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The Next Day
As promised, I met up with Zack for the filming of his show.
"You showed!" He said jokingly as I entered the room. I was relieved to see that Zack's Dad wasn't present.
"Of course I did, I wouldn't ditch out on you!"
"So my idea is to include a segment on my show where they can ask you questions. We can call it like "Ask Kelsey" or "Ask the Broskette." I nodded.
"That could be interesting,: I said skeptically. He laughed.
"Well I posted the idea on twitter and gave them a hash tag to submit a question for you to answer. They are funny so far."
"Good, I will try my best to rock it!" We both changed into our ring gear. He handed me one of his headbands and I put in on.
"You look great! Are you ready to shoot the intro?"
"Yep, I'm ready"
The camera began to roll.
"Welcome to Z! True Long Island Story. I'm your host, the internet champion, Zack Ryder."
"I'm his wife and WWE Diva Kelsey Ryder!"
The camera stopped and we prepared to do my segment.
"Today my wife is making her Z! True Long Island Story premiere with a segment we call 'Ask the Broskette'"
"Hey guys," I smiled.
"So the first question: What's the worst part about being married to Long Island Iced Z?"
"Well, he uses up all my hair products! His hairdo takes longer than mine! So I can basically forget about getting enough mirror time when he's around." He smiled.
" You know it! Take car spike your hair! You cant do that without hair products! So…question number 2: What's the best thing about being married to Zack Ryder?"
"Well, we are always laughing and he shaves...like his whole body." I winked referencing his pre show routine. Zack blushed.
"Well..uh…guilty as charged?" He said shrugging. "On to our final question today: Who do you think will win title gold first you or your husband?"
"Easy question! Me hands down! I will win that Divas championship and I will do it sooner rather than later! I'm sure Zack will be holding gold of his own shortly after of course," I answered winking with a smile.
"Ouch! That's cold honey! But that's all the time we have for this segment today."
"See ya next week Broksi's!"
Cut. The crew was laughing hysterically.
"Honestly, that turned out a lot funnier than I thought it would be Kelsey." Zack said laughing.
"I definitely agree. So that'll work?"
"Yeah, it was hilarious. Thanks so much for doing this." He gave me a hug.
"No problem. It was fun. If you want to keep doing the segment, I'm definitely game."
"I'm going to hold you to that!" I stuck around and watched him film the other segments. It was defianely a fun way to spend an afternoon and it was nice to actually be getting along with the man I'm married to.
Two Weeks Later
Tonight was the first night of the new storyline. I was pretty excited to be pushed more prominently, even if it was with Zack. The crowd really ate our coupledom up. The two of us stood backstage watching the monitors as Dolph made his way down to the ring and grabbed a microphone.
"I have to honest, I've got a bone to pick with Mr. John Laurinitis tonight. Last week, Santino Marella, I repeat SANTINO MARELLA got a United States Championship title shot last week. Of all people on this roster, I clearly deserve the title, because lets face it, I'm THAT damn good at what I do." The crowd booed. "Seriously, Santino is a joke and nobody's laughing. I on the other hand, am deserving of having a gold title strapped around my waist."
John Laurintis came out.
"Dolph, you make a good point. You have been performing well lately and probably deserve a title shot but I'm not going to just give one to you. Just because you come out here on MY show and demand a title shot, doesn't mean you should get one. Tonight, you are going to face off 1-on-1 with the United States Champion Jack Swagger in a non-title match. If I like what I see, we'll talk title shot."
"Thank you for finally giving me the credit and opportunity I deserve."
"Don't get cocky, Dolph, the match starts now." Jack Swagger's music hit and he stomped down to the ring. Mr. Laurinitis sat down ring side as Jack slid onto the apron. The two had a fierce match. Dolph managed to hold control for the most of the match. We waited until Dolph was preparing for his finisher, then we made our entrance. Zack ran out to the ring armed with a chair . He slid into the ring as I cheered from the apron. Zack slammed the chair into the back of the heads of Dolph and Jack Swagger. Zack motioned around his waist insinuating that he would soon possess the title. We made our way back up the ramp with smiles on our faces. It was an uncharacteristic tactic for Zack but it made a huge impact.
Zack and I made our way backstage. I walked backstage to shoot a scene with Mr. Laurinitis.
ACTION!
Mr. Laurinitis and I were mid- conversation in his office.
"Despite some of your behavior since you've been here, you do make a lot of good points, Mrs. Ryder. I tell you what, tonight I'm going to give you a match. You and Alicia Fox, one-on-one to be the #1 contender for the Divas Championship!" A smile crossed my face.
"Thank you Mr. Laurinitis. You're a smart man, I'm glad we had this conversation." I shook his hand and left the room.
"Cut. Great job guys."
Twenty minutes later, I was ready to go on. I was so excited, this storyline was kicking off to a great start. I was stretching behind the curtain, bent over, when I heard somebody clear their throat. I turned to look.
