Vicious Vicki is set to compete in a 10-woman battle royal at Awesome Championship Wrestling's (ACW) Indypendence Day event on Saturday, with the winner earning the No. 1 contender spot for the ACW Women's Championship.
The event will take place at the MJN Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. Vicki, a longtime participant in ACW, expressed her frustration with being overlooked and stated her intention to prove her dominance.
"I have been a part of ACW since its inception," Vicki told Fox News Digital. "I have been the, yes, self-proclaimed ‘Queen of ACW,’ but at the same time, I have been stepped on, walked all over, just overlooked, overshadowed, and I just feel I have 10 other women who have no business being in that ring."
Vicki previously pinned current champion Steph De Lander in a tag team match at a previous event called Reckoning. She believes Saturday's match is a crucial opportunity to re-enter the title picture.
"Now, I know I have to get the contendership to do that, but there have been multiple times and multiple occasions where I should have been in the title picture or had the title. So, Saturday is going to be a proving ground yet again at why I'm the best in ACW."
Vicki, who hails from New Jersey, cited WWE Hall of Famer Lita and The Hardy Boyz from wrestling's Attitude Era as her early inspirations. She began her professional wrestling career in 2018.
"I have been a fan for pretty much my entire life. Four years old, I was watching the Attitude Era and just watching these larger-than-life characters and really just fell in love with it," she said. "I always wanted to be like Lita."
She described professional wrestling as a blend of athleticism and performance. "I think for me, it was just this perfect blend of acting and athleticism and the outfits and I just think it was just so mesmerizing as a kid," Vicki explained. "Then as I got older and started having new interests like being an athlete and doing musical theater and stuff like that, I feel like it was just literally a perfect blend of everything I loved."
Vicki also praised ACW as a promotion, calling it "one of the hottest things going right now" and one of the biggest independent companies. She highlighted the talent on the card and the fan experience at ACW events.
"I think people have a ball. Every single time that I go to a show and whether I'm doing meet and greets or if it's before the show, after the show, everybody's just so happy to be there. They are so excited for the show. It's very family friendly. And it's for the smart marks, too. It’s just a really great company and I don't know one person who has had a bad time at ACW."