A/N. So, yes, I know that this is my third story while I currently have two in production. But, I had this idea for a story and I wanted to start working on it before I lost it. FYI, for the sake of this story, I'm following my own PPV schedule, so that's why it doesn't match up with the actual one. I plan for this story to happen over the process of a few months, culminating at WrestleMania 35. Quick disclaimer: since this story does not contain any OC's, I own nothing- all names and likenesses belong to WWE. So, without further ado, onto Chapter 1
1 October 2018
Dean Ambrose walked into the arena for Monday Night Raw as he always did- his shades on and his suitcase trailing behind him. Since returning from a lengthy shoulder injury a few months earlier, he had been embroiled in a story with Bray Wyatt.
It had been supposed to culminate in a one on one match with Wyatt at SummerSlam, a match in which he had been victorious. But the feud had been popular and both stars were as over as they'd ever been, so it had been extended.
Over the months since SummerSlam, the feud had escalated to involve the recently crowned Raw Tag Team Champions, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, who had rejoined The Wyatt Family upon their drafting to the red brand on the post-SummerSlam episode. This had (naturally) led to Dean enlisting the help of his old tag partners Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, themselves the current Universal and Intercontinental Champions, respectively.
At the Extreme Rules Pay-Per-View the previous night, the match had been going well. The crowd were hot for the return of The Shield for the first time in nearly a year, and they were excited because it seemed as though the babyface trio were about to win, when Paige returned from a neck injury and attacked Roman as he prepared for the Triple Powerbomb, seemingly aligning herself with the mysterious Family.
But that was all in the past, as he strolled towards The Shield's locker room for the night, he was only focussed on this episode of Raw. Arriving at the locker room, he was unsurprised to find that he was the first one there. As champions, Seth and Roman were required to do extra media and as such often arrived at the arena later than some of the others on the roster.
Taking advantage of the empty locker room, Dean looked out his gear. Since returning from injury, it was decided that he should wrestle in more traditional trunks and boots, as opposed to the jeans and wife-beater he had been wearing since mid-2014. Of course, he still wore the cargo pants and swat gear when he was teaming with Seth and Roman (as had been the case last night), but as he had decided to try and seperate himself from the immediate post-Shield split run, he had decided that black and red trunks with his logo in white on the back were more appropriate.
About to start changing, Dean was interrupted by a knocking sound on the door of the room. Going to answer it, a stage-hand was standing there. "He- hello, Dea- erm- Mr Ambrose" the guy asked, nervous- obviously relatively new on the road: Dean hadn't seen him before, at least. "You've been requested in Mr McMahon and Mr Helmsley's office."
"Alright... two seconds" the Lunatic Fringe responds, chucking the trunks on the bench and leaving the room.
Navigating the building with relative ease, it wasn't long until Dean approached Vince's office. He'd been doing this a while, and all the arenas had similar layouts- even if he hadn't wrestled in this particular building before it wouldn't have taken him long. Knocking on the door, he didn't bother to wait for confirmation that he could enter. They'd summoned him here, it wouldn't make sense for him to not be allowed to go into the office.
"Ah. Dean. Good to see you. How've you been?" Vince asks
"Good, yourself?" he responds. Not usually one for small talk, he understood that the one thing that Vince valued above all else was respect. And as such, it was rare that Dean didn't engage in pleasantries with the Chairman.
"Eh. Can't complain." Vince concluded, as Dean shook Triple H's hand in greeting, before moving on to do the same to The Game's father-in-law.
"So, why am I here, Sir?" Dean asks, deciding that it'd be best to get to the matter at hand.
"Well, as you know, we have big plans for the feud between you and Bray. As it stands, we want this rivalry to conclude with a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania." Triple H started "However, for it to last this long and not get stale, we have to introduce more twists and turns to keep it fresh."
"Hence the Paige thing last night." Dean said
"Exactly. You may also be aware, that we are trying to push away from being a PG show, as it is possible that presenting a slightly more adult-orientated program will appeal to a larger audience." Vince said.
"So, how am I going to combat the threat of Paige? Obviously, me Seth or Roman can't attack her... even if we aren't aiming to produce a PG product?"
"Well, funny you should ask that. Because me and Stephanie were discussing this, and we concluded that the best option would be to pair you with one of the women."
"Ok, so who am I teaming with?" Dean asked, his interest peaked by the most recent development in his storyline.
"We decided that we'd go for Sasha. We feel that her in-ring style would compliment yours well and that you would be compatible enough off camera to make the angle work." Triple H responds
"And there's the history between Paige and Banks that you can play up to, explaining why she's decided to help us out." Dean finished
"Exactly." Vince said. "Now, here's the rundown for what we want out of your segment tonight. We trust you won't let us down."
"Thank you, sir. Hunter." Dean said, shaking both their hands again before exiting the room and heading back towards his locker room to drop off his script.
A/N. So, that was Chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it and that it didn't get too boring, with it being mainly exposition and no real interaction between any of the main characters. Hopefully it won't take me long to get Chapter 2 up, I've got a long weekend off from Uni, so I should be able to get at least one chapter up over this period. In the meantime, please leave a review and let me know what you think of the story so far- your feedback means a lot to me. And thank you for reading, I'll see you next time!
