Breakdown 2-10-22
Kandis sits straddling a weight bench, dressed in her typical work out attire – halter style top and matching tights, both dark gray with pink trim. Her hair hangs in low pigtail braids. Kandis absentmindedly plays with the end of one the braids, a smirk on her face.
I told Owen, and I told everyone else... that no one fucks with the Connection and gets away with it. It might take a while for us to get our pound of flesh, to the point that you might think you got one over o us.... but eventually? We get our receipts. Owen found that out at Body, Heart, and Soul, just like so many before him. Owen... I know you think this settled nothing and you think there will be a next time, and next time you'll get me... but as far as I'm concerned? This little piece of bullshit between us? It's over. So you go on your merry way, keep looking for that redemption that you'll never find as long as you keep playing follow the leader instead of being your own man... and I'll go mine, on the way up to actually leading.
I hope Cid Turner and Holly Adams were paying attention to Body, Heart, and Soul. Or maybe they should run it back after last week's Breakdown. I bet Cid thinks he's gotten off fairly easily for what he did at Trios. Tommy and me got a few shots in, Brittany Lohan got paid to get in a few shots... but hey, because of that clusterfuck now Cid is sitting pretty as Adrenaline Champion. Seems like things went his way after all, huh? And Holly? Well, she's got her TV show and the money of people who buy into her bullshit. She's not the World Champion though, thank fuck for that. But she's still trying! Interrupted the start of Selena and Glory's match last week, acting as if she still has a place in the conversation even though she got her ass kicked twice.
But this week? All of that changes.
Both Cid and Holly are about to find out first-hand what happens when you fuck around with me and Tommy. And it's about time for Cid, too. After the way he blew Trios for his team, screwing over Kennedy Street and Tommy. I don't give a quarter-fuck about Kennedy, but Tommy?
Kandis shakes her head and scoffs.
Tommy nearly blew everything between us up when he literally held me back, stopped me from breaking up the pinfall in the Trios semi-finals, just so that his team, your team could advance to the finals. That's how much he wanted that contract, that's how much he didn't want me to follow through with a deal I made to get one myself. We've both hinted at the fact we fought over it, got through it and here we are as strong as ever, but I'm gonna tell you right now, there was about a day or so where... I wasn't sure it was gonna work out. All because he wanted that Trios. And you, Cid? You fucked your whole team out of it! You made everything Tommy and me went through mean nothing. So let me make this very clear for you, Cidnay...
Kandis makes a sarcastic face as she pronounces the name as Holly does.
After the mess Trios became for us, everything I planned and made deals for and worked for, everything Tommy did to prevent it, the way we nearly imploded.... if you think Tommy has been pissed at you ever since? Just fucking wait until you get across the ring from me! You didn't just cost me a contract, Cid... you almost cost me the one thing that means more to me than anything else that exists. I don't think you have the slightest clue what you're in for when the bell rings.
Kandis flips the braid she's been playing with behind her shoulder.
As for Holly? Listen doll, you are in for one motherfuck of a reality check, and I don't mean fake reality like the shit you manufacture for your bullshit TV show. I mean actual reality, where it's clear that you are not the World Champion, you blew your chances and you need to back the fuck up. Everyone had something to say to me and Tommy about standing down after circumstance prevented us from getting our Tag Team Championships back. We were screwed and we were never actually beat for them. Do we like the fact that other people were given a chance? Fuck no! But... we know how this works. We've found other things to focus on until SCW realizes they need us to save the Tag Division again. Tommy won't leave Cid alone until he feels he's paid enough for fucking up Trios, and if he happens to take the Adrenaline Championship away from him in the process? That'll just be the cherry on top.
As for me?
Kandis smirks again.
Another large piece of gold has caught my eye. One I previously had no interest in, I admit. But now? The opportunity is ripe for me to call my shot. I've said for longer than I can remember that I'm sick of being overlooked, underestimated, seen as the 'second' rather than an equal as part of the Connection. I think in the last few weeks I've proven that I'm anything but second. In fact... let's go back a few weeks to my match against none other than the woman who was handed a fucking World Championship match just because she asked.... Glory Braddock. You know, the former temporary World Champion who never actually held the title, as in the belt itself... she was a champion in name only for about ten minutes. Yeah, that bitch.
The one I beat.
So let me get this straight. This trick starts making noise about wanting a World Championship match, just cause she won at Body, Heart, and Soul, she thinks that means she earned it. Well guess what bitches? I won there, too! And right before the pay per view... I kicked her ass! So if Glory can get a title shot just for asking, why can't I? Where's my fucking title shot?! That's why last week I put Selena down like the pest that she is.
Y'all already know I'm not the one to sit around and wait to be given what I want. That's not how The Connection works, its not how I work. When I want something I make sure everyone knows exactly what it is I want, and then I don't quit until I get it.
Kandis leans forward, staring directly into the camera as if speaking to Shaun Cruze himself.
I'm calling my fucking shot. Give. Me. Selena.
I'm not asking. I'm demanding.
Kandis stares another second or two, making it clear she's dead serious. Then, she shrugs.
If me and Tommy have to go through Cid and Holly to get what we want, what we deserve? That's exactly what we're gonna do. We're not even worried about getting an official win on the books. A W in the records doesn't matter in this case, what matters is making a statement. If we happen to pin or submit one of you to do that, great. But it's not really necessary. It's not a secret that we don't care about taking an L for the greater good. For this match? The greater good is making sure that Cid understands Tommy is not done with him, not even close. We'll expose the fact that Cid is only Adrenaline Champion because Tommy couldn't get back into the ring to break up the submission, because Jordan Majors gave up too fucking fast! If the bitch had any ounce of respect for that title or even herself, she would have fought back harder and Tommy would have broken that up and then... well, we'd have an Adrenaline Champion who deserves to hold it.
The greater good is also making sure that Holly understands that her chance to put herself in the biggest spotlight there is in SCW has passed. She failed. Twice. No one screwed her, and she was actually pinned. I repeat... twice. She needs to step the fuck back and go back to what she's best at... scamming idiots out of their money and making a fool out of herself telling pathetic jokes to hide the fact that she's actually the biggest joke there is around here.
Cid? Holly? Both of you are gonna find out what happens when you fuck around with people who do not quit. We'll kick your ass, expose you, make you regret even thinking about fucking us over or getting in our way. Whether the official decision is a win or loss, it won't matter. We'll call it a victory as long as we make examples out of you, making sure no one forgets what we're capable of, and how far we'll go to get back at people who fuck with us.
Kandis stands up, her arms crossed defiantly.
Tommy is coming for his payback. I'm coming for my spot. And there isn't a damn thing either of you can do to stop us.
Kandis keeps a steady glare for a few seconds as the video fades out.