Post by Kasey Kash on Oct 31, 2022 0:35:28 GMT
We open up backstage, the camera zoomed in on the locker room of the Queens of Chaos. At first there’s silence. However it is quickly broken by the disembodied, yet recognizable, voice of one Jessi Ozborne.
Jessi Ozborne: I didn’t used to believe in second chances…
Just then, the door swings open, revealing Queen Papi herself, a microphone in hand as she strolls out of the room.
Jessi Ozborne: I’ve always kinda fancied myself as a bit of a perfectionist. Always thought if you weren’t good enough to cut it once, you don’t have a chance any other time either. It’s something I’ve had to unlearn since I started in this business. I started doing this when I was 15 years old. While all the other girls in high school were going to the mall, or figuring out if they should talk to that boy they liked, I was getting chopped until my chest caved in, all inside a dusty ass ring that was being held together with duct tape.
Jessi continues down the corridor, talking as she does.
Jessi Ozborne: Eventually I thought that wasn’t the life for me. I quit. And if prescribed to my old beliefs, that would’ve been the end of it. I would’ve gone on and done gymnastics full time. Maybe I would’ve made it to the Olympics, fuck if I know right? But it sure wouldn’t have been as great as this.
Jessi looks down to her knee brace, something she’s constantly had to be burdened with since the incident that took her out of gymnastics.
Jessi Ozborne: As you can clearly see, that didn’t quite pan out. So I had two options: Either I go back to the only other thing I love to do, or I could become an accountant. I picked the former and came back to the scene after my injury. At that moment, wrestling gave me a second chance.
And from there, it just kept giving me chances. It gave me one when I made it into the mainstream at the beginning of the year. When I felt like I was sinking into just another face in the crowd, I made a change, and wrestling gave me a chance again.
Jessi continues walking until she reaches the end of the hallway, stopping in her tracks as we lays out her next words.
Jessi Ozborne: But there comes a point where seeing all the chances you’re afforded being squandered doesn’t set right with you. I felt that way when I didn’t win the Genesis Championship in NFW. I felt that way when I failed not once, but twice in capturing the Television Championship in MCW. And I especially felt that way when I failed to take that XIX World Championship from M.U.D. last month. There came a point where I thought about giving up…
Then I gave myself a second chance.
Jessi approaches the gorilla position now.
Jessi Ozborne: And apparently, so did XIX. Because I now stand here tonight, in the main event, challenging for the Darkhorse Championship. Debatably, an opportunity I don’t deserve, but one I’m gonna be sure to take. I’ve spent too long getting chance after chance and falling short. This time, I’m taking the ball and I’m running with it, and that’s on FACTS. Now hit my music.
“Bow Down” by I Prevail begins to play as Jessi steps through the curtain for the main event.
Jessi Ozborne: I didn’t used to believe in second chances…
Just then, the door swings open, revealing Queen Papi herself, a microphone in hand as she strolls out of the room.
Jessi Ozborne: I’ve always kinda fancied myself as a bit of a perfectionist. Always thought if you weren’t good enough to cut it once, you don’t have a chance any other time either. It’s something I’ve had to unlearn since I started in this business. I started doing this when I was 15 years old. While all the other girls in high school were going to the mall, or figuring out if they should talk to that boy they liked, I was getting chopped until my chest caved in, all inside a dusty ass ring that was being held together with duct tape.
Jessi continues down the corridor, talking as she does.
Jessi Ozborne: Eventually I thought that wasn’t the life for me. I quit. And if prescribed to my old beliefs, that would’ve been the end of it. I would’ve gone on and done gymnastics full time. Maybe I would’ve made it to the Olympics, fuck if I know right? But it sure wouldn’t have been as great as this.
Jessi looks down to her knee brace, something she’s constantly had to be burdened with since the incident that took her out of gymnastics.
Jessi Ozborne: As you can clearly see, that didn’t quite pan out. So I had two options: Either I go back to the only other thing I love to do, or I could become an accountant. I picked the former and came back to the scene after my injury. At that moment, wrestling gave me a second chance.
And from there, it just kept giving me chances. It gave me one when I made it into the mainstream at the beginning of the year. When I felt like I was sinking into just another face in the crowd, I made a change, and wrestling gave me a chance again.
Jessi continues walking until she reaches the end of the hallway, stopping in her tracks as we lays out her next words.
Jessi Ozborne: But there comes a point where seeing all the chances you’re afforded being squandered doesn’t set right with you. I felt that way when I didn’t win the Genesis Championship in NFW. I felt that way when I failed not once, but twice in capturing the Television Championship in MCW. And I especially felt that way when I failed to take that XIX World Championship from M.U.D. last month. There came a point where I thought about giving up…
Then I gave myself a second chance.
Jessi approaches the gorilla position now.
Jessi Ozborne: And apparently, so did XIX. Because I now stand here tonight, in the main event, challenging for the Darkhorse Championship. Debatably, an opportunity I don’t deserve, but one I’m gonna be sure to take. I’ve spent too long getting chance after chance and falling short. This time, I’m taking the ball and I’m running with it, and that’s on FACTS. Now hit my music.
“Bow Down” by I Prevail begins to play as Jessi steps through the curtain for the main event.