could.
“Selena, Deanna, I want to hope you're listening right now. At Retribution, the two of you were the better team, I will not deny that. You were right... we weren't ready to take that next step yet. I know you challenged us to find you on this upcoming Breakdown and tell you, to your faces, that we're not going anywhere this time, to make it loud and clear that you knocked us all the way back to the bottom of the mountain and want to see how we respond. I don't think any of us expected the mess we all find ourselves in because of a certain someone, but I will say it now as I'm sure Amelia will as well once she speaks her piece, but we are also more than willing to meet you two before Breakdown to say this to your faces like we promised since the show itself probably won't give us that chance now. I swear, on my mask and all the honor that it represents to lucha libre and to myself, that The Light In The Darkness isn't going anywhere. We're here to stay, we're going to fight back from our loss to the two of you, and we'll even put the decision in your hands.
We know the Adrenaline Title match at Retribution set the order for the foreseeable future when it comes to Tag Title challengers, but that's not enough... even if the two of you are no longer champions, we want you to tell us when you think we're ready to carry that division on our backs. We want to prove ourselves to the Face of SCW, whatever it takes, that you believe we're ready to take that next step. We want to be able to meet the two of you in that ring again knowing that you are our final test to prove that you think we're ready and we truly are ready! I don't want to be here to simply collect championship gold, I want it to mean something when I get to hold it over my head and challenge myself to defend it against anyone who steps up and answer the call. And if a new owner comes along and has a problem with any of that? Then we'll just have to fight even harder to prove to everyone that we are what we say we are... The Light In The Darkness... that hope that SCW will have someone who's willing to step up and fight for it when push comes to shove.”
Luz lets her fiery gaze linger on us for a few moments before she pulls back from leaning on the table, running a hand along her mask as she lets out the kind of awkward chuckle that's trying to hide her frustration.
“All of that was our plan heading into Breakdown, anyway...
Regardless of whether we were booked to compete or not, we had planned on doing as Selena asked to take the first step in moving beyond Retribution and pushing to improve ourselves for the night where our two teams meet again and we prove how far we've come by topping our first battle. We were more than happy to put in the work to prove that someday we'll be ready to truly call ourselves champions, whether that be as a tag team or individually. But Kim Williams, desperate to make her mark trying to shake things up, has taken that away from us. Yes, a huge opportunity is right in front of both Amelia and myself with the chaos that Kim has unleashed... the problem is that it's not an opportunity we can rightfully say we deserve to have and spits in the face of the work we have put in up to this point.
This madness that Kim used her Trios contract for... it was revealed early enough that I knew going into the Tag Title match, Amelia knew, Selena and Deanna knew. Regardless of who won our battle that night, all four of us would immediately be caught in this crossfire. If we had defied Selena's prediction and won those titles, we would have been virtually guaranteed to prove that we weren't ready for what came next right because how, as a champion, do you prepare for a situation you can't possibly control to make sure you walk out having successfully defended your title? World Championship aside, that task is virtually impossible, especially so regarding the Tag Titles because she went and made sure each belt is being 'defended' separately. Last I checked, some team randomly thrown together with barely any chemistry wasn't why those titles exist in the first place, but that's exactly what we're probably going to get once this thing is all set and done.
With all of that said, it would have been easy for Ames and I to go out and simply throw that Tag Title match at Retribution. I mean, it would keep all four people in match healthy for this thing, and we'd both basically be getting another shot kind of anyway, so why not? But we didn't do that... even knowing what awaited us, win or lose, The Light In The Darkness still walked out to that ring and gave the House of Frost everything that we had, and they responded in kind. Dare I say, the four of us stole that whole show and proved exactly what tag team wrestling is all about! What wrestling, period, is all about! And yeah, it sucked that we didn't win on that night, but we still pushed ourselves well beyond our limits anyway because if the Frosts wanted us to prove ourselves, then we all know that actions speak far more than words ever could! The words we have to say to Selena and Deanna now are merely the exclamation point on our actions from Retribution, and regardless of how much we all took out of each other, I can guarantee that none of us regret the match we created and it won't stop any of us from walking into Breakdown and doing whatever we feel needs to be done.”
Luz slowly turns the mannequin head to virtually lock eyes with the front of the mask, almost as if she's gazing into the eyes of her father for guidance.
