Chapter 28: Some Hope and Payback
The week after No Way Out, the road was opened again as there wasn't a number one contender, but that ends tonight, as Randy Orton takes on Dusty's mystery opponent for the shot at Mania. First up Jeff Hardy tries to earn one more match at the Dangerous Alliance and a chance to get Trish back, but first he must get rid of Ken Doane and with the Alliance not at ringside, it will be a straight up one on one match.
Jeff Hardy made his way to the ring with his ribs taped up after the fall and was obviously not 100 nor was he 70 he was running on half a tank but the chance to get Trish back, motivates him to go on. Ken Doane made his way to the ring, all by himself, no Paul E. no Alliance. Doane entered the ring, and attacked at Jeff, with right hands to the face and to the ribs, followed with some knees and shoulder blocks. Ken whipped him to the corner, he charged but Jeff got his legs up and kicked him in the face stunning him back. Jeff followed with a clothesline, then a back elbow and a cover, which got a 2. Jeff picked him up and gave him a slam, but hurt his back doing it. He again picked him up and couldn't really do anything so he hit him a big right hand to take him down and made another cover but again got 2. Jeff was waiting for him to get up, and when he did, Jeff went off the ropes but fell down in pain, as the ropes hurt his ribs as he tried to go off of them.
"Jeff Hardy pretty much can't do anything, with those bad ribs he can't even go off the ropes to gain some momentum. So he's pretty much defenseless out there, so what can he do?"
Doane saw this and gave him a huge knee to the ribs, knocking him out of the ring and on the floor in pain. Doane took some time to get his head straight, then he went outside, he whipped Jeff hard into the steel steps taking them off their hinges, and Jeff was in more pain. Doane posed for the crowd on the floor before going back in and waiting. The ref was counting him out, he was at 6 before Jeff could get to his, feet. At the count of 8, Jeff had his hands on the apron, when 9 came he jumped back in but was down after just making it back in. Doane started stomping on his ribs as he laid there down and hurt, Doane picked him up and gave him a suplex and made a cover but only got 2 as well. Doane picked him up, and then drove him into the corner, then he whipped Jeff to the other side with a lot of velocity, and as soon as Jeff hit the turnbuckles he was down again. Doane, whipped him into the ropes, Jeff bounced off of them barely on his feet and then delivered a huge back body drop and Jeff landed hard. Doane made a cover but Jeff barely got out at 2.
"How much more pain can Jeff Hardy endured?"
Doane picked him up and gave him a back breaker and then held them there and started stretching his back. The crowd started cheering to get him out of it, but Doane just threw him down and made a cover but again only got 2. Doane was frustrated, so he started kicking Jeff in the ribs and was yelling, "give up! Just quit! You won't quit then look up there." Doane said pointing at the tron.
On the screen was Paul E. with Trish behind him being held by Tomko and Snitsky.
"Hey Jeff, having fun with the teen Phenom, Ken Doane? Because remember you will never be with Trish ever again. You want to see something that will just make your sink? Then watch this?" Paul E. concluded as he turned around and faced Trish. He smiled at her as she looked at him with disgust. Paul E. leaned in but Trish spat in his face, Paul E. wiped off the spit, then started shaking in anger. Paul E. looked at Trish, who still held her ground, he then slapped her across the face, then again and again. Jeff was being forced to watch by Doane, who was making him face the screen. Paul E. slapped Trish repeatedly and then Tomko and Snitsky pushed her down and put their boots on top of her to keep her on the ground. "See Jeff she deserves and is supposed to be where she's at, flat on her back."
Jeff watched and started shaking again, then he elbowed Doane to the face knocking him back, then took him down with a jaw breaker. Jeff followed with another clothesline, and a back heel kick. Jeff grabbed him and hit a twist of fate, and made the cover but the ref wasn't counting because he was on the floor. What's happening is that CM Punk is trying to come to the ring and ref had to stop him and was arguing with him. Jeff had the match won but the ref was distracted by Punk.
"Jeff has pretty much won this match but Paul E. keeps pulling out more tricks."
As Punk argued, coming behind him was Lance Cade, and he attacked Punk and they started brawling up the ramp with the ref following them to stop them. Meanwhile in the ring, Doane snuck up behind Jeff and had him set for a back suplex but instead he threw him up in the air and as Jeff fell down Doane grabbed his head and delivered a neckbreaker. The crowd started cheering, as Doane got up, behind him was Dusty Rhodes! Doane turned around and Dusty started hitting some jabs and then did a little flip flop and fly and gave a huge elbow. Doane was down and Dusty came off the ropes and delivered a huge bionic elbow on Doane, he then put Jeff on top, as he yelled to the ref to get back in, he made the count, 1…2…3! Dusty got in and held up Jeff Hardy as Dusty then grabbed the mic.
"Alright Jeff you've earned a shot at the Dangerous Alliance, and it will be at WrestleMania, and next week you get to choose your opponent for that. Also next week it will be a 6 man tag team match, featuring Jeff Hardy, Lance Cade and Dusty Rhodes against the Dangerous Alliance."
Backstage, Randy was getting bandaged up by the trainer as Stacy hugged him from behind.
"Randy tonight, you have to win, this is OUR chance to be in the main event, think about all the glitz and glamour that comes with that, not to mention the fame." Stacy said excitedly.
"Yeah whatever."
"What did you say?"
"I said whatever, see I don't even know who my opponent is, how am I supposed to win against a guy I don't know."
"Because you're Randy Orton, you can beat anybody, remember you're the Legend Killer."
"That's right and tonight I do intend to be in the main event of Mania."
HHH walked in and looked at Randy Orton and simply said, "good luck." Then left.
