Page 250 – Tsunami!
I’ve had this match planned ever since I wrote the first pages of Rival Angels almost two years ago. I was able to hint to it way back on page 87 but even that was a year ago. I even hinted way back then in the notes that this might be their finisher. Surprised?
Starting to not be a surprise is Sabrina getting jumped at the end of matches. But…by her best friend? Sun’s got the guilty look on her face in panel 4. Can we put it past her to level her best friend Sabrina, in her climb up the Rival Angels ladder of success?
New Voting Incentive!
Every update this week will feature a brand new voting incentive! This update we have a bust shot of Sun!
The Pre-Orders are now OPEN!
Picking up merchandise is a great way to support the creator and get some cool loot to boot! From now until next week you can pre-order your copy of Rival Angels: Volume One! Details here!
Barbershop! Sabrina must be getting used to chair shots by now. Anyway, see you on Friday Albone, can’t wait to see the graphic novel. I know where the artist alley is, I think I can find you by sight.Â
Damn! I knew this wasn’t going to end well, but didn’t see that coming. Well played Albone.
Good swerve. Sun’s written a very large check though . I don’t think a “just business” is going to fly with Sabrina.
Then again a York sister was unaccounted for but most of me wants to see Sabrina and Sun cut loose on one another.
Holy!!! Holy!!! Cow!!! ‘Shinobi’ ‘Lil Dragon’ Sun Wong! betrayed ‘Ultragirl’ Sabrina Mancini!!!
EXTRA EXTRA! read all about it!!
Â
That’s another part in which isn’t reveal by the Damage Inc.. win against York Sisters “Cuckoo Sisters” and then betray Sabrina.. a huge gamble!!
Â
as for Dawn Elisson ask why?
Out of the shadow! .. Owen Hart and Bret Hart..
but I have to say, it hurt Sun a lot than it hurt Sabrina.. Â it’s a gamble, and risk! note “WHO DARES! WIN!” same gamble as Sabrina did in episode 6..
Sabrina said “Nowhere  I am, my  last few dollars on a crappy bus to the biggest I ever to getting ahead. I screw this up, I might not get another chance.”
same goes for Sun here..
Â
The problem is that Damage Inc and the Hell’s Belles come in and destroy ‘Ultragirl’ Sabrina Mancini more.. now Commissioner Gabrielle don’t mine it.. it will come up a huge money on it…
Â
Hoy! That’s not fair, Sun! You could have waited to be in the lockers room to do that 😛
Oh my! Now that’s just ugly. But it does make sure people will be talking about Sun for a long time!
About time Sun acted like the heel she’s never denied being. She was cool as a ‘dirty’ face, but she’s just had the feeling of needing the right moment to bust out the bad girl. Kinda surprised it was against Sabrina, but hey… really, who better to do it to?
Only ay it can get ebtter is if she acts all hurt and apologetic and offers a face to face apology and explaination on some interview segment of RA and then smashes ‘Brina again before explaining she’s move on to bigger and better things than Upstarts and apologizing for not doing it sooner. Sort of an RA version of the end of the Rockers.
::looks down at the tray he’s been keeping warm for the last several updates::Â NO COOKIE FOR YOU, SUN!!!!
HEEL TURN ……. already ??????????
Â
Wow, it’s just like I predicted a few posts ago. This Rival Angels story is now about Sabrina against technically everyone else. I think the only pure babyface in the promotion now is just Sabrina. All other three upstarts have either start, in the process, and already turning heel. Other wrestlers …… well, Hells Belles ? heels. Damage Inc ? heels. York Sisters ? heels. Tower of Terror ? heels.
Â
The upcoming story would definitely be Sabrina taking the ‘John Cena’ path of winning despite the odds stacked against her. Or the ‘Vince Russo’ path where the heels keep on winning and dominating the show, and the face despite winning the match will keep on losing the war (a.k.a suffer a nasty beatdown each time after the match, winning or losing).
Â
To tell you the truth, I hate how the story has become now. Almost all of the characters are now heel. Hopefully we got introduced to some more face characters in order to help Sabrina. I don’t want to story to become like MEM VS Frontline in TNA, where the heel stables keep total domination and the face stables suffer a disastrous beatdown until they’re gone and forgotten. But on the other hand, I also don’t want Sabrina to be like a supergirl where she can keep on winning and winning despite nobody backed her up. It’s not like she’s married to the owner’s child, right ? ……………………………………………. right ??
