Chapter 2.
Hello friends, welcome back. Hope you enjoyed the last chapter which was mainly to introduce the main character and structure of things to come.
The following week after The New Day joined our group, we were at the Wells Fargo Arena in Iowa. Home of Seth Rollins. Paul was talking to AJ Styles, when I walked over to them. Paul turned to me. "Okay, you two are going to be doing blind promos tonight. AJ is going to open Raw and talk about how he wants a US title match with you. I'm sending you and the rest of the boys to production. We will air your tape to interrupt AJ in the middle of his promo. I nodded and patted AJ on the shoulder. "Let's do this!" AJ shouted, as I walked over to the production area. A few minutes later, the rest of the group came and we started filming our promo. After we were done. Paul patted me on the shoulder and said "Excellent work, gentleman! The fans will love it! Oh! I forgot to mention! AJ and you are going to have a match tonight, so you might want to go talk to him about how you are going to win and how you want to end the match!" "Okay, thank you…" I said, as I walked around to find AJ. It was mid-afternoon. Everyone was either rehearsing their match after the ring was set up or going over what they were going to do, later during their match.
Later that night. AJ Styles went out to the ring with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, as his music hit. "Last week these punks in the new N.W.O. come out here and cost my boys the tag titles. They think they can just come in and take over. Well, that ain't gonna fly no more! See Aaron Andrew thinks he can come into the house that AJ styles built and take it over. I repeat, this is THE HOUSE THAT AJ STYLES BUILT!" The crowd joined in and cheered. "So tonight I'm callin that punkass of a US Champ out, challenging him for his title and we are taking our house back!" The crowd cheered and started chanting 'AJ Styles!' A video appeared on the screen with the N.W.O. logo. A voice was heard saying "The following announcement has been paid for by The New World Order" Then the N.W.O. theme song played and our group appeared on screen in front of a white background with the N.W.O. logo in the center. "So, rumor has it AJ Styles wants to take down the N.W.O!" I said. "Isn't AJ Styles that Emo kid who used to brood around on TNA?" Xavier said, as Big E and Kofi laughed. "Yeah, he looked like an Emo teenager who sat on his mama's couch all day smokin' (mimicking AJ Styles theme) Mari-jua-na! Mari-jua-na!" Big E added. "We gonna burn the house that AJ Styles built to the ground!" Hall commented. "I tell you what though, if you want my title... Challenge accepted!" I said. "You wanna take on the biggest icons in wrestling?" Sean asked." "Anderson and Gallows think they can take on the Tag Team champions?" Xavier added. "Don't sing it, bring it, Chico!" Hall said. " 'cause we're just…too…sweeeeeeeet!" Xavier added. Then a voice is heard when the N.W.O. logo came back on screen. "The preceding announcement has been paid for by the New World Order." Then the screen faded and switched back to AJ styles again. They shrugged, AJ dropped his mic and walked backstage when his music hit.
Later that night, Gallows and Anderson were facing The New Day. About 15 minutes into their match, Gallows and Anderson were dominating. Gallows hit Big E with a Big Boot that sent him over the top rope near the entrance ramp. He rolled out to the floor, brought Big E back to his feet and clotheslined him down into the guardrail. The referee started the count to ten. 1,2,3… Gallows picked him up and slammed him down on his knee for a Pendulum back breaker. He rolled back into the ring. The ref counted: 6,7,8,9… Then Big E slid back in the ring just in time. Gallows turned around, picked Big E up over his shoulder and slammed Big E down with a Powerslam. Big E was lying in the middle of the ring on his back, so Gallows bounced off of the back rope and attempted to belly flop onto Big E, but Big E lifted his knees before Gallows could make impact, Gallows slammed his stomach down into Big E's knees. Big E rolled out of the way and then he grabbed the ropes, kicked to his feet and ran towards Kofi in their corner, near the entrance ramp. Gallows tried to get up and stop him, but by the time he got up, Big E had tagged in Kofi. Kofi climbed to the top turnbuckle and hit Gallows with a flying dropkick. Then he kicked to his and feet bounced off the back ropes. He charged towards Gallows body, but when he got near, he stopped and yelled to the crowd "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The crowd joined in. Kofi jumped into the air, dropped both legs on Gallows chest for the Boom Drop (Double Leg Drop) and grabbed Gallows leg for the pin. The ref counted: 1,2… Big E slid into the ring and speared Anderson down to prevent him for interfering. The ref counted: 3! The crowd cheered as we ran down to the ramp to celebrate their victory and then we grabbed a couple chairs outside the ring and slid back in. Anderson slid in to defend Gallows, but Sean rammed the front of the chair into Anderson's gut and sent him head first down into the chair with a DDT. Meanwhile, Gallows was on his knees trying to stand back up, when Slater slammed a chair into the middle of his back. Big E asked for the chair. He was about to place it around Gallows' foot, when AJ Styles music hit and AJ came rushing to Gallows rescue with a chair. He hit Big E in the face with the chair. Big E dropped down and rolled out of the ring. Kofi was stomping on Gallows' gut when AJ slammed the chair into Kofi's face, causing Kofi to roll out of the ring. Sean tried to hit AJ with a spin kick, but AJ ducked. AJ set the chair up, as Sean tried again. He pushed Sean's foot, grabbed Sean's head and slammed him down chin first into the back top the chair, knocking Sean out. Scott Hall rolled out without a fight, then Heath followed and shouted "Hey man, I got kids!" AJ and I were face to face as a referee ran in. Our U.S. title match was about to begin.
