Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 3:51:58 GMT
Opening Thoughts
Julianna: Publicly, as many are getting to know by now, I am very in your face. I speak my mind and I don’t filter my own thoughts at all. I’ve got a very strong sense of bravado. But at the same time, as much as I hate to admit it sometimes, I am also human. As much as I’d love to go out and win every single match I compete in, I know it’s impossible. I’m eclectic when it comes to my own mood. When I win, I am extremely happy and I feel like I can take on the world. My ego gets the biggest rush of adrenaline you can imagine and I milk that win for all that it is worth. But then the losses… oh GOD the losses…
Painful… very painful!
I don’t consider myself a perfectionist by any means, but being a mainstream rookie, wins and losses are critical at this stage of my career and that’s why when I lose, I tend to be harder on myself. My ego is essentially shattered for a few days. Yeah, I know that it’s the nature of the business. Losses are going to happen and I have to learn how to cope with them better, but the Super Falcon Cup was an experience that threw me for a roller coaster. It was amazing getting to the semifinals. A “Flash” wannabe who in reality, had no future in this business to begin with, wasn’t athletic enough to stop me. A “pure wrestler” who was no nonsense and cast me off as a gimmick and as a model wasn’t good enough to beat me. And yet, it took this… GIRL…
This bubbly, moronic, annoying GIRL… to bounce me from the tournament.
Are you KIDDING ME? Coby and Tillman couldn’t stop me, yet HONEY did?
For FUCK’S sake!
I was looking forward to facing Amy Jo Smyth in the finals, but unfortunately, that’s not going to happen now. This loss to Honey didn’t take me “days” to get over. In fact, if I could be perfectly honest, I don’t think I’m over it. But still, I made an impression on someone. I’ve got another opportunity, one that I can’t afford to waste. It’s my first mainstream experience on a flagship show: Eternal Lucha II. And you can bet that I am going to give it everything I’ve got against two veterans who have far more name value than me.
Fine! So be it! At that event, I am going to do what I did when I beat Coby and when I beat Tillman…
I’m going to shock the world… AGAIN… and win that Soaring Eagles Championship!
Part One
Date: July 13, 2017
`Nearly two weeks after her apparent confidence-shattering loss to Honey in the Super Falcon Cup semifinals, Julianna DiMaria is back home in San Diego. She’s taking a breather from training and taking a breather from the wrestling scene in general as she sits in her parents’ living room just playing a random video game on her phone. Her eyes narrow, indicating that she’s still bothered by her Super Falcon Cup loss and in fact, she’s actually thinking about it far too much.
Julianna (thinking): I should have had it! I should have had it! I should have had it! How could I lose to HER? Of all people… HER! Bloody fucking hell! HOW? She’s not even taken THAT seriously on the Redemption main roster for fuck’s sake! I should have beaten her and yet I didn’t? What is wrong with me? What is it with being in these big matches that I should be winning, and yet, for some reason or another, I don’t? UGH! I wish I could be far more consistent than I am right now, but my GOD, I’m so sick of being cursed by all this “youth and inexperience” that keeps holding me back.
Julianna groans as she looks at her phone, giving an indication that she just lost whatever game she was playing on it. She tosses it across the living room and the phone bounces off the other couch on the opposite end of the room and gently falls on the floor. Julianna hears a deep sigh from above her and she looks up to see her mother standing above her shaking her head.
Julianna: What?
Mrs. DiMaria: Can you NOT throw things across the room?
Julianna: You’re lucky I don’t have the money to move out yet.
Mrs. DiMaria: And you’re lucky that your father and I would never dare throw you out on the street. Is something bothering you? I know that in WCG, you were having some troubles catching a bit of a break but at least you got a win on their last show.
Julianna: Right, yeah, that’s fine. I just… why can’t I get over this?
Her mother rolls her eyes, annoyed by Julianna’s immaturity.
Mrs. DiMaria: Are you kicking your own ass over the Super Falcon Cup? AGAIN?
Julianna: I should have won!!!
Mrs. DiMaria: You didn’t. Now get over it! I love you Julianna, but oh my goodness, you can’t move out of this house fast enough!
Julianna: Excuse me?
Mrs. DiMaria: I don’t really know what else to say to you since you always react this way after every loss.
She lets out an annoyed sigh as her father comes into the picture from the kitchen. Her mother walks over to the other side of the room to pick up Her phone and she sets it on the table.
Julianna: I’m right here.
Mrs. DiMaria: You’re an adult, you can stand up and get it yourself.
Mr. DiMaria: So, am I missin’ anything?
Mrs. DiMaria: Julianna’s still not over losing in the Super Falcon Cup.
Mr. DiMaria: Oh Christ! Jules, seriously!
Julianna: I don’t want a double team lecture right now.
Julianna scoffs at both of her parents.
Mr. DiMaria: You know you’ve got to go to Mexico City in a few weeks right? You’re competing in their biggest show of the year for crying out loud. Shouldn’t that make you happy?
Julianna: Whatever!
Julianna folds her arms, continuing to cut herself off from her parents. But suddenly, the conversation is interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing.
Mrs. DiMaria: Were we expecting anyone today?
Mr. DiMaria: Not that I know of. Hold on, let me go get that.
