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Post by REDEFINE Pro on Aug 30, 2015 1:15:41 GMT
Ash Scion vs Sasha Foote
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Post by Sasha Foote on Aug 30, 2015 5:15:38 GMT
"This is a match that could honestly main event any pay per view and do record numbers. This is a match between two of the toughest women in wrestling. This is a match against someone that I have a tremendous amount of respect for. For the first time ever, at Redefine Jersey, I go toe to toe with Ash Scion.
Ash, I'm familiar with your work. Everyone knows what you're capable of. You pointed out yourself how within 5 minutes of announcing your return to the ring you had numerous contract offers. Who wouldn't want to sign somebody like you? Someone who gives her all each and every time she steps through the ropes. Someone who selflessly promotes her matches in an effort to not only build her own career, but to help the company she works for. Who wouldn't want to have someone around who puts asses in seats, bodies in graves?
Ash this is probably the most excited I've been for a match since the first time I wrestled Johnny Ajax over at The Alliance. I know how much a win against me would do for you. I'm the number one contender for the Redefine Championship. You have a win over Sophia Wilson and an impending win coming up against Scorpion James, but I'm neither of the two and you know that. If you aren't familiar with who I am, let me remind you. I'm the woman who has came to Redefine and taken it by storm. My record speaks for itself here, and my work ethic has been unmatched by anyone.
As badly as you need a win like this early in your Redefine career, I admittedly need it to. How would it look for the number one contender to lose such a sought after match just weeks before the biggest match of my career? Not only that, but personally, I want this win. I believe the wrestling world is big enough for two dominant women, but I want to prove to myself that I'm number one.
You said it best on twitter, we're two Alpha's, but now that we're standing across the ring from each other its time to find out which of us truly is the best.
You were trained by some of the best, but so was I. I have striking power over you, but you have a brutality factor over me. The problem for you Ash, is this isn't a no disqualification match. You have to outwrestle me, and outwork me, and between the two of us, regardless of the amount of respect I have for you, I don't see that happening. I'm sure you feel the same about me, but that's what this match proves, right?
I have no doubt that you are going to be one of the biggest names Redefine has ever had, but that rise to superstardom has to be put on pause at least for a week. We all have our moment, this just won't be yours. #3PS."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 5:56:27 GMT
First off, I'm going to open my comments with something very similar to what I said to my other opponent this week just a couple hours ago. I like you, Sasha. I like you, I support you & I respect you. All of those things are true in this moment & they'll be true once the lights go down in Jersey.
I'm also going to grant you another of your claims... you're a classically trained boxer / kickboxer & you've got a few pounds on me, so despite my reputation as one of the most lethal strikers in the game, I'll agree, you're likely a more powerful striker, if wholly an orthodox one.
But then, I never trained in boxing. Kickboxing either. Never trained in a martial arts dojo, never played volleyball or any other sports for that matter. What I did do was walk into one of the very best wrestling schools in the world, The Fear Factory Wrestling Academy, in Toronto, at age 18. Almost eight years ago. I worked my way through that system for five bloody, grueling years before I made my eWo debut in 2013.
You 'transitioned' to pro-wrestling training last March.
So this idea that I have to out-wrestle you? Laughable, Sasha. You have to try and out-wrestle me.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I get it. Because I'm new to this company you got it in your head that it would be a good idea to get in front of the fans and try and paint ME as the rookie in this fight, but REDEFINE Pro fans? They're not stupid. They know exactly who I am, Sasha. I've been doing this longer, in more places around the world, and I've beaten higher-caliber opponents in bigger, global promotions. Don't get that twisted for a second. I beat Scott Free, 4x eWo World Champion after only being a pro for two months. I founded the Anti-Plastics with Amy Streets, set the all-time duration record in the eWo Body Count Rumble in 2013, was in Sex & Violence with Avery Barnes and I have won titles in 4 different countries.
And really? I realize my ultraviolent roots, but it's been two years since anyone tried to paint me as a hardcore one-trick pony. Oh... that first year I was a pro? They all tried it. But there hasn't been any question about if I was some sort of 'garbage' wrestler for a long time, Sasha, so don't make that mistake.
But here's the thing. It's not my experience, my skill, or my attitude that's going to make the difference when we face off. It's mental strength. Yeah, you've had a good rookie run, you've beet some real opposition. But I don't learn who an opponent is by how they win, I see into their soul by how they lose... and I don't really need to elaborate on that, do I Sasha?
I have the mental toughness that you haven't developed yet & that's what's going to make all the difference in Jersey.
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Post by Sasha Foote on Aug 30, 2015 6:37:34 GMT
"This is going to get personal, isn't it Ash? We both want the same thing, to prove we are without any doubts the best.
