Post by Casey Holliday on Nov 4, 2018 17:51:04 GMT -5
“A New Purpose”
Date: October 29, 2018
UCI Champion Casey Holliday finds herself alone in the locker room after the latest episode of Monday Night Clash came and went. She’s a bit emotional, considering how earlier in the night she got revenge on her ex-boyfriend Jason Schneider by squashing him in an impromptu UCI title defense to put him behind her for good. But, as she sits in the locker room, she appears to be puzzled by something. In her mind, she’s recalling the cheers that she was receiving from the audience, cheers that she had never heard before. Casey stands up as she continues to think about it, reminiscing about those cheers. Shaking her head, she lets out a sigh of what appears to be regret.
Casey: I didn’t deserve those cheers… not after everything I’ve done…
She maintains her internal conflict as she begins to walk down the hallway toward the exit of the building. Overall, Casey realizes that life in Action Wrestling has been very good to her. She not only won the UCI Championship in her second match, but she has also yet to taste defeat. She knows deep down that she has done everything that she can to bring the UCI Championship back to respectability, but she’s focused on none of those things. Being on the comedown from the anger she unleashed on her ex-boyfriend certainly adds an extra layer of burden on her. A voice in the distance though, calls out to her…
Voice: Miss Holliday?
Casey snaps out of her thinking, turning around to face a doctor that’s approaching her. She raises her eyebrows, obviously confused as she isn’t injured in her own right, but nonetheless, she stops to allow him to catch up to her.
Casey: Yes?
Doctor: I thought maybe you’d want to be aware of the injuries you caused your ex-boyfriend…
Casey: I don’t really care! I hate to say that, but he deserved it. Whatever he got… knowing the chauvinistic asshole he is… it wouldn’t surpirse me if whatever it is he suffered turned out to be too good for him anyway!
Doctor: He’s got kids, Miss Holliday!
Casey: Maybe he should have thought about them before he decided to use me!
Doctor: It still doesn’t give you the right to essentially end his career! I don’t agree with your methods, that’s all I am saying, Miss Holliday, and you are lucky that he was never an official part of the Action Wrestling roster otherwise, you’d have a whole bunch of fines on your hands.
Casey: So what are you saying? I’m WRONG? I’m WRONG for getting revenge for the way he humiliated me in my own hometown in front of the entire world? I’m WRONG for avenging my pride and dignity that he stole from me after I finally overcame Kevin Bishop? Screw you!!! I wasn’t going to sit there and take it!
Doctor: You went too far…
Casey: Why don’t you ask the fucking crowd, the same crowd that was cheering for me all the way through and ask them if I went too far… because they enjoyed every second of it!
Doctor: It still doesn’t make it right!
Casey: HOW can you condemn what I did?
Doctor: Because you cost a man his livelihood…
Voice: Leave her alone!!!
Casey is about to be surprised again, this time at the sudden presence of Hayley Halsey, her old best friend from the Seattle Wrestling Academy that had been trying to get through to her in recent weeks. She’s almost as angry as Casey as she addresses the doctor.
Hayley: You’re acting like Casey MEANT to cause those injuries. She was seeking revenge… not to end his career. That’s not for YOU to debate or have an opinion on… so why don’t you leave my friend alone?
Casey (thinking): Friend???
Hayley: The crowd cheered for her because they knew what was right! She’s the kind of champion YOU’LL never be! So back off of her, will you?
The doctor sighs, turning around and heading into the back.
Casey: You didn’t have to do that…
Hayley: Casey… I never stopped caring about you. I had a feeling you’d come around someday. Want to go somewhere quiet to talk?
Casey nods.
Hayley: I know just the place…
Casey and Hayley leave the arena together to continue their conversation elsewhere, all while Casey continues to reflect on the events of tonight and the UCI Championship that she still carries with her.
A half-hour later…
Casey and Hayley wind up going to a small restaurant having a late night meal. Still, aside from the employees, they are the only two people there. Things have been awkward since they haven’t said a word to each other the entire time… that is… until this very moment when Hayley catches Casey longily looking at the UCI Championship that she holds.
Hayley: What’s wrong?
Casey: Nothing…
Hayley: You’ve been staring at that title since we’ve been here.
Casey: I’m… going through guilt right now. I feel like I don’t deserve it. When I was in UCI, I acted like a total brat. I hated all the Guardians, not understanding what they meant to the promotion, not understanding their meaning as far as Action Wrestling is concerned, being bitter… very bitter. When I went into UCI to begin with, I was so angry and bitter about how Supremely Corrupted Wrestling treated me that I felt like it was me against the world. I didn’t give anyone in UCI a chance to know me because I closed off every door I had to offer. So, I behaved like a brat because I felt like if I didn’t… I’d be ran all over just like they did at that horrible company I started out in…
Casey sighs, further expressing her regret.