Julianna’s father leaves the conversation for a bit as he goes to the front door. Her mother meanwhile, is seated on the couch across from Julianna’s. She doesn’t even bother trying to talk to her creating this awkward tension that’s in the air. Julianna’s curiosity peaks when she overhears her father suddenly sounding a tad excited at the front door. She hears the sound of the front door widening and she’s not paying too much attention to what’s going on until her father re-enters the conversation although he didn’t return to it alone.
Julianna: Who’s this guy?
Mr. DiMaria: Jules, this guy comes form GOL. He’s from their talent agency department and he wants to have a conversation with ya.
Julianna: Oh?
Man: Hello! We’ve been meaning to talk to you for a while. I represent GOL and their talent agency and I just wanted to follow up with you considering you recently participated in the Super Falcon Cup AND since you’re going to be competing for the Soaring Eagle Championship soon. Mind if I sit down anywhere?
Mrs. DiMaria: No, you can sit down anywhere. You don’t mind if my husband and I take part in this conversation, do you?
GOL Rep: Oh no! Not at all! In fact, it would be my honor!
Julianna’s father sits down next to her mother and the representative from GOL walks over to the recliner in between both couches. Julianna sits up straight, suddenly regaining a bit of the obnoxiously professional attitude that she has become known for in the wrestling business in such a short amount of time
GOL Rep: So, first thing’s first. I’m sorry that you weren’t able to get to the finals of the Super Falcon Cup.
Julianna: Don’t remind me, please.
GOL Rep: But you have to admit that getting to wrestle at Eternal Lucha and getting a chance at the Soaring Eagles Championship is the best “consolation prize” you could possibly have.
Julianna: Believe me, I’m trying to get myself perked up for that.
Mrs. DiMaria: Julianna has a tendency to be overly self-critical whenever she loses.
GOL Rep: I see! Well, don’t you worry about that because the biggest reason why I’m here? Let’s talk some turkey, amigos. Julianna is one of the finest young wrestlers to come out of Southern California in quite some time. We at GOL were extremely impressed by her performance in the Super Falcon Cup even though she lost in the semifinals. When you are able to walk into that labyrinth against a guy like Jack Tillman, and despite your limited experience, defeat him, then clearly, you are someone that is worth keeping an eye on and from what we’ve seen of you in WCG, chica, on top of what you were able to do in this tournament, we look at you as someone who can really make a long term impact in this business.
Julianna smiles slightly, feeling a little bit better hearing that from someone. It’s this brief bit of reassurance that gives her back a little more of the confidence that she needed to have in light of falling short so far into the tournament.
GOL Rep: In fact, by long term impact, we mean at Eternal Lucha and beyond. Furthermore, we here at GOL want you to make that long term impact in our company not just at Eternal Lucha, but for a long time to come because you truly showed us something as you were going through that tournament. So, on behalf of Guerreros of Lucha, I come to you with this…
The representative from GOL pulls out a packet of papers from his coat pocket and sets it down on the coffee table. Julianna and her parents are suddenly intrigued. Julianna doesn’t know what to make of this, but when she glances at her parents, she can easily see that her mother’s eyes are lighting up and her father is beaming with pride.
Julianna: What… what is this?
GOL Rep: We want you to be a permanent part of our roster. There’s our offer as well as our terms. Don’t you worry, it’s a non-exclusive deal so you can continue to compete for West Coast Genesis as well.
Julianna is surprised seeing this as she reaches over to pick up the contract offer. She unfolds the packet and takes a glance at what she’s being offered and she raises her eyebrows in surprise.
Julianna: Whoa! I don’t know what to say… I mean… you see THAT much value in me?
Mr. DiMaria: Stop selling yourself short, Jules! I know ya ain’t feeling great because of your loss, but just because ya lost to Honey doesn’t mean you’re terrible!
Mrs. DiMaria: If they didn’t see anything in you, you wouldn’t be seeing that contract offer. Speaking of that, can we take a look at it?
Julianna doesn’t hesitate as she hands over the contract offer to her parents. While they do that, she continues her conversation with the talent scout.
Julianna: I never realized I was THAT impressive.
GOL Rep: Believe me, you are. You’re essentially carrying the WCG brand better than their champion is right now and it’s only a matter of time before you become West Coast Champion. You’re cutting your teeth in the developmental ranks and that’s great. I don’t doubt that you’ll be on their main roster before too long. But we’re giving you a big time opportunity not just at Eternal Lucha, but in the future. This would be your opportunity to shine in front of a bigger audience and your style is perfect for us. We truly admire what you bring to the table and there’s no question in my mind that with how your parents trained you and with the experience you’d have with us, you’d eventually develop into the total package. You’re not a talent that we at GOL run into very often. I know we’re coming to you at a bit of a rough time which is why we’re giving you until Eternal Lucha itself to decide.
Mr. DiMaria: I don’t know Jules… I mean… this is a damn good offer.
Mrs. DiMaria: Yeah, it’s enough money for you to move out!
Julianna rolls her eyes as both of her parents have a bit of a lighthearted moment to herself.
Julianna: Very funny, mother…
Julianna sighs.
Julianna: So that means there’s a chance I might be a champion without a contract?
GOL Rep: If you don’t sign, you get to stick around until you lose the title. But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The decision is really up to you.
Julianna glances back at the contract offer as her mother lays it down on the coffee table. She thinks long and hard about it. In the back of her mind, she knows that the money would be good, but money is far from the reason why she’s even in the business to begin with.
