Chapter 99: Damage Control
The next day, RAW was in Spokane, Washington and on that night, Cryme Tyme was teaming up with C.M. Punk in a six-man tag team match against William Regal, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase, Rey Mysterio was facing Mike Knox, and Amanda was defending the Women's Championship against Beth Phoenix.
At the hotel in Seattle, Buffy was aiding to Ulysses after he cut his finger on a razor that accidentally slipped out of his hand while shaving.
"Ow, that stings," Ulysses said as Buffy was putting alcohol on his finger.
"Sorry," Buffy said. "You should be more careful next time."
"Yeah, I'm clumsy."
"I have never been with anybody quite like you, Ulysses."
"Usually, I'm intimidated by certain people but……I never expected to be attracted by a woman."
"You also have a big heart because you care about people, that's what I love about you."
"I would always go out of my way to help people."
Then Buffy kissed Ulysses on the cheek and Ulysses picked up Buffy in his arms and carried her out of the bathroom as she laughed.
Meanwhile, Nicole was waking up in her and John's hotel room and John was looking down at her.
"Hey," John said.
"Hey," Nicole said.
"You all right?"
"Yeah."
"Are you sure? You don't seem too upset with what happened last night."
"I don't wanna get too upset because I can always get even just like you."
"That's true; now here's Wrestlemania in seven weeks."
"Oh, yeah, the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania. We've had a couple of great memories. Wrestlemania 21, you and I first got together after you won your very first WWE Championship; Wrestlemania 22, we got engaged, and here we are, still together. I'm sure with what happens the next seven weeks, you will get that World Heavyweight Championship back from Edge because everyone knows he'll never have a long title reign."
"Yeah, so what are the Angels gonna do for Wrestlemania this year?"
"Something really big that involves what's been happening the past five years."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you; you'll have to wait until next week. Oh, that reminds me, I have to talk to the girls about shopping for a dress for the Hall of Fame ceremony and we'll probably have to throw a Wrestlemania after-party as well."
"Am I invited?"
"Of course you're invited."
Then John smiled as he leaned down and kissed Nicole passionately.
A little later, RAW was on in Spokane, Washington.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the General Manager of Smackdown, Vickie Guerrero," Lillian Garcia announced."
Then Vickie came out from the curtain with a microphone in her hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Vickie said, "it is my extreme pleasure to announce to you, your new World Heavyweight Champion and my husband, Edge."
Then Edge's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain and raised his World Heavyweight Championship Title belt in the air as the pyro went off. Then he and Vickie walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Vickie handed Edge the microphone.
"Do you people wanna know what the "R" in Rated-R stands for?" Edge said. "Oh, you do? Good, since I'm a Smackdown superstar and I stand here on RAW as the World Heavyweight Champion, I say that it stands for remarkable. Even better, resplendent; or really, really smart. You see, after I lost my WWE Championship……" Then the crowd chanted, "You suck!" "…….after I lost my WWE Championship in the first Elimination Chamber, I could have packed it up, I could've gone home, I could've looked for sympathy. But that's something all of you would have done. You're all like big fat failure turtles and you would have curled up in your shells of self-pity and disappointment. But that's not me; for me, failure is not an option. So after the first Chamber match, I took matters into my own hands and when I was leaving, I heard all of you; you all thought I was done, you were calling me a loser. But guess what? You were all wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!" Edge got out of the ring and made a lap around ringside and pointed at individual fans and said they were each wrong and got back in the ring. "Each and everyone of you were 100 percent……wrong! Last night, I competed in not one but two Elimination Chamber matches, I am a living breathing walking miracle. You know, He said Jesus turned water into wine and I turned the WWE Title into the World Heavyweight Championship."
"For those of you who did not see No Way Out last night," Vickie said, "Stephanie accompanied her brother Shane to the hospital. When that happened, I became the highest ranking WWE official in charge. So when Kofi Kingston became physically unable to compete the Elimination Chamber, I had to make an executive decision. I had to find a replacement, someone who's deserving. And since he's lost his title earlier in the night, no one was more deserving than my husband, Edge. After speaking with the WWE Board of Directors, I can say officially that Edge is the new World Heavyweight Champion." Then the crowd booed again. "Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me! You may not like it, but each and everyone of you will accept it."
Then Edge and Vickie were making as John's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Nicole following him. Nicole was wearing a pink satin zipper front halter top, denim jeans, and her hair curled. The two walked down the ramp and got inside the ring and John stared directly at Edge as Nicole stared at Vickie.
