Randy was now worried. His girlfriend could have been blinded at a concert she went to with out him and had to have stitches without him by her side and was nearly sent to jail.
'Mental note to self; never let Roxy and Lita go out alone ever again.' he thought to himself as he made his was down to the ring.
This was to be Randy's first title defence and didn't know if he could beat the 18 year veteran, Chris Benoit, especially not while having Roxanna on his mind constantly. Never the less, he made his way to the ring desperate to prove he was not to be a one match wonder.
The match was obviously going to be a lot different to his match with Triple H. Triple H would think of strategies to hit his opponent out of their comfort zone while Benoit would just lock a load of submissions and throws onto his opponent.
The match, like his title victory match, swung both ways from time to time. Benoit was one of the toughest in the business, pound for pound, and couldn't be intimidated. Randy was intimidated and nervous that he couldn't keep a hold of the belt.
In the end, Randy managed to hit the second RKO of the match to pick up the win. Benoit a few seconds later stood up and extended his hand to the 24 year old. Randy shook his opponents match.
"You earned that belt," Benoit said "And you did it without your cronies." Benoit left the ring as Randy continued to celebrate.
A few moments later, Evolution came to the ring with bottles of champagne and big grins on their faces. Triple H and Ric Flair both took it in terns to hug their team mate as Batista hoisted him up onto his shoulders.
Triple H smiled at his apprentice. deep down how ever, he was grimacing at the man that had taken his title away. He gave Randy the thumbs up as he held the title over his head. That thumbs up however soon turned into a thumbs down.
Randy should have seen it coming. He crashed to the ground from Batista delivering a Queen's suplex. Ric and Batista held Randy up as Triple H thumped him harder and harder each time. The fans were booing like crazy, they couldn't believe what they were witnessing. Then, Triple H got Randy's belt and smashed it into his head, busting him wide open. the remaining three Evolution member's stood there laughing at Randy.
Ric and Batista left but before Hunter left, he yelled "Orton, I'm coming for MY title!"
Randy was left in a pool of his own blood, not knowing what to do.
After receiving stitches in his head, he went back to his hotel room alone. He sat on the edge of his bed and thought about why they had just betrayed him. Was Hunter really that shallow to believe the title was just his? 'I should know the answer to that one!' Randy sighed leaning back onto the soft, cool bed sheets. Just then his phone rang. He debated for a few moments whether to answer it or not. He thought about it for a second before searching for his phone in his pocket. He tried to focus his attention on the screen. It was Roxanna.
"Babe, are you ok?" She asks, shaking as she did so.
"I've got to admit I've been better."
"Listen, I wish I could have been there, but Eric sent me home and..."
"Rox, Rox, Rox, It's ok, I'll be fine, nothing that I can't handle. I'm glad you weren't there, you might have been beaten up too."
"Quite possibly. What do we do now?"
"I have no idea sweetie, no idea at all."
