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The crew rolled into the parking lot of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Royal Rumble. The fans seemed to longer be perturbed at Rollins coming out of the rig alongside Reigns and Ambrose; they only watched to see if he was limping or beat up in any way. It sometimes amazed Siren how much they were able to get away with even in the public eye; but she was certain that the fans knew exactly what was really going on behind the scenes, they were very smart and didn't get enough credit for being the hardcore fans that they were.
Siren slipped into her office with Seth, hoping to avoid the beast at all costs; the last thing she needed was to get backed into a corner with no one around to help.
With her only appearance being during the triple threat match in the main event, Siren opted to chill out in her Black & Brave sweats and tank top as she sat curled up on the couch beside Seth.
After the opening matchup in which the New Age Outlaws decimated The Ascension, the cameras cut to the back where Hunter and Stephanie were standing in their office talking.
"I don't get it, I don't understand how nobody can know anything." Hunter says running a hand over his head in annoyance as he looks at the news on Stephanie's phone.
"Well, let me just make it very clear. Last week Sting gets in the building, what is he hiding, what somewhere in the top of the arena?"
"Here's the thing, today five people ran up to me to tell me that Nikole Volcov had pulled into the parking lot right. So, that's a big deal. Sting, nothing, I don't hear a word."
"Well I've got to say that's gonna stop right now. Okay maybe that worked in WCW, but this is WWE, this is the house of McMahon. Okay, this is the house that my father built, that my grandfather built. We better take care of Sting and anyone else with something to do with it. Starting with the ringleader, Siren."
"The reality is this, this is our house I'm the one that defends it. He walks in here again and I'm gonna destroy Sting."
Someone loudly clearing their voice interrupts the two, they turn to find Paul Heyman stepping up on Stephanie's left side. "Hello Paul." She says clearly annoyed at his appearance.
"Hi Steph."
"Can I help you? Cause we were having a conversation here and I don't remember inviting you to it."
"I don't want to cause any problems."
"Great you can leave."
"I can take all your problems with me, if you want me to." He says pointing towards the door. "Because I'm here to solve your problems. You had a problem with John Cena as your World Champion, I gave you the solution. Brock Lesnar. I have a problem with tonight's triple threat but that's okay because I have the solution. Brock Lesnar. You have a problem with Sting and Siren, I have your solution. Brock Lesnar."
Siren looks uneasily over to her boyfriend whose face is a mask of fury. Gently she lays her hand over his giving it a squeeze. "I'll be fine. Paul and Stephanie won't put me in a position to get hurt."
"I know. But I also know that nothing is gonna stop him short of him getting fired, or me putting him in a body bag."
"My boyfriend willing to commit murder for me, boy did I hit the jackpot." As she hoped Seth chuckled his face turning back to his normal smirk as he leaned over and kissed her lips.
"As long as there is breath in my body, I will never let him hurt you again. I promise."
"I know." Siren grinned as she kissed him passionately.
Seth enters The Authority locker room fuming as he sees Noble sitting on his butt watching Mercury playing the WWE Immortals game on his tablet. "Hey, hey, hey, hey what are you two doing? What is that?" He snaps as Mercury hides the tablet behind his back. "What no, no, no, no, no. What is that?" He demands snatching the object from the shorter man. "Are you two playing games right before the biggest match of my career?"
"It helps Jamie relax." Mercury says throwing his buddy under the bus driven by Rollins.
"I don't care! I don't want Jamie relaxed, I don't want you relaxed. I need you two focused. Focused on Cena, focused on Brock Lesnar, focused on doing whatever it takes to make sure that I walk out of here tonight as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. You got me?"
"Got it boss." Jamie mutters. "You're the future."
"No, no, no, no. You know what I am tired of hearing about the future. You know what I am? I'm the right now. And you two are supposed to be standing guard outside Siren's office. I swear if anything happens to her, I will personally curb stomp the both of you, and it won't be into the mat. Now get outta here!"
For the first time the Universe cheered for Seth, they could see the emotions in his eyes for Siren as he let out a deep sigh.
"Awe that was so sweet baby." Siren said smirking as he walked back into her office.
"Smartass." He muttered with a smile as he sat back down next to her.
"Oh somebody wanted to say hi to you." She said holding her phone out in front of him.
"Hi Uncle Cole! Good luck!" Monkey shouted over the Skype call.
"Thanks munchkin." Seth said waving to her.
"Make sure my mommy doesn't get hurt." She stated pointing her little finger at him.
"I promise." He assured the four year old mini me of his girlfriend. Never before had a promise felt so heavy on his heart than this one did. Letting Tasha down was one thing, but breaking a promise to her daughter would collapse his world.
"Love you Cole. Love you momma." She said blowing them both kisses.
"Love you too munchkin." Seth smiled.
"Love you to the moon and back monkey." Siren told her.
"Love you to Mars and back momma."
Siren laughed as she ended the call, she may have only been four, but you could see her mother's influence when she spoke.
"What's with the Mars and back?" Seth asked amused.
"Jared's band. 30 Seconds to Mars. She loves them. She said it one night as a joke and it stuck."
"She is definitely your daughter." He said laughing.
