Chapter 116: Brothers of A Vicious War, Part Three
Smackdown was at the University of Texas in Austin and John was a guest on Edge's talk show, The Cutting Edge.
Rochelle was sleeping in the bed of her and Dave's hotel room as Dave was already awake and Rochelle woke up as well.
"Good morning," Dave said.
"Good morning," Rochelle said as she leaned in and kissed Dave. "I missed you so much; I'm so glad you're back."
"I'm happy to be back; it's a shame that Vickie Guerrero took over the General Manager position of RAW because I could've had plenty of benefits."
"Oh, you would have plenty of benefits alright, but no. Vickie Guerrero is tired of the Angels and she'll probably do even worse things than she did on Smackdown, whoop-de-do."
"It was fun while it lasted; I still got a picture of you in the latest issue of Playboy magazine that keeps me going if it makes you feel better any better."
"You got the real thing right here, baby."
Then John leaned down and kissed Nicole.
A couple hours later at the arena, "Eddie's Angels" were walking down the hallway determined to find out who was the new General Manager. When they reached a certain office, Rochelle knocked on the door.
"Come in," a voice said from inside.
Then "Eddie's Angels" walked inside and Theodore Long was inside the office.
"Teddy!" the Angels said.
"Hey, what's happening, Angels?" Theodore said the Angels hugged him.
"Wait a minute, you got your job back as General Manager of Smackdown?" Rochelle said.
"Yes, I do" Theodore said. "Living long and back in charge."
"That's awesome, congratulations," Delancey said.
"Hey, it all thanks to you for getting Vickie Guerrero out of Smackdown, but I apologize for her taking your General Manager jobs."
"Hey, you have nothing to apologize for," Brittany said. "Eddie's Angels' will still be around as long as Vickie is still around."
"By the way, who's gonna take over as General Manager of ECW?" Amanda said.
"I've already appointed my assistant Tiffany as the interim General Manager for now," Theodore said.
"Cool," Brittany said.
"Well, we know you're busy with what you have prepared for tonight," Nicole said, "so we'll leave you alone."
"Hey, by the way," Theodore said, "I heard you Angels had one heck of a party after Wrestlemania."
"You should've came," Buffy said, "we had a lot of fun."
"I'm sure you did."
"Well, welcome back and see you later."
"Alright, now."
Then Smackdown was on and Matt Hardy's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. Matt walked down the ramp raising his arm in the air and got into the ring and looked around at the crowd.
"Wrestlemania moments," Matt said onto the microphone, "unforgettable Wrestlemania moments, there were a lot of great unbelievable Wrestlemania moments last Sunday, a lot of memories and images that will be burned inside the WWE fans' heads of for the rest of their life, for eternity. The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels had what a lot of people are calling the greatest Wrestlemania match of all time last Sunday; but one thing that was indisputable was that the absolute greatest Wrestlemania Moment of all time, of all time happened last Sunday - and that was when Matt Hardy beat the Extreme Enigma in an Extreme Rules match in the most extreme way possible with an extreme Twist of Fate! And you know what that means, Jeff? That you're nothing more than an extreme disappointment for all those 72,000+ fans of yours that were at Wrestlemania. You know, for years I've been looked upon as the other Hardy but after all the talk, after all the false promises, I knew that all it would take was one extreme beating in three seconds and I proved to each and every one of you, I proved to the world that I am the superior Hardy and that I always have been. You knew it, you knew that; but beating you isn't enough, Jeff, beating you will never be enough. As long as there's a little boy wearing one of your silly armbands doing this……" Matt was mocking Jeff raising arm in the air. "……like that ridiculous guy, as long as there's a little girl screaming and dreaming about touching you in the arm as you walk down the aisle to the ring, it will never be enough, Jeff. I have to erase you from the WWE. And until there's only one Hardy in the WWE, you will always have to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life because I won't stop, Jeff, I won't quit. I will be there, I'll be in every stairwell, around every corner, I'll be waiting on you when you leave every party. That's how this has to end, Jeff. So for one time in your life, Jeff, make a good decision, make a smart decision. Come down to this ring and apologize to your people for being a disappointment. And then apologize to me for attempting to be my brother. Because if you don't do this, I promise you this, this is a promise, Jeff, you will leave this ring strapped to a stretcher and you will never, ever wrestle again. So be a man, Jeff, come down to this ring and admit to each and every one of your people that you've never been nothing more than an extreme disappointment! Come on, Jeff, your people are waiting on you. Give them what they want! They're chanting for you! Come on, be a man!"
Jeff's entrance theme played and he comes out from the curtain with Brittany following him. Brittany was wearing a brown suede tube top, denim jeans, and her hair straight. Jeff and Brittany walked down the ramp and stopped a few feet away from the ring and then Jeff got into the ring and Matt out of the ring and then grabbed his thigh as he pulled it and Brittany got into the ring to check on him as Matt backed up the ramp. Then Theodore Long's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain.
