The following interview was sanctioned and approved by LAW management. Although CEO, General Manager, and Owner Daniel DeFranco will not be making an appearance, he has sanctioned the reveal of LAW's updated design for their world tag team championship on this episode of Lexy's Lexinomicon.
winner3 wrote:"Ladies and Gentlemen! Today on Lexy's Lexinomicon we have some very special guests!"
"One of them has requested a grandiose introduction. One worthy of a champion!"
"So without further ado, here live on LAW, I'll be having a sit-down interview on the set of the Lexinomicon with your Inaugural LAW World Tag Team Champions, and the winners of the Tag Team Turmoil match at last year's big PPV event, Katherine, Tracy, and Aurora, The SWWAAAAAT CAAAATS!"
Lexy would take a seat in her interviewer's chair at the table of her set. And as she did, a quiet version of the Cats' theme song would play as the three of them walked into frame from the right portion of the screen.
Katherine waved and flashed a smile to the cameras and the small crowd in attendance. She bore one of the tag belts on her shoulder. The large, shiny, gold belt reflected the light just right, highlighting the definition on the bicep she was using to carry it. Tracy strut her way into the frame, arms held high, championship belt at the top. Out of the three of them, it was the Circus Cat that was the most eager to flex this championship win and the subsequent reign. It was her dream to become a tag team champion alongside Kat. And as she approached her chair, she closed her eyes and danced to herself before sitting down. She was prepared to tell anyone and everyone how great they were and how great she was. If Kat was the heart of the team, Tracy was the finesse and flair. Finally, Aurora held her hands behind her back as she waltzed in, a huge smile on her face. She was the brains of the team. Despite being the most recent addition to the team, she fit right in. Given her own performances in singles and alongside her team, there was hardly any doubt that she could hang with the Cats and the best teams LAW had to offer.
The three cat-themed luchadoras took their place near Lexy at the table. They got comfortable and laid their belts on the table. Tracy put her feet up and winked to the live audience. Kat and Aurora faced Lexy and smiled. A "Let's go SWAT Cats chant broke out. It took a couple minutes for fans to settle down.
Lexy would shuffle her papers in front of her and look the girls over.
"Wow. I have to say that although I've seen each of you separately, you really do seem to have that special something when you're assembled together as a unit like this. Thanks again for joining us on the Lexinomicon."
"Well, thanks for having us!" Aurora answered.
"Yeah, Lexy, no worries with the formalities. We're tag team champions. Inaugural tag-team champions. We're the faces of this company right now. We're happy to come by anytime and anywhere for the fans, for you, for LAW." Kat followed up with a reassuring nod. Tracy nodded alongside her.
"Thanks again, guys. So a brief overview of what we're doing today. We'll open up by taking some questions directly from the interviewers and fans that have chosen to attend this episode of the Lexinomicon backstage with us! After that, we'll bring out your brand-spankin' new tag team championship title belts, live on the show! Courtesy of the big man, DeFranco, himself! (Thanks again for approving this, boss~)That'll cement this championship run for the SWAT Cats!"
"Once we're done with that, we'll have a short intermission and reconvene here so that I can get my chance to go one on one with each of you ferocious felines to get in some more open-ended questions! And then, we'll introduce a special guest who was insistent on joining us, today! She'll offer some of her insight on The SWAT Cats as champions and how she expects the Cat's reign to go."
"So with all that being said, let's give our live audience, a chance, yeah? Careful champs, these questions aren't screened or anything! So you might get some real zingers!" Lexy would say as she pointed to the audience. Hands were already being raised and nonstop clamoring could be heard! Writers, reporters, and fans alike all wanted a piece of The SWAT Cats!
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Sweetheart wrote:Once Lexy would point to the girl, who stood up, adjusting her pencil skirt and glasses.
"Uh hello, I'm Samantha, and first off congratulations again to all of you. My question for you all is considering you have had quite a few tag matches recently, who do you feel is most deserving of a title match. Like The Wings considering they were runner-up, the Thundergirls, Cerberus? Just overall who is most deserving of a chance at the titles?" The girl would give a coy smile waiting for the cats to answer, brushing her blue hair out of her face.
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winner3 wrote:Aurora's eyes narrow ever so slightly when this Samantha asked her question. She could tell that there was an ulterior motive here. But before The Galaxy Cat could weigh in, Tracy grasped her mic and answered.
"Look, it doesn't matter to us who's most deserving or whatever. We've proven ourselves to be the best tag team here. We've proven it since day 1 and we will continue to prove it against any team! No matter who they are! Kat, Aurora, and I will gladly tap the Wings out again! We'll kick Cerberus' dog butt! We'll-"
"Easy, Trace! Easy!" Kat would cut in, placing a hand on Tracy's shoulder. She'd take the lead from there.
"I'd have put it a little more elegantly. But at its core, deep down, what Tracy's saying is right. We've addressed this in promos. But we'll state it explicitly for the record if that's what you want Samantha. At We Are LAW, we announced that we'll be doing an open challenge series, defending these belts against any and every tag team that is ranked and eligible to compete for these titles. We're allowing the challenging team to pick the stipulations for their championship match, as well as which two out of the three of us they want to face for the titles...." Hart ended with a trailing, contemplative tone. She'd steel herself, raise her mic up closer to her face and continue.
