Making a Name for Yourself

by Saiyan God.101

Starts after Armageddon 2007. "Please Dray... promise me you'll make sure to help them." "*Sigh* … Alright... I'll do what I can. Promise." After making a promise, WWE writer Dray looks to help the Divas rebel against the system holding them back, indirectly kick starting the beginnings of a legendary career. Multiple rivalries and matches! I don't own WWE. Just my OC's

3. Wrath of the Phoenix

Chapter 3: Wrath of the Phoenix

Friday Night SmackDown (January 4, 2008 tapings): Richmond, Virginia - Richmond Coliseum, December 30, 2007

Melina walked into the Divas locker room with a tired sigh, her Women's Championship in hand. She was already dressed and ready for the night, but was still a little on the tired side. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day all happened to be on a Monday and Tuesday, so instead of the usual live tapings, WWE aired Tribute to the Troops on Monday and a special episode, dedicated to the best moments of SmackDown 2007 on Tuesday, while the whole roster had their Christmas break.

Fast forward to Boxing Day, and everyone had been busy with house shows, right up to tonight, where they'd be taping the first SmackDown of 2008 on a Sunday evening, a day before New Year's Eve, whilst Raw were in Raleigh for the last house show of 2007, before they all took their New Year break. She was inwardly relieved upon realising she wouldn't have to work New Year's Eve, since Raw had already been taped the previous night.

She just hoped no spoilers were leaked.

"Someone seems tired."

Melina looked up, noticing the slim toned woman sat across from her, getting ready for tonight's tapings. Killer hazel-green eyes stared back at Melina, a small amused smile on the woman's face as she stared at the current Women's Champion, her straight dark brown brunette hair going past her shoulders with side-bangs, and seemed to be in her late twenties.

"You could say that Jessie," Melina replied. "The house shows are hectic this week. And my family knows how to party."

Jessie simply chuckled. She wore a fancy, skin-tight attire, with a similar design and colour scheme to Shawn Michaels' - her mentor - black and white attire, from the Raw in which he faced off against then, WWE Champion John Cena in a WrestleMania 23 rematch.

She wore a black, white-trimmed choker necklace, with the same design, and wore a black, white-trimmed bandeau bikini top, in a matching sequin design, with transparent straps. She wore a black elbow pad, with a black fingerless glove on her right arm. She also wore black, leather tight pants with a black leather belt fastened around it, with a custom-made 'Nashville Vixen' silver belt buckle, and wore black knee pads and a pair of black wrestling boots over it, all in leather and with a matching design.

A leather, black jacket was seen hanging on her locker-room door beside her. It had the same design as the rest of her attire, going up the sleeves, and had the initials of her mentors' nickname, 'HBK', on the back of her jacket, with elaborate silver designs surrounding it. She was currently putting on an elbow-length black fingerless glove over her left hand, which had a white-trimmed loop.

"Hey... they're doing something right if you're still feeling the effects," the brunette responded.

Melina rolled her eyes with a smile. "So, how was your Christmas? Did you party hard with your family as well?"

"You bet! You know my family long enough to know that we know how to have a good time on the holidays!" Jessie replied with a mild southern accent. You could hardly tell it was there, but it was noticeable if you concentrated on listening to her voice.

Melina shuddered at the thought of Jessie and her wild family.

"Don't remind me. You're all just as bad as my family!" she replied, getting a chuckle from the brunette.

"I did have to tone it down for lil Venus though," Jessie admitted, a small smile on her face as her mind went to her little daughter. "She ain't ready for that kind of party yet. Maybe when she's older."

"That sounds like wishful thinking," Melina replied in amusement.

Jessie shrugged uncaringly. "Hey, what daughter wouldn't want to party with their mother?"

"All daughters Jessie," Melina responded with a shake of her head and an amused chuckle. "I'm guessing you're in the Fatal-4-Way match tonight?"

"Yep," the brunette answered simply. "Though, didn't they say both matches would feature women from both brands? The women in tonight's Fatal-4-Way are all Raw Divas."

"SmackDown has Jay, Lisa and Michelle as SmackDown's most featured Divas," Melina stated. "Michelle is already involved in a storyline, and will be in a Mixed Tag Team Match involving Lisa tonight. Lisa was also in the first Fatal-4-Way match last night. As for Jay..."

Melina frowned. "There isn't really much of an excuse to keep her out of it. There's also Jessica. In my opinion Dray should swap Maria out for one of them."

"Ehh… it doesn't hurt to give the girl a chance," Jessie replied with a shrug. Melina rolled her eyes at that, but didn't comment.

"You're probably already aware of this, but an elimination stipulation was added to both matches," the current Women's Champion revealed.

"Yeah I know. Dray and his 'band of misfits' added it in at the last minute last night. He's still pretty hyper from that performance you, Beth and Roxy did last week. I didn't get to watch it, but I heard it was good," Jessie replied, getting a chuckle from Melina.

"Yeah... it was fun. Not to mention the Fatal-4-Way last night also fired him up," Melina said, before raising an amused eyebrow. "Misfits?"

"His girlfriend and Claire are apart of the team. Misfits is the correct term regarding those guys."

Melina laughed. Jessie's cousin was talented in the production and putting matches together side of things. But was full of concentrated sarcastic sass that landed her in hot waters on multiple occasions.

"You'll be on commentary tonight, right?" Jessie asked, looking at the champ as she tightened the laces on her boots.

"Yep. I get front row seats to watching you, Beth, Kerry and Maria beat the living hell outta each other. I can't wait! It's gonna be fun. And speaking of last night... Sheree really showed out," Melina said, getting Jessie's attention.

"She was incredible! I'm actually kind of hoping she wins at the Royal Rumble. That's of course if I'm not the woman standing across from her that night," Jessie commented with a cheeky wink that made Melina chuckle. "She has the makings of a great champion. What do you think?"

Melina shrugged. "It's nice to have fresh new talent in the main picture scene. And if they actually give her the win... I'd be okay with it. I think she's ready anyway."

She's been ready for nine years, Jessie thought to herself. She was very aware of what Sheree had done before stepping foot in the WWE. Jessie had a keen eye for talent, and recognized it in many different ways. In her opinion, the Boston native had been ready since she stepped inside a ring for the first time.

A mischievous smile appeared on Jessie's face as she stared at Melina. "That's a positive attitude if there ever was one. Last time you bitched about dropping the title. What changed huh?"

Melina chuckled nervously.

"Well, I kinda don't wanna get on Dray and Christy's bad side. They were kind enough to extend my rivalry with Roxy to No Way Out, so I can't complain. Besides, I only bitched because they had me drop the title to Candice of all people!" Melina's eyebrow twitched at the thought of the former champion. "Who knows, maybe I'll end up dropping the title at No Way Out."

"I don't know about that. But you never know what could happen with Dray and Christy working together," Jessie replied, before rising to her feet. Then there's the unpredictability of Vince. It's never clear what he wants...

The brunette haired woman grabbed her jacket and grinned at the Latin American.

"Lets go! I wanna kick off some heads!" she replied excitedly, walking out of the room with Melina, who simply shook her head with an amused smirk.

. . . .

When they made it to the gorilla position, Beth Phoenix had already left, her theme music blasting throughout the arena. Waving at Christy and Dray, who were sitting at one of the monitors, they looked up at a TV monitor, realising that Maria was already in the ring.

Kerry was also seen standing in the gorilla position, an annoyed look on her face as she watched the screen.

She was wearing a black, halter zip up leather corset, and tight black shorts, leaving her thighs exposed, and wore black knee pads and wrestling boots. An angry scowl was present on her face as she wrapped black hand wrap around her hands, making the other two women nervous.

"Hey Kerry... what's with the scowl?" Jessie asked her.

Kerry turned her scowl on her colleagues as she finished wrapping up her hands.

"Dave is an asshole! I don't know how Jay puts up with him!" she growled, a strong New York accent coming through as she spoke to her fellow colleagues.

"Oh quit complaining. You deal with Orton on the daily, and he's even more of an asshole," Jessie retorted with a roll of her eyes.

"She's got you there!"

"No one asked you Claire!"

"What did he do this time? Boogie trap your locker?" Melina asked, trying hard not to burst out laughing.

"Screw you!" Kerry snapped at the laughing woman, with Dray and Christy looking on with amused looks, while a few other people simply shook their heads. Jessie groaned at Kerry's snappy attitude.

"Great. She's in a bad mood. Now we'll get the full brunt of it!" she complained, getting an evil smirk from Kerry.

"Shut up and deal with it," the blonde haired woman replied. "If you wanna blame anyone blame Dave."

"Yo Melina!" Dray suddenly called out from where he sat. "You're up next. Get ready."

"Thanks Dray! See you girls out there," the current Women's Champion said as her music played throughout the arena to a loud negative response, before walking through the curtain with a smirk.

. . . .

"Paparazzi" played throughout the Richmond Coliseum, gaining a collection of boos from the crowd as Melina walked out all smiles, this time without her personal photographers, the Women's Championship hanging loosely on her right shoulder.

"Well, Melina's certainly in a happy mood," Michael Cole noted.

"I'd watch what you say from now on Michael. Melina's joining us on commentary, so you'd best behave," Jonathan Coachman said sternly.

"I know, I know..." Michael muttered.

Melina held the Women's Championship above her head with both hands, a condescending smile stretching across her face as the fans continued to boo her, before walking down the ramp. She eyed the fans with a disgusted sneer on her face, as she made her way towards the ring.

"Two weeks ago Melina blindsided Tara with the title, after Tara defeated one of the women in the ring, the Glamazon Beth Phoenix, to earn the right to face Melina for the Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble," Michael reminded the masses as Melina entered the ringside area, smirking at the complete and utter focus in Beth's blue eyes as she stared the champion down, whilst at the same time completely ignoring Maria's presence. "Not the smartest move on her part."

