Chapter 40: Winning and Losing the Grip
Two weeks later...
RAW was in Fresno, California and John and Nicole were going to be in their first mixed tag-team match together against Kurt Angle and Torrie Wilson with Mick Foley as the special guest referee. It was also the night of the revealing of Nicole's November 2005 Playboy magazine cover.
Last week, there were three matches to determine who would face John and Kurt Angle in a triple threat match at Taboo Tuesday for the WWE Championship. The competitors who won were the Big Show, Shawn Michaels, and Kane, who won a battle royal as the third challenger for the WWE Championship. And Nicole would defend the Women's Championship in the second Fulfill Your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal. The fans had to choose on which costumes the Divas would wear: leather and lace, cheerleader, or lingerie.
Nicole was walking in the hallway towards the Women's Locker Room because she wanted to show Delancey, Trish, and Ashley her first official copy of Playboy magazine. When Nicole arrived at the Women's Locker Room, she got inside.
"Hey, girls," Nicole said.
"Hey," Delancey, Trish, and Ashley said.
"What you got there?" Delancey said.
"Well, it just so happens that I have the first official copy of Playboy magazine with yours truly on the cover," Nicole said.
"Take it out. Take it out so we can see," Ashley said.
"Okay."
Nicole took out the magazine from the bag and showed it to the girls. The cover was of Nicole laying on the bed covering her body in a white bed sheet showing her cleavage and her legs. She was really naked under the sheet.
"Oh, my god," Delancey, Trish, and Ashley said.
"That is hot," Trish said. "This was your idea, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was," Nicole said. "I thought it was a great idea for me to show my true colors by letting my personal feelings out by stripping fully naked in which I love to do personally, and Playboy thought it was a hot idea, so here it is."
"Wow, that is hot," Ashley said. "And of course, the bed was part of your idea, right?"
"Yes, it was."
"Has John seen this?" Delancey said.
"No, but when they show the footage and the cover while John is in the ring ready for the mixed tag-team match against Kurt Angle and Torrie Wilson, you can bet that John won't keep his hands off of me. I'll let him see this later."
"Okay," Trish said. "Well, Nicole, um, I was wondering, could you and Delancey help me and Ashley keep an eye on Mickie during her match with Victoria tonight? Because you know with what happened last week and..."
"Yeah, yeah. We will."
"Yeah, I think Mickie got a little too excited about tagging with you last week, she never did tag you or Ashley in," Delancey said.
"Well, maybe she'll listen to you guys," Ashley said.
"Yeah," Nicole said.
Later, RAW was on and it was time for the Divas' match between Mickie James and Victoria. Trish's entrance theme played and she comes out from the curtain with Mickie, Ashley, Nicole, and Delancey following her. Nicole was wearing a two-piece red and blue bikini top, denim baggy jeans, and her hair straight. Delancey was wearing a tan midriff tank top, a tan see-through top tied at the bottom with a floral print, and denim jeans. The five girls walked down the ramp and got into the ring. Mickie got on the turnbuckle and raised both of her arms in the air. She got back down and hugged Trish and Ashley. Mickie really didn't pay attention to Nicole and Delancey though. Then Victoria's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Torrie and Candice following her. The three walked down the ramp and Torrie and Victoria got into the ring first. Candice jumped up on the apron, crawled between Torrie's legs, and she made her way up inside the ring. The three were prancing around and Nicole, Delancey, Ashley, Trish, Torrie, and Candice got out of the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Mickie and Victoria locked up and Victoria grabbed a side headlock and then took Mickie down to the canvas. Victoria gave Mickie a knee to the head and then a shoulder to the gut. Mickie came back with a sunset flip for two and then a kick to the mid section but missed a dropkick. Victoria stomped Mickie in the mid section but Mickie came back with right hands. Victoria nailed a clothesline for a near fall and then locked in a rear naked choke.
Mickie hit an elbow in the corner and then nailed a hurricanrana and then a clothesline. Mickie nailed another clothesline and then a takedown for two. Victoria went for a suplex but Mickie rolled her up but the referee was distracted by Torrie. Ashley pulled Torrie into the ring and took care of her as Trish got in the ring and reversed the rollup putting Mickie on top of Victoria for the win.
