It's now the day of the Royal Rumble in Boston, I come out of the bathroom dressed in a dark red dress with matching shoes. My jewelry consisted of loop earrings, pearl bracelet, my promise and engagement rings, and a heart pendant necklace. I had red eyeshadow, nail polish and a flower clip for my hair to match my dress and shoes. My hair was styled long and curly. Once I'm done, I walk out to put my other clothes in my bag and grab my jacket. Alex whistles playfully. I smile and roll my eyes jokingly.
"You would..."
He grins.
"Tonight should be an interesting night."
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"Mike and Wondy both have title matches...myself being in the Rumble..."
"You never told me you were in the Rumble...that's awesome."
He nods, smiling.
"What spot in the Rumble are you?"
"34."
"Well that's still a good spot...most of the others are worn down before you even come out."
"I know."
"Well let's go wait out in the car...even though I'm dreading going outside into the cold and everything."
"Alright." He agrees.
We put on our jackets and head out to the car. In the meantime Aly's just coming out of the bathroom from changing herself. She's not looking up, instead looking at her wrist as she fumbles with the clasp of her bracelet. She hears Mike whistle from behind her, and she senses him staring. She laughs faintly, still messing with the clasp while sticking her feet into her heels.
"Amazing." He mutters.
She giggles as she walks over to him and sticks her wrist out, silently asking for his help
with the clasp. He smiles and helps, putting the small ring though the clasp.
"Thank you." She kisses his cheek lightly, the smell of mango reaching him.
"...mango..." He mumbles.
She just smiles, going to get her jacket.
"You can get some of the mango, after you win your match tonight." She comments and he smirks.
"Just a little incentive to win, not that you need it." She adds, shrugging as she grabs her bag after putting on her jacket.
"Of course not..." He chuckles, grabbing his own jacket and putting it on.
He grabs his bag and they head out to the car. She falls quiet as we drive to the arena, looking out the window deep in thought. After we get to the arena, I fall back to walk with her as we go to the room.
"Hey, you okay? You were awfully quiet on the way here."
"I just have a weird feeling about tonight." She says quietly with a shrug.
"Is this feeling about anyone in particular?"
"It isn't Mike."
"And it can't be Alex...or me...so that leaves yourself."
She bites her lip and nods, sighing.
"I hope this is one of these time when you're wrong."
"Me too." She mumbles.
"But guess what? I didn't find this out until earlier, but Alex is in the Rumble."
"Really? That's good for him."
"Yup, number 34. Which if you look at that in a good way, whoever's still in the ring is worn out before he even comes out."
"Yeah."
We get to the room and hang out for a while, before the show starts. Once it starts, the first match was the World Heavyweight Championship match.
"Oh joy..."
Aly just rolls her eyes and snuggles against Mike, trying to ignore the feeling in her gut. After the replay from what happened on Smackdown they go back to the ring and Edge is getting all pumped up. But the sound was not so sweet when we hear Vickie's voice emerge as she walks out.
"Excuse me!"
"Oh my god, shut up."
"I wish she'd lose her voice." Aly mutters.
"Excuse me! I said excuse me!"
"She looks like a a can of strawberry soda with botulism." Striker jokes, referring to her sparkly red, spagetti strap shirt.
"Pffft." I snicker.
"As acting general manager of Smackdown, I am here to remind everyone and especially you Edge...that I have deemed the spear illegal and dangerous. It is officially banned. Now sweetheart, I'm...I'm begging, no I am pleading just use the spear one time tonight. And to get you in the mood, I'm going to help you. So everybody please join me..spear spear spear spear!" She says, then laughs evilly.
"Edge if you use the spear tonight, not only will you lose and be disqualified...but you will lose the World Heavyweight Championship to a man who is my boyfriend Dolph Ziggler!" She announces and he walks out.
"A man? Please..."
"He's not a man...he's a troll."
Dolph walks out and gets into the ring and the bell rings. The match went on forever. But the match took a huge turn when Kelly Kelly come out and knocked out Vickie, after the ref was knocked out. Edge took this chance to set up for the spear since Vickie and the ref wouldn't see. He ran and speared Dolph and once the ref saw Edge covering Dolph he counted to three and Edge retains the title.
"Not sure if I really care about this one." I say.
"I think it was a given that bobblehead would win." Aly adds.
"Pretty much."
During the break a stagehand knocked on the door to tell Mike to get ready for his match
since it was up next.
"We'll come get you two when we come back from the locker room." Mike says, standing up.
"Okay."
They both leave and we sit there and wait.
"Well this match is going to be one of thse long ones...and one of those headache forming ones."
"Uh-huh." She sighs, twisting her engagement ring around her finger.
We sit there and then suddenly on the screen Mike and Alex appear, with Josh Matthews in the locker room with them to talk to Mike. After Mike talks, he shakes his head while muttering something and turns to Alex.
"Listen geek, the Miz can outbrawl Randy Orton. Outwrestle him, outshine him, outsmart him and...outclass him. He's gonna beat Randy tonight, and he's going to go onto Wrestlemania the WWE Champion."
