Post by The Revolution on Aug 22, 2014 12:13:56 GMT -5
We open up in a small little apratment that has nothing much in it other than a stove, couch, television and a little room for a bedroom. The place seems pretty bare other than those things and it looks like there isn’t even anyone living in it but, there is. There is one person living in this apartment and it’s Jennifer Drew. That’s when we see her walk out of her bedroom and sit down on couch. She simply has on a pair of black shorts and a grey tank top as she walks around in her bare feet. She grabs a pen and paper and begins to write some stuff while she begins to talk.
Jenn: People always ask a wrestler who they are, what they stand for, and what their goals are in wrestling. That is the first thing people are always asked isn’t it? I mean, people want to get to know the talent they see in the ring all the time, they want to feel like they can relate to the personalities they see entertain them each and every time they see them compete. Trust me, I have heard so many people ask my cousin that all because she is a big time wrestler that has shown some success in this business and yet, here I am just a simple rookie with only a handful of matches under my belt and already been released by a company because they had no idea what to do with me so let me go and from there, it was on again to try and find a home for me to hone my skills. I sat in my North Carolina home hoping for something to happen in terms of my wrestling career for two months.
I waited and waited, sitting in my first real apartment. It was my first time actually being on my own and not being near or having someone to fall back on if things got tough for me. It was tough at first because it was weird living in an apartment all by myself but, it was something that after a little while though, I grew used to and actually started to enjoy. It’s been nice having a place of my own because now, it was time to break away from the rest of my family and carve my own path in history and in life. It was time for Jennifer Drew to finally become an independent woman and make her own stamp on the wrestling world and not be known as simply Amy Drew’s younger cousin that is always going to be in her shadow. Well, that is why I wanted to find a company that Amy had never touched or most of the people didn’t know who she was because it was time to cut my own path and trying to make a name for myself.
Jenn puts the pen and paper down and looks straight forward with a huge grin on her face. She sits there in silence for a few moments before finally speaking back up.
Jenn: I joined up in a band to start getting back into music too while I sat and waited for a contract to be accepted at a wrestling company and you, know I have been having fun with that but, I would rather be in the wrestling ring and finally, I got that phone call from a company and that company was Ladie’s All-Star Wrestling. I was told I was going to debut in a little tournament calle Queen of the Ring. Now, I know some of you that are watching this may not know what that is. Well, let me explain it to you. Queen of the Ring is a one night tournament, eight ladies start the night all in the hunt for the title of Queen of the Ring and a shot at the LAW Championship. Well, there will be a series of single elimination matches until there is only one of us left standing. Trust me, I have looked at the competition in this match and I know it’s going to be one hell of a tournament let alone one hell of a night in general at the show that is absolutely stacked from top to bottom.
Honestly, I’m the newbie here in this company and I’m thinking I’m the newest talent in this whole tournament. I’m only twenty years old but, I’m ready to start making my mark here in the wrestling world and what better way than showing the world how good I am and winning the entire Queen of the Ring tournament. Now, I know that it is going to be a tough challenge for me especially since I am probably the smallest girl in this whole thing and probably have the least amount of experience but, there is one thing I don’t lack and that is heart. See, I have a passion for this business and I work hard each and every day in order to make myself better and get ready for the next opportunity to prove myself and show that I can be every bit as good if not better than my cousin ever was. For me, it’s a slight competition with Amy for sure because we have always been like sisters but, for the most part, I want to step out from her shadow and just be Jenn Drew and be the best damn wrestler I can.
Well, it looks like I get the amazing opportunity to kick off this show and get things going on the right path. I get the chance to face off against Miyoko Oshiro in the first round and let me tell you what, I’m looking forward to it a lot because I know Miyoko is going to give me one hell of a challenge and that is exactly what I love about this amazing sport of professional wrestling. See, I don’t know much about Miyoko but, I do know that if she is in this tournament, she has got to be somebody that can perform in that ring and she has got to be somebody that is going to give me one hell of a challenge out there in the ring because I know the management team here at LAW isn’t going to put people they don’t have confidence in performing to their standards of a Pay-Per View so that honors me even more being in this tournament. I’m so ready to go out there and prove to people that I’m able to be near the top of a company even though I have only been wrestling for less than half a year.
