Life Of A Superstar 2: Smackdown vs RAW, Pt. 1
Chapter 1: Uneasy Allies
6 months ago, Chris Jones was the Intercontinental and World Heavyweight champion, until hew was recently and mysteriously injured. he wasn't able to return for several months. Gudelia lost her Women's title and suffered many broken ribs and would not return. Now, the start of his new journey begin tonight when he faces Triple H, with Ric Flair on his side. This isn't the first time Chris fought Triple H. He did so at WrestleMania and won the World title. But after he returned after many months, Triple H was World Heavyweight Champion, undoing Chris' efforts from WrestleMania and before. Chris managed to defeat him but Ric Flair low blowed him. The two attacks Chris relentlessly.
A week later, Shelton Benjamin enters the locker room.
"Hey, I saw what Triple H and Flair did to you last week. This crap is getting very old. You ok?"
"I'll live," Chris said rubbing his neck. "But they're not getting off that easy."
"Look, you're good, but this is a numbers game. There's two of them and one of you. Dude, you gotta even that up."
"What do you have in mind?"
"I'm one of the few guys in the RAW locker room who's pinned Triple H for the 3-count. I don't have an Intercontinental title defense tonight, so how about you and me team up and give them two a little payback?"
"Sounds good, but what's in it for you?"
"Anytime I step in the ring with the World Heavyweight Champion, my stock goes up, so when I hit him with the T-Bone and pin him again, I'll be one step closer to earning the World Heavyweight title match I deserve. Let's do this."
The numbers games is now even. Chris and Shelton battled Triple H and Flair. Shelton was aiming to go for the same title opportunity Chris gained months ago, but the even numbers fail to score victory as Flair poked Shelton in the eyes. Chris tried to attack Flair but Triple H knocked him down with a sledgehammer to the gut. Flair locks up Shelton with his patented Figure Four leglock as Triple H speaks.
"Listen up, Benjamin. All I hear backstage is you running your mouth about how you "pinned Triple H this" and you "beat Triple H that." Well the simple fact of the matter is you just got lucky. It was a fluke, and it's never going to happen again, you understand me? Never again!"
Chris was given a submission match the following week against Flair. As the match went on, Chris was more effective with submission moves. Flair may b=have been around for a long time, but never has he discovered any new submission moves until Chris landed one called the Queen Angelito Stretch, a sharpshooter/full nelson submission. It was enough to put Flair away. After the match was over, two men came from the entrance. One was wearing a orange jersey with a chain lock and a black cap and the other was a tall man in a black wrestling singlet holding a metal pipe. The orange jersey is John Cena and his partner Paul Wight, aka the Big Show. Chris came out of the ring and a uneasy alliance was formed. John Cena and the Big Show were the superstars from SmackDown. Why they are in a RAW arena is anyone's guess. Chris and Triple H went on the attack but the SmackDown superstars were too much. Cena was in the ring where Flair was begging for his life. But Cena had his knuckles wrapped in his chain and socked Flair in the head with it. he then choked Flair out. Show came in, grabbed Flair by the throat and chokeslammed him outside the ring. Chris and Triple H recovered and went in armed with a sledgehammer and a steel chair. But the SmackDown cowards escaped.
The next week, Triple H makes a announcement.
"You know, normally, I come out here on RAW in front of the entire world, flash this World Heavyweight title and once again make clear to all of you here tonight, all those watching at home and all the guys in the back that I am the best in the business. Yea, that's what i normally do, and whether you love it or hate it, you all tune in to see it, but that's not gonna happen tonight. You see, last week, two gutless nobodies from SmackDown think they can come to RAW and attack Triple H and Ric Flair, two of the greatest champions this business has ever seen. But just like everything SmackDown does, they only got it half-right. As you can see, I'm still standing. But Ric Flair wasn't so lucky. John Cena crushed his larynx with his steel chain, and Big Show nearly broke his damn neck with choke slam. Look at this man. he can't style; hell, he can barely profile. Cena, Big Show, I don't take who you are or where you come from, you do not lay your hands on this man. This man is a 16-time World Champion. He's a kiss-stealin, wheelin-dealin son of a gun. He should be riding in limousines, not ambulances. And now, all those desperate housewives here tonight will have to go home to their fat, impotent husbands and cry themselves to sleep because Space Mountain is closed for repairs."
Chris came out walking tall, after taking his lumps just as Triple H did.
"Well, Triple H," he began. "I guess you know how I feel when you took out Shelton Benjamin two weeks ago."
"That's a completely different story! Shelton ran his mouth and he got what was coming to him. John Cena and Big Show had no business with me, you and the Nature Boy, and speaking you, Chris, I've just about had it with..."
Eric Bischoff comes out before Triple H could finish his sentence. in the first story, he had black hair, but this time he's graying.
"Hold that thought, Triple H. You two better get on the same page, because I will not allow SmackDown Superstars invading my show. By the authority of the Board of Directors, you're going to have a sanctioned cross-brand match next week at SummerSlam. But that doesn't mean we have to wait until then to even the score, this Thursday on SmackDown, you're going to return the favor."
