Chapter 9-Page-23-For Us
Oct04
Long-time readers know that Sabrina wants the TV title in the worst way. Is this the worst way to get the title? Marina and Vince don’t seem to think so.
For more of their sordid history between Sabrina, Vince and Kat, check this LINK.
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Lolz…
Marina a heel..
it’s nice…
Face of the rivalangel..
“Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini..
Question is “The Champ” Brenda Rua.. think of this…
That stinks. And I see Michael denying anything to do with it.
M: Question is “The Champ” Brenda Rua
B: That stinks.
Finally, we’re in agreement!
You’ll be great that Marina’s elder stateswoman role once I’ve taken over the locker room.
Well that’s a relief because the necessary condition is a cold day in hell!!
*slips Brenda a copy of Dante’s Inferno*
Hey, the Divine Comedy! I’ve listened to the audiobook. It’s kinda long.
Well Bren’ll have a lot of free time once I’ve ended her wrestling career.
The blame game will take place real soon. And stink is a nice way to put it.
I wonder if this could easily happen if Sabrina fought Brenda for her title. Gabby wanting the younger & so called “FUTURE OF RAW (Rival Angels Wrestling)” to beat Brenda Rua for the title, thus making Gabby Triple H to Sabrina being Orton. lol
I would just like to say that I had this written back in March. XD
SEE! lol This style of storyline writing is more based on the top tier title (Rua’s title) then a second tier title in my eyes really, but thats me.
It’s like Brenda Rua vs Sabrina Mancini for the title & things go like babyface vs babyface UNTIL NEAR THE END! Where Gabby helps Sabrina SCREW Rua & makes her chosen one Sabrina become the true future of RAW by CHEATING Rua from her title & thus making both ladies Heel (Triple H/Orton). lol
But thats just me! lol
SEE! lol This style of storyline writing is more based on the top tier title (Rua’s title) then a second tier title in my eyes really, but thats me.
Yeah but blondie’s the main character. Circumstances adjust to plot.
Sure, but it’s still Sabrina vs Kat, face vs heel so there aren’t any of those pesky face vs face obstacles, at least until this point in the story.
Just in reference to the ‘top tier title’ comment, maybe it’s my old school way of thinking, but in my eyes a title is exactly as important as the company treats it to be. When I got into wrestling, watching the old WWF, there were full storylines built around each title, and they were all treated as something to fight hard for and covet. The Savage vs. Steamboat classic? For the IC belt. The Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard ‘I Quit’ deathmatch? For the US title. In the present WWE, only the WWE and World titles are treated with any kind of gravitas while the others change hands with literally no build and are treated as afterthoughts. So it would seem that in WA at least, the TV belt is being treated as a genuine prize.
My two bits on that. Regarding the situation…. Gabby just HAD to make things worse. I thought she was supposed to be smart. The only excuse I can give is that she’s in angry/panic mode and made a hasty decision, but still… you’d be tainting one of your top draws, turning the crowd on her. To paraphrase the already tired plotline from WWE, that ain’t what’s “best for business”.
What decision about this match has Gabby made? It was Michael who went off to find Marina.
what Gabrielle will fire Sabrina…
WOW this is knew..
JUST WOW man!!!
You seem to like, so yay!
That is just so wrong. Gabs will fire her? Would Sabrina buy it? Maybe under the heat of the moment. Maybe…
Marina has seen fit to fib to blondie when she thought she needed prodding.
For her part, Sabrina has shown little sign she’s even been aware of any such machinations.
Well I know I wouldn’t take the win.
Win the title or lose your job.
Yes, Sabrina. Turn to the dark side, we have cookies- er, shiny belts. 😀
Sabrina, Gabrielle is your mother!
Wait to you see Gabrielle’s ex-husband! (hint-you’ve met him before)
Sabrina reluctantly pins her and turns into the most hated person in RA.
I think ‘most hated’ is probably a stretch.. It’s pretty obvious she’s in a tough spot here. She’s sure not going to win any fans if she does pin her but even the average wrestling fan should be able to tell that she doesn’t really want any of this. Especially if they catch the “You’ll be fired” line on the microphones!
Besides, how could anyone hate ‘Brina more than Brooke?
Why not grab Miss Kat and pull her on top and get pinned. Miss Kat will know she didn’t win, the fans will realize Sabrina isn’t in on this….
All of these are great and interesting angles and will definitely shape what Sabrina does next.
Well. Either Marina’s never had Sabrina’s best interest at heart and is finally showing it, or for whatever reason, Gabrielle really will fire her even though this is way wrong and it’s still the beginning of the road to the Montreal Screwjob. Huh. Well, if there is a way to make this right, I suppose the best thing to do would be to not tempt fate and just go through with it. I can honestly say, I did not see this coming. About the only way I can see making it right by all accounts is having Sabrina give it up, vacating it again, very soon (and firing Michael for being such a dumbass by booking this and killing Vincent -off screen- just because), as in no later than the next week. After that, the best thing to do would likely be leaving the title vacant until Krystin got back and having her and Xtina fight for it.
