The Ballad of Veronica and Archie

"There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed.
But when she was bad, she was Veronica!"

When I was young, I was into comics. Particularly a series that featured a redheaded teenage boy and his circle of friends in a small town. The boy was a nice, if somewhat clumsy, young man who was caught between two girls. One girl, the blonde, was very nice and sweet. The other girl, the brunette, was rich, haughty and arrogant - although from time to time she would show a very sweet side of her own.

Of course, I'm talking about the Archie comics. Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper and the infamous Veronica Lodge. However, when I started watching CHIKARA, it took me awhile to see the connection between Archie and Veronica, and Marchie Archie and Majorette Veronica. The comparison is quite accurate (except that Comic Archie was never arrogant, whereas Marchie Archie was) - both couples were inseparable, until (invariably), Archie did something to make Veronica mad and look elsewhere. In the comics, Archie would either be unable to afford to take Veronica out, or do something clumsy or downright silly, and Veronica would turn her back on him to go out with Reggie Mantle.

In CHIKARA, this power couple were unstoppable and inseparable from their debut in the spring of 2011 until CHIKARA's first iPPV, "High Noon" on November 13th, 2011. After a loss to Colt Cabana, Marchie Archie has been on a losing streak that even turning into "Mixed Martial Arts" Archie has been unable to stem. Veronica has gotten mighty angry - and you don't want to see Veronica angry. Ever.

To make matters worse, she has cast her eyes towards a new face in the promotion - one Mr. Touchdown. She seems to fancy the muscular newcomer who has been the target of Archie since realising his partner's interest in him. Yet Majorette Veronica also shares a characteristic of Veronica Lodge - she, too, has a soft spot for Archie and has yet to completely abandon him, no matter how angry or how much she has berated him.

At CHIKARA's second iPPV this Saturday, "Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur" we will see the resolution of this conflict - MMA Archie is teaming with former foe Colt Cabana to take on Mr. Touchdown and Dasher Hatfield. If you have been following Veronica on twitter, you well know how conflicted Miss Ticklefeather is. Will she follow her heart or her head? Will she show mercy and compassion or be ruthless and unforgiving? Will we see a reuniting of Archie and Veronica? It all comes down to Saturday and to one woman's ultimate decision.

Tick tock.....tick tock....