I couldn't fall asleep that night. Jeff was so tired that he was out in seconds. Matt always told me that I could talk to him whenever I wanted. No matter what time of day it was or how late at night it was. I did debate going to him for hours, but decided I'd wait a little. Maybe sleep would come to me.
I was thinking a lot about Kurt now, more than Matt and Jeff. I had no idea what I was into and how deep I was in. It was safe to say I was in over my head. Anyway, I knew something had to be done, something at Unforgiven. But, Stephanie wouldn't give anyone the shot. I didn't know why. I wanted someone to go in there and kick the crap out of him once and for all. Show him up. It was only a week away. So, I was going to take matters into my own hands on Smackdown.
I had given up on sleep at around three in the morning. I sat there thinking about what I was going to do on Smackdown. I had so many ideas. The last Smackdown before Unforgiven, and no one had a match against Kurt then. The Rock and Triple H vs the APA, Jay vs The One for Intercontinental Title, Adam would be at ring side, Matt and Jeff were involved in the six man tag match with me. But, Chris was still free for then. But, I had no idea what Stephanie had planned. I didn't know if she was going to change this or what, but something had to be done at Unforgiven.
When seven A.M. rolled around, I had enough sitting around. I had maybe got three hours sleep in there, maybe. I had to talk to Matt. So, I got up and went to the door that connected our rooms. He never locked it. When I opened it, I nearly died. There was Amy, right beside him in his bed. I looked right at her, and then started yelling.
"You worthless piece of shit! What the hell are you doing!?" I screamed. She got up.
"What?" She asked.
"You're such a slut!" I pushed her.
"Someone jealous?" She asked. She was being calm about it, which sucked even more. Matt just sat there, looking at us.
"You keep your sleazy hands off him, you hear me. Don't you touch him."
"Are you upset that something was going to be mine and not yours?"
"Amy, you're nothing put trailer park trash, you have no value as a human being, you're a waist of flesh and a discrase to all women in the world." I said. "There is no one on this earth that is lower than you."
She spit in my face. So, I speared her right through the glass door that separated the balcony for the room. We started grappling in the glass. It was painful, but I didn't care. Matt finally got up and pulled me off.
"And you! How could you do that after what you said?" I cried.
I slapped him and left. I was in so much pain, with the glass and all. I didn't want to go to Jeff, and I didn't want to go to Paul. D.J.'s door was right there, so I knocked. He answered and saw me, a bloody mess.
"What happened?" He asked. "Destiny, what happened?"
"I got into a fight with Amy." I answered. "I found her in Matt's bed."
"That bothered you?"
"Of course it did! D.J., she's a man eater. Matt deserves better." I said. I started to cry a little.
"Let me clean you up." He said. "Destiny, you've got to calm down about all this. They did once go out."
"You don't get it, DJ. She's such a slut it's not even funny. You have to believe me when I tell you."
"I do, because I know what she's done. But, maybe she's changed." He got out a washcloth and filled the sing with warm water. "Take your shirt off."
I took a towel to cover myself and did. "He told me he'd never do that, ever again." I didn't care what DJ saw. He was close to me, and there was a towel there.
"Don't worry about it now." He was washing my back off.
"I'm making a match at Smackdown."
"Really?"
"Yes, I want Kurt."
"Destiny, that's not such a good idea." He said.
"I have to, Dwayne, I gotta. If I don't do this now, I'm going to go into Unforgiven feeling even worse."
"Are you sure?"
"I am 100% sure." I answered. "Look, no one's even got a match against Kurt at Unforgiven."
"Yes. Stephanie changed the tag match. APA and Kurt vs Paul, Chris, and myself."
"Why is Kurt with them?"
"I don't know. It works I guess." He said. "Look, we're going to take care of him then."
"I have to do this." I said.
"All right, all right." He replied. "Be right back." He went to his bag and got some first aid things. "If you want to know the truth, APA and Paul and myself are working on a plot. Turn on Kurt."
"I'd like that." I said.
"But, after Unforgiven, it's not going to be like all fixed with us. We're still going to have our fude thing." He told me. "Are you really sure you want Kurt?"
"I have to. I have to fight him myself, one on one. No games, no funny business."
Dwayne shook his head. "I'll never understand you, Des, you know that."
"I know that." I smiled a little. "It adds to the mystery."
I left Dwayne's room and saw Matt standing there. I just rolled my eyes and went to go into my room. He touched my back and I cringed in pain.
