SMACKDOWN
OLD FRIENDS. NEW RIVALS.
PART TWO: MATT'S STUMBLE AT THE RUMBLE...
Rey left his hotel early, Rey and a few others had been chosen to talk at the Royal Rumble press conference. Rey saw his limo waiting for him, he was riding with Matt today. Suddenly Rey saw Edge sitting in the car.
'Hey Rey-Rey!' Edge grinned. Rey was stunned to see Edge, who he didn't even know was meant to be at the conferance.
'Edge?' Rey asked. 'I thought I was riding with Matt Hardy?' Edge nodded.
'You were,' Edge replied. 'But I asked Teddy Long to swap us around so we could talk...' Rey slowly nodded.
'Okay...' Rey didn't know how Matt would react to the news. The limo then drove off. Edge got out the beer straight away and handed one to Rey. 'It's nine o'clock in the morning Edge...' Rey said.
'I know,' Edge nodded and sipped back his beer. 'But I always feel a little better at a press conference if I'm a little drunk...' Rey sighed and took a beer off Edge.
'What the hell..' Rey smiled and drank back his drink.
Matt sat quietly in the back of the limo, he was shocked to see that Rey had left without him. Matt shook his head, he couldn't believe who he was travelling with...
'...KENNNEDY!' his partner screamed. Matt groaned as Ken Kennedy repearively yelled his name.
'Uh...Ken...' Matt began. 'Could you tone it down a little?' Kennedy stared Matt in the eyes and then there was a long awakward silence before Kennedy spoke.
'...KENNEDY!' he yelled into Matt's face. Matt feigned a smile as Kennedy leaned back.
'Uh...Ken...'
'Don't call me Ken,' Kennedy demanded. 'It's mister...MISTER KENNEDY! Would you go to Mr. McMahon and say hey Vinny how are you?' Matt sighed.
'But, you're not Mr. McMahon...' Matt pointed out.
'No...I'm MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTER KENNEDY...' Kennedy yelled. Matt went to speak again. '...KENNEDY!' Kennedy yelled.
'I thought you were injured Mr. Kennedy?' Matt asked. Kennedy stared at him, Matt sighed, what had he done wrong now.
'I am...but I'm ring announcing the Royal Rumble...' Kennedy said. Matt laid his head in his hands.
'Oh...great...' Matt sighed.
'...KENNEDY!'
Rey's limo pulled up outiside the building. Edge and Rey looked out of the car window.
'They've laid the red carpet out for us,' Edge grinned.
'I think they just do that anyway...' Rey stated. Edge looked at Rey.
'Nah Rey...' Edge smiled. 'They just do that for us, because we are two future WWE Champions and we are the best thing the WWE has going for them!'
'DAMN RIGHT!' Rey found himself yelling. He must've been a little drunk. Rey and Edge then stepped out of their limo. The crowd went crazy, Rey savoured every minute of it. Edge and Rey eventually walked into the building, both in a great mood.
Matt's limo pulled up, Matt quickly hopped out as Kennedy continued yelling. The crowd went nuts as they looked at Matt. Matt savoured every minute of it, when Matt heared a chant starting.
'KE-NNE--DY!' the crowd erupted in chants as Matt was speechless as Kennedy strolled out of the car and played to the crowd. 'DO THE VOICE!' the crowd yelled. Matt slowly walked away as Kennedy was handed a microphone.
'MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSTERRR KENNEDY!...KENNEDY!' Kennedy yelled into the microphone as the crowd screamed.
Matt sat quietly at the Smackdown table of the Press Conference. Edge was up there at the moment, delivering another strong promo. Matt knew that promos were not his strongest thing, he was just hoping no one would compare his to Edge's.
'I will win the Royal Rumble!' Edge yelled as the crowd cheered and Edge sat back down beside Rey, who was in between Edge and Matt. Matt then stood up to do his speech.
'My name is Matt Hardy...' Matt started.
'They know who you are Matt!' a voice said into a microphone, Matt looked over, it was Edge.
'Anyway...I prefer to be quick...' Matt continued.
'Yep, because you have no mic. skills,' Edge muttered again, just loud enough so the crowd could hear it. Rey shook his head, Edge was doing this to get the crowd on his side and against Matt, Rey whispered in Edge's ear.
'Come on man,' Rey whispered. 'Give the guy a break..' Edge slowly nodded, and then said nothing.
'All I will say...Adam...' Matt stared at Edge. 'Is that I will win the Royal Rumble...but not before I throw your ass right out of the ring!' Matt yelled. Edge nodded and smiled, showing he saw no threat from Matt. Matt then sat back down as the press conference moved over to the Raw side.
Rey stood just behind the curtain nervously for the Royal Rumble.
'Hey Rey...' Edge called him. Rey turned around, Rey was next in, and Edge was after him.
'Yeah, what's up man?' Rey wondered.
'You know how everyone in management thinks of Smackdown as the B show?' Edge whispered. Rey nodded bitterly. 'Well...if we stick together tonight...we can open their eyes, and a Smackdown superstar will be going to the main event at Wrestlemania...'
'Okay Edge..we'll team up,' Rey nodded. 'But when we're the only two left...it's every man for himself...'
It was late in the Royal Rumble match, Rey and Edge had been in the ring for at least forty five minutes and the plan was going great. Suddenly Rey heared Matt's music start up, and Matt was the number thirty entrant. Rey looked around the ring, Matt, Rey and Edge were the only Smackdown superstars in the ring, the other superstars were Carlito, Big Show and Triple H. Matt entered the ring, he quickly went for Carlito, Rey was on Triple H while Edge was on Big Show. Matt threw Carlito over the ropes, but Carlito hung on. Matt leant over the ropes to push Carlito off.
'Rey...' Matt called. 'Help me out...'
'I'll be there now,' Rey replied. Edge quickly ran and threw Matt over the ropes. Rey sighed, Matt looked stunned as he hit the floor and Edge grinned. Luckily Edge kicked Carlito out too, and it was two on two.
Matt slowly was on his way to the back when he heared Jerry Lawler on commentary.
'Mysterio and Edge are teaming together,' Lawler yelled. 'It's Raw versus Smackdown...but why didn't they try to keep Matt Hardy in if they were doing that?' Matt looked to the ring and saw Rey and Edge teaming together, he then angrilly ran back at the ring.
'This is it Rey...Smackdown's on top,' Edge smiled, as Rey and Edge had Big Show and Triple H hanging onto the floor of the mat. Suddenly Matt jumped back in the ring, he then sprinted at Rey and Edge and double clotheslined them out of the ring. Rey couldn't believe it as Matt looked down to him.
'Matt...' Rey managed to say. Matt sighed and ran out of the ring and through the curtain.
Triple H went on to win the Royal Rumble. Rey sat in the corner depressed. Matt slowly walked up to him.
'Uh...Rey?' Matt sighed. Rey looked up to him. 'I'm sorry...' was all that Matt could say.
'Okay..' Rey muttered back. Matt slowly nodded and walked away. Rey looked at Matt, how could he do that to him, take away his main event shot at Wrestlemania...Rey would not forget this...
END OF PART TWO.
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