Post by danedynamite on Feb 26, 2009 10:34:11 GMT -5
Rumors circulating as to why Lauren Kennedy had requested her release from GCW the day before her title match with Jennifer Drew, it was no secret that both Lauren and Jennifer had personal issues with each other from their time in another promotion. Also she had personal issues that had grown worse with other roster members, Lauren tried to mend rifts between them. Ending her relationship with Angel Fyre that was brought up publically because of the GCW creative team as a potential story with personal and onscreen heat between Lauren and Trinity. Other reports suggested that Lauren was going to lose against Jennifer and that she left for those reasons, this was all speculation until now.
The lady herself was going to clear all of that up. The screen loads and on Lauren's personal website this video is on the homepage and plays automatically.
"Where do I start with this video, first off I can confirm I requested my release from Global Championship Wrestling. This wasn't an easy decision to make but I felt I have made the best choice for me. Believe it or not I have been wrestling with a bad back and I probably should have taken the time and allowed the injury to heal which now I will be doing so. My back pain isn't the sole reason for me leaving GCW, I was unhappy that my personal life was used on TV as simply a storyline and had been for a lot of my GCW career. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was the mentioning of my daughter on live TV not only once but twice. I like to keep my daughter's life private and not thrusted upon TV for ratings or as a shot taken at my character. I liked to keep the two seperate."
Lauren paused as she wiped a tear from her eye.
"Lauren Kennedy the performer and Lauren Kennedy the person are two different things, and I didn't like my personal life being thrusted into the public domain. Sure being followed by the paparazzi is to be expected but to show up to work and have them exploit me over it. I wanted to move on from that, but clearly without creative control I wasn't allowed to. This was supposed to be my last year wrestling I planned to retire and enjoy what life had given me. Now I guess my plan for that has been moved forward slightly. Now I am going to make a few personal goodbyes."
Lauren clears her throat before making the personal parts
"I'd like to take a moment to say something to Jennifer, for all the bad that was brought up between us I'd like to reach out and resolve it, if somehow and someway we can resolve our issues and maybe start over and become friends. I'd like to try."
"To Jack and Steve, Steve and I were friends for some time he is a nice guy and one of the few in this business that didn't let stardom go to his head I liked that because often Steve was the bridge between us as stars and the fans. Jack I was just starting to get to know you and sure sometimes you can be a bad guy but most of the time you were good to me and gave me the advice I needed."
"To those who I never got the chance to work with, I am sorry if you wanted to work with me. However I think you'll do just fine without working a storyline with me. I wish you all good luck and a bright future ahead of you."
"To the management of GCW thank you for the opportunity for me to shine."
"Finally to my peeps, my entire existence in the wrestling industry is because of you, over the years your faces have changed but the love stayed the same. Whether you became a peep here in GCW or from another promotion I wrestled for I love each and every one of you. I came out here and wrestled through the pain because I loved sharing every second with you. I won the Mayhem championship here and it has been my only championship so far, but in reality it was never just my championship because I shared it with you it was our Mayhem championship. Everyone time I won I was driven by my peeps each victory was our victory. Thank you for supporting me over the years, you really made a girl feel special. I gave my all for you and you gave it all back to me, I'll miss you all."
"After a little over a year I feel that I gave my best to GCW, it was my big break in the business and away from daddy. So thank you GCW. It's time for the First Lady to say her goodbye to the GCW universe."
The camera fades to black...
The lady herself was going to clear all of that up. The screen loads and on Lauren's personal website this video is on the homepage and plays automatically.
"Where do I start with this video, first off I can confirm I requested my release from Global Championship Wrestling. This wasn't an easy decision to make but I felt I have made the best choice for me. Believe it or not I have been wrestling with a bad back and I probably should have taken the time and allowed the injury to heal which now I will be doing so. My back pain isn't the sole reason for me leaving GCW, I was unhappy that my personal life was used on TV as simply a storyline and had been for a lot of my GCW career. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was the mentioning of my daughter on live TV not only once but twice. I like to keep my daughter's life private and not thrusted upon TV for ratings or as a shot taken at my character. I liked to keep the two seperate."
Lauren paused as she wiped a tear from her eye.
"Lauren Kennedy the performer and Lauren Kennedy the person are two different things, and I didn't like my personal life being thrusted into the public domain. Sure being followed by the paparazzi is to be expected but to show up to work and have them exploit me over it. I wanted to move on from that, but clearly without creative control I wasn't allowed to. This was supposed to be my last year wrestling I planned to retire and enjoy what life had given me. Now I guess my plan for that has been moved forward slightly. Now I am going to make a few personal goodbyes."
Lauren clears her throat before making the personal parts
"I'd like to take a moment to say something to Jennifer, for all the bad that was brought up between us I'd like to reach out and resolve it, if somehow and someway we can resolve our issues and maybe start over and become friends. I'd like to try."
"To Jack and Steve, Steve and I were friends for some time he is a nice guy and one of the few in this business that didn't let stardom go to his head I liked that because often Steve was the bridge between us as stars and the fans. Jack I was just starting to get to know you and sure sometimes you can be a bad guy but most of the time you were good to me and gave me the advice I needed."
"To those who I never got the chance to work with, I am sorry if you wanted to work with me. However I think you'll do just fine without working a storyline with me. I wish you all good luck and a bright future ahead of you."
"To the management of GCW thank you for the opportunity for me to shine."
"Finally to my peeps, my entire existence in the wrestling industry is because of you, over the years your faces have changed but the love stayed the same. Whether you became a peep here in GCW or from another promotion I wrestled for I love each and every one of you. I came out here and wrestled through the pain because I loved sharing every second with you. I won the Mayhem championship here and it has been my only championship so far, but in reality it was never just my championship because I shared it with you it was our Mayhem championship. Everyone time I won I was driven by my peeps each victory was our victory. Thank you for supporting me over the years, you really made a girl feel special. I gave my all for you and you gave it all back to me, I'll miss you all."
"After a little over a year I feel that I gave my best to GCW, it was my big break in the business and away from daddy. So thank you GCW. It's time for the First Lady to say her goodbye to the GCW universe."
The camera fades to black...
OOC: This is the character's reasons for leaving not my personal ones, I felt this way was better than leaving with nothing or a messy OOC thread. My reasons are numerous the main one of which I may discuss in time on msn not on the boards, but my life has reached a turning point and I feel time to move on. GCW wasn't the first fed I was in but it was my main for so long, and part of me is sad to leave. I have agreed with Pyro that he can still use my server to host matches, and I'd like to stay friends with everybody and I might check the boards out and post. I'd hope that I remain a welcomed guest despite past differences with members. Either way if you want to keep in touch with me I'll add my MSN to Lauren's profile before logging out today so feel free to add me if you want to do so.
Good luck.
- Jay