On this day, she is in her training gear consisting of yoga-style shorts, boxing-style shoes, a black sports bra showing off her well-conditioned midriff. Her blonde hair is tied up in a ponytail and wrapped up into a bun.
With her phone in hand, recording every step of her journey, she strolls through the academy, documenting what she sees. She looks into the camera, all smiles.
Alexis: Hey everyone! It’s your girl, Lexi here! It’s been a week since I arrived here in HWA and it’s been awesome! I’m at the training academy here in LA and oh…em…gee! This place is freaking incredible!
Alexis momentarily switches her phone to face forward, scanning across the landscape of the training academy as she speaks over what she’s filming.
Alexis: Look, look, look! They have four training rings! FOUR! Can you believe that?! That is insane!
Alexis points the camera up towards the office floor before turning the camera back to selfie mode.
Alexis: Up there is where the bosses work! Red Dragon, they all call him Sensei for some reason, seems a little racist just because he’s Japanese if you ask me! And then there’s Wisdom and Butch and that new German guy Hans! But yeah, they run things here so I better make a good impression!
Something seems to catch Alexis’ attention off-camera. She turns the camera back to photo mode and spots two fellow female wrestlers perfecting their throws and holds. Intrigued by their impressive skills, Alexis decides to join them for a closer look. As she gets closer, we see Michelle Learner with her arm wrapped around Erica Martinez’s neck. Next to her Sarah Callahan is perched on one knee giving her direction.
Alexis: What do we have here? Looks like we have a few fellow competitors practicing a submission, let’s have a closer look!
Alexis keeps filming in photo mode as she approaches one of the training rings. The ladies see Alexis with her phone filming and they look a little defensive.
Alexis: What kind of training are y'all doing? Hey don’t look so defensive, ladies, I’m just here to watch and learn!
Michelle: Okay well, un I’m just working on my submission game. Sarah’s really good at Jiu-Jitsu so she’s just giving me some pointers.
Alexis: Is that right? Wow that’s so cool!
Alexis jumps on to the ring apron, phone still in-hand.
Alexis: I’m not exactly a rookie when it comes to this sort of thing? Do you mind if I give it a go on you? See how it feels? I’m filming it so you can even watch it back.
Michelle: Um, yeah, I guess.
Lexi positions her phone on the mat so it’s filming what goes on in the ring. Erica stands up from her seated position and Michelle takes her place. Alexis, eager to continue showcasing her talents, drops to one knee. She intricately wraps her forearm across Michelle’s neck, before bringing her other arm up and behind Michelle’s head and gripping her bicep with the hand of the arm that is wrapped Erica’s neck.
Alexis: The key is to hold your arm here I think, is that right, Sarah? That way you cut off the supply of blood and oxygen to the brain?
Sarah: Uh yeah, I guess but in wrestling, the opponent usually taps pretty quick so that really never happens.
Alexis: Like this you mean?
Alexis suddenly pulls the choke in tight and you can see Michelle’s expression instantly change as her eyes widen and she taps Alexis’s muscle-taut forearm to indicate she’s in pain.
Sarah: Okay, Lex, she tapped, you can let go. Alexis, let go!
Alexis smiles and relinquishes the hold slightly but when Michelle tries to stand, Alexis pulls her back in, tightening the choke as Michelle flails and taps her arm repeatedly, gasping for breath, her face turning redder and redder. Alexis wraps her legs around Michelle’s upper torso into a body scissors as she tightens her grip around her throat.
Erica: Come on, Lexi, she’s tapping out, vamos!
Sarah: Alexis, you’re hurting her! Let go! She tapped!
Both ladies pull relentlessly at Alexis’ arms to try and make her let go of her chokehold on Michelle until she eventually lets go. Michelle, tears streaming down her face, chokes and coughs, trying to catch her breath, holding her neck where a very distinguishable choke bruise is already forming. Alexis stands up, backing off her arms up in mock innocence. As Sarah immediately rushes to Michelle to see if she’s alright, Erica squares right up to Alexis.
Erica: What the hell was that? Puta madre!
Alexis just smiles, still acting innocent.
Alexis: Hey, no need for that? I thought we were training? You can’t just train for what might happen in the ring, you have to make sure your opponent is incapacitated! You’ll be fine, Michelle, I wasn’t trying to hurt you! Well, I was but I wasn’t! You’ll thank me later for that.
Erica: That is bullshit, pendejo! You tried to hurt her, you know how to do submissions, you lied just so you could act all tough!
Alexis laughs out loud.
Alexis: Act tough? I don’t need to act tough…
Alexis leans in her face is almost touching Erica’s.
Alexis: I am tough!
Sarah: Girl, just get the hell out of here, you’ve caused enough trouble!
Alexis maintains her innocent posture and climbs out of the ring, retrieving her phone. She switches it back to selfie mode and speaks into her camera.
Alexis: Sheesh! Some girls just can’t handle a little tough love training! Anyway, I better hit the road before they taddle to the boss on me, I wouldn’t want to get sent to the principle’s office in my first week… on seconds thoughts, maybe I do, our boss is very cute! Anyway, what does one dill plus another dill make? Toodles!
Alexis makes some kissing sounds into her phone, smiling as she walks off, leaving Erica and Sarah to help Michelle back to her feet as the scene fades to black.
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