Like always, we were getting ready for the show and this time, we were getting ready for the show and I had just finished with everything besides my shoes. So I grab them and start to put one on and buckle that one before going onto the other on. I stand up and feel eyes on me. I giggle quietly as I walk over to my things and make sure I have everything all set for tonight.
"You look sexy in red." Alex kisses behind my ear as he steps up behind me.
"Good to know."
"Maybe I'll wear it more often then." I add with an amused smile.
"You should."
I laugh.
"And now you're gonna be all cuddly."
"Yup." He agrees and kisses my shoulder.
"We have a show to get to you know."
"Darn."
"But it is your fault you know, you have to be oh so distracting." He adds.
"But it's fun." I giggle.
"And it's fun for me to take advantage of the distraction." He says, kissing my shoulder again.
"You can do that when we're relaxing in the room."
"Awww..."
"Come on cuddly. We don't want to be late."
"Oh ok." He pouts, reluctantly letting me go.
We grab our things and head down to the car. When we get down to the car we see Aly and Mike waiting for us, with Mike being all cuddly himself. She's just looking amused while she lets him be touchy and cuddly.
"Awwww." I tease, and Mike grumbles.
"Oh stop." Aly scolds lightly.
"Someone's grumpy." I laugh.
"Had trouble sleeping last night." Aly explains.
"Ohhhhh."
"Yeah. So he's kind of grumpy."
"Especially since I have to compete tonight." He adds.
"Which I'm not thrilled about."
"At least it's gonna be worth it...to become WWE Champion again."
Aly just sighs.
"Just be careful." She adds.
"I'll try."
"Should we get going now?" I ask.
"Yeah. The quicker this is over, the better. Then tomorrow gets here and we can leave for Orlando."
"Aww tonight's the last night you get to sleep in the same room together before Wednesday."
"Don't remind me." Mike grumbles as we get in the car.
"Sorry."
"Alright grumpy, shoosh." Aly says, frowning at him.
"Shoosh?" Mike and Alex ask at the same time.
I start laughing and Aly rolls her eyes.
"She doesn't say say shush, she says shoosh. She's been doing that since we were kids." I explain still laughing.
"Interesting."
The rest of the drive is relatively quiet. Then we pull up to the arena and park. We get out and grab our things, and head inside. We all walk off in the direction of the locker rooms, because Mike is going against Alex of course in the first match of the night. They go to get changed, while we just go to drop my things off.
"I don't think I can watch that match." Aly says as we come out of the locker room.
"Yeah, it's gonna be hard to watch."
"Alex will have to go after Mike's knee to make the match look believable and I don't know if I can watch it."
"I don't blame you."
She sighs. I put an arm around her in comfort and we head to the room. On our way though, we hear the all too familar british and south african accents of Wade and Justin.
"Oh god." She groans.
"Let's just ignore them...try to anyway."
"Like that's going to work." She mutters as we turn the corner.
"Who knows, they could apologize like everyone else did."
"Doubt it."
"I don't know it's possible. They've left us alone lately."
She shrugs and we walk further, Justin and Wade coming into view. They of course notice us as we walk in their direction.
"Ah, just the two we've been looking for." Wade says.
"We're not here to cause any problems."
"Yeah, like I believe that." Aly scoffs, her hands unconciously moving to rest on her stomach.
"If we wanted to cause problems, wouldn't you think we'd come find you instead of just standing here?"
"Whatever."
They look at eachother, before looking back at us.
"Listen, we haven't had the chance to do this since we're not here all the time, but let's just get right to it...we're both sorry for what we did to you two." Justin speaks up.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." Aly shakes her head.
"I have to agree with her." I add.
"We've both been physically injured by something you two did. That's not just easily forgiven."
"It's gonna take a long time to forgive you."
Aly nods in agreement.
"The apology is appreciated though."
They nod and sigh.
"We need to get back. I don't want Mike try to wander the halls looking for us on that knee." Aly mutters to me quietly.
"Right." I mutter back.
"Well we gotta go."
Aly just starts to walk, not wanting to be there any longer. I follow behind her, and we continue our way to the room. We step into the room and both of our husbands let out a sigh of relief upon seeing us.
"Calm down, we're fine."
"Yeah, nothing to worry about." I add as we sit next to them on the couches.
They both latch onto us and cuddle, which makes us laugh.
