Chapter 95: The Devil's Beatdowns

RAW was in Nicole's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri and on that night, Cryme Tyme was facing Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase and John was facing Chris Jericho.

Nicole was outside "Eddie's Angels" locker room trying to reach Brittany on her cell phone.

Ever since the Royal Rumble, Brittany has been distant and bitter towards everyone and hasn't spoken to anyone for a week.

After a couple of attempts, Nicole grew tired and walked back inside the Angels' locker room.

"Anything?" Buffy said.

"Nothing," Nicole said. "I'm really getting worried, you guys."

"Who can blame her?" Ulysses said. "Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy's brother, drove her into this. He knew of the tough times she had in her life and Matt was not only going after Jeff, he wanted to push Brittany to the limit."

"I still can't believe he would betray his brother like this," Amanda said, "especially after everything Jeff has been through. I still got that vision in my head.

"Well, the best thing we can do right now is try to be there for Brittany and she will contact us," Delancey said.

"I just hope she doesn't hurt herself," Nicole said.

Then there was a knock at the door and Ulysses went over and opened it to reveal Rochelle.

"Hey, Rochelle," Ulysses said.

"Rochelle!" the Angels said as they all hugged her.

"Wow, you're back?" Amanda said. "Is your hip feeling better?"

"Good as new."

"So, Dave knows that you're back?" Buffy said.

"Oh, yeah, and I know when he comes back, Randy Orton is at the very top of his list."

"We spoken to Stephanie McMahon and that is already taken care of," Nicole said.

"Cool; so has anybody been able to get in touch with Brittany?"

"No," Amanda said. "Everybody is worried sick about her. She's been distant and cold towards us since the Royal Rumble."

"Wow, well, I did in touch with her sister and she knows that I have a minor in International Law because she's not the only one who thinks Matt Hardy is guilty of all of the those incidents involving Jeff."

"You have proof?" Ulysses said.

"Yep, and Matt won't know what's coming if he even thinks about siding with Vickie Guerrero."

A little later, RAW was on and Skye was in the Women's Locker Room along with Shayna Brooke and Madison Spears getting ready for her mixed tag team match which was her teaming up with C.M. Punk against William Regal and Layla.

"Oh, my God, I can hardly wait," Skye said. "This is the first time I actually get to team up with C.M. Punk. This is so exciting."

"I hope you're putting too much in your appearance," Shayna said. "I mean, your boobs could be popping out of your bikini top."

"And your butt crack could be showing with those boy shorts," Madison said.

Skye was wearing a red bikini top, red boy shorts, and her hair in pigtails.

"Hey, this is what I always wear for a wrestling match," Skye said, "and I'm not too much in my appearance. I'm not just wearing this for C.M. Punk, okay?"

"Okay, whatever you say," Shayna said.

"Now if you'll excuse me."

Then Skye walked out of the Women's Locker Room to see C.M. Punk standing near the door.

"Well, hello," Punk said.

"Hello," Skye said.

"Are you ready?"

"I am so ready."

"Let's go."

Then Punk and Skye walked arm-in-arm down the hallway.

Back at the arena, C.M. Punk's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Skye following him.

"The following is a mixed tag team match scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first, the team of Skye and the Intercontinental Champion, C.M. Punk."

Punk and Skye walked down the ramp and they climbed up the apron as Skye raised her arms in the air before going down in the ring and Punk raised his Intercontinental Title in the air and then he got into the ring. Skye smiled at Punk as she was pumping herself up and then William Regal's entrance theme played and he came out with Layla following him.

"And their opponents, the team of Layla and William Regal," Lillian announced.

The two walked down the ramp and got into the ring and stared at Punk and Skye as William took off his robe and Punk took off his shirt and Skye & Layla left the ring as the referee called for the bell.

