The Uprising Chapter 1- In The Beginning

NOTE: I do not own WWE or any of it's copyrights. I only own Johnny Carter/Dante Anglais, the character we shall all follow through this run. The story picks up just after Wrestlemania, I finished my own card and it will NOT run parallel to WWE programming. I'll try and update as often as I can but do feel free to leave comments and reviews. Thanks.

Wrestlemania XXVI Card

Intercontinental Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) Vs Finlay

Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Christian Vs MVP Vs Jack Swagger Vs Kofi Kingston Vs Dolph Ziggler Vs Kane Vs Shelton Benjamin Vs Matt Hardy

Unified Tag Team Championships: Show-Miz (c) Vs Truth & Wisdom (R-Truth & John Morrison)

Sheamus Vs Triple H

Hair Vs Mask Match: CM Punk Vs Rey Mysterio

Randy Orton Vs Ted DiBiase W/Cody Rhodes

Bret Hart Vs Vince McMahon

Career Vs Streak: Shawn Michaels Vs The Undertaker

World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Jericho (c) Vs Edge

WWE Heavyweight Championship: Batista (c) Vs John Cena

Results

1. Drew McIntyre defeated Finlay to retain the Intercontinental Championship.

2. Christian pulled down the briefcase to become Mr Money In The Bank.

3. Big Show pinned R-Truth to retain the Unified Tag Team Championships.

4. Triple H defeated Sheamus with a Pedigree.

5. CM Punk defeated Rey Mysterio after a Go To Sleep and unmasked Rey Mysterio.

6. Ted DiBiase defeated Randy Orton with a Dreamstreet.

7. Bret Hart made Vince McMahon submit to the Sharpshooter.

8. The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels with three Tombstones to end Shawn Michaels' career.

9. Edge defeated Chris Jericho to become the New World Heavyweight Champion.

10. John Cena defeated Batista to become the New WWE Heavyweight Champion.


Johnny Carter walks into the Raw arena for the very first time dressed in his street clothes, navy blue jeans and a plain white shirt, his sports bag over his shoulder, with a general happiness about him, as if he's proud to be preparing for his first ever appearance on a live WWE Broadcast. He begins to head for the locker-rooms for the first time when he's stops at the sound of a familiar voice.

"Johnny!!" Carter turns around and is greeted by the site of his former FCW buddy, Harry (DH) Smith. "Johnny Carter, well I'll be. How have you been buddy?"

"Not too bad thanks," Carter replied with a smile. "How's things been since moving up and onto the blue brand?"

"Pretty good actually," Harry nods. "Me and TJ have had some of our very best matches, we even worked with DX a few weeks back. I'm not sure but I feel like we're on the verge of claiming those Unified Tag Team Championships. So you got the call up?"

"Yeah, moved me up onto Raw," says Johnny. "They're gonna put me in a feud with Matt Hardy. I'm really looking forward to it."

"That sounds like a sweet way to get in on things," retorts Smith. "I've not really worked with Matt too much, we've spoken once or twice and he's definitely one of the most well liked and respected guys in the whole place so you've got a great guy to be starting to work with. Me and TJ are moving to Raw tonight too!"

"Oh yeah?" Johnny says in a surprised tone of voice.

"Yeah, there's a complete re-draft of the roster tonight, so Vince has said," says Harry. "It's meant to be part of the new big shake-up programme he's put into action. It'll start up some new fresh feuds and we'll get to work with some guys we've never got to face off with before."

"Sounds interesting," says Johnny. "Where are TJ and Nat anyway?"

"They wanted some 'alone time'," Harry replies with the 'air quotes'. "I bet you can guess what that means."

"Ha-ha, yeah," Johnny replies with a smirk. "Ah young love, eh?"

"Yeah," says Harry. "Anyway, I better get moving. The new Raw GM wants to speak to me apparently."

"Raw is getting a GM now?" Again, Johnny seems surprised. "I was never told."

"Well, I don't even know who it is but I got a note saying the Raw GM wants to talk to me so I'm heading over there now," says Harry before shrugging his shoulders. "Who knows what's going on. Vince is a bit of a 'spur-of-the-moment' kind of guy so there's every chance that something might change within seconds of being set in stone."

"I guess so," says Johnny. "Well, I'll see you around Harry."

"You too," Harry replies as the two shake hands before Harry heads off to meet with the new Raw GM as Johnny heads into the locker-room.


The Raw following Wrestlemania XXVI goes live without a hitch. The show opens with a synopsis of the Wrestlemania results, Bret Hart made Vince McMahon tap out to the Sharpshooter and John Cena was felled following an animalistic showing from Batista, who ripped Cena apart, piece by piece. Elsewhere, The Undertaker's streak continued as he bested Shawn Michaels and put an end to the Heartbreak Kid's prestigious career while Chris Jericho lost his World Heavyweight Championship to the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.

With all those early formalities soon out of the way, Vince McMahon appeared, stitched up following his brutal encounter with Bret Hart the previous night, and he announced, much to everyone's surprise, that there would be a complete re-draft of every single superstar on the WWE Roster! Anyone could end up anywhere!

Both Teddy Long and the new Raw General Manager would get 20 draft picks each and the rest of the roster would be shifted through a random drawing in the supplemental draft later on in the week.

Matt Hardy is in the ring, talking about his disappointment in not claiming the Money In The Bank briefcase the previous night at Wrestlemania when Dead Star by Muse hits the PA system and out steps an unfamiliar face with a microphone in his hand.