<speechless>
Albone.. Did the story well! Applause Applause!
Â
can this be.. Naruto VS Sasuke? heheh.. I mean Naruto is blonde hair, while Sasuke got slight blue.. heheh!!
Â
Panel 4: is cool!! Sabrina is celebrating.. we see Sun’s conscience there.. but in reality, Sun grabs a steel chair.. then Panel 5..
Â
DEFINITION OF TRAGIC!! I SAY!! LOVE IT!!
The greatest tag team of all time! is just a one night show!! Â Sad but!! it’s life!!
Â
Sun is the former CCW champion.. and never loss the CCW belt (am I right Albone?)
Sabrina is the undefeated in rival angels..
Â
here’s one question.. many audience love Sun and Sabrina. now to whom will ya favor? let’s start ask the ‘champ’?
Â
I smell something though… on the locker room, Sun will apologize to Sabrina.. I don’t know.. Can’t wait till the next update.
Â
hmmm.. can I give applause for Sabrina too? heheh!
and forgot! she’s a ninja! Ninja always goes who got the higher price. and more potential goal! incase of Sun.. Damage Inc..
one question Albone..
Â
Panel 4: Sun saying “I’m Sorry” if it’s possible not putting that, making it mysterious.. on Panel 5.. heheh! it will keep us guesting heheh!
Â
I love this episode.. “BRUTALITY!” yeah!!
a Shuriken Elbow with Ultrasplash.. DAMN!! “Frannie!!” “Frannie!! got pin!” Â hehe!
Dun dun DUUUN!
If you guys thought today’s update was big, just wait until Wednesday.
Rorschach, I look forward to meeting you on Friday! Â The Barbershop moment was a true classic. Â Anyone that watched wrestling around that time instantly knows what you’re talking about.Â
Thanks Chief Booka, but there is a bit more… to be played out still. Â O_o
Picky, I like to think that the best time for a swerve, is right after a swerve. What is this talk about an unaccounted for York Sister? Â Hitting Sabrina with the chair? Â Not bad, but it’s kind of a reach.Â
MGC, Sun’s sad expression is genuine at the end of this update, and there’s more Sun coming on Wednesday. Great memory about Sabrina from page 6. Â She was under a lot of stress at the time. Â As for Sun, you are correct: She never lost the CCW belt and that fact will come up again down the road. Â Glad you liked the Tsunami! 🙂
But Jul…. if you can’t do it on national TV is it worth doing at all? XD
Hey Champ! Â I think you’re right, at least until next update. 😉
Salazen, the Rockers were dramatic gold. Â The same could be said for here I think. Â Does the future hold a treacherous Sun in Sabrina’s life? Â More on that Wednesday.
Cookie Ogre, I think you might have the right idea there.
ps2kid, I don’t think you have to worry about a MEM vs Frontline here. Â Honestly, the other faces in the league are doing well, it’s just a few heels have it in for Sabrina. Â Plus, I HATE what’s going on in TNA. Â Besides Booker and Steiner being a tag team, I think the whole thing is boring (bring on the Knockouts!). Â I can’t remember if it was you who suggested Sabrina is Gabrielle’s kid before, or if it were someone else. Â Great theory. 😉 Â And I think, Wednesday’s update will enlighten the enthusiastic spirit in you, at least a bit.
GhostEraser, it doesn’t get any simpler than that.
LOL Prestwick!
@PS2KID..
Â
most of the character are heel.. as you mention..’GoDDess Aphrodite’ Brooke Lennox and Krystin Moline are also heel. Â if the storyline goes, it kinda better than before.. Â turning heels, Brooke, Krystin and Sun.. there’s is always possible of domination.. now thing of the heels, like the Hell’Belles.. think about, if Brooke and Krystin dominated in heel supremacy, I might think the Hell’s Belles will change sides, I mean not turning to face, but to make them below.. just like Damage Inc did to the York Sisters (Cuckoos) on the Heel sides.. Egoes usually hit.. more ego the more heel..