"They're even more cuddly than before."
"I know." She laughs.
The show eventually starts, and this time without the Raw intro. Immediately Vince's music plays and he walks out with executive vice president of talent relations.
"I can't believe the title is gone."
"He can make a new one you know."
"I know but still."
They walk down the ramp and get into the ring and Vince is handed a mic, and we see everyone backstage watching what's going on. Evan was the most noticeable and he does this like happy face before the camera pans away from him. We both laugh.
"Nerd." Mike mutters.
Then we see everyone, Dorito...who's hugging the Money In The Bank case to him, Lispy, Kofi, Darren Young, JTG, Kelly, The Bellas, Maryse, Eve, Curt, Rosa, Kozlov, Alicia, Zack and many others including officials and people who work backstage. The screen goes back to Vince and the executive vice president of talent relations in the ring and everyone boos them, and a 'CM Punk' chant breaks out.
"You'll never ever again hear me say that man's name. You people don't get it, you're chanting the name of the biggest ingrate in WWE history. You're chanting the name of a man who...who turned his back on each and every one of you. He walked out on each and every one of you, he walked out on everyone back in that locker room. He walked out on everyone who's ever been in this ring. Don't you get it? That man is nothing more than an egotistical, selfish turd."
"Turd? That's the best he can come up with?"
"Apparently."
"And there's no man...not that man...who's bigger than the WWE. Not Hogan, not Bret Hart, not the Rock, not Stone Cold Steve Austin. No one man has ever been or ever will be bigger than the WWE. This is a promotional, marketing, global juggernaut that cannot be stopped. Which is why here tonight in this ring we will crown a new WWE Champion. Tonight 8 of Raw's best will compete against each other in an 8-man single elimination tournament. For instance..." Vince trails off as the screen changes to everyone involved in the tournament.
"...the master of the 619 Rey Mysterio, takes on the United States Champion Dolph Ziggler!"
"Rey will win that one."
"Yeah I think so too."
"The all american american Jack Swagger, meets the inevitable R-Truth!"
"Truth."
"High flying Kofi Kingston, faces the winner of the Money In The Bank ladder match last night, Alberto Del Rio!"
Both of us growl.
"And Alex Riley takes on the most must see WWE Champion in history the Miz."
Now we both sigh.
"All that ladies and gentlemen here tonight. However conspicuous by his absence in that tournament is a man who's name will mention, and his name is John Cena. You damn right, I'll boo him too! I'll boo him because he let me down. I told Cena, I warned Cena that if in fact I had not signed his opponent to a contract before the match. I warned Cena that if in fact that man somehow walked from the arena with the WWE Championship in hand, I said to Cena there would be severe consequences. Now after consulting with senior vice president John Laurinaitis, believe me there will be severe consequences here tonight. Nonetheless, I promise you that tonight will be a night of historic proportions. I promise you that tonight will be a night you will always remember. Thank you very much, enjoy the show."
His music plays again as he and John Laurinaitis leave.
"Well, we have to get going and head out there now." Mike sighs.
"Be careful please." Aly murmurs quietly, biting her lip.
"I'll try."
He rubs her stomach and then reaches up, tugging her lips free so he can kiss her.
"And you...I know you have to make the match believable by going after his knee, but don't hurt him severely." I say, turning to Alex.
"I'll do my best. Honestly." Alex nods.
"You better."
"Love you." Alex says, after pressing his lips to mine.
"Love you too."
Mike and Aly say the same thing to each other before he gets up along with Alex, the two of them heading out the door.
"I hate the fact that he has to go after his knee..."
She nods, back to chewing on her lip again.
"Want me to sit over there with you?"
She nods again. I get up and sit next to her on the couch as Mike comes out first. He's clearly seen limping as he has been since last night, but it wasn't as bad.
"The following is a first round match in the WWE Championship tournament. Introducing first from Cleveland Ohio, weighing 231 pounds, The Miz!" Justin introduces as Mike limps his way down to the ring, and then gets in normally.
He poses in the corners as a commercial break comes up.
"Please let this be a quick match." Aly mumbles.
