Chapter Thirty: SummerSlam

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SummerSlam was live from the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Triple H had just fought a successful return match against King Booker when WWE Champion Machetti was shown warming up with London and Kendrick, both of whom were doing their best to psych Machetti up. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and John Cena entered the locker room.

Machetti stopped his warm up and turned to face Cena. "Ready?" Cena asked simply.

"Yeah man," answered Machetti, "I've got this."

"I just wanted to tell you, that even though I'm not really supposed to have a side in this, I'm going to be rooting for you," explained Cena. "And I hope that after you win tonight, maybe we can finish what we started at Saturday Night's Main Event."

"I'm looking forward to it," replied Machetti with a small smile.

"We'll until then," finished Cena as he started heading for the door, "if anyone tries anything, I've got your back."

"Thanks man," said Machetti as Cena pulled the door back opened and went to leave, only to come face-to-face with Maria, who was about to come in.

"Hey Maria," greeted Cena as he left the room.

"Hi John," replied Maria in her normal cheery mood, as she walked passed him and into the room. Maria walked over to Machetti who smiled at her.

"Hey, tough luck with Battle Royal earlier," said Machetti, "are you going to be alright?"

"I'll be fine," answered Maria, "I was just worried about you. You know Randy has been known to injure a lot of people. I mean, first Shawn, then RVD, then Dusty and Sergeant Slaughter. I'm worried he might try to do the same thing to you."

"Don't worry, I'll be alright," Machetti said with a smile.

"Well could I at least come out to the ring with you?" Maria asked, "that way I'll know you're okay, and won't have to watch you back here."

"Do you promise to stay away from Orton?" questioned Machetti.

"Of course," replied Maria, "I just don't want to see you get hurt."

"You can come with me then," concluded Machetti, before turning to London and Kendrick, "but I want you two to stay back here."

"What? Do you think we'll distract you or something?" questioned Brian.

"No I just want this to be an even match," answered Machetti, "I'll have Maria, but I don't want to be accused of having to cheat to retain my title. I want to beat Orton fair and square, that way there won't be a shadow of a doubt about who the better athlete is."

"If that's really what you want then we'll stay back here," stated Paul, "but like Cena said, if anyone tries anything funny we've got your back."

"Glad to hear that," said Machetti, "later tonight, after I retain my title, we'll go out and have a real party."

"That's what I've been hoping for," agreed Brian, "everyone's been talking about the biggest party of the summer. But the party hasn't even started yet."

"That's as far as you know," commented Machetti, "everyone else is just partying when you're not around."

Brian shouted in protest but no one really heard what he said because the camera faded and went on to show a recap of the Batista/Khali feud.

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It had been an incredible Pay Per View so far, but now it was time for the Main Event. Randy Orton's theme hit and the Number One Contender for the WWE Championship came from the back and headed down to the ring. When Orton made it into the ring, he climbed up onto the corner and did his signature pose, tonight he was determined to win the WWE Title, nothing was going to stop him.

But suddenly, Riot Time hit, Machetti came out from the back holding hands with Maria to a loud ovation from the crowd. Orton spun around, jumped off of the corner and stared at Machetti as the WWE Champion headed down the entrance ramp. Machetti squeezed Maria's hand and they stopped walking. Machetti smirked at Orton, then took the WWE Title off of his shoulder and held it up in the air, showing it off to Orton. This was his title, and nothing Orton was going to do would keep him from retaining it.

Machetti and Maria finished their walked down the entrance ramp, and Machetti separated from Maria and got into the ring, allowing Maria to walk around the steps and stand by the ring apron. The referee walked over to Machetti, and Machetti handed him the title, which he showed to Orton before handing it to someone at ringside. Machetti pulled off his Chaos Inc sweatshirt and tossed it out of the ring, then turned around and stared across the ring at Orton, who was being searched by the referee for foreign objects.

