Page 617 – Bon Voyage
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on December 7, 2011
at 12:02 am
Chapter: Chapter 20 - Happily Wedded Bliss
Characters: Gabrielle Reni, Sabrina Mancini
Rival Angels without Sabrina? What will that look like? And where is Gabrielle sending her? And how will Sun react to this email from her BFF?
Voting Incentive!
So, what’s up with Brooke? Vote to find out!
Gabby is sending Sabrina out of town… on business? Interesting!
Is that what you call banishment?
I hope that Brooke did not get out of that situation without an actual punishment other than sheer humiliation.
Hmm punishment, “You, me and my hubby on the honey moon.”
Well, Gabrielle still considers Sabrina the golden girl… so where would pack your golden girl off to?
The Japanese wrestling league!
Been there, and let me tell you, Brina better be ready for ANYTHING if that’s the case. I’ve seen women in Japan wrestle in electrified barbed wire matches
If I wanted to punish a wrestler, I’d send them off to Puerto Rico. The fans there like to sneak .22s into the stands and take potshots at the Yankees.
That’s where Bruiser Brody was stabbed in the showers by another wrestler who was later acquitted on all charges.
Japan is the place where a lot of female wrestlers want to go.
Too true!
Actually, I’ve talked with some US women who’ve been and don’t want to go back. It was a lot harder on their bodies working for Japanese outfits.
Where she’s being sent it won’t end well for her. As for Brooke, Gabby will most likely give her a boost in the rankings as “punishment”. Making her “better” than Sabrina. As for Sabrina’s punishment, she’s not going to be coming back to Rival Angels for a very LONG time. What can I say, from everything I’ve read up on Gabby. She enjoys making her employees suffer greatly. Making her an unlikable b—-.
Gabby’s smiling and telling Sabrina that this is an opportunity. I don’t think this is going to be a bad thing. And I think she’ll be back soon – the name of the comic is Rival Angels, and Sabrina is the main character.
Yeah I don’t believe that she’ll be back in Rival Angels for a while. She will still be featured in comics, but she won’t be in the Rival Angels promotion. And if my boss is punishing me by sending me off to God knows where, and tells me it’s an opportunity. Yeah it’s not going to be an opportunity if I’m being punished.
As for where Sabrina will go. Probably back with the developmental promotions for a while. Worst case scenario is the independent promotions. There is no best case scenario as that would be more of a gift than a punishment. Which would mean Sabrina would wind up in Japan. Wrestling against the great female wrestlers in Japan, and getting to know a different style of pro wrestling than what she is used to in America. They do things VERY differently over there.
Well if she will gone for a while I’ll be willing to fill in for her.
i am thinking that this is a flight to japan as its was said it would be good for her. japan is one of the hardest and best places to train and it would really put sabrina on a championship course. lots and fines and possible jail time (she broke brookes nose) so maybe this was her plea, leave town for a while and this probably saves them a little face. i dont want brooke punished at all make her think shes the queen and got away with it all..make her and even better heel. well done albone nice swerve
Great minds think a like. Gives you a pair of kitten ears and a grape.
Hmmm… being transferred/traded to another wrestling outfit for a bit? An opportunity, eh? And what’s happened to Brooke?
Brooke is most likely going to get a slap on the wrist and then a chance to prove she’s better than Sabrina. All the while Sabrina is God knows where for a good while and trying to make a name for herself in some wrestling promotion that is about as famous as WCW or TNA is to the WWE. Which is to say that neither were never better than WWE.
I wouldn’t say that about WCW. Durring the Monday Night Wars, they pulled in more viewers than the WWF for 94 strait weeks
She is being taken on the honeymoon to make the couple happy.
That would be frickin hilarious.
Any “opportunity” with three ellipses in front is an opportunity to beware. I understand sending Brina away for a bit- out of site, out of mind. Gives Brooke and Maddie and all the other people that have been giving her shit a chance to cool off, move on and “forget”. Plus- comeback = sales and ratings.