Julianna: Right… this is a lot to take in.
GOL Rep: Take whatever time you need to decide, chica.
Julianna: I’ll take the next couple of weeks to think about it and then I’ll let you know at Eternal Lucha.
GOL Rep: Fantastico! I will see you then! Until then, take care of yourself.
Julianna and the talent agent stand up at the same time. They shake hands before they say their final goodbyes. The agent quickly thanks her parents as they stand up to shake his hand before he leaves their home. Julianna’s mother extends her arms from her, wanting a hug. Julianna rolls her eyes and complies with this as they embrace.
Mrs. DiMaria: I’m so proud of you!
Julianna: Thanks!
They let each other go, and Julianna exchanges the same embrace with her father.
Mr. DiMaria: You’re truly moving on up, Jules. Now, it’s your decision but… take the offer.
Mrs. DiMaria: You’ve got an opportunity in front of you your father and I never did!
Julianna: I’ll mull it over. Thanks guys!
Julianna takes the contract offer and heads upstairs to her bedroom. Once she enters her room and shuts the door, she places the offer down on a table and sits down at it, thinking about how to feel about it. She has a small smile on her face, indicating a sense of pride that she managed to attract interest from GOL as a result of her performance, but at this point, she only has one thing on her mind.
Julianna: One step at a time… let’s win that Soaring Eagle Championship first!
Julianna at this point, is finally moving past the Super Falcon Cup loss to Honey and is beginning to think about her immediate future in WCG: winning the West Coast Championship in about a month’s time, as well as GOL: winning the Soaring Eagles Championship.
Was Julianna going to take GOL’s offer?
Was she going to take another big step to advance her nascent wrestling career?
Until the night of the event itself, the answers to those questions and the fate of her promising future lied in her very hands.
Part Two:
Date: July 30, 2017
In the outskirts of Mexico City, Julianna finds herself in a temple like setting, dimmed candle lights and all. She doesn’t appear to be afraid of what surrounds her as she continues to process her thoughts about upcoming big match for the Soaring Eagles Championship. Despite her big setback in the Super Falcon Cup, Julianna is exuding some confidence as an indication that the loss is behind her with a composed posture and a smirk on her face. The young, San Diego native gathers her final thoughts before she begins to express her mind about what is taking place in front of her.
Julianna DiMaria: I have to say, from the bottom of my heart, that this experience here in GOL with this Super Falcon Cup tournament has been a hell of a thrill and a dream come true. When I first signed up for this tournament, I initially saw it as an opportunity to get my name out there and represent WCG while I proved to the entire world what kind of competitor I am and how much of a force I could be back in my home company and yeah, I’ve had my ups and downs in my young career which is only about five months old and all, but so much of my ups have come here, while I was competing in this tournament. Before I even got here, so many of you looked at me and went “Julianna WHO?” You didn’t know who I was. You had no respect for me. All you ever saw out of me was a “model competitor” who was in over her head. None of you even gave me a chance to make it far in the Super Falcon Cup. Coby Quik was a more highly touted prospect in this business than I was when I faced him, but that didn’t mean a thing, did it? It was that win over Jack Tillman in the second round that opened my eyes to a level that I had no idea I could be at and that’s when my confidence really soared. Then, it came crashing back to earth in the semifinals against Honey and UGH, that was a hard loss to swallow so much so that it took me nearly an entire month to get over it. And yet, here I stand, the “developmental wrestler” from West Coast Genesis that nobody gave a damn about at the start of this tournament is all of a sudden competing on the grandest lucha stage of them all…
...and for the Soaring Eagles Championship at that!
I never, in my wildest dreams, imagined this was going to be the ultimate outcome of this journey South of the Border and yet here I am, about to compete on my first flagship Pay-Per-View ever in my young, five-month career, taking on two women that are extremely notorious in this business in Julliet Brooks and Kenzie Rydell and once again, I am going into a match with a wrestler with far more notoriety and experience than me, and DOUBLE at that. I don’t need to dive into the careers of Brooks and Rydell. You all know who THEY are. They’ve been all around the world and then some. Brooks has competed in the labyrinth before and I can respect that, but at the end of the day, Julliet, I know what your weaknesses are and I know exactly how I am going to pull that “upset” over you at Eternal Lucha. You think just because you’re the veteran that’s cut your teeth before gives you the advantage over me? It doesn’t. If it meant a damn thing, GOL’s representative in the Super Falcon Cup wouldn’t have been a first round elimination. You look down on me just like the others do and you are walking in with the mentality that you’ve got this made, that I’m the long shot, that I am nothing to fear because I am not only the youngest competitor, I am also the least experienced. Yeah, feel free to tell everyone else in this tournament how much that mattered. Go ahead!
Can you also do your integrity a favor and mention that despite all your experience and accolades, you have yet to win a championship in this company despite being the veteran that you are? Yeah, shouldn’t that say something? Shouldn’t it say so much that opportunities like this don’t come around all that often for such a grizzled old veteran like yourself? I can imagine ALL of the pressure that is exhausting you right now. You know deep down that after twelve years in this business, you have a lot more time BEHIND YOU than you do AHEAD of you. You are going into this match thinking “what if this is the last major opportunity I will ever have?” You know that when you step into that ring with me, you’re in for a surprise and yet you refuse to admit it because you choose to hide behind whatever ego you have built up over the years. You walk around the wrestling business acting like you’re a priceless diamond but let me give you a bit of a reality check, diamonds don’t last forever, bitch! You know that if you don’t come away with that championship, you’ll be feeling like a second rate, scratch that… THIRD rate competitor because OH MY GOD, how can someone like YOU POSSIBLY lose to someone like me?
