Post by shanell on Sept 28, 2012 19:59:05 GMT -4
OOC: I'm gonna switch between first and third person views in this Roleplay. First person will be an insight into what Shanell Lewis is thinking, Third person will be what she's doing.
Last week was devastating. My first match, my big chance. I was out there with Mr.Dangerous and James 'The New Black' Noir. I longed for this moment, its what I wanted since I was a little girl. The camera's weren't on, the crowd was still filing in, but it was my moment. My chance to prove everyone wrong who never thought a girl from the streets of Anaheim could make it.
Then, it all went wrong. I felt the burn in my stomach as I was kicked and then all of the air left my body after James hit the 'Smokers Lung' on me. I couldn't answer the call. I was defeated, physically and mentally.
Then a thought clicked into my head. That was my first chance but it wasn't my only chance. This week I get a televised match against Tek.
Shanell is lounging on the bed in her hotel room, laid down. Ripped jeans on as usual. She has a black skully that says 'Misunderstood' across it on her head, her long black hair flowing out under it. Her nose ring that is connected to her ear is glistening in the light. The hoop is connected to a stone in her ear. She's wearing a girly looking shirt, pink with white hearts on it, the hearts are all cracked down the middle, broken.
Shanell Lewis: Last week was a huge dissapointment for me. Everything I had trained for and worked for my entire life essentially, went up in smoke literally when James Noir hit the Smokers Lung on me and pinned me in the middle of the ring. To Say I was upset is an understatement. I was crushed. I felt like I left myself down. My mom down, my trainers down. But, everything can change in an instant. Which is why I decided to stop dwelling on the past and something that I can't change. What I can do, is make sure it doesn't happen again. I get that opportunity at the next Meltdown show on October 1st in Green Bay.
Chances. What are they? I'll tell you my interpretation of them. A chance is the opportunity to take a little something and make it into a big something. For example, this week I get the CHANCE or OPPORTUNITY to face Tek in the ring. There are some similarities and differences between us.
He's from California, so am I. But he's from Santa Monica and I'm from Anaheim. Another thing we have in common is we both lost last week. The difference? His match was televised so the entire world saw it. Mine was before the camera's began rolling, but still, a loss is a loss. The differences keep going and going, the similarities are over.
You may be bigger and stronger than I am Tek, but that doesn't make you better than me. You don't know what its like to have to go 2 or 3 days with only a piece of bread and cheese to eat, do you? You probably don't know what its like to fight in the school hallway, just to keep people from calling you the kid with no daddy, do you? You probably don't know what its like to be the only source of income helping a single mother at 15 years old, do you?
Of course, I could be wrong.
Shanell Lewis takes her skully off and runs her hands through her hair, and then sits up on the bed and kicks her converse sneakers off.
Tek I don't want your pity or your sympathy, I just wanted to prove that I'm different than you. Whatever I've had in life, I've had to literally bust my ass for. I've been working since I was a teenager, kicked out of school, helping my mother. Now I don't know how you were raised but I doubt it was anything like I was.
You are a break dancer that fell in love with wrestling, you wanted to be a star. Those guys you fell in love with on TV they were the reason you took up fighting, training, right? There's nothing wrong with that, but I HAD to fight. I loved wrestling for as long as I can remember, but when I got older the fights were a daily thing. I didn't like being picked on, and I wouldn't be intimidated. I fought guys in middle school...and I won.
So fighting men here is second nature to me. Tek, you are on a 3 match losing streak. What happens if when you step into the ring with me at Meltdown you lose? Can your mind stomach another loss? Four losses in a row would be hard for anyone to handle. I know I couldn't deal with it. I'd go crazy. But, at the end of the day, its up to YOU and YOUR WILLPOWER on what happens at Meltdown. Mixed with of course my willpower and will to win.
Tek, you've never faced anyone like me. I guarantee it. And, I think I'm the first woman you've faced in the ring. Don't worry about taking it easy on me, I don't want you too. I am a lady but I'm not here to receive special treatment. I'm here to fight for my life. I'm here to prove that not only can I fight men but I want to prove that I can beat men and become a champion here in APW.
Your dancing background is cool but how is it going to help you in our match? And, are you in wrestling to actually become a stronger person and a champion, or are you here because it looks good on your resume? A better place for you might have been a reality show on MTV or something. And I'm not trying to be mean I'm just being brutally honest.