Randy made his way to the ring with Stacy in tow and he had bandaged ribs and a bandage on his head, they entered and waited for several minutes before some familiar music played.
It was Close Your Eyes by Waterproof Blondes and the crowd was going crazy as they knew it could only be one guy and sure enough it was Captain Charisma, Christan. He charged the ring and went right after Randy taking advantage of the injuries, he was hitting right hands to the face and ribs furiously.
"Christian is back and he has the chance to main event WrestleMania, and become a 2 time World Champion."
Christian whipped him into the ropes and hit a back body drop, and then a clothesline, and Randy rolled to the outside to think about it, as Stacy came over and consoled him. Randy couldn't believe it, he was back but he remembered he beat him once on Valentine's Day 2005. Randy came in and they locked up and Randy backed him into the corner and hit a right hand, then another, then slapped him in the face and then whipped him to the other side, but Christian reversed it and followed up with a clothesline in the corner. Christian grabbed him and gave him a suplex, and an elbow drop, then covered him for a 2 count. Christian grabbed a side headlock, and cranked on his head, Randy fired him off and Christian came back with a shoulder block knocking him down, then came off the ropes Randy dropped down, and then leap frogged him and Randy hit an arm drag and started working on the arm. Christian fought his way up and threw Randy off of him, and Randy hit the ropes, and Christian hit a powerslam and made a cover but only got a 2. Christian tried to go off the ropes but Stacy grabbed his leg distracting him, Randy came from behind and hit a shot to the head.
"Stacy with the distraction, she has just as much to gain in Randy Orton main eventing Mania as anybody. She wants the attention, the publicity, the media attention, and all the glory."
Randy started raining with a ferocious flurry of right hands to the chest of Christian. Randy grabbed Christian and rammed him shoulder first into the ring post, as the ref backed him up, Stacy then slapped Christian in the face. Randy got a hold of Christian and hit a single arm DDT and a cover and got a 2. Randy then applied a cross arm breaker to further damage the arm. He pulled back trying to hyper-extend the arm, he keep pulling back. Christian rolled Randy and actually got a pin but Randy quickly let go and then started stomping on his arm. Randy grabbed the arm again and locked in a Fujiwara Arm Bar, again trying to hyper-extend the arm. The crowd started chanting for the Captain with chants of "Christian!" Christian fought to the ropes and the ref broke it up. Randy picked him up but Christian broke his grip on his head and started delivering right hands, his good hand, to Randy, he whipped Randy to the ropes, Randy ducked the elbow and came back with a clothesline but so did Christian and they hit a double clothesline knocking both of them down. Stacy started pounding the mat to try and get Randy up and the crowd started clapping to get Christian up.
"It's any one's ball game now."
Both men were staggering up and the started trading right hands, Randy snuck in a thumb to the eye and came off the ropes, Christian ducked the clothesline and grabbed Randy's arm and spun around and delivered a back breaker to Randy.
Christian then delivered a suplex and climbed the turnbuckles, Stacy grabbed his leg, but Christian kicked her off, but Randy got up and hit a right hand to Christian, and went up as well, setting up for a superplex, but Christian blocked it and hit a few right hands and Randy went down, Christian climbed up and jumped off and hit a frog splash and had a cover but only got a 2 as the crowd chanted, "Eddie!"
Christian picked him up but Randy hit an European Uppercut to break free, he grabbed his neck and hit an his inverted back breaker. He made a cover and got a 2, as he climbed the ropes, Randy set and jumped with a cross body and got a 2. Randy got frustrated but stayed calm as he got on one knee and was setting for the RKO. Christian got up, Randy jumped and Christian threw him off, and Randy landed hard on his back and ribs. Christian charged with a clothesline but Randy ducked and Christian nailed the ref. Christian ducked a shot from Randy and grabbed his arms behind him and set for the Unprettier, Stacy ran in and nailed a low blow to Christian, Randy set and hit the RKO on Christian.
"Randy Orton is going to WrestleMania."
Stacy tried to revive the ref as Randy posed sensing the victory, then all of a sudden HHH came walking down the ramp, he smiled and Randy looked at him confused, then The Time is Now started playing over the PA system, and Randy pointed his finger at HHH, who started to walk to the back as the music keep playing. Randy was waiting for something to happen as the ref was getting up as was Christian.
"Orton better pay attention."
Orton still had his back turned, Christian came from behind and grabbed his arms and nailed the Unprettier! The cover 1…2…3!
"Christian is going to WrestleMania!"
Christian celebrated his victory by posing on the corners and then going into the crowd to celebrate with his peeps as Randy was down and Stacy was throwing a temper tantrum. Then the music started again, but this time John Cena came out with Torrie by his side.
"Yo, yo, yo, Randy how bout that distraction huh? I figure since you want to take away people's title shots, I might as well take yours. But don't feel bad about not main eventing Mania, and Stacy don't feel bad that you won't get Hollywood flare, as if you were going to be with Randy this whole time, I can tell you're using him but enough of that. I've got something, for you, see you won't be in the main event of Mania but you can still be apart of Mania, see right now I lay down the challenge. Randy Orton vs. John Cena at WrestleMania! I give you one week to make your decision, either you be the Legend Killer, or you be a little, no good piece of…that is too scared to fight and realize that he can't beat John Cena, think about everything I've said, see you next week!" Randy looked up at Stacy with suspicious eyes and then looked down at the mat obviously deep in thought.
A/N: Done, this was tough doing 2 matches but at least I got it in. Notice me taking some really cheap shots at Stacy, hey it's all in fun, hope you like it and if you didn't see Christian coming, read the name better, LOL, here's a preview:
Next Time: The big 6 man tag team match, Jeff Hardy selects his opponent for Mania. Also Randy starts question Stacy and her motives and will he accept John Cena's challenge for Mania?