The Reckoning (Michelle & Helena)

[ashley]

Glitter rolls along in another exciting week of action. As the fans wait for what was to come next, Paramore's "Decode" hits the PA. The Assembly Hall fans burst into a chorus of cheers as the one and only Ashley Diamond emerges from the set. Joined by long time ally and friend Chloe Lockheart, the dynamic begin their advance to the ring.

Travis: Here comes the original XWA Diamonds. Last week it was a mixed bag for them. Ashley managed to best her big sister Helena Troy last week, but Chloe fell short in securing the win over Michelle Marx.

Lucy: Both matches went to the wire. For months the rivalry between them has raged on. Some of the best matches we've seen on Glitter.

Dual mics where provide for the girls at ringside. As the fans continue to cheer, Ashley takes point in the night's address.

All things must come to an end. It's a saying that rings true on so many different levels, with so many different implications. It can be something good, or it can be something bad. But in every case it pertains to, it never fails. Such is the case of the rivalry me and Chloe have had with my dear Sister Helena and woman who we both have a mutual history with, Michelle Marx. For months, dating all the way back to last season, they've tried to break us. They've tried everything in the book, and some things that aren't to try and make us crack. But in the end we're still standing, and we're still fighting. And at Soul Survivor, we end this. Helena, I'll say this much. You've opened my eyes to a lot of things the last few months. You've shown me that we are in fact sisters by blood. You've competed against me at the highest level. You've beaten the crap out of me, and I've repaid the favor. Despite the fact that you're a megalomaniacal sociopath, you're a top notch wrestler. And I expect nothing less of you. That being said, last week...me beating you I know only added more fuel to your fire. Well, Helena...It did the same for me. Which is why tonight, I'm making the challenge for Soul Survivor. You and me, one on one...in an Endurance Challenge.

Lucy: An Endurance Challenge? I can only imagine what that is.

I know you're scratching your head trying to figure what such a match entails. Well...let me ease your curiosity. The concept is pretty simple. It's an "Ironman" match fought under rather unique rules. There will be no pinfalls in this match, and no exiting the ring to take a breather. Just 20 minutes of non-stop wrestling, and victory is earned by either submission, or putting your opponent down for a count longer then 5. So say, I knock you senseless and it takes you until the count of 6 to get back up, you have to knock me down for a count of 7 or higher to win when the clock runs out. And if either of us can't answer to the count of 10, it's an instant win for the other.

Travis: WOW!!! This is going to be an XWA 1st. Where'd she come up with this? It sounds like a monumentally BRUTAL contest. No wonder she calls it and Endurance Challenge. It's not about winning, it's about surviving!

But we're not at all done yet. Chloe?

[chloe]

~Chloe brings up her mic to add to Ashley's address.~

No, we're not. Michelle, let's face it. We don't like each other. We never have, and we probably never will. You'd like to see me in a Wheelchair, and I'd like to see you in a full body cast. We both know this, so why not oblige each other at the United Center next week, shall we? My idea isn't as meticulous as Ashley's here, but it's right up my alley, and something I think will fit your basic brand of barbarism as well. A come as you are, anything goes Street Fight.

~The fans cheer on the prospect.~

Lucy: A Street Fight? Last time we saw one of those in the Diamond Division, Taden Fearse and Holly Woodz nearly killed each other. I doubt either Michelle or Chloe will be as lucky to come out in one piece with their level of animosity.

Rules? There ARE no rules. Anything and everything's gonna be legal, and after the night's done there's a good chance neither of us is gonna be in the best of shape. But what will be done is, just like Ashley's proposed match...is and end to this. We're looking to settle things once and for all at Soul Survivor. The question is, are the two of you ballsy enough to answer the call?

~Chloe lowers her mic. A few seconds pass before the entrance theme of The Black Diamonds cues over the PA.~

Travis: Looks like we won't have to wait long for an answer, folks.

[marx]

The fans boo the arrival of Michelle and Helena as expected. Michelle would be the 1st to respond to the pair of PPV challenges.

You know, I have to hand it to you two. We were not expecting this. We expected the same goodie two shoes song and dance from you two ballerinas. Way to raises the stakes there, girls. Chloe, I have to say you must really, REALLY get off on pain. Because challenging me to a Street Fight is heaping a load of it on yourself I doubt you'll be able to recover from. But let me correct you on something. It goes far beyond wanting to see you in a wheelchair. I want to see you broken. Beating you isn't good enough, I've done it enough times already. I want to see that fiery will to fight of yours snuffed out. To the point where you fade into nothingness...NEVER to return. That's what I want. And you've just given me the perfect means of getting what I want. No rules means I don't have to hold back, or pull my punches. You're going to see me at my violent best at Soul Survivor. And if I have my way, I'm ending a lot more then our rivalry, I'm ending your career as we know it.

Helena would respond next.

[hel]

I think my friend Michelle here pretty much summed both our feelings here up. The two of you may think you're setting the bar and raising the stakes with your little challenges for Soul Survivor, but the truth of the matter is that all you've actually done is give us the tools to give you a final humiliation. Ashley, your challenge...this "Endurance Challenge" has me definitely curious. It sounds like something to be honest that our dear ol' dad would have cooked up. A match that tests one's threshold rather then their skill. Because that's the true mark of greatness, not how much you can dish out, but how much you can take. It's already been well documented how much I can take. I've been thrown from 15 foot ladders, busted wide open by kendo sticks and powerbombed through a 2 inch thick sheet of plate glass, and that's just the most recent stuff I've been through outside of XWA. You on the otherhand? We've yet to see what your threshold is. You've spent your entire career wrestling standard fair matches. But at Soul Survivor, you finally step into the fire. Make no mistakes "Sis", mercy is something I have no plan on showing. I'm going to bring the "Troy" out of you in the United Center, because the only way you're even going to remotely beat me in an environment where winning isn't measured in 3 seconds, but in 20 minutes of hell, is to bring hell yourself. And hell hath no fury...like me.

She gives her evil signature smirk just before an idea dawns on her.

But since the four of us are here, and it seems the two of you are all fired up and spoilin' for a fight. Why do we have us one more before your big "send off" at Soul Survivor. The two of you, versus the two of us, one more time...in a Tag Team match. Of course, seeing as Michelle and I have beaten you two three times in a row in Tag matches, I can perfectly understand if you both are a lil' hesitant or apprehensive to pull the trigger on another one tonight.

Helena lowers her mic, hoping her goading words were enough to get them to commit to a final warm up match before Soul Survivor.

[chloe]

~Chloe brings up her mic to answer on both her and Ashley's behalf.~

C'mon now. You two oughta' know enough to know that me and Ash are suckers for a good scrap. Yea, you may have beaten us in three consecutive Tag Team matches, but that's not nearly enough to make us back down. Me personally, I like a lil' challenge. And less we forget that before you two hit your lil' winning streak against us, it was me and Ash who spent the tail end of 2008 kicking YOUR asses. Turnabout is fair play. But tonight, I think the tide's gonna shift the other way once again. So as far as your lil' Tag Team match tonight, we are sooooooooooooooooooo in.

~That being said, Chloe lowers her mic.~

[hel]

With a shrill smile, Helena speaks a final reply.

Then I guess there's nothing else either side needs to say. Good luck tonight ladies. I do hope you two make it entertaining.

The Black Diamond's theme plays over the PA once again. The match for the night, and two more climactic matches were set in stone. Months of feuding came down to this. Supremacy and pride were on the line. As Michelle and Helena took leave of the stage, Glitter goes to a commercial break.