FINALLY! I GOT THIS CHAPTER WRITTEN! This chapter is kinda just a filler. It just shows who will be in the tournament, but I apologize if Fortune's scene is too long, mainly because I love Fortune! :) The other wrestlers', well they're short. But yeah, I just wanted to get this chapter done and start writing the tournament part. So either way, enjoy.


Chapter 2: Who's In?

Three days later, the news of the tournament has gone out to the fans, but not the wrestlers just yet. But now, during an out-of-Orlando show, it was time for the wrestlers to know.

In one of the locker rooms in the building were the members of Fortune. AJ Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, and Christopher Daniels were just sitting around, doing nothing; except for James who was indulging a beer.

Chris was walking around the room when he decided he should sit down. As he was about to sit on his chair, the chair moved and he hit his butt on the floor. His teammates laughed.

"Emboar! That's not funny!" Chris shouted. Behind the chair was an Emboar. Emboar was Christopher's first Pokemon, which started out as a Tepig. The mega fire pig Pokemon gave out a smile and pushed the chair back to where it was. He then gave his trainer a pat on the head.

"He sure likes joking with you, doesn't he?" AJ chuckled as Chris sat down. Laying next to AJ was a Charizard, his first Pokemon that started as a Charmander. Charizard was napping and snoring loudly. James plugged his ears due to the loud snoring.

"I would be careful about the flame on Charizard's tail, AJ." Robert said. "Remember what happened the last time you let him out of the Pokeball in the locker room?"

"Ah, don't worry about it!" The long haired redneck blurted as he slapped his Beer Money partner on the back. "If Charizard does end up lighting something up, Kazarian can just tell Blastoise to use Hydro Pump to put it out!" The handsome Kazarian just rolled his eyes. (Yes, I find Kaz handsome!)

Blastoise was, of course, Kazarian's first Pokemon, which began as a Squirtle. He too was napping inside his shell (which by the way Kazarian was sitting on).

"Well maybe if Charizard does end up doing that, you could have Swampert take care of it." Kaz joked.

Standing over James's shoulder was his starter Pokemon, Swampert; that began as a Mudkip. He leaded over his trainer's shoulder and sniffed his beer bottle.

"No beer for you, Swampert." James lightly pushed him away.

Christopher then asked Robert, "Hey Bobby, why won't you let Venusaur out?"

Robert answered, "He's too big." Robert's starter Pokemon was in fact a Venusaur, starting as a Bulbasaur.

Just then, they saw a piece of paper being pushed under the door. AJ got up and picked it up. Along with his team mates who stood up after he did, they looked at it.

It was an announcement poster for the tournament. It had IMPACT Wrestling written on the top with its white and blue letters. In the background, a Pokeball was shown.

The poster read:

IMPACT POKEMON TOURNAMENT

On Thursday, for the first time in professional wrestling history, IMPACT Wrestling will be having a Pokemon tournament!

This tournament will feature wrestlers and knockouts that have Pokemon to compete in Pokemon battles. The winner of the tournament will be wrestling's first ever Pokemon battle champion.

Tournament happens this Thursday. Wrestlers and knockouts willing to participate have to sign up in Hulk Hogan's office. All participants must be signed up by Wednesday. The participants must also have Pokemon; no Pokemon, no being in the tournament.

Good luck!

The members of Fortune stared at each other. Then, James blurted out, "Oh yeah! I'm signing up!" His outburst caused both Charizard and Blastoise to wake up from their nap. Charizard just groaned while Blastoise popped his head out of his shell.

Kaz went over to his Pokemon. "Hey Blastoise, there's a tournament that's going to happen on Thursday. Should we do it?"

Blastoise didn't respond for a few seconds, but then, "Blast!" The shellfish Pokemon approved.

"Charizard agrees, too." AJ says.

"So does Emboar." Chris says.

"Let's go sign up." The team returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs and walked out of their locker room.

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Elsewhere, Ken Anderson was walking around in the halls, being a usual "a-word". As he was walking, he saw the poster on the wall.

"What the heck is this?" He said in his angry voice. He looked at the poster with interest.

"Pokemon tournament? On IMPACT? Thursday? First ever Pokemon battling champion?" A huge grin appeared on his face. "I heard Sting has a few Pokemon of his own. He may be in the tournament. I think I'll sign up."