"I thought I told you to behave!" Coachman retorted. "Melina was clearly in the right! She has to defend her Women's Championship against Tara, again! She's already beaten her! And to top it off, Tara chokeslammed Melina onto this cold hard floor, unprovoked might I add!"

"Unprovoked?!" Michael exclaimed incredulously as Melina walked around the ring and towards the announce table. "Melina pulled Tara off the ropes when she was going for the Old School! Tara is lucky she didn't get seriously injured!"

"Be quiet Michael, and stand up to greet our champion!" Coachman replied, standing up when Melina neared them.

"Nice of you to join us champ!" Coachman greeted with a kind smile whilst shaking the woman's hand.

"The pleasure is all mine," Melina replied with a smile.

Michael stuck his hand out to shake hers, but instead, Melina gave him the cold shoulder, opting to sit next to Coachman and put her headset on, making Coachman chuckle at Michael's semi hurt expression.

"Better luck next time Michael," Coachman laughed.

"Hey!"

"Burn in my Light" by Mercy Drive played throughout the Richmond Coliseum as Kerry slowly walked out to a collection of boos, sneering at the fans as she walked down the ramp.

"And there opponent, from Brooklyn, New York, Kerry!" Justin Roberts announced.

"Melina, what do you think of the competitors you're looking at right now?" Coachman asked as Kerry entered the ringside area.

"Beth Phoenix is a worthy opponent. She's strong and has a no nonsense attitude about her. Kerry is the same. Both great former champions. Though, I'm not comfortable fighting a person, who has no control over their anger, and has a sick and twisted obsession with putting people in hospital," Melina answered, a faint look of disgust when thinking about the many lows that Kerry was willing to stoop to just to prove a point.

Kerry walked up the steel steps and entered the ring, stepping through the ring ropes. She walked across the ring, ignoring her opponents and stepping up onto the second ropes in the corner opposite the time keeper's area, glaring at the crowd in disgust and anger as they continued to boo and jeer at her.

"I don't think you need to worry about that. We haven't seen that kind of twisted mentality from Kerry in awhile!" Coachman replied, trying to ease the champions' worry.

Melina scoffed at Coachman's words as Kerry looked in her direction, staring her down with cold, almost soulless blue eyes. Melina shivered.

"People like that don't change Coach," she hissed with distaste as Kerry stepped off the ropes.

"She kicked Matt Hardy in the head on Monday Coach," Michael stressed. "She's still twisted."

"She's Randy Orton's protégé," Melina added, watching as the icy blonde finally looked away from her. "She's just biding her time, waiting for the right moment to strike. Just watch."

"And what about Maria?" Michael asked the Women's Champion. "Don't you think she's worthy of a championship match?"

The question made Melina burst into fits of laughter, gaining a confused look from Cole.

"Maria?! Get real Michael! I can't believe you'd even suggest that! She's lucky to even be in this match!" Melina laughed, obviously not worried about Maria.

A female variation of "Sexy Boy" - redubbed "Sexy Girl" - by Shawn Michaels and Jim Johnston, blasted throughout the arena as Jessie Lauren walked energetically onto the stage, shaking her hips sensuously to the beats of the song and twirling around with her arms outstretched wide as she received a large reaction from the fans, getting a disapproving scowl from Melina while the males in the crowd wolf whistled.

"Aw, here she comes, the protégé of the Showstopper, the legendary Nashville Vixen, Jessie Lauren!" Coachman exclaimed excitedly, as Jessie walked off the stage and onto the ramp, getting a disapproving glare from Melina at how excited he was.

"And from Nashville, Tennessee, Jessie Lauren!"

Jessie dropped to her knees, winking at the nearest camera as she pointed out to the crowd, before pointing to herself with her head facing downward. She held her arms out, pyrotechnics going off on the stage behind her as she looked up at the ceiling.

"What are your thoughts on Jessie Lauren, Melina?" Michael asked the Latin American female, as the pyro ended and Jessie hopped back up onto her feet.

"I don't like her," Melina replied in a flat tone.

Jessie sauntered her way down the ramp, high fiving a few of the fans on her way to the ring.

"How come?" Michael asked in confusion.

"Just look at her, trying to steal all the spotlight with that annoying flirtatious smile of hers! I think she's overstayed her welcome! Her time ended a long time ago. She should take her ball and go home before someone does it for her! And so should her hammer swinging punk of a best friend Freya! Neither of them deserve to be in the same ring as me!" Melina ranted.

"Well, when you have it you flaunt it, right?" Coachman replied with a smile.

"Don't defend her! You're supposed to be on my side!" Melina snapped hotly.

"I think you're wrong there Melina," Michael said with a frown. "Both women are former champions. And are hailed as future Hall of Famers. They'd be quite a challenge if you faced either one of them one-on-one."

"When I want your opinion I'll ask for it!" Melina snarled as Jessie entered the ringside area.

Jessie walked towards a little boy, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek, chuckling along with his parents when he blushed, before walking up the steel steps.

The future Hall of Famer stepped up onto the apron, looking over the three other women she had to defeat, just to get another shot at the Women's Championship. She frowned when she locked eyes with Kerry's steel blue eyes, and glared at her when the woman smirked back. Jessie remembered what Kerry and Randy Orton did to Shawn Michaels. She wouldn't be forgetting about that anytime soon.

Jessie entered the ring, spinning around in circles with her arms stretched out, before dropping into her - and her mentors - trademark muscle posing taunt, getting a cheer from the fans as she smirked cheekily. She jumped up onto the second ropes of the corner, working up the crowd, holding her arms out with a smile as they cheered at her.

The brunette jumped off the turnbuckle, taking off her jacket and handing it to a stagehand. She sent a flirtatious wink Melina's way, just to wind her up, which she succeeded in.

Melina's face went red as her nostrils flared up in anger.

"You okay Melina? You seem a little flustered?" Michael asked the woman.

"Mind your own business!" Melina snapped.

After Jessie's theme faded into the background, the referee checked to see if everyone was ready, before signaling for the bell to ring, starting the match.

'Ding! Ding! Ding!'

Kerry immediately ran at Jessie, catching her off guard, punching and stomping away at her in the corner, while Beth did the same to Maria on the opposite side, getting boos from the crowd.

"The match begins! And it looks like Beth and Kerry want Maria and Jessie out of this match as soon as possible," Michael noted.

"Good. The sooner those two are eliminated the better," Melina retorted.

"Wait... are you worried about Maria and Jessie, Melina?" Michael asked.

"No," Melina replied with a scoff. "Jessie's had enough chances. She's a 3-Time Women's Champion and has had a legendary career. YET continues to hog the spotlight! As for Maria... she shouldn't even be in this match!"

"Stop bothering our Women's Champion with stupid questions Michael!" Coachman scolded his broadcast partner with a glare, as Beth and Kerry threw the other two women out of the ring.

The two taunted and gloated at the Richmond fans, receiving boos in response. The boos and jeers quickly turned into excitement as Beth and Kerry slowly turned around to face each other. "Oh boy..."

"That title is coming back with me," Beth stated in a stern tone, making Kerry scowl.

"Oh?" the short haired blonde growled. "You win the title one time and suddenly you think you're a hot-shot?!"

Beth invaded Kerry's personal space with a smug grin, backing the fellow blonde up into the ropes.

"Yeah... what are you gonna do about it?" Beth questioned, her grin widening, tilting her head when Kerry looked away from her with a dark, irritated scowl. "Just as I thought. You're gonna do absolutely nothing."

"Things are starting to get a little bit personal..." Coach noticed wearily. "The Glamazon may just bully her way to a championship match!"

"I love it," Melina commented with a smirk. "You don't become champion by playing nice."

Kerry slowly faced the more powerful and taller woman with a snarl, and shoved her away. "Get outta my face!"

Before Beth could react, Kerry slapped her hard across the face, making the fans let loose a collective gasp as Beth's face whipped to the side.

"Oh no! Tell me she didn't just slap Beth Phoenix in the face?!" Coachman exclaimed, eyes wide in horror.

"I'm afraid she did!" Michael replied.

Beth slowly turned to face Kerry, rage evident on her face, making Kerry freeze, her blue eyes widening in fear at the look on the Glamazon's face. Kerry tried to escape through the middle ropes, but was grabbed by the hair and pulled back in by the rage-filled Glamazon. Beth connected with a swift knee to Kerry's gut, making the blonde gasp as the wind was taken out of her, the fans wincing at the sight as Kerry fell to her knees with her arms wrapped around her stomach. "Oh man what a knee!"

"Beth ain't playing around tonight!" Coachman observed nervously.

"She'll do everything and anything to hold championship gold AGAIN!" Michael exclaimed as Beth pulled Kerry to her feet, and whipped her into the corner with enough force to have her stumbling out of the corner, before getting floored with a powerful clothesline. "Oh my goodness!"

"Oh wow!" Melina commented, a small smirk on her face.

"What a clothesline! She nearly took Kerry's head off!" Michael exclaimed, as the fans winced at the impact and at the way Kerry's head snapped back off the clothesline.

"Kerry nearly went flying!" Coachman added as Beth looked down at the dazed, glassy-eyed Kerry with a scowl.

"Now that's what I call a powerful woman! I firmly believe that Beth Phoenix is a top contender for my championship. Of course, if we were to meet in the ring, I'd beat her. No ifs or buts about it," Melina boasted with an obnoxious smirk.

Beth went for the cover, hooking the far leg, but Kerry kicked out at one and rolled out of the ring. "Oh... now that's smart."

"I agree- uh-oh, wait a minute!" Coachman suddenly exclaimed as Beth went to go after Kerry, but paused when the fans started getting excited for some reason.

"Hey! Look! Look!" Michael cried out.

Beth turned around just in time to see Maria perched on the top ropes.

