Chapter Forty Nine: The Rumble on Smackdown

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(A/N: Alright, I just wanted to mention that Hornswoggle and Big Daddy V had the weigh in, not Khali and Hornswoggle. Horny weighed in a one hundred and thirty eight pounds, but Big Daddy V broke the scale due to weighing four hundred and eight five pounds. The heaviest WWE superstar was going to fight the lightest WWE superstar at Survivor Series. Hornswoggle was going to be giving up three hundred forty seven pounds. But seriously, since when does four hundred and twenty pounds break a scale? Khali may be heavy but he's not that heavy.

Also I'm going to be ignoring the triple threat tag team match that happened Thursday on WWE(dot)com. Cade and Murdoch already have a match at the pay-per-view. But if Rhodes and Holly actually win the titles, which I doubt, I'll try to work in the change on Raw.)

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Smackdown was airing from Wichita Kansas, Jeff Hardy had just beaten Finlay by disqualification and now Team Chaos was shown arriving at the arena. They were all dressed somewhat casually, but the demeanor of the group showed that they meant business tonight. Machetti was walking with Maria at the front of the group, with London, Kendrick, and Dreamer walking side-by-side behind them. Finally Kane brought up the rear. The six of them were an intimidating sight, crew people in the back quickly parted and got out of the way as the group came through.

Eventually they came to a stop outside of Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero's door. Machetti knocked quickly, then let himself in and was quickly followed in by the other five. The camera changed and showed the inside of the office, Vickie looked a little nervous seeing all six of them file in, the nervousness came from some more than others (meaning she was more intimidated by the seven foot Kane coming through the door than Maria, imagine that!)

"Hey Vickie," greeted Machetti with a smile, "we have a proposition for you."

"Really?" questioned Vickie as she turned and stared at Machetti.

"No I'm lying to you," joked Machetti, "yes really! Look, Teddy and I didn't get along too well. Maybe it was because I interfered in his tag team title match at Armageddon last year, maybe it was because I hit him with the Flat-liner a few months back. But either way, we didn't seem to see eye-to-eye. Now, you look like an intelligent woman, and I'm sure you know what's good for business. And trust me, our idea is good for business."

"Okay I'll listen, what did you have in mind?" asked Guerrero.

"We want to take on all five of those other guys tonight," answered Machetti, "the five of us versus the five of them. This is the last stop before Survivor Series, so we have to make it happen here. But just imagine the ratings you'll get when you have all ten of us competing in the same match up."

"So what do you want, a ten-man tag team match?" guessed Vickie, "I think that would take away from the actual match on Sunday. Besides, didn't you face off in an eight-man tag match on Raw the other night?"

"We did," replied Machetti, "but who said anything about it being a tag team match?"

Vickie stared at Machetti for a moment deep in thought, then glanced at the other superstars in the room, "Alright I give up, what do you have in mind?"

"So glad you asked," commented Machetti, "what I propose is a different kind of survival match, we want, is a Mini Royal Rumble."

"A Royal Rumble?" repeated Vickie as she glanced at the other four, they all nodded showing that they were in agreement with Machetti. "But wouldn't it be a team effort then?"

"I guess," replied Machetti, "but just like with Survivor Series, once every member of one team has been eliminated, the other team wins. We don't even need a prize, all we want is the bragging rights going into the pay-per-view. That and we'll have they psychological advantage too."

"Alright, I'll make that happen," accepted Guerrero, "now how is this going to work."

"Just like with a real rumble," answered Machetti, "we'll start with two people, and every minute and a half a never superstar comes out. We'll alternate with the teams as they come down, so we'll have one of them, one of us."

"You've got yourself a match then," concluded Vickie, "good luck. I'll be watching with interest."

"It was a pleasure doing business with you," replied Machetti as he reached out and shook Vickie's hand. "See you around." With that, Team Chaos left the office, leaving the General Manager on her own. Smackdown then went to a commercial.

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Smackdown came back from a commercial break, Batista bad beaten Mark Henry, but the night wasn't over yet. The fans started cheering asRiot Time played in the arena. Machetti came out from the back accompanied by Maria and headed down to the ring. As they came down the ramp the bell rang, signaling the start of the match. "The following contest is a Ten Man Royal Rumble Match, introducing first, the individual who drew number one, from Detroit Michigan, weighing in at two hundred and fifteen pounds… MACHETTI!" Maria gave Machetti a kiss on the cheek in good luck, then he climbed onto the ring apron and got in the ring. Maria walked around the ring and stood at ringside.

Machetti's music cut as… SNITSKY… echoed through the arena. Snitsky headed down to the ring, staring a hole through Machetti while he came down the ramp. "And the individual who drew number two, weighing in at three hundred and seven pounds… SNITSKY!!" Raw's resident psycho walked up the steel ring steps and then went through the ropes and got in the ring.

