(Raw)

Tonight's Raw featured matches set up by the Corporation's co-founders, the McMahons:

Pierce Johnson vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

The Duke of the Balkans makes his debut

Fire and Desire (Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose) with Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre vs. Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane and Asuka) with Paige

Alex Auditore with Randy Orton and Alexa Bliss vs. Batista with Shane McMahon as special guest referee and Elias as special ringside enforcer

Shane made a change to the Alex vs. Batista match to allow himself to be the referee. That didn't sit too well with Lexi, Alex and Randy.

Alex: typical typical

Randy: I should've punted him harder back then

Lexi: and he has Elias as ringside enforcer

Kevin: I've been in that spot before, but I know how to deal with them

Alex: how?

Kevin: just focus on Batista and you two keep your eyes on Shane and Elias

Lexi: sounds good

Then everyone turned to the TV to see a match scheduled for SmackDown, a mixed tag team match between Elleon and Sasha taking on Andrade and Zelina.

Ryan: well Sasha, we have that tomorrow

Sasha lightly blushed which Bayley noticed.

Bayley: Sash, your cheeks are red

Sasha: dude!

Carmella: don't hide it, Sash

Ryan smirked.

Ryan: I am looking forward to team with you, Legit Boss

Sasha blushed even more.

Another news for SmackDown is that the Corporation has recruited another Superstar and his identity will be revealed tomorrow.

Randy: wonder who it will be

Finn: knowing the McMahons, I believe it's someone dangerous

Then the show started with the opening match as Pierce will fight the Corporation's King of Strong Style.

Pierce: time for the mind games to commence

Carmella: Nakamura's tricky, so watch out

Pierce: I'll be fine, Mella

The Staten Islans Princess smiled and kissed Pierce's cheek for good luck which surprised the girls and some of the guys.

Pierce smirked as he left the locker room.

(In the ring)

After entrances were made, the two men prepared for battle. As Pierce went for a lock up, Nakamura ducked and already prepared his mind games, but Pierce wasted no time to ambush the Rockstar with a forearm from behind.

Minutes later, the two men locked up and Nakamura pushed Pierce to the ropes only for the King of Strong Style to mess with Pierce with more mind games which he put his head on Pierce's stomach; then he backed away and smirked.

Nakamura: come on!

(9 minutes later)

Pierce was nailed with Nakamura's signature reverse suplex, and the Corporate King looks to end it. He went to the corner and measured the DemonChild for the Kinshasa. As Pierce was on his feet, Nakamura lunged, but the DemonChild scout it and countered with a Whiplash. Pierce went for the pin and wins the match.

Pierce raised his arm in victory and taunts Nakamura with the Kingdom gesture as the the King of Strong Style laid on the canvas.

(Backstage)

Pierce walked in the locker room where he was ambushed by a jumping hug from Carmella.

Carmella: that was a great match!

Pierce: thanks Mella

Roman: you two are perfect for each other

Miz: so true

Pierce: you hear that, Mella?

Carmella blushed and hid her face in Pierce's shoulder. Pierce saw that Roman, Miz and Seth gave him thumbs up.

Then the show hyped up the debut of the Superstar nicknamed the Duke of the Balkans.

Chase: alright time to see who this Superstar is

Charlotte: the Duke of the Balkans

Lexi: time to see

(In the ring)

Mojo Rawley was in the ring ready for the the Duke's debut. Then the lights went out and a theme played.

https://youtu.be/127w6YqHOfs

The Titantron showed the Balkan mountain of Mt. Korab as the surrounding weather was a thunderstorm, the flag of North Macedonia waved on the summit of Korab and a name shows up which read, Blood Shepherd and the letters L, S, P and D drips with blood.

The crowd went wild and jumped out of their seats as the Duke of the Balkans, Dario Ivanovski aka Blood Shepherd, one of NXT's elite stars has come to the main roster. His attire consisted of red shoulder pads, yellow knee pads, a half black (left side) and half grey (right side) vest and wears grey face paint on his face to neck along with black paint scratch marks on his left cheek and neck and two scars on his right eye one vertical and the other one horizontal.

The Duke of the Balkans walked down the ramp and got in the ring.

(Backstage)

Pierce: damn, Blood Shepherd looks intimidating

Finn: nice face paint he has

The Big Dog couldn't help but smiled big as the 

Somewhere else, the Kabuki Warriors; Asuka, Paige and Kairi Sane were all watching Blood Shepherd's debut.

Kairi: my baby is here!

