The Zack Mercer Story
Chapter 2: Smackdown Live Debut
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 - Summerslam 2016 - 26 Days Away - Buffalo, New York
Tonight was the night that the entire WWE Universe will forever will remember the name Zack Mercer. Right here in the First Niagara Center, Zack Mercer would be making his debut in front of the fans in Buffalo, New York.
Although Zack Mercer was excited, Andrew James McGrady was nervous about the debut and he couldn't understand why he was jealous. He had been preparing for his debut for several days now but he still couldn't shake his nervousness. James sighed as he found himself sitting in the male locker room dressed in his ring gear which consisted of black tights with tiger scratches on the sides in white. On the back of the tights there were two huge stars in white that started at the tights at ended on the lower knee portion with two miniature stars on each side of each point. On the front of the tights there was Mercer in white in an old english font. He also had black knee pads with a Z in old english font in white with black kick pads with a white outlining the padding of the kick pads with straps on the sides of the kick pads. On his wrist he had black wrist tape that started at the wrist at ended in the middle of the forearm.
James had his black hair down his shoulder with oil making his hair appear wet and shiny. He had his hands together in a praying motion while he prayed to himself.
His praying was cut off when he heard a voice cutting off his concentration.
"Dude you alright?" asked Jon Good AKA Dean Ambrose in his ring gear with the WWE Championship on his shoulder.
"Yeah man, I'm good just trying to get focused. Andrew James McGrady. People call me James." replied James holding out a hand for Jon to shake. Jon shook his hand and introduced himself.
"Jonathan Good." Jon introduced.
"Nice to meet you Jon. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish my mental preparation before tonight's show." James said as he sat back down in his locker coby while Jon walked away. He put his face in his hands before he heard another voice breaking his concentration.
"Mr. McGrady?" asked a stage crew member while James stood up from his seat and looked at the man.
"What is it?" James asked slightly annoyed.
"Shane McMahon would like to see you sir." said the stage crew member. James had sat down and put his head into his hands.
"Tell him I'll be there soon." James replied to the stage crew member.
"I think he would like to see you now. If I have any experience with McMahon's they don't like waiting for long." said the stage crew member in a tone of voice letting James know that he was trying to teach him something.
"Lead the way sir." James said as he grabbed a plain black tank top and put it on. James followed the man out of the locker room.
GM's Office - Minutes Later
James stopped in front of the GM's office and let out a nervous sigh before he walked through the doors of the GM's office and entered the office. He saw the Smackdown Live Commissioner, Shane McMahon and the Smackdown Live General Manager, Bryan Danielson AKA Daniel Bryan.
"There he is. The man who's gonna revolutionize the WWE. I'm Shane McMahon." said Shane McMahon said as he got up to his feet to greet James with a handshake. James shook his hand with a greeting smile.
"I'm Bryan Danielson." said Bryan as he stood up from his desk and held out a hand. James walked over to him and shook his hand with that same smile.
"Please take a seat Mr. McGrady." said Shane as he pointed to the seat in front of Bryan's desk while Shane McMahon sat down on the sofa. James followed the orders while he silently prayed in his head that everything would go well.
"We just wanted to say that we're excited for your debut here tonight and we're watching you." Shane said.
"Yeah, It's supposed to be some motivation for you and another we wanted talk to you about was the plan for you tonight." Bryan said.
"Plan?" James asked confused as he ran his hands over his stubble.
"Yeah it's to spice your debut up a little. It's gonna go a little something like this…" Shane then went on to explain the events for tonight's show with James and Bryan.
Smackdown Live Arena - Hours Later
"Bully" by Three Days Grace Hits
Zack Mercer walked out onto the stage dressed in his ring gear with a black vest on that had tiger scratches on the back in white with Zack Mercer in white on the bottom of it. The fans were cheering loudly for Zack while he had a smile on his face.
"Bully" Stops
"You see Heath here on Smackdown Live we earn our opportunities which is why I'm gonna give you an opportunity to win a Smackdown Live contract right here tonight. If you can beat this man right here tonight then you have yourself a Smackdown Live contract. But if not then you will continue to be a free agent. Do I make myself clear?" Shane McMahon said into the mic while Heath stood in the ring in his ring gear with his shades on and a t-shirt.
"You've made your point now go ahead and send that rookie on down so I can take that Smackdown Live contract." Heath said into the mic as he dropped it and took off his shades and t-shirt and threw them into the crowd.
"Now hit the music!" Shane shouted as Zack's music continued around the arena.
"Bully" Continues
"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring from Las Vegas, Nevada. Weighing in at 235 Pounds. "The Ace of Spades" Zack Mercer." Greg Hamilton announced.
Zack walked down the ramp with a smirk on his face as he slapped the hands of the fans. He looked at the fans while he continued to smile before he made his way over to the steel steps. He made his way up the steps.
"And his opponent from Pineville, West Virginia. Weighing in at 216 Pounds. Heath Slater." announced Greg Hamilton.