Machetti instantly rushed at Snitsky and started attacking him, the second Snitsky had entered the ring, the match had started. Machetti hit a series of punches chops and clubs to the back but eventually he pushed Snitsky back into the ropes then whipped him across the ring, but Snitsky reversed it and sent Machetti into the ropes. Machetti jumped up onto the middle rope, then springboarded off of it across the ring, caught Snitsky and drove his head down to the mat with a springboard DDT. Machetti got back up and went to pull Snitsky up to his feet, but Snitsky pushed Machetti off of him and into the ropes, when Machetti came back Snitsky hit him so hard, Machetti did a flip before going crashing back down to the mat.

Snitsky turned back around and pulled Machetti up with his hair, then dragged him over to the ropes and went to eliminate him. But Machetti grabbed onto the top rope and wrapped his legs around the middle one, keeping himself from getting dumped out of the ring. Snitsky struggled with Machetti and kept trying to eliminate him, but Machetti now had his arms entirely wrapped around the top rope and wasn't going anywhere. Snitsky reluctantly let go of Machetti, then walk across the ring and stood by the ropes on the other side. Then he charged, Snitsky went to nailed Machetti with a boot to the side, but Machetti dropped down onto the ring apron, causing Snitsky to inadvertently straddle the top rope.

Machetti rolled under the bottom rope and got back into the ring, then grabbed onto Snitsky's leg and struggled to lift it and attempted to dump him over the top, but Snitsky drove his elbow down onto the back of Machetti's neck, causing Machetti to let go of him and stagger away. Snitsky pulled himself free from the ropes then turned around to face Machetti who came forward and went to whip Snitsky into the corner, but Snitsky reversed it and sent Machetti into the turnbuckle instead. Snitsky charged at Machetti and went for a clothesline, but Machetti dove out of the way, causing Snitsky to slam into the corner and stagger away from it.

Machetti came forward and grabbed Snitsky then ran into the corner and pulled Snitsky after him. Machetti jumped up onto the top rope, then back flipped off of it and grabbed Snitsky on the way down for a reverse DDT. Machetti got back up and went to pull Snitsky up, but Snitsky grabbed Machetti and stood up, lifting Machetti up onto his shoulders in the process. Snitsky ran across the ring and dumped Machetti off of his shoulders and over the top rope, but on the way down Machetti grabbed the middle rope and pulled his legs in, keeping himself from touching the floor. Snitsky thought he had eliminated at Machetti and turned around after he had dumped him, this allowed Machetti time to pull himself back onto the ring apron.

Snitsky was curious why the fans were cheering instead of booing, so he turned around to see what happened to Machetti and saw him on the ring apron. Snitsky came over, and swung at Machetti, but Machetti ducked down and drove his shoulder into Snitsky's stomach from in between the top and middle rope. Snitsky staggered backwards across the ring, and Machetti quickly hoisted himself up onto the top rope, then springboarded across the ring to Snitsky and took him down with a seated senton. Machetti jumped back up to his feet, then ran to the ropes, jumped onto the middle one, then came off with a springboard moonsault.

But just as Machetti was rolling off of Snitsky a ring buzzer went off, announcing that the ninety seconds had expired. Kevin Thorn's music hit and ECW's resident vampire came out from the back and headed down to the ring. Machetti stepped away from Snitsky and stood by the rope on the other side of the ring so he didn't get caught in between his two opponents. Thorn got in the ring, but didn't go after Machetti right away, instead he helped Snitsky back up to his feet, now both of the big men were on their feet, and Machetti was in for eighty-four seconds of hell (they count the time it takes for the superstar to come down to the ring as part of the ninety seconds).

Snitsky and Thorn charged at Machetti looking for a double clothesline, but Machetti rolled under their arms then jumped up and did a flip to the side catching Snitsky with a crossbody and Thorn with a spinning wheel kick in the same move. Machetti rolled off of them and got back up, followed shortly by Thorn. Thorn charged at Machetti, but Machetti side-stepped him, then when he turned around Machetti caught him with a hip toss. Machetti turned back to Snitsky in time to drop down to the mat and catch the psycho with a drop toe hold. Then Machetti ran to the ropes, and dropkicked Snitsky right in the face, knocking Snitsky onto his back.

Machetti got back up, then nailed Thorn with a corkscrew dropkick knocking him back into the ropes. Machetti rushed in and grabbed Thorn's legs and attempted to lift him up and over the top rope, but Machetti only got Thorn's legs up to about the middle rope, when Snitsky ran over and attacked him from behind. Snitsky pulled Machetti away from Thorn and went to whip Machetti across the ring. But Machetti reversed it, sending Snitsky into the corner. Machetti sprinted at Snitsky but when he got close Machetti jumped up in the air then landed on the mat in front of Snitsky, only to bounce back up and do a front-flip and smash back-first into Snitsky in the corner for a turnbuckle senton of some kind (the end result being an upside-down body splash).

Machetti got back up and then dove out of the way, causing the incoming Kevin Thorn to hit his own partner with a clothesline that was meant for Machetti. Thorn stared at Snitsky in what looked like surprise for a moment, then turned around to face Machetti. Machetti hit a knee to the stomach, then grabbed Thorn and with some visible effort lifted him up and held him in front of him. Machetti was about to go for the Machete's Blade, but Snitsky suddenly ran out of the corner and nearly took Machetti's head off with a big boot, causing him to fall back onto the mat, and Thorn to fall on top of him.