"What a great idea, Bischoff. I never would thought of that. I don't need your advice, and I don't need your permission to do whatever I damn well please! And if you think you can order me around, think again."
Triple H turns his attention back to Chris.
"And as for you, you can forget about being on the same page with me. We're not even in the same damn library, you understand? You come to SmackDown if you want, but you better not get in my way!"
On Thursday night SmackDown, John Cena and Big Show entered the ring mimcing Triple H and Ric Flair.
"I am...the Game," Cena mocked Triple H. Big Show woooed, mocking Flair throughout "And I've come to SmackDown to find the guy who kicked my ass and made my father, Nature Boy cry like a little girl. Say Naitch, why do they call you the Nature Boy, huh? Aren't you about 90? Maybe they should call you... Father Time! But seriously, yo, no one can say SmackDown didn't make an impact on RAW last Monday. We did just what we wanted and was punk out the best they got."
"Let's see now," Show started. "10 for Triple H, 16 for Flair, RAW is never going to forget that SmackDown took out 26 World Champions in one shot."
"And now we're supposed to be scared because Triple H is leading a posse to SmackDown? AH-HA please! He shows up here, he's gonna get more of the same. They can't see me!"
Chris and Triple H storms into the ring armed with the same weapons as of last Monday. Chris took on Cena. Cena doesn't recognize Chris at all, as he witnessed a deadly array of mixups up close. Cena tried to capitalize, but Chris easily took him out and mocked him with his You Can't See Me taunt. He then went on to help Triple H with the Big Show. Although the Big Show can hold his own, he could not when he was taken out after five minutes.
SummerSlam
In the locker room...
"Chris, I understand why you're teaming up with Triple H, but don't get too comfortable with him. I'll be back on RAW because I got payback for Triple H and Ric Flair. You know I respect you, so I hope you got my back just like I had yours, but if you let them punk me out, you're making a big mistake."
"Ok, Shelton, I'll keep that in mind, but right now I got to focus on Cena and Show."
The cross-brand match has begun. Chris and Triple H, uneasy allies, took on Cena and Show. Just like on SmackDown, RAW prevailed. But after the match ended, Shelton returned with a steel chair and attacked Triple H and Flair, much to Chris' confusion.
Monday Night RAW
"I called you out here because I want to give you a very rare and valuable present. Two, actually," Triple H said to Chris. "The first one is, thank you, from me to you, for having my back against Cena and Show at SummerSlam. Of course, I didn't need your help, but you made my job a little bit easier. So that's one. And now with that out of the way, here's number two: Last night, at SummerSlam, you didn't do a damn thing when Shelton Benjamin attacked me and Ric Flair with that steel chair. Normally, that's the kind of mistake a guy like me would make sure a guy like you regretted for the rest of his life. So here's your second present: A free pass, out of my ring and out of my life, but I'm warning you, this is a one-time offer so don't blow it. Do the right thing, and don't step between Shelton Benjamin and the ass-kicking he's going to get tonight."
Chris went into the locker room, contemplating his next action. He then remembered Triple H's betrayal to him as a member of Evolution. He quickly made up his mind and joined Benjamin in his match with Triple H. Benjamin fought hard against the champion and prevailed. The following week, Chris battled Triple H again, with Benjamin on Chris' corner and Ric Flalr on Triple H's. After the match, the brawl continued until Eric Bischoff came out and stopped it.
"Stop it. Stop it right now! This has gone on long enough. I'm sick of the interference and the cheap shots. You two, Chris and Triple H, are going to settle this in a rematch at Unforgiven for the World Heavyweight Title match. And just to make sure that Shelton Benjamin and Ric Flair don't get involved, it's going to be a Steel Cage match."
Unforgiven
Chris once again battles Triple H in a Steel Cage. However, before the match, Chris had a epiphany that Triple H was the one that put him on the shelf a few weeks after WrestleMania, stripping him of both Intercontinental and the World Title. This was his chance to win it back and he used the cage as a weapon to tear Triple H apart. He also climbed the cage after much damage was done and he succeeded in his escape, winning the title once again. However...
"Hold it!" Bischoff. "An obscure WWE regulation has just been brought to my attention. As it turns out, the title cannot be contested in a steel cage during the month of September." Wait, what? "And since this is September and that is a steel cage, I've got no choice but to... void the referee's decision."
Chris was shocked as was Triple H!
"Due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this title match, I feel it's only right to... vacate the title until a proper rematch can be made."
Chris' heart dropped... he got screwed again. Bischoff used what is called the Virgil Runnels Amendment, which is otherwise known as the Dusty Finish. Virgil Runnels is actually the real name of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (R.I.P). It was a controversial method during the time of WCW/NWA where Rhodes was booking matches that ended rather unusually, especially when someone wins a title, in Chris' case in this story, the World Heavyweight title, say Dusty is a champion and somehow he gets a decision reverse when he lost a title due to spotlights in his eyes or something. Both Chris and Triple H got screwed... and thankfully, for Bischoff's sake, there was a steel cage or they'll be no forgiveness at the behest of both men, hence one of the reasons why the PPV was called, "Unforgiven."