I feel compelled to ask this, but even if Marina is stretching the truth, are you quite sure we can categorically say that she doesn’t have Sabrina’s interests in mind? Obviously this is not the way Sabrina would prefer to win, but a fair match with a fair ref is not presently an option.
Things have gone tits-up for the TV title picture, (unlike the world title picture which is quite rosy as I believe I’ll shortly be relieving Brenda of the small portion of the excess weight around her midsection which is metallic,) with the champ not fit and the interim title match having gone to hell, and now the referee has attacked one of the competitors. There’s no salvaging this, and Sabrina walking out just muddies the waters further.
The title, the company, AND the ditzy blonde will be better-served by bringing this affair to a close and sorting it out under more favourable circumstances, but Sabrina, being the self-centered, naive little twit she is, will be unable to see past her own ego, refusing to accept a “tainted” title victory. Marina is remedying the situation by the most expedient manner.
I don’t think anyone is better served by Sabrina taking belt under these circumstances. It’s an interim title anyway, and it’s worth less than nothing after this match.
Kick him in the face and be done with it. Surely there’s no way anyone can expect to get fired for walking out of a debacle like this?
(Maybe fired for the kicking, although given that he just clocked Kat with a chair I’d say he’s fair game!)
Hitting refs is at least a fine, if not a suspension or outright termination. It’s definitely not something you want to do when you’re being threatened with the latter anyway (regardless of whether that’s true or not.)
If Sabrina takes the pin and the belt, then on the next show she can talk a bit about Vince and the Belles and what was going on, say that she knows things weren’t right in that match, and they can get on with sorting it out.
If they don’t, the title remains in limbo, and how does Sabrina justify inclusion in the title picture when she couldn’t win a match the ref was blatantly favouring her in?
You want a shot? I’ll give you a shot missy. *makes a fist and shakes it*
The only metal you’ll see around RA is your lead bottom when I’m shoving your head up for the win.
The only shot you need to GIVE will be the one you’ll hold up when you’re gritting your teeth, toasting the new champ.
I could almost – almost – see this as setup for Sabrina to turn heel. She went in with the best of intentions. She was willing to fight a good, clean match for the belt. Unfortunately, she’s got an unexpected, unwanted ally in the ref’s shirt, making sure the match is as one-sided as possible, up to and including taking a chair to Kat. He’s there for vengeance that, on some level, Sabrina wants too. Then Marina shows up and shoves her toward taking the easy way out. “Then we’ll sort this out,” she says. “Gabrielle will fire you if you don’t,” she says. It would be so easy…
On the other hand, this is personal for Sabrina in just the wrong way. Unlike Vince, who was just really embarrassed by the Belles, Sabrina was wounded, and then denied the belt. She wants to do this on her own. Marina was about to overcome that, and then Vince…
“Win the title for us.”
Yeah, Vince is Ultrakick-bait. What makes you think she cares about you and your tender widdle feelings at this point, idiot? I think Sabrina will stretch him out across the ring and walk away.
She just had a big thing about rediscovering who she is. This is precisely the wrong time to try to brute-force shove her to the Dark Side. I can’t see her taking it. The big question is, how will Marina and Gabby react?
Sabrina turn heel..
thus Kat turn face?
She’ll be a reluctant heel. She isn’t bad, people will just intensely hate her. They’ll pay to see her be defeated and lose the title.
MGC, you make no sense. Why would you assume that?
Tyrannus, I really doubt Sabrina’s going to go along with it. In other media, Sabrina could spend time being angry about how she’s been screwed over by the company, then rejected by the fans over things not her fault, and be a legitimate heel. But I don’t think she’s shaping up to take that fall at all, because of the lead-in to this, which I discussed already. Plus, this story focuses on the Upstarts. Sun is a heel, Krystin is a heel, Brooke MAY be in the middle of a turn… if Sabrina turns heel, even reluctantly, a la current Big Show, then the main character closest to babyface is Brooke. I don’t see that happening.
remember..
Chloe and Gabrielle is bit business wise close..
could it be.. Chloe is behind it..
“Blacklist”
Katherine Smith
CHloe acting like informant
using Sabrina
Gabriella No.
Michael Maybe.
Give it up, mate…
I can seriously see her not doing it. But you did say it was going to get nastier.
There are consequences to EVERY action. Which one Sabrina is prepared to deal with is the question.
Gabby will fire ‘Brina over what is essentially her screw up (she gave Michael the go ahead without finding out what he had in mind)?
She can go ahead and fire me to.
*angry face*
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Baby ‘Brina Watch!
The sound of rain makes Sabrina-Ripley sleepy time.
This bodes well.
Let me guess. Long recordings of rain will find a home on an old stereo in the baby’s room? Or perhaps another sound player of some kind?
I have an app on my Android phone that has a few variations on that theme. Sleepy Time. Unfortunately, Android devices tend to be on the expensive side to use as a lullaby-player.
It’s ok, I live in England.
Rain is my friend.
*nod*
Could just set up a mic somewhere in Manchester and stream the audio to a site.
Fierce and loyal Sammie!
And I think Baby Brina and me have something in common. XD
I can’t see Sabrina getting fired. She really is the heroine of this strip and its name, Rival Angels, is that of the promotion she works for. If she does, it won’t be for long.
