NOTE: Sorry for the delay but the Thanksgiving holiday and stress was holding me back!
Chapter 38: Breakdown in Heaven
RAW was in Richmond, Virginia, Mickie James' hometown, and on that night, Nicole and Rochelle were facing each other in a Bra and Panties match and John & Dave were defending the World Tag Team Championship against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.
Nicole was walking around the hallway at the arena trying to clear her thoughts after hearing that John and Dave were defending their World Tag Team Championship against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase after a week of winning them and she needed to be alone. But then……
"Nicole, Nicole!" Rochelle said running towards Nicole.
"What is it?" Nicole said.
"Come back to the locker room. We found something on that I think you might be interested in."
Then the two walked back down the hallway until they reached the locker room and went inside and Ulysses & Delancey were inside.
"What did you find?" Nicole said.
"Check this out," Delancey said as Nicole and Rochelle sat next to Delancey.
The girls looked on Delancey's laptop computer and on the WWE website, it revealed that Randy Orton re-injured his collarbone in a motorcycle accident
"Oh, my God, are you serious?" Nicole said.
"Looks like we won't be seeing Randy for another three months," Delancey said as the Angels and Ulysses laughed.
"He was such a waste of my time."
"Me too."
"Well, he's proven to be an out-of-control psycho, trying to make everyone feel sorry for him," Rochelle said.
Then everyone laughed again.
Then RAW was on and John's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Nicole following him.
Nicole was wearing an olive green cap sleeve short jumpsuit and her hair was curled. The two walked down the ramp and John & Nicole got inside the ring and they saluted to the crowd as John asked for a microphone.
"Two weeks ago," John said, "the newly appointed General Manager Mike Adamle made a match for Summerslam in one of his very first decisions as GM and that match was to be for John Cena to face Batista at Summerslam for the first time ever. Now WWE fans have seen that I have never had a personal problem with Dave Batista, I never had an issue with Dave Batista, but poof, right out of thin air, I have a match with Dave Batista. To top it all off, the icing on the cake, last week, somehow through thick and thin, we go out and become tag team champions. It's Mike Adamle's way of spicing things up, you see, Mike Adamle is all about the hype. He wants to be an Adamle original, he's all about hyping everything up. I saw Mike Adamle today, he called me over and mispronounced my name like five or six times but asked me what I thought we could do to hype this match up even more. He thought we should have a press conference, he thought we should have a weigh-in, he thought we should have a broken glass arm wrestling challenge or something. He's my boss, so I pulled him aside and explained to him that he does no know what he has done. You see, you people know what is about to go down at Summerslam but Mike Adamle does not know what he has done. He has put John Cena and Dave Batista in a match for the first time ever! That being said, you don't need no photo-op and face-off and pose down and showdown and hoedown and home run derby, an all-star challenge, a corporate meet and greet, and luncheons, you don't even need a chili cook-off. What you need, you want hype, is John Cena and the Animal in this very ring right now."
Then Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Rochelle was wearing a black long-sleeve low-cut mini dress with the sleeves slit open, a silver circle chain, and her hair curled. The two walked down the ramp and got into the ring.
"You wanted me?" Dave said onto the microphone. "Here I am."
"I did because last week," John said, "you and I went to battle as allies not enemies and the good news is ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the new tag team champions. The bad news is tonight, we have a match for those tag team championships where if we to find a way to co-exist, both of us, both of us will suffer defeat. But that's not gonna the case at Summerslam. We won't step in the ring as allies, we will be enemies and this is not an Adamle original. Everyone knows, everyone here knows that this is a match that has been six years in the making. I never admitted to anyone, but for six years, I've been watching you. I've been watching you. I saw you get hand-picked and groomed by two of the best in the business; he was groomed by Ric Flair and Triple H and you were put in the position where you were taught exactly everything that this business would throw at you; but I never had that. I never had that opportunity, but I did what I had to do every week. Every week, I came down that ramp and I turned critics into believers and now every Monday, every single Monday, I stand before a nation that goes to battle with me. Our resumes are both impressive; we answered a lot of questions, but we never answered this one: between you and me, who's better?" Then John and Dave looked at the crowd as they cheered. "On Sunday, we answer that question, and it's going to be me."