"Look out!" Coachman yelled out as Maria jumped off the top ropes, blasting Beth with a missile dropkick to the chest that sent her flying across the ring and to the opposite corner.

"Missile dropkick! Maria caught the Glamazon by surprise and sent her flying!" Michael called out.

"Yeah. But it also angered her," Coachman replied nervously.

Maria stood up and froze when she saw the angry expression on Beth's face, who pulled herself up using the ring ropes. The two stared at each other for a moment before Beth shot out of the corner and rocked Maria with a wicked clothesline.

"Oh my goodness!" Michael exclaimed.

"Oh man... the Glamazon's in a rotten mood tonight," Coachman noted with a scared look on his face.

"That's what I love about Beth Phoenix," Melina commended with a smirk. "She doesn't mess around."

"Who's gonna win this Fatal-4-Way match up?! We find out after this," Michael said as SmackDown went to a commercial break with Beth staring down at a dazed Maria.

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SmackDown came back from its commercial break to show Kerry attempt an RKO to Jessie Lauren outside the ring, right in front of the announce table, making the fans cry out in excitement.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Coachman exclaimed, eyes wide at the RKO attempt. Beth Phoenix was lying near the wreckage of the steel steps on the other side of the ring, having being thrown into them during the commercial break, while Maria laid prone on the apron, though she was starting to stir.

"Kerry with the RKO!" Michael exclaimed, but the veteran had it scouted, pushing Kerry's RKO attempt away, and making Kerry crash back-first onto the thinly-padded floor with a thud.

"Oh man! Jessie, that cunning vixen, had it scouted," Coachman added.

"If you're just joining us, we welcome you back to Friday Night SmackDown. Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman, broadcasting to you from Richmond, Virginia. We are joined by the WWE Women's Champion Melina," Cole said, as Jessie leaned against the announce table to take a breather. "These four ladies from Raw are laying it all on the line, all for the chance to face off against the champion!"

Melina scoffed with a smirk, the Women's Championship held close to her. "It doesn't matter in the end. They're just winning to lose."

Jessie leaned off the announce table, forcing Kerry to her feet, pulling on the blonde's hair with a scowl.

"Oh! My goodness! I heard that!" Michael Cole exclaimed when Jessie lit up Kerry's chest with a stinging knife-edge chop, getting woos from the crowd as Kerry sank to her knees with a cry of pain, clawing at her chest.

"That vicious mean-streak of Jessie is starting to come out," Coachman said, noticing the scowl on the brunette woman's face.

Jessie pulled Kerry back onto her feet, making her stumble back with another flaming chop. Kerry yelled out in pained anguish as the fans wooed at the sight. "Oh god!"

The blonde haired woman sank to her hands and knees, panting in pain and grasping at her chest.

"Get up!" Jessie growled, pulling Kerry back up to her feet. The evil, blonde haired woman tried to fight back, slapping Jessie defiantly across the face.

"Oh my- Oh my god!" Michael exclaimed when Jessie immediately retaliated with another knife-edge chop to the chest of Kerry. "Jessie is absolutely destroying Kerry with those chops!"

"What is wrong with her?!" Melina asked, a twinge of horror in her voice as Kerry cried out in pain, woos reverberating throughout the arena, the young blonde stumbling off her feet. She tried to crawl away from the seemingly angry brunette, but Jessie grabbed ahold of Kerry's wrist, stopping her from running away.

"You think I'd forget?" Jessie questioned the blonde in a stern dark tone, as the evil blonde tried desperately to pull herself away from her, to no avail. "You think I'd forget what you and Orton did to Shawn? And Ric? Really?"

"Jessie telling Kerry that she didn't forget!" Michael echoed. "She won't forget the hell that Orton and Kerry put her mentor Shawn Michaels through. She won't forget what they did to Mick Foley! What they did to Ric FLAIR! OH! GOD!"

Kerry screamed out in pure agony as Jessie pulled her in and blitzed Kerry's chest, this time with an overhand chop, tears pricking at her eyes from the intense pain. "Jessie is absolutely relentless!"

"She's gonna tear apart Kerry's chest if she keeps that up!" Coachman cried out, the fans this time wincing at the chops with a verbal 'Ohhh!'

"Look how red her chest has gotten! It probably hurts just to breathe!"

Jessie grabbed Kerry by the hair, pulling the crying woman up onto her feet with a snarl. Jessie was about to dish out more offense on the woman, but a loud scream caught her attention.

"What the- WHOA!" Coachman cried out when Maria came out of nowhere, leaping off the ring apron, and colliding with both Kerry and Jessie Lauren to an excited reaction from the fans.

"Wow!" Michael exclaimed as Maria laid on the floor, smiling brightly at the sight of both Jessie Lauren and Kerry laid out next to her. "Maria taking out everybody!"

"Where did she come from?!" Melina exclaimed.

"Look at the mess! Kerry and Jessie are laid out right near us!" Michael added as Maria stood up.

"COME ON!" Maria shouted, banging her hands on the announce table and firing up the WWE fans.

"Maria is all fired up- OH MY GOD!"

Beth Phoenix came out of nowhere with a savage war-cry, almost beheading Maria with a powerful clothesline, receiving a loud 'Ohhh!' from the fans, wincing at the impact.

"Good grief!" Coachman exclaimed. Melina couldn't help it and broke out into a fit of laughter at the sight.

"Don't laugh!" Michael implored.

"Why shouldn't I?! She had it coming!" Melina shot back with a grin. "That's what she gets for show-boating in the middle of an important match!"

Beth stared down at Maria with a cold look in her icy blue eyes, before grabbing a fist full of Maria's hair, and pulling the dazed, almost knocked out woman, back onto her feet. Beth then picked Maria up off the ground in a spinebuster position, glaring coldly at the fans as they jeered at her.

"What's Beth thinking here?" Michael questioned.

"It won't be anything good," Coachman replied.

Beth then drove Maria back first onto the announce table, making her scream in pain as the fans let loose a loud 'Ohhh!' at the force and impact. "JESUS!"

"Oh my god!" Michael exclaimed as Maria laid across the announce table, both he and Coachman leaning back a bit. "What destructive force!"

"Hahaha! Do it again Beth!" Melina cackled, clearly enjoying Maria's pain at the moment.

Beth stared down at Maria as she rolled off the announce table, holding her back in pain.

"Holy hell! That left a huge dent in our announce table!" Coachman exclaimed.

"And the Glamazon isn't done yet!" Michael added as Beth stalked towards Maria. The powerful blonde forced Maria back up onto her feet, this time, launching her back-first into the barricade with a rage-filled yell, making the fans let loose a collective gasp at the impact. "Oh my word! Beth is more vicious than ever!"

"Good! Destroy her some more Beth!" Melina called out with a cruel smile on her face.

Beth shook her head as she stared down at the unmoving form of Maria, before looking at the crowd, holding her arms out, smirking when they responded with cheers. She failed to notice Jessie using the barricade, on the opposite side of the ring, in front of the timekeepers area, to pull herself back up onto her feet. The Nashville Vixen looked at the apron and then at Beth, formulating a plan of attack.

"Look at Jessie!" Michael shouted, watching as Jessie took off in a run, leaping up onto the apron and running along it as Beth turned around. "Look at the speed of Jessie!"

To the fans and the commentators' complete shock, Jessie leaped off the apron and spiked Beth face-first into the floor with a diving DDT, Beth's head bouncing painfully off the ground! "OH MY GOD! A DDT! A LEAPING DDT, PLANTING BETH PHOENIX INTO THE FLOOR!"

"OHHH!" Melina exclaimed along with the fans, wincing at the impact. "She may have just knocked Beth's lights out!"

"I have never seen that from her before!" Coachman cried out as Jessie sat up, glaring down at a near unconscious and prone Beth Phoenix. "In fact, I've never seen Jessie move that quick! Ever! Where the heck did that come from?!"

Jessie rose to her feet, seeing Kerry running at her. "WHOA!"

Jessie ducked down, sending Kerry flying off her feet with a back body drop, the fans letting loose a loud 'Ohhh!' as Kerry sailed over the 3-Time Women's Champion and crashed back first onto the spine of the Glamazon. That woke Beth back up, making her cry out in pain, while Kerry arched her back off the back body drop, wincing in pain.

"Back body drop!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie fired up the fans, that cheered loudly in response. "Jessie Lauren is on a roll right now!"

"Did you expect anything less?!" Coachman retorted with a grin as Jessie dragged Kerry back up onto her feet.

Jessie rolled Kerry back into the ring, sliding in after her and going for a quick pin attempt, hooking both legs.

"Jessie going for the quick cover, and Kerry powers out at a count of one," Michael observed as Kerry kicked out, with Jessie rolling onto one knee, staring down at the blonde woman with a calm look on her face.

Jessie stood up, forcing Kerry back up onto her feet by her blonde locks. Jessie glared at Kerry, before uncorking another vicious chop to Kerry's already swollen chest, making her drop to her knees, screaming in intense agony, tears falling down her cheeks at the pain. "Goodness me!"

"She's gonna kill Kerry with those chops!" Melina cried out with a wince.

Jessie watched with an uncaring glare as Kerry curled in on herself, almost shaking from the intense agony.

"Kerry is in bad shape! Jessie has been completely unforgiving towards her with those chops!" Michael exclaimed.

"That's what happens when the sins of the past start to catch up with you," Melina commented, as the fans seemed to take pity on Kerry by chanting her name.

"Don't scoff at chops folks. With enough malice behind it, it could do that to you," Coachman said, as the camera caught a close-up of Kerry's visibly shaken and crying state. "Good grief... she's gonna need more than a couple ice-packs after tonight."

Before Jessie could do anymore damage to Kerry, she looked back, quickly noticing Beth Phoenix trying to use the apron to lift herself up. "Whoa look! Beth Phoenix is moving! Beth Phoenix is up!"