Let me clear up one thing now, I don't think you're a 'garbage' wrestler. All I did was point out that this match isn't a No DQ match, so that potential edge you do have over me, as far as being more violent is pretty much a non-factor. I have way too much respect for you than to call you garbage at anything related to wrestling.
You made some mistakes in your video Ash. You said you see more about an opponent in how they handle a loss, rather than how they win. I'm the first to admit that I show emotion when I lose, its not a secret. You see it as a weakness, I view it as a strength. It shows that I care about this business. How could a big loss NOT get to you? If it doesn't, then you probably don't have a passion for it and ultimately you don't belong here. The passion I have is unrivaled and its that same passion that will be driving me to defeat you at Redefine.
We both glossed over something the first time though. This is a MAIN EVENT. We have the spotlight Ash. This is a chance for us to make history and I for one know that I plan on doing just that. We've both taken pride in being women that can carry a company, and we have the chance to do that. Scorpion James has been saying that we don't belong here, but is he in the main event? No, he isn't, but we are. But is your mind there, Ash? Or is your mind with Scorpion, in Philadelphia?
Everyone knows that I have a World Championship match coming my way, but I've made it a point to focus on the match at hand each and every week. I maintained that same focus when I defeated Ciserano in Manhattan, and I'll keep the same focus against you. But the thing with Scorpion has clearly been on your mind. If you make the mistake of spending more time worrying about his latest insult aimed at you, rather than on me and our match, I promise you will pay for it in the ring.
Against me there is no margin for mistake. There is no room for errors, and if you turn your attention away from me for even a second I can turn your lights out with a punch or a kick.
This is big time. This is the main event. This is what we wanted. I don't plan on disappointing anyone. When the match is over I want every single fan to talk about our match on the car ride home. I want twitter to be going crazy over us, and most importantly, I want my hand raised in victory.
You may have more experience, but do you have more heart?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 7:14:08 GMT
At least you've dropped the notion that you're somehow a better wrestler than I am.
Before I address the huge elephant you just introduced to the room, let me point out one simple thing about my focus... the only one who's mentioned any future or even current matches besides this one is you Sasha. You've talked at length about where you're going after this, where I'm going after this & what you think it all means, including dropping the ever-so entitled 'How would it look for REDEFINE Pro if I, the #1 Contender were to lose before getting her shot?'. I'll answer that in a second, but first let me continue with my point... You've dropped all sorts of names, people you're going to be facing, people I'm going to be facing.
The only one I'm talking about is you. If there's a problem with focus, Sasha, it sure as hell isn't with mine. As for that question you asked? Well, if that were to happen, then it would seem to me that there would be a new #1 Contender, don't you think?
Of course you don't. And you don't have to worry, because REDEFINE Pro hasn't put that stipulation on this match. But since you want to question my focus, my integrity & more importantly, my passion for this business that you've been involved in for all of seven months, let me ask you this? If I do beat you, are you willing to hand over the #1 Contendership?
Don't answer that question, Sasha. It's rhetorical.
But I would if the tables were turned.
Because Sasha, I'm about to tell you something you already know. There aren't too many people in this sport who have more passion for it then I do. Athletes who don't just go out there & try to elevate their own brand but who actively promote other athletes who share her ideals, even athletes who she knows who she might have to face some day. Someone who promotes these athletes even when there's nothing really in it for her.
But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, Sasha. What was it you said? "I'm so glad to be working with Ash Scion. There's so much I could learn from her".
Listen Sasha, for the record, I meant what I said. I supported you yesterday, I'll support you tomorrow, just like I support so many other female combat sports athletes every day & have my whole career. You're not the first to completely change their tune about me & say things that they know aren't true once they see their name on a contract next to mine.
Does it feel shitty when it happens? When someone who KNOWS how much you love this business questions your passion for it? Yeah, it does. But that goes right to my point about handling loss. Sure, it hurts... but you never let them see it, Sasha. You never let them see you cry.
You take the pain & you make it a weapon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 23:53:42 GMT
I think that maybe, in all my talk about taking the hurt that this business and its defeats and its betrayals can inflict on you and turning them all into a weapon to use against your opponent, I think that I might have scared Sasha. I think I might have scared her silent.
Listen, Sasha... it's ok. I am coming to Jersey to beat you, but not to beat you up... not badly, not in the way I'm going to beat up some of the opponents I have lined up after you. I realize that sometimes I come off a little intense, but you've got to remember, I came into this business as one of the bad guys. It took me my first year to realize I was on the wrong side of the fight and started looking at things with a new sense of perspective. Sometimes I still slip into my old ways though.
And like I said... you're not the first person to talk about how much they respect me only to turn around and call my integrity, my passion and my heart into question once they realize that they actually have to face off against me. It's happened before, it'll happen again, and I'm at a point where I don't really take it personally anymore.
Mostly.
