Disclaimer: Here we go again, jerkies! I still do not own the WWE roster or any arenas mentioned within the story. It's Showtime, folks.
Beyond The League: A New Journey
Chapter III
Draft Lottery Carnage
It is that time yet again. As ordered by Mr. McMahon, the yearly WWE Draft Lottery has come about. Everyone on the rosters, both Raw and Smackdown is eligible for such an event; no one is exempt. It would not matter if somebody was a champion, a diva, an announcer or even the General Manager. All through the night, superstars for both shows would switch brands to as the boss put it "shake things up." At the same time, there was some trouble in paradise between Drake Williams and John Cena. Twice they have teamed together to battle Edge and Carlito and twice they lost due to miscommunication. Soon enough, the two began questioning the other's loyalty until Raw GM Dusty Rhodes set the main event for Vengeance; Drake Williams would defend the title against Edge, Carlito and John Cena in a Fatal 4 Way match. Meanwhile the first pick in the Draft Lottery was about to be introduced as The Coach was awaiting their arrival.
"The time has come again, Coach said. "Let's not waste go wasting any time and bring the first pick in the Draft Lottery."
Coach waited in the ring the first pick to step until the music of Rey Mysterio played through the arena and sure enough, Rey popped out on stage. Backstage, Drake was excited to have Rey on Raw. He also enjoyed watching Mysterio 619 on Coach. Later in the night, Smackdown GM Teddy Long drafted Chris Jericho to his show while Dusty Rhodes acquired Bobby Lashley. Before night's end, ten superstars switched shows and they were as follows first from Smackdown to Raw; Rey Mysterio, Bobby Lashley, JBL, Ken Kennedy and the Undertaker. From Raw to Smackdown; Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Chavo Guerrero and finally Lance Cade. The night was capped off with a six-man tag team match; Raw verses Smackdown. Drake Williams would represent Raw with Lashley and JBL while Smackdown was represented by Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin and Chris Jericho. Drake Williams walked down when he crossed paths with one of his unlikely partners; JBL.
"Been a long time Williams," JBL said. "I hope you didn't get too comfortable with that belt." Drake cocked an eyebrow. "Oh wait, let me guess," Drake said holding up his WWE title. "You want a title shot."
"Need I remind you that I am the number one contender," JBL yelled. "I won the right to prove once again that I am a Wrestling God." Drake shook his own head and said, "Yeah you did win the right, Bradshaw…on Smackdown. But you're on Raw now," Drake continued. "You want your shot; you'll have to earn it AGAIN."
"Make no mistake about it, Drake," JBL warned the champion. "When the time comes, you WILL BOW at the feet of the Wrestling God."
"Over my dead body." Drake said. "That can be arranged." JBL said. Before they could to blows, Bobby Lashley stepped in to stop them. "Yo guys, knock it off," he said. "We got enough to worry about with Angle, Benjamin and Jericho." JBL slowly backed away from Lashley and Williams and said, "I'll see you out there…partners."
Drake turned to face Lashley and said, "I assume I can count on you." Lashley shrugged and replied, "Hey I'm a Raw man now Drake, but I'll be hunting for the gold too." Drake nodded his head and said, "Fair enough."
Bobby Lashley took his leave for the gorilla position as Drake to a good look at his championship belt; the very title he won at WrestleMania. In any event, Drake made his own way to the gorilla position while JBL was making his entrance followed by Lashley. Drake Williams came out to the arena to big pop and entered the ring and stared at Bradshaw intently, not entirely trusting the so called Wrestling God. The first Smackdown superstar to come out was Shelton Benjamin; after him were Chris Jericho and finally World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. As Angle approached the ring, the crowd as always chanted "You Suck" with Angle pointing to his opponents. Drake and Lashley were not so offended but Bradshaw was clearly disturbed; in fact, Drake was also pointing at JBL just for the fun of it.
The bell sounded with Kurt Angle and Drake Williams starting the match with a lock up followed by a series of chain wrestling. Both wrestlers reached a stalemate before tagging one partner; Angle tagged in Benjamin and Williams tagged in Lashley. Lashley powered Benjamin down with a shoulder block but Benjamin nipped up and immediately hit the Dragon Whip for a one count. Lashley soon caught Shelton Benjamin and scored with a belly to belly suplex for a two count, after which he brought Benjamin to the Raw corner. Drake was about to make the tag to Lashley but Bradshaw tagged himself into the ring and took over on Benjamin; Drake looked stunned by what went done.