With their match coming up next Siren quickly changed into her Authority outfit; black leather pants and a Seth Rollins t-shirt with her flat soled boots. She wasn't about to wear something she couldn't run or fight in if the need arose. She also thought it would be a nice touch for the fans if she wore one of Seth's shirts.
Walking up to gorilla with Seth, Siren tried to keep her emotions in check as they waited to be announced. Cena who was already up there and would be announced first gave her a hug. "I got your back."
"You just focus on the match. Don't worry about me." She stated.
He laughed sharing a look with Seth, they were both on the same page. "Never gonna happen." He winked at her before walking out the curtain to the roar of the fans.
Shaking her head she looked over at Seth. "I suppose you're gonna tell me the same thing?"
Seth smirked as he nodded. "If there's one thing John and I will always agree on, it's protecting you." Leaning down he kissed her lips before his music started up and they walked through the curtain.
As usual Rollins walks out with J&J flanking just behind him, however since Monday night RAW he now has Siren walking at his side. The fans cheer as they see her wearing his shirt and she can't help but grin as she waves to the crowd. Seth holds the case up high before they make their way down to the ring; she can't miss the determination on his face as he climbs up onto the turnbuckle and holds the case up.
As Lesnar's music cues up she is ushered to the far side of the ring by J&J who position her behind them near the barricade. She hears them telling her if anything goes wrong to hop the barricade and get the hell out of dodge. She nods thanking them for their concern as Lesnar stares her down from the ring.
As Lillian introduces the competitors Siren smiles as she hears the crowd cheer for Rollins, clearly he was the one they were backing tonight.
As the bell rings Lesnar and Cena both went straight after Rollins who quickly dove out of the ring to the outside. Aa Lesnar delivered a volley of suplex' to Cena, Seth watched and planned from the apron, waiting for his moment to strike. Which he did a moment later only to caught and hefted up for an F5; but J&J saved him and received a double suplex' for their efforts.
Cena took the opening and lifted Lesnar up for an AA, but the beast slithered out of the hold and suplex' John once more. He then grabbed hold of Seth and jerked him over the ropes into the ring. Seth scurried away on his back, trying to find an opening to charge the beast. With a smirk over to Siren, Lesnar knees Seth hard in his solar plexus; Rollins coughing violently as he crawls towards the ropes near her. Brock blows her a kiss before wrapping his arms around Seth's waist and driving his body to the mat with a suplex.
Siren can only stand by and watch as Lesnar dominates the two men for the majority of the mat with multiple German suplex'; one of which landing Seth hard on his shoulder and head. At one point Rollins rolls out landing hard on the floor and despite herself Siren rushes to his side as the fans cheer her on. Suddenly her hair is grabbed and yanked upwards, Lesnar holding her from over the top rope. Just before he can jerk her into the ring, Cena launches onto his back forcing him to release her.
Siren stands back clutching her burning scalp as John ends up locked into the Kimora by Lesnar, the big man threatening to tear his arm off. Urging Seth to his feet she pounds the mat encouraging John to break the hold. He stands up with Lesnar still wrapped around him in an impressive move of strength; but it's Rollins that breaks the holds as he leaps off of the top rope delivering a knee to the side of Lesnar's head.
With the beast down Rollins unleashes an onslaught of kicks and punches to the man. Realizing their only hope of keeping the beast down, Cena and Rollins work together to deliver a double suplex to Lesnar. Cena then plants Lesnar with an AA, but before he can pin him, Rollins grabs John and throws him out of the ring. He covers Lesnar but the beast still kicks out at 1, shocking everyone in the arena. Brock gets back to his feet taking out both of his enemies and throwing them to the outside. Rollins momentarily stuns Lesnar with a dropkick to his left shoulder.
Now with the beast out the two men roll back into the ring and beat down on one another. John plants Seth on the canvas and goes for the Five-Knuckle Shuffle, but he's caught in Lesnar's arms and suplexed to the mat twice. As the beast goes for a third, he's kicked in the side of the head by Rollins. With the beast knocked out of the ring by a knee from Rollins, John capitalizes with an AA and goes for the pin, but Rollins kicks out at 2.
Rollins goes for a cover on John after laying him out with a backdrop, but Lesnar scurries back in and breaks up the pin. The three trade shots once more, until Rollins leaps off of the top rope looking for a knee; however he's caught in midair and slammed to the mat with an F5. He moves to cover Rollins for the win, but Cena slides in just in time to break up the count.
With Rollins laying on the apron trying to recoup, Lesnar beats down on John inside the ring. He then rolls out and strips the Spanish announce table before setting his sights on Cena once more. But John has recovered enough to plant Lesnar with dual AA's before going for the cover. This time it's Rollins that breaks up the pin by dragging John out of the ring; before he rolls in and plants Lesnar with a curb stomp, only to have John break up the pin again.
As all three men are down in the ring, the crowd is chanting "this is awesome!" Both managers are hollering to their clients, with Heyman pointing between Rollins and Siren. Brock's malicious gaze hones in on Siren who looks terrified as he stalks towards her; but quick thinking by Cena saves her as he barrels Lesnar through the barricade into the timekeeper's area.