"Thank you, thank you, guys, thank you very much for the response," John said. "I don't know if you're gonna like what I'm gonna say next, congratulations. You did it; nobody thought you could pull it off, but you did it. And I'll be honest with you, there'll be a lot of other superstars who would come down here and get all up in your face and demand that Elimination Chamber match be thrown out and file some sort of lawsuit, say "no Wrestlemania;" I'm not gonna do that, man, that's not me. How you got in that match, it's irrelevant. The fact of the matter is, folks, he got in the match and he won it fair and square. I can't say I necessarily like it, but I am out here to say congratulations; ladies and gentlemen, your new World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, the Rated R Superstar. And you heard your champion earlier, I mean, the "R," it does stand for so very, many things, remarkable, really lucky, right place, right time. This one my favorite, guys: rematch."
"Hold your horses, hold your horses," Edge said, "John, maybe you didn't even hear me but I competed in not one, but two Elimination Chamber matches. Two, one two. Nobody has ever done that. So I'm not competing tonight, I may not compete for a week, maybe a month. If you wanna see me and my lovely wife Vickie Guerrero, we'll be on Smackdown."
"That's all right, you're right. You did have two Elimination Chambers last night, nobody's ever done that. I don't want you to have any excuses, I want you to be healthy, go back to Smackdown, tell Festus and Funaki hello, and go do whatever it is you guys do together." Then John jokingly paused. "I actually just had some thoughts and threw up in my mouth a little bit. But you yourself said that officially he is the World Heavyweight Champion and officially, I do have a rematch."
"My, my, John, I forgot all about the Cena wit, how cute you are. Maybe you forgot our history, John. Let me refresh your memory; how about when I cashed in the Money-in-the-Bank and I won my first-ever WWE Championship from you. How about when I went to the Cena childhood home and I slapped your old man. Down goes, Cena, down goes Cena, down goes Cena! Good times, John, good times, but you can come out here and you talk about rematch all you want. It doesn't change the fact that the champ is here."
Edge waved his hand in front of his face and strutted but John grabbed Edge by his shirt and turned him around toward him.
"You try to hide, I'll find you," John said. "You try to run, I'll catch him. We're going to fight and I'm going to hurt you."
Then Edge slowly backed out of the ring and joined Vickie as John and Nicole stared them down.
Then it was time for the six-man tag team match which was Cryme Tyme and C.M. Punk versus William Regal, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase. Every man made their way to the ring and the referee called for the bell.
Punk immediately twisted Cody's arm and Cody reversed twisting Punk's arm and shoved him before Punk shoved him back and Cody slapped him before Punk nailed a kick and Punk got Cody on his shoulders for the GTS but William interfered attacking Punk from behind immediately and Ted yanked Cody out of the ring and Cody took a breather before he made the tag to Ted. Then Punk and Ted locked up and Punk got a couple of knees to the midsection and Punk kicked Ted in the face and went to kick Regal off the ring apron but backed away and Ted kneed Punk from behind out of the ring and William threw Punk's face into the ring apron and tossed him back into the ring. Ted punched away at Punk and the referee pulled him away and Ted argued with the referee and Ted landed a couple of right hands before he made the tag to William and Ted held onto Punk as William kicked Punk in the midsection and knees to the face before he clubbed Punk in the back of the head and covered for a two count.
Then William applied a facelock and Punk got to his feet and kicked William in the leg and William hit Punk in the midsection and landed a knee to the face and Cody tagged in and William held onto him as Cody got a kick to the chest and stomped on Punk and punched away before covering for a two count. Then Cody got a scoop slam and bounced off the ropes to land a knee drop for a two count and he dragged Punk to the corner and made a tag to Ted and Ted stomped on Punk and got a few knees to the face before landing a snap mare and he bounced off the ropes to land a boot to the face and Ted taunted Cryme Tyme before covering Punk for a two count.
Then Ted held onto Punk as Cody made a blind tag and Cody landed a right hand and boot to the face and another right hand before Punk went to kick Cody but Cody held onto his leg and Punk quickly kicked him in the head and Punk then tagged in JTG before Ted clotheslined him over the top rope and JTG landed a clothesline before he leaped into the ring and landed a right hand and bounced off the ropes to land a shoulder block and a dropkick before knocking William off the apron and Ted went after JTG but JTG landed a lariat clothesline. JTG got a couple of right hands sending Cody to the corner and leaped onto the middle turnbuckle as William got into the ring and JTG landed a right hand sending William out of the ring and JTG landed a clothesline covered but Cody broke the count and was landing some right hands sending Cody to the corner and William got into the ring and Shad got a right hand sending him out of the ring. Cody got JTG on his shoulder and JTG shoved Cody off as Ted landed his Dream Street finisher for the win.
Then the referee raised Ted and Cody's arms in the air and Ted & Cody shook hands as RAW went to a commercial break.
