Ultimate Championship

With the moon high in the sky, The War Queen Leah Aguero emerged from her backyard shed with a wooden log over each shoulder. On a hot night, Leah is clad in jean overall shorts, her sports bra and signature Timberland boots. Leah drops the logs into a fire pit and pulls a few loose strands of her hair and pulls it back under her backwards cap. Her eyes look up to catch the camera as she lets out a sinister stare. Without acknowledging it, Leah turns and heads back to the shed. She emerges once again with a canister of lighter fluid and a matchbook.

Leah Aguero: Did you see it coming? I did. As a matter of fact, I called it. Two weeks ago Mile High Wrestling made its triumphant return on Splat TV after massive hype. The main event, a fatal four way match, ultimately became a number one contenders match of sorts. In the days leading up to ThrowDown, Robert Mack made the announcement that the winner of the fatal four way would take on the winner of Tyke Index versus Alex Carbajal to determine who would become the Ultimate Champion at ThrowDown: Rise. The “fan” vote would lead you to believe Azurine Vebbins was the favorite to not only advance but to inevitably become the next MHW Ultimate Champion. Suffice to say, I shut that down real quick.

The War Queen pauses to start dousing the wooden logs in front of her with the lighter fluid.

Leah Aguero: I warned them all. Azurine Vebbins. Eavan Maloney. Stephanie Sullivan. Each and every one of them laid claim to why they “deserved” to be the victor in that match. Meanwhile, I wasn’t afraid to call a spade a spade. From day one I said I’m not here to play nice. I’m not here to be friendly and commend those I share the ring with for their efforts. No, I’m here to cause mayhem and destruction on my way to the very top of MHW; a feat that isn’t that far out of reach. Your fan favorite in Azurine Vebbins was the first one eliminated and a new favorite was quickly inserted. Could Eavan Maloney live up to the hype she was given? My boot would say otherwise.

The War Queen lets out a chuckle as she continues to squirt the lighter fluid on the logs; completely saturating them.

Leah Aguero: That just left the Simply Scandalous one and I. I’m sure all of you were looking for a highly competitive match but I’m not here to play games. The point of competing in a match is to get the win; not to entertain a crowd. After eliminating the overhyped Krigare I dropped the Scandalous one right on her head and I took my W just as I said I was going to do from the very beginning. You see, that fatal four way match two weeks ago shouldn’t have even taken place. MY spot in Mile High Wrestling was always to be at the top. It was MY spot to not only be in the Ultimate Title match but to also be named the Ultimate Champion. No one AND I MEAN NO ONE is going to keep me from achieving my goal.

The War Queen ditches whatever is left of the lighter fluid and reaches for a match inside the book. Striking it, the match lights up. Leah, holding the lit match in front of her face as it starts to burn down, just takes in the flame. She then pitches it into the fire pit in front of her, sending flames flying high into the air from all the lighter fluid. The War Queen takes a step back and sits down in a chair, placing one foot up on the outside of the fire pit, just watching as the large flame slowly settles down.

Leah Aguero: I’ve heard some of the rumblings. They said if Mile High never closed its doors The War Queen would have been the Ultimate Champion by now. They’re not wrong. From the moment I finally showed my true colors in MHW, there was no one that was going to stand in my way. I have spent my life clawing my way up from nothing. I made a name for myself by getting things done by any means necessary. I’m willing to go to lengths that most won’t.

Leah pauses to gaze at the fire in front of her.

Leah Aguero: Then there’s the other side of the spectrum. There are those that feel I’ve only ever gotten to where I am by riding the coattails of someone else. Miss Vebbins put it best, right? In the UWF I was a tag team champion. In Elysium Pro, I was a Triad Champion. In OATH, I was a Tag Team Champion. In NFW I was a Tag Team Champion. Everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve been affiliated with a group in one way or another; whether it be TNP Inc, ONI, Coven or even the Kwonspiracy. There are even some that would say all the way back at ThrowDown XXX when I defended the MHW Hardcore Title in a fatal four way match I won because Alastair Frost shoved me out of the way and went through a table instead.

The War Queen sits forward in her seat, clasping her hands together in front of her.

Leah Aguero: You may be right that I used others to get to where I wanted but you are dead wrong if you think I’m riding the coattails of someone else’s success. Each and every time I’ve been affiliated with a group there have been others that believed they were the ones pulling the strings. Meanwhile, The War Queen was the one looking out for herself; picking up wins, picking up championship reigns, working her way to the top despite others thinking she was second fiddle. I’m no second fiddle. I stand here in Mile High Wrestling alone. No Jansen Myrrh. No Gabriel Ohio. No Alastair Frost. No Double Team Ihari. No Emily Falls… Well, Emily Falls is still around but not in the same capacity she was previously. There is no Coven surrounding me so to all you naysayers, what’s going to be your excuse when The War Queen rises and finally ascends to that MHW Ultimate Title? There will be none because it is simply inevitable and I shall do so by any means necessary.

