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Andrea Valentine

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Terminus went exactly as I needed it to and to have won back the Specialists Championship in that ladder match against Consuela, it's something that I'll never forget. How I won, the kind of fight that I had to go through against Consuela, and everything that I knew I would have to bring to the table that night as we start looking toward Pain for Pride, was only the beginning of something a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more meaningful. I knew it'd be one of the toughest matches I'd ever be a part of and I was right. I knew that there would be blood that night, I knew I'd have to push through it just like how I did - and I was ready.

It was all or nothing and I knew I had to make that my moment, regardless of whatever respect we had for each other going into that match. Consuela really put me through it out there inside the ring once the time came - I'll literally always appreciate and respect that, but it goes without saying as I already have to turn my attention back to Empire this week for a match, that I'm about to once again have my work cut out for me. And after a match like the one I had at Terminus? I can only say that I'm looking forward to this one just the same. Before the night of Terminus, I had never taken a dive off of a ladder in a match, I had never even been in a ladder match itself before that night - but between crashing onto one after Consuela rolled out of the way, the bloody nose I got in that match, and everything else, just like I powered through that, I'll do the same going into Empire against Constance Blevins for this victory. If I absolutely wasn't in good enough condition to compete after Terminus then this wouldn't be happening, but it is happening and regardless how intense of a match like the one Consuela and I put on got, no matter how battered and bruised I was in the end, I'd still want to compete if I was able to still go out to that ring and fight through to a win. What I've been through in matches like the one I had with Consuela isn't anything that I've let seriously hold me back before and I still managed out on the winning side more than once despite it all; I know I can make sure that this isn't any different. After all of that, it's only about to make this match between us that much greater because after the victory I had at Terminus, there's no way that I'd be able to back down from competing and wanting to make this reign everything I want and need it to be. After everything I've been through so far in just this year alone, I knew going into Terminus that it'd be the one that had all the potential in the world to mean the most.

Some might say it's pride doing a lot of the talking by going ahead with this match after that brutal ladder match, but I've just honestly never turned down a challenge and I've never backed out of a match before regardless of the condition I was in or how I was feeling. And after Constance and Minerva were able to defeat the Queen's Court the same night I became Specialists Champion again, I already know that I'll be in for a great fight. Honestly, Constance, watching you capitalize on the moment you and Minerva had really let me know that you've come a long way since your debut. Seeing where you are now, even from the time we faced off at Road to Redemption, the only thing you've done is show that you've always had your focus on finding some type of way to succeed despite whatever losses came your way. Watching you come into EAW, work to carve out your own spot on Empire, and not be deterred by anything anyone said or did - it's not always the easiest thing to do, but you did it and I respect the hell out of that. Just like you said, none of your efforts were wasted. Looking back on all of that, you having gotten this far was always something that was going to happen eventually and to have done it against Cleopatra and Amber Keys, I know it had to have come with a gratifying feeling. There's no denying that you guys went head-to-head with them and after so many weeks of having to deal with them, you fought and together earned your places as Empire's Tag Team Champions. I was honestly proud to see you go out there and win because, even though my issues with the Queen's Court go back from months ago, to see a team who isn't made up of wild egos defeat the two of them was honestly admirable and a needed change of pace. They might have lost to a team that not everyone can really say that they anticipated seeing form, but the way I see it at the end of the day, I'm glad it was you - and sure, even Minerva - who'd been able to make sure that those Empire Tag Team Championships didn't end up in their hands again. But even with that win under your belt, we're about to end up across from one another as opponents and while you were able to get a win over them, you aren't getting one over me.

Like I said, despite whatever damage was dealt out in a match as destructive as the one Consuela and I put each other through, I've shown before that even after a brutal match like that I can still bring it in the ring and that's about to play a part as one of the biggest factors in this. I know that as the other half of Empire's Tag Team Champions that you'll be ready to show that even with the championship you'll be carrying coming into this match, that you're still as much of a skilled competitor all on your own without Minerva. Your ability and what you can do on your own isn't something I'll be questioning, there's no room for that kind of underestimation when it comes to you - but at the end of the day, when it comes to me being Specialists Champion, I won't be leaving room for even the slightest bit of doubt. Terminus itself was an event where I knew that I owed it myself and everyone else just as much if not more, but even I know that things don't just stop there and that the road ahead of me is lined with challenge after challenge, competition like you and everyone else that I'm always preparing for; our roads just happen to be crossing again. I know the kind of target I've got on my back means I'm marked, and that's why I'll continue to make sure that you and everyone else are in for one hell of a fight against me while I keep giving everything I've got to win just like I know I'll be able to - which includes beating you, Constance. For all the setbacks and losses I've had to face, and for all the ones that you've had to deal with yourself, we both know that there's no match with either of us in it that ever turns out to be easy, and this is just about to be another one where we both know we'll have to dig deep just to take down the other. But in the end, you'll be the one who ends up taking that fall. I can definitely appreciate how I know there won't be any shady shit involved - it'll just come down to a test of strength to keep fighting and a test of pure skill on our parts, and while we've both got all of those things going for us, I'll do everything that I know I'll have to for mine to win out in the end. We both have had different experiences, different ways of how we got this far and I've been tested harder in more recent times than I can say I really remember, and giving that kind of fight back in the ring by pushing you until I'm the one who's left to claim the win as my own is exactly what I'll do. That's exactly the kind of thing it'll take, and channeling all of that into success for this match is exactly what I'll make happen because I'm not settling for less; now that I'm back where I've wanted to get doesn't mean I'll stop, either. Unlike anyone who would've given up going through what I did to get back to this kind of spot, I was ultimately ready at one of the most crucial times I needed to be like I said I was at the beginning of this, and just like I said at the start about how I showed I knew I could and would be ready for Consuela, I'll be ready for you.
 

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