Chapter 87: Angel New Year

Smackdown was in East Rutherford, New Jersey for two tapings and on that night, Buffy was facing Michelle McCool in a Divas' match and Jeff was teaming with his brother Matt in a tag team match against Edge and the Big Show.

The Angels had entered the arena after jogging together.

"Whoo, that was a good run," Nicole said.

"Yeah, it was," Amanda said.

"So you think you're ready for tonight?"

"I was born ready," Buffy said.

"That's what we like to hear," Amanda said. "I know you've been training hard for this."

"Yes, I have and I always gotta be prepared."

"That's for sure."

"Hey, I got a birthday coming up on Monday."

"Oh, that's awesome," Amanda said. "I think RAW is in New Orleans, Louisiana that night and Delancey's making her return too!"

"Oh, yeah, we are going to have a ball," Nicole said. "New Orleans, Louisiana, you are going to have a great time going through Bourbon Street and everything. John actually shot his latest movie there."

"Really?" Buffy said.

"Yes, he did."

"Hey, ladies said," Destiny said as she, Christina Alexis, and Jasmine Morgan came forward.

"Hey," the Angels said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Christina said.

"Our darling showgirl Angel is having a birthday on Monday," Nicole said as she put her hands on Buffy's shoulders.

"Happy early birthday," Jasmine said.

"Thank you," Buffy said.

"Maybe you guys could come to New Orleans, Louisiana to celebrate," Amanda said.

"Yeah, we could that," Destiny said.

"Cool."

"Well, we gotta get going," Nicole said. "See you girls later."

"Okay, bye."

Then the girls went their separate ways.

Then Smackdown was on and "Eddie's Angels" were looking at some nude photos of Vickie Guerrero. Earlier after Vickie announced that Jeff was facing Edge for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble, she was coerced by Triple H into revealing that he would be one of the entrants in the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match; but the bigger news, according to Triple H, was that there are nude photos of Vickie on eBay.

"Oh, my God, I knew it," Nicole said. "I knew Vickie was a slut."

"And Chavo posted these on eBay?" Buffy said. "Is he nuts?"

"Man, I always knew Vickie was a complete embarrassment to the WWE and here's why," Amanda said. "Why would Chavo post these on eBay? Now that's an embarrassment on him."

"Hey, you know what?" Nicole said.

"What?"

"I just got a perfect idea on what we could do with these photos."

Later, it was time for the Divas' match which was Buffy versus Michelle McCool. Michelle McCool's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.

"The following Divas' match is scheduled for one fall," Justin Roberts announced. "Introducing first from Palatka, Florida, Michelle McCool."

Michelle walked down the ramp and got on the apron without shaking her butt to the crowd and got into the ring. Then Michelle got on the turnbuckle and raised her arms in the air and she got back down and Buffy's entrance theme played, "I Will Survive" by Sa-Fire, played and she came out from the curtain with Brittany following her.

"And her opponent being accompanied by the Divas' Champion, Brittany Swanson, representing 'Eddie's Angels' from Atlantic City, New Jersey, Buffy," Justin announced.

Brittany was wearing a light pink low cut midriff top with black polka dots, hand-woven lace at the bottom & pink ribbon, pink pleated miniskirt with double belt buckles & attached lace slips, black buckled boots, black leather hand warmers, and her hair curled. Buffy was wearing a blue sequined bikini top, blue pants with slits on the side, and her hair curled.

The two walked down the ramp and Brittany got in the ring as Buffy went around the ring, got on the apron, and raised her arm in the air as she blew a kiss to the crowd and got into the ring. Michelle stared at Brittany and Buffy as Brittany got out of the ring and the referee called for the bell.

Buffy and Michelle locked up and Michelle got a takedowns on Buffy and Buffy took a breather and then the two locked up again and Michelle got a fireman's carry for a two count and Buffy kept looking at Brittany at Brittany was giving Buffy some strategy. Buffy and Michelle once again locked up and Michelle got a knee to the midsection twice and Michelle whipped Buffy to the ropes and Buffy flipped over Michelle and Michelle got a low dropkick to the face and got a jackknife cover for a two count and Michelle grabbed Buffy but Buffy got a couple of forearms and a knee to the midsection before she hit Michelle's head to the turnbuckle and Buffy applied a corner foot choke.

