Aftermath of the Royal Rumble 2018:

Backstage, Off-Screen:

Madison alongside Kaori Hosako, or Kairi Sane, were at the gorilla position, staring at the screen which was showing Ronda Rousey staring at Charlotte, Alexa and the Royal Rumble winner, Asuka.

"How's NXT by the way?" Madison asked in Japanese.

"It is going great, a lot of fun in fact." Kaori responded with a smile. "Met some really nice people, I think you would love them. Unless, you are still doing your whole 'not talking to people thing'."

Madison grumbled. "I talk to people."

Kaori continued to smile and turned her head to face Madison. "And how long did it take you to do so willingly?" Madison just crossed her arms and looked away childishly, causing her friend to laugh.

The two saw that the show officially ended but there was a camera still on, facing the ring. Madison spotted Ronda walk through curtain and was immediately taken away by a backstage official, not caring about that, the taller-than-average woman moved back to gaze at the camera.


On-Screen:

Asuka was the first to leave the ring, Charlotte and Alexa following behind her, while keeping in character, they kept an eye on Asuka encase they were attacked and chosen by the Japanese born wrestler there and then.


Off-Screen:

The three made it through, some officials were taking the championships away from Ashley and Alexis, or Alexa Bliss, and putting them away for safe transporting.

Kanako Urai, or Asuka, spotted Kaori and Madison, smiled and walked up to them. As soon as Kanako reached them, she grabbed them in a tight hug, which Madison and Kaori reciprocated.

"Oh it's so good to see you again!" Kanako greeted in her native language, both Madison and Kaori laughed with her as they all jumped on the spot. Some officials were glancing at the three women with amused looks before going back to whatever they were doing.

Eventually, the three were able to get changed and talk in a spot backstage, as they had a chance to talk for a few minutes.

"So which brand are you with?" Kanako asked as the three sat on a crate, the three were still chatting in Japanese.

"I've been sent to Smackdown." Madison answered. "But to be honest, I'm thinking of asking the higher-ups for me to be a 'free agent'. So I can work both shows, however I don't see that happening."

Kaori spoke up. "I don't think it's a good idea. I think they would want a set amount of women on RAW and Smackdown."

Madison did nod her head, thinking about Kaori's argument. "Good point. I really hope you get called up soon. It'll be fun having a match between the three of us." The dual colour haired woman then wrapped her arms around Kaori and Kanako's shoulders, giving them side hugs and forced them to sway side to side with her.

Madison eventually let the two women go from her hug. "I wonder if they'll swap me in this shake-up thing they have here. It was interesting to face Savelina, the crowd popped heavily when I picked her up."

"It's hard to tell, apparently the owner is insane or something." Kaori said with a shrug, which made Madison laugh.

Sometime later, the three had to split up as a backstage worker told them that everyone was ready for travel.


Smackdown Live 923:

In-Ring, On-Screen:

Skylar's theme played, the crowd stood on their feet and popped as Skylar Kali walked onto the stage; her white, unzipped hoodie, covered her face, only showing her mouth, jaw and hair that was falling down to either side of her chest.

"The following contest is a women's match set for one fall!" Greg Hamilton announced. "Introducing first, from New Haven, Connecticut, Skylar Kali!" He finished as the crowd cheered even louder.

"And this is Skylar Kali." Tom Phillips introduced. "She made her debut two nights ago at the first women's royal rumble and eliminated: Nia Jax, Natalya, Carmella, Nikki Bella, Sasha Banks and Trish Stratus. She has set a record for eliminating the most people in the women's royal rumble match at six."

"A dominant woman that has won championships in Japan and the US. Her nickname, the She-Monster is rightly earned." Corey hyped as Skylar took off her jacket and jumper, she handed them to an official and entered the ring.

Across from her was a local talent that was signed for a single night. She was around five foot six, with shoulder length brown hair, green eyes, a yellow sports bra that had laces fused into the middle of it, yellow trunks and black boots; On her arms, she wears black pads on both elbows and black tape around her wrists.

Skylar glance at her opponent for the night before leaning against the turnbuckles opposite the woman in mostly yellow. The referee asked both of them if they were ready, Lydia visibly said 'yes', while Skylar just nodded. The ref then rang the bell.

DING! DING! DING!

"And here we go, Skylar Kali facing off against Lydia Grayson, a local wrestler that has been given the opportunity to be here tonight." Philips said.

"You mean, being fed to the She-Monster, right?" Corey was skeptical at Tom's statement, but then Saxton tried to be optimistic.

"Hey, Grayson might pull an upset tonight."

"Something tells me that won't happen." Corey responded.

Skylar slowly walked over to Lydia, who got into a ready stance. Both were a couple of feet away from each other, suddenly Kali cleared that distance with a sprint and grabbed Grayson in a one armed bear hug; only to continue the sprint into the turnbuckles, crushing Lydia against the corner while driving her shoulder into Grayson's gut.

"Oh! The strength of Skylar on display here." Philips couldn't help but flinch.

Skylar then grabbed Lydia's hair and performed a snapmare so Grayson was sitting. Not wasting anytime, Skylar delivered a stiff kick to Lydia's upper back, a loud thud echoed.

"Oh my god!" Byron cried out as well as the crowd who grimaced, Grayson fell to the floor and arched her back in pain. "Did you hear that thud?"

"I'm pretty sure you could hear it from the rafters, Saxton." Corey answered back.

