Post by JaceParkerDavidson on Feb 4, 2024 14:32:27 GMT -5
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Once the Terrordome card was made official, my phone was literally ringing non-stop. The fans have been begging for Madison Carter vs. Serenity Holmes for the Silver State Championship belt to happen for months now. It is finally going to become a reality in Las Vegas. One of the many calls I got was from a wrestling podcast that wanted to talk to me about my first Championship match and everything going on in UPRISING.
I agreed to be on the show since it meant I didn’t have to leave Denver and that I wouldn’t have to interrupt my training schedule. I had scheduled some time here on Saturday to sit in my room and join the show online. I sat in my chair wearing my headset with cat ears. My mind wondered at what kind of questions would be asked or how people would react to the things I had to say about this long-awaited match. My daydreaming got cut short as the two hosts of the podcast appeared on my computer screen.
PODCAST HOST #1
Hey Madison, thank you for agreeing to be on the show with us.
MADISON CARTER
It’s not a problem. It is my job to promote my match and the Terrordome event.
PODCAST HOST #2
We’ll be ready to record here in a few moments. Is there anything you want to ask us before we get started?
I swiveled side-to-side in my chair and took a moment to think.
MADISON CARTER
Not really, I just want to give you guys a good show, and don’t be afraid to ask me any difficult questions.
PODCAST HOST #1
This is going to be so awesome!
PODCAST HOST #2
This interview alone is going to put us on the freaking map, dude!
I giggled to myself watching how excited they both were just to get to talk to me and have me on their show. I wasn’t exactly a rah-rah I love the fans kind of person, however, it was always fun to watch them geek out over the simplest of things.
PODCAST HOST #2
I think we’re ready to roll, are you ready to record, Madison? I mean… Mrs. Carter?
MADISON CARTER
You can call me Madison, it’s fine. And I’m ready whenever you both are.
Both of them nodded their heads and began working on things on their end. I grabbed my water bottle off my desk and took a quick drink getting myself positioned in my seat for this interview.
PODCAST HOST #1
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to episode number 26 of the Locked On Wrestling podcast. And boy do we have a treat for you today!
PODCAST HOST #2
Today we’re going to be focusing on the UPRISING company which is having its Supershow here in Vegas in a few weeks. The card is absolutely stacked from top to bottom.
PODCAST HOST #1
It’s going to be one for the ages, but there is one match in particular that has been the talk of the town and we’re going to break it down here in this episode.
PODCAST HOST #2
If you’re a wrestling fan and you haven’t heard of or been following the feud between UPRISING Silver State Champion Serenity Holmes and her challenger at Terrordome. Then obviously you’ve been living under a rock.
PODCAST HOST #1
Social media has been lit up for months now with these two at each other’s throats and fans salivating wanting to see them throw down.
PODCAST HOST #2
And now on March 2nd, this match is going to finally happen at the Terrordome show. And we have an exclusive with one of the women in this match.
PODCAST HOST #1
You’ve probably seen her in UPRISING competing as a member of the Kingdom or lighting up the stage at the Velvet Rabbit. It is my absolute honor to welcome Madison Carter to the show.
A few buttons are pushed and my face appears on-screen beside the two podcast hosts.
PODCAST HOST #2
Welcome to the show, Madison, and thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us here today.
MADISON CARTER
You’re definitely welcome, I’m glad to be here talking with you guys.
I smiled sweetly at both podcast hosts who were both staring and drooling at me.
PODCAST HOST #1
My first question for you is, how are you feeling now that you’re officially getting a shot at Serenity Holmes and the Silver State Championship?
MADISON CARTER
I feel good, a little nervous since this is my first ever Championship match. Overall, I feel a sense of pride. A feeling like all the scratching and clawing to get to where I am in this business was worth it.
PODCAST HOST #2
You’re only 25 years old and don’t have a lot of wrestling experience under your belt. How does it feel knowing that your opponent is younger than you but has all of this experience and accomplishments that you don’t?
MADISON CARTER
Serenity Holmes is a self-proclaimed prodigy. She was born and bred for this business. Her father made a legacy for the Holmes name and clearly, once Serenity stepped through those ropes she hit the ground running.
I commented in the most professional way that I could muster.
MADISON CARTER
Some could say that this business is in Serenity’s blood. I won’t argue that at all but just because Serenity was born into this doesn’t mean all hope is lost for someone like me. I don’t have a family legacy to back me or my name. I don’t have a family member who has ever stepped foot inside of a wrestling ring. I’m just a girl from Tampa who loved the sport and got lucky to meet someone who is a big name in this business.
