Chapter Twenty-Nine: Date With Destiny
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Alright I've got a few notes to get out there before we start.
1. I'm sorry for the incredibly late update. This is actually the second version of this chapter, but I needed to wait until SummerSlam came out to see if it would work… it didn't. So I came up with this version.
2. HHH STOLE MY ENTRANCE THEME! Take a look back in Can I Ask You Something I, back in JANUARY, I started using that whole 'pulse' theme for 'evil Machetti'.
3. I was fortunate enough to see SummerSlam live. And I must say the opening pyro was crazy, it took several minutes for the smoke to actually clear, and after that Kane versus Finlay was already halfway underway.
4. Finally, to show how sorry I am for the incredibly late update, I decided to give you all a present. On my profile I posted a CAW for Machetti. The CAW is for Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 and the moveset is available on request.
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Raw was live from Fayetteville North Carolina, J.R. and Tazz were the announcers for the night seeing how Jerry Lawler was still out from the beating he received at the hands of King Booker. Once the intro was over the Legend Killer Randy Orton's theme music hit, and the Number One Contender for the WWE Title made his way down to the ring.
Orton had his usual smug look on his face as he stared out at the crowd that was booing him heavily. Orton quickly got a mic then stood in the middle of the ring, allowing the crowd to boo themselves hoarse, then he finally spoke. "What happened at Saturday Night's Main Event was a turning point," began Orton, "What I did to John Cena, is the exact same thing I am going to do to Machetti at SummerSlam, and I'm going to become the NEW WWE Champion."
The fans loudly objected to the idea of Orton becoming the new champion, and did a good job of making their opinion vocal. "Now Machetti," said Orton as he turned and glared directly into the camera. "I want you to watch this closely, because this is what's going to happen to you on Sunday, just before I pin you and win your WWE Championship." Orton turned away from the camera and yelled, "ROLL THE FOOTAGE!"
On the TitanTron a replay of Orton RKO-ing John Cena onto the steel chair from Saturday Night's Main Event. "Now show the clip from a different camera angle!" ordered Orton. The crew complied and showed the replay from another angle. "Now play it in slow motion!" Again the crew complied and showed the clip a third time, this time in slow motion. The fans booed Orton even louder then before, but Orton either didn't hear them or didn't care, and to be perfectly honest, it probably wasn't the first one, because the crowd was booing incredibly loudly.
"That footage," continued Orton as he turned away from the TitanTron, and once again addressed the fans. "Will go down in history, and when I do the same thing to Machetti this Sunday, that clip is going to replace Hogan slamming Andre, Austin 3:16, and the Montreal Screw Job. I will be the most aired clip in WWE history, and will be shown when I am inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame."
Once again the fans booed, this time a lot of them were booing the concept of Randy Orton being inducted into the Hall of Fame. "Now Machetti," said Orton, as he once again turned and stared into the camera, "after what happened to John Cena two nights ago, I know he isn't one hundred percent, and I know he is not in the arena tonight. So Machetti, why don't come down to the ring, and I'll beat you so badly that you'll have no choice but to forfeit the WWE Title at SummerSlam."
Entrance music played, but it wasn't Machetti's Riot Time or even John Cena's My Time Is Now. It was actually Vince McMahon's No Chance. The Chairman of the WWE out from the back and eventually joined Orton in the ring.
"Orton," said Vince, "you're match at SummerSlam is incredibly important, no doubt about it. But some ingrate has filed a paternity lawsuit against me. Now I know that my illegitimate child is male, so that means that someone on the WWE roster is my son. Now, he obviously has to be someone of my superior genetic make up, and you know," Vince turned to Orton, "I hope it's someone like you Randy. If I didn't know your father, I'd be proud to call you my son. I hope that my son is nothing like my first two offspring, they were just in it for the money. I hope it is someone generous that doesn't care about my money. I think we'll find out who my son is tonight, and I want everyone to welcome my newly found son with opened arms."