You’re about to find out tomorrow when at the end of the day, you’re the one bewildered at the fact that this no-name rookie out of San Diego, who nobody outside of the city had even HEARD OF coming into this tournament, winds up walking away with the vacated Soaring Eagles Championship in the end. You think you have what it takes to follow in the footsteps of Amy Jo Smyth and Roxi Johnson? Sorry grandma, you don’t. You better relish this as the last big opportunity you could ever possibly have because at the end of the day, that’s exactly what I am going to ENSURE this is for you. Hey, much respect for being that well-travelled big name veteran that’s been there and done that a thousand times over, but at the end of the day, you are looking into the eyes of the future when you see me across that ring from you. The Soaring Eagles Championship is designed to be the big stepping stone to the big prize in GOL, for up and coming wrestlers like Kenzie and I… not for women like you who are starting to see the sunsets of their careers.
Speaking of Kenzie…
The “cinderella story”. Whatever. Am I supposed to shed a tear for you? I mean, let’s recap how you got to this point, okay? You came here representing F Society Wrestling adn then before the tournament even STARTS, that company DIES! So, as a result, you were essentially the last beacon of that company, representing them and making sure their flag was flying JUST a little bit longer, for as long as you were in that tournament and hey, don’t get me wrong, Kenzie, you did great. You got to the semifinals just like I did. Your wins along the way were damn impressive indeed but when it all came down to it, the dream wasn’t going to last forever was it? The clock struck midnight and then what do you know, Amy Jo Smyth knocks you out in the semifinals. The woman is a former Soaring Eagles Champion, Kenzie. There is no shame in losing to her at all. In fact, I’d have rather lost to her than the annoying, unbearable piece of shit I ended up losing to. But wait, representing F Society one last time wasn’t the ONLY mission of yours was it? Didn’t you come here on this mission quest to prove something to Avery Miles? Wasn’t it something along the lines of proving to him that he didn’t need to be on the “wrong path” to get anywhere in this business?
Yeah, I’m not ENTIRELY sure you did that, but oh my gosh, how PATHETIC! First off, Avery is his own man. The types of choices that he makes in his career are none of your business. Hmm, maybe it’s no wonder you lost in the semifinals. Maybe you were just too fucking focused on trying to prove something here which astounds me, Kenzie, because even though you and I are essentially in the same age range, you should KNOW BETTER! You should know that in this business, the only person you have a damn thing to prove anything to is yourself and that’s your big weakness because you should have tried proving to yourself that you are capable of being this big star in the business that I have overheard people say that you’re apparently destined to be and yet, you DIDN’T. Hell, do you even believe in your own abilities, Miss “Cinderella Story”? Yeah, judging by your prior words, I have my severe doubts that you do. And yet, people all over the wrestling world want to hype you up as one of the next big things in professional wrestling? You’ve been all around the world, not just GOL, but places like Redemption, places like F Society, places like Inferno and so on and so forth and yet, I don’t get the feeling that you’re close to pulling it all together. You may have blood of soldiers in your veins, but I’m sorry honey, this isn’t a god damn fairy tale. There’s no happy ending in MY movie when it comes to people like you. This is your chance to captivate and inspire a global audience, to be that beacon of hope and yet, here comes someone like me to take that beacon of hope and shatter it to mere splinters and that’s exactly what I am going to do to you! You might be the crowd favorite, you may have a bunch of little girls eating out of your palms chanting “Kenzie, Kenzie” and then those little bitches are going to be crying in the arms of their parents when I’m the one walking out of that ring with the Soaring Eagles Championship!
THAT is how your Cinderella story in GOL is going to end, Kenzie, and don’t you dare try to think otherwise. How DARE you talk yourself up as a Cinderella story at all when HELLO… you’re looking RIGHT AT HER! They didn’t expect me to do so well in this tournament. They don’t expect me to even come close to walking out of Eternal Lucha with the championship gold! And yet, here I stand, ready to fight in one of the biggest matches of my career and to all of you out there hoping and praying to god that either Julliet or Kenzie win, I’ll leave you with this. If you thought beating Jack Tillman was something, you haven’t seen a god damn thing yet because I am going to go into Eternal Lucha, ready to compete in the biggest fight of my life and I am going to make my dreams come true. I am going to be the first in my family to make it big and win a championship and I am going to do what my parents never could in North America and that’s become a champion and a star that transcends this business for years and years to come. It’s not going to be Julliet, she’s well past that point in her career. It’s not going to be Kenzie Rydell. The world will laugh at Brooks as she blows what might be her last big chance of her career, and Avery Miles could very well be watching this, laughing at his former acquaintance as she ultimately fails in her mission to prove something to him!
It’s going to be ME!
I am going to CONQUER one of the biggest lucha libre company in the worlds at Eternal Lucha, when the stage is bigger and when the lights are brighter, and I am going to soar to the top, by becoming that Soaring Eagles Champion and making the labyrinth a part of my own world that I am slowly, but surely, building.
That Soaring Eagles Championship? It won’t be a “consolation prize”, and it just won’t be the first championship of my career.
