Chapter 58: Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble was in Miami, Florida and Nicole, Delancey, and Smackdown Diva, correspondent, and former 2005 RAW Diva Search Contestant Kristal Marshall decided to visit Rochelle at her apartment hours before the event. Rochelle became best friends with Kristal when Kristal landed the job on Smackdown.
When the girls arrived at Rochelle's apartment, Nicole knocked on the door and a minute later, Rochelle opened the door.
"Hey, ladies," Rochelle said.
"Hey," Nicole, Delancey, and Kristal said as they greeted Rochelle with a hug.
"Well, this is a surprise. Come in, come in."
The girls entered Rochelle's apartment as Rochelle closed the door and entered the living room where the girls were.
"You have a very nice apartment, Rochelle," Kristal said.
"Thank you," Rochelle said. "My mom actually offered me this place after I graduated from college. She lives one floor below me."
"Well, that's nice."
"Aw, this is a beautiful picture of you and Dave," Delancey said.
She was near the fireplace holding a picture of Rochelle and Dave taken at her birthday party back in September. Dave had his arms wrapped around Rochelle. Nicole, Rochelle, and Kristal walked over to Delancey.
"Aw, that is a beautiful picture," Nicole said.
"Yeah," Kristal said. "How long have you and Dave been together?"
"Four months," Rochelle said. "I miss him though. If it wasn't for Melina bringing Mark Henry into the picture, Dave would be here and he would still be the World Heavyweight Champion."
"Hey, you'll take down the bitch. No doubt," Kristal said.
"Yeah and I hate to say this," Delancey said, "but I hope Kurt Angle wins tonight."
The girls laughed.
After a while at Rochelle's, the girls went to the arena and Nicole was in the locker room writing an entry in her diary.
"January 29th. Dear Diary, Well, the beginning of 2006 didn't go off to a good start but I know that the rest of the year will be better because the day is the Royal Rumble which is the road to the greatest spectacle of sports entertainment, Wrestlemania. I have a lot on my mind but I hope that after this day, things will get better."
After Nicole finished writing in her diary, she put her diary in her bag and left the locker room. As she was walking down the hallway, she spotted Melina walking down the hallway. Nicole said in her mind:
"I dare her to do something to me."
Nicole and Melina stopped walking and faced each other.
"Hi, Nicole," Melina said.
"Oh, the most dominate female in the WWE is now being nice to me," Nicole said. "How sweet."
"Look, Nicole, you have to talk to Rochelle and have her call off this street fight."
"Aw, the so-called most dominate female in the WWE is scared, huh? Melina, if you hadn't falsely accused Dave Batista of sexual harassment and got Mark Henry in this crap to get Dave to forfeit the World Heavyweight Championship, you wouldn't be in this little situation. Let me give you a little piece of advice: next time, look before you peek."
Nicole walked away and Melina picked up an empty beer bottle. Melina walked towards Nicole and she was to hit her with the bottle when Nicole quickly threw a punch at Melina sending her to the ground. Nicole knew Melina was lying straight through her teeth. She choked Melina with her foot and said,
"Like I said, look before you peek. And another thing, if you ever think about letting Mark Henry put his hands on Rochelle again, it's gonna get worse, even worse."
Nicole let go of Melina and she coughed. Melina stood up and began to walk away.
"You and Rochelle...are both crazy," Melina said as she ran away.
"Well, I'm glad to be crazy," Nicole said to herself, "because John taught me that...in the bed."
Then the Royal Rumble was on and the first match was the Street Fight between Rochelle and Melina.
Nicole was walking down the hallway to the Women's Locker Room. Her Women's Championship match against Lita was right after the Street Fight. Nicole went inside the Women's Locker Room and spotted Delancey sitting in front of the TV. Nicole walked over to her.
"Hey, D," Nicole said.
"Hey," Delancey said. "You're here to watch the Street Fight with me?"
"Yep. I also wanted to ask you that if you want to accompany me for the Women's Championship match tonight."
"Hell yeah. I love to. You know I hate Lita as much as you do."
