Chapter 17: Starting Over Again
RAW was in Bakersfield, California and Nicole & Rochelle were teaming up against Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea Burchill.
Dave and Rochelle were in their hotel room in San Diego and Rochelle was looking out the window as Dave woke up. Then he noticed to see Rochelle was not in the bed and he turned to see her looking out the window. Dave got out of the bed and he walked over to Rochelle wrapping his arms around her.
"Hey," Rochelle said.
"Hey," Dave said. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Are you sure? It's okay if you're not."
"I guess I'm disappointed about last night; but it's not over yet. I guess the Angels will just play some more pranks for the fun of it."
"Like what?"
"I have a couple of my sleeve, but I can't tell you yet."
"Well, I can't wait."
Then Dave and Rochelle kissed each other.
Later, RAW was on and Triple H's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain. He walks down the ramp to the apron of the ring and did his usual thing. Then he asked for the microphone and pointed to the crowd.
"Well, the Age of Orton is officially broken," Triple H said. "That's right. It's done, finished, over. It's as if it never existed. But you know Randy Orton and I both knew going into that match last night that we wouldn't quite be the same coming out as we went coming in and Randy Orton sits tonight watching me in this ring from a hospital room beaten, battered, bruised with a broken collarbone. And while I'm not gonna come out and tell you I'm not beat up, too, it sure makes it a whole hell of a lot easier to deal with when you can walk out here and say 'still WWE Champion.' Now Orton is out of the way and I don't know who's next and I don't care. But the fact is, whoever……."
Then John's entrance theme played and he came out the curtain with the Chain Gang Diva Squad following him. Nicole was wearing a red triangular high midriff tank top with a picture of a bulldog on it and showing a little of her denim bustier, denim jeans, a black headband with a picture of a bulldog on it, black hand warmers, and her hair straight. Tina was wearing a blue savvy v-cup halter mini dress and her hair curled. Brittany was wearing a black midriff tank top with rainbow skull and red roses, denim jeans, black hand warmers, and her hair straight. Kayla was wearing a white low-cut tank top that said "All you can have for a dollar, black leather pants with cut outs & rhinestones at the top, and her short hair straight.
The five walked down the ramp and John and Nicole got inside the ring with the rest of the CGDS staying outside the ring and John had a microphone in his hand.
"I know how you feel," John said, "you don't know who's next, you don't know about the future. I don't need be John Edward, Miss Cleo, Nostradamous, or Dr. Emmett Brown to know about the future. You can see it, I can see it, everybody here can see it, everybody watching around the world knows that the future is now. Don't get me wrong, I didn't come out here to tell you that I hate you; as a matter of fact, for the most part, we see eye-to-eye pretty much about a lot of things……except the WWE Championship. King of Kings, you have truly conquered them all……except for me. And with the next WWE Draft looming among us, this is an opportunity that may never happen; so I don't come to you tonight out of hate, out of jealousy, out of anger, I just come to you with a question, are you ready? Are you ready for the biggest event in this business? Are you ready for the Yankees versus Red Sox, Lakers versus Celtics, the World Series, the Stanley Cup, the Lottery, the Super Bowl all rolled into one! Triple H, are you ready to fight?"
"Cena," Triple H said, "a very big star in this industry once looked me dead in the eye and said to me, 'You want some, come get some.'
Then Jeff Hardy's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. Jeff limped a little as he walked down the ramp and got into the ring with a microphone in his hand and Brittany got into the ring to join him.
"Wait a minute, guys," Jeff said. "You aren't the only ones from RAW who won matches last night, there were three men from RAW who won matches and here we are. John, you beat JBL in a First Blood match, I beat the Samoan Bulldozer in a Falls Count Anywhere match. And don't get me wrong, John, I respect the fact that you're a former WWE Champion, but as far as I'm concerned, we're both in line for that.
"Listen," Triple H said, "it's between y'all, I don't care which one of you I beat. Doesn't matter to me, so the way I see it, work it out amongst yourselves, go backstage, beg Vince McMahon, I don't care what you do. It's up to you two. Don't matter to me."
"That's cool. There's two things about Vince McMahon I know. He wants to give the people what they want and he loves first time ever. So tonight to find out who challenges Triple H for the title, for the first time ever, Jeff Hardy versus John Cena."
"Works for me," John said. "Jeff Hardy versus John Cena……."
"Whoa, whoa, hang on a second, wait a minute." Vince McMahon said as he appeared on the Titantron. "I think what everyone wants and what they want would be the details on how next week I'm gonna give away a million dollars in cash. I think that's probably what they want. Now, Jeff, as far as your idea is concerned, it's not bad, but I have an idea. What if Triple H defended the WWE Championship at, say, Night of Champions and what if we had a match tonight that would pit the first time ever. Yeah, and what if that winner faces Triple H at Night of Champions, what if we had a match tonight with, let me see, it would be John Cena versus Jeff Hardy? That's a hell of an idea."
