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

21. From Hunter to Hunted

A/N: Hello! Back at it again with another chapter of Making a Name for Yourself! It's been awhile but I've decided to finally drop this! Strap in, cuz this one is a great chapter in my opinion! I hope y'all enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed writing it!

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Chapter 21: From Hunter to Hunted

Bong...

The Las Vegas crowd erupted, as for the second time that night a familiar ominous bell tolled throughout the arena, burying the whole place in darkness.

Bong...

Lightning streaked across the minitron, flames erupting off the stage. The fans continued to cheer as smoke started to blanket the rampway and the ringside area, the darkness brightening into an eerie purple lighting.

Bong...

"Rest in Peace" played throughout the arena as the large crowd eagerly awaited the arrival of Tara Stone. The Las Vegas crowd broke out into a loud reaction as the leather-clad, black-haired woman finally appeared from behind the minitron, an emotionless expression on her face as she slowly walked down the aisle. Flames erupted off the stage behind her, creating a warm orange glow on the back of her black leather trench coat.

An eerie buzz swept through the arena as the fans watched the legendary woman make her way down the ring in awe. Tara's face was a blank emotionless mask, but her gold eyes burned with a passionate rage, dangerous and wild.

"The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and is for the WWE Women's Championship. Introducing first the challenger, from Death Valley, Tara Stone!" Lilian Garcia announced.

"There is something deeply dark, foreboding and mysterious about Tara Stone that sets her apart from her mentor," Jim Ross commented. "The presence around her is significantly different to The Undertaker, and in all my years of calling her matches, I have never quite gotten use to it."

"Is that what that chill is?" Jerry "The King" Lawler questioned with a shudder as Tara paused at the entrance to ringside, looking up briefly to eye the ominous Elimination Chamber structure hanging high above the ring.

"Tara has always had a distinct difference in personality to The Undertaker. She carries herself differently," Jim Ross noted wisely as Tara made her way to the ring steps. "She's much more prone to anger. Sometimes acts on impulse. She shows more emotion, and some may agree with me when I say, she's more human than The Undertaker allows himself to be."

Tara stepped up onto the steps and raised her arms ominously. The lights in the arena brightened, white smoke wafting over the ring. "She may have an emotionless mask right now, but look into her gold piercing eyes, and you can clearly see the pure rage in them."

King let loose a squeak as Tara stepped through the ropes, gulping as he got a good look at the woman's face.

"I'm glad I'm not Melina..." he commented with a look of fear.

"Melina awoke a lion in Tara tonight," Jenna quipped with an excited smirk as Tara paused in the ring, grabbing her open-crown hat and pulling it off to reveal rolled back eyes, the fans cheering as the sound of thunder rolled throughout the arena. "And that lion looks to reclaim what belongs to her."

Tara pulled off her trench coat as her theme faded into silence, revealing the black sleeveless full-bodysuit she wore. The tattooed woman handed the long jacket and her hat to a stagehand at ringside, chants of 'TARA! TARA! TARA!' thundering throughout the Thomas & Mack Center as Tara glared up at the stage with an emotionless glare.

"Paparazzi" played throughout the arena, cutting the loud chanting off and igniting a frenzy of boos from the fans.

"Wow," King breathed in shock.

Melina walked out onto the stage with a furious scowl on her face, the WWE Women's Championship strapped to her waist. The Latina paused on the stage to glare down into the ring, where her opponent stood, glaring right back at her just as viciously. "That's a very different expression on Melina's face..."

"And her opponent, from Los Angeles, California, she is the WWE Women's Champion, Melina!" Lilian announced to a heated chorus of boos that just seemed to make Melina angrier, a snarl starting to form on her lips.

"No paparazzi. No flashy cameras. No red carpet. No posing," JR noted as Melina walked down the aisle with a purpose, completely blanking out the jeering fans in favour of focusing all her attention on her rival. "Melina means business tonight."

"I watched SmackDown last Friday, and the relationship between the fans and Melina seems to get more and more hostile with each passing week," Jenna commented as the current Women's Champion reached the ringside area, sneering at the emotionless Tara. "The more hostile the crowd is towards her, the more Melina lashes out at them, and the more Melina lashes out at the fans, the more louder and hostile they get towards her. It's like a vicious cycle!"

"Ehh… SmackDown was in Texas, which is where Tara was born. They didn't particularly like Melina's methods," King commented as Melina slowly walked towards the ring steps, clipping the title from around her waist. Not once did Melina ever take her eyes off the Lioness, walking up the steps and onto the apron.

"You can't really blame them," Jenna groaned with a shake of her head as Melina stood on the apron, glaring at Tara who remained seemingly impassive. "Melina's attack on Tara a few weeks ago was absolutely disgusting."

"And what about Tara chokeslamming Melina off the stage and through a table?" King questioned with a small smirk.

Jenna shrugged uncaringly as Melina finally entered the ring. "You mess with the queen you get the sword. Melina had it coming."

"I'll agree with you there, despite my personal feelings regarding that," King commented. "Melina brought this entire situation to a place she shouldn't have. And now she's about to pay for it."

Melina and Tara stood on opposite sides of the ring, staring one another down with stern, battle-ready gazes. The Women's Title hung loosely from Melina's fingers, her music silencing.

"The looks on these two women's faces has not changed since the entrances were made," JR noted, as Melina wordlessly handed the championship over to the official for this match, never taking her eyes off Tara for a moment. "And Melina didn't hit the splits on the apron like she normally does. The champion is going into this match with a very different mindset."

"This is gonna be one heck of a fight," King exclaimed with excitement, as the referee lifted the title above his head to signify what the two women were about to go to war for, before showing it to Tara, who paid the object no mind, glaring at Melina.

"LETS GO TARA! LETS GO TARA! LETS GO TARA!"

'Ding! Ding! Ding!'

Melina scowled, taking her eyes off Tara for the first time since making her entrance to glare at the chanting fans in disgust.

"The entrances are over. The bell has been rung. And- OHHH!" JR suddenly exclaimed. Tara's head whipped to the side, a resounding SMACK reverberating throughout the arena, the large crowd gasping in shock at the sight of Melina storming towards Tara and viciously smacking the taller woman in the face.

"Oh my goodness..." King gaped in shock.

"Why Melina?!" Jenna groaned, facepalming and shaking her head as Melina scowled up at Tara's frozen form.

"You..." Melina snarled in rage. "You ain't taking this from me! That title is mine! You hear me?! MINE!"

Tara slowly turned to face Melina, her gold eyes wide in a fiery rage as she glowered at the champion, making the Latin-American nearly choke on her words at the sight, her eyes widening in fear, taking an instinctive step back.

"Oh boy..." King gulped as the fans cheered at the sight. "You might wanna run Melina!"

"OH!" JR exclaimed as Tara suddenly rocked Melina with a powerful shot underneath the chin, sending her stumbling back, the fans reacting with a wince. "And that has just enraged Tara! Good grief what a shot!"

"Melina provoked the wrong woman!" King exclaimed as Tara unloaded on the champion with vicious shots, the fans cheering as Tara punched away at Melina, sending her stumbling into the corner.

"Those piston left and right hands of the challenger!" JR cried out as Tara rocked Melina with left and right fists to the face, her furious temper boiling as she continued to punch away at the Latin-American champion.

"Melina better protect herself!" King added, extremely worried as each of Tara's fists connected with Melina's face, dazing the champion.

"All the tormenting, all the attacks, all the frustration is pouring out of Tara Stone in the form of violent rage!" JR said.

"Melina has had this coming for quite awhile now!" Jenna added as Tara caught Melina in the face with a stiff right-hand that knocked Melina off her feet in a daze. "Dear me, what a shot! Karma's about to pay Melina one heck of a visit!"

Tara heaved in anger, pausing to look out into the crowd that applauded her outburst.

"Melina has incited the wrath of Tara Stone!" JR exclaimed as Tara grabbed a hand full of Melina's dark locks and pulled her back up onto her feet.

Tara whipped Melina towards the opposite side of the corner ring, putting all her strength and power into it. "Oh my- look out!"

Melina crashed into the turnbuckles opposite the timekeepers area at top speed and went sailing over the top ropes, the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' as the Latina tumbled out of the ring. "Oh god!"

"Oh no!" King exclaimed in worry. "Is she alright?!"

"Irish whip with authority! Melina was sent sailing out of the ring!" JR commented.

"That was a nasty tumble," Jenna noted with a wince as Melina laid prone outside the ring. "And Melina has not moved."

Tara left the ring, sliding under the bottom ropes and storming towards Melina with a dark look on her face. "That's a terrifying sight..."

Looming over the Paparazzi Princess, Tara grabbed Melina, forcing her to her feet.

"Tara is so vicious, so remorseless- look out!" JR suddenly cried out as Tara launched Melina forward, whipping her harshly into the barricade, the fans at ringside wincing at the impact. "Oh my god!"

Melina cried out in agony, arching her back painfully. "Melina crashing right into the barricade! The Women's Champion is being dominated in the early stages of this match!"

"Oh man! Dominated is right!" Jenna groaned. "Melina was sent flying into the barricade right in front of the SmackDown announce table!"

Tara watched as Melina tried to pull herself up using the barricade, a dazed look on her face as the Princess of Death Valley scowled at her.

