Post by Mercedes Vargas on Jun 25, 2011 3:34:39 GMT -6
(Scene opens inside John F. Kennedy Airport where we find Mercedes Vargas coming down the escalator, talking on her cellphone. A camera person follows her every move in an attempt to strike up a conversation.)
Camera person: Hey, Mercedes. How are you?
Mercedes: (wait a minute gesture; on cellphone) I'll call you back later, bye. (puts away phone; to camera person) Did you say something?
Camera person: Just saying hello. Who was that on the phone?
Mercedes: A friend. In fact, we were just talking about you.
Camera person: Really? Who was that?
Mercedes: Oh, you know, (pause) none of your business? (laughs)
Camera person: Oh yeah. Long time, no see. You're in a good mood today.
Mercedes: I'm ALWAYS in a good mood, remember that.
(Mercedes begins autographing and posing with fans that flock around her.)
Camera person: So, uh, you've got a busy month, huh?
Mercedes: (signing an autograph) Oh yeah, very busy.
Camera person: Alaska, London, and Rio de Janeiro the first week of July?
Mercedes: Interested?
Camera person: Sure.
Mercedes: You'll have to pay your own fare and accommodations, fair warning.
Camera person: Then again, I'll pass, thank you very much.
(After posing with her last fan, Mercedes takes off for the baggage claims area. She is now checking the schedule for her flight and chatting.)
Camera person: Any last words for Alysson Gardner and Mercedes Lewis ahead of Reborn?
(Claiming her luggage, Mercedes heads for the terminal.)
Mercedes: (open hand inside of clenched fist) They're going down.
Camera person: Thanks for your time, Mercedes.
Alysson, Alysson, Alysson. Just when I thought our rivalry was dead and buried, apparently it's been resurrected, for one more match anyway. Congratulations on your win last week, by the way. (hits herself softly on the head) Oh silly me, you didn't win last week, now did you? And if my memory serve me correctly, you were the one who got pinned. (gives a shocked look) What an “extreme” disappointment. Yeah, someone 'rocked your world' alright, Alysson, and you never saw it coming. Do you still think you're the best among women? Well, last week you sure you didn’t look like it. You were more like, oh, I don't know...a loser? (mock smile) I could think of a million other names to call you, but I'm not going to go there. Not today. Just remember, talk is cheap, but that's ok, so are you.
Alysson, I don't give a damn what NCW thinks of you. I don't give a damn what Kelly thinks of you. In my eyes, you don't deserve to be in this match. I call you out on what you do best – the CHEATING, the BACKSTABBING, ALL OF THAT –and you turn it around and you justify that it was all my fault, which we all know is gift wrapped as bunch of BS.
So, let me get this straight: Ethereal Rave? The number one contenders? (laughs) This is a joke, right? You, YOU, who got outclassed, outperformed, and dare I say it OUTSMARTED in your last match, and Mercedes Lewis, (laughs) are THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS!?! (laughs) This is great! (laughs) This is really, really great! (laughs and looks up in the air) Way to go, NCW! Having a glorified attention whore and her personal bitch and cheerleader as the number one contenders for your women's tag team titles is a great idea when you want to intimidate their opponents, and it brings in ticket prices too. It's all about the money – at least most of the time.
The two of you may be the number contenders, but in the end, you'll be the number one...pretendersThe only reason why the two of you were named the number one contenders, as Kelly said in her blog, was because you got a pinfall over her. You hear that, Ethereal Rave? You were given this championship match; Kat and I earned it. And we'll be more than happy to prove why you don't deserve to be the next Tag Team Champions.
Hello, NCW. Mercedes Vargas here, and right now I'm standing in front of the Houses of Parliament, the meeting place of the British government, and nearby is another one of London's most historic landmarks, Big Ben. It is 3 AM here, which for me, if I was back in Buenos Aires, isn't an unusual time to find people in the barrios still roaming the streets, believe it or not. Not that I live in the barrios, just saying. And to my left is the Millennium Wheel, pretty hard NOT to miss. (laughs)
This is close to a month now since I've been in the UK, and for the most part, I'm enjoying every minute of it. Since the Reborn Tour began, we've already stopped in Wales, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and I got to visit Dublin in Southern Ireland as well on my week off; and now this is week number three in England, as we've been in Manchester two weeks ago and Sheffield last week.
And so, here we are in London, the capital. I've pretty much checked off my itinerary – Buckingham Palace, the Globe Theater, West End, Abbey Road, just to name a few of the sights I've been to.
