Chapter XXXVIII: Interference
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Smackdown was airing from Columbus Ohio, the first match of the night was already in progress. Triple H and Jeff Hardy, who were opponents at No Mercy were on a tag team and were facing off against the Brian Kendrick and MVP. Kendrick's faithful bear… uh… Advisor was at ringside. In the ring, Kendrick currently had Hardy down on the mat in a Camel Clutch, Kendrick and MVP had been working Hardy over for a while now and Kendrick was hoping to get a submission victory out of the hold.
Hardy had attempted to get out of the Camel Clutch once already, but when he had gotten back up to his feet Kendrick broke the hold then jumped up and dropkicked him in the back. Hardy went down and Kendrick locked the Camel Clutch back in, leaving Hardy once again stranded in the middle of the ring. "Tap out!" screamed Kendrick as he applied pressure to the hold in an attempt to get Hardy to submit. But Hardy was refusing to give up, he was taking on his partner Triple H for the WWE Championship next Sunday, he couldn't afford to give up now, he was the Number One Contender for a reason, Number One Contenders don't quit.
But suddenly RIOT TIME hit and sounded through the arena, Kendrick looked up at the entrance ramp in surprise as Machetti came out from the back wearing his sleeveless hoody and a pair of jeans. He wasn't dressed to compete, but he did have the battered chair with him. Machetti stood on the stage and locked eyes with Kendrick then he held the chair up, unfolded it, and sat in it. But while Kendrick was distracted with Machetti, Hardy suddenly pushed up off of the mat and flipped Kendrick onto his back, Hardy moved around so he was covering Kendrick and made the pin, ONE… TWO… THRE—Kendrick managed to kick out at the last second.
Hardy rolled off of Kendrick and desperately crawled towards the corner, he dove, AND TAGGED IN TRIPLE H!! On the entrance ramp Machetti smirked as Triple H came in and took down Kendrick with a running knee lift to the face. Kendrick got back up, but Triple H whipped him into the ropes then caught him as he came back with a facebuster, driving Kendrick's face down onto his knee. Kendrick was launched backwards into the ropes, but bounced off of them. Triple H was ready for him, he caught Kendrick, lifted him up, then spun around and drove him down to the mat, DOUBLE EDGE SPINEBUSTER!! Triple H hooked Kendrick's leg and went for a pin, ONE… TWO… THRE—MVP CAME IN AND BROKE IT UP!!
MVP pulled Triple H off of Kendrick, but suddenly Hardy ran over and booted him in the stomach, he pulled MVP into a side headlock, TWIST OF FATE!! MVP was out as Hardy rolled over to the ropes and sat against them. Kendrick had used the distraction from MVP to recover and had gotten back up, now he was waiting for Triple H to get back up. But suddenly, up on stage Machetti stood up and folded up his chair, the movement distracted Kendrick, causing him to glare up the ramp at Machetti. He turned away from Machetti and rushed at Triple H who had gotten back up and was turning around. Kendrick jumped up into the air and lashed out his leg, JUMPING CALF KI—TRIPLE H DUCKED!! Kendrick landed on his feet and staggered a few steps, Triple H grabbed him and spun him around, then booted him in the stomach and doubled him over, he hook the arms, PEDIGREE ON KENDRICK!! Triple H rolled Kendrick onto his back and went for a pin, Hardy rolled out of the ring while MVP was still out, ONE… TWO… THREE! TRIPLE H GOT THE PIN!!
The Game played as Triple H got back up and celebrated the win, "Here are your winners, Triple H and Jeff Hardy!" Jeff Hardy got back in the ring holding Triple H's WWE Championship, the Champ turned around and stared at Hardy, but Hardy simply handed him the gold back. The referee came over and raised both of their arms, they stared up the ramp at Machetti who had a huge smirk on his face, he saluted the two of them, then headed to the back, bringing his chair with him. Because of Machetti's interference and the distraction he provided, Hardy and Triple H had been victorious, the Brian Kendrick was still out cold, but when he woke up, he'd probably be pissed. Ezekiel slid Kendrick out of the ring and glared at the Champion and the Number One Contender, JR plugged Vladimir Kozlov versus the Great Khali then Smackdown went to a commercial break.