“Like I said at the start of this, mi papá was someone who never backed down from a challenge, and if I'm going to be made a part of this, then I'm not going to back down either. I want to make something clear right now... to me, this match isn't about ignoring the lessons of my loss from Retribution because there's championship gold in front of me all of a sudden. If I end up with one of those titles at the end of this thing, regardless of the circumstances, then I will tell its former holder right now that you'd better be ready for a fight to take that title back because that belt deserves nothing less, and I plan on embracing that moment to be a worthy champion to not only keep inspiring myself, but also Amelia and those fans and anyone else who wants to come and do battle. But this isn't about taking advantage of a championship opportunity I honestly don't deserve at this very moment... if anything, I embrace this challenge as a chance to see how well I fare against the very best that SCW has to throw against me, regardless of whether or not I score enough falls to walk out a champion as much as those titles deserve better, to see if I can put myself on people's radars and most importantly prove that I am not going to back down again in the face of a setback. That's not what my father did, and that's not what he would have wanted to see from his little light...
That said, don't think you're getting off easy for all of this Kim. Yeah, you may have designed this match to easily reclaim a title that you claim means everything to you, but I'm not blind to how easily your whims change just so you can say you got your way at the end of the day. After all, how can we forget the 'predecessor' to your unhealthy obsession with being Underground Champion in the form of the 'Lizard Championship'? I sure didn't forget when it cracked off my skull to the point that it concussed me and created this whole domino effect that's led me to where I am now, even if you weren't the one who pulled that trigger. I'm not afraid of this being 'your world' Kim, nor am I afraid of having to play by Underground Rules if it means getting a little payback for creating the tool that Adam Allocco used all that time ago to put me on the shelf. Maybe it'll help humble you a little bit so you can understand exactly the kind of mess you've created for everyone involved in this match just so you could leave your mark and claim you challenged the status quo.
I didn't need this match if I wanted to try and become SCW World Champion someday... all I need to do is keep pushing myself and I will earn that opportunity on nothing more than my own merits and the blood, sweat and tears that I left on that canvas to get there.
To everyone else in this match, including mi novia, I want you all to give me a challenge. I want you all to make me work for any and every fall that I have to earn over the course of this entire show. I want to prove that if I'm walking out of this Breakdown as a champion in any capacity, that I'm doing so with the foundation I need to build my own reign and treat that belt with the respect that it deserves, especially in the wake of all of this. I challenge any of you to try and snuff out La Pequeña Luz... because I'll only come out of this stronger when all is set and done.”
With that, Luz pulls the replica of her father's mask off the mannequin head and plants a gentle kiss on it, saying something in Spanish that we don't quite make out as she starts walking backwards until she has disappeared back into the darkness, ready to emerge again come Breakdown and prove that she belongs here in SCW the right way this time... by not backing down from this challenge.
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Amelia Promo
Our scene opens up in what looks like a wrestling ring set up in someone's home gym, one that clearly shows the wear and tear of the devoted training needed to be in the business today. Sitting cross-legged in that ring, almost in a state of meditation, is Amelia Blythe. All the battle wounds from the incredible tag team war between The Light In The Darkness and the House of Frost are on full display as she takes a moment to run a hand along her jaw, the very area that got jacked by Deanna's Burnout to end that battle. A few deep breaths later, and Amelia is opening her eyes and putting her full focus on us, the determination in her gaze palpable.
“What does wrestling mean to me? If you had asked me that question when I set foot in a ring for the very first time, the answer I'd have given would absolutely rub a lot of people the wrong way. I would have claimed that I was here to be a champion, to outwrestle everyone put in front of me and prove the dominance of my family name because that is the only path that was ever made available to me in my life. It didn't matter if I ever wanted to wrestle at all or not, because my sole purpose for being born was to be the next link in the chain that was my family's legacy. At least, that's what I was made to believe growing up.
But now? If you were to ask me that question, I would answer that wrestling means a chance to write my own story, free of the expectations put upon me for my entire life. I would say that every failure is an opportunity to learn and improve so that I can treat this business with the respect it deserves, and not just through what I can do in that ring. It's not a perfect process... you don't go through everything that I endured at the hands of my own parents trying to turn a human being into an almost literal wrestling machine without having a few mental scars that come back to haunt you every now and then.
It's those very scars that put me in a bad state of mind when I was injured almost two years ago, fearing that I might never get to step into the ring again and had failed to find my own way in this sport so that I could properly appreciate everything that goes into making wrestling what it is today. I let all of it get to me, as did Luz, and instead of coming back to SCW as soon as we were medically cleared, we thought the smarter move would be to take some time away to rebuild ourselves so we could come back stronger than ever. In hindsight, it was just a fancy way of saying we ran away while trying to justify that it wasn't exactly what Selena Frost was truly correct about all along. For as much as our two sides respect one another, she and Deanna didn't mince words in addressing us leading up to Retribution... and it was the wake-up call that Luz and I truly needed.”