"I'm sorry." He said. "Look, it just happened. I had no control over it."
"Really? You had no control where you stick that thing?"
"Destiny, it didn't mean anything. Look, I don't love her anymore she's not my girlfriend, it just happened." He touched my face. "It meant nothing to me."
"I meant what I said about her."
"I know you do." He smiled. "It's funny, it sounds like I cheated on you."
"That's what it feels like. Look, I wouldn't mind if it was anyone else, well except Trish. But, just not her."
"I understand. It'll never happen again."
"Good." I smiled, and then kissed his cheek. I went back into my room and Jeff was just waking up.
"I thought I heard something going on in Matt's room." He said.
"Must have heard something." I answered. I was going to do my best to hide this from everyone. Looking back, I should have gotten stitches in some of those cuts.
"Feeling better?" He asked.
"Yup, that stuff you had in your cabinets really worked." I answered. "What about you?"
"Hanging in there. Looking forward to the break before Unforgiven." He answered. "Gotta get ready to kick some Dudley butt."
"You don't have to worry about that, Jeff." I got onto the bed. "You'll do just fine."
"I'm Jeff Hardy, of course I'm going to do good." He smiled. "You look like you're in pain. Is everything all right?"
"Fine." I answered. Fighting Kurt tonight was going to be hell. My back was in so much pain. I was going to get some morphine or something.
"I'm hungry, are you?" I nodded. "Good, I'm going to put some sweatpants on and we'll get some breakfast."
"All right." I put a bra on under my Triple H shirt. It hurt, but I had to hide it.
Jeff and I sat with Adam and Jay in the hotel restaurant. We started talking about Unforgiven.
"At this table are the future IC, Tag, and Women's Champions." Adam said.
"I'm sorry Adam baby, you'll get your shot." I said.
"I don't care." He said. "Well, I do, but I can wait. Maybe I'll take on Test for the European Title." He smiled. "I have no problem stripping Kurt of the WWF Title."
"No one has a problem with that." Jeff replied. He put his arm on my back. "Des, are you sure everything's all right?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I feel something on your back." He put his hand under my shirt and felt all the bandages. "Destiny, what did you do?"
Adam and Jay were looking at me. I sighed and said, "I got into a fight."
"With who?" Jay asked.
"Amy. I was going to talk to Matt this morning and she was in his bed."
"No way!" Adam said.
"Yes, way. I threw her into the sliding door."
"Destiny." Jeff said.
"What? She shouldn't have been there." Jay sort of laughed at me. "Anyway, last Smackdown before Unforgiven."
"Why did you do that?" Jeff asked me.
"She shouldn't have been in Matt's bed." I repeated.
"You're too much." Adam laughed.
"I still intend to fight tonight." I said. "I don't care, I fight through pain."
"The glass sliding door?" Jay asked. "Damn girl."
"What?"
Jay laughed again. After breakfast, Matt came running down the halls at Jeff and myself. We looked at him funny, like we always do.
"What's wrong now?" I asked.
"Just got done talking with some important people."
"And?" Jeff asked.
"And, they're making a special RAW issue coming out Saturday and Team Xtreme gets to grace the cover." He answered. "Told ya, Des, told ya I'd do it."
"Never doubted you, Hardy." I told him.
"When are we doing this?" Jeff asked.
"Wednesday through Friday." Matt answered. "I think the whole gang's involved. We just get the cover and like the cover story."
"Sweet." I said. "My first cover story."
"Yeah, we're old pros." Matt said rubbing his hands.
I laughed a little. Matt joined us in our room. He held Matthew in his hands. We sat around, talking about the ideas Matt and I had come up with. Jeff was into it all. He wanted to add his own thing in, which Matt and I knew he'd want to do. Jeff came up with insane things he wanted to do with his body. Jumping off ladders and everything. It didn't bother him that he hadn't fully recovered from the Kurt Angle match.
"Man, this match is going to be the most memorable." Jeff said.
"Only because you're throwing your body around like it's nothing." I replied. "Kurt's going to be involved in that tag match. He's tagging with the APA against Rocky, Triple H, and Jericho."
"How did that come about?" Matt asked.
"I'm not sure, but everyone's going to turn on Kurt, that much I do know." I answered.
"Hell, who cares, he's getting his ass kicked."
