The Evolution of This Business (a WWE/TNA story)
by P. Dizzle tha Prime Legend Champion

Associative Disclaimer: This story is completely original and fictional.
Proprietary Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing but the story itself.
Rating: T
Summary: The former members of Evolution are in their prime, but facing major problems. After a little thinking, Triple H decides that enough is enough, not only for their problem sources, but the entire wrestling business as well!

Chapter 18
Title: This is Evolution!
Show: WWE Sunday PPV Event - Royal Rumble 2006 (1/29/2006)
Summary: Batista defends his World Championship against Mark Henry, and Triple H finally faces Edge and John Cena for Edge's WWE Title.

After awhile, Batista reported the events of the night referring to his kicking of LAX's collective ass and the forcing of NWA Champion Randy Orton to seek refuge in some secret spot in the arena. Vince McMahon excused him to go out there and do his thing, as related to the World Heavyweight Championship.

Three matches came between then and that match. The Boogeyman beat JBL, Gregory Helms won the Cruiserweight Championship open invitational, and Rey Mysterio came out from spot number two and last beat out the first entry Kurt Angle and the last entry - which somehow happened to be TNA's Apolo - in order to represent the late great Eddie Guerrero and WWE Smackdown as the man who would represent at WrestleMania to compete for the Heavyweight Championship of his choice.

Mark Henry and Melina came out for Henry's World Championship match against said Batista. But while coming out with the same confident stance and chorus of boos, they also had Kurt Angle's former manager Daivari with them. This was indeed a surprising twist, but not one which would go unexplained. Mark Henry did grant the populace an explanation in the near future, taking a microphone. Well, actually, the annoying talker Daivari was the one with the explanation.

"Melina, you can go ahead and go to the back. I've got everything under control now," Daivari said, allowing Melina to make her exit back up the ramp before explaining things. The fans jeered their heads off at Daivari, then chanted "USA!" simply to get on his nerves.

"That's not gonna work on me anymore, I'm way beyond reacting over primitive chants, so go ahead," he answered, leading to the loud chorus of boos. "Anyway, I've got an explanation for this. Recently, as I was sitting at home thinking about that ingrate who fired me, I was contacted by Melina. She told me that she was going to be very busy as of late, and that she was going to need a manager, not just for herself, but for her boys as well. Therefore, I am now the manager for not only the WWE Tag Team Champions MNM, but also, the World's Strongest Man and soon-to-be World Heavyweight Champion, Mark Henry!"

The cheery tone Daivari used in saying this quickly went away as Batista's entrance music theme finally came on. Batista, dressed to compete and poised to do so as well after the TNA induced warm-up, did his usual thing. Coming to both ends of the stage, setting off the stage guns from the middle of the ramp, then going to all four turnbuckles and raising his arms up in strength and representing the fact that he is the World Heavyweight Champion. The gist of it all.

The bell rang, and both competitors circled the ring. Both locked up, and Henry backed Batista up into the corner. Batista tried to punch his way out, but got shoved back as soon as he gained some room. Henry tried to charge, but Batista sidestepped and got behind him, then told him to bring it on. This led to a series of sidestepped charges by the World's Strongest Man. Batista then tried to again punch his way to an advantage, only to get his head grabbed and butted for a takedown. Henry then posed to the jeering crowd and attempted an elbow drop, which Batista knew better than to try to withstand, so he moved out of the way. Batista got up, then got in a few right hands, but Henry, in an amazing display of smarts, low bridged the ropes when Batista came back off the other side instead of taking the clothesline and allowing Batista to have any kind of momentum.

With that move, Big Dave was caught off guard and sent swimming to the outside. Henry then got the referee's attention, allowing his manager Daivari to get in some cheap shots on Batista. Henry then left the ring and lifted the steel steps out of the way with force. Batista got back in, and Henry followed, and ended up taking a few right hands again. Batista then dared Mark to come in after him, and the Chocolate Mountain did, allowing Batista to try (keyword: try) to get in a power slam on Henry, but he simply could not get that job done. As Batista favored his back, Henry sent him out over the top rope. Henry now started talking trash to the people of Miami, which again did not go over well with the Animal Planet fan base. Mark left the ring, then took Batista and rammed him straight into the rail in an attempt to further weaken his back, before rolling him into the ring. Once Henry slid in himself, he hit a big splash on Batista, then covered the Animal only to get a two count. This began a small period of fists and power moves with which Henry was actually dominating.

