Psycho vs Leah

Date: 9/2/2019
Time: 7:32am
Location: Comfort Inn Denver East

Leah laid on the bed in the same position she had been for the last hour staring up at the ceiling. The thoughts of last night’s Mile High Episode 22 loomed in her mind. It wasn’t so much as she took a loss. Leah knows first hand what it feels like to take a loss. Over the course of her short career she has taken more losses than wins. Still, this one stung her. It wasn’t that the loss came against Becca “Bruiser” Maguire. Becca, after all, had a lot to prove and prove she did. She proved why she is a Shieldmaiden and she proved why she is in Mile High Wrestling. The War Queen and The Bruiser did exactly what everyone expected; they beat the hell out of each other. Still, this loss weighed heavy on her. She let out an audible sigh as different moments from the match flashed through her mind.


Leah rolled to her side; still reeling from the bumps and bruises she had taken the night before. She gripped her pillow tight as her gaze went straight out the window. In two week’s time she has arguably the biggest match of her Mile High Wrestling career when she challenges for the Hardcore Title against Saoirse “Psycho” Maguire. After her loss to Bruiser was she ready for the challenge. Did the loss kill all her momentum. She had already shown she is one tough individual but was it enough. The War Queen tried to close her eyes but all she could think of was last night’s match.


The War Queen opened her eyes and tried to reposition again. A jar ran through both her shoulders. Clasped either arm with her opposite hands and rolled onto her back. She wanted to shout out in pain. What did she have to prove last night? She could have taken the easy way out and save herself for Mile High Spectacular 2. That was never her M.O. though. She always left it all in the ring. Perhaps a bit too long.


It took what felt like everything she had in her body to sit up on the side of the bed. When she did, though, she remembered why we do this. She remembered what you do when you get knocked down. You pick yourself up off the ground. You dust yourself off. You become stronger and better than you were the night before. You don’t wallow in defeat. You grit your teeth and tackle the present. Momentum is not lost in a moment’s notice unless you allow it to. The War Queen is still ready for Psycho at Mile High Spectacular 2. She is ready to give it her all and take that Hardcore Title into her posession. Adrenaline began to fill her body as she felt her heartbeat increase. Leah stood up from the bed with strength and poise ready to tackle the day.

War Queen Leah: Ugh, my shoulders hurt.

Leah dropped back down on the side of the bed. She wasn’t deflated at the pain that coursed through her shoulders. She just knew: Check-out isn’t until 11:00am. Perhaps it’s time to try to fall back asleep.





Date: 9/8/2019
Time: 9:52am
Location: Iron Warrior Gym; Denver, CO


The War Queen Leah is in the middle of a gym session at Iron Warrior Gym located in Denver, Colorado. This location has become a bit of a mainstay whenever Leah is in town for Mile High Wrestling. It will be a shame she won’t be able to utilize the facility as often once MHW starts touring other areas. While Leah primarily takes advantage of the establishment’s endless supply of strength training and powerlifting equipment today is more focused on mixed martial arts training alongside resident personal trainer and owner, Seth Lee.

Seth Lee: Alright, Leah. I want you to smash it. I want to feel your frustrations in this one.

Seth is holding a body bag in place as Leah starts pounding away at it with a barrage of lefts and rights; which are wrapped up and covered by MMA gloves. Her hair is pulled back and tucked into a loosely tied bandana. In efforts to gain more movement, Leah opted for her white muscle shirt and pink compression shorts. Her strikes continue to land with greater force before varying it up with a mixture of elbows. Seth screams at her to keep going. Harder, faster, stronger. The War Queen grips both sides of the body bag and fires in a series of Muah Thai knee strikes that even pushes Seth back a bit. Sensing she won’t stop until the bag is destroyed Seth calls her off.

Seth Lee: Whoa, whoa whoa… Shut it down, Leah. That’s a wrap.

He tosses the body bag off to the side as Leah’s arms drop down to her side. She grabs her towel off the ground and drapes it around her neck and reaches for her water bottle. As she takes a sip of water, she feels a jolt in her shoulder that causes her to wince.

Seth Lee: That shoulder still bothering you? I’ve got a girl that can take a look at that for ya if you like?

War Queen Leah: Naw, I’ll be a’ight. Just working through something. I’ve got big plans and this pain ain’t gonna be stopping me ANY time soon.

Seth Lee: You got a match tonight at Ammo?

War Queen Leah: Nothing scheduled but I can assure you I’ll be looking to get in on the action. I’m not going to let a loss to Becca Maguire be my last match before I challenge her wife. I got to get a few things off my chest tonight at Ammo and you better believe that I’ll invite anyone to come down to that ring and try to stand toe to toe with me. I’ll definitely be looking to take someone out.

Seth Lee: Yeah you will. Listen, I’ve been catching some of Mile High Wrestling ever since you started up there and I’ve got to say you certainly got some spunk in you. There’s just this aura… this feeling about you that I can’t quite put… Nope, I got it. Leah, you should be a Shieldmaiden!

