Quitters
If you keep fighting for what you want, you will get what you've wanted in the very end...
"Congratulations, babe," Colby Lopez exclaimed the minute that he and new Divas Champion Daphne Consuelos walked inside the curtain to backstage. Daphne had been crying tears of joy ever since she and Colby began walking up the ramp, "I am so proud of you. You fought for this and now you have it."
Daphne could not believe that she had to belt back in her possession. Nicely, it laid on her right shoulder as she admired it with a giant smile, "I love you, Colby and maybe, your time may come soon…" she gave a small smirk, before Hunter Levesque, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and Vince McMahon approached the three of them.
"First and furthermost, in behalf of the WWE Management, congratulations on your third Divas Championship win," Vince began as Hunter and Stephanie smiled in the back, "Welcome on being part of WWE history."
"Thank you," Daphne said in a humble way, "It means a lot to me."
"Vince, Steph and I wanted to commend you with how WrestleMania is going. Your hard work and direction for the company has helped a lot." Hunter told her as Daphne paused him.
"It wasn't all just me—it was you, Stephanie, creative, producers, the makeup and fashion department, the people working at cratering, the people setting WrestleMania up. This wouldn't have been possible without Vince, who gives the final word of everything." Daphne explained. She did not feel good about taking the credit over everything, since everyone played a little part of bring WrestleMania 31 to life.
"Thank you Daphne," Vince nodded and smiled at her, before looking at Colby, "Colby, your hard work has not gone without acknowledgement. We have seen how hard you have been working for the past three years. Hell, you've been able to stand toe-to-toe with John Cena and Brock Lesnar. That's terrific, kid. You have been reached for that brass ring and you have never let it go."
"For everything that you have done and thinking that this move is what is best for business, we are going to—"
Before she could hear the news, Daphne's sight focused on a petite brunette that she had not seen ever since Survivor Series last year, "April?" she questioned in a confused way, not expecting to see her former foe backstage at WrestleMania.
"Hey Daphne," April Brooks greeted her with a small smile on her face, "You must be wondering why I am here." she then looked at the Divas Championship, which rested on Daphne's shoulder. Daphne followed April's eyes as she began to panic, "Ha-ha. No need to worry. I still want to be retired. It is actually kind of fun to be quite honest."
"Look, I was wondering if Phil ever brought me up. I remember visiting him, but you weren't there." Daphne felt hesitant with bringing up that she and Colby visited Phil a little while back, but she knew that Phil would have been foreword about that.
"Yeah, he told me about that. You apparently left this letter," April pulled out the letter from her back pocket, "I honestly was expecting a harsh letter of how much you resented me even though I knew that you and me kind of left off in decent terms. It was just the paranoid side getting the best of me. You were jealous of me?"
"Yeah," Daphne sighed nervously, "You were someone that got whatever they wanted in the WWE, while I fought for everything. I wanted your position in the company, but when I got it, I was still not happy with it. Then, I got the Divas Championship the last time and I came to realization that it is not all about the championships, but the story that I tell in the ring."
"It is nice that your philosophy changed. I really hope that you are able to change this Division for the better. Perhaps, bring up some NXT girls up?" April suggested as Daphne shrugged her shoulders, unsure.
"With Dunn finally fired, there might be some hope," Daphne told her as April raised a brow, wondering how Kevin Dunn finally got fired, "It's a dumb story. You'll probably hear it in the dirt sheets in a couple days."
"Daphne!" the new Divas Champion turned around to find Natalie "Eva" Marie Coyle approaching her with a huge smile on my face.
"Hey Eva, congrats on your match earlier. You have shown signs that you've improved." Daphne greeted her with a huge hug on her face as Eva's smile went small, which made Daphne worry.
"About that," Eva began to get serious as Daphne felt worried about what words could come out of Eva's mouth, "Look, you know that I recently signed with Danny Garcia right? Dwayne Johnson's ex-wife?" she reminded Daphne of the conversation that they had the night that she returned to the WWE.
"What about that?"