When he was finished the referee left Orton headed over to Machetti and searched him as well. Once he was done, the referee walked back into the middle of the ring, called the two competitors over to him, then rang the bell. The main event match for the WWE Championship was now officially underway.

Orton and Machetti stared down for a moment, then Orton raised his arms up into the air, calling for a lock up. Machetti slowly reached up to lock up with Orton, but Randy suddenly dropped his hand and nailed Machetti with a cheap shot to the gut. Orton followed up with a European uppercut and knocked Machetti down to the mat. But Machetti quickly rolled away from Orton and slid out of the ring.

Orton grinned at Machetti, while Machetti held his jaw and glared back at Orton. Machetti quickly shook it off then slid back into the ring where Orton was waiting for him. The two superstars met in the center of the ring and eventually locked up, Orton was clearly the stronger of the two, but Machetti managed to slip beside him and lock in a side headlock. But Orton simply reached around Machetti, then lifted him up into the air from behind, intent on hitting a back suplex, but while Orton was lifting him, Machetti wiggled free and managed to land safely.

Orton quickly realized Machetti had gotten free and spun around, but jumped back as Machetti went for a corkscrew dropkick, causing the champion to go crashing down to the mat. Machetti quickly got back up but Orton seized the opportunity and grabbed Machetti, then flipped him through the air with a hip toss. But somehow, while in midair, Machetti managed to flip forwards so he only landed on his hands and knees. Then in a flash pushed himself up to his feet, sprinted at the ropes, jumped up onto the middle one, then springboarded backwards off of it and managed to take Orton down with a springboard crossbody,

But before Machetti could even attempt to go for a cover, pushed him off of him and got back up to his feet. Machetti quickly followed suit and once again both superstars were on their feet. Machetti suddenly charged at Orton, but when he got close, Randy tipped Machetti up into the air and over his head. But while in midair, Machetti kept moving over Orton's head, and as he came down he grabbed Randy's head and shoulders and brought the back or Orton's head crashing down to the mat with him for some kind of an inverted neckbreaker.

Machetti quickly got back up to his feet, then jumped up into the air and drove his feet down into Orton's stomach for a foot stomp, launching himself off of Orton in the process. When Machetti landed he quickly ran to the ropes, bounced off of them, and hit a low dropkick right to Randy's side, causing him to flip onto his back and roll across, then drop out of it and down to the floor. The referee rushed over to the ropes and glanced down at Orton to see if he was okay, then he started the ring out count.

Orton eventually managed to grab onto the ring apron and pulled himself up to his feet, and by that time the referee was only up to a four count. But suddenly, Machetti sprinted across the ring, dropped down, slid in between the referee's legs, and drove his feet into Orton's chest for a baseball slide. Orton was caught completely off guard and was launched into the barricade, then collapsed down to the floor in a head. The referee turned around and yelled at Machetti for attacking Orton while he was outside of the ring, then turned around and continued the ring out count where he left off.

Machetti stood next to the referee and watched as Orton struggled and eventually managed to pull himself up with the barricade. Orton made it back to his feet and turned around and went to get back in the ring, but Machetti suddenly grabbed onto the ropes in front of him and vaulted over the top rope and landed on top for Orton, knocking both of them down to the floor on the outside.

Seeing how Machetti had just gotten out of the ring, the referee, who had been up to eight, started the ring out count over at one. Machetti had managed to roll off of Orton and was now laying on his back recovering, while Orton was on the ground next to him a little worse for wear. Maria was concerned and quickly walked around the ring and checked on Machetti.

From inside of the ring, the referee yelled at Maria not to interfere and to allow Machetti to get up on his own, otherwise he'd have to disqualify Machetti and Orton would win the match. Maria knew enough to understand that Machetti would be really upset if he only retained his title by disqualification, so she backed off and watched as the champion and the challenger struggled to get back up to their feet.