It’s my goal to show up and put on the best performance I possibly can and facing Miyoko will certainly bring out the best in me and I know that the two of us will give the crowd something to be excited about to open up the show because frankly, that is what LAW provides, it provides the best in Women’s Wrestling today. It has the best women’s wrestlers in the world and there is no denying that if you ask me. Just look at the tournament itself. I mean we have Keira Fisher, Gabriella Salinas, McKenzie Roberts, Evelyn Taylor, Jenny Williams, and Nyako all in this tournament as well which is a stiff test for even the best wrestlers in the world. Am I nervous to be going into this tournament? You bet your ass I am, I’m not the overconfident type. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that all these other ladies suck and that they don’t hold a candle to me because I am the best wrestler this world has ever seen. I’m not going to call myself the Queen Bitch or anything like that because that’s just not who I am.
Jenn sits there and flashes a smile before turning it into a little bit more serious of an expression like she is moving on to something a little more serious and less light hearted.
Jenn: Well, I’m sure most of you are wanting to know who I am aren’t you? Well, I’m just a simple girl that loves the simple things in life. I’m just happy to always wake up the next day and be able to live it because at one point in time, I wasn’t sure if I was going to see the next day when I closed my eyes to fall asleep. I was, at one point thinking that the day I was living could have very well been my last thanks to a horrible, horrible drug. What was that drug you ask? Well, I can sit here and tell you that the drug that use to cause me so much grief and harm was heroin. That’s right, I’m a recovered heroin addict. Two years clean next month to be exact. See, I’m proud of the fact I kicked my addiction and I have been able to remain clean from any addiction for two years now. Hell, I don’t even drink alcohol, not that I’m able to over here in the States but, I have no desire to touch that stuff because I know what could happen, I know there could be an addiction there because I have a very addictive personality. I start on something and I get addicted to it. Whether it be my wrestling career or my music, those are healthy addictions that help keep my mind off of wanting to try other things that could provide me with a harmful addiction in life and I don’t need another harmful addiction in my life that could take it over and this time possibly kill me.
See, people will judge me for being a rehabbed heroin addict and judge me thinking I don’t deserve a second chance in life because I did a lot of things I’m not proud of in my time being addicted to that stuff but, I can’t change the past, I can only control what happens in the here and now and for me, that’s constantly fighting the urge to want to try something new to possibly get hooked on something that isn’t exactly good for me. It a struggle everyday to not relapse and get hooked on heroin again because I know it’s still there, deep down in the subconscious part of my mind that I still can be addicted to the stuff and it wouldn’t be hard to get hooked again but, I refuse to give into any of those urges. You know what I do when I feel those kinds of urges, I go to the gym and get a workout in or I pick up a pen and paper and start writing lyrics for songs. I do something to take my mind off of those thoughts because I don’t want to go back to that woman I was over two years ago stealing and selling my body for drugs. I was willing to do anything and everything just to score that next hit, get that next dose into my veins. I didn’t care what I had to do in order to get it and that led to some things that looking back on it now, I’m not too proud of.
But, like I said that was the past and people can judge me for it all they want because honestly, I know who I am now and I’m not the same girl I was then. I’m a much more centered and relaxed person now. I’m much more about the people around me and making sure they are alright before putting my wants and needs first. I’m no longer selfish and would rather make sure the people who love me and support me are happy first because no matter what, the fact that I’m clean from my addiction is the thing that makes me the happiest. It’s the thing that I can sit here and proudly admit that it always puts a smile on my face knowing I’m one of the lucky ones that didn’t get into the addiction so deep that I was a lost cause and there was no helping me. I’m thankful for the fact that not everyone in my family gave up on me. I’m thankful said person went out of their way to ensure I got the help I needed even though she barely had enough money for herself and she was struggling just to get by but, she ensured I got into one of the best rehabilitation places in all of London for three months.
Do you want to know who that person was? No, it wasn’t my mother, it wasn’t my aunt, it was my cousin and my best friend Amy Drew. Yes, Amy ensured I got the best help she could afford and that right there opened my eyes that she was willing to go that far out of her way when she was getting ready to get out of wrestling school and head over here to the States to start making a name for herself. That showed me that there were people in my family that still cared about me and that was the day I vowed and guaranteed her that I was going to beat this addiction and get clean and stay that way all for her and I have kept that promise to this very day. I still can’t thank her enough for that either.
Jenn wipes away a few tears from her face as she looks down at her end table and picks up a picture of her and Amy that was taken a couple of years ago when she got out of rehab. Jenn flashes a smile before kissing it and setting it back down on the end table and composing herself before continuing on.
