A/N: Thanks for the reviews and stuff. I think after writing this chapter, I may ship Briley and Kaitlyn, would anyone actually be interested in that? Let me know because I'm sort of curious...anyways, enjoy, reviews are love! :)


"Hey, AJ, where do I pack these?"

Briley held up a pair of panties, and AJ squealed, running to him and grabbing them out of his hands. "What are you doing! Do not go through my underwear drawer, you jerk!"

"I didn't," he laughed as her face turned beet red. "They were behind your dryer, I just grabbed them because they were on the floor, and they're cute, I thought you might want them. Has my brother seen you in these?"

"I'm going to kill you," AJ said, shoving him past her as he laughed and went back into the living room where Dolph and Kaitlyn were packing up dishes. AJ went into her bedroom, sticking the underwear into the suitcase she was just packing before she too joined everyone in the living room. She knelt next to Dolph, who was just wrapping a dish in paper and kissed his cheek.

"Your brother is awful."

"What did he do now?" Dolph asked, eyeing his brother.

"He found a pair of my underwear and was teasing me," AJ pouted.

"Great, now my brother has seen your underwear, another thing he didn't need to know about you. When does the sitcom staple of him walking into the bathroom and seeing you naked happen?"

"Considering he has his own bathroom, it's more likely that I'd walk in on him while he was naked," AJ reasoned.

"I'm okay with that," Briley piped in, "but don't worry, bro, I would never do that to you because if she saw that, I'm afraid she'd immediately dump you to try and get to me, and I actually think Donny has dibs first. I seem to remember us talking about you behind your back after he first met you."

"You did not," AJ said, "that is so rude, you don't talk about people behind their backs."

"Like you don't talk about me," Briley said. "I believe that's how you got me a date with Serena."

"Yes, and when is that next one?" Dolph asked. "Wait, wait, wait, you guys talked about AJ after Donny met her, what did you say?"

"Yeah, what did you say?"

"He liked you, I had yet to really meet you, I mean, I know we knew each other a little, but I didn't really, truly know you, except for what I saw on TV, but I thought you were pretty at least, and you're more my type than my brother's type, so it was a little weird to see you with him, but now it makes perfect sense, you're both crazy."

"Takes one to know one," AJ said.

"I can't believe you have to live with this," Kaitlyn said, "I think living with these two would drive me crazy."

"Oh, you don't even know the half of it," AJ said, "it's a wonder that I can still function like a semi-normal human being with all the babysitting I have to do with these two. They're even worse at home."

"I resent that," Dolph said.

"We are perfect angels," Briley said, "so Kait, didn't you like live in Houston for like a week before you moved back to Florida?"

"No, it was a couple months," Kaitlyn said, "but all his businesses are here, and well, I was living in Houston while traveling with the company still, so it wasn't like I was attached to the place, and I want to be where he is, so it was fine."

"If Serena wanted him to move to LA, he would," AJ teased Briley, who stuck up his middle finger at her. "Okay, well, thank you for that, but I'm starved, are you guys okay with Chinese? Dolph and I can go pick it up."

"You hear that," Briley said, "they'll go pick up food while we sit here and pack even though none of this is our stuff. I think they just want us to do all the work while they go fool around in his car or something."

"I'll pay for the food," AJ said.

"Well that changes everything, I will have one of everything on the menu."

They decided what to get together, and Dolph and AJ set out to get the food while Briley and Kaitlyn continued to pack. They worked mostly in silence with a small radio strumming in music from the kitchen. "So what do you think of those two?" Briley asked. "I mean, I know that when they got together, you weren't friends with AJ, and I know you kind of insulted her and the both of them, but I feel like things are different now."

"I just didn't know, I guess I got it into my head that AJ was now this crazy girl, and I wasn't going to get her back, like the old her had disappeared, and the girl she was around Daniel, Punk, Kane, and Cena was just who she was now. I'm just relieved to have her back. If Dolph played any part of that, he's a saint."

"They're good for each other, sometimes when my brother crashes early, we'll go outside and talk or just sit on the couch and talk, and she's just really glad to have you back in her life. I know that sometimes she doesn't get all mushy and all that, but yeah, I'm glad you're back in it too because she needs more friends. People don't get her. She's fierce and tough, and people mistake that for bitchiness, and I just want her to be happy."

Kaitlyn smiled and nodded, "I do too."