That's when he continued to walk down the hallway.

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In the gym of the building, all was empty, except for a wrestler and two of his Pokemon.

Rob Van Dam was in the gym training. With him was a Hitmonchan and a Lucario. They were both punching at a punching bag.

"Nice job, you two. Keep it up." Rob commented.

Hitmonchan then hit the punching bag really hard and the powerful punch caused the bag to fly into the air.

"Wow, Hitmonchan. You're still good at that punching." Rob chuckled.

"Hitmonchan!" The Pokemon thanked his trainer.

At that moment, Rob saw one of the tech guys putting something on the wall. When the guy left, Rob walked over to the wall and saw the poster. He read it and immediately smiled.

"A tournament, huh? And the winner becomes a champion?" Rob rubbed his chin. "It may not be for the heavyweight title, but I might as well sign up." He returned Hitmonchan and Lucario into their Pokeballs and walked out of the gym.

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In a dark area in the building, in a corner, the monster Abyss stood there, looking at the familiar poster on the wall. He rocked from side to side as he read.

"The winner of the tournament will be wrestling's first ever Pokemon battle champion." The monster's dark voice was heard reading. He then let out a dark chuckle. "No problem for me. My Pokemon are the most powerful. No one will beat me!"

Abyss walked out of sight.

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Outside of the building, Bully Ray was walking. Beside him was a large dark dog with horns. It clearly was a Pokemon.

"C'mon, Houndoom. Let's go back inside." He told his Pokemon as they headed back in.

While he walked in, a tech guy was putting another poster on the wall and was blocking Ray's way.

"Hey! Get out of the way! I need to get through here!" Ray yelled at the tech.

"I'm sorry! I'm putting this poster up!" The tech said. Houndoom growled at him. "Okay, okay! I'm going!" The tech ran off.

"No one stands in the way of Bully Ray!" He shouted out loud. "What's the big deal of a piece of paper?" He was about to rip the paper off of the wall and crumple it up, but the title caught his eye.

Ray read the whole poster, and a small evil smile came to his face.

"That tournament sounds like fun. I think we should do it, Houndoom."

Houndoom barked.

"Devon? Nah, he won't be in it. He doesn't have any Pokemon. I was still partners with him when I went to Johto."

Houndoom barked again.

"AJ?" Ray's smile got wider. "Yes, he does have Pokemon. I don't know what he has, but I know they're much weaker than mine. If I'm in that tournament, I will defeat that boy AJ and be the champion."

Ray and his Houndoom started walking again, with Ray still having a smile on his face.

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In a candle lit room, Winter was sitting on the tan couch, right beside Angelina Love.

"Angelina, you remember the times we've had before?" Winter spoke to her, rubbing her on her back. "No matter what happens, I will always be with you."

Angelina didn't reply. She continued to look like a zombie.

"Come on. Let's go." Winter took a hold of Angelina's hand and walked out of the room. But as they walked out, Winter spotted the poster on the wall.

"A Pokemon tournament?" She said happily, putting her hands on her chest. "My Pokemon will surely compete in this competition!" She turned to Angelina. "What do you think, Angelina?"

Once again, she didn't respond. Winter put her hand on her hair.

"It's alright. I don't care about winning this time. I just want my Pokemon to compete." She grabbed Angelina's hand and continued walking.

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Inside a photo shooting room, Eric Young was cornered by Gunner, who was grabbing on the collar of his shirt. He wanted revenge on Eric for taking his television title.

"No one takes my title! No one takes my title!" Gunner shouted out.

"Okay, okay. Relax dude." Eric said calmly. "I may have won the title, but you don't have to act this way."

Gunner pushed Eric into the wall. Eric rubbed the back of his head after it hit.

"I have a reason to act this way! You took my title!" Gunner spat. He stomped out of the room.

But Eric noticed outside the door, Gunner stopped and looked at the wall, then he ran. Eric wondered what he was looking at, so he got off the ground, rubbing his head from the hit.

He looked at the side of the wall once he got out of the room and immediately saw the familiar poster.

"Pokemon tournament?" He said with excitement. He finished reading before he said, "Must sign up!" and took off like a bullet.

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In another side of the building, the "IMPACT Wrestling queen" Madison Rayne, was strolling. She had a huge tiara on.

Just that moment, she heard a voice, "Hello, Madison."