Snitsky pulled Thorn up off of Machetti and then the two of them started working over Machetti with vicious stomps to the mid section. They eventually pulled Machetti back up then dragged him over to the ropes and tried to dump him out of the ring. But as soon as he got close to the ropes Machetti reached out and wrapped his legs around the middle and bottom rope, preventing himself from getting lifted out of the ring. Thorn couched down went to pull Machetti's legs off of the ropes while Snitsky continued his efforts in dumping Machetti out of the ring. Eventually after stomping the back of Machetti's legs a few times, Thorn managed to pull Machetti's legs off of the ropes, then he and Snitsky each grabbed a leg and then flipped Machetti over the top rope and onto the outside.

But as Machetti was coming down he hooked his arms around the top rope and then pulled in his legs and carefully placed them down on the ring apron. Thorn and Snitsky grabbed Machetti from behind, but he quickly reached up and hooked his arms around their neck, then dropped down onto his ass while keeping his legs up off of the floor, causing Snitsky and Thorn's head to snap up when their neck was snapped down on the top rope. Machetti pulled himself up to his feet and turned around to face his opponents. Snitsky recovered first and came back over to Machetti, but Machetti grabbed Snitsky's head then dropped down causing Snitsky to stagger backwards halfway across the ring. Thorn came over and swung at Machetti, but Machetti ducked down then drove his shoulder into Thorn's stomach, causing Thorn to stagger backwards and double over.

Machetti hoisted himself up onto the top rope, then lightly springboarded off of it and drove his feet down into Thorn's back, launching himself back up into the air. Machetti soared across the ring and took down Snitsky with a flying clothesline. Now all three men were down. Machetti rolled over to the ropes and pulled himself back up, Thorn got up soon after him. Machetti rushed at Thorn and took him down to his knees with a baseball slide to the knee. Machetti got back up to his knees then grabbed Thorn and drove his head down to the mat with a DDT.

Machetti got back up to his feet and stood tall in the middle of the ring, then Man in the Box hit. Tommy Dreamer came out from the back and headed down to the ring, but before getting in, he lifted the ring skirt and pulled out a pair of kendo sticks. Dreamer stood back up and tossed one into the ring, which Machetti caught, then got in. Machetti smirked down at the kendo stick, but Dreamer suddenly ran passed him and blasted Snitsky in the stomach with his kendo stick. Machetti turned around and then connected with a shot to Snitsky's head, knocking the big man off of his feet.

Dreamer went off on Snitsky and wailed on his back with the kendo stick. Machetti took the opportunity to turn around and got back over to Thorn. Machetti hooked the kendo stick under Thorn's jaw then placed his foot on the back of Thorn's neck while pulling back on the kendo stick. Thorn trashed around on the mat, while across the ring red welts were starting to appear on Snitsky's back. Snitsky rolled to the side and dodge the next shot from the kendo stick, then in desperation he got up to his knee and punched Dreamer in the balls. Snitsky reached up and grabbed the kendo stick, then pulled it away from Dreamer, then decked him with a big swing from the stick. Snitsky walked over to the ropes then dropped the kendo stick over the top and down to the floor.

Machetti was still choking Thorn with his kendo stick, but when he saw Dreamer go down, he released the vampire and got back up to his feet. Machetti rushed at Snitsky and swung at him with the kendo stick, but Snitsky ducked down, causing Machetti to run passed him. Then when Machetti turned around, Snitsky charged forward and took him down with a big boot. Snitsky pulled Machetti up to his feet then lifted him up onto his shoulder. Snitsky ran to the ropes and attempted to eliminate Machetti with a powerslam out of the ring, but when they reached the ropes Machetti slid forward and took Snitsky out of the ring along with him with a head scissors take down. But both men managed to land on the ring apron and kept themselves from being eliminated.

Machetti quickly slipped into the ring, then he turned around and jumped up into the air looking to dropkick Snitsky off of the ring apron, but Snitsky move to the side causing Machetti to fall back down to the mat. Snitsky got back into the ring, then lifted Machetti's legs up and positioned them at his sides, Snitsky was about to slingshot Machetti out of the ring, but Dreamer suddenly ran over, grabbed Snitsky and planted him with the DDT. But suddenly Thorn came from behind, grabbed Dreamer and shot him up over the top rope and out of the ring. Dreamer hit the floor hard and stared up in shock, he just got eliminated.

Machetti had managed to pull himself out from under Snitsky, who had fallen partially on top of him when Dreamer DDT-ed him. Machetti stood up in time to see Thorn eliminate Dreamer, and he realized he was once again, stuck in the ring two-on-one. Thorn turned around and rushed at Machetti, but Machetti ran at Thorn and did a baseball slide in between his legs. Machetti quickly rolled onto his stomach then grabbed Thorn's ankles, causing him to fall flat on his face. Machetti turned around and noticed his discarded kendo stick, and quickly rushed over to it and picked it up. Thorn got back up to his feet, and Snitsky followed soon after.