"Oh no. Tara sizing up the champion... what is she gonna do now?" King wondered in apprehension as Melina forced herself up onto her feet, leaning against the barricade in a daze.

"Whoa! Look out!" Tara bolted at Melina, the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' at the sight of Tara booting Melina in the face, sending the Latin-American flying over the barricade. "Oh my word!"

"Good grief!" JR exclaimed.

"Wow!" Jenna added. "What a boot!"

"Melina sent crashing over the barricade and out into the crowd!" JR cried out.

"I don't like this!" King groaned. "I don't like this at all!"

Tara pulled in her leg, glaring down at Melina's prone groaning form. She reached over the barricade, grabbing Melina by her long dark locks to pull her back up.

"And now Tara, grabbing a hold of the champion," JR noted. "Looking to cause more dama- OH!"

The fans released an 'Ohhh!' as with incredible flexibility, Melina caught Tara in the face with a high kick that stunned the taller woman. "My word! What a kick! What impeccable flexibility from the champion!"

"Melina's flexibility amazes me sometimes. Wow!" Jenna complimented with a smile of awe as Melina dropped to her knees, panting heavily, ignoring the WWE fans that cheered and heckled at her.

Tara slowly turned to face Melina, a dark enraged scowl on her face. Melina looked back over her shoulder, eyes widening at the furious look on Tara's face. The Latin American groggily got to her feet, stumbling away. "Wait... where's Melina going?!"

"She's trying to get as far away from Tara as possible!" King answered as Tara pulled herself up and over the barricade, the fans cheering as she chased after the Latin-American. "But Tara ain't about to let her leave so easily!"

"Tara, hot on the heels of the champion!" JR said as Melina stumbled away, ignoring the fans, her eyes wide and fearful as Tara stormed after her with a snarl.

"I don't think she's gonna get very far!" Jenna commented in amusement as Melina tipped over a trash can, trying to slow Tara down, but Tara just stepped over it, continuing to pursue the cowardly champion.

"Melina trying her damndest to get away from the challenger," JR noted as Melina stumbled back towards the ringside area, very aware of Tara stalking her from behind. She went to leap over the barricade, but a gloved hand pulled roughly at her long black hair, making her shriek with fright whilst the fans cheered. "To no avail!"

"Oh no!" King groaned as Tara pulled Melina off the barricade, snarling in rage as Melina screamed in fear, the fans continuing to cheer.

"And Tara, pulling Melina off the barricade and back out into the audience. The Princess of Death Valley is far from done with the Women's Champion!" JR said as Tara dragged Melina by her hair and away from ringside, dragging her back behind the first couple rows of the audience.

"Look out! Look out!" King exclaimed as Tara took off in a run, sending Melina flying back-first into a wall. "OHHH!"

"Good god!" JR exclaimed as Melina squirmed in pain, favouring her back. "Melina driven into the wall!"

"Tara's having her way with the champion right now!" Jenna added. "I'm actually starting to feel sorry for her!"

"Me too!" King said. "Because this is- NO!"

Tara grabbed the lid of the trash can that Melina had tipped over earlier, lifting it above her head with a snarl as Melina attempted to pull herself up onto her hands and knees.

CRACK!

"OHHH!"

"Oh god! NO!" King cried out as Melina screamed in agony, squirming in pain on the concrete. "God dammit no!"

"Dear me..." Jenna breathed out with a wince.

"That sound you just heard was the sound of that steel trash can lid making itself known across the back of Melina!" JR exclaimed as Tara let the lid fall from her fingers, wordlessly watching as Melina squirmed in pain. "What brutal impact."

"And I guarantee you this is only the beginning for Melina," Jenna commented as Tara grabbed a handful of Melina's hair, roughly dragging her across the floor with no regard and back towards ringside, forcing the Latina to stumble onto her feet as she was pulled forward against her will. "Tara is going to take her time and relish this. She is going to slowly and methodically destroy and punish Melina for what she's put Tara through the past few months!"

Tara unceremoniously threw Melina over the barricade, climbing over the security wall as the fans cheered her on, viciously kicking Melina in the gut when she tried to pull herself up onto her hands and knees, making the Paparazzi Princess groan in pain, falling on her side, favouring her abdomen with a grimace.

"Tara has not let up the assault on Melina since the bell rang," JR noted as Tara stepped over Melina, ignoring her for the moment in favour of walking around ringside.

"That's to be expected. Tara is just as vengeful and nasty as any other woman on the Divas roster," King added, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. "And she appears to be looking for something..."

"Oh no..." he gulped with dread as Tara pulled back the apron, garnering an excited reaction from the fans. "No, no, no!"

"Oh boy..." Jenna chuckled with amusement. "Things are about to go from bad to worse for Melina."

The fans cheered in excitement at the sight of Tara pulling out a couple of chairs, 4 in total, sliding the steel furniture into the ring.

"And out come the steel chairs," JR said as Tara pulled out another quadruplet of chairs, much to the fans excitement, throwing them into the ring.

"This is unnecessary!" King snapped. "She doesn't need that many chairs!"

"It's a No Disqualification Match King!" Jenna replied as Tara stormed around ringside, flipping open the apron opposite the announce table. "She can do whatever she wants."

"There are steel chairs littering the ring," JR noted. "And Tara is not done. She's looking for more weapons."

Tara paused in her search underneath the ring, looking out into the crowd as they chanted 'We want tables! We want tables! We want tables!'

"The fans know what they want!" Jenna said with a grin. "They want tables!"

The fans popped at the sight of Tara pulling out the infamous wooden table that they were so bloodthirsty for. "And that's exactly what they are gonna get!"

"Don't you think this is a bit much?!" King exclaimed worriedly as Tara pulled the table fully out from underneath the ring, leaving it flat on the floor for the time being. "Tara seems dead-set on completely destroying Melina! I don't want that!"

"This is what happens when you push Tara Stone King!" JR said as Tara pulled the apron back down, storming back towards Melina. "It is just as you said. Melina made the decision to make this rivalry deeply personal. And now she has to pay for that choice."

Tara grabbed Melina by her long dark locks, methodically pulling the woman up onto her knees with a dark scowl on her face. "Tara clearly has dark in-"

CRACK!

"OH MY! OH MY GOD!"

A loud 'OHHH!' resounded throughout the arena as Melina suddenly lashed out at Tara, catching the Dark Princess in the ribs with a kendo stick.

"OH GOD!" Jenna exclaimed in shock as Tara doubled over and cried out in pain, stumbling away from the champion whilst favouring her ribs.

"Melina with a kendo stick!" JR added as Melina scowled at Tara, rising to her feet, holding the kendo stick threateningly as she glowered at the tattooed woman. "The sickening sound of wood on flesh reverberating throughout the Thomas & Mack Center!"

Melina growled, cracking Tara in the back with the kendo stick, making the fans wince as Tara collapsed to her knees, arching her back with a cry of pain. "Good grief!"

"Tara is at the mercy of the champion!" King cried out as Melina swung the kendo stick like a golf club, cracking the kendo stick into the back of the taller woman's right leg. "Oh!"

"Melina caught Tara in the back of her leg with that kendo stick!" JR noted as Tara cried out in pain, shuffling away from the angry Latina. Melina pursued the woman, absolutely waylaying the Princess of Death Valley with kendo shots. "And now Melina, absolutely relentless with the kendo stick!"

"Good grief!" Jenna exclaimed as Tara tried to cover herself, curling in on herself and flinching away from Melina with each shot, the fans voicing their reaction with winces. "Melina has completely lost it here! She's beating the heck out of Tara!"

"She's become unhinged!" King cried out fearfully, watching as Melina screamed in pure rage, continuing to brutalize Tara with the kendo stick, bits of wood starting to chip away and break apart against the legendary veteran's body. The fans screamed and shouted and winced in response to the Latin-American's vicious assault. "This was bound to happen! Tara has driven Melina to complete insanity!"

"As if she wasn't crazy enough!" Jenna added.

"Melina wearing out the kendo stick on Tara!" JR exclaimed.

"Good grief!" King cried out as Melina got one last violent shot in, before throwing away the broken and useless kendo stick with an enraged shriek. She snarled at the fans, who booed heavily in response. "Tara has been haunting Melina for months! She can't get rid of her! And Melina has had enough!"

Melina turned her attention back to Tara, who was gasping in agony. She dragged the taller woman back onto her feet with a firm grasp on her hair.

"Melina will definitely be looking to exorcize Tara in this No DQ contest," JR commented, wincing along with the fans as Melina slammed Tara head first into the steel steps, making her crumble to the floor. "Good grief! Tara's head bouncing off the steel steps!"

"Yeah, Melina wants to rid herself of Tara," Jenna added as Melina grabbed fists full of Tara's long locks, pulling the tattooed woman back up onto her feet. Melina rolled Tara back into the ring, climbing up onto the ring apron. "That's why for whoever loses this match, it's going to be their last shot. Melina made sure that if she was to win, Tara wouldn't be able to compete for the Women's Championship as long as Melina is champion."

The fans cheered restlessly as Melina scaled the turnbuckles, pulling herself up onto the top ropes.

"Uh-oh..." JR watched as Melina perched herself on the top ropes, snarling down at Tara, who was struggling to even stand at the moment. "Melina taking a chance here!"

"GET UP!" Melina snapped, the fans restless as Tara slowly managed to make it back up onto her feet. "GET UP TARA!"