"You know, it's funny you say you've been watching me because I've been watching you too. You're exactly right. We're two different sides to the same coin. You've won a Royal Rumble match, I've won a Royal Rumble match. You've won a main event at Wrestlemania, I won a main event at Wrestlemania. World Heavyweight Champions, Tag Champions, we've done it all. I've seen you get standing ovations and I've seen you got booed out of the building, but through all that, you've never changed who you are and I respect that. Personally, I wouldn't be caught dead doing some of the things you do." Then Dave mocked the Five Knuckle Shuffle. "And I can understand why certain people over the age of 15 would want see me beat you senseless." Then John set down the microphone wanting to fight. "Hold on, I do plan on beating you senseless." Then John was about to take off his World Tag Team Title belt. "Easy. Every opponent I've gotten in the ring with I wanted to beat senseless; so you can ask the question who's better? And Sunday......." Then Dave was interrupted by the loud cheering of the fans. "Without trying to answer the question, they tried to answer the question. Sunday, I'm gonna answer the question and that answer's gonna be me."
Then John and Dave stared at each other as John started walking clenching his fist before slowly extending his hand. Dave nonchalantly shook the hand then John backed away and left the ring with Nicole as Dave stared at him. As John and Nicole walked up the ramp and reached the top, John slowly turned around and looked back at Dave as Dave was still staring at him as RAW went to a commercial break.
Then it was time for the Divas' match which was Kelly Kelly versus Beth Phoenix.
Kelly's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. She walked down the ramp slapping of the fans and she got in the ring, got on the turnbuckle, and raised her arms in the air. Then Kelly got back down and Beth's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Santino Marella following her. The two walked down the ramp and Beth walked up the apron, got on the turnbuckle and flipped into the ring and Santino was sitting at the announcers' table for guest commentary and then the referee called for the bell.
Beth backed Kelly into the corner and Kelly pushed her and slapped her and Kelly jumped on Beth choking her until Beth got a back-drop attempt where Kelly didn't quite flip over to land on her back. Kelly lifted her leg kicking Beth in the head and Kelly did it again with both feet and got Beth in a headscissors sending Beth's head to the turnbuckle before rolling up Beth for a two count. Then Kelly got a few forearms and kicked Beth in the midsection before bouncing off the ropes and Beth lifted Kelly in the air sending her down.
Then Beth kicked Kelly in the midsection and stretched Kelly on the bottom rope before dragging her to the rope and covering her for a two count. Then Beth got Kelly for a press slam but Kelly countered a press slam into a roll-up for a nearfall. Then Kelly got a few forearms and Beth got a huge forearm and whipped Kelly to the corner and Beth charged into Kelly's foot and Kelly charged but Beth grabbed onto her and finished off Kelly with a sit-down implant buster for the pin and the win.
Then Beth stared at Kelly as the referee raised her arm in the air and Santino got into the ring with a microphone in his hand.
"Bravo, bravo," Santino said. "That was awesome. But do me a favor, let's send a message to Rochelle Kennedy and Kofi Kingston. Give her another move, the one I like where you pick her up. Do that thing and quash her."
But Rochelle and Kofi Kingston ran to the ring to make the save and Santino and Beth bailed out of the ring.
"That's fine," Santino said. "Summerslam, Summerslam. We're gonna save this for Summerslam. Not so fast, let's go, Glamazon. You think you can come here and try to embarrass us before our matches at Summerslam? I have an idea. How about I challenge you to a match right here right now?"
"You want a match with me?" Kofi said. "No problem, we can do it right here, right now. Come, come, mon."
"I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to her." Of course, Santino was referring to Rochelle. "You see, I need practice for Summerslam perhaps when Beth Phoenix beats you and becomes the Women's Champion."
"Absolutely not, if you're going to have a match, it's gonna be with me, Santino."
"Don't be a girl, even though, you're a girl. Come on, what do you say?"
