Chapter 11: Mercy, Mercy, No Mercy

Two weeks later...

Smackdown was in Wichita, Kansas and Bobby was facing Dave, chosen as an opponent by King Booker, in a Pick Your Poison match. Bobby chose Finlay as King Booker's opponent for their Pick Your Poison match.

Last week, Bobby was teaming up with Dave and John Cena for the first time in a six-man tag team match against King Booker, Finlay, and Sir William Regal which was won and Delancey teamed up with Rochelle to take on Queen Sharmell in a handicap bra and panties match with Nicole Mitchell in their corner and Delancey and Rochelle won that match.

Delancey was walking down the hallway at the arena looking for Rochelle and when Delancey reached the catering room, she went inside and found Rochelle sitting at the table. Delancey walked over there.

"Hey, Rochelle," Delancey said.

"Hey, Delancey," Rochelle said as Delancey sat down.

"How are you feeling today?"

"Nervous."

"Yeah, me too."

"I still can't believe King Booker would pick Dave as Bobby's opponent for the Pick Your Poison match. What a jerk."

"Well, payback is a bitch because you know Bobby picked Finlay for King Booker for his match."

"Oh, yeah. We gotta see that. What if the Little Bastard gets involved tonight?"

"Well, we won't be around for it."

"Man, it's a bum that we didn't go to San Diego for 'The Marine' world premiere and then we wouldn't be in this mess."

"Yeah, we would've had a good time. Guess what?"

"What?"

"Nicole called and said that John got her a new puppy."

"Oh, my God. Really?"

"Yeah, a little Chihuahua named CeCe."

"I'll bet it's really cute."

"Yeah, Nicole even sent me a picture of it."

Delancey took out her cell phone and clicked to the message part. Then she opened her recent message and showed Rochelle the picture of Nicole's new puppy.

"Oh, my God, that is so cute," Rochelle said. "John is such a generous guy."

"Yeah, that's why he and Nicole are getting married in a couple months," Delancey said putting her cell phone back in her pocket.

"Yeah. So are you excited about your video premiering on Monday?"

"Yes, oh, my God, my first music video. I still can't believe it. Last week was a total blast and you know what? This may be the beginning. If the movie 'The Marine' goes well and everything else, the WWE is gonna be bigger and so will John Cena. I also know that Nicole will soon be recording her second album and who knows? Maybe I might get a record deal."

"You think you're ready?"

"I know I'm ready because anything is possible."

Then Smackdown was on and it was time for the first match of the night: the tag-team match between Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy against Chavo Guerrero and Gregory Helms. Each man made their way to the ring and the referee called for the bell.

The match starts and Chavo starts mouthing off at Rey saying he wants him in the ring and Rey obliges only for Chavo to get out of the ring leaving Rey to face Gregory who smirks away. Rey lunges at Chavo who hops off the apron and Gregory, straight off the bat, runs in and collects Rey in the back of the head and takes quick advantage with some right hands and a knee before attempting an Irish whip off the ropes. Rey slides between the legs of Gregory and takes him down with a nice headscissors and then bounces Gregory off the top turnbuckle in his corner as he makes the tag to Matt. Matt takes to Gregory with some left and right hands knocking him to the canvas and then a whip off the ropes into an elbow. He drops the elbow onto Gregory who is on the canvas again and instead of attempting a pin drop, Matt gives some big right hands to the head of Gregory to a two count from the referee before breaking it off and planting a kick to the back of Gregory.

He then makes the tag to Rey who springs off the top ropes with a double fist to the back of Gregory. Rey attempts a whip into the ropes which is reversed by Gregory and Rey locks his arms into the ropes keeping him there. Gregory charges in and is met by a boot to the face staggering him. Rey rushes in to take the advantage and walks into a very nice spinebuster by Gregory leaving Rey holding onto the back of his head. Rey is dragged by the leg into the opposite corner as the tag is made to Chavo who enters the ring and drops a couple of right feet into Rey before picking him up and giving him an uppercut sending him to the canvas again before putting in the boots again.

Chavo hits another uppercut and the tag is made to Gregory. Gregory comes in and plants a boot to Rey before bouncing his head off the top turnbuckle. He then whips Rey into the opposite corner but as Rey charges in, Gregory is taken down by a drop toe hold and connects head first into the second turnbuckle. Rey staggers to his corner and makes the tag to Matt who comes in and gives Gregory a clothesline repeating the dose on Chavo who has also rushed into the ring. Matt whips Gregory into the corner and follows up with a clothesline before coming out form the corner and giving Gregory a bulldog. Matt covers for two, but the count is broken up by Chavo who then is confronted by Rey. Rey beats Chavo into the ropes and then as he tries to come in again, Rey is tossed over the top of the ropes by Chavo but only onto the apron.

