Chapter 18: Angelic Tactics

Smackdown was in Los Angeles, California, Tina's hometown and "Eddie's Angels" were walking down the hallway as ECW was on. When they reached a certain office, Rochelle knocked on the door.

"Come in," a voice said from inside.

Then "Eddie's Angels" walked inside and Theodore Long was inside the office.

It just so happened that Theodore Long was now the new General Manager of ECW as men were taking Armando Alejandro Estrada's stuff away.

"Hey, Teddy," the Angels said.

"Hey, what's happening, Angels?" Theodore said the Angels hugged him.

"I cannot believe this," Rochelle said. "You are the new General Manager of ECW? Oh, this is so cool."

"Yeah, we were hoping you would at least be the new General Manager of RAW or get your job back on Smackdown," Delancey said, "but this is exciting!"

"Yeah, congratulations, Teddy," Nicole said.

"Thank you very much," Theodore said. "I appreciate it. So, did you enjoy the Wet and Wild Pool match at One Night Stand?"

"Oh, yeah, good show, Teddy."

"You're very welcome and because of you Angels helping me boost my confidence up, I got another idea. Since you girls happen to be part of the Maxim Hot 100, I came up with the first-ever Maxim Magazine Fashion Show starring 'Eddie's Angels' and hosted by Batista and John Cena."

"Maxim Magazine Fashion Show," Delancey said. "Teddy, you've done it again."

"I love it," Rochelle said.

"Great, and it's gonna happen next Friday on Smackdown," Theodore said.

"Oh, I see what you're doing," Nicole said. "Vickie's not gonna like this."

"Well, Teddy, we oughta let you get back to work and congratulations," Delancey said.

"Yeah, congratulations and…...thanks for the fashion show tip," Rochelle said.

"You take care, Angels," Theodore said.

Then the Angels left the office.

A little later, Shelton Benjamin was in a match against ECW newcomer Matt Sydal and Kofi Kingston was at the announcers' table for guest commentary.

Shelton's entrance theme played and the pyro went as he came out from the curtain. Shelton walked down the ramp and got into the ring and he climbed on the turnbuckle and raised his arms in the air. Then he stared at Kofi and got back down as the referee called for the bell.

Matt and Shelton locked up and Shelton immediately hit a knee to the midsection and he flipped Matt over his head before he shoved Matt to the ropes. Then Shelton choked Matt on the ropes staring at Kofi and then he grabbed Matt before Matt rolled-up for a one count and Matt got a standing kick on Shelton with a couple more kicks before catching him with a head scissors.

Matt then flew off the top with a double-knee smash to the chest for a close nearfall and then Matt bounced off the ropes and Shelton lifted him up and Matt fell to the mat and Shelton kicked Matt hard in the chest before clubbing him in the back and Shelton lifted Matt in the air and then dropped him on his knee.

Then Shelton choked Matt with his foot and bullied him a little before stomping on him and Shelton snapmared Matt hitting his back into the corner and dragged Matt to the middle of the ring. Then Shelton applied an armlock before Matt escaped with blows to the midsection and Matt bounced off the ropes before Shelton hit a clothesline.

Shelton then chucked Matt to the floor at the base of the announce table and Shelton got out of the ring and traded words with Kofi who asked him what was he going to do. Shelton walked away and he was clubbing Matt in the back and then powerbombed Matt into Kofi's lap behind the announce table. Shelton returned to the ring and Matt was then counted out.

Kofi stormed the ring and tackled Shelton hard in the ring and Kofi ran Shelton out of the ring and then took the fight to the floor where Kofi landed hard forearm smashes. Then he went to whip Shelton but Shelton whipped Kofi hard into the ring steps and Shelton caught his breath and then walked up the entrance ramp smirking at Kofi who was trying to recover on the floor.

Then Delancey came out from the curtain and walked down the ramp and nailed Shelton in the head with a kendo stick. Delancey hit Shelton in the head several times and then she smiled at him as she walked over to Kofi and helped him up. The two walked up the ramp as Kofi held onto and Delancey smiled back at Shelton who stared at her with cold eyes.

Later, Smackdown was on and Vickie Guerrero and La Familia were in the ring with champagne.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the General Manager of Smackdown, Vickie Guerrero," Justin Roberts announced.

"Thank you, thank you," Vickie said onto the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure……" Then the crowd continued to boo "……it is with great pleasure to introduce to you……" Then the crowd booed some more. "…….it is with great pleasure to introduce to you……excuse me!" Then the crowd chanted "Undertaker" and "You suck." "Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure to introduce to you the man responsible for banishing the Undertaker from the WWE and the new World Heavyweight Champion, Edge."