Cena continues his assault as the beast refuses to stay down, this time tossing him into the steel steps; then using the top steps as a battering ram which knocks Lesnar up onto the table he'd previously cleared off. Before John can move he is knocked to the side by a kick from Rollins; who then leans on the ropes as he sees Brock lying motionless on the table.
Siren sees Seth's eyes glancing between Lesnar and her, she nods to him knowing what he's thinking. "Do it!" She shouts. She watches fearfully while the crowd cheers as Rollins leaps off of the turnbuckle delivering a devastating elbow to Lesnar's chest that splinters the table into pieces.
John takes his opening as both men are down, grabbing Rollins and rolling him into the ring. But surprisingly to everyone including Siren, Rollins manages to recover and fight off the pin; both men rolling into multiple covers before they break apart and re-strategize. As the two men continuing battling in the ring, Siren can hear Heyman yelling for a doctor as Lesnar has yet to move, something that brings a smile to her face.
The medics show up wheeling a stretcher past her, meanwhile J&J are now in the ring beating down Cena after saving Rollins from being pinned. She shakes her head in annoyance however as Seth takes up Roman's place and calls for the triple powerbomb; with Nobel and Mercury lifting Cena up they slam John to the mat, but the 15x champ still kicks out. Resorting to desperate measures Rollins picks up his briefcase and rushes to slam it into Cena's face; but John hefts him up and over the ring ropes, before he pummels J&J in the ring, lifting them up into an impressive double AA. Seth rushes back into the ring and gets an AA for his efforts, but manages to kick out of the pin.
Lesnar has been placed onto a backboard, the medics saying he has a broken rib. Seth meanwhile has thrown everything he can at Cena but still can't get the job done. Just as lands a Falcon's arrow on Cena, he is grabbed and suplexed from behind by Lesnar, followed by John who rolls out onto the floor. Rollins receives another suplex, but flips out of the following one; grabbing the briefcase he slams it into Brock's head twice knocking the beast down. Placing the case under Lesnar's head, Rollins bounces off of the ropes looking for the curb stomp; but Lesnar caught him with an F5 and covered him for the three count.
Broken rib and all, Lesnar had come out with the win. The only good thing about his victory, he was too preoccupied with the pain in his rib to come after Siren as she slid into the ring to check on Rollins. Siren could see the far off look in Rollins' eyes as he tried to stand up and she had no choice but to act like a manager and help him walk to the back.
"I'm fine."
"You're not fine. Your eyes are rolling around in your skull like a pinball machine." Siren snapped as she took him to the trainer's office to get checked out. "Humor me please baby."
Seth sighed at her demand but smiled. "Okay for you."
After getting the all clear Siren took him back to her office where they relaxed on the couch to watch the Royal Rumble match.
The first two men to enter the match were Miz 1 and R-Truth 2. They were joined by legends and Hall of Famers including Bubba Ray Dudley 3, Boogeyman 7, and DDP 14. Two of the Wyatt family members were Luke Harper 4 and Bray Wyatt 5 who eliminated everyone before him and the next 4 after him; including Curtis Axel 6, Sincara 8 and Zack Ryder 9.
The battle slowed slightly as the next wave came in starting with Daniel Bryan 10, Fandango 11, Tyson Kidd 12, Stardust 13, Rusev 15, Goldust 16, Kofi Kingston 17, and Adam Rose 18.
However when Roman Reigns entered 19 business picked up, with the big dog showing why he ran the yard.
On and on the men filed down to the ring; Big E 20, Damien Mizdow 21, Jack Swagger 22, Ryback 23, Kane 24, Dean Ambrose 25, Titus O'Neil 26, Barrett 27, Cesaro 28, Big Show 29 and the Showoff Dolph Ziggler 30.
Nearing the end of the match it was Big Show, Kane, Ambrose and Reigns (bleeding from the mouth) standing toe-to-toe. Using their height and strength the two Authority men managed to eliminate Ambrose, before they turned their attention to Reigns. Things however broke down as Show tried to eliminate Kane himself. With the two giants preoccupied Roman grabbed them both by the legs and threw them over with a double elimination to pick up the win. However there is no celebration for Reigns as he is double choke-slammed by Show and Kane.
But the crowning moment of the night was who came out to Reigns' aid.
"Did you call him too?" Seth asked his girlfriend with a raised eyebrow as none other than The Rock came down to clean house. Siren merely smiled giving a nonchalant shrug.
After Rock had cleared the ring of The Authority men, Rusev, who had not been eliminated snuck back inside and was ultimately eliminated declaring Reigns the definitive winner. Rock then rolled back in to congratulate his younger cousin.
Dean, Siren and Rollins congratulated Roman as he came backstage, jumping on him with a giant group hug. They then celebrated Roman's win that night with beers and pizza as they traveled to Connecticut. However their schedule and RAW was put on hold as a freak snowstorm shut down the northeast, forcing a temporary travel ban. So with nowhere to go the group holed up in a hotel suite procured by Siren. It was a time of laughing, reminiscing and purging on junk food for Tasha, Colby, Joe, Jon and Renee.