Casey: Then I went into Action Wrestling… bitter about UCI, and Bonnie Blue… and the way I was taken out there after I lost the Intercontinental Championship and when I cashed in the Golden Ticket and won this… I was STILL bitter and I wanted to destroy every piece of UCI’s legacy that was left over… and after keeping this belt away from the Brotherhood’s hands and driving my ex out of professional wrestling… I feel like I’ve purged every ounce of bitterness I had in me for so long… and now I feel guilty that I ever wanted to destroy UCI’s legacy to begin with… because honestly? UCI MADE me… and for me to try and bury them… it was horrible of me…
Hayley: Casey… if it makes you feel any better, I can’t blame you for how you’re feeling right now.
Casey rolls her eyes some as she takes a sip of some hot choclate that she had on the table.
Hayley: It’s not just for those reasons either. If I were you and if I were the UCI Champion, I’d be frustrated myself. This is nothing against Action Wrestling, I think that’s a great place for you to work and all, but they’ve gone as far as treating your title… a WORLD title… as beneath even the United States Championship, and I don’t think that’s right. I don’t blame you for wanting to “destroy” their legacy. I’m surprised you’re not even raising a fuss about not being included in any capacity in the Wrestler of the Year tournament…
Casey: That’s the least of my concern right now. But you make good points… I think about the way this title has been treated… by the company… by the other wrestlers. Sometimes, I feel like I’m not even a world champion at all with how much AW has marginalized it. But by the definition, I know I am… and I’ve realized that the burden I carry isn’t so much this title but also… restoring it to what it once was. I’m carrying burdens that have fallen upon this title through no fault of my own…
Casey begins to get angry when she reflects on the history of the UCI Championship that she holds, as it pertains to its time in Action Wrestling. She knows it hasn’t been good from the moment that Spencer Adams brought the title into AW in the fashion that he did.
Hayley: When you’ve got people like Anton Chase holding that title, I can see why that prestige has taken a hit. Anton Chase… really? I could beat him!
Casey: Don’t knock yourself, you’re actually a pretty damn good wrestler in your own right that hasn’t gotten lucky as far as catching the big break is concerned. I mean… you’re right… YOU could beat him…
Hayley: I’m not the wrestler that you are though, that’s what I’m trying to say. But, if it makes you feel any better, I’m with you. I don’t hold any grudges for what you’ve said to me, or anything that you’ve done to me. We’re cool, we’ve always been. The fans seem to like you now and I think your circumstances at the moment give you an opportunity that you’re not necessarily realizing at the moment.
Casey: And that would be?
Hayley: Think of every single UCI World Champion… and think about how they’ve impacted that title, good or bad. Think about how you measure up to them, and think about what you can do to bring that title the prestige it desperately needs right now. You’ve gotten a couple of defenses under your belt already and that’s a hell of a head start, but I know you’re good enough to raise that prestige even higher. Think about the positives you can do for it. What I’m saying is… you don’t need to be a brat anymore. You can just be you… and you can definitely make that championship really mean something. I get it… it’s hard to do that when the champions before you practically ruined its image to the point where most of the AW roster doesn’t give a damn about it… but this is a great opportunity to get everyone to stand by you while you show the world that not only you deserve to be champion, but that your title IS worth fighting for… that UCI’s legacy still loves on… that it should be featured in main events and not featured beneath the U.S. title. Think about the lasting impression you can make if you pull this off…
Casey begins to think about the words that she just heard.
Hayley: And to be honest… I think you owe that to UCI… for all the good things it did for your career. You weren’t the biggest success before you joined UCI… you weren’t the biggest success after you left UCI… until you joined AW… it’s something called “fighting for honor”... something your father taught all of us back at the academy, remember?
Casey nods, fully understanding what Hayley is telling her.
Casey: I remember… and maybe it’s time I learned how to do that. This championship has really opened up my perspective on everything and Action Wrestling is soon going to see that this is a championship that’s truly worth battling for. I’m not going to let anyone take this from me… especially when most of the damn roster has their “fuck UCI” mentality the way they do. And hey… ending my ex-boyfriend’s career and having the crowd behind me doesn’t hurt a damn bit, does it?
Hayley: Nope… not at all!
Hayley stands up and Casey takes that as a signal to do the same as that’s what she does.
