Chapter 111: Texas Hold'Em

Smackdown was in Corpus Christi, Texas and on that night, Rey Mysterio was facing Chavo Guerrero and there was a number one contender's match for Brittany's Divas' Championship between Michelle McCool and Maryse.

Several minutes before the second taping of Smackdown, Nicole was walking down the hallway and when she reached the Women's Locker Room, she went inside and Christina Alexis from the Angelic Coalition was there.

"Hey, Christina," Nicole said.

"Hey, Nicole," Christina said.

"I got something for you."

"What is it?"

"Here."

Nicole gave Christina a box and Christina opened it to reveal her Wrestlemania outfit: a custom made Houston Texans uniform which was a white midriff long-sleeve top with "TEXANS 1" on the front and "ALEXIS" on the back, blue shorts, a blue vest, a blue cowboy hat.

"Oh, thank you, Nicole," Christina said. "I love it: that's exactly the way I wanted it. I cannot wait until next Sunday.

"You're welcome," Nicole said. "How are things going with you friend for the Wrestlemania after-party?"

"She said everything is on schedule and security wall be all around the premises."

"Great, I knew I could count on you."

"That's what I'm here for."

A little later, Smackdown was on and Chavo Guerrero was walking down the hallway until he spotted Rochelle outside the Angels' locker room texting on her cell phone as he approached her.

"I need to talk to you, Rochelle," Chavo said.

"What?" Rochelle said as she turned her head.

"I don't know what games you Angels are playing, but this thing against my Aunt Vickie is going way too far: you attacking her, embarrassing herm taking over RAW, everybody here is scared of you girls and I don't know you girls did to do whatever the hell you want, but this is enough."

"Shut up, Chavo!" Rochelle said. "Now you listen to me; how well do you know Vickie? Do you know her well enough to betray your uncle Eddie? Do you know her well enough to betray the Guerrero family and to hurt the people I love? The reason we're doing all this is show Vickie Guerrero we're not messing around and if you got any sense, you better back off or else……we're gonna end up being attacked, embarrassed, and scared; so you don't mess with us."

Then Rochelle walked away and Chavo looked down feeling that Rochelle made have called him out and knew that the Angels were definitely onto Vickie.

A little later, Matt Hardy was shown in the locker room with a dog.

"Jeff, the black crowd has hung over your head his entire life," Matt said, "and I've always known this but not everyone has. But the black cloud became public knowledge when your house burned down and you lost everything you've ever worked for in your entire left, your artwork, your recordings, most importantly, you lost your best friend, your Jack Russell terrier. Kind of like this little guy. Right, baby, right? At the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania is the day I've been looking forward to, Jeff, for my entire life. Is that right, isn't that right? You are, too, we both are. Jeff, I hope you're watching because at Wrestlemania, I'm going to take you to the extreme. I know you're real emotional right now and you got a raging fire burning inside and at Wrestlemania, I'm gonna extinguish that fire and when I do, the black cloud will dissipate over your head and you'll come to realization of what your truly are. Nothing more than an underachieving, heartless, selfish child."

Matt was smooching the dog over and over as he said what he had to say about his brother.

Brittany was watching the whole thing in "Eddie's Angels'" locker room feeling disgusted as she knew Matt wasn't completely sorry for the pain he caused.

Then it was time for the match between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero.

Rey Mysterio's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Rochelle was wearing a denim criss-cross halter dress 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 took off his shirt and went on the top turnbuckle and raised his arms in the air as he threw his shirt to the crowd.

Then Rey got back down and Chavo Guerrero's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. He walked down talking trash to Rey and got into the ring and went after Rey as the referee held him back and Rochelle got out of the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Chavo immediately went behind Rey and took Rey to the mat with an armlock but Rey turned the tables with a flying snap mare and Chavo charged but Rey leaped and Chavo kicked Rey in the midsection and clubbed him in the back and Chavo whipped Rey to the ropes and went for a slam but Rey countered tossing him out of the ring and Rey bounced off the ropes and went for a baseball slide but Chavo caught him and Rey got a head scissors takedown.

