AN: I do not own or operate the characters from Victorious. I just keep them alive. Someone else owns them and has already made a fortune from them.
This story takes place in an alternate universe. It doesn't follow my other story arcs. This story will have some violence and bad adult words. If you don't want to read that kind of thing then I am sure there are other fine stories you could read. If you do like stories about strong women who don't take anything from anyone, this story is for you.
If you are a Beck fan, too bad. I despise him and always make him a villain that gets his in the end. Throughout the series he was the weakest written character and really wasn't that good of an actor. My writing might trigger anger by Beck fans. Good! I don't care.
Trust me there will be Jori, but we aren't there quite yet. Enjoy S.M.
Wrestling with Your Emotions
Chapter 1: Making an Impression
The dark room smelled of sweat and menthol liniment. The din of weights slamming and people yelling and grunting. This was the open tryouts for the local professional wrestling promotion Wrestling Aliance of Michigan.
W.A.M. only opened its gym every two years to new talent that wants a chance to be a ring star. They ranged through the armories and union halls throughout the thumb of Michigan based out of Port Huron. It was owned and operated by retired ring legend Drop Kick Derek Oliver and his son Beck "The Brat" Oliver.
This was not the bigtime, it wasn't even the small time, but they did put on a good show. One wrestler was actually signed to the W.W.U. and became a big TV star. You can watch him throw his weight around every Tuesday night on The Wrestling Network.
There were lots of guys at the tryout with stars in their eyes, but that was not why Jade was tying up her tired old boots and taping her weak wrist. She was employed in the auto plant at one time, but when the company moved all the jobs to other countries she found herself out of work. After that she got a job at Wal-Market like everyone else in town. Wal-Market was good to her, but she needed extra income to help raise her little girl. Jade didn't want to be a household name, she just wanted a household.
Jade was in good shape. She was twenty years old and worked out and watched what she ate. She had a nice shaped body with ample breasts and nicely curved hips. The thing that was most memorable about Jade was her blue green eyes and the purple highlights she wore in her black hair. When she dressed for the ring she made sure that her hair matched her leotard. Although image was important she knew that how she looked in the ring would only carry her so far, her skills would really be on trial.
You had twenty minutes to show them what you could do. There were no rules in the ring during tryouts. People were known to break bones and need stiches after their twenty minutes. The real way to impress was to make your opponent either tap out or by a pin fall.
Jade started going to a gym after her daughter was born. She couldn't afford a major name gym so she went to a local gym that trained boxers and cage fighters. She was hitting the heavy bag one day when retired wrestler Rip Saw Lane was in visiting the owner and asked if he had anybody that might want to learn pro wrestling.
Jade heard what Lane was looking for and decided that it might be more fun than punching a bag and lifting weights all the time. Working out was the only break she got from work and her home life. Even though she loved her daughter more than life itself she loved the nights her parents could take Darcy.
"West, Jade West it is your turn in the ring." A gruff old man in a well-worn suit called out.
Jade got up and did a quick stretch and climbed the stairs to the wrestling ring. She climbed through the ropes and started moving around to get the feeling for the ring size. She sized up her sparing opponent as the referee called for the bell. 'Ding Ding' Jade circled with her hands out trying to match her opponent's moves.
They locked up grabbing each other's shoulders and pushed around a bit. Then the huge blonde girl they called Helen pushed her back with no trouble. Jade gathered herself again and came at Helen and grabbed her forearm. She then spun and threw Helen to the ropes. As she came off the ropes she met Helen with a clothesline, with an arm across Helen's throat. Helen fell to the mat as she was supposed to do and Jade dropped her upper arm across Helen's chest in an elbow smash. Helen rolled and got up and grabbed Jade by the hair to 'help' her up. The ref reprimanded Helen for pulling hair and Jade took advantage by using her elbow as a battering ram over and over to Helen's midsection. The idea was not to hurt your opponent, but 'sell it' or make it look painful and real. Helen doubled over and Jade put her in a headlock by wrapping her arm around Helen's neck.
