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Hello, and welcome back, coming up: Who will be the next takers of the open challenge? Will the next challengers plan work? And will Shawn warn Jason about John? Let's find out!
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Brotherly Hate-Chapter Forty Two-How I Roll!
Shawn Michaels at alone in the locker room wrestling with his conscience, he still hadn't warned Jason about what he had heard John saying on the phone, he had partially decided not to say anything to the kid in the hope that John would see sense and stick with his brother, on the other hand if John went through with this plan and he could of stopped it but didn't, well, what kind of guy did that make him?
"What to do?" He muttered to himself, then jumped as the locker room door opened and Spanky walked in.
"Hey Shawn".
"Brian".
Shawn went back to thinking as Spanky changed into his ring gear, then Shawn spoke again.
"Brian? Can I get your advice on something?"
"You're asking ME for advice? That's a change".
"Yeah, well, say you knew a guy who was planning to use someone to get what they wanted, you wanna tell the person getting used but chances are they won't believe you, do you tell them anyway and hope for the best? Or just let things happen?"
Spanky looked surprised. "You seriously needed to ask someone the answer for that? I'd have thought the answer was obvious".
"Yeah, but the guy who's doing the using is the only person the other one has left, I'm not too sure I wanna do that, right thing or not".
Spanky shrugged. "At the end of the day it's your choice". He turned to leave. "Oh, and Shawn? You can refer to Jason by his name, I'm not stupid".
Shawn smiled. "Yeah, thanks for the advice Brian".
Spanky left and Shawn returned to his thoughts.
Meanwhile on the other side of the arena, Jason and John were just turning up.
"So anyway, it's her birthday next week so I thought we could try and set up somethin' for her" Jason was saying.
"Like what? Fly her family out to Boston?"
"Don't need to, they're staying with her grandparents, besides if her brother came to stay with us I'd move to Mexico until he went home!"
"Mexico?"
"Figured that gettingover a thousand miles between us would be safe, although I wouldn't put it past him hunting me down".
"Why do you two hate each other so much?"
"Dunno, he's hated me since I first started dating her, then we had a little confrontation when it looked like I was going to join TNA…"
"You should know by now that we don't call it TNA round here, we call it 'Down South'".
"Alright fine, when it looked like I was going down south he seemed a little upset, I turned them down in the end, but still…"
"Good decision, although if you were down there you'd probably be champ by now".
"I dunno bro' my tryout match was with a guy from the X-Division, and I still haven't figured out how I won".
"I still haven't figured out how you win any matches".
"Oh, ha, ha, very funny, may I remind you that I'm undefeated since the 'Deadly Games' final?"
"Only because ninety percent of your matches have been teaming with me".
"Oh, so you're the reason for my success?"
"Yup".
Despite the seemingly good-natured conversation the tensions between the two brothers were still simmering below the surface, Jason was still frustrated that John was using the chain to win matches while John just seemed distant with his brother most of the time. Even so, they still put on a united front as they laughed and joked their way to the locker room, unaware they were being watched.
"So what do you think?"
"It's a front big guy, they're just trying to make it seem that they're on the same page, I'd go as far to say that they ain't even reading from the same book".
"How are you so good at telling when people are hiding what they're really thinking?"
"I've done it plenty of times, partners, friends, hell don't be surprised if I've done stuff behind your back".
The big man laughed. "So, we gonna put 'Operation title' into action tonight?"
"Damn right, as soon as they finish their open challenge tonight we go into action, if all goes well, we'll have those belts by Armageddon".
"You really are creepy, you know that?"
"I've been called it before, maybe it's true, now c'mon, we got work to do".
Back in the locker room, Jason and John were changing into their ring gear.
"Y'know, even though it was my idea, I'm not too excited about our open challenge" said Jason. "I mean, we can beat any team on this roster right now".
"Yeah, we could always spice it up a bit".
"What do ya mean?"
"You'll see when we get out there".
John's music hit in the arena and he, Jason and Mara came out to the ring with their belts, John still wasn't saying what his idea to spice up the match was, when they got in the ring John grabbed the mic.