Then Rey kicked Chavo in the chest and threw him back in the ring and Rey climbed the top turnbuckle but Chavo landed a couple of right hands and an uppercut and Chavo climbed up the top turnbuckle and landed another right hand before Chavo put Rey on the top rope and took him down with a hurricanrana for a near-fall.

Then Chavo kicked Rey in the back and in the midsection and grabbed Rey as he landed an European uppercut and applied a chinlock and Rey escaped kicking Chavo in the head and both men recovered as Rey kicked Chavo in the legs and went to whip Chavo but Chavo whipping Rey to the ropes and Rey kicked Chavo but Chavo whipped Rey to the ropes and Rey kicked Chavo in the face and went for a springboard moonsault but Chavo caught him.

Chavo hung Rey up on the top rope by his legs and choked him before the referee pulled him back and Chavo went for a running shoulder block but Rey popped up and landed a seated senton and then he bounced off the ropes and ducked a clothesline and then got a springboard cross-body for a two count. Then Chavo hit Rey in the midsection and Chavo bounced off the ropes and went for a roll-up but Rey got a low dropkick for a nearfall and Rey got a forearm and he went to whip Chavo but Chavo reversed whipping Rey to the ropes and Chavo hit the Gory Bomb for a two count and Chavo waited for Rey to get up and went to kick him but Rey grabbed his leg and got a flying head scissors sending Chavo to the bottom rope and Rey went for the 619 but Chavo ducked and kicked Rey in the midsection and landed Two Amigos, but not the third as Rey countered and went behind him but Chavo landed a back suplex.

Then Chavo climbed the top turnbuckle and went for the frog splash but Rey moved and then Rey landed a flying head scissors and bounced off the ropes to land the 619 and then climbed the top turnbuckle and landed a splash for the win.

Then Rochelle got into the ring and clapped for Rey as his arm was raised by the referee and then John "Bradshaw" Layfield came in out of nowhere and landed a boot to the face to Rey. Then JBL looked down at Rey and looked at Rochelle as she gave JBL a stern warning and JBL blew her off as he left the ring and Rochelle checked on Rey as Smackdown went to a commercial break.

Then John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. Nicole was wearing a denim vest, black miniskirt, black boots, and her hair curled. John and Nicole walked down the ramp and got into the ring and John raised his arms in the air and asked for a microphone.

"For weeks now," John said, "you have heard from every marquee superstar in this business about the importance of Wrestlemania. I promise you that every word you hear is true and if you don't believe in a few days, you can watch 75 tractor trailer trucks all wrapped in the face of WWE superstars roll up that highway. That's when WWE begins its transformation of Houston, Texas. 25 years ago what started out as one magical night as Madison Square Garden has involved into a week-long festival for you, the WWE Universe. At Wrestlemania, an event like no other, WWE fans will be surrounded by legends, by celebrities, by lights, by show business, and by enough pyrotechnics to shake the earth down to its very core. But what the WWE Universe understands is that when they look past the glamour and glitz, when they strip Wrestlemania to its beating heart they know that it's the grandest stage of them all and the one day where the biggest issues of this industry are solved. Some of them professionally, some of them very personal. And rare circumstances like the one I find myself in, sometimes they are both. I feel as if I'm on the outside of a love triangle looking in at the once coveted World Heavyweight Championship. Edge, the Big Show, Vickie Guerrero have done every dirty underhanded backstabbing tactic to try to keep me away from the World Heavyweight Championship and keep me away from Wrestlemania. Now time after time, week after week, I come down here and prove my work to this business but desperate times call for desperate measures and I even had to resort to blackmail be involved in Wrestlemania, that I do apologize; but my friends, I would do it again if I had to because there was no way I staying out of Wrestlemania! Edge, Vickie, Big Show, their sadistic crazy Jerry Springer lives have taken the World Heavyweight Championship hostage, well, guess what? At Wrestlemania, I'm taking it back! Big Show and Edge, they're going to Wrestlemania to fight for the affection of Vickie Guerrero. I wanted to come out here tonight to say something very serious to the WWE Universe. I am going to Wrestlemania to fight, I am going to Wrestlemania to win, I am going to the Wrestlemania to be the World Heavyweight Champion!"

