"Punk," Joshua asked as he opened one of Punk's eyelids. "Can you hear me?" He frowned at what he saw. This wasn't good. "Was he hit in the head at all?" He asked Lawler. Cole was standing as far away as possible.

"Yeah he got hit in the head with a chair," Lawler said.

Joshua cursed. He turned to the timekeeper. "I need you to call for a stretcher."

The timekeeper hurried to do so.

"Hey we've got to move quickly," Cole said. "The truck wants to get RAW going again."

"This man may have a serious head injury and we will move him only when we have a stretcher."

Cole backed away again.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Shane McMahon made their way to ringside followed by a stretcher.

"How is he?" Shane asked.

"I don't like how his pupils are reacting," Joshua said before moving out of the way to allow the other EMTs to move in and strap on a neck brace. They were careful as they lifted Punk onto the stretcher.

Hunter, Austin, Joshua, and the medics left ringside. Shane stood there at ringside glaring at Cole before picking up the mic that Punk had dropped when he was struggling with Cena.

"I guess this is as good of a time to make this announcement," Shane said as he walked into the ring. "I am the new RAW General Manager and my first decree is, John Cena you are fired!"


John Cena spun around from where he was standing backstage with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. "He can't do that!" He yelled at Heyman.

"Calm down," Paul said, "he can't do it. He's not on the board. They'll overturn it. Just give them time. Besides you're world champion. They can't fire you."

"Why not?" Cena asked. "They fired Punk."

Heyman frowned at the reminder. Cena was right. "What's Shane McMahon doing here anyway?" He demanded. "I thought he was CEO of a company in Colorado. Hunter was maneuverable but Shane could be a wild card."

In the ring Shane was just finishing his announcements. "The main event will be a battle royal with the last two wrestlers wrestling for the vacant WWE title at Survivor Series."

"You have got to be kidding me!" Cena yelled. "There's a battle royal for my title? Let's go out there.,.."

"Make one move towards the ring Cena," a voice said from behind them, "and I swear to God I will have you arrested."

They turned around to see the Game standing there looking pissed. Also with him were the security guards that he and Heyman had locked into a room.

Cena turned and walked towards the lockerroom vowing that the WWE hadn't seen the last of him.


Colt Cabana entered Samoa Joe's kitchen the next morning feeling rested. He had been in LA working more on the sequel to his backstage diaries documentary. Joe had given Punk the key to the apartment but Punk had told him Joe wouldn't mind if he stayed there.

He picked up his cellphone and listened to his voice mails.

"Colt? It's Chez. I'm not sure where you are right now but you need to get to Dayton. Phil…" her voice shook a little. "Phil was hurt really bad last night and he's in ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital. He's in a coma and…" her voice shook some more. "They don't know if he'll make it."


Notes: Yep I decided to end it there. Look for the sequel Rock Bottom sometime in the future. Title is subject to change.