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Monday night RAW was abuzz with rumors about who would take over RAW and Smackdown now that The Authority was gone. And everyone in the back was wondering what would happen to the remaining members of The Authority now that they didn't have the bosses to protect them.
Tasha and Colby sat in the locker room watching as the show got under way, after having changed into their ring gear. They both smiled as Hunter and Stephanie made their final walk down the ramp to the ring. Their smiles were more for Stephanie leaving, than they were for Hunter. The man was still very much involved with their secret storyline, along with Vince. They were then surprised as Daniel Bryan showed up and announced that he would be taking over as the General Manager of RAW.
"Man, does it feel good to be in this ring tonight. And I don't know about you guys, but giving—having the ability to kick The Authority out of the ring, that felt good too. But what about Team Authority, you guys may not know this, but tonight, I've been put in charge of running RAW. And I know that Triple H is convinced with people like me running this show, it's gonna be done in like two or three weeks. But with the small amount of power that I've been given for tonight, I've made it so that Team Authority comes out before you. And just because they lost last night doesn't mean that they're bad people, right? So, let's hear it for Team Authority."
Backstage Siren smirked at Seth, shooting him a wink, he rolled his eyes with a smile before he walked out of the curtain.
Seth Rollins was less than happy as he walked out along with the rest of his team, at least it was to his music.
"Now listen, guys, I'm not a spiteful person, okay?" Daniel tells them as they stand up on the stage. "I'm not gonna strip any of you of your titles. I'm not gonna put you in unfair matches like Stephanie and Hunter would. No, I'm a—I'm a fair man. And I'm gonna—I'm gonna prove it, because I'm gonna start with Mr. Money In the Bank, Seth Rollins. Now, Seth, you're used to competing in handicap matches. It seems like The Authority was putting you in situations where you were wrestling guys three-on-two, four-on-two all the time. So, why should tonight be any different? Tonight, I am going to team you up with two other WWE superstars to wrestle the team of John Cena and the man who single-handedly defeated The Authority last night and changed the course of WWE history, Dolph Ziggler.
Now I know that Cena and Dolph are—they're always up for a challenge. And like I said, it's gonna be just what you're used to, a three-on-two handicap match. What? Are you trying to say something?"
Up on the stage Seth is talking into his microphone, "Yes, I am. First of all, what, are you in control of the microphones here tonight too, huh?"
"Uh, yes." Daniel laughs.
"Shut up." Rollins snaps. "Listen. First of all, let's get one thing straight, whether you like it or not, big picture wise, I am still the future of this company, all right? There's nothing you can do about that. But I'm curious, Bryan, what's the deal, huh? Who are you gonna team me up with tonight? What's the catch? You got somebody like Hornswoggle, maybe El Torito you're gonna make as my tag team partners or what about JBL and Cole, hmm? Who's it gonna be, Bryan?"
"Well, actually, Seth, I am not teaming you up with anybody. The WWE Universe is. Now, the WWE Universe will get to choose your tag team partners on the WWE app. And I'm gonna give you some—I'm gonna give you people some really good choices. Team A, Mark Henry and Luke Harper, strong, strong team, right? Strong. Team B, Mark Henry and Kane, another strong, strong team. I am not trying to be unfair here. And the third team that you could possibly team up with, which was suggested to me by our mutual friend… the lovely, Siren."
Seth's smirk fell from his face as he heard this, he knew that anything that Siren was involved in was going to be bad for him.
"Oh, if you could just move to the side a little bit, just step aside." Daniel said motioning for Rollins to move to his right.
"What are you talking about? Do you think this is a game? You want me right or left, right or left, Bryan?" Seth says growing annoyed.
"Well, it would be your right, it would be my left, but if you could just move a little bit."
Seth shakes his head, his face conveying his confusion as he moves to his right over in front of Harper, revealing J&J standing behind him talking in hushed tones.
"Team C to be Seth Rollins' tag team partners would be Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury."
Seth tries to voice his opposition to this announcement, but Daniel isn't listening to him. "And voting starts right now!"
"Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute, no, no, no, no, no, no. They aren't even real security, okay? I mean, hey, wait, they—they're just security. Why should they be an option? You got to be kidding me. Come on. What are you trying to do to me here?"
"Life is not fair. You just have to accept it. And the show must go on. So, if you wouldn't mind, step aside, Seth."