"Geek? I thought he was a nerd?" Aly says jokingly.
"Isn't that the same thing?" I laugh and she shrugs.
"Because as I told Orton, as I stood over his barely concious body two weeks ago...I'm the
Miz and I'm awesome." Mike says, as he and Alex walk away and the camera fades to the ring.
"We can agree with that much."
As Randy is coming out on the screen to the ring, the door opens and there stands Mike and Alex. We get up and follow them out and we wait by the curtain until it's time for us to go out. We walk down the ramp, Mike glaring at Randy. We stand ringside with Alex as Mike gets up onto the apron. He climbs onto the turnbuckle and stares at Randy, holding the title in the air. Alex gets into the ring for a brief moment as Mike climbs down and into the ring. He hands Alex the title and takes his jacket off and hands that to Alex as well, taking back the title from him. Justin announces the match and whatnot, the ref takes the belt and gives it to one of the attendants ringside and the bell rings, starting the match.
They circle each other a few times, and Randy gets the first shot in...punching Miz and sending him to the apron. Miz gets up and Randy uppercuts him, sending him into the corner. He repeatedly punches him until he sinks to the apron and then kicks him a couple times before the ref backs him up. Miz gets up again but Randy grabs him and throws him out of the ring and onto the floor. Randy throws him into one of the barries along the ramp and then the other. Aly and myself cringing at the impact. After Miz is away from the barries, Orton delivers a big clothesline and stares at Alex who backs away so nothing happens to him. Randy goes back over to Miz and throws him back into the ring, going for the pin but Miz kicks out. Randy walks around, puts a foot on his face and stomps on it. He picks him up and then kicks him in the chest, Miz crying out in pain.
He does it again and as Miz is near the ropes, he stomps on his chest a few times. As Miz is under the ropes, Randy lifts him up by his legs and drops back, making Miz's throat hit the bottom rope. Randy goes for the pin again, but Miz kicks out. Miz gets back into a corner as Randy stares him down like he's his prey. He lifts him up and uppercuts him again, then elbows him in the back, then uppercuts him again. He punches him and when the ref tells him to get Miz out of the corner, he does, but throws him into the opposite one. Randy goes running but is met by an elbow to the face by Miz. He stumbles but bounces back quickly and repeatedly punches him again until Miz sinks down in the corner. The ref counts and Randy backs away, Alex making sure if Miz is alright and Randy stares Miz down again.
Randy walks over and pushes Miz down onto the middle rope, staring at Alex and us in the meantime. Alex gets frustrated and angry and the ref counts down, Randy letting go.
"Come on!" Alex yells.
Randy grabs Miz's legs and stomps on his chest again. He stares at Alex, then goes back to Miz and hits him across the chest with his arm. As Miz crawls away, Randy follows and goes to throw him into the ropes, but he counters and does it to Randy instead. Miz is hoping Randy will come back so he can punch him but Randy holds onto the ropes. As Miz runs at him, he gets elbowed in the face and stumbles backwards away from Randy. As the ref is distracted, Alex climbs up onto the side of the apron and grabs Randy's head and jumps down, making Randy's neck hit the top rope. This gave Miz the chance to control the match, which he did. He keeps control as Randy is in the corner until the ref started counting to get him to back off.
Miz grabs Randy and goes to throw him face first onto the top turnbuckle. But Randy blocks and elbows Miz in the gut, then throwing him face first onto the top turnbuckle. Randy goes to throw Miz into the corner, but he counters and throws him into it. He goes running towards him but is met with a clothesline by Randy. Randy backs up and Miz starts getting up in the corner. Randy runs, but with the help of Alex...Miz gets out of the way and Randy goes into the turnbuckle. Miz takes advantage and gets control back of the match, going after Randy as much as he can. Miz back up into the opposite corner as Randy gets up. He sets up for the running corner clothesline and then he successfully executes it, Alex going nuts about it. Miz goes for the pin, but Randy powers out. Miz then knees Randy in the back and as Randy gets to the ropes he holds a knee to the back of his neck and when the ref is distracted with Miz, Alex comes around and punches Randy in the head and then backs away.
Miz goes for the pin again, but Randy powers out. Miz gets Randy in a chinlock, unitl Randy gets up and reaches for the ropes. But Miz pulls him back, Randy getting to his feet and getting out of the lock. Miz lets go and counters Randy's move to send him into the ropes. When Randy comes back Miz knees him and he goes flipping over. Miz takes advantage and goes for the pin, but Randy powers out again. Miz glares at Randy and then goes against the ropes, and kicking him square in the head. He goes for the pin yet again, but Randy powers out. Miz walks around and the punches him, then kicks him. When he gets up he goes after him, Randy back up but then goes right after Miz. Miz then high elbows Randy to the apron and goes for yet another pin, but of course Randy powers out. Miz holds Randy against the ropes and lets go before the ref could count to five. Miz gets out of the ring and rolls Randy onto his stomach and goes after his back. Then he grabs him and sets him up, kneeing him in the nose. He goes for the pin again, but Randy powers out. Then Miz gets him in a headlock until Randy gets up. But Randy falls back down again and then gets up and struggles...going down again. He tries to get ou, getting to one knee and standing up again.
