Chapter 2: SmackDown Live Debut

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 - Buffalo, NY - SummerSlam 2016: 26 Days Away

Tonight was the night that the entire WWE Universe will forever remember the name Zack Mercer. Right here in the First Niagara Center, Zack Mercer would be making his debut in front of the fans in Buffalo, New York.

Although Zack Mercer was excited, Andrew James McGrady was nervous about the debut and he couldn't understand why he was jealous. He had been preparing for his debut for several days now but he still couldn't shake his nervousness. James sighed as he found himself sitting in the male locker room dressed in his ring gear which consisted of black tights with a white line around the waistband with the outline of a silver line on both the bottom and top of the waistband. On the side of his tights there was white line with a silver outline on both sides of the tights. Going around the thighs there was a line much like the side of his tights. There was ZM on both sides of the tights in a white circle with a silver outline. On the back of the tights there was a Mercer in white with a silver outline. He had black knee pads with ZM on the right knee pad in white with black kickpads with black wrist tape that he wore to the middle of his forearm.

James had his black hair down his shoulder with oil making his hair appear wet and shiny. He had his hands together in a praying motion while he prayed to himself. James wasn't a super religious man in his past life but because of the traumatic experience he had in his life, he found salvation within the man above.

His praying was cut off when he heard a voice cutting off his concentration.

"Dude you alright?" asked Jon Good AKA Dean Ambrose in his ring gear with the WWE Championship on his shoulder.

"Yeah man, I'm good just trying to get focused. Andrew James McGrady. People call me James." replied James holding out a hand for Jon to shake. Jon shook his hand and introduced himself.

"Jonathan Good." Jon introduced.

"Nice to meet you Jon. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish my mental preparation before tonight's show." James said as he sat back down in his locker coby while Jon walked away. He put his face in his hands before he heard another voice breaking his concentration.

"Mr. McGrady?" asked a stage crew member while James stood up from his seat and looked at the man.

"What is it?" James asked, slightly annoyed.

"Shane McMahon would like to see you sir." said the stage crew member. James had sat down and put his head into his hands.

"Tell him I'll be there soon." James replied to the stage crew member.

"I think he would like to see you now. If I have any experience with McMahon's they don't like waiting for long." said the stage crew member in a tone of voice letting James know that he was trying to teach him something.

"Lead the way sir." James said as he grabbed a plain black tank top and put it on. James followed the man out of the locker room.

GM's Office - Minutes Later

James stopped in front of the GM's office and let out a nervous sigh before he walked through the doors of the GM's office and entered the office. He saw the Smackdown Live Commissioner, Shane McMahon and the Smackdown Live General Manager, Bryan Danielson AKA Daniel Bryan.

"There he is. The man who's gonna revolutionize the WWE. I'm Shane McMahon." said Shane McMahon said as he got up to his feet to greet James with a handshake. James shook his hand with a greeting smile.

"I'm Bryan Danielson." said Bryan as he stood up from his desk and held out a hand. James walked over to him and shook his hand with that same smile.

"Please take a seat Mr. McGrady." said Shane as he pointed to the seat in front of Bryan's desk while Shane McMahon sat down on the sofa. James followed the orders while he silently prayed in his head that everything would go well.

"We just wanted to say that we're excited for your debut here tonight and we're watching you." Shane said.

"Yeah, It's supposed to be some motivation for you and another thing we wanted to talk to you about was the plan for you tonight." Bryan said.

"Plan?" James asked confused as he ran his hands over his stubble.

"Yeah it's to spice your debut up a little. It's gonna go a little something like this…" Shane then went on to explain the events for tonight's show with James and Bryan.

Smackdown Live Arena - Hours Later

"Bully" by Three Days Grace Hits

The lights in the arena were going in a flash of blinking white lights. Zack Mercer walked out onto the stage in a black leather vest with three tiger scratches on the back in white with a silver outline with Zack Mercer on the bottom in fans were cheering loudly as Zack stood beside Shane McMahon.

"Bully" Stops

"You see Heath here on Smackdown Live we earn our opportunities which is why I'm gonna give you an opportunity to win a Smackdown Live contract right here tonight. If you can beat this man right here tonight then you have yourself a Smackdown Live contract. But if not then you will continue to be a free agent. Do I make myself clear?" Shane McMahon said into the mic while Heath stood in the ring in his ring gear with his shades on and a t-shirt.

"You've made your point now go ahead and send that rookie on down so I can take that Smackdown Live contract." Heath said into the mic as he dropped it and took off his shades and t-shirt and threw them into the crowd.

"Now hit the music!" Shane shouted as Zack's music continued around the arena.

"Bully" Continues

"The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring from Las Vegas, Nevada. Weighing in at 221 Pounds. "The Ace of Spades" Zack Mercer." Greg Hamilton announced.

Zack hunched over with a smile before he stood back up vertically raising his index

fingers and middle fingers up in the air as a tribute to his parents, his sister and his daughter.

"Let's go it's Mercer Time baby!" Zack Mercer yelled as he walked down the ramp slapping the hands of the fans in the front row. Once he reached the ringside area he looked around at the crowd once more with a smile.

"And his opponent from Pineville, West Virginia. Weighing in at 216 Pounds. Heath Slater." announced Greg Hamilton.

