Chapter 75: Rage Against the Original Angel
The next day, RAW was in Providence, Rhode Island and Nicole was sleeping in the bed of the hotel room as John was watching her and Nicole woke up as she turned her head to see John smiling."
"Hey," Nicole said, "good morning, Champ."
"Morning," John said as he kissed her very passionately.
"Mmm, I missed having you in bed with me; last night was definitely amazing."
"Yeah, you definitely were a wild one."
"Well, maybe I still have the urges of making more love to you……and wanting to kill Chris Jericho with my bare hands for what he did to Rochelle. I'm still not happy with that."
"I know, that's what I love about you: you're strong and very dependent on others."
"You're the one that made me strong and dependent and you're the same as well. I love you."
"I love you."
Then John leaned down and kissed Nicole.
Later, back in Tampa, Florida at Dave and Rochelle's house, Rochelle was walking into the bedroom with a glass and then set it down on the nightstand as she turned on the TV and hopped on the bed.
RAW was on and Dave was going to be in an interview with Todd Grisham.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time, the Animal, Batista," Todd said as Dave came forward. "On the heels of Survivor Series, just wanted to get your thoughts on your math coming up here."
"Well, first off, Todd," Dave said, "I gonna congratulate John Cena; I mean, the guy comes back from a horrible injury, walks into Boston, Massachusetts, his hometown and reclaims the World Heavyweight Championship. I mean, can you imagine how good John feels today? I mean, it's incredible. When John's name was announced' new World Heavyweight Champion,' you could feel the electricity, the energy, it was insane. I got goosebumps thinking about it, I know that feeling; I know what it's like to be on the mountain top and I'm gonna get there again and I'm gonna start tonight with a win in my Triple Threat match and then it's on to face John Cena because more than anything else in this world, I want to be World Heavyweight Champion again. Thanks, Todd."
Then Dave walked away and Rochelle smiled.
"You're so special, Dave Batista," Rochelle said. "Please beat the hell out of Jericho and Orton."
A little later, it was time for the number one contender match for the World Heavyweight Championship which was Dave versus Randy Orton versus Chris Jericho. Every man made their way to the ring and the referee called for the bell.
Immediately Dave was hitting forearms at Randy and Chris was about to go after Dave but Dave got a couple of right hands to him and another one to Randy and a couple more to Chris sending him to the corner and landing a shoulder block. Then Dave clubbed Randy in the back of the neck and got a couple of shoulder blocks before whipping him hard to the corner and Dave blocked a right hand from Chris as he got a couple more right hands and he whipped Chris to the ropes and got a shoulder block for a two count. Then Dave got a back elbow to Randy in the corner and a couple of right hands before he whipped Randy to the ropes and got another back elbow and nailed a snap mare before bouncing off the ropes and nailing a kick to the head for a two count.
Then Chris got a couple of forearms and slapped Dave in the face before Dave got a right hand and kicking Randy in the head out of the ring and Dave got a snap mare before bouncing off the ropes but Randy grabbed his leg and pulled him out of the ring and the two traded blows as Dave got back in the ring and Chris got a springboard dropkick sending Dave to the floor. Then Chris kicked Randy in the midsection and got a couple of right hands before whipping him hard to the corner and nailing a bulldog slam and went for the Lionsault but Randy moved and was stalking Chris and setting up an RKO, but Batista yanked him out of the ring and hit his head on the security wall. Then Dave clubbing Chris in the back and hit his head on the turnbuckle and was landing shoulderblocks before he whipped him to the corner and splashed him before he got a corner foot choke and Randy got back in the ring and got a chopblock from behind and Randy was stomping on him and landing a knee drop to the head and Randy stomped on Dave again as he covered for a two count and Randy grabbed Dave's legs and stomped him in the midsection before grabbing Dave's head and pounding on his chest before landing a knee drop on his head for a two count.
Then Chris got back in the ring was clubbing on Dave's back and kicking him as Randy looked on and Randy and Chris double-teamed Batista stomping on him and Chris kicked him as Randy looked on and Chris whipped Dave onto Randy as he landed a clothesline and Randy gave Chris a cheap-shot with a back elbow. Then Randy went to whip Dave but Dave reversed and Randy kicked Dave in the face and Chris came back with a kick to Randy's head went for the cover but Dave broke the count. Then Chris was kicking Dave and he bounced off the ropes and Dave got a back elbow but Chris popped back up and Dave got a huge right hand and splashed onto Randy and he whipped Randy onto Chris and went to clothesline both but Chris ducked ad Dave clotheslined Randy and Dave got a tilt-a-whirl slam on Chris for the cover but it was broken up by Randy.