Casey: I’m not going to be a brat anymore… I’ll speak my mind and tell it like it is… even if the honesty is brutal…
Hayley: But that’s who you are though…
Casey: I’m going to fight with the appreciation of everything UCI ever did for me… and I’m going to show the world exactly the kind of wrestler Casey Holliday is without that “spoiled brat” mask…
Hayley: I knew you’d come around someday! I always did!!!
Casey and Haley both smile at each other before they exchange a hug.
Casey: Thank you for not losing faith in me, ever!
Hayley: I’m so glad you’re back… now show Action Wrestling everything you’re made of…
Casey: You know I will!!!
Casey picks up her championship from the table as she and Hayley walk out of the diner, paying their bill along the way. As for the UCI Champion herself, in light of recent events in Action Wrestling, Casey has shifted gears. She’s no longer looking to destroy UCI’s legacy. Now? She’s doing to do everything she can to honor it… and fittingly enough… on the next episode of Clash, she has the opportunity to do exactly that in her next match.
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Date: November 4, 2018
UCI World Champion Casey Holliday sits in her hotel room, but the room is decorated differently. The wall is plastered with photos and memories from her run in UCI which include her debut victory, winning the Rising Stars Championship in a five-way match at Black Mass 2016 in her second match, winning the Golden Ticket match at Beyond in March of 2017, and beating Andre Holmes for the Intercontinental Championship during the summer of that year. Casey takes a glance at every picture from her time in UCI, beaming with pride as she sits down among all of them with the title draped over her shoulder. She’s feeling quite colorful, more than she had in so long, before she begins to express her mind.
Casey Holliday: I want to start off by saying two words… for two different expressions. The first expression is “thank you”. I want to thank the audience that was behind me when I took out my ex-boyfriend and got my revenge for the way he humiliated me in front of my hometown. I want to say thanks to those that supported me in building myself back up. I want to thank Kevin Bishop for the hellacious match that he gave me at Carnage and there’s a few more names that I want to thank, regardless of whether or not I liked them, wrestled against them, or anything of the sort.
Andre Holmes.
Alex Richards.
Shadowlove.
Stevie Corah.
Bonnie Blue… yes… seriously…
Spencer Adams… hey, this is DESPITE my feelings, remember this…
And so many more… but those names… I want to thank them for paving the way for someone like me in UCI. That being said, there’s two more words I want to say.
“I’m sorry.”
I’m sorry that I was so unappreciative of everything UCI ever gave me, I’m sorry that I came into Action Wrestling with this stupid Scorch the Earth bullshit, and I’m sorry that I ever wanted to bury the legacy of UCI and make this title all about me and my own legacy. I was selfish, and I was wrong. Still, don’t think that just because I’m turning over a new leaf doesn’t mean I’m going soft. To hell with that! I’m still the UCI Champion! I’m STILL going to give it my very best! And I’m STILL going to tell it like it is and I don’t give a damn if it hurts anyone’s feelings because in professional wrestling… sorry not sorry… feelings don’t mean a damn thing. It’s not how you feel… it’s how you WRESTLE… PERIOD! I may have not liked Bonnie, but I put that aside to thank her for paving the way for me because at the end of the day, what you do in that ring is what you’re going to be judged by.
Oh… and lastly… I want to thank UCI for making me the wrestler I am today… so being the UCI Champion… I don’t want to destroy its legacy.
I’m going to honor it… as a tribute… because I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am in Action Wrestling right now if I never went to UCI to begin with so Anton Chase… you better fucking listen up on this because I’m about to address something that really grinds my gears and that’s how this company treats this championship.
My match with Anton Chase is in the middle of the show… going EARLIER than a number one contender’s match for the United States Championship and I’m going to be honest with you, that’s a load of crap. If this company wants to treat this title as secondary to the AW World title itself, fine! Fair enough! I just hope you give me a chance to face the AW Champion, title or non-title, so I can prove that both titles are equal! But to treat it as secondary to the UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP? What exactly are you saying, powers that be of AW? That my title is a TERTIARY title? No… that’s not true, and that’s a bunch of nonsense but that’s fine. I get it. Before I won this championship, there were so amny shenanigans surrounding it…
The way Spencer Adams brought in this title was a huge joke… and that was about the WORST first impression this title could make in this company, and it doesn’t help that Spencer lost it immediately to Corey Bull, who lost it six weeks later to John Frost. Bonnie Blue should have been the one to revitalize this belt, but she lost the damn thing to YOU, Anton Chase…. And that’s where you come in because the impression this title has… you know… the one that 90 percent of the roster disparages and treats as unimportant? The impression that leaves this company treating my title as beneath even the U.S Championship? That’s ALL… YOUR… FAULT!
