A Battleground
The PPV came, weeks of battles between Nexus & the former Shield members, plus Wyatt playing mind games with Rollins.
Plus Apple Bloom & Sweetie Belle were training for their match against each other, Apple Bloom training with the likes of Sami Zayn, Finn Balor & Bayley, and Scootaloo training with the likes of Tyler Breeze, Emma & Sasha Banks.
The PPV came, everyone was there, it was time for the matches to start.
First up was the Tag Team match between Roman, Ambrose and Barrett, Ryback.
'We are one' played as Barrett & Ryback made their way to the ring, followed by 'Retaliation' for Ambrose & 'The Truth Reigns' for Roman, who was accompanied by Scootaloo.
Ryback started for his team, and Ambrose started for his, onc the bell rang, the two guys ran at each other, throwing blows, Ryback got the upper hand and pounded on Ambrose, but Ambrose shoved him back into a corner and did a few shoulder thrusts before throwing a few shots to the head.
The referee got Ambrose away from Ryback due to it being against the rules to constantly hit someone at the corner, Ryback took advantage and attacked Ambrose with a big boot.
Ryback then beat down Ambrose a bit and took him to the corner and tagged in Barrett in and Barrett then attacked Ambrose a few times.
Barrett dragged Ambrose to the center of the ring and then tossed him against the ropes and tried a big boot of his own but Ambrose ducked and bounced off the ropes to do a cross body attack.
Ambrose then dragged Barrett to the corner and tagged in Roman and both stomped a mud hole in Barrett for a bit while the referee counted, Ambrose getting in before the referee reached 5 to avoid a DQ.
Reigns chopped Barrett a few times in the corner and then tossed him to the other side and ran in for a body splash but Barrett countered with a kick to Roman's face and tagged out, when Roman came back to attack, Ryback had entered the ring and did a Thez Press and slammed Roman's head on the mat a few times.
Scootaloo went on the steps, "Come on Roman, you can do it!"
Barrett looked to Scootaloo, "Hey, get down!"
"Buzz off!"
Barrett grabbed Scootaloo by her tail and tossed her to the announcer table.
Ambrose tried entering the ring to attack Barrett for hurting Scootaloo but the referee held him back.
"Let me go! Let me at that son of a bitch!"
"Get back to your corner!" the ref shouted.
While the ref was distracted, Barrett entered the ring to help Ryback beat down Reigns a little, then left the ring before the ref turned around.
Scootaloo shook her head a little.
"Hey, you ok kid?" Cole asked.
Scootaloo nodded, "I'm fine, but Barrett's made my enemy list"
Ryback was still beating down Roman, hitting a few slams and suplexes before tagging in Barrett, who then proceeded to beat down Roman a little.
Roman eventually started fighting back and hit a few uppercuts before tagging Ambrose in who went in and did some of his precise and targeted strikes to Barrett's ribs and abdomen.
"Ambrose really going to work on Barrett", Cole said.
"Ambrose has those deadly precise shots, he can hurt you in so many ways", King said.
Barrett managed to counter Ambrose's strikes and fought back hard, he started doing quick tags with Ryback and they did their best to keep Ambrose away from Roman,
Roman eagerly waited at the corner while Ambrose was getting beaten on, the crowd on fire, the climax came when Barrett had hit Ambrose hard and he feigned failing through the ropes, only to rebound and hit a clothesline to Barrett.
The crowd cheered, Roman held his hand out, Ambrose crawled to his corner, desperate for a tag, Barrett also going to his corner.
Scootaloo ran to Roman's side and got on the apron, "Come on Dean, you can do it!"
Ambrose got the tag as did Barrett, Roman came in like all fired up and attacked Ryback several times before throwing him to a corner and body splashing him and then throwing him against the ropes and doing a Samoan drop.
Barrett came in to attack but Roman hit a Samoan Drop on Barrett as well, then he cocked his hand like a shotgun and ran in to do a Superman punch to Ryback and then one to Barrett.
