Chapter Fifteen: The Draft
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(A/N): Since Machetti is WWE Champion, and the first match of the night is 'supposed' to be Champion vs. Champion, I'm going to have Machetti facing Edge. I'm going to be messing with the other matches so I can give Cena a match, without screwing up the draft.
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Raw was live from the Wachovia Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Tonight the arena was sold out, not only was tonight Mr. McMahon appreciation night, but tonight was the first ever tri-brand draft. The roster was going to be shaken up tonight, and the WWE might never be the same.
Riot Time hit and the fans popped. WWE Champion Machetti came out from the back holding hands with Maria. With his free hand Machetti took his WWE Title and hold it up above his head, allowing the fans to cheer loudly. Machetti smiled then he and Maria got in the ring. Machetti ran over to the corner and jumped up onto the middle rope, then back-flipped off of it and landed in the middle of the ring next to Maria.
Machetti pulled off his 'Go Hard Or Go Home' t-shirt and turned to face the TitanTron. Edge's theme music hit and Smackdown's World Heavyweight Champion made his entrance, which was enhanced with a large display of pyro. This match was Champion versus Champion and the winner's brand would receive the first draft pick of the 2007 draft.
Edge slid into the ring and glared at Machetti and Maria then took off his long leather coat and got ready to start the fight. Machetti helped Maria out of the ring, then handed the referee his WWE Championship, while Edge handed the referee the World Heavyweight Championship. The referee handed the two titles to someone outside of the ring then turned back to Machetti and Edge and signaled for the bell.
The two champions met in the middle of the ring and locked up. Edge was the bigger and heavier of the two and had the strength advantage. And despite the fact that Machetti was struggling valiantly, Edge ended up backing Machetti into the ropes. Outside of the ring, Maria reached up and tapped Machetti on the back of the leg, encouraging him to push dig deep and push Edge backwards.
Machetti did just that, the pushed his arms out and locked his elbows, then pushed Edge backwards a few steps, then locked his knees while Edge pushed back on him. Machetti kept struggling and ended up forcing Edge further backwards, Machetti's face was turning red, but finally with one last shove be pushed Edge back into the ropes on the other side of the ring.
Machetti quickly stepped back and stood back in middle of the ring while smirking at Edge. Edge charged at Machetti want went for a clothesline, but Machetti ran forward and rolled under Edge's arm, then jumped up while Edge turned around, and knocked Edge down to the mat with a corkscrew dropkick. Machetti ran to the ropes and jumped up onto the middle one, then back-flipped off of it looking for a springboard moonsault. But Edge rolled out of the way, causing Machetti smash face first into the mat.
Edge got up to his feet and backed into the ropes in front of Machetti, who was on his hands and knees. Edge then ran forward and nailed Machetti with a dropkick to the face, causing Machetti to flip backwards and land on his back. Edge quickly crawled over to and went for a pin, ONE… TWO… Machetti got a shoulder up.
Edge got up to his feet and pulled Machetti up, then whipped him into the corner. Edge charged at Machetti and clotheslined Machetti back into the turnbuckle, then grabbed him for a side facelock and planted Machetti with the Edgecution (an Impaler) then went for a pin, ONE… TWO… TH… Machetti kicked out. Edge got up to his feet and glared down at Machetti, "that's my move!" taunted Edge.
Edge reached down and pulled Machetti up to his feet. Edge started going off on Machetti with some hard right hands, but Machetti suddenly raked Edge's eyes, then kneed him in the gut. Machetti grabbed Edge then planted him with an Impaler of his own, Machetti then went for the pin, ONE… TWO… TH… Edge kicked out. "Who's move is it now?" taunted Machetti as he got up to his feet.
Machetti turned around and climbed up onto the top rope, but while he was facing away from the ring, Edge had gotten up to his feet, and attacked Machetti from behind, driving Machetti's sternum into the top turnbuckle pad. Edge then put his head in between Machetti's legs, then stepped backwards with Machetti sitting on his shoulders. Edge then fell backwards and drove Machetti down to the mat with an Electric Chair drop. Edge went for the pin, ONE… TWO… THR… Machetti kicked out.
