Post by Anastasia Hayden on Apr 25, 2016 9:22:09 GMT
Sitting in a steel chair, Anastasia Hayden sports her black Lonsdale London jacket, glaring into the camera. No emotion painted on her face as she comes off cold, almost uninterested in being in front of the camera in the first place.
“What do you want me to say? Do you want me to just have that nice little cookie cutter response that everyone else is gonna have in this tournament? It’s an honor to be out here. It’s gonna be great to wrestle in Japan. Do you honestly think I care about any of that? I didn’t even sign up for this! Terry McKenna dragged me into this tournament and now I’ve got to compete with him. The GPC World Tag Team Championships? The Bloody Best Friends? Terry...what the hell were you thinking?”
Breaking contact with the camera, Ana just sighs and looks down at the floor. This wasn’t exactly how she wanted to make her way to Japan, but that didn’t matter anymore. Looking back up to the camera, Hayden starts again.
“But it doesn’t matter. I’m here now and there’s no point wasting my energy on my…’partner’. Now that I’m here, I’m here with a purpose. To win those GPC World Tag Team Championships. I don’t care if I have to carry Terry all the way through, we’re gonna win those damned belts. I haven’t even wrestled inside of a New Japan Fighting Championship and I’m already the best wrestler in the company. I’m the best damn wrestler in the country!”
The boastful statement still doesn’t force Ana into showing any emotion, a calculated stern look that seems permanent.
“I don’t know who we’re facing. Vendetta? King...something and Vincent...someone. The details don’t really matter. They’re not Anastasia Hayden. That’s the only name that matters in this tournament. If there’s only one name you remember from this whole ordeal...it’s mine. I don’t care who we’re facing in the first round because their are just the first round fodder. We’re the one seed and they’re eighth. Vendetta do not register on our radars.”
A scoff from Ana, a slight look of disgust breaking through.
“Let me tell you something about guys who call themselves ‘kings’. They don’t last. Kings never last. Their names show up in the history books, but do people ever really care? The only ones that matter are the ones who get taken down and executed for the world to see. That’s all you’ll be. You won’t make it past the first round, but at least you’ll show up in the books. Consider it an honor. People are just going to remember you because of me. They’ll see Anastasia Hayden kicking your teeth down your throat and that’s how you’ll be remembered, King.”
The beginnings of an arrogant smirk show on the side of Hayden’s mouth.
“Vincent? Just another name. The fact that you’re going by ‘Vincent’ instead of ‘Vince’ paints the picture I need. You’re not a wrestler. You’re not a fighter. You’re just another name that doesn’t mean anything to anyone. And it’s fitting you’re in this tournament. You don’t know me and I don’t know you. After the tournament, people still won’t know you. Just names. Names with no substance. Who will care about you once you retire? No one. You won’t have a legacy. King won’t have a legacy. Vendetta will just be an edgy name left in the past.”
Anastasia’s arrogant smirk widens across her face for only a brief moment, confidence beaming in her eyes.
“I’m in Japan now because I’m a fighter. I didn’t sign up for this, but now I’m here. That’s one thing everyone needs to know. I want to fight. It’s not enough for me to just win. I won’t go down the line that I’m just a girl, but don’t you underestimate me. That’s not who I am. I don’t care what you think about me. You’re not important to me. I’m just out here to fight and win those tag belts. I’ll drag Terry McKenna through fire and flame, but we’ll be leaving Japan as the GCP World Tag Team Champions! We’ll break these first round idiots and we’ll make our mark.”
Standing up from her chair, the camera follows Ana as she steps a bit closer to the camera, making sure her face is in frame.
“Whether it be Vendetta or anyone else. It’s going to be the...the...The Bloody Best Friends...that reign supreme in Japan. This first round is just our warm up. Terry McKenna may be an idiot...no...Terry McKenna is an idiot, but he’s the second best wrestler in Japan. If there was any doubt who was gonna win this tournament and those belts...I just erased it. I won’t let him embarrass me and Japan is going to know who Anastasia Hayden is. Vendetta will know who Anastasia Hayden is when I break your faces! Everyone here is just talk, but not me. I’m a warrior. I’m the mouth guard warrior. More importantly...I’m the future co-holder of the GPC World Tag Team Championship.”
There’s an intense silence after Ana’s sentence comes to a finish, her just glaring straight into the camera. Without uttering another word, she just walks off the set and the scene fades to black.
