"So are you ready for this baby girl?" Teddy asked me as we both awaited our cues to go out.
"Hell yeah, my whole life I've waited for this moment, I'm more than ready to get out there!" I told my 'General Manager' as I jumped up and down on the spot, rearing to go.
"Okay then, off you go Mr. Long!" one of the stage guys suddenly yelled as Teddy's music began to play.
"Good luck out there," Teddy said to me seconds before he disappeared outside.
IN THE RING
"Give me a Holla, Holla, Holla! Are you enjoying Smackdown tonight California?" Teddy yelled in the mic once he was in the ring. I listened as the fans went crazy; I guess they really were enjoying Smackdown. "Well some of you Playa's put there may have heard that you're general manager, Theodore R. Long has got a little surprise for you tonight… we'll, do you know somethin' Playa's you all heard right!" Teddy paused for a minute of two so that the fans could to there bit, give there input, they seemed to be really hyped out there tonight, really perfect for a debut. "Hizzle Fo Shizzle, Holla, holla, holla Daddy's got you a new Diva!" Teddy sang. Oh my God I could believe the noise they were making, it must have been at least 20 times louder to what I was used to!
Suddenly my music hit, I was so glad that they'd stuck with my old music from TNA, it had really grown on me. I t felt like a mile I had to walk from the stage to the ring to get to Teddy, I was so convinced I was gonna trip or somethin'!
"Ladies and Gentlemen, you feel me! This is my new girl Raven!" he yelled as loud as he could into the mic, he had to yell it was so, so loud in here! Ya know I wasn't actually to sure of the name Raven, I suppose my hair was kind of raven coloured, I would have liked to have just used my own name but I guess having a new one would be fun. "How many of you Playa's out there already know my girl? Holla at me if you do!" He yelled again trying to get a reaction from fans I already may have had from TNA. And once again the noise was incredible I couldn't believe it! It was so loud I swear to god the ring shook!
But it was this reaction from the fans that gave Melina backstage her cue to come out. The audience's cheers suddenly changed to boos as MNM's music blasted from the speakers. She came out from behind the curtain alone armed with a microphone. She began squealing immediately that they turn the music off.
"Who the hell do you think you are to come out here and take all my fans away from me? I'm the number 1 Diva around here; having all these worms lust after me is part of the job description… you get it Number one Diva…" She said that last part slower, pointing at her self in the process. "There is no way I'm going to let you come down here with your stupid, ugly tattoos and take them away from me! You can ruin what I've made!"
As Melina continued to insult me and piss off the fans I nicely asked Teddy if I could use his mic, the fan cheered at me as I did. This bit was really what I was looking forward to; I loved doing mic work back at TNA.
"Woah, woah, woah." I laughed totally interrupting her… I walked over to the ropes that faced the stage and pointed directly at her, "You know I think the question is, who the hell do you think you are!" I asked her, getting a great reaction from the fans. "Although I did wonder how long it'd take for you to come out here, personally I thought it'd be sooner…" This was so amazing, the fans were right behind me! "I don't know how you can come out here and say that I'm taking things from you, I've always thought that these 'worms' as you call them…" I did one handed air quotations as I said worms. "Personally I call them the beautiful people of California!" I had learnt a long time ago that complimenting the fan and the State you were in would always get you a nice big pop. "I always thought that these guys had their own minds and who it is they like and dislike without having to be told, am I right Teddy?" I asked him, turning around to see him with a smile on his face, nodding and clapping.
"You know for someone who's new here you're pretty cocky, you better just watch out for people around here, you aren't going to be making friends while pissing people off!" Melina yelled, she was getting real angry now, she was so funny.
"Ha funny, ya know I didn't actually come here to make friends, I came here to ya know, win matches…Holla, holla, holla!" I yelled imitating Teddy as he hi fived me.
"You just wait Raven!" Melina screeched, "You just wait!" she threw her microphone down on the stage and stormed of back through the curtain as my music blasted. This was the most amazing feeling in the world!
Next I had to cut a promo… after coming from the ring I had to walk through the backstage area on my own and I was going to get attacked by Melina's boys, Nitro and Mercury.
It was a lot of fun, but I really did get bruises… all in the name of entertainment I guess!