Before we knew it, they day of Wrestlemania arrived. It had now had been just over a month since we stayed back at the Hardy residence back in Cameron. The night before Wrestlemania, Jeff and I changed his hair to a yellow colour with a red streak, although he seemed annoyed I had to touch him. He was complaining that I pulled his hair to hard and the bleach was burning his scalp and somehow that was my fault. Well, I was guitly of pulling his hair too hard a few times.
On screen, creative had really built up momentum for the match. Quite frankly I felt like it didn't need such a huge promo, nothing had ever been done like this before. My favourite segment however took place while I was standing in the ring with Edge & Christian. Commissioner Foley came out and egged us on, referencing to the Wizard of Oz: 'Tables, and ladders, and chairs, oh my!' Edge and Christian were not too happy about being placed in this match, although they had a chance at the gold.
The night of Wrestlemania, Amy and I were standing by the stage entrance, getting lectured for the hundredth time by a producer. 'Girls, this is not just about standing around and looking pretty anymore, you need to actually be here for the safety of your boys. But don't just look out for yours, there are six men out there so keep an eye on all of them please. If you think one is hurt attend to them without breaking character, call for medical…'
I've heard this speech about a dozen times. I turned to Amy who seemed as bored as I did. I think she was more annoyed she didn't have a match of her own, she wanted gold so badly. I agreed with her that the women's match tonight was ridiculous – it was Terri Runnels versus The Kat in a Catfight. How embarrassing for the woman's division, especially at Wrestlemania. I broke thought as I heard chanting from the arena.
'Tables, and ladders, and chairs, oh my! Tables, and ladders, and chairs, oh my!' Over and over again.
'I think it's time J.R' Cried the King with excitement.
'Yes it is King, these men are going to inflict and endure so much pain tonight.' Jim Ross replied.
'It's worth it when you have puppies on your team, would make me feel better.'
'The following is a triangle table, ladders and chairs match. In order to win, you must climb the ladder and obtain both tag team title belts. Introducing first, the challengers...'
'You think you know me, you think you know me...' We walked out, the boys decked out in their long black coats and super massive sunnies, while I had a little black dress on and my own pair of aviator sunnies, and my boots that came up to my thighs. The ends of my long blonde hair were dyed a vibrant pink. We were all carrying a steel chair. While the boys got in the ring with their chairs, I set mine up and sat on it, pretending to yawn and looking like the biggest bitch in the world. The crowd booed loudly, and I knew my job was done. Guitar music blared through the speakers and every audience member were on their feet screaming and cheering for Team Xtreme, they were massive. Matt and Lita slid a ladder each into the ring, while Jeff pulled up behind me and pulled the chair out from underneath me, causing me to fall on my ass and triggering the crowd to cheer even harder, if it were even possible. He yelled some angry threats at me and he went to hit me with the chair, stopping himself when I flinched and covered myself, laughing at me with the crowd. Lastly, The Dudley Boyz entered with their music, gold on their shoulders and carrying a table each, they set them down outside the ring, one at the top and the other to the side.
No one waisted anytime starting the match up, and it was utter destruction. I didn't know who to watch or wear to look. The first major stunt was when Devon climbed up a ladder and Adam pushed it, causing Devon to fly off the ladder and onto a table. I knew my cue here.
'What's Cat doing JR?' King asked with enthusiasm. 'Setting up a table for our date?'
'No, king I'm not sure what she's doing but she should stay out of it.'
I looked under the ring and spotted the two tables I needed, slid them out and piled one on top of the other. They're a lot lighter than I thought. Before I knew it, Christian was thrown through the tables I'd set up. I tried to look devastated and put my hands over my mouth.
'Oy, you alright?' I whispered checking on him.
'Yeah, good.' He said, pretending to be out.
About fifteen minutes later, Jeff caught my eye when climbing up a twenty foot ladder on the ramp. I walked around to see what he was doing, when I saw Bah Bah lying on a table. Oh shit, I knew what was going to happen.
'Don't do it! Jeff don't do it!' Cried JR, but the crowd's cheers outdid his plea, and Jeff caught a Swan Ton Bomb right onto Bah Bah. A referee got to him before I did, and signalled to us he was ok.
'Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit!' The crowd chanted.
My heart was racing; it was literally the scariest thing I have ever seen. But why was it? I had just seen Matt plant Adam's face with a ladder and Jay go through two tables, but this is what shook me up the most. I started feeling anxious, but tried to take my mind off of it by focusing on the match, trying to block out the replays on the screen.
