MATCH PROMO ⭐ "I do walk away with a world title after the fact, well, that’s more than fine." 💫 Showdown o1

[Harlow Reichert]

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I know that I’ve been silent this week and that’s uncharacteristic of me, despite the fact I find the verbal back and forths pretty pointless. I always step up and give my opinion, and engage my opponents, although sometimes that’s rather reluctantly. It’s not that I really give a whole lot of fucks about anything Jack Ripley had to say earlier this week. I don’t. He certainly didn’t ether me, shake my confidence, or make me feel some type of way. Instead, I’ve spent the week soul searching and getting my head right, and finally allowing myself to feel absolutely everything I’ve wanted to feel since Pain for Pride. For the most part, I have gone through the motions this season. As great as my performances have been, they have been lacking passion. I feel like there’s really only been two times this season I’ve felt the thrill of competition and that was at House of Glass when I got a chance to compete for the Universal Women’s Championship, and of course against Xavier at King of Elite. Both of those matches meant the world to me, because despite the downward spiral I found myself stuck in last season, the goal was to always take the next step in my career and become a legitimate world championship contender. Those EAW loyalists will remember that I only got another crack at the PURE Championship when Mr. DEDEDE took away my right to compete for the Answers World Championship. Despite having earned that championship match through hard work and victory, I wasn’t allowed to truly enjoy the fruits of my labor. I had to settle, and since then, I’ve always kind of wondered what would’ve happened if I had just gotten that match. That’s not something I should do, nor is it really healthy. I’ve made a lot of mistakes since losing my PURE Championship and the biggest one of all is allowing shit to get to me. I’m not sure when the cracks first started to form, but somewhere along the line my icy exterior started to thaw and melt away, and that left me feeling pretty fucking exposed.

I have no one but myself to blame, but when it comes to my career, I feel like I can finally move on. Whether people want to consider it an impressive victory or not doesn’t really matter to me, because at the end of the day, the win over Xavier is EXACTLY what I needed in order to move on and become better. I can move forward and focus on my future instead of living in the past. Now that being said, I want to address some of the comments I made last weekend on Showdown. I threw out the challenge to Jack, wanting him to put the Answers World Championship on the line because I felt like a shot at the title was owed to me. I am well aware of how arrogant that sounds, and more importantly, how hypocritical that sounds. I will say that I likely spoke out of turn last week on Showdown. The words I said weren’t really in line with my true character at all and I hate that I came across that way. The world does not owe me anything, just like it doesn’t owe any of you anything, either. I’m not owed an Answers World Championship match simply because I never got one last season. In fact, I’ve always maintained the narrative that competing at House of Glass for the Universal Women’s Championship was the compensation I deserved for never getting the match last season against DEDEDE when he was champion. I’m not one of the bitter female wrestlers who view the Universal Women’s Championship as a lesser belt. In fact, when I was on Empire I pictured myself as one day being the Universal Women’s Champion and standing at the top of the women’s division. That was my goal, and while I didn’t achieve it back at House of Glass, I’m confident that one day I will. When that day is, I’m not sure, because like I predicted, Jack accepted my challenge and here we go. He’s finally getting the competition he’s been begging for, and quite frankly, this match will be a great test for me, and if I do walk away with a world title after the fact, well, that’s more than fine.

Of course, one of the things I have come to figure out this week is that this match is not really about the championship for me. Jack believes I jumped the gun and put all my eggs into this basket, and he is well within his right to believe that. However, I believe this match is more about the competition and testing myself more than anything else. I believe I have earned this spot. Despite being jaded for most of the season, I’ve had some incredible victories. Jack wants to shit on them and talk about how the people I’ve beaten never deserved to be world champion in the first place, but his opinion on the caliber of competition I’ve been facing means very little to me. After all, this is coming from the man who practically begs for competition in every single promo he cuts and the second he gets it, complains about it. Try and make sense of that for me. I highly doubt Jack would be asking for competition if he’s faced some of the people I have. Andrea Valentine, Cage, TLA, and Xavier Williams are all world champions in their own right. Whether you believe they were deserving of holding such a belt in their time here in EAW, is a subjective opinion. They each bring something to the table that makes them stand out, each of them busted their ass to get a world championship reign. The fact I’ve been able to beat main event talent consistently speaks volumes about how good I am, and how deserving I am of being put into major matches. I’ve already proven myself as a worthy championship contender, and obviously I want to be a champion again. I got a taste of gold and now I want more, and if I do happen to leave Showdown with the Answers World Championship around my waist, I won’t be complaining. I definitely plan to give this match my all, but win or lose, I’m going to keep my head held high this time.

I wish you nothing but good luck, Jack, because you will need it. I’m one of the very best technical wrestlers in the world and it doesn’t matter to me how much you’ve been able to do in this business since your arrival. None of your wins mean anything to me, and neither do your losses. The only thing that’s one my mind is the magic the two of us are going to create inside the ring come Showdown. The Answers World Championship is on the line, and the wicked queen that reigned supreme at King of Elite will be at ringside. I don’t think I have to spell it out for you. Kassidy Heart is coming for the winner of the match. Her refusing to reveal the date of her championship match is nothing more than her playing with your mind. You fell for it too, mentioning her in your video and coming across like an idiot, which is what she wants, I’m sure. Even you’re not stupid enough to believe that someone like Kassidy has to tie her name to yours in order to remain relevant. She just won the biggest tournament in all of wrestling, something you really couldn’t do back in 2019 when Malcolm Jones won the crown. You have kept her name in your mouth for weeks, saying time and time again that she should be the person you face in a championship match, but now that you’re finally getting what you want, you are throwing up a smoke screen. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense to cite Kassidy as the competition you deserve in one sentence and then belittle her the next. It’s kind of crazy that hypocrisy is such a big part of your life, but that’s not really something I can help. What I can do is give you the type of fight you’ve been asking for. Looking past my completely out of character comments, the very basis of my challenge to you is still pure. I just want an amazing match and to face someone who can push me outside of my comfort zone. While I’m not sure if you truly have the ability to push me, I know that you will go above and beyond to prove yourself as a worthy world champion. After all, isn’t that why you keep crying for competition? You scored an huge upset when you dethroned Jamie back at Road to Redemption. You got the biggest win anyone could get on this brand, and that’s something that needs to be respected. However you need another marquee victory to cement your championship and legitimize it, and to prove that you knocking off Jamie wasn’t a fluke. I look forward to our match, Jack, and I look forward to potentially being crowned the Answers World Champion. I will see you tomorrow on Showdown.