You should have some boos from the audience over Vince’s attack, or reax in general. This is a big deal and the crowd should be shaking that place and have a voice for Sabrina to listen to. Crowd’s a big part of things.
Y’know, I think you’re right. Initially, I didn’t want the readers to get the idea that the any of the participants were being influenced either way, but I think some crowd onomatopoeia would be just fine. I might not be able to upload the changes, but look for them in the printed and I’m going to fix that going forward. So thanks!
Here’s my question or two… Would the boss fire Sabrina for doing the right thing and walking away ?
Or would she fire Ultragirl over the dishonest thing ? 🙁
At times like these Sun should be out there to help her Best Friend out…because this is out of Sabrina’s control. 🙁
Sabrina’s on her own, as Sun slamming the door in her face showed.
Gabrielle is all about the bottom line so it depends on what her bottom line viewpont is. Is it pinning Kat or walking away? Or something else?
Since a match is just a promo for another match, if a walk-away builds heat for a rematch, I would think the boss-lady would be all for it. Sabrina has the appeal and talent to make it big, and as long as RA can pull something out of that, she should be around. (After all, unlike Chloe, she didn’t get fired when she screwed up…just exiled.)
No crowd reaction so far: zombies :D!
I would be surprised if Sabrina goes along. Got a feeling that Sabrina won´t be Gabrielle´s favourite anymore after this… That will plie for Sabrina ;-).
Sabrina’s got a lot at stake, no matter which way she goes.
The precious~!
It’s what it’s all about!
Thus I will see..
Katherine/ Sabrina alliance..
Powergirl Ultragirl…
YES YES YES YES
Remember, you can’t Con an honest Mark.
Or Tom. Or Colleen…
still sticking with the “pulls kat on top of her and takes the loss to keep her in the fans good graces.” theory. Gabby seems to be the magna cum laude of the Vince McMahon school of “do what i say or yourrrrrrrr’e FIIIIIIRED!” when it comes to her wrestlers
Eh, I think she’s more the sort who just is as liberal with the stick as she is with the carrot. The people we’ve seen get fired are BW, who tried to put the champ out of commission after a match ended, and Chloe, both for orchestrating the back-alley assault of Sabrina and for PED usage. I don’t think she fires people capriciously.
Mind you, Marina left to deal with the situation without Gabby saying a word about firing Sabrina if she didn’t go along with this mess. I’m not sure it’s fair to assume that Gabby is in on this just because Marina said so. Unless we’re assuming that people never lie in professional wrestling…
Objectively, that is a good point about Gabrielle, but by the same token, since Marina hasn’t been shown to be against Sabrina, I would think the same would work the same way for her…until proven otherwise.
I detailed a scenario above wherein Marina is both lying AND looking out for Sabrina’s interests (along with Gabby’s)
Yep! Marina isn’t above lying if it gets her goals met which is usually what Gabrielle and/or Sabrina’s are as well. At least, so far. XD
This ref is CRAZY. He keeps referring to him and Sabby as “us.” There is no “us,” dude. She’s kind of with a guy she met in Japan.
That’s true, last time we saw Yoshi and Sabrina, he was proposing marriage to her (with you in your obligatory cameo, I might add), so she might be an engaged woman right now!
that’s right forgot about that.
Vincet: i did it for us!
Brina: i’m engaged (shows off the ring)
Vincet: (hits sabirna with the chair and drags Kat on top of her for the three count) Kat i did it for us!
Brilliant, just brilliant.
Hmm… this is an interesting development. Gabrielle will fire Sabrina if she doesn’t finish the match… She COULD keep her integrity, walk out, and head back to Japan.
BRA, Yoshi, Atlas and the Syndicate would welcome her back with open arms. Maybe even Cocoa.
In Cocoa’s case, she’s probably going for a German suplex, but hey, still counts!
Definitely counts. XD
I hope Sabrina superkicks his @$$!!! Sure it will be a DQ, but worth it!!!
Vince made this match a No DQ last update, so she wouldn’t get get DQ’d for superkicking him. XD Though actually, that might’ve been a good fix to this problem!
US? He wants Sabby to win to salvage his manhood? And how is cheap shoting a woman with a steel chair being a man? But, we all know that Kat would kick his ass in a straight fight.
So, is Marina now the Big Show? Having to do the boss’ will even when she knows it’s wrong to protect those she cares about?
That one line gives me hope for him catching the Ultrakick he so richly deserves…
That last comment from Vince, that “Do it for us!”, I think could be the last straw for Sabrina. I think Vince eats an Ultrakick and either walks out of the match or outright quits.
Also, I think we’re assuming a bit much in assuming that Marina is trying to manipulate Sabrina by telling her Gabrielle would fire her. It’s entirely possible, and I think likely, that Michael simply told Marina that Sabrina’s job is at stake. After all, it was Michael who told Marina to meet him at the Gorilla position. That feeling I got about Michael trying to put the screws to Sabrina has gotten stronger.
I just remembered that Michael was talking to Marina too. Maybe this is his way of trying to salvage the situation to save his own skin.