"Well, I had a conversation with Dwayne and the words that he spoke really inspired me to get more training with Brian Kendrick done. I feel like I have not earned my place up here in the main roster, so I feel it might be best if I were to go back down to L.A. and get more training with Brian done. Then, I'll start out at NXT like I was supposed to." Eva explained as Daphne raised her right brow.
"This must have been a tough decision for you to do." Daphne responded.
"Yeah, but I Vince and everyone else believes that I can be a top Diva in the WWE and even challenge you for the Divas title, so am I crazy for wanting to get more training?" Eva questioned Daphne.
"Of course not. I really think it is a good decision on your part, but do you think that you should go down to NXT for the training?" Daphne felt like there was a wonderful training center in Orlando, Florida, which has trained some of the best wrestlers in the WWE. Why wasn't Eva taking advantage of that?
"Management wants focus on my wrestling and my wrestling only. As you saw tonight, my wrestling does not compare to Saraya's or yours. Did I improve? Yeah, but can I improve more? Of course. Look, I know that my decision is not the most popular in the locker room..." Eva was interrupted by Daphne.
"It's not the most popular decision because the other girls think that you're being handed everything in a silver platter. Briana and Nicole are the last people that should be saying any of that since they've been basically been pushed because of who their significant others are. They weren't in the indies; they threatened to quit the WWE after SIX months of training down at FCW. It took them eight years for them to realize that their looks cannot get past with all the new girls coming in. I just don't want you relying on your looks because Rebecca, Ashley, Pamela and Mercedes are taking over NXT and are the women that you need to be better than and as of right now, they are dominating women's wrestling." Daphne gave Eva a lecture, trying to make the redhead see where she was going with this.
"I know that and the other girls hate that I am doing this, but you and Trinity kept silent, while the other girls were bashing on my decision saying that I didn't deserve any of this. What I want to know is: are you on their side or mine?" Eva asked, placing Daphne in between a rock and a hard place.
Daphne thought about this for a moment. This was a hard decision. She felt like she needed to be loyal to both sides. She did see what Saraya, Brie, Nikki, Victoria and the other girls thought about this, but she saw where Eva was trying to say as well. She never asked for this opportunity to train near her home in California and Daphne would have killed to have that opportunity, "I'm loyal to both sides. I'm the leader of the locker room. I'll support your wrestling journey, but never make me pick a side."
"Fine by me." Eva said as Daphne shook her head.
Daphne and Eva left the conversation the way it was. If the two of them were to continue the discussion, their friendship would not be the same after it. Daphne approached Colby, who had the biggest grin on his face. She in fact knew the Colby's dream were all going to come true. She pecked a kiss on his cheek as he did not see the peck coming, "What was that for?"
"I love you. Isn't that enough?"
Colby raised his brow; he knew that there was something else that Daphne could possibly want, "What do you want, Daphne?"
"I'll tell you later." she slowly walked passed him, looking mischievous with every step that she took.
It was Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns and the two men are having a grueling match. The WWE Universe found themselves sympathizing with Roman, who spend the majority of the match getting his ass beat by The Beast Incarnate. Brock did a fantastic job by establishing his dominance and why wouldn't be? He was the one to conquer The Undertaker! He was the one behind the one in twenty one and one.
"I can't look anymore!" Brie Danielson covered her as the NEW Intercontinental Champion and husband, Bryan laughed at his wife's scared reaction over the match.
"Oh my God," Jon muttered under his breathe. It was not shock that Joe was one of his best friends in the entire world and the last thing that he wanted to do was to see his good friend getting his ass beat, "All of his family is here. COME ON, JOE!" he yelled over the television. Jon, Renee, Brie, Bryan, Nikki and John Cena were all backstage, watching Lesnar versus Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Brock connected with an F5 to Roman as the two men were lifeless. They were not moving a single inch of their bodies and the WWE Universe awaited for one of the men to make a cover and end the match.
"Come on Joe!" John cheered as everyone else was making noises for one of the men to make a cover.