It's a lesson you're gonna learn to, eventually. The fact is, once you pay your dues and earn some successes in this business, people... even people who you respect and who claim, usually truthfully, to respect you will start targeting you and calling you out. Both my matches this week fit that bill. My esteemed opponent in The Alliance came down to the ring and called me out, while you created a race between the two promotions we both work for over social media to see which one of them would sign this match first.
Nina was blunt. You were clever.
That fact right there pretty much sums up what these two matches are going to be like this weekend as well. Nina and I are so evenly matched in every category that it really is just going to be who can inflict the most blunt force trauma on the other. You and I on the other head... well, I think that you've come to accept that as skilled as you are, the fact that I've been involved in pro wrestling for so much longer than you creates an experience gap that you're only going to be able to even think of overcoming by being clever.
You know it, and I know it too.
I'm a lot of things in that ring, Sasha, and subtle isn't one of them. You can hope that Nina fucks me up bad enough in Portland that I won't have recovered by the time I get to Jersey. Then again, it's a long flight, and I heal quick.
But maybe you'll get lucky. Maybe I show up in Jersey hurt.
But don't count on it.
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Post by Sasha Foote on Sept 1, 2015 5:39:46 GMT
"I would like to clear one thing up right off the bat and that is, you're right. There is a lot that I could learn from you Ash, and I stand by that. You've been doing this a lot longer than me. If some of my words came across as disrespectful, so be it, that wasn't my intention. I refuse to stand here and apologize. Especially after what you've had to say.
How dare you sit in front of a camera and claim that I should hope that you show up to Jersey hurt, like I need you at less than one hundred percent to have any chance of winning. That's a slap in the face to not only me personally, but to everything I've accomplished here in Redefine. You might have more experience, but I've been helping this company go from a show on WGN, to scoring a deal on Fox Sports One while you were taking time off for whatever reason. I've been working and I've been beating the best, when they were a hundred percent.
You have a ton of momentum right now, you are one of the most talked about people not only in Redefine, but in wrestling, but so am I. To discredit what I've done in the last few months not only makes you look bad, it makes you look desperate. We are two of the strongest women in the business, and there's no reason we need to personally attack the other in order to promote our match.
You had an impressive debut here, congrats, but I'm not Sophia. I'm definitely not Scorpion James, and I'm not like anyone else you've ever faced before. I'm Sasha Foote. I'm the number one contender for a reason. And since you wanted to ask, NO, I won't put my title shot that I've busted my ass for on the line. Not because I'm afraid of losing, but because I've earned it, and regardless of what you've done elsewhere, you haven't worked your way through the entire roster like I have to earn the right to finally fight for the top prize here.
This match between us is going to be something to see. Neither one of us will back down, and both of us will fight like our lives depend on it, but I've been doing that since I got here Ash.
You questioned why I've been silent, its not because you scared me as you decided to speculate, its because I'm focused. I'm working out. I'm mentally preparing myself for a fight I'm physically ready for. Also, because sometimes words should be kept to a minimum. Look at you for example, you spent half of your last video talking about your match elsewhere with Nina. That's no where near relevant to our match. So, are you talking just to talk, or do you really have something to say?
I have a statement to make at Redefine, but I'll let my fists do the talking. Respect that."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 6:55:38 GMT
I have no idea who you think you're fooling with this deceptive little narrative you've built for yourself, Shasha, but it sure as hell isn't me. You can walk around here acting like you built REDEFINE, talk about all you've done in the last few months here, but the fact of the matter is, you haven't even been here a few months.
Let's get this perfectly clear, shall we? Today is September 1st, 2015. Your first appearance in a REDEFINE ring was on July 27th. So do the math? You've just been here two months. You had your first pro wrestling classes back in March. Sure it's been a pretty good run, but get your fuckin' head out of the clouds, girl. You're green. You haven't even been wrestling for a year. For you to be talking like you built this company at this point is pathetic.
You want to be so arrogant as to claim that you're 'not like anyone I've faced before?', Sasha? I spent 5 years on the Fear Factory circuit, wrestling as an amateur, and I've had another 3 years as a pro on top of that. You laced up your wrestling boots for the very first time last March. That means I've got over a year as a pro-wrestler for every month of experience you've got. And you want to stand there & even imagine that you know anything at all about the caliber of opponents I've faced?
To take a line out of your book, that's not only disrespectful to me, but to all of the great athletes I've been in that ring with. And I've been in that ring with the absolute best. You're no Scott Free, Sasha. You're no Lawrence Jarvis. You're no Kyle Cross. And how could you be? Like me, they all have years to your months.
Kyle tells his students, the worst thing that can happen to a new wrestler is too much success too soon. I was a victim of it, especially after I wrecked Scott Free, a Hall Of Famer, when I'd only been in the eWo for two months. Then Alexis Sykes came along, and despite everything she's accomplished in her long career, I thought I was her equal because I'd shown flashes of skill and had a little luck. Losing to her was the best thing that ever happened to me.