Jenn: Anyways, that basically covers my past and now, back to the task at hand. First, I need to get past Miyoko if I want to keep on advancing. I have every plan on winning this whole tournament but, it’s hard to predict that I will because like I said before, the competition here is fierce and the ladies in this tournament want this crown and the title shot just as much as I do so, I know they have worked and trained just as hard as I have but, they don’t know me and they have all overlooked me it seems like. Everyone is so concerned about simply their first round opponent. They aren’t looking at the rest of the field like I have and I have prepared for each and every person. I have a gameplan in my head for every single lady in the tournament. Everyone else is too wrapped up in wanting to destroy or embarrass their first round opponent that I think they overlook the fact there are six other women other than the two in their match and that could end up hurting them because they might not be completely ready for any of the other six ladies because they are too focused on one match. This isn’t a one match night for some of us. Two lucky people will have to wrestle three matches in one night just to claim the crown of Queen of the Ring and I don’t know if people realize that like I do.
See, I know I’m ready for the biggest challenge in my very, very short wrestling career. Yes, by short I mean I have less than ten professional matches under my belt. I may not even have over five so that just goes to show you that I’m still almost brand new to wrestling but, I will show the world just how good I can be and I know I am going to surprise some people in this tournament and I know I am going to turn some heads and people will take notice of me even if I’m not able to win the entire thing. I know deep down though that if I give it my all and even make it to the semi-finals I will be proud of myself because I will have accomplished something good in my first outing here at LAW. And I know, you guys want to hear me rip apart my opponents but, that’s just not who I am. I’m not one to take that route and tell everyone how I’m better than all of them because honestly, I don’t know if I am. I feel like I am but, it’s hard to say with how new I am to wrestling. I’ve never even had a chance at a championship yet so, I don’t know how good I am really but, if I can win this whole tournament I know I would be ready to face the LAW Champion when that time comes because if I can outlast eight other ladies and become the Queen of the Ring, it’s just validation that all of my hard work to be the best has truly paid off.
Jenn’s phone suddenly starts to ring. She looks down at it and quickly answers it.
Jenn: Ok, I’ll be there in a half an hour Justin. I can’t wait to start putting music to some of my lyrics, we are going to rock them for sure. Alright, get the guys together and I’ll meet you at your place for a little jam session. Peace out dude.
Jenn hangs up her phone and lays it down on the table beside her and smiles.
Jenn: Well, it seems like I’m out of time for now folks, I have band practice. We’re starting to finalize some of the songs I’ve written for us to perform. Until next time all of you amazing people, I’m Jenn Drew signing off for now but, it’s not the last you will see of me.
Jenn stands up and grabs her guitar before walking over to the apartment door and walking out as the scene fades out.
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Jenn: People always ask a wrestler who they are, what they stand for, and what their goals are in wrestling. That is the first thing people are always asked isn’t it? I mean, people want to get to know the talent they see in the ring all the time, they want to feel like they can relate to the personalities they see entertain them each and every time they see them compete. Trust me, I have heard so many people ask my cousin that all because she is a big time wrestler that has shown some success in this business and yet, here I am just a simple rookie with only a handful of matches under my belt and already been released by a company because they had no idea what to do with me so let me go and from there, it was on again to try and find a home for me to hone my skills. I sat in my North Carolina home hoping for something to happen in terms of my wrestling career for two months.
I waited and waited, sitting in my first real apartment. It was my first time actually being on my own and not being near or having someone to fall back on if things got tough for me. It was tough at first because it was weird living in an apartment all by myself but, it was something that after a little while though, I grew used to and actually started to enjoy. It’s been nice having a place of my own because now, it was time to break away from the rest of my family and carve my own path in history and in life. It was time for Jennifer Drew to finally become an independent woman and make her own stamp on the wrestling world and not be known as simply Amy Drew’s younger cousin that is always going to be in her shadow. Well, that is why I wanted to find a company that Amy had never touched or most of the people didn’t know who she was because it was time to cut my own path and trying to make a name for myself.
Jenn puts the pen and paper down and looks straight forward with a huge grin on her face. She sits there in silence for a few moments before finally speaking back up.
Jenn: I joined up in a band to start getting back into music too while I sat and waited for a contract to be accepted at a wrestling company and you, know I have been having fun with that but, I would rather be in the wrestling ring and finally, I got that phone call from a company and that company was Ladie’s All-Star Wrestling. I was told I was going to debut in a little tournament calle Queen of the Ring. Now, I know some of you that are watching this may not know what that is. Well, let me explain it to you. Queen of the Ring is a one night tournament, eight ladies start the night all in the hunt for the title of Queen of the Ring and a shot at the LAW Championship. Well, there will be a series of single elimination matches until there is only one of us left standing. Trust me, I have looked at the competition in this match and I know it’s going to be one hell of a tournament let alone one hell of a night in general at the show that is absolutely stacked from top to bottom.
