Disclaimer: This is unassociated with any of my other stories, and I do not own any of the members of this story. I simply write this story due to several in character factors:
1) My disdain for Kane.
2) My respect and appreciation for The Undertaker.
3) My wish for the return of Mordecai.
4) My interest in all three of the characters.
5) My imaginative ability to intertwine all three of their stories with an individual one.
Rating Info: This story is rated PG-13.
The words "in character" needed to be pointed out thanks to a certain Lady Misery's review. The chapters before this one have been edited in their note
To make a complicated story simple, favoritism and disdain mentioned by me are in character, and if you can gain one of them from me, you're a character I can write about.
WWE Brimstone Chronicles by Prime Time, Legend Champion
Chapter 4: First Match
9/2/04 - WWE SmackDown
Sacramento, California
ARCO Arena
Now, the war between Kane and The Undertaker had taken a more complicated twist. Not only do they have to worry about being at war with one another, but also, Mordecai has returned severely bent on eliminating the both of them forever. Kane knows that he will have to keep Lita away from the events of battle before she ends up getting hurt. And speaking of the Big Red Machine, following last week's events, he confronted Gangsta Manager Theodore R. Long and demanded a singles match against Mordecai. Unfortunately, Long was unable to grant Kane the request, simply because he is contracted as a WWE RAW Superstar. Kane and Lita were now valuable assets to the RAW roster, so Kane knew that Eric Bischoff would not trade away either one of them to Theodore Long's SmackDown. Long called Bischoff, who replied with an "absolutely not", even when informed that Kane demanded to face Mordecai. The Big Red Machine himself spoke that he wanted to get his hands on The Undertaker and Mordecai, and the cold RAW General Manager did not succumb to Kane's wishes to be a regular addition to SmackDown. Of course, Kane threatened to physically incarcerate Evolution if he had to show up on RAW again, and we know Eric Bischoff did not need that, so he accepted to trade Kane to SmackDown with Lita. Theodore's shipments to RAW were simply known as Luther Reigns, Shannon Moore, Rob Van Dam, and the loser in Booker T and John Cena's WWE United States Championship Best of 5 Series. Shannon had some words for Kane and Lita, and Bischoff never thought him a potential important figure on RAW, so he was allowed to take one more week as a member of the roster of Theodore R. Long's WWE SmackDown.
Mordecai meditated upon the matter. His enemies, Kane and The Undertaker, were very vicious. They were both well known as two of the most sadistic and powerful athletes in the entire wrestling business, not to mention two of the most feared, and two of the best. They were superpowers of wrestling, and they were brothers who hated each other beyond realms of family, and this had been so ever since Undertaker started a fire which changed Kane into what he is. It was not only through him that changes occurred, however, because the flames proceeded to engulf the brothers' mother, who was the only thing that they had in common personally, as the now entombed Paul Bearer was Kane's father and Undertaker's confidant, switching loyalties between each status at several points in his managerial career. Kane and The Undertaker, as great as they were, had noticed Mordecai last week. They realized that the Pale Rider was not some angel wannabe they could take lightly. A good thing they had, because the intense meditation he had taken upstairs, he could destroy them if they dared take him lightly at any matters. Now, nothing was going to become easy for Mordecai. But no matter what, he would shine through, and he would fight to destroy both of the evil warring brothers. He would either destroy them, or he would die fighting.
Undertaker saw that Mordecai was not going to be a nice guy. Of course he wasn't, this was the heavenly figure who was sent to destroy the Dead Man the first time. Mordecai must have taken some kind of intense training of sorts up in the heavens. Undertaker understood that Mordecai is not here to grant the Graveyard Phenom a cake walk, and neither is the Dead Man going to bestow one upon the Pale Rider. However, any sensible triple threat opponent cannot forget that there are two enemy sides, and Undertaker could not forget his other enemy side, especially when you consider the identity: Kane. The Big Red Machine seems more powerful than ever, especially now. Of course, he may just keep growing in power until it reaches full potential, especially since he has Lita at his side. Undertaker understood this, and decided that something was going to be done about the Extreme Diva the moment she decided to come out. Taker then did something that he hates to do, he called someone on the telephone. He felt as if he should not need this anymore, but the person he was calling, he realizes that the art of not using what you should not need to use even when you do need it, can become a breaking point and a death point.