The moment you beat Bonnie Blue for this championship, the title not only took a massive nosedive in prestige, but people stopped treating it seriously so now… over the last two months, I’ve had to clean up YOUR mess! Hell, you becoming the UCI Champion in the first place was such a fucking disgrace that you actually came THIS CLOSE to doing what you wanted to do which was to bury UCI’s legacy into the fucking ground. The fact that you were going to defend the title against Karlie Nash one on one at Uprising was fucking sickening considering she was the proverbial pinball back in UCI. Does it make sense as to why I cashed in my golden ticket? Because that title DESPERATELY needed me to save it from mediocrity and that’s exactly what I’ve done. I beat the last UCI Champion prior to its closure in Kevin Bishop and hell, even last week, I was able to defend it against an outsider that’s not even in this company. I have proven myself as a champion that is willing and able to take on all comers and right now? I stand with an undefeated record here in Action Wrestling. There have only been two matches that I was booked for that I didn’t win… my first title defense against Bishop that ended in a no-contest… and a match you and I were going to have…
Remember that?
Remember how a few weeks ago, you were going to face me but the Brotherhood saved you from being beaten by me? Guess what, asshole? The Brotherhood is gone! And there’s NOBODY that is going to stop me from putting you in my rearview mirror for good because the fact of the matter is, Anton, you’ve been a recurring pain in the ass ever since I came to Action Wrestling, trying to disparage me as someone who didn’t deserve this championship, complaining that I had no right to cash in the Golden Ticket and trying to dismiss me as a relic of UCI. You’re talking about how I didn’t deserve to be in that title match at Uprising…
And who the fuck are YOU to say anything like that? Because with your sub-500 record, you didn’t deserve to fight Bonnie Blue for the UCI Championship to begin with, you subzero-level motherfucker!!! It’s funny and ironic that going into that tirple threat match, you were paitning me as someone that was holding on to a memory… and yet… ever since you lost this title to me, all you’ve been doing is complaining about a conspiracy to get this title off of you. Who’s REALLY holding on? It’s not me, it’s you. But okay… you SOMEHOW beat Bonnie and we have our triple threat match and wait… didn’t I beat you? Fair and square? If I remember it right, that is exactly what I did and from that moment you lost that championship, you started crying “conspiracy”. WHAT conspiracy, you idiot? The fact that you ahd to legally defend the title as obligated? It’s so funny how you went from wanting to BURY UCI to wanting to sue this company for making you defend the title. Gosh… for someone that thought the title was worthless before you won it… you were so DESPERATE to hang onto it any way you could, weren’t you?
That’s because deep down in your pathetic little heart, you knew that once you stepped in that ring with me with that title on the line, you didn’t stand a fucking chance! You KNEW you got lucky against Bonnie and the fact that a wrestler like YOU SOMEHOW beat a wrestler of Bonnie’s caliber and won my championship off of it makes me sick to my god damn stomach because the moment you did that… this championship’s legacy almost DIED! You were far less deserving of this title than Celeste Mallory, the worst UCI Champion in history before you came along, was! But you wanted to sue, and you wanted to make excuses, all to protect your fragile ego from suffering the indignity that you did when you lost this title as quickly as you did… and deserved to lose by the way because you didn’t deserve that shot against Bonnie to begin with!
And ever since then, you’ve acted like the whole world is against you because of some “conspiracy”. Sorry Anton, you’re not even WORTH conspiring against. You are the biggest blight in this title’s legacy and once I beat you, you can forget about getting a rematch. You won’t be picking a time or place for you to have a shot against me because not only will I not let you do that, but I am going to restore so much prestige to this championship by ridding it of the biggest cancer that it has ever had. Once I beat you… bring on a new challenger! Those of you that disparage UCI, spit on its legacy and act like this title doesn’t mean shit… come and get me because I’ll prove you wrong! I’ll prove that this title deserves to be treated as an equal to the AW World title itself… and YOU… Anton Chase… will be made an example of.
So take your bullshit… take your below .500 record… take your conspiracy theories… take your hypocrisy of wanting to kill UCI only to suddenly want this title back… and shove it up your vagina you piece of shit!
Because tomorrow night? I’m going to put you out of your misery and ensure that you never… EVER get your hands on this title OR taint the legacy of UCI ever again!
Once I’m through with you? I’m going to ensure that UCI’s legacy remains alive and that its world championship gets the damn respect it deserves!
