Title: Needing You

Author: Aimz619

Disclaimer: I do not own Shane McMahon, JR, the WWE or any of it's wrestlers mentioned. This is a fictional story and I hope you like it!


It was January 2006. Shane was settling down into the routine of being the head-honcho of the WWE. He was well respected by the staff, even though sometimes his far-fetched decisions were a little…confusing. After several hirings and firings, Shane felt comfortable sat with the people in his meeting today.

Michelle, Shane's second in command, began the meeting. "Right you guys, I'm glad that you could all be here today. In case you were wondering the lady in the corner is April, she's my new personal secretary and she is taking the minutes today. Apologises come from Bobby, Graham, JR and Stephanie. Lucy called to say she is stuck in the traffic and will be slightly late. Now you guys all know why we are here today. Basically, we'd like you to pitch your Wrestlemania ideas to us one-by-one. Shane, Kennedy and I will be meeting to discuss your ideas and then we will assign the Wrestlemania matches to you next Thursday so that you can start writing the storylines and feuds for the build up to Wrestlemania. Is that clear enough? Does anyone have any questions?"

A guy half-heartedly raised a hand and then spoke. "Have the main events already been decided?"

Kennedy spoke up before Michelle could answer. "Three matches have been confirmed so far. They are Batista vs. Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship, Cena vs. Big Show vs. Booker T for the WWE Championship, and Taker vs. Kane, resulting in the retirement of both wrestlers. We haven't confirmed the results of these matches yet. Any other questions?"

The table shook their heads, then Kennedy signalled for two of the guys to start presenting their ideas. They were the managers or 'team leaders' for the WWE Tag Team Championships. Next spoke the WWE Cruiserweight Champion representatives. Then the Look-overs (in charge of creating unique matches that would provide breaks in between the intensive matches). Next came the Woman's Champion representatives…a young woman and grey-haired man.

Michelle cleared her throat. "Lucy and Fred, you may begin when you're ready."

The pair looked at each other awkwardly.

Lucy finally spoke. "The job we have here in the WWE can be such a touch one. You have to come up with unique and original ideas. The ones that have been proposed so far have been incredible, they are about to put our idea to shame."

The group looked puzzled. Fred interrupted Lucy. "Lucy and I have spent many days and nights thinking of where we could take the Woman's Division. Working with such a small group of women has now become a problem for us. The current Woman's Champion as you should know is Stacy Kiebler. Since she started her training programme her wrestling skills have improved beyond our expectations and she is popular with the fans. But our dilemma is trying to find a 'Diva' to put with her to create a better than average Woman's match."

Lucy took over. "We have looked into every possibility. Our 1st candidate was Victoria. But a recent injury has left her left knee too weak to compete to a high standard. We then looked at the Divas on Smackdown…"

The group around the table chuckled. Divas on Smackdown wrestling…yeah right!

Lucy smiled. "I guess I don't have to say anymore. Finally we looked at the remaining Divas on Raw. Lita is on maternity leave, Trish is involved in the Edge/Batista match and Christy is a no-go road after Wrestlemania 21, all the rest are non-wrestlers. Therefore, the idea we propose today, is to bring in another Diva to compete for the Title at Wrestlemania."

Lucy gulped as there was an awkward silence around the table. Everyone knew that it was virtually a rule that new talent is never brought in for Wrestlemania. It always caused loads of problems, especially with the wrestler's morale backstage. Who wants to be the one telling Christy Hemme that she's being overlooked for a title shot at Wrestlemania for some unknown diva?

No-one at the table realised that twinkle in Shane McMahon's eye. He had always hoped that this situation would happen. He knew the perfect candidate for the title shot.

One man at the table spoke up. "What about Jewel? The new girl doing the dark matches?"

"She's very talented. But her wresting technique is too similar to Stacy's. They have been on the same training programme together. We did consider her as an option, but as well as being too inexperienced in the ring, her look…blonde with long legs…is too similar to Stacy's."

"We've been looking at potential girls, we have a candidate here from…"

"Stephanie McMahon."

The table looked round to Shane, who hadn't spoken during the whole meeting. He stood up to address their confused gazes.

"Stephanie McMahon…my sister…has been training for several months now, hiding from her ex-husband Hunter. Now I'm sure you don't need to hear the details…everyone has heard the rumours. She'll be perfect for the job. Her look and style will be completely different to Stacy's, plus she's not a complete nobody to the fans. We can work the shock factor into the angle."

Not one person dare speak up against the chairman.

Fred was excited about the idea. "I really think this could work! We could announce the match maybe a week before the show. It'll be a mini-shocker for the fans!

Shane smiled. "Well guys, that's you sorted! Who's next to present?"


I hoped you liked this guys. Quite liked the informalness of the meeting on 1st name terms. Shane is the WWE Godfather! Will update in a couple of days hopefully. All feedback is welcome!