Jennifer Connelly

## Overview

Jennifer Connelly is widely regarded as the greatest WWYD superstar of all time. She won the first four tournaments winning 24 out 24 matches with an average score of 72.3. This undefeated run became known as The Streak. One of the factors that makes Connelly a formidable prospect in WWYD is her ability to reach the later stages of the tournaments without using up her signature shots. In other words, her "normal" shots are all very strong. Her patented special move, The Mirror, has won two finals (WWYD3 and WWYD4) to date. In WWYD2, Connelly used it in the Quarter-Finals to destroy Cybil Shepherd, 77-23, who had until then been on an impressive run. In the WWYD4 Quarter-Finals, she debuted a new special The Horse against Keira Knightly to defeat her 73-27. Since WWYD began, Connelly has never given an interview or spoken in public. Intensely private, she never leaves her dressing room. She does sometimes leave messages on the Connelly Door.

# Storylines and Controversies

## WWYD1

Connelly emerged from WWYD1 as the established champion and de facto WWYD "Ace". The first tournament established Connelly as *the* WWYD Superstar to beat.

## WWYD2

Connelly was part of the highly controversial final against Monica Bellucci, which saw her opponent disqualified by Head Referee Walter Day after allegations of match-fixing in an event that has become known as Bellucci-gate. Special Investigator Robert Mruczek found robust and credible evidence that a bot had been used to bolster Bellucci's vote. At one point over 2,000 votes were "dumped" in less than 30 minutes. The match had an unusually high voter turnout -- over 9,000 cast, well over the normal standard deviation, which led to further accusations of "outside interference". The resentment that the disqualification caused fueled many later storylines, including the Med Event Mafia Takeover and Med Event Mafia vs. The Pantheon story-arcs. It also drastically altered the bookings of the Queen's Cup II, Queen's Cup III, and WWYD4.

## WWYD3

Connelly became increasingly reclusive during the tournament and seldom left her dressing room. Roving reporter Philippa Forrester tried to secure an interview several times to no avail, even going so far as to disguise herself as a pizza-delivery man. After Connelly won the tournament for a third time defeating Scarlett Johansson in the final, many wondered if she might retire. However, Connelly left a note on her locker-room door, found by Forrester, which read: "I am not retiring. Did Roger Federer retire when he won Wimbledon three times? I love the fans and am grateful for all the success. I want to defend my title. I am not someone who quits. I have given everything to WWYD. Love, Jennifer". Following the tournament, Head Referee Walter Day revealed he had sold WWYD to Silvio Berlusconi, which triggered the Med Event Mafia Takeover. Berlusconi appointed Monica Bellucci as Commissioner, who was hell-bent on revenge on Connelly for the events of WWYD2 and assembled the Med Event Mafia. Connelly's friends formed The Pantheon in response. Although Connelly is nominally the head of The Pantheon, she is seldom seen with the others, never gives interviews, and tends to stick to the privacy of her dressing room.

## WWYD4

The tournament was dominated by the Med Event Mafia vs. The Pantheon storyline and Monica Bellucci's revenge mission against Connelly. Connelly was originally booked to face Yekaterina Lisina, a 6'9" giant, but Bellucci changed this to replace Lisina with Salma Hayek. Just before the tournament began, Hayek begged Bellucci to change the booking again ostensibly so Hayek could fulfill her blood-feud against Brooke Shields. Hayek convinced Bellucci to make Alexandra Daddario the opponent instead as a "secret weapon" to take the champion out. Daddario started the match strongly. Special Investigator Robert Mruczek noted irregularities with the voting for Daddario but when he brought these to Bellucci's attention, he was fired and replaced by her "manservant", Damian Hurley. When Connelly made a comeback, Bellucci was about to disqualify her for allegedly cheating when Silvio Berlusconi made a rare intervention to prevent this from taking place. Bellucci cried in front of Berlusconi begging to allow him to disqualify Connelly. Instead, Damian was tasked with finding evidence for cheating. When he was unable to find such evidence, Bellucci had him whipped over 100 times. In the Quarter-Finals of the tournament, The Pantheon definitively defeated the Med Event Mafia when all four of its remaining members -- Brooke Shields, Michelle Pfeiffer, Cindy Crawford, and Connelly herself -- went through to the Semi-Finals. Connelly would then defeat Shields and Pfeiffer to claim her fourth title. During these matches, The Consortium Takeover occurred, which heralded the end of the Med Event Mafia era.

## Queen's Cup IV

Shortly before The Queen's Cup, Commissioner William Regal announced that since Connelly had now won the tournament four times with a near-perfect record and the highest average score in the records, she was to be crowned the WWYD Undisputed Champion and withdrawn from the regular competition in order to defend her new championship. The rules were updated to reflect the fact that the winner of the WWYD tournament would now become the number #1 contender to have a shot at the title at the next event. Under the new rules, the undisputed champion must defend the title at least once a month (i.e. at every WWYD event). A "number #1 contender" group was added to the The Queen's Cup to determine who would face the champion at the next WWYD tournament, while the eventual WWYD winner would face the champion at the next Queen's Cup and so on. A new group to determine the number #1 contender for Connelly's title was established between returning Superstars Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Kelly Brook and Cheryl Cole, the winner would face the champion at WWYD5. Connelly's first title contender was announced to be Nigella Lawson. At the event, Connelly retained her title, winning 62-38.

## WWYD5

Connelly defeated Kelly Brook to retain her WWYD Undisputed Championship. She generally stayed removed from much of the drama as she was no longer taking part in the tournament. However, she featured in a hype video done in the style of *Labyrinth*in which a clock was ticking to suggest Brook was calling time on Connelly's time as champion. The promotional material for the tournament also featured Connelly as the "ace" of the WWYD Franchise. When *The Lotus Eaters* covered WWYD, Connelly was chosen as the cover star and acknowledged as the all-time greatest player of the game.

## Queen's Cup V

Connelly defeated WWYD5-winner Cindy Crawford to retain the WWYD Undisputed Championship extending her run to 27 matches undefeated. Crawford came the closest anyone has come to defeating Connelly since WWYD2.

## WWYD6

Connelly defeated Catherine Zeta-Jones 68-32 in an almost effortless win to 28 matches.

# Facts

* **Signature shots**
	+ The Mirror
	+ The Horse

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Champion"

* **Stables**
	+ The Pantheon

# Championships and accomplishments

* WWYD1 winner
* WWYD2 winner
* WWYD3 winner
* WWYD4 winner
* WWYD Undisputed Champion