"It's that time of the show again, the WWE tag team title open challenge, but before me and Jason show you that we are the best tag team on this brand I have an announcement for all are would-be challengers. Ya see, me and Jason are feeling a little… sporty tonight so here's what's gonna happen, we ain't gonna defend our titles against one team tonight, we ain't even gonna defend them against two, we are gonna put these belts up against any three teams in that locker room! It's gonna go like this, one team comes down here, we beat your ass, after they're done then the next team will come down and so on. So, feelin' lucky tonight? If ya want some, come get some!"
Jason looked at John in shock. "You sure about this?"
"Of course kid, if you can go through three guys at Survivor Series then we can beat three teams".
"Yeah, but…" Jason was interrupted by Kid Kash's music as he and Jamie Noble came down as the first challengers, the two rushed the ring and began brawling with the Cena's, John brawled with Kash while Jason went at it with the former Ring of Honor champion, John quickly gained control of Kash and sent him to the outside, the brothers whipped Noble into a corner and Jason hit a stinger splash before throwing him into John's clothesline. Noble rolled to the outside while Kash came off the top-rope looking for a cross-body, the Cena's moved and Kash hit the mat, the Cena's picked him up and John hit a spinout powerbomb with Jason adding a neckbreaker Kash rolled away and Noble came back in, he charged Jason but the teen ducked and hit a neckbreaker for a two-count.
Jason quickly got up and whipped Noble before catching him with a powerslam for another two-count, he tried to follow up with a shining wizard but Noble ducked and tried a back suplex, Jason landed behind him and hit one of his own before going for the five-knuckle-shuffle, giving the DX sign, and hitting the move, he called for the F-U but Kash came in to break it up, John came in and cut the K-I-D off and lifted him up for the F-U, Jason got Noble up as well and they drove their respective opponents to the mat! Both brothers made a cover, and Noble and Kash suffered a quick defeat!
John leapt up to his feet and high-fived Jason. "That's what I'm talking about bro'!" He yelled. "One down two to go".
On the outside Mara was shocked. "They are up for it tonight!" She thought. "Let's hope they can keep up the pace".
Jason and John didn't even need a break to gather their breath so easy was the first match, they wouldn't have got one anyway, no sooner had Kash and Noble left the ring then Nunzio's music hit and he led Vito out to the ring, they two started the match out brawling, Jason paired off with the larger Vito and was quickly beat down and sent to the outside, John had just done the same to Nunzio and he turned to meet Vito, the two brawled it out and Vito gained the advantage, he backed John up into the corner and beat John down with punches and knees. He pulled the older Cena out of the corner and whipped him hitting a big belly to belly suplex as he came back, he covered, but John kicked out, Vito hit another suplex before tagging Nunzio in, he dropped a knee to John's head and covered for a two-count, he whipped John and hit a dropkick before following up with a DDT for a two-count and tagged Vito in, the whipped John and Vito hit a sidewalk slam, he covered for another two-count.
Vito tagged Nunzio back in and they hit a double suplex, instead of covering Nunzio picked John up and began slapping him in the face, John responded with a big right hand and began punching away at him, he went to hit the ropes but Vito pulled them down causing John to tumble to the outside, Nunzio kept the referee distracted while Vito grabbed John and ran him into the crowd wall, he then slammed his head into the steel steps before rolling him back in, Nunzio covered for another two-count and tagged in Vito. The big man quickly came in and pressed John over his head, he went to drop John behind him but the older Cena landed on his feet, he went to hit the ropes but Nunzio nailed him in the back causing him to walk into a modified impaler from Vito, he covered but Jason broke it up. Vito whipped John again and went for an elbow but John ducked, Vito spun round and walked into a DDT, John immediately began crawling to his corner while Vito rolled across and tagged in Nunzio, he came in and grabbed John's foot only to receive an enziguri! John then made the tag to Jason!