PODCAST HOST #1
I’m going to assume that person was Jace Parker Davidson…?
MADISON CARTER
You’re right, I met Jace when he was retired from professional wrestling. He had broken his neck during a match and was pretty down on his luck at the time. He had just gone through a rough divorce and had to fend for himself even through injury. We would run into each other and just talk wrestling. I offered to help him out by cooking and cleaning, those sorts of things until neither of us could deny that we pretty much hit it off.
I couldn’t help but grin while thinking back about my time meeting Jace and becoming a part of his life.
PODCAST HOST #2
What was it like being around someone like Jace for you as a fan of the sport?
MADISON CARTER
It was everything, I learned so much about the business just from talking to him. I watched as he went from someone who had lost all hope to someone who busted his ass to make a return to the ring possible. I was his manager when he came out of retirement back in 2021. I got to watch him train, watch him study, and watch him in the ring. Here we are three years later and as you can see… Jace is still going strong. He’s in the main event of the Terrordome event with the chance to become the UPRISING World Champion.
PODCAST HOST #1
Now talk to us about your first experience meeting Samantha Tolson.
I shook my head a bit and laughed before composing myself.
MADISON CARTER
I HATED Samantha Tolson! There wasn’t a waking moment back then where I didn’t want to rip her throat out with my bare hands. She moved in on Jace from out of nowhere and I wanted to murder her.
PODCAST HOST #2
So, you’re saying that Samantha Tolson stole Jace Parker Davidson away from you and ruined your relationship?!
MADISON CARTER
Back then… I 100% would have said something along those lines.
I reached up and adjusted the position of my headset on my head.
MADISON CARTER
The thing was that Jace and I were never an official couple but at the time I was blinded by rage. I had become so close with him and had even moved in with him. We traveled together, I managed him, and then boom… out of nowhere all of that was yanked out from under me. So, yeah I was pissed off and wanted revenge.
PODCAST HOST #1
What kind of revenge?
MADISON CARTER
I wanted to do anything I could to prove that I was better than Samantha Tolson. I wanted to embarrass her in front of Jace’s eyes. So, stupid me… had decided to take what little wrestling training I had and join a company that Samantha was in at the time. That place was 5BW based out of New York.
PODCAST HOST #2
What in the world were you thinking?!
MADISON CARTER
That’s the whole point, I wasn’t thinking at all! I came into that company and immediately targeted Samantha. I personally cost her and her tag team partner the company’s Tag Team Championship belts. I got under Samantha’s skin in any way that I could think of over and over again. I had won my first two matches but they were against enhancement talents. But I was jealous and cocky at the time, I thought I was the shit.
PODCAST HOST #1
So, what happened?
MADISON CARTER
Basically, I fucked around and found out.
PODCAST HOST #2
You gotta give us more than that!
The second podcast host begged. I rolled my eyes playfully and then adjusted the tank top that I had on.
MADISON CARTER
I knew I was outmatched against Samantha. So, I brought in a bodybuilding friend of mine to be my so-called muscle. Together we terrorized Samantha until I had to step into the ring against her. I thought with Stella in my corner that I couldn’t lose but boy did I ever lose that night. Samantha was simply better and yet still… I got to my feet and got in her face. Samantha was moments away from putting me in the hospital but Stella got between us and then carried me to the back for my own good.
I puffed out my cheeks a bit, still not over how that wasn’t my proudest moment.
MADISON CARTER
We ended up having another match but it was a tag team match. Stella and I versus Samantha and her partner at the time. I honestly don’t remember much about that. I know I did a lot better in the tag team match than I did in the singles match. It was just the conditions and people in that company were irritating.
PODCAST HOST #1
How so?
MADISON CARTER
I was a rookie busting my ass. Going up against someone like Tolson but I had two whole wins to my name and again enhancement talent. Yet, you had people backstage who held titles complaining that I was getting too much TV time. Or upset because I took something they tweeted with their own free will and made fun of it. The whole vibe of the company was suck up and kiss ass or we’re going complain and bitch until you’re buried on the card or just not on it at all. It was both ridiculous and awful.
I made a disgusted facial expression and stuck my tongue out.
MADISON CARTER
Tolson and I had planned one more match but it was when some of the owners came to me and requested I show up on TV less to pacify some soft-ass whiny Champion that I decided the Boroughs of NYC just wasn’t for me. By that point, Samantha and I had built mutual respect and shared our displeasure over that stupid company.
PODCAST HOST #2
So, how did you go from wanting to murder Samantha Tolson to where you are now?