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Smackdown was still airing and the Shelton Benjamin/R-Truth confrontation had just ended. The cameras went backstage and showed Brie Bella and Maria heading towards the ring for their tag team match against Natalya and Victoria. They stopped walking when they came across Machetti who was still grinning after costing Kendrick his match, he was still wearing his jeans and his sleeveless hoody.
"Would you believe that in her infinite wisdom that our General Manager Vickie Guerrero didn't schedule me in a match this week?" asked Machetti. "Me!"
"Now that's a crime," commented Maria. "Here I am for once not worrying about you doing something stupid in the ring."
Machetti grinned and shrugged, "Well, since I have nothing better to do, would you lovely ladies allow me to escort you to the ring for your match?"
"We can beat them on our own," Brie told him.
"I don't doubt that," replied Machetti. "But I can never pass up a chance to mess with Natalya, and as a direct result, I think that lady wants to kill me."
Maria smiled, "Fine you can come, just don't interfere."
"Me, interfere?" questioned Machetti looking scandalized that she would even suggest that. "What makes you think I would do something like that?"
"Because you just did during Triple H and Jeff Hardy's match," Maria reminded him.
"Oh, right," agreed Machetti. "Well don't worry, I'll stay out of the way. Ladies, after you!"
Maria and Brie smiled then walked passed and continued down the hall, Machetti followed behind them as Smackdown went to a commercial break, the divas tag match was up next.
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Smackdown came back from the break and With Legs Like That played, Maria and Brie came out from the back followed by Machetti. Machetti stayed to the back and out of the way as Maria blew her usual kiss to the crowd while Brie danced along side her. "This is a Divas Tag Team Match set for one fall!" announced Justin Roberts. "Introducing first, being accompanied by Machetti, the team of Brie Bella and Maria!" Maria went down one side of the ramp while Brie went down the other both of them slapped hands with the fans as they went. Machetti followed behind Maria and slapped hands with the fans at a more relaxed pace while Maria and Brie got in the ring. Brie climbed up and posed for the fans on one turnbuckle while Maria ran across the ring and posed on another one.
Evil laugher sounded through the arena, Maria and Brie turned around in the ring and watched as their opponents Natalya and Victoria came out from the back. "And their opponents, the team of Victoria and Natalya!" Both women were dressed in black as they headed down the ramp, Machetti watched from on the other side of the ring steps as the two of them came down the ramp and got in the ring. Natalya stood in the middle of the ring and glared angrily at Machetti, obviously not wanting him to be present during this match. Machetti, being Machetti, just smiled at her and waved, but that only seemed to further anger the Canadian Diva, because when she noticed that Maria had decided to start the match for the other team, she told Victoria to get on the apron, wanting to start the match against Maria and take her frustrations out on her. When Maria and Natalya were both ready in the ring and Brie and Victoria were both on the apron the referee Charles Robinson called from the bell, this match was officially underway.
"Here she comes," called out Machetti as Natalya charged across the ring at Maria, Maria quickly dropped down and caught her with a drop toe hold, she rolled over Natalya's back and quickly got in a headlock. But Natalya quickly powered up off of the mat and to her feet, then grabbed onto one of Maria's arms and countered out of the headlock into a wristlock. With Natalya holding her arm, Maria dropped down and rolled forward, then got up and took Natalya down with a quick clothesline. Maria didn't get a chance to capitalize because Natalya quickly rolled away from her over to the ropes. Machetti smirked and glanced up at her, "What's the matter? Scared of Maria?"