Leah grabs a metal poker resting against the fire pit and begins to stoke the logs; watching on as embers flare up into the air. One ember floats back down and rests on the War Queen’s forearm. She simply watches as the ember burns out on her skin.

Leah Aguero: I’m not naive to the fact that I still need to get through Alex Carbajal in order to be crowned the Ultimate Champion. There is praise in the fact that Alex “Bullet” Carbajal is getting her chance to reach immortality. Bullet, El Presidente de Los Shieldmaidens, a Hall of Famer in Mile High Wrestling, La Jefa. The fact of the matter is, none of that fucking matters here anymore. So you did some things in Mile High Wrestling for a bit. You led a faction of bikers not just outside this ring but inside it as well. The Shieldmaidens were synonymous with MHW. They were the premiere stable. They ran the show under your guidance. The thing is, this isn’t 2019 anymore. The Shieldmaidens, as a collective, are trying to hang on to that former glory as tightly as possible. I’ll be the one to give it to you straight. None of you are what you once were and if we keep living in the past you’ll never be here in the present. I could go on and on about Coven tearing down the iron grip the Shieldmaidens had on MHW. I could resort to how I’ve already taken down the Bullet before in the Rise of the Phoenix Tournament. It’s 2021. The Shieldmaidens of 2019 are shells of their former selves. They think if they just show up in masses they can reclaim their former glory here in MHW because the numbers get them into title matches. Well, I’m not living in the past. 2021 is the year that The War Queen Rises. I’m ready to get downright savage. Are all of you?

Leah chuckles to herself once again as she pulls a cigar out. Cutting one end, Leah puts it in her mouth and lights it with another match; rotating and puffing in order to get an even burn. Satisfied, the War Queen tosses the match into the fire pit. She removes the cigar from her mouth.

Leah Aguero: Alejandra. Que onda, Mamas? De verdad crees que sigues siendo la bala? Sigues siendo ella? Hablas de monikers pero estas a la altura de los tuyos? That bullet doesn’t quite pierce the same way it used to now does it, Alejandra. You still try to talk a big game and you may have gotten one over on some drug addict but I think it’s high time you really take a look in the mirror. No, I don’t mean some proverbial, hypothetical mirror that you did in order to mock Tyke Index. I mean honestly, truly, look in the mirror and into yourself. It wouldn’t take long to realize that you are not what you used to be. It’s a shame actually.

The War Queen takes a puff from her cigar.

Leah Aguero: We’ve fought before and I already know what it is to go against Alejandra Carbajal; just the same as I know what it is to go against Saoirse Maguire. I begged for Psycho to unleash Psycho before but she wasn’t there. I’m asking the same for you. I’m already going to walk out of ThrowDown: Rise as the Ultimate Champion and, if Alejandra shows up, it will go down without a fight. You know me, though. I like a good fight. I want to feel what you have to give me. Not Alejandra but the infamous Bullet. Or is she too busy trying to save lost youths?

Again, Leah pauses to take a hit off the cigar. She motions with her finger for the camera to come in closer. Again, she sits forward in her seat.

Leah Aguero: You’re just like everyone else, Alejandra. If I have to hear yet again how Skrabz wasn’t coming back and now Skrabz is back and how for the first time we will have a new champion as Skrabz won’t be involved I’m going to fucking puke. You all idolize him like he’s a fucking God; you included Alejandra. At least in the way you spoke about him with Tyke. You all should stop focusing on others and, instead, focus on what’s right in front of you. The War Queen Leah Aguero is what stands between you and immortality. You want to go down in MHW as a true legend or as someone that isn’t just a shell of their former selves trying to regain their former glory then focus on me. Focus on bringing Bullet into the equation. Dios Es Una Bala? Well, I’m bulletproof, Bitch.

The War Queen spits in the palm of her hand and puts out the cigar as she rises to her feet. Leah takes a step up onto the edge of the fire pit and steps through the flames to the other side.

Leah Aguero: No eres mas que una pendeja. Mete la puta cabeza en el juego. ThrowDown: Rise is the coronation of a new era in Mile High Wrestling. It’s the era of The War Queen and as I raise that Ultimate Title over my head all those little pissants out there will cower in fear and subordinately raise those War Queen Ws high in the air. If you thought the Coven caught you off guard all those moons ago, you ain’t seen shit yet. I’m going to put this boot straight to your skull and you’re going to pray to Dios that when you wake up you’re going to remember who you are. Is it Alejandra? Or is it Bullet?

Leah throws her arms out in the air as the flames flicker behind her.

Leah Aguero: La Reina de la Guerra se levantara. And I will do so… BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

The War Queen throws up her War Queen W right at the camera as the scene fades to black.