The Man of Mischief
Chapter Eight: Royal Rumble Trouble
Adrian parked his motorcycle in the parking garage, grabbed his duffle bag, then made his way into the stadium. Tonight was the night that Adrian would compete in the Royal Rumble for the chance to go for a world title of their choosing. Adrian was dead set on winning.
Entering the building, he walked down the halls to the locker room, entering and changed into his wrestling gear, before headlining out to the viewing room, before passing by Shinsuke Nakamura, who shot him a dirty scowl, before moving on. Shrugging it off, Adrian entered the viewing room, seeing Asuka sitting on the couch, wearing her robes and wrestling gear, smiling as he walked in.
"Hello there, Empress." Adrian grinned, closing the door behind him, then approach the couch.
"To you as well, Trickster." Asuka returned the smile, as her boyfriend sat down next to her.
The two then started their kissing session, their tongues wrestling in each other's mouths, as they then started caressing each other's bodies, as they laid down on the couch, with Adrian on top, as they parted the kiss to let air into their lungs.
"Are we really doing this?" Adrian asked, a tad concerned.
"Getting cold feet, Loki?" Asuka teased. "I thought you were the daring Trickster."
"I am, but in the middle of a workplace?" Adrian reminded, gesturing to the cameramen watching them right now.
Chuckling, Asuka looked to the cameramen and gestured for them to leave. The cameramen stepped out of the room, then Adrian approached the door and closed it, but not before placing a sock over the door, then locking it behind him.
Several hours later…
Dean Ambrose walked down the halls, whistling briskly aloud, before coming across the trio that is the New Day, standing at the door to the viewing room, looking a bit distressed. Curious, Dean walked over to them, the trio still focusing on the door and not aware of Dean's approach.
"What could this mean?" Kofi Kingston asked.
"A sock on a door?" Xavier Woods said. "Why would someone put a sock on the doorknob?"
Big E simply shrugged, his eyes locked on the door.
"Hey." Dean finally spoke up, gaining the trio's attention. "What's goin' on over here?"
The trio looked to each other, then back to Dean, as Kofi stepped forward.
"Well, we were on our way to the viewing room to check out the matches," Kofi said, before gesturing to the door. "But we found the door locked with a sock over it! How are we supposed to see the matches, and why was a sock over the doorknob?"
Dean looked to the door, then an idea hit him before he turned back to the New Day.
"Guys, do you not know the rule about a sock over the knob?" He casually asked.
The New Day shooked their heads.
"Well, it's something that people in college dorms do," Dean explained. "When someone is about to 'get busy' with each other, they put a sock over the knob to let people know that they don't want to be disturbed."
The New Day still looked confused.
"So, they're napping?" Xavier said. "Why would they nap in the viewing room? That doesn't make sense!"
Sighing, Dean was about to explain, when he heard the door click. Turning their attention to the door, the four were surprised to see Adrian and Asuka exit, both sporting smiles on their faces. As Adrian removed the sock, he looked to see the four giving them odd looks.
"What?" Adrian spoke up.
"What were you doing in there?" Kofi asked.
"Oh you know, watching some of the matches," Adrian said with a sly grin, before turning his head to Asuka. "Right, Asuka?"
"We certainly were, Adrian." Asuka nodded with the same grin.
"For three hours?" Dean said, raising an eyebrow. "Musta been some damn good matches then."
"You can say that…" Adrian said coyly, his hand pressing against the small of Asuka's back. "Well, we'd best get going."
As the two left, the four men looked on in surprise, before the trio suddenly walked off, talking among themselves, as Dean simply chuckled to himself.
"Well, aren't you a lucky sunava gun, Loki?" Dean said, smirking. "Well, I wish you good luck with your relationship."
He then left but didn't notice Brock watching from a distance, his eyes glued to where Adrian and Asuka went, his face expressionless.
While they were 'busy' in the viewing room, some of the matches had already come and gone, though Adrian and Asuka barely paid attention; the only thing they were focused on was the Royal Rumble match that was happening right now.