He went to the corner and roared with the crowd to set up the spear, but before he can do it, Slater, Otunga, Gabriel & Tarver rushed to the ring and attacked Roman, resulting in a DQ and an angry crowd.
"Aw come on, it was a great match and it was ruined by these rowdy individuals!" Cole said.
The group started to beat down Roman, when Ambrose tried helping he got beaten down as well, it was a 6 on 2 assault, Ryback then hit Roman with his Meat Hook clothesline and then picked him up and hit Shell Shock.
Barrett picked up Ambrose on his shoulders and slammed him down for Wasteland, Gabriel jumped to the top rope and did a 450 Splash to Ambrose.
Scootaloo got on the ropes and started yelling at Barrett.
"You no good punk! You knew you couldn't beat Dean & Roman, you need your boys to be a threat! Without them Barrett you're nothing, you here me? Noth-"
Barrett shut Scootaloo up by hitting her with his Bullhammer Elbow, knocking her on the apron then onto the floor, earning a larger boo from the crowd.
"What the hell was that!? That was uncalled for!" Cole shouted
The Nexus then stood tall as 'We Are One' played, then after they left, some trainers came down to help Roman, Dean & Scootaloo.
Later in the show, it was time for the Filly match.
'Cutie Mark Crusaders go Crusading' plays as Sweetie Belle made her way to the ring, she was still dressed similar to Seth Rollins, he could not be out there due to him preparing for his match later, but he did give her a little pep talk before she came out.
'We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders' Instrumental played as Apple Bloom came to the ring, dressed up in jeans and her customized Dean Ambrose shirt, with the AB logo where the DA usually is.
The two fillies stood across from each other and the bell rang.
"This is a first ladies and gentlemen, two fillies about to do battle", Cole said.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle approached each other, both seem to be mumbling something.
"You brought this on yourself Apple Bloom", Sweetie said.
"Yer gonna regret challenging me", Apple Bloom said.
Sweetie growled a bit and through a punch but Apple Bloom blocked it and struck Sweetie Belle down, she then crawled away a bit, shock on her face.
"How DARE you!" she squeaked and went to attack but Apple Bloom dodged, Sweetie turned around and Apple Bloom struck her down again.
Sweetie slammed on the mat a few times and went to attack again but Apple Bloom kicked her gut and then hit Sweetie with a suplex.
As Sweetie got up, holding her back, Apple Bloom did a few chops to Sweetie Belle, shouting 'Woo!" each time, in honor of Wrestling Legend Ric Flair, the crowd also wooing each time she hit a chop, then Irish whipped Sweetie to a nearby rope, and when she rebounded, Apple Bloom did a back body drop.
Sweetie groaned in pain from the attack, Apple Bloom simply stood over her, "Give up, ah don't wanna hurt ya more than ah need to"
Sweetie growled and tackled Apple Bloom down and started wailing on her, though Apple Bloom held her hooves over her head to soften the blows, eventually she managed to shove Sweetie off and do a running European Uppercut.
Sweetie got up and shook her head, she looked really angry and upset, almost at the verge of tears, not from the pain, but more the humiliation.
Apple Bloom offered her hoof, "Stop fighting, just be mah friend again"
Sweetie glared, "You're the reason I got kidnapped, you got my sister, your sister and all their friends in danger...I can't even trust you anymore!" she then struck Apple Bloom in the face and attacked her a few times and even the 'Beauty Shit' spinning wheel kick that she learned from Tyler Breeze, however the move only got her a two count.
Sweetie then grabbed Apple Bloom in a sleeper hold, this lasted a bit before Apple Bloom started to elbow Sweetie in the gut and hit her with a forearm, then hit a Blue Thunder Bomb which she learned from Sami Zayn, but only got a two count.
Apple Bloom huffed a bit and then ran against the ropes and came back to do a running diving elbow, but Sweetie moved out the way last second and got Apple Bloom in the 'Bank Statement' submission that she learned from Sasha Banks.
