(A/N: Just want to give a big shout out and thank you to all of the other writers that are letting me use their OCs and letting me pick their brains about this story! They know who they are and I want to thank them again for everything. With that out of the way, let's get started!)

Friday Night SmackDown,
Backstage

Duncan: No fucking way...

(A/N: BD_DB_69)

The Wild One Duncan Bautista says as he looks in through a locker room doorway. The woman in said locker room smiles and opens her arms. Duncan walks in and quickly gives her a hug.

Duncan: Anne!? This is the last place I'd expect to find you!

Anne: In a locker room at work?

Duncan: No, hangin' around here. Thought you'd be with Kenway or your abs-tastic boyfriend.

Anne, laughing: Shut up, Duncan.

The two hug again before the Uncaged Monster notices his longtime friend sitting down, his earbuds in as he faces one of the walls.

Duncan: What's with TJ?

Anne: He's still thinkin' about a girl he met at a wrestling convention back home. She works for Ring of Honor and our booths were next to each other's.

Duncan: Nothin' like a random cafeteria to play matchmaker.

Anne: Preach. He hasn't stopped thinking about her since.

Duncan: That's crazy. Think he can hear us?

Anne shrugs.

Duncan: Imma piss him off.

Anne: Please don't.

Duncan: Imma do it.

Anne: Duncan, don't.

Duncan: Communism.

TJ feels eyes on him. He sneaks a glance out of the corner of his eye to find his childhood friend standing next to his sister, both crossing their arms with expectant looks. He shakes his head and stands up, then walks over to both of them.

Caleb: Her name was Skye and I'm not deaf. Don't get me started, Duncan. You know how I feel about that.

Duncan: Yeah, I know. I just had to get your attention.

The two men dap each other up and hug briefly. When they part, both men have wide smiles on their faces.

Duncan: The rest of the guys'll be happy to see you. What're you guys doing tonight?

Anne: Can't tell you.

Caleb: I can, but that's 'cause you're part of what I'm doin'.

Duncan: I am? Who else is?

Caleb: The rest of the boys for the most part. And that twerp.

Duncan: What twer-...oh. Ohhhhhhh. Are you goin' over?

Caleb: Like Hunter'd make me put him over.

Duncan: Good point.

Anne: Alright, boys. I gotta get ready. I'm up before y'all.

She says, leaving the two to continue talking. The men sit on the chairs inside the locker room and carry on their discussions about life and such.

Meanwhile,
HHH's Office

Hunter: Thanks again for coming over to represent Ring of Honor. We can't wait to see what you bring to the table. Hopefully, we'll be seeing a lot more of you.

The woman sitting across from him smiles shyly and shakes his hand.

Then, she leaves his office. She thanks him several times, then goes to find her fellow Chicago native Cody Brooks (legomast3r21).

Cody: What's up, Dolecki?

Skye: What's up, Punk?

Cody: Same old, same old. Got whiny people holding titles and whiny people wanting to hold 'em. What're you doing here?

Skye: Ring of Honor made a deal with WWE. Since I'm with them...

Cody: You get to compete here...that's awesome, Skye! You probably won't be doing a lot of intergender matches here. They're somewhat frowned upon.

Skye: Yeah, I know. There isn't anyone that'll work with a girl?

Cody: Not without bothering the judge.

Skye: The judge?

Cody: Oh yeah. Since his dad left, he took over wrestler's court. He doesn't like intergender matches because it makes women look weak and the men look like assholes.

Skye: So this judge won't work with women?

She asks as they walk to catering. As they go through the halls, they make sure to shake everyone's hand before going back to their conversation.

Cody: He will to spar and stuff. He's a good guy and he's stubborn as hell, so don't try to change his mind on anything.

Skye, smirking: No one's ever changed his mind?

Cody: I've only seen it happen a few times. Anne's normally the one that can do it, but she's his twin, she knows how to argue with him. Speak of the devil herself...

He points at the woman approaching the two. He smiles and shakes her hand before intruding her to Skye.

Cody: Anne, this is Skye.

Anne: Yeah, we met. Wrestlecon Atlanta.

Skye: That's right! You and your brother were there, right?

Anne: The lug? Yeah, that's him. You two had quite the day together.

Skye: Yeah...wait, is he the judge?