William and Punk circled around the ring and quickly locked up as William immediately got a side headlock and Punk escaped the hold hitting William in the side and shoving him to the ropes and William got a shoulder block before bouncing off the ropes and Punk got a flying kick to the face. Then Punk twisted William and got a back kick to the midsection twice and William stumbled to the corner as he made the tag out to Layla and Layla slowly got into the ring and when Punk turned to make the tag to Skye, William charged and hit him from behind and kicked him out of the ring and Skye entered the ring as William was distracting her but Layla caught her by surprise with a forearm. Layla was stalking Skye and kicked her before landing a knee to the face and punching away and bouncing her head on the mat before the referee pulled her away.

As Layla grabbed Skye, Skye landed some forearms but Layla got a kick to the midsection and whipped her to the corner and Skye stopped before the women collided with a clothesline and both women were down and Layla made the tag to William and Punk threw rapid fire offense at William with several forearms and a kick to the midsection, a kick to the face, slaps to the face, and a backfist and landed three roundhouse kicks to the face before William rolled out of the ring. Punk was going to dive onto William but William held Layla as a human shield and Skye jumped at them instead taking Layla down with a clothesline as William moved out of the way. When Punk stepped onto the ring apron, William swept his legs off the apron and Punk flat-backed onto the floor and Skye checked on Punk as she helped him and as Punk re-entered the ring to beat the count, William caught him with a running knee to the temple for the win.

"Here are your winners, Layla and William Regal," Lillian announced.

Layla was talking trash to Skye as she entered the ring and joined William and their arms were raised by the referee and Layla blew a kiss at Skye. Then William and Layla got out of the ring as Skye got back in to check on Punk and RAW went to a commercial break.

Then it was time for the tag team match which was Cryme Tyme versus Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.

The Priceless entrance theme played and Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase came out from the curtain, The two walked down the ramp and Cody got into the ring as Ted climbed on the apron and Cody raised his arms in the air. Then Ted got down into the ring and Cryme Tyme's entrance theme played and they came out from the curtain with Amanda following them. Amanda was wearing a pink vintage tube top, denim miniskirt, black boots, and a black newsboy cap covering her straight. Shad and JTG high-fived each other and they walked down the ramp and Shad & Amanda got into the ring first as JTG ran around the ramp and got into the ring. Shad took off his basketball jersey off and JTG took his jacket and the two hugged and Shad, Amanda, and Cody left the ring as the referee called for the bell.

JTG had his fists up and Ted kicked JTG in the midsection and landed a right hand before whipping JTG to the ropes and missing a clothesline and JTG landed a clothesline and a dropkick sending Ted to the corner and JTG leaped onto the middle turnbuckle and landed a faceplant for a two count. Then JTG got a right hand and whipped Ted to the ropes and went for an arm drag but Ted blocked it and got an arm drag of his own and kicked JTG in the face and landed an elbow drop and stomped on JTG's face before making the tag to Cody. JTG immediately shoved Cody to the ropes and Cody tripped JTG by the leg and was punching away at him and stomping on him before landing a back elbow to the neck.

Then Cody got a neck vice on JTG and JTG tried to escape the hold hitting Cody on the side and he shoved him to the ropes and the two collided and were down and JTG made the tag to Shad and went to work Ted right away ducking a clothesline and landing a couple of clotheslines before splashing Ted in the corner and whipping Ted to the corner and whipping Ted to the corner hard and landing a huge back body drop. Then Shad knocked Cody off the apron and Shad got a huge scoop slam before bouncing off the ropes and chanting 'Money, money, yeah, yeah,' as he landed an elbow drop. Cody broke up a near fall a minute later pulling Shad off of Ted and knocking JTG off the apron and then Shad shoved Cody to the corner and landed a back elbow and then Ted started clubbing Shad in the back and Ted & Cody were double-teaming Shad beating on him and kicking him and then they lifted Shad and Cody got a DDT.

Then Amanda got into the ring and jumped on Ted's back trying to choke him and Cody pulled her off and Amanda was hitting Cody as he and Ted bailed out of the ring and Amanda was yelling at them as she checked on Shad. Cody and Ted smiled as JTG got into the ring along with some referees to check on Shad and RAW went to a commercial break.

A few minutes, Chris Jericho was in the ring staring at the crowd.

