Diamonds & Ice (Promo/Bianca)

[tanden]

Tanden stands backstage with Fabiola. The Diamond Title is draped over her shoulder. Fabiola begins.

Fabiola here with the XWA Diamond Champion Tanden Fearse. You asked for this interview time personally, so what's up?

Well Fabiola, as you might guess...tonight I don't have a challenger for the Diamond Title. And as Mr. Gallas stated, champions tonight are open to name their own challengers, or if they want to defend their titles at all. Well, I like to consider myself a fighting champion. And I also like to consider myself a fair competitor. And in me being a fair competitor, I know that there's a woman here in XWA who I personally believe is most deserving of a shot at this here Diamond Title. That woman is Bianca Dianaco.

As boos emanate from the crowd, Fabiola responds with a confused look on her face.

Bianca Dianaco? Ok, this you have to explain, Tanden.

How long has she been in XWA? Since roughly the beginning. And how many times have we seen her compete for the Diamond Title? Since I've been here, only twice. Last year's American Classic and Diamond Devil's Playground matches. But there's more to things then that. Anyone who's actually been paying attention knows that there's no love lost between me and Bianca. Last year I kinda..."accidentally" spilled a cup of Iced Coffee on her, and it pretty much went downhill from there. I beat her the 1st match we had, but then a week later she kicked my ass. I mean really kicked my ass. And the way I see it, the score's never been settled. And if there's one thing I don't do, it's leave scores unsettled. Bianca showed without a doubt that she's still as game as ever in her last match, and I think it's high time she and I settle our differences, with the Diamond Title on the line.

Well Tanden, it's your match to make after all. No one can ever fault you for not being a fighting champion, that's for sure.

It's more then that, Fabiola. Even as Diamond Champion, I still feel like I've got something to prove. And tonight I plan on doing it against one of the most ruthless women in wrestling. They say that a champion always has a bulleyes on their back. Well let's see how someone else feels when the shoe is on the same foot.

Travis: That's what I call making a bold statement. But do you think it's wise Tanden making this challenge against the LEADER of The Black Diamonds?

Lucy: In all actuality, yes...I do. Strike while the iron is hot. She's just coming off of defending against Holly Woods, and Holly and Bianca's styles in the ring are quite similar.

Travis: I guess we'll just have to see how this works out. We'll most likely hear from Bianca in due time, but for now...on to the next match.

[bi]

Bianca's response would come later in the evening, mere minutes before bell time. She stands alone backstage, a camera fixated on her.

Tanden. Darling. What have you done? What have you done? I would expect one of those other misanthropes called "Diamonds" to make as grave an error on judgment, but not you. Not the Diamond Champion. But alas, I guess my faith in you was misplaced.

Bianca chuckles in her evil manner........

It's good that you remember the last encounter we had in a ring one on one. It's good that the beating I gave you hasn't slipped to the back of your mind like some of the women I've laid waste to in the ring who choose to "forget" that they had no answer for me. It tells me that you, unlike 80% of the Diamond division...actual have some kind of integrity. You're willing to face the fact that I bested you, just as I have acknowledged the fact that I've been bested in the past as well. But the difference is that the two women who bested me, are wildly regarded as the best two women this industry has seen in a long, long time. Both are just like you. They're both steadfast in their beliefs. They're both fearsome competitors. And they both are former Diamond champions. But Tanden darling, while you are like them, you aren't them by any stretch of the imagination.

So take into account out last match. A match that saw me leave you laid out like a proverbial corpse in the middle of the ring. Unable to move. Completely spent of all energy. The last singles match you had before your miracle run to the Diamond Title. Remember the pain I dealt to you that night. And think about what pain I'd be willing to administer to you...with the XWA Diamond Title of all things on the line. Think about that long and hard as you walk down that corridor. As you step out from backstage and down to ringside. As they ring the bell and you stare eye to eye with The Ice Queen. And after I've picked you apart limb from limb, and you find yourself in that familiar position, laid out in the middle of the ring...me standing over you with the Diamond Title high above my head, know that the little twinge in the back of your neck called pride, cost you more then you can imagine.

By your defeat this night, I take my rightful place a top my throne. And it's been long...long overdue.

As she finishes, her music plays in the arena itself. Bianca heads out to the stage, and the Diamond Title match would soon get underway.