Chapter 43: Friendship Always Prevails
RAW was in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and "Eddie's Angels" & Ulysses were at Flaming Star Tattoo because Rochelle wanted to get angel wings on her right wrist. The Angels and Ulysses went inside and they went to the counter.
"Hello. How can I help you?" The receptionist said.
"Hi, I'm getting a tattoo on my right wrist," Rochelle said.
"Okay, which one you want?"
The receptionist showed Rochelle a wall of pictures that had several different designs until Rochelle saw the angel wings that she wanted.
"Yes, this one is the one I want," Rochelle said.
"That is a beautiful tattoo," Nicole said.
"Yeah, I do believe in heaven and I do have a lot of faith which makes me stronger and I can also feel Eddie inside in all of us which is the reason I'm getting angel wings."
"That is so nice," Amanda said.
"I'll have this one."
"Okay," the receptionist said. "Why don't you come to the back and we'll get started."
"Okay, wish me luck."
"Okay," Nicole said as she, Amanda, and Ulysses sat in a chair and Rochelle went to the back.
Several minutes later, Rochelle came out from the back and Nicole, Amanda, and Ulysses got up from their seats.
"So, what do you think?" Rochelle said showing the Angels and Ulysses her right wrist.
"Oh, my god," Nicole said. "I absolutely love it."
"So do I," Amanda said.
"That is a beautiful tattoo," Ulysses said, "I should get angel wings myself, but not right now."
"Yeah," Rochelle said.
A little later, RAW was on and the RAW's entrance theme played and General Manager Mike Adamle came out from the curtain with a microphone in his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Mike said, "if you please, would you turn your attention to the Titantron and take a look at some footage from Summerslam, Batista one-on-one with John Cena."
Then the Titantron showed some clips of Dave and John's match at Summerslam.
"As a result of those Batista Bombs," Mike said, "John Cena suffered a severely herniated disk in his neck. John tried to fight through the injury but an MRI revealed the extent of the damage and it's more much worse than everybody thought. Doctors now believe that he will require need surgery and will be out indefinitely. Which obviously means that he will not be able to compete in the Championship Scramble at Unforgiven. But I promise to have a worthwhile replacement before this night is over. Thank you very much."
"Eddie's Angels" and Ulysses saw the whole thing in their locker room.
"Everything will be okay," Rochelle said patting Nicole's back. "Before you know it, John might make another comeback like he did at the Royal Rumble."
"Yeah, that might happen again," Nicole said. "I'll never forget it."
"So now what?" Amanda said. "What is the Chain Gang Diva Squad gonna do now?"
"What we did when John was out before: do our dance performances in the ring until he comes back."
"Can Kimberly dance?"
"Yeah, I've seen her dance before. She's good."
"Speaking of dance, I wonder what Delancey's doing now preparing for 'Dancing with the Stars'?"
"Probably practicing every single day. I'm telling you, this competition takes a lot of work and it may have some consequences. Let's hope Dee-Dee doesn't work too hard."
"Yeah," Amanda said. "That's something you guys probably learned during your years of dancing."
"I've twisted my ankle a couple of times."
"I once stubbed my toe on the floor," Rochelle said.
Then Amanda turned her head in disgust.
Later, it was time for the Divas' match which was Katie Lea Burchill versus Shayna Brooke from the Angelic Coalition and "Eddie's Angels" were watching the match from their locker room. Paul Burchill's entrance theme played and Katie came out from the curtain.
"The following Divas' match is scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first from Chelsea, England, Katie Lea."
Katie walked down the ramp and got in the ring as Katie climbed on the apron onto the turnbuckle and she posed along before going down in the ring. Then Shayna's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Madison and Skye following her.
"And her opponent being accompanied by Madison Spears and Skye, representing the Angelic Coalition from Long Island, New York, Shayna Brooke," Lillian announced.
