Playlist:
i. Skeletons - Real Friends
ii. Goner - Twenty One Pilots
iii. Paranoia - A Day to Remember
iv. Kicking and Screaming - All Time Low
v. You're On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift
vi. 12 Through 15 - Mayday Parade
vii. Tell Me Why - Paramore
viii. easier said - Kacey Musgraves
"Ooh, and there's Becky with the Man-Handle Slam!" Michael Cole exclaimed. "Could this be the end of Rhea's run as champion?"
As Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch fought in the ring, a feminine figure dressed in all black – including a black ski mask – slowly began sauntering down to the ring.
"Wait, hold on, who is that?" Corey Graves asked.
Becky went for the pin.
"1...2 – "
Rhea kicked out at 2. The woman was now standing outside the ring, her head titled, but not moving.
"Who do you think that is?" Cole asked.
With both women on the mat, Becky grabbed Rhea and began locking in the Dis-Arm-Her. The woman climbed onto the ring apron, and as Becky locked in the move, the referee turned around to look at the person behind him. She was hopping up and down, and shouting, but you couldn't really make out what she was saying.
Becky let go of the champion and stood up, walking over to the mystery woman.
"I don't know, but she's made The Man mad," Graves said.
Becky started shouting at the woman, and Rhea slowly stood up, then quickly ran over and kicked Becky in the back of the knee, then yanked her to the middle of the ring and hit her finishing move.
"Riptide!" Graves shouted.
Rhea went for the pin.
"1…2…3!"
Rhea grinned, still leaning over Becky's still body.
"Your winner, and still Women's World Champion: Rhea Ripley!"
She stood up, proudly letting her arm be raised in victory. She was handed her title, yanking it out of the referee's hands.
Then, she turned to the woman, who had now entered the ring, but stood by the ropes.
Judgement Day's music began playing, and Finn, Damian, and Dominik began walking to the ring. Dominik walked ahead of the other two, quickly getting to the ring and giving his mami a hug.
Rhea was handed a mic, and once the other two were in the ring, she spoke.
"Do you guys know who the hell this is?" she asked.
Finn smiled. "I do, actually. I told her not to come out here tonight, that we'd give her a proper introduction soon, but I guess she couldn't wait."
"A proper introduction?" Rhea asked. "What, like, she's with us now?"
"Exactly," Finn replied. "I thought Judgement Day needed a little bit of a shake-up, maybe even a new member?"
"A new member?" Dominik asked, frowning.
"Relax, Dom, no one's being replaced," Finn said, "the group is just expanding."
"Okay…" Rhea sounded unsure.
"So without further ado, I'd like to introduce the newest member of The Judgement Day," Finn said.
The woman took off her mask. Her long black hair fell out, stopping just in the middle of her back. Her brown eyes had a mischievous look, and her red lips were smirking.
"Oh my god, that's Elaina Nix!" Graves exclaimed.
"She's from NXT, but we haven't seen her in months," Cole said, "What's she doing here?"
"Thank you for such a great introduction, Finn," she said. "You're right, I couldn't wait to debut and finally join the Judgement Day. And what better way to do so than by helping my new friend, Rhea, win her match?"
"Hey, Rhea could've won that match on her own!" Dom said.
"Yeah!" Rhea agreed.
"I never said she couldn't, but a little help is always nice, right?"
"Rhea, listen," Finn said, "I have Damian and Dom to help me out when I need it, but we can't get involved in your matches. Elaina is just here to help you out, and hopefully, you'll help her out when she needs it. You know, return the favor."
"I don't need help," Rhea growled. She threw her microphone on the ground and stormed out of the ring. Dom followed behind.
"Hey, I think it's awesome that Elaina is here," Damian said.
She smiled. "I'm glad someone thinks so."
XXX
Now backstage, Juliet was grinning from ear to ear. Not only had she finally returned from injury, but she did it by debuting on the main roster, and she got to do it with her boyfriend. It was a dream come true.