Apple Bloom struggled a bit, but she managed to maneuver around fidgeted enough to get out of the submission and got Sweetie Belle into a pin, only a two count.
The two fought on a bit until Sweetie managed to kick Apple Bloom in the gut and ran off the ropes at her attempt at the Curb Stomp that she learned from Seth Rollins, but Apple Bloom moved out the way and whacked Sweetie in the face and drop kicked her hard into a corner similar to Finn Balor, then picked her up and did the 'Bayley to Belly' Suplex, then she picked Sweetie up once more and hit Ambrose's 'Dirty Deeds' DDT and picked up the 3 count.
"Here is your winner, Apple Bloom", Lillian said.
'We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders' instrumental played as Apple Bloom celebrated at the turnbuckle, it was cut short when Ambrose stormed to the ring and grabbed Apple Bloom into the 'Smash Hit' DDT.
"What's that idiot doing!?" Cole shouted.
Slater looked down on Apple Bloom and yelled to her, "You ain't nothing, ya hear!? Nothing!"
He turned to Sweetie and taunted her a bit, he picked her up with the intent on hitting the 'Smash Hit' on her as well, but J & J Security ran down there to attack Slater & grab Sweetie Belle away and rushed to the back.
Soon some trainers came down to get Apple Bloom out the ring so she could be tended to in the back.
Soon came the Main Event, it was The WWE World Heavyweight Champion Bray Wyatt taking on Seth Rollins in Rollins's Championship rematch.
Rollins came out first with J & J Security, Sweetie was still in the back, recovering from her match early on, then Wyatt came out, arena pitch black, only Wyatt's Lantern and the cellphone light of his followers filled the arena.
As soon as the introductions were made, and the bell rang Rollins ran in to attack Wyatt immediately, he wanted his belt back and he felt so screwed over when he lost his title, ironically the same way he on it.
The two brawled for a bit, Rollins had the upper hand for a while, yelling at Wyatt as he pounded on him.
"You wanna take my title!? Who do you think you are!?" he kept assaulting, he stopped for a moment to catch his breath and went back to attack again, but Wyatt countered with an elbow and then took him down with a clothesline.
Wyatt shoved his hair back and laughed maniacally a bit before picking him up and kneeing him a few times before throwing him to a corner and doing a running body splash and then tossing him.
He extended his arms and started singing, "He's got the whole world...in his hands, he's got the whole wide world...in his hands"
He then ran against the ropes and attempted a running senton splash but Rollins moved out the way at the last minute.
"He needs to focus more on the match", JBL said.
Rollins stood up and quickly stomped on Wyatt a bit, then picked Wyatt up and Irish whipped him and tried to attack him with a clothesline but Wyatt ducked and ran against the other set of ropes and rebounded with a strong flying cross body attack.
"So much speed for a man his size", King said.
Both men struggled to get up, J & J were at ringside, egging on Rollins, once they got up, they traded a few blows, after several back and forth shots, Rollins then did a jumping kick to the side of his head and kicked his gut and attempted his powerbomb, but Wyatt counted with a back body drop.
Wyatt struggled to catch his breath and went to attack Rollins again, but Rollins tripped him and made Wyatt hit the turnbuckle, then managed to hit Wyatt with a Turnbuckle Powerbomb.
Rollins fell down a bit, exhausted a little from the match, and then stood and readied his curb stomp, but before he can deliver it, Barrett, Gabriel & Tarver made their way down to the ring area.
"What are they doing here?" Cole asked.
Rollins looked a bit distracted, J & J went to the Nexus get them to back off, but they received a beat down, and then the members looked to Rollins again.
Rollins yelled at them, unaware that Wyatt had recovered, once Rollins turned around, Wyatt ran in and hit his Sister Abigail attack and pinned Rollins for the 3 count.