The younger Cena had, had plenty of time to rest and went on a tear, he gave both Nunzio and Vito knockdowns before whipping Nunzio and hitting a powerslam for a two-count, Vito came back in and got a neckbreaker and Nunzio walked into an impaler! Jason covered but only got two, he slammed Nunzio and went for the five-knuckle-shuffle but Vito low-bridged him and sent him to the outside, John came back in and knocked Vito down before brawling with Nunzio. He whipped Nunzio into a corner and charged only to run into his foot, Nunzio climbed to the top but John cut him off and went for a superplex, before he could hit it Vito came back in and pulled him down allowing Nunzio to hit the Sicilian Slice! He covered but the referee wouldn't count as John wasn't the legal man, Nunzio and Vito began arguing with him allowing Jason to came back, he dropkicked Nunzio into Vito knocking the big man out of the ring and hit Nunzio with a dragon suplex! The referee counted, and Jason got the three!
John was down and Jason was fighting to get back to his feet as William Regal's music hit and he led Paul Birchill, complete with pirate attire, to the ring, Regal quickly met Jason and backed him into the corner while Birchill waited for John to get up before hitting the C4! John rolled to the outside after taking the move leaving Jason alone against the English team. The two whipped Jason and Birchill caught him with a right hand to the stomach as he came back, Regal followed with a running knee to the head and covered, but Jason kicked out. Regal quickly tagged in Birchill, he came in and the two suplexed Jason and both dropped knees across his head, Birchill covered for another two-count, he quickly picked Jason up to his shoulders and hit a running fireman's carry, followed by a standing moonsault, then a standing shooting star press! He covered, but Jason just kicked out at two!
Birchill quickly picked then teen up and whipped him before hitting a dropkick, he then set Jason up for a pump-handle slam but the teen slipped behind him and hit a reverse DDT, both crawled to their corners but while Birchill tagged in Regal, John was still down from the C4 so Jason had no one to tag, Regal charged him in the corner but ran into the teen's boot, Jason tried to follow it up but Regal took him down and locked on the Regal stretch! Jason tried to reach the ropes but they were just out of his reach, Regal locked it on tighter and tried to pull his neck as far back as it would go, the teen threw some elbows with his free arm and loosened the hold enough to grab the ropes, Regal let go but dragged him back to the middle of the ring and tried again but Jason kicked him away, however, on his way down Regal caught the referee knocking him down as well, Jason got up and tried to hit the F-U but Birchill broke it up, he went for a suplex but Jason escaped and knocked him down, Regal tried to attack the teen but received a neckbreaker, Jason turned to Birchill and received a superkick, Birchill set him up for the C4 but john came back in and nailed him with the chain! Birchill went down in a heap and john tried to get his brother up but Jason pushed him away.
"What the fuck was that?" he screamed, pointing at the chain.
"I just saved you from the C4! Show a little gratitude!"
As the two argued Regal got up and charged them but they ducked, lifted him up, and hit a double F-U! Jason covered as John got out of the ring, the referee recovered in time to count the three.
John grabbed the belts and threw Jason's in to him, he started to climb in the ring but stopped as Jason stood in the way, the two began screaming at each other then Christian's music hit, they both turned to the aisleway but there was no sign of him, Jason then became aware of someone getting in the ring behind him, he spun round just in time to receive a big boot to the head from Tomko! John saw this and tried to get in and help but Christian came through the crowd and jumped him, he slammed him into the steps and threw him in the ring where Tomko gave him a boot as well. Christian then entered the ring and made Tomko pick up Jason, he then walked over and hit the Unprettier, John got the same treatment before the CLB grabbed a mic.
"Are we too late for the open challenge? Never mind. So, you two think you can take on all comers huh? Well, in two weeks time, at Armageddon, in MY hometown of Toronto, you two are gonna defend those belts against me and my problem solver Tomko! So rest up, say your prayers, eat your vitamins, cause at Armageddon, you will experience the three 'C's, Canada… Charisma… and Christian! Because that's… HOW I ROLL!"
Christian dropped the mic and led Tomko from the ring, the two laughed at their handiwork as they left.
"Worked like a charm!"
End of ChapterSo there ya go, will the Cena's over come the challenge? What surprises will Christian have in store for them? Will the in fighting continue? Find out next time!
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