Â
Face Wrestlers List
Â
‘Celt Warrior’ Brenda Rua
Catgirls
Shannon McCourt
Monica Rumble
Xtina Carpenter
Victoria Buckingham
Veronica Silvers
Â
Many heels more the action will take place.. and story pumping up.. Â it’s like the anime Rockman.ExE, Angelic Layer, all started enemies of Rockman, until they became friends, but rivals on the battle field.
if Face character turn heel.. some heel character will turn face.. Â I hope Hell’s Belles will turn face.. heheeh!!
Â
I have to question this Albone..
What will happen in the Rookie house now? surely Sabrina will sleep outside the house. hmm.. maybe (ahem) invite her (ahem) to (ahem) my (ahem) guest room at my house (cough cough cough)
I echo Albone’s sentiments, people. Wednesday will be HUGE. Stay tuned, ’cause this ain’t ovah.
hmmm.. I curious.
Â
if Sabrina and Sun faces the Catgirls.. then Sun and Sabrina executed a ‘Tsunami’ on Rose Ryoko or Snowkitten can they kickout?
‘Tsunami’ (A.K.A. Ultra Shuriken) hits the champ.. can the champ still kickout? just curious.. sorry!
Hey Al,… Is there a size limit to the amount of wrestlers on a per stable basis? If there is wouldn’t the Commissioner have to approve it? Say that’s the case then really it is as someone here mentioned that it will be Sabrina vs. Rival Angels as most of the upstarts actually don’t like her…
I know she’s your favourite but still… is this more of a wait and see how the rest of the story progresses… Personally I don’t think Sun hit her with the chair it was the rest of Damage Inc…
I knew this will come. Hope this didn’t stop Sabrina to TV title Tournament. Wonder will happen between Sabrina and Sun?
Nice double turnbuckle move by Sabrina and Sun.
MGC, that’s very kind of you to offer Sabrina your guest room. XD Â Officially, I can’t say, but the mark in me says that no one can kick out of the Tsunami.
Justin knows what he’s talking about. Â His fingerprints are everywhere!
Hey Kurt, great question. Â Like the UFC, there is no rule about how many members can be in a stable. Â However, the Upstarts were forced together by Commissioner Gabrielle. Â While back on page 8 or 9, most of the girls were not happy with Sabrina, they’ve started to come around. In face, next chapter we’ll see another side of the Upstart girls. Â In fact, I think you’ll enjoy the next chapter very much as it addresses some of your comments directly. Â What’s this about you not suspecting Sun? Â You’re like…a dissenter, man. 😛
Adam, I”m glad you liked the Tsunami! Â It was a lot of fun to draw, but a lot of work. Â The girls look happy in that moment, don’t they?
No one can kick out of the Tsunami? hmm maybe if you intro’d a female variation of Triple H? :-p
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! classic! pure gold! thats how it should be done. get what you wnat from your “parnter” and knock them to the wayside. it worked wonders for Shawn and sure it will for Sun. looking back at all the back stabs inw restling history by so called “close parnters” , you learn you’re just only safe saving your own skin first. awesome tag move followed by Sun smartening up to the true heel ways.
Wow, I probably should have seen that coming, but I didn’t. Apparently Sun has to prove to Damage, Inc. that she is loyal to them over all others. So she suckers her friend into a tag match, and then nails her as soon as they win. That is cold. Had Sabrina not accepted the match and said she was concentrating on the TV title, she wouldn’t have been in this position; guess no good deed goes unpunished. Sabrina is looking like Sting.
So for the record, Sabrina has a match for the TV title, then she has to face Chloe “White Queen” deSade, and she has to feud with Sun? Damn.
Â
the tsunami is awesome . . . shame about sun turning on ultragirl but at the same time its a shame . . .
Â
on the other hand it would be an AWESOME match to watch, talk about a grudge match. and i think it would be good to see an extreme match in RA. Even if its just a tables, ladder or TLC match it would be fun.
Â
i would like to think that its not sun, perhaps she was apologising for the fact that she knew it was coming even if she didnt deliver it, or because she had lied for it to happen but on the other hand i can see damage inc asking for sabrina to be taken out because it means that she wont be a threat in the tourny, shes injured.
Â
argh theres so many possibilities its making my head spin. roll on wednesday and answers!