"Yep. So I guess we're set."
"Yep. Oh, the match is starting."
"Alright. Let's see Rochelle kick Melina's ass."
At the arena, MNM's entrance theme played and she came out from the doors opened by men dressed in Roman clothing.
"The following is a Women's Street Fight scheduled for one fall," Tony Chimmel announced. "Making her way to the ring, Melina."
Melina walked down the aisle without photographers taking pictures of her. She did not look happy at all. Melina got up the steps and went inside the ring. She stood waiting in the ring shaking and scared for Rochelle to come out. Rochelle's entrance theme played and she came out from the doors.
"And her opponent, Florida's own, Rochelle Kennedy," Tony announced.
Rochelle was wearing a navy blue buttoned-down collared tank top, navy blue pants, and black hand warmers. Rochelle walked down the aisle slapping hands of the fans, got up the steps, and went inside the ring as Melina ran out of the ring. Rochelle went on one of the turnbuckles and raised her arms in the air. Melina was outside the ring scared straight as the referee called for the bell.
Rochelle stared at Melina and ordered her to come to the ring. Melina said no and Rochelle ran after her. Melina ran around the ring and picked up a trash can lid from under the ring. As Rochelle caught up with Melina, Melina nailed Rochelle with the lid sending her to the ground. Then Melina pulled out a kendo stick from under the ring and nailed Rochelle with it a couple times in the back. Then she got Rochelle into the ring and fired back on Rochelle by giving her a body slam onto a trash can lid. Melina went for a moonsault on Rochelle but Rochelle rolled out of the way and Melina went sailing into the trash can lid.
Rochelle pulled Melina out of the ring and slammed her into the security wall. Rochelle then picked up the trash can lid and nailed Melina with it several times. Rochelle tossed Melina back in the ring and then picked up a kendo stick and choked Melina with it. After a few minutes, Melina poked Rochelle in the eye and nailed her in the head with the kendo stick. Melina dragged Rochelle around the ring but Rochelle flipped Melina over out of the ring and went to work on her until Melina tripped Rochelle into the steel steps.
Melina kicked Rochelle in the gut several times and dragged her back to the ring. Melina then pulled out a chair from the under the ring and got back into the ring. Melina grabbed the chair and sent it to Rochelle's throat. Melina wanted to get rid of Rochelle once and for all. Melina climbed onto the turnbuckle and made a dive for the chair but Rochelle quickly moved out of the way sending Melina to twist her ankle. Rochelle grabbed the chair and hit Melina's ankle several times. Rochelle pulled Melina to the bottom rope and choked her. Then Rochelle picked up Melina and hit the Traffic Jam for the three count.
"Here is your winner, Rochelle Kennedy," Tony announced.
The referee raised Rochelle's left arm in the air and Rochelle asked for a microphone.
"You can't get rid of me, Melina," Rochelle said onto the microphone. "Nobody can. And I'm damn proud to be returning here in my home state of Florida!"
The crowd cheered and Rochelle left the ring leaving Melina in the ring holding on to her ankle.
Back in the Women's Locker Room...
"Well, it's time," Delancey said. "You ready?"
"I was born ready," Nicole said. "Let's go do this thing."
Then Nicole and Delancey left the Women's Locker Room.
It was time for the Royal Rumble's next match of the night: the Women's Championship match which was Nicole versus Lita. Nicole's entrance theme played first and she came out from the doors with Delancey following her.
"The following match scheduled for one fall and it is for the WWE Women's Championship," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first, being accompanied to the ring by Delancey Scott, from St. Louis, Missouri, she is the WWE Women's Champion, Nicole Mitchell."
Nicole was wearing a black one-sleeve top, black leather shorts, a Chain Gang wristband, and her hair curled. Delancey was wearing a tan halter bikini top with gold sequins and denim jeans. Nicole and Delancey walked down the aisle and went into the ring. Delancey stood in the middle of the ring as Nicole got on one of the turnbuckles and raised her title belt in the air. Then she got back down and stood next to Delancey waiting for Lita to come out. Lita's entrance theme played and she came out from the doors.