"No way......"
Then Rochelle took the microphone from Kofi and said,
"Santino, did you forget that I already have a match against Nicole Mitchell tonight? You know what? I knew you was going to pull something like that in on me because I took the liberty of going to Mike Adamle, can't believe I did that, and guess what? You're going to have a match with a woman alright, a woman you have faced before."
"Oh, yeah?" Santino said. "Who?"
Then Delancey's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Delancey was wearing a green low-cut v-cup tank top, black pants with attached blue garter, a pink bow armband, and her hair curled. Delancey walked down the ramp and walked past Santino and Beth with a smile on her face and Delancey jumped on the apron and did her flip to get in the ring and then Santino got in the ring and was pumping his fist until……
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute," Rochelle said. "I'm sorry, what I meant to say was, Santino, you're actually facing……two women in your match and the second woman you're facing is one of the members of the Angelic Coalition, Shayna Brooke."
Shayna's entrance theme, "Mercy" by Duffy, played and she came out from the curtain with Madison and Skye following her. Madison was wearing a brown metallic drape halter top, black leather pants, and her hair in waves. Skye was wearing a pink racerback mini dress with a picture of Marilyn Monroe on it and her hair curled. Shayna was wearing a red tie-neck halter midriff top with a slit and sequined edges on the bust, black shorts, and her hair straight. The three walked down the ramp and Skye and Madison got in the ring first as Shayna got on the apron and crawled into the ring slowly and popped back up spinning around.
Shayna was smiling at Kofi Kingston as Santino laughed it off thinking this was a joke until……
"Wait a second," Rochelle said. "Santino, what I really meant to say was you're in a match……with three women and the third woman you're facing happens to be from Richmond, Virginia: Mickie James!"
Then Mickie's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Mickie was bouncing all over and she ran down the ramp to the ring and she got on the turnbuckles and raised both of her arms in the air. Mickie got back down and she shared a hug with Delancey and Shayna & Santino was frustrated as he was talking trash to Rochelle and she, Delancey, Kofi, Shayna, Madison, and Skye left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Santino and Mickie locked up and Mickie got a headlock bringing Santino to his knees and Santino escaped and the two locked up again and Santino got Mickie on the mat and Mickie got a headscissors but Santino chickened out. Santino chopblocked Mickie for a one count and Mickie did the same thing for a one count and Santino shouted at Mickie and Mickie got a drop toe hold sending Santino to the rope and Mickie climbed on Santino for a pony ride and Mickie got an armdrag on Santino and Santino then smashed Mickie hard to the mat and went for the big knee drop but Mickie moved in time.
Mickie made the tag to Shayna as Santino feigned a knee injury but Shayna showed no sympathy and went on the attack kicking Santino in the back of the leg and stomping on him in the back. Santino crawled to the corner begging for mercy and Shayna got a kick to Santino's midsection and then Shayna made the tag to Delancey and Delancey went after Santino but Santino quickly crawled under Delancey's legs only for Delancey to grab Santino's feet. Delancey hooked Santino's feet and got a bridge pin attempt allowing Beth to sneak into the ring and breaking the hold causing Santino to be disqualified and then Mickie and Shayna got in the ring and Beth got a forearm to both Divas.
Then Skye got into the ring and ducked a clothesline and Skye got a scissors kick as Rochelle and Madison got into the ring behind Beth and then two got Beth in a double front suplex landing Beth's face first on the mat. Then Madison tossed Beth out of the ring and then she, Delancey, Rochelle, Skye, Shayna, and Mickie raised each other's arms in the air as Santino and Beth were talking trash and the girls in the ring smiled as RAW went to a commercial break.
A littler later, it was time for the Bra and Panties match which was Nicole versus Rochelle. Nicole's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"The following is a bra and panties match," Lillian announced. "Introducing first representing 'Eddie's Angels' from St. Louis, Missouri, Nicole Mitchell."
