I meant to put Billy Ray Cyrus' song as the song of the chapter, but I had a momentary relapse of thought. So you could listen to both songs. Since I quoted half the song, it should have been the title song for the chapter but that song was already on the paper so I forgot to go back and change it.
Eh.
Thanks for reviewing and everyone catching the song. You all get cookies. :D
Also, thanks for sharing who you are going for. Most of you guys are thinking like me, all pulling for Shawn but thinking Taker may get it because he's scheduled to be on shows after Maina. But I know both of them are taking time off. Let's pull for Shawn. If he does lose, I will be crying.
Thank You for Loving Me – Bon Jovi
March 22, 2010
HP Pavilion
San Jose, California
8:45PM
"Well, the busiest week of our lives start today." John said as he walked with Randy and I down the hallway to see Shawn, who was going to open Monday Night RAW tonight.
Randy smirked. "I just have to do the house shows and then I'm able to head home for 2 days before the Pay-Per View."
"No need to rub it in, asshole." John groaned.
Randy laughed. "That's what you get for being the 'face of the WWE'"
John rolled his eyes at him. "Don't get me wrong, I love this business, and I almost died for it, but honestly, there is only so much a 32 year old man, that gets his ass kicked for a living, can do."
I patted him on the back. "Hey, I'm 23 and I have to go with you this week."
"You guys stopping by St. Louis before you head to Arizona?" Randy asked as we moved left to get out of the way of the stagehands trying to fix it the sound.
"I don't know, are we?" I looked up at John.
John thought for a moment. "Well, we were planning to stay at Jeff's house until Friday but we can stay until Thursday night, take a plane out to St. Louis, stay until Friday night and we all just take a plane to Arizona, do the house show and relax for Sunday."
Randy nodded. "Just call me and tell me when to pick you guys up from the airport."
"We will," John nodded, he glanced at his watch. "Hey, I have to go find Hunter and talk to him but I'll see you before you guys go out there."
I nodded and smiled at him. "Have fun John."
He groaned. "Hunter has been very emotional lately."
"Well, I can tell you why." I said.
He tilted his head. "Why?"
"Stephanie is pregnant again." I said in a 'duh' voice. "This will be his third child."
John's eyes got wide. "Holy crap!" He scratched the back of his head. "What are his other children? Are they like girls or boys?"
"Both of them are girls, so no doubt he's hoping for a boy." I replied, chuckling at his surprised expression. "Well, go congratulate him!"
John nodded and kissed my cheek before sprinting off towards Hunter and Shawn's locker room. As John ran, Randy and I kept walking at a steady pace, enjoying the comfortable silence between us.
Shawn had finally let me go but that didn't mean that he couldn't cry himself to sleep, which he did last night. Hunter and I stayed up all night, talking to him, and reassuring him that I was not completely gone and that I never would be. Shawn finally fell asleep around 3:20 in the morning, only to be woken up at 8. Once Shawn had fallen asleep, I spent the night in Randy's room which he shared with John.
"You came in late last night; I'm guessing Shawn is alright?" Randy asked as he once again moved out of the way for a stagehand.
I nodded, stepping to the side to give Randy room. "Yea, he's alright. Cried himself to sleep, though, that's what took so long, but I would gladly miss every bit of sleep for a week for Shawn."
He smiled and nodded. "No one can say you don't care about Shawn."
"I love him."
Randy looked down at me. "And me?"
I looked up. "I love you." I stopped walking and took his hand into mine. "I've been trying to tell myself for years that it was hate that I felt for you and I began to believe it, until I was signed to the company and I was placed with you. I wanted to tell myself I hated you but I knew I loved you. I still love you."
Randy smiled. "Good, because I love you. I've told you, my feelings for you have never changed and I don't think they ever will." His face got serious. "You are my life Kayley. I get up every morning just to see your face, and if that one day comes where I don't wake up, I will die a happy man because I will be forever dreaming of your face. It took years for us to figure this out, and Kayley," He touched my cheek. "I'm not going to let go easily now that I finally have you."
I smiled and he kissed me briefly. It was a soft peck, one of those kisses where you know you want to kiss someone but you don't want to get lost in it. I knew Randy's control couldn't handle that at the moment because he was telling me his emotions.
"You can't get rid of me now Kayley Elizabeth Michaels." He said to me.
I chuckled. "You can't tell me to leave Randal Keith Orton."
He smirked. "I would never."
March 22, 2010
HP Pavilion
San Jose, California
9:01 PM
The show was starting off, the introduction went through first, and then the RAW theme song by Nickelback started to blare. John sat on my left and Randy sat on my right, all of us wondering if Shawn had his head in the right place.
Shawn made his way down the aisle, excited as ever, thinking that even though he could eat his words tonight, he was going to have a damn blast.
"Could this be the last time we see Shawn on RAW?" Michael Cole asked from commentary.
Only then did it hit me that this could, indeed, be Shawn's last RAW. Ever. I knew deep down, that if Shawn did lose Sunday, he would never leave the WWE. His career may be over but he would always have a helping hand in the business, you could get rid of the Heart Break Kid that easily.