No…
It’ll be a dream come true for me!!!
Julianna: Publicly, as many are getting to know by now, I am very in your face. I speak my mind and I don’t filter my own thoughts at all. I’ve got a very strong sense of bravado. But at the same time, as much as I hate to admit it sometimes, I am also human. As much as I’d love to go out and win every single match I compete in, I know it’s impossible. I’m eclectic when it comes to my own mood. When I win, I am extremely happy and I feel like I can take on the world. My ego gets the biggest rush of adrenaline you can imagine and I milk that win for all that it is worth. But then the losses… oh GOD the losses…
Painful… very painful!
I don’t consider myself a perfectionist by any means, but being a mainstream rookie, wins and losses are critical at this stage of my career and that’s why when I lose, I tend to be harder on myself. My ego is essentially shattered for a few days. Yeah, I know that it’s the nature of the business. Losses are going to happen and I have to learn how to cope with them better, but the Super Falcon Cup was an experience that threw me for a roller coaster. It was amazing getting to the semifinals. A “Flash” wannabe who in reality, had no future in this business to begin with, wasn’t athletic enough to stop me. A “pure wrestler” who was no nonsense and cast me off as a gimmick and as a model wasn’t good enough to beat me. And yet, it took this… GIRL…
This bubbly, moronic, annoying GIRL… to bounce me from the tournament.
Are you KIDDING ME? Coby and Tillman couldn’t stop me, yet HONEY did?
For FUCK’S sake!
I was looking forward to facing Amy Jo Smyth in the finals, but unfortunately, that’s not going to happen now. This loss to Honey didn’t take me “days” to get over. In fact, if I could be perfectly honest, I don’t think I’m over it. But still, I made an impression on someone. I’ve got another opportunity, one that I can’t afford to waste. It’s my first mainstream experience on a flagship show: Eternal Lucha II. And you can bet that I am going to give it everything I’ve got against two veterans who have far more name value than me.
Fine! So be it! At that event, I am going to do what I did when I beat Coby and when I beat Tillman…
I’m going to shock the world… AGAIN… and win that Soaring Eagles Championship!
Part One
Date: July 13, 2017
`Nearly two weeks after her apparent confidence-shattering loss to Honey in the Super Falcon Cup semifinals, Julianna DiMaria is back home in San Diego. She’s taking a breather from training and taking a breather from the wrestling scene in general as she sits in her parents’ living room just playing a random video game on her phone. Her eyes narrow, indicating that she’s still bothered by her Super Falcon Cup loss and in fact, she’s actually thinking about it far too much.
Julianna (thinking): I should have had it! I should have had it! I should have had it! How could I lose to HER? Of all people… HER! Bloody fucking hell! HOW? She’s not even taken THAT seriously on the Redemption main roster for fuck’s sake! I should have beaten her and yet I didn’t? What is wrong with me? What is it with being in these big matches that I should be winning, and yet, for some reason or another, I don’t? UGH! I wish I could be far more consistent than I am right now, but my GOD, I’m so sick of being cursed by all this “youth and inexperience” that keeps holding me back.
Julianna groans as she looks at her phone, giving an indication that she just lost whatever game she was playing on it. She tosses it across the living room and the phone bounces off the other couch on the opposite end of the room and gently falls on the floor. Julianna hears a deep sigh from above her and she looks up to see her mother standing above her shaking her head.
Julianna: What?
Mrs. DiMaria: Can you NOT throw things across the room?
Julianna: You’re lucky I don’t have the money to move out yet.
Mrs. DiMaria: And you’re lucky that your father and I would never dare throw you out on the street. Is something bothering you? I know that in WCG, you were having some troubles catching a bit of a break but at least you got a win on their last show.
Julianna: Right, yeah, that’s fine. I just… why can’t I get over this?
Her mother rolls her eyes, annoyed by Julianna’s immaturity.
Mrs. DiMaria: Are you kicking your own ass over the Super Falcon Cup? AGAIN?
Julianna: I should have won!!!
Mrs. DiMaria: You didn’t. Now get over it! I love you Julianna, but oh my goodness, you can’t move out of this house fast enough!
Julianna: Excuse me?
Mrs. DiMaria: I don’t really know what else to say to you since you always react this way after every loss.
She lets out an annoyed sigh as her father comes into the picture from the kitchen. Her mother walks over to the other side of the room to pick up Her phone and she sets it on the table.
Julianna: I’m right here.
Mrs. DiMaria: You’re an adult, you can stand up and get it yourself.
Mr. DiMaria: So, am I missin’ anything?
Mrs. DiMaria: Julianna’s still not over losing in the Super Falcon Cup.
Mr. DiMaria: Oh Christ! Jules, seriously!
Julianna: I don’t want a double team lecture right now.
Julianna scoffs at both of her parents.
Mr. DiMaria: You know you’ve got to go to Mexico City in a few weeks right? You’re competing in their biggest show of the year for crying out loud. Shouldn’t that make you happy?
Julianna: Whatever!
Julianna folds her arms, continuing to cut herself off from her parents. But suddenly, the conversation is interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing.
Mrs. DiMaria: Were we expecting anyone today?
Mr. DiMaria: Not that I know of. Hold on, let me go get that.