After Dolph and AJ came back with the food, they all settled in the nearly bare living room, eating and sharing the food. When that was done, they sat around and talked (since AJ's TV was packed up already, and there was no other real form of entertainment). After gossiping about what was going on backstage, especially what might happen with Punk on Monday, they started playing a game where they asked each other about certain events in their life.

"Okay, worst first date," Kaitlyn said, "mine was a guy who spent the entire night staring at my boobs. Seriously, it was like he was having a conversation with them the entire night. I don't think he once looked at my face. And if you think I'm lying, he said that his boob tasted great when he was talking about the food."

AJ laughed, "Oh my God, well, at least I don't have that problem."

"It was so awkward, I pretended like I didn't hear it even though I did, I just didn't want him to have to explain, so I asked him what he said. But what about you, Miss Lee, what was your worst first date?"

"It should be noted that I hardly have any experience dating," AJ said, "but, I can't believe I'm going to talk about this because I never talked about it after it happened because it was so embarrassing, I haven't even told you, baby, but um, okay, so when I was 15, this guy that I liked actually asked me out, and I was so excited because he was 16 and had his driver's license, and it was just so cool that he was coming to pick me up. Well, he took me to this pizza place, and he ditched me."

"He what?" Dolph was incredulous. Granted, he didn't know AJ when she was in high school, but he could never imagine anyone just ditching her.

"This other girl he liked, someone he never thought he had a shot with, was there with a couple of his friends, and so he went over to talk to them while I sat at the table, and she was flirting with him, and she wanted to go to some party, and he comes over to where I'm sitting, and he asks if it's okay if he leaves, and he's really sorry, and blah blah blah, he tells me his friend will give me a ride home. So I had to spend an awkward twenty minutes while this guy drives me home. Thankfully, at the very least, it was one of the times we had an apartment, so I wasn't embarrassingly going back to a motel."

"Okay, that's awful," Dolph said, "I hope that guy sees you now and is like, yeah, I could have had that girl, not that I'd want him to have you, but you know what I mean."

"He actually tried to contact me to get tickets to a show," AJ said, "he went through Jenny to try and ask me, and she told him not to even bother because he was a jerk, and I wouldn't have given them to him. I might actually have just to meet him and throw it in his face, but I'm only slightly that petty, I think I would have to be a lot pettier to actually pull that off."

"What an idiot," Briley said, "he's probably kicking himself for what he did. Dolph's car broke down once while he was on a date, and he had to call our dad to come help him, and he thought the car was going to blow up."

"I wish that was my worst date," Dolph laughed, "I almost cried too, that was embarrassing, but the worst was with this one person I worked with—"

"If you say me, I'm going to smash a plate over your head," AJ said.

"Oh, no, it was someone else, someone before you."

"If you say me, I'm going to break a plate over your head," Kaitlyn said.

"No, no, no, I don't want to hear about your date," AJ covered her ears, "knowing you went on one is enough, I never want to hear the details of it."

"It was boring," Kaitlyn said, "but he's talking about Vickie, aren't you?"

"I took her out on one date. I felt obligated because she was helping me get the title and everything, so I asked her out, it was more like a common courtesy—"

"And a way to put the fear of God into Mom that she might actually have a daughter-in-law who was closer in age to her than to her son," Briley added. Kaitlyn and AJ laughed.

"It was dinner, I took her to dinner, but my God, she was so handsy, like she wanted to be all over me, and I kept having to kindly tell her to stop, in the car was the worst because we were the only ones there, but I was trying to drive sometimes, and she was getting grabby, and I was desperately trying to keep her at bay while I was keeping my eyes on the road. It was so uncomfortable. After that I told her I would do and say what I had to do at the shows, but that this relationship was professional only."

"Saved Mom a lot of sleepless nights," Briley said then turned to Kaitlyn, "our mom is completely in love with AJ though."

"What can I say?" AJ shrugged, "I'm loveable to some people, crazy to others, I walk a fine line. So what about you, Briles, what was your worst date?"

"Um, why don't we move onto the next question?" he said, but Dolph was onto him.

"He got the runs during a date. He was 20, and he'd eaten a really questionable burrito for lunch because he's an idiot, and he got the runs, and not only did he get the runs, but he—"

"Do not make me embarrass you, Dolph," his brother told him, "I have a whole arsenal of stories about you."

"Oh come on," Kaitlyn poked him in the side. "How bad can it really be?"

"When I ran to go to the bathroom, I ran into the women's restroom." Dolph didn't even try to hold his laughter. He'd heard the story a million times, but it was still hilarious to him even now. Just the thought of his brother running into the women's room was enough to make him bust a gut. Kaitlyn and AJ tried to remain stoic, but it was too difficult, and they started laughing too. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, laugh it up, laugh it up. So funny when someone gets sick and embarrassed."