"Teddy Long, living long and back in charge right here on Smackdown," Theodore said. "Now, Matt, hold on, player, just a minute. Now you said something earlier that caught my attention, you said that your brother Jeff wouldn't give you an apology that you would make him leave tonight on a stretcher. Well, you see, Monday is the WWE Draft; now one of you or maybe both of you may be leaving Smackdown. Now that would be a disappointment, so let me tell you something, player. The only way that either one of you will leave here tonight, it will be on a stretcher and what I mean by that is, Matt, tonight for the first time ever right here on Smackdown will go one-on-one with your brother Jeff in a stretcher match."
Brittany smiled at Jeff stared at Matt as Smackdown went to a commercial break.
A little later, Gail Kim was stretching as she was getting ready for her match against Michelle McCool when Brittany walked up to her.
"Hey, Gail," Brittany said.
"Hey," Gail said.
"You know, I never got the change to welcome you back two weeks ago, so welcome back."
"Thank you."
"And I must admit, you did a pretty good number on Michelle McCool & Maryse and besides, I don't like those two anyway; Michelle's crazy and Maryse thinks she's better than everybody."
"I hear you."
"I also wanted to accept your challenge for the Divas' Championship, after all I am the first woman to hold this and the Women's Championship; maybe you could be next."
"That's fine."
"See you later."
Then Brittany walked away.
A few minutes later, The Cutting Edge was on and Edge sat on a stool in the ring as the crowd booed.
"I haven't slept in a week," Edge said, "I rolled into Houston expecting the biggest win of my life at the 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania," but that win and the World Heavyweight Championship, they were stolen from me by my guest tonight, John Cena."
John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. Nicole was wearing a brown suede halter top, denim shorts, and her hair straight. The two walked down the ramp and got into the ring and John raised his arms in the air.
"Have a seat, Cena," Edge said.
Then John grabbed the microphone and said,
"Just because I didn't get a chance on Monday, let me this out of the way first……" Then John raised his World Heavyweight Championship Title belt in the air and said, "the Champ is Here!"
"I said have a seat!" Then John sat down on the stool with Nicole sitting on his lap. "I know there's thousands of people here and I know you come out here and you pander to all of them for some kind of reaction out of the thousands of fans in the arena."
"There's thousands of very loud people here tonight."
"You just have that, don't you? But guess what? I don't care about them. You see, I wanted you out here tonight because I wanted to talk to you because that……" Edge pointed at John's title belt. "……that right there on your shoulder, that World Heavyweight Championship, that is my life. If I'm lost at sea, that is my life preserver, that's what keeps my heart beating. The wins, the losses, the blood, the sweat, the tears, the problems with my life, I can handle all of that as long as I have that. And John, you stole it from me." Then John and Nicole stood up and looked at each other like Edge was crazy. "Sit down!"
Then John sat back down and said,
"Really? That's it? That's your problem? That I stole this from you? Get over yourself, Edge. You lost at Wrestlemania."
Then John and Nicole went to leave when…….
"You ruined my life!" Edge said.
Then John and Nicole laughed when John said,
"Oh, really? I ruined your life? How the hell did you think this was gonna end up? Wait a minute, hold on." Then John sat back down on the stool. "You just brought me out here and said you wanted to talk to me. How many years we've been doing this, Edge? How many years we've been chasing each other's tail? How many cities? How many times we've fought over this championship? We've had wives, girlfriends, managers, lackeys, my dad, your hometown, my hometown, Elimination Chambers, tables, ladders, chairs, briefcases, history, championships, I actually even think I threw you in the Long Island Sound once, I'm very sorry about that. Of course, we've had video surveillance and Wrestlemania. And through all that, through all the years, through all the matches, the reason they all love this whether they're cheering for you or they're cheering for me because they know that every time that one does something to the other one will make a point to raise the bar and try to go the extra mile. Tonight, you had an opportunity to have me on your show and tell the WWE Universe about what is quite possibly the greatest rivalry in sports entertainment history, but you chose this to tell me that I stole this from you, that I ruined your life? Well, then, if that's all you gotta say and we're done here, you're just wasting my time."
Again, as John and Nicole went to leave……
"I hate you," Edge said. "I hate you. Hate is a strong word, but it sums up everything I feel for you, Cena. I hate your hat. I hate your t-shirts. I hate your wrist bands. I hate your shoes. I hate your music. I hate the Cenation. I hate everything that you stand for. And John, whether you want to admit it or not, this, all of the years between you and I, it's exhausted you as much as it has me. This can't go on any longer. It has shortened both of our careers. And at Backlash, this is finally going to end. One of us will beat the other so badly that they can't get back up. And make no mistake about it, at the end of that match, the one who's gonna be left standing is me."
"No!" John said as he got in Edge's face and kicked away his stool. "You may be a better wrestler than him, you may be smarter than me, you may know how to use your opportunities & resources and get you a championship, but I look in your eyes right now and I know you're desperate. You're grabbing at straws, you're tired, you're exhausted, a Last Man Standing match? Edge, that is a match based on punishment and I could look in your eyes right now and you know I'm telling the damn truth when I tell you I'm tougher than you. That's why I'll be the Last Man Standing, that's why you hate me. It's not the hat, it's not the wristbands, it's not the t-shirt, it's not the dog tags. It's the truth! Because when you think about all those matches we had, you think about every time we beat the hell out of each other, every time you ran back and hit me with everything you had, and then watched me get back up! You hate me? You hate me so bad it's gotta come to an end! You wanna end it, end it right now! Come on! Clench your fist and hit me and see what happens. I will unleash hell on you. Come on, right now!"
