Move To My Music
Disclaimer: Don't own WWE or my character's name
An: This is set just after Backlash 2004
Chapter 1
He was nervous. He'd just finished a while of being tested for skill and popularity on HEAT and tonight was his RAW debut. Who would he fight? Would anyone like him? Would someone beat him up backstage? All these questions flooded through his mind as Xanth Filatine stepped out of his car into the parking lot. He walked through the corridors and bumped into Eric Bischoff. "Hey, Xanth!" He said brightly.
"Uh, hi," Xanth replied nervously. He'd only ever met Bischoff once before, and that was when he signed his contract. He sort of scared him.
"I just wanted to say, welcome to Monday Night RAW. I can see you going places, Xanth. You've got the right stuff. You're a great wrestler, you're quite a good-looking guy, the crowd loves you and, hell, you've even got good theme music! Now, you need to go to make up to get your face paint put on, and then your dressing room is down the hall and to the right. Do you have any questions?"
"Uh yeah, who am I fighting tonight?"
"Well, I thought you should start in the shallow end, so to speak, so tonight your opponent will be Rico."
"Okay, thanks Mr. Bischoff." Xanth walked off to make up to get his face paint and met Victoria on the way.
"Oh hi, you're Xanth Filatine, aren't you? You were on HEAT and got promoted?" Victoria said.
"Yeah, hi. Oh, congratulations on defending the title at Backlash. You deserve it."
"Thanks, Xanth. I don't mean to be rude, but, do you dye your hair? Just you look a bit young to have white hair."
"Oh no, that's alright, I get this a lot. No, I don't dye it it's prematurely grey. But it's not even grey, it's white. I like it like this. It's cool."
"Well, nice meeting you Xanth, good luck in your match. Not that you'll need it though, I mean comparing you to Rico…" They both laughed. "See you." Xanth called after her, sitting down to get his black and red face paint put on over his eyes and thereabouts. He liked Victoria. He had liked her since his debut on HEAT half a year ago. He liked her a LOT. But, probably nothing would come of it. Ah well, there were plenty of other Divas to choose from. But none like Victoria.
Xanth opened his dressing room door and found his coat, mask and horns in a cupboard. He put them on and got ready to go out. He heard Rico go out and got ready at the entrance. Several of the face superstars patted him on the back and wished him luck, while Evolution told him he was going to die, but Xanth merely asked Triple H where his belt was and they shut up. Suddenly he heard his music (What's The Story Morning Glory by Oasis) start to play. Everything went dark and mist came up around the top of the ramp. He walked out, raised his arms high in the air and a wall of fire came up behind him. His black leather coat, with a green dragon on it, suddenly seemed very heavy. The crowd screamed and he walked towards the ring. He faintly heard Lillian Garcia say, "Making his way to the ring, weighing in at three hundred and fifty pounds, from Chicago, Illinois, The Guardian of Night, Xanth Filatine!" The crowd cheered even louder and he climbed into the ring. He stood in the centre and looked down, taking off his mask, which he threw into the crowd. He took off the wire ring his six small head horns were on and left it at the side of the ring, then hung his coat on the back of a ringpost. He jumped to the top rope and backflipped off it, and when he landed fire shot out from the turnbuckles. He turned to face Rico, and the bell rang. He stood there, tightening his gloves, daring Rico to charge. And he did. Xanth grabbed him and sidewalk slammed him. He did a leg drop onto his chest and pulled him up. He Irish whipped him into the ropes and ran forward, meaning to clothesline him, but Rico ducked. On the way back he did a flying lariat, which knocked Xanth to the ground. Rico went to the top rope and jumped off, trying to elbow drop him. Xanth pretended not to be able to move, and moved out of the way at the last minute. He picked Rico up and Irish whipped him into the corner, then ran and dropkicked him into the turnbuckles. He grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air. Rico's legs were flailing and the referee was trying to get him to stop, so he threw him down and climbed to the top rope. He moonsaulted onto Rico and pinned him, almost getting the pin, but he kicked out at the last minute, making Xanth quite annoyed. He tried to powerbomb him but Rico grabbed him and kissed him on the cheek, making Xanth drop him. Rico rolled and schoolboyed Xanth and almost got the pin but Xanth hit him with a powerful uppercut that knocked him to the ground. He jumped to the top rope and used it to spring higher into the air than normal and moved himself backwards. The crowd gasped. He landed on Rico and hooked his leg after performing a perfect shooting star press. He pinned him for the full three count and got up. Miss Jackie ran into the ring to help Rico and slapped Xanth. She tried to do it again but he grabbed her wrist and pushed her back. He took his coat and left the ring, making his way backstage when Ric Flair and Randy Orton ran out at him and swung for him, but he dodged. He hit Randy Orton with a superkick and grabbed Ric Flair's wrist with his right hand and his elbow with his left. He lifted him up and threw him onto the ramp. He kicked Ric Flair in the sides and walked backstage.
