Last Time
"Hey I don't care who gets in your way but I'll be right beside you all the way." Mickie said to assure Alexa. While she had confidence in the pigtailed blonde's abilities she was going to be in her corner regardless.
"Thank you Mickie. I know we only just met tonight face to face, but your support means the world to me. You ready to go girlfriend?" Alexa asked with a perky smile.
"Yeah. Let me just change in the regular women's locker room." Mickie replied before giving Alexa's outfit a better look. "You look real good in that by the way." She complimented, beaming at the small but fierce powerhouse.
Alexa tilted her head shyly as she blushed a little. "You think so Mickie?"
"Yeah I like your style girl." Mickie replied, noticing the blush on Alexa's face as she smiled.
"Aw thanks. Go ahead and change hon, I'll wait here for ya." Alexa replied sweetly.
And that's just what Mickie did once they went to the normal women's locker room and thankfully nobody like Carmella was in sight. Once Mickie came out she was out of the La Luchadora outfit and into some actual clothes: She was now wearing a red and white long sleeved plaid top, blue jeans and brown shoes with matching belt. "There, now I'm ready to go." She replied with a bright smile.
"Oooh, you look good girlfriend!" Alexa grinned, impressed.
"Thanks." Mickie grinned arrogantly. "I bought these clothes as soon as I heard I was signed to Smackdown." She replied smugly.
"Let's head down to catering then. We're both dressed to impress." She smirked.
Now with calm minds and hungry stomachs the new team of Alexa Bliss and Mickie James went right to the catering area to eat after a fun night of ruining Becky Lynch's fun. This was just the start of a beautiful, fruitful, relationship for the Smackdown Women's Champion and the beautiful returning WWE wrestler.
End Flashback
January 24th 2017: Smackdown Live, Alexa Bliss' locker room
The following week on this particular Smackdown Live Mickie James & Alexa Bliss had taken the WWE Universe by storm. On social media, on the dirt sheets, and most importantly with the ratings as they were one of the brightest spots on what they believed was the "A-Show" Smackdown last week. But that was then and this was now and Mickie and Alexa were hanging out in Alexa's private locker room before the show, relaxing as the show just began to start.
"Yeah Micks, last week was a ton of fun wasn't it?" Alexa asked with a smirk, already clad in her Little Miss Bliss t-shirt while the two were rewatching last week's footage in order to study how they could improve in Lexa's case or for Mickie to shake off any main roster ring rust.
Mickie James who was wearing a white and green blouse with some blue jeans and brown boots hadn't had an in ring match since her battle with Asuka months ago so she had some semblance of ring rust on her. Which was why she happily studied footage of last week's show with her young sister in arms with a little smile on her face. "I know. I loved hearing the crowd pop in disbelief like that." She giggled happily.
"Plus that kick you gave Becky totally caved her stupid face in. Were you trying your own version of Sweet Chin Music girlfriend?" Alexa asked in a teasing yet playful tone whilst giggling happily.
"I thought it was the best kick for what I wanted to do," Mickie answered with a laugh. To her no kick made the crowd pop and dealt damage just like a superkick.
"What do you think of my finisher?" Alexa asked, wanting her friend's opinion of her patented Twisted Bliss, though she didn't mind Mickie's opinion of her alternate finish, a rather viciously executed Snap DDT given her small size yet surprising amount of power.
"I've never been a huge fan of diving moves but that's because I'm more of a grappling kind of wrestler but you make it work. I like it," Mickie complimented. She rarely did moves off the top rope herself but she could tell who could make diving moves work and who didn't and Alexa was one of the people who could do it..
"Aww thank you Mickie!" She giggled, smiling innocently. "I guess all those years of gymnastics paid off for me, though I've been practicing a Swanton for in case I ever turn face. Nothing against my Twisted Bliss, but I'd say a Swanton would pop the fans more, what do you think, because I totally value your opinion." She beamed.
"Nah the Swanton Bomb doesn't have the same grace and look for you that your Twisted Bliss moonsault has," Mickie said, "besides unless you suddenly became a Hardy people would be wondering why you're using that move," she said with a light giggle.
"True, but I'm just trying to think ahead." Alexa giggled beaming at her friend and mentor.