Eventually Machetti made it up to his feet, the referee ordered him to get back in the ring, then continued the count at six. Machetti glanced around him, saw Maria standing nearby, and Rand still on the ground, so instead of just getting into the ring himself, Machetti reached down and pulled Orton up to his feet, then rolled him under the bottom rope and into the ring before getting in himself. The referee quickly checked on Orton, then backed off when Machetti went for the first pin attempt of the match, ONE… TWO… Orton kicked out.

Machetti got off of Orton and got back up to his feet, Orton had obviously had enough time to recover, so Machetti was going to have to work him over some more in order to get a pin. Machetti made his way over to Orton and pulled him up to his feet, then whipped him across the ring and into the turnbuckle. Machetti quickly ran at Orton, jumped up into the air and nailed him with a crossbody, driving Orton's back into the turnbuckle.

Then Machetti jumped backwards, while Orton stumbled forward and launched him across the ring with a hurricurana. Orton landed hard on the mat, but kept rolling until he was mere inches away from the turnbuckle on the other side of the ring. Machetti got up and glanced at Orton, then shrugged and climbed up onto the top rope. The fact that Orton was halfway across the ring didn't seem to matter to Machetti, because he simply looked to the side, smiled at Maria, then pushed off of the corner as far as he could and sailed across the ring, before finally connecting with a diving headbutt on Orton.

Machetti took a few seconds to recover, then went for the pin on Orton, ONE… TWO… THR… Orton kicked out, apparently Machetti had taken a second too long to recover. But instead of getting upset, Machetti got back up to his feet and smirked down at Orton, the he reached down and pulled the challenger up to his feet as well. Machetti went to whip Orton into the ropes, only for Orton to reverse it, but Machetti took it in stride and as he reached the ropes he jumped up onto the middle rope, springboarded off of it then caught Orton with the Over Castle Take Over and drove the back of his head down to the mat. Machetti quickly went for a cover, ONE… TWO… TH… but Orton kicked out.

Machetti glanced down at Orton and shook his head, then he got up and dragged Orton closer to one of the corners before climbing up onto the top rope. Machetti took a second to steady himself, but then launched himself high up into the air when he spun around, one and a half, times 540 senton… RIGHT ONTO ORTON'S KNEES! Machetti rolled off of Orton and held his back in pain, but Randy quickly rushed over to Machetti went for a pin, ONE… TWO… THR… but Machetti managed to kick out.

But just like that Randy Orton had taken control of the match up. Orton got off of Machetti and rolled him onto his stomach before getting to his feet. Then Orton exploited Machetti's spine and started stomping on Machetti's back. Machetti tried crawling away, but Orton jumped up into the air and came crashing down with an elbow drop to Machetti's spine.

Orton moved around and drove his knee into Machetti's mid back, then reached forward and grabbed Machetti's shoulders, and then pulled back on them, allowing him to exert a large amount of pressure on Machetti's back. Machetti screamed out in pain, but quickly stopped as Orton released the hold, only to grab Machetti's legs and lock him in a Boston Crab, or maybe a Jersey Crab since they were in Jersey.

The pain in Machetti's back increased tenfold as Orton pulled back on Machetti's legs and applied as much pressure as he could. Maria saw Machetti was in trouble, and heard him screaming out in pain, so she quickly ran around the ring so she was at the ring apron near Machetti. She quickly leaned in the ring and encouraged Machetti to fight out of it and not to tap out.

Machetti stared at Maria his eyes filled with pain, and Maria quickly realized what she needed to do. She turned around and started clapping, then started a Machetti chant. The fans soon joined in and chanted along with Maria Machetti, Machetti, MACHETTI! The fans were chanting louder then ever, encouraging Machetti to fight out of the hold Orton had him in.

Maria spun around and looked at Machetti again. She saw in his eyes that he had regained the fight inside of him, and while the fans continued to chant, Machetti slowly slid his hands under him and pushed himself up off of the mat. Orton moved up as well to keep the hold locked in, and if possible increased the pressure even more. He knew that Machetti was going to try something.