Madison turned to the left and saw her former partner, Tara, standing there.

"What do you want, Tara? Want to come back to me?" Madison scowled.

Tara laughed. "No. I was just wondering if you were going to enter in that Pokemon tournament for Thursday."

Madison looked confused. "Pokemon tournament? What Pokemon tournament?"

Tara gasped sarcastically, "You haven't heard about the Pokemon tournament that's going to happen Thursday? There's posters all over the building. In fact, there's one behind you."

Madison turned around and right on the wall was the poster. She started to read it and Tara heard her mumble as she did.

When she finished reading, she turned back towards Tara. "I'm going to enter in this!"

Tara shook her head. "Oh please, you may not be able to make it passed the first round. The guys' Pokemon are stronger than yours!"

"I am going to compete in that competition and become the champion!" Madison yelled.

"Wanna bet?" Tara smiled.

"Fine. One hundred dollars." Madison offered

"If you lose, I get the money."

"But if, or when I become the Pokemon battling champion, you owe me the money."

"Deal." The two girls handshake for the bet. Madison immediately walked away.

Tara laughed as she said, "I seen her Pokemon. Madison doesn't stand a chance. She won't even make it passed the first round."

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Inside Eric Bischoff's office, Matt Hardy walks in there.

"Eric? Hello?" He calls out. Eric is not in there. He sits on the chair in front of the desk.

"Guess I'll have to wait."

But something on the desk catches Matt's eye. It is a copy of the tournament poster. Matt picks it up and reads it.

"A Pokemon tournament? On IMPACT?" He said to himself. A smile comes to his face. "It doesn't hurt to try."

He gets up from the chair and walks out. "If only Jeff could participate, too."

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Inside one of the dressing rooms, two knockouts Mickie James and Velvet Sky were standing together. They were both obviously looking at the poster that just slid into the room.

"I don't know about you, but I think I'm going to do it." Mickie said.

"Me too." Velvet agreed. "Although it actually doesn't matter if I win."

"Just in it for the battles?" Mickie asked.

Velvet nodded, "Yeah. Besides, Blaziken hasn't had a battle in quite a while."

"Neither has Meganium." Mickie replied.

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Out in another hallway, Matt Morgan was exercising on the side of the wall.

Right then, another tech came up next to him and put the poster on the wall. After the tech left, Matt looked at the poster.

"A tournament?" He nodded as he read. "My Pokemon are tough enough."

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Elsewhere, Brian Kendrick was sitting on the floor. He seemed to be thinking.

"I don't know whether to participate in the tournament or not." He thought to himself. He already saw the news of the tournament.

"Hey, Brian!" A voice called out. It was the Buck brothers, Max and Jeremy.

"You going to enter in the Pokemon tournament?" Jeremy asked. "Me and Max already signed up."

Brian sighed, "I don't know yet."

"You should!" Max suggested. "I've seen your Pokemon in action." The brothers then walked away.

Brian continued to think, then he said, "I think I will."

He slowly rose from the floor and walked away.

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Inside another dressing room in the building, Jeff Jarrett and his wife, Karen, were kissing each other. But their kissing was interrupted when Jeff saw a paper being slid under the door.

Jeff stood up and picked up the paper and read it.

"A Pokemon tournament? Whose idea was this?" He asked himself.

"It was probably the network's." Karen commented. She then thought for a while and said, "You should sign up, Big Daddy. I've seen your Pokemon battle."

Jeff turned and smiled at her. "Your right. I should do it. I did win in the Indigo Plateau."

The couple started to kiss again.

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Inside the hallways once again, but this time, it was Kurt Angle roaming the halls. He was going down the same hall as Abyss was at.

He spotted the poster on the wall and read it. After he finished, he smiled.

"Sounds like fun." He said. "I know Jarrett has Pokemon, so it's a possibility he'll be in it, too."

Kurt was walking again when he said, "I was the winner of the Hoenn League."

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Outside of the building out in the parking lot, Sting was just pacing around. He did not have his face paint on, but he was holding his world heavyweight title on his shoulder.

In his hand, was the poster. He looked it over and thought for a minute.

Sting came to a decision. "My Pokemon may not be the best, but I'll do it. The more people who do it, the better. I'll take a shot at that championship."

He now was walking back inside the building.

How many wrestlers are going to participate in the tournament? How will the first round go? Find out next chapter!