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Wassup? When we left the Cena brothers last time Jason had just been destroyed by the Gymini after John had abandoned him to go after Christian! It is now time for Armageddon; will Christian and Tomko take the gold? Or will the Cena's overcome their problems and stick it to CLB in his hometown? Let's find out!
Here We Go!
Brotherly Hate-Chapter Forty Four-The End Is Here!
Armageddon, Toronto Canada, hostile territory, Jason and John slowly walked through the backstage area with their titles, both brothers had their hoods pulled up and refused to make eye contact with anyone, including each other. They hadn't spoken about John leaving him on Smackdown, but the ill feeling was still there, when they entered the locker room they each went to opposite corners to change into their ring gear, Shawn approached Jason.
"You alright kid?"
"As good as ever Shawn, why you asking?"
"Well, the two of you seem a little uneasy with each other".
"What? Cause we're changing on… nah man, we're just pumping ourselves up".
"You sure? Cause after Friday…"
"Don't worry, we've put that behind us for tonight".
"So there's nothing wrong?"
"Nothing, we're completely focused on Christian and Tomko, we ain't gonna give those two the satisfaction of taking our titles".
"I'll give ya credit, not many people would be keen on facing Tomko after getting kicked in the head as many times as you".
"Shawn, you know me, it ain't bravery, it's stupidity!"
Shawn laughed. "Ya got that right" he turned and saw John watching him from across the room, excusing himself from Jason he marched across. "A word in private please".
John followed him out of the locker room. "What?"
"Just so ya know, I've decided what I'm gonna tell the kid".
"Yeah? What are you gonna tell him?"
"Nothing".
John laughed. "Why? Cause ya know he won't believe you?"
"No, cause I don't think he'd want to know what his only brother is planning behind his back, but I'm gonna ask you something…"
"This'll be rich".
"Please, PLEASE, don't turn your back on the kid, you know as well as I do that it would kill him!"
"Whoa HBK! You sound as though you actually care for the kid, don't worry, I ain't gonna hurt him… he is my baby brother after all".
John turned and walked back into the locker room grinning, Shawn sighed, this situation was getting worse and worse.
Christian and Tomko warmed up alone in another part of the building, Christian had his usual grin on his face, the past two weeks had gone perfectly, it was almost worth the beating John had given him on Smackdown to see Jason be taken apart by the Gymini, and when Tomko gave the kid the big boot, well, he knew there was no way that Jason would be in top condition, he slapped Tomko on the shoulder.
"Ready big man?"
"Yeah, you?"
"I'm ready alright, just remember, I get the pin, got that?"
"No problem".
"And try and hit one of them with that boot as quickly as possible".
"Right".
"Then, when it's all said and done, you and me will be the WWE tag team champions!"
"YEAH!"
"And we're gonna do it, for all my… our peeps in Toronto, and the rest of Canada…"
"And Arizona"
"And Ari… Arizona? You're from Arizona?"
"Tombstone Arizona actually".
"… Never mind, that's not important, now, let's go take what is rightfully ours!"
The duo headed for the ring, Christian muttering "Arizona?" to himself as they did.
Meanwhile Jason and John were with Josh Mathews about to give an interview on their match.
"Jason, John, tonight the two of you defend your titles against Christian and Tyson Tomko, and the fact that this is Christian's hometown has added to what already was going to be your toughest challenge as a team, also the two of do not seem to be on the same page, will that be a factor tonight?"
He held the mic up between them in the hope that one of them would reply; Jason took the mic and spoke.
"Josh, you're right, tonight is the toughest defence of these titles that me and John have faced so far, and it being held in Toronto makes it just that little bit tougher. But Christian, I said it on Friday and I'll say it again, it doesn't matter where we put these belts up, it doesn't matter who we put them up against, and it doesn't matter what type of match we put them up in, we are the Cena brothers! We are the WWE tag team champions! And we are the two guys who are gonna run right through you, right through Tomko and right through all your peeps in Toronto!"
This earned him a few boo's from the Canadian crowd, he smirked before continuing.
"Now, it's also true that me and John haven't been seeing eye-to-eye lately, however what everyone has to realise is that when we get in the ring, we could be as close as they come or not speaking to each other the result would be the same, we are the champions and we will remain the champions! Because that's how WE roll!"
He slapped John on the chest as he left.
"Let's do this bro'!"
Christian's music hit in the arena to a huge cheer from the Toronto crowd, Captain Charisma slowly sauntered through the curtain with Tomko in tow, when they got in the ring he grabbed a mic.
"Greetings to all my peeps in Toronto! And as the peep's champion allow to borrow a phrase from the former peoples champion when I say, FINALLY, Captain Charisma has come back…home!"
Another huge cheer followed by a "Christian!" Chant echoed around the arena.