All three men stared at each other and Nicole & Brittany had puzzled looks on their faces that tension might build amongst not only the Chain Gang Diva Squad, but "Eddie's Angels" as well.
A little later, it was time for the Divas tag team match which was Nicole and Rochelle versus Beth Phoenix and Katie Lea Burchill. Beth's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"The following Divas' tag team match is scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first from Buffalo, New York, the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix."
Beth walked down the ramp, she climbed on the apron onto the turnbuckle, and flipped into the ring. Then Paul Burchill's entrance theme played and Katie Lea Burchill came out from the curtain.
"And her tag team partner from Chelsea, England, Katie Lea," Lillian announced.
Katie walked down the ramp, she climbed on the apron onto the turnbuckle, and she posed before going down in the ring. Then "Eddie's Angels" entrance theme played and they came out from the curtain.
"And their opponents being accompanied by Delancey Scott, representing 'Eddie's Angels,' the team of Nicole Mitchell and the WWE's Women Champion, Rochelle Kennedy," Lillian announced.
Nicole was wearing a green spaghetti strap halter midriff top with the words "Never back down..." on the front and "Never say quit!!" on the back, denim jeans, the Chain Gang Wristbands, and her hair curled.
Rochelle was a wearing a green bustier, black see-through attached top, denim mini-miniskirt, and black stockings and her hair curled. Delancey was wearing a green plaid strapless top with faux buttons and belted waist, black pants, and her hair curled.
Rochelle raised her Women's Title belt in the air and then the Angels walked down the ramp slapping the hands of the fans and Nicole and Delancey got into the ring as Rochelle went around the ring and she jumped up on the apron, stood up, and flipped her hair backwards. Then she got in the ring and Nicole & Rochelle got on the turnbuckles and raised their arms in the air and they got back down and gave Delancey a high five and she, Rochelle, and Katie left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Katie pushed Rochelle from behind and Katie & Rochelle locked up and Katie twisted Rochelle's arm and Rochelle did a cartwheel and kicked Katie's arm and landed a forearm. Then Rochelle went to whip Katie reversed and charged into Rochelle's back elbow and Rochelle got Katie in a headscissors and landed a headscissors takedown and twisted Katie's arm as Nicole made the tag. Then Nicole climbed on the turnbuckle and hit a double axe handle and then hit Katie's head onto her knee and bounced off the ropes before Katie kicked Nicole in the midsection and tossed her down on the mat.
Katie covered for a two count and Katie twisted Nicole's arm as she made the tag to Beth and Beth kicked Nicole in the back before she went for a back suplex. But Nicole flipped over and Nicole landed some kicks to Beth and got a baseball slide to the face and made the tag to Rochelle. Rochelle landed a spear before punching away at Beth and rolled Beth to the outside and Rochelle followed as Katie attacked Rochelle from behind and Nicole kicked in the head and Beth landed a clothesline to Rochelle. Then Beth grabbed Nicole and rammed her back on the apron and Beth rolled Rochelle back into the ring and got her in a front facelock as she made the tag to Katie and Katie kicked Rochelle in the midsection.
Katie grabbed Rochelle by the hair and tried for a powerslam but Rochelle hit a back elbow and hit a roundhouse kick before making the tag to Nicole. Nicole got a few clothesline and knocked Beth off the apron with a dropkick and Katie missed a clothesline as Nicole landed a snap neckbreaker on Katie. Nicole then went up top and landed a crossbody and whipped Katie off the ropes but Katie kicked Nicole in the face and went to knock Rochelle off the apron but Rochelle ducked and Nicole went for the X Factor but Katie ducked and kicked Nicole in the midsection.
She went for the DDT but Rochelle attacked Katie from behind and ducked a clothesline from Beth and Rochelle kicked Beth in the midsection and she grabbed her and landed the Stairway to Heaven as Nicole stalked Katie and landed the X Factor for the win.
"Here are your winners, the WWE Women's Champion Rochelle Kennedy and Nicole Mitchell," Lillian announced.
Delancey walked into the ring and raised Nicole and Rochelle's arms in the air along with the referee. Then Paul Burchill came out from the curtain and bitched at the Angels but then Mr. Kennedy then ran down the entrance ramp and tackled Paul and they brawled outside to the ring until Paul bailed with Katie following him. Mr. Kennedy and Paul exchanged words with "Eddie's Angels" smiling as RAW went to a commercial break.
