Chapter Twenty-Eight: Saturday Night's Main Event II

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Saturday Night's Main Event was airing on NBC, and it was promising to be quite a show. Not only was there the boxing match between Matt Hardy and Evander Hollyfield, but there was also the promise of an update on Mr. McMahon's bastard child. If that wasn't enough, Smackdown's Great Khali, ECW's John Morrison, and Raw's WWE Champion Machetti would all be in action, the latter of the three would be putting his title up for grabs in a match against John Cena.

There's the old saying that, 'Anything can happen in the WWE'. Well tonight on Saturday Night's Main Event, the Madison Square Garden crowd could bear witness to the crowning of a new champion. John Cena could presumably defeat Machetti in their match and become the new WWE Champion, meaning that at SummerSlam, instead of Machetti versus Randy Orton, it would be John Cena versus Randy Orton. The number one contender would undoubtedly be paying close attention to this match.

The camera cut backstage to the Chaos Inc locker room, where WWE Champion Machetti was shown sitting with the other three members of his faction. The atmosphere in the locker room was tense and quiet, and it remained so for a few more seconds, then Machetti glanced around at the other three before finally speaking, "Guys, this is going to sound kind of weird," prompted Machetti, "but I think I want to go out there on my own tonight."

"You're right," commented Brian, "that did sound weird."

Paul shook his head at Brian before addressing Machetti's statement by asking, "Why's that?"

"Look," explained Machetti, "over the last few weeks John Cena has been put in matches and has been taking bullets that were probably meant for me. The guy's at the top of his game, and I can tell he is determined to win the WWE Championship back."

"Are you saying you WANT Cena to win?" questioned Brian, with a look of shock on his face.

"No," Machetti quickly answered, "I just want the match to be a fair contest. Cena has worked hard for this shot and I think it should be as normal as possible, just the two of us, that way when I hit Cena with the Machete's Blade and pin him in the middle of that ring, I'll have proven once and for all, that I am the better athlete. On top of that, I'll be sending a message to Randy Orton. Come SummerSlam, that's going to be him that I'm pinning in the middle of the ring, not John Cena."

"Machetti if you're really sure about this, then we'll stay back here," said Maria, finally entering the conversation.

"We all know you can beat him," said Paul, "you don't need us to help you prove it."

"Thanks guys," replied Machetti as he got up and slapped hands with Paul and Brian then gave Maria a hug.

"Just remember," said Brian as Machetti shouldered his title and headed for the door, "win or lose, the three of us won't think any less of you, and we'll see you and YOUR title after the match."

"I'll keep that in mind," commented Machetti as he headed out of the room.

The camera followed after Machetti and showed him walking down to the ring, with a determined look on his face. "Good luck out there tonight champ!" came the voice of Candice Michelle.

"Thanks Candice," replied Machetti as he stopped and turned to face the Women's Champion.

"Look, you've got a big match tonight," said Candice, "and I was wondering if you'd want me to accompany you out to the ring tonight."

"That's alright," Machetti politely refused, "I just told the rest of my faction that I was going to do this on my own."

"Oh," replied Candice without missing a beat, "well I'm sure you've got it under control, and I know you'll still be the champion when tonight is over."

"Thanks," said Machetti, with a small grin.

"No problem, now go out there and retain your title," ordered Candice.

"Yes ma'am," answered Machetti with a mock salute. Machetti then turned and continued his walked down to the ring, but stopped and turned around when Candice called after him.

Candice quickly ran over to Machetti, and before he could react gave him a quick kiss, "Good luck," whispered Candice, before turning and walking off, leaving an extremely confused WWE Champion her wake.

"What the hell!" Machetti mumbled out loud.

Machetti shook his head and once again continued his walk, but now the determined look on his face was gone, and the confused look was the one that remained. The Camera then cut to John Cena, and showed him walking down to the ring as well, the WWE Championship match was up next. With that Saturday Night's Main Event went to a commercial break.