"Tara's hurt... she's limping noticeably," Jenna noted as Tara made it back to her feet, trying not to put too much weight on her right leg.

"And I betcha Melina is very aware- whoa!" King cried out as Melina stood up on the ropes, releasing a powerful shriek. "Wow!"

"Melina with a yell," JR noted as Melina leaped off the ropes. "She soars! OH MY GOD!"

The fans released a loud 'Ohhh!' at the sight of Tara catching Melina in mid-air with a right uppercut beneath the jaw, blasting the Latin-American out of the sky. "OH MY GOD WHAT A SHOT!"

"She punched her right out of the air!" Jenna cried out as Melina laid in a lifeless state at the feet of the taller woman.

"Melina certainly didn't see that uppercut coming!" King exclaimed as Tara glared down at the current champion, shaking out her leg. She moved away from the knocked out Latina, fixing the pile of chairs into a more condensed pile so that they weren't littering the ring. "Melina literally got punched out of the sky! Oh my word."

"Tara rearranging the furniture..." JR commented as the black-haired woman grabbed a fist full of Melina's locks, forcing the out of it woman to her feet. "What could she be thinking of doing in that dark mind of hers?"

As soon as Tara pulled Melina back up onto her feet however, the wily champion struck out with a kick to the outside of the taller woman's right knee, making the fans wince as Tara cried out, flinching away from her. "Oh!"

"Oh no!" Jenna cried out in worry as Tara turned away from Melina, limping heavily as she attempted to create some distance.

"Melina targeting the injured right leg of Tara!" JR added as Melina stumbled back up onto her feet, favouring her jaw with a smirk stretching across her face, watching Tara struggle to stay on her feet. "And she smells blood in the water! You can tell by the smirk on her face!"

"Melina knows exactly what she's doing," King said. Melina charged at Tara, leaping forward and connecting with a brutal chop block that brought the Princess of Death Valley to her knees with a cry of pain. "Oh! goodness!"

"Chop block finds the mark," JR noted, the fans starting to jeer as Melina began to gain some semblance of control. "Tara got off to a violent start, but Melina is starting to get some offense in."

"Melina is so opportunistic," Jenna commented as Melina made it to her feet, looming over Tara with a dark grin on her face, watching as the tall woman clutched at her right leg with a look of anguish. "You make one little mistake and she will capitalize and expose it."

Melina grabbed Tara's right leg, pulling her back by the injured leg and holding it over the pile of chairs, making alarm bells ring in everyone's mind. "Oh no..."

"What has Melina got in mind here?" JR questioned with a sense of foreboding as Melina flipped her hair back, a dark and mischievous grin on her face. The fans cried out in worry and restlessness as Melina leered down at Tara's helpless state.

"Tara is at the mercy of Melina right now!" King noted fearfully.

Tara, sensing what Melina had in mind, desperately tried to kick Melina away.

"Tara trying to get out of this predicament, kicking away at Melina," JR noted, but Melina refused to be deterred, stepping on Tara's ankle, pinning the taller woman's left leg beneath her foot. The smirk on the Paparazzi Princess' face widened viciously at the sight of Tara's helpless state, watching as she struggled beneath her feet. "But to no avail. Melina has Tara pinned to the mat."

"Oh no!" Jenna cried out, the fans screaming out as Melina lifted Tara's right leg higher, before slamming it brutally into the pile of chairs. "Oh god! Oh no!"

"Good grief!" JR exclaimed, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' as Tara cried out in pain. "Melina brutally slamming Tara's leg into the chairs!"

Melina didn't stop her assault, grabbing the taller woman's right leg again. "And she's not done!"

"Melina has Tara completely compromised!" Jenna noted with worry, as the champion lifted the challenger's leg again, violently smashing it into the pile of chairs for a second time, making the fans react with a wince.

"Melina looking to DESTROY!" JR reacted as Melina lifted the right leg of Tara again, slamming it down into the pile of chairs with no remorse. "And maim the right leg of Tara Stone!"

Melina stepped off Tara's leg, holding her arms out with a smug grin on her face, making the fans boo in response while Tara tried to shuffle away from the Latina, pulling her right leg into her chest with agony etched across her face.

"Tara's gonna have a hard time standing on that leg," King noted as Melina stalked after the taller woman who was leaning against the ropes, looking up at the Latin-American with a pained glare. "Melina went into this match with a plan!"

"And again," JR noted, the fans jeering and booing as Melina again, grabbed Tara's right leg, trying to pull the woman away from the ropes, but Tara wouldn't have it and caught Melina in the face with her free boot. "Melina targeting the right leg of Tara Stone."

"Tara doing exactly what she needs to do right now," Jenna said. Melina stumbled back from the kick, a scowl on her face, angered by the contact. "Creating some distance between herself and the champion."

Tara used the ropes to pull herself back up onto her feet, hopping a bit in order to reduce pressure on her right leg. She lifted her leg when Melina charged back at her, looking to kick her away.

"Oh no!" King exclaimed when Melina caught the leg over her shoulder and dropped to her knees, the fans wincing at the sight of Melina snapping the injured right leg off her left shoulder, making Tara grimace in clear pain. "Ohhh that's gonna hurt!"

"Tara gave Melina her right leg. A rare mistake on Tara's part," JR added as Melina quickly stood back up without letting go of the leg and dropped down onto her back, twisting Tara's leg painfully, making the fans verbally wince as Tara released a short cry of pain.

"Oh! Oh no!" Jenna cried out in worry.

"Dragon screw!" JR commented as Tara collapsed and rolled out of the ring, very visibly limping as she tried to create some distance from herself and Melina. "And that's gonna make that right leg even worse."

"It is gonna be really hard for Tara to get any offence in with that injured right leg," King added.

Melina rolled out onto the apron, watching Tara silently as she slapped her right leg in frustration. The Latin-American champion rose to her feet, silently imploring Tara to turn around. "Watch out here! Melina's got something in mind!"

As soon as Tara turned around Melina took off, running across the apron and launching herself off it with a loud shriek. "Look out!"

"Oh!" JR cried out as Melina leaped through the air, laying Tara out with a diving swinging facebuster, the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' at the sight of Tara's face being driven into the floor.

"Good grief!" Jenna winced at the impact.

"And Melina takes Tara down with a diving facebuster off the apron," JR commented as Tara laid flat on her face, her long black hair sprawled out around her, seemingly out of it.

"I think Tara is out!" King exclaimed as Melina scrambled towards the taller woman and grabbed a hold of her long black locks, desperately rushing to pull the woman's body off the floor. "And Melina realises that! She's gotta get her inside the ring to make the cover!"

With a bit of a struggle, Melina managed to pull Tara back up onto her feet and roll her deadweight back into the ring.

"Melina now, getting Tara back into the ring," JR noted as the Latina rushed back into the ring right after Tara and scrambled for the cover, the fans jeering as she hooked the far leg. "And now hooking the leg! Will this be it!"

1...

2...

"No, Tara gets the shoulder up at two. Melina making a desperate attempt at a cover on the challenger."

Melina sat up with a smirk, looking out into the crowd as they jeered at the smug confident look on her face.

"Melina has been really impressive in the early goings of this match," King noted as a replay of Melina's swinging facebuster off the apron was shown. "She's really taking it to Tara right now."

"Is that it?" Melina questioned the fans, her smirk widening when the fans booed even harder in response to her quip. "Is that all your precious Goth Queen's got?"

Jenna shook her head as Melina rose back up onto her feet. "How arrogant can one person be?"

"I can't exactly blame her," King said as Melina grabbed a fist full of Tara's dark locks, dragging the wounded woman up onto her feet. She pulled Tara into a corner, bashing her head-first into the nearest middle turnbuckle. "She's had Tara's number every single time they've stepped into the ring."

"Melina bouncing a wounded Tara off the middle turnbuckle," JR noted. The fans booed heavily as Melina viciously assaulted Tara in the corner, stomping away at the back of her head with remorseless brutality, driving Tara to her knees. "And now stomping a mudhole into the challenger!"

"She's stomping on the back of her head!" Jenna exclaimed in surprise.

"This is what Tara has brought out of Melina," King added as the Latina relented on her attack, ignoring the jeering fans as she walked away from Tara, who was panting in pain, her face resting against the middle turnbuckle. "This aggressive, violent side of MELINA! Oh my gosh!"

The fans released a loud 'OHHH!' as Melina suddenly bolted at Tara, smashing her face against the middle turnbuckle with double knees to the back of the dark-haired woman's skull.

"Oh my god!" Jenna cried out, her hands nearly covering her mouth in shock. Tara's arms went limp, her body slumping against the corner.

"Good lord! That's gotta be it!" JR exclaimed as Melina pulled Tara's still form out of the corner by her leg, the fans wincing as Tara face-planted the canvas. "Double knees to the back of Tara's head!"

The Latin-American scrambled to turn the Princess of Death Valley onto her back, going for the cover, hooking the far leg. "And now scrambling for the cover!"

1...

"Shoulders are down!"

2...

The fans cheered in relief as Tara raised her shoulders off the mat. "And Tara powers out at two and a half!"

Melina scowled faintly as she sat up on her knees, a spark of frustration flashing across her dark eyes.