"Come here," AJ leaned over her boyfriend and hugged Briley. "We laugh because we love you, that's all. We've all had embarrassing moments, and hey, I had my top ride up on national television."

"Yeah, but you had my brother there to pull it down for you."

"Still, it was embarrassing. I sit up and boom, there are my boobs right there, and God, what if I popped out of my top then too?"

"What's there to pop out?" Dolph said. AJ smacked him for his troubles. "It's okay, you don't have to worry about popping out, chances are we won't even be on Raw, it'll be what, week three for us not being on the show?"

"I don't get that," Kaitlyn said, "do they just not have room for you?"

"Well, one week, it was AJ and her dental implant, and last week, it just was a time issue," Dolph shrugged, "I still don't know if I'm going to be doing anything for WrestleMania, I mean, I hope I am, I hope I can fit in somewhere, I did at the very least take it to Dave a little bit."

"You stood up for a lot of guys," AJ rubbed his leg, "you didn't back down, and I'm proud of you for that."

"Thanks," he smiled over at her, "but it still sucks to think about how last year I was still holding the briefcase, about to cash in, and I had AJ there, and now I just feel like…like the concussions really derailed everything. Every time I thought I could get the momentum back, something's stopped it."

"That won't be forever," Kaitlyn said, "we all know you're talented, you can't be stopped, you'll get back there, you will, I think that going after Dave was a start. Yeah, he beat you, but you still stood up for yourself, and you're always going to do that. And with Punk gone and him being the apparent voice of the voiceless, you can fill that role."

"Like I'd want his leftovers," Dolph scoffed in disgust. AJ cleared her throat, and Dolph didn't even hesitate before answering, "Babe, you're not leftovers, you were never with him, so he missed out on that."

"Oh, well, okay then."

"Here's hoping on Monday, I get something to actually do," Dolph said, "I hate sitting around, I know you do too, babe."

"Yeah, I'm the champion, and I need to get back in there on the big show, not just having matches that mean nothing on SmackDown," AJ said, "but I guess we'll see."

It was when they were walking in that AJ's clumsiness came into play. She was pulling her suitcase along to get into the arena when it hit a rock and turned on its side. She just turned to straighten it while walking when she hit a patch of ice she didn't see, and down she went. She yelped as her ankle twisted slightly and her butt hit the ground pretty hard. Dolph was by her side in a moment as she laughed at her own stupidity.

"Are you okay?" he asked her, trying to hold in his own laughter.

"Yeah, I think so," she said, "but my ankle hurts a little."

"Here, let me help you up," Dolph said, grabbing her arm and helping her to her feet. She stepped on her right foot and cringed, lifting it back up again. "Trainer?"

"Trainer," AJ nodded. She couldn't believe her bad luck. First it was her concussion then it was her knocked out tooth, now she'd twisted her ankle. It was like the world was conspiring to get her stripped of her title or something, but she wasn't going to let it.

"Okay, I'm going to bring our stuff inside, and I'll come back out and help you, so just sit tight."

"Hold on, I can do it, just pull our stuff in, and I'll hold onto your hoodie from the back and hop inside."

"You're going to hop on one foot all the way inside?" he asked incredulously. "Babe, will you just please wait here, and I will come back and help you? I won't even stop to talk to anyone. I'll dump our stuff off then come back out here."

"Fine, fine, fine," AJ gave in. Dolph nodded in thanks before heading inside. He walked quickly down the hallway looking at the various rooms to see where he and AJ were stationed. He found it and quickly put out their stuff. He walked back out into the hallway and almost bumped right into Stephanie and her daughter, Kensington.

"Oh, sorry, Stephanie. I didn't see you there."

"Hey, Dolph, I actually was looking for you, I needed to speak with you…are you busy?"

"Um, sort of, AJ twisted her ankle outside, and I'm about to take her to the trainer to make sure she's okay," Dolph said, "she can't really walk on it."

"Oh no," Stephanie looked sympathetic. "Let me walk out with you, I want to see how she is."

"Um, yeah, okay," Dolph nodded. He and Stephanie were kind of friends, but they weren't just walking down the hallway and talking friends. He wasn't even sure what to say so he lamely said, "So um, how are your other kids?"