Julianna’s father leaves the conversation for a bit as he goes to the front door. Her mother meanwhile, is seated on the couch across from Julianna’s. She doesn’t even bother trying to talk to her creating this awkward tension that’s in the air. Julianna’s curiosity peaks when she overhears her father suddenly sounding a tad excited at the front door. She hears the sound of the front door widening and she’s not paying too much attention to what’s going on until her father re-enters the conversation although he didn’t return to it alone.
Julianna: Who’s this guy?
Mr. DiMaria: Jules, this guy comes form GOL. He’s from their talent agency department and he wants to have a conversation with ya.
Julianna: Oh?
Man: Hello! We’ve been meaning to talk to you for a while. I represent GOL and their talent agency and I just wanted to follow up with you considering you recently participated in the Super Falcon Cup AND since you’re going to be competing for the Soaring Eagle Championship soon. Mind if I sit down anywhere?
Mrs. DiMaria: No, you can sit down anywhere. You don’t mind if my husband and I take part in this conversation, do you?
GOL Rep: Oh no! Not at all! In fact, it would be my honor!
Julianna’s father sits down next to her mother and the representative from GOL walks over to the recliner in between both couches. Julianna sits up straight, suddenly regaining a bit of the obnoxiously professional attitude that she has become known for in the wrestling business in such a short amount of time
GOL Rep: So, first thing’s first. I’m sorry that you weren’t able to get to the finals of the Super Falcon Cup.
Julianna: Don’t remind me, please.
GOL Rep: But you have to admit that getting to wrestle at Eternal Lucha and getting a chance at the Soaring Eagles Championship is the best “consolation prize” you could possibly have.
Julianna: Believe me, I’m trying to get myself perked up for that.
Mrs. DiMaria: Julianna has a tendency to be overly self-critical whenever she loses.
GOL Rep: I see! Well, don’t you worry about that because the biggest reason why I’m here? Let’s talk some turkey, amigos. Julianna is one of the finest young wrestlers to come out of Southern California in quite some time. We at GOL were extremely impressed by her performance in the Super Falcon Cup even though she lost in the semifinals. When you are able to walk into that labyrinth against a guy like Jack Tillman, and despite your limited experience, defeat him, then clearly, you are someone that is worth keeping an eye on and from what we’ve seen of you in WCG, chica, on top of what you were able to do in this tournament, we look at you as someone who can really make a long term impact in this business.
Julianna smiles slightly, feeling a little bit better hearing that from someone. It’s this brief bit of reassurance that gives her back a little more of the confidence that she needed to have in light of falling short so far into the tournament.
GOL Rep: In fact, by long term impact, we mean at Eternal Lucha and beyond. Furthermore, we here at GOL want you to make that long term impact in our company not just at Eternal Lucha, but for a long time to come because you truly showed us something as you were going through that tournament. So, on behalf of Guerreros of Lucha, I come to you with this…
The representative from GOL pulls out a packet of papers from his coat pocket and sets it down on the coffee table. Julianna and her parents are suddenly intrigued. Julianna doesn’t know what to make of this, but when she glances at her parents, she can easily see that her mother’s eyes are lighting up and her father is beaming with pride.
Julianna: What… what is this?
GOL Rep: We want you to be a permanent part of our roster. There’s our offer as well as our terms. Don’t you worry, it’s a non-exclusive deal so you can continue to compete for West Coast Genesis as well.
Julianna is surprised seeing this as she reaches over to pick up the contract offer. She unfolds the packet and takes a glance at what she’s being offered and she raises her eyebrows in surprise.
Julianna: Whoa! I don’t know what to say… I mean… you see THAT much value in me?
Mr. DiMaria: Stop selling yourself short, Jules! I know ya ain’t feeling great because of your loss, but just because ya lost to Honey doesn’t mean you’re terrible!
Mrs. DiMaria: If they didn’t see anything in you, you wouldn’t be seeing that contract offer. Speaking of that, can we take a look at it?
Julianna doesn’t hesitate as she hands over the contract offer to her parents. While they do that, she continues her conversation with the talent scout.
Julianna: I never realized I was THAT impressive.
GOL Rep: Believe me, you are. You’re essentially carrying the WCG brand better than their champion is right now and it’s only a matter of time before you become West Coast Champion. You’re cutting your teeth in the developmental ranks and that’s great. I don’t doubt that you’ll be on their main roster before too long. But we’re giving you a big time opportunity not just at Eternal Lucha, but in the future. This would be your opportunity to shine in front of a bigger audience and your style is perfect for us. We truly admire what you bring to the table and there’s no question in my mind that with how your parents trained you and with the experience you’d have with us, you’d eventually develop into the total package. You’re not a talent that we at GOL run into very often. I know we’re coming to you at a bit of a rough time which is why we’re giving you until Eternal Lucha itself to decide.
Mr. DiMaria: I don’t know Jules… I mean… this is a damn good offer.
Mrs. DiMaria: Yeah, it’s enough money for you to move out!
Julianna rolls her eyes as both of her parents have a bit of a lighthearted moment to herself.
Julianna: Very funny, mother…
Julianna sighs.
Julianna: So that means there’s a chance I might be a champion without a contract?
GOL Rep: If you don’t sign, you get to stick around until you lose the title. But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The decision is really up to you.
Julianna glances back at the contract offer as her mother lays it down on the coffee table. She thinks long and hard about it. In the back of her mind, she knows that the money would be good, but money is far from the reason why she’s even in the business to begin with.
Julianna: Right… this is a lot to take in.