MADISON CARTER
Being in the ring with someone and going to war with them does a lot to change your perspective. I started to learn that Samantha and I still weren’t that different. Jace could have safe me a whole lot of trouble by stopping me from joining 5BW and getting my ass kicked by Tolson. However, he decided to allow me to learn my lesson the hard way and I’m glad he did. Without those experiences, I don’t think Samantha and I would be as close as we are today. I absolutely love Sam and I’m glad we all get along.
PODCAST HOST #1
Even though Samantha Tolson is the Aunt of your opponent and current Silver State Champion Serenity Holmes?
MADISON CARTER
Oh, the questions are getting spicy now.
I chuckled and then spun my chair 360 degrees before focusing my attention on the computer screen.
MADISON CARTER
If any of you have listened to Serenity Holmes over the last few weeks, firstly, I apologize and I feel your pain. Secondly, she’s made it quite known that Samantha is her Aunt but not by blood. Serenity has this weird abandonment issue, where everyone she ever meets and thinks is talented has to be an honorary family member of hers. She goes on more about Tolson, Knox, and Vhodka Black than she does her own father. I’m not one to judge too harshly but if my father was the reason my last name meant something and I was continuing that legacy… he’d be the one I’d be simping about but that’s just me. You know I like to use that pesky thing called logic.
PODCAST HOST #2
There is a certain strength in allying yourself with talented people.
MADISON CARTER
There is, this is why the Kingdom works so well. We all get along great and we lift up each other when one of us falls. We strive to be better every week and we put in the work to make sure our in-ring chemistry is second to none. Serenity feels like the little sister who wants to tag along and be a big kid too but is just annoying. She is the sibling you give the unplugged controller to and praise them for playing so well so they’ll shut up for a while. Here in UPRISING, she doesn’t even have Vhodka or Knox on the roster but she continuously brings them up and tries to insert them into UPRISING business. It’s very pitiful to see but what can we expect? This is the woman who was a member of the Aces and who dated Holden Ross just to move along to Kevin Mears. Her better judgment is been flushed down the toilet faster than Kevin Mears’ UPRISING World Championship reign.
PODCAST HOST #1
Samantha Tolson is there and it seems that Summer Page has decided that she has Serenity’s back.
I raise my hand to cover my mouth to try and contain the laughter.
MADISON CARTER
Summer Page being a Serenity Holmes simp is even funnier and more pathetic than Serenity trying to make a large portion of the industry all inbreds. If you’re Summer Page, a former UPRISING World Champion, why in God’s name would to ride or die with Serenity Holmes of all people? When you first joined the Aces she wanted to beat the fuck out of you. She didn’t trust you and felt she was better than you. It’s only after she whoops your ass that she finds your existence in the group acceptable and suddenly you’re BFFs. Well, now that Mears and Talia have run away with their tails tucked between their legs, it means the Aces are no more. You have Serenity herself, come out publicly, and call herself the Final Ace.
I crossed my arms under my chest.
MADISON CARTER
The moment the rest of the group high-tailed it out of UPRISING she basically told the entire world that she didn’t give a fuck about you anymore. So, why are you defending her and acting like you’re still Besties or even still aligned together? The only thing that you both have in common is that you both slept with the softest badass on this side of Griffin Hawkins. Yet, Summer tried to bait me into going to her to get to Serenity. Pffffft, girl bye.
I wave my hand dismissively.
PODCAST HOST #2
You’re avoiding talking about the other part of that comment, so I’ll just come out and ask. Isn’t that at least a small part of you who is worried that Samantha Tolson will turn on you to help Serenity Holmes keep her Silver State Championship belt?
MADISON CARTER
1000% not worried at all about that.
Both of them looked shocked at the speed and confidence of my response.
MADISON CARTER
Like I told you both already, I’ve gone to war with Samantha Tolson. I know how she is when she wants to do something or kick someone’s ass. If she didn’t approve of anything that I’ve said or done to her “niece” then she would have spoken up about it. Now, has she?
Both of them shake their heads no.
MADISON CARTER
If anything, she’s been constantly lecturing and warning Serenity. I’m sure Miss Holmes would like the world to believe that I am begging or paying off Samantha to do that but I’m truly not. Any who believes Sam would take bribes to shit talk someone she considers family, really doesn’t know her at all. Samantha is someone I live with, travel with, and train with. She’s my sister from another mister. I also love much Serenity hates when I call her that.
I took a moment to contain the smile on my face.
