Jane Says: ‘Goodbye to Valora’

[The scene opens up to show the WMW News studio.  Jane Coughlin sits in a chair, holding a stack of note cards and next to her sits former WMW Great Lakes Champion, former WMW Ace Superior Champion, former WMW Hardcore Champion and former WMW Wrestler, Valora Salinas.  Valora has her newly won Missouri Valley Wrestling championship belt slung over her shoulder and is sitting there with her trademark smirk on her face.]

Jane Coughlin – Hello and welcome to our fans!  It’s time for a very special issue of Jane Says.  I’m here with Valora Salinas, whose WMW career came to an end at Party in the Plaza, and nearly caused a riot when it did.  I’m told that Cleveland Police had to be called in to help with crowd control.  Now, Valora, my first question to you has to be the same one WMW fans have been asking since that night, why?  Why did you just seem to give up and let Ryven choke you out?

[Valora grins and lets out a small laugh.]

Valora – For a few reasons.  Sault St. Marie being the most important..

[Jane looks confused, but Valora grins and pulls out two nails.]

Valora – Party in the Plaza.  I told people I’d bring victory disguised as defeat.  Sault St. Marie thinks he’s won the war against me, but in reality all he’s done is lost control over me.  See?  I won at Party in the Plaza.  Had I beat Ryven, sure he’d be fired, but Sault St. Marie would just go back to booking me against losers, jobbers and nobodies.  He’d keep me out of title shots and eventually would destroy my career.  So, as much pride as I had to swallow to throw in the towel to Ryven, it’s what I needed to do to win the war.  That’s actually one thing he and I have in common.  When we go to war with someone, we do whatever it takes.  Ryven has become a marked man.  I guarantee you any public place he walks into from now on, he’ll be fighting pissed off WMW fans.  I doubt he’ll have any friends in the back either.  Wrestling Midwest, as great and powerful as it is without me, lost a lot of money and global spotlight with my departure.  So everyone whose pocketbook is about to get lighter is going to hate Ryven.  He wanted to be alone… he truly is now.  But he is not the most hated man in WMW.  He might be now, but sooner or later, people will turn their anger to Sault St. Marie.  I put the first nail in his coffin at Party in the Plaza, and even if I have to buy a fucking ticket to be in the stands, I will be there when the last nail is put in.  Mark my words Jane.  Within 3 or 4 months, Wrestling Midwest, maybe even Sault St. Marie will BEG me to come back.

[Jane nods, listening as she forms her next question.]

Jane Coughlin – We have rumors that MTL 4 is starting soon and backstage gossip has Umbrage looking into a possible partner.  Is this the end of the Hardcore Icons?

[Valora smirks.]

Valora – Umbrage is doing what he needs to do.  Since he can’t throttle Sault St. Marie, he’s going after Ryven.  If I ever make a return to Wrestling Midwest, you’ll see a reformation of the Hardcore Icons.  Until then, I say good luck Umbrage and go kick some ass for me.

Jane Coughlin – Missouri Valley… you made one hell of an impact, only a couple of days after Party in the Plaza, and now, you’re the Missouri Valley Wrestling champion.  Some people have said this was planned.  Your answer?

[Valora laughs, shaking her head.]

Valora – If you mean planned as in, I really wanted to go to MVW so I threw the match, you’re wrong.  But people watch WMW events.  When I was fired, my phone was, predictably enough, swamped with phone calls.  And since Sault St. Marie was too much of a moron to slap a no-compete clause onto my contract before he put my career at stake, I decided to go to Missouri Valley.  To answer your inevitable question of why, it’s simple.  Missouri Valley is much like WMW was.  Small, kinda in the background, but ready to step up into bigger ponds.  All it needs is that one person to put them on the map.  That’d be me.  I’m gonna do to MVW what I did to WMW and that is, put the fed on my back and carry it forward.

Jane Coughlin – So… this is it then?  Have we seen the last of Valora in Wrestling Midwest?

[Valora is silent for a long moment. a tear forming in her eye, which she quickly wipes away, before looking at, shocked.]

Valora – I guess that’s up to Wrestling Midwest isn’t it?  Let’s see how long it takes them to pull their heads out of their asses and admit to me what the entire freaking world already knows.

[Valora gets up and walks off stage as Jane watches her for a moment before turning to the camera.]

Jane Coughlin – And well.. this has been Jane Coughlin with a special interview, perhaps the last interview conducted with Valora for Wrestling Midwest.

[The scene fades.]