Then Shayna Brooke of the Angelic Coalition was going to be in an interview with Todd Grisham
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time, one of the members of the Angelic Coalition, Shayna Brooke," Todd said as Shayna, Skye and Madison Spears came forward.
Madison was wearing a blue spaghetti strap low-cut sheer lace tank top with see-through sides, black leather pants, and her hair in waves. Skye was wearing a blue dress shirt with the bottom tied, black pleated miniskirt, black knee socks, and her hair curled. Shayna was wearing a blue tie-neck halter midriff top with a slit and sequined edges on the bust, black shorts, and her hair straight.
"Shayna," Todd said, "last night at No Way Out, Kofi Kingston was attacked by Edge and was unable to compete in the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Can you give us your thoughts?"
"Well, first of all," Shayna said, "Kofi did suffer a concussion but nothing serious; so he'll be back pretty soon; second, Edge knew what he was doing after he lost the WWE Championship because he asked his pathetic, stupid slut of a wife for help and the Angels will take care of it fair and square. Tonight, I'm gonna keep my focus when I face Jillian Hall because that's exactly what Kofi Kingston would want me to do."
Then the Coalition walked away.
Then it was time for the Divas' match which was Shayna Brooke versus Jillian Hall. Jillian'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 Louisville, Kentucky, Jillian Hall."
Jillian walked down the ramp and got in the ring as flaunted herself to the crowd as 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.
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 immediately ducked a clothesline and the two traded blows as Shayna got the advantage and went to whip Jillian but Jillian twisted her arm and landed a forearm and whipped Shayna to the ropes and went for an arm drag but Shayna countered with an arm drag of her own and landed a scoop slam and bounced off the ropes to land an elbow drop for a two count.
Shayna hit Jillian's head onto the turnbuckle and went to whip Jillian but Jillian reversed whipping Shayna to the corner and Shayna tossed Jillian over the top rope and landed a forearm and missed a shoulder block and Jillian landed a knee to the face before he leaped back with an elbow drop for a two count.
Jillian was stomping on Shayna and choked on her on the middle rope twice and catapulted her on the middle rope and looked down at Shayna as she grabbed her but Shayna hit her in the midsection and Jillian clubbed her in the back and stomped on her before she bounced off the ropes and landed a low dropkick twice for a two count.
Jillian was showing off as Shayna got to her feet and landed a couple of forearms and went to kick Shayna but Shayna grabbed her leg and countered into a back drop suplex and then Shayna landed a couple of back elbows and a drop toe hold as she stomped on Jillian and covered for a two count and she grabbed Jillian by the hair and Jillian went for a clothesline but Shayna ducked and landed several forearms and went for another one but Jillian ducked and landed some kicks to the legs and bounced off the ropes and flipped over Shayna and took her down into an elevated Boston Crab dropped into a sitout position called the Real Deal, Shayna's finishing move, and covered for the win.
"Here is your winner, Shayna Brooke," Lillian announced.
Then Madison and Skye got into the ring as the referee raised Shayna's arm in the air and Skye hugged Shayna as Shayna got on the turnbuckles and raised her arms in the air. Then Shayna did Kofi's hand clap and pointed to the crowd as RAW went to commercial break.
Later, it was for the match between Rey Mysterio and Mike Knox.
Rey Mysterio's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him.
Rochelle was wearing a pink string tie-neck and back halter top with a dangling rhinestone, denim jeans, and her hair curled.
Rey went on both sides of the stage turning on the pyro and he & Rochelle walked down the ramp slapping the hands of the fans and got into the ring and Rey went on the top turnbuckle and raised his arms in the air and he got back down as Mike Knox's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp and got into the ring and went after Rey as the referee pulled him back and Rochelle left the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Mike immediately kicked Rey in the midsection and landed a right hand and he shoved Rey in the corner and kicked him in the midsection and went for a power slam but Rey escaped and kicked Mike in the leg and landed a couple of forearms before he bounced off the ropes and ducked a clothesline and then ate a nasty clothesline for a two count. Then Mike went for a knee drop but Rey moved out of the way and Rey kicked Mike in the face and Mike hit Rey in the midsection and whipped Rey to the corner and Mike charged into Rey's feet to the face and Rey bounced off the ropes and Mike press slammed Rey on the meat and Mike bowled Rey under the bottom rope to the floor.
Rochelle checked on Rey as Mike got out of the ring and threw Rey back in and Mike was holding Rey down and Rey kicked Mike in the head and got to his feet to kick Mike in the midsection and Rey bounced off the ropes and Mike got a chest bump and a leglock for a two count and applied a chinlock and Rey got to his feet and was hitting some back elbows and Mike clubbed Rey in the back of the head and whipped him to the corner and Mike went to splash Rey but Rey moved and was hitting and kicking Mike and he bounced off the ropes and Mike landed a swinging backbreaker for a two count. Rey got out of the ring and Mike followed and Rey got back in and so did Mike and Rey clubbed Mike in the back and Mike got a backfist to the midsection and he whipped Rey hard to the corner and Mike looked down at Rey as he got to his feet and Mike shoved him down and Mike looked down at Rey and Rey was kicking Mike in the midsection.