"I wanted to clarify the comments that I made to Mickey Rourke on Larry King Live last week," Chris said. "I do respect his performance in his movie 'The Wrestler' and I also respect his graceful, yet predictable and cowardly backtracking out of any match he might have had with me at Wrestlemania. But I have a problem with Mickey Rourke and that is this: his movie sends the wrong message. 'The Wrestler' glorifies the pathetic has-beens who are still hanging on for one last shot at fame and fortune; men like Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, and even Mickey Rourke's inspiration for his character of Randy the Ram, and the man he calls his friend, Ric Flair. As a matter of fact, Flair is the worst out of all of them because he cannot bow out gracefully. Flair had the storybook career, 16-time World Champion, millions of fans worldwide, millions of dollars made, and the most epic retirement of all time at Wrestlemania last year. I mean, Flair should have it all, he should be living in a mansion spending quality time with his family and friends, but he's not. You know what Flair's doing? He's doing autograph singings at high school gymnasiums, tell-all interviews to low-rent websites, basically selling his face and his name to anybody who will give him a paycheck and that is absolutely pathetic. Flair is tarnishing his legacy and for what? One last shot at the spotlight, one more kick, one more chance. Flair has a sickness and he's not alone. And that's the way I say that all of these legends need to be put in their place, and I am begging, I am imploring the WWE to revoke their status as Hall of Famers. I want them to revoke the status that them to continue to leech off the business that allows them to continue on in their lives with inflated……."

"Enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough," John said as he appeared on the video screen along with Nicole.

Nicole was wearing a pink v-neck tie-neck top with dangles at the front, black pants, and her hair curled.

"Stop," John said. "What? You wanna banish all of Hall of Famers now? Chris, If it wasn't for these legends you were talking about, you wouldn't even be able to stand in that ring. You see, every week with you it's the same thing. You walk down in that ring with your fancy suit, you use all your big words, 'I got some big point to prove, listen to me.' Chris, you're not fooling anybody. We all know you're an idiot. You just said that these guys need to let go of the past but you are the first one to let everybody know, 'Hey, remember me, I was the first Undisputed World Champion, remember that?' Let it bro. You also that these guys need to know when to walk away from the business. Chris Jericho, you have been fired……twice! And you're still there and you still won't shut up. And every word you say makes me more and more angry because, Chris Jericho, there are certain things I respect and believe in and you have a bad habit of crossing the line on every one of them! You insulted the fans and Stephanie McMahon made you get down on your knees and apologize; that's already been done, I'm not gonna do that, but tonight, we have a match and you need to be shut up. So, I'm going to shut you up the only way I know how: I'm gonna knock your teeth down your throat. See you out there, Chris."

Then John winked and he & Nicole walked away as Chris looked back and forth as RAW went to a commercial break.

Then it was time for the tag team match which was Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston versus Kane and Mike. This also marked the return of Rochelle who was now gonna be at Rey's corner until Dave got back from his injury. Every man made his way to the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Kofi had his fists up and Kane kicked Kofi in his midsection and got a couple of right hands sending Kofi to the corner and Kane was kicking Kofi in the midsection and landed another right hand before hitting a head butt and landing a boot to the head. Then Kane whipped Kofi to the ropes and Kofi bounced back and got a kick to the midsection and Kofi dropkicked Kane out of the ring and Mike went to get in the ring as did Rey and Kofi had his fists up. Kane went back to the ring as Rey and Mike got out and Kane & Kofi locked up and Kane twisted Kofi's arm and then Kane whipped Kofi to the ropes and Kofi kicked Kane in the face and Kofi was hitting rights and lefts before he went to whip Kane but Kane held onto the rope and tossed Kofi over the top rope to the apron.