Madison was wearing a purple metallic drape halter top, black leather pants, and her hair in waves. Skye was wearing a purple dress shirt with the bottom tied, black pleated miniskirt, black knee socks, and her hair curled. Shayna was wearing a purple 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 got on the turnbuckles and raised her arms in the air and she got back down as Madison and Skye left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Shayna and Katie locked up and Katie just shoved Shayna down and kicked her down and choked Shayna in the corner with her knee and Shayna came back with some forearms but Katie hit a double hit on the shoulders and whipped Shayna to the corner and splashed her. Then Katie grabbed Shayna by the hair and tossed her across the ring and Shayna came back again with forearms and Katie landed a slap to Shayna and then Katie grabbed Shayna and clubbed her in the back and she grabbed her and landed a double chop and another.
Then Katie grabbed Shayna's face in a submission hold and stomped on her on the back and got her in a Camel Clutch before Shayna landed a jawbreaker and then Shayna bounced off the ropes and went to kick Katie but Katie grabbed her leg and Shayna made a comeback with a roundhouse forearm and then Shayna landed a some huge forearms and right hands and went to splash Katie in the corner but Katie nailed her with gut bump knocking Shayna to the mat. Then Katie grabbed Shayna by the hair and got a scoop slam and then bounced off the ropes to land a legdrop for a nearfall and then Katie climbed the turnbuckle and went for a crossbody splash but Shayna moved and then got a running boot for a nearfall.
Then Shayna ducked a clothesline and bounced off the ropes to land a shoulderblock and a swinging neckbreaker for another nearfall and then Shayna waited for Katie to get up and attempted a clothesline but Katie ducked and Shayna got a Crucifix pin for the win.
"Here is your winner, Shayna Brooke," Lillian announced.
Shayna quickly left the ring as she joined Madison and Skye & Katie threw tantrums in the ring as Shayna's arms were raised by her fellow Coalition members and the referee. Katie started talking trash as the girls smiled at her and RAW went to a commercial break.
Then it was time for the tag team match which was Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase versus Jerry "The King" Lawler and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
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 Jerry "The King" Lawler's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with "Hackshaw" Jim Duggan following him. The two walked down the ramp with Jim waving the U.S.A. flag and he sat that and his 2x4 down as he and Jerry got into the ring. Jim was pumping up the crowd as Jerry sat his crown down and Jim & Ted left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Cody and Jerry went to lock up but Cody tagged in Ted and the two locked up and Jerry got Ted to the ropes before a break and Jerry got a hit in the midsection and went to whip Ted but Ted reversed and got a back bodydrop. Ted was showing off and got a right hand before he went to whip Jerry but Jerry reversed and he got a back bodydrop and the two locked up before Ted shoved Jerry to the ropes and got a knee to the midsection and Ted got a right hand before he whipped Jerry to the ropes and Jerry got down on one knee and got a huge right hand to Ted.
Then Ted got a knee to the midsection and hit Jerry's head to the midsection before clubbing him in the back and he hit Jerry's head in another turnbuckle and clubbed Jerry in the back before making the tag to Cody. Ted held onto Jerry and Cody got a right hand to the midsection and a couple of right hands to the face and also a back elbow to the neck and Cody kicked Jerry in the midsection and got a snapmare. Then Cody applied a headlock/armlock combination and Jerry got to his feet and got a back elbow to the midsection before Cody took Jerry stlll applying the hold and this happened twice before Jerry broke free elbowing out of the hold and Cody kicked Jerry in the midsection and got a suplex.
Then Cody grabbed Jerry and shoved him to the ropes and was bullying him by slapping him and Jerry retaliated by landing a right hand three times before he went to whip Ted but Ted reversed and applied a sleeper hold but Lawler dropped down and jaw-jacked Ted and made the tag to Jim. Jim clotheslined Ted and knocked Cody off the apron and got another clothesline to Ted before he whipped Ted to the ropes and he gave a spinning body slam to Jim and then set up the three-point clothesline for a two count but Cody broke the count and Jerry got a right hand to Cody and Jerry clotheslined Cody out of the ring. Then Jim missed a clothesline to Jim and Ted caught him with a Russian leg sweep for the win.
Then Cody got into the ring and his & Ted's arms were raised by the referee as the two hugged each other. Then they raised each other's arms in the air and Cody got on the turnbuckle showing off and got back down as he left the ring and asked for a microphone from Lillian Garcia and got back into the ring.