Shelton Benjamin managed to get away from JBL and tagged in Chris Jericho who took the fight to Bradshaw. The speed of Y2J made difficult for JBL to catch him before Jericho hit a spinning heel kick for a two count. Jericho ran off the ropes and dropped an elbow for a one count. Bradshaw finally got some control of his opponent with a shoulder block and was about run off the ropes but Drake made a blind tag on Bradshaw and renewed his rivalry with Jericho. Just as Drake was earlier, Bradshaw was stunned by what transpired.
All through the match, every man from both teams tried to gain the upper hand. However there was some tension between JBL and Drake Williams. It was clear that they did not like each other and these issues often resulted in Bobby Lashley being double or triple teamed by Angle Jericho and Benjamin. Finally, a critical moment came in the match when Benjamin and Lashley and both Bradshaw and Williams agreed to coexist for the sake of the Raw Brand. Benjamin made the tag to Kurt Angle while Lashley tagged in Drake Williams. The two champions immediately came to blows in the ring while Bradshaw and Jericho met outside. Angle and Williams started trading German suplexes while Benjamin and Lashley recovered and went at it. Then out of nowhere, an explosion came from the ramp and Smackdown's Kane made his way out. By now the referee had lost control of the match and ruled it a no contest.
The Big Red Monster made his presence known by handing out Chokeslams to the Raw guys. Then the music of the Big Show sounded and he came out to confront Kane. The two came to blows as more Smackdown stars rushed the ring to attack. Big Show was able to fend off his enemies until Randy Orton came in and hit the RKO. The Legend Killer posed as usual but failed to see Rob Van Dam enter the ring and Orton was met with a nasty spin kick followed by the Five-Star Frog Splash. Then Triple H came in and hit the Pedigree on a weaken RVD but the Game was met by a Clothesline from Hell by JBL. Kurt Angle recovered and scored with an Angle Slam on JBL before Lashley hit the Dominator on Angle. Then Batista came in and hit a Spine Buster but then Edge came in and hit a Spear on the Animal. Chris Masters snuck in and locked Edge in the Masterlock before Carlito came in and hit a low blow followed by a Back Cracker. Shelton Benjamin returned and caught Carlito with a T-Bone Suplex. John Cena came out and felled Benjamin with an F-U but then Shawn Michaels got Cena with some Sweet Chin Music. Out of nowhere, Rey Mysterio surprised HBK and hit 619 but Chris Benoit came in and locked the Crossface. The Smackdown superstars felt they had the Raw superstars beat until the lights suddenly went out. That could have only meant one thing as the familiar gong sounded to signal the arrival of the Undertaker.
The Smackdown stars waited for the Dead Man to appear on stage but he never did; appear on stage that is. When the light came back on, the Undertaker was already in the ring and he immediately cleaned house, handing out Chokeslams to everyone. Taker was soon met by Kane and they traded blows back and forth until they grasped the others' throat. Kane won out and Chokeslammed the Dead Man and was about to set off his pyro when Drake Williams came in to catch Kane and hit a big time Celestial. The crowd went wild for the WWE Champion as he stood tall in a ring full of carnage until the Undertaker sat up. Drake Williams and the Dead Man stared at one another as Raw went off the air. After the show, Drake was in his locker room resting up when Rey Mysterio entered.
"What's up, Rey?" Drake asked. "It's all good on my end, Drake," Rey said. "I hear you got title another defense at Vengeance. Good luck with that." Drake chuckled and said, "I got John Cena, Carlito and Edge to deal with at Vengeance. That's two former WWE Champions and an AFRO. But hey, it could be worse."
"By the way, what's the deal with Lita?" Rey asked. "How the hell should I know?" Drake asked. "All I did was save her ass from a beat down by Edge. I don't really give a damn about her."
"At least it was the right thing to do," Rey said. "Listen, I gotta get going but I'll check ya later."
"Alright peace out," Drake said. "Oh, and Rey by the way." Rey turned around and said, "Yeah?" Drake answered, "That was real cool when you nailed Coach with 619. A work of art."
Rey thanked Drake for the compliment and laughed as he was leaving. Drake finished packing up his gear and headed for the parking lot to his rental car. Drake could not help but stop to think about how insane the show had been. But with thirteen days until Raw presents WWE Vengeance, things could only get crazier from here on out for the WWE Champion.
Author's note: I am so sorry that I took so long to finish this chapter. The reason for this was that I had temporarily lost interest in writing. Or maybe I was burned out, I don't know. Anyway, review and speak your minds. You're also welcome to make some suggestions if y'all feel inclined. No flames though.