GOL Rep: Take whatever time you need to decide, chica.
Julianna: I’ll take the next couple of weeks to think about it and then I’ll let you know at Eternal Lucha.
GOL Rep: Fantastico! I will see you then! Until then, take care of yourself.
Julianna and the talent agent stand up at the same time. They shake hands before they say their final goodbyes. The agent quickly thanks her parents as they stand up to shake his hand before he leaves their home. Julianna’s mother extends her arms from her, wanting a hug. Julianna rolls her eyes and complies with this as they embrace.
Mrs. DiMaria: I’m so proud of you!
Julianna: Thanks!
They let each other go, and Julianna exchanges the same embrace with her father.
Mr. DiMaria: You’re truly moving on up, Jules. Now, it’s your decision but… take the offer.
Mrs. DiMaria: You’ve got an opportunity in front of you your father and I never did!
Julianna: I’ll mull it over. Thanks guys!
Julianna takes the contract offer and heads upstairs to her bedroom. Once she enters her room and shuts the door, she places the offer down on a table and sits down at it, thinking about how to feel about it. She has a small smile on her face, indicating a sense of pride that she managed to attract interest from GOL as a result of her performance, but at this point, she only has one thing on her mind.
Julianna: One step at a time… let’s win that Soaring Eagle Championship first!
Julianna at this point, is finally moving past the Super Falcon Cup loss to Honey and is beginning to think about her immediate future in WCG: winning the West Coast Championship in about a month’s time, as well as GOL: winning the Soaring Eagles Championship.
Was Julianna going to take GOL’s offer?
Was she going to take another big step to advance her nascent wrestling career?
Until the night of the event itself, the answers to those questions and the fate of her promising future lied in her very hands.
Part Two:
Date: July 30, 2017
In the outskirts of Mexico City, Julianna finds herself in a temple like setting, dimmed candle lights and all. She doesn’t appear to be afraid of what surrounds her as she continues to process her thoughts about upcoming big match for the Soaring Eagles Championship. Despite her big setback in the Super Falcon Cup, Julianna is exuding some confidence as an indication that the loss is behind her with a composed posture and a smirk on her face. The young, San Diego native gathers her final thoughts before she begins to express her mind about what is taking place in front of her.
Julianna DiMaria: I have to say, from the bottom of my heart, that this experience here in GOL with this Super Falcon Cup tournament has been a hell of a thrill and a dream come true. When I first signed up for this tournament, I initially saw it as an opportunity to get my name out there and represent WCG while I proved to the entire world what kind of competitor I am and how much of a force I could be back in my home company and yeah, I’ve had my ups and downs in my young career which is only about five months old and all, but so much of my ups have come here, while I was competing in this tournament. Before I even got here, so many of you looked at me and went “Julianna WHO?” You didn’t know who I was. You had no respect for me. All you ever saw out of me was a “model competitor” who was in over her head. None of you even gave me a chance to make it far in the Super Falcon Cup. Coby Quik was a more highly touted prospect in this business than I was when I faced him, but that didn’t mean a thing, did it? It was that win over Jack Tillman in the second round that opened my eyes to a level that I had no idea I could be at and that’s when my confidence really soared. Then, it came crashing back to earth in the semifinals against Honey and UGH, that was a hard loss to swallow so much so that it took me nearly an entire month to get over it. And yet, here I stand, the “developmental wrestler” from West Coast Genesis that nobody gave a damn about at the start of this tournament is all of a sudden competing on the grandest lucha stage of them all…
...and for the Soaring Eagles Championship at that!
I never, in my wildest dreams, imagined this was going to be the ultimate outcome of this journey South of the Border and yet here I am, about to compete on my first flagship Pay-Per-View ever in my young, five-month career, taking on two women that are extremely notorious in this business in Julliet Brooks and Kenzie Rydell and once again, I am going into a match with a wrestler with far more notoriety and experience than me, and DOUBLE at that. I don’t need to dive into the careers of Brooks and Rydell. You all know who THEY are. They’ve been all around the world and then some. Brooks has competed in the labyrinth before and I can respect that, but at the end of the day, Julliet, I know what your weaknesses are and I know exactly how I am going to pull that “upset” over you at Eternal Lucha. You think just because you’re the veteran that’s cut your teeth before gives you the advantage over me? It doesn’t. If it meant a damn thing, GOL’s representative in the Super Falcon Cup wouldn’t have been a first round elimination. You look down on me just like the others do and you are walking in with the mentality that you’ve got this made, that I’m the long shot, that I am nothing to fear because I am not only the youngest competitor, I am also the least experienced. Yeah, feel free to tell everyone else in this tournament how much that mattered. Go ahead!
Can you also do your integrity a favor and mention that despite all your experience and accolades, you have yet to win a championship in this company despite being the veteran that you are? Yeah, shouldn’t that say something? Shouldn’t it say so much that opportunities like this don’t come around all that often for such a grizzled old veteran like yourself? I can imagine ALL of the pressure that is exhausting you right now. You know deep down that after twelve years in this business, you have a lot more time BEHIND YOU than you do AHEAD of you. You are going into this match thinking “what if this is the last major opportunity I will ever have?” You know that when you step into that ring with me, you’re in for a surprise and yet you refuse to admit it because you choose to hide behind whatever ego you have built up over the years. You walk around the wrestling business acting like you’re a priceless diamond but let me give you a bit of a reality check, diamonds don’t last forever, bitch! You know that if you don’t come away with that championship, you’ll be feeling like a second rate, scratch that… THIRD rate competitor because OH MY GOD, how can someone like YOU POSSIBLY lose to someone like me?