Amelia slowly stands up and takes a moment to stretch out, the sound of joints popping echoing throughout the room as she releases whatever tension had built up in her body from meditating prior to this.
“I'm sure a lot of what I have to say right now will mirror that of my girlfriend, but that's what happens when we decide that a situation like the one that awaits us on Breakdown is best tackled individually. One thing we can both agree on, however, is that Kim Williams has thrown a major wrench into what we had hoped to do on this show. Selena and Deanna beat us fair and square at Retribution after all four of us gave everything that we had and then some... after what Selena, in particular, had to say, Luz and I did a lot of thinking and felt that we were finally ready to address her and Deanna, to their faces as they requested, and tell them that Retribution 2023 will not be the last that they, or SCW, have seen of The Light In The Darkness. They want us to prove that SCW can rely on us, especially in these times where the future of the company is uncertain as Mr. D looks around for a new owner to run the ship. We had planned on doing just that, but with the entire show now tied up with a mess I'll address shortly... I don't know if we'll get the chance to see them before the show begins or if it'll have to wait until the next Breakdown, but I'll say it now anyways.
Luz and I aren't going anywhere. Not this time. We lost... we gave the fight of our lives against the Frosts and it wasn't enough, and we're OK with that. If we let it get to us and walked away again, then what was the point of even coming back to try again in the first place? That match we wrestled out there in front of a record-setting crowd is proof, even in defeat, that we belong in SCW, and the longer we keep pushing ourselves here, the better we'll get so that we can be at that level that people like Selena and Deanna believe we can reach. Retribution wasn't our time, and we've made peace with that. As for when our time will be? Maybe you two can answer that question. Hell, we want you two to be the ones to answer that question! Not Mr. D, not the board, not whoever the new owner may end up being, but you! We pushed ourselves beyond our limits at Retribution and I can only hope that was proof of how much being here means to us and how much it would mean to be a team that you can be proud of being your successors someday in carrying the tag team division and inspiring others to come together and keep the fires of tag team wrestling burning bright for years to come.
You're the Face of SCW Selena... set the bar for us so we can clear it and prove to you and Deanna just how much this means to us and how hard we're willing to fight to be that hope that SCW needs to survive these turbulent times. Tell us when you think we're ready for that final exam to prove that our time has finally come, and Luz and I swear on our careers to the both of you that when that date arrives, what we did at Retribution will be a warm-up by comparison.”
Amelia gives a genuine smile to the camera, making it clear how much she wants to be able to tell the Frosts that face-to-face and plans to do so when the opportunity arises, just as she and Luz promised. That smile fades, however, when her thoughts turn toward the reason why she can't just have that the way she and Luz would have wanted to have it come Breakdown.
“Of course, Breakdown currently provides a problem, because Kim Williams thinks that by using her Trios contract to incite mass chaos is the perfect way to shake things up. She made sure to specifically note that all champions heading into Retribution along with everyone who challenged for a title on that pay-per-view card were listed to cover her bases, effectively rendering half of that card moot. Not that it stopped her from trying to interject herself into the main event to get her Underground Title back early despite virtually guaranteeing that she'll walk out of Breakdown with that title back in her possession.
You want to talk about that title being your legacy Kim? As someone who was supposed to be the latest in a legacy regarding my family name, I can confidently stand here and call bullshit on your take of what it means to create a legacy for yourself. I rejected the family legacy that was toxic to me in favor of creating one of my own, getting help from people who truly care about me and want to push me to be my very best without being afraid of failure. If I do fail, then it's an opportunity to learn and grow so I can get better for my next match and keep improving from there. The TV Title reign I had, short as it was, is something I earned, and I want that to be the case for every opportunity I have for the rest of my career. I want to earn it with my bare hands in that ring, giving everything that I have and more for this company and this sport, so when I do become a champion again I can wear that title with pride and know that if I challenge anyone in the locker room to give me their best shot, they'll step up and give it to me because that's what this company needs.
Having a meltdown because you didn't immediately get a rematch when you lost that title because Owen Cruze had the World Title and his next challenger for that to prioritize? Picking a fight with Alexis Quinne because she challenged Owen for that title? The aforementioned incident where you tried to hijack the Retribution main event to force a title defense despite Owen having another title he was about to defend? If that's the legacy you want to leave behind regarding the Underground Title, then you have no right to complain when people call you out on your inability to move on.