So because of the travel ban there would be no live show on Monday. However they would still have Monday Night RAW with interviews and recaps of the Royal Rumble. Two of these interviews would feature Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns; so while Jon and Renee enjoyed the hot tub in the suite, Tasha went with Colby and Joe down to WWE Headquarters for their interviews. Tasha sat in a chair off to the side with Joe as Colby sat down for his interview with Michael Cole.
"I'm Michael Cole, joined now by Mr. Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins. Seth, thank you for braving the storm and we welcome you to Monday night RAW."
"I appreciate you having me here today, Michael." Seth nodded as he caressed the edges of the dented briefcase in his lap.
"I'd like to talk first about you bringing The Authority, Triple H and Stephanie back to power. Uh because of that you were rewarded with a spot in last night's triple threat match. Uh do you believe in your heart that you deserved that opportunity?"
"I think my performance last night at the Royal Rumble will speak for itself. In case you don't understand that Michael, not only did I deserve to be in that match, I did everything I could to win that match and walk out of the Royal Rumble as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion."
"Well let's show everyone, the world some of the things you did do in that match last night. I wanna take you to one of the highlights here and this was actually the second of one of two curb stomps you delivered to WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. Do you think that one of these curb stomps would've ended the reign of the beast?"
"You know over the last month, more than that, I've put Brock Lesnar down with a curb stomp or two. So absolutely. It's put down everybody before Brock Lesnar, I thought for sure not one but two curb stomps would absolutely get the job done."
"You didn't put him down. Which would lead you to what you would do next. Perched on the top rope, Brock Lesnar lying across the Spanish announce table at ringside, you launched yourself through the air; you delivered an elbow through the chest of Brock Lesnar collapsing the announce table and leaving with what doctors diagnosed as a broken rib for Lesnar. Absolutely incredible. Did you think it was over then?"
Seth laughs dryly. "The crazy thing about a triple threat match Michael, is not only do you have to worry about the champion, but there's another challenger at bay as well. At that point the only thing that was going through my mind was eliminating Brock Lesnar. I needed to get him at all costs, out of this match. I was up on that top rope and that's a place I am very comfortable; and Brock Lesnar was a million miles away but it didn't matter. All that mattered to me, was putting my elbow straight in his heart and taking him out of this match."
"And he was out of the match for a fairly long time, which lead you to this move which we thought ended the match and would crown you the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. From the top rope, really like a corkscrew moonsault, which would connect to John Cena and then Seth; Brock Lesnar would just reemerge, broken rib and all, come into the ring and retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. How shocked were you when this happened?"
"You know you said you all thought that that was gonna be it. I knew that that was gonna be it. I had just hit John Cena with a curb stomp, he was laying prone motionless in the center of the ring I had that in my back pocket. When I hit that Phoenix Splash as it is called, I knew it was over. I knew, I had put Lesnar down like I said; I had driven my elbow into his heart, he was done he was out, I was the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Michael, that was it."
"So with all that being said, what would happen if you ever met Brock Lesnar one on one?"
"You know, I'll admit I may have underestimated Brock Lesnar last night. But let me tell you something. I think that Brock Lesnar underestimated me as well. And Brock Lesnar may be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, but what he doesn't have, is something that I still do Michael. A Money in the Bank contract, plan B."
"Well Seth it's gonna be interesting to hear what the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has to say, because Brock Lesnar will be joining us live next right here on Monday Night RAW. We thank you for your time."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." Seth says scoffing. "You thank me for my time? Brock Lesnar is gonna come out here next? I'm not going anywhere, Michael. If Brock Lesnar wants to take my seat on this set, he's gonna have to come kick me off it."
Siren tenses up as Lesnar enters the room, the beast giving her a wink as he passes by; but she has Roman next to her holding her hand to calm her racing heart.
As they come back from commercial Seth's smirk falters as Lesnar walks up and stops beside the chair. "I believe you're in my chair."
"Alright." Seth says standing up and dusting the chair off. "Your chair. Have a seat. Take it." He grabs the chair and tosses it across the studio room before walking out.
"Tell Siren I said hi." Brock snickers as he takes his seat beside Paul Heyman.
Seth sits back down beside his girlfriend as Roman heads in to do his interview; his head on a swivel as he keeps an eye out for Lesnar.
"Roman first off, congratulations winning the Royal Rumble and ensuring your place in the main event of Wrestlemania." Byron Saxton says as the interview begins.
"Appreciate it Byron. Last night was incredible, it really was."
"With that said uh there are some who believe that you're not yet ready to main event Wrestlemania, especially against Brock Lesnar."
"Everybody's uh, entitled to their opinion. The way I look at it is I've never claimed to be the most experienced guy in the locker room. Um, I've always been able to react though. I've always been able to handle the deep end, that's the way I learn how to swim. My father Sika, I'm down at the Pensacola YMCA downtown swimming in the pool, scaling the wall scared, scared to swim. He grabs me by my hair, he picks me up and throws me in the deep end. I go all the way down to the bottom, I touch the floor and you wanna know what I did. I scratched and I clawed as fast as I could and finally I was able to get that breath of fresh air. You wanna know what happened? I learned how to swim. That's how my wrestling career has been. I'm fine with being thrown in the deep end, swimming with the sharks. You have to be able to do that."
