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Sometimes, all you need is that extra push to resolve an issue..

Smackdown!

Three Days Until WrestleMania 31

Los Angeles, California

"You see," Triple H was backstage with Daphne Anne, who was getting ready to compete, "I had originally scheduled you and Seth Rollins to take on Brie Bella and Bad News Barrett tonight, but since I want Seth to be in the best form for WrestleMania and due to your conflict that you two had last week on RAW, I took him out of the card."

Daphne sighed as she knew something like this would happen, "So what now? Are you going to find me a tag partner?"

"I was thinking that I make you find a partner—"

"But Hunter," Daphne interjected him, "No Superstar in the locker room would want to be associated with me. I would rather you find me a partner."

"Look, you can see this as an opportunity to make new friends." Triple H sounded like her father at the moment. He was always someone that would try to get Daphne to make some friends, but Daphne never really wanted friends.

"Hey Hunter," Dean Ambrose stepped into the camera shot, "I was looking at the show and I realized something: I was not in the show. Why am I not on the show?"

Triple H had given Dean the night off, knowing that WrestleMania was in three days. Dean was reckless and he could not afford to get himself injured on Smackdown, so why not save it for Sunday? Dean on the other hand, he just did not give a crap and wanted to fight.

"Are you sure you want to compete?" Triple H asked him as Dean cracked his neck side-to-side, "Look, WrestleMania is just in three days and you cannot afford to get injured."

"Since when have you cared about my wellbeing?" Dean questioned.

"What about Dean?" Daphne interjected herself in between the two men as Dean was confused.

"What do you mean when you say "what about Dean?"?" Dean asked her.

"Hunter," Daphne looked into the eyes of the King of Kings, "I want Dean as my partner tonight as we take on Brie Bella and Bad News Barrett," she then looked at Dean, "What you say about that, Ambrose?"

Dean shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever." the two of them looked at Triple H.

"Alright," Triple H agreed, "Dean's in the match."

"Rebel Son" was playing all around the arena as Bad News Barrett and Brie Bella awaited for their opponents for tonight. "Sellouts" blasted throughout the arena as the WWE Universe cheered as Daphne came out, "Introducing their opponents first: from Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Daphne Anne!" Eden exclaimed as Brie taunted Daphne from the outside of the ring. Daphne was pumped up for the match as "Retaliation" played after as Dean Ambrose came out, "Introducing her partner: from Cincinnati, Ohio, weighing in two-hundred twenty-five pounds, Dean Ambrose!"

Once Dean met Daphne down the ramp, the two of them went to the ring. Both teams decided on why would start the match for their teams as Brie fought her hardest to start the match. Barrett agreed, which meant that Daphne would have to start the match for her team. The bell rang as Brie and Daphne circled around and locked up with each other. Daphne head locked Brie and bounced to the ropes as Brie pushed Daphne off of her. Daphne shoulder blocked Brie, before she went for the cover. Brie quickly kicked out. Daphne grabbed Brie by the hair and delivered a headbutt, before flinging her to the rope. Brie quickly tagged in Barrett as he stepped into the ring.

"Tag him in!" Barrett demanded as Daphne rolled over to tag in Dean.

Dean and Barrett delivered punches to each other, before Barrett kneed him in the stomach. Then, he used his fist to knock Dean to the floor as Dean held onto his back. He grabbed Dean, who was sat down and trying to recover and kneed him on his back and bellowing Dean on his left shoulder.

"Come on, Dean!" Daphne screamed as she clapped along with the WWE Universe.

Dean used the cheers for the WWE Universe as motivation to get back into the match. He tried to get back up, using all of the strength that he had to punch himself out. Finally, he is able to reverse the hold, but Dean does not hold it for too long as he punches Barrett into the corner and began to punch again and kick as much as the referee would allow it. Dean did a little dance before bouncing off to Barrett, who held his chest. Dean went back to get Barrett, who kicked him in the stomach, head butted him and punched his back again.

Barrett whipped Dean to the ropes, who bounced back and went loose on Barrett with a series of punches. Dean felt the moment as he was dominating the match, but Brie began to talk down on Dean as Daphne quickly raced and speared Brie off the apron. Right now, it was Dean and Daphne dominating the match and Smackdown went to commercial.

Coming back from commercial, Bad News Barrett had taken back control of the match ever since Barrett threw Dean against the barricade. The main target was Dean's left shoulder. Barrett went for a cover on Dean, after a sidewalk slam and Dean kicked out. Meanwhile, Daphne looked concerned for her partner's wellbeing. Barrett stomped and walked all over Dean like he was nothing at all and the more that Daphne watched Dean being hurt, the more that she wanted to be that hot tag to save the match. Barrett connected with a neckbreaker as he went for another cover. Dean kicked out at two.