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My Time Is Now played in the arena as John Cena ran out from the back. Cena was met with his usual mixed reaction as he made his way down to the ring for the match. Once Cena was in the ring, he turned to face the TitanTron, but no music played. Cena looked confused as he kept looking up at the empty entrance ramp, while the fans around the ring grew quiet.

Then all of a sudden Riot Time hit and Machetti came out from the back to a huge ovation from the crowd. Machetti held his WWE Championship up over his head, while smirking at Cena who looked relieved down in the ring. Machetti quickly sprinted down the entrance ramp and slid into the ring, then climbed up onto the middle rope in one of the corners and raised the title up above his head once more. Machetti back-flipped off of the ropes, then turned around and handed the WWE Championship to the referee before pulling off his Chaos Inc sweatshirt and tossing it into the crowd.

The referee showed the title to both combatants then walked to the corner and handed it to someone outside of the ring. Once the referee got back into the middle of the ring, he called for the bell and the match was underway. John Cena gestured to his waist signaling to Machetti that he was going to win the title, Machetti's only response was to roll his eyes and call for a lock up.

Cena and Machetti met in the middle of the ring, and after a brief stare down they locked up. Super Cena was the stronger of the two and immediately started back Machetti up towards the corner, but Machetti suddenly dropped down and in a flash he slid in between Cena's legs, then jumped up onto Cena's back and locked in a sleeper from behind, while wrapping his legs around Cena's waist for a body scissors.

Cena staggered around the ring and reached back for Machetti in an attempt to toss him off, but Machetti was locked on tight and he wasn't going anywhere. Cena had a sudden inspiration as he suddenly ran backwards and drove Machetti's back into the turnbuckle, Cena stepped away from the corner and attempted to throw Machetti off of him, but the champ was still holding on. With a shake of his head, Cena suddenly sprinted across the ring, then rammed Machetti's back into the opposite turnbuckle, then he reached back, grabbed Machetti and flipped him over his head and down to the mat.

But before Cena could capitalize, Machetti rolled away from him and pulled himself up with the ropes. Machetti held his back gingerly as the two superstars had another stare down. The fans around the arena started cheering they wanted to see some action, maybe if they could motivate the two superstars they could get the match going faster. So around the arena fans started chanting Machetti, Machetti while some other fans countered with Cena, Cena!

A smirk appeared on Machetti's face as he turned and looked across the ring at Cena, the stared back at Machetti and nodded his head, and with that both superstars sprinted across the ring. But about half way across, while Cena tried for a shoulder block, Machetti jumped up into the air and leap frogged Cena, then once he landed he spun around and took Cena down with a running corkscrew dropkick. Cena hit the mat and rolled over to the ropes while holding his stomach where Machetti had kicked him.

Machetti kept going and jumped over Cena and onto the ropes next to him, then Machetti slingshotted himself up into the air, let of the ropes, then came crashing down back-first onto Cena with a slingshot senton. Machetti quickly hooked Cena's legs and went for a pin, ONE… T… Cena managed to grab the bottom rope next to him. Machetti rolled off of Cena and went to the nearest corner, then he lifted himself up and sat on the top rope.

Cena, oblivious to Machetti, pulled himself up with the ropes and staggered to his feet, but suddenly Machetti launched himself out from the corner, grabbed Cena, and drove his face down to the mat for a flying bulldog. Machetti got back up and backed up into the ropes, while Cena fought up onto his hands and knees, but Machetti suddenly ran forward and connected with a dropkick right to the face, launching Cena backwards and causing him to flip onto his back.

Machetti then ran at Cena, jumped up into the air, did a back-flip, then came crashing down on top of him for a standing shooting star press. Machetti quickly hooked Cena's leg and went for a pin, ONE… TWO… TH… Cena kicked out. Machetti rolled off of Cena and sat up, the smirk was still on his face as got up to his feet, then pulled Cena up as well.