The ring had two ladders set up next to each other, and a third lying across the top while Devon and Christian were wresting in the ring. Devon started climbing up one of the ladders, but Matt slid in the ring, pulled him off and performed a Twist of Fate. Christian and Matt started climber opposite ladders at the same time. On cue, I pulled Edge into the ring, who started climbing up a ladder underneath Matt. I watched him push Matt off the top ladder, and was relieved when he cleanly fell through a table. I raced up the same ladder Christian had gone up and sat on the end, yelling at the boys to grab the gold all boss-like, which they did to the crowd's dismay.
Boos everywhere!
Edge raised his hand standing up on the ladder, Christian kneeled and I stayed seated as we knew if either of us got up, the ladders would tip.
'And here are your winners and the new WWF Tag Team Champions, Edge & Christian!'
Suddenly, the boos from the crowd turned into cheers, and we started waving at the crowd for several minutes. We knew this wasn't a face turn, but more of an appreciation of the performance the men had put on, and this is the best kind of applause there is.
'I can't believe you're all in one piece!' I gushed to the six men out the back, who were celebrating with each other and other superstars. There were people everywhere congratulating them, they had really set a new standard. Amy came and gave me a massive hug.
'Next Wrestlemania, we'll be on the card.' She fist pumped me.
'Next Wrestlemania?' I smirked. 'More like Next pay-per-view!'
'Don't get ahead of yourself.' Jeff frowned at me. Asshole.
'How the hell is Rikishi supposed to compete after that?' Said a massive, bleached headed Samoan. 'Next time, I want to go before you lot.'
'Let's go get ready for the after party.' Amy grabber my arm. I shook my head.
'Can't. I have to go out with Kurt to watch him lose both his titles. We get the real gold soon though.'
'Ok, well, meet me at my locker room after.' She replied. 'Later.'
We arrived at the Wrestlemania after party, all glammed up and ready for the red carpet. I didn't know It was going to be this big, lucky I wore the dress Steph sent me. It was a silk white backless dress, that hung at my hips and fell to the floor and I only agreed to wear because it looked quite classy. Amy hated wearing dresses – hers was a lot shorter, black and low cut. I clung to Adam's arm posing with him, camera flashes everywhere.
'Cat! Cat!' I heard reporters yell my name. I was so shocked at all the fuss over us. Back in Australia, wrestling was nowhere near this big, and I felt so happy that America appreciated the sport as much as I do.
We walked a little bit further, I looked back and I saw Amy walking with Matt behind Jeff and Jay.
'Cat can you confirm a relationship with Adam?' One reporter yelled out.
'Yes, we can.' We both said at the same time and he kissed me on the side of my forehead. I don't know why, but I looked back at Jeff, who seemed red with anger, he must have hated being wrong. He took off, shoulder bumping me as he walked past.
We all found our table and sat at our allocated seats, and to no surprise I was seated with Adam, Jay, The brothers and Amy. My attention was drawn to Vince who stood on stage, tapping a microphone.
'I'm thrilled with the show tonight and the direction this company is going in…' He blabbed on for a while. I turned my head to Hunter who was seated next to Steph at table one – the important table. He stuck his thumb up at me with a big grin on his face. My attention turned back to Vince.
'Now I need to commend the Tag Team Division and congratulate not only Adam and Jay but also every other man that participated in some of the best wrestling any Sport's Entertainment company has seen in a long time.' There was a standing ovation. 'And this is what Attitude is all about!' People continued to clap as he walked off stage and Hunter walked on stage. Adam and the rest of the boys were more interested in the food coming out to the table.
'It's not Vegan.' Said Amy, handing her plate to the ever so smiling Adam.
'Now I have an announcement from a project I have been working on.' Hunter started. 'My darling Cat's birthday is next month, as some of you would be aware, but I want to give her the present Vince, Steph and I have arranged for her now.'
'I didn't know that.' Adam said, raising his eyebrows.
'Really?' Jeff said, irritation filled his face. 'It's not hard to remember your own Girl's Birthday.'
'Her birthday intertwines perfectly with our next overseas tour where we will be heading to Australia! Happy Birthday, Caterina.'
No one really cared about my birthday; they were just super excited as the company has never toured so far before, and most of them have never been to Australia. As for me, I couldn't care either – I was going to see my family!
A/N: I wanted to make this chapter longer but didn't want to drag it on. It's almost 4am (I'm probably 8 to 12 hours ahead of you if you are in the U.S), so I thought I would update and start the next chapter with the trip.
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