Helen reached down and grabbed Jade by the legs and lifted her high in the air under her thighs behind her knees and dropped Jade down meeting her tailbone with her knee. Jade bounced off rolling around displaying great pain. Her screams could be heard throughout the gym. Helen tried to tie Jade's legs up with her legs in a sharpshooter, while Jade struggled in great agony clawing her way to the ropes knowing the ref would break the hold if she reached the ropes. The problem with the sharpshooter was that there was no way to soften this hold. It hurt like hell. All the grimacing and screaming were real.
Jade made it to the ropes and the hold was broken. Helen then helped her up again to her feet and threw her to the ropes. Helen caught her and tried a sleeper hold wrapping her arms around Jade's neck hoping to stop the blood flow and make her pass out, but Jade was ready for this and ducked under her grab. Jade then came off the ropes behind Helen and set up for a drop kick.
The secret to a good drop kick was to time and measure it properly so that your feet just touched the person rather than making full contact. Once you touched them you fall to the mats and they react like they have just been kicked in the head.
Helen was a seasoned wrestler and when she felt Jades boots touch the back of her head she threw herself forward on the mats like she was knocked cold. Jade got up and climbed the corner ropes and perched on the top rope ready to pounce and just as she was about to drop on Helen the time ran out and the bell rang so Jade just jumped down.
"Thank you West." The old suit grouched as she climbed out of the ring.
Helen came out of the ring and walked over to Jade. "Good work. Who trained you?"
"I trained under Billy Lane." Jade answered.
"Old Rip Saw! Well he did a great job. You fall well and have a balanced tool kit. I hope they pick you up." She then shook Jade's hand and went to get a towel.
Jade started taking off her boots and packing up her gear. She had no idea what they were looking for or what they thought of her audition. As she ran a towel through her sweat drenched hair a woman in her mid-fifties came over and sat on the bench next to her. The woman had the forms Jade filled out earlier on a clipboard.
"Hi I am Crystal Robinson. I manage the female wrestlers." She shook Jade's hand and then wiped the sweat on her pants.
"We, Beck and I, liked what we saw. You need some polishing, but what you have is quite good. We would like to offer you an opportunity with WAM. You will have to be a jobber for the first year or so until your skills are refined. That means that you will make $100 a show and you will be expected to play the part and let the names 'go over'. How does that sound?" Crystal smiled.
"I am not sure I understand everything you are saying." Jade admitted.
"Oh okay. Well a jobber is someone who is hired to lose and make the big names look good. You put on a good show, but you still lose. To 'go over' is a term we use for letting them win. See there is a lot to learn in this game. That is why we hire you on as a jobber first." Crystal explained. "We will need you to be free on weekend evenings when you start working shows. If you get injured and can't work you don't get paid. You only get paid when you are in the ring. Is this a problem?"
"No I have a three year old daughter, but my mother looks after her when I work. I work at Wal-Market, but my hours are flexible and I can make sure that I am free on Friday and Saturday nights. Do I keep training at my gym with my coach?"
"No well will train you at our gym. Our coaches will take over your training. I see you trained under Rip Saw Lane. He was a great wrestler and is a good man. So if you don't have any more questions we have papers for you to sign." Crystal said.
"I don't have any more questions. Thank you Ms. Robinson. I will work as hard as I can because I want this not just for me, but for my daughter too." Jade was smiling from ear to ear. She couldn't sign the contract fast enough. She was now a member of W.A.M. She could hardly believe it.
Helen came over and shook her hand. "I can't wait to work with you. I will try to go easy on you!" Helen laughed.
"Thanks. I will go light on you too." Jade laughed.
Jade was told to report to the training gym on Monday night at 7pm. She was more than happy with how this day went. Jade felt the workout, but all that didn't matter now.
As she dialed and put her cell phone to her ear to call her mother she saw someone enter the gym. The movement caught her eye and she almost dropped the phone. The smaller girl had long brown hair that shone like silk. Her eyes were big and brown, they reminded Jade of the eyes of one of the Disney girls. Jade had been experimenting with women since her husband walked out on her. This girl was so much more. She had beautiful small breasts that fit her body perfectly, but it was her ass that Jade instantly attracted too.