Anne: Wrestler's court? Yeah, he's the judge. Mostly of the guys, I handle the women's locker room. A couple of the other guys stepped up while we were out.

???: Woah! Who invited the ladies?

Cody sighs and rolls his eyes hard. Anne and Skye both turn to look at the origin of the voice to see everyone's least favorite asshole Logan Paul.

Anne: Who are you?

LP: The United States Champion, baby!

As he talks, he gets closer. Skye, being the shy person she is, starts to hide herself behind Cody and Anne, who doesn't exactly take too kindly to being hit on. Before she can say anything, two guys step up. A couple of friends of the twins...Logan Kenway (Logan-Kenway) and Alex Ambrose (Lokis03277).

Logan: Have you ever thought about changing your name? You've nearly ruined the good name that is Logan.

Alex: He bothering you, Anne?

Anne: He's not exactly a joy to be around. As much as I'd love to handle this, I'll let you boys settle this one. I've got better things to do.

Logan: Wrestler's court?

Alex: If Anne's back, the judge's back.

Logan: Yeah, but if we told him some asshat was hitting on his sister and another woman in the locker room, he'd just ask what happened next.

LP: Uhhh I'm right here. I can hear you.

Logan: Excuse me, the adults are talking. So, what're you thinking? Let TJ handle it or handle it ourselves?

Alex: Can't handle it without breaking the law. I say let's let the judge take care of it.

LP: Whatever.

He says and leaves, still trying to keep up his cocky attitude. Skye looks at the three men still standing by her and breathes out heavily.

Logan: What an asshat. Sorry about all that. I'm Logan. This is Alex.

Skye: Hi, I'm Skye.

She says very shyly. Alex gives her a small wave, then crosses his arms.

Cody: She's a bit shy.

Logan: Oh, well that doesn't usually happen. Just when that clown's around. Just 'cause you've got the money and the strap doesn't mean you get to be an asshole all the time.

Cody: You guys really think TJ's back too?

Alex: He and Anne are inseparable.

Logan: It's almost annoying.

Skye laughs as the group starts walking in the opposite direction of the women's locker room. She takes this as her chance to get to know some of the ladies she'll be working with.

Showtime

Bayley is set to defend her title against Iyo Shirai. The match is grueling and neither one is backing down in the slightest. The rest of Damage CTRL climbs into the ring and surround Bayley, who is seated in the corner. Before anyone can make a move, a bell tolls and the lights go out. The crowd cheers in confused excitement. It's not long before their questions are answered. Another bell tolls, the lights come on, and standing in the center of the ring is Death's Mistress herself.

(A/N: This is her attire.)

The bodies of Asuka, Dakota Kai, and Kairi Sane are sprawled across the mat. Marie has her gloved right hand wrapped around the throat of Iyo. Without a second thought, she Chokeslams the challenger without emotion.

Then, she turns her head to Bayley. The vicious daughter of the Undertaker sends the Role Model a very clear message. Marie raises her arm up, sticks her thumb out, and drags the thumb across her throat, her eyes rolling so that they're all white as she does. Bayley stares up at the Mistress of Death in fear as the lights go out once more with another bell toll. When it tolls again, Bayley is left sitting in the corner alone before the show cuts to commercial.

Timeskip,
Backstage

In the halls, Caleb is standing with Duncan, Logan, Alex. and Cody. Alex just finished his match against Cody and they are still cooling off when a certain Prime guy shows up.

LP: Are you the judge?

Caleb: Who's askin'?

LP: They said that girl was your sister. Is that true?

Caleb: Pick what you say next carefully, son.

LP: Whatever.

Hunter: PAUL! MY OFFICE, NOW!!

He shouts. The United States Champion goes to Hunter's office while the rest of the guys look on confused. That is until Anne walks over to them, arms crossed and a smug smile adorning her face.

Caleb: Ah no, what'd you do, sis?

Anne: Nothin'. I just told Hunter what the girls told me. He's been real pervy and I told them it's creating a hostile work environment.

Duncan: Remind me not to fuck with you ever again.

Anne: And you three...

She says turning to face Kenway, Keltner, and Ambrose. The three men look at Anne, who smirks sinisterly and smugly.

Anne: Next time, instead of tryin' to get Junior involved, try to remember I'm also a judge and I can be just as bad as he is.

Logan: Noted.

Caleb: Didn't know you had it in you, sis.