Then Edge's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain and raised his WWE World Title belt in the air as the pyro went off. Then he walked down the ramp and got into the ring and hugged La Familia, and bent down on his knees and made out with Vickie.

"Here's to the entire family," Edge said onto the microphone. "Chavo, Bam, Zack, Curt, especially in a place like Los Angeles where people smile in your face all while they're stabbing you in the back, you guys are the real deal, the genuine article, and I can't thank you enough. I couldn't ask for a better group of friends than you guys and to my special lady, I hear the kid from Jerry McGuire is here in the audience tonight, but with all due respect to him, you complete me. And speaking of me, I like to congratulate myself. This past Sunday, I did something that no one else has been able to do: I ended the career of the Undertaker. Not only that, but I became the new World Heavyweight Champion. But don't feel bad for the Undertaker; don't feel bad for the Undertaker because I actually did him a favor. Sounds strange, but I did him a favor. You see if the Undertaker had managed to beat me, I would have hunted him down, I would've beat him so viciously that he would've left the WWE of a shell of his former self, a pathetic man. This way he got to leave with some dignity; he lost a TLC match to the master of the TLC match. He lost to the one of the greatest, indeed the greatest superstar in the history of WWE. Actually, the Undertaker should thank me. So, everybody, a toast, a toast to the Dead Man: may he rest in peace."

As they raised their champagne glasses, the lights went out and when the lights came back on, Edge broke into laughter and said,

"Gotcha, you all fell for it." Edge said as everyone in the ring laughed along with Edge. "I'm sorry I had to do it, I had to do it. You know, life works in mysterious ways. As something dies, something else blossoms. Honey?"

"I have an announcement to make," Vickie said. "In five weeks on July 11th, Edge and I will be pledging our endless love in holy matrimony right here on Smackdown."

Then everyone tipped each other's glasses and La Familia poured champagne over Edge. Dave's entrance theme played and he came out the curtain with "Eddie's Angels" following him. Nicole was wearing a pink 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. Delancey was wearing a black hoodie hook front crop top, pink plaid shorts, black knee-high stitch boots with pink fur trim, and her hair in high ponytails. Rochelle was wearing a pink metallic key-hole halter midriff top, black leather pants with side cut-outs, and her hair curled. The four stood at the top of the ramp and Dave had a microphone in his hand.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Vickie said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, relax," Dave said.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Take it easy, it's not what you think. I just…….I don't understand why didn't invite me to the party. I mean, I like to party. I wanted to come out here, I wanted to wish you the best, I wanna say good luck in your upcoming wedding. You two really deserve each other. Vickie, Edge, sincerely from the bottom of my heart, I hope you two live happily every after. I'm just kidding! I can't stand either one of you, you both make me sick, I hope you have bad, ugly, little kids and I hope you do make each other miserable.

"Hey, hey, hey," Edge said, "Batista, is that all you came out here to say?"

"Wait, actually, there's one more thing. Last week, I said that I was going to challenge whoever won the World Heavyweight Championship in the TLC match at One Night Stand and that's exactly what I'm doing right now."

"Yes, Batista," Vickie said, "I heard all about your challenge right now and it's good that I came prepared accordingly. I was going to announce this later, but since you came and interrupted us, I'll tell you right now. You want a World Heavyweight Championship match? Well, you're not gonna get one because you need to remember that I don't take orders, I give them."

"Uh, Vickie, you need to take orders," Rochelle said, "because if you don't, there will be hell to pay and I do mean it."

"You know, Rochelle, you're so full of it, but back to Batista, if you want a match, you're gonna have to earn it. So tonight, you will have a match, an eight-man tag match. Let's see, Edge, Chavo, Hawkins, and Ryder versus you and three partners of my choosing.

"Oh, and Dave, you better hope you win or get drafted because if you don't win, you'll never get another title shot against me again."

Then Dave and the Angels smirked and they walked away to the back.

It was now clear to La Familia and everyone else that "Eddie's Angels" were now teaming up with Dave now that the Undertaker was gone from the WWE. This was one of those times for the Angels that things got a whole lot worse before they got any better. That's just how it was when Randy Orton cheated to take Rey Mysterio's World Title shot at Wrestlemania 22 but lost and when Alicia Weatherford became an equalizer for Randy Orton before and during Summerslam in 2006 but was no match for the Angels when Brittany Swanson joined the team as their equalizer.

A little later, "Eddie's Angels" were walking down the hallway backstage and then they appeared across the Big Show.