Machetti cried out one final time then Maria saw him nod at her. All of a sudden, Machetti rolled forward, causing Orton to trip and stumbled passed him into the ropes. Maria and most of the crowd cheered as Machetti fought back up to his feet. But suddenly, Orton rushed back at Machetti, grabbed him, then hit Machetti with his signature backbreaker, Orton then let go of Machetti and let him fall down to the mat. Orton knew the end was near and that hall he needed to do to put Machetti away was one more move, and that move had three letters.

Orton backed away from Machetti and crouched down on the ground, measuring Machetti up as he struggled up to his feet. Orton slapped his hands on the mat, urging Machetti up to his feet so he could finally put him away and win the title that he craved so much. Machetti eventually made it up to his feet, then slowly turned around .Orton jumped up and went for an RKO, but Machetti quickly pushed Orton off of him and into the ropes. The Machetti caught Orton as he came back and held him in front of him.

But before Machetti could hit the Machete's Blade, Orton wiggled his legs and pulled himself free, then dropped down to his knees and whipped Machetti off of him and into the ropes. Machetti bounced off of the ropes and came back… RKO! ORTON HIT THE RKO! Randy quickly went for the cover, ONE… TWO… THRE… MACHETTI KICKED OUT!

The fans erupted in a loud cheer while Orton looked down at Machetti in disbelief. What did he have to do to put Machetti away? Orton got an evil glint in his eyes as and slowly he got up to his feet. Kicked Machetti in the side and rolled him onto his stomach, then he backed up across the ring and leaned back in the turnbuckle waiting for Machetti got get in the perfect position. Machetti was oblivious to what was going on and slowly fought up to his hands and knees.

But Maria wasn't. Just as Orton went to rush at Machetti, Maria reached in the ring and grabbed Randy's ankle. But Orton quickly kicked backwards, knocking Maria off of him and down to the ground. Then Orton ran across the ring and punted Machetti hard in the side of the head, FIELDGOAL! Machetti was hit so hard he rolled under the bottom rope and went crashing down to the floor, finally coming to a stop by the bottom of the entrance ramp.

The referee rushed over to the ropes and looked down at Machetti who had a glazed over look in his eyes. While the referee's back was turned, Orton slipped out the side of the ring and walked around over to Machetti and stared down at him. Orton decided that one more kick to the head should do it, so he backed up to the steel steps and waited for Machetti to sit up. Behind Orton, Maria had gotten up to her feet and was peering over Randy's shoulder to see if Machetti was okay.

But suddenly… MACHETTI KICKED UP! But something about him caused Maria to scream and Orton to jump backwards. The referee even stopped mid count. An evil glint showed in Machetti's blue eyes and a sick sadistic smirk was plastered on his face. Maria held her hands over her mouth and backed away, there was no way… not again…

In a flash Machetti rushed at Orton and speared him backwards into the barricade, then he went off of in with a hard series of closed fist punches. Machetti must have hit Orton with over twenty punches to the skull in that ten seconds. Machetti then grabbed Orton, ran with him passed Maria and whipped him hard into the steel ring post. Orton's head snapped backwards and he went crashing down to the floor. Machetti's only reaction was to let out a cold chuckle.

Machetti looked over his shoulder and noticed Maria standing shocked behind him. The smirk on his face grew even larger as he suddenly spun around and rushed at her. Maria screamed and quickly turned tail and ran as fast as she could around to the other side of the ring, even though Machetti had only run a few steps. Machetti laughed at Maria's display of fear then turned around and pulled Orton up to his feet, then rolled him into the ring.

Machetti got in after Orton, but the referee yelled at him to get out of the way, so he could make sure Randy was alright. But Machetti clearly didn't take well to being ordered around, because he quickly lashed out, grabbed the referee by the collar, ran with him and tossed him the top rope and down to the floor. The referee landed with a thud and was out cold.