Aww… I just started reading today, got caught up pretty fast… I feel sorry for Sabrina! I mean, it’s one thing that Brooke double crossed her, she was hurt pretty bad by that, and they weren’t even THAT close, I mean, you saw that one coming… but this one? Sun’s her best friend! I loved the interaction between the two, you could see how close they were… so this has got to be, by far, the worst betrayal ever. Marina was right… Sabrina may end up finding herself with no friends.
Bwahahahaha, Chief Booka!
Jenn, you have a bit of the devil in you, eh? 😉 Â Yes, most classic backstabs in history, wrestling or otherwise were because of close friends. Â Dramatically, they tell the best stories. Â More to come on Wednesday.
Ken, you got it right about Sabrina fighting Chloe at the PPV, but she still has to get by her semi-final match with Xtina Carpenter. Â As for Sun, you cannot miss the big surprise on Wednesday. Â Is it bad that I laughed when you compared Sabrina to Sting? (I love Sting).
T-M, glad you liked the Tsunami! Â I think I can answer your request for an Extreme rules match. Â How does the next Monday Night Meltdown sound? Â Yes, lots of possibilities but, I can’t believe you don’t automatically think its Sun. 😛
Welcome Cronson! Â Welcome! Â I am impressed with how well you’re up on Rival Angels lore. Â Yeah, you remember how hurt Sabrina was at Brooke. Â If her BFF did this, then that would be too much. Â And great catch with what Marina said…expect more Marina in the future as she tries to help Sabrina through the tough time ahead.
Well, I wasn’t expecting her to utterly turn on her like that, especially when it seemed like Sun was going to make an effort to maintain her friendship. It’s not a big surprise, though — I doubt that DI would let her be half-assed about her membership. It really does look from this angle like turning on her was part of the price of admission to Damage Inc., as it seems pretty clear that Sun isn’t happy about having to do it. Not a huge shock, as the members of Damage Inc. seem smart enough not to tolerate divided loyalty. They likely told her in no uncertain terms that she can’t be both an Upstart and a member of DI, and that she would need to make a display of allegiance.
I’ve noticed a lot of parallels with other betrayals, but there is a difference. In the case of the Rockers, it wasn’t a ‘nothing personal’ bit. Shawn’s ego had gotten the better of him and he decided that Marty was holding him back… the friendship was dead in his eyes already, in character at least. With Sun it seems more a case of feeling she needs to pick her side — there’s an outside influence, as it’s very doubtful that she would have done that on her own.
Right now, I’m interested in seeing where Sun goes from there. Will she try to rationalize it? To Sabrina? Herself? Will she try to apologize or make a show of force and openly reject the friendship? And if that happens, how would she feel? Would her emotions be at odds with her public display? Remember, she genuinely likes Sabrina. That is not in question — her hopping on DI’s table to root for her is evidence of that. But the bottom line is that she just stabbed her friend in the back, deliberately and with foresight.
Sun, shame on you. You’ve lost major cool points with me.
In…
…credible.
Â
And nasty. Well executed, Albone. Hope you liked the RR story, too.
I never said i didnt automatically think its sun, we all know that shell do anything she has to to get ahead but lets be honest here, her and brina are like sisters. Just last page they called eachother BFFs. Note the second F. its important. We all know that in wrestling a friendship takes, quite literally, a few hits along the road. Look at DX, hell look at HBK ending the nature boy. The main difference? Im not sure how far sunny will go. Damage inc requires her to feel remorse whatsoever. Sunshine does. Damage inc dont care about sun-kissed. Bri does. I can see a good storyline developing her and i have to say, im looking forward to it. Now all i have is one question for Al.
Â
Why do you hate us so much youre making us wait till tomorrow?
id also like to remind the people talking about there being more heels than anything else that youre forgetting something.
