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Chapter 4: Becoming a Rattlesnake

Right up till May/June time Steve was battling the owner of Raw, Ric Flair but behind the scenes he was having trouble with the company too, he wasn't happy with the direction the company was going and he made his feelings clear.

Anyway Eddie Guerrero was the Intercontinental Champion at the time after not long returning the company and to once again to get to Steve, Flair put me in a No DQ match against Guerrero for the title, thinking I had no chance in hell of winning it and he also banned Steve from ringside. I was doing ok during the match, I was holding my own but Eddie was way stronger than me. He hit me with a few offensive moves to lay me out before heading to the top rope to deliver his finishing move: the five star frog splash before Eddie could even get the corner the crowd cheered loudly as they saw Stone Cold heading through the crowd, jumping the barrier and climbing into the ring all before he gives Eddie a Stone Cold Stunner laying him out on the canvas, as the ref checks him, he then takes hold of my hand and drags me carefully over to where Eddie is lying and lays my arm over his chest, the ref then counts banging his hand down on the mat as Steve looks on 1...2.…3 and I'm declared the winner and new IC champ even though at that point didn't feel like it. I was only the second women in the history of the WWE to win the Intercontinental Championship, Chyna the first lady to do so before me. Steve then lifts me up in his arms and grabs the belt from the ref before handing it me, I shake off the cobwebs of the match before looking at the shiny belt in my hands. Steve and I celebrate my victory together by him hoisting me up on his shoulders, we celebrate posing in front of the fans much to Flair's dismay.

On June 3rd Steve showed up to work for the last time but the next week I showed up at the arena to find out from Steve's best friend in and out of the company, J.R that Steve hadn't showed up and he had tried to call him but got no luck, he went on to tell me that he had took his wife Debra and had gone home to Texas, walking out on the company which made him who he was, upon hearing this news all I could feel was anger towards him then upset and hurt by him, I had finally won a title and he up and leaves, I couldn't believe he would do that, I knew him better than anyone in the company and this wasn't him, he later explained to me that him and Debra were having problems in their marriage also his old neck injury was coming back to haunt him and he was exhausted and needed some time to get his life back on track and as his sister I respected his decision and supported him as much as I could while on the road.

He left his legacy behind and it was now up to me to continue what he started. I kept going without him but it was weird showing up at the arena and he wasn't there but I got used to it as I had made many friends during my time up until that point to help me get by. I really thought Vince would take Steve's departure out on me and make my life a living hell however he surprised me by not doing that and actually giving me a push to get me over more.

The week after Steve left I began a little feud with Stacy Keibler which resulted in a non title match at King of the Ring, during the match I dislocated my shoulder in a tag match, and was sent home for a 2 weeks by order of our doctor, for it to heal. The night of my return was July 15th 2002 and the night that Vince had made former WCW owner and his enemy Eric Bischoff General manager of Raw while making his daughter Stephanie General Manager of SmackDown. On camera mine and Steph's character's put the past behind us and became allies.

Personally I had never met Eric till my promo with him where Vince introduced me to him and of course I instantly didn't like him one single bit and made it upon myself to insult him about WCW going down to the WWE, of course I had heard of him as this was the man that hired my brother from WCW over the phone because he was injured so immediately behind the scenes I had a bit of animosity towards the man however Vince told me we were going to do an angle with me and him so we made peace and he actually apologised to me for firing my bro and let me know it's in past and I accepted his apology, I was actually looking forward to working with him.

Because of my insult that very same night Bischoff as one of his first acts as GM, decided to punish me by giving Eddie a rematch for the Intercontinental championship. During the end of the match it looked like I was gonna retain my belt without my brother's help this time but Eric made himself present during my match by distracting the ref on the apron of the ring while at the time WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly came in and performed her finisher the 'Molly-Go-Round' on me just as the ref was done with Bischoff, Eddie covered me for the pin incidentally Bischoff and Holly screwing me out of the title.

The next week to my surprise he actually put me in a Number 1 contender's match against Trish Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship, it was an opportunity to face Molly the following Sunday at Vengeance.

As a true Austin, I took out my anger and frustration of the past week out on Trish and won the match using, for the very first time my brother's finishing manoeuvre the 'Stone Cold Stunner', I couldn't believe he actually gave me permission to use his finisher but I loved performing it and I did it pretty well. It looked great on tape and Trish sold it perfectly.

I then took on Molly at Vengeance and got my ultimate revenge by capturing my first Women's Championship.

When I got back to my hotel I watched a tape of the match (something Triple H told me do to help improve) and I noticed something J.R had said and what he called me as I made my way to the ring..

"She has one hell of an attitude just like that brother of hers and she's coming for Molly Holly's title, she's with no doubt the toughest female in the WWE, she's the Baby Texas Rattlesnake, Emma Austin"

He called me a rattlesnake and the toughest female in the company to which I smiled at yet I was still a little confused, usually when creative decide to give you a nickname or an alias they tell you so they have for approval but this one had not been ran by me, I guess they called me a baby rattlesnake cause I was just like my brother but a female and smaller version of him and from that day I was known as the Baby Texas Rattlesnake….