Coming back from the commercial, Mike was all set in the ring with his music still playing as he waiting for Alex. They show a screencaptures of Mike dangling in the air holding ontot he briefcase for a brief moment before going back to Mike in the ring waiting for Alex. Alex's music hits and he walks out not angry like the past few weeks, and he climbs up onto the ring climbing in and gets ready for the match with him and Mike in opposite corners. Alex's music fades and the bell rings. Alex already tries to go after Mike's hurt knee, but Mike hurries away so he can't get it. Alex gets back up and they circle each other before Alex goes for the knee and misses again. After circling each other again, he tries a 3rd time but Mike drops to his knees and stops him, holding him there on the apron. They both get up and Mike rolls Alex up for an early pin, but Alex kicks out instantly. Mike taunts Alex, telling him to 'come on' and they circle again. Alex goes for the knee again and gets it, but ends up pushing Mike into the corner. Mike starts to fight him off, until Alex kicks his knee and Mike screams in pain as he goes down. Alex grabs his leg of the hurt knee and kicks it again, making Mike scream out in pain. Then holds his leg down and drops his arm onto it, making Mike scream out in pain again. He does it a second time and Mike scooches away and into the corner after screaming in pain and holding his knee. Alex gets out of the ring and grabs his leg again and this time slamming his knee against the steel ring post 2 times before sliding back into the ring. Alex grabs Mike's leg again and turns him, getting him into the Boston Crab submission. Mike is able to pull Alex and turn back around, pushing Alex away with his feet, making Alex roll out of the ring. Mike holds his knee, slowly recovering from what Alex had done to him.
He gets to his feet, hopping a bit as Alex is seen getting up himself outside the ring. Mike limps over to the ropes and leans on them, only to have Alex come over and kick him in the head and he goes falling to the apron as Alex is now laying on the apron himself. Alex goes for the pin, but Mike kicks out and rolls away. He pulls himself up in the corner and Alex screams, running full speed at him, but Mike moves out of the way which makes Alex go through the ropes and hit the steel ring post shoulder-first. Mike rolls him up again for a pin, but Alex kicks out. Mike limps over to Alex before getting on him and starts to throw punches. The ref pulls him off and he limps away and then puts his arms around his neck in a hold, before Alex starts to get up and hits him in the gut a few times before flipping him over and then when they both get up, Mike misses a move and Alex gets him, dropping Mike hard on the back of the neck off of his knee. Alex slowly gets to his feet as Mike holds his neck in pain as he rolls around on the apron. Mike and Alex both get up and Mike misses the move again, resulting in Alex knocking him down numerous times. Then he delivers a spinebuster and goes for the pin, but Mike kicks out. Alex screams in what seems like frustration and when Mike gets up he goes for the Impaler DDT. Mike counters and gets him in position for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Alex gets out of it and pushes Mike into the corner. Alex runs full speed at him only to be kicked in the face by Mike. Mike then hops up to the top rope in the corner and stands up, getting ready to jump. When he does though, Alex has moved and Mike landed on his back. Alex grabbed his legs and put him in the Texas Cloverleaf submission. Mike screams in pain as the pressure is put on him. He crawls his way to the ropes and ends up grabbing the bottom one, and Alex lets go. Mike rolls out of the ring, holding onto the bottom rope as he steps out onto the floor. He holds his knee as he limps away and as he sees Alex come out he slides back in, followed by Alex again.
Alex spears him and starts throwing punches now and has to back off a while later. Mike gets up and so does Alex and that's when Alex throws a right hand punch to Mike, making him twirl and stumble a bit, before Alex does it again. He does it a third time as Mike falls near the corner, and stays behind the ref being distracted by him as Mike gets up and delivers the Skull Crushing Finale, and pins Alex to win Round 1 of the tournament.
"Thank god it's over." Aly sighs.
He holds his knee as he rolls away and crawls over to the ropes, pulling himself up to his feet and hopping on one foot a bit before the ref raises his hand in victory. Mike limps away and gets out of the ring, limping along the floor before he gets to the ramp. Alex is seen in the meantime, rolling out of the ring as the ref attends to him to make sure he's alright.
"Should we go meet them or wait?" Aly asks me.
"Well I'm gonna wait, if you wanna go meet Mike you can."
"I think I'm going to." She says, squeezing my hand before she gets up.
I give a small smile before she leaves the room, and I move over to the other couch and relax while I wait. Aly gets close to the curtain to find Mike. She goes over and hugs him.
"I'm definitely gonna need ice again." He says, grimacing.
"Okay. We can stop and gets some on the way."