"That meteora to the back of Tara's head..." Jenna murmured, concern in her voice as Melina rose to her feet, standing over a still Tara Stone. "I'm surprised Tara managed to kick out."

"Also, the shock of being hit with that kind of force from the back. Tara had no idea what was coming and was left completely vulnerable," King added as Melina grabbed a fist full of Tara's long black hair, pulling her towards the corner opposite the announce table, forcing the taller woman to her feet and limping forward against her will.

"Tara is very resilient. It will take a lot more for Melina to beat her, and Melina knows that," JR commented, chants of 'Let's go Tara!' starting to resound throughout the arena, making Melina's scowl deepen.

The Latin-American smashed the tattooed woman's face into the turnbuckle, assaulting her with vicious forearms to the face. "But there is a limit to the amount of punishment she can take. Melina will undoubtedly be looking to test that resilience."

"Wow," King breathed in awe of the champion's aggression as she rocked Tara with ferocious forearms to the face. "Melina taking it to Tara Stone!"

"Tara is all out of sorts. That double knees to the back of the head in the corner really rocked her," Jenna said as Melina rocked the Princess of Death Valley with a couple more forearms before grabbing Tara's legs, lifting her up so that she was lying suspended on the ropes. "Uh-oh... I know what Melina has in mind here."

"Tara does not wanna be there," King added as Melina placed a foot on the bottom rope and paused, her eyes narrowing as she glared down at Tara. "Wait a minute..."

The Latina suddenly backed off, the crowd reacting with restless anticipation as she picked up a steel chair from the pile in the middle of the ring, smirking maliciously at the fans as they eyed her with worry.

Melina slowly approached Tara, and to the horror of the entire crowd, laid the black steel object flat across the bottom ropes, making the fans react with terror. "Oh no!"

"Wait a minute!" JR growled, his eyes widening.

"No Melina..." Jenna begged, horrified as the Latina smiled viciously at the panicking crowd, her foot resting on the bottom ropes.

"Oh the malicious mind of the CHAMPION!" JR cried out as Melina used the bottom ropes as a springboard, elevating herself above Tara and bending her knees. But just as she was about to drop her knees down into the challenger, a wave of energy shot through Tara, scrambling off the ropes and catching the champion as she came down. "Oh no! Tara caught her!"

Melina screamed, her eyes wide as she kicked her legs, trying to escape Tara's grasp. "Melina was about to pierce Tara through the abdomen and the spine with a double knees into the chair, but Tara says- OH! OH MY GOSH!"

The fans released an 'Ohhh!' as Tara stepped back before launching Melina, sending the Latin-American crashing face-first into the top turnbuckle. "Good grief!"

"Oh!" Jenna reacted with a wince.

"Oh no!" King exclaimed as Melina crashed to the mat, completely stunned. "Not Melina's pretty face!"

"Melina dropped face first with the snake eyes," JR noted as Tara took a brief reprieve, eyeing Melina carefully as the woman laid prone beneath the bottom ropes. "And Melina is utterly stunned."

Tara slowly rose to her feet, shaking her right leg out with a scowl. The black-haired lioness shoved Melina out of the ring with her foot, leaving the ring after her as the Latina stumbled on wobbly legs. "They're taking the match to the outside again. And look at the look in Tara's eyes."

King gulped as he caught the dark sinister look in Tara's burning gold eyes, watching as she stalked after the champion. "Uh-oh, the look in Tara's eyes just changed! Look out Melina!"

"That is a scary look! As if Melina hasn't invoked Tara's rage already- WHOA!" Jenna exclaimed as Tara grabbed a firm hold of Melina and launched the woman through the air, the massive crowd crying out with a loud 'Ohhh!' as Melina's body slammed harshly onto the top of the RAW announce table! "Jesus Christ!"

"My lord!" JR exclaimed as Melina cried out in pain, arching her back off the table. "Good god what a throw!"

"Wow!" King added with a look of shock. Tara wasn't done, pouncing on the Latin American and raining down a barrage of piston rage-filled rights to the face of Melina, the fans cheering wildly. "Look at this! Tara raining down vicious shots to the face of the champion!"

"Oh my god!" Jenna exclaimed in horror when Tara wrapped her right gloved hand around the throat of Melina, ruthlessly choking her out, making Melina flail her legs wildly against the Raw announce table as she gasped for breath.

"She's strangling her!" King cried out fearfully.

"There is nothing the official can do," JR said as Tara snarled demonically in the Latin American's face. "No disqualifications are in full effect-"

"OH!" Jenna exclaimed, the fans verbally wincing as Melina pulled her left leg in, catching Tara in the side of her temple with a knee.

"Look at this!" King cried out as another knee caught Tara in the jaw.

"Melina fighting with all she's got!" JR added as one more knee rocked the challenger, making the Princess of Death Valley release her grip on the Latin American. Melina swung her body around with an enraged scowl, favouring her throat as she caught Tara in the face with a vicious kick, the fans releasing an 'Ohhh!' as Tara struggled to stay on her feet, the impact of the kick making her stumble violently on wobbly legs. "Good lord! What a vicious kick!"

"Oh my god!" Jenna exclaimed as Melina pulled her legs inwards and slammed her feet violently into the back of Tara, the fans reacting with a wince as Tara face-planted the floor.

"What a kick!" JR cried out as Melina took a brief reprieve to get her breath back, grimacing as she massaged her throat. "A vicious kick to the back of Tara."

"Did you see the way Tara face-planted the floor?!" King added in astonishment as Melina sat up, snarling down at Tara as she slowly lifted her body off the floor. "This match is starting to get very violent, and they've barely used any weapons!"

"Did you expect it to get any less violent?" Jenna questioned in amusement. "These two women detest each other!"

Melina pulled her legs in as Tara slowly tried to pull herself up onto her feet, the fans reacting restlessly as Melina pulled herself up so that she was standing on the Raw announce table, towering over her opponent. "What's she up to now?"

"Melina standing on our announce table," JR noted as Tara limped up to her feet. The fans cried out at the sight of Melina leaping off the announce table as soon as the Princess of Death Valley turned around, her hands clasped above her head. "Look out- OH MY GOD! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!"

The Las Vegas fans let loose a loud and ruckus 'OHHH!' as Tara lifted her long right leg, catching Melina in the chest with a big boot that nearly sent the current Women's Champion flying, sending her crashing to the floor and flipping onto her front.

"Oh my gosh!" Jenna exclaimed. "Melina just got totally annihilated!"

"What a boot!" King added as Melina panted in pain, whilst Tara stumbled and quickly grabbed the side of the ring apron to keep herself steady. "Melina got turned inside out!"

Tara scowled at Melina's form, and then glared down at her right leg in pain and frustration.

"Tara really nailed that big boot. But it was a double-edged sword," JR said, noticing the tall woman's current state. "That right leg is very clearly bothering Tara."

Tara slapped her leg, trying to get some feeling back into them. She stalked towards Melina, trying to suppress the limp in her step as much as possible.

"Tara is gonna have to avoid using that leg as much as possible," Jenna commented as the golden-eyed woman grabbed two fists full of Melina's hair, forcing the young Latina up onto her feet.

"That's gonna be pretty unavoidable for her. She may need to take a few risks," King added as Tara pulled Melina back towards the ring, rolling the woman back into the squared circle.

The fans began to cheer in excitement when the Princess of Death Valley positioned part of Melina's upper body on the apron, leaving her head suspended off the apron. "Oh no..."

"Wait a minute!" Jenna's eyes widened as Tara climbed up onto the apron, staring down at the champion with a scowl. "That ain't a good idea Tara!"

"Tara is about to cause some major damage!" JR exclaimed as Tara leaped into the air, bringing her right leg forward. "With a leg drop across the- OH!"

The fans winced as Melina suddenly pulled herself into the ring, avoiding her windpipe nearly being crushed by Tara's long legs. Melina moving however caused Tara to drop her right leg across the hard apron.

"Oh no!" Jenna cried out.

"Tara missed!" JR noted as immediate agony shot through Tara's leg, making her hobble off the apron, limping noticeably, coming to a stop in front of the Raw announce table where she leaned heavily against it, snarling down at her right leg. "And that right leg of Tara Stone has gotta be screaming in pain!"

"You were right Jenna! Tara made a fatal error!" King added as Melina began to stir, starting to lift her body off the canvas, whilst Tara stewed in frustration, slamming her fist down on the table. "Whoa easy!"

"Tara's clearly frustrated," JR said. Tara turned around and limped back towards the ring as Melina was picking herself up off the mat, stumbling onto her feet. "The way she glared at her leg... almost like she was viewing it as a HINDRANCE!"

The fans winced and released an 'Ohhh!' as Melina suddenly slammed her feet into Tara Stone's chest with a running low dropkick beneath the bottom ropes, sending the taller woman flying off her feet, the large crowd releasing an even louder 'OHHH!' as the back of Tara's head bashed violently against the Raw announce table.

"Oh! Jesus!" King exclaimed.

"Melina with a dropkick! Going low and catching Tara in the chest, just as she was about to enter the ring," JR added.

"Tara hit our announce table with the back of her head," Jenna observed with a wince. "And she hit hard! Ouch."

"I think our announce table actually shifted when Tara hit it!" King added as Melina slid underneath the ropes, sitting on the apron as she glared at Tara, who was sat against the announce table with a pained grimace.