We get a recap of the squashing of Drew McIntyre. I smiled as they recapped Shawn hitting Sweet Chin Music on Mark on Smackdown last week. The recap wasn't that long, so I was disappointed.
Shawn waited for the crowd to calm down before he spoke in his deep Southern voice. "I have a feeling," Shawn smiled, his emotions playing on his face. "The same feeling I had back in January 1992 before I sent Marty Jannetty through the Barbershop window." He continues his stream line. "It's the same feeling I had in March 1996 when I beat Bret Hart and the same feeling I had on Smackdown when I kicked Undertaker's death down his throat."
"Is Shawn brave or stupid?" John asked me.
I shrugged, "I'm not sure yet."
Shawn looked around. "It's the feeling where I can do anything,"
"Anyone else have the song "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" going through their head?" John asked.
I smacked his head.
"I wonder if its coincidence that there is a new Shawn Michaels DVD out just as I put my career on the line, makes you think things are coming to an end." Shawn's smile got bigger."Well, you better clear room off the DVD shelf as this will be the start of volume 2, and after WrestleMania I will no longer be the "Heart Bake Kid"."
"What? He's always the Heart Break Kid!" John exclaimed.
"I would love it if you were to shut up for a moment." I snapped.
"I may cease being Shawn Michaels but I will forever be remembered as the one and only man who ended the Undertaker's undefeated streak. In six days the Undertaker will…"
Shawn got cut off as the lights go out and we get a career retrospective of Shawn. John watched intently, laughing when they showed Shawn as a young boy but once Randy popped him in the back of the head, he finally got the hint and was quiet. It ended with footage from WrestleMania XXV of Undertaker pinning Shawn and a graphic showing "Shawn Michaels Career 1985-2010".
"That was kind of cool actually, fun to watch Shawn's hairline run from his forehead! Either he's losing hair or his head is getting taller!" John exclaimed.
I punched him in the arm. "Shut up!"
Shawn chuckled. "I appreciate you, Undertaker, trying to intimidate me," Shawn faced the ramp. "But you want to intimidate me, you best come out and do it to my face."
Well, Shawn didn't actually get Mark; he got the guest host instead. John leaned back against the couch and pouted, upset because Mark didn't come out. Pete Rose informed Shawn that he would be facing Kane, though Glenn already told me that last week, so I wasn't surprised. I knew what was to happen, so I wasn't all that concerned about the well being of my dad.
"Hey look! It's me!" John exclaimed pointing to the TV.
It was indeed him, but it was the promo for WrestleMania. I rolled my eyes at John's over-excited moment.
"Well, Kayley and I have to leave, I have a promo to shoot real fast and then it's our match." Randy said getting up off the couch.
"Okay, have fun out there but be careful Kayley." John said.
I nodded. "I will bye John!"
Randy's promo with Hunter went without a hitch but Hunter was a little wary of Randy since it was his fault Shawn was crying the night before. Hunter finally swallowed his pride and did the promo. Go Hunter!
Before the match Cody took a microphone from the stagehand, getting ready to talk
"This can't be good." I said to Hunter, who was standing next to me.
As Ted and Cody talk to the audience, Hunter turned to me. "Okay, we're going out to my song, so you'll be a off to the side when I stand at the top of the ramp with the lights." I nodded. "Then you just get in the ring while I do my thing on the outside, do not touch Ted or Cody or Sheamus. All you're allowed to do is distract them if we need it."
"No problem."
Once Sheamus, Ted, and Cody were in the ring waiting, Hunter and I stepped through the curtain of the Gorilla, waiting by the turn of the entrance where there was another curtain. I felt Randy behind us, waiting for his queue to step up on the entrance stage.
Time to play the Game.
Time to play the Game!
Hahahaha!
Hunter and I walked out, I did what he told me to do, stepping off to the side and allowing Hunter to be the main star. When he spit his water out, shook his head, and started to walk, I followed behind him. Hunter did his normal stop, down by the beginning of the squared circle to stare up at the three guys who were in the ring with the ref.
I slipped into the ring while Hunter did his thing outside. I stayed in the corner where Randy and Hunter would be; not listening to the insults Ted was throwing at me. I would not let my anger get the best of me, I would simply tell Randy.
I hear voices in my head,
the council me, they understand,
they talk to me!
Randy came sauntering out, doing his overly slow walk down to the ring. His eyes were firmly on Ted, who was looking back at him with such distaste and hatred, I just wanted to run and hide behind Glenn. Randy got into the ring and as the ref situated them, I pulled Randy to me.
"Ted was yelling insults at me when Hunter was doing his enterance."
"Is that why he didn't turn his head like normal?" He asked, keeping his eyes on the ref, who was pushing Ted and Sheamus back towards the ropes.
"Yes, he was listening to them." I said glancing at Ted.