Natalya glared over her shoulder at Machetti then pushed off of the ropes and rushed at Maria, but Maria caught Natalya and sent her flying through the air with a hip toss. Maria quickly got back up as Natalya staggered to her feet, then jumped up and took her down with a dropkick to the stomach. Maria quickly rolled on top of Natalya and hooked her legs for a pin, ONE… T—Natalya kicked out. Maria got off of Natalya and got up to her feet, then pulled her up and went to whip her across the ring, but Natalya reversed it and sent Maria into the ropes. Natalya bent down ready for Maria to bounce off, BUT MARIA HELD ONTO THE ROPES! Maria pushed off and lashed out her leg, connecting wit ha kick right to Natalya's face. Natalya snapped back up to her standing position, but Maria ran at her, jumped up and got her legs around Natalya's neck and sent her rolling across the ring with a head-scissors takedown. Natalya pulled herself up with the ropes and glared at Maria, then she went to the corner and tagged in Victoria hoping she'd have better luck than she was.
Victoria wasn't as agitated as Natalya was, so she calmly walked to the middle of the ring and locked up with Maria. But as they locked up, Victoria slipped her leg behind Maria's and tripped her, enabling her to shove Maria hard down to the mat. Victoria went after Maria and grabbed her legs, up Maria pulled her legs in, then shot them out, launching Victoria off of her and into he ropes. Victoria bounced off and came back as Maria got back up, Maria caught Victoria with a hard shot to the midsection then went off with a series of forearm shots. Victoria silenced Maria with a knee to the stomach, then doubled her over and clubbed her on the back, bringing Maria down to her knees. Victoria grabbed Maria's arms stood behind her as she yanked her up to her feet, Victoria hooked her arms around Maria's and went to clasp her hands for a full nelson, but Machetti suddenly called out, "Drop down!" Maria did as she was told and dropped down and out of Victoria's grip into a sitting position. Victoria was caught by surprise, enabling Maria to trip her with her legs, Victoria fell and landed her back, but Maria quickly grabbed her legs then flipped over her for a bridge pin, ONE… T—but Victoria kicked out.
Maria got back up and pulled Victoria up with her, she kicked Victoria in the stomach to double her over, then dragged her over to the corner where she tagged in Brie. Maria continued to hold Victoria as Brie flipped over the ropes, Maria, and caught Victoria with a sunset flip. Maria got out of the ring while the referee counted, ONE… TW—but Victoria kicked out. Brie rolled off of Victoria and over to the ropes, she stayed in a crouch as Victoria got back up. When Victoria got up, Brie ran at her and jumped up into the air, then flipped Victoria over her with a leaping snapmare. Brie shot back up to her feet and went after Victoria, but Victoria got up and grabbed her then turned around and rammed her into the corner. Victoria kept Brie pinned against the corner as she reached out and tagged Natalya back in.
Victoria got out of the ring while Natalya got in, Natalya grabbed Brie and went to whip her across the ring, but Brie put on the breaks and attempted to reverse it, only for Natalya to grab Brie from behind, lift her up, then slam her down to the mat for a takedown. Natalya kept her arms firmly locked around Brie as she kept her pinned down on the mat. Machetti and Maria called out to Brie and encouraged her to fight back up, "Come on Brie!" cheered Maria. "Don't let her keep you down Brie," said Machetti, "once you're standing she'll lose most of her hold on you!" Natalya glared at Machetti, who simply grinned at her as Brie started to fight up to her feet. With Maria, Machetti, and a bunch of the fans encouraging her, Brie fought back up to her feet. Once she was on her feet, Brie took Natalya by surprise and did a standing-switch so that she was holding Natalya from behind instead.
But Natalya broke out of Brie's hold with a pair of elbows to the midsection. Natalya turned to face Brie and slapped her, "Oh! Don't take that from her!" called Machetti. But seemingly in spite of Machetti, Natalya slapped Brie again then shoved her back into the corner. Brie pushed out of the corner and went to hit Natalya, but Natalya caught her wrist, Brie reached up to try and break Natalya's grip on her, but Natalya suddenly reached down and wrapped her arms around Brie's waist, then lifted her up and drove her back into the corner. Natalya hit Brie with a pair of forearms shots to the face before the referee came over and ordered Natalya to let Brie out of the corner. Natalya did as she was told, and made a big show of holding her arms up as she backed away from Brie. But Brie suddenly shot out of the corner and slapped Natalya across the face in retaliation.