Barrett kneed Dean's neck as Brie looked like she wanted to be part of the match. Barrett tagged her in as Brie kneed Dean on the neck. Then, she began to step on Dean's back and use the ropes to stretch on and inflict pain—this was one of Daphne's signature moves and Brie was using it as a way to get inside her head.

"Brie mocking Daphne!" Michael Cole said it in such disgust, "The Bellas and Stephanie do not care about Daphne. All they want is to embarrass her!"

"Come on Dean, let me have her!" Daphne desperately wanted back into the match, but Brie tagged in back Barrett into the match.

Dean kicked Barrett, who was right behind him as launched himself onto him with a fists full of punches. The two Superstars got back up to their feet as Barrett pushed Dean into the ropes as Dean bounced himself from the ropes and delivered a clothesline to Barrett. Finally, this was the opportunity that he needed to tag in Daphne into the match. The two Superstars were on the ground as the Divas were desperately wanting that tag into the match. Barrett tagged in Brie and Dean tagged in Daphne.

Daphne delivered a clothesline to Brie, followed by a dropkick to send The Bella Twin on the floor. Daphne head butted Brie, before connecting with a northern lights suplex and rolling herself over to connect with a series of punches. The referee had to pull away Daphne from Brie. With the opportunity, Brie made it to the top rope to connect with a dropkick. The dropkick connected as Brie went for the cover on Daphne, who kicked out in two in a half. Brie grabbed Daphne and took her to the corner, where she punched and kick. The referee had to separate Brie from Daphne as Daphne got out of the corner and behind the three ropes.

Brie went to launch herself onto Daphne, but Brie found herself between the ropes and Daphne saw it was a golden opportunity to win the match. Daphne stepped on Brie's back and used the ropes to apply more pressure. Then, Daphne kneed Brie and then stretched into her mouth to pull it apart. Brie screamed and squirmed as the referee told her to knock it off. Daphne blew a kiss to Barrett as she grabbed Brie and connected with the Bitch Cure. Daphne went for a cover, but Barrett pulled Daphne out of the ring.

Dean launched himself into Barrett again to punch him. Brie came from behind and gave Dean a low blow. Dean fell to his knees and Barrett threw him out of the ring. Brie and Barrett were united in the ring as Daphne found herself in a conflict.

She was outnumbered and Dean was still dealing with that low blow. She needed to find a way to get rid of Barrett, so she could deal with Brie. Daphne told them to wait a moment and pulled out her ring boot. If she were to hit either person with it, she would be disqualified, so she just threw the show at them, before Barrett went to chase her ringside. Daphne lured him to where Dean was and Dean clotheslined him. Now, Daphne had Brie to worry about. Brie stomped on Daphne as she got into the ring, but Daphne swept Brie from her leg and began to apply the Bitch Lock on her.

In the center of the ring, Brie had the submission hold applied to her. There was no Barrett or Nikki to save her, so she tapped out and the WWE Universe went wild.

"Sellouts" played as Daphne helped Dean up to his feet as the referee raised their arms in victory, "The winners of this match: Dean Ambrose and Daphne Anne!" Eden said.

"What a match that was!" Jerry Lawler stated as Dean and Daphne celebrated in the ring. Dean high fisted her as she did the same to him.

"The two opposites won the match, but the question this Sunday is will Dean Ambrose become the Intercontinental Champion and will Daphne become a record three time Divas Champion!" Michael questioned.

Dean and Daphne hugged each other in the center of the ring as the two of them went to stand on the corners to look at the WWE Universe.

"Not the best of friends, but great partners!" Michael stated.

"Daphne and I already talked about our issues," Connie Mitchell, Daphne's cousin told Colby Lopez backstage. The two of them were watching Daphne and Dean's match as Colby brought up that Connie was one of the last people that Daphne needed to talk to in order to make amends with everyone that she thought she hurt or who have hurt her, "I don't understand why I need to talk about it again. I hate talking about it." Connie pointed out as she and Daphne had already talked about their issues. They talked about it, when Daphne visited her at work and caused an entire scene in front of everyone.

"Listen Connie, I want Daphne to look at WrestleMania as a new start for her. She has been working very hard and I feel like really talking to you will help her." Colby explained to her.

"I don't know…"

"Can you at least try?" Colby asked her.

Connie sighed, "I guess."

"That is all I wanted." Colby said to her. All he was doing was trying to make the process with Daphne easier and by bring her cousin to Smackdown and then WrestleMania, it will help a lot with Daphne's road to recovery.

"It's what we all want." Connie corrected him.

So, I think there is about three chapters left in this entire series. So sad to see it end, but I hope that you guys are still hanging on. I had teased the friendship with Dean and Daphne throughout the story and I felt like them teaming in the end was a good way to solidify their friendship. Also, I need to wrap the Connie/Daphne angle from beginning of the story, so will it be a good ending with the two of them or will the resentment continue to tear them apart? Thank you for reading! Please favorite, follow and review! :)