About 20 minutes into our match, we were exhausted. Gallows and Anderson charged at New Day. They were striking each other and fists were flying everywhere. I went up to the top turnbuckle while AJ was on the mat, but then I turned to face Gallows and Anderson down below. I was about to dive and hit a knee drop on Gallows and Anderson, but before I could jump, AJ came from behind and sent me down onto the turnbuckle. He climbed up to try to take me down, when Sean ran in and hit AJ in the back with a chair, causing him to fall back onto the mat and roll around in pain. The ref rang the bell, I was disqualified, but I got to keep my title. I climbed off the turnbuckle and shook off the blow, while Sean was repeatedly hitting AJ with the chair. Then he started stomping on AJ and I joined in. After a couple minutes, Sean and I rolled out of the ring and went after Anderson near one of the Spanish commentator's tables. We cleared the table and continued to stomp Anderson down. Then we scooped Anderson onto my back. Kofi and Big E had the same idea with Gallows, as we sent Gallows and Anderson back first through the table with a Powerbomb. AJ rolled out and stumbled over towards us. All of us stared him down. Then Heath went and setup a table from under the ring. AJ charged at me with a flying forearm, but everyone grabbed him and lifted him above our heads, as he kicked and flailed. The New Day, Sean and I sent him crashing through the table. He was lying helplessly on the ground. The crowd went insane and faded to black, then we walked backstage.
"Now that is how you start a feud!" Heyman exclaimed, as we walked through the curtain. He patted me on the shoulder. "Now, next week. I want you and Sean to face Gallows and Anderson…" He continued to tell us all the plan for next week and then we dispersed. "Y'all wanna go play some Smackdown Vs Raw?" "Sure…" I said, as I shrugged. All 3 members of The New Day, me and Heath went backstage in a room where Austin (Xavier) had his gaming setup. I had to create my wrestler, since the game we played was a few years old. Heath and I played a tag team match against Kofi and Xavier as ourselves. At the end of the match, Heath pulled Kofi off the apron, as I went for my Spiral Sonnet DDT. I went for the pin but Kofi reversed it and my character was too drained to kick out… 1,2,3… Austin stood up and cheered "Yeah! Unscripted baby! That's what I'm talkin' bout!" After that, we all chilled and talked for a bit. Heath and I started talking about music and Alice In Chains. It was a fun night.
We ended up at State Farm Arena in Atlanta for Raw, a few days later. Paul was talking to Roman (or Joe, as he's known backstage.) "Man, I dunno, people are already booin me." "Which is the perfect time to join a heel group that everyone loves!" Paul replied. "Man, The Shield fans are gonna lose their shit!" Roman replied. "Perfect! Keep them talking about you! 'Controversy creates cash!' As Bischoff would say!" Paul commented. A few seconds later, Eric Bischoff walked up behind them. He had short gray hair and a gray goatee. "Somebody say my name?" Paul laughed, as he and Eric shook hands. "I was just telling them about your quote about controversy." "Paul wants me to go N.W.O, tonight!" Roman told Eric. "You should! You could be this era's Hulk Hogan with how much you promote your 'good guy' attitude! If it gets people talking, then you've got their attention!" Roman smiled and laughed. "Alright. Let's go…" Roman did the hand sign for Too Sweet as I connected my sign with his.