"And her opponent from Sanford, North Carolina, Lita," Lillian announced.
Lita walked down the aisle and got into the ring. She stared at Nicole and Delancey as she got on one of the turnbuckles and did nothing. She got back down and began to talk trash to Delancey. Delancey got out of the ring as Nicole handed the belt to the referee and he raised it up in the air. Then he called for the bell.
Nicole and Lita locked up and Lita hit an elbow to Nicole's head sending her to the corner but Lita missed a splash in the corner. Nicole kicked at her leg and then hit a high cross body from the middle rope for two. Lita came back with a club to the back and then worked Nicole over in the corner with right hands. Lita went for a corner charge but Nicole got her boot up and then hit a spinning dropkick and went for a side kick but Lita met Nicole with a clothesline.
Lita stomped away at Nicole and then nailed an elbow drop for two before locking in a rear naked choke. Nicole fought out but then ran into a shoulder block. Lita choked Nicole in the corner and then gave her a slam but missed an elbow. Lita nailed some right hands and then kicks in the corner before choking Nicole over the top rope. Lita locked in a choke hold but Nicole fought out before running into a powerslam for Lita for two. Lita hit more right hands in the corner and then choked Nicole with her boot.
Lita hit a huge clothesline in the corner and goes for a charge but Nicole gets her boot up again. Nicole hits the step over heel kick and then a running heel kick. Nicole hits a corkscrew leg drop before hitting for a front flip and leg drop for two. Lita raked the eyes and went for the Twist of Fate but Nicole dropped out and kicked Lita in the gut before sending her to the corner and nailing the Cenasphere. Nicole set up for the NDM but Lita came back with a spinning back kick and then leaped up top for the Moonsault. As Lita went for it, Nicole moved out of the way and locked Lita with the STFU for the win.
"Here is your winner and still the WWE Women's Champion, Nicole Mitchell," Lillian announced.
Delancey got into the ring as the referee handed Nicole the Women's Championship belt and raised her left arm in the air along with Delancey. Nicole and Delancey hugged each other as the two left the ring. As Nicole and Delancey were walking up the aisle and were about the reach the back, Nicole and Delancey turned around and Nicole once again raised the title belt in the air. Then Nicole and Delancey went to the back.
"Nicky, you did it," Delancey said. "You're still the Women's Champion and Lita is a loser."
"Yep," Nicole said. "I know this isn't the last of me and Lita."
Nicole and Delancey kept walking until they saw Randy Orton clapping with a slick smile on his face. He walked over to Nicole and Delancey.
"May I say you girls look very lovely tonight?" Randy said.
"What the hell you really want, Randy?" Delancey asked.
"Oh, I just wanted to say to Nicole that, um, you got lucky tonight, but your 'boyfriend' won't be so lucky."
"Oh, we'll see about that because when you lose the Royal Rumble match and my boyfriend wins back the WWE Championship," Nicole said and she then whispered in Randy's face, "I'm gonna end up getting the last laugh."
Then Nicole and Delancey walked away.
Then it was time for the WWE Championship match between John and Edge.
Steam came down all over the arena and some kind of structure started to come down from the rafters as the jets of steam continued to come out and it looks kind of like a space ship. It went right down to the ring and is pretty high up. John's entrance theme played and the lights came on to reveal a huge stage with tons of pyro going off. It was a spaceship that like a catwalk. John and Nicole came out all fired up. Nicole was wearing a red tank top with a black bow on top, denim jeans, and a black jacket with sequins. John and Nicole set off the confetti coming down to the crowd and John took off his "Chain Gang" baseball cap and football jersey. John jumped off the catwalk and into the ring and Nicole soon followed jumping in John's arms. Nicole raised her title belt in the air as John got on one of the turnbuckles raising his arms in the air. John got back down and stood next to Nicole waiting for Edge to come out. Edge's entrance theme played and he comes out from the doors with Lita following him. The two walked down the aisle and got into the ring. Nicole kisses John for good luck and she and Lita leaves the ring as the referee raises the WWE Title belt and calls for the bell.