"Well if it's any consolation your Snap DDT is great," Mickie complimented Alexa on one of her best grapple moves.
"Aw gosh you really think so?" She asked shyly.
"Yeah I think so. It looks great and it's a guaranteed pop too," Mickie said to support her praise for her protege.
Alexa nodded smiling, her icy-blue eyes innocently looking into Mickie's brown ones.
However the girls left their locker room door open during this whole film session and sure they may have thought nothing of it at the time that was likely going to change as a redhaired woman widened the door with a little smirk on her face and that woman was none other than Alexa's and Mickie's rival Becky Lynch "Whatcha doing?" She asked with an impish smile.
Alexa jumped in shock. "Jesus Becky, can't you see we're having a private moment here?!" She snapped.
"Then why didn't you close the door?" Becky asked wryly which earned a frown from Mickie, "That's not the point isn't it Lexa?"
"Exactly! We wouldn't walk in on you if you were hanging out with Styles or some other guy!" Alexa snarled.
"Look the only reason why I'm even talking to you two arseholes right now and not breaking your arms off is because I thought I'd tell you that I was on my way to Daniel & Shane's office to request a title shot against you at the Royal Rumble and I didn't want you complaining and whining that you won't be able to compete because of a broken arm sunshine." Becky taunted the Smackdown Women's Champion, smirking.
Alexa's icy-blue eyes blazed like a raging inferno. "No, no, no, no!" She snapped as she stamped her foot like an indignant spoiled child. "I am TIRED of you! I've already beaten you 3 freaking times! I want real ACTUAL COMPETITION, NOT YOU, YOU ORANGE-HAIRED FLASH-IN-THE-PAN ROCKSTAR WANNABE!" Alexa screamed.
"Calm down Lexa!" Mickie said with her arms around Alexa's waist to hold her back from Becky and try to relax while the Irishwoman looked at Alexa with a scowl on her face. "And out of those three times you've only beaten me clean once and that was in a Tables Match! Are you really proud of that?" Becky asked, trying to reason with the competitor in Alexa. Surely she couldn't say no to a regular match now that all of the deception and tricks were done from La Luchadora to the tables and everything in between.
"It doesn't matter how I won, the point is I won when the pressure was on and you lost." Alexa smirked.
"Mickie if you have you any sense of decency you'd agree with me that I deserve a rematch," Becky said, trying to remain calm and stay cool in the presence of Alexa's brattiness.
"Now Becky honey, why would I do that to my best friend? She's beat you 3 in a row darling. You've already struck out. Hit the bricks and try earning a 4th shot." Mickie smirked.
Becky saw the smug looks on Mickie's and Alexa's faces before growling out, "This is not over..." And then she walked down the hall in frustration, right in the direction of Daniel & Shane's office.
Alexa let out a relieved sigh. "Finally, I thought that pest would never leave." She giggled.
"Yeap. Now we can actually relax again." Mickie said, sitting right back down on the locker room couch with a content smile on her face now that Becky was gone.
Alexa cutely shuffled over to her partner in crime, innocently resting her head on Mickie's shoulder, smiling cutely.
Mickie then pressed the play button on the monitor remote to resume the footage of last week's show with a smile on her face. They fended off the ever-annoying Becky Lynch and right now, for the moment, things were alright between the student and mentor.
Smackdown went off without a hitch, smoothly as could be from the first match to now when Mickie James was addressing the WWE crowd in Toledo, Ohio with star interviewer Renee Young in the ring with her, ready to ask questions.
Mickie stood in the ring with a smile, enjoying a mixed reaction of nostalgic cheers and boos for helping such a bratty champion such as Alexa Bliss.
"It's been almost seven years since you've been in a WWE ring. Everyone was surprised that you were La Luchadora. Why did you dress up as Luchadora in the first place?" Renee asked, giving Mickie a clear question right then and there.
"Renee, do you know that I won my first WWE Womens Championship when I defeated WWE Hall Of Famer Trish Stratus at Wrestlemania?" Mickie drawled, flashing that same psycho slasher smile before continuing. "I am a 5-time WWE Women's Champion AND a former Divas Champion.." Mickie added with that same arrogant egotistical tone, while giving a slight head tilt in the vein of AJ Lee at the cute blonde interviewer in red.