He gets out of the hold and sends Miz into the ropes again. But when Miz comes back, Randy gets him in a headlock/sleeper. Miz counters and sends Randy into the ropes, and Miz grabs him going for a supplex but Randy blocks it. Randy goes to hit Miz, swinging his arm behind him, but Miz moves away quickly. Miz misses the punch and Randy supplexes him instead. Miz gets up and so does Randy. When Miz gets up, he kicks him square in the face then goes for the pin and Randy powers out...again. Miz is getting frustrated and then climbs out of the ring and onto the top turnbuckle. But Randy gets up and hits him, making fall down onto it. Randy glares at him and then punches him, getting up onto the middle rope and grabbing him. He stands him up onto the top rope and does a huge supplex and goes for the pin, Miz powering out. Both of them roll around on the apron and as Miz gets up Randy goes after him. They go back and forth with hits and kicks. Randy gets the momentum and clothesline and then does a backbreaker. Miz rolls outside of the ropes and Randy kicks him and gets him suspended on the middle rope. But Miz counters and lifts Randy up, sending him outside the ring.
The ref is distracted by Miz again and Alex gets a few good kicks in and backs away quickly. Miz walks over and picks Randy up and rams him into the barrier, then rams him into the ring. He then rolls him back into the ring and gets him himself, going for the pin but Randy powers out. Miz climbs out and onto the top turnbuckle. As Randy gets up he jumps and hits Randy across the back of the neck, then going for the pin and Randy kicking out. Miz keeps going after him trying a pin again, then going after him again. He goes for another pin, but Randy powers out. He grapples Randy and Randy does not want to give up. Randy gets up to his feet and gets out of the hold, countering and then Miz throws him out of the ring. Miz walks around to get Randy but he gains momentum and kicks him. Randy goes to power bomb Miz, but Miz counters and grabs Randy's legs, the sends him flying forward and face first into the steel ringpost. Randy lays there and Miz rolls back into the ring and the ref starts counting.
Randy slowly moves, but gets back into the ring before 10 is said. But when he gets back in he unloads onto Miz and it doesn't stop. That is until Miz gets back onto the attack. He goes for another clothesline and Randy counters with clotheslines of his own then a power slam. Then he stomps on all the joints and limbs of Miz and then jumps and knees Miz in the face. He goes for the pin, but Miz powers out. As Miz gets up, Randy kicks him sending him to his knees. Randy sets up for a powerbomb, but Alex jumps onto the side of the ring.
"No! No no no!"
Alex jumps down as Randy rushes over, and then Miz does the backbreaker to the neckbreaker and goes for the pin. But at 3, Randy powers out. Both Randy and Miz get up, but as Miz runs at Randy, he makes him hit the ropes. Randy goes for the RKO, but Miz counters and goes for the Skull Crushing Finale. Randy counters that and supplexes him backwards. He goes for the pin, but Miz powers out. Miz rolls out of the ring and walks around and grabs the title, Alex in tow. He gets it from one of the attendants and starts walking away with the title, Alex still in tow. But as Miz rounds the corner, he's met with a clothesline by Randy. Randy picks him up and rolls him back into the ring, then starts glaring at Alex and following him around the ring. Randy gets back into the ring, but Miz gained momentum and went after Randy, then goes for the pin and Orton kicked out. Miz gets up and misses the kick in the face and Randy goes for the pin and Miz kicks out. Miz rolls out of the ring and outside the ropes, where Randy comes over and grabs him then plants him face first into the apron, suspended from the middle rope.
Randy gets up and now the Viper is coiled and ready to strike. Miz gets up and the crowd goes nuts and Miz looks over and Nexus is walking out, minus Punk. Aly and I look at each other like 'what the hell is going on?' but at the same time worried because of not knowing what they're going to do. As Randy is distracted by Nexus and the ref is distracted as well, Alex starts sneaking into the ring slowly. Randy turns around and goes after him, then sends him flying out of the ring and landing onto every member of Nexus. We're watching with alarm, wanting to go check on Alex but wary of going near Nexus. Mike goes to take advantage of the distraction to do the Skull Crushing Finale, but Randy counters and RKOs him. But as Randy gets up, into the ring comes Punk and gives him the GTS and takes Mike and pulls him over by the arm to cover Randy. He then quickly gets out of the ring and kneels outside and slides under the ring, so the ref sees nothing. Both of us are failry speechless. The ref slides back into the ring and countes to 2, Mike winning the match and retaining the title.
"I'm not even sure what to say right now..." Aly mumbles to me.
"Punk helped? Since when does he help us?"
"I don't know."
Punk crawls out of the other side of the ring, heading backstage with the rest of Nexus. Mike getting the title back from the ref and then crawling out of the ring and celebrating with Alex and us as we all walk back up the ramp with him.