Nicole was wearing a white top with a brown eagle on it, black pants, and the Chain Gang wristbands. Nicole walked down the ramp and got on the apron before doing Melina's ring entrance and she got on one of the turnbuckles and raised her arms in the air and she got back down as Rochelle's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"And her opponent representing 'Eddie's Angels' from Jacksonville, Florida, she is the WWE's Women Champion, Rochelle Kennedy," Lillian announced.
Rochelle was a wearing a Miami Dolphins football midriff jersey and black pants. Rochelle walked down the ramp slapping hands of the fans and went around the ring, got up on the apron and posed, and got into the ring. Then Rochelle got on the turnbuckles and raised their Women's Title belt in the air and she got back down as the referee called for the bell.
Nicole and Rochelle locked up and Rochelle got a knee to the midsection and then went behind Nicole and clubbed her in the back and threw her over the top rope but Nicole held on and skinned the cat with a headscissors on Rochelle and threw her over the top rope to the floor. Then Nicole threw Rochelle back in the ring and she followed with a kick to the midsection and Nicole climbed on the top rope and followed with a crossbody.
But Rochelle rolled over and carried Nicole in her arms before landing a powerslam and Rochelle took off Nicole's shirt revealing a red bra and Nicole got a kick to the head and Nicole got a knee to the midsection and whipped Rochelle to the corner and charged but Rochelle moved out of the way. Then Nicole kicked Rochelle in the midsection and got a legdrop bulldog and Nicole took off Rochelle's top revealing a leopard print bra and Nicole grabbed Rochelle and Rochelle got a few forearm before whipping Nicole to the ropes and landing a back bodydrop and Rochelle got a spear quickly and took off Nicole's black pants revealing red panties and won the match.
"Here is your winner, the WWE Women's Champion Rochelle Kennedy," Lillian announced.
The referee raised Rochelle's arm in the air and Nicole was clutching her stomach as Rochelle helped her up and the two left the ring and walked up the ramp to the back as RAW went to a commercial break.
A little later, Rochelle was tiptoeing through the hallway in fear looking for Dave.
A few minutes ago, Kane had a match against Chris Jericho and lost and then General Manager Mike Adamle had to force Kane to take out what was in the bag he's been holding for some time. It turned out to be Rey Mysterio's mask and Rochelle immediately freaked out thinking that she had enough problems to deal with.
When Rochelle reached the locker room and she knocked on the door, Dave opened the door and came out.
"Rochelle," Dave said.
"Dave," Rochelle said, "were you watching what Kane had in his hand?"
"Yeah, I saw that."
"What the hell is going here? Why does he have Rey's mask?"
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out."
"Dave, Rey hasn't been seen for weeks. You don't think……"
"Listen, if Kane did something to Rey Mysterio, I will beat his ass personally."
Then Dave walked away as Rochelle followed him still worrying.
A little later, it was time for the World Tag Team Championship match which was John and Dave versus Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.
Then John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. The two walked down the ramp and got into the ring and John raised the title belt in the air and took off his cap and his Cenation football jersey and threw them to the crowd. Then John raised his arms in the air and Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Dave did his thing with the pyro with Rochelle kneeling in front of him and Rochelle got back up and the two walked down the ramp and got in the ring and Dave was on the turnbuckles and flexed his muscles. Then he got back down and looked at John as Ted DiBiase's entrance theme played and he came out the curtain with Cody Rhodes following him. The two walked down the ramp and Cody got into the ring as Ted climbed on the apron and raised his arms in the air. Then he got down as the referee raised the World Tag Team Title belts in the air and called for the bell.
Dave and John had a mild discussion about who would start the match as Nicole and Rochelle told him to quit arguing and Dave firmly pronounced himself as the guy to start things off and then John blind tagged himself into the match and Dave got upset as the referee pulled him back. Then Cody and Ted jumped John from behind and Cody stomped on John and elbowed him in the back three times and Cody distracted the referee as Ted was attacking John. Then John and Cody traded blows until Cody went behind John and got a back DDT for a one count and Cody elbowed John in the back before he whipped him to the ropes and missed a clothesline and John got a shouldertackle twice. Then John got a sit-out hiptoss and knocked Ted off the apron and he calmly walked over to Dave and did the "You can't see me" in his face which drew a smirk from Dave and John then dropped the Five Knuckle Shuffle on Rhodes and raised his arms in the air and saluted to Dave.