Chavo catches Rey with a forearm as he tries to launch himself over the ropes and Rey is on the floor. As Delancey and Rochelle checked on Rey, Matt comes in with a clothesline to the back of the head of Chavo putting him over the ropes and onto the floor as well. Matt turns into a double knee drop maneuvre by Gregory who takes advantage and hammers away at Matt. Gregory chokes Matt with the boot using the ropes as leverage. With a handful of hair, he takes Matt down again and puts Matt into a scissor lock around the neck trying for a submission. Matt manages to get out of the hold and drops an elbow into the back of the head of Gregory but can't take the advantage and in taken down with a kick to the gut.

Gregory makes to the tag Chavo who has made it back up into the corner and he comes in over the top ropes with a boot to the head of Matt and a kick to the back of the leg of Matt bringing him to his knees where he then drops him to the canvas with the hits to the back of the head and some more boots for good measure. The crowd chanted "Chavo sucks!" as Chavo was dropping Matt flat on his back with a right hand to the face. He salutes the crowd and makes a tag to Gregory who comes in and gives Matt a kick to the gut before choking him on the middle ropes. As Gregory remonstrates with the referee, Chavo comes around and tries to choke Matt on the ropes as well.

Gregory goes to bounce off the ropes only to be met by a clothesline from Matt who has managed to push Chavo away. Chavo comes into help and is taken down with a spinebuster from Matt as well! The referee rolls Chavo towards the ring apron and Matt just manages to make the tag to Rey despite Gregory trying to hold him back. Rey comes over the top ropes with a seated senton onto Gregory and follows up with a right hand taking down Chavo who is still in the ring and Rey gets to kicking into the hamstring of Gregory, then Chavo, and then Gregory again. Gregory reverses an Irish whip from Rey who bounces off the middle ropes and Gregory ducks under it leaving Chavo to meet a cross body press by Rey. Rey comes back with a twirling head scissors onto Gregory.

Rey walks into a boot by Chavo who bounces off the ropes and over the top of Rey bringing him down but Rey rolls through and comes back with a kick to the back of the head of Chavo but is then met by a clothesline from Gregory. Rey makes the tag to Matt and Matt plants some right hands into Gregory and then picks up Chavo and whips him into the corner. Matt drops onto all fours and Rey runs and leaps off his back and takes Chavo down into the middle ropes with a headscissors into a 619 position. Matt tries to put the Twist of Fate onto Gregory who reverses the move but is tripped up by Matt and he's down in the ropes right next to Chavo. Rey plants the 619 on both Chavo and Gregory and Vickie Guerrero pulls Chavo out of the ring and Gregory is left staggering and turns into a kick to the gut by Matt who successfully takes him down with the Twist of Fate! Rey drops the dime from the top and he pins Gregory for the three count.

After the match, Delancey and Rochelle celebrated with Rey and Matt and their arms were raised in the air. Chavo and Vickie were talking trash walking up the aisle and Rochelle reminded Vickie that in two days, she was gonna embarrass Vickie.

A little later before the Pick Your Poison between Bobby and Dave, Delancey was pacing back and forth in front of the locker room until Bobby came out.

"Are you all right, Delancey?" Bobby said. "You look worried."

"Yeah," Delancey said. "I'm just worried, that's all. I just hope that this doesn't mess things up between you, me, Rochelle, and Dave."

"Yeah, me too. Everything will be fine." Delancey nodded her head. "Let's go."

Then Bobby and Delancey walked away.

Back at the arena, Bobby's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. He did his thing with the pyro and Delancey came out from the curtain. Delancey was wearing a black and white swirl halter drape top with low neckline and low backline, black miniskirt, and black boots. The two walked down the ramp and Bobby and Delancey got into the ring. They got on the turnbuckles and raised their arms in the air. Then Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Rochelle was wearing a white chain link dress. Dave did his thing with the pyro and Rochelle kneeled in front of him. Rochelle stood back up and she and Dave walked down the ramp and they got into the ring. Dave got on one of the turnbuckles and raised his arms in the air. He got back down and Delancey and Rochelle left the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Dave and Bobby in the ring stare each other down before Dave offers his hand to Bobby which is accepted and the match officially begins. Bobby and Dave wander around the ring psyching themselves and limbering themselves up for the contest. Bobby and Dave finally locked up in the middle of the ring and both of them took a break to a stand off though Dave was down to one knee when they broke up. Bobby and Dave locked up again with both men going down to a knee before another clean break ensures. Booby and Dave stalk each other before they take each other's hands in a test of strength.