"Alright, I'll take care of it." Randy went to walk away but he stopped and leaned towards me to whisper itno my ear. "I don't care what Hunter says, do not get involved with this match, whatever happens, do not come to our aid. Go sit next to Lawler and Cole and do commentary. Do not step foot into this ring again tonight."
I nodded and slipped out of the ring, doing what Randy said and sitting next to Lawler, who was all smiles. I smiled back and slipped on my headset.
"Wow, you guys must get a headache; there is a lot of yelling in this headset." I told them.
Cole laughed. "Years of practice."
"I bet." I chuckled.
Cody and Hunter started the match and Hunter hit Cody with a kick and then hammered Cody into the corner. Cody shot to the opposite corner and Hunter followed with a clothesline, but the second time backfires and Ted got tagged in. Hunter caught Ted and clotheslines him. When Ted was on the ground, he glanced at me sitting by the commentators. I nodded my head towards Randy, telling him he told me to.
Hunter glared at Randy, which allowed Ted to get a shot in. Ted whips Hunter in but got caught in a face breaker; Hunter nailed Sheamus but it turned into a dropkick from Ted.
"Ted DiBiase giving it to Triple H! How can he take the beating?" Lawler asked.
"Hunter is an amazing athlete; he's just waiting to seize an opportunity to nail them back." I replied.
Sheamus pulled Hunter out and rammed him into the barricade only to throw him back in. Sheamus tagged in and they slugged it out, with Sheamus hitting a clothesline. Ted tagged back in and worked over Hunter into the corner, then tags in Cody, who continues the offense.
"Rhodes and DiBiase working like a tag team should, tagging in and out so they don't get too tired." Cole mentioned
Ted was back in and started to choke Hunter in the corner, while Ted has the ref occupied with yelling because of the choking, Sheamus got a cheapshot in. Ted with Hunter in a snapmare, he tagged Cody back in, and Cody stomps Hunter. Hunter finally started to fight back and went for a backdrop, but Cody stole a move from his brother, Goldust, and nails a low uppercut. Cody came off the ropes and ran into Hunter's spinebuster but now both men are down.
"Both of them need to make the tag!" Lawler yelled.
Cody and Hunter make the tag at the same time, as Sheamus came in, Randy caught him with a powerslam, then he brought Ted in the hard way, and caught Cody with a powerslam. Sheamus missed a clothesline and Randy hit his backbreaker only to ready the RKO.
"Randy Orton cleaning house!" Cole exclaimed.
"Randy's anger is starting to take control, he's not thinking clearly." I said. "He's not focusing on the main person in the match, Sheamus, Randy is focused on destruction."
Cody got on the apron and distracted Randy who went for the DDT, but Sheamus hit the pump kick for the win. I sighed as Randy's head turned and he fell. His body bounced and Sheamus covered him.
It wasn't a bad match, but Randy was barely in it. I took off my headset as Legacy tossed Hunter into the ring and Sheamus went for the kick, but Hunter ducked and clotheslined Sheamus to the floor. I went over to Randy, who was leaning on the steel steps to the ring. I smiled down at him.
"Come on, let's get your shoulder checked out…again."
He rolled his eyes.
Once Randy's shoulder was checked out and was determined it was fine, we walked back to the locker room, passing Shawn and Glenn on the way, wishing them good luck as they went over what would happen tonight.
Shawn smiled at me and then looked at Randy, who was looking back. Slowly, Shawn nodded at him, giving him a small smile. Randy returned it and we both finally knew, Randy was once again accepted by Shawn.
Randy and I changed into our normal street clothes. Randy had to take a shower to get all that baby oil off, so I sat down and watched Shawn's match. Shawn wasn't going down easily and neither was Glenn, but when Shawn tuned up the band and the lights went out, it only meant one thing.
Mark was in the ring and Glenn was out. Mark chokeslamed Shawn down onto the mat. The lights went out once again and Glenn was back in. He went for the cover but Shawn kicked out. Shawn wasn't giving up and I could tell he was feeling like he was back when. He wasn't eating his words tonight.
After a while, Shawn came back from his match, plopping down on the couch and wishing John good luck as John was to close the show. Shawn drank his water as Randy and I sat down with him on the couch.
"You guys did good out there." Shawn said to us.
I smiled. "Well, I couldn't do anything, so I sat with Lawler."
He chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I saw you talking with Or-Randy, so I knew you guys changed Hunter's plan, but when Hunter glared at you Randy, damn, I would have just socked him."
Randy laughed. "Nah, I wouldn't do that. I'm trying to get on his good side right now, but maybe I will when I'm aright with the guy."
Shawn smirked. "So, you're heading out tonight for Chicago?"
I nodded. "Right after RAW so we can get there and relax."
"Alright, call us when you get to the hotel."
I smiled. "I will Dad."
Randy wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me in close to his side.
Shawn looked over and met our eyes. "Just because I agreed to let you go, doesn't mean I want to see it. Move over."
I sighed and got off of Randy, sliding back into my original spot.
Shawn smirked, knowing he still had it.
