Sara Pettis | "The Tale of Two Tournaments" |


SFT Inferno has gone off the air. And Sara is sitting backstage just letting her adrenaline come down from the match she just went through. In the semi-finals of SFT's "Lethal Lottery" Tournament, she was able to pin SFT legend Saint Jude. Her entire career has built to this moment. Because now, having won the last tag match of the tournament, she and her tag partner, HaVoc, are going to go one on one for the SFT World Title. They've already collected the consultation prizes of the SFT Tag Team Titles, and whoever loses in the finals walks away with the SFT Hardcore Title.

But it's bittersweet. In order to win, she had to beat her uncle, Nathan Gust. Nathan has been a part of Sara's life ever since she was just an infant. And now she has taken away his shot at a dream. So she could achieve hers. She had hoped Nathan would understand, but he hasn't shown any signs of that. As far as he is concerned it seems, she was only out to ruin everything he has worked for in his career.

But no matter how much she tries to feel bad for Nate, she can't. She won. She has the shot at the SFT Title, and if he can't be happy for her. She's not going to let it bother her. Even being a member of the RWA roster, the SFT Title was always her goal. It was the one title her mother could never get as long as she had tried. And now, she is so close to achieving it herself.

But before that match, she looks at her palm pilot she's holding, and notices that she has even more matches approaching quickly. The first a RWA match against an RWA Legend, Shawn Walsh. That takes place on Tuesday the 14th. And after that, the first round match of the "When Worlds Collide" interfed tournament on Wednesday the 15th. She has little time to soak in her win. She has to keep the momentum going is all she can think. And doing so is easier said then done.

Travis Nate Kooper. Seems to be a nice guy if there ever was one. I want to admit to you Travis, I don't know much about you, or your federation, XPWA. I've grown up in a very close circle of friends and family in SFT and RWA. Part of joining the WWC for me was to meet new people, outside that circle, and learn and grow from the experiences. And as I said, you seem like a pretty stand up guy.

I did research your history a bit though, and you and me, we come some similar paths. You lost your parents, and had to raise your sister. I lost my mother, and my dad walked out on me shortly after. Luckily for me though, I had the friends and family of SFT to help me, and made sure I grew up right. I know it wasn't the same circumstance for you, but believe me when I say, I feel what you've gone through, I really do.

But away from that, I do have to say, please don't make a big deal out of this being your first match against a woman. The times have change Travis. The women of the wrestling world are starting to take over. And we're starting show force more so then the men at times. Look at RWA, the federation I'm technically part of now. Our World Champion is a woman. Our last two T.V. Champions are women, one of which was me, our last two Hardcore champions are women, again one of which was me, and myself and Amy Jo Smyth are next in line for a shot at the RWA Tag Team Championships. Women are becoming part of the show as a whole Travis, so consider this your introduction to the new era if this trend continues. You'll have to get physical with women more and more, and you might as well get used to it on the 15th.

I don't wish anything against you, but right now, I want to keep my momentum going. I want to make sure that the roll that I'm on doesn't stop any time soon. And part of doing that is making sure I don't let myself slip between now, and the finals of the Lethal Lottery. I know the Lethal Lottery means nothing to you. It shouldn't. You probably don't even know what it is. But I grew up backstage at SFT shows, and in SFT being a Lethal Lottery winner is a big deal. It's one of those accomplishments that gets engraved on your plaque when you make the Hall of Fame. And as someone who watched on of parents try so hard, and come up short every year, to do it in my first try would be monumental.

The WWC has shown me that there is a great big world out there of competition, outside of just what I grew up knowing. It's been a pleasure to meet you Travis. I plan to win on Wednesday. But if I don't I wish you luck going beyond the next round. We're going to have to talk sometime outside the ring. Otherwise what would've been the point of doing this whole thing anyway?

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