Machetti turned around when he heard Maria calling him. Machetti turned around and caught the other kendo stick that Maria had tossed to him. Now Machetti had two kendo sticks, as well as two opponents. Snitsky and Thorn charged at Machetti, but Machetti side-stepped Thorn and ducked Snitsky's clothesline. Machetti spun to the side and cracked Thorn across the back with both kendo sticks knocking him down to his knees, then brought both of them down together on Snitsky's head when the turned around, knocking Snitsky down to the mat. In a flash Machetti lashed out with the stick in his right hand and clocked Thorn across the back of the head, knocking him on his stomach. Machetti dropped down on his knees then went off on Thorn and smashed both of the sticks down onto Thorn's back over and over again.

Machetti only stopped when he noticed Snitsky getting back up to his feet, he rushed at Snitsky and smashed one stick across his stomach, causing him to double over, then he raised both sticks and cracked them across Snitsky's back, driving him down to the mat. Machetti turned back to face Thorn, but the vampire sat up and backed away from Machetti and over to the ropes. Snitsky rolled away from Machetti too and pulled himself up with the ropes on the other side of the ring. Both Thorn and Snitsky fought up to their feet and glared at Machetti.

Snitsky nodded at Thorn, then both of them stalked toward Machetti at the same time. Machetti blasted Snitsky across the face with one of the kendo sticks, but Thorn managed to use that as an opening and attacked Machetti from behind, knocking him down to his knees. Snitsky got back up and together they stomped on Machetti's back, forcing him down onto his stomach. Thorn hit a series of elbow drops to the spine, while Snitsky pulled the kendo sticks away from Machetti then tossed them out of the ring. Snitsky came back and stomped down on the back of Machetti's head, but then a buzzer rang out.

Evil smirks spread over Snitsky and Thorn's face as Cade and Murdoch's theme music hit. They glanced up at the entrance ramp and watched as Lance Cade came out from the back, grinning like a madman. Snitsky and Thorn pulled Machetti up and pinned his arms behind his back, while Cade casually made his way down to the ring. The three of them had ninety seconds to inflict as much pain as possible on Machetti. If Machetti looked nervous while watching Cade coming down to the ring, that was nothing in comparison to Maria, she looked about ready to cry, Machetti was in for a lot of punishment.

Cade got in the ring and walked up to Machetti and got right up in his face, and talked trash by telling Machetti "I'm gonna enjoy this!" Cade brought back his arm and connected with a hard punch to Machetti's face. Snitsky and Thorn kept holding onto Machetti as Lance worked over Machetti with one punch after another. The fans were booing like crazy, Cole was shouting, "This is a damn mugging!" and JBL was telling Cole that Machetti had asked for the match, so he was getting what he had coming to him.

Thorn and Snitsky tossed Machetti down onto the ground, where Cade quickly got on top of him and rained down more hard punches. When Cade finally stood up and shook his fist, his knuckles were tainted red. All the closed fist punches had opened up a gash above Machetti's left eye, blood was slowly trickling out of it. Snitsky pulled Machetti up to his feet, bent him over, then hoisted him up onto his shoulder. Snitsky then planted Machetti with a pump-handle slam.

The second Snitsky got up, Thorn was all over Machetti, the blood streaking down Machetti's face had made the vampire incensed. Thorn rained down hard punches to the open wound on Machetti's forehead, opening it up even more. When Thorn was finally finished blood was flowing freely, Thorn smirked evilly down at the bloody wound on Machetti's forehead, then leaned in to do… something… but suddenly Machetti brought up his knee and threw Thorn off of him. Machetti staggered up to his feet but was instantly taken back down by a big clothesline courtesy of Cade.

Machetti rolled onto his stomach and struggled to push himself up off of the mat, but Snitsky ran in and kicked him squarely in the ribs, knocking Machetti onto his back. Machetti kept rolling though and eventually went under the bottom rope and dropped down to the floor. Maria ran around the ring and knelt down next to Machetti checking to see if he was okay, while at the same time keeping an eye on the superstars in the ring. Thorn got up and was glaring daggers at Machetti, but Lance was currently whispering something to Snitsky. Snitsky smirked evilly and the two of them left the ring on opposite sides.

Snitsky and Cade walked around the ring and stood on either side of the side of the ring Machetti was laid out on. Maria looked from Cade to Snitsky and suddenly realized where she was. Maria got up to her feet and backed away from Machetti as Snitsky and Lance got closer. Maria backed up into the barricade, but instead of going after Machetti, Snitsky and Cade turned to Maria, then started advancing on her.

But with renewed motivation, Machetti was suddenly back on his feet, he climbed onto the ring apron, then launched himself at Cade and Snitsky. Maria screamed and dropped down prompting both of them to turn around. Machetti caught them with a double crossbody and drove them back into the barricade. Maria got back up and ran back around the ring, that had been too close. Machetti got back up and climbed up onto the ring apron. Thorn came over and grabbed Machetti, but Machetti dropped down to his knees, causing Thorn to go throat-first down onto the top rope, then snap back up and stagger backwards.