After the bell, Trish, Ashley, Nicole, and Delancey got into the ring to celebrate with Mickie but Torrie and Candice got into the ring and went to attack the five girls but Nicole and Delancey took care of them and threw them out of the ring. Torrie and Candice went to join Victoria outside as the five girls in the ring celebrated Mickie's first singles match victory. RAW went to a commercial break.
Later, it was time for the mixed tag-team match between John and Nicole versus Kurt Angle and Torrie Wilson. Mick Foley's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain. He's wearing a referee uniform and he walks down to the ring. Kurt's entrance theme plays, he comes out from the curtain, and walks down to the ring. Then Torrie's entrance theme plays and she comes out from the curtain. She walks down to the ring and John's entrance theme played. He comes out from the curtain, walks down the ramp, and he gets into the ring. John gets on one of the turnbuckles raising his title belt in the air. He gets back down and takes the microphone from Lillian Garcia.
"Now I know that have a match with Nicole against Kurt and Torrie," John said, "but it's also the night that Nicole is revealing her November 2005 Playboy magazine cover. So, to get the party started and get me pumping for this match, let's see the footage."
Then the Titantron showed footage of Nicole's Playboy photo shoot until the footage ended with her on the cover. Then Nicole's entrance theme plays and she comes out from the curtain.
"And John Cena's tag-team partner, from St. Louis, Missouri, she is the WWE Women's Champion, Nicole Mitchell," Lillian announced.
Nicole was wearing a tan halter bikini top, tan miniskirt, and the Chain Gang wristbands. She walked down the ramp and got on the apron. John opened the ropes and Nicole got into the ring. She stood in the middle of the ring and raised the title belt in the air. Then she got on one of the turnbuckles and did it again. Nicole got back down and John had taken off his green "Chain Gang Soldier" shirt and "Chain Gang" camo baseball cap and threw them to the fans. Nicole and Torrie got out of the ring as the referee called for the bell.
John and Kurt locked up with Kurt taking John down. John came back with a shoulderblock, and then another and Kurt bailed to the outside, and the crowd is rabid here. Another lock up and Kurt took John down and grabbed a side headlock. John whipped him off and Kurt came back with a shoulderblock but then John nailed a hip toss and then a scoop slam and went for an elbow but Kurt moved. John kicked Kurt square in the face and then clotheslined him to the outside.
Kurt went out and wrenched at the face of John. Kurt tossed John back inside and gave him a suplex for a two count. Kurt tagged in Torrie and Torrie was about to go after John but Nicole got out made a blind tag. Nicole got to work on Torrie and kicked Torrie in the gut and gave her a clubbing blow to the back of the neck. Nicole shoved Torrie against the ropes and choked her over the middle rope to the count of four. Torrie gave Nicole a neck breaker then she pinned Nicole but only got a two count. Torrie pinned Nicole once again but Nicole was once again able to kick out. Torrie tagged in Kurt and Nicole made the tag to John.
Kurt took down John and sent him to the corner. Kurt gave John a knee to the head and then sent him headfirst to the buckle before unloading with right hands and an uppercut. Kurt choked John over the middle rope with his boot and then gave him a backbreaker for two. John locked in a body scissors and then a side headlock but John elbowed out but Kurt caught him with a belly to belly.
Kurt gave John another belly to belly and this time covered for two. Kurt argued with John and Mick pushed him and then John rolled Kurt up for a near fall. John nailed right hands and then a sunset flip for two. John nailed a headbutt but then Kurt came back with a German suplex for a two count. Kurt locked in a bear hug on the mat and slid over into a cover for two before going back to the bearhug. John fought out and nailed a DDT and then both men traded right hands with John coming out on top. John nailed a pair of clotheslines and then a flying shoulder and then a fisherman's suplex for two.
Carlito hit the ring but Mick nailed him and then went to work on him on the outside but then Carlito sent him into the ring steps. Carlito then dropped Mick with a DDT on the outside and back in the ring, John hit a side slam. Torrie distracted John by lifting up her tank top. Nicole went around the ring and pulled Torrie to hit her head on the apron. Nicole threw Torrie in the ring and she nailed a somersault leg drop over the ropes on Torrie. Both John and Nicole nailed the Five Knuckle Shuffle and went for the FU but Eric Bischoff made his way down in a referee shirt and stopped it. John went after Eric but Kurt locked in the ankle lock! Nicole went to attack Kurt but was stopped by Torrie who threw Nicole out of the ring. Eric yelled at John to tap and he almost made the ropes but Eric grabbed his hand and forced it to the mat to make it tap.