"That was just...weird." Aly says once we get backstage.
"I guess Punk gets points for helping out..."
"Yeah."
"Isn't your match next? Don't you have to go get ready?" I ask.
"Yeah." She nods.
"Kick ass out there." I laugh.
She just nods again, biting back a sigh. We go back to the room ands he grabs her bag, then heads back out to head down to the locker room to get ready. After the break, LayCool comes out and do their little poses and whatnot. Then after their music fades, Aly walks out to her music and does her entrance to the ring thing and poses with the title and hands the title to the ref and he shows the crowd. After the ref hands it to an attendant and her music fades...the GM dings in.
"Oh no..." I say, covering my face.
Aly tilts her head to the ceiling, gritting her teeth and willing herself to calm down.
"Can I have your attention please? I've receieved an email from the anonymous Raw general manager. And I quote. Teddy Long might've allowed for the possibility of LayCool, co-holding the Divas championship. But Mr. Long is currently incapacitated, and I am in charge. That means I am changing the Divas Championship match."
Aly tilts her head back down and rubs her temples, waiting to hear what the new match will be.
"I get enough complaints of how...annoying Michael Cole is. I...I'm sure that was just a joke. But nonetheless, I'm not going to double my inbox with complaints about LayCool. This will no longer be a handicap match, but instead a Fatal Fourway Divas Championship match. Sadie vs Layla vs Michelle McCool vs the following diva..." Cole finishes and closes the laptop and then Eve's music plays and she walks out.
Aly growls and tries to resist the urge to swear.
"Oh my god, are you kidding me? What has Eve done lately to deserve a title shot? Uh NOTHING." I rant.
Eve runs down the ramp and gets into the ring, and the bell rings. Michelle immediately goes after Sadie and Layla goes after Eve. Then they switch and Michelle goes Eve and Layla after Sadie. Michelle throws Eve into the corner and Layla throws Sadie (Aly) into the corner as well. Layla and Michelle start going after Eve, leaving Sadie (Aly) in the corner to regain strength. Layla picks up Eve and throws her right into a clothesline by Michelle. She then gets put into a clothesline by Layla, and both she and Michelle go after her. Layla goes over to Aly and picks her up, but Aly hits her in the face, sending her stumbling away from her. Once Eve is out of the picture, it comes down to Aly and LayCool. Michelle comes after Aly but she elbows her and she stumbles away. Then Layla gets up and starts running after her, getting knocked down along with Michelle who comes back for more. Aly grabs Layla by the legs and Layla screams in terror. Michelle comes from behind but Aly kicks her in retaliation, knowing she was behind her.
Then Aly lifts Layla up as Michelle turns back around, making Layla basically what looks like spearing Michelle. Aly goes for the pin, but Michelle pulls Layla out of the ring. Aly gets out of the ring and Layla immediately clotheslines her to the floor. Michelle gets back into the ring, just as Eve was getting back up. She runs at Eve and knees her, sending her rolling back outside of the ring. It now came down to Layla and Michelle who turned around and just stared at each other, not knowing what to do. As Layla backs up, Aly grabs her feet and drops her face first onto the apron, and that's when Michelle retaliates and kicks Aly in the chest. That's when Eve rolls Michelle up from behind going for the pin, but Layla interferes and stops it. Aly gets back into the ring and drops Michelle with and arm and Eve drops Layla with a dropkick. Eve kicks Layla out of the ring as Aly picks Michelle up by her hair and throws her out of the ring. Eve goes over to Aly and turns her around and goes to elbow her.
But Aly counters and grabs Eve by the waist, then going for her submission, Trouble In Paradise and that's when Layla interfered and stopped her. She then gets Layla and Eve and goes for a double Trouble in Paradise, but Michelle comes in and drops Aly with a kick to the face. She then goes over to Eve and goes for the pin, but Eve kicks out. Michelle lifts Eve up, but Eve rolls Michelle up for the pin again, Layla interfering and stopping the pin. Layla does the layout neckbreaker to Eve and she rolls under the bottom rope. Michelle runs and kicks Eve back outside of the ring. Laya and Michelle both get up and are met by a double clothesline by Aly. Laya gets up and is met by a single clothesline by Aly, the same thing with Michelle. Layla meets the same fate again, then Aly goes over to Michelle and picks her up then drops her to the apron.
She goes for the pin, but Layla interferes again. She elbow Aly, but is hit back with a slap. Aly lifts up Layla and rams her into the opposite corner, then elbows her repeatedly. Aly gets one last clothesline in to Layla in the corner. Kind of like Mike's running corner clothesline, but Aly didn't run like he does. Aly goes back over to Layla after looking between Michelle and her. She picks her up onto her shoulder and turns around to face Michelle. And when Michelee comes running, Aly moves and Michelle ends up kicking Layla in the face. As Michelle is trying to see if Layla is okay, Aly rolls up Michelle going for the pin, but Michelle kicks out at 2. Michelle goes to kick Aly, but she catches her foot and she's hopping on one leg. She pushes her and she goes through the ropes and outside of the ring. Eve comes in and takes Aly, throwing her out of the ring herself.