He walked around the ringside area to the ring and got up onto the ring apron similar to the Miz's style. He held onto the middle rope while he raised up his index finger and middle finger with his other hand. He got up to his feet and entered the ring before went over to the turnbuckle and did his pose over again while the fans cheered loudly.

He jumped down from the ropes and walked towards the center of the ring to face his opponent.

"Bully" Stops

He took off his vest and handed it to the ring crew as he pulled up on his kick pads, knee pads, and his tights.

DDD!

Zack Mercer stood in the corner while Heath Slater did the same. Zack and Heath started to circle around the ring before they both locked it up in a collar elbow tie up. Zack won the struggle for strength and transitioned the hold into the corner. Zack was the first to break the hold causing the referee to stop his count on the hold but Zack slapped Heath in the face showing him disrespect.

"Hey!" Heath yelled out as he put a hand on the place where Zack slapped him while the referee was verbally yelling at Zack. The referee moved out of place while Heath had circled the ring causing Zack to slowly jog around the ring. They prepared to tie it up again but Heath had outsmarted Zack and he ducked the collar elbow tie up and ended up behind Zack. He placed his forearm into the back of the head causing Zack to move forward holding his head. Heath Slater went to the ropes while Zack did the same. Heath went for a clothesline but Zack ducked it and continued to make his way to the ropes. He hopped onto the second rope and did a moonsault like motion looking to land on Heath but Heath backed out of the way allowing Zack to land on his feet.

Heath wrapped his arms around the waist of Zack and pushed him forward looking for a roll up pin but Zack held onto the ropes and pushed Heath off of him. Heath rolled up to his feet while Zack ran towards him and damn near took his head off with a lariat to the head sending Heath off of his feet into the air twisting and turning until he landed back first onto the mat. The fans cheered as Zack looked around the arena at the fans. Zack quickly into the cover.

1…..

2, Kick Out at 2 by Heath Slater. Heath sat up only to be kicked in the chest and brought back down to the mat. Zack went to the ropes and when he came back off the ropes he started to do the Ric Flair strut in the ring as he made it to Heath's position. He ran his hands through his hair before he jumped up off the ground showing amazing elevation as he dropped across the chest of Heath Slater.

"Wooooo." Zack yelled like one of his all time favorites Ric Flair. Zack Mercer walked to the corner and climbed up to the second rope and raised his arms in victory as if the match was over this allowed Heath to make it up to his feet. Zack jumped off the ropes and turned around to find Heath Slater already up to his feet. Zack smiled as he looked Heath up and down.

"I didn't expect you to fight back." Zack shouted in an arrogant tone of voice. Heath Slater spit in the face of Zack Mercer who looked down at the mat. He looked back up at Heath Slater chuckling to himself. He turned his back on Heath and looked at the crowd. Slater took the chance and tried to attack Zack but Mercer hit Slater with a clean jaw-dropping Superkick square on the jaw. Slater dropped onto the mat as he stared up at the ceiling knocked out cold.

Zack dropped into the cover with a look of anger in his eyes.

1…..

2….

3…..

DDD!

"Bully" Hits

"Here is your winner: Zack Mercer." announced Greg Hamilton as Zack made it up to his feet while the referee raised his arm in victory. He ran a hand through his hair while he raised his arms in the air in victory while his frown was turned upside down. He walked around the ring a few times looking at the crowd while Heath Slater rolled out of the ring. He climbed up the turnbuckle and rose both of his arms in the air. He jumped down from the turnbuckle and exited the ring. On his way out he gave Heath a thumbs up and wink before he started to walk up the ramp.

Backstage - Minutes Later

James sat on a crate in the back with a towel around his neck and a bottle of water beside him. He had his wrist tape cut off beside him while he ran a finger over the name Elizabeth on his right hand. Elizabeth was a name that was very, very dear to James. It was the driving force behind him being the way that he was.

"Hey Drew." said Lexi as she walked towards him. He looked up at her with a friendly smile.

"Hey Lexi." He said as he jumped off the crate and gave her a big hug while he lifted her up. She giggled when he put her down on her feet.

"I saw your match. It was nice might I add." She said as she jumped up next to him on the crate.

"Just like any other match that I'm in." He said.

"I try to compliment you and you become arrogant. You see why I don't tell you things about yourself." She said.

"Yeah whatever. So how's things going with Matthew?" He asked.

"They're alright and why did you say his name like that?" She asked.

"Well Cassie told me that Matthew has been going around the NXT backstage area throwing dirt on my name and I don't like that. So I'm saying Matthew instead of Matthew." He asked.

"And you're getting all this from Cassie? Your so called girlfriend? No offence but your girlfriend is one of the most unreliable people when it comes to news related to me or my boyfriend." She said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked.

"Drew, You're gonna have to find out on your own." Lexi said as she jumped off the crate and walked away leaving James there alone confused. He leaned forward before he whipped his head back flipping his hair back behind his head.

A/N: Okay so I'm finished with Chapter 2. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review. Put any ideas that you may have in the reviews. It let me know that you liked it, you're interested and you want me to keep coming back with this heat. And I gave some meaning behind the pose of Zack Mercer, I don't really know if you classify it as a pose or taunt or signature or whatever but when he raises his index and middle finger in the sky, it's a tribute to his parents, his sister and his daughter. People who are all close to him.

Until next time…

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Peace!