He eventually had Batista in a bear hug for about thirty-two something seconds. The Leviathan attempted to break it with a group of elbows and eventually did. Batista got in a few rights on Henry. Henry launched Batista to the corner, but his charge got cut off with an elbow shot. Batista made a rare move, going on one of the turnbuckles. Big mistake to get on and jump off, because Mark Henry caught him by the throat. On the other hand, Batista managed to break away, get two kicks into the gut, and hit Henry with a DDT! Once Batista got up, he signaled for thumbs up, thumbs down, then attempted his Batista Bomb, but could not even get the big tub of strength and lard known as Mark Henry to even come off the ground. Henry instead took the opportunity to back toss the Animal. Henry then lifted Batista into a military press, but the Animal managed to fight his way out of it and actually hit a power slam! The pressure this exerted on big Batista prohibited him from getting up and trying anything else, so he then decided to cover Henry. The aforementioned transaction resulted in a kickout after the count of two. Batista then took Henry into the corner and began to thrust his right shoulder into Henry's gut emphatically several times. But an angry Henry would not allow it to continue much longer, so he suddenly knocked Batista down with a hard knee to the jaw, which also ended up knocking off the referee, who was standing right behind Batista.

The Animal then left the ring and recovered himself, after which he grabbed a steel chair. At first, he was about to get in the ring with it, but he noticed Henry's manager Daivari right there. Batista looked at Daivari, and didn't even give him any time to collect his thoughts before straight smacking him in the head with the chair! Henry was angry. He ended up coming out and trying to chase Batista. However, Batista went into the ring and waited for Henry to slide in, then shot him hard with the steel chair right off his thick skull. However, Henry would not go down. Batista nailed Henry a second time with the steel chair, and this time, the titan came crashing down. Normally, fans would not like this, but that was Batista, knowing he had no other choice but to do that if he were to win. Batista took the chair out of the way, dragged the referee towards the middle, and covered his large enemy. 1… 2… and I think the fans got so surprised that they had momentarily completely forgotten about a certain something called the kickout! Batista was also incredulous about it himself. He then waited for Henry to get back up, then egged him to charge again. Henry, of course, thought he was getting set up for the Leviathan Spinebuster, so he braced himself to walk right into it and then stop it right in its tracks by exerting his strength. So Batista instead hit him with a drop toe hold right into the second turnbuckle, following which Henry got up and really did walk right into the Leviathan Spinebuster, and he actually ended up taking it! Batista covered Henry… 1… 2… 3!

"Here is your winner, and still the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista!" Tony Chimel shouted from ringside.

The scene was actually unbelievable! There was nothing short of happiness, relief, and pride etched on Batista's face as his hand was raised in victory. He then thumped and pointed to the sky, again remembering Eddie Guerrero with a huge smile on his face.

Once Batista got back to the locker room, he found Matt Hardy and Rey Mysterio waiting for him.

"Big Dave! Congratulations, man! You got it done! And just like me, you got it done on behalf of Eddie Guerrero!" Rey shouted in happiness, hugging his friend a little before Matt had a chance to shake the Champ's hand and pump fists together.

"Yeah, but I got a feeling this night is not over yet," Batista replied.

"Wait… what are you talkin' about?" Rey asked, the mood suddenly quieting. Then, a smile crept on Batista, and it followed up on both of his friends as well.

"Well, come on man! Go get it done!" Rey shouted again, in recognition of the fact of what exactly Batista was talking about.

Later tonight, the WWE Championship match happened. John Cena had the fans behind him, some cheered for Triple H as well, and Edge was, of course, the least favored Superstar of all involved in the match. Edge and Triple H, though, decided to put their angry differences aside to attack John Cena for a little while. Cena managed to fend them both off with right hands and clotheslines, until Lita came on the apron to bad mouth and distract him. Cena then forced a kiss on her, only to walk right into Edge's Spear! After that maneuver came about, both Edge and Triple H attacked Cena with rights and stomps on the ground. Edge then went for a cover, but Cena kicked out. He then went for another one, Cena kicked out again. The frantic paced Rated R Superstar then tried yet again, but Triple H pulled him off. Then, Edge stood up. With Cena apparently out of the way, the Ballistic AC and the Cerebral Assassin were free to get it on one on one against each other in the middle of the ring and take out all their frustrations on one another. Edge and Trips then got into a slugfest, and again, Triple H ended up losing it. Edge irishwhipped Trips and basically telegraphed his move and got a kick to the head for it. Trips ran off the ropes and came back with a high knee to the head of Edge, knocking down Mr. Money in the Bank. He awaited the rise of Lita's lover in the corner, then walked over to Edge for an attack only to Edge to reverse the position and start fisting away at Triple H with right hands and stomps in the corner. The attack was most certainly an angry one. After he finally stopped, Edge posed off and raised his hands as if victorious to the crowd, and there was a major shortage of Edgeheads in that arena, as in everywhere else around the world. But one person who didn't see a shortage of Edgehead within herself was Lita. She was clapping and smiling the world over. So, Edge came out of the ring and took Triple H out with him.

