The fans were dead silent as Chris Jericho walked gracefully through the ring. Edge smirked as he folded his arms, taking his place on the apron along side his friends. Everyone was looking at him in shock, sure they realized Chris would fight, eventually, but this early on? Did Edge have a death sentence warranted out on his best friend? Edge looked over at Chris Benoit, he nodded and Edge nodded back. Jericho faced The Rock, they stared at each other.

Rocky finally just sighed, "If you want to be the first to die, then be my guest, it'll be on Edge's shoulders that he sent you down the gallows alone before his own life was taken."

"My life won't be taken, Rock." Edge frowned. "Nor will Jericho's."

"You killed Jamie Noble." The waves of energy began to flow from the angry Super Star. "You killed Big Show." His aura glowed with a golden light. "I won't have this go on anymore, you will be stopped here Rock!" Jericho cried out as he powered up.

Rock folded his arms, "Such a pitiful power attempt, you match that of Edge. How do you hope to stand a fathomable chance in hell?"

"Because this snowball, is bigger than you and me, it's bigger than hell itself!" And with that, Jericho exploded and burst over towards Rocky. Everyone watched in awe as they both moved so quickly with throwing punches and blocking kicks that it seemed as if the ring was empty. Finally there was a loud boom and both Jericho and Rocky appeared in the air, flipped and landed on opposite sides of the ring in a pose. Jericho scowled, "So, so far the snowball's chance in hell is fairing nicely, wouldn't you say?"

"I wouldn't if I was you." Rocky panted. "I'm just getting warmed up, I'm gonna melt you like the blockhead of ice you are! AH!" Rocky opened his palm and shot a barrage of miniature flying disks, but Jericho quickly dodged them all. "Try to stop this one!" Rock put both palms side by side and shot a huge ball of energy.

Jericho crouched down but hesitated, "If I dodge it, it could hurt the fans." Rocky shot it and Jericho held up his arms for defense, but it was hard to hold it off, so it hit him. "Ah!" Jericho flew back against the ropes and used them for leverage. "I'm gonna take a dive, Rocky!" Jericho flew at him, hitting him head on full force with a head but, knocking the wind out of him. Rock flew over the ropes and onto the floor. Jericho stood tall, "What say you now, little know it all?"

"Little?" Rocky looked up from his face on the mat. "The only thing little here is your mind, foolish to think you'd stand a chance in a challenge against me!"

"Why don't you come here and say that?" Jericho taunted.

Rocky frowned and looked to the side, "Well, it seems that Big Show still has some life left in him."

"Hu?" Jericho turned to see Show leaning against the steps to try and get a view of the fight. "No Show, run away!"

Rocky jumped over the ring and landed before Show, "Guess I didn't give you enough credit to die by my baby blast." Rock opened his hand before Show's face.

"No!" Jericho turned to stop him.

"It's ok." Show looked over at him and Jericho froze as Rocky this time fully took out The Big Show. The fans were in utter shock, still, but now even more so.

"Stop this, stop it now, I've had enough!" Jericho let out a loud scream as the power exploded from him like a bright bomb. Everyone shielded their eyes and when they opened them they gasped. Jericho looked so much different now, he was buffer, maybe even a few inches taller, and his hair was long again with the red tips at the end. Jericho leered at the shocked Rocky. "This ends here and now Rocky, I didn't want to kill you, but now I see that it's the only choice."

Rocky just uttered sounds of shock and even fear as he thought to himself, "What just happened here, his level doubled! He could actually defeat me now, what the hell is going on!?"

Edge looked over at Jericho and felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned, "Eddie?"

Eddie Guerrero was leering at him, "You kept this from us, this whole time, we though you were going to train yourself to surpass Super Star, and yet, you focused on Jericho. Look at him, he's surpassed to the next level."

"I knew he was the one, I could just sense it. I'm sorry Eddie."

Eddie growled, "Why couldn't it be me? I deserved it! I could've become champ!"

"No, this one is for Jericho, he deserves it." Edge turned back to Eddie to see him storm off up the ramp.

Benoit growled, "He's leaving."

"Let him go." Edge turned back to the fight. "I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him. He'll be back, he wants the title, and he'll fight anyone, it doesn't have to be me."

In the ring, Jericho got in a pose, an arrogant smirk on his face, "I'll even let you have the first punch." Rocky cringed as Jericho continued, "Sound familiar?"