Machetti got back up to his feet, then hoisted himself up onto the top rope, then springboarded across the ring at Thorn. But Thorn caught Machetti in mid air and planted him with a sit down spinebuster. Thorn stared down at Machetti then got up to his feet and pulled Machetti up as well. Thorn lifted Machetti up over his head looking for a crucifix powerbomb. He walked over to the ropes and was about to bomb Machetti out of the ring, but suddenly… London and Kendrick's theme music hit, and Kendrick came sprinting out from the back.

Thorn was momentarily distracted allowing Machetti to fight free, then take Thorn over the top rope and out of the ring with a hurricurana. Brian smirked at Thorn as he went passed him, then helped Machetti up off of the ring apron where he landed and back into the ring. Snitsky and Cade were back up on the outside and they looked pissed. It was back to being two-on-two. Cade and Snitsky got back in the ring and glared at Machetti and Kendrick, then in a flash, Brian and Machetti raced across the ring and nailed a pair of simultaneous dropkicks. Brian knocked down Cade, but Machetti only managed to knock Snitsky back into the ropes.

Snitsky came forward and Kendrick jumped up and hit a jumping calf kick, while Machetti went down and swept Snitsky's legs out from behind him. Snitsky hit the mat hard and landed on his back, then Machetti did a front-flip and landed back-first on Snitsky, while Brian did a flip leg drop, both came crashing down at the same time, then rolled off of Snitsky and got up to their feet. Cade got back up and Machetti dropped down on his hands and knees. Kendrick ran forward, jumped up onto Machetti's back, then jumped up and connected with a dropkick right to the face on Cade.

Together Kendrick and Machetti pulled Cade back up to his feet, then they whipped him across the ring. Machetti dropped down causing Cade to run over him, while Brian leap-frogged Lance, causing Cade to run into the ropes then come back. Kendrick and Machetti both jumped up and then took down Lance with a double dropkick. Kendrick and Machetti turned to Snitsky and pulled him up, then double whipped him into the corner. Kendrick ran at Snitsky then hit a back-flip kick in the corner, Dr. Smoothie's Secret Recipe. Snitsky slumped down and sat against the bottom and middle turnbuckle. Brian moved out of the way, then Machetti ran across the ring and hit a dropkick to the chest, driving Snitsky back into the turnbuckle.

Machetti got back up and stood side-by-side with Kendrick and stared down at Snitsky, while behind them, Cade fought up to his feet. Once Cade was up, then went to attack them from behind. But at the same time Kendrick and Machetti lashed out their leg and connected with a pair of super kicks on Cade, knocking him flat on his back. Kendrick and Machetti walked over to Cade, and Kendrick held his hands together, at about knee level. Machetti jumped over Cade and onto Kendrick's hands, then back-flipped and landed on Cade for an aided moonsault. Machetti rolled off of Lance and allowed Brian to sit him up. Kendrick then launched himself up off of the mat, then came down on the other side of Cade for a neck wrench, slamming Cade's face down to the mat in the process.

Kendrick and Machetti pulled Cade up off of the mat, then dragged him over to the ropes and tried to eliminate him, but Cade quickly got his legs around the middle rope, making it difficult for Machetti and Brian to even move him. Suddenly Snitsky came from behind and hit them with a double clothesline, taking down both Brian and Machetti, while giving Cade time to get away from the ropes. Cade and Snitsky pulled Kendrick up off of the mat, then whipped him into a corner. Snitsky ran at Brian and went for a turnbuckle clothesline, but Kendrick moved, causing Snitsky to eat the turnbuckle. Kendrick then came from behind and nailed Snitsky with Sliced Bread Number Two.

Cade had pulled Machetti up off of the mat and was clubbing him across the back, but after finishing with Snitsky, Kendrick sprinted over and ran up Machetti's back in order to hit Cade with a shining wizard, knocking the World Tag Team Champion flat on his back. Kendrick and Machetti got back up to their feet in time to hear Cade and Murdoch's theme hit again. This time Trevor Murdoch came out from the back. Murdoch looked a little apprehensive about getting in the ring, and it wasn't until Snitsky pushed himself up off of the mat that he actually did. Now it was three-on-two. Machetti rushed at Snitsky and hit him with a clothesline, knocking him into the corner. Murdoch then pointed to something behind Brian. Kendrick turned around, only to see Cade come running and nail him with a clothesline, at the same time Murdoch came from behind and hit a chop block, Sweet 'n' Sour!

Machetti was up on the middle rope raining down closed fist punches on Snitsky in the corner, but once Kendrick was down, Murdoch ran at him and hit a big forearm to the back. Cade came over and he and Murdoch pulled Machetti down so he was hanging onto the ropes with just his legs, then they both surged forward and dropped down, hitting Machetti with a double neckbreaker out of the corner. Lance and Trevor got back up, but Cade went behind Murdoch and lifted him up from behind, then dropped him down on top of Machetti for a leg drop.

