(Part of this story is true.)
My first real booking in Japan. The flight seemed a million hours and the train a million more. When I get there, I'm exhausted, hungry and sore. I just want to eat good sushi, get an ice cold bottle of saki and settle down in a tiny hotel room with a bed that I'm small enough to fit into. But I have to meet the booker first, and I'm in no mood for bullshit. And with bookers, it's always bullshit. Trying to grab something, trying to trade "favors" for a top spot or giving you some sort of slutty gimmick.
Now don't get me wrong, I've got a highly sexualized gimmick, but I'm not slutty. There's a difference. Men respect sexual--the allure of something they can't have--but slutty gets you no respect. And if Lance Storm taught me anything, he taught me about respect.
So when the booker hands me a mask and says (in Japanese) "You're Lady DDT," I have to wonder what he's up to.
"You saw my tape right?" I ask him, answering back in his language (thank you mixed heritage). "I'm a submission wrestler with lots of kicks."
I may not have a punch, but a lifetime of dancing on the stage and in the clubs taught me how to fucking
kick.
He shakes his head. "No, you're Lady DDT."
I look at the mask. It's black with the letters "DDT" in red. It looks awful. But this is my first real gig in Japan, so I take the mask. "I'm Lady DDT."
He smiles and nods, giving me a very short bow. The minimum required. I return it with a respectful bow. "Arigatōgozaimashita," I say.
And so I spent six months as "Lady DDT." They don't let me use my kicks or my submission holds. Just DDTs. I get my ass kicked and my body stretched for five minutes, then?OUT OF NOWHERE!!!?I land a DDT. Standard DDT, Reverse DDT, Flying DDT, Impact DDT, Cradle DDT, Fisherman's DDT, Shooting Star DDT...
And you know what? It got over. The fans watching me get stretched and pounded for five minutes, waiting for the inevitable DDT from me...it got over. Big time.
But my finisher...that was something
I came up with. A special twist on the move that I used for the first time in the Tokyo Dome. My opponent's name was Killer Kong (another in a long line of Kongs). When I reversed her powerbomb into a Reverse DDT, the crowd went nuts. When she kicked out after two, they went even
nutser. And with her kneeling there, trying to get up, I knew it was time for the debut. Something nobody had ever seen before...
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RP: What the @#$% is Punky doing? She should be pinning Chance!
LVK: She went under the ring, but she hasn't grabbed any plunder. "With my own two fucking hands..."
RP: That's a goddamn mistake, Van Keel. She should be doing everything in her power to put Chance down. I've seen that woman get up from three powerbombs.
LVK: The resiliance of Rowan Chance is legendary in the world of professional wrestling, but right now... look! Rowan seems to be moving!I can see the lights. That's about it. They're blurry blobs of white shining down on me.
I can feel my arm move. Just a little. Taste the blood in my mouth. And the pain starts to return. In my back. In my head. My shoulder feels like someone hit it with a rock...
...or a punch from Punky.
And that's when I remember where I am. And who I'm there with. So when your purple punky tails come into view and you start to pick up my head by my hair, and your voice purrs down at me, "Let's see how much you have left to give, darlin'..." I know what to do.
I've got no punch...
So I
KICK.
Straight forward. You've got a wide base so you can lift me up. Gives me a great target. In fact, there's a little skull that shows me exactly where to aim for.
So I
KICK.
Hard domme heel first. Straight where I know will hurt you the most. You dodged me the first time.
Let's see if you can dodge this one...
darlin'.