Honestly, I’m the newbie here in this company and I’m thinking I’m the newest talent in this whole tournament. I’m only twenty years old but, I’m ready to start making my mark here in the wrestling world and what better way than showing the world how good I am and winning the entire Queen of the Ring tournament. Now, I know that it is going to be a tough challenge for me especially since I am probably the smallest girl in this whole thing and probably have the least amount of experience but, there is one thing I don’t lack and that is heart. See, I have a passion for this business and I work hard each and every day in order to make myself better and get ready for the next opportunity to prove myself and show that I can be every bit as good if not better than my cousin ever was. For me, it’s a slight competition with Amy for sure because we have always been like sisters but, for the most part, I want to step out from her shadow and just be Jenn Drew and be the best damn wrestler I can.
Well, it looks like I get the amazing opportunity to kick off this show and get things going on the right path. I get the chance to face off against Miyoko Oshiro in the first round and let me tell you what, I’m looking forward to it a lot because I know Miyoko is going to give me one hell of a challenge and that is exactly what I love about this amazing sport of professional wrestling. See, I don’t know much about Miyoko but, I do know that if she is in this tournament, she has got to be somebody that can perform in that ring and she has got to be somebody that is going to give me one hell of a challenge out there in the ring because I know the management team here at LAW isn’t going to put people they don’t have confidence in performing to their standards of a Pay-Per View so that honors me even more being in this tournament. I’m so ready to go out there and prove to people that I’m able to be near the top of a company even though I have only been wrestling for less than half a year.
It’s my goal to show up and put on the best performance I possibly can and facing Miyoko will certainly bring out the best in me and I know that the two of us will give the crowd something to be excited about to open up the show because frankly, that is what LAW provides, it provides the best in Women’s Wrestling today. It has the best women’s wrestlers in the world and there is no denying that if you ask me. Just look at the tournament itself. I mean we have Keira Fisher, Gabriella Salinas, McKenzie Roberts, Evelyn Taylor, Jenny Williams, and Nyako all in this tournament as well which is a stiff test for even the best wrestlers in the world. Am I nervous to be going into this tournament? You bet your ass I am, I’m not the overconfident type. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that all these other ladies suck and that they don’t hold a candle to me because I am the best wrestler this world has ever seen. I’m not going to call myself the Queen Bitch or anything like that because that’s just not who I am.
Jenn sits there and flashes a smile before turning it into a little bit more serious of an expression like she is moving on to something a little more serious and less light hearted.
Jenn: Well, I’m sure most of you are wanting to know who I am aren’t you? Well, I’m just a simple girl that loves the simple things in life. I’m just happy to always wake up the next day and be able to live it because at one point in time, I wasn’t sure if I was going to see the next day when I closed my eyes to fall asleep. I was, at one point thinking that the day I was living could have very well been my last thanks to a horrible, horrible drug. What was that drug you ask? Well, I can sit here and tell you that the drug that use to cause me so much grief and harm was heroin. That’s right, I’m a recovered heroin addict. Two years clean next month to be exact. See, I’m proud of the fact I kicked my addiction and I have been able to remain clean from any addiction for two years now. Hell, I don’t even drink alcohol, not that I’m able to over here in the States but, I have no desire to touch that stuff because I know what could happen, I know there could be an addiction there because I have a very addictive personality. I start on something and I get addicted to it. Whether it be my wrestling career or my music, those are healthy addictions that help keep my mind off of wanting to try other things that could provide me with a harmful addiction in life and I don’t need another harmful addiction in my life that could take it over and this time possibly kill me.
See, people will judge me for being a rehabbed heroin addict and judge me thinking I don’t deserve a second chance in life because I did a lot of things I’m not proud of in my time being addicted to that stuff but, I can’t change the past, I can only control what happens in the here and now and for me, that’s constantly fighting the urge to want to try something new to possibly get hooked on something that isn’t exactly good for me. It a struggle everyday to not relapse and get hooked on heroin again because I know it’s still there, deep down in the subconscious part of my mind that I still can be addicted to the stuff and it wouldn’t be hard to get hooked again but, I refuse to give into any of those urges. You know what I do when I feel those kinds of urges, I go to the gym and get a workout in or I pick up a pen and paper and start writing lyrics for songs. I do something to take my mind off of those thoughts because I don’t want to go back to that woman I was over two years ago stealing and selling my body for drugs. I was willing to do anything and everything just to score that next hit, get that next dose into my veins. I didn’t care what I had to do in order to get it and that led to some things that looking back on it now, I’m not too proud of.