I wasn't going to tell them about my idea to fight Kurt tonight. I only told Dwayne, and I had an idea for that one. An idea that would only be known when I kick Smackdown off. I know I was playing with fire, and I was going to get burned. But, it was something I felt I had to do. It was going to be a way to end the Kurt situation. Well, sort of anyway.
I told Stephanie that I wanted to kick Smackdown off alone. She had no problem with it. Paul didn't ask about it, he probably thought I wanted to mention something about Unforgiven. When we got there, I got ready to go out. My music hit and I walked out. I took a mic and started talking.
"With Unforgiven just a few days away, I have something I need to do. It doesn't involve Lita or anything like that, I know it's amazing. Triple H and The Rock were supposed to take on the APA. Now, the APA have been really good to me and this isn't a match I like. But, Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho were just added to the match. Kurt Angle will be fighting along side the APA and Jericho will be fighting with Hunter and Rocky. I have no idea how it's all going to work. But, that's not what I want to talk about. I've had my run ins with Kurt before and none of them were fair. The cage match? Seriously, how fair was that? And, he's had his things with me. He's screwed me out of the Light-Heavyweight Title and a few other things. Tonight, that all stops. The stalking, the trying to get with me, it all stops. Kurt, I need you to come out here."
I was really nervous when I heard his music hit. I didn't know what to expect from him. But, I tried to play all cool and make it like this was just another walk in the park. He stayed on the platform while I was in the ring.
"Destiny, this is a little odd, don't you think? You calling me out? I'm impressed." He said. "Have you finally come to your senses and want to take me instead of that freak, Jeff Hardy?"
"Oh, yes Kurt, I want you badly." I said sarcastically and then rolling my eyes. "This is something so much more serious than that. Unforgiven, you have to take on The Rock, Triple H, and Chris Jericho. I can't stand back and not be apart of your down fall. Tonight, I'm challenging you to a one-on-one match, fair and square." That had to have gotten a reaction backstage. "No one at ring side, no one allowed to run in. Someone has to win. And, there is a catch. If I win, you have to leave me and everyone alone. No more trying to get with me and no more trying to screw me and my friends over."
"What about if I win?" He asked.
"If you win...I'm yours." I answered. I knew this was a huge gamble. But I had to do something.
"Wait, I need to get Mr. McMahon out here so we can sign on this or something. This is just too good to pass up. I don't want you changing your mind later." He said. He started walking to the ring. Vince came out with a blank piece of paper and then took Kurt's mic.
"Now, this is all so sudden so it's nothing formal. I'm going to write the match down, turn around Kurt." He used Kurt's back as a table. "I'm writing it all down, the match, the stipulation, and the results." He wrote down Kurt Angle vs Destiny, one-on-one no interference, and what happens if we win. "Now, all you have to do is sign it." Kurt took the pen first and signed fast. When I pen was handed to me, it took me awhile to think about it. I had made the challenge and the stipulation and the consequences, so I signed. "It's official. Tonight, Kurt Angle will take on Destiny."
Kurt winked at me and walked backstage with Vince. I sort of walked back thinking about what I had just done. Smart? Probably not. Paul met me at the curtain. He was angry.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He asked.
"Don't, Paul, don't." I answered. When I got into the locker room, everyone was yelling at me and asking me what I was thinking. That was just it, I don't think I was thinking.
"How could you do this?" Jeff asked.
I just walked out of the locker room. I didn't know what I was going to do in this match. Kurt obviously over powered me. I found a corner and sat in. I watched the monitor. Kurt and Vince were on it.
"Vince, I've got this match won." Kurt said. "There is no way she can beat me. Hey, Vince why not make it even harder, put this on the line." He held up the WWF Title.
"You sure?" Vince asked.
"Vince, I'm Kurt Angle and she's only a girl. And, after I win and Destiny becomes mine, I can just rub it in her face even more."
The two smiled. The stakes were higher. A WWF Title match. It did make me think I had no shot in hell. How was I going to beat Kurt Angle? I couldn't beat Kurt Angle. Why not just go into Vince's office and give up? No, I cant' give up. I don't know how to give up.
I was waiting that the curtain before the match started. Everyone was there. I was shaking so much, but I had to keep my cool. My music hit and it took a good push from Adam to get me out there. I walked down the ramp, not my crazy usual self. The fans knew I was nervous and everything. I walked around the ring when Kurt started coming out.
We just looked at each other for a good half a minute, not moving, just looking. I charged at him and got the match under way. He did overpower me, but I wasn't going to let anything stop me. I kept pushing. He knocked me down, I tried to push him harder.