Paige: my best friend

Asuka: he looks intimidating

What the three don't know is that they will fall into a trap from the Corporation.

(The Corporation's VIP room)

The Corporation were also watching the debut of Blood Shepherd. The Lone Wolf and the Scottish Psychopath were not too pleased to see the man they hated on Raw.

Corbin: Ivanovski

Drew: damn him

Corbin: remember our plan later

(In the ring)

The Duke of the Balkans was ready for his debut. As the bell rang, he dropped Mojo with a shoulder tackle, surprising Mojo while Shepherd stared down with a blank look on his face.

(7 minutes later)

Mojo used his football background to tackle Shepherd, but the force didn't faze the Duke of the Balkans. Mojo went for another tackle, but Shepherd countered with his signature move, Giga Savate Strike (Aleister Black's Black Mass); then locks in his finisher submission, the Judgment Arrows (Walls of Jericho) in which Mojo tapped out immediately.

(Backstage)

Kairi was happy to see her baby win his debut match.

Paige: someone's happy to see my best friend win

Asuka: he didn't even faze from Mojo's tackle

Dario walked backstage to see his Pirate Princess run to him and peppering kisses all over.

Dario: glad to see me?

Kairi: of course, baby

Dario: and now I'm here, so I can be with you

He poked Kairi's cheek, making her blush

Paige: how's my best friend?

Dario: good, and all pumped up

Paige: you'll be great here

Dario: I am

Then the producers called Asuka, Kairi and Paige for their match.

Kairi: babe, we have to go

Dario: of course, good luck Pirate Princess

Dario gave Kairi a good luck kiss before the Kabuki Warriors left.

As Dario continued to walk he saw his long time friend, Roman.

Dario: there he is

Roman: what's up brother?

The two friends bro hugged.

Roman: hell of a debut

Dario: thanks man

Then something came into Dario's mind.

Dario: aren't you one of the members of Bliss Kingdom?

Roman: yes, you saw that?

Dario: I did when you helped Seth against Shane and his minions

Roman: and our objective is to take out the McMahon family from power

Dario: and I see that Corbin and McIntyre are with the McMahons

Roman: are you thinking you want to join us?

Dario: question though, are Mandy and Sonya with the McMahons as well?

Roman: yes

Dario: no...

Roman: and Corbin and McIntyre are gonna be in their corner

Dario: this is not gonna be good; Asuka, Paige, Kairi

Roman: don't worry, we'll help them; follow me

Dario followed Roman to the Kingdom's locker room to see every member present.

Roman: guys, guess who's here

Seth: who?

Just then Dario walked in.

Seth: well I'll be damned

Becky: Dario Ivanovski

Dario was happy to see his good friends.

Lexi: the Duke of the Balkans, it's an honor to meet you

Dario: nice to meet you

Alex: your a Duke; my nickname is the Pinoy Pharaoh, name Alex Auditore

Dario: pleasure to meet you

Travis: the American NIghtmare and Intercontinental Champion Travis Sharp

Chase: the Universal Champion and the Limit Breaker Chase Destiny

Charlotte: the Queen and wife to my Limit Breaker

Ryan: the Shadow Ninja Elleon Astralis

Pierce: the DemonChild Pierce Johnson

Colby: the Thrill Seeker Colby Newfer

Miz: the A-Lister, The Miz

Kevin: the Prizefighter Kevin Owens

Dario: great to meet you all

Lexi: so Roman, why you brought him here?

Roman: you see, Dario's girl Kairi is in a tag match with Asuka against two of the Corporation's girls

Finn: yeah

Roman: what we don't know is that Corbin and McIntyre are in Deville and Rose's corner

Alex: oh this can't be good

Liv: they're in trouble

Travis: this has McMahon written all over

Roman: and I also brought Dario here because he wants to join us

Dario: Roman's right; McMahon has treated Superstars unfairly and Kevin what you said out there about Shane taking all the TV time is passionate and salute you for mentioning my Kairi

Kevin: she and Asuka deserve more

Chase: and I see you have beef with McIntyre and Corbin?

Dario: yes, those two have been thorns by my side for a long time

Lexi: we welcome you Dario, but for now let's keep your recruitment a secret from the Corporation, we really want to piss Vince off

Dario: I understand and thank you

Then they turned to the TV to watch the match.

(In the ring)

After the entrances were made, the women were interrupted by Corbin's theme. Out came the Corporation's lieutenants, the Lone Wolf and the Scottish Psychopath. Rose and Deville were happy to see their fellow members, but Kairi, Asuka and Paige weren't. Then the match started with Asuka and Sonya.