After the bell, John tossed Kurt to the outside and he doesn't look happy as Kurt motioned that he has beaten John three times since coming to RAW. John's ankle seemed to be in pain and Nicole got inside the ring to check on him. Eric grabbed a microphone and said,
"Hey, Cena, next week on RAW, you will face the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, and that is my FU to you."
Eric walked up the ramp and went into the back as John and Nicole, back in the ring, were not too happy about the announcement that Eric made. RAW was over.
After RAW was over, John and Nicole went back to their hotel room and Nicole was giving John a massage on his shoulder, chest, and abs while John's head was on her lap. Nicole had put ice on John's ankle since it was still a little sore.
"I gotta tell you, John," Nicole said, "This night wasn't a good night for me. I mean, one minute, I'm revealing my Playboy magazine cover, and the next minute, you and I lose in our first mixed tag-team match thanks to Mr. Bischoff, the special guest referee."
"Look, Nicole, don't worry about that," John said. "Everyone will forget about that and I'll pretend that never happened, okay? Besides, I enjoyed watching the footage of your Playboy photo shoot and I must admit, I couldn't get the thought of you naked out of my head."
"You couldn't?"
"No."
"Good, because I wanted to surprise you with the idea I had for Playboy and speaking of surprises, I have something to show you. But you have to close your eyes and not peek."
"Alright."
Nicole got off the bed, went over to her suitcase, pulled something out. Nicole climbed back on the bed and sat next to John.
"Okay, you can open your eyes," Nicole said.
John opened his eyes and saw that Nicole was holding her Playboy magazine.
"Hey, you got it," John said as he sat up on the bed.
John took the magazine from Nicole and flipped over to the page of the article. He was looking at Nicole lying on her stomach on the bed without the bed sheet covering her naked body.
"Wow," John said, "this is a hot picture."
"Thank you," Nicole said as John looked over at more of Nicole's pictures.
"I gotta tell you, you went all out with this and I was right when I said that you have the total package. You did your own thing and I wanna say that I'm proud of you."
"Thanks again, John." Nicole kissed John's lips. "But the fun's not over yet. I got something else to show you."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah. Since Taboo Tuesday is next Tuesday, I thought I give you a couple previews of what I could be wearing for the Fulfill Your Fantasy Diva Battle Royal. Besides, have you voted yet?"
"No, I haven't. But I would love to see what you got for the match."
"Okay."
Nicole got off the bed, went over to her suitcase, pulled something a couple of outfits out, and went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, Nicole walked out of the bathroom wearing a cheerleader outfit from her alma mater, the University of Missouri at Columbia.
"Wow. You're representing, aren't you?" John said.
"Uh-huh," Nicole said.
"Why don't you do a cheer for me?"
"Okay." Nicole stood thinking for a second. "Alright, don't laugh at me."
"I won't."
Give me a J
Give me an o
Give me an h
Give me a n
Give me a C
Give me an e
Give me an n
Give me an a
What does that spell?
John Cena!
Ready? Okay.
He...can do it, let's go
Go, Cena, go
He...can do it, let's go
Go, Cena, go
With the FU, count 1, 2, 3
Put your hands up, so we can see
With one hand, what do you see
Oh, that's right, you can't see me
Then Nicole did a cart wheel and landed in a split.
"Beautiful, beautiful," John said as he clapped.
"Thank you," Nicole said. "If you thought that was beautiful, I know you'll think this is beautiful." Nicole then took off the cheerleading outfit which revealed her in a very sexy black lace bra and panties. John's jaw dropped and he took a deep breath looking at Nicole in amazement. "So what are you gonna vote for?"
"I think I'm gonna vote for the lingerie."
"Are you sure? Because you know there's gonna be male fans whistling, catcalling, and taking pictures of me."
"I don't care. Besides, you battling seven other Divas in the battle royal in lingerie, that's good for my heart. And plus, it's your kind of motivation I need to win the triple threat match."
"That's exactly what I thought."
Nicole smiled as she climbed on the bed and got on top of John as they kissed passionately. John switched positions so he was on top of Nicole. The two then made love the rest of the night.
"When people look at my pictures, I want them to think of me as sexy, not trashy." – Nicole