Natalya held her hand to her face, then lashed out her leg and booted Brie in the stomach, she quickly grabbed Brie then lifted her up, shot her over her head, and slammed her down to the mat for a snap suplex. Natalya quickly got on top of Brie and went off on her with a flurry of forearm shots, eventually she stopped and went for a pin, ONE…T—Brie kicked out. Natalya stood up and pulled Brie up to her feet, then went to whip her across the ring, but Brie reversed it, then dropped down onto her back and flipped Natalya over her with an arm drag monkey flip. Brie rolled onto Natalya for a pin, ONE… T—Natalya quickly kicked out.
Brie rolled off of Natalya and got back up, when Natalya got back up, Brie rushed at her. Natalya swung at Brie for a clothesline, but Brie dropped down and went to slide in between Natalya's legs, only for Natalya to reached down and catch her. Natalya dragged Brie back up to her feet, then hoisted her up in front of her, before turning her over and slammed her down to the mat with a scoop slam. Natalya mouthed off at Brie then reached down and pulled her back up, only to slap Brie across the face, knocked her down to her knees. Natalya continued to taunt Brie as she pulled her back up again, then hit her with a forearm shot, Brie spun around and dropped to her knees from the impact, but Natalya hit her with a shot to the back, caused Brie to fall forward onto her face. Natalya pulled Brie back up again, then drove her face into the top turnbuckle before she reached out and tagged in Victoria.
Natalya held Brie as Victoria got in the ring, allowing her 'BFF' to his an unblocked kick to the midsection. Victoria dragged Brie out of the corner and turned her around, then hooked her arms around Brie's and clasped her hands behind Brie's neck, locking in a kneeling full nelson. Brie yelled out in pain, while Maria and Machetti encouraged her to fight out of it from the other side of the ring. Victoria eventually broke the full nelson herself by pulling Brie up to her feet and slammed her down to the mat. Victoria stood over Brie as she held up her arm and attempt to crawl over to Maria, but Victoria rolled Brie over and stomped on her stomach, then suddenly rushed to the corner AND KNOCKED MARIA OFF OF THE APRON WITH A CHEAP SHOT! Maria would've fallen, but Machetti was behind her at the moment and managed to catch her. Victoria walked back over to Brie and stood beside her, then jumped up into the air and a backflip, MOONSAULT SPLASH! Machetti placed Maria back on the ring apron then jumped up beside her and started yelling at Victoria and the referee.
"Come on, are you gonna let her get away with that!?" demanded Machetti. The referee turned around to face Machetti, completely missing the pin Victoria had on Brie. "Come on, that was a cheap shot and you know it!" Machetti continued to argue, conveniently distracting Charles Robinson. Victoria got off of Brie and stood up then went to the corner and stood next to the referee and argued with Machetti. "Get off the apron!" ordered Victoria. "What, you're not gonna knock me off too?" taunted Machetti. "Suit yourself," replied Victoria with a shrug, she swung at Machetti, only to have him drop down off of the apron. Victoria swung her arm over Machetti, allowing Maria to grab it, then drop down off of the apron as well. Victoria's shoulder was driven down onto the top rope as Maria landed on her feet next to Machetti. Victoria staggered backwards out of the corner holding her arm, but Brie had recovered enough to roll her up from behind, ONE… TWO… THR—Victoria kicked out.
Natalya glared across the ring at Machetti for distracting the referee and costing her 'BFF' the momentum in the match. Brie and Victoria shot back up, Brie grabbed Victoria and went to whip her into the corner, but Victoria reversed it and sent Brie into the corner instead. But as she reached the corner Brie reached out and grabbed the top rope, then jumped up onto the bottom ropes and shot her legs up and got them around Victoria head as she ran in from behind. Brie held Victoria in a head-scissors while holding herself up in the corner, but Victoria pushed Brie's legs off of her and threw them to the side of the top rope, BRIE WENT CRASHING DOWN TO THE FLOOR!!