Randy was clubbing Dave and he went to whip him but Dave reversed whipping Randy to the corner and splashed him and Batista powerslammed Randy for a cover but Chris broke up the count and Chris was kicking Dave in the head and he bounced off the ropes and Randy got a sling slam for a near fall and Chris rolled out of the ring as Randy went to whip Dave but Dave reversed and Dave got a spine buster and Chris went for a Code Breaker. Batista powered out throwing him to the corner and set up a Batista Bomb. Chris escaped and took Dave down applied the Walls of Jericho and Randy broke it up from behind and then took over as he got the fall away backbreaker. He waited for Dave to slowly get up and went for the RKO but Dave caught Randy with a spear and he went for the cover, Chris basement dropkicked him and then covered Randy to score the three count.
Then Chris was holding his head as the referee raised his arm in the air and Chris was raising his hand in the air and left the ring as Dave was got up and was shocked as Chris walked up the ramp raising his arms in the air and smiling as Dave was feeling dejected.
"Oh, come on!" Rochelle said as sighed. "I oughta crack Jericho with a crutch if I have to."
A little later back in Providence, Rhode Island, Jasmine was in the Women's Locker Room watching a replay of Mike Knox's attack on both Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne last week. The whole incident left Jasmine a little traumatized, she couldn't stop thinking about it. It started when Todd Grisham was interviewing Evan about his ankle injury and Mike Knox came out and stared down at Evan and walked away simply. But……
(Flashback: November 17th, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia, backstage at the arena)
"I'm glad to see you coming from your ankle injury," Kofi said.
"Yeah, man," Evan said, "I'm feeling better everyday for sure."
"If all goes well, hopefully you'll be back in time for the Royal Rumble, you know what I'm saying?"
"Oh, man, I hope so."
Then out of nowhere, Mike Knox attacked Kofi from behind knocking down Evan, Jasmine, & Shayna and Mike was beating on Kofi before he ran into in the steel door. Shayna was screaming at Mike for him to stop and then Mike kicked Kofi in the head and looked at Shayna before he saw Evan trying to get up and then Mike kicked him down and stepped on his crutch.
"No, no, please!" Jasmine said as she begged as Mike looked at her.
"Mike, come on," Evan said.
"Please, don't do it," Jasmine said as Mike picked up Evan's crutch.
"No, Mike, don't do it."
Then Mike broke the crutch over Evan's injured ankle as Jasmine screamed and Evan clutched his ankle and winced in pain. Then Mike walked over to Jasmine sitting near the wall and Mike walked over to her and looked at her as Jasmine was crying and covering her face and then Mike walked away. Then Jasmine crawled to Evan as Shayna checked on Kofi.
"Evan, are you all right?" Jasmine said.
"Yeah, I'm all right," Evan said.
"I'm gonna get help," Shayna said as she ran off.
(Back to the present: November 24, 2008)
"Don't worry, Jasmine," Skye said. "We're right here; we've got the Boyz in Motion on the lookout. Mike Know will not come near you again."
"What if he does?" Jasmine said. "I mean, you just saw what he did to Kofi & Evan and almost got me in the process."
"Hey, I was there, I asked the boys for help and Mike Knox will not hurt us," Shayna said. "Don't worry, everything's gonna be fine."
"Okay."
Then Layla came forward towards the Angelic Coalition.
"Oh, poor Jasmine," Layla said, "the little damsel-in-distress doesn't have Evan Bourne to protect her and Mike Knox is after her. So sad, don't you think?"
"You know what?" Skye said. "Layla, you always have a knack of getting a rise out of anybody, do you? You really like that."
"Maybe I don't like you, maybe I don't like either of you Angelic Coalition members."
"Is that it?" Shayna said. "Because you don't like us or maybe you're jealous of us? I gotta tell you , you envy us and we envy you. We'll see you in the ring."
Then the Angelic Coalition walked away as Layla stared at them.
Then it was time for the Divas' match which was Shayna Brooke versus Layla. Layla's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"The following Divas' match is scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first from Miami, Florida, Layla."
Layla walked down the ramp, went around the ring, got up on the apron and lifted her leg up. Then she got into the ring and Shayna's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Jasmine and Skye following her.
"And her opponent being accompanied by Jasmine Morgan and Skye, representing the Angelic Coalition from Long Island, New York, Shayna Brooke," Lillian announced.