"How is that possible?" Michael questioned in awe as Jessie glared at the woman, watching as she grabbed the bottom ropes with an exhausted glazed look on her face.

"I don't know, nor do I care. The fact is that she is currently standing on her feet," Melina replied.

Jessie grabbed the ropes and jumped up, aiming to dropkick Beth through the ropes, but the Glamazon caught Jessie by the legs, causing the back of her head to smash into the mat, making the fans 'Ohhh!' at the sight of Jessie's head snapping against the canvas.

"Oh what a counter by the Glamazon!" Michael exclaimed. "The back of Jessie's head whiplashing off the mat!"

"Jessie looks a little dazed! The back of her head hit the mat really hard!" Coachman noted.

The light in Beth's eyes came back in full force, snarling in rage as she forcefully pulled Jessie out of the ring by her legs.

"Oh boy! The look on Beth's face just changed!" Michael pointed out urgently.

"Dazed to enraged in seconds!" Coachman added as Beth pulled Jessie fully out of the ring, using her raw strength to swing the woman around by the legs and sending her barreling into the steel steps with a deafening crash. "Oh god!"

"Oh my god!" Michael exclaimed, the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' at the impact. "She swung Jessie right into those steel steps! What impressive, monstrous power from the Glamazon!"

"Beth's strength holds no bounds," Melina praised with a smirk.

Beth glared at the unmoving form of Jessie for a moment, before climbing back onto the apron, and was in the middle of going through the ring ropes when Kerry kicked her in the chest.

"Kerry's back on her feet," Michael noted as Kerry flinched at the pain in her chest, doubling over for a moment and biting back a curse, inwardly promising to pay Jessie in full when she gets the chance.

"She's still feeling the effects of those chops though," Coachman added as Kerry quickly pressed on the attack before the powerful woman could recover, landing another kick to the chest that had Beth groaning in pain and hanging on the middle ropes. Kerry then quickly grabbed Beth around the head and neck, pulling the fellow blonde almost halfway into the ring with Beth's feet hanging on the middle ropes, the fans cheering when they realised what she was going for. "Uh-oh!"

"The Glamazon does not want to be there!" Michael warned. Kerry gave the Richmond fans a dark snarl for a moment before planting Beth's head into the canvas with extreme force. "Oh! What a devastating DDT! That's vintage Kerry!"

"The Glamazon is seeing stars!" Coachman added as Beth laid in the ring, her eyes wide in a daze. Kerry slithered into the cover.

"Kerry going for the cover!" Michael exclaimed.

1...

"Could she eliminate Beth Phoenix here?!"

2...

"Could it be- No! The Glamazon kicks out!" Michael cried out as Beth kicked out after two, making Kerry sigh, glaring at the referee as she rested on her knees.

"That was close," Coachman said as Kerry stood up. "Hey look!"

Kerry was about to pull Beth Phoenix back onto her feet, but paused when she heard the fans crying out in excitement. She looked up, eyes slowly widening when she saw Maria standing on the top ropes, looming over her with an uncharacteristic glare.

"Maria!" Michael exclaimed. Kerry couldn't react fast enough as Maria leaped off the top ropes and nearly winded Kerry with another diving missile dropkick to the chest, sending the blonde haired woman flying across the ring and colliding back-first into the opposite turnbuckle, making her sink to the bottom in a wide eyed daze. "Oh my word! What a dropkick!"

"Holy crap!" Melina yelled out, eyes wide with shock.

"She sent Kerry flying!" Coachman added, the fans cheering on Maria after the wicked missile dropkick. "I know most of the Divas don't see her as a threat, but don't count Maria out! She's a plucky one!"

Maria stood up and smiled when she saw the position Kerry was in, getting an even louder round of cheers from the fans.

"Uh-oh! I think I know what's coming next!" Michael noted in growing amusement.

"Oh no! Please, anything but that!" Melina groaned.

Maria fired up the fans before taking off in a run at the seated Kerry, leaping at her and straddling the women's midsection, bouncing up and down repeatedly, getting a loud cheer from the WWE fans.

"The Bronco Buster!" Coachman exclaimed.

"That's gotta be the most pathetic move I have ever seen in my life! Why is she even in this match?!" Melina raged.

"Come on Melina. Even Maria deserves a shot at the Women's Championship," Michael reasoned as Maria rolled off Kerry, smirking at the crowd.

Melina scoffed at that. "Yeah right! Shows what you know! Why don't you just concentrate on being a commentator and keep your dumb thoughts to yourself!"

Maria stood up as both Beth and Kerry stumbled back onto their feet, leaning against the ropes. Maria then ran the ropes, bouncing off the opposite ropes and clotheslined both Divas out of the ring, tumbling over with them.

"Whoa!" Coachman exclaimed as the fans continued to cheer Maria on.

"Maria is on fire!" Michael cried out.

"She might just win this Michael!" Coachman added.

"Don't be absurd! She's just getting a few lucky shots in! She won't last for long!" Melina retorted bitterly.

Jessie, who was out of it for a while, slid into the ring, quickly standing up upon realising that she was the only woman in the ring. She looked outside the ring to find the other three women starting to recover from their fall.

"Hey, Jessie Lauren is back on her feet," Michael noted as Jessie rushed out of the ring, and stood on the apron waiting for Beth, Maria and Kerry to stand up. "She's up to something though."

"Something big from the looks of it," Coachman observed as Jessie looked behind her, watching as the other three women slowly stumbled back up onto their feet.

When all three Divas finally made it to their feet, Jessie leaped up onto the second rope, springing off them, and back-flipping through the skies to a shocked reaction from the fans.

"Whoa!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie crashed into all three women in a messy heap, laying everyone out. "A springboard moonsault! Jessie Lauren's pulling out everything in her bag of tricks tonight!"

"She hit it perfectly!" Coachman added.

"Tsk," Melina huffed, not impressed.

After gaining her bearings, Jessie rose to her feet, shaking her head a little to get rid of the cobwebs. It wasn't often she pulled that out of the bag, so she was a little disorientated.

"Now she just needs to get one of those women in the ring and eliminate them," Coachman said.

Jessie grabbed Maria, pulling the dazed woman back onto her feet and rolling her back into the ring.

"Jessie, rolling Maria back into the ring! Looking for the pin attempt," Michael noted as Jessie quickly got back into the ring after Maria and hooked her near legs for the pin.

"She went for the weak link," Melina observed. "I can appreciate that."

1...

2...

Maria kicked out after the two count, but barely got a reprieve as Jessie quickly rose to her feet, grabbing Maria by her legs and pulling her away from the ropes.

"Maria kicks out, but Jessie Lauren, not giving Maria a chance to rest, pulling her away from the ropes! She smells blood in the water and wants to capitalise on it!" Michael said as Maria tried to scratch and claw her way towards the ropes, but she was already too late. Jessie had her right where she wanted her.

"That's that veteran instinct coming into play right there!" Coachman noted as Jessie turned over Maria in a supine position, glaring down at the woman.

The crowd promptly went crazy when Jessie stepped between Maria's legs with her left, and wrapped the brunette woman's legs around hers. "I-Is she going for what I think she's going for?!"

The fans lost it when Jessie stepped over, turning Maria over, and making her scream out in pain. "It is!"

"The Sharpshooter! Jessie has the Sharpshooter applied! And she has it in deep!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie sat down low in the submission, screaming at Maria to tap. "She's delving deep into her arsenal tonight!"

"Maria's gonna tap! I just know it!" Coachman cried out.

"She'd better tap!" Melina snapped.

Maria held her head in her hands, screaming in pain. She tried to rise up on her hands, but Jessie applied even more pressure, making Maria collapse back onto the mat with a scream of pain.

"Maria, screaming in pain! What's she gonna do?!" Michael questioned as the fans chanted 'Tap! Tap! Tap!'

"Tap!" Melina snapped.

Maria gritted her teeth, and began to pull herself towards the ropes, making Jessie look back at her with a look of rage as the tall woman tried to power through the painful submission.

"I can't believe what I'm seeing! How badly does Maria want to win this?!" Coachman wondered in shock, as the woman slowly crawled her way towards the ropes, scratching and stretching her arms out towards it whilst trying to withstand the pain.

"Maria, clawing at the mat, trying to reach the ropes with everything she's got!" Michael exclaimed.

"Just tap already!" Melina growled in frustration.

"Maria's almost there! She's almost got it!" Michael exclaimed as Maria got closer and closer to the ring ropes, much to Jessie's rising irritation. "One more push Maria! You've- NO!"

Maria was millimeters away from grabbing the ropes, when Jessie stood up in the submission and pulled her away from the ropes and to the middle of the ring, causing the fans to release a loud pop at the veteran move as she sat back down in the submission, shaking her head at Maria. "Maria didn't make it! Jessie pulled her away! Jessie's ring smarts coming into play!"

"That's that veteran instinct I mentioned earlier! Jessie knows that ring like the back of her hand! She's been in this business for eleven years! She knows where everything is!" Coachman said.

"And having Shawn Michaels as a long time mentor is a huge bonus," Melina added bitterly, her voice laced with jealousy.

"Nah! That ain't happenin' tonight!" Jessie growled, glaring back at the woman who was crying out in agony, holding her arms out towards the ropes, but no longer having the strength to move. "You're tappin' whether you like it or not!"

"What's Maria gonna do this time!" Michael questioned as the fans continued to make noise, wondering whether Maria will tap, or fight through the pain. "That may have been Maria's only shot!"

"Nothing," Melina replied bluntly. "Her only choice now would be to submit or pass out from the pain."

Maria cried out, holding her arms up as if to tap, making the fans scream out, some of them even imploring her not to tap.

"Could this be it! Do or die time for Maria!" Michael exclaimed.

"She's thinking about it!" Coachman added.