Edge glared down at Machetti then got up to his feet, Edge lifted Machetti's legs up, crossed them, then rolled Machetti onto his stomach and locked in the Edgucator. Machetti screamed in pain as Edge's kneeling sharpshooter took its toll on his legs, really working over the knees. "Tap out!" screamed Edge, "I'll break your legs!"
Machetti struggled and lifted his hand, contemplating tapping out, but then he saw Maria, who was leaning on the apron. "Don't tap out," Maria told him, "you can get out of it!" Machetti nodded and brought his hand back down to the ground, but not to tap out, instead he used it and his other hand to push himself up off of the mat. Edge was a little worried due to the fact that he was losing leverage, but he quickly straightened up his legs in order to keep on the pressure.
Then Machetti suddenly dropped down and rolled under Edge, then he grabbed Edge's legs and locked in a sharpshooter of his own. Edge was taken completely by surprise and suddenly felt the white hot pain shoot through his legs. Edge clawed at the mat and dragged himself and Machetti over to the ropes, then he quickly lunged forward and grabbed the bottom rope, causing a rope break. The referee yelled at Machetti to break the hold, which he slowly did, before getting back up to his feet.
Machetti staggered over to Edge and pulled him up then whipped him across the ring into the ropes. Edge bounced off and came back, then Machetti ran at him, jumped up onto Edge's shoulders, then fell back, sending him flying with a hurricurana. Edge rolled over to the rope, but quickly grabbed the bottom rope and pulled himself under, then down to the floor.
Edge crawled over to the barricade and fought up to his feet, then turned to face Machetti who was standing in the ring. Machetti charged at Edge and prepared to jump over to top rope onto the outside, but Edge quickly dove out of the way. But instead of crashing and burning, Machetti grabbed the top rope, and managed to land on the ring apron. Edge slowly got up and turned around, expecting to see Machetti on the ground, but the Machetti leapt off of the ring apron, landed on Edge's shoulders and took him down with another hurricurana, this time on the outside.
Machetti fought up to his feet, then went over to the barricade and climbed up onto it. Edge slowly fought up to his feet, and looked around for Machetti, he turned around and Machetti suddenly leapt off of the barricade and caught him with a crossbody, knocking Edge down to the thinly padded floor. Machetti rolled off of Edge and pulled him up to his feet, then rolled Edge back into the ring. Machetti turned to the fans and raised his arms up into the air, earning him a cheer from the crowd, then climbed up onto the apron.
Machetti got in the ring and went over to Edge, who suddenly took Machetti by surprise with a low blow. Machetti dropped to his knees, and Edge capitalized by hitting Machetti with a low dropkick to the face, knocking Machetti onto his back. Edge went for the quick pin, ONE… TWO… T… but Machetti kicked out.
Edge glared down at Machetti then got up and pulled Machetti to his feet. Edge whipped Machetti into the corner then ran at him, but at the last second, Machetti dove out of the way, causing Edge to run full speed into the steel ring post. Machetti grabbed the ropes and pulled himself up to his feet, then ran at Edge, jumped up and hit a corkscrew dropkick, driving his feet into Edge's back, causing Edge's head to once again be driven into the steel ring post.
Machetti grabbed Edge and rolled him up with a school boy, then went for the pin, ONE… TWO… TH… Edge kicked out! Machetti got up off of Edge, then climbed up onto the top rope. Edge had rolled onto his back and was laying prone on the mat. Machetti jumped up and springboarded off of the top rope, then did a back-flip in mid air, looking for a Shooting Star Press, but Edge suddenly rolled out of the way , causing Machetti to smash face first into the mat.
Edge smirked at Machetti then got up to his feet and walked over to the corner. Edge crouched down and measured Machetti up for a spear. Machetti was in the other corner and was slowly pushing himself up off of the mat. From looking at Edge, Maria could tell what he was going to do, it didn't take a genius to know that meant Edge was going for a spear. She needed to act quickly.
Machetti finally made it back up to his feet and slowly turned around. Edge charged at him, but Maria suddenly grabbed Machetti's ankles and pulled, knocking Machetti onto his face. Edge kept going and charged right into the turnbuckle. Maria pulled on Machetti's legs and dragged him under the bottom rope and out of the ring. Edge pulled himself away from the turnbuckle and glared at Maria, who was helping Machetti back up on the outside.