In response the Fayetteville crowd booed loudly at Vince, and his unknown son. "All of you in the crowd are sick!" spat Vince, "you all enjoy the misfortune of others! I hope my son is someone like Randy Orton. Not John Cena and definitely not Machetti!"
Suddenly the camera cut to the back and show John Cena, Machetti, and the rest of Chaos Inc arriving at the arena, earning a loud pop from the crowd. "I'll see you later," Machetti said to Paul, Brian, and Maria, once they entered the arena. Then Machetti nodded to Cena and the two of them headed through the back, and appeared to be heading to the ring.
John Cena and Machetti eventually walked out onto the entrance ramp. "Did someone call our names?" questioned Machetti, who was not really dressed to compete, instead he was wearing an orange button down shirt and a pair of black pants, clearly, he was dressed for his date later on tonight. "Oh and Vince," continued Machetti, "I had a DNA test done, and I can tell you right now, that I am definitely NOT your son. And I'd like to say that that's a relief."
Machetti nodded to Cena and tossed the mic over to him. Cena, unlike Machetti, was dressed to compete, and was wearing his usual shorts and his t-shirt. "Vince… Vince… Vince," started Cena, "first of all, I'd like to point out, that nobody likes you." The crowd cheered, "Vince you're arrogant, pompous, and disrespectful."
"I'm also rich," interrupted Vince, "so I can do whatever I want."
"You see," replied Cena, "that is exactly why I would be embarrassed to be called your son."
"Oh really?" questioned a visibly angry Vince, "Cena, how's you're face after two nights ago?"
"What Orton did was quite a statement," Cena the turned to Machetti, "and I think Machetti got the message."
"Damn straight," commented Machetti as he took the mic from Cena, "Orton, you'll find that it's a lot harder to RKO someone onto a chair when they see you coming and are focused on you." Machetti paused for a moment and allowed the fans to boo Orton before continuing, "as opposed to when they've just been through a hard fought match, and don't see you coming. Orton, at SummerSlam, I'm going to give you the fight of your life, and when everything is done, I'm going to retain my WWE Title."
"Machetti, I don't pay you to go on dates, I pay you to wrestle. And that's exactly what you're going to do in tonight's main event," stated Vince, "Machetti, after tonight, I'm not sure you'll even be able to walk into SummerSlam as the champion. You see tonight, you might just forfeit the WWE Title."
"And what makes you think I'm going to do that?" questioned Machetti as he shot a confused glance at Cena.
"Tonight Machetti, you, and your new friend John Cena are going to be facing the team of the Legend Killer Randy Orton, and the Undefeated Gene Snitsky! Oh and here's the best part. Machetti if your team loses, or if YOU fail to show up for the match… you will forfeit your WWE Championship to Randy Orton." Orton shot Machetti and Cena a very smug look.
"Tell you what," replied Machetti, as he glanced at Cena, who nodded, "I'll play you're game. But on ONE condition."
"That's not really up to you," commented Vince, "but I'll humor you. What's you're condition?"
"I want that match," answered Machetti, "to be… A TABLES MATCH!"
Both Orton and Vince looked shocked, even Cena looked shocked. But the shocked expression on Vince's face quickly turned into a grin, "Alright, I'll allow you're condition. But just remember Machetti, on Sunday when you're sitting there watching the show without your WWE Championship, you're the one who got yourself into this match."
"I can live with that," replied Machetti, who dropped his mic then turned and headed to the back, followed shortly by John Cena. Orton and Vince were left standing down in the ring as Raw went to a commercial.
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Raw came back from the commercial and John Cena was shown in the back with Machetti, Maria, Paul, and Brian. "Alright, Cena," said Machetti as he turned to his partner for later on that night, "be careful, I'll be out with Maria for most of the show, but I'll be back in time for a our match."
"Don't worry man," replied Cena, "I'll be ready when you get back."
"Good," answered Machetti before turning to Paul and Brian, "you guys have your match against Cade and Murdoch tonight. Do everything you can to pull out the stops. Maybe you can talk to Shad and JTG, they could probably run interference for you."