Later, Nicole was in the trainer's room getting checked.
"Well, Nicole, it looks like your nose is fine," the trainer said. "So you should be in good hands."
Then John came forward as the trainer walked away.
"So I see your nose is fine," John said, "everything else is cool?"
"Yeah, I'm all right," Nicole said. "Thank you."
"I also want to thank you."
"For what?"
"For sticking by me the last several weeks because I know it's been tough on you with Randy Orton and JBL."
"Well, you helped me through everything, so thank you. I mean, thank God Randy is gone for a while and you beat JBL twice in pay-per-view events, you're just amazing."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Also, um, you left something. You left something behind last night."
Then John handed Nicole her bikini, the same one she wore in the Wet and Wild Pool match.
"Oh, I was looking for these last night," Nicole said. "Um, well, thank you. I, uh, I should go get changed."
"Yeah, go get changed. I'll see you in a bit," John said.
"Okay."
Then Nicole walked away as John took a sip of John "Bradshaw" Layfield new MamaJuana Energy and got a pleased look on his face.
A little later, it was time for the number one contenders' match which was John versus Jeff Hardy.
Jeff's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Brittany following him. Jeff did his usual bump and grind with Brittany as the pyro went off and the two walked down the ramp and got into the ring. Brittany posed with Jeff and he got on the turnbuckles and raised his arms in the air. Then he got back down and then John's entrance theme played and he came out the curtain with Nicole, Tina, and Kayla following him. The four walked down the ramp and John & Nicole got inside the ring with Tina and Kayla staying outside the ring and then John was pumping up the crowd as he took off his black and orange "Hustle, Loyalty, Respect" baseball cap and his 8-bit t-shirt and threw it to the crowd. Then John took off and then took off his dog tags and gave them to the referee and Nicole and Brittany left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
John and Jeff circled around the ring and then got a handshake and then locked up with John applying a front facelock when suddenly a fan jumped into the ring and security took him down as John got Jeff on his shoulders for a two count. Then John backed up as security took the fan away and John, Jeff, and the Chain Gang Diva Squad laughed at the unusual incident before John and Jeff locked up again and Jeff grabbed a headlock and got John to the floor. Then John got to his feet as he bounced Jeff off the ropes and got a powerslam and John bounced off the ropes and got an elbow drop for a two count. Then John got another headlock on Jeff as he got to his feet and Jeff bounced down off the ropes and got a couple of armdrags and he kicked John in the midsection and hit a snap suplex for a one count.
Jeff then got another headlock as John got to his feet as he countered into a side slam and he got a drop toe hold and went for the STFU as Jeff kicked him off out of the ring and hit a baseball slide. Then Jeff did John's "You can't see me" and then hit a plancha on John and both men staggered to get up and then they got back in the ring and Jeff bounced off the ropes and kicked John in the chest and he bounced off the ropes again and hit a side neckbreaker for a nearfall. Then Jeff went to whip John but John reversed and kicked Jeff in the midsection and hit a suplex for a nearfall and John went to splash Jeff but Jeff moved out of the way and Jeff got a bulldog slam for another nearfall. Then John twisted Jeff's arm and kicked him in the midsection and got a running neck snap and then he crawled on top of Jeff for a two count.
Then went to whip Jeff but Jeff reversed and kicked John in the midsection before a face-plant suplex, then he slowly went up top for the Swanton Bomb, but John moved in time. Jeff missed a clothesline and John got a couple of shouldertackles before landing a sit-out hiptoss and he did the "You can't see me" and landed the Five Knuckle Shuffle. John setup for the FU, but Jeff escaped with a couple of elbow drops and nailed a series of flying forearms into his double-foot dropkick in the corner for a two count. Then Jeff went to whip John but John reversed and Jeff suddenly nailed Whisper in the Wind and made a cover for a close two count and then Jeff kicked John in the midsection and went for the Twist of Fate but John pushed him off. John went for the FU again, but Jeff held onto the ropes and leaped into the ring to kick him away and came off the top with a crossbody block.
John rolled through and did an impressive squat into hoisting Jeff up on his shoulders for the FU. He then dropped Jeff in the center ring with the FU and made the cover for the win.
Then the referee raised John's arm in the air and then Triple H's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. John took a deep breath while Triple H took a swig of water from his water bottle and John then walked up the ramp and pointed at the WWE Title belt resting on Triple H's shoulder. Triple H smirked and then held up the title belt over his head for John to get a good look. John checked out the belt and then stared down Triple H as RAW came to a close.
For Nicole, she was happy that John got another chance at the WWE Championship now that both JBL and Randy Orton were out of the way for now.