Date: October 29, 2018
UCI Champion Casey Holliday finds herself alone in the locker room after the latest episode of Monday Night Clash came and went. She’s a bit emotional, considering how earlier in the night she got revenge on her ex-boyfriend Jason Schneider by squashing him in an impromptu UCI title defense to put him behind her for good. But, as she sits in the locker room, she appears to be puzzled by something. In her mind, she’s recalling the cheers that she was receiving from the audience, cheers that she had never heard before. Casey stands up as she continues to think about it, reminiscing about those cheers. Shaking her head, she lets out a sigh of what appears to be regret.
Casey: I didn’t deserve those cheers… not after everything I’ve done…
She maintains her internal conflict as she begins to walk down the hallway toward the exit of the building. Overall, Casey realizes that life in Action Wrestling has been very good to her. She not only won the UCI Championship in her second match, but she has also yet to taste defeat. She knows deep down that she has done everything that she can to bring the UCI Championship back to respectability, but she’s focused on none of those things. Being on the comedown from the anger she unleashed on her ex-boyfriend certainly adds an extra layer of burden on her. A voice in the distance though, calls out to her…
Voice: Miss Holliday?
Casey snaps out of her thinking, turning around to face a doctor that’s approaching her. She raises her eyebrows, obviously confused as she isn’t injured in her own right, but nonetheless, she stops to allow him to catch up to her.
Casey: Yes?
Doctor: I thought maybe you’d want to be aware of the injuries you caused your ex-boyfriend…
Casey: I don’t really care! I hate to say that, but he deserved it. Whatever he got… knowing the chauvinistic asshole he is… it wouldn’t surpirse me if whatever it is he suffered turned out to be too good for him anyway!
Doctor: He’s got kids, Miss Holliday!
Casey: Maybe he should have thought about them before he decided to use me!
Doctor: It still doesn’t give you the right to essentially end his career! I don’t agree with your methods, that’s all I am saying, Miss Holliday, and you are lucky that he was never an official part of the Action Wrestling roster otherwise, you’d have a whole bunch of fines on your hands.
Casey: So what are you saying? I’m WRONG? I’m WRONG for getting revenge for the way he humiliated me in my own hometown in front of the entire world? I’m WRONG for avenging my pride and dignity that he stole from me after I finally overcame Kevin Bishop? Screw you!!! I wasn’t going to sit there and take it!
Doctor: You went too far…
Casey: Why don’t you ask the fucking crowd, the same crowd that was cheering for me all the way through and ask them if I went too far… because they enjoyed every second of it!
Doctor: It still doesn’t make it right!
Casey: HOW can you condemn what I did?
Doctor: Because you cost a man his livelihood…
Voice: Leave her alone!!!
Casey is about to be surprised again, this time at the sudden presence of Hayley Halsey, her old best friend from the Seattle Wrestling Academy that had been trying to get through to her in recent weeks. She’s almost as angry as Casey as she addresses the doctor.
Hayley: You’re acting like Casey MEANT to cause those injuries. She was seeking revenge… not to end his career. That’s not for YOU to debate or have an opinion on… so why don’t you leave my friend alone?
Casey (thinking): Friend???
Hayley: The crowd cheered for her because they knew what was right! She’s the kind of champion YOU’LL never be! So back off of her, will you?
The doctor sighs, turning around and heading into the back.
Casey: You didn’t have to do that…
Hayley: Casey… I never stopped caring about you. I had a feeling you’d come around someday. Want to go somewhere quiet to talk?
Casey nods.
Hayley: I know just the place…
Casey and Hayley leave the arena together to continue their conversation elsewhere, all while Casey continues to reflect on the events of tonight and the UCI Championship that she still carries with her.
A half-hour later…
Casey and Hayley wind up going to a small restaurant having a late night meal. Still, aside from the employees, they are the only two people there. Things have been awkward since they haven’t said a word to each other the entire time… that is… until this very moment when Hayley catches Casey longily looking at the UCI Championship that she holds.
Hayley: What’s wrong?
Casey: Nothing…
Hayley: You’ve been staring at that title since we’ve been here.
Casey: I’m… going through guilt right now. I feel like I don’t deserve it. When I was in UCI, I acted like a total brat. I hated all the Guardians, not understanding what they meant to the promotion, not understanding their meaning as far as Action Wrestling is concerned, being bitter… very bitter. When I went into UCI to begin with, I was so angry and bitter about how Supremely Corrupted Wrestling treated me that I felt like it was me against the world. I didn’t give anyone in UCI a chance to know me because I closed off every door I had to offer. So, I behaved like a brat because I felt like if I didn’t… I’d be ran all over just like they did at that horrible company I started out in…
Casey sighs, further expressing her regret.