"It's still not gonna be easy watching your next match." She adds, as she pulls away from the hug.
"I want to go out there with you though." She finishes.
"Are you sure?"
She nods.
"Alright, you just be careful."
"I will. Now let's get you the ice and go back to the room so you can rest."
He nods and they both walk away and down to the trainer's to get ice for his knee. She pulls him close and lets him lean on her until they get to the trainer. He leans against the wall while she gets the ice. After getting the ice she goes back out to him and pulls him close again, letting him lean on her as they head back to the room. They get to the room and find Alex laying with his head in my lap on our couch. Mike and Aly mimick our position on their own couch, Mike putting the ice on his knee after moving the knee guard. The only thing that they had missed was the promo about Morrison coming back to Raw and half of the Truth and Swagger match. It was getting to the end of it and we were right with Truth winning.
"Joy." Aly rolls her eyes.
Now Truth and Mike have advance to the semi-finals. Whoever wins the Kingston vs Del Rio match will face Mike and whoever wins the Rey vs Ziggler match will face Truth.
"God I hope Dorito doesn't win."
Aly nods in agreement, running her fingers through Mike's hair soothingly. And it just so happens that match is up next after the commercial break.
"I hope I made it hard for him to compete tonight from what I did last night." I grumble.
"I hope so too."
"I crushed the Dorito aha."
Everyone snickers. After the commercial Dorito was the first to come out, and after he got to the ring he was ranting and raving on about how he won last night and how it was his destiny and all that crap. When he was done, his music played again and then Ricardo walked out.
"Oh no, he's back."
"Oh god."
He of course is gonna be ringside but he keeps saying 'Alberto Del Rio' over and over and over again.
"Shut up...you sound like a broken record."
"Yes he does." Aly agrees.
That's when she feels her shirt being moved, followed by lips pressing against her stomach. She looks down at Mike and he just grins at her.
"Love the both of you."
"Love you too." She smiles softly.
Then the match starts after the commercial break and we really didn't want to pay attention to it. But in the end, Kofi manages to roll Del Rio up and get the 3 count to win the match.
"HAH!"
"In your face Dorito!"
"He's been crushed again."
Then after the next commercial break, it was Rey's match against Ziggler.
"Ehhh, I don't want to watch this. I need to go change for the big tag match after this anyway."
"Want me to walk with you?" Alex asks.
"Sure. I think you'd miss me too much if you didn't." I snicker.
He makes a face at me and the two of us get up.
"I would have volunteered to go but somebody's too comfortable over here." Aly says, looking down at Mike as he continues kissing her belly.
"That's okay. You two can have you alone time seeing as I know the match will be long." I giggle.
Mike grins and Aly laughs lightly.
"Sure."
"Have fun." I tease, before Alex and I leave.
Alex puts an arm around my shoulders as the two of us walk along. At times he's either playing with my hair, or he's dragging his fingers over skin lightly as we walk.
"You are just touchy feely today aren't you?"
"Mayyybe."
I laugh.
"Well quit, what you're doing is giving me goosebumps."
"Its fun." He grins.
"For you yes."
He chuckles but stops. We reach the locker room and he moves his arm from around my shoulders. I don't go in just yet, I stay outside with Alex and I lean against the wall for a moment. He moves and before I can register what happened, his lips are against mine with his hands on the wall on either side of my head. I blink a few times before my eyes fall shut, and my hands reach up to cup his neck. Alex sucks my bottom lip between his and gently bites it. That causes me let out a somewhat quiet noise, and I move a hand up to his hair and grip lightly. Alex gives my lip a few more gentle nips before releasing it. I lean my forehead against his with my eyes still closed, and move my hands down to rest on his shoulders. He kisses me a few more times and then just rests there quietly.
"...love you too..."
"Did I distract you?" He asks grinning.
"Kind of...yeah."
He laughs.
"Thank god the match isn't for a while." I say, able to speak normally now.
"Yeah." He chuckles.
"No doing that before the match...who knows if I'll be able to concentrate."
"Sorry."
"It's okay, even though I think I do have to get you back for that..." I trail off and I quickly move one of my hands and press my fingers into one of his indents.
He stiffens, hissing quietly. I just smirk as I watch him react, not moving my hand. He takes a hand off teh wall and pulls my hand away.
"Aww ruin my fun." I giggle.
"I'd rather not lose control here."
