Friday, June 19th, 2020

SmackDown – Earlier Today

The camera shot opened up backstage in the parking lot showing an expensive white Porsche 718 Cayman S model. The lights on the Porsche turned off and the car door opened. And the man who stepped out was none other than the brand-new WWE Intercontinental Champion, "The Top One Percent" EC3. EC3 could be seen grinning with the white and gold strap resting firmly on his shoulder as he wore a tailored white suit with a black dress shirt. He had a brown Italian leather belt with matching loafers.

The passenger side door opened and the person who stepped out was none other than the man who helped screw Ced out of his WWE Intercontinental Championship, Drake Maverick wearing a teal suit with a black Italian leather belt with matching loafers with a white dress shirt and black bow-tie.

"It feels good to be the Champion!" EC3 shouted as both men began to start walking through backstage obviously feeling themselves.

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I am in the Top One Percent!

"Top One Percent" Hits

The WWE Universe started to boo immediately as the new WWE Intercontinental Champion had walked out with a smirk on his face as he had Drake Maverick standing out next to him. The WWE ring was set with a velvet carpet in the ring and a bunch of girls in the ring wearing dresses.

EC3 and Maverick walked down the ramp absorbing the chorus of boos until they reached ringside. EC3 and Maverick both took turns walking up the steps. Maverick sat down on the middle rope holding the ropes for the Champion, allowing him to enter in. EC3 walked over to the ropes and raised up the title getting more boos as gold confetti started to rain down from the sky in celebration. The music faded off into the background as the women started to clap for the Champion before walking over to cuddling up next to him like some groupies.

"Top One Percent" Fades

Maverick walked over to the ropes and grabbed a mic with a smile as the new Champion continued to arrogantly smile.

"Girls. Girls. Girls, please get a hold of yourselves. The Champion has got to make a victory speech first." Maverick boasted as EC3 loosened their grip and grabbed the mic as he raised up the Championship. As soon as EC3 raised the mic to his mouth, the boos began to get a heck of a lot louder.

"Do you feel that? Huh? Do you feel that Drake? Can you feel it?"

"Do you feel it? Huh? Let me tell you what that feeling is. That feeling is excitement in the air. You know why huh? That is because the WWE Universe can finally have a Champion to be proud of." He said with an arrogant chuckle at the end.

"That's right. The man. "The Top One Percent", "The Topman", "The Ass Kicking Machine" is at the Top One Percent because I am the NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion." EC3 raised the title up once more as Drake Maverick dropped down to his knees and started to kneel to the Champion. Oddly enough, the women in the ring did the same following the motion of Drake Maverick.

EC3 turned to look at Drake and the women in the ring.

"Ladies, there will be plenty of time to be on your knees. Trust me." EC3 chuckled as he raised the title once more looking around the arena at the fans.

"I'm not even lie. I enjoyed Backlash way more than I probably should have. When Drake came down to the ring and did what he did, it was magical. And when I drove Ced's head into the steel chair. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed pinning him. 1,2,3 and watching as his dreams crumbled right in front of him. I took from him the one thing, that he valued more than his life and that is this Intercontinental Championship and I have made it the Top Championship in this company in only a few days. In 5 days, I have had a bigger impact on this title than Ced-" EC3 was saying until he heard someone clearing their throat. He frowned as he looked towards the titantron to see Ced leaning up against the Porsche EC3 drove in on earlier! And he leaned there holding a sledgehammer!

"Nice ride here Champ! So far, you're doing a good job. You look the part; you talk the part. You damn sure ride the part." Ced said as he stood up looking at the Porsche.

"You got everything that makes a memorable Championship reign. The only downside is that you decided that you wanted that Intercontinental Championship so damn bad that you had to cheat to win and that pissed me off. You see Ethan or Erik or whatever that damn E stands for, I would be okay if you beat me fair and square but the fact of the matter is that you didn't and now. Well, now, I have to get my revenge. And you're not gonna like how I do it." Ced said as he had a sadistic smile on his face. He lifted the hammer and smashed the window in the driver side.

"NO!" EC3 shouted as he watched Ced smash his car window making the WWE Universe in the arena cheer. Ced walked around the car smashing the car window out of the passenger side.

"WHAT THE HELL!"

"Young Simba" stood up ontop of the car and smashed the window out of the front window making EC3 drop down to his knees screaming out in anger. Ced was chuckiling as he raised up his hammer and repeatedly smashed it into the roof of the car putting a huge dent in the roof. He hopped off the car and started to smash the hammer into several parts of the car putting dents all around the car until he got to the hood. Once he got to the hood, he kept beating the hood off the car until the hammer broke in half on him.

"That ain't even all of it Champ. I'm just getting started. Congrats, Champ." Ced said as he raised a middle finger into the camera shot as the titantron returned to its normal state.

"NO!" EC3 started to frantically pace around the ring as Drake Maverick tried to calm him down. EC3 being angry grabbed Drake by the collar of his shirt and started to yell at him. But EC3 lost his focus when both men were startled when a pyro shot up from the cake that in the ring and the top of the cake flew off like a lid leaving Ced jumping out of the cake taking both men down with a clothesline as he flew through the air. Ced grabbed Drake Maverick and put him on his shoulder looking for a Deathbomb!

The Intercontinental Champion had rose up to his feet only to be throw off into the cake leaving his legs waving around the air as Ced chuckled while the fans cheered. He walked over to the turnbuckle and stood up on the middle rope and did his pose as the fans were cheering for him.

And tonight he just show the new Champion that things weren't over between them.