"Destiny had put herself in some predicament, Tazz." Cole said. "A very important match for this young lady."
"You said it, Cole. She has the chance of becoming the first Women in WWF history to take home WWF gold." Tazz replied. "But, it's not about gold, it's about pride. If Destiny loses this match, she has to say bye-bye to her little alliance and join up with Kurt. If Kurt loses, he's got to leave Destiny alone. I just hope she can pull off a victory."
Kurt had no problem opening me up. I was bleeding nonstop from my head and I was doing my best to make him bleed. I nailed him with everything I could throw. No move was too risky.
Kurt went right for my back from the start. He nailed my lower back with his feet and I could feel it all. It hurt so badly. So, I went for his neck. I then remembered what Dwayne told Jeff when he fought Kurt, "go for the strengths." I started nailing Kurt with all I had, trying to break him down, make sure he couldn't get to me and toss me around. I made sure I slapped him and embarrassed him.
I had completely turned the match around. I was now in charge and in control. Kurt had everything to lose in this match. My odds weren't so hot either, but I didn't have the biggest prize in the game on the line. So, you could imagine how Kurt was feeling when I was kicking his ass. I did some amateur style to him.
We were beaten and we were hurting. You could tell the intensity of the match. This was personal. Kurt had messed with me enough. I used that to push me. I was in so much pain, but the thought of losing made me push harder. I could lose this match, I couldn't. I couldn't give up all I knew in the WWF to be the side kick and God knows what else to Kurt.
I staggered up the turnbuckle and was getting ready to do a jump. I didn't notice that at the same time, Kurt was too. I got up and jumped with everything I had left. Then, mid air, I collided with Kurt and feel on him as we hit the canvas. I was out of it, in pain, and couldn't move. I didn't realize then what happened and that the ref was near a three count. I didn't realize it when my music hit and when the belt was being put in my hands. I felt someone's hands on me and when I realized what happened, all the alliance was raising me in victory. There was Kurt, nearly crying on the canvas.
"I won?" I asked.
"You won!!" Adam yelled to me.
I couldn't believe it. I looked at the WWF Title in my hands and felt it. I was the first ever women WWF Champion. Tears started to flow as I held the belt high. Paul put my on his shoulders as we walked out of the ring. Nothing could ruin my night, nothing.
I was thinking a lot about Kurt now, more than Matt and Jeff. I had no idea what I was into and how deep I was in. It was safe to say I was in over my head. Anyway, I knew something had to be done, something at Unforgiven. But, Stephanie wouldn't give anyone the shot. I didn't know why. I wanted someone to go in there and kick the crap out of him once and for all. Show him up. It was only a week away. So, I was going to take matters into my own hands on Smackdown.
I had given up on sleep at around three in the morning. I sat there thinking about what I was going to do on Smackdown. I had so many ideas. The last Smackdown before Unforgiven, and no one had a match against Kurt then. The Rock and Triple H vs the APA, Jay vs The One for Intercontinental Title, Adam would be at ring side, Matt and Jeff were involved in the six man tag match with me. But, Chris was still free for then. But, I had no idea what Stephanie had planned. I didn't know if she was going to change this or what, but something had to be done at Unforgiven.
When seven A.M. rolled around, I had enough sitting around. I had maybe got three hours sleep in there, maybe. I had to talk to Matt. So, I got up and went to the door that connected our rooms. He never locked it. When I opened it, I nearly died. There was Amy, right beside him in his bed. I looked right at her, and then started yelling.
"You worthless piece of shit! What the hell are you doing!?" I screamed. She got up.
"What?" She asked.
"You're such a slut!" I pushed her.
"Someone jealous?" She asked. She was being calm about it, which sucked even more. Matt just sat there, looking at us.
"You keep your sleazy hands off him, you hear me. Don't you touch him."
"Are you upset that something was going to be mine and not yours?"
"Amy, you're nothing put trailer park trash, you have no value as a human being, you're a waist of flesh and a discrase to all women in the world." I said. "There is no one on this earth that is lower than you."
She spit in my face. So, I speared her right through the glass door that separated the balcony for the room. We started grappling in the glass. It was painful, but I didn't care. Matt finally got up and pulled me off.
"And you! How could you do that after what you said?" I cried.
I slapped him and left. I was in so much pain, with the glass and all. I didn't want to go to Jeff, and I didn't want to go to Paul. D.J.'s door was right there, so I knocked. He answered and saw me, a bloody mess.