But anyway, I'm having a (with gusto) jolly good time, and speaking of having a good time, myself and Kat Conway are going to crush Ethereal Rave, the team of Alysson Gardner and Mercedes Lewis, at the Reborn pay-per-view tomorrow. Wembley Stadium is actually a little over thirty minutes from where I am.
Which reminds me, I have another match tomorrow - nine hours away in a little place called Anchorage, Alaska. Yikes, I know! So, by the time I get back to London in time for my match, I'm going to be seriously jet lagged. But have no fear, I am more than ready for this tag match in London. Oh, and did I mention that this was a championship match for the vacant Tag Titles? I didn't? Well, that's also what's at stake here, and you can bet that at the end of night, I'll have yet another title around my waist.
Zelda Knite. Is that what everyone is talking about these days? I must have have been out of the loop, Mercedes, because unlike you I have more important things to do then whine, bitch, and complain about what she did and didn't do during her tenure in this company. When I signed my contract three months ago, “Zelda Knite” wasn't even in my vocabulary. Unlike the rest of the girls, I didn't hold a grudge against Zelda; I wasn't jealous of her. Maybe it's because my focus wasn't on her to begin with. I didn't come to Zelda Knite, she came to me, with Crystal Hilton, in a tag match.
Mercedes, you and I both know who's responsible for the outcome of that match on April 24, and I know that it brings a smile to your face every time. I'm not even going to go through the grisly details, because that topic has been beaten to death. But there's one thing; there's one thing you neglect to mention. I may have been pinned in that match, but I didn't join the laundry list of names that Zelda has added over a year and a half. She never pinned me. She knows that, I know that, and you should know that too. Now, I already said my piece on this whole contract situation, but just in case you missed it; just in case, Mercedes, check out NCWentertainment.com. I'm sure you'll find it an interesting read.
As far as Kelly goes, I remember everything that she said in her rant two weeks ago. Whilst I may be her tag partner in another fed, I'm not her lawyer. I don't have a law degree hanging on my wall. I'm not going to censor what she says about the nCw roster, including myself. At the end of the day, I could care less. Believe it or not, Kelly and I, as much differences as they are between us, we're very much alike – we both are accustomed to winning and having fun, and losing is no fun.
Unlike you, Mercedes, I don't need to have second thoughts about what may happen if, or should I say when Kat and I win those tag titles belts. I scratched and clawed my way up the ladder in the women's division to get to where I am today. I didn't come here to match Zelda's legacy, I came here to make my own, and regardless of the circumstances; regardless of the backstage politics swirling around this company, nothing is going to stop me. Not Alysson, and certainly not you.
And another thing. How DARE you! How DARE you have the audacity to stand there and judge me, telling Kat that I can't be trusted? When did I suddenly become the bad guy here? You know something, why don't she ask Alysson why she has to resort to cheating in her matches, hmm? You want to break up the partnership between myself and Kat Conway, huh? You gonna put a wedge between us, is that it, Mercedes? Because I can tell you right now that you're wasting your time, trust me. Kat Conway is smart. She may be blonde, but she's smart. While she may have been dealt a bad hand in her prior matches, I think this time around, she's going all in. She knows an opportunity like this doesn't come all too often, and as much as you would love to see her pull an (pause) “Alysson Gardner”, it's not going to happen. They could have given me anyone as my tag partner: Trish, Shelly, hell, maybe even Roxxxie, and that would have been just fine by me.
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that Kat has been given a choice, and she decided to go with the devil she know than the devil she doesn't know. I'm kind of disappointed that you've decided to use this tactic, Mercedes, because it wasn't too long ago that you claimed that I was trying to do the same thing, to break up Ethereal Rave. You and Alysson, BFF? It's almost charming when you think about it, but then you think again. I said it before and I'll say it again: there are no such thing as “friends” in professional wrestling. Look at Crystal and Zelda, they were best friends, sisters even. Now they'll be fighting over the title. The Hollywood Dream and the Gaming Sensation. And together... (pause for dramatic effect) their worst fear has come to life. It’s a pity.
Top of the morning to you. Mercedes Vargas again, this time reporting from the London Underground, or "The Tube" as the Londoners like to call it, the train system here in the UK. It is 10:30 AM according to my watch, and this morning I had a smashing time while shopping and picked up some souvenirs to take home.
Let's see now.