Then Kofi got a shoulder block and leaped over the top rope trying to roll up Kane but Kane but Kane grabbed Kofi by the throat and went for a choke slam but Kofi nailed a dropkick sending Kane to the corner and Kofi shoved Kane to the corner as Rey tagged in as Kofi held onto Kane, Rey kicked Kane in the midsection and nailed some right hands before Kane shoved Rey to the ropes and Rey got a drop toe hold sending Kane to the middle rope and Rey went for the 619 but Kane rolled to the ring apron and Rey was on the apron before diving on Kane at ringside with a seated senton and the two got into the ring and Kane got a slap in the face and Kane grabbed Rey as he made the tag to Mike and Kane held onto Rey as Mike kicked Rey in the midsection and clubbed him back before whipping Rey to the corner and went for a splash but Rey moved.

Rey kicked the back of Mike's leg and got a couple of right hands before Mike shoved Rey to the ropes and Mike went after Rey kicked Mike in the face and went for a springboard moonsault but Mike tagged in an when he had Rey in the air for a powerslam, Kofi blind-tagged in and stopped the move, and then he bounced off the ropes and landed a shoulder tackle and Rey bounced off the ropes and stepped on Mike and Kofi hit Mike with a double legdrop for a near fall at 8:00. Then Mike went to the corner and Kofi leaped onto the turnbuckle and was punching away at Mike before Kane went after Kofi and Kofi got a backfist and Mike got Kofi on his shoulders for a power bomb and Kofi escaped and bounced off the ropes before Mike gave Kofi a big kick to the face for a near fall.

Then Mike whipped Kofi to the corner and kicked him in the midsection and Kane tagged back in and as Mike held onto Kofi, Kane hit Kofi in the midsection and sideslam and a backbreaker and kicked Kofi in the face and Kane whipped Kofi to the corner hard and dragged Kofi as Mike made a tag and Kane held onto Kofi's leg and Mike landed a knee to the midsection and applied a hold stretching Kofi's arm. Kofi kept kicking Mike in the back and Mike stomped on Kofi and Mike whipped Kofi to the ropes and Mike landed a faceplant and he dragged Kofi to the corner and he made the tag to Kane and Mike held onto Kofi holding his arm and Kane stomped on Kofi and Kane whipped Kofi to the corner and went for a side slam but Kofi countered and went to kick Kane but Kane held onto his leg and Kofi landed an enzuigiri.

Kane got up and gave Rey a cheapshot kick to the face. He dragged Kofi to his corner and tagged in Mike and Mike landed a knee to Kofi's back several times and Mike landed a right hand sending Kofi to the corner and Mike whipped Kofi to the corner and Mike charged at Kofi but Kofi lifted his feet to kick Mike in the face and leaped on the middle turnbuckle to land a cross body and Kofi crawled over to hot-tag Rey. Rey got back up onto the ring apron, but Kane dragged Kofi away from the corner and was punching away at Kofi and he whipped Kofi to the corner but Kofi floated on his shoulder and Kofi escaped as he went to tag in Rey but Kane grabbed his hair and Kofi got a back elbow and A minute later Kofi did get the hot-tag to Rey and Rey leaped into a flying seated senton and knocked Mike off the apron and ducked Kane's clothesline and bounced off the ropes to land a Tilt–a–whirl headscissors takedown.

And Rey got a kick to Kane's face before he got on the ring apron and Rey took Kane down and hit the springboard legdrop for the cover but Mike broke the count and Kofi got into the ring and landed a clothesline and flew at Mike but Mike countered with a knee to Kofi's gut. Rey got a baseball slide to Mike and Kane clubbed Rey in the head and whipped him to the ropes and Rey got a flying head scissors sending Kane to the middle rope and went for the 619 but Mike blocked it but Rey kicked Mike off and Rey dove at Kane seconds later but Kane caught him and slammed him for the win.

Then Mike got into the ring and he & Kane stared at Rey and smiled & nodded at each other as Kane patted Mike's shoulder and the two left the ring as Rochelle got into the ring to check on Rey and RAW went to a commercial break.

Several minutes later, Rosa Mendes was walking down the hallway and looking back hoping that "Eddie's Angels" or the Angelic Coalition wouldn't go after her and then Rochelle grabbed Rosa by the collar and tossed her to the wall.

"Hello, Rosa," Rochelle said. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rochelle Kennedy and yes, I am back. I've been watching what you have been doing the past few weeks and I don't like it one bit. One word of advice: stay out of people's way."