"Don't think just tap!" Melina snapped, frustrated with Maria's will to power on.

Maria grabbed at her hair, nearly in tears from the pain as Jessie applied more pressure with a scowl. "Dammit! Just tap you idiot!"

Just as Maria was contemplating preserving her health and submitting, Beth came out of nowhere and clubbed Jessie in the back, making her lose her grip on the Sharpshooter. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

Jessie fell face-first into the mat, the fans crying out in shock and confusion as Beth loomed over Jessie with a snarl.

"B-Beth just clubbed Jessie in the back!" Michael exclaimed as the fans began to boo her. "She just saved Maria!"

"I-I don't understand! What's going on?!" Coachman added, just as confused as everyone else. Beth roughly pulled the veteran onto her feet, and launched her shoulder-first into the ring post opposite the timekeepers area, getting a loud 'Ohhh!' from the fans, wincing at the impact of Jessie's shoulder colliding with the steel.

"Oh my god!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie fell out of the ring. Beth slowly turned with that same rage-filled snarl, as Maria limped up onto her feet, and didn't hesitate to turn the defenseless woman inside out with a destructive clothesline, that had the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' in shock and awe. "Oh my god! What a powerful clothesline!"

"Maria did a 360 flip! There's no way she's getting up from that!" Coachman yelled out.

"You're mine!" Beth growled, grabbing the dazed Diva's arms from behind, hooking them and keeping them secure with her powerful arms.

"Oh my goodness! Look at this!" Michael exclaimed as the Glamazon deadlifted Maria in a double chicken-wing hold, raising her high up into the air and holding her in place. "My god look at the power of Beth Phoenix!"

"Oh god!" Coachman exclaimed as Beth dropped Maria face first into the mat with extreme force.

"OHHH!" the fans in attendance reacted, wincing at the thunderous impact.

"Oh my god! Maria got planted face first into the mat!" Michael Cole exclaimed.

"That is scary! Just straight up scary strength from Beth Phoenix!" Coachman commented fearfully as Maria laid prone with Beth Phoenix looming over her.

"Maria might as well pack her bags. It's all over for her now," Melina retorted with a smug smile.

Beth glared down at Maria's prone form, before turning her over and quickly going for the cover.

"Beth going for the cover. Jessie did all the work! Now the Glamazon is gonna pick the bones!" Michael exclaimed.

1...

2...

3!

"Maria has been eliminated," Justin Roberts announced.

"Maria's gone."

"I told you so. She never stood a chance," Melina commented with a shake of her head as Maria rolled out of the ring.

SmackDown went to another commercial break with Beth Phoenix smirking down at Maria, who was groaning in pain at ringside.

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SmackDown came back from its commercial break to show Beth Phoenix standing over the unmoving forms of Kerry and Jessie with a glare of silent rage, a loud 'Holy Shit!' chant reverberating throughout the crowd.

"God..." Coachman gasped. "What the heck did I just see?! Was she trying to kill them?!"

"Don't ask me!" Melina exclaimed, eyeing the powerful blonde with wide cautious eyes.

"Welcome back to Friday Night SmackDown!" Michael said as the referee demanded that Beth stay back, wanting to check on the two women. "This has been one of the most action-packed Divas matches I have ever called ladies and gents! Here's what happened during the break! Just pure, brutal strength from the Glamazon!"

Replays were shown of Beth lifting Kerry up onto her shoulders and literally powerbombing her out of the ring, and right onto a recovering Jessie Lauren, making the fans react with ruckus shock.

"Good grief!" Coachman exclaimed, wincing at the impact of Kerry crashing on top of Jessie in the replays.

Beth grabbed Jessie's dark brunette hair, pulling the woman onto her feet. Beth took off in a run, growling in rage and launching Jessie shoulder-first right into the steel steps. "Oh! God!"

"Right into the steel steps!" Michael cried out, the impact making Jessie blast right through them, knocking the top half clean off, making the fans react verbally and wince at the sight.

"Beth Phoenix is ruthless! I love this!" Melina exclaimed gleefully with a smirk.

Beth turned her attention to Kerry, dragging the blonde to her feet and sending her tumbling over the announce table, making the commentators and Melina scramble out of the way.

"Look out!" Coachman cried out as the fans reacted with an 'Ohhh!'

"Hey, watch it!" Melina snapped.

"Beth Phoenix is going on a rampage!" Michael exclaimed as the Glamazon made her way around the announce table, advancing towards a dazed and wide-eyed Kerry.

Beth Phoenix grabbed Kerry by her blonde locks, proceeding to drag the woman across the floor by the hair and towards the ring with a rage-filled scowl on her face.

"She's dragging her by her hair!" Coachman gasped, eyes wide as he watched on.

"In all my life I have never seen this type of aggression, of ruthlessness, from Beth Phoenix! I've seen her dominate Candice Michelle, injured her!" Michael exclaimed as Beth forced Kerry to her feet and rolled her back into the ring. "I've seen her take Jamie to her limit! Defeat Mickie James in convincing fashion! But I have never seen this level of ruthlessness from the Glamazon! It's frightening!"

Beth re-entered the ring after Kerry, and dragged the dazed woman back onto her feet, a smirk stretching across her face.

"The Glamazon has Kerry- OHHHH!" Coachman cried out as Kerry reacted on pure instinct, planting Beth Phoenix face-first into the mat with a surprise RKO, causing the fans to cry out in shock!

"OH MY GOD! RKO outta nowhere!" Michael exclaimed.

"I didn't expect that to happen!" Melina yelled out, also shocked.

"Kerry can strike from anywhere! Just like her mentor!" Coachman praised.

Kerry laid on the canvas out of exhaustion, while Beth rolled out of the ring to take a rest, the fans standing up and showing their appreciation.

"These fans are on their feet here in Richmond! And deservedly so!" Michael exclaimed as Kerry rolled onto her front and grabbed the bottom ropes, panting in exhaustion as Jessie started to come to, grabbing the ring apron and using it to pull herself up. "I don't know where all this came from! But the competition in the Divas Division is ascending right in front of us! And I love it!"

Kerry used the ring ropes to lift herself back up onto her feet, watching with a glare as Jessie slowly pulled herself up onto the apron. Kerry rushed at Jessie, grabbing her around the neck and pulling her in, hanging the veteran on the middle ropes by her feet, much to the excitement of the fans. "Kerry! She's going for the draping DDT again!"

"Jessie's in big trouble- No wait!" Coachman paused mid-sentence as Jessie managed to pull her feet off the ropes and into the ring, pushing Kerry away.

"Jessie got out of it- OHHH!" Michael exclaimed in shock, the fans going wild as Kerry ran right into a superkick, the kick catching the blonde-haired woman right in the jaw.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" Coachman cried out. "SHE HIT IT!"

"NO!" Melina yelled out, her eyes wide as Kerry fell back in a unconscious state.

"Sweet Chin Music!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie fell into the cover.

"She got all of it!" Coachman cried out as the referee counted the pin, the fans counting with him.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

"Kerry's gone! Kerry's out!" Michael exclaimed, the fans cheering.

"That's a damn shame," Melina muttered.

"Kerry has been eliminated," Justin Roberts announced as Jessie rolled off Kerry, allowing the blonde to slowly roll out of the ring, the blonde haired woman favouring her jaw with a pained grimace.

Jessie sat up, moving back into the corner nearest to the announce table, whilst Beth pulled herself up using the apron, staring at Jessie with a dazed look on her face, trying to shake off the lasting effects of the RKO.

"And then there were two," Coachman noted, smiling as the fans cheered in anticipation. Beth pulled herself up onto the apron, before slowly entering the ring, glaring at Jessie as the brunette haired woman used the ring ropes to pull herself up. "Aww this is gonna be good."

The two women glared at each other from opposite sides of the ring, both knowing what was at stake.

"Lets go Lauren! Glamazon! Lets go Lauren! Glamazon! Lets go Lauren! Glamazon!"

"I can't believe what I'm hearing right now," Melina gasped with a brief look of awe as she looked around at the chanting fans, Jessie and Beth also appearing surprised.

"This is awesome!" Coachman exclaimed in excitement.

"In one corner we have Jessie Lauren! A 3-Time Women's Champion! In the other corner we have Beth Phoenix! Who has only held the Women's Title once!" Michael reminded the masses as the chanting began to quiet down, the tone in his voice exposing his excitement. "Think of what's at stake here. Whoever wins this match will face Sheree Louise in a #1 Contender's match for the WWE Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble."

"Yeah, and whoever wins that match gets to challenge the Women's Champion whenever and wherever they want," Coachman added.

"I'm right here you know!" Melina growled.

Jessie and Beth circled the ring, watching each other carefully as the WWE fans' cheers got louder.

"This is another great match up for Beth Phoenix. We all saw two weeks ago, how she took it to Tara Stone despite losing the match. I wonder how she will fare against another veteran like Jessie Lauren?" Michael wondered out loud.

"I hope she beats the crap out of her," Melina replied bluntly.

Beth and Jessie locked up, trying to gain the upper hand on each other. Thanks to her impressive strength, Beth managed to gain the advantage, bulldozing Jessie Lauren into the corner.

The Glamazon slowly released the lock up with a smirk, bowing mockingly at the veteran before backing away.

"A clean break there," Michael noted as Jessie glared at the blonde haired woman. "Beth gaining the advantage quickly."

The two women circled the ring, with Beth smirking at the veteran before holding her right hand up in the air, in a wordless challenge for a test of strength, much to the delight of the fans. "Uh-oh... the Glamazon challenging Jessie Lauren to a test of strength?"

"Oh? This should be interesting," Melina commented with a grin.

Jessie glared at the smug woman, staring up at the held up hand, as if contemplating whether or not she should accept Beth's challenge.