"Oops, my bad."
"Right..."
"I still have a free hand."
Alex captures that hand, pinning it to the wall.
"Oooh aggressive." I laugh, and Alex looks amused.
"You can let me go now." I add.
Alex reluctantly lets me go, eyeing me warily.
"Oh don't worry, I won't do anything...but I guess I should go get ready now." I say, turning to go into the locker room.
But I get in one last press of my fingers into both of his indents before hurrying away into the locker room. I hear him groan and I laugh loudly.
"You can't get me now!" I call to him.
I hear him cursing and I snicker. Then I make sure to take my time getting ready just to wait even longer to even try to get me for what I just did. I finally step out and get pinned to the wall.
"I will get you for that."
"Looking forward to it."
Alex presses one last kiss to my lips.
"Now you go down to that curtain, I'll be waiting for when you come back through." He says, after he pulls away.
Then I head off to the curtain to wait with everyone else, and Alex trails far behind. While I'm waiting at the curtain, I talk with the other girls, some of them asking about Aly and what not.
"Oh yeah, she's fine. For now the baby's name is Jellybean."
"Awwww."
"It won't be long before Mike starts talking to her stomach." I laugh.
"He was kissing on it when we left the room." I add.
"Awww, that's so cute!"
"It is really cute how much he worries and how much he takes care of her." I agree with a smile.
"I wonder how he'll act at the wedding Wednesday with Jellybean."
"Well he'll be all over her and Jellybean that's for sure." I laugh lightly.
Soon it came time for the match and since I was the champion we all went out to my music. Then my music fades the the Bellas music hits and they walk out with Rosa, Maryse, Tamina, Alicia, and Melina. The Bellas get in my face for still having the title, but we all go to our seperate corners. We decide that it's gonna be Beth going up against Rosa and everyone in the other group scatter and stand away from the ring. Beth takes down Rosa and it really doesn't take much with her. The Bellas are sneaking their way back up onto the apron and soon rush in to interfere when Beth goes for the pin. Natalya and Gail rush in and take care of them and like the last time we had a match like this, everyone gets involved and we all rush around the ring and fight out on the floor. I go after Maryse of course while Beth is still in the ring with Rosa. Beth wins with the Glam Slam and we all get in the ring and our hands are raised in victory. I walk over and get the title handed back to me and we all stick in the ring and talk for a bit while the other group of divas leave the ring area. Then we leave and head backstage for the night. True to his word, Alex is waiting for me.
"Well that was an easy match. Not tired out at all."
"Well that's good." Alex chuckles.
"Gotta go change back into what I think I can call your favorite outfit now."
Alex grins.
"Let's go..." I smile, grabbing his hand and we walk down the hall to the locker room.
On our way there though, we pass by Aly and Mike seeing as his match is next and she's going out there with him. She high fives me and laughs.
"Nice one on Frenchie." She says.
"Why thank you." I grin.
She laughs and we all keep walking to our destinations. Aly and Mike get to the curtain and wait for the commercial to be over, and his music to be played. His music hits and they walk out. She stands back a bit to let him do his posing. Then she follows him down the ramp, watching him carefully because of him limping down the ramp again. He gets up into the ring and so does she. He doesn't do much posing in the ring, he just talks to her for a bit, before stripping his shirt off which he hands to her. She just kisses him briefly.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
He rubs her stomach gently and then she moves to get out of the ring. Mike looks at the tron before focusing back on Kofi, stretching for the match and hopping a bit to get ready. His music fades and the bell rings, leading to them circling each other and Kofi immediately goes for the hurt knee. But Mike hops his way over to the ropes, grabbing hold of them and causing Kofi to let go. Aly bites her lips and drapes his shirt over her shoulder. Mike fights back with hitting Kofi in the head once, making him stumble away, but when he goes for it the 2nd time, Kofi ducks and rolls Mike up going for an early pin but Mike kicks out at 1. Kofi gets up and gets Mike in a headlock, before Mike pushes him away into the ropes. Kofi bounces back with a cross body and goes for another pin attempt, which Mike kicks out of at 1 again. Aly sighs lightly, walking around a bit with her eyes locked on Mike. Mike goes to punk him but he ducks and bounces off the ropes again, this time Mike throwing him into the opposite ropes, hoping that he would go through them and land on the floor. But Kofi holds on and bouces back and then dropkicks Mike, going for yet another pin attempt and Mike kicks out 1 yet again. Mike starts to get to his feet and Kofi comes over as he's getting up and grabs Mike's knee again, making Mike hop around on one foot trying to get him to let go or to counter. Mike then goes over Kofi's shoulder and counters, going for a pin attempt himself, but Kofi gets out of it and jumps up and stomps on Mike's chest with both feet. Aly cringes. He goes for another pin attempt but Mike kicks out at 2 now. Mike crawls over to the nearest corner, using the ropes to help him to his feet. Kofi runs full speed at him, but Mike grabs him and lifts him up, and making him land in a very bad spot on the top rope, before moving out of the corner. He pulls Kofi away from the ropes and goes for the pin, but Kofi kicks out yet again at 2.