"What happened?" He asked. "Destiny, what happened?"
"I got into a fight with Amy." I answered. "I found her in Matt's bed."
"That bothered you?"
"Of course it did! D.J., she's a man eater. Matt deserves better." I said. I started to cry a little.
"Let me clean you up." He said. "Destiny, you've got to calm down about all this. They did once go out."
"You don't get it, DJ. She's such a slut it's not even funny. You have to believe me when I tell you."
"I do, because I know what she's done. But, maybe she's changed." He got out a washcloth and filled the sing with warm water. "Take your shirt off."
I took a towel to cover myself and did. "He told me he'd never do that, ever again." I didn't care what DJ saw. He was close to me, and there was a towel there.
"Don't worry about it now." He was washing my back off.
"I'm making a match at Smackdown."
"Really?"
"Yes, I want Kurt."
"Destiny, that's not such a good idea." He said.
"I have to, Dwayne, I gotta. If I don't do this now, I'm going to go into Unforgiven feeling even worse."
"Are you sure?"
"I am 100% sure." I answered. "Look, no one's even got a match against Kurt at Unforgiven."
"Yes. Stephanie changed the tag match. APA and Kurt vs Paul, Chris, and myself."
"Why is Kurt with them?"
"I don't know. It works I guess." He said. "Look, we're going to take care of him then."
"I have to do this." I said.
"All right, all right." He replied. "Be right back." He went to his bag and got some first aid things. "If you want to know the truth, APA and Paul and myself are working on a plot. Turn on Kurt."
"I'd like that." I said.
"But, after Unforgiven, it's not going to be like all fixed with us. We're still going to have our fude thing." He told me. "Are you really sure you want Kurt?"
"I have to. I have to fight him myself, one on one. No games, no funny business."
Dwayne shook his head. "I'll never understand you, Des, you know that."
"I know that." I smiled a little. "It adds to the mystery."
I left Dwayne's room and saw Matt standing there. I just rolled my eyes and went to go into my room. He touched my back and I cringed in pain.
"I'm sorry." He said. "Look, it just happened. I had no control over it."
"Really? You had no control where you stick that thing?"
"Destiny, it didn't mean anything. Look, I don't love her anymore she's not my girlfriend, it just happened." He touched my face. "It meant nothing to me."
"I meant what I said about her."
"I know you do." He smiled. "It's funny, it sounds like I cheated on you."
"That's what it feels like. Look, I wouldn't mind if it was anyone else, well except Trish. But, just not her."
"I understand. It'll never happen again."
"Good." I smiled, and then kissed his cheek. I went back into my room and Jeff was just waking up.
"I thought I heard something going on in Matt's room." He said.
"Must have heard something." I answered. I was going to do my best to hide this from everyone. Looking back, I should have gotten stitches in some of those cuts.
"Feeling better?" He asked.
"Yup, that stuff you had in your cabinets really worked." I answered. "What about you?"
"Hanging in there. Looking forward to the break before Unforgiven." He answered. "Gotta get ready to kick some Dudley butt."
"You don't have to worry about that, Jeff." I got onto the bed. "You'll do just fine."
"I'm Jeff Hardy, of course I'm going to do good." He smiled. "You look like you're in pain. Is everything all right?"
"Fine." I answered. Fighting Kurt tonight was going to be hell. My back was in so much pain. I was going to get some morphine or something.
"I'm hungry, are you?" I nodded. "Good, I'm going to put some sweatpants on and we'll get some breakfast."
"All right." I put a bra on under my Triple H shirt. It hurt, but I had to hide it.
Jeff and I sat with Adam and Jay in the hotel restaurant. We started talking about Unforgiven.
"At this table are the future IC, Tag, and Women's Champions." Adam said.
"I'm sorry Adam baby, you'll get your shot." I said.
"I don't care." He said. "Well, I do, but I can wait. Maybe I'll take on Test for the European Title." He smiled. "I have no problem stripping Kurt of the WWF Title."
"No one has a problem with that." Jeff replied. He put his arm on my back. "Des, are you sure everything's all right?"
"Why do you ask?"
"I feel something on your back." He put his hand under my shirt and felt all the bandages. "Destiny, what did you do?"
Adam and Jay were looking at me. I sighed and said, "I got into a fight."
"With who?" Jay asked.
"Amy. I was going to talk to Matt this morning and she was in his bed."