Melina slipped off the apron and grabbed Tara by her long dark ebony locks, pulling the tall woman back up onto her feet.

"You said that Tara sees her right leg as a hindrance JR," King said to his longtime partner as Melina pulled Tara back towards the ring, bashing her head off the apron, making the fans verbally wince. "I don't blame her. Most of her offence is dependent on her leg strength."

Melina narrowed her eyes as Tara leaned against the apron in a daze, eyeing the chair that was still suspended against the bottom ropes in the corner. Melina grabbed a fist full of Tara's locks, pulling her alongside the ring and towards the corner opposite the SmackDown announce table. "You take out Tara's legs, and you take away most of her OFFENSE! Oof!"

The fans winced as Melina smashed Tara's head against the steel of the steps, making the Princess of Death Valley crumble to the floor, shaking her head in a daze.

"Lets go Tara! Lets go Tara! Lets go Tara!"

"And again, Tara's head bouncing off the steel steps!" JR commentated as Melina chuckled at the fans as they continued to chant.

"Why do you bother?" Melina questioned. "Your chanting does nothing! You're helping no one!"

The fans booed harshly at Melina's quip and chanted louder in response, making the Women's Champion shake her head in amusement.

"Melina egging on the fans there," JR noted with a touch of disapproval.

"She should be concentrating on Tara. Not the fans," Jenna retorted.

"Watch this," Melina said to the fans, a mischievous smile on her face as she grabbed a fist full of Tara's hair. "You're gonna wanna see this!"

"Melina can't help but antagonize the fans," King added with amusement as Melina pulled Tara towards the ring apron, rolling back into the ring. "She loves it."

"What's she up to here?" JR wondered with narrowed eyes, watching as the Latin American pulled Tara up onto the ring apron and through the bottom and middle ropes by her long dark hair, bashing her forehead against the bridged chair in the bottom corner. "Oh! Melina bashing Tara's skull off that bridged steel chair!"

Melina rose to her feet, her fingers delicately wrapping around and gripping the top ropes tightly, a near-manic smile sliding across her face as she looked down at Tara.

Jenna caught it, her eyes widening in horror as Tara attempted to push herself up, her head slowly rising off the bridged chair. "Oh no..."

Melina sprang off the bottom rope with her left foot, the fans releasing a loud and shocked 'OHHH!' as Melina drove her knees down into the back of Tara's skull, driving her face first into the steel chair! "Goodness me!"

"Oh my god!" King cried out, completely rattled.

"Good grief!" JR exclaimed as Tara's entire form went limp and still. "Melina with double knees right to the back of Tara's skull!"

"She put her right through the chair!" Jenna breathed out, stunned as Melina hastily pulled the rest of Tara's body back into the ring, dragging her out of the corner by her wrist. "... My god! Tara's probably concussed!"

Melina went for a cover, hooking the far leg whilst pinning the woman's arms to the mat.

"Melina with the cover!" JR called out as the referee went to call the three count.

1...

"She's out!" King exclaimed.

"Could this be it! Could this be Tara's last shot!" JR added.

2...

"... at the Women's Championship- NO!"

The fans cried out, elated as at the last moment, Tara managed to power out. "Tara survives!"

"How?!" Jenna questioned in awe.

Melina seemed shocked too and looked at the referee.

"That was three wasn't it?!" the Latin-American snapped, growling when the official shook his head.

"The resilience of Tara," King said, shaking his head. "... could rival her mentor. Jeez."

Melina snarled thickly down at the tall black-haired woman, watching as she stirred in an attempt to move, frustration seeping through the Latina.

"DAMN YOU!" she roared, pouncing on the veteran.

The fans reacted accordingly, booing angrily as Melina viciously assaulted Tara with a range of fists to her skull, picking up speed as her anger boiled dangerously.

"And Melina has snapped!" JR exclaimed.

"This is what Tara brought out of Melina!" King added as Melina continued her assault, shooting up to her feet and stamping harshly on Tara's face, rage-filled shrieks escaping past her lips as she held the tall Dark Princess by her wrists. "This new ruthless and unforgiving side of Melina!"

"It's goddamn scary!" Jenna cried out as Melina relented after one last stomp, letting go of the gold-eyed woman's wrists and turning away from the still form of Tara Stone, heaving angrily as she glared at the booing fans with a dark scowl. The fans booed even harder at the look on her face, defiant.

"This capacity crowd making themselves heard," JR noted as Melina surveyed the angry crowd, her scowl deepening at their blatant show of disrespect.

"I think they just ticked Melina off even more!" King added fearfully, taking note of the rage-filled look on her face.

Melina turned and slowly stalked towards Tara's unmoving form, her eyes dark and vengeful.

"Melina... she almost looks maniacal!" Jenna said with a shiver. "She's like a completely different person!"

Melina reached down and grabbed a fist full of Tara's long locks.

"Melina said that Tara brought out this side of her," JR commented. "This anger. This darkness. She blames it all on Tara... but I never envisioned this..."

Melina slowly pulled Tara up to one knee, glowering angrily in her face as the fans chanted, "Let's go Tara! Let's go Tara! Let's go Tara!"

"You are not taking my title from me," the Latin-American growled in the woman's face, glaring into Tara's unnatural gold eyes. "That title belongs to me! It's-"

Tara caught Melina in the gut with a stiff shot, making the woman flinch and let go of her hair.

"Tara with a right to the ABDOMEN OH MY GOSH!" The large crowd let loose a loud 'OHHH!' as Melina quickly retaliated with a huge knee that connected with Tara's jaw, knocking the tall woman out onto her side, unmoving. "Good grief!"

"Melina ain't messing around!" Jenna exclaimed as the Paparazzi Princess stood over Tara, breathing heavily in anger.

"Melina has been absolutely ruthless tonight!" JR added as the Latin-American grabbed a firm hold of Tara's long dark hair, pulling the taller woman back up to her feet, her face set into a dangerous scowl.

The large crowd released a horrified groan when the Latina turned the Princess of Darkness around, bending her backwards over the pile of steel chairs. "Oh no..."

"Dear me..." Jenna groaned as Melina glared at the restless crowd. "Melina's not about to do what I think she's gonna do is she?"

"Melina's gonna destroy Tara!" King gulped in fear.

"Come on! Don't do this Melina!" Jenna pleaded as Melina released a loud and violent primal shriek, firing up the crowd into a mixed response of cheers, boos and pleads to stop.

"That primal yell from the champion- Oh my lord!" JR suddenly exclaimed.

The large Las Vegas crowd popped in excitement and relief at the sight of a gloved hand reaching up to grab a wide-eyed and terrified Melina by the throat.

"Ah!" King shrieked in terror. "Oh no!"

"And Tara!" JR yelled out, the fans cheers increasing in volume as Tara forcefully twisted her way out of Melina's grip, her hand tightening around the champion's throat as she snarled at her with blazing gold eyes of rage. "Is about to make Melina pay for her sins!"

"Oh my god!" Jenna exclaimed as Tara lifted Melina high into the air by her throat and violently drove the Latina through the pile of chairs. "OH MY- HOLY HELL!"

"Chokeslam!" JR cried out, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' at the impact, Melina arching her back off the chairs, crying out in agony. "A chokeslam! Into the pile of chairs!"

"Melina's back has gotta be screaming in agony!" King added as Tara fell to a knee, favouring her right leg. Melina continued to cry out in pain, stamping her feet on the chairs, kicking some of them out of place as she squirmed in anguish.

"But Tara failed to capitalize," Jenna noted as Tara panted in pain and exhaustion.

"The pain and punishment these two have put each other through is starting to take its toll on these two women," JR said.

Tara snarled as Melina rolled onto her front. The tall black-haired woman slowly pulled herself to her feet, picking up a steel chair as she did so, a tad unbalanced, bruises starting to form on her exposed tattooed skin. "Both women are absolutely exhausted."

"Tara's got a hold of a chair," Jenna noted with apprehension.

"That can't be good," King added.

Melina pulled herself up onto her hands and knees, desperately reaching for a steel chair of her own.

"And Melina reaching for a steel chair of her own," JR noted. Melina froze at the sight of a black boot stamping on the chair she was reaching for, the fans cheering at the sight. "Oh no..."

Melina slowly looked up, her eyes widening fearfully as Tara stared down at her with cold, dead gold eyes. Melina's eyes widened even more at the sight of a steel chair in Tara's hand, and she desperately pulled at the pinned down foreign object. "Melina is weaponless!"

"She's completely defenceless! OH!" Jenna cried out along with the fans as Tara slammed the point of the steel chair into the side of Melina's jaw. "Oh my god!"

"What a shot!" JR exclaimed as Melina's dark long locks flew everywhere, hiding her face from view as she nearly slumped forward.

"Not the face!" King added in fear, his eyes widening as Tara lifted the chair above her head. "OH NO!"

"OHHH!" the large Las Vegas crowd roared as Tara violently brought the black steel chair down onto the back of Melina, the sound of metal against flesh resounding throughout the arena.

"Good grief!" Jenna exclaimed as Melina screamed and writhed in absolute agony.

"My god what a violent shot with the chair!" JR added. "What deafening impact!"

Tara remained eerily silent as she watched Melina squirm in pain. She watched as the Paparazzi Princess rolled towards the ring ropes, creating some separation from the two.

"Melina rolling towards the ropes there," King noted. "Smart."