"Hey, Angels," the Big Show said.

"Hey, Big Show," the Angels said as they tried not to look at him.

At One Night Stand, the Big Show defeated CM Punk, John Morrison, Chavo Guerrero, and Tommy Dreamer in a Singapore cane match giving him the chance to face Kane and Mark Henry at Night of Champions for the ECW Championship and while he was hoisting the ring's steel step overhead to go after The Miz, his tag team partner, John Morrison, hit the Big Show from behind with a cane. As the Big Show went down, the steel stairs crashed into his head, leaving a gaping, bloody wound above his eye.

"It's okay," the Big Show said. "I won't hurt you."

"So how's your eye?" Rochelle said.

"Oh, it's fine, I just had eight stitches, that's all. I heard that 'Eddie's Angels' is having a fashion show next Friday on Smackdown."

"Yep, it's gonna be a Maxim Magazine Fashion Show since we're part of the Maxim Hot 100," Delancey said.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

"Well, here's a copy of the Maxim Hot 100," Nicole said as she gave the magazine to the Big Show. "Be sure to look at numbers seven, five, and one because what we're wearing is what you'll be seeing next Friday."

"Bye," Delancey said as the Angels walked away.

Then the Big Show looked through the magazine and got pleased looks on his face.

A little later, Delancey was walking down the hallway backstage and she found Santino Marella, who got defeated by Cousin Sal, a relative of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel.

"Hey, Santino," Delancey said.

"Oh, no, what's next?" Santino said.

"You see what happens when your actions and words get out of hand and they can get you into trouble? You done embarrassed yourself again and that's why Maria dumped you."

"Well, the great and mighty Delancey Scott is gonna bring back some old stuff, huh? Well, I might know something that you don't know. There's a rumor going around that you and Kofi Kingston are more than just friends. How about that?"

"Was it Shelton Benjamin spreading that rumor? If he's got something to say to me, he might as well say it to my face and not embarrass himself going on Jimmy Kimmel Live beating up on relatives. Oh, and one more thing…..."

Then Delancey slapped Santino in the face and then walked away with a smile on her face.

Later, it was time for the eight-man tag team match which was La Familia versus Dave and three tag team partners of Vickie Guerrero's choosing.

La Familia was already in the ring and Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with "Eddie's Angels" and Ulysses following him. Dave did his thing with the pyro with Rochelle kneeling in front of him & Nicole, Delancey, and Ulysses behind him and Rochelle got back up and the five walked down the ramp and stood a few feet away from the ring.

"Introducing his tag team partners……" Justin Roberts announced.

Then it appeared that Dave's tag team partners were Nunzio, Funaki, and Colin Delaney. Dave, "Eddie's Angels," and Ulysses were pissed knowing that Vickie may have stacked the odds against Dave. As Dave and his tag team partners were talking strategy, Edge and the rest of La Familia left the ring and Edge gave his World Title belt to Vickie and Dave & Zack got into the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Dave immediately kicked Zack in the midsection and hit his head on the turnbuckle and was throwing some right hands before hitting a shoulderblock. Then Dave hit a snapmare and he bounced off the ropes and kicked in Zack in the head and then he whipped Zack to the ropes and hit a back elbow and Zack immediately tagged in Chavo. Then Chavo slowly got into the ring and he & Dave locked up until a clean break and Chavo went to hit Dave but Dave blocked and Dave clubbed Chavo in the face. Then Dave hit Chavo's face onto the turnbuckle and he hit a scoop slam before bouncing off the ropes and hitting a legdrop for a one count. Then Dave got Chavo in the corner with a corner foot choke and he twisted Chavo's arm and got him in an armlock as he hit a knee to the midsection. Then Dave got Chavo with an amazing vertical suplex for a two count and he tagged in Colin Delaney and then Dave rocket launched Colin into Chavo for a two count and Delaney was hammering away on top of Chavo.

Chavo immediately then hit a knee to the midsection and darted Colin out of the ring as Chavo distracted the referee as Bam hit a clothesline and Chavo got out of the ring and thrown Colin back inside. Chavo tagged in Curt and Curt got took down Colin and then he landed a suplex before tagging Zack as he had his foot on Colin and Zack was clubbing away at Colin and choking him before covering for a two count. Zack sent Colin to the corner as Curt made the tag and Curt whipped Zack to Colin and then Curt covered for a two count and then Zack tagged in Chavo and he bounced off the ropes and hit a baseball slide to Colin before he hit a belly-to-belly suplex and grabbed Colin and made a tag to Edge. Edge then kicked Colin in the midsection and he was showing himself off as he was bullying Colin and he headbutted Colin before he hit a hard Irish whip into the corner with Colin hitting his back. Edge kept staring at Dave then landed a hard forearm to Colin and a kick to the back and Edge did it again and as he grabbed Colin and teased having Delaney tag Batista and Edge knocked him off the apron and had Delaney tag Funaki.

