Chapter 72: Zero Tolerance, Zero Patience
RAW was in Memphis, Tennessee and it was 13 days until Wrestlemania.
RAW was on and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and his son, Shane, began the night celebrating a big win over Shawn Michaels at Saturday Night's Main Event and they thought they'd end the night with more victory fanfare. There was only one problem: John, Nicole, and Delancey had seen enough.
John's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Nicole and Delancey following him. Nicole was wearing a red jersey tank top with the number 19, denim miniskirt, black boots, and her hair curled a little. Delancey was wearing a black leather collared tank top, black leather pants, and black buckled arm warmers. The three kicked a few balloons out of their way up the aisle and got into the ring. John had a microphone in his hand and he, Nicole, and Delancey were laughing.
"Let me say something here," Vince said onto the microphone. "You kicked a couple of my balloons on the way out. I don't like that. But what I don't like even more is that I don't like to be interrupted out here. So unless you and Nicole and Delancey are joining in on the celebration with my son Shane, I would suggest you take your leave."
"Easy, Darth McMahon," John said as Nicole and Delancey laughed. "I didn't come out here to disturb the evil empire. I came out here because you just made a match between Triple H and HBK. I know you got issues but I've been waiting to kick Triple H's ass for weeks. And everytime I get close, he holds up his hands and say, 'Not until it's time.' At Saturday Night's Main Event, I took a Pedigree in the middle of the ring. So you know what that means? That means it's time. So go ahead. Shoot your confetti, drop your balloons, call the cheerleaders back out here, hell, strike up the band, play the tuba, play the trumpet, I don't give a damn. But if anybody gets to put their hands on Triple H tonight, it's gonna be me."
"Who do you think are? Huh?" Shane said getting into John's face. "You come down here walking? Who do you think you are? You don't make decisions around here. You know who makes decisions here? That's it, the McMahons. So John, as my dad was saying, we can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. The easy way is, John, to see your little butt back down the aisle where you came from or the hard way where I can beat you down where you stand, just like I did HBK."
John took off his "Chain Gang: Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect" t-shirt and Vince said,
"Whoa, whoa. Wait just a minute. I'm gonna help you out tonight, Cena. I'm going to save your ass tonight. I don't want Shane to beat your ass out here tonight because he's saving himself for Shawn Michaels, otherwise he might do it." The crowd chanted "Cena!" "Shut up! What I'm gonna do tonight, I'm gonna give you what you want. You want Triple H, you got him. You got him here tonight, except it's not gonna be singles competition. No, no, no. You got yourself a tag team partner. It's John Cena and the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, together and one of your opponents will be the Game, Triple H, and the other, a man teaming with Triple H for the very first time, my son Shane! Now hit the music! Let's strike up the band!"
The band started to play again and Vince pranced around with Shane looking down. The two left the ring with John, Nicole, and Delancey laughing at them. After everyone was gone, the three left the ring and went into the back.
"Okay, John, don't you think Mr. McMahon is getting a little bit out of control?" Nicole said.
"Yeah, he is," John said. "I mean, this whole thing between him and Shawn Michaels has been going on for almost three months and it's causing him to lose his mind.
"Well, we should've had a new general manager by now," Delancey said. "But now, if you think Mr. McMahon is out of control, what about the situation between you, Trish, and Mickie James?"
"What situation?"
"Oh, you didn't hear?" Nicole said. "I have to defend the Women's Championship at Wrestlemania in a triple threat match between myself, Trish, and Mickie."
"Whoa, that's bad. You know I hate triple threat matches."
"Yeah."
"Hey, look on the brightside," Delancey said, "come Wrestlemania, you'll be the longest reigning Women's Champion in the last decade when you lose the title, in which that won't happen."
"Yeah. I rather lose the title to Trish than to Mickie. I mean, come on, that psychotic bitch is gonna see a side of me that she or anybody has ever seen. Who knows what Mickie is gonna do next?"
Later, Nicole, Delancey, and Trish were walking towards the arena because Mickie was on her way and was gonna give something to Trish.