"This is a bad idea Jessie," Coachman warned. Jessie slowly raised her hand, much to the crowd's excitement and Coachman's displeasure. "No!"

Beth's smirk widened as Jessie carefully clasped her right hand in hers. The two of them then slowly lifted their free hand into the air, that smirk never leaving Beth's face.

The moment their free hand connected, the two women pushed against each other in a Greco-Roman style hold, trying to gain a strength advantage over the other in a battle of dominance.

"Jessie should not have done that. Accepting Beth's challenge to a test of strength is not a smart idea. Beth is so much more powerful than her," Coachman stated as Jessie struggled to keep the Glamazon's frightening power at bay.

"See!" he added when the Glamazon slowly began to overpower Jessie, bending the woman backwards with a savage victorious smirk on her face. "Beth goaded Jessie into this! And she fell for it!"

"Beth now, starting to gain the advantage! She has Jessie in trouble!" Michael stated as Jessie tried to hold on, being bent backwards further and down towards the canvas, but Beth was just too powerful and succeeded in taking the veteran down to the mat. "Beth takes Jessie down! Shoulders are down! Referee has to count it!"

1...

2...

Jessie raised her left arm into the air, popping her shoulder off the mat after the two count. "Jessie gets the shoulders up!"

Beth scowled, and forced Jessie's arm back down to the mat for another pin attempt. "Beth forces the shoulders down to the mat..."

1...

2...

"... And Jessie gets the shoulders up again after a count of two," Michael said as Jessie lifted her right arm up, frustrating the Glamazon.

Beth used her strength to force Jessie's arm down to the mat for another pin attempt. "Beth looking to try again. Can she get it this time?"

1...

2...

The fans applauded when Jessie popped her whole body off the mat in a bridge before the referee could count the three, making Beth snarl at the sight, glaring down at Jessie. "Aw look at that!"

"Nice bridge!" Coachman praised.

Having had enough, Beth leaped up, looking to break the bridge with her whole body weight, but the cunning veteran saw this coming and took action the moment Beth began to move.

"WHOA!" Coachman exclaimed as Jessie broke the bridge and pulled her legs in, kicking them out and planting them into the abdomen of a shocked Beth Phoenix, sending her sailing over her head with a monkey flip, making the Glamazon land back-first onto the canvas.

"Jessie had it scouted!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie, still firmly gripping Beth's hands, immediately rolled onto Beth Phoenix in a mounted pin, holding her arms down onto the mat. "She saw it coming from a mile away! And now quickly taking advantage!"

1...

2...

The fans cheered loudly in excitement when Beth popped her body off the mat, bridging out of the pin with Jessie still on top of her, making the veteran stare down at Beth in open shock. "Oh wow! And now the Glamazon with a bridge!"

"I don't think I've ever seen her do that before!" Coachman cried out in surprise.

Jessie quickly hopped up, planting her boot into Beth's midsection as she came down. "Oh!"

"And Jessie saying 'that's enough of that!" Michael said as the Glamazon quickly let go of Jessie's left hand to instinctively favour her stomach, which would prove to be a costly mistake for her.

"Oh god!" Coachman cried out as Jessie, having been indirectly given complete control, stamped on Beth's face, getting immediate jeers from the crowd when she proceeded to unmercifully stomp away at the Glamazon's face whilst still maintaining control of Beth's right hand, Beth's head bouncing repeatedly off the mat.

"Come on ref! Do your job! Get her off her!" Melina demanded.

"Jessie, unrelenting, stamping on the face of Beth Phoenix! That vicious mean streak from Jessie coming into play again!" Michael exclaimed as Jessie got in one last stomp for good measure before finally relenting, resting her arms on the ropes and raising an eyebrow at the jeering fans, while a dazed and wide-eyed Beth Phoenix laid still on the canvas.

"That's a veteran response if there ever was one! Jessie has been on top of her game tonight!" Coachman praised.

Jessie smirked at the fans distaste for her violent attack and held her arms out.

"What?" she challenged the fans bluntly, getting a mixed response, not caring one bit if her ruthlessness upset them.

"Haha! I love it! She doesn't even care!"

Jessie turned her attention to Beth, who was attempting and, barely managing to even lift her arms off the mat. Grabbing the blonde's left arm, Jessie pulled Beth back up onto her feet, whipping her into the far corner opposite the timekeepers area, before charging after her.

"Jessie keeping up the attack- Whoa!" Michael exclaimed when Beth ducked and lifted Jessie off her feet, dumping her over the ropes to shocked gasps from the fans. "What a counter! Sending Jessie over the ropes and crashing to the floor with a thud!"

"That was a nasty landing! I hope Jessie is alright," Coachman voiced his worry as Jessie laid supine on the floor outside the ring, panting in pain and exhaustion, while Beth wrapped her arms around the top ropes, leaning heavily against the corner, taking a small rest.

Beth tiredly rolled out of the ring, walking towards Jessie with a hand favouring her head, a small scowl on her face as she glowered down at the veteran. The Glamazon grabbed Jessie by the hair, forcing her onto her feet, before rolling her back into the ring.

"Beth still feeling the effects of that assault from Jessie," Michael noted as the Glamazon slid back into the ring after the veteran, dragging the dazed brunette back up onto her feet.

"She's gotta be at least a bit disorientated after- OH!" he cried out in surprise when Jessie pushed Beth away and caught her in the back of the head with an enziguri, stunning the Glamazon as the fans reacted to the sight with a wince. Stunned, the Glamazon took a few steps back, before dropping to her knees, her arm coming out to hang over the middle ropes, doubling over with her hair hovering over her face. "Enziguri! To the back of the head! Jessie still has a lot left in the tank!"

"Both women do. But both women are also exhausted," Coachman replied as Jessie rolled onto her back, lying in the middle of the ring. "Notice how Beth's left arm is hanging on the middle ropes to stop herself from falling flat on her face? That's how physically exhausting this match has been!"

The fans cheered when Jessie nipped up onto her feet. "Damn..."

"And Jessie nips up!" Michael exclaimed as Beth used the ring ropes to pull herself up.

"... How does she do it?" Coachman questioned, shaking his head with a smile whilst Melina stayed silent, glaring at the woman.

Beth swung at the veteran but Jessie ducked underneath, wrapping her arm around the neck and back of the Glamazon and hooking her leg with her free arm. "Oh wait hold on a moment!"

With surprising strength, Jessie launched backwards, catapulting the Glamazon over her head, much to the fans excitement. "Whoa!"

"Exploder suplex!" Michael cried out as Beth crashed into the mat back-first.

"I didn't think she had the strength to do that to Beth Phoenix!" Coachman exclaimed as Jessie quickly scrambled to her feet, exiting the ring.

"Look at Jessie! Look at Jessie!" Michael yelled out as Jessie quickly scaled the turnbuckle nearest to the announce table, the fans cheering loudly as the brunette haired woman perched herself up on the top ropes, looking down at the Glamazon's supine form. "Jessie up high! Looking to take a huge risk here!"

"Move Beth! Get outta the way!" Melina pleaded.

"Look out!" Coachman exclaimed as Jessie launched herself off the top ropes, the fans cheering in excitement.

"There it is!" Michael cried out as Jessie successfully landed her signature diving elbow drop, driving her elbow into the chest of the Glamazon, driving the wind out of her. "That elbow drop, right to the heart of Beth Phoenix! Jessie is one move away from ending this!"

"Damnit!" Melina snapped as Jessie sprang back up onto her feet, firing up the fans and making them cheer louder as Jessie staggered towards the opposite corner.

"And that elbow will usually set things up for the Sweet Chin Music! She's calling for it Michael!" Coachman exclaimed in excitement as Jessie gestured for the Glamazon to get up, before stamping her feet in the corner, the fans counting in time with the stamps.

ONE!

"Jessie, tuning up the band!" Michael said in anticipation and excitement as Beth stirred, gasping for air, too dazed and disorientated to know of the impending danger that was being charged up right behind her.

TWO!

"Sweet Chin Music time!" The Glamazon rolled onto her hands and knees.

THREE!

"No! Don't get up Beth!" Melina implored desperately as the Glamazon groaned out a cough, still feeling the effects of Jessie's elbow drop. Melina really did not want to find herself defending the Women's Championship against Jessie Lauren of all people. The very thought of it made her want to puke!

FOUR!

"If Jessie hits this, Beth Phoenix can say goodbye to her dreams of reclaiming the Women's Championship!" Coachman exclaimed as Beth made it to one knee.

FIVE!

"STAY DOWN!" Melina yelped in fright. As soon as Beth stumbled back up onto her feet, Jessie shot into motion as the Glamazon turned around, snapping her leg out once she got in range. "NOO!"

"Sweet Chin- NO!" Michael cried out as Beth ducked the Sweet Chin Music attempt, much to the fans surprise, and grabbed Jessie from behind before she could react, hooking her arms. "The Glamazon ducked! Jessie missed the Sweet Chin Music!"

"YES!" Melina cheered as Beth lifted a caught off guard Jessie Lauren high up off the mat.

"And now look at this!" Michael exclaimed as Beth held Jessie in place, much to the fans awe.

"Oh my god!" Coachman added in shock at the display of strength, the fans cheering.

"Look at the raw power of Beth Phoenix!" Michael cried out. "The Glamazon's gonna end it here!"

Beth released Jessie's arms, fully intending to face-plant her into the mat, but the wily veteran rolled through and under Beth's legs, rolling the Glamazon up for a quick pin attempt. "NO! Countered!"

"What?!" Melina cried out in surprise, not expecting the veteran to counter.

"Roll up! Jessie countered it into a roll up!" Michael exclaimed, the fans cheering ecstatically.

1...

2...

"Got it- No!" Michael exclaimed as Beth just about managed to kick out of the pin just before the final count, making Melina breathe a shaky sigh of relief, the fans crying out at how close Jessie was to getting the three.