They go on to briefly discuss a variety of different topics, mostly just goofing around, until Hunter comes back.

Hunter: He's dropping the strap tonight. KO and Randy'll go over the Bloodline, Jade and Bianca's go over, then it's the No. 1 Contender segment just as planned.

Caleb: Sounds good to me.

Gorilla

Skye is sitting in the gorilla with Anne, who was tasked with showing her around. Before they could leave, the Heartbreak Kid himself Shawn Michaels stopped them and told them they'd want to see what happens next. They watched as Logan Paul walks through the gorilla, clearly upset.

Skye: What an asshat.

Anne: Yeah. He's supposed to drop the title. No clue to who though.

Skye: Maybe they'll announce it.

In the Ring

LP and his Prime entourage walk down to the ring. He cuts a small promo about how he's the greatest and he's beaten the greatest, all the usual heel stuff. After a few moments, the SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis walks out.

Nick: Logan, you claim to be the best, but all you've done is cheat your way through every bout. This time...I guarantee you won't be able to cheat your way out of this. Tonight, you're gonna pay!

Backstage

Caleb walks in dressed in his gear and is ready to go.

Skye looks up at him and a small smile forms. She enjoyed the day they spent together in Atlanta. Then, as the echo of footsteps start, she and Anne look at him with wide eyes. Caleb looks at Skye and winks.

Anne: Give him a good kick in the ass for us.

Caleb tugs on the edge of his jacket, then walks out as his theme blares through the arena.

In the Ring

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The pop is loud and thunderous. Jason walks out onto the stage. He looks out to the crowd for second, then marches down to the ring. The Last American Badass enters and looks at Logan Paul. A referee runs into the ring as the music stops and rings the bell.

Taker's son doesn't bother taking the shades or the coat off. As soon as the bell rings, Logan starts talking shit, clearly trying to hide the fear of what the Deadman's son might do since there's been no planning for this match.

LP: I'm not gonna make this easy for yo-

Before he can finish, Jason grabs him by the throat. While he's got Paul, he mumbles to him.

Jason: You gonna be professional or am I gonna have to knock you out?

LP: Fuck you.

With that as an answer, Jason throws the champion into the corner and goes to work with heavy shots to the head and body. The punches rain down with fury, causing the crowd to cheer loudly. His fists are followed up with elbows to the head until he's sure Logan Paul isn't going to fuck up the match by being unprofessional. Knowing Paul isn't out of it yet, he says one more thing to him.

Jason: Stay away from my family.

With that, he follows up with a huge uppercut and steps back. Logan Paul's barely conscious body stumbles forward in an attempt to fight back. Jason scoops him up and plants him down hard with a Deadman's Slam.

With the wind knocked out of him, Paul physically can't kick out of the pin. The referee strikes the mat three times and declares Jason as the new United States Champion.

Samantha Irvin: Here is your winner and NEEWWW WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION...JASON!!!

Timeskip
Gorilla Position

Caleb: Let's do it.

Duncan: Yep.

The two wrap an arm around the other's shoulders, almost as if they're huddling. Logan looks on and shakes his head.

Duncan: Come here, Brit.

Logan: Do we have to do this every time?

Caleb: It's tradition. Little prayer never hurt anyone.

Logan: Fine, let's do it.

The three men huddle up. Caleb says a prayer and they all end with an "amen" and a fist bump. Logan himself isn't religious, but Duncan and Caleb are both Christian. They don't agree on a lot of things but that is one thing the two always have had in common. They don't ever pressure Logan into any of it, but he knows that if he ever wanted to talk about it, he can go to them.

Logan's music hits, so he and his Pack walk out through the curtain while Caleb sits down next to Skye.

Caleb: Hold this for me.

He says, handing her his newly won United States Championship. Don't worry, it's not the one Paul took those Shawn Michaels-style pictures in. This is a new one, which has a different strap in order to fit Caleb's bigger frame. Skye giggles lightly and holds onto the title while the big man takes a swig of water.

Caleb: What brings you to WWE, Ms. Skylar?

He asks, wiping the water off of his mouth.

Skye: Ring of Honor signed a deal like the one TNA did. I compete for both companies now.

Caleb: Nice.

The two sit in semi-awkward silence. The awkwardness is mostly taken out when the segment starts.