Once again, it is a stalemate until Dave uses a boot to kick the hand of Bobby away who then comes back and wraps his arms around the thigh of Dave. Dave is forced against the ropes and Bobby and Dave break again. They locked up again with Bobby getting a headlock onto Dave and pushing him up against the ropes. Dave breaks the headlock with an Irish whip on Bobby and is taken down by a shoulder block in the middle of the ring and slowly gets up nodding his head at the power of Bobby. Dave asks Bobby if he is ready and take the advantage by kicking him in the midsection and then following up with some right arms. Dave whips Bobby off the ropes and takes him down with a shoulder block of his own.

Dave takes the advantage with another kick to the midsection and prepares to give Bobby a Batista bomb but Bobby backs away very quickly. Bobby and Dave literally go head to head in the middle of the ring before Bobby unleashes some big right arms on Dave and then trying to scoop slam Dave which is blocked by Dave who lays elbows on the back of the neck of Bobby to break the hold. Bobby comes off the ropes only to be taken down by an elbow from Dave who goes for the cover on Bobby but only to the count of two. He then gets a chin lock on Bobby and with his legs around his waist attempts to wear him out. Bobby manages to get to his feet and breaks out of the chin lock with elbows to the midsection of Dave but is stopped by a knee to the gut from Dave who then whips Bobby into the corner and follows up with a clothesline.

Dave delivers shoulder blocks into the midsection of Bobby and then attempts to whip him into the opposite corner but it's reversed and Bobby comes in with his own clothesline against Dave and then gives him a huge shoulder block of his own. Dave staggers out of the corner into a kick to the gut by Bobby. Bobby bounces off the ropes with a legdrop to the back of Dave but is met by a bit boot to the face from Dave. Dave picks up Bobby and whips him into the ropes but lowers his head and is met by a kick from Bobby. Dave comes off the ropes and Bobby ducks a clothesline and walks into a bodyslam by Bobby who holds Dave on his shoulder allowing Dave to break out from behind. Dave pushes Bobby into the ropes and both men deliver clotheslines.

As the referee is delivering a double count, Finlay runs into the ring and drops an elbow onto Dave and the referee goes for the bell. As Finlay is beating on Dave, King Booker runs to the ring and proceeds to take some revenge on Finlay. Bobby gets to his feet and Dave and he fight toe to toe before Dave breaks it off and starts hitting Finlay whilst Bobby goes at it with Booker. As the four men were going at it, a bunch of referees and officials come out and tried to break up the huge fight.

"Just a minute, enough of this, that's enough," General Manager Theodore Long said as he came out from the curtain. "Enough of it! Y'all break that up, stop it right now! Now it seems to me that all four of you wanna go at it, so I'll tell you what. Why don't I do this? This Sunday at No Mercy, we will have a World Championship match, alright. You ain't gotta worry about that, player. But it will not be a one-on-one match, it will be a fatal four-way match. It will be the World Champion King Booker versus Bobby Lashley versus Finlay versus the former World Champion Batista."

After the match, King Booker and Queen Sharmell were in Theodore Long's office yelling at him about the recent announcement. And then, Bobby and Delancey came forward.

"What the hell you want?" Booker said. "What the hell you want!"

"Teddy, I earned that responsibility to go for the World Heavyweight Title. You know I'll take on anyone for the Championship."

"Well, I know I can beat you," Finlay said coming in and waving his shillelagh at Bobby, "and I know that I just beat you."

Everyone continued arguing until Dave and Rochelle came forward and things got quiet.

"What the hell you want?" Booker said.

"Teddy, good decision," Dave said shaking Theodore's hand. "Come on, guys. Can't we all just get along?"

"Good decision my ass!"

"Batista," Theodore said, "I think you're right. That is a good decision. Now I got one. Now since you all seem that you can't get along, I'll tell you what. Tonight, we're going to have ourselves a tag team match right here on Smackdown. It'll be King Booker, that's you, and Finlay taking on Bobby Lashley and you, Batista, right here on Smackdown."

Once again, another argument ensues and Delancey and Rochelle leave Theodore's office to get away.

"Okay, this is bad, this is really bad," Rochelle said. "I don't like this."

"Yeah, me either," Delancey said.

"I just hope Dave doesn't snap, that's all."

"Rochelle, Dave is not gonna do anything he's gonna later regret. Believe me."

"Delancey, you know that Dave had to forfeit the World Heavyweight Championship because of an injury thanks to Mark Henry and to Melina. And I swear, if anything bad happens, I'm going to RAW and I'm gonna haunt Melina everyday until she's scared straight and apologizes."

Then Rochelle walked away leaving Delancey about what could happen next from this night to Sunday.