"Come on babe." Aly mutters.
Mike uses the ropes to get himself up again, then limps his way over to Kofi who was in a sitting position now, before hitting him in the shoulders and wrapping an arm around his neck/under his chin. He keeps him down for a while until Kofi gets to his feet a few seconds later, and Kofi hits him in the gut a few times making him let go. Then he kicked him in the leg near his knee and Mike screamed out in pain as he limped over to the ropes, holding it. Aly bites her lip hard. He leans against the ropes as Kofi charges at him, but he moves and sends Kofi out of the ring. The thing is that Kofi was standing and when he saw the chance he grabbed the leg of the hurt knee and pulled it, making Mike fall and he was holding his knee yet again as he cried out in some pain. The Kofi got up on the side of the ring and used the ropes to lift himself up and over, dropping the elbow on him and going for the pin. Mike kicks out at a nearfall, going back to holding his knee.
"Come on babe, you can do this." Aly says loud enough for Mike to hear.
Mike got to his feet and Kofi went over and grabbed him, but Mike pushed him away. When Kofi bounced off the ropes he kicked Mike's leg out from under him with both feet, making sure to hit near the knee again. While Mike was on his knees, Kofi bounced off the ropes again and dropkicked him in the back of the head. He yet again went for the pin, and Mike kicked out at another nearfall. Aly encourages him again. He rolled away and over to the nearest corner, using the ropes to pull himself up again. Kofi backed up and ran then jumped, planning on landing on him, but Mike moved out of the way at the last minute, still holding the ropes for some support. Kofi slips through the top rope as Mike comes close and swings his legs around, kicking Mike in the head. He stumbles away and limps around until he turns and Kofi jumps off the top rope and hits him with another cross body. Mike rolls him over and goes for a pin, but Kofi kicks out and Mike screams out in frustration.
"Focus! You can beat him." She tells him.
He uses the ropes again to pull himself up, going over and grabbing Kofi. Kofi then grabs him by the leg again with that knee and drops Mike in a way that his knee suffered the pain and he screams out again, clutching at his knee. He rolls around screaming in pain and clutching his knee as Kofi gets ready for his finisher, standing in the corner. Whe Mike sees what's going on he quickly slides outside the ropes, sitting on the edge of the ring and holding onto the middle rope. Aly watches nervously, biting her lip again. Kofi comes over but the ref backs him up as Mike sits there screaming out at the pain he's experiencing right now. That doesn't last long, because Kofi comes over and he grabs Mike and helps him stand, but Mike grabs Kofi and jumps down making his neck bounce off the top rope. Mike slides back in and gets Kofi in the position for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Kofi counters and rolls Mike up going for the pin, and Mike thankfully kicks out at 2. Aly gives Mike more encouragement. Mike's in the corner now and Kofi charges at him but Mike lifts him up and drops him face first onto the turnbuckle. He waits for Kofi to stumble away before getting in the position for the Skull Crushing Finale yet again, and this time he successfully delivers it and pins Kofi to win the semi-finals match. Aly cheers, relief going through her and she climbs up onto the apron and gets into the ring. She goes over and hugs Mike tightly.
Then she and the ref both help him get to a standing position and he hops around, heading back and leaning into the ropes. She clearly gets a glimpse of blood on his lip and on most of his top teeth. She makes a face.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"Good. Now let's get you back to the room so we can ice that knee again."