"Let's talk about the crowd in Philadelphia last night. Some people say they treated you a little unfairly. Do you agree?"
"Well as a little boy, picturing myself winning the Royal Rumble, going on to headline Wrestlemania; I was obviously hoping for a warmer response you know. We're just in the blizzards, we're in the cold right now. But is life fair? No. I learned that at a very early age, life isn't fair. All those fans in Philly, they paid their hard earned money to come to that show and watch. So the way I look at it, when you go into that arena you can cheer or boo whoever you want. As long as I wake up, as long as I show up and I can perform and do my thing, I'm happy. But fair? Nobody's worried about fair."
"Speaking of fair, I have to ask. There are critics that believe you have been handpicked for success by the higher ups of WWE."
"Alright, let's just look at it this way. If I was handpicked by the higher ups, I guess I would have to say thanks for the opportunity. But, look at it this way it's an opportunity, you still have to go out there and capitalize. You have to deliver, no matter what happens. I have to lace up my own boots, I have to go down those stairs, I have to go into that ring by myself, I have to perform, I have to deliver. So regardless of what happens, if you get an opportunity, you have to take advantage. And if it comes down to it you're either gonna capitalize or you're not. Only time will tell."
"Well last night during the Royal Rumble match you had an incredible performance to say the least; you eliminated both Kane and the Big Show, but both those superstars returned, placed yourself in peril and well you had a little bit of assistance from not just any WWE Superstar, you had assistance from The Rock."
Roman chuckles nodding. "Well when you're getting beat down by a bunch of mammoths, who better to call on then family. Um, you know I've never really put that out there, I've always tried to carve my own path and do my own thing. But one thing I'm extremely proud of is my family. My father Sika, my uncle Afa, my cousins Yokozuma, Rikishi, Umaga, The Uso's; The Rock's grandfather Peter Maivia, that's where I'm from, that's the blood that pumps through these veins. I was born in this business, I was fed by the WWE. The greatest thing I can do is return the favor to my family. You know what I'm looking forward too. Performing in Wrestlemania, headlining Wrestlemania in front of my father. Nothing more special than that. You wanna know what I'm also looking forward too. Meeting Brock Lesnar in the main event of Wrestlemania and also meeting him face-to-face tonight."
The trio sat talking as they awaited the interview between Roman and Lesnar; however their attention turned to the monitors as the three former Shield members saw their lunatic walking up to the building through the snowstorm.
"Oh my God, what is he doing here?" Siren questions as she sees him enter the building.
"You don't think he walked here from the hotel did he?" Seth asks looking between the other two.
"I'd bet on it." Roman says making them all laugh and shake their heads.
Next thing they know Byron is walking up to Ambrose as he stands in the hallway turning the thermostat up. "Uh Dean, Dean. Excuse me Dean! How exactly did you get here from Hartford, Connecticut?"
Knowing Dean like they did he was going to have some insane monologue about how he got to the building, and he did not disappoint.
"Well after last night I wanted to clear my head, take a nice walk."
"All the way from Hartford?"
"It's not that far." He said with a scoff.
"But you're not even dressed for a blizzard." Byron says looking confusedly at Dean's jeans, t-shirt and leather jacket.
"Do you know who you're talkin' too!?" Ambrose exclaims causing Saxton to flinch. "Last night I caught a ride from Philadelphia to Hartford, it's easy to catch a ride for me cause they love me in Philadelphia. And I wake up this morning and I find out that RAW live is emanating from here, WWE Headquarters in Stamford. So I walked out into the blizzard, I stuck my thumb out, I hopped into the back of a pickup truck; I sat on a couple bales of hay, I hopped off somewhere on I95, I got into an altercation with a man at a gas station, I nearly lost a finger. We don't need to get into that. I picked up some sweet hiking boots and I made it here to headquarters in Stamford to prove a point to you, to WWE, to the WWE Universe to the whole world. That my adventure to headquarters here today is not unlike the road to Wrestlemania, full of twists and turns, obstacles and dangerous conditions. And I love dangerous conditions. No matter what lies in the road ahead of me, no matter who or what is in front of me, I'm gonna make it. I'M GONNA MAKE IT TO WRESTLEMANIA!"
He turns around tapping the control box. "Still cold in here. I'm gonna check the rest of this place out. Hey you guys got any posters of me around here I can look at. Cool?"
Siren, Roman and Seth were literally falling out of their chairs by the end of the segment. "I can't even with him." Seth said shaking his head.
Siren was clutching her stomach as she was trying to catch her breath to speak. "I-I don't even know what to do with him anymore."
They knew that he and Renee would be there as she was interviewing Daniel Bryan, but they had no idea what antics Dean would come up with; and as usual he didn't let them down with what he came up with.
After a tense confrontation between Roman and Lesnar, in which Reigns guaranteed he would conquer the beast at Wrestlemania, the trio met back up with Jon and Renee and headed back to the hotel.