Shayna was wearing a yellow tie-neck halter midriff top with a slit and sequined edges on the bust, black shorts, and her hair straight. Jasmine was wearing a pink off-the-shoulder midriff top with hanging straps, denim miniskirt, white tube socks, and her hair curled. Skye was wearing a yellow and white striped mini tube dress and her hair straight.
The three walked down the ramp and Skye and Jasmine got in the ring first as Shayna got on the apron and crawled into the ring slowly and popped back up spinning around. Then she got on the turnbuckles and raised her arms in the air and got back down as Layla was talking trash at all three and then Skye and Jasmine left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Layla and Shayna circled around the ring and Layla immediately went behind Shayna with a waistlock and Shayna barely escaped as Layla rubbed her face on the mat and Layla got Shayna in a side headlock and Shayna shoved Layla to the ropes and got a drop toe hold before applying a leglock. Layla quickly grabbed the bottom rope and Layla immediately got a couple of knees to the midsection and a swinging neckbreaker for a two count and Layla landed a forearm before she whipped Shayna to the ropes and Shayna ducked a clothesline and landed a flying crossbody for a two count.
Then Layla got a kick to the face and tossed Shayna across the ring by the hair and covered for a two count and landed a forearm before whipping Shayna to the ropes and went for a clothesline but Shayna blocked and landed a swing neckbreaker and the two women were down. Shayna crawled to the corner and Layla charged at her but Shayna landed a roundhouse kick and Shayna landed a couple of clotheslines before landing a standing dropkick and Shayna got Layla in the corner charged into a knee in the face and covered for a two count. Then Shayna went to whip Layla but Layla reversed whipping Shayna to the ropes and ducked a clothesline and Shayna got an inside cradle for the three count.
"Here is your winner, Shayna Brooke," Lillian announced.
Then the referee raised Shayna's arm in the air and Layla was shocked as she argued with the referee and then Skye threw a shoe at Layla hitting her in the head and Layla held her head as she turned and Skye & Jasmine were making fun of her. Then Layla turned around and Shayna landed a bicycle kick in the face. Then Shayna left the ring and she, Skye, and Jasmine raised each other's arms in the air as they were walking up the ramp and RAW went to a commercial break.
Later, Chris Jericho was standing in the ring with a microphone in his hand.
"So I bet you all think that a new era has arrived, the face that John Cena is the new champion means that things will change. Well, let me remind you the last time you all thought things were gonna change after Batista robbed me of my World Title, all of you hypocrites were rejoicing, all of you liars were excited that things would be different, but yet eight short days later, I destroyed Batista regained my title for the fifth time and nothing changed. And I'm here to personally say to John Cena that in three weeks time at Armageddon, the exact same thing is going to happen to Cena at the end of year 2008, nothing will have changed because I will still be World Heavyweight Champion again."
"Chris Jericho, stop it, hey, enough!" John said.
John and the Chain Gang Diva Squad were shown on the TItanton in the concourse of the arena surrounded by fans and one of them was sitting on Kayla's shoulders.
"Enough," John said. "By now, everyone here knows that last night you lost the World Heavyweight Championship. What we've known for a long time is that Chris Jericho has lost his grasp on reality. You see, somewhere along the line in Chris Jericho's head, he actually thinks he's above everybody else, he wants to come out here week after week and call these people hypocrites? They're not hypocrites, they're good people, they know what they like, they know what don't like, and I can tell you that they do not like a stuck-up, smug little man in a form-fitting suit telling them every week that they are not good enough. Wait, wait, wait, you said you said you wanted to be a one-man welcoming committee for John Cena, Chris Jericho, I got a problem. I didn't show up alone tonight. I brought like thousand of friends. So if you wanna welcome me, you welcome all of us right now."
Then the gang along with the fans walked inside the arena and John & the Chain Gang Diva Squad were slapping hands and hugging the fans and then they went over the security wall and John and & Nicole got into the ring.
"Stop the music, stop the music, stop the music, stop the music, stop the music," John said. "Chris Jericho, do you hear that? Do you hear that? You can feel that. I just want you to do one thing for me: just look around the crowd, we got a lot of different faces out here. We got kids, we got men, we got women, it doesn't matter because for all these differences, all these people here, all you people watching at home, they have one thing in common, they all care about the WWE. And I know that every time that we come to an arena, these good people, these good families, spend their hard-earned money so they can stand up and cheer, so they can boo, so they can get rowdy, so they can stand up and make some noise. Why, Chris Jericho? Because they have passion. I take a look at these fine people and you know what? They ask for in return, you know all they ask in return, is that every time we step in this very ring, we share that passion. We enjoy the fact that they wanna hoist their signs up high, we enjoy the fact that they wanna get a little bit rowdy when the TV cameras are on and that we respect the fact that without all of these people, none of this exists. Chris, you got me all wrong, I'm not here to start a new era, I'm no one-man dynasty. Hell, I don't even know how many championships I won or lost, that's not my goal. My goal in the WWE every time I step between these ropes every time, I am privileged enough to stand in this ring, I give every single bit that I have win, lose, or draw to the most valuable asset that I believe the WWE has and that's you, guys."
