SCW World Championship Tournament Finals - Frost vs Allocco

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The camera opens up to the America Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the final pay-per-view stop before Rise to Greatness… Taking Hold of the Flame. A night where every element of the vacant SCW world championship will be decided. From its challenger to its champion. For not only will the SCW universe witness the annual battle royale, but also the conclusion of the SCW world title tournament. Eight contenders have gone down to two – one of which will become the new SCW world champion, moving on to headline Rise to Greatness XX, the biggest anniversary of the greatest pay-per-view in all of SCW.

With stakes so high, it is no surprise to come into an empty arena, the familiar arctic blue and white lights shining down on the ring. However, unlike other segments of ‘Frozen Central’, the host – the Snow Queen of SCW – does not sit in the middle of the ring under the lights.

Rather, she is eventually spotted, wearing her blue jeans, black t-shirt and leather jacket, crouching in the corner of the ring, sitting on the low turnbuckle – the last place she was at the end of the final episode of Breakdown before the pay-per-view. More so, like that episode, her eyes are locked on the middle of the ring, seeing something that only she can see.

With a slow breath, the Face of SCW speaks, her eyes never leaving the spot on the mat.

”You either die a hero… or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain…”

The words echo a little in the silent arena before Selena lifts her head to gaze ahead of her, a bitter smirk playing at her lips.

Vixen Cain once told me that. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard, especially when I learned that he had stolen it from a movie. But I suppose I should have expected that from a guy dressed up like a gender-bent Cruella DeVil…

With a huff, Selena crosses her arms over her chest. I mean – it didn’t make any sense. How does one ‘live long enough to become a villain’? I didn’t get it then. As long as I fought for what was right – for what I believed in – then how could I possibly be the villain in my own story?

With a knowing shake of her head, Selena looks up at the lights above her, taking in the empty seats of the arena. And yet… here we are. Pushed to my limit. Pushed further and further each passing week, with each snap I go through taking more and more out of me. And last week, I… her eyes return back to that spot.

Last week I did something that I don’t usually do. I took a cheap shot. I launched the Glass Shard at my future opponent and knocked him out. I did something that… someone like Ace Marshall or Adam or Ravyn would do… she sighs, pushing herself up to her feet.

And for my fans that were there in Baltimore that night, I owe you all an apology. I was not – that is not someone I want to be. I don’t want to be someone that breaks like that. I don’t want to be a superstar that uses cheap shots like that to make her point. To the fans and SCW universe watching at home, I owe you that same apology. I’m sorry. she sighs, turning her head towards the camera. And to Adam Allocco… she angrily moves her tongue a little in her cheek, as if in thought before gazing back at her audience – and her opponent.

I don’t owe you a goddamn thing!

Her tone is cold and her eyes glare right through the lens.

Because do you have any idea how long I’ve been itching to do that? How long I’ve dreamed of flattening you with that kick and knocking your lying, pathetic ass out?! I’ll tell you exactly how long! Two hundred and sixty-nine days!

Selena breathes a little heavier. Two hundred and sixty-nine days, Adam. Since the night you lost the world title to Xander Valentine, since the night the truth about your lies began to be exposed, since the moment you let us all down about being a champion of integrity, since the moment I realized that you lied to me, since the night that integrity started to deteriorate in SCW again, all I have wanted was to kick your damn head off!

Closing her eyes, Selena moves around the ring, trying to collect her thoughts. And to finally do it, even if I hated myself for taking the route that I did? I won’t lie, Adam – I’m not you – it felt damn good to finally do it! It felt SO DAMN good to finally, after the months you used MY name, MY legacy to boost your own over one win – to finally shut you up mid-sentence with one kick? Gods… for the briefest of moments, it felt amazing!

Calming herself for a moment, Selena tries to reign in on the myriad of emotions running through her.
Because I hate you, Adam.

The woman pauses, as if the words are rather foreign to her, but an understanding seems to cross over her features. Hate is a strong word, Adam, but it’s the only word that comes to my mind when I think of you. A relentless, burning hatred.

Because I look at you and I not only see the man that lied to me. No, I see the man that humiliated my wife when he could have helped make her better. You humiliated my Deanna, for what? You beat a rookie, Adam, who had just begun having some success here in SCW, and for what? To get to me? To play games with me?

I look at you and I don’t just see the man that kept my name attached to his hip from 2022 to now. A man that needed me to keep himself relevant when he couldn’t hack it as the world champion.