Machetti whipped Cena across the ring and into the corner, then charged at him, jumped up into the air and hit a crossbody, driving Cena's back into the corner. Machetti then jumped back as Cena came stumbling forward, then jumped up, wrapped his legs around Cena's next, and sent him flying across the ring with a hurricurana. Cena landed hard on his back on the other side of the ring, causing Machetti to smirk. Machetti quickly climbed up onto the top rope, then launched himself halfway across the ring for a diving headbu-CENA ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY!

Machetti crashed and burned and smashed face first down to the mat, now both superstars were down. But Cena, who was now closer to the ropes since he rolled out of the way, grabbed onto them and pulled himself up to his feet. Then he turned around and walked over to Machetti and pulled him up as well. Cena whipped Machetti into the corner, then sprinted after him, but as he neared the corner, Machetti shot his hands out to the top rope on either side of the turnbuckle and hoisted himself up into the air.

Cena would have run right under Machetti and smashed into the turnbuckle, but at the last second Cena hit the breaks, then he quickly reached up and positioned Machetti on his shoulders. Half of the crowd cheered loudly, CENA WAS GOING FOR THE F-U! Machetti realized exactly were he was and quickly reached out with his legs and wrapped them around the top rope, so when Cena tried to pull him into the middle of the ring, Machetti held him back.

In response, Cena spun to the side so Machetti was only resting on one of his shoulders, then he launched Machetti up into the air, then side-stepped him as he came crashing downward, but at the last second Machetti grabbed Machetti's head for a headlock and planted him with a sickening DDT. Cena reached up and pulled Machetti's feet off of the top rope, then rolled Machetti onto his back and went for the pin, ONE… TWO… TH… Machetti kicked out.

Instead of being discouraged, Cena quickly got up off of Machetti and pulled him up to his feet too. Cena then whipped Machetti across the ring and into the ropes, then ran after him, when Machetti bounced off of the ropes, Cena followed after him and drove Machetti's face down to the mat by flipping over him with a blockbuster (I think that's what he calls that move now, you know the Throwback?), Cena rolled Machetti onto his back, then took a page out of Machetti's book and went over to the corner and climbed up onto the top rope.

Cena launched himself off of the top rope and came crashing down with an elbow drop straight to Machetti's chest. Cena didn't waste a second as he quickly hooked Machetti's leg and went for a pin, ONE… TWO… THR… Machetti managed to kick out. Cena stayed in control and got up to his feet, then pulled Machetti up with him, Cena quickly whipped Machetti into the ropes.

But as he reached them, Machetti jumped up onto the middle rope, then springboarded backwards across the ring, Over Castle Take Ov- In a movement that only took a second, Cena reached up and launched Machetti back up into the air and over his head, Machetti flipped in the air then came crashing back-first down to the mat for a back body drop. Cena ran over to Machetti and went for another pin, ONE… TWO… THR… Machetti still managed to kick out.

Cena shook his head and got back up then backed up across the ring and waited for Machetti to pull himself up to his feet. The fans chanted for Cena as Machetti grabbed the ropes and pulled himself up to his feet, then slowly turned around. But at that instant Cena charged forward and took Machetti down with a shoulder block, when Machetti got back up, Cena took him down with a second one.

As Machetti tried to fight back up to his feet, Cena ran over to him and slipped behind him, then lifted Machetti up and slammed him down to the mat for a spinout powerslam. Cena got back up and walked around Machetti, then stared down at him and did the 'You Can't See Me' hand gesture. Cena then ran to the ropes, bounced off of them and connected with the Five Knuckle Shuffle, the fans were on their feet, as Cena backed away from Machetti and measured him up for an F-U.

Once Machetti managed to get up, Cena gave Machetti a salute, then hoisted him up onto his shoulders. Cena held Machetti on his shoulders and turned to face the crowd, then he launched Machetti off of him and drove him down to the mat, F-U! F-U! CENA HIT THE F-U! Cena crawled over to Machetti and went for the pin, ONE… TWO… THRE… MACHETTI KICKED OUT!