"Holy cow!" Coachman gasped as both ladies scrambled back up onto their feet. "How close was that- OOOHHH!"

The Richmond fans broke out into a massive pop as Jessie jacked the Glamazon in the jaw with a picture perfect Sweet Chin Music. "SHE GOT IT!"

"Sweet Chin Music! Right on the button!" Michael cried out as Beth promptly fell back, completely knocked out.

"NO!" Melina cried out as Jessie fell back, landing right on top of the unmoving form of the Glamazon.

"That's it! It's over!" Coachman exclaimed as the referee went to count the pin, the fans counting with him. "No way Beth Phoenix kicks outta that!"

ONE!

"The Glamazon's unconscious!" Michael cried out.

"NOOOOO!" Melina screamed in fear. "KICK OUT BETH!"

TWO!

"KICK OUT!"

"JESSIE LAUREN HAS DONE IT AGAIN!" Coachman yelled out.

THRE-

"NO! Beth kicked out! Beth kicked out! Oh my god! Beth Phoenix kicked out! She got the shoulders up!" Michael Cole exclaimed, the fans popping out of shock as Beth popped the shoulder up a second before the referee counted the final three, some of them even holding their heads in their hands in shock.

"W-WHAT?!" Coachman yelled out, eyes wide. "Holy crap!"

"OH THANK GOD!" Melina cried out, sinking into her chair with a wide eyed look on her face, her heart thumping erratically through her chest.

"That was Jessie Lauren's best shot!" Michael exclaimed, as Jessie slowly rolled off Beth, holding her head in her hands with an exhausted, almost heartbroken expression on her face.

"Damnit!" she cursed, slamming her fist on the mat in frustration as the fans continued to cheer, standing in appreciation.

"The look on Jessie's face tells you all you need to know! That was her best shot, and yet Beth Phoenix still had enough life left in her to kick out! Look at this!"

Replays were shown of the sequence on the titantron. "Jessie went for the Sweet Chin Music, Beth Phoenix avoided it, went for that double chickenwing facebuster she's been using recently, Jessie counters that into a victory roll, the Glamazon kicks out of it, only for Jessie to catch her with the superkick, which wasn't enough! That maybe one of the closest three counts I have ever seen in a Divas match! What an incredible sequence!"

"What the hell do these ladies have to do to put each other away?!" Coachman questioned incredulously.

"I have no idea at this point!" Michael exclaimed. "These women have been beating the absolute hell out of each other!"

Jessie sat up with a tired expression on her face, looking at the supine unmoving form of Beth Phoenix. The look slowly turned into a scowl, glancing at the corner opposite the timekeepers area and standing up. Jessie grabbed Beth's wrist and pulled her into position, lining her up with the corner before climbing up it for a second time. "Oh boy!"

"She's going up a second time?!" Coachman cried out in surprise as the tired and exhausted woman slowly scaled the ropes.

"Jessie's looking to fly again!" Michael cried out as Jessie reached the top, the fans cheering in anticipation as she perched herself on the top ropes, her back facing the ring. "I think she's going for a moonsault!"

"I can't watch!" Melina exclaimed as Jessie stood up on the ropes with perfect balance.

"Jessie Lauren looking to end it with one last big move!" Michael yelled out as the fans cheered restlessly. "Can she connect a second time?!"

Jessie launched herself off the top ropes, back-flipping through the air to excited cheers.

"Moonsault connects- No!" Michael exclaimed as Beth got her knees up, causing Jessie to crash into the knees of the Glamazon abdomen-first, making the fans cry out with an audible 'Ohhh!' wincing at the sight.

"Oh no!" Coachman gasped.

"The Glamazon got the knees up! Jessie was looking for a moonsault but it backfired on her!" Michael cried out as Jessie writhed in pain.

Beth retaliated quickly, scrambling to her feet, grabbing the veteran by her hair and ragging her back up onto her feet, wrapping an arm around Jessie's head. She draped Jessie's arm over her broad right shoulder and hooked Jessie's left leg with the same arm. "And the Glamazon, seizing the moment! She's going for that Delayed Fishermen Suplex!"

Beth lifted Jessie Lauren off the mat, flipping her straight over instead of holding her up in the air like she normally would, planting Jessie back first into the mat.

"Oh!" Coachman exclaimed.

"Fishermen Su- Oh my god!" Michael exclaimed as Beth rolled through, rolling backwards over Jessie and back onto her feet whilst still keeping the leg hooked, and deadlifting the veteran off the mat with pure unadulterated power, making the fans cry out in shock at the display. "OH MY GOD!"

"That is freaky strength!" Coachman cried out as Beth held Jessie in place over her head to a loud pop from the fans, an intense snarl on her face. "Good god that is freaky strength!"

"She ain't human!" Melina yelled out in shock.

Beth Phoenix fell back, planting Jessie back-first into the mat with destructive force, getting a large reaction from the standing fans.

"Fishermen Suplex!" Michael exclaimed as this time, Beth released the leg, breathing heavily in exhaustion as she sat up, before going for the pin, draping herself over the veteran for the cover, too exhausted to hook the leg. "That's gotta be it!"

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

"Wow!" Coachman gasped, eyes wide as "Glamazon" played throughout the arena to an eruption of cheers from the fans. "I'm in shock! That was amazing!"

"Here's your winner, Beth Phoenix!" Justin Roberts announced as Beth tiredly rolled off Jessie, lying on the mat for a moment, before gingerly rising to her feet, standing over a knocked out Jessie Lauren. A smile spread across her face as the referee raised her hand in victory, looking out into the cheering crowd. Melina pulled off her headset, standing up and clapping with a smile on her face as she moved away from the announce table and towards the ring, her Women's Championship hanging loosely over her right shoulder.

"What a match!" Michael praised as Jessie slowly rolled out of the ring, while Beth turned her attention to Melina, staring down the champion as she continued to clap and smile at her wordlessly. "What a battle between these two! What a battle between all four women that competed tonight!"

"You said it! I'm still in shock! Where did all that come from?!" Coachman added as replays of the closing moments were shown on the titantron. "Wow... What a match!"

"Here's the closing moments of this incredible contest!" Michael said as replays were shown of Beth getting the knees up when Jessie went for the moonsault. "Jessie missed the moonsault, and Beth quickly took advantage, hitting her patent Fishermen Suplex, rolling through, and with monstrous, superhuman power, deadlifted Jessie clean off the mat, and delivered a second Fishermen Suplex for good measure, and ultimately winning the match!"

"Oh man!" Coachman exclaimed with a chuckle and a shake of his head. "What a match! I can't say that enough! Wow!"

"Melina's clapping and smiling now..." Michael observed as Melina continued to clap and smile as she made her way around the ring, appearing to be pleased with the outcome of the match, while Beth watched the champion with careful blue eyes. "But she won't be, if Beth Phoenix beats Sheree Louise at the Royal Rumble. Because I believe, that if that woman were to challenge Melina for the WWE Women's Championship, the Glamazon is walking out champion! I'm not writing off Sheree, but she has one heck of a massive wall to get through in the form of the Glamazon Beth Phoenix!"

"That's a bold statement that I find myself unable to argue with after that performance," Coachman admitted. "But it won't be easy. Melina is champion for a reason. She'll think of-"

Bong...

Suddenly the lights in the arena went out, gaining a loud, screaming reaction from the fans.

"Uh-oh!" Michael cried out.

"What the...?! What happened to the lights?!" Coachman exclaimed.

Bong...

The lights came back on to reveal Tara Stone with her hand wrapped around Beth Phoenix's neck, causing the fans to scream even louder at her appearance.

"Oh no!" Coachman exclaimed as Tara's gold eyes pierced through a gobsmacked Melina.

"Tara Stone!" Michael yelled.

Tara turned away from Melina to glare at a clearly exhausted Beth Phoenix.

"No!" Coachman exclaimed as Tara lifted Beth Phoenix off the mat by her throat, chokeslamming the Glamazon into the mat with destructive force, getting an explosive reaction from the Richmond fans.

"Chokeslam!" Michael exclaimed as Beth laid supine in the middle of the ring, with Tara looming over her. Tara turned her attention back to Melina, glaring at the Latin American, who was backing up the ramp with a scowl, holding her title close to her.

"How is that fair?!" Coachman exclaimed as "Rest in Peace" played throughout the arena to a loud reaction. "Beth Phoenix was defenseless!"

"That was a clear message to Melina, Coachman! Beth Phoenix was just at the wrong place at the wrong time!" Michael replied.

"Don't try to excuse this!" Coachman snapped. "Beth Phoenix just went through a gruelling match-up! And Tara, that snake, not only caught her at her most vulnerable, but also stole the Glamazon's moment!"

"I'm not defending it Coach!" Michael replied as Tara dropped down onto one knee, into her signature pose, her eyes rolling into the back of her head, whilst raising her right arm theatrically, getting a loud reaction from the fans, though a few booed, agreeing with Coachman. "But think about it! If Tara beats Melina at the Royal Rumble, she'll be in the crosshairs of whoever wins that #1 Contender's Match at the same event. This wasn't just a message to Melina. This was a message to Beth Phoenix and Sheree Louise!"

Melina stood on the stage with an angry snarl as Tara rose to her feet, glaring at the champion through her striking gold eyes. "Tara is ready for the Royal Rumble! And is ready for whoever comes after her should she win the Women's Championship! Whether it is Melina, Beth Phoenix or Sheree, she has certainly gotten inside their heads!"

"THIS IS MINE! YOU HEAR ME! MINE!" Melina shouted, hugging the Women's Championship like it was about to fly away, while Tara continued to glare at her.

. . . .

The moment Roxanna stepped through the curtain and into the gorilla, she immediately hugged both Jessie and Beth from behind, both of whom were receiving applause, along with Maria and Kerry, from their colleagues for a tremendous showing. "That was absolutely incredible you guys! I feel bad for raining on your parade Beth!"