Seth grits his teeth as he tries to keep his cool, shoving J&J towards the back. "Come on, let's get out of here. Get out of here. Let's go. Get—come on, come on."
"And that brings us to my good old friend, my longtime buddy, corporate Kane. Now, if Dr. Shelby could see us now, I mean what would he think?" Daniel smirks, referring to the therapist that the two had to see when they were a tag team, to control their anger issues.
"I mean you as Director of Operations, it seems like—it seems like you've gone off the path. If I were in charge, you wouldn't have that job anymore. I mean—oh, oh, wait a second. All right. I am in charge. But, listen, I'm trying to be fair. So, let's ask the people. I need a second opinion. Should Kane be Director of Operations?"
The crowd gave an emphatically loud no, in response which turned into a "no" chant.
"Just kind of what I had suspected, but, Kane, don't worry, I'm not gonna kick you to the curb. I don't want you to be jobless. I know this economy is very tough, but you're no longer going to be Director of Operations. I feel like your new title should be Director of Food and Beverage. And instead of being corporate Kane, you will now be concessions Kane. So, somebody bring this man out a tray. And I think you might also need a hairnet. So, can somebody from the back bring out a tray and a hairnet for concessions Kane here? Oh, there he is. There's a tray."
A guy brings out a tray of popcorn and hot dogs, uneasily handing it to Kane who looked ready to murder someone.
"Don't forget the price of the popcorn, concessions Kane." Daniel chided. "Now, get onto selling. You've got a job to do." Kane muttered to himself as he walked backstage while Daniel turned his attention to the four people left on stage.
"And now, for the United States Champion, Rusev. And Lana. You see, I don't know about you guys, but I feel like Rusev, being that he is the United States Champion, should be a little more patriotic. That's… That's kind of my feeling. He comes out here and talks about how great Russia is and how horrible it is to be in the United States of America. Well, that all changes tonight, because you have two options. Option one, you can compete in a company-wide battle royal for your United States Championship, where you will be in the ring with every other WWE Superstar. And the winner gets to be the United States Champion.
Oh, you don't like that option? Okay. Here's the second option, you come down to the ring with a big United States flag in the background, and you recite to everybody the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America."
The WWE Universe loved that idea, and apparently so did Mark Henry, who was standing beside Rusev laughing as the Universe started chanting "USA."
"Hey, man, it's your choice. You can do what you want." Daniel said smiling, as Rusev and Lana cursed at him in Russian, before both of them stormed off the stage. "And now onto my bearded brethren, Luke Harper. Last week, you won the Intercontinental Championship with the help of Seth Rollins and J&J Security, who I might add, you can vote for to be Seth Rollins' partner on option C on the WWE app tonight. But, tonight you're going to be fighting by yourself. And I just feel like I need a good opponent for the Intercontinental Championship. I'm thinking perhaps the Lunatic Fringe Dean Ambrose."
Luke nods as he walks backstage not at all happy about his opponent, while Daniel turns to the final man on stage. "And that leaves last, but not least, "The World's Strongest Man, Mark—hey, Mark, don't go yet. Don't go yet. Here's the thing, I was backstage and a big guy came up to me and asked me for a favor. And I was just like yes, because that's kind of my thing. And he asked me if I could help him avenge one of the most embarrassing moments of his career two years ago when he lost to you at Wrestlemania. That man was the Ryback. And he wants a match with you tonight and I told him yes. And you see Mark, I can do that, because I'm running RAW tonight and guess what, that's what I do. Oh, and by the way Mark, that match is happening right now."
Siren sits in the locker room smiling as Ryback runs out and attacks Mark Henry, while Daniel walks up the ramp smiling. Out of the corner of her eye she can see Seth pacing the floor, she bites her lip to keep from laughing out loud at the irritation on his face. Glancing over the back of the couch she looks at the floor to make sure that he wasn't actually wearing a hole into the floor.
"What?" He snaps when he sees her looking.
"Oh, nothing, I was just seeing if you've worn a hole in the floor yet with your pacing."
"You're enjoying this aren't you?"
Siren smiles wide, "Oh, so much."
Standing up she gives him a kiss before she slips out of the door, laughing as he smacks her ass. She heads up to gorilla to meet up with Dean for his match against Harper.