Cena was shocked, the fans were shocked, J.R., JBL, and Michael Cole were shocked, even the referee looked shocked! Machetti just kicked out of the F-U! Out of disbelief Cena went for another pin, ONE… TWO… THR… but Machetti still kicked out. Cena shook his head down at Machetti, then quickly locked in the STF-U, if he couldn't pin Machetti, Cena would make him tap out.

Machetti screamed out in pain as Cena applied as much pressure as he could to his signature submission move, but Cena was shocked to see that Machetti was hanging in there and wasn't tapping out. The fans were impressed and all around the arena they started chanting, Machetti, Machetti! Over and over again the fans chanted the champion's name, urging him to fight out of it and take control of the match up.

More and more fans were joining in on the chant it was growing louder and louder until almost everyone was chanting MACHETTI, MACHETTI! Machetti heard his name being chanted and new he had to do something, so he dug deep and started crawling and somehow started dragging Cena towards the ropes. When the fans saw that Machetti was actually starting to fight, it caused the Machetti chants to grow even louder.

Machetti dragged himself, and Cena halfway across the ring, then suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the bottom rope. The referee ran over and shouted at Cena to release the hold. Cena just stared down at Machetti for a second, then reluctantly released the STF-U and got back up. Cena backed away from Machetti, as the champion started pulling himself up with the ropes.

Cena smirked once Machetti was on his feet then charged forward, but what he missed was Machetti sneaking a glance at the TitanTron. Cena sprinted at Machetti full speed, but in a flash Machetti spun around, caught Cena, and launched him up into the air, over the top rope, and down to the floor. Cena landed with a loud thud, but suddenly Machetti hoisted himself up onto the top rope, then springboarded off of it while doing a back-flip in mid air, then came crashing down on top of Cena for a springboard shooting star press.

The referee ran over to the ropes and began the ring out count, but at four Machetti managed to fight back up to his feet. Machetti then pulled Cena up and rolled him into the ring, then got in after him. Machetti crawled over to Cena and went for a pin, hoping to capitalize on Cena's weakened condition, ONE… TWO… THR… Cena kicked out. Machetti didn't seem to surprised at the kick out and quickly got back up to his feet, Machetti walked over to Cena, then pulled him up and whipped him into the corner.

Machetti then sprinted towards Cena, but at the last second, jumped to the side and onto the middle rope beside Cena, then Machetti launched himself off of the rope and drove his feet into Cena's stomach for a springboard dropkick, driving Cena back into the turnbuckle. Machetti rolled away from Cena and got up to his feet, while Cena fell to the ground and leaned back against the middle turnbuckle.

But Machetti suddenly sprinted at Cena and drove his feet into Cena's stomach for another dropkick, once again driving Cena back into the turnbuckle. Machetti rolled away and watched as Cena fell forward and held his stomach in pain. Machetti got back up and went walked over to Cena, then pulled him up to his feet, in a flash Machetti kicked Cena in the stomach, then capitalized and planted him with an Impaler. Machetti quickly rolled Cena onto his back and went for a pin, ONE…TWO… THRE…. Cena just kicked out.

Machetti stared down at Cena and shook his head, if this was how Cena wanted to play, then he'd be happy to participate. Machetti got back up and climbed up onto the turnbuckle behind Cena then waited for his opponent to fight up to his feet, Cena slowly turned around, just as Machetti springboarded off of the top rope and did a back-flip in mid air. Machetti caught Cena on his way down and drove Cena's face down to the mat with a Shooting Star Press DDT. Once again Machetti rolled Cena onto his back and went for the pin, ONE… TWO… THRE… but once again Cena just barely kicked out.

The fans let out a loud cheer and started chanting This Match Rocks, This Match Rocks! Both Machetti and Cena were giving this match everything they had, neither superstar wanted to lose, and that was made clear by the resiliency they were both showing during this match. Machetti stared down at Cena and nodded approvingly, Cena was fighting hard, and if he hadn't already, had definitely earned Machetti's respect.

