Coming Home

Disclaimer: This Chapter is Months overdue and I apologize, anyway...this chapter is a chapter with a workout, a workout montage like in Rocky, and a Homecoming Celebration. P.S. since Samoa Joe went up to the Main Roster in January, I have Hank feuding with Bobby Roode. ENJOY!

Hank arrived at the NXT Performance Center as he got his workout gear on which was a white tank top, blue denim shorts, knee pads, and sneakers.

"Wow." Hank said to himself as he got his gear before Shinsuke Nakamura was behind him.

"What?" Shinsuke asked Hank.

"Wow, I wrestled the biggest star in the world...you and I won, I am definitely over." Hank said to Shinsuke answering his question.

"I hear that after WrestleMania I am going up on the main roster, but I'm debuting on Smackdown." Shinsuke told Hank who was ecstatic.

"Dude! It's great that you are going to the main roster but it stinks that you are not going to be with Samoa Joe on Raw." Hank said as they hugged like brothers would do.

"Joe is doing great from what he told me, hell he told me that he wasn't even going to make it, but how are you going to do?" Hank asked him.

"Okay...besides Shane runs it and Roman Reigns doesn't ruin Smackdown for everyone with bad ratings, I can make Smackdown better than Raw like I made NXT better than Raw or Smackdown, end of story." Shinsuke said to Hank giving him his two cents worth.

"Wow, anyway we don't go to Minnesota for a few weeks so let's enjoy these next few weeks." Hank said as they shook hands, and Shinsuke left as Paul "Triple H" Levesque arrived with Vince McMahon, and Ryan Ward.

"Mr. McMahon, Paul, Ryan." Hank said acknowledging the three men.

"Hank." The three guys said back.

"Good match last week against Nakamura, I'm impressed." Vince McMahon said to Hank.

"Thank you Mr. McMahon and sir, I apologize for mentioning Chris Benoit on programming, and I just want to let you know that it'll never happen again." Hank said to Vince apologizing.

"All is forgiven, if I can forgive Kurt Angle for his personal demons I can forgive you for this, you remind me of a Steve Austin, hopefully you and I will get along real well." Vince said to Hank.

"Thank you Mr. McMahon." Hank said to Vince.

"You are welcome." Vince said back as he left.

"Hank, good luck in the next few weeks leading up to Takeover, because this one is in your backyard so this is a big deal, focus on that, and if there is anything you want or need let one of my interns know." Paul told Hank.

"Yes sir." Hank said before Paul and Ryan left and Hank began working out in one of the training rings with head trainer Matt Bloom aka Albert, A-Train, Lord Tensai, Tensai, and he was known as Giant Benard in New Japan Pro Wrestling also.

"Hank Jones, are you ready for today's workout?" Matt asked Hank.

"Yes I am sir." Hank answered him.

"Good, now get started." Matt said before Hank began his workout routine by stretching for more than 10 minutes before he went to a weight machine which had 5 weight plates with the first three weight plates being one hundred pounds, and the last two being 50, and 100 pounds respectively, so in simple Math...it's 450 Pounds as he did 35 reps of that amount of weight, and he wasn't worn out yet as he did a sleigh workput as he pushed a sleigh with 300 pounds of weight plates on the sleigh before he then drank 14 imperial fluid ounces of water during his break.

"Are you okay?" Matt asked him.

"Yeah, I'm taking a quick break." Hank said as he went to the Talent Lounge and put some ESPN on and watched it for an hour before he went to the punching bag and began striking at it with several hundred strikes and kicks before settling at the training ring as he did jumping jacks, ran to and from the ropes to land on his back to make it look like he was selling a clothesline, but nothing happened to him to make him fall...he wasjust doing his workout and he kept it up in the ring for another 45 minute and his workout for the day at the WWE Performance Center was a total of 1 Hour, and 30 minutes as he went home, got out of his workout gear, and took a shower before he got dressed again to Wrestle at the NXT Arena at Full Sail University which he went to and got on his gear as he wrestled against Roderick Strong and won by pin-fall after using "Liberty Suplex" on Roderick for the win which started a strong wave of momentum.

Like I said thus I'm breaking the forth wall, but Hank won matches against these men on the last 4 weeks before NXT: Takeover Minneapolis, he won matches against former Ring of Honor World Champion, and former Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion...Roderick Strong, he also defeated former WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre, he squashed The Velveteen Dream, and he made Eric Young tap out with the "Eagle Lock" with Bobby Roode watching as now we go to the weekend of WrestleMania as it was in Minneapolis.

I Know WrestleMania was in Orlando this year, and I know WrestleMania next year will be in New Orleans but I am doing this story my way and there is nothing anybody can do about it!

Hank and his family were back home as there was a homecoming celebration at Hibbing High School, at the football field later that night as at the football field it was packed with more than 50,000 people ranging from Hank's family and friends to WWE and NXT fans as the Mayor Rick Cannata stepped up to the microphone.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we celebrate as we welcome home one of our very own, please join me and welcome home Henry Alexander Jones, also known as Hank "American Bulldog" Jones!" Rick announced before the band started to play "American Made" by Jimmy Hart, then Hank came out to loud cheers, then the band stopped and the crowd chanted "Hank" for over a minute before he got the microphone.

"Thanks for the wonderful reception, it feels good to be home...to be honest, I'm nervous about this match with Bobby Roode and I am worried about losing and letting my hometown down." Hank said to the crowd.

"But, that's just the nerves talking...I am excited to be competing in front of my hometown, in front of my family and friends, and in front of the whole world." Hank also said expressing his true feelings.

"Anything can happen in this industry, and Bobby...I will give you everything I got this Saturday Night at Minneapolis, but you better give me the same or you not be "Glorious" anymore as this former Hibbing Blue Jacket will become the new NXT Champion." Hank said as the crowd cheered.

"Go Blue Jackets!" Hank said cheering on his alma mater.

"Thanks for the celebration tonight, thank you...and goodnight!" Hank said as he left and went to the Minneapolis Marriott City Center Hotel which was near the Target Center, and it was also near the Minneapolis Convention Center which is the home of WWE Fan Axxess for WrestleMania 33 as Hank got into his sleepwear which was sleep shorts and a T-Shirt and he fell asleep as he was prepared for a long week ahead of him and during the week he was working out mostly and spending time with family as he was also catching up on sleep and he just got in from signing autographs at Fan Axxess and doing a match at Axxess also and he got into the hotel room got into his sleep attire and fell asleep knowing that he was about to put on the biggest and best match of his life tomorrow.

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Next chapter is Hank's big title match against Bobby Roode at NXT: Takeover Minneapolis.

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