Leah smirks at Seth’s comment about being a Shieldmaiden.

War Queen Leah: It doesn’t quite work like that, Seth. You don’t just say you want to be a Shieldmaiden and then poof you’re a Shieldmaiden. They don’t just take members on and, even then, you gotta come up as a prospect first.

Seth Lee: Would you even want to be a part of the Shieldmaidens? I mean, ya’ll would be a perfect fit. They already know what you’re made of.

War Queen Leah: If the offer were ever there I would take it into consideration. In my short time in Mile High Wrestling I’ve already been on the opposite side of the ring as Samantha Hamilton, Bandit, Bullet and Bruiser. Next week I go up against Psycho. These girls are badass. These girls are hardcore. They’ve each earned their Kutte. Me? I’m still out there trying to prove myself. Believe me, it would be an honor to even be considered but I just don’t think I’m there yet. Ya feel me?

Seth Lee: If there’s anything I’ve learned from you so far it’s that you are extremely humble. You’re the badass. You’re hardcore. Soon enough you’ll even have a Hardcore Title to match that hardcore attitude. You respect your opponents when there is respect to be given and that’s commendable. I’d really like to turn on the television tonight and see you whooping some sorry sap’s ass with that smile on your face. I personally hope you drop Psycho on her head and win that title. You deserve it.

War Queen Leah: I appreciate that, Seth. I’m going to try my best. There’s no guarantees in this business but you better believe she’s gonna need to knock me unconscious to keep that belt. What’s next boss?

Leah and Seth fist bump as the conversation turns back to Leah’s workout. The two inaudibly discuss the plan as they walk off to another area of Iron Warrior Gym.




Date: Today
Time: 9:46pm
Location: TNP Inc. Compound - Chicago, IL

The War Queen is out back behind the TNP Inc. Compound located in Chicago, IL. There’s a cool breeze ushering in near fall weather as Leah is seen in a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie. She is seen walking into a large shed as the cameras follow right behind her. Leah reaches up above her and pulls on a string turning the lights on. As they do, a radio off to the side on a work bench turns on. “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max can be heard playing on the radio. How fitting with Leah taking on Psycho at Mile High Spectacular 2. The War Queen appears to be looking for something. She comes across a filthy, dusty chair and throws it behind her on the lawn. All the while looking for something, Leah can be heard slowly singing along with the song.

War Queen Leah: Oh, she’s sweet but a psycho.

Leah continues to shuffle through random items before coming across a couple of 2x4s. Taking a moment to eyeball them she tosses them outside with the chair.

War Queen Leah: A little bit psycho. At night she’s screaming “I’m-ma-ma-ma out my mind”.

The War Queen makes her way over to the workbench opening the drawers and sifting through the mess. There’s a box labelled thumbtacks that she tosses out with the other belongings. The War Queen’s attention then goes to what’s under the workbench.

War Queen Leah: She’ll make you curse, but she a blessing. She’ll rip your shirt within a second… BINGO!!!

Leah’s eyes light up as she pulls something large out from under the workdesk. She the light catches it we see a spool of barbed wire. The first thing anyone is thinking is ‘what does someone have random barbed wire in their shed in CHICAGO.’ The War Queen quickly turns the lights out, killing the radio, and makes her way out onto the back lawn where all of her “goodies” have been laid out. She erects the chair into a seated position and plops down. Leah grabs one of the 2x4s and looks directly into the camera.

War Queen Leah: Have I got your attention now? Ever since I debuted in Mile High Wrestling back at Rise Again it seems as though I continue to have this collision course with The Shieldmaidens. At first I thought maybe it was just a matter of people thought we would gel well together. From The Titaness to Bullet and Bandit to Bruiser and now Psycho. Just as unique as every member of The Shieldmaidens is, they have a commonality; they fight to their dying breath. Samanatha Hamilton showed that when she went so far as to headbutt me until she herself fell unconscious.

The War Queen has taken an end of the barbed wire and duct taped it to the 2x4. Never looking down, her gaze is directly at the camera.

War Queen Leah: Bullet and Bandit came at me hard and suffice to say not punches were pulled in that match. I came with backup. I brought Sports Entertainment Xpress with me into that tag team match but in the end it was I, the War Queen, that pinned Bandit. It wasn’t Space Lord. It wasn’t “Thundering” Terry Marshall. It was me. Then came Becca. Good ol’ Becca “Bruiser” Maguire.

Leah is spinning the 2x4 around and around all the while allowing the barbed wire to wrap its way around the 2x4.

War Queen Leah: Becca gave me one hell of a fight. I mean we beat the piss out of each other and, to a degree, I’m still carrying around my battle wounds a few weeks later. The Bruiser had a lot to prove. Was she good enough for Mile High Wrestling? Was she truly enough to have earned her Kutte in the first place to be a Shieldmaiden. Yes, she was. She was right when she said she had everything to gain from our match. She turned heads. She proved she could make me tap. Well, now I’ve got something to prove.