Edge stared back as he dropped the microphone and kicked the stool away and took his shirt. Nicole went to the corner as John was beating his chest muscles and Edge clenched his fist as John then put his arms behind his back and stuck his chin out. Then Edge backed up and left the ring and hung his head low as he walked up the ramp and John shook his head as Nicole walked towards John and stood next to him as he raised his title belt and Nicole smiled.
In Nicole's mind, Edge got punked out.
A little later, it was time for the stretcher match which was Jeff versus his brother Matt.
Jeff's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Brittany following him. The pyro went off as Jeff and Brittany walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Jeff got on the turnbuckles and raised his arms in the air and got back down as Matt Hardy's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. Matt walked down the ramp and got into the ring and stared at Jeff as he took off his jacket and then Brittany got out of the ring as the referee called for the bell.
Matt immediately went for a clothesline but Jeff ducked and kicked Matt in the midsection and landed a right hand before speared Matt to the corner and landed rights and lefts before splashing Matt twice and went for the diving leg drop but Matt bailed out of the ring and Jeff followed as he clubbed Matt in the back and Matt got a right hand and went to hit Jeff's hand onto the ring apron but Jeff blocked and got a back elbow and hit Matt's head on the ring apron.
Then Jeff got another right hand and landed a suplex onto the stretcher and Jeff placed Matt onto the stretcher and went to roll it but Matt retaliated clubbing Jeff in the back and ran him to the security wall and threw him back in the ring and Matt landed an elbow drop and Matt went to suplex Jeff but Jeff blocked and got a faceplant on Matt. Then Jeff went for the Twist of Fate but Matt escaped and shoved Jeff to the ropes and got the Side Effect and he got out of the ring as he rolled the stretcher to the ring apron and Matt rolled Jeff on it and landed some right hands and Matt managed to get the first near-win as he rolled Jeff up the ramp right to the yellow line but Jeff got off just in time as he was kicking Matt in the face and landed a clothesline and then rode the stretcher down the aisle and dove onto Matt.
Matt dragged Jeff face-first onto the middle turnbuckle and Matt whipped Jeff to the ropes and Jeff landed a clothesline three times and Jeff went for an atomic drop but Matt blocked it and Matt applied a cool overhead underhook bodywrap submission and Jeff lost consciousness and Matt got out of the ring and rolled the stretcher to the ring apron and he pulled Jeff on it and Matt rolled the stretcher as Jeff fought free half way hitting Matt in the head and Matt rolled the stretcher to the security railing and he held onto the railing as Matt grabbed his leg and then reverse kicked Matt in the face.
Jeff was clutching his leg as Matt was crawling on the floor and Jeff followed with a hard whip of Matt into the ringside steps and Jeff grabbed the stretcher and placed Matt on it and rolled the stretcher up the ramp as Matt got off as Jeff was hitting right hands and Matt kept pushing the stretcher as the brothers fought and Matt landed a big right hand and Matt charged at Jeff with the stretcher and almost ran him over but Jeff moved just in time.
Then Matt threw Jeff back into the ring and Matt went under the ring and grabbed a chair and when he was about to go back into the ring, Jeff charged at Matt and shoved the chair into him knocking him off the ring apron and Matt fell backwards onto the stretcher and Matt quickly climbed up the ring apron and Jeff was hitting Matt in the head and Matt fell onto the stretcher again and Jeff climbed the top turnbuckle and aimed for Matt but badly missed and landed on the stretcher.
Jeff got to his feet and was clubbing Matt in the back and placed him on the stretcher and Matt was hanging onto the ring apron as Jeff rammed Matt onto the ring steps and hit his head onto the steps and Jeff placed Matt onto the stretcher and climbed the top turnbuckle and Jeff went for a Swanton Bomb but Matt rolled off the stretcher and Jeff landed on it. As Matt was rolling the stretcher, Jeff got up and Matt was hitting him in the head and Matt grabbed a chair and hit Jeff with it and then as he rolled the stretcher up towards the line, Brittany jumped on Matt's back to stop him and Matt landed a snap mare hitting Brittany's back onto the ramp and she winced in pain and then Matt rolled the stretcher past the line to win.
Then the referee raised Matt's arm in the air and then Matt then shoved the stretcher rolling all the way back to ringside and into the side of the ring. Then the rest of "Eddie's Angels" came out and were pushing and shoving Matt in anger and Matt was pointing at each and every one of them as he walked to the back and Amanda & Rochelle went to check on Jeff as Buffy and Delancey helped Brittany up.
With the WWE Draft looming, Brittany would hope that Matt Hardy would be drafted to RAW so she and Jeff wouldn't have to deal with him anymore.