"We'll do that," said Brian.
"Just be sure to have fun on your date," added Paul, "and remember, it's all expenses paid."
Machetti, Paul, Brian, and even Cena all smirked Maria didn't seem to get it. "I'll keep that in mind," replied Machetti as he took Maria's hand, "I'll see you all later."
Machetti and Maria quickly left the locker room, but once they were outside they came across Candice Michelle, who was ready for her match that was up next. Upon seeing Candice, Machetti quickly grabbed Maria and pinned her to his side.
"Hi Candice," Maria greeted the Women's Champion cheerfully.
"Hey Maria," replied Candice before setting her eyes on Machetti, "hi Machetti."
"Um… hey Candice," Machetti said awkwardly, remembering Saturday clearly, "look… Maria and I have got to get going… so maybe we'll see you later."
"Right, I've got my match up next anyway," answered Candice, once again without missing a beat, "later Machetti… by Maria!"
"Bye Candice," called Maria as Candice walked off.
"She's fun isn't she?" questioned Maria once Candice was gone.
Machetti gave Maria a small smile then answered while shaking his head, "You have no idea." Machetti then took Maria's hand and the two of them walked off. The camera then cut to the ring where Melina and Beth Phoenix were making their entrances.
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Raw came back from a commercial and when to a local sports bar, where Maria had just finished placing her order. "So what can I get for you sir?" Sam the waiter asked Machetti.
"One thing though, you heard about our arrangement right?" asked Machetti.
When Sam informed Machetti that the bill was going to one Vince McMahon a mischievous smile spread over Machetti's face as he opened up the menu in front of him. "Right, in that case," began Machetti, "for an appetizer I'll take an order of honey roasted barbeque ribs, a plate of nachos, and an order of mozeralla sticks." Both Sam and Maria glanced at Machetti curiously. But Machetti continued his order without noticing, "for the main course I'll take an order of lamb, a fourteen inch pizza with ham, onions, and green peppers, a grilled chicken sandwich, the ten ounce sirloin steak, an I'll finish it off with a pork tenderloin."
By the time Machetti was done both Maria and Sam were staring at Machetti with their mouths opened. "What do you need me to repeat it?" questioned Machetti as he glanced at their disbelieving faces.
"N-no, I've got it," stuttered Sam, "are you sure you're good for this?"
"Am I?" questioned Machetti as his grin grew even bigger, "don't worry, I think I can cover it."
"Alright," Sam answered uncertainly, "your appetizers will be ready in a little bit. What did you want to drink?"
"I'll just take a Pepsi," replied Machetti.
"Just one?" Sam asked sarcastically.
"For now, yeah, but I'm sure you give free refills right?" questioned Machetti, "even though it's no problem if you don't."
"We do," answered Sam, before walking off, shaking his head.
When Sam was gone Maria finally spoke, "Machetti, I've seen you eat before, and I know you can't eat all that."
Machetti laughed then answered, "Well I need to feed Paul and Brian don't I?"
"With all of that you could feed the whole locker room!" pointed out Maria.
"Exactly," replied Machetti, causing Maria to grow even more confused.
But suddenly Santino and Jillian Hall appeared and walked over to Machetti and Maria. Despite to cold look that Machetti was giving Santino, the other couple sat down next to them.
"Don't worry Machetti," Maria comforted the frustrated WWE Champion, "It'll be fun!"
"Sure…" replied Machetti in a sarcastic tone.
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King Booker had just finished his segment with Triple H, when the cameras went back to the sports bar. Jillian was currently singing for the patrons, while Machetti was holding his hands over his ears. Maria was staring at the large amount of food in front of Machetti and with the combination of that and Jillian's singing, she couldn't hear anything that Santino was trying to say to her.
"I didn't know they had karaoke here," Maria commented when Jillian finally finished her song.
"Me neither," muttered Machetti, "but after that, they definitely won't be getting it any time soon." That caused Jillian to shoot him an angry look.