"Wow, nice new attitude." Crash blinked. "He's not so tight and depressed, he's so cocky."

"Yup, guys this is the new hidden Chris Jericho." RVD laughed. "And I like it."

Edge frowned to himself, "Don't let it get to your head Chris, focus."

Rocky growled and flew at Jericho, "Now you die!" He swung a punch but it missed, Jericho smirked up at Rocky and then kicked him square in the jaw, causing him to fly backwards. Rock landed on his feet, "That's it, at first I was going to give you a fighting chance, but now I'm just pissed." Rock's fist glowed. "One punch and this will break your scrawny little neck, boy."

"I dare you to try." Jericho stood his ground.

"Why thank you." Rocky shot a barrage of small hand blasts again.

Jericho rolled his eyes, "Aw not this again." He dodged them all, once it finished, Jericho landed in front of a turnbuckle. "And here comes the big blast." Rocky powered up his hands but this time he shot a large disk, it caught him off guard. "What?" Jericho braced for impact, but it never came. He opened his eyes to see it had exploded into smaller ones surrounding him. Jericho gasped, with no time to react, they all hit him. "Ah!" They exploded onto him, wounding him pretty bad, causing him to be down for a few seconds to recover.

"Fool, you let your arrogance get to your head." Rocky powered up. "Don't get cocky kid, you have to focus, it could mean your life one day." His hand powered up again into the attack he'd mentioned earlier. "And that day, is right now!" Rocky ran at Jericho. "Time for you to die."

"What, no!" Rey grabbed the ropes.

Time and space seemed to freeze for Edge, "He's too tired to move, the attack temporarily weakened him for enough seconds to get the blow, it'll break his neck!" Edge jumped over the ropes and ran over to block Rocky from attacking Jericho in a speed nobody could track. "No!" Everyone gasped as the sound of the blow was delivered.

The dust cleared and Rock frowned, "What!?"

Everyone gasped at who they saw laying on the ground before Jericho, "Edge!"

Jericho groaned and his eyes snapped open as he scrambled to his feet, "Edge!" He shook him, "Come on, wake up buddy!"

Edge groaned, "Are you, ok, Chris?"

Jericho's throat tensed, "Yea, I'm fine, but, why…."

"You're the one, you have to see it now, you're the one to defeat Rocky and save us all." Edge groaned again. "You're the true champion. Just, do one thing for me, ok?"

Jericho tried not to cry, "And what's that?"

"Don't lay down, to Eddie…." And with that, Edge closed his eyes and his head fell limp.

"No, Edge. Answer me, please be ok!" Jericho couldn't help but cry now. "Why, why did you do that? You gave your own health and safety to protect me… you're such a great friend. I promise Rocky will hurt no more."

Jeff Hardy came into the ring, "Kurt, Dan, get in here and help me!"

They both rushed into to help him, Dan checked for a pulse, "He's still breathing, that's good he's not dead."

Kurt looked up, "But his neck is broken, we need to rush him to the hospital quick."

"Right." Dan helped Kurt pick him up and they carried him backstage with Ric Flair calling the med staff from the ambulance, they walked past Eddie who still stood on the ramp.

Eddie looked at him, "This, is going to be interesting…." He turned around to face the ring.

Jericho was fuming, "Rocky, this is it, the last straw. I toyed with you before, but now this is serious business." His power level exploded.

Rock squinted, "Perhaps I underestimated him, I should do the same, stop toying around and take this down. He could pose a threat, and I want that title." He looked around to see the fans still looking shocked with their jaw dropped. "They haven't seen the worst yet, the worst is yet to come." Rock turned back to Jericho. "Mutter a final, prayer, cause it all comes down to this final blow." Rock focused all of his power. "Ka, me, ha, me, HA!"

"What, oh no!" Jericho growled. "Kamehame- HA!" Jericho shot it back and they both met in the middle. Everyone tensed at the intensity.

Rocky frowned, "We're tied, match for match." But smirked, "Not for long. AH!"

"Oh no!" Jericho gasped as he struggled to hold it back. "It's too strong, I can't hold it back for long, this is all my power as it is, if he gets the best of me, he'll take out everyone in the arena, and I can't let that happen!" Jericho yelled as his foot slipped back a little, "Edge, why did you have to take my place and get hurt, I need you, I need your help now more than ever!"

Eddie gulped, "I can't move, this isn't fear holding me back, it's…. CHAMP!"