You've let a little success go to your head Sasha. You've lost all sense of perspective & humility. You didn't build REDEFINE, and nobody owes you anything. To question anyone's heart or integrity knowing full well that you're gonna look in the mirror and call yourself the #1 Contender after I beat you in Jersey? It's as plastic as Liz Smalls when I handed her the very first loss of her career. It's as plastic as CC calling herself 'Everyone's Favorite Wrestler' when no one knows who she is yet.
It's plastic & it's fake.
You sold me short, and you're still doing it, Sasha.
Big mistake.
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Post by Sasha Foote on Sept 1, 2015 7:14:58 GMT
"I never claimed to build Redefine, I said I helped bring it from a show airing on WGN to getting a deal on Fox Sports One. And while my time here has been short, everything I've said was true. I've put out more video's on the wire than anyone, I've had the highest rated matches, and I've beaten nearly everyone put in front of me. Call it arrogance or a slap in the face, I call it a product of my hard work paying off. Either way, it's all facts.
You've wrestled longer, I know that and there's nothing I can do to change it. But just because you've done something longer doesn't automatically make you better than me. You've come into this match and tried pushing me around and bullying me like I'm supposed to move out of the way now that we work in the same company, you don't know me well then, Ash. I don't ask how high when somebody says jump, and I don't step aside for someone just because they expect it. If you want me to step aside, come move me.
Comparing me to Liz Smalls was not only ignorant on your part, but a way you continue to latch on to the past. You've had issues with Liz Smalls, you've given us all a run down on the Fear Factory and Scott Free, and everyone else, and no one is taking any of that away from you, so why are you trying to take away what I've done here? Have I not worked as hard as anyone else in wrestling since March? Does me being a rookie or 'green' mean I don't deserve the same respect as those that have been doing it for years, even though I've beaten a lot of those people?
Make no mistake about it, I respect the hell out of you, but I want to beat you. I was told I couldn't beat half of the people that I've beat here, but I stood face to face, looked them in the eye and did just that...beat them.
You are a better wrestler, I'm a better striker. You have a reputation, I'm building mine. We both give everything we have every single time we step into the ring, but I'm not pushover.
IF you manage to beat me, I'll be a big enough person to shake your hand and congratulate you, but trust me Ash, if you beat me, it won't be a stroll in the park and it certainly shouldn't be because of any excuses you make about a match with Nina the night before. In case you haven't paid attention, I have a match in The Alliance just as you do the night before our Redefine show down.
Some people are born to do this, others have to fight for everything they accomplish, I was born to fight. Win, lose or draw, this is the match the people want, and you're the opponent I need."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:52:01 GMT
Nobody needs to take my word on it when it comes to what you've said, Sasha, as all of these videos are easily available for anyone to go back and watch. But just to be clear before I go any further, let's get a few things straight.
First you tried to claim that you & are are equal. That's simply not true. I've been doing this far too long, have seen to many more types of opponents, been tested too many more times than you for that to ever be true. I know you think you've done a lot, but not as much as you think & your limited experience inside the ring pales next to mine. I have maintained from the very beginning that I think that this would be the difference in our match.
Then you questioned my ability when you tried to insinuate that I can only wrestle in hardcore matches & that I would be at a disadvantage in this match because it isn't one. When I pointed out the fact that I've already proven that point void, for years, you backtracked from it. I stayed on my point about experience.
Then you openly & unabashedly questioned my passion for professional wrestling. Again, since you & I both know that this simply isn't true, that my passion for this sport is paramount, you backtracked from that point as well. I stayed on my point about experience.
Then you went even lower with your greatest betrayal, questioning if I have the heart to hang in a ring with you. This was an insult not only to me, but to the fans who have watched me battle back time & time over the years against greater opponents & greater odds than you have ever once had to face in your short career. I called you on it, you backtracked from it, again. I stayed on my point about your lack of experience.
Now, you've questioned my focus. When I brought up Nina Stokes, only to demonstrate that like her, ours was a match that you had directly asked for, you missed the point completely, possibly deliberately, and tried to suggest it was a sign that I wasn't concentrating on you. I, on the other hand, simply stuck to the experience issue.
And finally, you've called me a bully. Me. You drop Scorpion James name, seemingly forgetting that the only reason I'm involved with him at all is because I came to my opponent Sophia Wilson's defense when he made horrible comments about her and other women combat sports athletes. The same athletes I've made a career out of supporting.
But I'm the bully.
You're out of straws to grasp, Sasha. You've tried everything, and dropped almost all of it just as quickly. And nothings changed. I'm still Ash Scion, I've still been doing this for years, and I'm still going to beat you in Jersey.
And when I do, I'll be able to stand by every single word that I've said this week.
Will you?
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