Funny how you claim that this is about giving opportunities to people who might never get them, and yet the one title that's an exception to that claim is the one that only you can win by scoring a single fall in this match. What if other people in this match wanted to try going for the Underground Title too? As far as I'm concerned, trying to 'shake things up' has only painted a target on your back because you decided to make this easy on yourself instead of admitting that maybe the Underground division could use some fresh faces hunting for that gold. Hell, you made the point that this entire thing is meant to put the Undergound on full display by forcing everyone to fight under its rules, and yet the very title that symbolizes all of that is the only one you're willing to play gatekeeper over. What happens when you lose that title again Kim? With no Trios contract to fall back on and having to work all the way back up to challenge for that title again, would you actually do it and watch the division get some new life breathed into it?”
Amelia shakes her head, knowing that Kim would never accept that route as long as she believed that she, and she alone, could create a legacy with the Underground Title, effectively becoming the very thing she was trying to eliminate with this very concept in the first place.
“I'll admit, this isn't what I wanted to do come Breakdown. That has nothing to do with the fact that this whole thing is Underground Rules because despite my style and background, I have no qualms about getting involved in an environment like this if necessary and I'll find a way to hold my own. But Luz and I both agree that this match goes against what we wanted to prove, especially after Retribution. Here we are, technically with another shot at the Tag Team Titles even though we gave it our all to claim them at Retribution and that wasn't our night to reach the mountaintop. What right do we have to immediately get another shot at those belts, and how would it be fair that even if we had won Luz and I would've been staring down another short reign because... let's be honest guys, how do you expect anyone to be able to actually control the scoring of this match to get the title they want, World or otherwise?
If there is any silver lining to technically being named for this match, it's the fact that I can at least take this opportunity to prove myself against the very best on the SCW roster.
As much as this situation isn't what any of us would have wanted, if I'm going to be dragged into this then I refuse to back down and let people like Kim win because this is the game they want to play. That's not what SCW needs from The Light In The Darkness right now, and as much as I will openly admit that I don't feel I deserve any title at this moment after Luz and I just had a title shot, if I happen to walk out with a title then I will proudly defend it against its former champion to prove that I am ready to move on from my TV Title reign and be the champion I know I can be. But what I want the most out of this match is to once again give it my all against everyone, including my girlfriend because we respect the integrity of this business to the point that if we need to combat one another then we will hold nothing back, to see where I currently stand and what I need to work on so that I can reach the level I need to be at to be the wrestler I want to be. I know Luz is approaching this match the same way, and whether that means we keep working on ourselves as a tag team or we focus on our singles careers, we will prove that our place on the SCW roster is one we earned and we will keep proving we belong here no matter what challenges are thrown our way. So please... challenge me, keep pushing me harder than I've ever been pushed before, because the wrestler I become in the wake of that will proudly do her part in leading SCW into its future, no matter what that may be, because without those kinds of wrestlers... what will SCW have left when all is set and done?”
Amelia proceeds to crack her knuckles before she steps out of the training ring and heads out of the shot, ready to get back to work to prove both to SCW and to herself what kind of wrestler she wants to be, knowing that she will get there the right way as long as she keeps pushing herself and learning from her mistakes. If Luz can do it, then so can she, and that is the only way the both of them can truly become exactly what they say they are... The Light In The Darkness.
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Tag Team Record: 28-11-1*
La Pequeña Luz Solo Record: 19-10
Amelia Blythe Nevado Solo Record: 14-9-1
*The tag team turmoil on the 9/14/2023 Breakdown is counted in this record as the three separate matches LITD had in the gauntlet up until their elimination.
Breakdown 3/30/2023 - Kim Williams' Trios Cash-In
La Pequeña Luz: 3 Falls
Amelia Blythe Nevado: 2 Falls
*Neither one finished high enough to win any championships in this match
*Result listed separately and not counted in records due to lack of clarity on how to count falls
SCW Accomplishments
SCW Television Championship (Amelia Blythe Nevado - 29 Days)
SCW Television Championship (La Pequeña Luz - 98 Days)
SCW World Tag Team Championship [3] (1 - 81 Days) (2 - 109 Days) (3 - 231 Days)
SCW United States Championship (La Pequeña Luz) [2] (1/Interim Reign - 94 Days) (2 - Current)
2024 Trios Tournament Winner (Amelia Blythe Nevado, w/ Xander Valentine and Billy Heaven Jr.)
2023 Tag Team of the Year
2023 Match of the Year (Kim Williams' Trios Cash-In)
2024 Tag Team of the Year