"Damn, Shinsuke's giving it his all in this match," Adrian remarked. "He's fighting with a viciousness I've never seen before."
"He's fighting akin to that of a rabid animal." Asuka cringed a bit. "He's already eliminated three superstars."
"Don't count out my boy, Dolph Ziggler," Adrian smirked. "He's still in this match, though I'm actually surprised, given that he entered at number one."
The match went one, then the countdown began for the number thirty spot.
"That's your cue," Asuka remarked, looking up at Adrian. "Are you ready, Trickster?"
"I was born ready, Empress," Adrian smirked, tilting his head down to look at her. "Wish me luck."
As his theme started, Adrian kissed Asuka before exiting out onto the stage to the cheers of thousands of fans cheering for him loudly, making the trickster smile a bit, though he maintained his usual smirk, as he walked down the ramp, with Asuka by his side, Adrian high fiving some of the fans, before finally entering the ring, going right after Finn Bálor, forcing him into a corner, while Dolph went after Goldust, and Shinsuke was beating down on Roman Reigns.
Adrian managed to push Finn over the top rope, then hit him with his hardest dropkick, eliminating him from the match. He tried to get up, but struggled a bit, feeling a pain in his left leg.
'Looks like I pulled a muscle.' Adrian thought, rubbing his leg.
Looking up, he saw Dolph eliminate Goldust, throwing him over the top rope, then turned to see Adrian on the ground, standing in place, hesitant to make a move. Working the strength, Adrian got to his feet, limping a bit, the two nodding, before the four men stood in the ring, looking from one to another, the crowd cheering loudly.
Then they rushed each other, Dolph going after Roman, while Shinsuke made a beeline for Adrian, forcing him into the corner, ramming him in the gut, forcing him to his knees. He then cupped Adrian's chin, yelling about him not deserving to be in the WWE, then made to smack him, but Adrian was quicker, hitting him with a backhand across the face, sending him stumbling back a bit. Managing to get to his feet, he saw Roman throw Dolph over the top rope, eliminating him from the match. He then gave Adrian a stern look, Adrian simply responded by smirking, then laughed a bit, then hit Shinsuke with a spear, then proceeded to wail on him.
Roman then waited as Adrian got up and once he turned around, Roman went to land his Superman Punch, but Adrian caught it with one hand, giving a deadly smirk.
"Go to hell, Superman!" Adrian shouted, before delivering an armdrag, sending Roman across the ring, sending the crowd into an uproar.
Getting up, Roman charged, only for the trickster to duck, pulling the ropes down, sending the Samoan over the top ropes, the crowd cheering loudly at this.
Getting up, he looked to see Shinsuke getting to his feet, the two having an intense stare down, standing in the middle of the ring. Both men want the win, but there can only be one winner.
And Adrian intends it to be him.
Circling each other, though Shinsuke saw the limp in Adrian's leg, smirking wickedly, then the two grappled, before Shinsuke went to attacking the leg, pushing Adrian to the ground, then started wailing on him. Standing up, he shouted at the crowd, before looking towards Asuka, who watched from ringside, an impassive look on her face, as Shinsuke looked at her with a lustful smile, completely unaware of Adrian crouching in the corner, despite the limp in his leg. As soon as Shinsuke turned around, Adrian charged, hitting Nakamura with Loki's Spear, popping the crowd, though he had a bit of trouble getting up, on one knee and gripping his leg in pain.
Managing the strength to get up, Adrian grabbed Shinsuke and tossed him over the top rope, but Shinsuke landed on the apron, then tried to attack Adrian, but the trickster acted quicker, hitting Shinsuke with one last dropkick, eliminating him from the match.