Skylar walked off a bit, staring at the crowd, before walking back towards Lydia. She grabbed the smaller woman's hair and pulled her to a sitting position. Kali took a step back and delivered another stiff kick, hammering Lydia back down.

"And again, with that vicious kick to the chest of Grayson." Corey was almost feeling sorry for Lydia...almost.

Skylar, starting to feel blood-lust, picked Grayson up into a sitting position and threw another stiff kick. However, Kali then repeated the cycle five more times in rapid succession, as the commentators started to feel uncomfortable.

"Stop it for god's sake!" Byron shouted, his disgust could be felt.

"Who's going to do that? You?!" Corey called back.

The referee, having enough, pushed and pulled Skylar away for the prone body of Lydia.

"Finally!" Byron exclaimed.

Skylar raised her hands with an indifferent face and stepped backwards willingly. The referee then went back to Lydia, checking to see if she's conscious and uninjured.

"The referee, checking on Lydia Grayson." Philips spoke seriously.

Skylar stared down at Lydia, her blood-lust not sated. So, she decided to finish the match. Skylar walked over and gripped Grayson's hair in her hands, and pulled her to a standing position.

"Oh come on! Stop! She can't defend himself!" Byron screamed into his headset.

Skylar stood in the center of the ring, with Lydia only able to stand due to Kali holding onto her hair. Skylar then tightly wrapped her left arm around Grayson's head, and threw Lydia's left arm over her shoulder. Skylar looked at the crowd to deliver a throat cut gesture, before grabbing Grayson's trunks and lifting her into the air for a suplex. However, Skylar didn't fall backwards and just held Grayson in the air. Kali then moved her arm, that was around Lydia's hair, and moved it in front of the smaller woman's chest. Quickly, Kali pushed Lydia forwards with her right arm, causing her to swing like a pendulum around Skylar's left arm. Lydia's back impacted against the mat with a devastating bang, the crowd reacted with mixed reactions at Skylar acts at attacking a defenseless woman, but some cheered at her strength.

"I felt that one! Another one of Kali's devastating moves. She calls that it, The Calamity." Corey informed the audience as Skylar covered Lydia and hooked a leg. The ref started to count.

"One! Two! Three! Ring the bell!" The referee ordered, relieved that it was finally over.

"Here is your winner! Skylar Kali!"

The crowd only gave mixed reactions, a far cry from five minutes before when they cheered.

Skylar's theme played as she was given her jumper and jacket, she just held them like someone would a backpack.

"What a dominant display by the She-Monster." Corey said. "Who can stop her? Philips? Saxton?"

His fellow commentators didn't answer as the show went to commercial, the last shot before it did was of Kali's back as she walked up the ramp.


Backstage, Off-Screen:

Madison was just backstage on her phone, checking twitter as she was bored, her bag beside her.

Jesus! Those kicks are brutal! #SmackdownLive

It was awesome! #SmackdownLive

I just hope that Lydia chick isn't injured. Those kicks looked really unsafe. #SheMonsterUnsafe

Levesque scoffed at that one, along with a few other tweets saying the same thing, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed. "Though, I think they are people who hadn't watched my time in Japan." She thought, trying to justify why they would say that.

"What's got you in a bad mood?" An Irish accent asked from her right. She turned to see Rebecca walk up to her.

"What makes you think I'm in a bad mood?" Madison asked.

Rebecca pointed at her face with a smile. "You're starting to scowl."

Madison blinked. "Oh."

"Yep. So what's got you in a bad mood?" She repeated, her smile still on her face.

Madison sighed. "Well, it's just some people saying things on twitter. Just found it kind of hypocritical that they say my kicks are unsafe, when Bryan does the same thing. The woman I worked with just sold them very well."

"Well, I can only say that to just not take them seriously, but I feel you're use to this sort of thing." Rebecca responded.

Levesque nodded. "Yeah, I actually might tweet that."

Quin was confused. "Tweet what?"

"That the people who say my kicks are unsafe should look at Daniel Bryan's kicks and say that his were unsafe."

"Maybe, but I think people would just respond with him now being injured due to his style of wrestling."

"I know they would, but I'm just talking about his kicks. Not his wrestling style." Madison went to talk again but was interrupted by her phone buzzing, she pressed her notifications and saw that someone had replied to the tweets.

WWEDanielBryan: Wait! Does that mean my kicks were unsafe as well? Strange, I don't remember anyone getting injured from them.

Madison blinked. "Oh, never mind then. Guess Bryan's got me covered."

"See, didn't need to so anything." Rebecca thought for a moment and asked. "Hey, do you like tea?"

Madison looked up to gaze at Rebecca. "You're talking to the woman who's spent eleven years in Japan."

Rebecca nearly jumped on the spot. "Oh, then you know the best tea to try. I know this good shop in town we can go to quickly."

Madison couldn't help but smile at Rebecca's carefree attitude, she nodded. "Alright, I'll come and see if they have any good sencha tea."

Rebecca hummed. "I haven't tried that one, what's it taste like?"

"Has a slight bitterness to it, you'll thinking of trying it?"

"I think you need to ride with me and Ashley from now on." Madison went to speak but Rebecca didn't let her. "Yep, you coming with me and Ashley." Rebecca then grabbed Madison's back and walked away.

Madison only noticed her bag being in Rebecca's hand some seconds later, she then ran after the Irish woman.

"Rebecca! Give me my bag back! Rebecca!"


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Also, yes. The character of Lydia Grayson is a jobber creation from a Review someone did on the first version of this fic.