Machetti quickly ran around the ring and jumped up onto the ring apron, blocking Victoria from getting out of the ring. "What the hell do you think you're doing!?" demanded Victoria. "Distracting you," answered Machetti as Brie recovered enough to crawl over to the ring and slip under it. "You're not supposed to tell me, you idiot!" snapped Victoria, as Brie came back out from under the ring. "Why's that?" asked Machetti, "its working isn't it?" Brie got in the ring behind Victoria, then quickly grabbed her from behind and spun her around. Brie kicked Victoria in the midsection and dragged her into the middle of the ring, then jumped up and dropped down to a seated position as she drove Victoria's face down to the mat. SIT OUT FACEBUSTER!! Brie rolled Victoria onto her back and went for a pin, ONE… TWO… THRE—NATALYA GOT IN THE RING AND BROKE IT UP!!
Natalya turned away from Brie and Victoria then walked up to Machetti and glared at him. "Stay out of my match!" growled Natalya. "What's that matter? Am I getting on your nerves?" taunted Machetti. Behind her, Brie rolled over to the corner and tagged in Maria, Maria climbed up onto the top rope as Victoria got up in the middle of the ring. Maria lunged off of the top rope at Victoria who still had her back to her, DIVING BULLDOG!! Maria drove Victoria's face down to the mat, then rolled her onto her back and went for a pin, Natalya was still distracted with Machetti and didn't notice, ONE… TWO… THREE! MARIA GOT THE PIN!!
With Legs Like That started playing as Maria stood up and celebrated, Machetti smirked while Natalya just realized what happened. Natalya swung at Machetti, but he quickly dropped down off of the apron and took off running. Natalya got out of the ring and ran after him, looking to make him pay for costing her another match. Machetti ran along the side of the ring and rounded the corner, Natalya followed after him, BUT BRIE TOOK HER DOWN WITH A SURPRISE CLOTHESLINE!!
Machetti smiled curiously at Brie then the two of them got in the ring with Maria, Machetti stood in between the two of them and raised their arms up into the air. Victoria rolled out of the ring and glared at them from ringside. Machetti just smiled and used his hold on Maria and Brie's arm to spin them around, after Maria's spin, she quickly grabbed Machetti and hugged him. Victoria helped Natalya up and the two of them glared at Brie, Maria, and Machetti from the bottom of the entrance ramp as the cameras cut to a Vladimir Kozlov video package.
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The Chavo Guerrero/Jimmy Wang Yang match had just ended, Chavo had been scared when the lights went out and ran backstage. The cameras then went further backstage and showed the Brian Kendrick in a backstage corridor with Ezekiel, Kendrick looked pissed.
"That bastard Machetti had the audacity to interfere in my match," ranted Kendrick as they stood at the end of a hallway. "That was my chance to prove that I'm a top contender here on Smackdown. If had beaten the Champion and the Number One Contender in that match people would be force to recognize me as a high caliber athlete. But Machetti went and ruined that!"
"Then we should get him back," suggested Ezekiel.
"Normally that's what we'd do," replied Kendrick. "But the problem is, Machetti doesn't have a match tonight. In her infinite wisdom, Vickie Guerrero decided to give him the night off. So we can't get him out in the ring."
"Then we should get him in the back," advised Ezekiel.
"Now there's an idea," commented Kendrick. He was silent for a moment as he gave it some thought, then he turned and started walking down the hall, Ezekiel followed after him. "Here's what we need to do, we need to get Maria. I know Machetti enough to know that he'd go to hell and back to save her."