"Tara opting not to go after the champion," JR observed, Tara watching silently as Melina pulled herself up onto her hands and knees, heaving in agony.

Melina leveled Tara with a dark snarl, that intensified as Tara continued to stare impassively at her.

"It's almost like... Tara is daring Melina to do something..." Jenna noted.

"And that's going to annoy the hell outta Melina," King added with a smirk.

Melina grabbed the nearest steel chair, using it and the ropes to pull herself back up onto her feet, a furious glare on her face as she and the Princess of Death Valley stared each other down. "See!"

"Tara silently daring Melina to make a move," JR said as Melina made it back to her feet, the furious expression on her face intensifying as Tara had yet to make a move, her gold eyes boring into the champion.

"You bitch!" Melina spat, suddenly launching at the tall woman, holding the steel chair over her head with a wild look in her eyes.

"And Melina obliges!"

"Oh!" Jenna reacted along with the large crowd as Tara responded with a vengeance, driving her steel chair into the abdomen of Melina, driving the wind out of the Latin-American. The Latina hunched over in pain, the steel chair dropping from her fingers. "Chair to the gut!"

"Uh-oh!" King exclaimed as Tara raised her steel chair above her head, the fans crying out at the sight. "Oh no, not again!"

Melina screamed in pain, dropping to her knees as Tara cracked the steel chair over her back, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' at the impact.

"Good god!" JR spat as Melina fell forward onto her hands, panting heavily in pain. "Another devastating shot with the steel chair!"

Tara stared down at Melina with cold dead eyes, before lifting the chair over her head again to a loud reaction from the fans. "And she's not done!"

"Oh my god!" Jenna exclaimed with a wince as Melina cried out in pure agony, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' as Tara punished Melina's back with another brutal chair shot, bending the steel over the woman's back.

"Good god!" JR added as Melina turned onto her back, arching off the mat and writhing in agony. "Good grief!"

Tara glared down at Melina, her gold eyes almost glowing with malice intent, her upper lips curling up into a dark scowl of contempt. "Three brutal chair shots to the back of Melina, and that chair is already bent and mangled!"

"She put everything into those chair shots!" King said with a fearful squeak. "I think Tara has entered that scary frightening zone."

"That completely remorseless and evil mindset, that has put fear in so many women over the years," JR added as Tara let the bent and useless chair slip from her fingers.

"And Melina only has herself to blame for all of this," Jenna retorted. "She brought out this dark and evil demeanour in Tara."

"Oh no..." King gulped as Tara grabbed the steel chair that Melina had previously dropped and shoved the Latin-American onto her front with her boot, a dark scowl on the tall woman's face. "I-I gotta feeling Tara ain't done!"

"She's far from DONE!" Jenna added as Tara lifted the steel chair above her head as Melina attempted to lift her body up off the canvas, destroying the Paparazzi Princess' back with another brutal chair shot. "Oh my god!"

"Another brutal chair shot!" JR exclaimed, the fans releasing a loud 'Ohhh!' and reacting loudly as Tara refused to stop, assaulting Melina with brutal nonstop chair shot after chair shot, her gold eyes burning with seething rage. "Good god! Tara has snapped!"

"She's absolutely lost it!" Jenna cried out in fear, the fans cheering as Tara continued to punish Melina, who cried out in pain with each shot, the steel chair starting to bend.

"Somebody stop her!" King exclaimed in horror and disgust. "Why are these sick people cheering this?!"

"Payback is hell!" Jenna replied. "Melina bloodied and bruised Tara with those steel chairs! Melina's paying for her sins!"

"Tara absolutely punishing, destroying, torturing Melina with these vicious chair shots!" JR yelled out. "Giving her a beating she will never forget! Wearing out the chair on the champion!"

"This is hard to watch!" King exclaimed, horrified.

Tara lifted the bent chair violently over her head one final time, before bringing it down on the battered back of Melina, making her shriek out, her voice nearly cracking from screaming in pain so much, the fans verbally wincing.

"God... Tara is absolutely merciless!" JR commented as Tara threw the useless chair away.

"Awww!" King whined pathetically as Melina writhed and squirmed in agony, tears rolling down her cheeks as she shuffled away from Tara, in too much pain to even crawl. "Melina's crying! Tara went too far!"

"Melina had that coming!" Jenna retorted as Melina shuffled towards the nearest corner, where she sat against the bottom turnbuckle. "After all the crap she's put Tara through, she got exactly what she deserved!"

"On what planet did Melina deserve that?!" King exclaimed, gasping in horror along with the fans when the cameras caught sight of the bruises that had began to form on Melina's back. "Oh my god! Look what she has done to her!"

"Cry me a river," Jenna retorted with a roll of her eyes.

Tara glared at Melina with silent rage blazing in her gold eyes. A look that made Melina scowl hatefully at the woman.

"Melina didn't want this match to happen, and we just saw why," JR commented. "Tara will beat you within an inch of your life without remorse."

Melina grabbed the ropes, trying to pull herself up onto her feet. "But despite that, Melina is not gonna stay down!"

"Admirable, but stupid considering she's in there with a PO'd Tara Stone," Jenna retorted bluntly.

"Whether you like her or not, you can't deny Melina's heart and resolve," King added as Melina finally made it to her feet, snarling defiantly at her imposing challenger. "But I have to agree with Jenna... Tara's entered that darn right scary state of mind!"

Tara didn't move as Melina took a few sluggish steps forward, the fans gasping as Melina collapsed to her knees at the feet of Tara. "Oh my god..."

"Melina can barely stand," JR said.

"This is starting to become cruel to watch," Jenna added as Melina slowly looked up to stare into Tara's golden burning gaze.

"Melina staring up into the eyes of the devil," JR noted.

"You... you won't beat me..." Melina mumbled, her throat sore. She shook her head, a smug smile starting to stretch across her face. "You'll... never beat me... I'm gonna destroy you... and your stu… stupid streak... y-you bitch!"

"She's officially lost her mind..." Jenna commented bluntly, shaking her head.

Tara stared down at Melina for a moment, before lifting her hand and pulling off her right glove to a loud reaction from the fans. "Oh boy..."

"This is about to go from bad to worse for Melina!" King groaned as Tara pulled off her other glove, leaving her tattooed hands bare, throwing her pair of gloves away.

Melina scowled in defiance. "Do your worst you-"

The fans suddenly cried out, wincing as Tara violently back-handed Melina across the face.

"Oh my lord!" JR exclaimed as Melina's head whipped violently to the side, nearly hunching over. "What a back-hand!"

"I felt that one!" Jenna winced, palming her own cheeks.

"That'll slap the taste outta her mouth," King quipped.

Melina slowly faced Tara and looked up at her, taking in the stinging pain that assaulted her cheeks, before, to the complete horror of everyone watching, spat in Tara's face! "Oh my god..."

"You have got to be freakin' kiddin' me!" Jenna exclaimed in horror.

Tara froze, momentarily surprised, before she frowned deeply, pure unadulterated rage pulsing through her burning eyes. Tara turned away from Melina and leveled the crowd with a dark glare as she wiped the spit from her face, her hands on her hips as the fans cheered in anticipation and disbelief.

Melina slowly pulled herself up onto her feet, barely able to keep her balance, a smug smirk on her face.

"I can't believe..." JR trailed off as Tara turned to face Melina, effectively wiping the smirk off the Latin-American's face.

"Oh my god..." Jenna breathed out as Tara leveled Melina with a wide-eyed burning gaze full of furious rage and a wide evil smirk, the fans going wild at the sight.

"Ah!" King shrieked, Melina staring in wide-eyed horror, her blood running cold at the sight.

"That psychotic smirk on Tara's face! What in the world did Melina just unleash?!" JR cried out. Melina suddenly bolted at the smirking demoness desperately, only to run right into a vicious boot to the face, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' at the impact. "OH MY LORD!"

"Jesus!" Jenna exclaimed, the vicious impact causing Melina to roll backwards right onto her feet, leaving her stunned and disorientated. "I don't think Melina knows where she is!"

"Oh no!" King gulped as Tara picked up another chair, her smirk widening diabolically. "What's she gonna do with that chair?!"

"Melina's defenceless!" JR cried out as Melina stumbled forward on groggy legs, dazed.

"My god no!" King exclaimed as Tara raised the chair above her head, the fans crying out in horror as the frightening smirk on Tara's face widened even further. "NO!"

"OH MY GOD!" Jenna cried out as Tara suddenly swung, violently cracking Melina in the skull with the steel chair, the fans releasing a massive horrified 'OHHH!' at the vicious sickening impact. Melina crumbled to the mat in an unmoving heap, the fans going wild.

"GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!" JR roared out as Tara stood over Melina's still form, her long black hair covering her face, her gold eyes glowing through the strands frighteningly as she stared down at the motionless champion remorselessly. "GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! WHAT A SICKENING CHAIR SHOT!"

"That's it..." King groaned. "Melina is done!"

Replays were shown of the big boot and the vicious brutality that came after it, while Tara nonchalantly threw the chair back into the pile. "That was that vicious big boot after Melina spat in Tara's face. Watch this! Watch this brutal..."

"Oh my god..." Jenna breathed out in absolute horror at the sight of Tara's violent chair shot to Melina's skull. "She swung that chair with that huge crazed smile! No remorse whatsoever!"