"And speaking of borrowing phrases, Jason Cena, if you're gonna steal my phrases as well as Billy Gunn's, then you need to get it right, but before I show you how it's done let me remind you that right here at Armageddon, in my hometown of Toronto Canada!" Cheap pop. "You will experience the three 'C's, Canada. Charisma. And Christian. Because That's… HOW I ROLL!"
John's music hit and he, Jason and Mara came out to a barrage of hatred from the Canadian's, they two brother's wasted little time as they charged down to ringside, Christian and Tomko met them at the bottom of the aisle and began brawling with them. Jason paired off with Christian and quickly gained the advantage over the hometown hero, John tried to gain control of Tomko but the larger man overpowered him and threw him into the steel steps, Jason meanwhile whipped Christian towards the crowd barrier, it was reversed but Jason jumped onto it and went for a clothesline, Christian ducked and Jason landed on his feet only to be met with a huge big boot from Tomko! The teen went down in a heap and didn't move as Christian stood over him, he looked down at Jason in shock before smiling and high-fiving Tomko.
"I know I said hit it quickly but Damn man! That was awesome!"
Tomko smirked and shrugged but John came up behind him and pushed him into Christian, he slammed Tomko's head off the ringpost then threw Christian into the ring, meanwhile a couple of EMT's had run out from the back to check on Jason. In the ring John backed Christian into a corner and unloaded on him with punches, Tomko came in but John hit him with a clothesline and stomped him out of the ring before turning back to Christian and knocking him back down. He whipped Christian and gave him a backdrop before hitting a DDT for a two-count, he glanced out of the ring at the EMT's working on Jason before whipping Christian again and hitting a powerslam for another two, Tomko came back again but John beat him to the punch and sent him back outside, Christian was getting up in the corner and John charged him but was met with a boot, Christian came running out of the corner but ran straight into a spinebuster for another two.
John picked Christian up again and whipped him but Tomko blind tagged himself in as the CLB hit the ropes, John backdropped Christian as Tomko came in, he charged the older Cena took him down with a drop toehold and locked on an STF! Tomko tried to reach for the ropes but John pulled back keeping the ropes out of his reach but Christian broke it up, John knocked him down and clotheslined him to the outside, he whipped Tomko and caught him with a elbow followed by a neckbreaker, he hit the ropes but Christian grabbed his foot, John kicked his hands and rolled to the outside after him, he chased Christian round the ring but was met with a clothesline by Tomko, the big man then picked him up and ran him back-first into the ringpost and rolled him into the ring, he picked John up again and hit a backbreaker before tagging in Christian who hit an elbow for a two-count.
Christian stomped away at John while the EMT's outside the ring helped support Jason up the ramp leaving John on his own! Christian picked John up and hit a DDT for a two-count, he whipped John and hit an elbow before following up with a clothesline and a back suplex for another two. He tagged Tomko in and whipped John into the corner, Tomko whipped him into John then he threw the older Cena into a big clothesline from Tomko, the big man picked John up and hit a running powerslam and a legdrop before tagging Christian back in. They whipped John again and Tomko hit a sidewalk slam while Christian added a reverse DDT, Christian covered for yet another two. He picked John up and slammed him and climbed to the top-rope, John got up and cut him off before going for a superplex, Tomko came across and held Christian's foot allowing him to fight out and hit John with a tornado DDT! He covered but again John kicked out.
Christian tagged Tomko back in, the big man slowly came in and back John into a corner, he beat him down with punches and kicks before choking him with his boot, he picked John up and set him up for another running powerslam but John slipped out of it and hit the spinout powerbomb! Both men were down and Christian began calling for a tag, meanwhile John was crawling to his corner unaware that Jason wasn't there when suddenly the teen came staggering out to ringside, he hopped up to the ring apron and got the tag! Christian came in as well but Jason beat him to the punch, Jason backed him up against the ropes and whipped him and caught him with a powerslam for a two-count, he quickly jumped back to his feet and caught him with a shining wizard! He covered again but only got two again. Tomko came in but Jason knocked him down with a right hand then slammed Christian before climbing the ropes, he waited for Christian to stand and went for a cross-body but Christian moved, Tomko was standing behind the CLB and caught Jason, we lifted the teen up to his shoulders and went for a running powerslam but Jason escaped and pushed him into Christian, the teen then followed up with a reverse DDT to Tomko causing him to roll to the outside.