Murdoch got back up then he and Cade went over to Kendrick and pull him up to his feet, but back with Machetti, Snitsky had managed to recover, then got down on top of Machetti and went off on him with some closed fist punches to the still bleeding gash on Machetti's forehead. Cade and Murdoch lifted Kendrick up and bounced him off of the top rope before hitting a slingshot suplex. Cade and Murdoch dragged Kendrick over to the ropes then lifted him up and tossed him over the top. But Kendrick held onto the top then quickly pulled himself closer to the ropes and wrapped his arms and legs around the bottom rope.

On the other side of the ring, still in the same corner, Snitsky was showing no signs of stopping his relentless assault on Machetti. He was hitting punch after punch to the open gash on Machetti's forehead. The blood had started flowing again and was now tricling out faster than ever. Streaks of blood had gone halfway down his cheek now. But suddenly Snitsky was cracked across the back with one of the discarded kendo sticks, allowing Machetti to throw Snitsky off of him and roll over to the ropes. Maria smiled at Machetti then got down off of the ring apron and hit the kendo stick behind her back. Despite the blood in his eye Machetti smiled back, then he turned around and ran at Snitsky then did a baseball slide right into Snitsky's side, sending him under the bottom rope and down to the floor.

Machetti got back up then went over to Cade and Murdoch who were still attempting to pull Kendrick off of the bottom rope. But Murdoch had seen Machetti knock Snitsky out of the ring, so he left Kendrick and met Machetti half way across the ring. Machetti and Murdoch traded punches in the middle of the ring, but after connecting with a hard shot to the open gash above Machetti's eye, Murdoch managed to take advantage. Murdoch whipped Machetti into the corner, then ran at him and hit him with clothesline against the turnbuckle. Trevor grabbed Machetti then pulled him out of the corner before climbing up onto the middle rope. Murdoch came off looking for a bulldog, but as he was flying through the air, Machetti jumped up and caught him with a dropkick to the chest. Both went crashing back down to the ground as the buzzer went off.

London and Kendrick's music hit and Paul London came out from the back and sprinted down to the ring. Paul slid under the bottom rope then ran across the ring and attacked Cade, who was still going after Kendrick. London whipped Cade across the ring, then jumped up and took him down with a dropsault. Kendrick had taken this time to roll away from the bottom rope and get up to his feet, while on the other side of the ring, Machetti had gotten back up as well.

London and Kendrick pulled Cade up off of the mat then whipped him into the ropes, when he came back they caught him, launched him up into the air, then slammed him face-first down to the mat for a double flapjack. Once they were done, Machetti pulled Murdoch up then whipped him across the ring and into the opposite corner. Kendrick ran over and hit a running clothesline, then dropped down onto his hand and knees. London ran across the ring, jumped onto Kendrick's back then hit a crossbody into the turnbuckle. Then he dropped down onto his knees, standing slightly taller than Kendrick. Machetti came from across the ring, then ran onto Kendrick's back, up onto London's, then jumped up and drove his feet into Murdoch's shoulders, then back-flipped off of him and landed on the other side of Kendrick. Paul and Brian grabbed Trevor, then ran with him and hit a double arm drag.

Machetti, London, and Kendrick stood tall in the middle of the ring as Snitsky got back up onto the ring apron then got in the ring. London and Kendrick ran right at Snitsky and did dual baseball slides right to Snitsky's shins, causing the big man to go down to his knees. Machetti then ran passed Snitsky over to the ropes, then jumped onto the middle one and bounced off in time to kick Snitsky in the back of the head with a springboard lariat kick. Snitsky fell flat on his face and Machetti got back up.

London and Kendrick rolled Snitsky onto his back, then along with Machetti back across the ring. London ran at Snitsky then jumped up and hit him with a running shooting star press. Once he rolled out of the way, Kendrick ran in, then did a front-flip and landed on Snitsky for a flip senton. Kendrick rolled out of the way and pinned Snitsky's legs to the ground, wile London pinned Snitsky's arms. Machetti ran from the ropes then jumped up into the air, did a corkscrew back-flip then went crashing down on top of Snitsky for a corkscrew running shooting star press.

Machetti got back up and smirked down at Snitsky, only to get decked after a clothesline from behind from Cade. London and Kendrick came over and attacked Cade, but Murdoch came over and attacked London, then whipped him across the ring and into the ropes. Kendrick went to whip Cade into the ropes, but Cade reversed it, sending Brian into the ropes instead. Lance ran at Kendrick looking for a clothesline, but at the last second, Kendrick dropped down and pulled down the top rope with him. Cade was going too fast to stop himself and tumbled over the top rope and down to the floor. Cade was just eliminated.

Murdoch had London in the corner and was going off on him with shoulder thrusts, but then Kendrick and Machetti ran in and attacked Murdoch from behind. London got out of the corner and helped Kendrick and Machetti lift Murdoch up into the air, then three of them then tossed Murdoch over the top rope and down to the floor. Murdoch was eliminated. In a matter of seconds the tide of the match had gone from three-on-three to three-on-one. Snitsky was now alone in the ring against Chaos Inc. But then… the buzzer went off.