I hope I’ve read Gabriel correctly in that she will not throw away talent unless they do a Black Widow or Chloe. I don’t know, she’s such a manipulitve-profits-first-bitch (not an all bad thing but I wouldn’t trust her unless I was her equal or her Champ). If to a another wrestling outfit for more experience and different training- it sux how it was brought about but it’s not a bad thing. Brina needs the change.
Hmmm, SO the big question is where would Gabby Send Sabrinia for her “opportunity”. I have listed 5 likely possibilities ..sort of…
1. Keiser University to pursue an AA degree in one of the top baking schools in the world. {Last Gabby heard Cookie Ogre wasn’t taking apprentices. } THis is so that the next time someone ruins a cake wile engaged in destroying a wedding Sabrina can then make good on repairing the cake.
2. Los Angeles: Sabrina gets busted down to the D-leagues for a slight attitude adjustment and a boob job. Lets face it Au- Natural boobs don’t cut it in the wrestling scene. Bring on fakies!
3. In an attempt to teach Sabrina that wasting food is a bad thing, Gabby sends Sabrina to Afganstan to feed the hungry. Humantarian efforts always provide good well and excellent PR.
4. Transformer Traning School: Due to a recent accident involving the talented mechanic Mario Von Goodwrench, Sabrina is sent to Transformer training school to learn how to properly set up the Arena for the next Pay per view.
5. Empire School for jedi Aprentice to the Heel Side of the force: With the downfal of Chloe and the Hells Belles and the inevitable face turn of Kat and Jennifer Needles, there is a huge void for the role of monstrous heel. Gabby who wasn’t really Gabby but an evil clone genetically crafted to look like Gabby actually sent her to learn the intricate arts of the eel side of the force from a woman that is not really her mother but will claim to be for some side plot twist that will make absolutely no sense.
So there you have my choice for what gabby has up her sleeve to punish Sabrina for her amusing cake bashing incident that will be rebroadcast on the next Rival Angels show. Until Sabrina grows a mustache and dy
es her hair red make mine Rival Angels! Excellent end to a great chapter AL I look forward to the next chapter!
I’m just going to say three letters to this comment: WTF?
Laffs Yeah maybe 😛
Wok, #1 is amusing but the Bosslady never asked if I took apprentices. For her, I might be willing to take Sabrina on for a little while, but I think my focus would be on teaching her pies. Big, gooey pies that she can throw at her enemies!
HAHAHAHA!!
SUSPENSION!! ULTRAGIRL… ULTRAGIRL…. SUSPENDED….
FAIR TREATMENT…
YES…
BUT NOT ENOUGH….
SABRINA SHOULD LOSE A MATCH…
But she HAS lost, remember that little TV title match? Or do you just like the thought of Sabrina losing?
Just like the thought of Sabrina losing bit more..
3 more is okay.. hehehe
to even the record on Brooke
lolz, but Sabrina is a better wrestler than Brooke. O_o
No way. If this was anything approaching a real punishment, like a suspension or something, Gabrielle Reni herself would not show up at O’Hare, personally and unaccompanied, pulling strings with federal agencies for the chance to see Sabrina off, smiling and saying inane, vaguely comforting things like “Not many people on the red-eye. It should be a calming trip.” Wouldn’t happen. In fact, I’m curious to see what she’s up to that would prompt such behavior.
Been reading the archives. Gabby clearly knew about Michael and Brooke basically as soon as it happened, and was willing to tolerate it as long as it remained discrete. It recently became very not-discrete. I doubt Michael is still her Number 2, and wonder if that will be verified soon. If he’s lost his position, who will replace him?
Indeed. Gabrielle doesn’t really do “ironic catty.” When she’s pissed, she lets you know.
Wherever Sabrina is going, it’s not somewhere she wants to be, but it IS somewhere that’s genuinely going to do her some sort of good.
More than that, you don’t punish somebody, and then have the boss personally see them onto the plane without an escort, giving pep talks. It’s ridiculous. Sabrina may feel awful about what’s going on, and doesn’t like being sent somewhere without Sun, but Gabrielle thinks that this is going to be really good for Sabrina, clearly.
