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Wassup! Hi again everybody and welcome to the Fanfic where Eric Young is considered a national hero and Randy Orton is an ass. Before we get started let's remind ourselves of what happened last time. Jason finally got his hands on JBL and won with John also emerging victorious over Christian as well. Where to next? Let's find out!
Here We Go!
Brotherly Hate-Chapter Fifteen"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Smackdown!"
Smackdown, three day's after the Great American Bash. General manager Theodore R. Long, along with some dude called Cannon, was in the ring kicking the show off.
"Well everybody we are three days removed from one hell of a pay-per-view and it's only gonna get better tonight. Now I have some matches to announce, but first let's bring out the superstars who those matches will concern. Firstly please welcome John and Jason, the Cena brothers!"
John and Jason came down to the ring with almost every fan in attendance giving them a standing ovation, but that wasn't new, everywhere the two had gone that week they had been surrounded by fans all congratulating them on their performances at 'The Bash'. As they got to the ring Jason noticed the guy accompanying Teddy giving them a disapproving look.
"Hey John, who is that guy?"
"Him? His name's Palmer Cannon, he represents the network".
"The network?"
"Yeah, you know we're moving to Friday nights next month? Well he's been put in charge of making sure it all goes smoothly".
"He don't seem to like us".
"Yeah well, he's an ass so he wouldn't would he?"
Before Jason could reply Teddy introduced the next superstar.
"Also allow me to introduce, Christian!"
Accompanied by Tyson Tomko, the CLB made his way to the ring dressed to compete; John dropped his belt and prepared to fight, Jason doing likewise.
"Whoa there playas! Anyone who instigates any violence while I'm out here will be suspended immediately! So any plans that you may have of causing trouble Christian, think again".
Christian shrugged and stood on one side of the ring with Tomko, Jason and John took position on the opposite side of the ring with Cannon and Teddy between them.
"And finally, accompanied by his cabinet, John 'Bradshaw' Layfield!"
The cabinet came to the ring with JBL staring a hole through Jason. Cannon seemed to cheer up as JBL approached, shaking his hand and turning to Teddy.
"This is a guy the network likes, why isn't he getting a title shot?"
"Cause I'm the GM and I make that choice Palmer, now I'll get to that later but first I got a job to do" he raised his microphone. "Now then everybody, let me get to the reason as to why you're all out here. Firstly John, you defeated Christian at the Great American Bash to defend your title, however tonight…"
"Tonight I get a rematch!" Yelled Christian grabbing a mic of his own. "Cause I have a clause in my contract that states, quite clearly, that I can have a rematch to any title match a lose! So tonight Cena, I get you one more time, one-on-one, in a no-disqualification, no-interference match! That's right, there's gonna be no little brother to save you now!"
"Uhhh… Christian, playa, you do realise that because this is a no-interference match, then Tomko cannot be in your corner?"
Christian cut off in mid laugh. John snatched the mic out of his hand.
"You mean you never thought of that? Oh well man, looks like I got you all to myself tonight, I'll see ya then".
Christian left the ring in shock, arguing with Tomko. "Why didn't you tell me? What do you mean you thought I knew?"
"Aww man" laughed John standing next to Jason. "Those two ain't got a brain between them".
"Now then the next announcement concerns all of you here, and backstage, because tonight's main-event is gonna be a number-one contendership battle royal featuring every star on Smackdown bar John, Christian and Jason…"
"Wait, why ain't I in it?"
"Because playa, there is a clause written into your contract that says you cannot receive a shot at a title that your brother holds".
"Oh well kid" said John. "Maybe this will teach you to always read the fine print first",
JBL was laughing it up on the other side of the ring. "What kind of lame ass clause is that?"
Teddy decided to regain control of the situation. "JBL, you need to make a decision, because tonight two members of your cabinet to go against Jason and a partner of his choosing. But you need to think about this because if Jason and his partner win tonight then the two cabinet members are out of the battle royal. The same rules apply to Jason's partner if they lose then they are out of the battle royal".
JBL took a mic. "And if the thug can't find a partner?"
"Then it will be a handicap match with the same rules in place".
The cabinet went into a huddle for a minute then pulled apart. "Well Mr. Long, it seems Doug and Danny are willing to take your offer, hope this kid is used to being beaten down cause I don't think there is a superstar back there dumb enough to risk losing a place in the battle royal by teaming with…"
The familiar music that usually meant the arrival of Shawn Michaels hit and once again HBK didn't disappoint.
"JBL, hang on a second, I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the kid over there is in need of a partner. Well Jason, look further than ol' HBK!"
JBL raised his mic. "How stupid are you? You're gonna risk a place in a number one contendership match just to help out this little thug?"
"Well JBL, 'that little thug' happens to be one of the best youngsters on this roster, if I remember he beat you last Sunday, so if I feel up for a little competition, I can think of no better way to tune up for a battle royal than running the risk of not being in it at all. So Bashams, I hope you ain't got plans for wrestling MC Wannabe at Summerslam, cause me and the kid are gonna beat your asses like there is no tomorrow!"
