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Chapter 124: The Devil's Beatdowns Part 2

RAW was in Buffalo, New York and Nicole was in the catering room making herself a cup of coffee when someone came up behind her and grabbed her arm.

"Ow! What the hell is your problem?" Nicole said.

"You know what my problem is," Matt Hardy said. "I had to spend a week in jail thanks to your girlfriend, my so-called sister-in-law."

"Maybe if you hadn't been a dick trying to kill her and your brother, this wouldn't have happened."

"You don't have any proof, neither of you can prove to anyone that I was the one responsible for Jeff's accidents."

"Oh, yeah? What if I told you that the car that ran Jeff and Brittany off the road was registered in your name along with the paint scratched off of it that matched the paint on the bumper of the car Jeff and Brittany was in? What about before Jeff was involved in the pyro accident that videotapes showed you coming in and out of the control center and no one else was there? And what about you with the dog collar proved that it was you that set Jeff's house on fire? No one would ever come a burned down house to find something that belong to something Jeff will have again because he's dead. How did you find it, Matt? Firemen will dig up every gravel and it will be buried forever. Nobody would have ever found Jack's dog collar but you."

Then Matt let go of Nicole and Nicole smiled.

"How do you know all this?" Matt said.

"Rochelle has a minor college degree in International Law, she has friends who are in law enforcement and taught her everything. She's way smarter than me, that's for sure. I don't know what game you're playing but to have this type of hatred towards your brother is way too much. You're jealous, you're sick, you're twisted, and you're demented."

"I guess you're right, you are smart; but me, there's a lot more about me than you or anyone else knows and I don't know what you and 'Eddie's Angels' do all day but you girls know when to stay out of the way."

Then as Matt walked away out of the catering room, he ran into John and John stared at him as he looked back at Nicole and Matt walked away.

"Baby, you're okay?" John said as he walked towards Nicole.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Nicole said.

"Did he hurt you?"

"He just grabbed my arm, but I'm alright; oh, my God, he is totally out of his mind, John. I mean, what kind of person is Matt Hardy?"

"It's okay."

Then John wrapped his arms around Nicole.

Later, RAW was on and the Miz was standing in the middle of the ring after kicking Festus out of the ring after he beat Jillian Hall in a sing-off.

"I am The Miz!" the Miz said, "and last week, I called out John Cena and Cena failed to come to the ring which tells me he's afraid of me. Is that it, Cena? Are you afraid of me? Are you sitting back there going 'Oh, no, the Miz gonna call me out again.' Is that what you're doing, Cena? Where's your hustle tonight? Where's your loyalty to all your fans. Where's your respect? More importantly, where's your self-respect, or is that some hollow catch phrase that you use to sell shirts with?" Then the crowd chanted "Cena!" "They're calling for you Cena, I'm challenging you again tonight. I mean, if it was me and you were calling me out here, injured or not, you would step to this ring and……."

Then John and Nicole showed up on the video screen walking down the hallway.

"Come on! Come on, Cena! Hurry up!" the Miz said as the crowd booed. "You're booing me? Why? Because I'm awesome and Cena still hasn't come out? You boo me? Really? Really. Really? Cena's still not coming out. Where are you, Cena, huh? Huh? Are you scared? Are you scare to walk out here, Cena? Because I don't see you walking this ramp. Maybe if you're walking around there trying to find your next movie script. Yeah, I mailed it to the Rock, he ran out of toilet paper. Cena, you are all hype, churned out by the WWE Machine so the kiddies have someone to scream for and their cougar mothers have someone to fantasize about. I am the most talented RAW Superstar there is. I am trying to prove it calling out the biggest, baddest Superstar on RAW and you're not showing up! Step up to the plate, Cena, come on! Huh? You're always saying, 'You want some, come get some.' I want the whole damn thing. Come on!" Then tore off his hat and bandana. "Once again, let the record book show that the Miz called out Cena and the Miz beat Cena for the second straight week. Let the scoreboard show the Miz, 2, Cena, 0. Stand up, Lillian and announce it again." But Lillian wouldn't. "You are worthless."

Then the Miz got out of the ring and grabbed the microphone from Lillian and then John's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Nicole following him. Nicole was wearing a black open shoulder sleeve mini dress with a foil paisley print and chain link straps, black boots, and her hair straight.