You’re about to find out tomorrow when at the end of the day, you’re the one bewildered at the fact that this no-name rookie out of San Diego, who nobody outside of the city had even HEARD OF coming into this tournament, winds up walking away with the vacated Soaring Eagles Championship in the end. You think you have what it takes to follow in the footsteps of Amy Jo Smyth and Roxi Johnson? Sorry grandma, you don’t. You better relish this as the last big opportunity you could ever possibly have because at the end of the day, that’s exactly what I am going to ENSURE this is for you. Hey, much respect for being that well-travelled big name veteran that’s been there and done that a thousand times over, but at the end of the day, you are looking into the eyes of the future when you see me across that ring from you. The Soaring Eagles Championship is designed to be the big stepping stone to the big prize in GOL, for up and coming wrestlers like Kenzie and I… not for women like you who are starting to see the sunsets of their careers.
Speaking of Kenzie…
The “cinderella story”. Whatever. Am I supposed to shed a tear for you? I mean, let’s recap how you got to this point, okay? You came here representing F Society Wrestling adn then before the tournament even STARTS, that company DIES! So, as a result, you were essentially the last beacon of that company, representing them and making sure their flag was flying JUST a little bit longer, for as long as you were in that tournament and hey, don’t get me wrong, Kenzie, you did great. You got to the semifinals just like I did. Your wins along the way were damn impressive indeed but when it all came down to it, the dream wasn’t going to last forever was it? The clock struck midnight and then what do you know, Amy Jo Smyth knocks you out in the semifinals. The woman is a former Soaring Eagles Champion, Kenzie. There is no shame in losing to her at all. In fact, I’d have rather lost to her than the annoying, unbearable piece of shit I ended up losing to. But wait, representing F Society one last time wasn’t the ONLY mission of yours was it? Didn’t you come here on this mission quest to prove something to Avery Miles? Wasn’t it something along the lines of proving to him that he didn’t need to be on the “wrong path” to get anywhere in this business?
Yeah, I’m not ENTIRELY sure you did that, but oh my gosh, how PATHETIC! First off, Avery is his own man. The types of choices that he makes in his career are none of your business. Hmm, maybe it’s no wonder you lost in the semifinals. Maybe you were just too fucking focused on trying to prove something here which astounds me, Kenzie, because even though you and I are essentially in the same age range, you should KNOW BETTER! You should know that in this business, the only person you have a damn thing to prove anything to is yourself and that’s your big weakness because you should have tried proving to yourself that you are capable of being this big star in the business that I have overheard people say that you’re apparently destined to be and yet, you DIDN’T. Hell, do you even believe in your own abilities, Miss “Cinderella Story”? Yeah, judging by your prior words, I have my severe doubts that you do. And yet, people all over the wrestling world want to hype you up as one of the next big things in professional wrestling? You’ve been all around the world, not just GOL, but places like Redemption, places like F Society, places like Inferno and so on and so forth and yet, I don’t get the feeling that you’re close to pulling it all together. You may have blood of soldiers in your veins, but I’m sorry honey, this isn’t a god damn fairy tale. There’s no happy ending in MY movie when it comes to people like you. This is your chance to captivate and inspire a global audience, to be that beacon of hope and yet, here comes someone like me to take that beacon of hope and shatter it to mere splinters and that’s exactly what I am going to do to you! You might be the crowd favorite, you may have a bunch of little girls eating out of your palms chanting “Kenzie, Kenzie” and then those little bitches are going to be crying in the arms of their parents when I’m the one walking out of that ring with the Soaring Eagles Championship!
THAT is how your Cinderella story in GOL is going to end, Kenzie, and don’t you dare try to think otherwise. How DARE you talk yourself up as a Cinderella story at all when HELLO… you’re looking RIGHT AT HER! They didn’t expect me to do so well in this tournament. They don’t expect me to even come close to walking out of Eternal Lucha with the championship gold! And yet, here I stand, ready to fight in one of the biggest matches of my career and to all of you out there hoping and praying to god that either Julliet or Kenzie win, I’ll leave you with this. If you thought beating Jack Tillman was something, you haven’t seen a god damn thing yet because I am going to go into Eternal Lucha, ready to compete in the biggest fight of my life and I am going to make my dreams come true. I am going to be the first in my family to make it big and win a championship and I am going to do what my parents never could in North America and that’s become a champion and a star that transcends this business for years and years to come. It’s not going to be Julliet, she’s well past that point in her career. It’s not going to be Kenzie Rydell. The world will laugh at Brooks as she blows what might be her last big chance of her career, and Avery Miles could very well be watching this, laughing at his former acquaintance as she ultimately fails in her mission to prove something to him!
It’s going to be ME!
I am going to CONQUER one of the biggest lucha libre company in the worlds at Eternal Lucha, when the stage is bigger and when the lights are brighter, and I am going to soar to the top, by becoming that Soaring Eagles Champion and making the labyrinth a part of my own world that I am slowly, but surely, building.
That Soaring Eagles Championship? It won’t be a “consolation prize”, and it just won’t be the first championship of my career.
No…
It’ll be a dream come true for me!!!