The moment SmackDown began, General Manager Theodore R. Long came out in his suit and proceeded to make his walk to the ring. When he got the microphone from the welcoming ring announcer Tony Chimel, Long began.
Theodore: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Theodore Long's SmackDown! (cheers) Now, tonight, I've got two very important updates for the production. First of all, I'm proud to announce that The Big Show is in the building, and he's back on SmackDown as of tonight! Ya feel me? (cheers) Now, I know y'all heard about what happened last week on SmackDown back at Fresno when the show went off the air, so let me show you people what happened. Roll the footage, playas in the back. Let the people see what went down with The Undertaker."
On the Titantron, the footage of Mordecai's appearance showed up. After the film finished, the fans applauded at the new development.
Theodore: "Now, I'm supposed to be happy about the fact that yo' boy Mordecai is back in the house. But, unfortunately, I ain't that happy about it, cause he up and assaulted The Undertaker from behind, and I had no memory that he even existed. So, Mordecai, I've got a little treat for you tonight. I know you're in the back, so please come out here right now."
Mordecai's music and heavenly lighting went on, and the Pale Rider proceeded to come out. He had his Heaven's Warrior Crucifix in hand, as well as the robe over his wrestling costume. He set down the symbolic item at the stage-and-ramp gap, so to speak, setting off a streak of holy flame at each side of the ramp, thus manifesting that he was no weakling. Long, in his white suit, seemed very symbolic of Mordecai's powerful entrance. When Mordecai finally got within the ring, he did not proceed to remove the robe, he only took its hood off his head.
Mordecai: "Good evening, Mr. Theodore Long."
Theodore: "Yeah, what's up, Mordecai. Anyway, we've got serious business. After the events from last week, Kane, as you may probably expect, demanded to Eric Bischoff that he wanted himself and Lita to come to SmackDown, and I think you and The Undertaker have got a lot to do with that. Of course, we had to trade Luther Reigns, Shannon Moore, Rob Van Dam, and the loser of the Undisputed US Title series in order to get Kane and Lita on SmackDown. Shannon wasn't considered important to Bischoff, and he had a few words for the demon couple on the block, so Shannon is here on SmackDown tonight for the last time. I'm sure you're interested in what's gonna go down at that point in time, but one of tonight's main events, ladies and gentlemen, Mordecai, you're in it. And your opponent tonight, Kane."
Mordecai: "What about The Undertaker!?"
Theodore: "Oh, yeah. The Undertaker goes into a three on one competition which I think is more fair than it sounds, cause it's no disqualification against the Dudley Boyz!"
That ruling granted a mixed reaction as Theodore Long's music came on, and he led Mordecai backstage.
At about the 8:30 point, Kane's stage hellfire, red lighting, and organ music showed on, attracting a rigorous chorus of boos. Lita came out in a red poison skull top and black pants, followed by Kane, who sported a red robe similar to his brother's Ministry of Darkness robe. Over the robe was his wrestling uniform, but he'd worry about that detail later. He didn't even bother to flame the corners before getting a microphone.
Kane: "I heard that Shannon Moore was going to come out here to have a word with me and Lita. (small cheers) Shannon, if you're serious, and if you're not a coward, you will get out here NOW!"
The crowd now stood silent at the comments of the Big Red Machine. Suddenly, Shannon's music came on, and when the young cruiserweight came out in his blue and cyan wrestling tights along with a WWE shirt, people must have thought him crazy, though the audience. He walked to the ring without any antics at all.
Michael Cole: "Quite frankly, Tazz, I'm afraid for his wife."
Tazz: "Yeah, I don't know how she's gonna take this beating he's definitely in for."
Suddenly, Matt Hardy's music entered the area, and out came Version 1.0 in the first outfit of Mattitude (V1 shirt, purple/gold Matt Pants). The fans also cheered him, moreso out of absolute surprise than anything since he is a RAW Superstar, and he didn't do anything celebrative. Rather, Matt walked with a menacing scowl towards the Big Red Machine.
Cole: "What the hell is going on around here? Matt Hardy is not from SmackDown!"
Tazz: "Neither is Shannon Moore after tonight, but good question, Cole. What's going on here?"
And if Shannon and Matt showing was crazy enough, out came Jeff Hardy to his own music, sporting the same outfit from the wedding he and Matt tried to interrupt. He also came straight into the ring with a serious face, despite the cheers of shock and the screams of teenybopper frenzy.