Then Buffy went to whip Michelle but Michelle reversed whipping Buffy to the ropes and Michelle got a boot to the face and Brittany got on the apron to distract Michelle and Michelle went after her but Brittany jumped off the ring apron before Buffy took out her leg and got a couple elbow drops. Then Buffy held onto Michelle's leg as she kicking it and applied a half-crab hold and Michelle reversed it into a heel hook submission hold and Brittany distracted the referee and Michelle around the ring long enough for Buffy to get an inside cradle for the win.

"Here is your winner, Buffy," Justin announced.

Buffy left the ring as Brittany ran over to her and the two hugged as the referee raised Buffy's arm in the air. Michelle was shocked as Buffy smiled and she & Brittany walked up the ramp to the back and Michelle sighed as she got up from the mat and asked for a microphone

"Earlier tonight," Michelle said, "a friend of mine brought something to my attention. I've been doing a lot of thinking about it a lot and she's right. I owe both Brittany and Maria an apology for what I did last week; so please, please accept my apology. I'm sorry. There's somebody else I need to apologize to that I may have offended. Eve, would you please come out here? Eve, please."

Then Eve's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain and walked down the ramp and got in the ring as she walked towards Michelle.

"Thank you," Michelle said, "Look, I feel horrible of how I've been acting lately and what I did to Maria last week, I took out on you earlier and that's just not cool. I'm really sorry. Will you forgive me? I'm sorry."

Eve accepted Michelle's apology and the two hugged and then Eve left the ring and as she was waving to the crowd, Michelle nailed her from behind into the barricade and grabbed Eve before she ran her into the barricade and did some damage to the facial region and then kicked her and kneed her right in the face. Michelle grabbed her hair and then slammed Eve into the ring apron and she kept beating on Eve until Brittany came out and attacked Michelle from behind and landed several right hands and kicked Michelle in the ribs and ran her head into the ringpost. Then Brittany quickly grabbed Eve and helped her up and the two walked up the ramp as Michelle began stirring as Smackdown went to a commercial break.

A little later, it was time for the tag team match which was Jeff & Matt Hardy versus Edge and the Big Show.

Edge's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain and raised his arms in the air as the pyro went off. Then he walked down the ramp and slid into the ring and got on the turnbuckles and raised his arms in the air and asked for a microphone.

"First off," Edge said as he took off his hat, "naked pictures or not? You will respect my wife and you will also respect me. Oh, yes, you will because after the Royal Rumble, I will be the WWE Champion for a seventh time. But instead of respect me, you'll probably all just blame me, just like you blame me for everything, right? Everything's my fault, of course. Just last year, you saw a poor, defenseless, lonely woman and you thought I was taking advantage of her. But, lo and behold, here we are a year later and I'm still in love with Vickie Guerrero. We're still married, as a matter of fact, I am still the love of Vickie Guerrero's life. Oh, but wait, even more recently, you wanted to blame me for taking out Jeff Hardy the night before Survivor Series, right? That was me, too, right? Never mind the fact that Jeff is a screw-up, but, of course, point the blame at me. I'll tell you what, when this embarrassing, juvenile, irrational, period in the WWE history known as Jeff Hardy as the WWE Champion, when that all comes to an end, then blame me."

Then everyone else made their way to the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Edge and Matt locked up and Matt got an arm drag takedown and Edge went to the corner for a breather and the two locked up and Edge got Matt in the corner and the referee called for a break before Edge went for a right hand but Matt ducked and got a knee to the midsection and Matt got another arm drag takedown and Edge again went to the corner for a breather and then the two locked up once again and Matt twisted Edge's arm and went behind him as Edge reversed applying a side headlock bringing Matt to his knees and Matt landed a back suplex and Matt made the tag to Jeff and then the two whipped Edge to the ropes and got a double back elbow and landed a leg drop-elbow drop combination and landed a double baseball slide knocking Big Show to the ground.