Â
Rival Angels is a webcomic about Sabrina. Sabrina is a face. A face spends most of their time fighting heels, because thats good wrestling. Good versus evil, right versus wrong, sun spending the night with me or on her own. The IMPORTANT things in life. Now, there are many other faces in RA but Sabrina hasnt met many of them yet. We follow sabrina, so we meet who she meets. The fact that shes encoutering this many heels in the lower eschelons of the business suggests that the faces are higher up the rankings, where sabrina will no doubt be if she keeps this up (chairshots aside)
I AM entertaining the notion that Sun isn’t the one who hit her with the chair. The arms are in silhouette, and while Sun is certainly the most likely culprit, it’s possible that someone else entered the ring — until Wednesday’s comic, we won’t know 100% that Sun turned on her. Her ‘sorry’ comment could easily be referring to the fact that she lied to Sabrina and used her.  Of course, that brings up who DID hit Sabrina… based on the reaction, it’s a shock. Not a Hell’s Belle, since them hitting Sabrina would elicit more of a ‘that’s despicable’ comment than ‘my God, why?’ So it’s someone who has not publicly had an issue with her, or someone who it would seem out of character for. Monica Rumble? She has issues with Sabrina, but is a babyface. Hitting her with a chair would be vicarious revenge for what happened to her earlier, and that may have been her breaking point. Brooke and/or Amanda? If it’s them, it would explain why Sun isn’t helping her — one could be running interference, and remember that all of Brooke’s issues with Sabrina have been behind the scenes.  Dawn wouldn’t know about their issues save for small things, like their arguing after the Halloween match, so her turning on her stablemate would be a surprise to her. One of Damage Inc? Again, that would explain Sun’s non-involvement, and while heels, they have not had anything to do with Brina one way or the other, so it would appear to Dawn to be out of left field.
Or… it could be Sun, exactly as it seems. XD Just wild speculating in case Albone is throwing a curve here.
here’s a question and Comparison
Â
Sun backstabbing Sabrina. just to gain the membership of the Damage Inc. and boosting her for a title shot.. I really like to see. ‘Celt Warrior’ Brenda Rua VS ‘Shinobi’ ‘Lil Dragon’ Sun Wong for the Heavyweight Title.. I have my vote.. hehehe!! the clue is .. I vote the win on my top four favorite angel to win the Rival Angels heavyweight champion.
Â
Let’s say Sun VS Brenda.. in which Sun got destroyed.. hehehe!! surely and other than that, fired from Damage Inc. Sun will surely go back to Sabrina. hehe!
Â
Sun backstabbed Sabrina.. and the no one in the Hell’s Belles ever backstabbed Chloe. why is that?
Regarding the Belles and backstabbing, I think Chloe picked her lackeys (and let’s face it, the Belles are basically Chloe’s minions) carefully. Neither Kat nor Needles seem to have much in the way of initiative, plus there’s the simple case of ‘don’t piss in your yard’. Being a member of the Hell’s Belles is likely giving them more of a boost to their careers than they had on their own. In short, they both likely think they’re better off in the Belles than out of them, and both are followers by nature from the looks of it — they’re quite content to let the more driven Chloe make the decisions.
Holy CRAP! Loved the finisher… but Holy CRAP!… However, I do think this is a swerve…
You guys, so many great comments and discussion on what’s going down. Â I have to stop commenting because I’m so close to giving too much away about the huge surprise on Wednesday morning. Â
But really, the discussions about why Sabrina fights, the dynamic of the Hell’s Belles, and why the worst enemies start off as friends. Â Very interesting thoughts and comments. Â I hope you all dig the next update. 😀
What what WHAT!?!
What’s with the Triple H hate? The dude works HARD. His matches are spotless. He works hard at putting people over (I say that to ANYONE who drops any title to Jeff hardy). He married the bosses daughter… big deal! Do you think Vince is THAT stupid if H was anything but genuine? Do you honestly think that, if Vince only had sons, he still wouldn’t be in the position he’s in? If you work hard and are loyal, McMahon rewards that. Michaels isn’t married to a McMahon. Neither is the Taker. What about Cena? Must be married to a cousin or something for all he’s been doing…
Is there like, absolutely NO ONE that Sabrina can trust anymore?
In all of this though, putting aside the fact that Sun totally killed her friendship with Sabrina, as the Hulkster said one time. Even if you are a Heel, there is always redemption, then the fans will embrace you with open arms. (paraphrasing) but still, it could hold true in the future…
I wonder if you’ll have an “I Give up” tournament in the future perchance? a Stable vs. Stable tourney with surprise substitions announced at the match time 🙂 Maybe it’s just my wishful thinking
Albone, are you going to be at the convention center tomorrow? Just wondering because I’ll be there setting up.Â
Kurt, the match ideas you have….something similar is in the works. 😉
Rorschach, I will be there Friday morning, hopefully, by 9am.