(She reaches into a tote bag with the Blue Union Jack imprinted on it and shows off each item.)
A model of a Red Double Decker bus. Ooh, aah. An umbrella with the Union Jack on the cover; tea and chocolate; and I'm wearing one of those London Underground t-shirts. to go along with my baseball cap.
So, it's pleasure right now, but tomorrow night, I'm all business. I'll have to be, especially when I've got two matches in opposite ends of the globe. I'm heading out to East End, maybe a little more shopping, and a bite to eat. Weather was partly sunny on this cool day, so that's good news.
Anyway, that's all for now, I think I've got one or two stops before I have to get off. This will be my last video between now and tomorrow night, but I will make sure to give you all an update after the show and what happens next. So much to do, so little time. Until next time, this is Mercedes Vargas saying "ciao'. (smiles as she blows an air kiss)
You have had some impressive victories as of late. Sure, you defeated Rosa de Oro in what possibly was her last match, but Kat Conway got the pinfall, remember that? But you did gain pinfall victories in tag matches against myself and Kelly, respectively. Say what you want, Mercedes. You may have defeated Kelly, but the fact of the matter is you still never pinned me, and in every match we've been in, whether it was the battle royal at Sovereign or tag matches, just like this one, it's usually ended the same way: you, losing. Because you're a loser, that's what you do. If there is anyone who should be credited with your success right now, it's not you, it's Alysson. You’re NOTHING on your own, Mercedes. You NEED Alysson. Like a drug. She is the only one that can save you now. She’s the only reason why you're relevant right now. Enjoy it while you can. Because it's not going to last forever.
You know, there was something you said that I found quite interesting. Fairytales coming true? It's funny, because fairytales don't exist, they're not REAL. Some people put their hopes and dreams wishing upon a star, not me. I believe in reality, and any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. And that reality is that I'm the only one standing between your last shot at glory or failure. In the end, as you have rightly said, the biggest moment of your career will be meaningless, because not only will nCw won't care about you, but after this, after this championship match, Mercedes, this will be as far as you'll ever going to go in this company.
Come Sunday at Reborn in London, UK, your time is up, Cinderella. When Big Ben strikes at midnight, everything will return as they once were: you'll be in the shadow of your husband, you'll continue to toil as just another name on the roster, and in her next column, Kelly will tell the world how right she was about you and, well, that you suck. And everyone lived happily every after. The end.
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Camera person: Hey, Mercedes. How are you?
Mercedes: (wait a minute gesture; on cellphone) I'll call you back later, bye. (puts away phone; to camera person) Did you say something?
Camera person: Just saying hello. Who was that on the phone?
Mercedes: A friend. In fact, we were just talking about you.
Camera person: Really? Who was that?
Mercedes: Oh, you know, (pause) none of your business? (laughs)
Camera person: Oh yeah. Long time, no see. You're in a good mood today.
Mercedes: I'm ALWAYS in a good mood, remember that.
(Mercedes begins autographing and posing with fans that flock around her.)
Camera person: So, uh, you've got a busy month, huh?
Mercedes: (signing an autograph) Oh yeah, very busy.
Camera person: Alaska, London, and Rio de Janeiro the first week of July?
Mercedes: Interested?
Camera person: Sure.
Mercedes: You'll have to pay your own fare and accommodations, fair warning.
Camera person: Then again, I'll pass, thank you very much.
(After posing with her last fan, Mercedes takes off for the baggage claims area. She is now checking the schedule for her flight and chatting.)
Camera person: Any last words for Alysson Gardner and Mercedes Lewis ahead of Reborn?
(Claiming her luggage, Mercedes heads for the terminal.)
Mercedes: (open hand inside of clenched fist) They're going down.
Camera person: Thanks for your time, Mercedes.
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Alysson, Alysson, Alysson. Just when I thought our rivalry was dead and buried, apparently it's been resurrected, for one more match anyway. Congratulations on your win last week, by the way. (hits herself softly on the head) Oh silly me, you didn't win last week, now did you? And if my memory serve me correctly, you were the one who got pinned. (gives a shocked look) What an “extreme” disappointment. Yeah, someone 'rocked your world' alright, Alysson, and you never saw it coming. Do you still think you're the best among women? Well, last week you sure you didn’t look like it. You were more like, oh, I don't know...a loser? (mock smile) I could think of a million other names to call you, but I'm not going to go there. Not today. Just remember, talk is cheap, but that's ok, so are you.