"Okay, ladies," Trish said, "let me handle this first, okay? This is my problem and I'm gonna fix it."
"Okay, Trish, but I must warn you," Nicole said, "Mickie is out of control and you never know what she could do next."
"You know we got your back," Delancey said.
"Thanks," Trish said as she and the girls continued walking.
Back at the arena, Mickie's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mickie James," Lillian Garcia announced.
Mickie was bouncing all over and she ran down to the ring which had a huge gift box. She got on the turnbuckles and raised both of her arms in the air. Mickie got back down and asked for a microphone.
"I just wanted to say that I understand that if you, Trish, don't want to be my friend anymore," Mickie said. "I mean, even though I have given my entire life for you, we could have been beautiful together, you know. It's okay. They say every cloud has its silver lining and mine is at Wrestlemania, I get to face you, Trish, and Nicole Mitchell, who doesn't seem to keep her nose out of everyone's business and keep her legs closed. I will become the new Women's Champion and I'm going to give millions of girls an inspiration, someone to look up to, like you were for me, Trish. But the difference between you and me is that I won't push them aside. I'm gonna love them and will do anything I can to make them happy. But just to show that there are no hard feelings, I got you a little present. Trish, I went through a lot of trouble to get this for you if you know what I'm saying. I hope you like it. So, Trish Stratus, come out here and open your gift." Nicole, Delancey, and Trish were watching the whole thing and Trish didn't bother to come out yet. "No, you don't wanna come out? How about I give a sneak peek of what's inside. Open the box." The box was lifted and it's someone covered in a black sheet. "Oh, what's this? What do we have here?"
Trish's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Mickie then took off the black sheet and it was revealed to be Ashley tied up and gagged. Trish went to get in the ring but Mickie said,
"Don't you move. Stay right there or I'll punch her face out, I swear to God. Get down! Get down!" Trish got down from the apron as Ashley looked scared to death. "What's the matter? God, you look so angry. What are you so mad for? What are you so mad for? Get down, Trish!" Trish climbed up the apron again but got back down. You know, Ashley, don't you? Your best friend, Ashley?" Mickie then got in Ashley's face. "You remembered when she called a psycho? Do you think I'm psycho now, Ashley! Huh! You know what? Better yet, I'm gonna keep little Ashley for myself. You don't wanna help her? She's your friend, right? You don't wanna help her?"
Mickie walked towards the rope and Trish grabbed Mickie by the ankle and pulled her to the outside. Trish wailed away with right hands and got in the ring and tried to untie Ashley but then Mickie nailed her from behind. Mickie gave Trish a spinning spike DDT and Mickie started getting a bloody nose. Ashley fell off the chair and then Mickie got in Trish's face and said, "Do you love me now!" Mickie then kissed the unconscious Trish and laughed. She then blew a kiss at the fallen Trish before Nicole and Delancey ran out of the curtain and got into the ring. Nicole tackled Mickie and wailed away with right hands. Delancey pulled Ashley out of the ring as Nicole kept beating up Mickie up but Mickie raked Nicole's eyes and was prepared to give Nicole a Mick Kick. Mickie tried to hit it but Nicole ducked and hit Mickie with the X Factor. She then tossed Mickie got out the ring and asked for a microphone.
"Mickie James!" Nicole said, "I swear to God at Wrestlemania, I'm gonna kick your scrawny, psychotic ass and put you away for good just like me and Eddie's Angels are gonna put Randy Orton away……for good!"
Mickie then smiled with her nose still bloody and Nicole kept giving Mickie the evil eye as she went to check on Trish. After Mickie was gone, a few referees came down and helped Ashley. Delancey then helped Nicole get Trish out of the ring and the three along Ashley and the referees went into the back and into the Women's Locker Room. After that, the referees left.
"Ashley, are you okay?" Delancey said.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Ashley said. "That bitch is gonna pay."
"Oh, she's gonna pay alright," Nicole said. "I have to defend the Women's Championship against her and Trish at Wrestlemania and the first thing I wanna do when I get into the ring is to beat the hell out of Mickie and knock some sense into her."