Machetti didn't give the unconscious official a second thought as he walked over to the corner and climbed up onto the top rope. Orton was just getting up to his feet, but Machetti springboarded off of the top rope, did a back-flip in midair, and planted Orton with a Shooting Star Press DDT. But Machetti wasn't done yet, he quickly rolled Orton to his back and once again rained down a furious flurry of hard punches, attempting to inflict as much pain as possible.

Machetti eventually stopped punching and got off of Orton and up to his feet, but it turned out that that was only to walk over to the corner and undo the turnbuckle pad.

Machetti turned around and walked over to Orton, then pulled him to his feet and dragged him over to the corner, and drove Randy's face into the exposed steel of the turnbuckle. But Machetti didn't stop there, he kept driving Orton's face into the hard metal over and over again.

When Machetti finally allowed Randy to fall limp to the mat there was a huge bloody gash on Orton's forehead. Machetti turned away from Orton only to see London and Kendrick sprinting down the entrance ramp. Paul and Brian slid into the ring and stood across from Machetti. Paul cautiously approached him and told Machetti to clam down. But in response Machetti shoved Paul, sending him staggering backwards, and in the next second Kendrick was flat on his face, having been kicked in the back of the head with a lightning fast enzuigiri from Machetti.

London rushed back at Machetti, but Machetti side-stepped him and whipped him into the corner, then Machetti ran at Paul and drove his shoulder into London's sternum. Machetti flipped backwards launched himself away from London, only to rushed back at him and drive his feet into Paul's stomach with a dropsault, once again driving Paul's back hard into the corner.

Next Machetti simply grabbed Paul, pulled him forward and tossed him through the ropes and down to the floor. Machetti turned around, only to find Kendrick rushing at him, but Machetti countered and by lifting Brian up onto his shoulders while he ran at him. Machetti walked forward, then suddenly launched Kendrick off of him and dropped down to his back while bringing his knees up to his chest, Brian came crashing down on to Machetti's knees chest first.

Machetti followed up by rolling Kendrick off of him, then getting back up to his feet. He grabbed his friend and pulled him up off of the ground, then ran with him and tossed him over the top rope and down to the floor. Maria looked up at Machetti in fear, both London and Kendrick had come crashing down on opposite sides of her. But then Machetti made eye contact with her, she saw him reached out and grab the ropes, but suddenly stop when a loud cheer broke out.

Both Maria and Machetti turned to the entrance ramp and saw John Cena racing down to the ring with a steel chair in hand. Cena slid into the ring and stared at Machetti then swung the chair aiming at the deranged WWE Champion's head. But Machetti ducked then chair shot and kicked Cena in the stomach. Machetti grabbed the chair and yanked it away from Cena, then swung it and smashed it into Cena's face with a loud thud. Cena went down hard and Machetti quickly drove his feet into Cena's side for a baseball slide, causing Cena to tumble across the ring, roll under the bottom rope and got crashing down to the floor.

Once again Machetti turned to face Maria, but all he did was drop the chair on the ground, placed his foot on it, and slid it out of the ring so it crashed down to the floor in front of her. Maria kept here eye's locked with Machetti's but shot a quick glanced down at the chair. What were they going to have to do? She knew that Machetti needed to get hit on the head again, but he didn't really seem to want to get hit, all of their efforts so far hadn't worked out so well. Maria glanced around her and saw London and Kendrick still recovering, then looked around the corner and saw Cena holding his face.

Suddenly Maria heard a bell, the referee had gotten back up and had ended the match. The bell seemed to have brought some sense back to Randy Orton, because he slowly pulled himself up off of the mat with the ropes as stared at the official as he made his way over to the timekeeper's corner. Maria wondered what the referee was going to do, was he going to disqualify Machetti for tossing him out of the ring? Or was he going to end the match no contest due to all of the run-ins?

Maria's answer eventually came once the referee was done conversing with Lillian Garcia. Lillian nodded then announced the referee's decision, "The winner of this match… by disqualification… is Randy Orton!" The fans started booing, this was how the last title match had ended. "Since a title can only change hands in pin fall or a submission, the WWE Champion is still… Machetti!"