Big co-sign on War’s comment on Gabby. Definitely not high on ‘ironic catty’. LOL You might be on to something to, with thinking that it’s for Sabrina’s own good.
Agreed. But Japan? Maybe. But part of me hopes… ummmm…. not!
Sabrina’s gone? Yes! No more overcoming the odds or flippies or painful Sting-like promos! She’s back in developmental where she belongs so she can learn to wrestle instead of depending on Jeff Hardy’s moveset all of her career. That “Dynasty”-style throwdown, while entertaining, wasn’t any different from a normal Ultragirl match, only Sabrina didn’t have the chance to jump off of something really high on purpose. However, that’s the good news.
The bad news is this is a hit Rival Angels did not need. Not only did a rookie manage to show up damn near the entire roster, not only did the hype campaign work a little too well, but they will have to look back at the sea of bland they created and pick somebody, anybody, to elevate. Not an easy thing to do when the fans have had a taste of what charisma looks like and what it can do for a feud.
While Sun is the easy choice to elevate to a better position, I think this is the part where the Rival Angels brain trust goes brain dead and either pushes Brooke or some unknown with blonde hair. Gabrielle likes to push the blondes for some reason, but they always flame out.
The last time RA zonked out like that, the South Padre Island Iced C’s had a title shot.
Ouch, that’s pretty harsh. But surely you mean North Padre?
So … who would you pick for the shining light?
I think there’s plenty of talent to pull a crowd, I mean they have the Champ Brenda! A redheaded beauty! I don’t think it’s just blondes. I think she pushes where she see’s or hears of some flashy talent. Sure good looks makes some count but also being able to pull some wins and some fun stunts too. I mean they have Sun, Brenda, the cat girls, even Krystin has some great moves. I mean I really like Sabrina, but her being pushed else where isn’t going to kill Rival angels.
Make sure you keep your foot nice and clean, that way, it won’t ttaste as bad when it winds up in your mouth
And here I thought Sabrina will get a slap on the wrist for the fight, but I guess I was wrong.
If this is what suspension looks like in Women wrestling, then I truly do feel bad for her. 🙁
Now I wonder what did the boss lady send Sabrina to and could she ever come back to the Upstarts ? 🙁
JSN your still a moron. Sabrina’s a likeable character because she beats the odds and how does she do that? By taking risks and working hard. I really hope the comic leaves the rival angels league to follow Brina, because frankly the only other characters I like are Sun and Krystin, though the cat girls and Brenda are likable as well. And Damage Inc makes for an interesting heel stable. The comic wouldn’t be nearly as good without Ultra Girl.
BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOR ‘ULTRAGIRL’ SABRINA MANCINI..
HAHAHAHAHA!!
AHAHAHAHAHA!!
BUT WAIT.. WHERE WILL SABRINA GO?
HMMM MAYBE VISIT ME? HMMM?
If she does visit you, I hope its to kick you square in the nuts.
Twice, even.
HAHAHAHAHA!!
GOOD… GOOD!!
THAT’S MAKE HER HEEL.. HAHAHAHA
🙁
Very sad.
I will be back when ‘Brina comes back.
Thanks for the camo last week Albone.
It wasn’t very good Camo, Snowy. We all saw you.
Laffs. Well she did ask for my shorts. But I wasn’t wearing. Ummm nevermind…
Gabrielle is smart, Sabrina does make her a lot of money, at the same time destroying big venues and not having control over such a temper or better thoughts on how to handle attacks in a public venue, does lead to a lot of costs. Sabrina does need to hone her skills. She has wonderful raw talent. I’m quite sure she won’t be out of the public eye, she’ll be in enough to keep a tease and there will likely be an announcement of Sabrina having a comeback or a surprise comeback at a main event. As for Brooke, she makes no big money, she sleeps her way up the chain or around to stay, I don’t think things will be to pretty for her. If Brooke does get to stay, she won’t want to stay around Sun. I do think Michael shouldn’t be allowed to stay around, for he started the whole mess, and then couldn’t handle it before it got out of hand. Not that I’m gunning for his job or anything. 😉
To make a guess towards Brooke, it looks like someone is reading a newspaper of some sort with Brooke on the cover looking surprised and covered with cake…Maybe a bit of story from the wedding, and it that Michael reading the paper. I guess we’ll have to wait and see on Friday!