Trips got back up, Edge rammed him into the rail, then hit him with a few right hands, but got off focus and told some fans to shut up when he heard them chanting that he sucks. John Cena was back up now, and was distracting the referee and stopping him from continuing the ring out count that Edge had on Triple H. When Edge realized that he wasn't going to keep the title the cheap way, he then went in after John Cena and ended up in a fist fight of his own. Cena won this time, and he irishwhipped Edge and greeted his return with a power slam. Triple H got on the apron, and Cena chased after him, but the Game got off, then tripped Cena before heading into the ring and attacking with a fierce clothesline. Trips then tried to pick up Cena, but ended up in an inside cradle! 1… 2… the Game kicked out before the count of two. Both men quickly got up, and Cena hit Trips with a couple of clotheslines, then ducked Trips' attempt at one to give him the Protoplex spinout side slam! He then came down to Trips with the you can't see me taunt, then executed the Five Knuckle Shuffle! Cena looked like he was about to pump it up, when he was suddenly met hard by the Spear! Edge covered. 1… 2…

…and a familiar music theme began ringing all over the arena. The fans were going off in a frenzy about this. Joey Styles and Jerry "the King" Lawler seemed to know what the music was, but they were incredulous about it as much as Edge was. He was just about to retain his WWE Championship, next thing you know this music comes up for the first time in a year? Shortly after, it died down, and Edge walked right into a kick in the midsection, which lead off to a Pedigree. Triple H rolled Edge over, but before even hooking the leg, the music came up again! The crowd went crazy again, and this time, they were accompanied by Triple H's smile. Jerry and Joey were puzzled about the music coming up and not even being for anyone. They wondered if this was a joke, especially after Trips' smile stopped. When the music died down, Trips promised to attack the productions truck in the back, then come back in and whip everyone's ass and take the Title like that. But he couldn't carry out any of that, because he walked backwards right into the Protoplex spinout side slam. Then, came the music again, and the people booed and chanting "Productions Suck!" this time, because they were now pretty sure that there was no such thing as what this music is supposed to mean.

Someone then came out of the stands, out of nowhere, then attacked the referee from behind with a steel chair, then hit John Cena smack in the skull with it! We finally get a good look at the person, and it is… RANDY ORTON! Randy then calls to the stage, telling some guys to come on. We assume it's LAX gone back up, but out come… Ric Flair… and Batista? And the whole time, we can still hear Motorhead's song, "Passing You By (Line In The Sand)," the Evolution theme music. By now, the fans are going rowdy, because they have officially recognized that Evolution is back! Batista and Flair finally got into the ring, and the music went out. Batista picked up Edge, and the Rated R Superstar tried to fight him, but ended up getting pushed into the ropes, and coming back to take the Leviathan Spinebuster! He did the Ultimate Warrior rope taunt, then thumbs up, thumbs down, following which he picked up Edge, set him under, and hit him in the Batista Bomb! Ric Flair then got Edge in the Figure Four leg lock, and Lita tried to force Flair to let go, but before she could even get into the ring, Batista had shoved her off the apron and knocked her down, then tossed her over the guardrail into the crowd, where they could basically have their way with her for a limited amount of time. Speaking of time, this was going on at the same time that Triple H was back up, and while Randy was forearming Cena's chest from over the Doctor of Thuganomics, Trips was stomping Cena's midsection. The Game then picked up Cena, who was victim to the Legend Killer's RKO! Security tried to come for Orton, but Trips shooed them off, and finally said enough of the beating. He then covered Cena. Randy dragged the referee into the center of the ring, but knew that the chair shot was a little hard, so instead of waiting for the referee's count, Randy did something that Shawn Michaels had done to him before and counted the pinfall himself using the helpless ref's hand!

"Here is your winner, and the new WWE Heavyweight Champion, Triple H!" Lilian Garcia announced to the world, as Triple H's own music theme finally came on, and the four members of Evolution, Championships and all, had all hands raised in victory. Then, out came Miss Jackie. She helped with the raising of Triple H's hand, then was suddenly attacked by Maria! Randy Orton got Maria off Jackie, and Batista helped Jackie up. Randy took the chair and threatened to hit Maria with it if she got any closer to their Evolution teammate. But then came a shock: he turned around and nailed Miss Jackie, then told Maria to come in! Orton and Batista, who were closer to the middle of the ring, then lifted Maria on their shoulders, and the Sweet Little Girl was not only the Women's Champion, but now a part of this business's elite team out of nowhere. Triple H got a microphone.

"I could stand here and make a big speech about how this happened, but I'm savin' it for this whole week comin' up. As for right now, cheer, boo, say, do, whatever the hell you want. Because this is Evolution!"

The group's music then rang all over again, and yes, there were plenty of cheering fans, and plenty of jeering fans. This was just the way Evolution was going to be from now on. There is no leader, there are no followers. There are no heels, there are no faces. Hate it or love it, and this was something Maria was going to have to get used to, Evolution would do whatever necessary to remain on top of this business. The NWA Heavyweight Championship of the World, the WWE Heavyweight Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and the WWE Women's Championship. All five titles were in the hands of Evolution. What this meant was instant and total gridlock over this entire industry. The takeover is now a success. This is Evolution.

a/n: I hope everybody who reads this understands what I'm about to say next, and that is that I like reviews, so please start reviewing when you read, people. Thank you very much.