The fans roar as Siren and Dean make their way down to the ring and get inside the ropes, Siren giving a hug to Lilian as she announced them. Siren had to smile as she stood in the corner and watched Dean bounce around the ring. Dean loved his job and you couldn't help but love to watch him. She knocked fists with Dean as Harper came down and got into the ring, handing his IC title to the ref before the match gets underway.
It was a brutal, hard fought battle between the two of them, one of the most physical matches of the night, as both men were trying to tear the other one apart. Dean took the brunt of the physicality as Harper threw him out of the ring and whipped him into the barricades. But Dean never one to back down or give up, willed himself back into the fight.
Dean takes the fight to Harper, setting him up on the second rope and delivering a leg drop to the crazy man. The lunatic can feel himself closing in on the IC title, which is one that he hasn't held yet.
Harper realizing he is no match for the Lunatic Fringe takes off out of the ring, grabbing his title he turns to escape to the backstage area. But he's deterred as Dean suicide dives out of the ring and knocks him to the ground. Dean gets him back into the ring and using his intelligence, Harper shoves Dean into the ref. The ref then calls for the bell ending the match in a DQ, which still allows Harper to retain his title.
Harper then delivers a big boot to Dean's face knocking him to the canvas. He then runs towards the ropes looking for a suicide dive onto Ambrose, but the lunatic catches him with a forearm to the face.
"Enough fucking around." Siren says as she pulls a steel chair out from under the ring and tosses it into the ring with Dean. "Send them a message, Dean."
The crowd cheers as Dean grabs Harper and slams his head onto it with "Dirty Deeds." The crowd then starts chanting "we want tables" and Dean is all too eager to give them what they want.
First he pulls out a ladder and shoves it into the ring, then together he and Siren pull out a table and shove it under the bottom rope. Suddenly Siren is shoved into the ring apron, her stomach nailing it as she crumples to the ground. To her right she can see the person that pushed her attacking Dean, Bray Wyatt.
He nails Dean from behind, clearly still upset from what happened last night at Survivor Series. After doling out several punches to Dean's head he delivers "Sister Abigail" to Dean on the floor. He then picks him up and tosses him over the announcer's table, before grabbing every steel chair he can find and tossing them on top of Dean.
Once he had taken his leave, Siren unburied Dean from the mountain of steel chairs and helped him backstage to the trainer's office to get checked out.
As they both sat in the trainers office Bray came in to check on them, "You guys okay?"
"Yeah, we're good, Bray." Dean chuckles as he rubs his forehead. "Nice touch with the steel chairs."
"I learned from the best, Ambrose." Bray chuckled before waving at them and leaving the room.
Siren stood outside of Seth's locker room with Dolph, he was currently inside talking to J&J Security and the two of them were just waiting for their opportunity to mess with the golden boy.
Seth was texting on his phone when J&J came in to speak to him, he sighs as Noble just has to say something.
"Hey, listen, I got a lot of confidence. It's gonna be just like Shield 2.0."
Siren can't help but laugh when Noble says this, even more when she sees the grimace on Seth's face.
"Hey, hey, hey, look, nothing personal, guys. You're great, but you don't exactly measure up and— pardon the pun, but you don't exactly measure up to my other potential tag partners for tonight, okay? I'm sorry."
At that moment Siren and Dolph walked in to the cheer of the crowd in the arena and to the annoyance of Seth Rollins. "Guys, guys, guys." Dolph says. "Jamie, Joey, J&J, listen. Seth may not believe in you guys."
"That's not what I said." Seth grumbles through clenched teeth.
"But I do. And so does Siren. And I just asked my 1.4 million Twitter followers…"
"And my 2 million Twitter followers." Siren said smirking.
"To vote for you guys."
"You did?" Joey asked and both of them nodded before walking out, while Seth seethes behind them.
Siren and Dolph laugh as they head for the gorilla position, they decided to give Seth some space since he was probably pretty pissed off at them. They stood and watched the match featuring Brie Bella and AJ Lee, with the Divas Champion Nikki beside her as well. Brie won but not without some harsh words from AJ about the Bella's talent. After which Dolph and Siren stepped over to the interview area with Cena and Renee.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guests at this time Siren, John Cena and Dolph Ziggler."
"Hello beautiful." Siren said with a smile as she kissed Renee's cheek.