(End of match)

Kairi speared Rose; as she went for the pinfall, Corbin put Rose's foot on the ropes.

Corbin: ref, her foot is on the ropes

The referee saw Mandy's foot on the ropes and breaks the count; the move made the Pirate Princess upset as she argues with the Lone Wolf.

(Backstage)

Dario: I can't take more of this

As the Duke of the Balkans was about to stand, Roman stopped him.

Roman: wait, let us do it

Lexi: right; Roman, Seth, Bayley and Sasha, go!

The Big Dog, the Beastslayer, the Hugger and the Legit Boss dashed out.

(In the ring)

Kairi launched from the ropes, but McIntyre tripped her in which the referee saw it and called for a disqualification, but the Corporate members didn't care. Rose and Deville beat down on the Kabuki Warriors while McIntyre and Corbin cheered on, but all that came to a halt as Roman's theme played.

Roman, Seth, Sasha and Bayley ran down to the ring and brawled with the Corporation members. The Shield brothers took care of the Wolf-Pack while Boss and Hug took care of Fire and Desire. Roman and Seth performed a Shield Bomb on Corbin hitting McIntyre in the process. After neutralizing Deville, Boss and Hug performed the back breaker from Sasha into the Bayley-to-belly from the Hugger.

As Paige went to check on Asuka and Kairi; Roman and Seth nodded at Sasha and Bayley in which the Hugger and Legit Boss knew what the Shield brothers meant.

Bayley and Sasha went in the ring as Kabuki Warriors were on their feet. As Paige saw Boss and Hug along with the Shield, she knew that the four of them are Bliss Kingdom members. Boss and Hug looked back at the Shield in which they nodded. Then Sasha said to them.

Sasha: come with us

The Hugger and Legit Boss went out of the ring while Roman and Seth followed. Asuka, Kairi and Paige agreed to follow them to the back.

(Backstage)

The Kabuki Warriors followed the four Kingdom members.

Paige: so what you guys want?

Bayley: we're gonna ask you the same thing

Sasha: the McMahons overlooked you guys' talent

Seth: you guys should be after the Women's tag titles, not those Corporate jerks who didn't deserve it

Roman: if you want your questions answered, follow us

The four led Paige, Asuka and Kairi to the locker room where they were greeted by the Kingdom; Kairi saw Dario and ran to give him a hug.

Dario: you okay?

Kairi: I'm fine, thanks to them

Asuka: thanks for helping, guys

Sasha: it's the right thing to do

Bayley: and what Kevin mentioned, you guys deserve better

Paige: Dario, you're with them?

Dario: yes

Kairi: we want change

Lexi: then join us in our fight against the McMahons

Paige: we will fight by your side

With that, Asuka, Kairi and Paige have joined the resistance group without the knowledge of the McMahons.

Later in the show, the entire Corporation were out in the ring to address some announcements.

Vince: we are all out here to address some news for the WWE. First of all, you might have known that my son Shane is the special guest referee for Batista vs. Alex Auditore in a few minutes, but that's not all.

Shane: our next pay-per-view is the Royal Rumble with every man and woman on the rosters go head to head for a chance to main event WrestleMania.

Stephanie: but that's not all the news we're out here to address; we're also addressing the United States Championship, WWE Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

Vince: AJ Styles, Kofi Kingston, New Day and Ember Moon aren't the Superstars who I don't see as championship material

(A/N: pretend Ember is champion in this story)

Shane: so at Royal Rumble, we'll fix that; AJ Styles, the man who put me through a car window a couple of years ago will put his United States title against... our lieutenant Baron Corbin!

The Wolf-Pack leader nodded and smirked.

Shane: as for the SmackDown Tag Team titles, the New Day will defend against Shinsuke Nakamura and Andrade!

El Idolo and the King of Strong Style were happy about this.

Stephanie: for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Ember Moon will defend against Lacey Evans!

The Southern Belle gets another shot after falling short against Becky.

Vince: and for the WWE Championship, that B+ player Kofi Kingston will defend against the man who I believe is championship material, the Scottish Psychopath Drew McIntyre!

Shane: with that out of the way, we want to let you all know especially Bliss Kingdom that the Corporation has recruited a new member and he has agreed to be on SmackDown tomorrow; just a warning, Batista is not the only big guy in our group-

They were interrupted by the resistance Bliss Kingdom, and what the Corporation doesn't know yet is that Lexi has four aces up her sleeve. The group's veteran and the Pinoy Pharaoh's mentor got on the mic.