If you want to beat me, you have to beat a woman that has literally come from nothing, and who wants everything. My mother is back home, still struggling to make it, and I want to be the one to relieve her of that stress. This is OUR way out. I'm not in it for money, but I do need the money. But I'm in it for survival and to let out the aggression and torment that I've endured most of my life.
Do I want to fit in and be normal? Oneday. But I feel like my struggle does make me different and I'm okay with that.
Shanell gets off of the bed and walks over to the fridge in the room and grabs a bottle of water and then walks back over to the bed and opens the bottle and takes a drink. As she takes the drink down, she screws the cap back on and sits the water next to her on the bed.
Ryan Collins, Mr.420 and Vincent Pennington. Those were your last three opponents Tek and I want Shanell Lewis to be next to them as the people that have beat you since joining APW. You are 1 and 3, thats NOT a great start to your career. I know I can't brag too much, I'm 0 and 1, but that will change.
When you realize that its either kill or be killed, something really clicks. We are all animals, I just happen to be one that doesn't know when to stop. Once I go for the throat, I won't give up Tek. If you are thinking you are in for an easy night because you are facing a 'girl', you really better think again. Shanell Lewis will be nobodys stepping stone and Shanell Lewis will be nobodies joke or punching bag.
If you want to win this match Tek, you better be ready to go through a war. Think about it. On top of losing your last 3 matches, now you may lose to a 'girl'. How does that look for your career? Not very good huh? But don't worry, a loss to me isn't something to look down on. In time, everyone here will respect me. Not because of where I've been, but because of where I'm going. I'm going to the top of Meltdown and to the top of APW. You, Tek, are just a roadblock that I will have no problem KNOCKING over to get where I need to be.
Green Bay Wisconsin. October 1st. I make my television debut on Meltdown. My mother will be watching. My 'friends' more like associates will be watching but most importantly, I'll be surviving. Survival of the fittest Tek. Are you strong enough to overcome a girl that wants the world at her feet? I don't think you are. I have hunger pains and you are going to be MY FEAST.
Shanell picks up the bottle of water and a look of sadness crosses her face. She stands up and drops the water on the floor and exits the room.
END
Last week was devastating. My first match, my big chance. I was out there with Mr.Dangerous and James 'The New Black' Noir. I longed for this moment, its what I wanted since I was a little girl. The camera's weren't on, the crowd was still filing in, but it was my moment. My chance to prove everyone wrong who never thought a girl from the streets of Anaheim could make it.
Then, it all went wrong. I felt the burn in my stomach as I was kicked and then all of the air left my body after James hit the 'Smokers Lung' on me. I couldn't answer the call. I was defeated, physically and mentally.
Then a thought clicked into my head. That was my first chance but it wasn't my only chance. This week I get a televised match against Tek.
Shanell is lounging on the bed in her hotel room, laid down. Ripped jeans on as usual. She has a black skully that says 'Misunderstood' across it on her head, her long black hair flowing out under it. Her nose ring that is connected to her ear is glistening in the light. The hoop is connected to a stone in her ear. She's wearing a girly looking shirt, pink with white hearts on it, the hearts are all cracked down the middle, broken.
Shanell Lewis: Last week was a huge dissapointment for me. Everything I had trained for and worked for my entire life essentially, went up in smoke literally when James Noir hit the Smokers Lung on me and pinned me in the middle of the ring. To Say I was upset is an understatement. I was crushed. I felt like I left myself down. My mom down, my trainers down. But, everything can change in an instant. Which is why I decided to stop dwelling on the past and something that I can't change. What I can do, is make sure it doesn't happen again. I get that opportunity at the next Meltdown show on October 1st in Green Bay.
Chances. What are they? I'll tell you my interpretation of them. A chance is the opportunity to take a little something and make it into a big something. For example, this week I get the CHANCE or OPPORTUNITY to face Tek in the ring. There are some similarities and differences between us.
He's from California, so am I. But he's from Santa Monica and I'm from Anaheim. Another thing we have in common is we both lost last week. The difference? His match was televised so the entire world saw it. Mine was before the camera's began rolling, but still, a loss is a loss. The differences keep going and going, the similarities are over.