"Second Coming" blasted throughout the WWE Universe as Seth Rollins came rushing in with the golden Money in the Bank briefcase. Daphne Anne raced behind him, knowing that Seth needed to win the match, before either men got up to their feet. Seth went to the ring and handed the briefcase to the referee. He wanted to cash in and he wanted to cash in NOW.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Seth Rollins is cashing in his Money in the Bank," Lilian Garcia announced, "Therefore, this match will now be a Triple Threat Match!
The referee rang the bell and it was official...
The match was now a Triple Threat Match.
"The match is a Triple Threat Match for the title!" Nikki commented in shock and disbelief.
"Has anyone ever cashed in during a match at WrestleMania before?" Bryan asked as Jon nodded no.
Seth pushed Roman out of the ring and focused his attention to Lesnar. Seth connected with a crub stomp on Lesnar as he looked back at Roman, who was still down in the ring and attempted to connect with another curb stomp, but Lesnar grabbed Seth and went for an F5, but Roman connected with a spear on Lesnar as Seth connected with a curb stomp on Roman and went for the cover.
"Second Coming" blasted again as Seth Rollins began to celebrate, "Here is your winner and NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins!" Daphne jumped on Seth and wrapped her legs around his waist and gave him a giant hug as the referee raised his hand up in the air. Before, Lesnar or Roman can get back to his feet, Seth and Daphne exited the ring and up the ramp. Daphne raised her boyfriend's hand up in the air as Seth raised the title with the other one.
Daphne smiled and she could not stop smiling. It seemed like their dreams were coming true. One year ago, Seth was struggling to get out of the shadow of The Shield and take his place in the spotlight. Meanwhile, Daphne had a dream to capture the Divas Championship again and take her place as one of the best Divas in WWE history. Fast forward one year later, it seemed like not only Daphne, but Seth got what they truly desired in life. Seth was now the face of the company, while Daphne was the face of the Divas Division. This was a power couple that no one should mess with.
Seth raised his championship up in the air as the fireworks blasted from above him. The WWE Universe was in complete shock and that was what Vince McMahon wanted. Seth put his title on his shoulder as he went back to Daphne and connected with a huge kiss on her lips and whispered into her ear, "What did you want to tell me?" it was Colby that asked her that question, not Seth and instead of Daphne Anne responded, Daphne Consuelos decided to answer.
"I want to move in with you." Daphne whispered as the hugest smile on Seth's face formed. It may not have been something like "I want to marry you" or something, but hearing that Daphne wanted to take the huge step into their relationship made him the happiest guy in the world. As soon as Daphne moved to Davenport, then maybe marriage will be in the future for the two lovebirds.
"What the fuck happened?" Renee broke the silence backstage as she awaited for someone to respond to her and clarify some things, "Is Seth the champion now?"
"I told everyone that they should not rule out a cash in at WrestleMania." Bryan reminded Jon and Renee from their conversation back in January at the WWE Headquarters during the snow storm season.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Renee said, knowing that she was one of the few doubters that did not expect of Colby walking out with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
"Champion power couple!" Nikki gushed as Seth hugged Daphne as the confetti began to fall and fireworks began to spark from the sky as Daphne and Seth rose their championships high above their heads.
"This night is perfect!" Daphne squealed, but tried to maintain that confident composure.
"And, it will continue to be more perfect." Colby responded, thinking about that diamond ring back in the locker room.
The end. This is the end of the Daphne Anne and Seth Rollins series. It took so long to complete this and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Sure, it is not a perfect story, but it's good for me and I'll always evolve and improve as a writer. I just want to thank everyone who has stuck with this series and who has read Daphne's journey. I know at some point (probably now), people did not like her and were debating on whether to continue this story, but if you did, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
As of right now, I don't have any intentions with starting a new story and the one story I have on hiatus will probably end up being deleted, but I'll be working on finishing "The Spark That Ignited A Division" and after I completed that story, I plan to take a break from writing. I feel like in some way, I have been burned out and need some inspiration and passion back for writing; however, I still plan on reading stories and writing reviews, so it will still be like I am here.
Thank you to everyone who favorite, follow and reviewed this story. All of you are awesome and if you can for one last time: please favorite, follow and review this story! :)