No, Adam, I hate you because for one reason… I look at you and all I see is ugly.

Taking a deep breath, Selena runs her hand down the rope.

Because I look back on this year, Adam, at everything that has happened to this incredible federation – how it’s fallen from where it was in less than a year… I look at it all and the wheels started turning in my head. And I realized why you need my name next to yours. Why you constantly needed to keep spouting my name and your win over me more than I ever needed to flaunt my wins against you. Because it wasn’t enough for you to beat me for the title, was it? It wasn’t enough for you to have your win, your moment, at Rise to Greatness, was it, Adam?

No, you came out the first Breakdown after, thinking you could do what I do – be what I am!

Releasing a huff, Selena gives a shrug of her shoulders. When did that happen, Adam? Was it while you were in rehab? Was it when Alistaire spoke about me in his past? Was it when you would watch SCW and see me doing what you wish you could do? When was it, Adam, that it suddenly became too much and you just ‘had’ to have what I did?

Biting her lower lip, Selena’s eyes flutter closed for a moment as she shakes her head. See, it doesn’t really matter, because you realized really quick that you couldn’t just take my catchphrases and be me, could you? You couldn’t just silver-tongue your way to the legacy that’s taken me a decade of no time off to build. But you had to do something, didn’t you?! Because it ate you up inside, didn’t it? How the world had FORGOTTEN about you? Forgotten the name ‘Allocco’? It ate you up.

A knowing smirk comes to Selena’s features. That’s what all of this has really been about, hasn’t it? The past year? The fakeouts? The lies? It was never about a legacy or ‘doing right by your career’ or even doing it for Alistaire, was it?! It was all about YOU! You want to talk about pride and ego, Adam? ALL OF THIS – my SCW falling apart - has been because of your damned ego!

Her jaw clenches as she breathes a haggard breath. Because it wasn’t enough to beat me, like I said. No, you had to try and uglify everything I believed in. You uglified the world title. You tried to uglify by wife’s career. You tried to uglify my reign of integrity by scoffing at it and mocking it. You even uglified what being a parent was!

Another staggered breath. You uglified everything that I held dear in my life. Everything that gave me purpose, Adam. Because you thought you were safe from me, didn’t you? That I would just ‘disappear’ after that loss, didn’t ya? You thought I’d take my ball and go home, right? That I’d just call it a day and move on or never reach such heights again, didn’t ya? You wanted me to disappear and ‘leave things be’ as I promised in Vegas so you could say you ‘took down the Snow Queen’, right?

Except you couldn’t do that, could you? So you kept uglifying SCW! Kept bending the rules, inspiring others to do the same like your Trios partner Kimberly Williams and The One, kept lying to us all – all because you’re trying to walk in my footsteps, but you can’t fill them!

Selena shakes her head, almost with a scoff. On your ‘best day’, Adam? You couldn’t even hold the world title a couple of weeks, could you? On your best day, you couldn’t last a match with Syren without cheating, could you? On your best day, Adam, you couldn’t see my kick coming, could you? her voice growls a little louder.

But you want to claim that I am the same woman as the one you beat in Vegas? That the situation is the exact same as before? That history is the same and will be the same?

A laugh and a scoff finally escapes Selena, her hand slowly reaching upwards. Adam, NOTHING is the same as before! A year ago, you hid behind five moves of doom to keep your playbook ‘a secret’ from me. Selena snaps her fingers. That’s gone. You had the momentum of a damn tidal wave last year – THAT’S gone! You had everything to gain and NOTHING to lose. That’s gone! every time, she snaps her fingers before resting her over her chest.

And me… if I was the same, Adam… then how come you didn’t see that kick coming? How come you couldn’t stop it?

A moment of silence passes before Selena holds her hand out to the camera. It’s starting to sink in now, isn’t it, old man? You’re starting to see the cracks in your ‘theory’? In your ‘plan’, aren’t you? This isn’t some match where you can stand at a lake, posing and say how you’re ‘trying to end your career on your terms’ or brag about battling your demons anymore. This isn’t a match where you have the SCW Universe in the palm of your hand anymore.

And you don’t have a naïve woman as your opponent anymore.