Renee giggled, "What an extraordinary 24 hours it has been here."
"That is the understatement of the year." John says. "You know, last night, after I was knocked unconscious by a 500 pound traitor in the Big Show, I woke up to find that Team Cena was, Dolph Ziggler. And Dolph Ziggler alone was left to face almost the entire Team Authority."
"Renee, superstars' jobs were on the line." Dolph explains. "And I promised you, John, I told—I told Team Cena, if it took every last breath in my body, I was gonna find a way to survive. And yet somehow, the odds were stacked not in our favor and I— we needed a miracle. And that miracle was a man named Sting. And he helped change the course of history."
"And because of Sting and Dolph Ziggler, well, The Authority is history which brings me to tonight. Daniel Bryan is running RAW, the Yes movement is running wild and he has put the power where it belongs with all of you. Tonight, the WWE Universe's voices have been heard. And one last time, they'll be heard as they decide who joins Seth Rollins to go face to face with the man that runs the place and the show off. And with a team like this, you can consider the show about to be stole."
Dolph heads out to the ring with Siren walking beside him, the crowd cheering for the man that single handedly put The Authority out of business. The two climbed into the ring, waving to the fans as they voiced their approval for the showoff. John followed them out to immense cheers, saluting the fans before running down the ramp and sliding into the ring.
The three stood in the ring as Daniel Bryan came down to the squared circle to announce the results of the poll. "Now before we reveal the WWE app voting results, first, I'd like to introduce one of John Cena and Dolph Ziggler's opponents, Mr. Money In the Bank, Seth Rollins."
Siren couldn't stop the smile on her face as Seth begrudgingly walked down to the ring, she could tell he was so irritated with this whole match and he had no choice but to go along with it. He paused at the bottom of the ramp and waited for Daniel to make the announcement.
"And now, to see who the WWE Universe has chosen as Seth Rollins' tag team partners." There was a drum roll as everyone looked up at the big screen where the results were displayed.
Siren jumping for joy and clapping as Seth grimaced, it was a landslide 93% that voted for J&J Security. She grinned down at Seth and she was pretty sure a "fuck you" came out of his mouth directed towards her, and in true Siren fashion, she winked at him.
Despite Seth's chagrin, J&J walked down all smiles as they removed their jackets and got up on their corner. Noble got into the ring to start things off against Cena, while Siren rolled out and leaned against the apron grinning. Siren looked up at Dolph laughing as Joey got into the ring for some reason and ended up taking out his own teammate instead of John.
With Seth helping them out, Seth's team got the upper-hand against Cena and Ziggler, but only for a moment until Noble sent himself flying into the ring post. Dolph got the tag from John and got into the ring, taking the fight immediately to Noble. A distraction from Joey allowed Seth to catch Dolph with a clothesline, then he tagged himself in and started beating Dolph down. Then Rollins distracted the ref while Joey slammed Dolph into the barricade roughly.
Seth grabbed Dolph's hair once he was back in the ring, pointing him towards Siren and grinning as he yanked back on Dolph's skull. "Awe, am I hurting your boyfriend, Siren?"
"Fuck you, Rollins!" She yelled to him as he let Dolph go.
"Later." He winked and she had to drop her head to bite back her grin, composing herself before she looked up again.
Seth tagged Noble back in as he stood on the apron talking shit to John and Siren. But Seth wasn't the only one being cocky as Noble started to mess around taking his eyes off of Dolph. This allow Dolph to get to his feet and make the tag to John, who nailed Joey with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Rollins got in the ring to save his team, but quickly found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place as both John and Dolph surrounded him.
But as always before Rollins could get the ass whipping that he deserved, J&J attacked Dolph and John allowing Seth to run away like the coward he was. But it proved to be their undoing as they both suffered finishing moves from Dolph and John, after which John covered Joey and picked up the pinfall for his team.
Siren rolled into the ring, raising Dolph and John's hands in victory, all the while smirking at Seth as he stood on the ramp seething. Rollins shook his head as he backed up the ramp, John and Dolph were egging him to come into the ring, but he wouldn't do it. However he found he had no choice as Daniel Bryan ran down and grabbed him by the back of his pants and threw him back into the ring.