"Aww, don't feel bad Roxy!" Beth replied with a kind smile.

"Yeah, that's what we were aiming for anyway," Dray replied as he and Christy walked towards the smiling trio.

"What do you mean by that?" Melina questioned, having heard what Dray said.

The man opened his mouth to speak, but a hand covered his mouth.

A blue-eyed, two-tone haired woman, with blonde short pixie hair and red dip dye, gave Dray a snarky smile through her glasses. "A true artist never reveals their secrets Dray."

Dray rolled his eyes as he pulled her hand off his mouth, while Christy chuckled. "What Claire said."

Claire then smirked at her cousin Jessie and Beth. "What did I tell you. That double rolling Fisherman Suplex finish was a good idea, right?"

"It was a great idea! Thank you for the suggestion Claire! I need to go to you for ideas more often!" Beth replied with a grin.

"Don't tell her that! You'll just make her ego bigger!" Jessie exclaimed, making Claire roll her eyes at her older cousin. Jessie then looked around the gorilla. "Has anyone seen Maria?"

"Here!" Maria called out, saying goodbye to one of the Edgeheads, that was going to be competing against Batista in a Two-On-One Handicap Match next with his fellow teammate, and with Jay in Batista's corner. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to say how proud I was of you out there. You did great!" Jessie praised.

Maria's eyes widened at that. She had never really gotten praise from one of the veterans' before. "Seriously? For real?!"

Jessie nodded while Christy and Dray smiled at the woman.

"For real. You were given an opportunity and you stepped up," Dray said. "I know it ain't much, and I can't promise anything, but you really impressed me out there."

Maria, at a loss for words, smiled at the man. "Thank you. That means a lot."

"Don't mention it," Dray replied with a grin, as Dave and Jay walked over to the group, with Batista wearing his ring gear. Jay was wearing a Batista themed tank top, and light blue skinny jeans, with a white belt wrapped around it, and being tucked into knee-high heeled boots.

"Jeez you guys," Dave sighed, gingerly rubbing the side of his face. "You do realise I now have to follow that?"

"Well then, I guess you'll have to step up... unless you want to be embarrassed," Jessie quipped with a smug smirk directed at Dave Bautista. Dave gave the woman a playful glare, while Jay laughed at Jessie's comment and high-fived her.

"What's up with your face?" Melina asked Dave bluntly whilst watching him continue to rub his face with a grumble.

"Kerry..." he grumbled, making the Women's Champion laugh.

"That's what you get for filling my bag with toothpaste asshole!" Kerry growled as she appeared next to Jay, resting her arm on her best friends' powerful shoulders and glaring at the man in annoyance, an ice pack held in her hands.

"The old toothpaste prank huh?" Dray drawled with a grin, making Dave chuckle while Kerry's angry blue eyes narrowed into slits, glaring at the two men.

"Don't encourage him!"

"It was a harmless prank," Dave groaned, giving Kerry a look. "Quit being so bitchy woman."

"I'll be bitchy if I want to! You owe me a new bag moron!" Kerry snapped. Dave just rolled his eyes.

The rest chuckled, while Jay rolled her eyes at their antics.

"We'll leave you guys to get ready," Beth replied, smirking as she patted Dave on the shoulder. "Good luck Dave. You'll need it."

The women laughed whilst Dave frowned, giving Dray a look. "See what happens when you let em' go wild? Too much power is dangerous."

Dray simply laughed at that.

"Give over!" Roxanna retorted with a scoff. "I know you love the challenge."

"She's got you there!" Claire replied with a smirk. Dave didn't comment, simply rolling his eyes with a smile as the women began to leave the gorilla.

Jessie grabbed Kerry by the wrist, pulling her along. "Come on Kerry. You can spend time with Jay later."

Kerry pouted, but didn't object, waving goodbye to her best friend and flipping off Dave as she exited the room, making everyone in the gorilla laugh at the look on the man's face.

"That woman is a real piece of work."

"Oh behave!" Jay scoffed. "You love winding her up!"

The former World Heavyweight Champion smirked at that.

. . . .

"So, how's it feel being on SmackDown?" Roxanna asked Kerry and Jessie as they walked down the hallways of the backstage area, heading towards the Divas locker room.

"It's certainly different. Raw is always so hectic. SmackDown is a lot calmer," Jessie said.

"Yeah..." Melina agreed. "That's why I like being on SmackDown. It's still busy, but not as crazy as Raw."

"And it's great to see Jay again," Kerry added with a smile. "Since we're on separate shows, we don't see each other much."

The blonde haired woman then winced, holding her ice pack against her chest. "Jeez Jessie! You really need to calm down with those chops!"

The veteran laughed. "Sorry Kerry. Sometimes I get carried away."

"Didn't you just spend Christmas with Jay?" Maria questioned Kerry with a raised eyebrow.

"Three days ain't enough!" was Kerry's response, making the rest of the group chuckle at that.

When they arrived at the Divas locker room, Michelle McCool and Lisa was already in there.

"That was great ladies! Seriously! It was awesome!" Lisa commended with an ecstatic grin.

"Thanks Lisa. That means a lot coming from you," Melina replied as she sat down on a bench with a tired sigh. She may not have done much, but simply watching that crazy match left her exhausted.

At that moment, Roxanna's mobile phone started ringing from her bag. Roxanna pulled out her phone from inside the bag, smiling when she saw who was calling her.

"Mama!" a little girl's voice yelled excitedly through the other side of her phone. Roxanna's smile widened at hearing her eight year old daughter Faith on the phone line.

"Hey hun. How's it going at home?" Roxanna asked.

"Everything's fine Mama! Daddy took us to the amusement park today!" the little girl told her, her voice bursting with happiness at hearing her mother's voice again, a tiny bit of a Texas accent coming through.

"Aww. That was nice of him!" Roxanna replied with a beaming smile. "Did you have fun?"

"Yep!" Faith chirped enthusiastically. "Have you chosen an opponent for WrestleMania yet?"

"Not yet hun," Roxanna replied with a chuckle.

Roxanna and her mentor both hold winning records at WrestleMania, with Roxanna having won eight times at the Show of Shows, ever since her first WrestleMania match against Joan Marie Laurer, aka Chyna at WrestleMania 2000, while her mentor, the Undertaker is seven wins above her, with a 15-0 record. And whenever an opponent was selected and finalised to feud with her, whether for a championship or simply a feud centered around the streak, and compete in a match against her at the Grandest Stage of Them All, Faith would always be the first to know. She didn't need to know that Roxanna didn't actually get to handpick her opponents.

"You looking after your baby brother?" Roxanna asked.

"Yes Mama. I'm looking after baby Rocky," the child replied, causing Roxanna to chuckle. She could almost see Faith's gold eyes rolling at the question. "Are you coming home for your birthday Mama?"

Roxanna's birthday just so happened to be on New Year's day, so Faith was hoping to be with Roxanna on that day, which was this Tuesday. Normally, SmackDown would be taped on a Tuesday, but lets face it. No one wants to work on New Year's Day. Which is why this time around, SmackDown was being taped on a Sunday.

"Of course! I'd never miss the chance to celebrate my birthday with you!" Roxanna replied.

"Yay!" her daughter cheered, causing Roxanna to chuckle in amusement.

"Do you mind if I talk to your father for a lil bit?" Roxanna asked her.

Faith complied and then the phone went silent for a few minutes, before a male voice appeared.

"Hey there Kitty-Kat!" a teasing voice said on the other side of the phone.

"You're lucky you're the only one who gets away with callin' me that Derek!" Roxanna groaned.

"Of course I get away with it. I'm yer husband," Derek replied. Roxanna just shook her head with a soft smile on her face.

"I miss you..." Derek said suddenly, his voice quiet, making Roxanna blush and causing her heart to quicken.

"I-I miss you too," she stuttered, making Derek chuckle.

"I love that I can still make you stutter and blush just by saying a few words," he laughed.

"Wha- What makes you think I'm blushing?!" Roxanna exclaimed, her face turning an even darker shade of red.

"Honey, I've known you since kindergarten. You're blushing right now!" Derek replied, his voice laced with amusement.

At that moment the sound of a baby crying caught their attention. "Uh-Oh! Lil Rocky's calling! I'll see you on New Year's Day Roxy."

"Ok. I love you," Roxanna replied.

"I love you too babe," Derek said before Roxanna hung up. She looked up to see all the other Divas looking at her with smirks on their faces.

"What?!" Roxanna asked, irritation in her voice.

Jessie laughed hysterically. "Look at you! Blushin' and stutterin' like a school girl! Hahahaha, I can't wait to tell Charlotte bout this!"

That teasing comment earned Jessie a training bra to the face courtesy of Roxanna.

"Hey, watch the face!" Jessie exclaimed, glaring at Roxanna, who laughed along with the other women.

---

OC Profile:

Real name: Jessie Lauren Hunter

Ring Name: Jessie Lauren

Height: 5'5

Status: WWE Diva, WWE Veteran

Nickname(s): "Nashville Vixen"

Mentor: Shawn Michaels

Trained by: David Finlay, Shawn Michaels, Chavo Guerrero

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Billed from: Nashville, Tennessee

Born: September 30, 1978

Debut: 1997 (Age 19)

Age: 29

Signature:
Big Elbow Drop
Sharpshooter
Moonsault
Exploder Suplex

Finisher:
Sweet Chin Music

Championship/ Accomplishment:
3-Time Women's Champion

Themes:
"Sexy Girl" by Jim Johnston, Shawn Michaels (edited by Shawn Michaels, Jim Johnston and Christina) (1997 - present)
"Break it Down" by DX Band (With DX or Freya) (November 10, 1997 – April 5, 1999; June 19, 2006–April 2007)