Smackdown kicked off on Thursday from Hartford with Triple H, amid loud boos from the Hartford crowd. Triple H welcomes the crowd to Monday Night RAW before laughing and realizing what he said. Triple H says it's been a crazy week. They were supposed to be there on Monday, but there was a wacky, historic snowstorm that caused them to postpone RAW. People in WWE don't like being told what to do. When they said they couldn't do Monday Night RAW in the middle of the blizzard, the show emanated for the first time he can remember from WWE World Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Tell them not to do it, and they'll do it. A lot of people told them they couldn't get a million subscribers to the WWE Network, but they announced this week that they do indeed have that many subscribers. To all that have subscribed, he has two words for them: Thank you (the crowd incorrectly guessed, "Suck it"). Then they told them they couldn't do a show right here in Hartford, which is why he's here to say, "Welcome Hartford to Thursday Smackdown live!"
It's been a crazy week, but it's also been a controversial week coming out of the Royal Rumble on Sunday. There are boos for that. The WWE isn't the only one with controversy on them. The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and there is controversy swirling around the whole thing. Apparently the NFL and Roger Goodell have a problem with their balls. In the NFL, some guys like their balls soft. Some guys like their balls hard. According to Tom Brady, some of those guys like old balls. There's one thing about WWE and Triple H: they've never had a problem with balls.
In the back Siren, Seth, Dean and Roman are laughing hysterically with the other talent as Triple H goes on about balls.
Unlike Roger Goodell, who has controversy and does nothing, when there is controversy here, he takes action. On February 22, live on the WWE Network and the new show, WWE Fast Lane, he's going to deal with a problem. He has a problem with a man called "Sting." At Fast Lane, he'll stand in this ring and go face-to-face with his problem and resolve it.
There is other controversy coming out of the Royal Rumble. There's no controversy about the Royal Rumble event itself because it was spectacular. The fans boo, but Triple H says the triple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was one of the greatest matches he's ever seen in his life. It was a match where Seth Rollins proved to the world that he is the future of this industry. It was a match where John Cena proved to the world that he is the past. The crowd loudly cheers that. It was a match in which Brock Lesnar proved that he is the beast and is still the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. The problem was the Royal Rumble match itself. People boo that. When the match was over, the building was rumbling. Triple H says he's never felt anything like it in his life. People were going nuts from the top row to the bottom row. The next day, it got worse. ESPN was talking about it. Bill Simmons was talking about it. It was on everybody's mind. If you don't know what he's talking about, he'll show you. Footage is shown of the crowd turning on the Royal Rumble match, especially when Roman Reigns eliminated Big Show and Kane. The Rock then ran down to make the save, but the crowd turned on him when he endorsed Reigns. Reigns then eliminated Rusev to win the match. The crowd loudly boos the replay. Triple H says he'll put an end to the controversy. On Monday night, he'll make an announcement that will likely shake the WWE Universe to its core.
Roman Reigns' music hits, and he makes his way to the ring to a very mixed reaction. As he gets into the ring, the boos are louder. Reigns stares face-to-face with Triple H. "You keep talking about controversy, but I don't see any. I won the Royal Rumble match. That means I'm going to WrestleMania."
Triple H says, "Indeed, you did win that match. Let's see if you win this one." Big Show's music hits as Triple H leaves the ring. Big Show will face Roman Reigns, next.
The bell sounds, and Big Show quickly powers Reigns to the corner, but Roman punches out and gets away from him. They circle the ring, and Reigns ducks a clothesline. They continue to circle the ring before Big Show corners him and punches him in the midsection. Show sends him to the opposite corner, but Reigns sidesteps a butt bump, then hits a pair of corner clotheslines before attempting a suplex. Big Show blocks it and hits one of his own, then delivers a body slam, but Reigns soon gets to his feet. Show punches away at him before sending him into the corner hard as he talks a little trash.
Reigns punches back at him before hitting the ropes. Big Show then takes him down with a shoulder block, then connects with a head-butt before picking him up and hitting a second one. Big Show looks into the crowd before picking him up and putting him in the corner, then throws him across the ring. Big Show goes for a body slam, but Reigns slides off and hits a chop block. Reigns punches away at him as the crowd boos. Reigns kicks away at him before being pushed back. Big Show punches him in the midsection before hitting the ropes, but Reigns follows him and clotheslines him over the top rope.
Back from the break Reigns is clutching his knee in pain. During the commercial break, Reigns clotheslined Big Show over the top rope. Later on, Big Show speared him down. Big Show continues to attack the leg before hitting a chop block, then picks him up by the leg and applies a stretch. Reigns tries to pull himself up on the ropes, but he loses his balance; he tries again and succeeds, then takes him out of the ring with a modified hurricanrana. Big Show kneels by the ring apron as Reigns comes outside and hits the "Drive-by" apron dropkick. Big Show soon comes back and throws him into the ring. Reigns goes for a clothesline, but Big Show doesn't go down. Reigns tries again for the same result. Reigns then ducks a clothesline and takes him down with a clothesline of his own. The crowd loudly boos him as he hits Big Show with a Samoan Drop. Big Show rolls out of the ring to recover. Reigns goes to the apron and hits a flying clothesline.
Reigns cocks his fist and goes for a Superman Punch, but Big Show counters with a choke-slam for a near fall. Reigns spits some phlegm out and it lands in a long, sticky line on his forehead and hair. Big Show goes to the top rope, but Reigns catches him with a Superman Punch; Roman then delivers a second Superman Punch before throwing him off the top rope. Reigns connects with a Spear for the win.
