Chapter 2: Digging for Gold
It has been one week since The Red Bandit beat Kurt Angle in his premier on WWE Smackdown! since his early retirement from ECW and WCW. The Red Bandit walked to the locker room with a duffel bag in one hand. It was his first time being in Hershey PA which wasn't too far from his birthplace Pittsburgh. He sat down and muttered to himself, "I'm here and ready to kick some ass." Then Cena walked in and thanked Red for helping him last week. Red nodded his head as if it wasn't a big deal at all. Tonight Red is going to have to face Edge but first he had a huge announcement no one would see coming. Cena would have to face Shelton Benjamin in a No DQ match. Red's music hit after Rey Mysterio lost to Crossfire.
He walked out with a microphone in his hand he calmly entered the ring and said, "people of Hershey I have an announcement to make you see Kurt Angle and me have a couple similarities such as he is the only Olympic Gold Medallist in the WWE and I am the only undefeated wrestler in wrestling history. We also crave gold so I asked the Gm Paul Heyman if I could have a shot at the U.S. Championship at the Great American Bash and he said well first you're gonna have to prove yourself, so tonight if I win against Edge in a Weapon of Choice Match I have a shot for it." The crowd went wild and out came Edge and a ladder he put the ladder on the ground about 2 feet from the ring and the bell rang.
Red hit 2 powerbombs and DDT, he shot Edge to the corner and put him on the top turnbuckle and carefully positioned himself. He put his arm around Edge's head and Edge's arm around his neck and jumped off. The canvas shook as he hit the superplex, Edge screamed in pain and held his back in pain. Red stood up and seized the moment as he set himself up for a move he used in WCW the Shapeshifter 360. He bounced off the ropes and ran at Edge he then jumped and spun a 360 and his knees hit Edge's face. He covered and got 2 then he lifted Edge up and did the KOKO then the cover 1..2..3 he stood up and had his hand raised in victory. Heyman came out and told Red, "well you impressed me I thought you lost you touch after you retired, but you haven't so at The Great American Bash it's you and Kurt Angle for the U.S. title."
The crowd cheered and Red left the ring as he went backstage he saw Cena going to the ring with a sledgehammer in his hand. "Hey Red great job man, well I'm going to give Benjamin a little treatment," Cena said. Red nodded and gave him a good luck, he walked over to his car and unlocked his cherished '79 El Camino. He looked at a TV he got put into his car and watched Cena's match. Cena was getting beaten until Benjamin was hit with the F-U. Cena had the cover until Haas came out and started beating up Cena. Benjamin hit his T-bone suplex and Haas locked in the Haas of Pain. Red watched biting his lip and thinking of what he should do go help a friend or go home to his wife and 8 year-old son?
Of course what was he thinking he then did a U-turn and headed back to the arena? He kept praying for Cena to hold on for a little bit longer he then got to the gates and parked his car. He ran to the ring and grabbed a chair as soon as entered the ring he hit Haas in the head and Benjamin too. Haas stood up and was going to kick Red, but Red KOKO'd Haas on to the chair and dragged Cena's arm on to Benjamin's chest and dragged Haas out. The ref hit the three count and Red entered the ring and held Cena up as the ref raised his hand and Red dragged him out.
Match Results
Kurt Angle vs. Scotty 2 Hotty (non-title match)
Big Show vs. D-Von Dudley
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Gurrero vs. Shannon Moore
Crossfire vs. Rey Mysterio
The Red Bandit vs. Edge (Weapons Choice Match)
John Cena vs. Shelton Benjamin (No DQ match)