"No way!" Adam said.
"Yes, way. I threw her into the sliding door."
"Destiny." Jeff said.
"What? She shouldn't have been there." Jay sort of laughed at me. "Anyway, last Smackdown before Unforgiven."
"Why did you do that?" Jeff asked me.
"She shouldn't have been in Matt's bed." I repeated.
"You're too much." Adam laughed.
"I still intend to fight tonight." I said. "I don't care, I fight through pain."
"The glass sliding door?" Jay asked. "Damn girl."
"What?"
Jay laughed again. After breakfast, Matt came running down the halls at Jeff and myself. We looked at him funny, like we always do.
"What's wrong now?" I asked.
"Just got done talking with some important people."
"And?" Jeff asked.
"And, they're making a special RAW issue coming out Saturday and Team Xtreme gets to grace the cover." He answered. "Told ya, Des, told ya I'd do it."
"Never doubted you, Hardy." I told him.
"When are we doing this?" Jeff asked.
"Wednesday through Friday." Matt answered. "I think the whole gang's involved. We just get the cover and like the cover story."
"Sweet." I said. "My first cover story."
"Yeah, we're old pros." Matt said rubbing his hands.
I laughed a little. Matt joined us in our room. He held Matthew in his hands. We sat around, talking about the ideas Matt and I had come up with. Jeff was into it all. He wanted to add his own thing in, which Matt and I knew he'd want to do. Jeff came up with insane things he wanted to do with his body. Jumping off ladders and everything. It didn't bother him that he hadn't fully recovered from the Kurt Angle match.
"Man, this match is going to be the most memorable." Jeff said.
"Only because you're throwing your body around like it's nothing." I replied. "Kurt's going to be involved in that tag match. He's tagging with the APA against Rocky, Triple H, and Jericho."
"How did that come about?" Matt asked.
"I'm not sure, but everyone's going to turn on Kurt, that much I do know." I answered.
"Hell, who cares, he's getting his ass kicked."
I wasn't going to tell them about my idea to fight Kurt tonight. I only told Dwayne, and I had an idea for that one. An idea that would only be known when I kick Smackdown off. I know I was playing with fire, and I was going to get burned. But, it was something I felt I had to do. It was going to be a way to end the Kurt situation. Well, sort of anyway.
I told Stephanie that I wanted to kick Smackdown off alone. She had no problem with it. Paul didn't ask about it, he probably thought I wanted to mention something about Unforgiven. When we got there, I got ready to go out. My music hit and I walked out. I took a mic and started talking.
"With Unforgiven just a few days away, I have something I need to do. It doesn't involve Lita or anything like that, I know it's amazing. Triple H and The Rock were supposed to take on the APA. Now, the APA have been really good to me and this isn't a match I like. But, Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho were just added to the match. Kurt Angle will be fighting along side the APA and Jericho will be fighting with Hunter and Rocky. I have no idea how it's all going to work. But, that's not what I want to talk about. I've had my run ins with Kurt before and none of them were fair. The cage match? Seriously, how fair was that? And, he's had his things with me. He's screwed me out of the Light-Heavyweight Title and a few other things. Tonight, that all stops. The stalking, the trying to get with me, it all stops. Kurt, I need you to come out here."
I was really nervous when I heard his music hit. I didn't know what to expect from him. But, I tried to play all cool and make it like this was just another walk in the park. He stayed on the platform while I was in the ring.
"Destiny, this is a little odd, don't you think? You calling me out? I'm impressed." He said. "Have you finally come to your senses and want to take me instead of that freak, Jeff Hardy?"
"Oh, yes Kurt, I want you badly." I said sarcastically and then rolling my eyes. "This is something so much more serious than that. Unforgiven, you have to take on The Rock, Triple H, and Chris Jericho. I can't stand back and not be apart of your down fall. Tonight, I'm challenging you to a one-on-one match, fair and square." That had to have gotten a reaction backstage. "No one at ring side, no one allowed to run in. Someone has to win. And, there is a catch. If I win, you have to leave me and everyone alone. No more trying to get with me and no more trying to screw me and my friends over."
"What about if I win?" He asked.
"If you win...I'm yours." I answered. I knew this was a huge gamble. But I had to do something.
"Wait, I need to get Mr. McMahon out here so we can sign on this or something. This is just too good to pass up. I don't want you changing your mind later." He said. He started walking to the ring. Vince came out with a blank piece of paper and then took Kurt's mic.