Teddy and Cannon decided enough was enough and went to leave but Cannon suddenly grabbed a mic. "Teddy, Teddy I got an idea. You know we got this big event coming up, Summerslam is it?"
"Yeah Palmer, what about it?"
"Well Teddy, as the network representative I have to oversee every aspect of the show, you see I was looking over footage from a few weeks ago and look at what I found".
Footage then came up on the screen showing Shawn and Jason talking.
"Listen, you beat JBL, then we'll talk about me vs. you alright?"
The footage ended and Cannon had a huge smile on his face.
"Well that seems like a challenge to a match Shawn, so, using my power as network representative, at Summerslam it's gonna be Shawn Michaels vs. Jason Cena!"
"Palmer, you have no power to make that match playa".
"Actually Teddy I do, you see I have been given certain powers to improve the Smackdown product, and I feel that Jason vs. Shawn will be a huge match for the Smackdown brand so I think you'll find I can, now then everybody enjoy the show!"
Palmer left with Teddy while the rest of the wrestlers in the ring stared each other down.
Shawn Michaels was in his room preparing for the match when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in… oh, hey kid," he said as Jason walked in ready to compete. "That's a hell of a shiner ya got there"
"Yeah, still stings a bit," replied Jason rubbing the black eye JBL had given him, the swelling had gone down but the eye was still sore and bloodshot. "So how's it going for you?"
"Me? As good as ever, how 'bout you? Living it up after beating JBL?"
"Yeah, everywhere I go I got people asking for autographs, photo's, the works. It gets annoying after a while".
"You'll get used to it, eventually. Anyway we got the dominatrix twins tonight, you up for it?"
"Am I ever not?"
"Guess not, but I really need you on top of your game tonight, I really want in on that battle royal".
"You're still in that?"
"Yeah, I went to TRL's office to kick Cannon's teeth down his throat, but Teddy stopped me and said I could still go for the title if I want. So basically if I win the battle royal, I get your brother, if I don't I get you".
"Makes sense, bet Cannon wasn't happy".
"You bet he wasn't, not a damn thing he could do about it though cause Teddy wasn't exactly cancelling the match".
"Cool, so you don't have any reservations about tonight then?"
"None at all".
"Good, I'll see ya out there".
"Indeed ya will kid, indeed ya will".
Jason and Shawn were really fired up for the match, Shawn was determined to get into the battle royal and Jason wanted to help so Shawn wouldn't accuse him of deliberately losing the match just to face him at Summerslam. The duo dominated the early going of the match, keeping the Bashams on the back foot and even took out Orlando when he tried to aide his cabinet allies. Eventually the Bashams took advantage by performing a double-switch behind the referee's back and hammering away on Shawn. The Heartbreak Kid took a massive beating from the twins but managed to keep fighting back, Doug attempted to end the match with a top-rope leg drop but Shawn avoided it and dropped him with a DDT, he crawled across the ring and made a much needed tag to Jason, the younger Cena came in ready to fight but was stopped by the referee, who had been distracted by Danny and hadn't seen the tag. This allowed the twins to continue to double-team Shawn but HBK wouldn't stay down.
The Bashams tried to hit Shawn with a double clothesline but he ducked, popped a forward roll and made a legal tag to Jason, the younger Cena was now able to take control of the match. Powerslam to Doug, kick out. Cross-body, kick out. Impaler, broken up by Danny. Finally the endless double-teaming overcame Jason and the twins set him up for a double powerbomb, but Jason managed to escape, he took Doug down and catapulted him into Danny crushing him in the corner. He spun Doug around and lifted him up for an F-U, Danny came staggering out of the corner to break it up but Shawn cut him off with a superkick, Jason landed the F-U, covered and got the three count. After the match Shawn helped Jason up and shook his hand.
"Tell your brother I'll see him at Summerslam".
"You better win cause if you don't, well, I get a new name on my victims list".
Shawn laughed. "Did I ever tell you how much like me you are?"
When Jason arrived back in the locker room John was about to leave for his match.
"Oh dear, the champ's gotta go it alone tonight Mara".
"I know, how is he gonna handle it without someone to help him?"
"Very funny you two, now get outta my way I got a CLB to destroy!"
John left and Jason and Mara sat in silence watching the match, there was nothing to worry about though, John emerged victorious with the F-U onto a steel chair (Ouch!).
John didn't return until the battle royal, leaving Jason and Mara to their own devices. The final match before the main-event was a rematch from 'The Bash' with MNM defending their titles against the Mexicools. After more Melina interference the champions kept their belts, but they didn't stop there, after the match they assaulted their fallen opponents and left both of them laid out after they delivered a snapshot to each man on the concrete floor.
"Something's gotta be done about those two," said Mara.
"Yeah, Teddy can't let them keep on getting away with this crap!"