I walked around and saw Mandy Rose tearing up against a wall nearby. I walked over to her. "Hey. You okay?" She wiped her eyes. "I'm just frustrated. Two years ago Daria (Sonya) and I were competing for the women's tag team championship and then it just disappeared. Now all we do is hang around and wait for air time. Sure we occasionally get matches at live events, but even those are becoming less and less… I just wish I had an opportunity." "I mean, Paul is looking to make Becky a member of N.W.O, but maybe I can convince him to use this as an opportunity to revive the Women's Tag Titles…" She scoffed. "Good luck, I've tried…" "I have an idea. I'll be right back." I told her, as I walked over to Paul's backstage office. He was on the phone and held up one finger. I leaned against the door and waited until he hung up. "Thank you for being patient. How can I help you?" "I wanted to propose a suggestion." I said. "Propose a suggestion? That's an interesting way of asking for something. Please, sit." He gestured towards the chair in front of his desk. "I have an idea that will both revive The Women's Tag Team Title, as well as give the N.W.O. their Women's Champion." "How?" "I propose we have the IIconics face Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. Sonya and Mandy could win the titles with help from our group." "So you propose we put Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose into the group instead of Becky Lynch, who is one of the most popular women in wrestling? How is that going to make the N.W.O. look powerful? I think it would be better to have Becky." "Ah, but the fans love an underdog story and if we can have their tag team attack the whole women's division and raise hell! We can make them look powerful!" "I'll get back to you on that! Thank you!" Paul said. I shook his hand and started to walk out of his office. "You know…" I said, as I turned back around. He looked at me with slight annoyance showing on his face. "You could flip this into the perfect storyline. Where Mandy becomes the Women's champion and if it doesn't work out, have Becky win her title back. The fans will love that!" "Okay… I'll let you know!" Heyman laughed and then I left his office.
I walked back over to Mandy. "What did he say?" She asked me. "He said he'll think about it, but I told him if things don't work out. He can always have Becky get the title back from you. I was trying to show him that there are more options that he can connect this to. That way, he won't feel like the decision was a complete waste of his time. I believe he'll listen." "Well, thank you! I appreciate that you tried!" "Hope it helps..." I said, as I started to walk away. "Hey…" She said, as I turned to her. "Would you want to get something to eat after the show?" She asked. I smiled. "How does Dunkin Donuts sound?" Her eyes lit up "Oh! That would be great! Sounds like a plan!" "See you then!" I said, as I walked over to Gallows, who was talking to Sean about the match. "We in 'lanta baby! This is mah house!" AJ shouted. We were all hyped up for the match.
Sean and I had our match against Gallows and Anderson. At the end, Anderson hit me with a running high knee, then Gallows ran over to our corner and delivered a big boot to Sean. Anderson went for the pin. The ref counted, 1…2…3! They celebrated, as AJ Styles ran out to the ring. I managed to kick to my feet and we all got into a brawl. I bounced off the back rope, extended my arm and sent him down with a clothesline. Then I stomped on him a few times, went outside the ring to grab a chair and slid back in. I was about to finish what we started with Gallows and Anderson, as I put the chair around AJ's foot. Braun Stroman's music hit. We all looked at the entrance ramp in shock as he marched down the ramp. Heath charged towards him and started swinging, but Braun picked him up and slammed him down onto the entrance ramp. Braun was near the steel ring steps when Xavier charged at him. Braun picked him up and slammed him down onto the steps. Kofi and Big E both charged at him, but he took them and slammed their heads together, taking them down. The crowd was going crazy. Sean tried to hit him with a Plancha Dive, but Braun just caught him and slammed him to the ground. I slid out and started striking him. I hit him with a knee to the groin. Then, I backed up, charged at him and tried to take him down with DDT, but he reversed it with a Suplex. I went down on my back. We were all lying there helplessly, aside from Hall, who ran out of there. Braun's music hit, as the crowd cheered, then the camera went to commercial. Braun walked backstage as we slowly got to our feet and did the same.