"Many people see that as boastful of us. But it's not just us saying we're that good. The reason we're doing this is that we see so many teams as deserving. You asked us which team we view as most deserving. You named some excellent teams. All 3 of us would love to defend against the Thundergirls, the Wings, Cerberus, the Punchers, the Heartbreakers, the Ashfords, the Cherrybombs, and so on. But there's something more important than that, at least to us it's more important. It's not just about which team The SWAT Cats think can hang with us. It's about which teams are willing to go out there and prove it. Prove to us and the world that they are willing to capitalize on this opportunity put forward by us and meet us in that ring. That they are willing to answer the call and show that they can hang with the champs when push comes to shove. We can say they're all worthy, but if they don't come to get the titles when there's no nepotism or bureaucracy getting in the way, if they don't come for the belts when we're welcoming them to come to get them, then they don't want to be the best and they were never deserving to begin with."
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Sweetheart wrote:The shy girl would smile and nod "Oh okay, thank you."
She would sit back down as the next person would stand back up, adjusting his cap smiling
"Hello, I'm Tezuka Taro, from Marvelous! magazine. Out of you three who will be defending the belts, considering the Freebird rule says that any pair of you can defend the titles? Will, it mainly be Kat and Tracy or a mix of pairs with Aurora?"
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winner3 wrote:The tag champs would look at each other in response to Tezuka's question. They murmured to each other before Kat and Tracy spoke up.
"Aurora's got this one."
"Aurora's got this one." They both said in unison.
"Mr. Taro. Thank you for your question. Freebird rule does allow us to defend our belts in any team configuration as long as it's any two out of the three of us competing in the actual championship match. We've actually touched on this previously. Like the lovely Katherine Hart to my right had said before, all our championship matches will be open challenges. And each time, we're allowing our challengers to choose which two of us defend against them, as well as the match stipulation. That takes away the need for us to fight amongst ourselves about who will be defending at any given time since the challengers will be the ones choosing. Naturally, I expect that I'll be chosen quite often. People have a propensity to underestimate me at their own peril. But as a Freebird team, we're confident we can operate at 110 percent no matter which two of us are defending. We believe in each other that much. So really at the end of the day, it doesn't matter to us."
"Does that answer your question, Mr. Taro?"
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SweetHeartSoftie wrote:"Yes, thank you very much, and I hope you can make it so people won't undermine you after showing you skills off." Taro would sit down as the third person would stand up.
"Okay so uh I'm gonna ask Tracy specifically for this one. So recently you had a run-in with another wrestler, Camie Young, during one of your autograph sighings, and, not to come off as rude, but Camie did seem to get the better of you. Will you two be squaring off anytime soon or will you be focusing mainly on your titles with the other Swatcats?"
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winner3 wrote:The cat ears on Tracy's mask perked up upon hearing this new question. The Circus Cat frowned but she tried to contain her anger. Aurora would rub Tracy's shoulders, seemingly to try and calm her as Tracy tried to compose herself. She stewed for just a moment before answering.
"Not to be rude, you say? But that's a super biased and rude way to put it!" Tracy blurted out. Her grip on her mic tightened but she spoke in a more composed, but irritated voice after.
"That sideshow, that extra, that nobody's doing anything to get attention and put herself on the map. She crashed my autograph signing. She skipped the line. She tried to fight me at my own event that was dedicated to showing appreciation for the fans, and then she took a fan hostage JUST to get the drop on me!"
"Camie...Young, you said her name was? When I was giving her the business end of my fists, she started choking out an innocent fan. A girl in the front that had nothing to do with any of this. And when I cut in to save this innocent bystander, Camie got me. If that's "getting the better" of me, then I look forward to boycotting your articles, Mr. Whatever-your-name-is!"
"I'm not giving Camie the time of day. If she wants a match, she can challenge me like a big girl or she can give management a ring. I'll stick by my best friends for life AND I'll pull double duty in singles competition and in the tag division, just as I always have."
"Thank you."
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SweetHeartSoftie wrote:The fans would give a small cheer, the person asking the question sitting back down after Tracy dismissed Camie's assault, the fourth person standing up slowly.
"Um Hello, so Kat, considering you're the leader of the cats...well leader.-" They put air quotes before continuing.
"Overall how do you feel about the journey you three have made as a team, do you feel it could have been better, or do you feel there is anyone that you want to thank for helping you get here?" They would ask a much more docile question after Tracy had gotten so defensive about the last one.
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winner3 wrote:Kat and Aurora could tell this was being asked to transition away from the mood Tracy brought about just now. Kat got on the question right away.
"Couldn't be prouder, honestly."
"I actually appreciate the air quotes around the word "leader". I take pride in being able to say that my partners look up to me. But there's no hierarchy here. They respect me and take stock in what I do and say because I've earned their respect just like I've earned yours and several fans and other wrestlers and promoters throughout the years. Katherine Hart, Tracy Canon, and Aurora Estrella are competent and capable in the ring in their own rights, and we're even more potent together as a team. I'm overjoyed to be able to call them my best friends, my tag partners, my sisters in arms....and I'm honored to be on this team."
"I couldn't be more proud of them and of the journey we've had to get here." Kat would finish by spreading her arms, taking Tracy and Aurora in by the head on each side for a group hug/headlock.
"Okay folks! that does it for fan and media questions! We've exhausted our ten minutes! We're going to break so that your hostess with the mostest can get her time in with the Cats for an interview!" Lexy would bring both her pointers to her cheeks and pose cutely to draw attention to herself. She seized the moment and segued into the intermission she explained in the beginning.
"But first! Before we let our trio head back for some water and snacks! I'd like to bestow upon them the new Tag Team Title Belts on behalf of DeFranco and LAW management!" Lexy would quickly reach underneath the table. She struggled to abruptly lift a metal briefcase onto the interview table. She'd open it to reveal the prize! And as Katherine, Tracy, and Aurora laid eyes on them, their eyes sparkled as brightly as their new belts!
"Okay let's go to commercial!" Lexy would declare, ending the take!