The Great Khali's music hit and the Punjabi Giant came down to the ring. Machetti, London, and Kendrick turned to face Khali as he came down the entrance ramp and stood at ringside. But suddenly Machetti ran forward and dove in between the top and middle rope and smashed into Khali, knocking him backwards, but not down. Machetti crawled around Khali and was on his hands and knees behind him. London and Kendrick followed Machetti's lead and dove through the ropes and both knocked into Khali, Khali stumbled backwards and tripped over Machetti, and finally went crashing down to the floor. Machetti rolled out from under Khali's legs, then climbed up onto the barricade. Machetti came off and hit a shooting star press on Khali. The three Chaos Inc members pulled Khali up off of the floor, then led him closer to the ring. The three of them then whipped Khali right into the steel steps, upon contact Khali completely knocked the steps over, the laid on top of them in a heap.

Machetti, London, and Kendrick got back in the ring then turned to face Snitsky who was recovering in the corner, London and Kendrick quickly rushed at him. But when he saw them coming, Snitsky hoisted himself up onto the middle rope, then launched off and took them both down with a double flying clothesline. Machetti ran at Snitsky while he was getting back up, but Snitsky caught him and launched him through the air with a back body drop. Machetti ended up crashing back first into the top turnbuckle, then went crashing down to the mat.

Snitsky went over to Machetti and pushed him back into the corner, then drove his knee into Machetti's stomach, before grabbing Machetti pulling him by the arm towards him, then practically taking his head off with a short arm clothesline. Outside of the ring, Khali had gotten back up, and since Machetti, London, and Kendrick were all down he was able to get in the ring. London and Kendrick got back up and rushed at Khali and went for a double dropkick, but Khali used both hands and simply swatted them away.

But London and Kendrick weren't put out that easily, they shot back up to their feet and charged at Khali again, but Khali stuck out his arms and took down both of them with a double clothesline. Khali reached down and pulled up Paul, then slammed him down to the mat with a scoop slam. Khali pulled Kendrick up to his feet and whipped him into the corner, then Khali charged at him. At the last possible second Brian moved out of the way, causing Khali to run into the turnbuckle, then staggered backwards and away from it. Kendrick quickly ran at Khali, then grabbed him and went to hit Sliced Bread Number Two. But while Kendrick was still in mid air, Khali reached up and caught him, then tossed him over the top rope and down to the floor.

In the other corner, Snitsky had taken the time to undo the top turnbuckle pad, then he grabbed Machetti and hoisted him onto his shoulder, then dropped him onto the exposed turnbuckle for 'snake eyes'. After hitting the metal, Machetti staggered away and held his head. Snitsky ran at him and nailed a big boot to the back of the head, once again driving Machetti head first into the exposed turnbuckle. This time, Machetti collapsed to the mat and laid on his back.

Back in the other corner, London was going off on Khali and was hitting him with everything he could, chops, punches, kicks, spin kicks, headbutts, but nothing was working. London still had yet to know Khali off of his feet. Out of desperation London jumped up and hit Khali with a dropsault, which only made Khali stagger backwards. London turned and ran to the ropes, then came back looking for a clothesline. But when London came back, Khali suddenly reached out and hoisted London up above his head in a military press. Khali stood and held London over ten feet in the air, then he turned around and unceremoniously tossed Paul out of the ring and thirteen feet down to the floor. London landed with a loud thud as he was eliminated. Khali raised his arms up into the air and let out roar, Machetti was now alone in the ring against two monsters for the next thirty seconds.

Snitsky pulled Machetti up to his feet, then whipped him across the ring towards Khali. Khali simply stuck out his leg, and Machetti ran right into a big boot. Khali walked over to Machetti, then picked him up and lifted him up above his head. Khali walked with Machetti over to the ropes, looking to toss him out, but as he reached the ropes, Machetti slipped down behind Khali and landed safely on the mat. Machetti shoved Khali and attempted to push him over the top rope. But Khali grabbed onto the ropes in front of him, and spread his legs a little wider, he wasn't going anywhere. Machetti looked over his shoulder, then dropped down to the ground and rolled to the side, causing Snitsky to clothesline Khali from behind.

Khali fell forward and laid on top of the top rope while Snitsky stared in surprised. Machetti then came from behind and hit Snitsky with a dropkick to the back, knocking him into Khali, causing Khali to fall even more forward, now his legs were off the ground, and he was hanging over the ring apron. Machetti came in and grabbed Khali's legs and attempted to get Khali over the top rope, but Snitsky recovered and clubbed Machetti across the back, sending Machetti down to his knees. Snitsky then spun around and connected with a vicious kick to the side of Machetti's head. When Machetti hit the mat, Snitsky turned back to Khali and helped him back into the ring and off of the ropes. The two big men then turned to face Machetti, who had pushed himself up onto his hands and knees.

Upon seeing the two men that were towering over him, Machetti backed away as fast as he could and eventually made it to the rope on the other side of the ring. Snitsky had a sadistic smirk on his face, now it was just a cat and mouse game. Khali and Snitsky walked over to Machetti, each coming from a different side. But when they got close Machetti dropped down and rolled in between them then backed up so he was on the other side of the ring now. Snitsky and Khali turned around and stalked towards Machetti until he was back up into a corner.