A calmer breath escapes the Snow Queen. No, Adam. I have seen enough and learned enough since July to know now exactly the kind of man you are – the kind of champion you are – the kind of wrestler you are. And it’s everything that I have hated in this company for so long, especially this past season. I have watched you try and deny opportunities from others with your proclamations and cash-ins. I have watched you rob people with your cheating ways. I have watched you lie and steal and all the while, still pretending that you’re this ‘asshole, anti-authority’ when really? You’re just a bitter old man that doesn’t deserve the SCW world championship – not like your son did.

For a moment, a look of sadness washes over Selena. Your son earned that title not once, but twice in his career – and he will always have my respect for that. You? You lied, deceived and used your son’s name to get the world title. And for that, Adam, I will NEVER respect you.

Slowly, Selena reaches up with her hand, tucking her hair around the side of her headand holding her hair to the side and against her chest. Her voice drops several ‘degrees’ as she speaks. This is me, Adam, at my most dangerous. With the knowledge I have – like Owen and Xander did, and everything I’ve endured… I am not the same as before. I am at my breaking point. I am in a do-or-die situation here. Because there is no ‘second chance’ for me. There is no ‘cash-in’ that I have. No favor with the boss. No wave of momentum that I can ride. This is my shot. This is me calling my shot just like you did last year.

For a moment, Selena’s eyes flutter to the famous “Rise to Greatness XX” sign hanging high above her – a sign that the royale winner and the world champion will most assuredly point to tonight. But here? Now? Selena’s eyes seem to mist a little with unshed tears. Because the idea of you at Rise to Greatness as the world champion? The idea of you headlining the biggest anniversary of the biggest event in SCW’s history…

She slowly shakes her head, her eyes still on the sign. That isn’t the SCW that I want to be the Face of… and I’d… I’d rather leave it than see it succumb to that.

There is a gasp from behind the camera, but otherwise nothing for several seconds. Taking a slow breath and looking down at the ring that has been her home for nearly a decade, the young woman slowly speaks again. I’d rather leave this place than believe for a second that THAT is what the SCW Universe wants on such a monumental night.

Her hand tightens around her hair as she looks up, her glare colder than ever, as is her voice. It sounds almost unlike the Snow Queen the world has known for so many years. So you’d better believe this not just ‘the same’ as last year, Adam. This so much more than last year! This is more than just the world championship. This is more than just headlining Rise to Greatness! This is EVERYTHING to me! This is me putting EVERYTHING I am on the line!

You said you wanted to be The Face of SCW? Here’s your chance! Because there is no ‘try again’ for me! There is no ‘Plan B’. This is the match that will either fix this damned mess or show me a truth that I need to see if it is, indeed, true.

Her lower jaw shifts forward and back a little. So, I suggest you dig deep, you bastard. Dig deep and find that little fleck in yourself – what little truth existed that gave you the ability to put on that match with me in Vegas. Then, I suggest you take it, if you find it, and you blow it up as large as you can make it! Eat right, bang your favorite girl, I don’t care! But you had better make it bigger and better than you ever were in Las Vegas!

Because while you are fighting for yourself tonight, I am fighting for EVERYONE – including your son!
While you are fighting for the money, I am fighting for all of SCW and its integrity!
While you are fighting for my nickname, I am fighting for my entire career and my legacy!

She does not hesitate in her next words. And like it was for you the last time we fought for that title, Adam… a win will not be enough tonight for me. A world title win will not be enough for me tonight. No…

Her hand twists her iconic braid. I will become world champion tonight, not just for another Unbelievable Main Event, not just to give this season the ending it truly deserves… but more than anything, so that we all can forget about this past season.

We can forget about the world title being used to deny opportunities.
We can forget about the world title being stolen and held hostage.
We can forget about the world title needing other belts in ‘title for title’ matches just to have some prestige to it.

But most of all, Adam… when I become world champion, and when I beat you once and for all… we, the SCW universe and I, can forget about Adam fucking Allocco.

And if I can’t…

Selena suddenly stops, the words hitting her for a moment. If I can’t…

Slowly, Selena looks up, seeing the glowing SCW sign – the sign of her beloved home.

If I can’t… her words fade out of her lips as she stares at the glowing sign.

”Selena?” the voice of the cameraman calls but she doesn’t acknowledge it. She merely stares at the SCW sign for a few more seconds before shaking her head and exiting the ring.

”SELENA!” the cameraman calls out again as said camera turns at her retreating form, the woman known as “The Face of SCW” disappearing into the shadows before it all fades to black.