"Cryme Tyme," Cody said, "I hope you hoodlums we're watching because Ted and I wanna let you know, we're gonna find you, we're gonna hunt you down. You stole our championship belts! You stole them! You committed a crime and the last time I checked, in the WWE, you don't steal championships, you win them. That's something you two punks can never do."
Then Cryme Tyme's entrance theme played but they didn't come out from the curtain.
"Yo, yo, up here!" JTG shouted. "Up here!"
Cryme Tyme was elsewhere in the arena and then there they were at a luxury box on the opposite side of the arena with Amanda and the World Tag Team belts over their shoulders.
"Yo!" Shad and JTG said.
"What's really hood?" JTG said.
"Crime?" Shad said. "Hey, yo, I'm Shad Gaspard, he's JT-Gizzle."
"Holla at your boy," JTG said.
"This here is……"
"Mandy," Shad and JTG said.
"Hey, yo, and I don't know if you two pretty boys notice or not, but collectively……" Shad said.
"We're Cryme Tyme," Shad and JTG said.
"Hey, yo, which means don't do the crime unless you're willing to do the time and we're willing to do the time. That's why, uh, we thought it's about time that you two put these titles up. So, huh, we kind of borrowed them."
"Yeah, borrowed them," JTG said.
"You know what I'm saying? Because you were giving us what we want and what we want is a tag team championship match for these titles."
"At Unforgiven."
"You wanna challenge us?" Ted said. "You wanna challenge us? Why can't you act like normal people and just go through the proper channels? You two delinquents have absolutely no idea what you've gotten yourselves into. You know what? At Unforgiven, you've got your shot, but know this. We're going to take back far more than what you stole from us and trust me, it will be priceless."
"Priceless? Did your boy say priceless just say priceless?"
"I think he just said priceless," Shad said.
"Silly, white boy. Don't you know that nothing comes without a price, especially even when it's steal…….
"No."
"Borrowing it," Shad and JTG said
"When you're borrowing it and priceless? Nuh-uh, it will always be about that……"
"Money, money, yeah, yeah," Shad said.
Then Cryme Tyme and Amanda chanted that phrase along with the crowd as Cody and Ted threw fits in the ring.
Then Dave was going to be in an interview with Todd Grisham.
"Please welcome my guest at this time, he is the Animal Batista," Todd said as Dave and Rochelle came forward.
Rochelle was wearing a cheetah print tie-neck and tie-back split halter mini dress and her hair curled.
"Dave," Todd said, "I just wanna get your thoughts on your huge match tonight against Kane."
"Todd," Dave said, "before I talk about my match with Kane tonight, I gotta say something about John Cena. Our match at Summerslam, by far one of the toughest matches of my career. We both came out of Summerslam banged up. John lives his life by three words: hustle, loyalty, respect. I've never seen John back down. I have nothing but respect for John; so I wanna wish him luck with his surgery; I hope he has a full recovery and come on back soon. Tonight, my match with Kane, that sick, twisted, demented freak, nobody knows what he's capable of, honestly, I don't care. I'm not intimidated not for one second. I know he's one of my opponents at the Championship Scramble at Unforgiven where I will win back my World Heavyweight Championship title, but tonight is not about titles, tonight's personal."
"Kane," Rochelle said, "after hearing what you did to Rey Mysterio, you can rest assure that tonight is very personal and I'm not scared of you either. Anybody who messes with Rey Mysterio, messes with Batista, and tonight, you'll get yours."
Then Dave and Rochelle walked away.
A little later, Nicole was walking down the hallway and when she reached the locker room, she knocked on the door and a minute later, Dave opened the door and stepped out.
"Hey, Nicole," Dave said.
"Hey, Dave," Nicole said. "I was hoping I'd find you here. I wanted to say thank you for what you said about John. I'm sure he's watching and very much appreciates it."
"Hey, I meant every word of it."
"Thank you and I also wanted to wish you luck on your match with Kane because you know, Rochelle has been worried about Rey for the past several weeks; but I see that she's not worried anymore."
"Well, Rochelle is a stronger person; nothing can get by her."
"Yeah, well, I'll talk to you later."
"Alright."
Then Nicole walked away.