In the ring Machetti smirked while Orton looked furious, but that was when Maria noticed a smug look on the referee's face. What was going on? Was there more? "The referee has ruled," continued Lillian, "that the match will be restarted, and it will be a no disqualification match!" The fans immediately stopped booing and started cheering, they'd see the match finish after all. With that the bell rang and the match was restarted. The referee was apparently angry with Machetti for tossing him out of the ring, so he didn't want to give him the satisfaction of retaining his title, so instead he had another match started.

Machetti didn't seem to like that decision, because instead of attacking Orton again, he slid out of the ring and stormed over to the timekeeper's corner. He didn't even wait for Lillian to get out of her chair, he just shoved her and knocked her to the ground, then took her chair and folded it up. Machetti turned around to face the ring, but suddenly Maria saw two blurs run passed her.

London and Kendrick rushed around the ring and at Machetti. But Machetti's response was to duck under the double clothesline, then spin around and bash London in the back of the head with the chair. Kendrick spun around, only for Machetti to drive the end of the steel chair into his stomach, then drop it on the ground and DDT him onto it. Machetti got back up and rolled Brian off of the chair with his foot, then he picked the chair back up and slid it back into the ring before getting in after it.

But as Machetti got in the ring, Orton quickly rushed at him and started stomping Machetti's back, knocking Machetti down to the mat. Orton established even more control and he pulled Machetti up off of the mat, and whipped him into the corner. Orton rushed at Machetti looking to clothesline him into the corner, but he ran right into a boot from Machetti. Orton stumbled backwards and Machetti rushed forward, then took Orton down with a clothesline.

Machetti was about to follow up when the fans started cheering again. He quickly looked to the side and saw Cena getting back in the ring. Machetti forgot about Orton for a moment and rushed at Cena, but Cena ran passed him, causing Machetti to stop in his tracks. Cena bounced off of the ropes behind Machetti, then came back and flipped over Machetti and drove his head down to the mat with the blockbuster.

Cena didn't waste a second and quickly rolled Machetti onto his back, he didn't even do the 'You Can't See Me' taunt, instead he just ran to the ropes, bounced off of them, and drove his fist down into Machetti's face for a Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena got back up and glanced down at Machetti to see if it worked, but in the second he had let his guard down, Machetti suddenly kicked up then jumped into the air and took Cena down with a spinning wheel kick right to the jaw.

Cena staggered backwards in a daze, and Machetti quickly capitalized by whipping him into the ropes, then when Cena came back, Machetti hoisted him up into the air, and drove his face down to the mat with the Flat-Liner. Machetti got back up and cone again rolled Cena out of the ring and down to the floor. Maria glanced down at Cena who had landed beside her, then looked up to see Machetti smirking at her. Damn she hated that smirk! His normal one was fine, but this one was creepy and evil.

But suddenly Orton came from behind Machetti and smashed the steel chair over Machetti's back, causing Machetti to lurch forward and lean on the top rope. Orton quickly followed up with another stiff chair shot to the back, then dropped the chair, grabbed Machetti and practically threw him across the ring. For a second Maria wondered if Orton was trying to help them, but then she saw the blood on Orton's forehead and realized that he was just in this to win the WWE Title, and didn't care what happened to anyone.

Orton picked up the chair and walked back into the middle of the ring. He quickly unfolded the chair and set it up on the ground. He was going to RKO Machetti onto the chair just like he did to John Cena. Maria stared at Orton, then realized that that might bring Machetti back, the RKO onto the chair would be a hard enough bump. Orton smirked and walked away from the chair and pulled Machetti up off of the mat. Then he dragged Machetti back over to the chair and positioned him so he would be in the right spot.