Then the Big Show's entrance theme played as the pyro went off and he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp and got into the ring as he picked up the microphone.

"You can come out here and belittle the love that Vickie and I have," the Big Show said, "but what you can't understand, Mr. Smart Guy, is that love makes me stronger. You see, Edge found out how strong it makes me and I encourage you, Mr. Smart Guy, this Monday night on RAW, why don't you come find out how strong I really am so he can shut that mouth of yours for good!

"Let me get this straight," John said, "you're coming out here days before Wrestlemania and you're asking me to accept a challenge against a seven foot, 440 pound giant. That's insane, it doesn't make any sense, but you know me, you're on!"

Then the Big Show dropped the microphone and went to leave the ring but as he climbed over the top rope, John caught one of his feet and pushed him to the floor. Then Nicole laughed as the Big Show screamed in anger and John took off his HLR Academy t-shirt and baseball cap and threw them to the crowd and John raised his arms in the air as the Big Show stared at him.

Later, it was time for the number one contender's match for Brittany's Divas' Championship which was Michelle McCool versus Maryse and Brittany's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Brittany was wearing a black polka dot tube top with a denim drape, black miniskirt, black boots, and her hair straight. Brittany walked down the ramp slapping the hands of the fans and went around the ring waving at them as she sat down at the announcers' table.

"Well, hello, Brittany," Jim Ross said. "Great to have you with us."

"Thank you very much," Brittany said.

"Now I know you're here for the number one contenders' match for your Divas' Championship," Tazz said, "but what about we just saw from Matt Hardy?"

"You know what? I am really, really disgusted from what everyone saw and Matt Hardy is truly, deeply, disturbed with jealously and bringing up old stuff about Jeff. It's gotten to me & him and come Wrestlemania, Matt will get what's coming to him."

Then Michelle McCool's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Michelle walked down the ramp with a smirk on her face and Michelle 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 looked at Brittany still smiling.

Then Maryse's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Maryse's entrance theme played and she came out from the curtain. Maryse walked down the ramp and went around the ring and climbed up the apron as she got into the ring and flipped her hair backwards as she looked at Brittany and the referee called for the bell.

Then Michelle and Maryse locked up and had that elbow tie-up for a long while before the two went through the ropes and came to a stalemate as neither took their eyes off the other heading back into the ring and Michelle & Maryse locked up again as Michelle got Maryse in the corner but Maryse got Michelle in the corner before a cover and Michelle finally took down Maryse and choked her.

Then Maryse got a kick to the head and Michelle got a knee to the midsection and applied an abdominal stretch into a takedown for a two count and Maryse grabbed her leg and Michelle kicked the back of it and slammed on it as Maryse kicked her out of the ring and Michelle got up as Maryse grabbed her hair and Michelle slapped her and got on the apron as Maryse tripped her and dropped her back on the floor and followed as she landed a couple of forearms and hit her head on the security wall and on the ring apron before throwing her back into the ring and Maryse got a kick to the back of the head for a two count.

Then Maryse landed a couple of forearms and a knee to the midsection and she whipped Michelle to the ropes and Michelle kicked Maryse in the face and got a low dropkick to the injured knee and then Gail Kim was on the top turnbuckle and landed a dropkick on Michelle and then hit Maryse with a neckbreaker.

Then Gail looked at Brittany who got up from her chair and Brittany looked at Gail and nodded her head surprisingly as Gail pointed at her and Brittany looked at her Divas' Championship Title belt.

The battle of Matt and Jeff Hardy was the worst of Brittany's problems and now with the returning Gail Kim, Brittany needed a weight off her shoulders and was looking forward to the new challenge.