Machetti got up and pulled Cena up with him, then whipped Cena across the ring and into the ropes, when Cena came back Machetti caught him and hoisted him up into the air, then drove Cena's face down to the mat for the… Flat-Liner? Machetti rolled Cena onto his back, then ran to the ropes, jumped up onto the top rope, did a back-flip off of it, then came crashing down on Cena for a springboard moonsault. Machetti quickly went for a pin, ONE… TWO…. THRE… AGAIN CENA KICKED OUT!

Machetti rolled off of Cena and sat up on the mat, then for no apparent reason… he started laughing. He was having a great time! Machetti got up and went to pulled Cena up to his feet, but suddenly Cena grabbed Machetti and lifted him up onto his shoulders. Cena went for the F-U, but Machetti quickly swung around and planted Cena with a tornado DDT. Machetti didn't even bother going for the pin, and quickly pulled Cena up off of the mat.

Machetti whipped Cena into the ropes, but Cena caught them and held on, preventing himself from bouncing off. Machetti sprinted at Cena, but when he got close, Cena caught Machetti and launched him up into the air, causing Machetti to land on top of Cena's shoulders. Once again, Cena went for the F-U, but Machetti quickly reached out and grabbed the top rope, stopping Cena from hitting the move.

Cena tried pulling Machetti away from the ropes, but as a response, Machetti yanked himself and Cena closer to the ropes, then wrapped both of his arms around the top one. Cena reached forward to pull Machetti away, but suddenly Machetti's legs wrapped around Cena's head, and then Machetti surged forward, taking both of them, over the top rope and out of the ring with a head scissors take down. At the last second Machetti grabbed the middle rope and kept himself from falling, but Cena wasn't so lucky, and hit the ground hard.

Machetti rolled back into the ring and pulled himself up with the ropes, but suddenly looked up in shock when he saw Orton and Carlito sprinting out from the back. Machetti glared at Orton and Carlito, then watched in shock as they pulled Cena up to his feet and made a big deal over checking on him. Were Orton and Carlito actually helping John Cena?

But all of a sudden, Orton and Carlito took Cena and whipped him hard into the steps, Cena's shoulder connected with the steal with a loud thud, knocking the top part of the stairs off of the bottom. In the ring the referee called for the bell awarding the match to John Cena by disqualification. The fans in the arena started booing, but suddenly Machetti launched himself over the top rope and went flying at Orton and Carlito, but the two of them quickly dove out of the way, causing Machetti to land hard on the floor.

Orton quickly got up and walked over to Machetti and grinned down at him, "I want you to watch this," instructed Orton, as he glanced at Carlito, who had gotten a chair out from under the ring. Carlito set up the chair by ringside, then got Cena and dragged him over to the chair. Orton glanced down at Machetti, then waited until Cena stood up and sprinted over to him, then in one move RKO-d Cena down onto the chair. Orton got up and glared down at the unmoving body of John Cena, then turned and grinned at Machetti.

"That's going to be you at SummerSlam!" Orton yelled, then he nodded to Carlito and the two of them turned and headed up the ramp and to the back. All around the arena fans were chanting, ORTON SUCKS, ORTON SUCKS! Not only had Randy interrupted the epic encounter between Machetti and Cena, but he had just left Cena for dead after RKO-ing him onto that chair.

Machetti eventually managed to crawl over to Cena and knelt down next to him so he could check on him, Cena seemed out of it, but thankfully he was still breathing. Machetti slowly pulled Cena up off of the floor and onto his feet, then draped Cena's arm over his shoulders. With one hand Machetti took the WWE Championship that the referee handed to him, and with the other he held up Cena and carefully walked him to the back. The fans were still booing Randy Orton's actions as Saturday Night's Main Event went to a commercial break.

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I decided to keep Orton's RKO onto the chair because that looked really sick when I watched it. The only real differences were that I had Carlito help with the beat down, and I had everyone booing Orton. In the real thing only half of the crowd was really booing after Orton attacked Cena, but I figured if he interrupted a match that would earn him some legit heat from the crowd.

'Till Next Time…

Peace!