Tazz: "Jeff Hardy isn't even a WWE Superstar! What in the hell is this!?"
Cole: "From where I'm standing, you won't find out anything. Wait a minute!"
John Cena's music started up, and out he came with his outfit, Word Life cap and military You Can't See Me shirt included. He showed off the Word Life hand signal over at the stage, and then after sliding into the ring. The fans cheered his entrance and each Word Life intervention, and then came the diss. He went straight up to Kane's face and did the You Can't See Me, even proceeding to say the words as he did it, and sticking them up in his face on the shirt. Kane felt infuriated and was about to attack Cena when Lita held him off from perhaps embarrassing himself.
Cena: "I'd be ready to holla at the people here in Sacra, but I've got big business to handle tonight. The US Title series information could seriously wait, man. You see, the kid here told me that he was gonna need some backup about you, and I knew a couple of people who had quite a few words for your ugly mug as well. So I called 'em in, and here they are. Matt ain't that important to Bischoff anyway, so he didn't give a damn. Anyway, we've all got out ten cents about you two, and we're ready to dish 'em out. Shannon, head first."
The fans cheered about the statements of John Cena, and now, Shannon had his time to speak to Lita.
Shannon: "Lita. I'm utterly shocked at you. I mean, you and I, I've got to remind you, we're friends, right? But I feel like neither I nor anybody that I know even knows you anymore. And do you know why? (points to Kane, attracting cheers) Because of you, Kane! Do you even realize what you have done!? You've tortured Lita and Matt to hell, knowing that I was a SmackDown Superstar, and that I wouldn't be able to do anything about it but stand and watch. And now, their relationship is over. So I took the liberty ot having a shirt made. (crowd cheers as they see the shirt, details shall be explained by Shannon) This shirt is a Kurt Angle and Kane You Suck T-shirt. Kurt already owns the chants, and he has a bald head like yours, and you know I'm already sick of you, so I included the WWE logo, both of your faces, and the words "You Suck" as what I wanted to see on this shirt. And I've gotta say, this is perfect. Remember these two words, Kane: you suck."
He passes the microphone to Jeff as the fans cheer.
Jeff: "Kane, I hope you live your life down in hell where what you are now came from, because I don't think you deserve to be alive anywhere above and beyond hell. You're an evil man who can never be forgiven by any of Lita's friends for the way that you claimed her to be your wife. (cheers) You put Lita through such trauma against her own will that it took a lot of willpower for me to keep going for the NWA World Title back at Total Nonstop Action and not go out on RAW to kick your ass and do something I might regret! (cheers) And now that you think about it, it's all gone. Now that I'm making an appearance on SmackDown, I'm ready to beat you back down to where you came from, because that's the only place that will dare lovingly accept you! Prepare to DIE!"
Kane (interrupting cheers): "You're telling me to prepare to die? That's something that I should tell YOU!"
Jeff (interrupting boos): "I don't care who you think should be telling who to prepare to die. Remember, your enemies, Undertaker and Mordecai, you should know more than anyone that they're here tonight. Something can happen to you, and I mean something big time. I recommend you stop everything you're doing or else something's really gonna happen."
Jeff passes the microphone to his older brother as the cheers come to town. Matt and Kane stare at each other hatefully.
Matt: "You had better listen and listen good. I don't care if you are the brother of The Undertaker. I don't care if you're the one guy who actually kicked out of a Tombstone Piledriver. I don't care if you're more powerful than the time at which you could only be pinned by Undertaker if he gave you not one, not two, but three Tombstones. Hell, I don't even care if you can burn me on the turnbuckle right now! (hectic cheers) All I care about is the fact that you took my girlfriend from me, threatened to kill me, made Lita's life a living hell, and so on! And when I care about that, I hate you more than life itself. (cheers) Now, Lita. I know you've been forced to live alongside Kane until he wants no more to do with you. However, you have not been forced to love him, to like him, or to even refrain from hating him. That was not a stipulation of your marriage to Kane. The man who took our dreams of marrying each other and having a family, destroyed mine, and invaded yours! Lita, please tell me you're not really loyal to him beyond the duties involved in the wedding stipulation."
Lita takes Kane's microphone and prepares to speak.