"That's absolutely right you are one of the most decorated wrestlers in WWE but that doesn't answer my question." Renee informed. Mickie avoided her question about La Luchadora by calmly stating her resume.
"I believe...I did.." Mickie replied in that same cold drawl.
"I don't mean any disrespect but all you did was just run down your impressive resume." Renee insisted, not satisfied with Mickie's answer.
"And the fact that I even had to do that for you Renee, I think answers your question. You see, the WWE Universe, I may not have been around for a little minute, but I never stopped watching...WWE.." Mickie continued in the same cadence.
"You see Becky Lynch and the Women of The Revolution want to pretend like they were the first real female athletes of WWE as IF EVERYTHING THAT I ACCOMPLISHED, EVERYTHING THAT I SACRIFICED MEANT NOTHING!" Mickie screamed before suddenly calming down, the clear cut signs of mental instability. "And they would've gotten away with it Renee if not for one person, and that's Alexa Bliss.."
"Please Mickie, elaborate on your relationship with Alexa Bliss," Renee requested.
Mickie smiled as she began to speak. "Alexa Bliss has been fighting this self-righteousness since day 1. Do you know that Alexa is the only one who remembered all of my championships, all of my Wrestlemania moments, pretty much everything about me.." Mickie started before she giggled a little. "And you know its pretty simple, I actually have a lot of respect for Alexa, you see if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be standing here right now. Do you understand that?"
"But what about Becky Lynch? Her competitive spirit and will to fight and fight hard reminds people including me of yourself. What are your thoughts about her regarding her match with Alexa that you just placed yourself into?" Renee asked.
"You know Becky Lynch likes to claim how she was the first female draft pick of Smackdown Live, how she was at the very center of the face of the Female Revolution well I SAY FORGET ABOUT THE REVOLUTION, THIS IS ABOUT THE REINVENTION OF MICKIE JAMES!" Mickie snapped.
Then the vocalizing of Celtic Invasion played loud and clear and that theme belonged to the one and only Becky Lynch and the flaming haired woman herself charged down to the ring with one thing on her mind, revenge.
Mickie laughed as Becky stormed the ring. "You wanna cry about last week honey, get in this ring AND ILL GIVE YOU SOMETHIN TO CRY ABOUT!" Mickie sneered in challenge as she spiked down her mic.
But Becky's own actions spoke louder than any reply she could ever give and slid right into the ring and tackled Mickie right off of her feet!
Mickie managed to roll away from Becky and slipped out of the ring, heading for the stands and she quickly jumped in..
Becky scrambled out of the ring right after the Virginia native. She wasn't done with Mickie by a long shot."COME BACK HERE!" She yelled while she rushed out of the ring and over to the barricade to chase after her.
But right as Becky climbed the barricade, she was immediately cold-cocked by a stiff elbow out of nowhere by her nemesis Alexa Bliss..
Becky fell down to the ringside floor with a hard thud from the impact. She was dropped by a cheap shot from Mickie James' ally Alexa Bliss, much to the fans disdain as they jeered her.
"Shut up!" Lexa yelled as she rolled Becky into the ring but not before giving Becky a little kick to the side as an added insult to injury.
"What a great strategy to protect each other like that and defend against Becky!" JBL praised the Smackdown Women's Champion and her ally.
Mickie smirked as they got Becky set up in the ring and grinned, thinking of a way to draw further heat. In a blatant mocking of HBK, she gave an abbreviated tuning of the band and nailed Becky with an almost picture-perfect Sweet Chin Music.
And Becky was floored hard from the superkick as the fans booed Mickie heavily. They booed her for not only for attacking one of their most beloved wrestlers but for mocking the legendary Shawn Michaels in the process! Alexa grinned in gleeful amusement as she watched from ringside.
Mickie smiled at Alexa, before beckoning her into the ring. It was time for Alexa to lay down the finishing touches.
That was when Alexa got into the ring with a smirk on her face while she climbed onto the top rope, looked down at Becky Lynch, and hit a perfectly executed Twisted Bliss on the fallen Irishwoman!
"This was brilliant, its like watching Mozart! Ingenious!" JBL crowed.
"Oh stop JBL! That was nothing more than a two-on-one assault on Becky!" Tom Phillips defended.
