Love. Love is a mysterious thing. It is stated love means to have an intense feeling of deep affection for something or someone. It can bring happiness to one's heart. Love also can hurt. When you least expect it, love may bring total destruction to one's heart. All of this is what the love triangle of Joseph "Joey" Kennedy, Nicole "Nikki" Garcia-Colace & John Felix Anthony Cena have all encountered. There was a time in 2010 when Joey & Nicole met and immediately bonded. When they officially dated in 2012, the two fell deep in love with each other and thought to be the happiest they have ever been. Until tragedy struck when the Bellas were mysteriously fired for no reason whatsoever stated. Joey tried to save their jobs but he only was threatened to mind his own business and forced to attend press and live events all over the country or lose his job too. This unfortunate event causes disruption and a sudden ending to Joey and Nicole's short but amazing relationship due to long-distance, work and time not being on their side. Fast forward to 2015, Nikki Bella was rehired with Brie back in 2013 and is currently dating John Cena. Joey Kennedy now is still single but still stands tall on the mountain as the man of the WWE as the new Prince of Darkness. But even the most sinister wrestler in WWE can be overtaken by emotion thanks to the mark the love of his life left on him.
Monday Night RAW: December 7th, 2015. CONSOL Energy Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.
The crowd is going completely wild for the United States Championship Open Challenge match. Current US Champion, Joey Kennedy is on the last stand of defense avoiding the deadly last resort set of kicks from his opponent, Neville. As the man that gravity forgot was about to kick Joey in the head, the sinister undefeated champion caught Neville's leg and proceeded to wail on him with vicious elbows to the head. Joey picked up Neville and yelled out along with the fans the name of the dreaded finisher that has kept Joey victorious for a long time.
"TOMBSTONE!"
Joey finalized the move and dropped Neville on the head. He crossed his arms and performed the signature evil white eyes as WWE senior referee Charles Robinson counted;
"1..2..3! Ring the bell!"
As the bell rung, the crowd roared with excitement and applause as their undefeated United States Champion stood tall once again in the squared circle. As his "Immortality" theme song played in the arena, Joey Kennedy stood tall in the middle of the ring with his US championship held high in his hands above his head. He grew a small and sinister smirk on his face as he glanced across the arena, looking at the fans on their feet giving both competitors a standing ovation for giving them an amazing match. Joey lowered the title and as he advanced toward the ropes to leave, he crouched down to a downed Neville and patted him on the head with the encouraging words of...
"Damn good stuff kid. But better luck next time."
Neville grew a smile on his face to the fact that he earned the respect of arguably WWE's greatest wrestler today. And just like that, Joey disappeared into the backstage area and let out a huge sigh of relief as he was able to once again entertain the fans.
Joey waited for Neville and together walked out of the curtains into the backstage hallway to encounter a crowd of people full of suits, referees and fellow superstars and divas giving them a standing ovation for their excellent showing. The first couple of people to approach was Joey's long time friends from the late 1990's; Paul "Triple H" Levesque & his wife Stephanie McMahon-Levesque. Triple H approached and hugged both men after shaking hands. Triple H as the C.O.O. of the WWE expressed his gratitude for Joey's loyalty and love for the wrestling business by simply whispering
"Thank you."
Stephanie approached Joey and did the same thing with Joey smiling and thanked both of them for keeping him around. As the retaining US champion and The Man Gravity Forgot made their way through all of the roster, two beautiful women were spotted in the back observing the scene with huge smiles in their faces and anxiousness running through them. These women were Brianna "Brie" Bella and her sister, Nicole "Nikki" Bella. Also known in WWE as The Bella Twins. Nicole is recovering from a neck injury she suffered in the ring but took the time to visit her sister and Joey who she missed a lot.
As Joey got through the crowd, he noticed the twins from afar and immediately noticed Nicole with a huge grin on her face. He ran over with a big smile.
"Nicole!" Joey said as he embraces his close friend and former love.
"Hey Joey! Surprise!" Nicole said. "Surprise indeed!" Joey responded. "What brings you by? I thought you were busy recovering?"
She responded "Oh well, I was really missing you guys and missing work so I thought I'd pay a visit! But oh my god Joey, you killed it out there! I'm so proud of you!" Nicole was of course referring to the US title defense Joey had with Neville.
Joey blushed and showed off his US title to the twins. "Hey, I am still the man and still the champ" Small laughter ensued within the trio as Joey was always known for his confident wittiness. One of the many things Nicole loved about Joey.
"Seriously though Joey…" Brie interrupted. "That was an amazing match you had. Also, Nicole and I came up with an idea that we all go out after the show to spend time with each other and celebrate your title defense."
Joey was surprised and immediately answered with "Heck yeah! Count me in! After I clean myself up!" The trio agreed and smiles away as they split up to their respective paths.
As the Bellas walked away, Brie checked behind them to see if Joey had left for the locker room and he was nowhere in sight. Brie stopped her sister in the hall where no one else could hear them talk and asked Nicole
"So this is it huh? You're ready to make your decision to Joey?" Nicole let out a nervous sigh complete with her nervous look as she responded "Yeah, I'm gonna do it at the restaurant but I want it to be just me and him." Brie agreed to the condition and comforted her sister as this was going to be a huge decision for her to make.
The decision whether or not she will leave John Cena, her current boyfriend, the so-called face of the WWE for Joey Kennedy to re-spark the relationship they had four years ago. This huge conflict stumbled upon Nicole only six months ago backstage at RAW when Joey snapped and finally let it out to Nicole that after these four long years, he still loves her and wants her to come back to him. It was a moment Nicole had kept replaying in her mind ever since.