He nods and she lets him lean on her as they both walk over to the ropes, with him limping of course. She lets him go for a brief moment so he can get out of the ring and reach the floor. Then he leans on her again as she helps him walk up the ramp and head backstage. They go to the trainer's and she grabs him an ice bag before they go back to the room. After walking in, they go over to the couch and he lets go of her to sit down first, then she moves and sits down next to him. He lays down with his head in her lap again after putting the ice bag on his knee. She starts running her fingers through his hair again.
"At least I've got time to rest again."
"Yeah." She agrees.
Then after the commercial break we sit and watch to see who will be facing him tonight in the finals to see who the new WWE Champion will be...Truth or Rey.
"I'm hoping Rey wins."
"Yeah me too. Because the whacko is dangerous."
Aly nods. The match was long match, but in the end Rey ended up winning.
"Thank god." She sighs.
After some celebrating from Rey, it goes to the last commercial break of the night. Coming back from the commercial, Rey's still in the ring and Mike goes to move from the couch so Aly and him can start heading out there. But at the last minute Vince's music hits and he walks out.
"What the..."
He gets into the ring and goes over to get a mic, his music being cut.
"I'm sorry Rey. I'm not gonna deny you the opportunity to be WWE Champion, I won't deny the opportunity to Miz either, but we're running out of time and I have to do something that's almost as important as the WWE Championship itself. So I'm gonna ask you and Miz to postpone the finals until next week..."
Aly sighs in relief.
"That's actually good news."
"Yes it is."
"I apologize. I got something else to do. Don't be selfish Rey, this is...this is bigger than you."
Rey hesitates, but he leaves the ring.
"I mentioned earlier that there's no one bigger than the WWE itself, that would include Rey Mysterio. It certainly would include John Cena as well. No one man is bigger than the WWE. I can make a new John Cena."
"He's gonna fire him..."
"I wouldn't say that just yet."
"There's no denying the contributions of John, his popularity, the respect that so many people have for John all over the world. His work ethic, and I'd like to thank John for his contributions in the WWE. At the same time, I have to make some difficult decisions. Sometimes you have to set an example in business. This is not about my personal ego, it's not about me having to win all the time, it's about business. I do what's right and have for years and years. I do what's right for each and every one of you from a business perspective. Sometimes you don't even recognize it, sometimes you're blinded by the short sightedness, sometimes when I make decisions, I make them from a long term standpoint. A long term oriented and you don't even understand what I'm doing. But in time you will, and in time you'll thank me."
"So as much as I would like not to have to do this...as much as I would like not to have to do this, let's get it over with." He finishes and then John's music hits and he walks out, getting into the ring.
He makes a face as he walks around the ring after his music fades, until he walks around and grabs the mic out of Vince's hand.
"Relax relax relax relax. I'm not gonna go on a profanity written tirade, you don't need the seven second delay Kevin, I'm not gonna show my genitalia. I'm not gonna talk bad about your family or your company, and I know exactly what you're about to do. And I'm okay with it. Because I'm not gonna have to go through the same things you made Shawn Michaels go through. Shawn Michaels the best performer ever to step in this ring. But you made him bend over backwards, and for all that he accomplished, for all of his achievements, for years all they said about HBK was that he screwed Bret. No matter how many championships he won, no matter how many times he stopped the show, he carried that burden and it began to define him and he had to take it with him his entire career. And you know what, I thought about that a lot last week Vince. And I put myself in his shoes. If I was in his shoes, would I want to be the guy who screwed Bret? Would I want to be the guy that screwed CM Punk? My answer was no. I knew exactly what was at stake, I asked for the match. The WWE Championship, my career, but it was more than that. It was more than just John Cena vs CM Punk in a classic. It was about you. It was about you wanting to keep your little bubble intact, your little universe in one piece, nobody can embarrass Vince McMahon. And to do that, you thought you needed somebody to play ball and I was gonna be your Patsy. No way. And I know I'm not supposed to say his name but Punk if you are out there watching, it was a hell of a match last night son, thank you so much."
"Hey hey hey hey listen. You put me in a position to make a decision. You wanted the match thrown out. I don't do business like that. You're a businessman, you've got your way of doing business, I do my business a certain way, I am not gonna play along with that crap because you would've made a WWE Championship meaningless. So here's the skinny, I've had a great career here. And he says he can make another one of me? Fine Vince go ahead, make one, make ten, I don't care. I'm even giving you some time. You have 8 months...give or take a few days to find another opponent for Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson at Wrestlemania 28. I'm...I'm not an idiot Vince, you'll do some hocus pocus and you'll find somebody for Dwayne, and Wrestlemania will go off without a hitch as if I was never even here. I get it. Meanwhile, I get to walk out of here with my pride and my dignity."