Alysson, I don't give a damn what NCW thinks of you. I don't give a damn what Kelly thinks of you. In my eyes, you don't deserve to be in this match. I call you out on what you do best – the CHEATING, the BACKSTABBING, ALL OF THAT –and you turn it around and you justify that it was all my fault, which we all know is gift wrapped as bunch of BS.
So, let me get this straight: Ethereal Rave? The number one contenders? (laughs) This is a joke, right? You, YOU, who got outclassed, outperformed, and dare I say it OUTSMARTED in your last match, and Mercedes Lewis, (laughs) are THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS!?! (laughs) This is great! (laughs) This is really, really great! (laughs and looks up in the air) Way to go, NCW! Having a glorified attention whore and her personal bitch and cheerleader as the number one contenders for your women's tag team titles is a great idea when you want to intimidate their opponents, and it brings in ticket prices too. It's all about the money – at least most of the time.
The two of you may be the number contenders, but in the end, you'll be the number one...pretendersThe only reason why the two of you were named the number one contenders, as Kelly said in her blog, was because you got a pinfall over her. You hear that, Ethereal Rave? You were given this championship match; Kat and I earned it. And we'll be more than happy to prove why you don't deserve to be the next Tag Team Champions.
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Hello, NCW. Mercedes Vargas here, and right now I'm standing in front of the Houses of Parliament, the meeting place of the British government, and nearby is another one of London's most historic landmarks, Big Ben. It is 3 AM here, which for me, if I was back in Buenos Aires, isn't an unusual time to find people in the barrios still roaming the streets, believe it or not. Not that I live in the barrios, just saying. And to my left is the Millennium Wheel, pretty hard NOT to miss. (laughs)
This is close to a month now since I've been in the UK, and for the most part, I'm enjoying every minute of it. Since the Reborn Tour began, we've already stopped in Wales, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and I got to visit Dublin in Southern Ireland as well on my week off; and now this is week number three in England, as we've been in Manchester two weeks ago and Sheffield last week.
And so, here we are in London, the capital. I've pretty much checked off my itinerary – Buckingham Palace, the Globe Theater, West End, Abbey Road, just to name a few of the sights I've been to.
But anyway, I'm having a (with gusto) jolly good time, and speaking of having a good time, myself and Kat Conway are going to crush Ethereal Rave, the team of Alysson Gardner and Mercedes Lewis, at the Reborn pay-per-view tomorrow. Wembley Stadium is actually a little over thirty minutes from where I am.
Which reminds me, I have another match tomorrow - nine hours away in a little place called Anchorage, Alaska. Yikes, I know! So, by the time I get back to London in time for my match, I'm going to be seriously jet lagged. But have no fear, I am more than ready for this tag match in London. Oh, and did I mention that this was a championship match for the vacant Tag Titles? I didn't? Well, that's also what's at stake here, and you can bet that at the end of night, I'll have yet another title around my waist.
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Zelda Knite. Is that what everyone is talking about these days? I must have have been out of the loop, Mercedes, because unlike you I have more important things to do then whine, bitch, and complain about what she did and didn't do during her tenure in this company. When I signed my contract three months ago, “Zelda Knite” wasn't even in my vocabulary. Unlike the rest of the girls, I didn't hold a grudge against Zelda; I wasn't jealous of her. Maybe it's because my focus wasn't on her to begin with. I didn't come to Zelda Knite, she came to me, with Crystal Hilton, in a tag match.
Mercedes, you and I both know who's responsible for the outcome of that match on April 24, and I know that it brings a smile to your face every time. I'm not even going to go through the grisly details, because that topic has been beaten to death. But there's one thing; there's one thing you neglect to mention. I may have been pinned in that match, but I didn't join the laundry list of names that Zelda has added over a year and a half. She never pinned me. She knows that, I know that, and you should know that too. Now, I already said my piece on this whole contract situation, but just in case you missed it; just in case, Mercedes, check out NCWentertainment.com. I'm sure you'll find it an interesting read.
As far as Kelly goes, I remember everything that she said in her rant two weeks ago. Whilst I may be her tag partner in another fed, I'm not her lawyer. I don't have a law degree hanging on my wall. I'm not going to censor what she says about the nCw roster, including myself. At the end of the day, I could care less. Believe it or not, Kelly and I, as much differences as they are between us, we're very much alike – we both are accustomed to winning and having fun, and losing is no fun.