Casey: Then I went into Action Wrestling… bitter about UCI, and Bonnie Blue… and the way I was taken out there after I lost the Intercontinental Championship and when I cashed in the Golden Ticket and won this… I was STILL bitter and I wanted to destroy every piece of UCI’s legacy that was left over… and after keeping this belt away from the Brotherhood’s hands and driving my ex out of professional wrestling… I feel like I’ve purged every ounce of bitterness I had in me for so long… and now I feel guilty that I ever wanted to destroy UCI’s legacy to begin with… because honestly? UCI MADE me… and for me to try and bury them… it was horrible of me…
Hayley: Casey… if it makes you feel any better, I can’t blame you for how you’re feeling right now.
Casey rolls her eyes some as she takes a sip of some hot choclate that she had on the table.
Hayley: It’s not just for those reasons either. If I were you and if I were the UCI Champion, I’d be frustrated myself. This is nothing against Action Wrestling, I think that’s a great place for you to work and all, but they’ve gone as far as treating your title… a WORLD title… as beneath even the United States Championship, and I don’t think that’s right. I don’t blame you for wanting to “destroy” their legacy. I’m surprised you’re not even raising a fuss about not being included in any capacity in the Wrestler of the Year tournament…
Casey: That’s the least of my concern right now. But you make good points… I think about the way this title has been treated… by the company… by the other wrestlers. Sometimes, I feel like I’m not even a world champion at all with how much AW has marginalized it. But by the definition, I know I am… and I’ve realized that the burden I carry isn’t so much this title but also… restoring it to what it once was. I’m carrying burdens that have fallen upon this title through no fault of my own…
Casey begins to get angry when she reflects on the history of the UCI Championship that she holds, as it pertains to its time in Action Wrestling. She knows it hasn’t been good from the moment that Spencer Adams brought the title into AW in the fashion that he did.
Hayley: When you’ve got people like Anton Chase holding that title, I can see why that prestige has taken a hit. Anton Chase… really? I could beat him!
Casey: Don’t knock yourself, you’re actually a pretty damn good wrestler in your own right that hasn’t gotten lucky as far as catching the big break is concerned. I mean… you’re right… YOU could beat him…
Hayley: I’m not the wrestler that you are though, that’s what I’m trying to say. But, if it makes you feel any better, I’m with you. I don’t hold any grudges for what you’ve said to me, or anything that you’ve done to me. We’re cool, we’ve always been. The fans seem to like you now and I think your circumstances at the moment give you an opportunity that you’re not necessarily realizing at the moment.
Casey: And that would be?
Hayley: Think of every single UCI World Champion… and think about how they’ve impacted that title, good or bad. Think about how you measure up to them, and think about what you can do to bring that title the prestige it desperately needs right now. You’ve gotten a couple of defenses under your belt already and that’s a hell of a head start, but I know you’re good enough to raise that prestige even higher. Think about the positives you can do for it. What I’m saying is… you don’t need to be a brat anymore. You can just be you… and you can definitely make that championship really mean something. I get it… it’s hard to do that when the champions before you practically ruined its image to the point where most of the AW roster doesn’t give a damn about it… but this is a great opportunity to get everyone to stand by you while you show the world that not only you deserve to be champion, but that your title IS worth fighting for… that UCI’s legacy still loves on… that it should be featured in main events and not featured beneath the U.S. title. Think about the lasting impression you can make if you pull this off…
Casey begins to think about the words that she just heard.
Hayley: And to be honest… I think you owe that to UCI… for all the good things it did for your career. You weren’t the biggest success before you joined UCI… you weren’t the biggest success after you left UCI… until you joined AW… it’s something called “fighting for honor”... something your father taught all of us back at the academy, remember?
Casey nods, fully understanding what Hayley is telling her.
Casey: I remember… and maybe it’s time I learned how to do that. This championship has really opened up my perspective on everything and Action Wrestling is soon going to see that this is a championship that’s truly worth battling for. I’m not going to let anyone take this from me… especially when most of the damn roster has their “fuck UCI” mentality the way they do. And hey… ending my ex-boyfriend’s career and having the crowd behind me doesn’t hurt a damn bit, does it?
Hayley: Nope… not at all!
Hayley stands up and Casey takes that as a signal to do the same as that’s what she does.