John and Edge locked up and Edge backed John to the corner and gave him a knee to the gut. Edge sent John to the corner but John came back with a clothesline and then went for a baseball slide on Edge who was outside, but Edge blocked and pulled John out and dropped him with a right hand. Back in the ring, and Edge hit a drop toe hold sending John head first to the middle buckle.
Edge bails to the outside and John follows out sending him head first into the ring steps. Edge put Lita in front of him and then shoved her into John. Nicole went after Lita as Edge then poked the eyes and hit a spear right into a ring steps. Edge nailed a baseball slide on John sending him over the barricade to ringside. John made it back in at the count of nine and then Edge unloaded with stomps to the former champion. Edge continued his assault with knees to the body of John and then mocked him. Edge slapped John around until John came back with right hands but then Edge hit a spinning heel kick for a two count. Edge locked in a rear bear hug on John, working the ribs, but John elbowed out and then Edge hit a vertical suplex. John hit some right hands and then Edge raked the eyes.
Edge hit a standing dropkick on John and then a forearm shot sending John outside. Edge follows out and whipped John into the ring steps. Edge dropped John over the barricade and then tossed him back into the ring. Edge went up top and hit a missile dropkick and covered for a two count. Edge covered again but again John kicked out. John rallied with right hands but then Edge leveled him with a clothesline. Edge worked over John in the corner and then perched him on the top rope. Edge went up too but John threw him off and then went for a leg drop from the top but Edge moved and then covered but John got his boot on the rope.
Edge hit a series of left jabs to John and then Edge went for an up and under in the corner and John caught him and went for the FU but Edge raked the eyes and rolled John up for two and then nailed John with a front kick! Edge went up top and nailed a cross body but John rolled through for a two count. John hit some right hands and then Edge caught him in a sleeper before going into a rear naked choke with a body scissors. John picked Edge up while still in the hold but Edge sent him to the corner and sent for the Spear but John moved and then nailed Edge with a DDT!
John hit a running shoulder and then a pair of clotheslines followed by a sit out belly to back powerbomb. John hit the Five Knuckle Shuffle and Lita is on the apron. John makes the cover but the referee is distracted. Nicole sneaks up and grabs Lita and then Edge charges at John but he moves and knocks Lita off the apron. John hits the FU on Edge and then locks in the STFU on Edge and Edge is forced to tap out!
The referee raised John's arm in the air as Nicole got into the ring and jumped in John's arms. John and Nicole then kissed each other and raised their title belts in the air. Nicole took the title belt from John and wrapped it around his waist. Nicole raised John's arm in the air and the two left the ring to the back. When they reached there, Nicole jumped and screamed happily and jumped in John's arms.
"Oh, John, I knew you could do it," Nicole said. "I knew you could do it, baby."
"Yes, the champ is back!" John said spinning the W on the championship belt.
"Yep, and the Women's Champ is still here."
John and Nicole kissed each other until Rey Mysterio came forward.
"Hey, guys," Rey said.
"Hey," John and Nicole said when they stopped kissing.
"Congratulations, Rey," Nicole said as she walked over to Rey and hugged him.
"Thanks, Nicole," Rey said. "And John, congratulations on your win, man."
"Thanks, Rey," John said. "I missed being the champion and I'm glad that I kicked Edge's ass to get this back."
"Speaking of championships, Rey, do you know which one you're going for at Wrestlemania?" Nicole said.
"You know what, Nicole?" Rey said. "I'm going for the World Heavyweight Championship because that's something Eddie was going for and never got the chance when he faced Dave at No Mercy. But now, this is my dream, something I want to become, and I know Eddie would want me to be, and that is to be World Heavyweight Champion."
"You're right. That's exactly what Eddie would want you to be and he'll be so proud if you win that championship at Wrestlemania."
"Yep. He would be very proud," John said.
"Hey, you guys," Rochelle said coming forward.
"Hey," everyone else said.
"John, congratulations on your win tonight."