MADISON CARTER
The direct reasoning on why I am not worried is because Samantha is more than just a mentor to me or someone who has taken me under her wing like Serenity thinks. Samantha, Jace, Trixie, and I are a REAL family. If Samantha wanted to stab me in the back and side with Serenity then no one would stop her. I can tell you with certainty, that Samantha knows it would be more than just me who would be looking for a measure of revenge. I’m a hell of a lot better in the ring than I was back in NYC. So, take the fact that she’s with Jace, we all live together, and everything we’ve been through. And you tell me where the sense would be in fucking all of that up for a niece that bragged about being better than you in the ring just recently?
PODCAST HOST #1
I think she has us there.
PODCAST HOST #2
Indeed she does but let’s get to the match itself. No bullshit or posturing, what do you think your realistic chances are to walk out of Vegas as the new Silver State Champion?
I lowered my head and thought about the question. They wanted a serious answer so I decided to give them one.
MADISON CARTER
Regardless of how I feel or what I say about Serenity Holmes, she’s an excellent wrestler. However, she’s not perfect. I’m not going to put a percentage on my chances of walking away as the Champion on the Supershow. I will say this, though, I wouldn’t have gone through any of this if I didn’t think I had a damn good chance of getting my hand raised and having a Championship in my possession.
PODCAST HOST #1
Did you expect there to be a No DQ stipulation added to your match against Serenity?
MADISON CARTER
I did not but it seems like someone in management is fed up with Serenity’s bullshit. Let’s be honest here, a standard match with all the rules and just straight wrestling would work to Serenity’s advantage just from an experience standpoint. That has just been thrown out of the fucking window. Now I can make the match down and dirty, anything I could do that would be considered cheating is now perfectly legal. That means if Serenity loses, she has no excuses. It will truly be who is the better woman on that night. She’s said over and over again about how I’m not in her league. I’m going to love seeing the look on her face if I prove her wrong.
PODCAST HOST #2
No DQ works to Serenity’s advantage too.
MADISON CARTER
You think so, huh?
I asked, sarcastically, with a smirk on my face.
PODCAST HOST #2
You never know who could be out there lurking, just waiting to pull Serenity out of trouble. Summer Page will be at the show, who knows… maybe even her boyfriend Kevin Mears might make a surprise appearance.
I wrap my arms around my waist and begin to laugh harder than I have in a good long time. I lean back in my seat laughing so much that the chair nearly tips over and sends me spilling to the floor. I wipe a small tear from my eye with the back of my hand and try to settle myself.
MADISON CARTER
Kevin Mears coming back to help Serenity retain, why? Just so he can no sell when I rip his balls out of Serenity’s purse and feed them to him? I actually pray that Kevin and Serenity are dumb enough to try and pull some bullshit like that. I fully welcome Kevin Mears to crawl back into this company and meet me in the ring, face-to-face. Please Kevin, once again prove me right by showing the world that Serenity Holmes is nothing as Silver State Champion without you.
I clasp my hands together like I’m praying.
MADISON CARTER
If Summer Page dares step in to try and screw me out of the Silver State Championship belt? I will take a pair of scissors and scalp her worse than I did my Barbie dolls when I was a little girl. And if it’s not those two… who do I have to worry about? Amber Mansley? Hardly a challenge, so I am pretty confident if anyone else dares to stick their nose into my business with Serenity. That the members of the Kingdom will be more than ready to make them regret all of their life’s decisions. I would hope that Serenity is smart enough not to try and play the numbers game against me and the Kingdom. Then again, I wouldn’t put money on it.
PODCAST HOST #1
You had a blog not long ago where you laid out this entire situation claiming that all of this was a part of your plan and that you set up Serenity.
I nodded my head.
PODCAST HOST #1
How much of that is the truth and how much of it is just trash talk and mind games on your part?
MADISON CARTER
It’s all completely true, Serenity won’t believe that and maybe others won’t either. I dared Serenity to detail how I was lying about the whole thing and instead of doing it, she reverted to the same old shit that she always says. She even had the nerve to subtweet about me and call me a dog.
I ran my fingers through my hair as a look of bloodlust sparkled in my eyes.
MADISON CARTER
At this point, I don’t care that Serenity refuses to accept the truth. I’ve got what I wanted out of it and I’m sure everyone will be like why go through all the trouble to do what I did when I could have just challenged her or beat her up or something? The fact is that how I did it not only exposed Serenity as a fraud but it allowed her to do what she’s been doing for months now and that’s thinking that her shit doesn’t stink. She thinks I’m just some random enhancement talent. That her mere presence is what defines my career in UPRISING. All of this bulletin board material that she has spouted repeatedly. It’s just more motivation for me to train harder and take out my disdain for her, for everything she’s said, inside the ring. And with No DQ, I don’t have to worry about going too far might cost me the title.