"You and me both," Trish said still holding her head. "What happened with you exactly, Ashley?"
"Well, I was entering the arena and then all of a sudden, I got knocked in the back of my head," Ashley said. "I don't remembered what happened after that, but when I finally woke up, the next thing I know, everything was dark."
"That's probably when you realized that you were under the sheet and the huge gift box," Delancey said.
"Yeah."
"You know what? I know I got a match against Melina at Wrestlemania, but I could use a warm-up for April 2nd. I'm gonna go to Mr. McMahon and tell him that I want a match against Mickie James next week."
"Wait a minute," Nicole said. "Do you think he's gonna give you that? I mean, he's already booked a match between John and Shawn Michaels against Triple H and Shane, which is coming up in a few minutes, and……I don't know. You could do whatever you want."
"Yeah. We should get going and meet up with John and Shawn."
"Okay. Are you both gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, we're gonna be fine," Trish said.
"You just go," Ashley said.
"Alright, see ya," Delancey said as she and Nicole left the locker room.
Then it was time for the tag team match between John and Shawn Michaels versus Triple H and Shane McMahon.
Each man made their way to the ring and Shawn Michaels chased right after Shane and Shane bailed into the crowd. Then Shawn went after Vince but security grabbed him. Security held Shawn down as John called Triple H into the ring. Shane then came in from the top but John nailed him with a right hand.
"Stop the match right now!" Vince yelled. "Cena, it's about time someone paid attention to the rules and regulations and Cena just used a clenched fist and he's disqualified! This match is over. The winners of this match are Shane McMahon and Triple H, I would suggest. You keep that animal at bay and I need a couple of you to come over here to escort Mr. Cena from the arena right now. Let's go Mr. Cena." John then left the ring and Nicole and Delancey joined him. "I don't think you wanna risk not going to Wrestlemania and if you even think about interfering in my activities later on tonight, there will be hell to pay. Now then, what we are gonna have is more action here tonight. I know what I'm doing, alright? So there will be a handicap match, Triple H and Shane McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels. Now ring the damn bell."
Vince told security to throw Shawn into the ring. Triple H went to the outside as security held Shawn and nailed him with a right hand. The bell rang and Shane nailed some of his signature jabs to Shawn followed by a huge right. Shane kicked Shawn and Triple H tagged in and he choked Shawn with his shirt. Triple H nailed a right hand but Shawn came back with right hands of his own but then ran into a spinebuster.
Shane tagged in and hit a bulldog on Shawn. Shane hit a back elbow knockdown and covered for two. Triple H tagged back in and Shane held Shawn while Triple H picked his shot. Triple H hit some right hands but Shawn came back with chops and right hands of his own. Triple H came back with the facebuster and Shawn was tossed to the outside and Shane whipped him face first into the ring post. Triple H tossed Shawn back into the ring.
Shane tagged in and nailed some right hands but Shawn came back with some of his own and then hit the flying forearm. Shawn nipped up and Triple H came in and was given an atomic drop. Shane then got some of the same and Shawn clotheslined Triple H to the outside. Shawn slammed Shane and then headed up top for the elbow drop and scored with it. Shawn started to tune up the band but Triple H grabbed his leg and pulled him crotch first into the ring post.
Triple H gave Michaels a knee to the crotch and then went for the Pedigree while Shane went up top. John, Nicole, and Delancey came out of the curtain and John hit the ring and knocked Shane off the top and then Shawn gave Triple H a low blow. Shane was sent to the outside and security hit the ring and Shawn and John fought them off! Shawn hit Sweet Chin Music on one of them and John nailed the FU on another.
Nicole and Delancey got into the ring and Vince, Shane, and Triple H were at the aisle and Vince said,
"Hey! Hey! John Cena, I said there will be hell to pay and damn it, there will be! Next week, you will go one on one with……me! I'm going to kick your ass!"
John smiled while Nicole and Delancey were cracking up thinking that this was a joke. Vince was really pissed and what would be the outcome of next week was sure going to be an interesting one.