Ted got John in a headlock and John got to his feet and escaped the hold and went to whip Ted but Ted reversed and charged but John moved and Dave took a tag from John and cleaned house with right hands to Ted and he whipped Ted to the ropes and got a huge clothesline and Dave got Ted to the corner and got some shoulderblocks before whipping Ted to the corner and charged into Ted's boot. Then Ted ran into a spinebuster and he did the thumbs down to John and he set up for the Batista Bomb but John jumped into the ring and tossed Ted aside and they had a confrontation and Cody chopblocked Dave from behind and Ted made the tag to Cody and Cody got an elbow drop to Dave's leg twice and applied a leglock before Dave escaped with a kick to the head and kicked Cody off. Then Cody got a dropkick to Dave's leg and Cody got a roll-up for a two count and Cody stomped on Dave's knee and bounced off the ropes and Dave got a powerslam. Dave's leg gave out and John needed a tag but Dave slapped him in the face and John was pissed and stared at Dave as Ted knocked John into Dave and rolled up John from behind for the pin and the win the match and capture the World Tag titles.
Ted quickly left the ring and John & Dave were dumbfounded and Nicole & Rochelle were shocked and Cody & Ted celebrated as the referee gave them the World Tag Team Title belts. Nicole got into the ring to check on John while Dave paced on the outside and John got to his feet and had words for Dave as Dave got into the ring. Then Nicole and Rochelle tried to pull the two men back from fighting each other as Cody and Ted tried to sneak attack them, but John and Dave fought them off and John chased Cody and rammed him into the steel steps as Dave did the same thing.
John immediately walked away with Nicole following him as Dave called for him to return with Rochelle trying to calm him down. Then John turned around and he slowly started walking back to the ring with Nicole trying to stop him to no avail and John got into the ring as security came down to the ring and stood in between them while General Manager Mike Adamle also made his way to the ringside area. Then after a while, John and Dave simultaneously busted through security for a brawl with Nicole and Rochelle screaming at them to stop and security along with the referee tried to pull them apart momentarily as chaos continue to break out.
"Stop it!" Rochelle said onto the microphone. "Stop it, both of you! Cut it out! Cut it out!"
Then security was able to pull Dave and John apart and the two looked at Nicole and Rochelle outside the ring.
"This has gone too far between both of you!" Rochelle said. "Who gives a damn who's better? You both are better, but you both let this thing cause you guys to act like little boys! Nicole and I can't take it anymore! You guys just lost the World Tag Team Championships and now……now you guys……you know what? I can't think of anything else to say."
Then Rochelle dropped the microphone and walked up the ramp looking like she was about to cry. As she went to the back, Dave immediately left the ring and went after her as John got out of the ring and walked towards Nicole. Nicole looked at John sternly as he made an apology to her and then the two slowly walked up the ramp to the back as RAW came to a close.
Meanwhile, Dave was walking down the hallway looking for Rochelle and as he went to "Eddie's Angels'" locker room, he knocked on the door. Then a minute later, Delancey opened the door.
"Hey, um, can I talk to Rochelle alone for a moment?" Dave said.
Then Delancey stepped aside as Dave walked inside the locker room and saw Rochelle sitting on the sofa with dry tears, ruined mascara, and red in her eyes. Then Delancey walked out of the locker room as Dave sat next to Rochelle.
"Rochelle, I'm sorry," Dave said. "I guess I've been pushing too hard about this match that I've lost sight of what really matters and that's you. I don't wanna ruin so much of a good thing that you and Nicole have and if I did, I would never forgive myself."
"You're right," Rochelle said. "You wouldn't."
"All I'm asking you is to forgive me if I hurt you in anyway because that's the last thing I ever wanna do."
"I've already forgiven you."
Then the two hugged each other as Rochelle cried again.