Then Edge charged but the Hardys tried to throw Edge onto Big Show but Big Show simply caught him and Edge then got into the ring and Edge went behind Jeff and clubbed in the back before he landed a right hand and choked him on the bottom rope and Edge kicked Jeff in the head and landed a forearm and Edge went to hit Jeff's head on the turnbuckle but Jeff hit a Whisper in the Wind for a two count and Jeff made the tag to Matt and then Matt came in and got a right hand and got a scoop slam and he climbed the top turnbuckle and missed a moonsault. Edge tagged Big Show and Big Show tossed Matt into the corner and got a chop to the chest and landed a head butt and got Matt into the corner and landed another chop to the chest.

Then Big Show landed a vertical suplex and bounced off the ropes to land an elbow drop for a two count and Big Show tossed Matt to the corner and as he tagged Edge in, Edge clubbed Matt in the back and got a back elbow and landed a couple of right hands before choking Matt on the middle rope and he bounced off the ropes and got a cross body and Edge dragged Matt to the middle of the ring and covered for a two count and then he worked the arm and rib area of Matt and Matt got to his feet and got a few right hands and Matt bounced off the ropes and Edge got a knee to the midsection and Edge made a tag to Big Show and Big Show got a back elbow to the back and got Matt's arm on the top rope and got another back elbow to the back and Big Show lifted Matt by the arm and slammed him down.

Big Show was dragging Matt and got him into the corner and landed a chop and some body shots as he made the tag to Edge and Big Show got a head butt and Edge covered for a two count as Edge applied a front-facelock body scissors hold and Matt got to his feet and Matt back-dropped Edge but couldn't make the tag as Edge rolled him up for two. Then Edge landed a clothesline for a two count and applied a back armlock and Matt was hitting Edge on the side and landed a right hand and bounced off the ropes for Edge to land a boot to the face as the Big Show walked away. Edge looked confused as Big Show continued walking and Edge went for the Spear and Matt got the boot up then got a couple of right hands and Edge kicked Matt in the midsection and went for a suplex but Matt countered and kicked Edge in the midsection and went for the Twist of Fate and Edge countered for a sit-down slam and Matt hit a Side Effect and both men were down.

Matt made the tag to Jeff and Jeff got a couple of clotheslines and an atomic drop and a leg drop to the groin and then Jeff bounced off the ropes to land a baseball slide for a two count and Matt tagged in as the two whipped Edge into the corner and Matt got on all four as Jeff hit the Poetry in Motion and Matt splashed Edge in the corner before he hit a bulldog slam and then he landed the Twist of Fate and made the tag to Jeff and Jeff climbed the top turnbuckle to land the Swanton Bomb and made the pin for the win.

Then Matt and Brittany got into the ring and Matt slapped hands with Jeff and hugged him as he raised his arms in the air along with Brittany. Then the referee raised Matt and Jeff's arms in the air and the Hardys tapped their championship title belts and got on the turnbuckles and raised their arms in the air and got back down and Jeff took his tank top off as he, Matt, and Brittany raised each other's arms in the air as Smackdown came to a close.

After the first taping of Smackdown was over, "Eddie's Angels" were in their locker room looking at the some places to go in New Orleans, Louisiana on Nicole's laptop computer when Nicole's cell phone rang and she took it out of her pocket and saw that Brittany was calling and answered the call.

"Hello?" Nicole said. "Hey, Jeff, what's going on? Where are you?……What?……Are you okay?……That's good……Okay, we'll see you back at the hotel……Okay, bye."

"Nicole, what's going on?" Amanda said.

"Jeff and Brittany got into a car accident."

"What?" Buffy said. "Are they all right?"

"They're fine, they're both scratched up but they're fine. Jeff told me a car was driving behind him & Brittany and this person ran them of the road."

"My God, who would do such a thing?" Amanda said. "You think it's the same person who attacked Jeff at the hotel before Survivor Series?"

"Maybe these two incidents may be related and whoever it was has an out for Jeff, but why?"

"Maybe somebody who wants the WWE Championship," Buffy said. "Maybe it's Edge."

"Well, I sort of have a funny feeling it's not Edge," Amanda said. "I mean, he may be a lot of things, but we wouldn't risk his career to kill Jeff."

"You may be right."