Friday, August 14th, 2020

SmackDown

The brand new 2020 King of the Ring winner walked into the arena with a huge smile on his face that couldn't be erased. He had his beige brown leather duffle bag in his hand carrying his equipment he would need tonight. Tonight, he truly was feeling like a king and his outfit damn sure showed it. He wore a white turtleneck sweater with a mocha brown plaid vest with matching pants with mocha brown suede loafers. He had a white gold diamond embezzled Rolex on his right wrist with a white gold diamond bracelet on both wrists. He had a diamond Cuban link around his neck with his diamond chain with a lion head hanging from the chain. He even had a brown and gold belt with a mocha brown fedora hat.

It was safe to say that tonight he was truly feeling like a King.

"Damn Ced, you cut up." Joe said as he looked Cedric up and down taking note of his appearance and his jewelry.

"Look at him, wins King of the Ring starts dressing differently. Just flexing." Merecedes said making Joe and Ced chuckle as Ced looked down at the ground shaking his head.

"This ain't even the flex but what I got tonight is." Cedric replied with a smirk looking at them both.

"What is it?" Joe asked.

"Oh trust, you'll see later on. And after SummerSlam, I'm gonna have some hardware around my waist just like y'all." Ced said before he dapped Joe up and gave Merecedes a side hug before walking away leaving the two standing there watching as he walked away.

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"The King is Here"

"The King is Here"

"The King is Here"

The PA system played a PA with a modified sound byte of the usual "The Champ is Here" and turned it into "The King is Here".

"Icon" Hits

The fans cheered as they heard the music of the 2020 King of the Ring winner. The ring was set up with a velvet carpet over the canvas. In the center of the ring, there was a gold podium with a velvet sheet covering it. The lighting in the arena was purple and gold, a callback to the original King of the Ring color scheme.

Ced walked out onto the stage with a smirk on his face as he looked around the arena before his eyes set on the ring. He made his way down the ramp with a smile slapping the hands of the fans on his way to the ring. Once he got to the steel steps, he walked up the steps and entered the ring. He chuckled as he grabbed the mic from the ring crew while his music faded.

"In case you missed King of the Ring, spoiler alert, I won." Ced said on the mic as the fans cheered.

"At King of the Ring, I proved exactly what I have known my entire life and my entire career. That I am The King. I am Young Simba. I am the man who rules this ring and I have proven to each and every single doubter that I am just that. Some call it false arrogance but let's just be honest when you're that damn good, it's just stating the obvious."

"And this King of the Ring coronation will go down as one of the greatest King of the Ring coronations of all time because I'm doing things a little different. And that's not the only reason it will go down as one of the best but because it's also the corronation of the 6'3, 250 pound genetically jacked and athletically stacked superstar that stands before you known as Ced." He smiled as he turned around and walked to the podium. He looked around with a smirk as the fans in the arena cheered. He then took the sheet off showing off a championship ring celebrating his King of the Ring victory.

The ring was a gold diamond ring with a roaring lion head in the center in a red ruby with King of the Ring around the center of it. On the side, there was Ced on both sides with 2020. He chucked as he took the ring off the podium and put the ring onto his finger.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2020 King of the Ring, Ced!" He said into the mic as he looked at his fist looking at the ring.

"And as beautiful as this ring is, It's not enough. It's not the reason that I went through some of the best talent that the WWE and the entire wrestling world has to offer. It's not the reason that I went through AJ Styles, damn-near tearing the muscles in my knee just to get to Ricochet and risk my career even more. The reason I did all of that was to get one more match against the man who has my property. I went through each and every single competitor that SmackDown and Raw had to offer in the tournament just to get to the phony Intercontinental Champion, EC3 who just so happens to not be here tonight." The fans booed as they heard EC3's name.

"SummerSlam. 15,000 screaming fans in Boston, Massachusetts in the TD Garden. Ced vs EC3 for the last time for the Intercontinental Championship. That's the reason I fought hard and won the tournament. As much as I love being The King. I love being the Intercontinental Champion a hell of a lot more and I will get back to the top of that mountain and if I have to go through you just to do it then I'm gonna have as much fun as possible doing it. Sunday, August 23rd in Boston. It's time you've finally met your demise. And this time, there's gonna be no one there to save you, it's just gonna be me and you. And when that final bell rings, when the smoke clears, it will be my hand raised high above my hand and it will be official, your new Intercontinental Champion. Ced." He dropped the mic as he stared into the camera shot with a frown on his face looking as serious as ever.

A/N: Well, that was the angle. A promo from Ced claiming that he will be dominant at SummerSlam against EC3. Next Chapter will be SummerSlam, since I feel that I've done enough to hype Ced vs EC3 for SummerSlam. I'm starting to get back into the story and into the groove. So maybe in a chapter or two, I'll balance it out with a personal chapter where Ced's with his family.