You keep referencing Sabrina’s temper. If anything, she barely meets the minimum attitude requirements for professional wrestling, having actually tried to walk away. I hope none of her peers saw that. It would be taken as a sign of weakness.
Yeah, not so much, I mean if they were in the ring, then yes it would be weak, but some of the big pros who are still working there…Haven’t exactly been caught destroying venues but acting classy. There’s a time and place for everything.
Someone acted classy at the wedding? Who? When? All we’ve got on record is a token effort from Sabrina.
Not that it matters. I don’t care if it’s a wedding, funeral, birthday, or coronation. This isn’t as situational as you make it sound. If the question is “are you ready to use violence to defend yourself against a violent attack?” then there are only two possible answers: “yes, I will smash everything I feel necessary until it is entirely certain that I am safe again,” or “no, I don’t feel my body and life are that important, and I’m willing to sacrifice them to avoid making anyone else unhappy.” That’s how reality works.
In this case, it’s a question that’s even more important, because the entire point is to gather people with dangerous, aggressive personalities and make them fight each other, and then hang out at social events together. This Is Going to Come Up, is what I’m saying. Sabrina made several tactical errors by not understanding the principles I just explained. She let Brooke sucker-punch her, despite Brooke’s overt hostility. Then, when she had Brooke grounded, Sabrina let her up to continue fighting. If you value your life, if the other person starts getting up with any fire in their eyes, start stomping them until the fire goes out. Sabrina could’ve been killed, or Brooke, or both, going through that plate glass. Sabrina could’ve died from the fall, too. Humans are remarkably frail, and if you just let yourself get beat on to spare somebody’s feelings, chances are pretty good you’ll die, probably before any sort of help arrives, or at least too late for them to save you. Take control of the situation, or accept the consequences.
This page could mean a variety of thing and most certainly does what its intended to do as a cliffhanger to the end of a chapter. I refuse to believe that the main character is gone from Rival Angels, that wouldn’t make a lick of sense. I’m sure we will see how the story plays out soon enough.
WOW! A shocking end to an already shocking chapter! Love the contrast of this page to seeing everyone all glitzed up and fighting at the wedding. Sabrina here looks a little like she did back in chapter one when she was still green and not everyone’s little darling.
I’m not sure if she totally deserves it (shouldn’t it be Brooke on that plane?!) but it is nice to see her knocked down a few pegs. Maybe she’ll reevaluate her strategy in this time…
Time to join the Wild Speculation Party! Sabrina is being sent on a recruitment trip to the various developmental companies to scout replacements for Chloe and/or Brooke on the RA roster for a few months. At the same time, she’ll get a close look at where she’ll be going back to if she gets involved in something that embarrasses the company like that again.
Or…….she’s being sent to Italy to get the Bosslady some new strappy boots. And because it’s Italy and because it’s a punishment, Gabby is sending her to the craftsman so she can learn to make them by hand, in case she needs a fall-back career.
Or…….she’s being sent to a promotion in Texas to desensitize her to obnoxious behavior. Once she can put up with Texan egos, she can come back.
You’re an ogre after my own heart, Mr. Oger. First pie. Then Italian boots. I’m gonna see you get front row seating and a pass to the back!
If it’s to another developmental promotion, then you can kiss the Ultragirl gimmick goodbye. The only reason why Sabrina would be demoted back to developmental is because to Rival Angels, Ultragirl is fired from the promotion. That’s what happens in real life if a wrestler is sent back to development. They are given a new gimmick and have to work with it to try and make it work. Will Sabrina become Wrestle Crap material? Maybe…
Dun dun dunnnnnnn!