Something was done; in fact Teddy had seemingly also had enough of MNM's actions as of late, he paid them a visit in their locker room just moments before the battle royal was due to begin.
"Hey there playas! A quick word if you please".
"Sorry Teddy we don't have time" said Melina. "Mercury and Nitro have to go out there and win the battle royal up next".
"Oh don't worry Melina, this won't take Long. I just came here to say how disgusted I am with your boys actions tonight against the Mexicools".
"C'mon Teddy, it wasn't that bad" said Nitro.
"Yeah, we only roughed them up a little bit," agreed Mercury.
"A little? I just got done talking to the trainer and he says neither Psicosis or Super Crazy is gonna be able to compete in that battle royal".
"Oh well" shrugged Melina turning to her team. "That's just two less guys for you to eliminate".
"That's where you're wrong baby girl, you see I believe that for every action there is a reaction, so you took out the Mexicools earlier, therefore I'm taking YOU two out of the battle royal!"
"WHAT?"
"C'mon Teddy!"
"That's not fair!"
"Life's not fair playa, and it's gonna get worse cause next week you two will defend your WWE tag tem titles…"
"Yeah, yeah, against the Mexicools" said Mercury. "What's beating them one more time?"
"Wrong again playa, it ain't gonna be against the Mexicools".
"Then who? Nunzio and Vito?"
"Nope".
"Regal and Birchill?"
"Wrong".
"Scotty and Spanky?"
"Wrong again".
"THEN WHO?"
"A very unique team playa, a team that consists of two of the best superstars on Smackdown, a team which is undefeated, and that team is… Jason Cena, and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels!"
John and Mara turned to Jason, his reaction had been similar to MNM's, mouth hanging open in shock. Then he began to laugh.
"Alright! My first title match, and with Shawn as my partner there's no way we can lose!"
"Yeah" said John. "Just think, this time next week we'll both be champions".
"Wonder how Shawn's taking it".
Shawn's music then hit and the Heartbreak kid danced his way to the ring for the number one contendership battle royal. Noticing a camera on him he looked right into it and said. "Tag. Team. Champion! See ya next week!" Jason didn't know if Shawn was addressing him, or MNM, that didn't matter, what did was the battle royal to determine the number one contender for Johns WWE championship.
The battle royal had been the most chaotic match of it's type that Jason had ever seen, he knew a thing or two about battle royals as he had been in, and won, more than his fair share on the Indies. The tone of the match had been set at the very beginning when every superstar in the ring had attacked The Undertaker and thrown him over the top. 'Taker' had responded by climbing back in and chokeslamming every guy he could reach before leaving. Slowly but surely superstars had been eliminated until it dwindled down to the final four. Chris Benoit. Rey Mysterio. Shawn Michaels. And John 'Bradshaw' Layfield. At this point Rey had the advantage, Benoit was down and Shawn and JBL were in position for a double 619, he charged, but as he swung his legs round JBL dodged away leaving Shawn to take the blow himself. Rey then went for the West-Coast-Pop but Shawn, like JBL, stepped to one side, fortunately for Rey, Benoit was now standing. He caught Rey and went for a running powerbomb but Rey countered into a hurricanranna taking both men over the top-rope to the floor and elimination. It was down to Shawn and JBL. The cabinet leader immediately tried to hit the Clothesline-From-Hell whilst Shawn was recovering from the 619 but Shawn ducked and hit an atomic drop. He then proceeded to run through JBL with two clotheslines, gave him a slam, ascended the turnbuckle and dropped an elbow right to the heart of JBL.
Shawn crawled over to the corner and began to tune up the band but was distracted by Melina, who had come down to ringside. While the two were arguing Nitro and Mercury entered through the crowd and attacked Shawn from behind. They went for the snapshot but Shawn escaped and sent both men to the outside, he then turned right into a big clothesline from JBL sending him over the top-rope, ending the match. JBL was now the number one contender! JBL celebrated his victory as Shawn looked on in disgust from the floor, he went to get up but was jumped by MNM again, they hammered him down and went to leave but Melina stopped them and called for a snapshot on the concrete, they went for it again, but were this time thwarted by Jason, who had charged down to make the save. He took out Nitro and brawled with Mercury around the ring, he went for the F-U through the announcer's table but Nitro made the save. The two went to double-team Jason but Shawn was now back up and in the fight. JBL was laughing it up as he watched the four men fight it out around the ring, his laughter stopped when John's music hit and the older Cena charged the ring to attack JBL. The whole ringside area was one big rumble as every referee, agent and security guard in the back came out allowing JBL to flee the ring and MNM to escape through the crowd. Jason and Shawn stared each down in the ring, Shawn held out his hand.
"Summerslam?"
Jason took it. "Summerslam!"
Well another chapter is in the books, at least we know where the story is going heading into Summerslam. JBL gets one more chance and Jason meets Shawn, oh and there's the small matter of the tag team titles. See ya next time!
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