The Zack Mercer Story
Chapter 1: Drafted?!
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 - WWE Draft
WWE Performance Center
Tonight was the biggest night in the careers of many of the NXT Stars who performed on the brand. It was night that would change many of their careers for ever mainly the careers of those men and women who would be drafted by Raw or the returning brand, Smackdown Live. The men and women who were not drafted however will have no choice but to continue their time in NXT and try harder next time.
All the superstars of NXT were sitting chairs lined up in rows. In one of the chairs sat a 5'11 tall man with long black hair. He had steel blue eyes with a rectangular shaped face. He heard black stubble on his chin and black well trimmed eyebrows. He had a athletic muscular shaped body with a defined abdomen area. On left forearm he had it covered in colorful tattoos. On his left bicep he had a bicep tattoo similar to the tattoo that Chris Jericho had. On his right hand had the name Elizabeth tattooed in cursive. He had his black hair tied up in a ponytail and he was dressed in a NXT Shirt with NXT shorts and black Nike Huaraches. Beside him sat one half of the iconic duo, Cassie McIntosh AKA Peyton Royce. She held his hand with a smile on her face as her tag team partner, Jessie McKay AKA Billie Kay.
In a seat in the row behind her sat Alexis Kaufman AKA Alexa Bliss sitting holding the hand of her boyfriend, Matthew Adams AKA Buddy Murphy. Lexi looked around the performance center before her attentions set on the man in front of her. She knew him by his real name, Andrew James McGrady or his nickname that she only called him Drew while everyone else called him James or Grady. He was known in the WWE or NXT Ring as Zack Mercer but everywhere else he had a different alias. Sometimes he was called Zane Marx or Andrew Anderson or JJ Matthews or even Thomas McGrady. He was mostly known as JJ Matthews for his time in TNA. In TNA he racked up several accomplishments he was like there face of the company once AJ Styles had left the promotion.
He accomplished many things like winning the TNA X-Division Champion 8 times, holding the TNA World Tag Team Championship 1 time, being a 3 time TNA Television Champion, 2 time Feast or Fired Winner and to top it all of a 2 time TNA World Heavyweight Champion. But that's all he told Lexi, after all they were like the best of friends not like Lexi and Savelina but they were friend's nonetheless.
"Lexi!" Matthew said breaking Lexi out of her dazed state. She looked up at him with a confused look as he pointed to the TV monitor.
"We're gonna add a little fiery temper and pure athleticism to Smackdown Live. That's why we're picking Zack Mercer from NXT!" Shane McMahon said into the mic on the Smackdown Live stage while in the performance center, Andrew McGrady could be seen covering his face in his hands while everyone around him clapped and cheered for him. He removed his hands from his face showing tears of joy with a smile on his face while he chuckled at his own reaction. He ran a hand through his hair as he got up to his feet to hug the people around him.
"You alright there honey?" asked Cassie as he hugged her first. He kissed her on the jaw before he pulled away and nodded his head. He would occasionally give out handshakes to the men around him and quick the girls quick hugs everyone except Lexi.
"Drew?" Lexi asked in a questionable tone making him chuckle as he walked over to the blonde haired woman and gave her a big hug lifting her up while they both laughed. The smile on Cassie's face faded away while the smile on Matthew's face faded away also. He put her down on her feet and gave her a kiss on his forehead before he pulled away and hugged Cassie one more time. He then sighed as he walked away from her and towards the interviewer. When Andrew was out of sight, Cassie sent Lexi a death stare which Lexi noticed and frowned up. Matthew wrapped his arm around his girlfriend and looked down at her with a reassuring smile.
Minutes Later
Zack Mercer walked into a camera shot showing him in a Smackdown live t-shirt with Dasha Gonzalez AKA Dasha Fuentes.
"So Zack Mercer you've been one of the most talked about draft picks in NXT. Do you have any comments on being drafted by Smackdown Live?" Dasha Fuentes as she put the microphone up to Zack's lips.
"I'm Zack Mercer. I'm the man who gonna bring a change to the WWE. I am The Outlaw here in WWE. I am Mr. Wednesday night. I've earned that name by showing everyone that I'm the guy who's out there busting his ass every wednesday night and now I'm gonna be Mr. Tuesday night which means I'm gonna be kicking ass on Tuesday nights now. And I don't care if it's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or even Sunday. I'm kicking ass because I feel like it. 'Nough said." Zack said before he walked away but not before giving a wink to Dasha.
"And cut." The cameraman said as he walked away with his back turned while Dasha had watched as he walked away.
"Is he single?" Dasha asked the cameraman. The cameraman gave her no response instead he just walked away just like Andrew had done.
Hours Later
Andrews sat in his chair next to Cassie while he had his Smackdown t-shirt on. His hair was down on his shoulder now and his face had a huge smile on it while Cassie put on a fake smile. Truth was she was jealous about him and Lexi. She always thought that Lexi was there to replace her if anything went wrong in their relationship.
"Hey Cas come with me for a second?" Andrew whispered in her ear before he got up to his feet holding Cassie's hand while she had a confused look on her face. Lexi looked at Andrew and Cassie with eyes of curiosity.
Once they were around the corner, Andrew pulled Cassie into his arms and smashed his lips onto her rough but also passionate at the same time. Cassie was somewhat surprised by his roughness but she loved his passion. When they broke the kiss both were breathing hard with their foreheads touching together. He soon started to kiss her neck with light kisses while Cassie smiled.
"What was that for?" She asked.
"I kissed you because I really needed to. When I'm on the road, I want you to know that I'm still with you." He said as he stopped kissing her neck and looked her in her eyes.
"I know you're still with me here and I need you to know that I really, really like you but when you're with here I feel like you're gonna end up with her instead of me." She said. He put his arms around her waist while she put her arms around his neck.
"I see Lexi only as a friend. Now, I see you and all of your assets in a romantic way." He said as he lowered his hands down her backside. She giggled at her boyfriend's response. She put her hand on a certain area making his eyes go wide.
"When we get to the Hotel room, Me and my assets are gonna show you a good time." She whispered seductively in his ear making him smile. She got out his hold and walked away swaying her hips while he stood there stunned. She turned her head back to see her boyfriend stunned causing her to wiggle a finger telling him to come here. He followed like a dog after a bone. When they walked back into the main area they were surprised by the sound of everybody clapping and cheering causing Andrew to look around confused. Cassie looked on the screen and saw that Alexa Bliss had been drafted to Smackdown Live making her sigh as she realized her boyfriend would now be traveling on the road with Lexi.
Before she could say anything or respond Andrew was already near Lexi giving her a hug as she had tears of joy on her face. Cassie looked at the image of Andrew hugging Lexi with eyes of jealousy.
A/N: Okay so I am finally done with this chapter. Okay first off to answer some questions about who I am. I am ZackAttack4523. I'm the cousin of TheLegendaryCed and that's about it. This OC, Zack Mercer is inspired by my cousins OCs, John Thunder and Alexander Andrews so I took certain aspects from their characters that I liked and I put them combined into this OC with a few more things that I wanted to add.
This is the ZackAttack signing out!
Peace!