Randy: Vince, once again you unleash your so called genius mind to give your guys undeserving opportunities

Lexi: you don't care about the others, and Shane takes the TV time away

Finn: just because you're the "best in the world"

Lexi: well before my man tames your Animal, we want to let everyone know that we have four new members to our group.

Vince got a confused look on his face while Shane and Stephanie had poker faces.

Lexi: these four people want change within the business structure, they have the same vision as us, they want you gone!

The McMahons were getting triggered.

Lexi: our first three newest member is a tag team that you over looked Vince, and Shane you took their TV time

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Out came the women who were beaten down from the Corporation's Rose and Deville, and Bliss Kingdom's newest recruits, the Empress of Tomorrow Asuka and the Pirate Princess Kairi Sane, along with their manager, the former SmackDown Live GM Paige. Once Corbin and McIntyre saw them, they almost knew that they screwed up.

Lexi: they're not the only ones tired of your abuse of power, McMahon; there's one more member and our newest member are someone that you are familiar with, Drew.

Just then the screen showed Mount Korab in a thunderstorm with the Macedonian flag waving, while the same theme from earlier played.

https://youtu.be/127w6YqHOfs

Bliss Kingdom's ace in the sleeve was the man who made his debut earlier, the Duke of the Balkans Blood Shepherd. Corbin and McIntyre weren't too happy to see their common enemy on the rebel side.

Lexi: and we don't care who is this big guy you have to reveal tomorrow because all of you will bow down. Now with that done, my man will destroy your Animal.

Alex stepped up with his hood up and arms crossed as he battles the Corporation's Animal Batista, with Lexi and Randy in the Pharaoh's corner while the Animal has Murphy and Lacey in his corner.

(Match starts)

The two Filipino wrestlers each had an advantage, Alex's speed and aerial set versus Batista's power and strength. With Shane as special guest referee, the Bliss Kingdom key member is at a disadvantage. Alex used his aerial moves to keep Batista on one knee for a while, but managed to ground the Animal with a big DDT. As he went for the pin, Shane counted slow which Batista kicked out quick. The Pharaoh got in Shane's face, but was distracted enough for Batista to level Auditore with a clothesline.

Meanwhile at ringside, Alex's girlfriend and mentor kept their eyes focused on Murphy and Lacey. Then Shane went out and got on the mic.

Shane: no no, let's change this match to a no DQ match!

With the change, Batista went out of the ring to grab a chair, Lexi want to stop him, but the Viper held her back, knowing that his protege is playing possum.

As the Animal got back in the ring, he went for a chair strike, but Alex kicked Batista in the shin, and landed several right hands to the Animal's head, releasing Batista's grip on the chair. Then Alex saw the opportunity to strike his childhood favorite wrestler with multiple chair strikes to the back.

Then he set the chair flat in the ring, and went to set up the Animal with the AKO. As the Animal was up, Alex went for it, but Batista used his strength to stop it. As Alex went back to his feet, he was speared by the Animal, much to the enjoyment of Alex's arch rival Murphy. Batista went for the pin and Shane did a fast count, but Alex got his shoulder up.

Shane then set the chair in the middle of the ring and told the Animal to finish it. Batista got Alex in position for the Batista Bomb; as he got him up, Alex got out of it and hits a rapid AKO, only for Shane to call Murphy and Lacey in and the Best Kept Secret beat down on his arch rival. Randy and Lexi got in and brawled with the Best Kept Secret and the Southern Belle.

While they brawled, Shane saw the chair and picked it up, looking to hit Alex with it, but as went for the swing, the Viper swiped the chair, giving Alex the big opportunity to AKO the "best in the world." Alex trashed talked Shane as the Corporation co-founder rolled out of the ring. Murphy got RKOed by Orton and Lacey got nailed in the face with a forearm from the Goddess. Then the mentor-protege worked together to send Batista over the top rope.

Murphy, Lacey and Batista checked on their leader as the Corporation members retreated. The Pharaoh, Viper and Goddess stood tall in the ring. Alex held out his right hand in the Kingdom gesture while he held Lexi with his left hand. His mentor and girlfriend joined in the gesture; then Lexi and Alex shared a kiss in the middle of the ring.

(A/N: a special thanks to my friend DarioIvanovski for letting me use his OC to be a part of this story. Go check out his books starring Kairi Sane and Io Shirai!)