"Now, this is all so sudden so it's nothing formal. I'm going to write the match down, turn around Kurt." He used Kurt's back as a table. "I'm writing it all down, the match, the stipulation, and the results." He wrote down Kurt Angle vs Destiny, one-on-one no interference, and what happens if we win. "Now, all you have to do is sign it." Kurt took the pen first and signed fast. When I pen was handed to me, it took me awhile to think about it. I had made the challenge and the stipulation and the consequences, so I signed. "It's official. Tonight, Kurt Angle will take on Destiny."
Kurt winked at me and walked backstage with Vince. I sort of walked back thinking about what I had just done. Smart? Probably not. Paul met me at the curtain. He was angry.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He asked.
"Don't, Paul, don't." I answered. When I got into the locker room, everyone was yelling at me and asking me what I was thinking. That was just it, I don't think I was thinking.
"How could you do this?" Jeff asked.
I just walked out of the locker room. I didn't know what I was going to do in this match. Kurt obviously over powered me. I found a corner and sat in. I watched the monitor. Kurt and Vince were on it.
"Vince, I've got this match won." Kurt said. "There is no way she can beat me. Hey, Vince why not make it even harder, put this on the line." He held up the WWF Title.
"You sure?" Vince asked.
"Vince, I'm Kurt Angle and she's only a girl. And, after I win and Destiny becomes mine, I can just rub it in her face even more."
The two smiled. The stakes were higher. A WWF Title match. It did make me think I had no shot in hell. How was I going to beat Kurt Angle? I couldn't beat Kurt Angle. Why not just go into Vince's office and give up? No, I cant' give up. I don't know how to give up.
I was waiting that the curtain before the match started. Everyone was there. I was shaking so much, but I had to keep my cool. My music hit and it took a good push from Adam to get me out there. I walked down the ramp, not my crazy usual self. The fans knew I was nervous and everything. I walked around the ring when Kurt started coming out.
We just looked at each other for a good half a minute, not moving, just looking. I charged at him and got the match under way. He did overpower me, but I wasn't going to let anything stop me. I kept pushing. He knocked me down, I tried to push him harder.
"Destiny had put herself in some predicament, Tazz." Cole said. "A very important match for this young lady."
"You said it, Cole. She has the chance of becoming the first Women in WWF history to take home WWF gold." Tazz replied. "But, it's not about gold, it's about pride. If Destiny loses this match, she has to say bye-bye to her little alliance and join up with Kurt. If Kurt loses, he's got to leave Destiny alone. I just hope she can pull off a victory."
Kurt had no problem opening me up. I was bleeding nonstop from my head and I was doing my best to make him bleed. I nailed him with everything I could throw. No move was too risky.
Kurt went right for my back from the start. He nailed my lower back with his feet and I could feel it all. It hurt so badly. So, I went for his neck. I then remembered what Dwayne told Jeff when he fought Kurt, "go for the strengths." I started nailing Kurt with all I had, trying to break him down, make sure he couldn't get to me and toss me around. I made sure I slapped him and embarrassed him.
I had completely turned the match around. I was now in charge and in control. Kurt had everything to lose in this match. My odds weren't so hot either, but I didn't have the biggest prize in the game on the line. So, you could imagine how Kurt was feeling when I was kicking his ass. I did some amateur style to him.
We were beaten and we were hurting. You could tell the intensity of the match. This was personal. Kurt had messed with me enough. I used that to push me. I was in so much pain, but the thought of losing made me push harder. I could lose this match, I couldn't. I couldn't give up all I knew in the WWF to be the side kick and God knows what else to Kurt.
I staggered up the turnbuckle and was getting ready to do a jump. I didn't notice that at the same time, Kurt was too. I got up and jumped with everything I had left. Then, mid air, I collided with Kurt and feel on him as we hit the canvas. I was out of it, in pain, and couldn't move. I didn't realize then what happened and that the ref was near a three count. I didn't realize it when my music hit and when the belt was being put in my hands. I felt someone's hands on me and when I realized what happened, all the alliance was raising me in victory. There was Kurt, nearly crying on the canvas.
"I won?" I asked.
"You won!!" Adam yelled to me.
I couldn't believe it. I looked at the WWF Title in my hands and felt it. I was the first ever women WWF Champion. Tears started to flow as I held the belt high. Paul put my on his shoulders as we walked out of the ring. Nothing could ruin my night, nothing.