Hmm, very interesting. I don’t think this is the last time we’ll see Sabrina in Rival Angels (much to the dismay of a couple of Tri-Letter people) Though I do think this will be interesting to see who gets the push now that Sabrina’s heading out for a bit. Hopefully I can get her new address from Sun so I can send her a housewarming gift
What?
Not you. The people I’m refering to know who they are
How are you today Donny? I heard about what that hun dan J.C. did to you!!
Been better, spent last night in the emergency room getting three stitches in the back of my head from where the knot holding my mask closed dug into me after that powerslam, but like I say. “Maybe beaten but never broken”
How’s JC doing, mei mei? I tried to get him a booking for next week so he’d still be hurting. But I’m afraid 2 weeks off will give plenty of time to recover. Dang!
He did tell you what’s in the works, right?
ok comments thing hates me- just had a long post vanish when it told me i had to type a comment first….
short recap
1) Brina’s off to Japan to let the heat die down from the wedding, become more rounded as a wrestler, allow Gabby to bring her back later for a big buyrate because the fans will miss her and let Sun and/or Krystin get out from Brina’s shadow.
2) Brooke becomes a megaheel when she claims to “Have driven Brina out of RA” and becomes more aggressive to get back at the locker room for laughing at her cakeface but reverts to cowrdly Brooke mode if someone her size stands up to her. Krystin/Brooke feud incoming i suspect.
3) it only took a Brina send off to parts unknown for the wayward MGC and JSN to make their returns to the comments section after a long absence 🙂
She’s being moved to the Canadian Snow Angels league, that’s got to be it! But, normally you don’t need a Red Eye to get to Canada, we’re just a bit north of you guys 🙂
Options:
1) West Coast: Maybe Sabrina will work with a development group to bring in some other new talent but she’d still be part of the Rival Angels franchise but out of the local picture until things die down.
2) Japan: Give the Ultra Girl some international exposure, have her work with a more disciplined outfit and maybe her focus on her game.
3) Mexico: A true long shot, but another area where Gabrielle might be looking to spread the RA name into areas where wrestling is a huge draw.
In any case, Sabrina’s dealing with collateral damage. No matter how the fight and the mess will be viewed the boss had to make a move. The Upstarts were already breaking up so why not turn the tragic event into an opportunity. After all, Sabrina just capped off their biggest PPV ever.
I think Japan is a pretty safe bet. As far as women’s wrestling goes, joshi has some of the best in the world, plus with Brina’s high-flying style, she’d fit right in and probably even pick up some good technical skills. I’ll put a call in to some of my old buddies at Neo-Japan Puroresu and see if they’ve heard anything
So where does it say she’s going to Japan? And being taken away from America doesn’t mean that Sabrina’s going to stop appearing in the comic. She’s the big draw that we tune in to see every few days. As for Brooke, she’s going to have the props kicked out from under her and she’ll *have* to wrestle.
Everybody’s got Japan on the brain. I really doubt that’s it. Whatever Gabby has in mind, sending Sabrina backward along Sun’s career path isn’t it. I’d bet dollars to doughnuts, and I don’t even require the doughnuts to be Ogre-made.
I’m also sure that Sabrina isn’t sent back to development. That’s a huge stomp on the ol’ career, and Gabby wouldn’t show up all smiley and in person for that.
I’ve got few clues, beyond what I DON’T think it is. Maybe some kind of cross-league promotion assignment?
JSN, drug abuse is a sad, sad thing. You should see a professional.
MGC, remember that violence is only a ‘heel’ thing when it is excessive and unprovoked, and in your case, a boot to the bits may just be what the doctor ordered.
As far as Season endings go, I’m very glad that this has gotten everyone excited. 😀
Blitz, it’s definitely business. Japan is certainly a possibility but we’ll find out about that, as well as what’s going to happen with Michael and Brooke soon.
Frogger, we might not see it immediately, but expect Brooke to be pay a price for her actions.
