Chapter Nine: The Match
"Hey….hey……HEY!"
Caria was pacing back and fourth out of nervousness. She stopped abruptly when Jeff grabbed a hold of her. "Hey chill, it's going to be fine."
"I'm scared I'm going to lose again." Caria said. They were back by the curtains that lead to the runway. Their match was coming up next.
"What kind of talk is that? We're not going to lose. Now breathe girl." Jeff said.
Caria inhaled deeply then exhaled out.
"Good, now are you okay?" Jeff asked her letting go.
She nodded her head. "Yeah, I think I'm together now…"
Jeff smiled. "That's the spirit."
After the current match was over, Lillian Garcia declared the winner and announced the next match.
"Ladies and Gentleman, this match is for the Tag-Team World Championship titles! From Los Angeles, California; weighing in at a combination of 350 pounds --- Johnny Nitro and Melina!"
MNM's entrance music played and the two of them entered in. The red carpet was rolled out and the cameras flashed all around. The audience booed the two heels. They took about a minute to finish up their display then got into the ring.
"And their opponents from Cameron, North Carolina and Prescott, Arizona; weighing in a combination of 375 pounds --- Jeff Hardy and Rosebud!"
Jeff's music came on. The fans cheered and a roar of excitement came from them. Once again, Jeff did his energetic dance. He was wearing his same black muscle shirt with matching cargo pants. On his feet were his white shoes. Hanging from his neck was his silver necklace with the symbol dangling from it. And on his arms were his white and black arm bands with the multiple holes in them.
Caria was dressed in her black spaghetti-strap shirt with frills at the top and bottom. Over it was her mesh tee. She also had on her camo mini skirt, red stockings and big combat boots; and tossed her long blonde hair into pigtails.
Running into the ring, Caria followed Jeff sliding under the ropes.
The bell rang and the match started off with Jeff and Johnny. Through out the time, the four of them battled it out. It went on for a while, after Jeff and Johnny had enough of each other, they tagged the ladies in. Melina and Caria were at each other's throats, though now Melina was at winning hand.
Pinning Caria the ref called one, two -- kick out! Melina tried again, but didn't succeed. Caria got up and pushed Melina into the ropes. As she spun back around, Caria clothes-pinned her then got her to the mat.
One, two, three!
The bell rang again and the crowd cheered.
"Here is your winner and the new Tag-Team World Champions – Jeff Hardy and Rosebud!"
Caria did it, she managed to defeat Melina and both she and Jeff beat the heel couple at last. Jeff got into the ring with her. The ref took the belts and handed it to them. The two rose the gold up in the air. They had won.