Eve gets to the top rope and then does her signature flip, landing on Layla. Aly gets back into the ring as Eve goes for the pin on Layla and Michelle covers her at the same time. But the ref only sees Layla and Eve and he counts the pin for Eve, making her win the match and gaining the Divas title. Aly closes her eyes, clenches her jaw, and punches the mat in frustration. Michelle is flipping out as she usually does, Eve rolls out of the ring and at the top of the ramp she raises the title before disappearing backstage. Aly slides out of the ring and heads backstage with a pretty emotionless look on her face. Mike had already left the room before she headed backstage so that he could meet her as she came back.
He starts to reach out for her and she shakes her head.
"I don't want to be touched right now." She says quietly as she walks towards the locker room.
He sighs and debates on waiting outside the locker room or going back to the room. He decides to go back to the room and he sits back down in silence.
"I suppose I should have warned you about how she gets when she's that mad."
"Yeah...that would've helped..." He mutters.
"Sorry. I forget sometimes that you guys don't know her as well as I do."
"It's okay." He sighs.
A few minutes later Aly walks in and tosses her bag in the corner, sitting down on the couch without a word. All of us are silent, not knowing whether we should talk or not.
"I won't kill you for talking." She mutters.
"Sorry. We just didn't know if we could say anything because of how mad you are."
She shakes her head and shrugs, sinking into the corner of the couch and rubbing her temples. We turn our attention back to the screen and it was time for the Royal Rumble match. The first to come out was CM Punk. He got into the ring and we waited to see who #2 was going to be. Corre's music plays and out walks Wade and Ezekiel, going down the ramp. Then we see Slater and Gabriel and then Corre surrounds the ring, then gets up onto the apron. They all get in and Punk goes after them all, then out come Nexus to help. It turns into and all out brawl.
"That doesn't surprise me." I say.
Then the GM dings in.
"Gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen, may I have your attention please. The general manager says to stop this...to stop this now! Officials restore order! And I quote. The only superstar who has the right to officially be in the ring right now is CM Punk. All members of the Corre and the new Nexus must each return to the locker room immediately. Failure to comply will result in disqualification from the Royal Rumble match. Now back to the locker room now!"
"Nice." Alex says.
I agree and then look over at Mike and Aly. I'm surprised to see that she's scooted out of the corner and watch as she willingly reaches out to Mike despite her normal hatred of being touched while extremely angry. He sees her scooting out of the corner and as she moves closer to him, he wraps and arm around her. She snuggles into him, visibly calming. Corre and Nexus leave, leaving Punk in the ring by himself like it originally was supposed to be. As we wait, finally the 2nd participant's music plays and it happened to be Daniel Bryan. Both Daniel and Punk last for the 90 seconds and the clock starts counting down for the 3rd participant. Corre's music plays and out runs Justin Gabriel. Aly feels Mike growl and she slides her arms around him, squeezing gently. Justin gets eliminated first, by Daniel Bryan so now it's back down to him and Punk. Eventually the clock counts down again and participant #4 is Zack Ryder, who runs out and immediately goes after Daniel.
"Shortbus!" I laugh.
Then he goes after Punk, and then Daniel goes after him. They work together to take care of Punk, but in the end Zack gets eliminated.
"Awww too bad."
Alex chuckles. Daniel goes back over to Punk and the clock counts down eventually again for the 5th participant. After it hits zero, out runs Regal. He goes after Punk, then Daniel and back to Punk. 90 seconds pass and the clock counts down for participant #6 to come out. Then we hear Ted's music and out he walks with Maryse who stops at the top of the ramp and he runs down and slides in. Alex growls a little.
"Alright, calm down. He's out there, not in here. I bet he'll be eliminated before you even get out there. Even though I know you want to eliminate him yourself." I say, to calm him down.
Alex sighs and tries to calm down. It's now Ted, Daniel, Regal and Punk in the ring and Ted immediate goes after Daniel. A little while later, Ted tries to eliminate Punk but he's not able to and the clock starts counting down again. Then Morrison's music plays and out he runs and gets into the ring. Mike glares and Aly just rolls her eyes. Morrison takes out everybody, until Ted came after him. Ted threw him over the top rope but didn't touch the floor. He stood outside the ropes and when Regal came and knocked him off the side, Morrison jumped and held onto the barrier making sure his feet never touched the floor.
As Regal was distracted, Ted came up and eliminated him. Morrison climbed ontop of the barrier and walked along it and then jumped from the barrier to the steel steps, getting back into the ring.
"I think we should call him Monkey boy instead."
"Yeah, maybe so."
The next countdown started and then Yoshi Tatsu came running out and into the ring. After he got into the ring, another 90 seconds passed and out came another Nexus member and it was Husky...who was destroying everyone.
"Ugh." I make a face.