"They're fine," Stephanie said with a nod, "actually, funny story, with Punk gone, Flynn is trying to find her new favorite wrestler since her dad isn't wrestling and Punk isn't wrestling, and you made the short list."

"Oh yeah?"

"Well, you're our friend, so you're automatically included, she couldn't choose Christian because he's Tilden's daddy, and she didn't feel right because of that, she's five, she has weird reasons for things, and she likes your entrance, and she likes your t-shirt, and she thought you were funny."

"She should choose me, I am the best around here," Dolph said, "I'll send her an action figure, she likes those, right?"

"If you give her an action figure, you'll instantly get a best friend," Stephanie laughed. "She's easy to bribe, me, not so much."

Dolph laughed, "So…how are you guys on the whole Punk thing?"

"Talked to him earlier, he's…stubborn," Stephanie shrugged, not knowing how else to put it. "There's a lot going on with him, a lot he's not really talking about, and it's up to him now, but we're going to move forward without him because what else can we do?"

"He's a jerk, he's always been a jerk, and he'll always be one," Dolph said, "I imagine tonight is going to be pretty bad though."

"I think so too," Stephanie sighed, "but we'll just get through it. He's not that bad though, I mean, I know you hate him, and with good reason too, what he did to AJ wasn't cool, but he's not all bad."

"In my eyes he is, I mean, doesn't Chris have some long-standing grudge against Austin?"

"You know about that?"

"I think everyone knows about that, it's not exactly a secret," Dolph said. "So see, if your husband can hold a grudge for however long that one's been going on, I can hold a grudge about how a guy pretty much emotionally abused my girlfriend."

"Fair enough," she responded acquiescently as Dolph opened the back door for her. AJ was still standing there by herself and looked mortified when she saw who was with her boyfriend. "Hey, AJ, heard you had a bit of an accident."

"I'm okay, Steph, I'm sure I can probably wrestle tonight," she nodded eagerly.

"If you can't put weight on it, I'm not sure it's the best idea to wrestle on it," Stephanie said, looking at AJ's ankle. Her jeans had been pulled up by Dolph, and her ankle looked swollen. "Get that checked out by the trainer, report back to me, and Dolph, I still need to talk to you, but I know that she's your first priority, but just come find me, okay?"

"Yeah, of course," Dolph said as Stephanie and Kensington walked back inside.

"What did she need to talk to you about?" AJ asked as Dolph scooped her up into his arms.

"I'm not sure, she didn't tell me," Dolph said, "I hope it's not something about how I shouldn't have gone after Dave last week, I don't need to be punished for something else."

"I'm sure that's not it," she said, "maybe it's about a match at WrestleMania or something."

"I wish," he told her, heading inside to the trainer's office.

He assessed AJ's ankle and told her that it was a very mild sprain, and if he taped it up right now, she wouldn't be able to wrestle tonight, but that she would probably be okay to wrestle at the SmackDown tapings if they taped it up tight enough under her wrestling boots. She was upset that she'd have to miss another Raw over something so stupid, but she had no other choice. This was not helping her feeling of stagnation either.

She was the champion, but she felt like that was just a title right now, not something she actually earned. People threw around the title, "paper champion" a lot, and right now, she almost felt like that. Nobody was coming after her, nobody was challenging her, and every day she felt like she was losing a little bit of her edge. People said it was lonely at the top, and in this case, it was absolutely true. She needed someone to seriously challenge her so she could be at her best, and it just wasn't happening. Cameron was her last title match, Cameron, and that wasn't a challenge at all. She needed more competition.

"Hey, let's stop at Stephanie's office to see what's up," AJ said as she slowly walked down the hallway with the cane provided for her. She looked like an idiot and felt like one too, but what could she do? She needed to be more careful, that's what she needed to do.

"No, let's get you settled first, and I can just go see her."

"It's probably on the way," AJ reasoned, "it'll be fine, she wanted an update anyways. You're going to give in to me eventually, why don't you just make that right now?"

"Why do you think I'd give into you?"

"Because I let you have sex with me," she told him, "and when I'm the one with the keys, and you want to go for a ride, I might not have to give them to you."

"Don't bring sex into this," he told her, shaking his head, "that's not fair, you can't just use that as a way to get me to do things."

"I sprained my ankle, please," she pouted, jutting out her bottom lip.

"You know, at some point, that face is not going to work with me," he started helping her towards where he saw Stephanie's office on the way to the trainer's. When they got there (slowly), he knocked on the door and she called out that it was open. He walked inside and helped AJ get inside.

"So sprained?" Stephanie sat up straighter in her chair.