Mickie approached the fallen Lass Kicker with a mic in hand, Alexa by her side smiling in triumph as well as Mickie knelt to Becky's level. "Becky, poor Becky. You should've learned this lesson a long time ago from Alexa! Always be one step...ahead!" The beautiful veteran taunted, leaving the mic beside Becky as Obsession played.
"This tandem of Mickie James and Alexa Bliss continues to be an absolute nightmare for Becky Lynch!" Mauro commented.
"If looks could kill Mickie and Alexa would be dead right now. Here's hoping Becky gets her revenge soon." David said to support Becky who was clutching her stomach in pain, glaring daggers at Alexa Bliss and Mickie who were safely walking up the ramp by now.
Alexa simply gave her a smug smile, before tapping at her temple as if to say 'See Becky? I'm smarter than you!'
By the time Becky got up to her feet Mickie and Alexa was long gone backstage. Tonight, once again, Mickie and Alexa were just one step ahead of the Lass Kicker.
"2-0 baby. We're great at head games aint we Micks?" Alexa giggled.
"We sure are." Mickie smiled in glee. "And I can barely believe I did that superkick on Becky too."
"Yeah, talk about massive heat right girl?" Alexa snickered.
"Yeap that felt great too, getting the crowd to boo like that." Mickie smiled.
Alexa shyly took Mickie's hand in hers.
And while Mickie and Alexa were walking down the hallway hand in hand the Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan was walking down the same hallway with focus in his eyes. It was clear that he had something on his mind once he walked up towards the ladies, "Hello Mickie James, Alexa. I see you two have gotten real friendly together." He teased cheerfully.
"Hello Daniel, its an honor to see you again." Mickie smiled warmly. Although they had met several weeks prior, Mickie was still kind of starstruck to be in the presence of such a beloved submission wrestler like Daniel. It broke her heart that WWE wouldn't clear him yet other professionals had knowing how much both of them loved wrestling.
"It's good to see you too Mickie. In fact it's good to see you found a student in Alexa too now that you're back," Daniel said with a little smile on his face. He had assimilated into his role of General Manager pretty well even though he did miss going to the ring as a competitor. But he was a professional and loved the WWE so much that he took his GM job with pride and fairness.
"I feel Alexa has a lot of potential and I'm just guiding her while imparting her with my valuable wisdom." Mickie replied respectfully.
"That's good. With that being said though Becky Lynch feels differently about that." Daniel answered, leading his way into just what he had in mind to say.
"Saw that coming.." Alexa groaned.
"Well Becky did come by my office earlier and after seeing what you two did to her in the ring I have decided to grant her a rematch against you Alexa for your Smackdown Women's championship." Daniel said calmly.
"That's actually fine with me Daniel because I have an idea for the match." Alexa smiled slyly.
"Alright Alexa, surprise me." Daniel said with a little smile. He was curious to hear what Alexa had in mind.
"For the first time in WWE history, a Women's Ladder match!" Alexa exclaimed.
"Are you serious. You actually want a ladder match with Becky Lynch?" Daniel asked with disbelief while Mickie watched in with a bit of surprise on her own. This was a bold suggestion by her student.
"Yes that's right Daniel. I want a ladder match with Becky for my championship." Alexa replied calmly.
"And you're okay with this?" Daniel asked Mickie, turning to Alexa's mentor to get her thoughts on this.
Mickie nodded. "While I am surprised by Alexa's challenge, I have to applaud her for making this challenge herself when she could've easily picked a match that directly favors her." She answered with a smile.
"Well in that case I'll let Shane that we might just have the first ever women's ladder match at the Royal Rumble." Daniel said with a smile back at them. "Have a nice night ladies." He said cheerily.
"Thanks Daniel." Alexa replied cheerfully.
Then Daniel walked away from the two women and Mickie turned to Alexa with the smile still on her face. "Well that went well."
"I've always got a plan Micks." Alexa giggled, high-fiving her friend.
"Let's go. We have the rest of the show to enjoy girl." Mickie said eagerly high-fiving Alexa back.
Alexa shyly took her hand and started to skip off with her.
Mickie and Alexa skipped in step right in direction of their locker room so they can enjoy the rest of their show as well as their beatdown of Becky Lynch together and if all went according to plan Alexa was going to make history at the Royal Rumble.
To be continued...