Lita: "Matt, you know more than anything that we are connected, and meant for each other as far as the love flows. However, there's nothing I can do but to be loyal to Kane. There's nothing I can do but to accept life with him. If I don't, it'll be a living hell, both on the outside, and on the inside of my heart. And I know you don't want that to be what I live, Matt. (pause) He's much easier to appreciate once you start to than anything he's done to us lets on. (boos) And to tell you the truth, I actually like being evil. So, I'm sorry to tell you this, Matt, but it's no chance. There is no way to get me out of this."
The fans jeer the statements from Lita, and then, John asks Matt to give him his microphone.
John: "Okay, so we've got the points from Lita. Now, it's my turn. Hey, people, throw down the beat from my Day of Reckoning promo. (the beat goes on, and the crowd prepares for a rap)
Yo, we've got the comments from everybody on the zone
And it's time for the Doctor to take his throne
I came out here cause I've got somethin' to say
Kane, you ain't leavin' proud today
You've got such an ugly mug, it's no wonder Lita
Doesn't love you now, take it from John Cena
Everybody in the house wants you crucified
People everywhere wish good luck to Mordecai
Now, about your bald homey Kurt Angle
You both such so much you could get strangled
By my expertise in Thuganomics
I got some homeys that work in aeronautics
And I'm bout to send down my authority
Cause you really oughta know that you can't see me
Your hellfire is probably cigarette smoke
Up in this big house, that's why you gotta choke
Whenever you enter the ring and act like a god
Of fire, you don't even know what a rod is
So let me tell you, go in another direction
Before I come around and give you a detention
Taker and Mord ain't alone, I can kill you too
You're pinnable as soon as I give you an F-U
Quit embarrassin' yourself when you enter the ring
Your day of reckoning is comin' to give you a sting
What!?"
And so, hype and energy come to the crowd, and Kane feels utterly disrespected. He goes to attack Cena, which ends up being dodged and resulting in him having to take an F-U. Cena steps a foot over Kane's heart, and Shannon makes a fast count 1, 2, 3, and Kane is utterly embarrassed as he immediately sits up and gets up in the air. Shannon picks up the microphone before an attack can come, and he speaks again.
Shannon: "Play Kurt Angle's music!"
The song is actually played, and the group gets outside the ring and walks backwards up the ramp. You know what that means: Kurt Angle's "You Suck!" chants directed towards Kane. Out comes Angle in suit to confront Cena and company, and that's when Eddie Guerrero comes from behind and brings him in th ring. Kurt and Kane are both ultimately angry, and everybody's laughing and chanting. Lita can barely contain the two bald evils, so to speak.
Kane would find out upon returning to the back that this would lead to a tag team match between Kane and Kurt Angle against The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero next week. Immediately after this came...
THE UNDERTAKER versus the Dudleys
Undertaker started the match off against Bubba Ray. Undertaker immediately took over offense with an arm wrench and elbow stomp. Bubba Ray, however, elbowed Taker in the ribs as the Dead Man tried to pick his head up. However, as soon as he went to the ropes and prepared to return, he received one of Undertaker's soup bones. D-Von entered the ring and got punched down by the Dead Man, and Spike soon followed suit. It became a cycle quickly until all three Dudleys stood their ground. Bubba and D-Von attempted to sandwich Taker, only to hit each other simultaneously, as he got out of the way. Spike was now taken on a ride through Old School, despite obvious attempted resistances. Then, Bubba got up and took a massive chokeslam from Taker. After that, D-Von followed suit by taking a Tombstone. Taker went to pin D-Von, but right before the three, Spike got up and broke up the count. Spike dragged Bubba down to the outside, and Bubba got up as Taker stalked away at them. They took a table from under the ring and set it up right outside, and then Taker decided to take another from the other side. Of course, Taker went into the ring, and Spike did as well, rushing after Taker and getting tossed over the ropes and straight into the table that Undertaker had set up. Bubba then called Undertaker to the outside, and the Dead Man followed, getting kicked down with a low blow, causing the disqualification, and set up for a powerbomb into the table. However, Taker wasn't stupid. He turned it into an Alabama Slam straight to the outside, right near the steel ramp. He then picked up Bubba and turned around towards the table. As suspected, the trash talking Dudley received his Last Ride straight through a table. The blue lighting established itself as Undertaker looked on at the Dudleys. After a few seconds, he left, and his music rang through the airwaves.