The barbed wire is getting tighter as Leah just continues to wrap it around the 2x4. Nearly half the spool is out of the container at this point.

War Queen Leah: At Mile High Spectacular 2 it is The War Queen versus The Psycho for the Mile High Wrestling Hardcore Title. This shot didn’t come easy. It wasn’t just handed to me. Did the announcement come as a shock to me at first? Absolutely. Do I deserve it? F*** yes. For a majority of my career I tried to fit the mold of a wrestler I wasn’t. I was supposed to be prim and propper. I was to go out there and wrestle a technical style, a lucha style, hell even a woman’s style; whatever the hell that means. Well, I said screw that and I set out to do things my way. In my debut for a nothing of a company known as Fierce Wrestling I took a leap of faith. Leap of faith is an understatement. I dove from a second floor balcony of a hotel building to take out my opponents. I lost the match but I unlocked a piece of what I am.

The War Queen pauses to admire her work.

War Queen Leah: I came to Mile High Wrestling and I was introduced to the Shieldmaidens in a bit of a trial by fire. I did not see a group of biker lesbians or whatever crap haters spew about them. I saw a group of rough, tough girls that didn’t follow the norms of what women’s wrestling was supposed to be. I saw myself. You see, at Mile High Spectacular 2, I’ve got something to prove. The Shieldmaidens are running the block when it comes to championships around these parts. Bandit and Titaness are the Tag Champions, Zombie is the Throwdown Champion and well, Psycho is the Hardcore Champion. I’ve got to prove that I belong in the same ring as the likes of these strong, confident women. I’ve got to prove that the announcement of The War Queen getting a shot at the Hardcore Title is not a fluke. We all know that I wasn’t originally penciled in for this match. I had to earn my shot. I had to leave nothing back for this chance and… It was all part of the plan.

Leah starts picking at the barbed wire contraption she just built. She tries to test how tightly wound the prickly rod is cutting a bit of her finger. Leah holds it up to her face to watch a bit pool up and slide down her finger.

War Queen Leah: From the moment I dove from that balcony I knew where I belonged. I knew the environment I was born to be a part of. When Robert Mack announced the inception of a Hardcore Title I became all in. You, Psycho, Saoirse Maguire, stand in the way of the Hardcore Title and myself; something I am prepared to cross through hell and back to get. There’s no denying that you are one tough son of a bitch and getting to that title will be no easy task but you have your weaknesses. They call you Psycho; at least that’s what your patch says. To me… you’re Saoirse Maguire. You’re human. You bleed just as I bleed.

The War Queen wipes the blood from her finger across her hoodie.

War Queen Leah: Saoirse, you know I respect what you’ve done. I also know that I’ve earned the respect of not only your wife but several other members of the Shieldmaiden. This match isn’t about respect. It’s not about pleasantries. It’s not about taking into consideration the other person. You stand in the way of something I want; something I wholeheartedly know you will do everything you can to retain. Your wife and I left it all out there recently and she walked away with the victory. For a moment, only a moment, I thought all momentum I had was gone. I doubted myself. Well, the time for doubting has come and gone. It is my mission to walk out of Mile High Spectacular 2 as the NEW Mile High Wrestling Hardcore Champion.

Leah rises up from the chair, gripping her barbed wire contraption with both hands. She is fully prepared for her match against Psycho and welcomes any and all the pain that she will endure.

War Queen Leah: That is not me underestimating you in the slightest bit. After Ammo I have seen full well what you are capable of. What you did to Gabriel Ohio was downright heinous and you know what? I like it. Ohio deserved what was coming to him. If someone came after my husband or my sister you better believe the only way they are leaving that ring is in a body bag. That same aggression. That same belligerence I want you to bring it to Mile High Spectacular 2. There’s already so many big matches on the that card; whether it be the Mack explosion, a hair versus title match, crowning the first ever Mile High Cup recipient, the epic throwdown of Skrabz versus Tyke Index. I fully expect for people to turn away from Mile High Spectacular 2 with only one opinion about this match between you and I and that opinion is, “HOLY F***!!!”

The War Queen slowly walk away from the chair and into another portion of the yard. A firepit starts to come into view as she gets closer and closer.

War Queen Leah: Now don’t go clouding your mind with the likes of Gabriel Ohio. You disposed of him and even though, naturally, that bastard will resurface one day your match is with me. The War Queen should be your focus. Leah should be the one on your mind day and night for the next week. If not, well… well you better be prepared to just hand that title over to me. Believe me, I don’t want to win it that way either. I want the full Psycho and I want to EARN the right to be called the new MHW Hardcore Champion. See you soon, Saoirse.

Leah reaches down near the firepit and pulls up some lighter fluid. Dousing the 2x4 with lighter fluid The War Queen smirks over at the camera. The 2x4 is lowered into the firepit just long enough to become engulfed in flames.

War Queen Leah: Both me and my friend want to get well acquainted.

The War Queen shoots another smile at the camera as the scene slowly fades out to black and switches to a graphic for Mile High Spectacular 2.