Post by tmg on Oct 16, 2022 19:52:38 GMT -5
The scene starts with Kelly Penkzee-Nelson walking into the Velvet Rabbit: Las Vegas arena. She has a purple jumpsuit on with her hair and make up nicely done. As she faces the three judges that are sitting at their tables, she takes a deep breath before speaking. This is not going to be an easy task for her at all.
This was an answer that I had to think about for the longest time. The question that was asked was if there was someone I wanted to fight, dead or alive, who would it be? I have many people who I want to fight from the likes of Sarah McCarthy’s ex-husband to the one that nearly ended my career back in October 2020. There are so many people I can think of that I want to fight. I must pick one person and one person only. It was hard and I had to narrow it down to one– Henry DiSantos.
She eyes the judges with a serious look on her face, keeping her eye on all of three of them.
Nick wanted to know why I was doing this and was confused. He always knew I would eat a lot but was healthy until he saw the look on my face. My face was unrecognizable to the point where Nick knew I needed help. That’s when I explained everything to him about Henry DiSantos actions and that Chrissy told me to be the change. Nick knew whom to get in contact with about being the change. That person was Jamey Caresalle, a man that saved my life and changed me for the better. Jamey trained me and showed me the respect I deserved. He even recommended me to some professional promotions and one promotion that he showed me was Dublin Wrestling Society or DWS for short. That’s where the likes of Melanie O’Flynn, Sarah McCarthy, Kieran Quinn, and others that are in Five Boroughs Wrestling wrestled at.
This was an answer that I had to think about for the longest time. The question that was asked was if there was someone I wanted to fight, dead or alive, who would it be? I have many people who I want to fight from the likes of Sarah McCarthy’s ex-husband to the one that nearly ended my career back in October 2020. There are so many people I can think of that I want to fight. I must pick one person and one person only. It was hard and I had to narrow it down to one– Henry DiSantos.
She eyes the judges with a serious look on her face, keeping her eye on all of three of them.
I am sure that everyone here is wondering “who is Henry DiSantos and why does Kelly want to fight him?” This seems like an odd choice because she has enemies up the wall that she can pick from. The reason why I picked him for me to fight is this. He was the one that told me that I would never make it in wrestling and that I was “too ugly” and “too fat” to wrestle. It’s story time with KPN, but I am not going to be talking as Kelly Penkzee-Nelson, the badass that wrestles in Wrestleverse and Five Boroughs Wrestling. I am going to bring this as Kelly Christine Kirkwood, the woman behind all of it.
When I finished working with my aunt, the late Patti Franks. She was looking for wrestling promotions for me to go to. Some of them were hard to find because most didn’t take Women’s Wrestling seriously. These promotions would rather see us strip down to our underwear, wrestle nude in these matches, among other things.. Patti knew some of the girls that were in these promotions, that she trained. The stories that she was told made her heart break into pieces. This was not the goal she had in mind with the girls. She wanted them to be like her and these promotions not only embarrassed Patti, but tarnished the reputation that she had built. One of the girls, Chrissy, told me to be the change and go to this promotion, and put my name out there.
She nods at that statement while still looking at the judges.
She nods at that statement while still looking at the judges.
And what promotion did all this nonsense? It was Henry DiSantos’ promotion that was in Newark, New Jersey.
One afternoon, I went to the promotion, knocked on the door, and asked to speak to Mr. DiSantos. He said he was busy and that I needed to wait. After a good two hours, he was finally done until I saw a female come out of the locker room, fixing her hair. If Chrissy wanted me to be the change, sexual favors had to stop. I went into that room and not even five minutes in, I heard these words that would stick with me till this day.
“GET THIS FUCKING FAT PIG OUT OF MY OFFICE! SHE ISN’T LIKE THE GIRLS I HAVE HERE AND WILL NOT LAST!”
I stood there, frozen and confused until he grabbed me and tossed me out like I was hot garbage. How could a man, that’s running a company, do something like this? How could a man do this to his workers, especially the women? I then went to the PATH station, took the train home, and headed to my apartment. I went to go eat something. As I ate it, I felt sick and went to the bathroom to throw it all back up. I did this for months, even hiding it from my family until my cousin Nick found out.
Nick wanted to know why I was doing this and was confused. He always knew I would eat a lot but was healthy until he saw the look on my face. My face was unrecognizable to the point where Nick knew I needed help. That’s when I explained everything to him about Henry DiSantos actions and that Chrissy told me to be the change. Nick knew whom to get in contact with about being the change. That person was Jamey Caresalle, a man that saved my life and changed me for the better. Jamey trained me and showed me the respect I deserved. He even recommended me to some professional promotions and one promotion that he showed me was Dublin Wrestling Society or DWS for short. That’s where the likes of Melanie O’Flynn, Sarah McCarthy, Kieran Quinn, and others that are in Five Boroughs Wrestling wrestled at.
In 2014, I went over there and tore the scene up before moving over to Germany and doing another tour there. That’s where I saw Theodore Bagwell or T-Bag for short. T-Bag and I had our wars. We would go in, night in and night out, beating the living shit out of each other. I won the final match and was ready to head back home to the states. However, before I even went back home, guess who ran his mouth again? You guessed it, Henry DiSantos.
He didn’t know why a woman would wrestle a man when she should be in the back, giving them fellatio and receiving intercourse. Yes, those were his words. Once I got wind of it, I told him that he was nothing but a misogynist pig. That he should RESPECT women. That’s when I said I was changing Women’s wrestling for the good and that he would be the one watching me kick ass and take names. I eventually did go back to the United States and signed with Girl Power Wrestling. My time there was not the best despite it being a Women’s promotion. I felt like I was held back and couldn’t get my name out there. I left in March of 2015 and signed with CKP full-time.
It was in CKP that I was finally respected for my hard work and dedication as not only a wrestler but as a human being. I went against the best of the best. From the likes of Meagan G, Sarah McCarthy, Larissa Johnson, and Amy Harrison. I had the matches I wanted to have. It was thanks to me that our name went from Divas to Women’s Fighters because that’s what we were – fighters. In January 2018, I finally reached the moment that I’d been waiting for since I was called those disgusting names and told that I was too ugly for this. At New Years Party, I defeated Fiona Franklin to win the CKP Women’s Championship, a championship that I would hold on to until the company closed in 2019. Meagan reinstated it for one night only when I lost it to Amy Harrison, in a match that I still hold high to this day.
After everything I’ve been through, I bet Mr. DiSantos feels like shit on how he treated me in the past. I know people change for a reason and changing is good. I don’t think he changed at all regarding his actions. To close this out, I have a lot of things to say to Henry DiSantos and I hope he finds out about this because I am far from done with him.
You can hear a pin drop after the statement.
You can hear a pin drop after the statement.
Henry DiSantos, your words that day really hurt me because you made me feel like I was unworthy. You made me feel like I needed to stoop down to the levels of being a beautiful blonde girl used to be your eye candy. You didn’t want someone like me to be in your company. You got very defensive and claimed that I was going to ruin your company’s reputation and make you look like an ass. You have nobody to blame but yourself. I earned my accomplishments the RIGHT way and not by any favors to please ANYONE! I have class and dignity while you’re the lowest of trash. That’s the reason why I want to fight you. Hell, I don’t even know if you are still in the business. Let it be known, I will see you one day and fight you in the middle of the ring.
The pain remains, Henry. I will never forget it.
KPN backs up and leaves the CCPE arena. She had a lot to say about this and really got it off her mind.
KPN backs up and leaves the CCPE arena. She had a lot to say about this and really got it off her mind.