"Here is your winner and still WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Bray Wyatt!" Lillian said as Wyatt grabbed his belt and laughed maniacally, then after his little video played the arena darkened, soon the lights came back on and Wyatt was gone, but the Nexus weren't.
They entered the ring with the intent to attack Rollins when suddenly 'Voices' played in the arena, Randy Orton made his way down to the ring in a sinister way.
After entering the ring, he simply looked to the Nexus and gestured for them to leave, which they complied, knowing that Orton had some unfinished business with Rollins.
Randy picked up Rollins and hit a violent RKO, leaving Rollins down again, then Randy went to the corner and waited for Rollins to move.
"Oh no, not this!"! Cole said.
Once Rollins got up a bit, Randy then viscously punted his head, knocking Rollins out cold.
"That devastating punt!" Cole shouted.
Randy left the ring, satisfied with what he did, soon the trainers and Sweetie Belle went to the ring to check on Rollins.
Randy turned around with mal intent, he then stormed into the ring and ran in to punt Sweetie Belle in th head as well, then spazzed out afterwards, extremely satisfied.
"Ok that was too far dammit! She's just a little filly, that bastard Randy Orton just doesn't know when to stop!" Cole shouted.
"Easy Cole, he might hear you", King stated.
Randy left the ring to a chorus of boos, offering a sick smile to everyone around as his theme song played in the arena.
As the trainers tended to Rollins & Sweetie, some stretchers were brought out for them, having to be carefully taken out the arena, soon they were placed on Ambulances, all the wrestlers watching as the two were loaded into the vehicle and taken to the local Medical Facility.
The next night on RAW, Triple H is in the ring, discussing what happened the previous night.
"Due to Randy Orton's punt, both Seth Rollins & Sweetie Belle will be out of action for an extended amount of time, Randy Orton will be dealt with however, this cannot and will not go unpunished, which is the reason he is not here tonight", that drew some boos from the crowd who wanted to see some Retribution on Randy Orton, "I know, but that's how things are at the moment, now on to the issue with The Nexus...it would appear that this is a problem that will not go away, so we're gonna have another match with them at Summerslam, now-"
Triple H was interrupted when 'We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders' Instrumental played, Apple Bloom appeared on stage, "Hunter! Ah got something to say to ya!"
Triple H looked annoyed, "Apple Bloom, I don't know how things work where you're from...but around here, you don't interrupt your boss without consequence"
"Never stopped Stone Cold Steve Austin, ah know the hell he gave to your father-in-law, ah watched the WWE Network, fer just", Apple Bloom held up the mic so the crowd can say, "$9.99!"
Triple H growled, "Yeah, and look where that got him, beaten, crippled and retired! Now I'll let this slide for now, but it's your first, last and only warning, what do you want?"
"You want a match fer SummerSlam? Here's a match, me and Scoots wanna team with Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns to take on 4 members of The Nexus!"
Triple H looked a bit surprised, "You wanna wrestle again? Against actual wrestlers? There's a big difference between them and wrestling Sweetie Belle"
"I'm aware of that, especially since that punk bastard Heath Slater hit me with that stupid move of his, ah want to get mah hooves on that wannabe rockstar!"
Triple H thought a moment, "Ok, you want to wrestle that badly?", he hesitated a moment, "You got it, for Summerslam you will team with Scootaloo, Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns to take on The Nexus"
Apple Bloom grinned, "Works fer me"
As the weeks went by, the match was hyped some more, the official members of Nexus in the match would be Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver & Heath Slater.
Ryback got a match for the Intercontinental Championship against Daniel Bryan, Otunga took up John Cena's US Title SummerSlam open challenge.
Leading up to this, Ambrose got a match with Barrett one RAW, which he lost thanks to Otunga's distraction, Apple Bloom got a one on one match with Slater on an episode of Smackdown, though it was barely a match, just Slater goofing around and simply shoving Apple Bloom around, it got to a point where he offered a free shot at his face, qhich Apple BLoom took, delivering a hard right hoof that knocked him weary, Apple Bloom pinned him for a 3 count, mainly since Ambrose kept Slater's foot down, without the referee's knowledge, very humiliating to Slater.