But, like I said that was the past and people can judge me for it all they want because honestly, I know who I am now and I’m not the same girl I was then. I’m a much more centered and relaxed person now. I’m much more about the people around me and making sure they are alright before putting my wants and needs first. I’m no longer selfish and would rather make sure the people who love me and support me are happy first because no matter what, the fact that I’m clean from my addiction is the thing that makes me the happiest. It’s the thing that I can sit here and proudly admit that it always puts a smile on my face knowing I’m one of the lucky ones that didn’t get into the addiction so deep that I was a lost cause and there was no helping me. I’m thankful for the fact that not everyone in my family gave up on me. I’m thankful said person went out of their way to ensure I got the help I needed even though she barely had enough money for herself and she was struggling just to get by but, she ensured I got into one of the best rehabilitation places in all of London for three months.
Do you want to know who that person was? No, it wasn’t my mother, it wasn’t my aunt, it was my cousin and my best friend Amy Drew. Yes, Amy ensured I got the best help she could afford and that right there opened my eyes that she was willing to go that far out of her way when she was getting ready to get out of wrestling school and head over here to the States to start making a name for herself. That showed me that there were people in my family that still cared about me and that was the day I vowed and guaranteed her that I was going to beat this addiction and get clean and stay that way all for her and I have kept that promise to this very day. I still can’t thank her enough for that either.
Jenn wipes away a few tears from her face as she looks down at her end table and picks up a picture of her and Amy that was taken a couple of years ago when she got out of rehab. Jenn flashes a smile before kissing it and setting it back down on the end table and composing herself before continuing on.
Jenn: Anyways, that basically covers my past and now, back to the task at hand. First, I need to get past Miyoko if I want to keep on advancing. I have every plan on winning this whole tournament but, it’s hard to predict that I will because like I said before, the competition here is fierce and the ladies in this tournament want this crown and the title shot just as much as I do so, I know they have worked and trained just as hard as I have but, they don’t know me and they have all overlooked me it seems like. Everyone is so concerned about simply their first round opponent. They aren’t looking at the rest of the field like I have and I have prepared for each and every person. I have a gameplan in my head for every single lady in the tournament. Everyone else is too wrapped up in wanting to destroy or embarrass their first round opponent that I think they overlook the fact there are six other women other than the two in their match and that could end up hurting them because they might not be completely ready for any of the other six ladies because they are too focused on one match. This isn’t a one match night for some of us. Two lucky people will have to wrestle three matches in one night just to claim the crown of Queen of the Ring and I don’t know if people realize that like I do.
See, I know I’m ready for the biggest challenge in my very, very short wrestling career. Yes, by short I mean I have less than ten professional matches under my belt. I may not even have over five so that just goes to show you that I’m still almost brand new to wrestling but, I will show the world just how good I can be and I know I am going to surprise some people in this tournament and I know I am going to turn some heads and people will take notice of me even if I’m not able to win the entire thing. I know deep down though that if I give it my all and even make it to the semi-finals I will be proud of myself because I will have accomplished something good in my first outing here at LAW. And I know, you guys want to hear me rip apart my opponents but, that’s just not who I am. I’m not one to take that route and tell everyone how I’m better than all of them because honestly, I don’t know if I am. I feel like I am but, it’s hard to say with how new I am to wrestling. I’ve never even had a chance at a championship yet so, I don’t know how good I am really but, if I can win this whole tournament I know I would be ready to face the LAW Champion when that time comes because if I can outlast eight other ladies and become the Queen of the Ring, it’s just validation that all of my hard work to be the best has truly paid off.
Jenn’s phone suddenly starts to ring. She looks down at it and quickly answers it.
Jenn: Ok, I’ll be there in a half an hour Justin. I can’t wait to start putting music to some of my lyrics, we are going to rock them for sure. Alright, get the guys together and I’ll meet you at your place for a little jam session. Peace out dude.
Jenn hangs up her phone and lays it down on the table beside her and smiles.
Jenn: Well, it seems like I’m out of time for now folks, I have band practice. We’re starting to finalize some of the songs I’ve written for us to perform. Until next time all of you amazing people, I’m Jenn Drew signing off for now but, it’s not the last you will see of me.
Jenn stands up and grabs her guitar before walking over to the apartment door and walking out as the scene fades out.
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