Backstage he met Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels and Shelton Benjamin. "Way to show Evolution who's boss, Xanth!" Shelton said. "Thanks, that means a lot coming from someone who's beaten various members of Evolution four times in a row."
"You did good, kid, "Shawn said.
"Thanks. I'll see you later." He walked to his dressing room and Victoria was waiting outside it.
"Hi, Xanth," she said.
"Hi Victoria. What's up?"
"I just wanted to congratulate you on your victory. There aren't many people who could not only stay focused after being kissed by Rico, but also execute a perfect shooting star press afterwards. And on top of all that, beat up Randy Orton and Ric Flair without even breaking a sweat!"
"I could," came another voice. Xanth turned around to see Christian and Trish Stratus, who were standing there smirking.
"What the hell do you want, slut? Another spanking?" Xanth said to Trish, whose smirk disappeared.
"Shut up, newbie! Christian said. "I'll kick your ass!"
"Just try it, Chrissy!" Christian took a swing at Xanth, who ducked and made his fist hit the wall. Christian shouted and started shaking his hand, while Xanth hit him with a throat thrust and said, "See you next week, Victoria." And went into his dressing room.
Xanth had just finished his shower and was getting dressed when he heard a knock at the door. "Just a minute!" he called. He threw on a pair of jeans and a T- shirt and opened the door. It was Johnny Nitro. "Mr. Bischoff wants to see you, Filatine. He's not in a good mood." He was obviously enjoying it.
"Piss off, Spade."
"It's Nitro, Filatine!"
He arrived at Bischoff's office and opened the door. "You wanted to see me sir?"
"Yeah I wanted to see you! On your first night on RAW you managed to break one of our top superstar's hand!"
"What? He punched the wall! He was aiming for me and I ducked! Just ask Victoria, she was there!"
"All right then. Johnny, go and get Victoria." He waited for a few minutes until Nitro returned with Victoria.
"What is it, sir?" she asked Bischoff.
"Were you there when Christian broke his hand?"
"Yes, why?"
"How did he break it?"
"He took a swing at Xanth, but Xanth ducked and he hit the wall."
"Okay then. I'm sorry, but Christian told me a different story, but since it's two against one, with Trish having already left, then I'll have to go with you. You can go now." They walked outside and Victoria said,
"Uh Xanth?"
"What?"
"Would you be interested in having a manager?"
"I suppose so, why?"
"Well, I thought maybe I could be your manager?"
"Yeah, sure, that'd be great!"
"Oh good. It's just I've liked you since I first saw you on HEAT, and now that you're on RAW I could manage you."
"Thanks. I have to go now; I told my family I'd call them after my debut, so I'll see you next week. Bye."
"Bye then."
As Xanth walked away, he thought his debut could hardly have gone better. He won his first match by a shooting star press, he beat up Evolution, Shelton Benjamin and Shawn Michaels complimented him, he took Christian and Trish Stratus down a peg or two and now Victoria was his manager. Today manager, tomorrow… who knows?
An: So, what do you think of Xanth? Email or review me and tell me what finisher you think Xanth should have, because in Here Comes The Pain he has a spear and a Shooting Star Press but I want an original move. Hope you liked it! I have big plans for Xanth and Victoria. Big, big plans…