"So before we get into the formalities and the big Vince McMahon walk and the whole speech, which I'm gonna let you do, go ahead it's what they know you for. I just need to tell you something, and I want this to sink in. I love the WWE, and I truly believe I belong here."
"And man I hate saying this, but if you're about to tell me that I'm not welcome here...if you're about to tell me that I have no other option, I love this. This is what I do. And if you make me walk tonight, then I will walk on someone else's television show and keep doing this brother!"
"He wouldn't be the first."
"Nope."
"That is no threat, that is a promise! And here's the skinny...there's a lot of people out there that say I do a lot of things. But I prove tonight that one thing I will not do is kiss your ass." John finishes, giving Vince the mic back.
"Oh oh ohhh, oh no. You're not gonna deny me the satisfaction of what I'm about to do. No you're not. As much as it hurts me personally and businesswise to say this, John..." He trails off, and then Hunter's music interrupts him.
"What's he doing here?" Aly raises his eyebrows.
"Who knows."
He walks out wearing a suit, not looking too happy and he gets into the ring and talks to Vince quietly before Vince goes over and gets a mic for him.
"Ladies and gentlemen here he is, one of the all time greats, my son-in-law as well, Triple H!"
"Vince, I'm sorry I got here as quick as I could. There was a board of directors meeting this morning.
"I don't think this is going to go good...I don't like the look on Hunter's face."
"Vince last night we flew from Chicago here. When I got there I receieved a phone call, I got back on the jet and I flew to the office, where there was a board of directors meeting this morning. Vince the board asked me to come here to talk to you. They're concerned about the current situation. Can we just go talk about this in the back, please?"
"If he's asking to do that, it's gotta be something serious."
Aly, Alex and Mike nod in agreement.
"I tried to get out here Vince before you came to the ring, but I didn't make it. More specifically the board is concerned about you. Don't get me wrong they completely understand you have built a global empire. All of this...every single bit of it is because of you and your vision. That's a given. But at the same point and time Vince, the board is...concerned about your...extremely questionable, their term, their words...extremely questionable decisions as of late. Vince, the board has asked me to come here to tell you that they have filed an injunction against you with a vote of no confidence. And Vince, the family agrees."
"Oh wow." Aly says, her eyes wide.
"On top of that Vince, the board has appointed someone...to take over the day to day operations of the WWE. And um...I can't uh...I can't even believe I'm gonna say this, but Vince it's me."
We're all surprised.
"Vince you're not gonna fire John Cena." Hunter states and John's seen by the ramp slapping fans' hands and being all happy and everything.
"You're not gonna be doing anything else. Vince you taught me from day one...from day one that nobody is bigger than this business...nobody. And this is just business. I can't even believe I'm gonna say this and please Vince this is with all due respect. I am here to inform you...that Vince you are relieved of your duties."
Vince starts crying and Hunter is just looking down at the ground, clearly sad himself. He looks up and he starts saying that he's sorry, with the sad look on his face and looks back down at the ground, trying hard not to cry himself.
"Awwwwww."
"...please understand that I did not want to do this. I'm trying to do what's right for the business. Look at me...look at me. I love you pop. And I'm sorry." He says, trying so hard not to cry, before dropping the mic and getting out of the ring.
"Awwwwwwwww." Aly and I both say.
Then the show ends with everyone chanting 'Thank you Vince', up until the screen fades.
"Wow. What a night."
"You got that right."
"But now we can get out of here and get some sleep before our flight in the morning."
"Right after Mike changes though."
"Right." Aly nods, looking down at him.
"Aww, I'm comfortable." He pouts.
"I know but the quicker you get changed, the quicker we get to the hotel and you can get comfortable there."
"True." He says, sitting up and carefully stands.
"You guys can go out to the car, we'll meet you there." Aly says, getting up.
"Alright." I nod.
Mike leans on her after she gets her purse and they head out to the locker room. Alex and I grab our things and get up ourselves, heading out to the car. After a bit, Mike comes limping out of the locker room all changed and ready to go. They go out to the car and it's off to the hotel. After getting there we go up to our rooms and say goodnight to each other before walking inside.