Scootaloo went to train in NXT for a bit to prepare for her match, she received an exclusive training session with NXT Alumni Adrian Neville.
Hideo Itami also took part in training Scootaloo.
Come SummerSlam, the matches happened, Otunga could not defeat Cena, Ryback beat Bryan for the Belt, then came the main event.
'We Are One' played as Barrett, Slater, Gabriel & Tarver came to the ring, then 'We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders' Instrumental played as Apple Bloom & Scootaloo came to the ring, finally 'Retaliation' for Ambrose and 'Truth Reigns' for Roman.
The Bell rang, Ambrose & Tarver started for their respective teams.
"SummerSlam is a big Event for The Nexus, they main evented 5 years ago, now they main event again"
Ambrose & Tarver started slugging it out, the two loved to brawl, especially a boxing trainer like Tarver.
After some fighting, Tarver tagged in Slater, Ambrose looked to Apple Bloom, who desperately wanted in, he tagged her and she approached Slater, he went to attack her but she dodged and drop kicked his leg, causing him to stumble.
She kept doing so to make him finally fall on his knees, she started punching him and then she ran against the ropes and rebounded into a few rams, knocking Slater back.
Slater flipped out and tagged in Gabriel, now Scootaloo wanted in, so Apple Bloom tagged her.
Scootaloo looked across from Gabriel, who had a sinister smile.
"A Pegasus huh? I heard you can't even fly, I don't need wings to fly"
Scootaloo growled and ran in and drop kicked his shin and then did a few quick kicks in the style of Hideo Itami to Gabriel's legs.
Scootaloo then ran to the ropes and springboard jumped at Gabriel but he did a spin back kick to knock Scootaloo down, she then rolled to her corner, Roman ragged himself in.
Gabriel tagged in Barrett, then he started brawling with Roman.
The two really started slugging out, Roman used his power to his advantage for a bit before a distraction from Slater allowed Barrett the upper hand, then Slater tagged in and beat down Roman.
The match continued on, various spots happened, Ambrose doing a diving elbow to both Slater & Gabriel, Tarver delivering a clothesline to Ambrose over the top rope, then Gabriel ran for an outside dive, Apple Bloom managing to hit Gabriel with a jumping DDT, Ambrose doing his rebound clothesline to Slater and Barrett countering Roman's Superman punch into a Winds of Change Side slam.
The match came to an end when Ryback & Otunga came down to ringside to distract Roman as he prepared for a Spear to Gabriel, during the distraction Barrett came in and hit Roman with his Bull Hammer Elbow, and then Gabriel hit his 450 Splash, pinning Roman.
After the match, all the Nexus Members beat down the two remaining Shield guys and the two remaining Crusaders, even using some chair shots, first on Ambrose, then Roman, then the fillies, much to the surprise and disgust of the crowd.
Otunga hit Roman with his Verdict Spinebuster, Tarver hit Tarver's Lightning on Ambrose, Slater hit his Smash Hit on both Apple Bloom, then Scootaloo.
Then Ryback picked up Roman & Dean simotaneously and hit a Shell Shock on them, Barrett had Apple Bloom & Scootaloo on his Shoulders and hit Wasteland.
All of them were lined up together, then Gabriel went to the top rope and hit his 450 Splash on all 4 at the same time.
Barrett stood over them with an evil grin, it looks like he wanted to continue, but The Nexus bailed when John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Neville & Tag Team Champions Darren young & Titus O'Neil AKA The Prime Time Players came down to the ring to fight off the Nexus.
Soon the Nexus members left, declaring they were done, the 6 saviors checked on the fallen wrestlers & ponies.
Some trainers came down to help them, they were banged up pretty badly and taken to the back, things weren't looking too well.