Dyna, a very, very good question on where she’s going. Some really good destinations…maybe all of them? 😉
GX7, you have some very good thoughts and I can’t comment on them because I don’t want to ruin anything, but I can say that you might be on to something about Gabrielle’s intentions. 😉
Snowy, I think you’d be great in a singles push…and your eventual title match with the champ!
Thanks, Drew! Enjoy the kitten ears. XD
alurker, short term ramifications on Brooke drop on Friday.
War, that is a very optimistic way to look at Sabrina’s current situation and it could very well shake out like that. And you’re right about Gabrielle and so far she’s always been motivated by what’s best for business.
LOL @ Wokinshadoze! I like them all.
LOL @ MGC, you really trip me out. XD Glad to see you back!
XD @ JSN
Great questions, Marcus Martin, and I’m happy to say that answers are on the way.
Tiffany…I agree. 😉
GoldenGirl, come back Monday! (for serious) and Friday. 😛
Vekara, I think a lot of people are going to want to stay away from Sun for a good long while. As for Michael, we’ll be seeing what happens to him soon.
Thanks RAWF! I appreciate the support. 🙂
Hey Lora, glad you liked the update! And if you liked this, then I think you’ll find next update interesting. XD
Cookie Ogre, I have to co-sign with the champ on this! 😀
LOL @ Chris.
Donny, you might want to give Sun some space…it might be best to email her for that info. XD
jpiv, I don’t know if this will help but maybe before posting, try selecting all and then copy. I hate that you have to do that as a fail-safe, but it might help. And I like your thoughts on everything. The acronyms of doom are back!
Kurt, the Snow Angels need love too!
Darkmark, I do believe you will enjoy Season 2. 😉
Wasn’t there supposed to be an appearance in a somewhat significant way by a certain bald man before the end of this chapter?
There was, but it got moved. Look for it in a week or so. 😉
Alright. Also, I owe you a photo. Beth and I had computer issues over the weekend (read today’s comic for details), and then I left my camera at her place. Working to get it to you ASAP. 🙂
Sabrina leaving? Or going somewhere? heard some comments say it in Japan. Hope it somewhere good for Sabrina, and maybe be back to Rival Angels as a better wrestler. Feel worried for Sabrina when she had a fight with Brooke, think what will happen to her after the fight. Whatever happen to Sabrina hope it’s good and as for Brooke hope she get for what she desvere.
As for Brooke I can predict a best case and a worst case scenario. Best case is she’s given a slap on the wrist and a push to more fame within Rival Angels. Worst case scenario is well… As Donald Trump would say… You’re fired!
I’m jumping on the ‘Japan’ bandwagon as well. While it IS a great opportunity for her to both hone her craft and become a better rounded wrestler, there’s still the fact that she’s a foreigner in a largely insular country, she doesn’t speak the language, and the Japanese style of wrestling is called ‘strong style’ for a very good reason… it’s stiff and punishing, with a lot of submission wrestling going on — which means it sucks to people like JSN, but to many others it’s an ability to appreciate the science of wrestling. So if it is Japan, Sabrina will come back a much better wrestler overall, and she’ll gain a lot of street cred, but she’s going to be taking her lumps to get there.
“…and the Japanese style of wrestling is called ‘strong style’ for a very good reason… it’s stiff and punishing, with a lot of submission wrestling going on…
Just like almost every match in Rival Angels. “Strong Style” now is just an excuse to stiff somebody and be as unsafe a wrestler as you want.
…which means it sucks to people like JSN, but to many others it’s an ability to appreciate the science of wrestling.”
???
She’s back in developmental where she belongs so she can learn to wrestle instead of depending on Jeff Hardy’s moveset all of her career.
what i call foul what happened to the whore?, yo ucant end the chapter without telling us what happened to here Al
Oh, yes he CAN!!
he can but he shouldn’t lol.
If he does I’m letting the cat girls into his suite to leave a present. Not Fair!
I guess you’ll have to wait til tomorrow’s update! XD
She’s being sent to the WWE’s women’s division. lmao!