"Good grief!" JR spat. "What a horrifying act of brutality!"

"Melina has not moved..." King noted fearfully as Melina laid prone on the mat, completely still. "Tara is an absolute monster! Oh my god!"

Tara reached down and grabbed Melina by the wrist, pulling the Latin-American up. She grinned at the state of the woman as Melina hung limply, nearly deadweight in Tara's grip.

"Man... Melina is out of it..." Jenna mumbled worriedly as Tara bent her knees and gently moved Melina's hair out of her face.

Tara released a giggle at the thin line of blood that rolled down Melina's face, the large crowd gasping in horror at the sight. "Oh god..."

"Melina has been busted open!" JR exclaimed as Tara stood up, laughing at the sight. "And that sick and vile woman is laughing!"

"What more can this woman do to her?" King fretted worriedly as Tara grabbed a handful of Melina's hair and pulled the woman up by her hair. "Just end it Tara! You've done enough!"

The fans cheered when Tara pulled Melina's head into a standing headscissors between her thighs. "Oh no..."

"This isn't gonna be good for Melina's health!" JR exclaimed as Tara lifted Melina up off the mat for a powerbomb. "Tara looking for the Last Ride!"

"Will her leg hold up though!" King wondered.

"Oh my..." Jenna's eyes widened as Tara powered Melina up off her shoulders, elevating the Latin-American upwards to a ruckus reaction, suddenly coming to a horrified realisation. "The chairs! The chairs!"

"OH MY LORD!" JR exclaimed as Tara violently slammed Melina backfirst into the pile of chairs with devastating impact, the Las Vegas crowd releasing a massive 'OHHH!' at the sight. "GOOD GOD! THE LAST RIDE! LAST RIDE INTO THE PILE OF CHAIRS!"

"That's gotta be it!" King cried out, the fans still going wild as Tara calmly dropped to her knees and into the cover, her back resting against Melina's still body while she hooked the far leg.

"Tara into the pin!" JR exclaimed as the fans counted along with the referee.

ONE!

"That's all she wrote!"

TWO!

"Tara's about to walk into WrestleMania as WWE Women's Champion!"

THR-

"NO!" The fans released a loud outcry of shock as Melina powered her shoulder up with enough strength to shove Tara off her, making the tall woman freeze in shock, her right arm hanging in the air as she sat on the mat. "NO SHE'S NOT! MELINA KICKED OUT!"

"What?!" King exclaimed.

"MELINA KICKED OUT!" JR cried out again.

"WOW!" Jenna added, Tara tilting her head, completely perplexed. "We talk about the resiliency of Tara a lot. But what about the resiliency of Melina!"

"The will to win has not wavered in these two women," JR said as replays were shown of Tara's Last Ride Powerbomb through the pile of chairs. "Tara's right leg managed to stay strong long enough for her to hit the Last Ride."

Tara stood up and turned to glare down at Melina, who was lying on her front, still out of it.

"How in the world did Melina kick out of that Last Ride?!" King questioned incredulously. "She's barely conscious!"

"Instinct King!" Jenna replied. "But I don't think Melina's gonna last long. She's been taking one heck of a beating."

Tara looked behind her for a moment, before dropping to her knees and rolling out of the ring.

"Tara, leaving the ring. No doubt she's got something dangerous in mind for Melina," JR noted. The fans cheered when the Princess of Darkness grabbed the lone wooden table that she had brought out earlier in the match. "Oh..."

"Oh no..." King gulped as Tara lifted the table and shoved it into the ring, the fans chanting "TABLES! TABLES! TABLES!"

"Tara introducing the tables now," JR said as the tall, black-haired woman rolled back into the ring, Melina barely moving as she stood back up.

"Melina has barely moved," Jenna added. "If Tara puts her through that table it could be over."

"Yeah... Melina can kiss her title goodbye," King replied as Tara picked up the table and set it up in the ring, making sure it was stable.

"This match has been so brutal..." JR said as Tara turned her attention back to her opponent, bending down and grabbing a fist full of Melina's hair, pulling her backwards onto her knees. "These two women have beaten the absolute hell out of- OH! OH MY GOD!"

The fans released a loud 'OHHH!' as Melina abruptly cracked Tara in the skull with a steel chair, making the woman fall back.

"Good grief!" Jenna cried out.

"WHEN DID MELINA GRAB A HOLD OF THAT CHAIR?!" King exclaimed in shock as Melina dropped to her hands and knees, panting in exhaustion, pain, and crippling fear that she tried desperately to stamp out, sweat and blood dripping from her face.

"Melina with a desperate chair shot to Tara Stone's face!" JR cried out as Melina used the chair to pull herself up onto her feet, stumbling into the ropes.

"That may have been exactly what Melina needed," Jenna said. Tara used the table behind her to pull herself up, her unnatural gold eyes wide and dazed. "That chair shot stunned Tara!"

The Princess of Death Valley shook her head, scowling thickly. She advanced towards Melina, only to get a chair to the face! "OH MY GOSH!"

"Good god!" JR exclaimed, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' at the impact and the resounding sound of the black steel chair bouncing off Tara's skull, making her stumble in stunned pain. "Melina launched that chair like a fastball! Good lord!"

With a surge of energy, Melina rushed to grab a hold of the Dark Princess, pulling her back into position over the pile of chairs, pinning Tara's right arm to her abdomen.

"Melina!" The Paparazzi Princess let loose a hoarse cry, the fans reacting loudly in response. "She's going for the Primal Scream!"

"Not on the chairs?!" King exclaimed as Melina lifted her leg. "No!"

"OH GOSH!" Jenna cried out as Melina dropped her flexible left leg down on Tara, slamming the back of the tall woman's head violently into the pile of chairs, receiving a loud 'OHHH!' from the fans.

"Primal Scream!" JR exclaimed, Melina wincing in pain, having dropped her right knee on a stray steel chair. She desperately pinned Tara to the mat with her hands, still in the splits. "Primal Scream!"

ONE!

"Melina hit the Primal Scream!"

TWO!

"Through the pile of steel chairs to retain her championship!"

THRE-

"NO!" The fans screamed out in shock as Tara shoved Melina's leg off her neck, powering out a millisecond before the final count, making Melina scramble away from her, shaking her head violently.

"WHAT?!" King cried out.

"TARA KICKED OUT OF THE PRIMAL SCREAM!" JR yelled out.

"You've gotta be kiddin' me!" Jenna exclaimed, her eyes wide as Tara squirmed in pain, grasping at the back of her head. "That's crazy!"

"Tara kicked out of the Primal Scream!" JR said as Melina pulled her knees up, her legs spread out as she rested her elbows on her knees, her head in her hands.

"No..." she whispered in horror, shaking her head in disbelief. "No!"

"Melina is in absolute despair!"

"I don't blame her!" King added. "Tara took Melina's best shot, and still kicked out!"

"They've been taking the best they both have to give and neither one of them has wavered yet!" Jenna commented. "This match is amazing!"

Melina used the ropes to help pull herself up onto her feet, slowly advancing towards Tara, kicking some of the chairs out of the ring, much to the fans displeasure.

Jenna narrowed her eyes at the barely noticeable limp in Melina's step. "Melina's limping..."

"I think she knocked her right leg against a steel chair when she hit the Primal Scream," King commented as Melina went to grab Tara.

"The wounds of battle," JR said. "These women have put each other through hell- WHOA WAIT A MINUTE!"

The fans went crazy when Tara suddenly reached up and grabbed Melina by the wrist, making her yelp with fright as Tara pulled her down. "My god!"

"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!" Jenna exclaimed as Melina suddenly found herself in a scary and agonizing predicament, her throat being pressed against Tara's injured right leg, with the Princess of Death Valley keeping Melina locked in place with her hands like a lioness biting down into her prey. Tara's left leg hooked over her right foot, securing the hold even more. "What is this?!"

"That's the submission technique the Undertaker used to eliminate The Great Khali earlier in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match!" JR cried out as Melina flailed violently in Tara's seemingly indestructible grip. "He left the Great Khali in a bloody mess!"

"As if she hasn't lost enough blood already!" Jenna exclaimed, the fans chanting, "TAP! TAP! TAP!"

"Melina's gonna tap! She's got no choice!" King shrieked in fright. Melina scrambled desperately, her body quickly failing her the more time she spent in Tara's death-hold.

"Tara is choking the life out of Melina!" JR yelled out as Melina grasped at the canvas in a futile effort to grab something, anything that could help her out of this predicament. "Like an anaconda choking out its prey!"

Melina managed to grab a hold of a stray steel chair, much to the fans further excitement and anticipation. "Melina's grabbed a chair! Melina's got a hold of that steel chair!"

"Oh boy!" King exclaimed as Melina gripped the chair, the fans crying out at the sight, only for Tara to increase the pressure with a yell of rage and anguish, forcing the chair to fall out of Melina's hand, inciting an audible gasp from the crowd. "Oh no!"

"The chair fell out of Melina's hands!" JR exclaimed as Melina fell to the side, her movements starting to slow. The fans volume increased into an uproar at the sight of Melina's arm lowering as Tara cinched in the hold more.

"She's fading! Melina's fading!" Jenna cried out.