The two slowly walked down the ramp and John got into the ring before the Big Show's entrance theme played and the pyro was set off as he came out from the curtain. He walked down the ramp as John held his ground, staring at him with no expression and took off his dog tags and gave them to Nicole and the Big Show got into the ring and John took off his HLR baseball cap and tossed it out of the ring and put his hands up.

After an interminable staredown, Big Show kicked John in the gut with a smile on his face and John stumbled to the ropes and Big Show punched him in the gut several times and then applied a camel clutch. Nicole was begging the Big Show to stop as he released the hold and the Big Show got up and stood over John's lifeless body as Nicole watched in fear and RAW went to a commercial break.

A little later, it was time for the match between Dave and Ted DiBiase.

RAW started with Shane McMahon hoping to exact vengeance from Randy Orton but not surprisingly, the match saw interference from Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase and Dave & MVP interjecting on behalf of Shane. With the contest ending in a no contest, Vickie Guerrero set a new main event making it possible for everyone to earn their way in: Dave was set to face Ted DiBiase with MVP competing against Cody Rhodes with the winners joining either Shane or Randy.

In the first of two matches to determine the participants in RAW's tag team main event, Cody Rhodes took on MVP with William Regal assisting on commentary but William attacked MVP outside the ring, causing him to lose by count-out. With that, Cody earned a spot in the main event assisting Randy Orton, ensuring that best-case scenario for Shane would be a two-on-two encounter.

Ted was already in the ring as Dave's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain with Rochelle following him. Rochelle was wearing a black tiger print single strap cross mini dress, black boots and her hair curled. Dave did his thing with the pyro with Rochelle kneeling in front of him and the two walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Dave got on the turnbuckles flexing his muscles as Rochelle applauded for him. Dave got back down and Rochelle smiled as she left the ring and the referee called for the bell.

Dave and Ted locked up and Dave tossed Ted to the corner and Ted kicked Dave in the midsection and bailed out of the ring and Dave chased him and as Dave got back in the ring, Ted stomped on him and the referee pulled him back and then Ted kicked Dave and landed a right hand and went to whip Dave but Dave reversed and landed a knee to the midsection and Batista came back with a quick strong body slam then Dave landed a clothesline and went for a power slam but Ted escaped and clubbed Dave in the back and bounced off the ropes and Dave kicked Ted in the midsection and went for the Batista Bomb but Ted escaped and Dave landed a clothesline.

Dave bounced off the ropes and clubbed Ted in the back and got a snap mare and bounced off the ropes to land a boot to the face and Ted moved and got a dropkick to the face. Ted then was punching away at Dave and kicked him and covered for a two count and Ted went to whip Dave but Dave reversed and Ted kicked him in the face and Ted kicked him in the midsection and got a neck breaker for a two count.

Then Ted applied an inverted facelock and Dave got to his feet and rammed Ted to the corner and whipped Ted to the other corner and splashed him and got some shoulder blocks before he whipped Ted back to the corner and Ted used a drop toe hold to slam Batista face-first to the mat. Batista countered by raising his boot as Ted leaped off the ropes as Ted fell to the corner and Dave got a spear and landed some shoulder blocks before the referee pulled him off and Ted slapped Dave and went to kick him but Dave grabbed his leg and speared Ted to the corner and set off into a series of shoulders and boots to the face in the corner as the referee counted to five and Dave wouldn't break, so he got disqualified.

Then Dave realized it as he argued with the referee and then Rochelle got into the ring to calm Dave down as Ted got out of the ring and held onto his jaw and smiled as Dave finally calmed down and Rochelle held her hands on her hips shaking her head knowing Vickie Guerrero planned all of this to get a rise out of everybody and not particularly Dave's fault.

A little later, Shayna was walking down the hallway when she spotted Brittany outside "Eddie's Angels'" locker room.

"What is it, Shayna?" Brittany said.

"What is going on here?" Shayna said. "What is going on with Matt Hardy? Did you see what he just did to my boyfriend earlier?"

Shayna was referring to the match between Matt Hardy and Kofi Kingston.

For the second week in a row, Matt Hardy announced that due to his broken hand, he would be competing "under protest" and his pessimistic attitude worked against him during his match as Kofi Kingston served him up a loss. But following the contest Kofi celebrated, Matt used his injury to his advantage by clobbering Kofi with his cast.