PODCAST HOST #2
Don’t you feel the least bit sorry for messing with Serenity the way you have?
MADISON CARTER
Why should I feel bad when all I did was hand Serenity a shovel?
PODCAST HOST #2
I’m not sure I follow…
MADISON CARTER
I handed Serenity Holmes a shovel. The choice to either plant flowers or dig herself a grave was completely up to her. As you can see, Serenity has made her choice.
I watch one of the hosts mouth the word ‘damn’ before the other one speaks up.
PODCAST HOST #1
So, what is it about Serenity Holmes as a wrestler that worries you?
MADISON CARTER
I’m not worried about any wrestler on any roster. I know I can handle myself inside the ring.
PODCAST HOST #1
Let me rephrase that question. How does Madison Carter go about defeating Serenity Holmes the wrestler?
I swiveled in my chair a bit while I thought about how to answer that question.
MADISON CARTER
Serenity is versatile as a wrestler. She’s like this hybrid MMA striker along with being a technical wrestler and a high flyer. I know her big finisher is the double foot stomp from the top to the back of my head so I’m going to do my best to avoid that at all costs.
I leaned back in my seat.
MADISON CARTER
You can’t just come at Serenity and say ‘Oh, she’s a striker so I’m gonna mat wrestle her.’ There are three different styles that she is good at. The question I have is, is she elite at any of those styles? It’s one thing to be really good at a bunch of different things. It’s the argument of being average all around or being a master of one thing. I don’t feel like Serenity is a better high flyer than I am. So, I feel that’s one advantage I have over her.
I stated confidently.
MADISON CARTER
At the end of the day, the No DQ stipulation could cancel out any style of wrestling. Who cares if you’re a striker, a mat wrestling genius, or coming off the top rope if you have a cinder block thrown at your head? So, it’s likely that this match could turn into a back alley kind of brawl and I know for a fact that I am better equipped for that kind of environment than high on herself, family legacy, having everything handed to her Serenity Holmes. Just look at how she’s reacted to what happened at Revolution. Serenity has more in-ring experience than I do but Serenity’s also very emotional.
PODCAST HOST #2
That is no secret.
MADISON CARTER
Exactly, so honestly? I’m just going to focus more on making sure I am at the peak of what I can be in this match than what Serenity may or may not do. If my cardio and stamina are at top levels, if my resilience is 100%, and if I’m on my toes and able to react and counter efficiently then that’s just going to frustrate her. And if I frustrate her, if I can anger her, then we all know that increases the chances of her making a mistake. She’ll say that is wishful thinking on my part but just look at how she’s approached this entire thing. In her head, she’s made me out to be nothing more than an enhancement talent. Someone who isn’t on her level, she again, called me a dog in a subtweet for the world to see. How do you think she’s going to react when a dog, an enhancement talent has got her reeling and on the verge of becoming the new Silver State Champion?
PODCAST HOST #1
Hit the panic button harder than Kevin Mears hits up a female wrestler’s DMs?
I burst out into another fit of laughter at the response. I take some deep breaths to finally compose myself.
MADISON CARTER
That is very disrespectful to Serenity’s boyfriend but ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!
PODCAST HOST #2
This match has Show Stealer written all over it and I am so happy that we’re finally going to be able to see it go down in Vegas.
PODCAST HOST #1
Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us, Madison. I wish you the best of luck at the Terrordome event and if you win the Silver State Championship belt you have to come and chat with us again!
PODCAST HOST #2
100% We want you on our show as much as humanly possible.
MADISON CARTER
You’re welcome guys and I’ll see what I can do.
PODCAST HOST #1
That’s all the time we have here today with Madison Carter. We’ll be back tomorrow with a full breakdown of the Terrordome card and give our predictions.
PODCAST HOST #2
Also known as me being right and him being wrong. You won’t want to miss it, peace out guys!
The recording stopped as both hosts once again expressed their gratitude and requested a couple of autographs. Once all of that was done, I closed my laptop and swiveled my chair toward the window in my room.
MADISON CARTER
The new UPRISING Silver State Champion has a new ring to it but she’s not just going to hand it over to me.
I exhaled a deep breath and then pulled myself to my feet. Sitting on my ass and doing interviews isn’t going to make me a Champion. Putting in the work was going to accomplish that. I have to prove that no one outworks me isn’t an opinion, it’s an absolute fact.