In the back the former Shield trio claps for their brother as he walks through the curtain. They retreat to Siren's office as Mr. McMahon is shown in a video announcing that the WWE Network will be free in February to new subscribers. Then the casket is seen backstage with creepy funeral music playing and smoke around it. Daniel Bryan will face Kane in a Casket Match later tonight.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is then shown joining "Macho Man" Randy Savage as the latest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame: Class of 2015.
Siren walks beside Seth Rollins as they make their way out to the ring with J&J Security; Rollins chooses to start speaking as they walk down the ramp. "I told you, I told each and every one of you and last Sunday at the Royal Rumble I proved once again just how good I really am." He continues talking as he climbs into the ring, shockingly holding the ropes so that Siren can climb in as well.
"I was one second away from pinning John Cena and becoming the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. And you know what's more impressive than that, I stuck a dagger right into the heart of the beast incarnate. I broke Brock Lesnar's ribs. I mean how many people in the entire world can say that right? John Cena can't say that, The Undertaker sure can't say that. Even though I didn't walk out of Philly with the championship, I still have the future firmly within my reach." He smirks as he holds up the briefcase. "So I'm feeling good boys. I'm feeling so good that I've come out here to issue an open challenge to anybody in this entire building that has the guts. Who thinks they're even half the man that I am. I dare you to come out and test me."
Siren steps up beside him and gently takes the mic from his hand. "Seth, sweetheart." She says as if she's speaking to a small child. "Newsflash, you don't have any friends back there. You only have two out here and let's be honest, I can beat them. I mean I have." She smiles as the two men throw glares her way.
"The last time you issued a challenge, it didn't turn out so well remember? Ambrose, beat you down. I'm your manager, not a magician. So if you're going to make these stupid, idiotic decisions all on your own; I'm just gonna go sit down and watch the carnage." With that said she climbed out of the ring and took a seat at the announce desk.
"See, nobody's got the guts, nobody back there, nobody—"
At that moment Ryback's music hit, and he quickly made his way to the ring. Siren saw Seth look over his shoulder to her and she shrugged her shoulders. "Told you so!"
Before the match could even start, J&J Security attacked Ryback. He quickly fights them off, but Rollins takes him down with a dropkick. They triple-team him until Erick Rowan runs down. Seth sends them after him, but Rowan takes J&J Security out with a double shoulder block at the bottom of the ramp. Rollins quickly knees Rowan in the head as he slides into the ring, before going back to Ryback. Dolph Ziggler runs down to help, but Rollins soon gets him out of the ring slamming him into the announcer's table. Ryback recovers and goes for Shell Shocked, but J&J Security pull him off. They escape the ring, get away from Rowan, and retreat up the ramp.
"Siren come on!" Seth hollers to her.
With a roll of her eyes she picks up his briefcase and trudges up the ramp, shoving it into his chest before she walks backstage.
Siren shakes her head laughing as Seth comes through the curtain after her rubbing his chest. "Did you have to shove it at me babe?"
"Aw did I hurt your little pecs?" She taunted in a baby voice.
"Shut up." He muttered before taking her hand and walking to her office. Siren throwing a wave to Naomi as she walks up, she'll be accompanying her husband Jimmy Uso out to the ring next.
Being as Siren's schedule would be picking up in less than two weeks, she wasn't going to see Seth much except for Monday's and Thursday's. She would be starting filming for season 5 of Teen Wolf and Seth would be training students at their gym. Her role as Alpha werewolf Rayne McCall would require more on-camera time, so she would be filming more than one day this season. So she would be spending as much time with Seth as possible for the time she had. But being apart didn't bother the young couple like it would others, because they had trust and it made the time they did have together all the better.
"Do you ever wonder what would've happened if you and Cena were still married?"
Siren looks over at Seth like he'd lost his mind. "That's seriously what you're thinking about?"
"Yeah. Just curious." He says shrugging his shoulders.
"I don't need to wonder, I know what would happen. John would be buried six feet under and I'd be a widow, cause he couldn't keep his dick in his pants." She said it with a straight face that made Seth slightly cringe. "You might wanna file that away for future reference babe."
"I'll do that." Seth said as he glanced between his girlfriend and the TV monitor as Cena came out to the ring to confront Rusev.
John Cena's music hits, and he comes out to his usual mixed reaction. Some fans are singing, "John Cena sucks" with his music.
"Hold on guys, he might be new to this. You see sometimes we and the WWE Universe we don't see eye to eye. But I think every single person in this building will agree with me right now when I say you either shut your mouth, or I'm gonna shut it for you. You see man this ain't about where you're from, your problem is you need a cold, hard lesson in the word "respect." The mighty Rusev, undefeated, your current US Champion and ever since he's been in the WWE has crushed everything in his path. But oh mister, you just made the biggest mistake of your life. You say that I have no desire, that I'm a man of the past, that I'm not a challenge for you, that I'm a loser.