Edge got up to his feet and back up against the ropes on the other side of the ring. Machetti smiled at Maria, but suddenly Edge came flying between the top and middle rope and decked him with a diving spear, driving Machetti hard into the barricade. Edge smirked down at Machetti, who was pretty much out cold, then back up and stood on the other side of the steps.
Maria rushed over to Machetti and checked on him. He was out cold. Maria lightly slapped Machetti's face, then started pulling him up off of the ground. Maria was having a little trouble holding Machetti up, seeing how his entire two hundred and fifteen pounds was leaning on her, but she eventually managed to make Machetti stand straight. But suddenly Edge who had rolled in and then out of the ring to stop the ring out count charged over, looking for a spear.
But instead of hitting Machetti, he hit Maria, and almost broke her in half with a vicious spear. Edge slowly got up to his feet and glared down at Maria, "That's for getting in the way!" Edge yelled down at the unconscious diva. Meanwhile the fans were going crazy and started a EDGE SUCKS! chant. The entire sold out crowd eventually started chanting and was booing loudly at Edge.
Edge turned around to face Machetti, had fallen back on the ground, but was finally conscious. He looked up at Edge, then glanced at Maria. Edge smirked at Machetti, telling him that he was the reason that Maria was unconscious right now. With that, Machetti snapped. The look in Machetti's eyes was cold and uncaring, Edge suddenly realized what he just did, and was suddenly scared for his life.
Machetti leapt off of the ground and charged at Edge and tackled him to the ground. Machetti rolled off of Edge and pulled him up then whipped him into the ring post, causing the World Heavyweight Champions head, to snap back as his feet kept moving. Edge fell hard to the mat and when Machetti pulled him off of the ground and rolled him into the ring it was apparent that Edge had been busted opened.
Machetti got in the ring after Edge and started stomping hard on Edge's head, driving his foot as hard as he could into the open wound on Edge's forehead. Machetti jumped up and did a front flip, then landed with his leg across Edge's head for a flip leg drop. Machetti quickly rolled out of the ring and went over to the timekeepers table, he knocked everyone out of the way and grabbed chair, Machetti turned around and slid the chair into the ring, then went back to the corner and took another chair, then got into ring with it.
Edge saw Machetti with the chair and started begging off, hoping Machetti would calm down and not use the chair on him. "Come on I'm sorry, she was in the way," apologized Edge. The referee yelled at Machetti and told him that if he used the chair he'd be disqualified. Machetti didn't care, he suddenly ran forwards and jumped up into the air, positioned the chair under his feet and skateboarded it into Edge's face, knocking Edge flat on his back.
The referee turned away from Machetti and called for the bell, this match was over. But Machetti didn't seem to care, he ran over to Edge started smashing the chair down on the World Heavyweight Champion's face, over and over again Machetti smashed Edge with the chair, causing the gash on Edge's forehead to open wider and wider. Machetti then jumped up and placed the chair under his leg, then came crashing down on Edge's head for a leg drop, driving the chair into Edge's forehead.
The referee came over and tried to pull the chair away from Machetti, but Machetti pulled the chair back, then swung it and smashed the referee in the face, he was out cold before he even hit the mat. Machetti glared down at the unconscious official, then unfolded his chair and placed it down on the ground. Then Machetti went and got the other chair, unfolded it, and placed it down next to the first chair.
Machetti walked over to Edge, who was once again backing away. Machetti grabbed Edge's ankle and pulled him towards him, then Machetti pulled Edge up to his feet. Machetti lifted Edge up and held him sideways, then nailed him with the Machetti's Blade. Machetti smirked down at Edge then rolled off of him and dragged him over to the two chairs.
Machetti placed Edge on top of the seats of the chairs, and then kicked Edge in the side of the head, just to make sure he was out cold. Machetti then turned to the corner and climbed up onto the top rope. Machetti glared down at Edge, then jumped up, springboarded off of the top rope and did a back-flip in mid air, Machetti came crashing down on Edge, with a Shooting Star Press, driving Edge's back hard into the chair, bending them beyond repair in the process.