"So you agree with John Cena?" Chris said as the fans cheered. "Yeah, I don't give a damn what you agree with. I want you to listen to the superstars I have beaten from Shawn Michaels, to JBL, to Batista, to Mysterio…….."
"Stop, stop. The list, you come out here every week with the list. I beat this guy, I beat that guy, first Undisputed this, 'I beat so-and-so'. Chris, we are two very different people, but the biggest difference between you and me, you talk business." Then John took off his "HLR Academy" t-shirt and baseball cap and threw them to the crowd and gave his World Title belt to Nicole. "I mean business."
Then John walked up to Chris and then Chris left the ring and smiled as John stared at him.
"No, that's okay, that's alright," John said, "I kinda knew you would do that. You wanna walk? Walk. I'm gonna fight you at Armageddon that's for sure. Before you go, I'm gonna clear the air between you and me and I want you to listen real good. Last night, Survivor Series was one a hell of a match and there is not a person in this building or at home, myself included, that can doubt Chris Jericho's ability to wrestle in this ring. But Chris Jericho, the part where we don't see eye-to-eye is that you come out each and every week and claim you need to this place from what it's become. Well, I like this place. You come out each and every week and you belittle the very foundation that the WWE has built on and the one thing that makes me want to tear him in half is that you comes out here each and every week and insult these people and telling them that they're not good enough. You can claim you're an honest man, Chris, you been lying this whole time and been lying to yourself but I'll tell you why." Then John raised his title belt in the air. "This right here, I am much of a WWE fan as any one of these people and me holding this championship right here proves that we are good enough. This proves that we do not need saving, that we do not need changing. This proves that the Champ is here!"
Then Chris marched back into the ring and said,
"Let me tell you something right now, Cena, the Champ is not here, the Champ is here and you don't intimidate me and you don't impress me, Cena, as a matter of fact, I think you might be scared of me because you know……Look at me when I'm talking to you, boy." Then John took off his dog tags and gave them to Nicole. "You know at Armageddon, I'm gonna take that title from you and there's nothing you're gonna do about it because are nothing but a liar and hypocrite just like all of these sycophants that you pander to each and every night. I'm gonna beat you Armageddon and prove that you are nothing more than a flash in the pan and you know what you're gonna do about it? Absolutely nothing! Because when it's all said and done you are nothing more than a worm, you are nothing more than a coward of a man….."
Then John jumped Chris with a huge clothesline and hit his head on the turnbuckle and whipped him to the corner and landed a back elbow and John suplexed Chris and elbow dropped him twice and tossed him out of the ring. Then John followed Chris to ringside throwing him over the announce table and poured a coffee on him and then rammed his face into the ring steps and whipped him into the ring steps. John got back in the ring but got out back out and rammed the top of the steps into Chris knocking him into the crowd and John held the steps over his head and then dragged Chris back into the ring and waited for Chris to get up and John clotheslined him.
He followed with a full nelson and threw him hard to the mat and asked Nicole to come into the ring as John held Chris up and Nicole slapped Chris in the face twice and kicked him in the groin twice and John threw him down. Then Nicole was stomping on Chris several times and spit in his face and John applied the STFU until Chris passed out.
Then Nicole gave John his title belt and held it in the air and then John and Nicole looked down at the unconscious Chris as the camera showed Kane watching on a monitor backstage as he would be John's first opponent since he returned to RAW as announced by Stephanie McMahon. Then John pulled Nicole closer to him and kissed her as RAW came to a close.
After RAW was over, John and Nicole were in their hotel room and Nicole was sitting on John's lap as John was sitting in the chair.
"You know," Nicole said, "that speech you gave to the fans, that's another reason why you're strong and dependent: everything you do makes me proud of you more and loves you more and never less."
"I meant every word," John said, "I mean, I always give my all to the business and I never look back. That's what I do."
"Yeah, that is what you do. You know, now that we're here together again, I figure we should……"
"You just can't get enough of me, can you?"
"Nope."
Then John kissed Nicole on the lips as he picked her up getting off the chair and laid her down on the bed and the two continued kissing before their clothes came off and started make love.