"Hello Matthew" the man says. "I'm sorry to interrupt you but nobody here wants to hear your stupid pathetic sob story, wah, wah, wah." Boo's echo out around the arena but this individual doesn't seem to care. "We all saw how horrid your performance was last night, there's no way in hell you even deserved to be in that Money In The Bank match, let alone win it. You flat out suck Matt."

"Oh yeah?" Matt says rather sarcastically. "Who the hell are you to tell me I suck?"

"I'm Dante Anglais and I'm going to teach you a lesson or two before you run your mouth and interrupt me again"

Dante's arrogance is unparalleled. Who the hell does this kid think he is?

"Look kid," Hardy says to Anglais, whilst shaking his head. "Whatever your game is, whatever you plan to do, be it to try and make a name for yourself at my expense, and I'll tell you now, after last night, you want no part of me."

"Oh but you see that's where you're wrong Matt," Anglais replies with a rather broad grin upon his face. "I'm not going to take advantage of a beaten down wrestler by forcing you to face me tonight but, next week, I want you, one on one. How about it?"

"No, I told you, you don't want any of this, just leave while you still have the chance," Matt says, seemingly warning Dante away.

"Coward."

"God," Matt breaks out into a bit of chuckle. "I warned you to leave, I told you that you didn't want to face me but you wouldn't listen and now, I'm gonna have to show you what a punk you are... YOU'RE ON!!"

Matt Hardy faces newcomer Dante Anglais next week on Raw!


Johnny Carter is backstage once again following his little segment with Matt Hardy. He's just stood staring at the floor when he hand slaps onto his shoulder. Johnny half jumps in the air as he turns around to see that the hand belongs to none other than Matt Hardy himself.

"Sorry man," says Matt. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's cool," says Johnny. "I'm just a little... is focused the right word? I don't know, I'm just a little shaken up by that little segment. Stepping out there in front of all those people, even for those few moments is pretty... intense. I have no idea how we're going to get through a match next week."

"I understand that feeling," says Matt. "I still get goose bumps whenever I step into that ring, be it in front of thousands of people, hundreds of people or even two people. You cut a fairly good promo, especially for your very first promo. You stood up against me very well and I don't think I could really have asked for much more from it. You got the heat from the crowd which is the most important thing as a heel. People will remember a cocky young upstart stepping out into the arena and calling out Matt Hardy simply because you did it without warning and were deadly serious. Next week will be a great match, I guarantee it. If you're nervous, we can go and work on a few big spots during the week."

"Thanks Matt," says Johnny. "I'm glad you're as supportive as you are on this, I know a lot of guys are worried about there spots and would never be so willing to help put over a young kid like me."

"I'm all about the love of the business," says Matt. "I live, breath, eat, sleep and die wrestling; it's my life and that will never change. As long as I'm breathing in and breathing out, I'll be willing to help anybody work on there promo or in-ring skills and if someone is capable, I'll help push them for sure. The business will die without kids like you. You're the future of the business."

"The future?" Johnny scratches his head as his eyes widen. "Me? Really?"

"Of course," says Hardy. "From what I've seen and heard of you down in FCW, you're one of the most talented young guys to have been around this place in a long time. You've got charisma, you proved it out there, whatever anyone else thinks, you've got the in-ring ability, I've seen it for myself, and the only question is do you have the ability to bring the two together on the grandest stage?"

"I think I do," says Johnny, a grin slowly appearing on his face. "Thanks for the prep talk Matt. I really appreciate it."

"It's no problem my friend," says Matt, slapping Carter on the shoulder. "I look forward to getting in the ring with you next week. See you around."

At that, Matt disappears off down the hallway, leaving Johnny alone with his thoughts once again.


I didn't write up the re-draft because it would have just taken too long so here are the respective rosters.

Rosters

RAW

John Cena, The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Batista, Christian, John Morrison, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Matt Hardy, Dante Anglais, DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay, Carlito, Primo, William Regal, Ezekiel Jackson, Caylen Croft, Trent Baretta, Chavo Guerrero, Goldust, Hornswoggle, Jimmy Wang Yang, Maryse, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Gail Kim, Kelly-Kelly, Natalya, Josh Matthews & Matt Stryker

SMACKDOWN

Edge, Triple H, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Ted DiBiase, Sheamus, Kane, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, MVP, R-Truth, Yoshi Totzu, Evan Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Zack Ryder, Santino Marella, Chris Masters, Luke Gallows, Chavo Guerrero, Shad, JTG, Mark Henry, The Great Khali, Mike Knox, Michelle McCool, Melina, Katie Lea, Eve, Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Layla, Michael Cole, Todd Grisham & Jerry Lawler

Oh and also, the General Managers...

RAW GM: Shawn Michaels

SMACKDOWN GM: Teddy Long

Yeah, he's retired but I like the idea of him running Raw. It's a way of keeping him on TV yet not forcing him to work a tough schedule. I think it'd work for real but that's just me.

Basically, this chapter is an introductory chapter more than anything else, it's not very long but it sets up the character in the right way, at least in my opinion. He has ties to the Hart Dynasty, who he worked with and against in FCW, and William Regal, who trained him while he was in FCW. Those relationships will be explored later on in the series but this is the set-up I was hoping for. I hope you enjoyed it and choose to follow the series.