Later, it was time for the tag-team match between Bobby and Dave versus King Booker and Finlay. Each man made their way to the ring and the referee called for the bell.

The match begins with Finlay going on the offensive and attacks Dave from behind and then kicking him in the midsection as Bobby exits the ring. Finlay grabs Dave around the waist but is rammed into the corner back first. Dave unleashes with some big back elbows on Finlay then spins around and delivers with some big shoulder blocks to the midsection of Finlay. Dave delivers a suplex on Finlay who takes the easy way out by rolling out of the ring. Dave follows and unleashes a clothesline onto Finlay on the floor. Dave rolls Finlay back into the ring for a two count and then bounces his head into the turnbuckle before making the tag to Bobby.

With Dave still holding Finlay, Bobby spears him in the corner. Finlay staggers around the ring and slaps the unwanted tag onto Booker who just looks at him before having to enter the ring. Booker and Bobby locked up with Booker being forced into the corner. Booker then delivers a poke to the eye and unloads with knees and fists and forearms to the head to Bobby bringing him to his knees. Booker tries to whip Bobby across the ring which is reversed and Booker trying to spring back over the top of a charging Bobby is picked up over his shoulder. Booker breaks out of an attempted power slam but cannot avoid being given a spinebuster by Bobby.

Bobby goes for the pin which is broken up by Finlay. Booker goes the way of Finlay earlier in the match and rolls out of the ring with Bobby in tow but is given a back kick from Booker into the midsection and is then rammed into the steel steps head first! Booker kicks into the head of Bobby outside the ring before picking him up and throwing him back into the ring. Booker hits the back heel kick into the chest of Bobby but only manages a one count. Booker rams Bobby into his corner and instead of making the tag to Finlay, he slaps Finlay in the chest instead for the tag. Finlay enters the ring and stares down Booker before unleashing a big clothesline onto Bobby. Finlay covers for a one count again on Bobby and Finlay gets Bobby into a chin lock designed to wear down Bobby but Bobby gets back onto his feet and breaks the hold with some big elbows to the gut of Finlay.

Bobby attempts to bounce off the ropes for some advantage but is knocked down by Finlay with a hit to the head. Finlay then drops himself behind first onto Bobby and attempts the pin but is only able to get a one count. Finlay makes another non-regulation tag to Booker who comes in and gives a kick to the chest of Bobby. Booker gets a roll on Bobby and then comes off the ropes with a dropkick and gets a two count on Bobby. Bobby tries to get the tag to Dave but Booker attempts a suplex onto Bobby but can't find the leverage to bring him over and Bobby unleashes one on Booker. Both men are down but Booker manages to tag Finlay by slapping him on the leg and Bobby makes the tag to Dave. Finlay comes in and delivers a hit onto Dave on the apron making him want to come into the ring.

While the referee tries to get Dave back out of the ring, Finlay grabs Bobby and brings him to his corner where Booker unleashes a stiff right hand to the jaw. Finlay drops a big elbow into the chest of Bobby and then another. Finlay throws Bobby out of the ring and onto the floor and as he is being admonished by the referee, Booker chops Bobby three times against the barricade before he throws him back into the ring. Finlay gets some uppercuts to Bobby against the ropes but Bobby hits back and tries to make the tag to Dave but is tripped up and Finlay applies a head lock to Bobby on the canvas. As Bobby tries to make the tag to Dave, Booker enters the ring distracting the referee who misses the tag made to Dave. The referee puts Dave out of the ring as Booker and Finlay double team Bobby in the corner.

Finlay gets the tag to Booker and he gives Bobby a big chop against the ropes. Booker berates Bobby calling him a peasant before an Irish whip is applied. Bobby ducks under the big leg of Booker and comes back spearing him to the canvas. Booker manages to roll over and tag in Finlay who doesn't make it before Bobby gets the tag to Dave. Dave comes into the ring taking down Finlay with a big right hand then one on Booker and another on Finlay and another on Booker before Sir William Regal hits the ring and causes the disqualification.

Dave takes down William, slams Finlay into a corner, delivers his trademark clothesline, gives Booker a spinebuster, and then gives another to William! Bobby comes towards Dave and is given a spinebuster as well! As Dave is stalking Finlay to give him one as well, the Little Bastard sneaks in and delivers a low blow to Dave momentarily distracting him. Dave grabs at him but only manages to get his jacket. Rochelle delivers a superkick to the Little Bastard and Dave grabs Finlay, who was wielding the shillelagh, and delivers a spinebuster on him as well!

Delancey goes into the ring to check on Bobby and Dave goes on the turnbuckle and gives the belt around the waist signal before staring down Bobby for a moment and repeating the signal as the show came to an end. What would be the outcome of No Mercy this coming Sunday.