Machetti walked back over to Edge and pulled him up off of the chairs, he wasn't done yet. Edge wasn't even conscious and put up on fight as Machetti tossed Edge through the ropes and down to the floor. Machetti got out of the ring after Edge, then went over to the ECW announce table. He yanked off the top part and tossed to the side then grabbed at TV monitor from on top of it. Machetti went over to Edge and wrapped the wire from the TV monitor around Edge's throat then pulled back, choking the life out of Edge.
The pain woke Edge back up, and the Rated R Superstar started screaming out in pain. Machetti held the wire on for a little while longer, then eventually dropped it, allowing Edge fall limply to the floor. Machetti pulled Edge away from the wire, then pulled him up to his feet and rolled him on top of the ECW announce table. Joey Styles and Tazz quickly backed away, MACHETTI WAS F-CKING NUTS!
Machetti got up on top of the table with Edge and pulled him up to his feet. Machetti lifted Edge up and held him sideways in front of him. Machetti glanced at the six announcers, all of them looked scared, then he turned to the fans, they weren't even all that sure of what was going on, but they were cheering anyway. Machetti bent down then hit the Machetti's Blade, flipping Edge over his head, then smashing him down through the table as he smashed down on top of him.
Machetti rolled off of Edge and got up to his feet. Edge was lying unconscious on top of the flattened remains of the ECW announce table. Machetti was still seething but slowly walked away from Edge and went over to Maria. She was sitting up on the ground and was clutching her ribs in pain, but looked extremely frightened as Machetti started coming over to her.
But before Maria could do anything Machetti reached down and pulled Maria up to her feet, then wrapped his arms around her for a somewhat light hug. A look of relief spread over Maria's face as Machetti held her close to him. Then he hooked his arm behind Maria's legs and lifted her up. Machetti carried Maria in front of him and walked up the ramp to the back.
Officials rushed over to Edge and slowly pulled him up off of the remains of the announce table, then they draped Edge's arms over their shoulders and started walking him around the ring. The ring announcer was handed his mic, he paused for a second before speaking. "The winner of the match via disqualification is Edge," Edge certainly didn't look like a winner, the two referees were walking the only half conscious World Champion to the back, and were supporting all of Edge's weight.
"That means Smackdown gets the first draft pick," continued the announcer. Everyone's attention was drawn to the TitanTron. A graphic showed and started shuffling through superstars, then went to a WWE Draft Logo. The logo faded and the Great Khali's picture appeared. "The Great Khali has been drafted to Smackdown!" The Punjabi Giant's theme hit and Khali came out from the back with his translator.
Edge, who was still being held up on the entrance ramp lifted his head up enough to show the frightened look on his face. Was having the Great Khali on his roster going to be good or bad? Khali and his translator headed to the back and a replay was shown of Machetti hitting the Shooting Star Press on Edge and the chairs, then of Machetti putting Edge through the ECW announce table with the Machetti's Blade. With that Raw faded and went to a commercial.
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Alright things were a little shaken up so here's what happened with the rest of the night. There was a battle between the two number one contenders, with Batista versus John Cena. When Cena had Batista on his shoulders for the F-U, Batista suddenly slid off and landed in front of Cena. Batista grabbed him and nailed him with a Batista Bomb, and got the win. Batista earned Smackdown a draft pick, and the pick turned out to be the Nature Boy Ric Flair.
Next Elijah Burke fought Jeff Hardy, with Hardy winning via Swanton Bomb. Raw was given a draft pick and ended up drafting Snitsky from ECW. Jeff looked a little worried and wondered what would happen if they had that deranged psychopath on Raw. Then for the main event of the night, Randy Orton won a fifteen man Battle Royal and won the final draft pick. The pick turned out to be the WWE's fastes rising star, it was Misterrrr Kennedyyyy!
With that the draft was over, and the night finally ended with Vince McMahon's limo exploding. Was the Chairman dead? Some Vince McMahon Appreciation Night!
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That the draft, I kept all the picks the same, I just thought it would be better to do Champion versus Champion to start the show, and seeing how Machetti is the champ in this story and not John Cena, things needed to be changed. I also thought that my ended for the match was a little bit better than the count out ending.
'Till Next Time…
Peace!