"Perv!" Dolph only smiled.
"I was admiring the view! Well, that was a bonus at least. I really wanted to catch you before your match to wish you luck."
"Thanks Dolph. I'm so excited!"
"I can tell, You'll do great. Just keep your head in the game, you don't want to botch it and injure yourself, especially with this storyline getting going."
"I will try my best!" I said brimming with energy. I saw Zack approaching us.
"Sorry I'm late, Kelsey. You ready?" Zach said excitedly.
"Absolutely!" My music hit almost on cue.
"Excuse us, Ziggler, we have a match." Dolph gave me a quick hug. Zack shot Dolph a dirty look.
"Good luck Blondie." I smiled and darted out onto the ramp. I made my entrance as usual and slid into the ring. The current champion, Kelly Kelly had taken a seat at the announcers table to catch the action up close. She was obviously sizing up her possible opponent for the title. I got up on the top rope facing her and taunted her. As Zack did earlier, I gestured at my waist. I wanted that title.
I turned my attention to Alicia Fox and the bell rang. We started locked together in the middle of the ring. She kicked me in the gut and got control. She through me into the ropes and clotheslined me as I met her back in the center. I hit the mat hard. She approached me and swung my leg and knocked her feet out from under her. I stood up and delivered a barrage of kicks to the midsection and head of Alicia. I tossed her into the corner, preparing for another superplex. She punched me in the face. I returned the favor and put her up on the top rope. I was ready to superplex but first pointed at Kelly Kelly. I proceeded to nail the superplex. I waited for her to stand, she did. I ran at her at landed at scissor kicked her. I pinned her 1...2...3.
I picked myself up off the mat. I turned around to see Kelly Kelly, chair in hand about to swing at me. I caught her just in time. I kicked the chair and it went slamming into her face. She fell to the mat. I just smiled and made my exit. That bitch had it coming. It only sweetened the pot that I hate her and got paid to slam a chair into her face. Some days it was awesome to be a wrestler!
I was still flying high off of adrenaline when I came through the curtain. Dolph was there waiting. Upon seeing him, I ran and jumped into his arms. He caught me and spun me around. Zack shot him another dirty look before stomping off.
"You did so great Blondie!" he said with a giant smile on his face.
"Thanks Dolph. I can't believe this is happening!"
"I can, you deserve it. I'm so proud of you."
"Are you going to put me down?"
"Nope, I'm taking you hostage!" He slid me up over his shoulder.
"Put me down!" I said giggling.
"Never!"
"But why!"
"Because I can! I do what I want!" He said laughing.
"Look at me, I'm Dolph Ziggler, I'm so awesome and man pretty. I do whatever the fuck I want!" I said doing my best Dolph impression.
"I do not sound like that!"
"Yeah you do!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!" he set me down and began to tickle me. I tried tickling him back. I squirmed around trying to escape. Once again I had to concede. "Fine, Fine! You don't sound like that!" He stopped tickling me.
"See! Was that so hard?"
"Yes!" He just shook his head.
"So I'm man pretty, huh?" He said smugly as he put an arm around me leading back towards the locker rooms.
Two Days Later
Once again, I found myself on the way to a meeting with creative. This time, however, I was actually on time. I entered the room. Unsurprisingly, Dolph and Zack were already there. The only empty seat was fittingly, between the two of them, I quickly sat down.
"Now that you are all here, lets get down to business. We have a slight alteration on your storyline. Recently, Stephanie McMahon saw Dolph and Kelsey interacting backstage. This led to her coming up with an idea. The two of you just have such a chemistry with one another. So good that she thinks it would be a waste to not use it…essentially we want you two interacting on camera. She thinks the fans will love it. Quite frankly, if done correctly, I agree with her."
"Sweet!" Dolph said following up with a high five to me.
"So wait, you are splitting Kelsey and I up? The last time we were here you talked about how well we were getting over with the crowd. Why would you just turn around and mess with it," Zack said angrily.
"Calm down Zack. We aren't separating you guys. We just are creating more of a subplot. A few scenes here and there. That's it. Essentially we want to use it to add more to the feud and we think the two of them can do it."
"Sounds great. When do we get the scripts?" I asked excitedly.
"We've got them right here. The first promo is on Raw. Read the script over and we'll see ya on Monday." They handed us the scripts and we headed out.
"I can't believe this," Zack whined.
"I think it's awesome!" I said enthusiastically.
"Of course you do, you get to work with pretty boy here. It just seems stupid. It takes away from the wrestling."
"Shut it Ryder. It just adds to the storyline a bit, calm down." Dolph put his arm around me. "Plus I get to work with Kelsey here, which is awesome."
"Yeah, about time they realized we are both so great, we need to work together." We laughed as Zack pouted.
Things were about to get interesting.
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