"You can feel it in the air!" JR exclaimed. "We're on the heels of a new champion being crown-"

Tara suddenly released the hold to the absolute shock of everyone, cradling her right leg to her chest in visible pain as Melina lay in a unmoving heap beside her, breathing big deep breaths, her dark eyes wide. The fans groaned, some of them even booed. "T-Tara released the hold!"

"What happened?!" Jenna questioned as Tara slammed her right fist against the canvas in frustration.

"That right leg of Tara..." King noted. "All the pressure and weight of that submission went to that right leg, and it was too much for her to handle! Her leg gave out!"

"And she was so close!" Jenna groaned. "Dammit!"

"Melina was moments away from fading," JR noted as Tara crawled towards the ropes opposite the announce tables, using them to pull herself up onto her feet. "Her title reign was seconds away from ending. And something tells me she knows it!"

"Was it luck? Is luck on Melina's side right now?" King questioned as Tara limped her way towards Melina's still form.

"It's gotta be luck!" Jenna replied. "If Tara had held on to that submission a little bit longer, we'd have a new champion by now!"

Tara grabbed a hold of Melina's wrist and glared out into the crowd with a scowl, before running her thumb across her throat to a loud reaction from the fans, rolling her eyes back and sticking her tongue out. "Uh-oh!"

"Tara signaling for the Tombstone Piledriver!" JR exclaimed as Tara pulled the gasping and choking Melina up onto her feet, both women showing signs of exhaustion.

The fans popped even louder as Tara scooped Melina up onto her shoulder, but the Latin-American refused to give in so easily, flailing her body around in an attempt to block the piledriver attempt. "Tara, looking for the Tombstone Piledriver, but Melina is fighting it with all she's got!"

Tara backed up into a corner, unable to hold Melina's weight with her injured right leg and the Latina's constant moving, allowing the Paparazzi Princess to wrap her legs around the top turnbuckle.

"Melina fighting desperately," King said, the fans cheering for Tara to hold on as she tried to forcefully rip Melina away from the ropes. "She's holding onto the ropes for dear life!"

"Melina desperately trying to avoid a Tombstone Piledriver," Jenna added. "She knows that if Tara hits that Tombstone it will be over for sure!"

Melina suddenly slipped through Tara's grip and shoved her away, much to the fans displeasure, causing them to jeer at the sight. "And she's free!"

"Melina escapes the Tombstone attempt," JR noted as the defending champion pulled her legs back into the ring, shoving Tara back with her feet when the tall woman charged back at her.

Melina pulled herself up onto the top ropes as the Princess of Death Valley rolled backwards onto her feet. "Melina going high risk!"

"Look out!" King exclaimed as Melina stood up on the ropes and launched herself off the top ropes, flying through the air.

"High crossbody!" JR cried out. "Melina takes Tara down with the- OH MY LORD!"

"Oh wow!" Jenna exclaimed in shock, the fans going wild as Tara rolled through, slowly rising to her feet with a firm grip on Melina, a fiery scowl on her face. "OH WOW!"

"Melina got caught!" King cried out in shock.

"TARA! LOOK AT THE STRENGTH OF TARA!" JR added.

"HOW HAS HER LEG NOT BUCKLED?!" Jenna questioned incredulously as Tara successfully made it to her feet, Melina struggling in her grip as the tall woman faced the hard camera with the Latina trapped in her arms.

"Tara powering Melina off the mat!" JR exclaimed, the fans popping when Tara turned Melina, hanging her upside down with the Latina's head between her thighs. "Tara's going for the Tombstone Piledriver!"

"Oh my gosh!" King cried out, the fans in the large arena going crazy.

The fans cheered loudly as Tara dropped to her knees, driving Melina's skull into the canvas with a Tombstone Piledriver.

"Tombstone!" JR yelled. "Tara hit the Tombstone Piledriver!"

"I can't believe what I'm seeing?!" King added as Tara crossed Melina's arms across her chest, sticking her tongue out and rolling her gold unnatural eyes back as the referee counted the pin.

"TARA!" JR cried out.

ONE!

"HAS JUST PUT THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN!"

TWO!

"THAT HOUSES THE REIGN OF MELINA!"

THRE-

"OH MY- WHAT THE HELL?!"

The fans cried out in pure shock as Tara was suddenly tackled completely off Melina's prone form by a hooded figure, the crowd crying out in horror, disbelief and anger as they watched the unknown assailant assault Tara with rapid fire fists to the face. "WHAT IN THE BLAZES?!"

"WHO THE HECK IS THAT?!" Jenna yelled out in shock and anger, the fans booing heavily as the figure ragged Tara back up onto her feet by her hair, continuing to viciously assault the challenger, the referee trying hopelessly to get some order and control. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!"

"I've got no idea!" King cried out. "Whoever that is just stopped Tara from becoming a 4-Time Women's Champion!"

The Las Vegas crowd exploded when Tara fought back with furious vengeance, rocking her attacker with bare hard as rock fists to the face.

"And Tara's fighting back!" JR noted. "Yeah! Give em' hell!"

"Oh no!" King exclaimed in horror, the fans crying out as Tara's attacker suddenly kicked her in between the legs, making Tara buckle to her knees, the fans releasing a loud 'OHHH!' at the sight.

"God's sake!" JR spat in disgust as the hooded disrupter stood over Tara Stone. "Tara was 3 seconds away from becoming champion, and this... this... this menace has ruined everything!"

Jenna's eyes widened as the attacker shoved Tara's head between her thighs, eyeing the table. "Oh no..."

"T-They ain't gonna..." The fans cried out in horror as Tara's attacker lifted the woman up into the air.

"My god! No!" JR exclaimed, watching with horror as the mystery assailant promptly drove Tara through the table with a powerbomb, the large engaged crowd releasing a loud 'OHHH!' as the wooden table burst and split in half from the impact. "Tara driven through the table! Dammit!"

The crowd booed harshly as the hooded assailant glared down at Tara. The camera crew tried to get a good look at the individual's face, but a mask was covering her mouth. "Dammit!"

"I- What does this mean?" King couldn't help but ask.

"This hooded, masked fiend has just-" JR trailed off as the hooded figure raised their hands towards the mask they were wearing, staring a hole through Tara. "Wait a minute..."

Jenna's jaw dropped, the entire crowd exploding into an uproar as Tara's attacker pulled down their mask and flipped off their hood to reveal wavy blonde locks. "Oh. My. God!"

"I- What?!" King exclaimed.

"What in the goddamn hell?!" JR roared, enraged. "What in the goddamn hell is this?!"

The attacker grinned as she was barraged with a brutal and heated reaction from the fans, staring down at Tara. "Beth Phoenix! What is the meaning of this?!"

"I don't understand?!" Jenna cried out. "W-Why?! Why did The Glamazon-"

Jenna trailed off as the Amazonian woman grabbed Melina's wrist and pulled the still form of the defending champion onto Tara's broken and battered form, the boos increasing in volume and anger at the sight. "She just put Melina's body on top of Tara!"

Cutting her blue eyes to the perplexed official, Beth cut off his questions with a few short and to the point words that chilled him to the core, her grin morphing into a warning scowl. "Count or you're dead."

"She just told the referee to count!" King noted as Beth Phoenix began to take her leave. Her work was done. She didn't need to stay any longer.

"No!" JR snapped as the official dropped to count the pinfall.

ONE!

"Not like this!"

TWO!

"NOT LIKE THIS!"

THREE!

"Dammit!"

The fans exploded into a mixed reaction of shock and anger as "Paparazzi" played throughout the arena.

"Here's your winner and still WWE Women's Champion, Melina!" Lilian Garcia announced to a loud negative reaction.

"I can't believe this!" Jenna exclaimed in shock as the referee pointed at Melina's body to signify her as the victor, seeing as she had yet to regain consciousness. "Melina has retained the Women's Championship! And it's all because of Beth Phoenix! What the hell!"

"Tara hit the Tombstone!" JR said as replays were shown of Tara hitting the infamous piledriver on Melina, and Beth's attack, which ended with Tara being powerbombed through a table, allowing the Amazonian woman to put Melina's body on top of Tara for the fatal three count. "Only to be assaulted and ambushed by the Glamazon Beth Phoenix, ending with her being put through a table, and ultimately leading to a victory for Melina!"

"I don't even know if we can call that a victory!" Jenna added as the replays ended, with Melina starting to come to, slowly lifting herself off Tara's still form. "I mean look at her... Melina is still out of it!"

"I agree with you," King replied. Melina stared down at Tara for a moment, confused. She looked around, eyeing the destroyed table, the fans angry booing increasing as the referee retrieved her retained championship. "But at the end of the night, the history books will say, Melina beat Tara Stone and retained her championship at No Way Out."

Melina looked up at the referee, completely perplexed as he placed the title on her shoulders. She stared down at the Women's Championship as the fans booed viciously, upset at the result. A ghost of a smile began to stretch across her face, quickly realising what had happened.

"There is no doubt in my mind," JR started as Melina stumbled to her feet and raised the WWE Women's Championship with one hand to a massive barrage of boos, laughing hysterically at the fans anger and yelling, "I TOLD YOU SO!" as Beth Phoenix paused on the stage, looking over her shoulder and watching as Melina taunted the fans, all with a huge smug smile on her face.

"That Beth Phoenix will face serious repercussions for her actions here tonight! No way in hell will Tara Stone let her get away with this!"

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'Goodbye and Goodnight! BANG!'