He was then protecting Punk, keeping him behind himself in the corner and when Husky started getting attacked, his butt was basically getting pushed into Punks face and Punk was screaming in terror/disgust. Me, Mike and Alex are all laughing and even Aly's giggling a bit. After another 90 seconds, Chavo's music played and out he ran as well. He took out everyone until Husky got a hold of him. Yet another 90 seconds passed and then entry #11 was Mark Henry and out he ran. Later on he picked up Chavo and literally just dropped him out of the ring.
"Bye." I laugh.
Then Tatsu went after Mark after Punk did and well Tatsu got eliminated too, but Mark. Another countdown and it hits zero. JTG's music plays and out he runs like a madman and gets into the ring. No one get eliminated in that round and another countdown goes to zero. The Nexus music plays and out runs McGillicutty.
JTG gets eliminated by McGillicutty eventually, then as the round goes on he and Husky eliminate Ted and another countdown goes off. Chris Masters' music plays and out he runs, getting into the ring. No one gets eliminated and once the countdown hits zero, another Nexus member comes out and it's Otunga.
"Great more Nexus members...just what we need."
Daniel gets eliminated, then Chris gets eliminated, Morrison gets eliminated after struggle, and lastly Mark is eliminated...all by Nexus.
"Oh jeez."
After Mark gets eliminated the countdown goes off again and out runs Tyler Reks, and he gets ambushed by Nexus and eliminated. They wait and the next person to come out was Vladimir. He runs in and takes out Punk first, but Nexus gangs up and eventually he does get eliminated. They wait again for the next countdown and for entry #18. The clock hits zero and out runs R-Truth. He gets ambushed and eliminated as well. They wait yet again for entry #19 and out walks Khali. And the look on Punk's face when he heard the music was priceless as he scrambles down from the top rope. Khali gets in and shoved away Otunga and the rest of Nexus. He takes out Punk then grabs Husky and eliminates him.
"Haha yes!"
Aly snickers.
Punk goes after Khali and before he could attack Punk...Punk dropped down and backed away and pleaded for Khali not to hit him. Punk stood no chance and the next entry came out. It was the final Nexus member Mason Ryan and out he ran. And now it's all members of Nexus in the ring, and it stays that way after Ryan eliminates Khali.
"Damn." I mutter.
Now it's all of Nexus in the ring and they wait and wait for the next entry. After the clock hits zero we hear "Can you dig it sucka'." and out runs Booker T.
"No way..."
"Oh my god."
He gets into the ring but is immediately taken down by Ryan. But he gains momentum later and ends up taking out every Nexus member. He goes to eliminate Punk, but Ryan takes him and eliminates him instead.
"Awwww man!"
"Dang!"
It's still Nexus in the ring, minus Husky. We wait to see who the next entry is going to be. When the clock hits zero, John's music plays and out he walks with a determined and angry look on his face. He whips his hat on the ground and takes his shirt off and throws it to the crowd, before running and sliding into the ring.
"Come on Sully." Aly mumbles.
John is able to eliminate Ryan quickly, followed by a double clothesline on Otunga and McGillicutty, eliminating them as well. Only Punk and John remain at the moment.
"Go John go." I say.
Then entry #23 is Hornswaggle. When Hornswaggle gets into the ring, Punk kicks him and goes back to attacking John. He's fighting to counter as he's lifted onto Punk's shoulders. But John is able to reverse and dump Punk over the top. Then John goes over to Hornswaggle and helps him up in the ring. The buzzer goes off and then out comes Tyson Kidd. Hornswaggle performs a tilt-a-whirl head scissors on Tyson followed by a mini attitude adjustment.
"Haha nice."
John then eliminates Tyson and then entry #25 is Heath Slater. As Heath gets into the ring, John begins to rough him up. He then gets eliminated by John. Then Kofi comes out as entry #26 and no one got eliminated this round. Entry #27 is Jack Swagger.
"Lispy!"
Cole, Striker and King point out that the number twenty-seven entrant has won the majority of the Rumble matches. No one gets eliminated still and #28 is Sheamus. Hornswaggle goes after Sheamus as the other men are going at it on the mat. Sheamus us able to get Hornswaggle to the top rope, somehow John comes back to life from the mat and takes out Sheamus. Number #29 is Rey Mysterio and he later on hits the 619 on Swagger, eliminating him and then #30 is Wade. Both Mike and Alex growl, glaring at the screen.
"Shouldn't we be heading out to the curtain soon since you're #34?" I ask Alex.
"Yeah." He mumbles while still glaring at the image of Wade.
"Well come on, you'll have a shot at him when you go out there. That is if he's not eliminted before then." I say, standing up.
Alex nods and he gets up. Aly and Mike get up as well and we all leave and wait by the curtain until it's time for Alex to go out. While we're waiting, Dolph is the next to go out and he quickly begins to attack Sheamus. Ziggler and Wade team up on John, and Mysterio comes to his aid. Then the #32 entrant is Diesel/ Kevin Nash.
"Whoa, him too?"
"I guess so, wow."