Christian tried to pull himself up in the corner and Jason went for a stinger splash but Christian moved again and Jason crashed into the turnbuckle, Christian quickly went for the Unprettier but Jason fought out and hit a dragon suplex! The referee counted but Christian kicked out, Jason picked the CLB up and whipped him, it was reversed but Jason ducked a clothesline, hit the brakes, and dropped Christian with the impaler! He covered but Tomko broke it up, Jason hammered away on the Problem Solver and clotheslined him to the outside, Christian tried to charge Jason but the teen ducked and hit a neckbreaker, he climbed to the tope-rope but Tomko got up on the apron to try and stop him but Jason knocked him down, Christian was up and tried to superplex Jason only for the teen to bring him down with a top-rope x-factor! He covered, but Tomko pulled him out of the ring! He tried to whip the teen into the steel steps but Jason reversed it and made Tomko collide with them instead, he got up on the apron and hit Christian in the ribs before trying a sunset flip over the ropes only for Christian to sit down and grab the middle-rope! The referee didn't see this and counted but Mara ran round the ring and nailed Christian in the face! This allowed Jason to pull Christian into a pin of his own for another two-count.
Christian and Jason fought their way up to their feet and began exchanging right hands, Christian gained control and tried a whip but Jason reversed hit and caught him with an elbow, he went for the Five-Knuckle-Shuffle but paused to stare at the crowd, every fan in the building was on their feet either booing him or willing Christian to get up, he smirked and turned a full circle pointing at the crowd before giving the DX sign and landing the move, he called for the F-U and lifted Christian up but he countered and went for the Unprettier, Jason slipped out of it and pushed Christian into the corner… the same corner that the referee was in, the two collided and the referee went down while Christian staggered out into a superkick. Both Christian and Jason went down and John came into the ring wrapping his chain around his fist, he waited for Christian to stand then he stepped forward to nail him but Jason grabbed his hand! The moment's distraction allowed Christian to scurry out of the ring while John turned to his brother.
"What the hell are you doing?" He yelled.
"We don't need that to win!" Jason replied.
The two stood face-to-face then Tomko got in the ring behind Jason, he charged but John pushed his brother to one side and took the boot instead! Jason knocked Tomko down and lifted him up for the F-U but Christian broke it up with a low blow! He then grabbed the teen and dropped him with the Unprettier! He covered as the referee regained his senses, the count was made… and Christian won the titles!
"Here are your winners and NEW WWE tag team champions, Tyson Tomko and Christian!"
The Canadian crowd went nuts as the referee handed Christian and Tomko their new titles, Tomko lifted Christian up to his shoulders for a few moments before the two got out of the ring and left through the crowd, allowing Christian one last figurative slap in the face by mocking the No Mercy celebration. Back in the ring, Jason was trying to pull himself up when John came up behind him.
"What the hell were you doing?" he screamed, shoving Jason.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want to win like that".
"We had them beat until you pulled that!" John shoved him again.
"I said I was sorry! Now stop shoving me"
"Why? What are you gonna do?" John began giving Jason little shoves in the face. "What are you gonna do? What are you…"
Jason had enough and responded with a shove of his own that sent John on his ass!
"Look, I know you're mad, but you do NOT shove me! You got that?"
John stood up and got right up in his brother's face, Jason stood his ground as the two stared each other down, before they could come to blows Shawn came running out and stood between them.
"Hey, HEY! Don't do this guys, not here, you're supposed to be brothers" He was directing this more at John than Jason. "You're supposed to be fighting with each other, not against each other! I know you're both upset, but don't do this, you can get a rematch, just shake hands and try and put this behind you".
It was simple enough to say, but as far as getting them to do it went, that seemed like an impossible task, finally, after what seemed like ages, John held out his hand, which Jason noticed still had the chain around it, Jason hesitantly shook it before John pulled him into a hug, Shawn smiled and turned to leave when John spun round a cracked him round the head with the chain! Shawn went down in a heap as John stood over him.
"Keep out of my business!"
John got out of the ring and headed backstage, Jason stood in the ring, torn between what he should do, eventually he made a decision and reluctantly headed after his brother to the back.
John was finishing packing his gear into his bag when Jason came up to him in the locker room.
"What the hell was that all about? Why did you hit him with the chain? What did he do?"
John ignored him and casually finished packing his bag and zipped it shut.
"Hey! Are you listening to me John? Don't ignore m…"
The teen suddenly found himself pinned to the wall by his throat, for a split second he thought Christopher Daniels was in the room with him, then focused on his brother.
"Yeah, I heard you, now you listen to me, for months now you have insisted on making that guy part of our business, we don't need him around to be successful kid! And to add to that, whenever we have a disagreement on something you go running to him as if you're some kind of lapdog! I'm sick of it! Now, he's probably gonna challenge me to a match for this, and when he does, you're gonna have to make a decision, you're either with me or against me, and I sincerely hope you make the right choice… bro'".
He let go of Jason and grabbed his bag. "You coming?" He yelled over his shoulder before heading out the door, Jason sighed and looked at the ground, he considered saying no, then reluctantly grabbed his stuff and followed after John.
End of ChapterWell there ya go, we have new tag team champions and the dream is over for Jason, but what's gotten into John? What will Jason's choice be? Will the attack change Shawn's mind and make him spill the beans on the older Cena? Find out next time.
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