Casey: I’m not going to be a brat anymore… I’ll speak my mind and tell it like it is… even if the honesty is brutal…
Hayley: But that’s who you are though…
Casey: I’m going to fight with the appreciation of everything UCI ever did for me… and I’m going to show the world exactly the kind of wrestler Casey Holliday is without that “spoiled brat” mask…
Hayley: I knew you’d come around someday! I always did!!!
Casey and Haley both smile at each other before they exchange a hug.
Casey: Thank you for not losing faith in me, ever!
Hayley: I’m so glad you’re back… now show Action Wrestling everything you’re made of…
Casey: You know I will!!!
Casey picks up her championship from the table as she and Hayley walk out of the diner, paying their bill along the way. As for the UCI Champion herself, in light of recent events in Action Wrestling, Casey has shifted gears. She’s no longer looking to destroy UCI’s legacy. Now? She’s doing to do everything she can to honor it… and fittingly enough… on the next episode of Clash, she has the opportunity to do exactly that in her next match.
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Date: November 4, 2018
UCI World Champion Casey Holliday sits in her hotel room, but the room is decorated differently. The wall is plastered with photos and memories from her run in UCI which include her debut victory, winning the Rising Stars Championship in a five-way match at Black Mass 2016 in her second match, winning the Golden Ticket match at Beyond in March of 2017, and beating Andre Holmes for the Intercontinental Championship during the summer of that year. Casey takes a glance at every picture from her time in UCI, beaming with pride as she sits down among all of them with the title draped over her shoulder. She’s feeling quite colorful, more than she had in so long, before she begins to express her mind.
Casey Holliday: I want to start off by saying two words… for two different expressions. The first expression is “thank you”. I want to thank the audience that was behind me when I took out my ex-boyfriend and got my revenge for the way he humiliated me in front of my hometown. I want to say thanks to those that supported me in building myself back up. I want to thank Kevin Bishop for the hellacious match that he gave me at Carnage and there’s a few more names that I want to thank, regardless of whether or not I liked them, wrestled against them, or anything of the sort.
Andre Holmes.
Alex Richards.
Shadowlove.
Stevie Corah.
Bonnie Blue… yes… seriously…
Spencer Adams… hey, this is DESPITE my feelings, remember this…
And so many more… but those names… I want to thank them for paving the way for someone like me in UCI. That being said, there’s two more words I want to say.
“I’m sorry.”
I’m sorry that I was so unappreciative of everything UCI ever gave me, I’m sorry that I came into Action Wrestling with this stupid Scorch the Earth bullshit, and I’m sorry that I ever wanted to bury the legacy of UCI and make this title all about me and my own legacy. I was selfish, and I was wrong. Still, don’t think that just because I’m turning over a new leaf doesn’t mean I’m going soft. To hell with that! I’m still the UCI Champion! I’m STILL going to give it my very best! And I’m STILL going to tell it like it is and I don’t give a damn if it hurts anyone’s feelings because in professional wrestling… sorry not sorry… feelings don’t mean a damn thing. It’s not how you feel… it’s how you WRESTLE… PERIOD! I may have not liked Bonnie, but I put that aside to thank her for paving the way for me because at the end of the day, what you do in that ring is what you’re going to be judged by.
Oh… and lastly… I want to thank UCI for making me the wrestler I am today… so being the UCI Champion… I don’t want to destroy its legacy.
I’m going to honor it… as a tribute… because I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am in Action Wrestling right now if I never went to UCI to begin with so Anton Chase… you better fucking listen up on this because I’m about to address something that really grinds my gears and that’s how this company treats this championship.
My match with Anton Chase is in the middle of the show… going EARLIER than a number one contender’s match for the United States Championship and I’m going to be honest with you, that’s a load of crap. If this company wants to treat this title as secondary to the AW World title itself, fine! Fair enough! I just hope you give me a chance to face the AW Champion, title or non-title, so I can prove that both titles are equal! But to treat it as secondary to the UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP? What exactly are you saying, powers that be of AW? That my title is a TERTIARY title? No… that’s not true, and that’s a bunch of nonsense but that’s fine. I get it. Before I won this championship, there were so amny shenanigans surrounding it…
The way Spencer Adams brought in this title was a huge joke… and that was about the WORST first impression this title could make in this company, and it doesn’t help that Spencer lost it immediately to Corey Bull, who lost it six weeks later to John Frost. Bonnie Blue should have been the one to revitalize this belt, but she lost the damn thing to YOU, Anton Chase…. And that’s where you come in because the impression this title has… you know… the one that 90 percent of the roster disparages and treats as unimportant? The impression that leaves this company treating my title as beneath even the U.S Championship? That’s ALL… YOUR… FAULT!