In the Ring

Kenway stands in the ring with the rest of the Pack, which consists of Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn, and a newer signee Tyler Senerchia aka Hook.

Logan: Last week, I think the Pack and myself made our intentions very clear!

The crowd boos the heel Alpha as he addresses his actions from the week before. He had challenged Cody Rhodes to a one-on-one match for the Number 1 Contender's spot, but every time Cody would get the upper hand, one of the Pack members would interfere. When Logan finally got caught, he decided to cut loose completely and he and Hook jumped him.

Logan: That title might look good on Cody's shoulder...but let's be honest, everyone misses sight of that shiny gold belt around the Alpha's waist.

The crowd boos louder, but they soon turn to cheers when another theme starts up.

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It's the Primitive Powerhouse Duncan Batista! The Uncaged Monster does his regular entrance, then enters the ring to voice his opinions.

Duncan: Kenway, you, unlike me, needed help to beat down Cody Rhodes. I am the rightful Number 1 Contender!

Logan: Do you always spit this much when you talk?

He asks, pretending to wipe spit off of his face.

Logan: I don't need help. The difference is I actually have people willing to help me. I'd be stupid not to take their help!

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Rhodes enters the ring and stands between the faction and the Wild One.

Cody: Logan, you and I have unfinished business...

He says, his bandaged eyebrow accentuating his point. Then, he turns to face Duncan.

Cody: As for you...Duncan, you are the only one in this ring to beat me fair and square. So, I'll tell you what...tonight, I'll fight both of you in a triple threat match. If I win, you two will get sent to the back of the line. If either of you win, you'll become the Number 1 Contender.

Nick Aldis makes the match official and a ref goes to the ring. The three men proceed to beat the everliving hell out of each other for one of the best main events in SmackDown history.

Though Cody has faced the other two multiple times, he hasn't faced them as many times as they've faced each other. Every time Rhodes gets a smidgen of offense in on Duncan, Logan will throw him aside and try to capitalize on his fallen long-time rival.

It's finally coming down to the winding moments of the match. Hook and Cody battle it out while Logan throws Duncan over the top rope on the opposite side of the ring. Before Logan can help Hook beat Cody down, a gong plays and the lights go out. Then, a theme fills the arena.

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Backstage

Caleb: Let's go, sis. Thanks for holding onto this for me, Skye.

He says before winking while putting his sunglasses on. He throws the US Championship over his shoulder and walks with Anne through the curtain.

In the Match

Jason and Marie stomp down to the ring, their coats flowing behind them with each step. Hook and Isla try to stop them, but the twins knock them down with a heavy right hand and a Dark Gospel respectively.

Jason picks Hook up and whips him into the barricade hard. Now onto their next victims. Alba runs at Marie, but she counters with a Morrígan's Kiss.

She slowly rises to her feet in time to watch her brother, the Last American Badass, step over the top rope and take the fight to Kenway and Rhodes. Jason dishes out right hands like Oprah gives out cars, each hit landing square on the jaw.

Outside of the ring, Isla tries to sneak attack Marie. The Scottish woman is caught off guard when Death's Mistress counters by whipping her into the steps shoulder-first.

In the ring, Jason grabs the American Nightmare and hits him with a Chokeslam.

Logan gets back up from the right hand Jason had given him and comes in swinging back. The two trade blows. Logan catches him with a good shot, then runs to the ropes. He comes back to clobber the Deadman's son with a right hand, but is stopped when the Last American Badass wraps his gloved-hand around his throat.

Jason's hand tightens around Logan's throat, then pulls him down to prepare for the Last Ride. Or that's what everyone thought at least. Instead, he holds Kenway over his head and slams him down on his head and shoulders with a Cross to Bear.

The Last American Badass grabs his United States Championship, rolls over the top rope backwards and lands on his feet, satisfied with the damage he'd done. He adjusts the title on his shoulder, then starts his walk up the ramp. Marie follows her twin brother up the ramp and they go back up to the stage and head through the curtain.

Back in the ring, Duncan groggily gets up from the floor and slides into the ring. He waits in the corner for Rhodes to stand before stumbling over to him and flooring him with a Pedigree.

Duncan rolls Cody over and pins him, getting the three-count and becoming the Number 1 Contender for the Undisputed Universal Championship. He stands up, wobbling due to the damage, and raises his arms victoriously.