No one gets eliminated still and then Drew goes out as #33. He makes a quick sly glance at Sheamus, signifying they were unified. Then it was time, Mike's music plays and out we walk with Alex, down the ramp. He gets into the ring and we walk around as Diesel is eliminated by Barrett. We go and sit ringside with Cole, Striker and Jerry and watch Alex as he competes in the Rumble. The number 35 entrant is Bis Show. After a long stare as Diesel walks backstage, he gets into the ring and eliminates Dolph at almost an hour into the Rumble. Then the #36 entrant is Ezekiel Jackson. Before Jackson could even get into the ring, Big Show eliminates Drew. But Jackson is able to eliminate Big Show. Then #37 is Santino. Cole, Striker and Jerry point out that John has lasted the longest so far in the Rumble match. Aly and I exchange glances. Number #38 is Alberto Del Rio. In the meantime, somehow Alex had gotten eliminated. Looked like he slipped and fell, eliminating himself.
"Awwww man..."
"Oops."
He walks backstage, and then after that Randy walks out as #39. Del Rio hasn't made his way to the ring yet, and Randy charged down the ramp and began to attack Del Rio ringside. He then rolled Del Rio into the ring and hit the RKO on him. Then Randy eliminates Kofi and then Sheamus. The last entrant #40 is Kane. Striker pointed out that Kane is approaching the record already set by Shawn Michaels for the most Rumble eliminations. Kane then eliminates Ezekiel. But then Kane is eliminated by Rey, who is eliminated by Barrett right after. This leaves only four men in the ring. John, Barrett, Randy and Del Rio. Santino is hiding outside the ring, since he never went over the top rope.
"Interesting mix." Aly mumbles to me.
But then Alex comes running out, returning to the ring. John goes after him as he jumps up onto the side of the ring. Then all of a sudden Mike gets up and rushes into the ring after John knocks Alex back to the floor. The Mike grabs John and knocks him over the top rope, eliminating him. He and Alex run backstage before the refs could see anything he did. Aly and I both look at each other in shock.
"He just cost him the match. What the hell?"
"I don't know but now I'm pissed off again." Aly says, a dangerous edge to her tone.
It comes down to Barrett, Orton, Del Rio and a hidden Santino. Barrett gets eliminated, then Randy gets eliminated and Del Rio thinks he won the match. But Santino comes out from hiding, does the Cobra and attempts to eliminate Del Rio. But in the end, Del Rio eliminates Santino, winning the Royal Rumble.
"Let's get out of here." I say and Aly nods, following me as we head backstage.
We walk back to the room, and only Mike is in there since Alex is still changing. Aly just sits on the empty couch, folding her arms over her chest. Mike comes over to me.
"Why is she still mad?"
"Oh like you don't know. You eliminated John, and cost him the match. You know how we're friends with him Mike..."
"He's like our brother, you know that Mike. What were you thinking?" I shake my head.
"I didn't want the risk of him winning and choosing me to face at Wrestlemania...I'm sorry okay?"
"It's not me that's so angry...I know you're sorry. You got a lot of explaining to do to Aly."
He looks over at Aly and sighs.
"I messed up again..."
"Yeah, you did."
"It wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't already been upset over losing the title." I say
quietly.
He sighs and tilts his head towards the ceiling, then gets his things together...choosing not to talk to her right now since she's more angry than before. Aly's phone buzzes and she gets up to retrieve it. She looks at the message and then goes over tot he door.
"I'll be back." She mutters before going out.
She walks a little ways down the hall and John is standing there.
"You alright?" He asks.
"Does it look like I'm okay right now?"
"Want a hug?" He asks.
"Normally I'd say no because I hate being touched when I'm pissed off but I'll make an exception."
He holds his arms out and then she hugs him.
"I know, it's been a rough night for you."
"Rough night? More like night from hell. I have a raging headache, I lost my title to flipping Eve of all people, and then my fiance decides to be make it all worse by eliminating one of my brothers simply because he doesn't want to fight him later."
"Well if it helps I'm going to be in the Elimination Chamber match and whoever wins that goes against the WWE Champion at Wrestlemania."
"Really?"
He nods.
"That makes me feel a little better. I would've stayed pissed if he took away your only chance at Wrestlemania. I know how much that means to you, especially after the fiasco with Nexus."
"Great job at eliminating them tonight by the way." She adds.
"Thanks."
She looks at her phone.
"I should probably get back. I bet Alex is done changing and they're probably waiting on me."
"Right, keep that head held high alright Boo?"
"I'll try Sully." She smiles a little.
"See you tomorrow night." He smiles, pulling back from the hug.
She nods and heads back to the room.
"I'm sure if you just sit down with her and explain everything, things will be fine." I say.
"I'm just worried this is going to ruin our engagement." He comments.
"Or even our entire relationship. I've screwed up so many times." Mike adds, setting his head in his hands.
The door clicks open and she comes back in, looking calmer.
"I'm ready to go." She says lightly, picking up her bag after putting on her jacket.