The moment you beat Bonnie Blue for this championship, the title not only took a massive nosedive in prestige, but people stopped treating it seriously so now… over the last two months, I’ve had to clean up YOUR mess! Hell, you becoming the UCI Champion in the first place was such a fucking disgrace that you actually came THIS CLOSE to doing what you wanted to do which was to bury UCI’s legacy into the fucking ground. The fact that you were going to defend the title against Karlie Nash one on one at Uprising was fucking sickening considering she was the proverbial pinball back in UCI. Does it make sense as to why I cashed in my golden ticket? Because that title DESPERATELY needed me to save it from mediocrity and that’s exactly what I’ve done. I beat the last UCI Champion prior to its closure in Kevin Bishop and hell, even last week, I was able to defend it against an outsider that’s not even in this company. I have proven myself as a champion that is willing and able to take on all comers and right now? I stand with an undefeated record here in Action Wrestling. There have only been two matches that I was booked for that I didn’t win… my first title defense against Bishop that ended in a no-contest… and a match you and I were going to have…
Remember that?
Remember how a few weeks ago, you were going to face me but the Brotherhood saved you from being beaten by me? Guess what, asshole? The Brotherhood is gone! And there’s NOBODY that is going to stop me from putting you in my rearview mirror for good because the fact of the matter is, Anton, you’ve been a recurring pain in the ass ever since I came to Action Wrestling, trying to disparage me as someone who didn’t deserve this championship, complaining that I had no right to cash in the Golden Ticket and trying to dismiss me as a relic of UCI. You’re talking about how I didn’t deserve to be in that title match at Uprising…
And who the fuck are YOU to say anything like that? Because with your sub-500 record, you didn’t deserve to fight Bonnie Blue for the UCI Championship to begin with, you subzero-level motherfucker!!! It’s funny and ironic that going into that tirple threat match, you were paitning me as someone that was holding on to a memory… and yet… ever since you lost this title to me, all you’ve been doing is complaining about a conspiracy to get this title off of you. Who’s REALLY holding on? It’s not me, it’s you. But okay… you SOMEHOW beat Bonnie and we have our triple threat match and wait… didn’t I beat you? Fair and square? If I remember it right, that is exactly what I did and from that moment you lost that championship, you started crying “conspiracy”. WHAT conspiracy, you idiot? The fact that you ahd to legally defend the title as obligated? It’s so funny how you went from wanting to BURY UCI to wanting to sue this company for making you defend the title. Gosh… for someone that thought the title was worthless before you won it… you were so DESPERATE to hang onto it any way you could, weren’t you?
That’s because deep down in your pathetic little heart, you knew that once you stepped in that ring with me with that title on the line, you didn’t stand a fucking chance! You KNEW you got lucky against Bonnie and the fact that a wrestler like YOU SOMEHOW beat a wrestler of Bonnie’s caliber and won my championship off of it makes me sick to my god damn stomach because the moment you did that… this championship’s legacy almost DIED! You were far less deserving of this title than Celeste Mallory, the worst UCI Champion in history before you came along, was! But you wanted to sue, and you wanted to make excuses, all to protect your fragile ego from suffering the indignity that you did when you lost this title as quickly as you did… and deserved to lose by the way because you didn’t deserve that shot against Bonnie to begin with!
And ever since then, you’ve acted like the whole world is against you because of some “conspiracy”. Sorry Anton, you’re not even WORTH conspiring against. You are the biggest blight in this title’s legacy and once I beat you, you can forget about getting a rematch. You won’t be picking a time or place for you to have a shot against me because not only will I not let you do that, but I am going to restore so much prestige to this championship by ridding it of the biggest cancer that it has ever had. Once I beat you… bring on a new challenger! Those of you that disparage UCI, spit on its legacy and act like this title doesn’t mean shit… come and get me because I’ll prove you wrong! I’ll prove that this title deserves to be treated as an equal to the AW World title itself… and YOU… Anton Chase… will be made an example of.
So take your bullshit… take your below .500 record… take your conspiracy theories… take your hypocrisy of wanting to kill UCI only to suddenly want this title back… and shove it up your vagina you piece of shit!
Because tomorrow night? I’m going to put you out of your misery and ensure that you never… EVER get your hands on this title OR taint the legacy of UCI ever again!
Once I’m through with you? I’m going to ensure that UCI’s legacy remains alive and that its world championship gets the damn respect it deserves!