"Yeah, but I might be able to go for SmackDown, just not tonight."

"It's okay, I had you and Tamina against the Bellas, but I can substitute in Alicia and Aksana, it's no problem," Stephanie said. "Why don't you sit down on the couch and relax while I talk to Dolph."

"Okay," AJ hobbled her way over to the couch and sat down. Kensington was lying stomach down on the other side, coloring in a coloring book, well, attempting to color. She was getting pretty good at coloring in the lines, but she wasn't quite there yet. When AJ sat down and propped her foot up on the coffee table, Kensington looked at the wrapped foot then back up at AJ, and she closed her coloring book and crawled over to AJ.

"Do you have a boo-boo?" Kensington asked, pointing to AJ's bandage.

"Yeah, I hurt my ankle," AJ explained to her.

"Oh, I can help," Kensington said, getting off the couch and going up to AJ's foot. She reached out and AJ was going to warn her not to touch it, but Kensington only gently touched it and started rubbing it softly. "See, that makes it better."

"Thank you," AJ said.

"You're welcome, I help all the time," Kensington explained, but AJ had no idea what she helped with until Kensington explained further. "Sometimes Flynnie get boo-boos, and I make her feel better."

"Wow, that's nice of you."

"She's my sister."

"My sister used to take care of me too."

"Yup, so I help."

Stephanie smiled at her daughter's reaction to AJ. Kensington did like to help those who needed it, something she definitely got from Sawyer, and not necessarily from her or Chris. She turned to Dolph who was sitting there nervously like she was going to punish him or something. "It's not bad, I promise."

"Sorry, I have war flashbacks to elementary school and getting called to the principal's office."

"Yeah, I can see you being a little bit of a troublemaker," Stephanie smirked, "anyways, I don't know if you saw the schedule yet, but you have a match against Del Rio."

"Awesome, great, I'm so happy to have a match finally! Thanks," he said genuinely because he was actually just happy to be on the show. "Is that what you wanted to tell me because I could have just looked at the schedule…"

"Yes, Dolph, I just called you in here to tell you, you had a match," Stephanie told him sardonically. "Of course that's not it. As you know, Aaron Paul is guest hosting the show tonight, well, it's more like an appearance. He had this idea that he wanted to drive one of the cars from his movie, or some car, some nice car, Hunter tells me since he's been dealing with him, anyways, he wanted to drive a car as someone's entrance, think Del Rio before. That brings me to you. He's a huge fan of yours, and he wanted it to be you."

"A huge fan of me?" Dolph pressed his hand to his chest. Sure, he had fans, but he was always still dumbfounded when someone famous was actually a fan of his.

"Yes, you," she told him, "and he asked for you specially. He's not here yet, and he probably won't arrive until later, but he really wants to accompany you to your match and be in your corner. I know it's a bit of a downgrade from the last person to accompany you to your matches, but I think it's a good thing."

"Yeah, wow, yes, that is great, I would like that, did you hear that, babe?"

"That's awesome, Ziggy," AJ nodded eagerly.

"That's what I needed to tell you so get out of here and go let your girlfriend put her foot up and get her some ice."

"Okay, thanks again."

"He'll probably come by to meet you and find you, so just be ready for that."

"Great, cool," Dolph stood up, "thanks for giving me the heads up, and for not, like, I don't know, insisting that he go with Cena or something."

"Why would I do that? Cena's nothing to me, you're a friend, and I think it's cool," she winked at him. He laughed and turned to help AJ up. "Come on, babe."

"No!" Kensington whined. "I'm helping her feel better!"

"Kensy, they have to go."

"Mommy, I go too because I gotta."

"She can come with me," AJ said, "I can take care of her and watch her during the show. I can't do anything, so it's not like we're going to go wandering. We can watch the show, and you can focus on it. It'll be nice to have the company."

"Are you sure?" Stephanie asked. She didn't want AJ to have to run around after Kensington with her ankle being the way it was. Then again, Kensington wasn't much of a troublemaker, so if she was told not to run anywhere, she wouldn't.

"It's fine," AJ could use the company. Stephanie shrugged and helped Kensington gather up some things in her backpack, including a snack and a juice box. Stephanie told AJ to call her if she needed to come get Kensington and Kensington held onto AJ's free hand and tried to help her walk.

They made their way (slowly again) to their dressing room, and Dolph helped her prop up her foot. Kensington sat next to her and rubbed her ankle again as Dolph got the ice for it. Kensington helped hold it there, which was actually really helpful for the both of them. It gave Dolph the chance to change in the bathroom and AJ didn't have to hold ice to her own foot. Kensington was the perfect helper.