Santino then attempted to tell the three of them about how he had become the Intercontinental Champion by beating Umaga. "Now that is something," commented Machetti, "hey Santino, what move did you hit Umaga with before you pinned him?"
"You can't talka to me like dat!" snapped Santino as he glared at Machetti.
"You know, that reminds me," continued Machetti, "you weren't the only one to have a 'little help' that night. I remember that night pretty well myself. Coach had me run that gauntlet, and with the help of Maria, Paul, and Brian, I managed to beat TWENTY other superstars."
"I remember that night too," giggled Maria, "didn't you, Paul, Brian, and Shawn all hit Coach with Sweet Chin Music at the same time?"
"Yeah," laughed Machetti as a smirk appeared on his face when he noticed the angry look on Santino's.
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Carlito and Ken Kennedy had just fought to a draw in their Intercontinental Championship Number One Contenders Match, then Raw returned to the Sports Bar. Santino was scowling at Maria, and even Jillian, both of them were eagerly listening to Machetti tell a story about how he and Paul had stolen all of Brian's wrestling gear one night. "The only person who was able to lend him something ended up being thirty pounds heavier than him. So he had to go out there and wrestle in a pair of extremely baggy tights. It was hysterical because he had to pause every two minutes and pull his tights back up."
Both Maria and Jillian broke out in a fit of laughter, so Machetti took the opportunity to glance at his watch. "Oh crap!" exclaimed Machetti, before quickly calling Sam over. Machetti asked Sam to wrap up the large amount of left over food so he could take it with him. Sam obliged and called over another waiter to help him carry all of the food to the back.
Machetti then turned to Santino and Jillian, "Jillian, Santino, tonight has been fun, but I've got to get back to the arena in time for my tables match. So we're going to be leaving."
"Good luck in your match tonight," said Jillian.
"Are you sure you want to leave?" Santino asked while looking at Maria instead of Machetti.
"Of course!" replied Maria, "if we don't get back in time Machetti could lose his title!"
"Yeah, unlike you I've managed to hold onto my title for a good three month reign, I don't really want it to end tonight."
Santino glared at Machetti. He had planned on showing up tonight in order to sneak Maria away from Machetti, but his planned had backfired in a big way. Maria and Machetti were just too close.
Sam and the other waiter came back with Machetti's food, which was in a large number of containers. Machetti thanked them then handed Sam some money for a tip. "Thanks for everything," said Machetti he took the food containers with both hands, before turning to Maria, "let's get out of here."
Maria nodded and the two of them left, leaving Santino on his own with Jillian. With that Raw went back to the arena where J.R. and Tazz ran down the card for SummerSlam, then went to a commercial.
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Vince had been in an extremely cocky mood, and had even attempted to flirt with Melina. Orton and Snitsky joined him both with smirks on their faces. Something had just gone according to plan.
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Machetti and Maria rushed into the Chaos Inc locker room, and what they found almost made Machetti drop all the food he was holding. Paul, Brian, and a bunch of paramedics were crouched over John Cena, who was out cold on the floor. From the looks of it, Cena had just taken a huge beating.
"What the hell happened?" asked Machetti as he placed the food down on a nearby bench.
"We have no idea," answered Paul, "Brian and I just left the room for two minutes, and when we came back we found him like this."
What Machetti said next was censored.
"What are you going to do?" asked Maria.
"Yeah Machetti," came a voice from the door, "what are you going to do?"
Everyone in the room spun around to see Randy Orton standing in the door way. "You've still got to compete," Orton taunted, "otherwise you'll could just hand your title to me right now."
"I'll never surrender my title to you, you (censored)," snapped Machetti, "I'm going to beat the crap out of you and that sadist partner of yours, then once you're both out cold, I'll slam your ass through a table!"
"Good luck with that," laughed Orton, "oh, and Vince told me to tell you, that the rest of your faction is banned from ringside." Machetti glared at Orton, who just smirked then said, "See you in the ring," before walking off, leaving an extremely frustrated WWE Champion in his wake.