Rey went to kick Mike again but Mike held onto his leg and stomped on him and covered for a two count and Mike was dragging Rey around and Mike settled into a bearhug. Rey escaped with back elbows and got a flying headscissors and bounced off the ropes and landed a wheelbarrow bulldog and Mike shoved Rey to the ropes and Rey went to kick Mike but Mike held onto his leg and Rey landed an enzuigiri sending Mike to the bottom rope. Rey hit the 619 and Rey went for a seated senton but Mike ducked and Rey went for a springboard moonsault but Mike caught Rey mid-air and hung him upside down in the corner and was hitting hard right hands and a couple of knees to the face as the referee pulled him back and Mike charged but Rey popped up then rolled him up for the win.
Then Rey quickly ran to the corner and Rochelle got in the ring and hugged Rey and the two got out of the ring and Rochelle was making fun of Mike as she raised Rey's hand in the air and Rey pointed at Mike as Rochelle smiled.
Then it was time for the Women's Championship match which was Amanda and Beth Phoenix. Amanda's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain.
"The following match is scheduled for one fall and it is for the WWE Women's Championship," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first representing 'Eddie's Angels" from Cincinnati, Ohio, she is the WWE Women's Champion, Amanda."
Amanda was wearing a pink romper dress with Army emblems on it, pink arm warmers, and her hair curled. She walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Amanda posed in the middle of the ring and raised her Women's Title belt in the air. Then Beth Phoenix's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain with Santino Marella and Rosa Mendes following her.
"And her opponent from Buffalo, New York, the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix," Lillian announced.
Rosa went to wipe Beth with a towel but Beth snatched it and threw it down and got Santino's attention as he was busy waving and blowing kisses to the crowd.
The three walked down the ramp holding and Beth got on the apron as Santino and Rosa got into the ring and Beth got on the turnbuckles before raising her arms in the air and flipping inside the ring. Beth stared at Amanda as Santino and Rosa left the ring and the referee raised the Women's Championship Title belt in the air and called for the bell.
Beth immediately got Amanda on her shoulder and rammed her to the corner and slammed her to the mat and punched away before covering her for a two count and Amanda kicked Beth off and Beth got an elbow for another two count and Amanda went to the corner as Beth kicked her to the corner and landed a right hand and Beth whipped Amanda to the corner hard and Beth got a springboard suplex slam for a two count.
Then Beth applied an abdominal stretch and Amanda got to her feet and got a few forearms before Beth shoved her to the ropes and Amanda got a back elbow and got a seeing stars move and landed a bulldog slam but Beth got a backbreaker for a two count. Then Beth grabbed Amanda by the hair and landed a knee to the head and whipped her to the corner but Amanda floated over Beth and Beth tossed her over the top rope and landed a forearm before Beth kicked her off the apron and Beth distracted the referee as Rosa kicked Amanda in the midsection and Nicole, Delancey, Rochelle, and Buffy came out and Nicole, Delancey, Rochelle kicked Santino in the midsection as Buffy attacked Rosa Amanda rolled up Beth for the win.
"Here is your winner and still the WWE Women's Champion, Amanda," Lillian announced.
Then Amanda rolled out of the ring as Santino and Rosa got in and the referee gave Amanda her title belt and raised her arm in the air as Beth was in the ring fuming with anger. Then the rest of "Eddie's Angels" raised each other's arms in the air and Amanda shrugged her shoulders as she smiled.
Later after RAW was over, Vickie was walking down the hallway really upset and as she reached "Eddie's Angels" office, she knocked on the door and Rochelle opened it.
"What?" Rochelle said.
"I don't know what you Angels are trying to pull but this is going too far," Vickie said.
"What?" Nicole said. "Edge attacking one of our friends' boyfriend making his way to become the new World Heavyweight Champion? That's going too far."
"I'm talking about you girls trashing my office not once but twice and I'll bet you know something about the 50 pizzas I got months ago."
"I thought you came here to apologize and that you're gonna quit," Brittany said.
"Apologize and quit? You girls are the ones that should apologize and quit!"
"For what?" Amanda said. "Trying to get rid of you? IF that's the case, nothing is over until we say is over and if you're finished, there's nothing else to discuss."
Then Rochelle closed the door in Vickie's face.
Vickie screamed in frustration fearing that "Eddie's Angels" may have gotten to her again and walked away.