You may be bigger and stronger than I am Tek, but that doesn't make you better than me. You don't know what its like to have to go 2 or 3 days with only a piece of bread and cheese to eat, do you? You probably don't know what its like to fight in the school hallway, just to keep people from calling you the kid with no daddy, do you? You probably don't know what its like to be the only source of income helping a single mother at 15 years old, do you?
Of course, I could be wrong.
Shanell Lewis takes her skully off and runs her hands through her hair, and then sits up on the bed and kicks her converse sneakers off.
Tek I don't want your pity or your sympathy, I just wanted to prove that I'm different than you. Whatever I've had in life, I've had to literally bust my ass for. I've been working since I was a teenager, kicked out of school, helping my mother. Now I don't know how you were raised but I doubt it was anything like I was.
You are a break dancer that fell in love with wrestling, you wanted to be a star. Those guys you fell in love with on TV they were the reason you took up fighting, training, right? There's nothing wrong with that, but I HAD to fight. I loved wrestling for as long as I can remember, but when I got older the fights were a daily thing. I didn't like being picked on, and I wouldn't be intimidated. I fought guys in middle school...and I won.
So fighting men here is second nature to me. Tek, you are on a 3 match losing streak. What happens if when you step into the ring with me at Meltdown you lose? Can your mind stomach another loss? Four losses in a row would be hard for anyone to handle. I know I couldn't deal with it. I'd go crazy. But, at the end of the day, its up to YOU and YOUR WILLPOWER on what happens at Meltdown. Mixed with of course my willpower and will to win.
Tek, you've never faced anyone like me. I guarantee it. And, I think I'm the first woman you've faced in the ring. Don't worry about taking it easy on me, I don't want you too. I am a lady but I'm not here to receive special treatment. I'm here to fight for my life. I'm here to prove that not only can I fight men but I want to prove that I can beat men and become a champion here in APW.
Your dancing background is cool but how is it going to help you in our match? And, are you in wrestling to actually become a stronger person and a champion, or are you here because it looks good on your resume? A better place for you might have been a reality show on MTV or something. And I'm not trying to be mean I'm just being brutally honest.
If you want to beat me, you have to beat a woman that has literally come from nothing, and who wants everything. My mother is back home, still struggling to make it, and I want to be the one to relieve her of that stress. This is OUR way out. I'm not in it for money, but I do need the money. But I'm in it for survival and to let out the aggression and torment that I've endured most of my life.
Do I want to fit in and be normal? Oneday. But I feel like my struggle does make me different and I'm okay with that.
Shanell gets off of the bed and walks over to the fridge in the room and grabs a bottle of water and then walks back over to the bed and opens the bottle and takes a drink. As she takes the drink down, she screws the cap back on and sits the water next to her on the bed.
Ryan Collins, Mr.420 and Vincent Pennington. Those were your last three opponents Tek and I want Shanell Lewis to be next to them as the people that have beat you since joining APW. You are 1 and 3, thats NOT a great start to your career. I know I can't brag too much, I'm 0 and 1, but that will change.
When you realize that its either kill or be killed, something really clicks. We are all animals, I just happen to be one that doesn't know when to stop. Once I go for the throat, I won't give up Tek. If you are thinking you are in for an easy night because you are facing a 'girl', you really better think again. Shanell Lewis will be nobodys stepping stone and Shanell Lewis will be nobodies joke or punching bag.
If you want to win this match Tek, you better be ready to go through a war. Think about it. On top of losing your last 3 matches, now you may lose to a 'girl'. How does that look for your career? Not very good huh? But don't worry, a loss to me isn't something to look down on. In time, everyone here will respect me. Not because of where I've been, but because of where I'm going. I'm going to the top of Meltdown and to the top of APW. You, Tek, are just a roadblock that I will have no problem KNOCKING over to get where I need to be.
Green Bay Wisconsin. October 1st. I make my television debut on Meltdown. My mother will be watching. My 'friends' more like associates will be watching but most importantly, I'll be surviving. Survival of the fittest Tek. Are you strong enough to overcome a girl that wants the world at her feet? I don't think you are. I have hunger pains and you are going to be MY FEAST.
Shanell picks up the bottle of water and a look of sadness crosses her face. She stands up and drops the water on the floor and exits the room.
END