"Thanks, Rochelle," John said hugging Rochelle and pulling away.
"Hey, I wanted to know if you guys are up to celebrating with me at a club tonight? Kristal, Shelton, and Delancey are coming as well."
"I'm down," Nicole said.
"Me too," John said.
"What about you, Rey?" Rochelle said.
"Naw, the real celebration is when I win the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania," Rey said.
"Hey, no arguments there," Nicole said, "and Wrestlemania is two months away."
"Okay, so I guess I'll meet you after the show and then we'll go to the club?" Rochelle said.
"Yeah," Nicole said.
"Okay and we'll see you tomorrow at Orlando then."
"Alright, see you guys," Rey said as everyone went their separate ways.
After the Royal Rumble was over, John and Nicole took their showers, changed into club clothes, and met with Shelton, Delancey, Rochelle, and Kristal at the Pawn Shop. The gang were sitting down making a toast.
"Here's to the road to Wrestlemania," Rochelle said, "and I wish you John, Nicole, and Rey Mysterio the best of luck."
The gang raised their classes in the air and took a sip.
"So, John," Rochelle said, "do you think Edge wants a rematch with you for the WWE Championship?"
"I know he wants a rematch because he won't quit," John said.
"Take it from me," Delancey said. "I mean, before Shelton came into the picture, that's all he was crying about. Yeah, he won the title at New Years Revolution but now, he's just like Randy Orton, a sore loser after having the title for less than a month."
"And hey, speaking of Randy Orton," Nicole said. "I told him that I was gonna get the last laugh after he lost the Royal Rumble match and I know he's pissed right now."
Everyone laughed and "Every Little Step" by Bobby Brown started playing in the background.
"Oooh, I love this song," Kristal said. "Let's dance."
"Right behind you, Kristal," Rochelle said as she and Kristal went to the dance floor.
"Shall we?" Shelton said.
"Let's," Delancey said as everyone else went to the dance floor.
I can't sleep at night, I toss and turn
Listenin' for the telephone
But when I get your call, I'm all choked up
Can't believe you called my home
And as a matter of fact, it blows my mind
You would even talk to me
Because a girl like you is a dream come true
A real life fantasy
No matter what your friends try to tell ya
We were made to fall in love
And we will be together, any kind of weather
It's like that, it's like that
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
I can't sleep at night, I toss and turn
Listenin' for the telephone
But when I get your call I'm all choked up
Can't believe you called my home
And as a matter of fact, it blows my mind
You would even talk to me
Because a girl like you is a dream come true
A real life fantasy
No matter what your friends try to tell ya
We were made to fall in love
And we will be together, any kind of weather
It's like that, it's like that
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little ...oww!
Every little step I (Every little step)
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Every little step I take
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Every little
We'll be together girl
No matter what your friends try to tell ya
We were made to fall in love
And we will be together, any kind of weather
It's like that, it's like that
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little step I take
You will be there
Every little step I make
We'll be together
Every little ...oww!
Every little step I (Every little step)
Every little
Every little step I take
Every little ...
Every little step I (Every little step)
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We'll be together girl
After their time at the club, John and Nicole went back to the hotel and they immediately made love as their way of celebrating their wins at Royal Rumble. After several minutes, John and Nicole were just lying in the bed and talking.
"So, John," Nicole said tracing her hand around John's abs and chest, "how does it feel to be the two-time WWE Champion?"
"It feels great," John said. "Being the champion two times makes it better."
"You know, to tell you the truth, after New Years Revolution, it didn't feel right with me being the Women's Champion and you not being the WWE Champion. At that time, I felt like I was taking advantage of you."
"You haven't taken advantage of me. There's more to life than just titles, baby. You being by my side and supporting me throughout this whole ordeal made me an even better fighter and that's what matters most to me."
"Yeah, you're right. And now we're the championship couple once again and we oughta have another sex celebration here, right now."
"Oooh, Ms. Mitchell, do behave."
"Do I make you horny, baby?"
"Oh, very."
John and Nicole made love once again.