Chapter 65: Number One Contenders Ball
The next day, RAW was in Trenton, New Jersey and there was gonna be a triple threat match for the number one contender spot for the WWE Championship and a Diva Battle Royal for the number one contender spot for the Women's Championship.
John and Shelton were meeting Nicole and Delancey at the airport and when they spotted them, Nicole and Delancey ran over to John and Shelton and hugged them.
"Hey," John and Shelton said.
"Hey," Nicole and Delancey said.
"We missed you," Shelton said.
"We missed you too," Delancey said as she and Nicole grabbed their bags.
"How was the show last night?" Nicole asked.
"It was good," John said. "Same 'ol, same 'ol."
"Yeah, it was," Shelton said. "You girls did a good job in your match last night."
"Yeah, we kicked total butt last night, didn't we, Nicole?" Delancey said.
"Yeah, Sharmell and Melina didn't have nothing on us," Nicole said.
"But what are you gonna do about Randy?" John said. "Apparently, he had to be a jackass to cheat his way into Wrestlemania for the World Heavyweight Title."
"Oh, don't worry," Nicole said. "I got something for his ass and he won't even see it coming."
"In fact, this is a surprise for Rey and it's only gonna give him a new lease on life," Delancey said.
"What's the surprise?" Shelton said.
"Actually, we can't tell you," Delancey said.
"You're gonna have to see what it is tomorrow," Nicole said, "which is the day my album comes out."
"Oh, yeah," John said.
A few minutes later, everyone arrived at the arena and Nicole and Delancey were walking down the hallway to the catering room. When they got there, they saw Trish sitting at the table listening to a CD. Nicole tapped Trish on her shoulder, Trish turned her head, and took her earphones off.
"Hey, girls," Trish said getting up.
"Hey, Trish," Nicole and Delancey said.
"Did you girls get here?"
"Yeah, we did," Delancey said.
"I just wanna say that you girls did a great job last night. I mean, Melina and Sharmell never should've defended Randy Orton in the first place and challenged you girls to a tag team match."
"Yeah and they thought could beat us to get rid of us," Nicole said. "What a joke those two are."
"Yeah. Have you spoken to Rey lately? He sure was pretty down last night."
"No, we haven't," Delancey said.
"I gotta tell you, I felt sorry for him since he lost his match to Randy Orton."
"Oh, you'll no longer feel sorry for Rey because me and the Angels aren't done with Randy yet," Nicole said.
"We got a surprise for him and in fact, this is something Rey doesn't even know about," Delancey said.
"Yeah, we need to get his hopes up and hopefully, Randy will crash and burn and he'll start from scratch."
"Oooh, I can't wait to see what the surprise is," Trish said. "By the way, speaking of tomorrow, I know that your album is coming out tomorrow and it just so happens that I got an advanced copy of it."
"You do?"
"Yeah. I was just listening to it and I gotta say, it's awesome, especially track number seven with Delancey called 'Damage.'"
"Hey, we did a good job on that song, didn't we, D?"
"Yeah, we sure did," Delancey said.
"So what's on the agenda for tonight?"
"Well, there's gonna be a Diva Battle Royal for the number one contender spot for the Women's Championship," Trish said.
"Whoa, isn't that something coming on," Delancey said.
"Yeah," Nicole said.
"So, Nicole, is there anyone in particular you want to defend the title against?" Trish said.
"Well, it's either gonna be you or Ashley, who I haven't faced for the Women's Championship. She's got spunk and I would rather lose the title to her and give her a chance because I think she's got a chance."
"I can't argue with that."
"Me either," Delancey said.
Then, RAW was on and the first match was the Diva Battle Royal for the number one contender spot for the Women's Championship between Delancey, Trish, Ashley, Maria, Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Victoria, and Torrie Wilson.
As Lillian Garcia introduced the Divas, they all came out from the curtain and were ready for the match. Then Nicole's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. She was wearing a blue triangular midriff top, a red plaid miniskirt, blue platform Converse sneakers, and her hair was straight. Nicole stood at the top of the ramp from the ring to watch the match as the referee called for the bell.
The match went on for a few minutes until it came down to Candice, Mickie James, Ashley, Maria, and Delancey. Mickie James pulled Maria off of Candice and eliminated her by throwing her through the ropes to the floor. Candice and Delancey and Ashley and Mickie brawled back and forth until Mickie trapped Ashley in a head scissors and attempted to drop her over the ropes. Delancey ran over and dumped both Ashley and Mickie over the ropes before Candice dropkicked Delancey through the ropes to win the match.
After the bell, Candice celebrated in the ring and asked for a microphone.
