Disclaimer: Don't own them. WWF, WrestleMania, and Raw is War are owned by WWFE. WCW and Monday Nitro are owned by Fusient Media Ventures. I may not use the wrestlers real names in this fic but everything else is real life. So if you don't like that tough. I have this interest in real life stuff. Or so I have been told.
Time frame: This fic starts March 19 2001. The RAW on that day has been changed. AU rules!
Summary: In the blink of an eye, everything can change.
Blink
By Dana
Chris Benoit clicked the off button on his cell phone. He smiled. He was in the dressing room of Pepsi Arena in Albany New York waiting for RAW to start. He had just finished talking to his wife Nancy. He was hoping to get time off to see her and his son soon.
"Talk to your wife?" Hunter Hearst Helmsley asked.
"Yeah. She put Daniel on and he said dada."
"Cool. What about your other kid." HHH asked.
"Megan? I called her the other day. I hope to see her when I get back to Calgary sometime." Benoit said putting on his wrestling T-shirt.
"Chris?" Perry Saturn called. Benoit turned around. "We have to talk about the match tonight."
"Just one second." He said and laced up his wrestling boots. When he got over to Perry, Dean Malenko and Eddy Guerrero were waiting. "Okay so are we having a run in?" He asked.
"Yeah. Was Heyman's idea." Eddy said. "With us ambushing you in the dressing room before the match.
"Okay. So how are we going to do the locker room brawl?" Benoit asked.
They discussed it and joked around before they had everything figured out. They were the best friends Chris had ever had.
***
Benoit watched as Perry Saturn made his entrance before stretching. Eddy flashed him thumbs up before he went to the ring. The fans booed and yet he still found the fans that were cheering amongst them.
He dove into the ring and as planned Perry started kicking him before he got the T-shirt off. The match went back and forth neither wrestler really having an advantage. Then the time came for Perry to clothesline Chris over the tope rope. He got in position but something felt off. As he was coming, down the small of his back hit the edge of the ring apron. That would usually be a regular bump for most wrestlers but the pain he felt when he hit it was almost unbearable. Before he blacked out, he saw Perry jump out of the ring and come towards him.
Perry was about to throw Benoit back into the ring when he saw that Chris was unconscious. He called his name. "Chris?" But there was no response. The referee jumped out of the ring and looked at Benoit. He walked over to the timekeeper and told him to call for a stretcher.
The fans watched in shock as Eddy and Dean came running to ringside. They knelt down next to Benoit.
At the commentating table, both Paul Heyman and Jim Ross sat there speechless. Ross said "Fans we've got a problem." Raw went to a commercial. Heyman went over to where the wrestlers and paramedics were.
One of the paramedics turned to Perry. "What happened?" She asked.
"I think he smacked his back on the ring apron." Perry said. He couldn't believe one of his best friends was injured because of him.
Time frame: This fic starts March 19 2001. The RAW on that day has been changed. AU rules!
Summary: In the blink of an eye, everything can change.
Blink
By Dana
Chris Benoit clicked the off button on his cell phone. He smiled. He was in the dressing room of Pepsi Arena in Albany New York waiting for RAW to start. He had just finished talking to his wife Nancy. He was hoping to get time off to see her and his son soon.
"Talk to your wife?" Hunter Hearst Helmsley asked.
"Yeah. She put Daniel on and he said dada."
"Cool. What about your other kid." HHH asked.
"Megan? I called her the other day. I hope to see her when I get back to Calgary sometime." Benoit said putting on his wrestling T-shirt.
"Chris?" Perry Saturn called. Benoit turned around. "We have to talk about the match tonight."
"Just one second." He said and laced up his wrestling boots. When he got over to Perry, Dean Malenko and Eddy Guerrero were waiting. "Okay so are we having a run in?" He asked.
"Yeah. Was Heyman's idea." Eddy said. "With us ambushing you in the dressing room before the match.
"Okay. So how are we going to do the locker room brawl?" Benoit asked.
They discussed it and joked around before they had everything figured out. They were the best friends Chris had ever had.
***
Benoit watched as Perry Saturn made his entrance before stretching. Eddy flashed him thumbs up before he went to the ring. The fans booed and yet he still found the fans that were cheering amongst them.
He dove into the ring and as planned Perry started kicking him before he got the T-shirt off. The match went back and forth neither wrestler really having an advantage. Then the time came for Perry to clothesline Chris over the tope rope. He got in position but something felt off. As he was coming, down the small of his back hit the edge of the ring apron. That would usually be a regular bump for most wrestlers but the pain he felt when he hit it was almost unbearable. Before he blacked out, he saw Perry jump out of the ring and come towards him.
Perry was about to throw Benoit back into the ring when he saw that Chris was unconscious. He called his name. "Chris?" But there was no response. The referee jumped out of the ring and looked at Benoit. He walked over to the timekeeper and told him to call for a stretcher.
The fans watched in shock as Eddy and Dean came running to ringside. They knelt down next to Benoit.
At the commentating table, both Paul Heyman and Jim Ross sat there speechless. Ross said "Fans we've got a problem." Raw went to a commercial. Heyman went over to where the wrestlers and paramedics were.
One of the paramedics turned to Perry. "What happened?" She asked.
"I think he smacked his back on the ring apron." Perry said. He couldn't believe one of his best friends was injured because of him.