They sat down and watched the show until there was a knock at the door. "Play it cool, Ziggy."

"I'm always cool," he told her, which was partially the truth though she hated to admit that he was a cool guy. He walked to the door and opened it. The Breaking Bad actor was on the other side, and he kind of looked excited as well. "Hey man, it's good to meet you."

"Hey, I'm such a huge fan," Aaron said. "You're like the best wrestler on this entire show."

"That's always nice to hear, even though I hear it often," Dolph said, "I can't believe you wanted to accompany me though, it's not like I'm the top guy."

"You're the coolest guy. Any guy that can man up and admit to liking Britney Spears is awesome in my book," Aaron laughed, "I mean, that's manly right there."

"Please don't bring up his Britney obsession, you're going to just open a door there you're going to regret," AJ said from the couch.

"And you're AJ Lee, wait, hold up, hold up, didn't you dump her? No offense, you're gorgeous by the way."

"Thanks," AJ blushed slightly. It was always unnerving getting compliments. She still even blushed when Dolph complimented her.

"That was all for show," Dolph explained, "it was a case of us being on TV affecting our relationship off TV, so we staged it, but we're still together."

"Cool, and is that your…" Aaron pointed to Kensington.

"Oh God, no," Dolph shook his head vigorously, "that's Stephanie McMahon's daughter, we're babysitting her."

"Okay, cool, cool, man, I really am such a huge fan of yours. You're a really great wrestler, and it sucks that your reign as World champion got cut short because of that concussion, you deserved to have it longer."

"I agree, I'm a big fan of your work on Price is Right," Dolph told him, and everyone in the room laughed, including Kensington, who didn't get it, but wanted to join in. "Being on the road so much, we don't get to watch much TV, if any."

"I get it, I get it, but yeah, I just really wanted to meet you and hang out with you, if that's okay with AJ."

"It's fine, go," AJ nodded, "I've got my little nurse here helping me, I'll be fine."

"Okay, cool, thanks, babe," Dolph jogged over to her and gave her a quick kiss before heading out with Aaron.

They walked around the arena a little bit, talking about wrestling, and Dolph was impressed with his knowledge of the product. There weren't many people who came on as guest hosts who knew much about wrestling so it was always nice to talk to a guy who did. Dolph didn't normally get star-struck, and he wasn't really with Aaron, but he was just still surprised that he was his favorite wrestler. He knew some comedians for whom that was true, but he was friends with a lot of comedians, so this was still humbling for him.

So was getting the cool entrance. He never got the cool entrance. He got entrances where he shook his ass, entrances where he got to kiss AJ, but he never got the super special entrance like Cena did or like Hunter did or like Taker did. He never got any pomp and circumstance, so to be the one guy on the show that evening who got the cool entrance, who got that spotlight, it was such a nice boost to his ego. This was where he should be. It reminded him of where he wanted to be, and that was the top. He deserved to have cool stuff like this all the time.

He deserved to have the celebrity in his corner. He didn't deserve any Punk chants, but he blocked those out of his mind. The fans were here and they were going to respect him and not think about Punk. That was his goal at every show, to make the fans forget about any of the other wrestlers, but it was especially true tonight. He wanted to make every single person there forget there was ever anyone named CM Punk. It went beyond professional for him, he wanted them to realize that Punk turned his back on all of them like he turned his back on AJ when she could have used his friendship.

The sooner these people let go of their hometown "hero" the better. He still didn't regret everything he'd said to Punk over the phone. The jerk deserved it, and Dolph only wished he'd actually chewed him out more. He had so much to say, so much he wanted to beat into that man's thick-headed skull. But perhaps the best thing would be if he never had to see Punk again. Out of sight, out of mind. The good part of the Punk chants he heard sporadically during his match was that it gave him the motivation to kick Del Rio's ass.

There was still residual hatred here of course. Del Rio kicking him repeatedly in the head cost him his title, and Del Rio attempting to hit him with his braced knee was the cause of one of the worst nights of his life. AJ's tearstained face popped into his brain, and he may have hit Del Rio a little harder. In the end, Aaron's taunting of Del Rio from the commentary table aided in Dolph's win, and he'd almost forgotten what it was like to win by someone else helping him he'd been on his own for months now. It was good to get a win though, and he felt important in that moment.

Now he just had to learn how to hold onto this moment.