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The cameras cut to the arena where Snitsky's theme music hit. The deranged monster made his way down to the ring with an evil look on his face. But before he got in the ring, Snitsky searched under the ring and eventually pulled out a table. Snitsky pushed the table into the ring and got in after it. Snitsky leaned the table against the corner as his music cut for a moment and was replaced by Randy Orton's theme. The Legend Killer came out from the back and headed down to the ring. Before getting in the ring, Randy cast a cautious glance at his partner.
Eventually Riot Time hit and the WWE Champion Machetti came out from the back. Machetti had changed quickly and was wearing his black wrestling shorts and was carrying his WWE Championship with him. But in Machetti's other hand, was his trusty pipe. A tables match was no-disqualifications, so the pipe was legal, and seeing how it was a two-on-one tables match, Machetti needed as much held as he could get.
Machetti stopped halfway down the ramp and held his pipe up in front of him. Machetti smirked when he saw an uncertain look appear on Orton's face. Snitsky on the other hand, didn't look the slightest bit afraid, so that didn't say much about his mental state. Machetti finished his walk down the ramp and slowly slid into the ring. The referee quickly got involved and separated the three superstars. He took the WWE Championship from Machetti and handed it to someone at ringside.
The referee quickly came back then called for the bell, this match was underway. Snitsky wasted no time in rushing at Machetti and attempted to take his head off with a vicious clothesline. But Machetti brought back the pipe and blasted Snitsky right across the face, stopping the big man in his tracks. Snitsky stood dazed for a moment, but didn't fall, but then Machetti followed up with another pipe shot, and then another, which finally knocked Snitsky off of his feet.
Orton stared wide-eyed at Machetti, then quickly bailed to the outside of the ring where Machetti couldn't hit him with the pipe. Machetti glared at Orton then once again focused his attention on Snitsky, who had rolled onto his stomach and was somehow fighting up to his feet. Machetti shifted his pipe and held it with both hands, then he hooked it under Snitsky's chin, while hopping up onto the bigger man's back, locking in an inverted Iron Clutch.
Machetti pulled back on the pipe as hard as he could, while Orton just stared at Machetti in horror. Snitsky, dropped down to his stomach, and Machetti repositioned himself and returned to a normal Iron Clutch, but as he pulled back on the pipe his eyes never left Orton's. Then Orton's eyes suddenly shot opened even wider. Snitsky was still in the Iron Clutch, and Machetti was still pulling back as hard as he could, but it appeared that Snitsky was growing used to the pain, and was starting to actually enjoy it.
Machetti saw the look on Orton's face change so he glanced down at Snitsky and was surprised to see that the deranged psycho he was sitting on top of was licking his lips. Snitsky used his power to push himself up off of the mat, then before Machetti could even lock his legs around Snitsky's waist, Snitsky turned around and ran into the corner, then drove Machetti, back-first into the hard unforgiving table. Machetti lost his hold on his pipe and fell down to the mat and leaned back against the table, (which didn't break when Machetti's back was rammed into it).
Machetti didn't have his pipe anymore, so while Snitsky stomped on Machetti and against the table, which was proving to be quite resilient, Orton quickly got into the ring, picked up Machetti's only equalizer and tossed it out of the ring and down to the floor. Orton walked over to Snitsky and Machetti, then grabbed the WWE Champion and dragged him into the middle of the ring. Orton and Snitsky quickly proceeded to double team Machetti as they both started stomping on him, looking to inflict as much damage, and pain as possible, of course it varied on the superstar.
Orton told Snitsky to keep stomping on Machetti, then walked into the corner and dragged the table into the middle of the ring and set it up next to Machetti and Snitsky. Snitsky saw the table and stopped stomping on Machetti, and instead pulled Machetti up to his feet and positioned himself behind him. In one motion Snitsky pinned Machetti's arm up into the air then hoisted him up onto his shoulder.