"You did amazing, angel," Finn said, grabbing Juliet by the shoulders and giving her a kiss on the forehead.
She wrapped her arms around him, resting her head on his chest. "I'm just so happy to be here with you."
"Okay, lovebirds, let's keep it moving," Damian joked, walking past them.
Juliet giggled, and the two of them began making their way out of Gorilla. As they did, they walked past Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods (or Austin Creed, she realized), who were all ready for their match that was next.
"Great job, guys!" Kofi said.
"Yeah, what a surprise debut!" Austin said. "I totally didn't know that you'd be debuting, Elaina, I definitely didn't see you backstage at all tonight."
"Yeah, not at all," Kofi joked.
She laughed. "It's Juliet. But thanks for keeping it quiet, and not going on Twitter and telling the whole world. I appreciate it."
"Of course, we'd never tell a soul," Kofi said.
"Yeah, Jules, who do you think we are?" Austin asked.
"Juliet, come on!"
At that moment, she realized that Finn and Damian did not stop to talk, so they were already near the end of the hall, waiting on her.
"I gotta go," she said, "but it was nice meeting you guys!"
She sprinted away.
"Already trying to join another team?" Damian joked.
"What can I say?" Juliet shrugged. "I'm a hot commodity."
They reached the women's locker room before the men's, so Damian and Finn continued down the hall as Juliet stopped. She could feel the nerves creeping in, just as they had when she'd first debuted in NXT. Since she was meant to be a surprise that night, she hadn't actually gotten to change in the locker room with anyone. She'd gotten ready much earlier than everyone else so they wouldn't see her.
But now… Now Juliet would get to meet the rest of the women's division.
She opened the door.
"Juliet!"
Before she could process who had said that, Juliet was being tackled in a hug. She almost lost her balance, but didn't, and she wrapped her arms around her friend.
"Dakota!" she exclaimed back.
Juliet looked behind Dakota at the rest of the locker room, but specifically at Bayley and Iyo, the other members of Damage CTRL. She actually knew Iyo somewhat, as they were in NXT together for a little bit, though they never had any screen time together. However, she'd never met Bayley, and based on the hesitant and suspicious look on the Horsewoman's face, she wasn't sure how well they'd get along.
"You didn't tell me you were debuting!" Dakota said. "Or coming back!"
"It was a surprise," Juliet said. "Couldn't tell anyone besides Judgement Day and Becky."
"You could've told me," Dakota said, "and I would've tried convincing them to put you in Damage CTRL. It'd be awesome."
"Ha, yeah," Bayley said, though there was no humor in her voice.
"No way." Juliet shook her head. "You guys don't need another member, and Judgement Day totally needed another girl. Too much testosterone, you know?"
"Well, I hope we get to face you and Rhea for the tag titles one day," Dakota said.
"There's no way Rhea's gonna go after the tag titles, she's literally world champion," Bayley said. "If that happens, there's gonna be hell to pay for whoever had that bright idea. 'Cause I don't see them letting her be a double champion."
"Hey, you never know, it could happen," Juliet argued.
"Yeah, sure." Bayley rolled her eyes, then turned to Iyo and began a new conversation.
"I'll let you get changed, but we totally have to hang out this week," Dakota said.
"Oh yeah, definitely!"
Dakota turned around and returned to Bayley and Iyo.
Juliet walked to her little corner of the room, where she'd left her things, and quickly got changed into the shorts and tank top she'd been wearing earlier. All the other girls were in their own conversations, so Juliet simply told Dakota bye, and then she left.
As she stood outside the women's locker room, she sighed.
So, this was the main roster…
She pulled out her phone, texting Finn that she was ready to go.
Hi everyone!
Long time, huh? So basically, this is a complete re-write of a story I started on Wattpad a really long time ago. I changed some things, as well as made it current time (I don't think it was even current when I originally wrote it), and voila! New story!
It's been a really long time since I've published anything on here, so I'd love to know how you feel about this story!