Kendrick stopped walking and stood next to a crewman wearing a hat that was using a broom to sweep the floor, he head was down and he was fixed on his work, he probably didn't even notice Kendrick and his bear. "We need to get Maria by surprise, then we'll bring her out into the parking lot. Machetti will come and try to save her, but we'll get him from behind and take him by surprise too and we can give him the beat down of his life. He'll learn what happens when you mess with the Brian Kendrick."
"So where do we find Maria?" asked Ezekiel.
"She'll probably be in the Women's Locker Room, she just won a match, remember? Another thing that bastard interfered in," said Kendrick, he turned to the crewman. "Hey, could you direct us to the Women's Locker Room?"
"Down the hall, first door on the left," answered the crewman without looking up.
"Excellent, and remember, we were never here," Kendrick told the crewman before turning back to his bear. "Let's go Zeke, we need to catch her by surprise."
Kendrick and Ezekiel continued down the hall and eventually came across a door marked Women's Locker Room. "Zeke, we're about to venture where no man's gone before, be ready." Kendrick opened the door and the two of them slipped inside the locker room and were met by the sight of Maria coming out of the shower arena dressed in only a towel.
"BRIAN! BEAR!" exclaimed Maria in surprise, as she held her towel closed around her. "What're you two doing in here!? This is the Women's Locker Room."
"We know that!" snapped Kendrick. "You're gonna come with us to the parking lot so we can lure your annoying bastard of a boyfriend to the parking lot."
"Uh… why do you need to lure him out to the parking lot?" asked Maria.
"So we can take him by surprise and give him the beating he deserves," answered Kendrick. "He crossed the line and cost me my match, so I'm gonna take my revenge on him."
"No… that wasn't what I meant," explained Maria. "Why do you need to lure him out into the parking lot when he's already here?"
"Huh?" questioned Kendrick as he and Ezekiel stared at her in disbelief.
Maria flushed and stared down at her bare, somewhat we feet. "He's in the shower area over there," Maria told them as she pointed behind her in the direction she had just come from.
"Hear that Zeke, we just need to attack him in the shower, we can still take him by surprise," realized Kendrick. "Come on, he can't beat us both if we attack him at the same time."
Ezekiel nodded and the two of them rushed passed Maria and ran into the shower arena, with two of them gone, Maria quickly ran to the door and bolted out of the locker room still wearing only a towel. "He's not in here!" shouted Kendrick as he ran back out. "Dammit, Maria of all people tricked us! After her!" Kendrick ran out the door after Maria and Ezekiel followed behind him.
The camera cut to the hallway and showed Maria running away as fast as she could, but Kendrick was faster and was starting to gain on her. Ezekiel was coming up from behind, but was nowhere near as fast as Kendrick.
Maria kept running and ran passed the crewman that was still in the hallway sweeping the floor, Kendrick continued to follow her, BUT THE CREWMAN SPUN AROUND AND TOOK DOWN KENDRICK WITH A SHOT TO THE FACE FROM THE BROOM!!
"SURPRISE!" called out the crewman as he pulled off his hat to reveal his long brown hair, IT WAS MACHETTI! Machetti took his broom and started wailing on Kendrick with it, keeping him down on the ground.
Ezekiel came running over but Machetti hit him with a hard broom shot to the face that knocked the bear on his back, breaking the broom in the process! But as Ezekiel went down, Kendrick got back up and tackled Machetti down to the ground then started raining down closed-fist punches to the face, but Machetti rolled over and pinned Kendrick down under him and hit Kendrick with a flurry of punches of his own.
Security ran over and pulled Machetti off of Kendrick and held him back, Kendrick started getting back up and went to attack Machetti, BUT MACHETTI BROKE FREE AND TOOK HIM DOWN! Machetti slammed Kendrick's back down to the concrete floor then let him have another barrage of punches. The two seemingly enraged superstars rolled around in the hallway beating the hell out of each other.