"Alright, woo!" Candice said. "Check it out, Nicole. You wanna why I'm too hot for RAW? It's not because of my Super Bowl commercials, it's not because of my appearance on the Tonight Show, and it's not because I'm gonna be on the cover of Playboy magazine. But it's because when I beat you, I'm gonna be the new WWE Women's Champion."
Nicole smiled as if she was saying, "Yeah, right." She was about to leave when Edge's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Lita following him. Lita noticed Nicole standing at the top of the ramp and the two Divas got face-to-face and Nicole smiled holding the Women's Championship in Lita's face. Then she walked to the back where she noticed EMTs running to the arena. Nicole figured that one of the Divas got hurt during the battle royal. Nicole was about to go back out until...
"Nicole," Trish said running to Nicole. "What's going on? Did somebody get hurt?"
"Maybe," Nicole said. "I sure hope it's not either Ashley or Delancey because if facing Candice Michelle for the Women's Championship wasn't bad enough...
"I know."
A few minutes later, the EMTs appeared with someone on the stretcher and it was Ashley. Nicole and Trish walked over to Delancey who standing close by.
"Oh, my god," Nicole said.
"What happened, Delancey?" Trish said.
"Ashley hurt her leg," Delancey said.
"Oh, no, that's bad," Nicole said.
"It's okay, Ashley," Trish said. "Everything's gonna be okay."
Ashley was crying as the other Divas and the EMTs were walking to the outside of the arena to the ambulance. When they reached there, the EMTs opened the doors and Ashley said,
"Nicole, win that match for me. I'm counting on you."
"I'm gonna be praying for you, Ash," Nicole said grabbing Ashley's hand.
Then the EMTs got Ashley inside the ambulance and it drove away. Nicole, Trish, and Delancey gave each other a hug hoping for a speedy recovery for Ashley.
Later, it was time for the triple threat match for the number one contender spot for the WWE Championship between Triple H, the Big Show, and Rob Van Dam. John and Nicole were gonna watch it from the locker room.
Big Show grabbed Triple H and pulled him over the ropes after he finished his entrance. Big Show pressslammed Triple H over his head and then tossed him to the canvas while Rob watched on. Rob then stopped a pinfall attempt by Big Show and Big Show took him to the corner and delivered shot after shot to Rob's midsection.
Big Show irishwhipped Rob to the ropes and dropped him with a sidewalk slam. Big Show then went to the floor and nailed Triple H with a few chops to the chest. Big Show threw Triple H over the barrier and Triple H fell into the front row. Big Show followed him out and sat on him. As Big Show attempted to climb over the barrier, Rob dove off the apron at him but Big Show caught him in mid-air and squashed his spine on the ringside barrier.
Big Show tossed Rob back into the ring and choked Rob on the ropes. Triple H made the save by clubbing Big Show over the back of the head with a forearm shot. Big Show irishwhipped Triple H into Rob who was in the opposite corner. Rob leapfrogged over Triple H and went to attack Big Show. Big Show threw his fist towards the head of Rob but Rob ducked in time to miss it. Rob and Triple H then tried to chop Big Show down to size by kicking his legs out from under him. Both men tried to attack Big Show who dropped to his knees, but Big Show had enough strength to deliver a double-chokeslam on both men! Big Show pulled himself up by using the ropes and put both men down with thunderous clotheslines. Big Show then whipped Triple H to the ropes and planted him with a powerslam and attempted to cover Triple H. Rob stopped the pinfall by kicking Big Show in the head.
Big Show then attempted to attack Rob but was dropped throat first on the top rope. Rob went up top and focused on Triple H. After a flurry of kicks, Rob hit the split-legged moonsault for a near fall. Rob then hit Rolling Thunder on Triple H and went back up top for the 5-star frog splash. As he pinned Triple H, Big Show stopped the count and Rob took Big Show off his feet with a spinning heel kick. Rob went for another 5-star, this time on Big Show but was shoved off the ropes by Triple H.
Triple H then got a chair and nailed Big Show with it across the face while the referee checked on Rob outside the ring. Triple H then hit the pedigree for a near fall only to be stopped by Rob. Rob knocked Triple H out to the floor and hit Big Show with the 5-star. As Rob pinned Big Show, Triple H pulled the referee by the leg, stopping the count.
Triple H entered the ring and hit a distracted Rob Van Dam with the pedigree for the win.
As Triple celebrated in the ring John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. The two walked down the ramp and got inside the ring. John went face-to-face with Triple H as RAW went off the air. This was bound to be a real fight at Wrestlemania 22.