The crowd cheered loudly as Adrian was announced the winner of the Royal Rumble, as Adrian got to one knee, tears emerging from his eyes, as he was living a moment he had been dreaming of since he was a young boy. Wiping the tears, Adrian let the referee raise his hand in victory and he rose to his feet, then stood on the second rope of the turnbuckle, pointing at the WrestleMania sign as fireworks went off. Finally, after just recently making his debut after TLC, after dealing with Sheamus and relighting the relationship between him and Asuka, and after overcoming 30 other superstars (although he entered at number 30 and with little opposition), he had done it. Now that he won the Royal Rumble, he was ready to put the final touch to his plan; aiming for the Universal Championship and bring about true change to the WWE.
Asuka couldn't be happier, seeing Adrian posing on the turnbuckle in victory, as he looked down to her with a smile, as he pointed to her.
"I love you, Kana-chan!" He shouted.
"I love you too, James!" Asuka yelled back, as she clapped.
Her smile turned downwards, however, when she noticed Brock Lesnar slip into the ring, as Adrian stepped down from the turnbuckle.
"Adrian, look out!" She screamed.
But as soon as Adrian turned around, Brock hit him with a vicious clothesline, before he started pounding on him, throwing punch after punch, the crowd booing loudly at this. This was absolutely disgraceful! Adrian had just won, with an injured leg, from the looks of it, and Brock does something that Asuka found shameful by such standards.
Getting to his feet, Brock pulled Adrian up, then proceeded to hit him with several belly-to-belly suplex's, all with Paul Heyman shouting from ringside about how Adrian was warn and how he had this coming, it took all of Asuka's willpower to keep her from attacking Brock's advocate.
As Brock was about to pull Adrian up to no doubt perform the F-5, Dolph Ziggler came running down the ramp, right past Shinsuke, and slid into the ring and made to attack Brock, who responded quickly by clotheslining Dolph, then hit him with the F-5, before seeing Shinsuke jump to the apron, as if daring him to enter. Shinsuke looked to Brock, then back to Adrian, who was still motionless on the mat, then back to Brock. Smiling wickedly, Shinsuke simply stepped down from the apron, backing up, as Brock gave an arrogant smirk, then turned his attention back to Adrian, then Asuka slid into the ring, standing defiantly before him.
"You'd better get out of the way, little girl." Brock warned mockingly, almost laughing.
In response, Asuka simply smacked him across the face, surprising him a bit, as he stepped back a bit, wiping his face down, then looked at Asuka with a dangerous glare. Before he could do anything, Dolph jumped from behind and got his in a sleeper hold, making Brock stumble back, but then slam Dolph into the corner, before proceeding to beat him down.
Looking back, Asuka saw Adrian struggle to get up, with a smirk on his face, as he motioned her to step aside.
After Brock finished beating down Dolph, he turned around, only to be met with a spear from Adrian, which popped the crowd, then Adrian started beating Brock down himself, before standing up with a shout, the crowd chanting his name over and over.
Satisfied with the crowd reaction, Adrian helped Dolph to his feet, then he and Asuka helped the Showoff out of the ring. As they reached the stage, however, Adrian cast one last glance to Brock, who was just getting up, a furious look on his face, and smirked, before proceeding to help Dolph to the back. He was looking forward to dealing with Brock.
The Women's Royal Rumble match concluded with Asuka as the winner. After the match, Adrian and Asuka changed into their normal clothes and made to leave, though Adrian did notice Shinsuke watching with that same scowl on his face.
He had a feeling that he would have to deal with Nakamura eventually, and he planned on calling him out on the next night on Raw.
And there's another all-nighter! Sorry for taking so long with this chapter, I've been busy with two jobs as of late, but you understand, right? Gotta put food on the table. That and paying for repairs for my new car that I just recently bought.
Anyways, there's the Royal Rumble concluded! Sorry if it looked like I rushed through this chapter, I'm trying to make fix's where I see them. So, yeah, Adrian won the Royal Rumble and will proceed with his plans to fight for the Universal championship! But first, he's got an elephant in the room to address; an elephant named Shinsuke Nakamura. How will it go? Stay tuned and find out! Be sure to review!