Eventually Big Show ran over and pulled Machetti off of Kendrick, he was followed by Vickie Guerrero and Maria, who was still only wearing a towel. Ezekiel pulled Kendrick back up and held him back as well, now both Machetti and Kendrick were being restrained, effectively stopping the brawl. Kendrick had some blood dripping down from his mouth while Machetti had a gash opened up over his right eye.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU TWO THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" demanded Vickie.
"I think its obvious," growled Machetti as he struggled against Big Show, "I'm trying to beat the living hell out of him!"
"I'd like to see you try!" challenged Kendrick as he struggled against Ezekiel, "I can kick your ass any day of the week! You've never beaten me yet!"
"EXCUSE ME!!" shouted Vickie. "I have half a mind…"
"I heard," interrupted Machetti.
"SHUT UP!" yelled Vickie. "I have half a mind to suspend THE BOTH OF YOU right now!"
"You'll suspend me for an act of self-defense?" asked Kendrick. "That bastard hit me with a broom! He started it!"
"You started this when you tried to take Maria hostage you son of a bitch!" argued Machetti.
"You distracted me and cost me my match, you imbecile!" snarled Kendrick. "You had no business…"
"I DON'T CARE WHO STARTED THIS, I'M GONNA FINISH IT!!" interrupted Vickie as Big Show and Ezekiel continued to hold Machetti and Kendrick back, who had stopped struggling and were now just arguing.
"You know what, I have a solution that might fit your needs," said Machetti as, "if you get your gorilla here to let me go I'll show you."
"Do it," Vickie instructed Big Show, "This had better be good."
Big Show released Machetti allowing him to pull a folded up bundle of paper out from his pocket. He unfolded the papers and held it up in front of Vickie. "This is a contract for a match at No Mercy between myself and that idiot over there. A Falls Count Anywhere, Anything Goes Match. The conditions are that myself, Maria Kanellis, Brian Kendrick, and someone called Ezekiel Jackson can not be involved in physical altercations between us outside of a sanctioned WWE Match. If we do, the instigating superstar (or diva) will be suspended. Maria and I already signed it, I need Kendrick's signature, the bear's paw print, and the signature of the General Manager to make it official."
Vickie took the contract from Machetti and paged through it, "This looks official," commented Guerrero. "I'll sign off on it if those two agree to the terms."
"I'll agree to it," said Kendrick with a grin, "It'll be another opportunity for me to prove my dominance over that idiot." Secretly he was thinking to himself, 'If this match is Anything Goes, then Zeke can help me out when I need it and I won't be disqualified. That idiot just signed his own death warrant.'
"Alright," agreed Vickie as she handed the contract to Kendrick. "Both of you sign it, then I'll sign off on it and you'll have an official match at No Mercy. If any of you idiots are involved in any kind of altercation outside of a sanctioned match, I'll suspend all four of you indefinitely."
"Anyone got a pen?" asked Kendrick.
Machetti pulled a pen out from his pocket and held it out, Kendrick quickly snatched it away from him and signed the contract, then handed it to Ezekiel and had him sign it too. Kendrick handed the contract back to Vickie once he and Ezekiel signed it, then glared at Machetti while the General Manager added her signature to the contract.
"Congratulations, Machetti versus the Brian Kendrick in a Falls Count Anywhere, Anything Goes Match is official for No Mercy," announced Vickie when she finished signing. "I'll hold onto this for now, the four of you get out of here, I have a show to run."
"No problem there," replied Machetti as he reached out and took Maria's hand, then led her passed Kendrick and Ezekiel, who stepped to the side and then went in the other direction. Big Show nodded at Vickie and the two of them went to go back to the General Manager's office. Down the hall, the door to the Women's Locker Room closed as the cameras faded and Smackdown went to a commercial break.
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That's right, Machetti versus the Brian Kendrick is now officially on the card for No Mercy. The match is Falls Count Anywhere and Anything Goes, so expect a lot of fighting around the ring. But before that, Machetti and Kendrick will face off during the All-Star Kick Off on My Network TV in the 8-man All Star Tag Match.
'Till Next Time…
Peace!