Once he was on the ring apron he pointed a finger up in the sky and then hopped over the top rope and jumped up onto the second rope. He spread his arms wide with open palms and then raised his arms in pre match victory. He jumped down from second rope and walked diagonally across from the ring to the other corner where he did the exact same thing. He jumped down from the corner and turned to face his opponent.
"Bully" Stops
He took off his vest and handed it to the ring crew as he pulled up on his kick pads, knee pads, and his tights.
DDD!
Zack Mercer stood in the corner while Heath Slater did the same. Zack and Heath started to circle around the ring before they both locked it up in a collar elbow tie up. Zack won the struggle for strength and transitioned the hold into the corner. Zack was the first to break the hold causing the referee to stop his count on the hold but Zack slapped Heath in the face showing him disrespect.
"Hey!" Heath yelled out as he put a hand on the place where Zack slapped him while the referee was verbally yelling at Zack. The referee moved out of place while Heath had circled the ring causing Zack to slowly jog around the ring. They prepared to tie it up again but Heath had outsmarted Zack and he ducked the collar elbow tie up and ended up behind Zack. He placed his forearm into the back of the head of causing Zack to moved forward holding his head. Heath Slater went to the ropes while Zack did the same. Heath went for a clothesline but Zack ducked it and continued to make his way to the ropes. He hopped onto the second rope and did a moonsault like motion looking to land on Heath but Heath backed out of the way allowing Zack to land on his feet.
Heath wrapped his arms around the waist of Zack and pushed him forward looking for a roll up pin but Zack held onto the ropes and pushed Heath off of him. Heath rolled up to his feet while Zack ran towards him and damn near took his head off with an lariat to the head sending Heath off of his feet into the air twisting and turning until he landed back first onto the mat. The fans cheered as Zack looked around the arena at the fans. Zack quickly into the cover.
1…..
2, Kickout at 2 by Heath Slater. Heath sat up only to be kicked in the chest and brought back down to the mat. Zack went to the ropes and when he came back off the ropes he started to do the Ric Flair strut in the ring as he made it to Heath's position. He ran his hands through his hair before he jumped up off the ground showing amazing elevation as he dropped the across the chest of Heath Slater.
"Wooooo." Zack yelled like one of his all time favorites Ric Flair. Zack Mercer walked to the corner and climbed up to the second rope and raised his arms in victory as if the match was over this allowed Heath to make it up to his feet. Zack jumped off the ropes and turned around to find Heath Slater already up to his feet. Zack smiled as he looked Heath up and down.
"I didn't expect you to fight back sport." Zack shouted in an arrogant tone of voice. Heath Slater spit in the face of Zack Mercer who looked down at the mat. He looked back up at Heath Slater chuckling to himself. He turned his back on Heath and looked at the crowd. Slater took the chance and tried to attack Zack but Mercer hit Slater with a clean jaw-dropping Superkick square on the jaw. Slater dropped onto the mat as he stared up at the ceiling knocked out cold.
Zack dropped into the cover with a look of anger in his eyes.
1…..
2….
3…..
DDD!
"Bully" Hits
"Here is your winner: Zack Mercer." announced Greg Hamilton as Zack made it up to his feet while the referee raised his arm in victory. He ran a hand through his hair while he raised his arms in the air in victory while his frown was turned upside down. He walked around the ring a few times looking at the crowd while Heath Slater rolled out of the ring. He climbed up the turnbuckle and rose both of his arms in the air. He jumped down from the turnbuckle and exited the ring. On his way out he gave Heath a thumbs up and wink before he started to walk up the ramp.
Backstage - Minutes Later
James sat on a crate in the back with a towel around his neck and a bottle of water beside him. He had his wrist tape cut off beside him while he ran a finger over the name Elizabeth on his right hand.
"Hey Drew." said Lexi as she walked towards him. He looked up at her with a friendly smile.
"Hey Lexi." He said as he jumped off the crate and gave her a big hug while he lifted her up. She giggled when he put her down on her feet.
"I saw your match. It was nice might I add." She said as she jumped up next to him on the crate.
"Just like any other match that I'm in." He said.
"I try to compliment you and you become arrogant. You see this why I don't tell you things about yourself." She said.
"Yeah whatever. So how's things going with Matthew?" He asked.
"They're alright and why did you say his name like that?" She asked.
"Well Cassie told me that Matthew has been going around the NXT backstage area throwing dirt on my name and I don't like that. So I'm saying Matthew instead of Matthew." He asked.
"And you're getting all this from Cassie? Your so called girlfriend? No offence but your girlfriend is one of the most unreliable people when it comes to news related to me or my boyfriend." She said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked.
"Drew, You're gonna have to find out on your own." Lexi said as she jumped off the crate and walked away leaving James there alone confused. He leaned forward before he whipped his head back making his hair go behind his head.
A/N: Okay so I'm finished with Chapter 2. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review. Put any ideas that you may have in the reviews. It let me know that you liked it, you're interested and you want me to keep coming back with this heat. Until next time…
This is the ZackAttack signing out!
Peace!