Unlike you, Mercedes, I don't need to have second thoughts about what may happen if, or should I say when Kat and I win those tag titles belts. I scratched and clawed my way up the ladder in the women's division to get to where I am today. I didn't come here to match Zelda's legacy, I came here to make my own, and regardless of the circumstances; regardless of the backstage politics swirling around this company, nothing is going to stop me. Not Alysson, and certainly not you.
And another thing. How DARE you! How DARE you have the audacity to stand there and judge me, telling Kat that I can't be trusted? When did I suddenly become the bad guy here? You know something, why don't she ask Alysson why she has to resort to cheating in her matches, hmm? You want to break up the partnership between myself and Kat Conway, huh? You gonna put a wedge between us, is that it, Mercedes? Because I can tell you right now that you're wasting your time, trust me. Kat Conway is smart. She may be blonde, but she's smart. While she may have been dealt a bad hand in her prior matches, I think this time around, she's going all in. She knows an opportunity like this doesn't come all too often, and as much as you would love to see her pull an (pause) “Alysson Gardner”, it's not going to happen. They could have given me anyone as my tag partner: Trish, Shelly, hell, maybe even Roxxxie, and that would have been just fine by me.
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that Kat has been given a choice, and she decided to go with the devil she know than the devil she doesn't know. I'm kind of disappointed that you've decided to use this tactic, Mercedes, because it wasn't too long ago that you claimed that I was trying to do the same thing, to break up Ethereal Rave. You and Alysson, BFF? It's almost charming when you think about it, but then you think again. I said it before and I'll say it again: there are no such thing as “friends” in professional wrestling. Look at Crystal and Zelda, they were best friends, sisters even. Now they'll be fighting over the title. The Hollywood Dream and the Gaming Sensation. And together... (pause for dramatic effect) their worst fear has come to life. It’s a pity.
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Top of the morning to you. Mercedes Vargas again, this time reporting from the London Underground, or "The Tube" as the Londoners like to call it, the train system here in the UK. It is 10:30 AM according to my watch, and this morning I had a smashing time while shopping and picked up some souvenirs to take home.
Let's see now.
(She reaches into a tote bag with the Blue Union Jack imprinted on it and shows off each item.)
A model of a Red Double Decker bus. Ooh, aah. An umbrella with the Union Jack on the cover; tea and chocolate; and I'm wearing one of those London Underground t-shirts. to go along with my baseball cap.
So, it's pleasure right now, but tomorrow night, I'm all business. I'll have to be, especially when I've got two matches in opposite ends of the globe. I'm heading out to East End, maybe a little more shopping, and a bite to eat. Weather was partly sunny on this cool day, so that's good news.
Anyway, that's all for now, I think I've got one or two stops before I have to get off. This will be my last video between now and tomorrow night, but I will make sure to give you all an update after the show and what happens next. So much to do, so little time. Until next time, this is Mercedes Vargas saying "ciao'. (smiles as she blows an air kiss)
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You have had some impressive victories as of late. Sure, you defeated Rosa de Oro in what possibly was her last match, but Kat Conway got the pinfall, remember that? But you did gain pinfall victories in tag matches against myself and Kelly, respectively. Say what you want, Mercedes. You may have defeated Kelly, but the fact of the matter is you still never pinned me, and in every match we've been in, whether it was the battle royal at Sovereign or tag matches, just like this one, it's usually ended the same way: you, losing. Because you're a loser, that's what you do. If there is anyone who should be credited with your success right now, it's not you, it's Alysson. You’re NOTHING on your own, Mercedes. You NEED Alysson. Like a drug. She is the only one that can save you now. She’s the only reason why you're relevant right now. Enjoy it while you can. Because it's not going to last forever.
You know, there was something you said that I found quite interesting. Fairytales coming true? It's funny, because fairytales don't exist, they're not REAL. Some people put their hopes and dreams wishing upon a star, not me. I believe in reality, and any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental. And that reality is that I'm the only one standing between your last shot at glory or failure. In the end, as you have rightly said, the biggest moment of your career will be meaningless, because not only will nCw won't care about you, but after this, after this championship match, Mercedes, this will be as far as you'll ever going to go in this company.
Come Sunday at Reborn in London, UK, your time is up, Cinderella. When Big Ben strikes at midnight, everything will return as they once were: you'll be in the shadow of your husband, you'll continue to toil as just another name on the roster, and in her next column, Kelly will tell the world how right she was about you and, well, that you suck. And everyone lived happily every after. The end.
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