We all nod and get up, putting on our jackets and grabbing out things, walking out of the room and going outside and getting to the car. Aly willingly sits beside Mike, surprising me and him both. The ride back to the hotel was mostly silent, besides Alex and I talking a bit in the backseat. Only because Mike didn't know if it was alright to talk to Aly yet, and the whole time he had that look of worry on his face. As they go into the hotel and walk over to the elevators, their hands brush and she bites her lip a little before catching his hand and sliding her fingers between his. He looks down briefly and smiles as the elevator doors open and they walk inside.
Alex and I are still chatting but Aly stays silent, choosing to lay her head against Mike's shoulder lightly. We get up to our floor and when the doors open, we walk out and go into our rooms. It's fairly quiet for a while when they walk into their room, until Mike breaks the silence.
"I know you're mad at me, but I am sorry for what I did to John."
"I'm not as mad anymore. I'm still not happy with it but it is what it is. Now if you had taken away his only chance to get to Wrestlemania, that would be a different story." She says, untangling her hand from his and setting her bag aside before taking off her jacket.
"Well that's good, that you're not as mad. I was getting worried to be honest."
She kicks off her shoes and rubs her temples.
"It was just a combination of a raging headache, losing my title to Eve, and then the John thing.."
"Well I messed up so many times, I feared that what I did tonight would affect our engagement and our whole relationship." He says, taking off his jacket.
She looks at him and sighs, walking over.
"It would take a lot more than this to make me even think of breaking our engagement or leaving you." She says quietly but firmly, staring him straight in the eyes.
"I know, but the thought still worried me."
"Well you can stop worrying." She murmurs softly, touching his cheek gently.
"Good." He says, breathing a sigh of relief.
She raises up and kisses him gently and quickly before turning back towards her things.
"...mango..." He mutters and Aly stiffles a giggle.
"I think you still owe me that mango, from me winning my match."
She picks up one of her nightgowns and sets it on the bed, walking back over to him.
"I do...don't I..." She trails off, rubbing her lips together lightly.
"Yes...you do."
She giggles, seeing his eyes locked on her lips. She leans right up against his lips, hands braced against his chest and dragging her nails gently.
"I think...it can wait until I change." She says, drawing away and walking over to grab her nightgown and trying not to laugh.
He sighs in frustration, but after she heads into the bathroom to change, he changes himself. She comes out and sets her clothes down, running her fingers through her hair.
"Eep." She squeaks as she gets yanked into a solid embrace, his arms locking around her.
"Mine. Now." He smirks and she laughs.
"Go for it Lover Boy." She teases lightly.
He then leans in as if he's going to kiss her, but he leans his forehead against hers instead with his lips lingering close to her...torturing her.
"Two can play at that game..." She says softly, dragging her nails across his chest.
"Oh yeah?" He says, running a hand down her back.
She raises and eyebrow and slides her nails around to his back.
"Not...that..."
She smirks and slowly drags her nails down his back.
"Now you're the evil one." He mutters, his head dropping to her shoulder.
"You started it."
"No, I think you started it...with the lip gloss." He mumbles into her shoulder.
"Well I gave you a perfectly good opportunity and you decided to tease."
"That's how I am, you know that."
"True." She laughs lightly, stopping her hands.
"But you love it, don't deny it." He smirks.
"No, it drives me crazy."
"That means I'm doing my job."
"Hmph."
"But enough talking, because I need to get some mango."
She just stares at him and starts laughing, from what he just said.
"What?" He asks.
She just lays her head against his chest, laughing.
"What?" He asks again.
"That...sounded...so weird..." She says through her laughs.
"Well I say weird things." He chuckles.
"Yes you do." She giggle, calming down.
"Alright, before we decide to go to bed, you're going to have to lift your head up so I can get the mango."
She snickers and then lifts her head from his chest. He smiles and leans in, and his lips
meet hers. She brings her hands up and grips the back of his neck, dragging her nails against his shoulder as they kiss. He then brings his hands up to her hair and she hums lightly as he runs his fingers through it. After thinks that he's gotten all the lip gloss off, he pulls away but keeps his forehead leaning against hers. She brushes her lips against his lightly once.
"I love you, don't ever doubt that."
"I love you too, and I won't ever doubt that." He smiles.
"Good."
"Let's get some sleep. We got a flight to catch in the morning."
"Right." She nods as he releases her and they both climb into bed.
"Night." He says, pulling her into him.
"Night, love you."
"Love you too."
Meanwhile Alex and I have changed and are ready for bed. I climb into bed next to him and
immediately cuddle up to him, laying my head on his chest and draping an arm around his waist.
"You at least tried tonight. The good thing is that you didn't get eliminated instantly, you
stayed in for a good amount of time. But you had to help Mike get rid of John in the match."
"You know that's what I do, I help him. He just didn't want John to win so he'd end up facing him at Wrestlemania."
"I know, I just didn't like it."
"I know Carebear, I know. But I think we should get some sleep, we got a flight to catch in
the morning for Rhode Island."
"Yeah, alright." I nod, getting more comfortable.
"Night Alex." I say, closing my eyes.
"Night Carebear." He replies, kissing the top of my head before drifting off himself.