With that Orton jumped up and went for the RKO, but Machetti suddenly countered and pushed Orton off of him and into the ropes. Machetti jumped over the chair and landed in front of it, just in time to catch Orton as he came back, hoist him up into the air, and drive him face-first down onto the chair with the Flat-Liner. MACHETTI HIT THE FLAT-LINER ONTO THE CHAIR! Quickly Machetti rolled Orton off of the flattened chair and onto his back, then went for the pin, which the referee reluctantly counted, ONE… TWO… THREE! Machetti had won the match.

But the crowd didn't seem too thrilled, sure they were rooting for Machetti to win the thing when he walked in. But when the match started Machetti wasn't evil. So now they just booed. Machetti glared at the referee and yanked the WWE Title away from the referee, the raised it up into the air to a loud chorus of boos. Machetti headed for the ropes clearly intent on leaving, and that was when Maria realized that she had to do something.

She quickly grabbed the chair at her feet, the one that Cena had brought out with him, then ran around the ring to meet Machetti as he got out. Machetti stopped when he saw Machetti and glanced at the chair, then suddenly burst out laughing. "Are you really going to hit me with that?" Machetti taunted.

Maria could only nod, tears were spilling out of her eyes. She couldn't believe she was about to do this. The grin on Machetti's face grew as he placed the WWE Title on the ring apron then took two steps back, "Tell you what," said Machetti in a slightly amused voice. "I'll let you have one free shot." To prove his point, Machetti put his hands behind his back, bent over slightly, exposing his forehead and closed his eyes.

Maria realized that if she was going to hit Machetti with the chair then she was going to have to do it now. She might never get another chance. Maria saw the smirk still on Machetti's face, the clearly wasn't expecting her to actually hit him. Maria took a deep breath and braced herself for what she was about to do, then she swung for the fences… or at least… Machetti's head.

The chair connected with a loud thud, and Machetti, more out of surprise than anything else, stumbled backwards, lost his footing, and fell. Maria's eyes shot opened as the back of Machetti's head slammed into the corner of the steel steps with another loud thud. Machetti fell to the ground and was clearly out cold.

Maria dropped the chair and rushed over to Machetti's side. She quickly grabbed his hand and encouraged him wake up. She just hoped that the Machetti that woke up was the old one, not the evil one. London and Kendrick pulled themselves up and made their way over to Machetti and Maria, forgetting that Machetti had just laid them both out… twice, the knelt down beside him and along with Maria encouraged him to wake up.

Orton was helped passed them by the referee, but he didn't even spare a second glance. He had lost his shot at the title and was extremely upset. Cena eventually came over and stood nearby. He glanced once at the WWE Title, that was still laying on the ring apron, then focused his full attention back on Machetti. Everyone was focused on Machetti, the crowd was quiet, some of the fans were leaving to avoid the traffic though. But eventually, after a minute or so of waiting, Maria felt Machetti squeeze back on her hand, and Machetti's eyes flickered opened.

Machetti's eyes glanced around him, lock onto Maria first, then Paul, then Brian, and then finally Cena. Maria helped Machetti sit up, and knew immediately, just by looking at his eyes, that Machetti was back to normal. Maria quickly reached out and hugged Machetti as hard as she could, she was so glad he was back. Once she released him, Paul and Brian pulled Machetti up off of the floor and to his feet.

Machetti gave both of them hugs too, then finally turned to Cena. Cena grinned at Machetti and instructed him not to hug him, then he took the WWE Title off of the apron and held it out for Machetti. Machetti glanced down at the title, then up at Cena smirked, he took the title with one hand, then shook Cena's hand with his other.

Cena nodded at Machetti, then turned away and headed up the entrance ramp, leaving Machetti to celebrate with Paul, Brian, and Maria. Riot Time hit as the four of them celebrated together, and eventually the show came to a close and SummerSlam went off the air. Even though Machetti had suffered another personality disorder, he had retained his title, and that was the bottom line for the night.

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That's SummerSlam. I figured I'd give 'Evil Machetti' a small appearance. Hope everyone enjoyed it.

'Till Next Time…

Peace!