A little later, it was time for the Divas' match which was Jillian Hall versus Amanda. Amanda's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Nicole and Rochelle following her.
"The following is a Divas' match is scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first from Cincinnati, Ohio, Amanda."
Nicole was wearing a cheetah print spaghetti strap midriff tank top, denim jeans, and her hair curled. Amanda was wearing a cheetah print midriff top, denim jeans, a black headband, and her hair straight. "Eddie's Angels" walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Amanda posed in the middle of the ring and flaunted her butt to the crowd. Then Jillian Hall's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"And her opponent from Louisville, Kentucky, Jillian Hall," Lillian announced.
Jillian walked down the ramp and got into the ring and she walked towards "Eddie's Angels' and flaunted at them as the referee pulled her back. Then Nicole and Rochelle left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Jillian and Amanda immediately went at it with right hands and Jillian took the advantage clubbing Amanda in the back and went for a powerslam but Amanda countered and got a couple of armbar drags. Then Amanda twisted Jillian's arm and Jillian slapped Amanda in the face before whipping her to the ropes and Amanda countered with a flying armbar and got a couple of forearms before she went to whip Jillian but Jillian reversed and Amanda leaped on the top turnbuckle.
Then Amanda went for the crossbody but Jillian kicked her in the gut and Amanda rolled to the outside as Jillian followed her and stalked her before she landed a big clothesline as she watched her back with Nicole and Rochelle staring at her. Then Jillian dragged Amanda by the hair and Jillian whipped Amanda to the ring steps before Nicole chased after Jillian into the ring and out again as Rochelle rolled Amanda back into the ring.
Jillian ran away from her and Nicole as she caught up to her and climbed back into the ring and stomped Amanda in the gut & leg and she grabbed Amanda by the hair and landed a backdrop suplex for a two count. Then Jillian was talking trash to Nicole and Rochelle as she landed a suplex and then climbed the turnbuckle and went for a moonsault but Amanda moved of the way and made a comeback with three clothesline and then she tried to whip Jillian but Jillian reversed and Amanda landed a beautiful flying headscissors for a nearfall.
Then Jillian got a few forearms and went for a scoop slam but Amanda countered and got some kicks to the leg, gut, and the head and covered for a two count. Then Amanda bounced off the ropes and got a baseball slide and stalked Jillian as she went for her finishing move but Jillian got a back elbow and missed a clothesline and Amanda executed a German suplex with a bridge cover on Jillian for the win.
"Here is your winner, Amanda," Lillian announced.
Then Amanda's arm was raised by the referee as Jillian was shocked and Nicole & Rochelle got into the ring and raised Amanda's arms in the air as Jillian threw fits and left the ring. Jillian walked up the ramp huffing and puffing as "Eddie's Angels" laughed at her and Amanda climbed the turnbuckle and celebrated her victory as RAW went to a commercial break.
Then the RAW's entrance theme played and General Manager Mike Adamle came out from the curtain with a microphone in his hand.
"Earlier tonight," Mike said, "I have mentioned that I would name a top-notch replacement for John Cena at the championship scramble at Unforgiven and I have. He himself is a former World Heavyweight Champion. His name, Rey Mysterio."
"Eddie's Angels" and Ulysses saw the announcement in their locker room and were cheering.
"Okay, that makes me feel a little better," Nicole said.
"Oh, Kane is so gonna regret the day he messed with Rey Mysterio," Rochelle said. "Well, I gotta go join my husband. See you guys a little later."
"Wish Dave good luck," Amanda said.
"I will."
Then Rochelle left the Angels' locker room.
Then it was time for the match between Dave and Kane.
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. Rochelle stood in the middle of the ring as Dave got on the turnbuckles and flexed his muscles and he got back down. Then fire appeared on the stage as Kane's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp and got into the ring and stared at both Dave & Rochelle got out of the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Dave and Kane locked up and Kane went to shove Dave to the corner but Dave turned around shoving Kane to the corner and Kane pushed Dave off before Dave kicked Kane in the midsection and got a side headlock before Kane shoved Dave to the ropes and got a shoulderblock. Then the two circled around the ring and Kane charged Dave but Dave applied an inverted facelock on the mat and Kane countered into an armlock and Dave got a firearm's carry slam and goes for the cover but Kane fought out of it and Dave got an armlock but Kane got to his feet and whipped Dave to the corner and Dave got a shoulderblock.