This beauty saw Jade watching her and smiled as she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear while talking to Beck. He kept touching her shoulder and her hand while he talked to her. Every time he touched her Jade would cringe. She didn't even know this man and she still had a visceral reaction to him when he touched this girl. Jade just chalked it up to her finding this girl super attractive and having an instant crush on her.
As Jade finished telling her mother about making the grade, she watched Crystal and this girl out of the corner of her eye. They were talking about her because they were talking and gesturing in her direction. When they were finished talking and Jade was off the phone Crystal brought the girl over to talk to Jade.
"Jade this is Tori. She is one of our headliners. I just wanted to introduce you to her so you know more people around here." Crystal said smiling. "I have to get going girls we now have a couple of young men to watch.
"Don't drool too much Crystal." Tori shot her way.
"Just because I love my job…" Crystal laughed and went back to where the other suits were sitting.
"So I hear that you signed. Welcome to W.A.M. I hear your audition went well and so pretty too." Tori said with a smile on her face.
Jade barely heard what she said. She had melted into those chocolate eyes and felt herself drifting away. "Ah yes thank you. I have wanted to give this a try for a while now. I didn't think that I was ready, but my coach Billy Lane twisted my arm until I said I would come here and try."
"Ya Billy is a great guy. I met him at a show in Lansig. So what did he tell you that changed your mind?" Tori asked.
"Well he didn't really say anything. He actually put me in a chicken wing hold until I gave in and said I would try out." The two girls laughed together like they were old friends.
"I have to remember that story. That is a good one. So have you developed a character yet?" Tori asked.
"No not yet. I was hoping to get some help with that." Jade said feeling a little lacking.
"Don't worry. I will help you. It will be at least two month or more before you will be expected to go on. We will find you." Tori smiled her big beautiful smile at Jade.
"I feel stupid, I haven't seen the show. What is your character?" Jade asked kind of sheepishly.
"I am Victoria Vestal the school girl. I wear the plaid skirt and white blouse the whole thing. I put my hair in pigtails and wear my glasses to the ring. Sometimes I carry my school books with me or my lunch. The crowd eats it up, especially the dirty old men!" They laugh together.
"For the last two months my arc is that I am the good girl and Helen, Jeanie and Michelle come down to the ring and bully me. They have ruined my school books and eaten my lunch. They stole my glasses once and stepped on them. Now I wear them all taped together. It is great. We are building up to a big ending at The Bay City Bruising where I will take them on in a handicap match and they will put me over." Tori was so excited about her job.
"But I just met Helen she seemed so nice. It is hard to believe that the audience buys that she is a bully." Jade said.
"Well you just met Helen. You didn't meet Helen of Troy the Heartbreaker. She loves playing the 'heel'. The audience loves to hate her. I love playing the 'face' I don't think I could play anything else." Tori smiled.
"Sorry you lost me." Jade admitted.
"Oh they are terms that go back to the forties at least. The heel is the bad guy and really good heals know just what to say and do to fire up the crowd. The face is short for baby face or hero. If you don't have a strong heel then you can never be a believable hero. The bigger the shit kicking the face takes during the build-up the better the topping at the end. There are some heels that can go back and forth and the crowd will buy it. Look at Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Kane and C.M. Punk, they went back and forth like yoyos and the crowd followed them. That is a good actor. Let's see a movie star get away with that." Tori said.
"I can't wait to work with you Tori. I think I could learn a lot from you." Jade said.
"Me too. I should get going I have a workout and then I have to go through this weekend's show with the girls. We have to work hard to show up these guys who seem to have it so much easier. I will see you at the gym sometime." Tori then got up and left. Jade couldn't help herself. She watched Tori's heart shaped ass as she walked away.
Jade vowed that she would get to know Tori better, but now she had to get home to her daughter Darcy. Her life was looking up.
AN: I had this idea the other night. Let me know if you think it is worth going on with. This is a story line I have not seen on here so I thought I would see where it would take me. Thanks for reading this story. S.M.