Let me remind you who you're dealing with I'm John Cena! 15-time World Champion, twice winner of the Royal Rumble match, 10 appearances at WrestleMania, and love it or hate it, the face who runs the place. Hell I was holding onto that championship before you had pubes and you had boobs. So you go ahead and slow your role. If you think I'm not a challenge, I'll give you a challenge right now. You think you Fred Astaire, then dance monkey. We ain't talkin bout the mashed potato, hell no, we doin the Hartford Hoedown. All that means is Hoesy O'Donnell goes back to tinder and John Cena and Rusev fight right here, right now!"
Cena throws down the mic, ripping off his hat and t-shirt, tossing them into the crowd as he takes a fighting stance.
Lana takes the microphone and tells Rusev to not waste his time on this. Lana goes to leave the ring, but Rusev lingers a little longer. Rusev stares at him as Cena smirks back at him. Finally, Rusev leaves the ring and talks a little trash in Russian as he and Lana back up the ramp.
John picks up the mic smiling. "Hold on there Hoey Mandell. You see the mighty Rusev is undefeated, he's 69 and hoe, but this—this is not a waste of time. You see this fights Rusev at Fastlane, this beats Rusev at Fastlane. And this at Fastlane says, "The Champ is here!"
Seth can't help but feel jealous at the way Siren smiles as she watches John in the ring. He trusts her and he knows what she said about John just being her best friend; but that doesn't stop the green-eyed monster from rearing its ugly head. He can't help but think about all of the guys she dated before they got together, and those that are still around her on a daily basis, even seeing her with Dean tends to make him angry. Seth had never been a jealous guy, until he started dating Siren; and he knew in his heart that it was because he felt she was out of his league and she deserved better than him.
Siren meanwhile is watching the tag match with disdain, only for the fact that two of her very close friends, Cody and Dustin Rhodes, were being painted up and treated like mid-card jobbers; when they deserved to be main event talent, after all they were the sons of Dusty Rhodes.
Like every match before Goldust and Stardust lost again to The Ascension.
"This is embarrassing. I can't believe creative has turned Cody into that ridiculous gimmick. That boy is a fucking legacy and championship talent."
"Yeah I know. Too bad there's not another company around that would treat him like he deserves. Not all of us were meant to fit the WWE mold." Seth commented feeling the same way as she did.
"Yeah, too bad." Siren said wistfully.
Dean and Roman come into the office and sit down with Siren and Seth, all of them intrigued to watch the main event casket match between Kane and Daniel Bryan. Dean eagerly passes around a bucket of popcorn to his friends as he gleefully watches the match get underway.
It had been a brutal battle since the bell rang, and when they come back from the final commercial break the intensity has quickened.
We come back from the final break of the evening to see Kane trapped in a chin lock. Bryan kicks away at him, but Kane stops him and hits a running DDT. Kane kicks away at him and pushes him toward the casket. Kane chokes him with his shoe, but Bryan pushes him away. Kane stomps him before hitting a head-butt. Kane uppercuts him before hitting a short-arm clothesline. Kane sends him to the corner, but Bryan scales the ropes and backflips over him. Bryan ducks a clothesline and hits a flying elbow. Bryan gets pumped up as the fans chant "YES!" Bryan kicks away at him while he's on his knees. Bryan gears up for a big kick, but Kane ducks it. Kane pushes him toward the ropes and charges, but Bryan pulls the top rope down to get him out of the ring. Bryan then hits a suicide dive. Bryan kicks away at him before backing up and hitting a running dropkick into the barricade. Bryan holds his neck in pain before going back to kicking and punching Kane. Bryan then runs into a back body drop into the timekeeper's area.
Kane then throws Bryan over the commentary table. Kane grabs a steel chair and smacks it off his spine. Kane hits a second chair shot before throwing it away. Kane brings Bryan near the casket, and he orders the referees to open it up. Kane throws him headfirst into the lid of the casket before putting him back in the ring. Bryan seems knocked out. Kane gets on the apron and goes for a Tombstone pile-driver into the casket, but Bryan slides off. Bryan snaps him off the top rope, and Kane hangs on precariously near the casket. Bryan dropkicks him, but Kane hangs on. Bryan hits a second dropkick, but Kane still hangs on. Bryan goes for a third, but Kane grabs him by the throat and gives him a choke-slam. Kane rolls Bryan into the casket, but Bryan kicks him in the head. Kane tries to grab him, but Bryan catches him with a YES! Lock while Kane is in the casket. Kane seems to be passed out. Bryan tries to close the lid, but Kane stops him. Bryan kicks away at his chest as he kneels in the casket. Kane eventually punches him away.
Kane turns him inside out with a clothesline, then goes for a Tombstone Pile-driver, but Bryan gets out. Bryan goes for a YES! Lock, but Kane fights him away. Kane goes for a choke-slam, but Bryan gets out of it again. Bryan pulls the top rope down to almost send him into the casket. Bryan kicks him in the head and dropkicks him into the casket. Bryan finally closes the lid and finishes his feud with Kane!
Bryan stands on top of the casket and leads the entire arena in a "YES!" chant. Replays are shown of the end of the match. Cole says you have to wonder what Triple H is thinking about this match. They then show a replay of Triple H saying he'll make an announcement on RAW that will shake the WWE Universe to its core. Triple H will address the Royal Rumble controversy this Monday. Bryan ends the show with a big "YES!" chant from the stage.