Edge pulled Funaki into the ring as Dave was being held back and Funaki was hitting some right hands to Edge as he bounced off the ropes and Edge hit a big boot to the face. Then Edge whipped Funaki to the corner as Chavo made the tag and he was kicking Funaki and the Edgeheads choked on Funaki while Chavo distracted the referee. Chavo pulled Funaki to the middle of the ring and he hit a European uppercut and Funaki came back with a couple of right hands and he bounced off the ropes before Chavo got a big boot to the face, Then Chavo dragged Funaki by his hair as he tagged in Curt and Curt stomped on Funaki and hit a snapmare before he kicked Funaki in the back and got a running neck snap before tagging in Zack and Zack kicked Funaki in the head. Then Zack got Funaki in a head vice as Funaki escaped and came back with some right hands to the midsection until Zack hit a knee to the midsection and clubbed Funaki as he got him in a front facelock and Funaki escaped with right hands until Curt tossed him down and hit Funaki's head to the turnbuckle before making the tag to Edge.

Edge clubbed Funaki in the head as he hit his head on the turnbuckle before clubbing him in the head again and he whipped Funaki to the corner and charged into a boot to the face and Funaki climbed on the top turnbuckle for his finisher but Edge threw him off. Edge made the tag to Zack and Zack covered for a two count and he sent Funaki to the corner and hit a shoulderblock and got a kick to the midsection. Then Zack charged but Funaki moved out of the way and finally made the tag to Dave. Dave destroyed Curt, who jumped in the ring, with a few right hands and he whipped Zack to the ropes and landed a clothesline and he whipped Zack to the corner and splashed him. Then Dave got a running powerslam before he knocked Chavo and Edge off the apron and then Dave hit a spinebuster on Zack and as Batista was about to hit his Batista Bomb, Edge took him out with a backbreaker as Nunzio clubbed Edge before being knocked out by Curt and Edge landed a spear on Colin.

Then Batista came back though with a double-spear on Chavo and Curt and a spinebuster on Edge and then Zack leaped into a kick by Dave as he got a Batista Bomb on Zack for the pin.

Rochelle got into the ring and hugged Dave and she raised his arm in the air as Edge and Vickie had disappointed looks on their face. Dave smiled and he & Rochelle kissed as Ulysses, Delancey, and Nicole got into the ring to join them and Dave shook hands with Nunzio and his arms were raised by the referee, Ulysses, and "Eddie's Angels" as Smackdown came to a close.

A little later, "Eddie's Angels" gathered in Dave and Rochelle's hotel room to discuss their plan.

"Okay, Angels," Rochelle said. "July 11th is the moment we've been waiting for, we got all the evidence and the proof to expose Vickie Guerrero and have her removed from the General Manager position on Smackdown."

"But here's the thing," Delancey said, "what if the Board of Directors doesn't remove her?"

"Then we'll take matters into our own hands, sending Ulysses to destroy every member of La Familia, including Edge."

"That way, no one will be left and Vickie will be scared and she'll quit just like that and I got more surprises in store for her, but that will be for the wedding."

"Okay, let's turn in. See you in the morning."

"Good night," Rochelle said. "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I want you all to witness this." Then Rochelle went into her purse and pulled out her cell phone and called a number. After a few rings, someone answered the call. "Yes, I'd like to order 50 extra large anchovy pizzas to the ... My name? Vickie Guerrero."

Then Rochelle ended the call and everyone laughed.

"Rochelle, I can't believe you did that," Dave said.

"Oh, I told Nicole and Delancey I had a couple tricks up my sleeve," Rochelle said.

"How long do you think it will take for the pizzas to show up at the door?" Delancey said.

"Probably 30 minutes to 2 hours," Nicole said as they laughed.

"Well, I guess we have to turn now," Delancey said. "So we'll see you in the morning tomorrow."

"Good night," Rochelle said.

Then Nicole and Delancey finally left the hotel room.

Then Rochelle walked up to Dave with a seductive look on her face.

"Well, Dave, you got another chance to become a four-time World Heavyweight Champion," Rochelle said as she put her hands on Dave's chest, "and I would love to see that happen at Night of Champions."

"Oh, you will," Dave said.

Then Dave and Rochelle kissed each other passionately.