Dave got another armlock and twisted Kane's arm and Kane got on his knee before he took Dave down and Dave got a bodyscissors and let go before Dave twisted Kane's arm and got another armlock and clubbed Kane in the back. Dave continued with the armlock as he got Kane in the corner and stretched his arm on the top rope before Dave got a right hand twice and a few shouldertackles before Dave got another right hand. Then Dave hit Kane's head to another turnbuckle and Dave twisted Kane's arm and Kane shoved Dave back into the corner before a break and Kane kicked Dave's knee and Dave retaliated with a couple of right hands and Dave whipped Kane to the corner and Kane caught a charging Dave with an elbow.
Dave caught Kane with a kick to his midsection and went for the Dave Bomb but Kane escaped and Dave got a clothesline before he then clotheslined Kane over the top rope to the floor and Kane threw the top of the ringside steps to the floor and then knocked over a chair at ringside and then he got back in the ring and took over with an uppercut and landed a scoop slam and Kane had Dave in a chinlock. Dave came back getting to his feet and he shoved Kane to the ropes and got a back elbow and Dave bounced off the ropes before getting a kick to the face as Kane sat on the mat and then went for a spear but Kane caught Dave in the throat then set up for a chokeslam.
Dave powered out hitting his elbow but Kane dropkicked Dave's ankles and Kane dragged Dave getting out of the ring and hit his leg on the apron and he stretched Dave's leg on the bottom rope and Kane dragged Dave to the middle of the ring and got an elbow drop four times on the injured knee and Kane got a legdrop on the leg before he got a leglock and Dave grabbed the bottom rope. Then he grabbed Dave and he picked him up and rammed his knee on his leg and Dave was in the corner as Kane kicked his knee and stretched it on the middle rope before a break and Kane kicked Dave in the face and Kane dragged Dave to the middle of the ring and covered for a two count.
Then Kane had his foot on Dave's leg and stretched it before Dave kicked him and Dave climbed to his feet before Kane got a low dropkick to the knee and kicked him out of the ring. Kane kicked the back of Dave's injured leg and he rammed Dave's leg into the ringside steps. Kane rolled back into the ring as Dave did too and Kane was talking trash before Dave slapped him and got right hands to the face and the midsection and Dave got a double axe handle to the head before Kane kicked his knee and Kane dragged Dave to the middle of the ring and Kane rammed Dave's knee into the mat and Dave clutched it in pain as Kane applied another leglock.
Dave finally countered with a cross armbreaker and Kane writhed in pain and forced a break with his legs in the ropes and Kane then went right back to work on Dave's leg bouncing off the ropes and getting a chopblock and Kane went to charge Dave as he got to his feet and Dave showed life with an explosive forearm to Kane's face but collapsed and clutched his knee. Kane got to his feet and went to charge Dave in the corner but Dave got a big boot to the face and lifted Dave but Dave slipped out and powerslammed Kane.
He landed and clutched his knee again and the two got to their feet and Kane went to charge Dave in the corner again and Dave got a drop toe hold to send Kane face-first into the middle turnbuckle. He followed with a splash along with a clothesline but Kane grabbed Dave's throat and Dave elbowed out and hit a spinebuster and then he went for the Batista Bomb but Kane countered by swiping at Dave's leg to sweep him to the mat. Kane then got out of the ring dragging Dave's leg to the corner and swung his leg into the ringpost and he hit Dave in the leg with a chair as the referee called for the bell.
Dave was crawling in the ring and got to his feet as Kane got into the ring with the chair and went to hit Dave with it but Dave kicked the chair in Kane's face. Dave managed to grab the chair and give Kane a couple of chair shots in the back before he left the ring and grabbed his legs with Rochelle's help and get more chair shots to Kane's legs in return. Then Dave collapsed and grabbed his knee as Kane grabbed his in the ring and Rochelle checked on Dave and smiled at Kane knowing that that was revenge for what Kane did to Rey as RAW came to a close.