KANE versus MORDECAI
Both me in the ring and robes removed, Kane took a microphone and demanded that Undertaker come out and see what he had in store for him from a ringside view. Of course, the Dead Man accepted the invitation, not even bothering to have his powerful entrance on. He took a steel chair and used it to sit ringside. When the bell rang, his two enemies stared each other down for a good few seconds. They then went into a series of grapple moves, and at the 1:00 point, Kane gave Mordecai an uppercut which knocked him into the turnbuckle, leading to another uppercut knocking him down. When Mordecai got back up, he received one of those size 18 boots of Kane straight to his face. The Undertaker sat studiously as Kane took control of the offense. At 3:00, Mordecai got out of a camel clutch submission from Kane, and they engaged in another staredown, and this time, they had words. Kane took offense first with a series of right hands, then irishwhipped Mordecai into the ropes and gave him a power slam. He went for the cover, and Mordecai kicked out. Kane attempted to irishwhip Mordecai again, and Mordecai countered and met Kane's return by giving him a kitchen sink (knee to the gut). Kane rose and was met by Mordecai's inverted jawbreaker, and then his vicious clothesline. Mordecai then covered Kane and received a kickout after two. Mordecai keeps with a series of slams following this, and this goes on until 5:25, at which Kane counters the Splash Mountain Bomb, which Mordecai has told Tazz is named the Sinner's Crucifix, and flips Mordecai off him. Mordecai gets up, followed by Kane, who elbows the face of the Pale Rider behind him, then turhs around to issue a kick to the midsection and a falling power bomb. At this point, we go to break. When we return at 8:30 into the match, Kane is in control with a running power slam. He then comes to the outside of the ring and confronts his brother, and the referee begins to create a count out. This seems to be a terrible mistake, as Mordecai is proceeding to get up, but during the count, Lita rushes into the ring with one of Kane's old masks and whacks Mordecai in the head with it, thus proceeding to irritate him and lead him to chase Lita, who leads the Pale Rider right to Kane, who turns around and issues a choke slam to Mordecai. The Seven Foot Monster now proceeds to take Mordecai up by the hair and place him into the ring before going in himself. The Undertaker stares a gaping hole straight into Lita, terrifying her from the moment he notices. Before anything can happen, he grabs her by the hair and drags her backstage. Kane is so disconcentrated that he allows Mordecai the time to get up, and when Mordecai turns Kane around, he's about to give him the Sinner's Crucifix, but Kane lands through on his feet. The two powers both attempt a turnaround clothesline at the same time, causing a collision. The referee starts his rise count. If it reaches 10, the match is over. It reaches 5 by the time Mordecai gets up, and when Kane sits up in power, the ref has gotten to 7. Now, we're at 10:20. They exchange right hands, and then Mordecai proceeds to win the battle, and he irishwhips Kane, about to give the Big Red Machine his own big boot to the face, but Kane reads that one perfectly, taking Mordecai's boot and shoving it, along with the rest of the archangel, down. Kane now signals that he's ready for the Chokeslam From Hell. Mordecai takes about fifteen seconds to get up, and Kane takes him by the throat, but Mordecai rips Kane's hand off him and tosses him over to the outside, giving Mordecai an opportunity to buy some time. Both fighters take nearly ¾ of a minute to get up, and Kane is nearly counted out. The fight continues, Kane and Mordecai matching each other counter for counter for the next two minutes until out came Sable in her black sultry dress. Why is that important? Because when Kane finally got the choke slam, Sable distracted the referee so he couldn't get the count in. The Undertaker then showed up, still dragging Lita, who was apparently forced to wear an all black bikini. When Kane saw this, he became infuriated, and as he was coming out, Taker was applying Lita as a shield. Kane was caught in a dilemma until Mordecai turned him around and kicked him in the midsection, then proceeding to give him the Sinner's Crucifix and pin him 1, 2, 3. Undertaker was then about to give Lita a Tombstone Piledriver to the concrete, bringing the fans to sickened screams and cheers, and that's when Sable gave Taker a low blow, making him angry. She also proceeded to kick Lita in the child, and before Taker could do anything to Sable, Mordecai stared him down, then left the ring and had his music and lighting on. Sable walked to the back with the Pale Rider as SmackDown left the air.