Then Rochelle let go of Rosa and smiled as she walked away as Rosa was panicking a little.

A little later, it was time for the match which was John versus Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho's entrance theme played as pyro was setting off all over the stage and he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp and got into the ring and stared down the fans as John's entrance theme played and then John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. The two walked down the ramp and stopped a few feet away the ring as John took off his dog tags and gave them to Nicole and John got into the ring.

John unleashed on Chris at the bell beating on him with right hands and hit his head on the turnbuckle and whipping him to the corner hard and John unleashed more rights and lefts in the corner and when he turned his back to take off his t-shirt, Chris jumped him from behind punching away at him and yanked his t-shirt over his head. John kicked Chris in the midsection and landed a right hand before he hit Chris' head on the turnbuckle and got a back elbow before he whipped Chris to the corner hard and bounced off the ropes to land a bulldog slam. Then John stared at Chris and kicked him in the head and took off his armband and threw it to the crowd and landed a forearm to the back and John stalked Chris as he landed a back suplex and John landed a right hand before he went to whip Chris but Chris reversed and John kicked Chris in the face and clotheslined him over the top rope.

Then John got out of the ring and grabbed onto Chris as he went on the ring apron and kicked John into the announce table causing him to be completely knocked out and then Chris grabbed John and threw him back into the ring and covered for a two count and Chris applied a chinlock and John escaped the hold by getting Chris on his shoulders for the Attitude Adjuster but Chris countered for a DDT for a two count. As John rolled to the ring apron, Chris got a springboard dropkick and John barely beat the ten count and Chris was kicking John in the back and clubbing his back and stepping on him before the referee pulled him back and Chris was bullying John as John landed a belly-to-belly suplex and Chris got a standing dropkick for a two count.

John was laying at the corner and Chris landed a right hand and got in John's face before whipping him to the corner and charged but John moved and Chris went shoulder-first into the ringpost and John bounced off the ropes and landed two shoulder blocks and a side slam and John did the "You can't see me" and Chris grabbed him and then went for a Walls of Jericho but John rolled up Chris for a two count and John escaped and went for an STF, but Chris turned it into a small package for a near fall. The two traded blows and John bounced off the ropes and Chris got a back elbow and caught John with the Lionsault for a near fall. Chris bounced off the ropes and John came back with a sitout hiptoss and hit a Five Knuckle Shuffle and then lifted him for the Attitude Adjuster but Chris escaped went for the Codebreaker but John countered with him tossing Chris to the corner and charged into a boot to the face and Chris ran into John as John went for the Attitude Adjuster.

Chris slipped out and applied the Walls of Jericho. John struggled to reach the bottom rope. Jericho pulled him back to the middle of the ring John eventually reversed it into an STF for a sudden tapout win.

Then Nicole got into the ring as John saluted to the audience and Nicole kicked Chris in the head as the referee gave him the World Heavyweight Championship Title belt and raised his arm in the air along with Nicole. Then Nicole got on the turnbuckles and blew kisses to her hometown crowd as John raised his title belt in the air as RAW came to a close.

After RAW was over, John and Nicole were sleeping in their hotel room when Nicole's cell phone was buzzing Nicole reached for it as she saw that Brittany finally called. Nicole got up and turned on the light and answered the call.

"Brittany?" Nicole said.

"Yeah," Nicole said.

"Brittany, everybody has been worried sick about you. Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry if I snapped at you girls. I've been really upset lately because of Matt and I needed to be alone to get myself together emotionally."

"I understand."

"Look, I'm not gonna take this anymore. I'm gonna try to stay fully aware of myself and I'm not gonna let Matt get to me. I gotta go."

"Okay."

Then Nicole ended the call.

"How's Brittany?" John said.

"She sounds a little better," Nicole said. "We just gotta be there for her emotionally and help her continue with planning the wedding. She doesn't wanna miss that."

"Yeah, let's go to sleep."

Then Nicole turned off the lamp and she & John went back to sleep.