Snitsky charged at Machetti, but Machetti dove out of the way, causing Snitsky to run into the turnbuckle. But as Machetti was getting back up off of the mat, Khali managed to reach out and grab him, then tossed Machetti clean across the ring with a choke toss. Machetti pulled himself up to his feet and laid back in the corner. Khali came after him, then raised his leg and pressed it into Machetti's throat, choking him against the turnbuckle. But suddenly, the buzzer went off, and Slow Chemical hit.

Kane come out from the back and came down towards the ring. When he got in Snitsky ran up to meet him and the two monsters started going at it and traded hard punches. Kane ended up taking advantage after ducking a hook punch then connected with an uppercut. While Snitsky was groggy, Kane grabbed him, then turned around and tossed Snitsky clear over the top rope and down to the floor. Just like that Snitsky was gone, and now it was down to Kane and Machetti versus Khali.

After seeing Kane eliminate Snitsky, Khali finally removed his foot from Machetti's throat, then turned around to meet Kane in the middle of the ring. Kane rushed at Khali and hit him with a clothesline, but it only knocked the Punjabi Giant backwards. Kane stepped away, then came back with a second clothesline, but again it didn't take Khali down. Kane backed up to the ropes then came back looking for a third clothesline, but Khali caught him in the chest with a big boot as he came back. Khali glared down at Kane, but suddenly Machetti came off of the top rope and hit Khali in the back with a missile dropkick, sending Khali staggering forward. Kane got up off of his feet and turned to nod at Machetti, then the two of them charged at Khali and finally took him down with a double clothesline.

Kane turned to Machetti, picked him up and hoisted him above his head. Kane then tossed Machetti down on top of Khali for a ten foot high body splash. Machetti rolled off of Khali and held his stomach, while Kane pulled Khali up then dragged him over to the ropes and attempted to toss him out. But while wasn't going anywhere, and he held onto the ropes very tightly. Kane bent Khali over and clubbed him on the back a few times, then he pressed Khali down into the rope in an attempt to push all of the air out of the giant.

Kane then let go of Khali and backed across the ring. After waiting for Khali to stand back up, Kane sprinted across the ring and went for a clothesline. But in one movement, Khali grabbed Kane, spun to the side, then tossed him out of the ring with a belly to belly suplex. Kane hit the floor hard and looked up in shock, the shock changed to anger as Kane got up and glared at Khali, then kicked the steel steps that were next to him before headed to the back.

Khali looked proud of himself as he turned away from Kane and towards Machetti. But Machetti suddenly springboarded off of the top rope on the other side of the ring and connected with a springboard dropkick which sent the big man staggering backwards. Machetti ran back to the ropes and got onto the apron, then once again hoisted himself up and springboarded at Khali, this time he hit a springboard clothesline, sending Khali staggering backwards even further.

Khali was closer to the other side of the ring now, so Machetti got up and ran passed him, then got on the ring apron and once again springboarded at Khali. But while Machetti was in mid air, Khali shot his arms up and caught Machetti by the throat. Machetti kicked his legs and found himself dangling in mid air. Khali carried Machetti across the ring until he was standing in front of Maria, who was staring up at Machetti in fear. Khali choke bombed Machetti out of the ring, almost on top of Maria, who managed to move out of the way in time. Machetti hit the floor and the bell sounded, then the Great Khali's music hit as he stood tall in the middle of the ring. Maria crawled over to Machetti and checked on him then stared up at Khali as he let out a loud roar.

Khali had won the ten man royal rumble, eliminating four members of Team Chaos in the process. Team Cade and Murdoch, or Khali as it now looked, had the momentum heading into Survivor Series, and Khali seemed unstoppable. Would the same thing happen at the pay-per-view? The cameras showed Machetti still bleeding from the gash while out cold on the floor with Maria attempting to help him sit up, then the camera cut to Khali who was still standing tall in the ring. That was the last thing the viewers at home saw as Smackdown went off the air.

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There it is, I'll have Survivor Series some time on Monday. During the Rumble Match I was working on getting the intervals as close to ninety seconds as possible. Also it was kind of practice for the actual Royal Rumble, which I am planning on writing Machetti into. So let me know what you think, that way I can change it up for next time, or keep doing the same thing. Now here's the MY updated Survivor Series card.

World Heavyweight Championship
Undertaker v. Batista

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WWE Championship
Shawn Michaels v. Randy Orton

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ECW Championship
John Morrison v. CM Punk

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Hornswoggle v. Big Daddy V

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Triple H, Rey Mysterio, Balls Mahoney, Matt and Jeff Hardy
v.
Umaga, Finlay, the Miz, MVP, and Mr. Kennedy

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Mickie James, Maria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, and Kelly Kelly
v.
Beth Phoenix, Melina, Jillian Hall, Victoria, and Layla

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Machetti, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Tommy Dreamer, and Kane
v.
Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Snitsky, Kevin Thorn, and the Great Khali

'Till Next Time…

Peace!