Later that night, we snuck down during Strowman's match with Reigns and set up a table near the commentators' table. Reigns went for a spear, but then Strowman hit him with a dropkick. He picked Reigns up and sent him spinning down with a Yokosuka Cutter. He went for the pin 1…2…3! The crowd cheered as his music hit. Then our group (aside from Hall) slid into the ring and surrounded Strowman. Heath rolled out and dragged the table closer to the ring and then rolled back in. The New Day, Sean and I fought to pick Strowman up and sent him down back first through the table. I picked up the shirt I dropped when I took Strowman down and handed it to Reigns. He stood their stared me down for a minute, then, he laughed as he put the shirt on and then we all did the Too Sweet sign. The crowd let out a huge boo.
That night, I drove Mandy to Dunkin' Donuts. We sat down and hung out for a while. I ordered a couple jelly donuts and Mandy ordered a coupled glazed ones. I paid and then we sat down with our bottled waters and donuts. "I love jelly donuts." I said. "I'm more of a glazed donuts kind of girl." "Why is that?" I asked. "I dunno, I feel like jelly donuts are more thick and fattening. That's just a bit much for me." "I can understand that. They can be a bit much for me as well, but I still eat them every now and then." "I usually have donuts like once a week, whenever we visit a new town." "I used to have chocolate chip cookies almost every day after breakfast. I'd tell myself it helps digest the food faster." Mandy laughed. "I like that logic." "Well, cheers! Here's to you getting more airtime next week." I lifted my donut and she lifted hers, we touched them together and then took a bite. "Gotta have my sweets." I said. "You're sweet… Thank you for standing up for me today!" I looked down and blushed. "Just tryin' to help everyone, so you can get something out of it and the business can get something out of it. I have no power or control, though." "But you tried and that's what's important. So thank you." She pointed to my cheek. "You got a little…-" I smiled, smeared it all over my face and did my best J.R. impression. "BAH GAWD! The crimson mask! He's been busted wide open!" She broke down laughing. I stood up and said "I'll be right back. Let me go wash this off." Then I drove her back to the hotel we were staying at. We hugged and said our goodnights. Nope, this isn't exactly that kind of story. But, it was the beginning of a great one.
I was feeling amazing the following week, when I entered the Barclays Center in New York, for Monday Night Raw. I saw Mandy was talking to Paul. Then she hugged him, turned and ran up to me. She jumped up and kissed me on the lips while leaning both of her knees against me. I nearly fell to the ground. "Oh my God! We did it!" she exclaimed, in a high pitched tone. "You got the push?" She nodded and kissed me on the lips again. "Thank you! Oh my God! I'm so excited!" "That's great! Congratulations. I'm happy for you!" "After the show! We're going out for donuts! My treat!" I nodded and smiled. She hugged me and then kissed me again, as she ran off to find Sonya. I was in heaven for those few moments. Her kiss was amazing and I could just feel her energy.
Later that night, she and Sonya faced the Iiconics. Towards the end of the match, Peyton Royce hit Mandy with a running bulldog, sending her down to the mat. As Mandy crawled on her knees, Peyton bounced off the ropes near the entrance ramp and hit her with a running knee strike. Then Peyton picked Mandy up and placed her on the outside ring apron. She placed her into an abdominal stretch between the top and middle rope. Peyton climbed up on Mandy's back, as Heath Slater climbed up and distracted the referee. Sonya walked over, as Peyton swung herself back and put Mandy into an arm stretch against the ropes. Peyton was upside down, looking at the crowd. Sonya grabbed a kendo stick from under the ring and hit Peyton in the chest with it, causing her to fall to the ground and let Mandy go. Sonya rolled Peyton back in the ring. Mandy picked Peyton up and bent her down, as Sean and I distracted Billie Kay. We both got in her face, she hopped down and started pointing towards the ramp telling us to leave. Mandy hooked both of Peyton's arms, lifting her into an upside down position. Then Heath jumped down, as Mandy dropped Peyton face first into the mat and went for the pin. The ref counted. "1…2…3!" We all ran in and celebrated as Mandy and Sonya held the titles. Their music hit, as the announcer got on the microphone. "Here are your winners, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville!" Sean and I handed them a shirt. Mandy put it on and hugged me as I lifted her into the air. She raised her belt high. It felt great to make her that happy.
After the show, we went out for donuts, then we drove back to the hotel. Before we got out, we looked into each other's eyes and kissed for a few minutes. "Sonya's in my room, but do you wanna take me to your room?" She asked. I nodded. We both got out of the car and rushed into my hotel room.
Thank you guys for reading and following the story. I honestly haven't had this much fun writing something in a long time. We're 2/3 of the way done with this story. Until next week where I will post the conclusion of our story. Take care.