Snitsky backed up into the corner and got an evil glint in his eyes as he stared at the table. Orton saw what Snitsky was up to and quickly moved out of the way, leaving Snitsky an opened path to run and put Machetti through the table with a pump-handle slam. But just as Snitsky was reaching the table, Machetti managed to wiggle free and shoved Snitsky's head forward, causing it to slam down onto the wooden table.
But Orton quickly ran in and hit Machetti with his signature back breaker, once again taking control of the match. Orton pulled Machetti back up to his feet, then whipped him into the corner, but when Machetti reached it he jumped up onto the top rope, then back-flipped off of it and took Orton down with a moonsault. Machetti got up off of Orton and turned around, only to practically have his head taken off with a running big boot from Snitsky.
Snitsky reached down and pulled Machetti back up to his feet, then lifted him up and hoisted him up onto his shoulder, only to slam Machetti back down to mat with a scoop slam. Then in a flash, Snitsky jumped up into the air, and came crashing down on Machetti's chest with an elbow drop.
Snitsky glanced over at Orton, who was back on his feet, then pulled Machetti up to his feet and clubbed him on the back. Orton came over and stood next to Snitsky, then both men draped one of Machetti's arms over their shoulder, and dragged Machetti over to the table. Orton and Snitsky went to hoist Machetti into the air, but out of pure instinct Machetti wrapped his leg around Orton's preventing himself from being lifted.
In response Orton and Snitsky shoved Machetti down to his knees and beat the hell out of Machetti by clubbing him on the back. Once Machetti was beaten down enough, the two heels once again draped Machetti's arms over their shoulder then they hoisted him up into the air for a double suplex. But suddenly the crowd popped loudly and Orton and Snitsky quickly dropped Machetti down to the mat.
John Cena came storming out from the back with a steel chair in hand and quickly ran down to the ring. Cena smashed the chair across Snitsky's skull, sending him staggering backwards, then spun around and blasted Orton with a chair shot, knocking the Legend Killer down to the mat. Snitsky, who didn't really like being hit with a steal chair, rushed at Cena, but Cena side-stepped him then spun around and once again blasted Snitsky with the chair.
Snitsky stumbled backwards into the ropes, then Cena backed up and rushed forward, connecting with another chair shot, that took Snitsky off of his feet, knocked him over the top rope and out of the ring. Cena glanced at Machetti and Orton, who were still laid out, then quickly slid out of the ring, and went after Snitsky who had fought back up to his feet.
Snitsky and Cena then proceeded to fight up the entrance ramp and to the back, leaving Orton and Machetti alone in the ring. Orton was the first to recover, he slowly staggered back up to his feet and glanced around him, he saw that his partner was gone, but Machetti was still laid out on the mat not far from him. A smirk slowly appeared on Orton's face as he walked over to Machetti, then crouched down in between him and the table, measuring Machetti up for an RKO.
Orton was going to win this right here right now. All he had to do was RKO Machetti through the table, then Machetti would be stripped of the WWE Title and be forced to give it to him. The SummerSlam match wouldn't even happen and Orton would have the night off. The cocky grin grew even wider as Machetti slowly started to fight up off of the mat.
When Machetti finally made it back to his feet, the crowd was silent. They were all fixated on Orton who was standing right behind him. Out of the corner of his eye, Machetti glanced at the TitanTron, then turned around. In a flash Orton grabbed Machetti then ran forward and went to RKO him through the table, but Machetti suddenly reached out and caught Orton in mid air, then spun around and hit the Machete's Blade… THROUGH THE TABLE!
The bell rang and Machetti continued to lay on top of his opponent on Sunday. The referee came over and pulled Machetti up to his feet, then raised his arm in victory. Machetti staggered around the ring, but smile when the referee left him, only to come back with the WWE Championship. Machetti held the title up above his head and celebrated in the ring while Orton was rolled off of the table and helped to the back. Machetti was victorious as Raw went off the air, but would it be the same story come SummerSlam?
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Chapter thirty should be out in a little bit. And I'm proud to say I think I know what I'm going to do with it.
'Till Next Time…
Peace!