"Look, his hand is not broken, okay?" Brittany said. "He's just faking this so he'll have people feeling sorry for him. Look, don't make a big deal out of this, okay? Just go out for your match and we'll talk about this later."

"Okay."

"Okay."

Then Shayna walked away as Brittany sighed.

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 scheduled for one fall," Lillian Garcia announced. "Introducing first being accompanied by the Glamazon Beth Phoenix, from San Mateo, California, Rosa Mendes."

The two walked down the ramp and Beth got into the ring as Rosa went around the ring and got on the apron and posed as she got in the ring 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.

Madison was wearing a red spaghetti strap low-cut sheer lace tank top with see-through sides, black leather pants, and her hair in waves. Skye was wearing a red and white striped low-cut tank top, denim shorts, and her hair in a ponytail. Shayna was wearing a black halter bikini top, red marble print shorts, and her hair straight.

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, Skye, and Beth left the ring as the referee called for the bell.

Shayna and Rosa locked up and Rosa got a side headlock before she whipped Shayna to the ropes and bounced off the ropes and Rosa ducked a clothesline and Rosa landed a chop to the chest three times and she twisted Rosa's arm and took her down into an armlock and Rosa got to her feet and punched Shayna in the midsection and kicked her in the midsection.

hen Rosa bounced off the ropes and got a low dropkick for a two count and Rosa grabbed Shayna and went for a right hand and Shayna blocked it as she landed one of her own and Rosa bailed to ringside for a breather and she & Beth argued as Rosa got back into the ring and Shayna went for a clothesline but Rosa ducked and took Shayna down and punched away at her.

Then Rosa whipped Shayna to the corner and choked her before the referee pulled her back and Rosa tossed Shayna across the ring and covered for a two count and Rosa grabbed Shayna and Shayna fought back with some forearms and bounced off the ropes to land a bicycle kick but Rosa ducked and got a boot to the face for a two count and then Shayna got some punches to the midsection and Rosa clubbed her in the back and she whipped Shayna into the corner and went for a splash but Shayna moved and fought back with right hands and landed a tilt-a-whirl back-breaker and then landed her finishing move, the Real Deal, 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 got back down as Beth pulled Rosa out of the ring and the Angelic Coaltion raised each other's arms in the air as RAW went to commercial break.

A few minutes later, Shane McMahon was walking down the hallway when……

"Shane," Dave said as he and Rochelle walked towards Shane, "I'm really sorry; I'm sorry, I blew it out there, okay?"

"Okay, I got you," Shane said, "I understand."

"I'm sorry, I'll be out there for you if I could."

"It's okay, I would be out there anyway."

"I'm sorry, but you know what you can count on is I'm taking the WWE Championship from Randy Orton at Judgment Day and I'm gonna make him pay for everything he's done, you can count on that." Then Shane walked away. "Be safe out there, man. I'm sorry."

But several minutes later, the entire RAW roster were watching EMTs rolling Shane McMahon on a stretcher as he was the victim of another unfortunate attack from Randy Orton.

Shane McMahon faced Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in a 3-on-1 handicap match as determined by the Legacy members' wins earlier in the night. As decreed by Vickie Guerrero, if Dave or MVP were to become involved with the match, Dave would lose his Judgment Day title opportunity against Randy Orton and MVP would be stripped of his U.S. Title.

Heeding Vickie's threats, Dave & MVP steered clear of the match as Shane McMahon struggled to hold his own but Legacy put a definitive end to the match when they attacked his leg using a steel chair and the ring steps shattering Shane's ankle and causing the contest to end in a disqualification. Afterward, Batista ran out to the ring, but it was too late as Shane writhed in agony while being attended to by EMTs.

"Dave, it's not your fault," Rochelle said, "remember that. I'm telling you, Vickie is getting a rise out of you and me and everyone else involved. This is what she wanted."

"But you know what?" Dave said. "I'm gonna do what I promised to do: I'm hurt Randy Orton and I'm taking the WWE Championship."

Then Dave walked away.

"So now what?" Brittany said.

"Vickie wants to make more threats?" Nicole said. "I got some more things in store for her. She won't see it coming."