He rolled in and stood up only to receive a super-kick from Ziggler, followed by a sling-blade from Siren and finally picked up and slammed to the canvas with an AA by Cena. Rollins rolled out of the ring as Daniel Bryan's music played and the four-some celebrated by doing the Yes chant along with the crowd.
But their fun was interrupted by the telltale ringing of the stupid laptop that had once served as the RAW General Manager. None of them could believe this was happening, that was until Michael Cole stood up and said, "Can I have your attention please?"
"Oh, fuck." Siren sighed as she stood alongside John and Dolph, this wouldn't be good for any of them.
"I just received an email from the anonymous RAW General Manager."
"Cole, you say "and I quote" I will come down there and beat your ass!" Siren threatened as she leaned on the ropes and pointed at Cole.
The announcer gulped and despite her threat, said it anyway, "And I quote."
"You motherfu…" Siren cussed as she moved to climb out of the ring, but John and Dolph grabbed her and held her back.
"Forgive me for interrupting this joyous celebration. This party is officially over. Next Monday, Cyber Monday, order and discipline returns to Monday Night RAW."
The group returned backstage as RAW went off the air, Tasha bidding John and Dolph goodnight as she headed to the locker room to change. Colby was already inside changing when she got there, she threw him a smile as she grabbed her change of clothes and went into the bathroom to change. She pulled on her Black & Brave leggings and a black tank top before returning to the main room.
Colby smirked at her as she sat down on the bench to put her Converse sneakers on, the red ones that Jared had brought her the year prior. "Do you live in those leggings, babe?"
"They're comfy." She said defending herself. "Plus I'm advertising our school."
He smiled as she said "our school" he was really happy that she was proud to be a part of it, he felt that he and Nick had made the right decision to include her in it. He walked over and wrapped his arms around her as she stood up, kissing her deeply until he felt as though he would drown in her lips.
"So, I did say later." He smirked.
Tasha shook her head with a smile, "Yes you did, but in all honesty, I'd prefer somewhere a little more… romantic."
Colby nodded, but he sighed, "Yeah, you're right. Another time I guess. But in all honesty, if I have to wait much longer, my balls are gonna burst."
Tasha laughed as she kissed Colby, "You've waited for me for three years, Cole, a couple more weeks won't kill ya."
"Just remember you said that when I end up in the hospital." He grumbled as he released her and shouldered his bag.
"Oh, so dramatic." She laughed as she picked up her bag and followed him out to the rig.
Jon and Renee were already inside when they got there, the couple cuddling up on the couch together. While Daryl drove them to the hotel, Colby and Tasha sat on the benches together. Renee's giggling drew their attention, Jon was obviously kissing her neck and whispering dirty things in her ear. Colby looked down at Tasha with raised eyebrows, clearly emphasizing his point from earlier. Tasha simply shook her head with a smile as she cuddled closer to Colby.
"Soon, babe. I promise."
When they got to the hotel Colby headed in first, followed a few minutes later by Jon, Renee and Tasha. The trio split up heading to their rooms, Tasha entering the room to find Colby organizing his duffel bag. She could see the tenseness of his muscles underneath his shirt and she frowned, she felt bad for making him wait to have all of her. But she wanted it to be somewhat special, since it would be the first time that they'd be together.
She sat down on the bed with a sigh, "I'm sorry, Cole. I shouldn't be making you wait. That's not a good incentive to make you stay with me."
Colby looked up at her with a frown, seeing the sadness on her face, he walked over and sat down beside her, taking her hands in his. "Babe, I would never leave you because of that. Sex is certainly not the only reason why I'm with you. Hell, we haven't even had sex yet, so obviously that's not the only thing I want. I'm sorry if I seem like I'm pushing you, I don't mean to." He pauses for a moment, trying to find the words to make her understand. "Babe, do you have any idea how beautiful you are? That's why I want you. You're so sexy. I have such a hard time controlling myself around you. You have no idea how many times a day I have to stop myself from jumping you anywhere we are."
"Really?" She asked.
Colby sighed, even with all the guys that found her sexy, and all of the fans that wanted to be with her, she still had no idea how gorgeous she really was. "Yes really. I will try to control myself better. We'll go down that road when and if you feel you're ready."
"Thank you for understanding." She said kissing his lips.
After eating dinner the two of them took separate showers and then crawled into bed, Colby holding Tasha tight in his arms as they drifted off to sleep.